Counting, Governor Guo has seven counties under his command, but except for Yidu County, the people's livelihood in other counties is somewhat poor;
And except for Yidu County, the magistrates of other counties were successively sent over last year and this year.
Governor Guo just came here not long ago. Although he took over the Governor's Mansion on the surface, because County Magistrate Lu has managed the Governor's Mansion for half a year, he has a good relationship with the Chief History and Sima of the Governor's Mansion, let alone the subordinate officials.
Sometimes it takes about two days to complete the things passed down by Governor Guo, but if there is something wrong with the county magistrate Lu, just tell him, and it can be done on the same day.
Therefore, Governor Guo urgently needs to raise a county to compete with Yidu County.
He originally preferred Qiancheng County, but because of Bai Shan and Zhou Man, he now prefers Beihai County.
Beihai County is not far from Qingzhou City, and most importantly, they are relatives!
Relatives should help each other.
Bai Shan also believed that they should help each other. Not only could he help Governor Guo integrate into Qingzhou faster and make political achievements for him, but he would also try to ease the conflict between him and the county magistrate Lu.
County magistrate Lu was sitting by the side watching his ally and Governor Guo having a happy conversation, and his heart was very complicated.
After afternoon tea, Governor Guo led everyone back to the Governor's Mansion. He asked the county magistrates to rest for a while, but invited Bai Shan and Zhou Man to talk in the study.
One thing that satisfied Governor Guo was that after such a serious event as bandit looting happened in Beihai County, Bai Shan immediately informed him and asked him for help.
This allowed Governor Guo to participate in the county government, which made him very satisfied.
This time Governor Guo called him to discuss this matter.
The county magistrates who were taken down to rest looked at each other and gathered together in the yard to talk.
Seeing that the servants left after serving tea, they couldn't help but relax a little. They glanced at County Magistrate Lu quietly and said, "I heard that a group of bandits came out of Beihai County, and they even robbed villages and killed many people. .”
"I've also heard that the uproar about the matter has already spread to our county. Because County Magistrate Bai tried the case publicly, recently some scribes from our county went to Beihai County to watch the excitement... Oh, no, yes The trial is gone."
Another county magistrate went to look at the county magistrate, "Magistrate Bai is considered meritorious or has he done something? Although he wiped out bandits, there was such a serious banditry under his rule..."
He didn't finish his sentence, but the meaning was obvious.
County Magistrate Lu finally put down the teacup in his hand, and said with some guilt: "The bandits appeared when I was in office, and even the looting happened when I was in office. Magistrate Bai has nothing to do with it."
The other county magistrates looked at each other in blank dismay, they didn't expect magistrate Lu to admit it so readily, saying that Governor Guo valued Bai Shan so much, are you really going to stop struggling
Is it really okay to just admit defeat
Governor Guo was also discussing with Bai Shan about the dereliction of duty of Magistrate Lu.
Bai Shandao: "Magistrate Lu is indeed guilty of dereliction of duty, but he cannot be entirely blamed for this matter."
He said: "The first time they robbed Xiaoliu Village was in September last year. At that time, only a few households were damaged. Because no one was hurt, only some property was lost, so the village chief only reported it to Li Zheng."
"At that time, the Lizheng selection happened every three years, and he didn't report it out of selfishness," Bai Shan said, "The second time, that is, the one that killed someone was before the Chinese New Year. At that time, the magistrate of Lu County had been transferred to Yidu In Beihai County, Fang Xiancheng and Dong County Lieutenant acted as government agents. Jia Lizheng found out that the villagers under his rule formed a bandit gang to plunder the village, and because Jia Dalang and others were from the same clan, he helped to conceal it. "
The case is now very clear, Jia Dalang is lazy at work, runs wild in the countryside, and usually likes to gamble.
He lost a lot of money last year, but he had a good face, and spent a lot of money. The first time he robbed Xiaoliu Village was an accident. At that time, he was short of money, so he called a few good people to go hunting in the mountains. , I want to catch some wild game and sell it in the county.
As a result, the wild game was not caught, and they actually followed the mountain to Xiaoliu Village on the other side.
For a long time, there was only one road leading to the outside of Xiaoliu Village. The road they walked out was so messy that it couldn't be called a road at all.
But the village below is quiet and peaceful, and the air seems to be filled with the smell of wheat not long after dinner.
Jia Dalang, who had been starving for almost a day, felt guilty and took people to hide in the mountains for half the night. When it was completely dark and everyone was asleep, he quietly went to a few houses on the side of the mountain.
The movement alarmed people, but they were arrogant, quick-moving, and had knives in their hands that were specially brought for hunting. They directly threatened people to take out money, and then they carried a bag of grain and ran away.
They went back the same way, but they didn't bring any food home, so they sold it directly at the big market, and when they combined the money they robbed, they found that they were not old or young, and it was almost equivalent to their annual income.
So they took the money and squandered it for a while, and after spending all the money, they owed a lot of gambling debts.
But this time, Jia Dalang, who had tasted the sweetness, was not in a hurry at all. He stared back and forth at Xiaoliu Village several times, and found that although the village was small and poor, but because it was almost isolated from the outside world and the fields inside were fertile, it was actually There is no shortage of food.
They have a lot of food, more than their big village, Dajing Village.
So Jia Dalang decided to make a big deal, so he called all the brothers he could find, and when he found the opportunity, he went in and robbed the whole village.
At that time, they almost emptied all the food in Xiaoliu Village, as well as the savings of those villagers.
That is the savings of several generations in a village. It is usually not obvious, but it is quite a lot when put together.
Although there are many shares to be given to the brothers, as the boss, Jia Dalang still shares a lot, and those who are close to him also share a lot.
The result of this is obvious. A lot of people suddenly became rich in the two villages. Jia Lizheng's character is not very good, but his big eyes are still very sharp. At the moment, he felt that something was wrong, so he went to each house and found some Great thing.
In addition, the village head of Xiaoliu Village also came to report to him, saying that Xiaoliu Village was robbed.
Jia Lizheng was not stupid, so he knew who did it right away.
When such a serious incident happened under the rule, most of those bandits were from their own race, so Jia Lizheng decided to hide it without hesitation.
Otherwise, there will be trouble, and the Jia family will not be able to be a human being in this area in the future.
He can only hide it for Jia Dalang.
Jia Dalang also knew that Jia Lizheng knew about it, and when he saw him make a move, he was generous and brought two chickens and two bags of grain to Jia Lizheng's house.
Jia Li was collecting things, so he could only cover it up for them with all his heart.
Bai Shandao: "Thus, although County Magistrate Lu has neglected his duty, he cannot be entirely blamed."
He changed the subject and said: "Now that Jia Lizheng and all the bandits are being detained in the county government office, I want to hear your lord's opinion on how to deal with it."