When the cry of crickets stopped, the sky was already bright, and Zhang Zhong looked very energetic when everyone got up for breakfast, and wanted to come to sleep well last night.
The seven people who joined the army and the magistrate of Taihu County are different. They have dark circles under their eyes, and they yawn continuously, as if they didn't sleep last night.
It’s not to blame them. The letter last night caused them too much impact. If you really follow the method in the letter, I don’t know if there will be more trouble. Once others find out, Then it is not as simple as decapitating, and even the entire clan will be destroyed.
They also admitted that if they did that, Zhang Zhong would have no time to take care of them. Otherwise, let alone this year's tax of 150,000 yuan, whether it can be collected or not, or even the court's relief is needed.
With such a choice in mind, how can eight people sleep well? Even if they lie down, they can’t fall asleep. The magistrate of Taihu County fell asleep when the morning was about to dawn, but what happened in the dream has changed. He woke up in shock when he went.
All night, eight people asked themselves whether they should do it or not
Zhang Zhong didn't know why the eight people didn't sleep well. He only knew that these eight people were definitely not well-intentioned.
Seeing the eight people listlessly ate a little porridge and then never eat anything else, Zhang Zhong ignored them and ate slowly. There is still a place to go today, which is more than an hour away from here. Zhang Zhong was afraid that when he was hungry when talking to others on the road, he could not eat anything he wanted to eat first.
When everyone had eaten almost, the team continued to set off, preparing to go to another beautiful place.
Just after going down the mountain, another team appeared at the foot of the mountain. From the banner, you can tell who has arrived, Tongan County King Li Xun.
As soon as he saw Li Xun, Zhang Zhong seemed very calm and took the officials over to greet him. Li Xun's rank is high. No one can compare to him from a first-grade official.
Zhang Zhong felt that there was nothing because he was familiar with Li Xun, and he never regarded Li Xun as a great person. He always regarded him as a junior, only about love without respect.
But this is not the case with other people, especially those who joined the army. They are really scared now. They are afraid that Li Xun will find something there. If they are directly impeached, they will not be able to deal with Zhang Zhong. Way to deal with Li Xun.
They didn't sleep well last night. They were feeling uncomfortable at this time. They met Li Xun again, frightened once, and immediately felt trance, looking at both sides of the road in a daze.
But Zhang Zhonghe talked to them from time to time, so that they had to cope with it forcefully. This time it was over. Their energy was not enough. He was also worried about Li Xun who appeared suddenly. His eyes always wanted to see if Li Xun was. What's the meaning.
Li Xun didn't have the time to control them, so he ran directly to Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan, watching them accompany the four little guys there, and helping to cut the fruit to feed the four gluttonous little guys.
As a county prince, personally serving others, Li Xun didn't feel silly. Not everyone in the Zhang family's four young ancestors could feed things. After he came over, he just washed his hands and took the fruits himself. Zhang family There is no inspection at all, which is a good indication of status, as a family.
What makes Li Xun proud of is that the four little guys don’t feed everyone, even those in the inner yard, but when he feeds, the little guys always smile at him, which is even better than him. Suddenly getting ten thousand coins made him even more happy.
It wasn't until the four little guys were holding their stomachs and stopped eating, Li Xun then asked Zhang Xiaobao: "Why are you looking for me in such a hurry? I'm busy building roads, and I plan to do it before this winter. If the road is repaired, there must be roads leading to counties and piers.
There is also planting fruit trees. I planted fruit trees on the side of the road. There is a ditch between the two trees. When they grow up and passersby are thirsty on foot, they can use stones to knock down a few fruits to eat. Fruits are available in spring, summer and autumn except in winter. "
"What kind of fruit are there in spring?" Zhang Xiaobao thought Li Xun had made out-of-season fruit.
"Yes, it's the flowers of the locust tree. If it's not possible, I will ask someone to look for it. There must be some. After the trees grow up, my fief will be stronger than others. Tell me quickly. I'm here, I'm busy, tens of thousands of dollars in a quarter of an hour."
Li Xun used what he had learned from Zhang Xiaobao. Wang Juan laughed aside. In fact, Zhang Xiaobao was right at the beginning. He was indeed hundreds of thousands a minute, but Li Xun didn't believe it.
Zhang Xiaobao listened to Li Xun’s plan and didn’t hit him. Anyway, he knew that it would not be possible. It was nothing more than spending a little more money. Look around, except for the four little guys who ate fruits and slept. After they spoke, they said:
"Do you want to get rich? It's the kind of a lot of money? I have a way to make you rich without worrying about others making trouble."
"I don't want to. How do I want to spend money now? How can I make money? My money is enough for me to build a fief, and after the feudal is established, I can have more money in hand. I don’t have to worry. , I am not afraid that others will cause trouble, and I am not rebellious. Who dares to trouble me? Who dares? There are so many ways to live and die. Why do you ask me?"
Li Xun even refused, and the meaning of the words shows that he is now engaged in construction with all his heart, and does not consider new sources when there is no shortage of funds.
"I really don't want to? Just make a fortune in your fief. There are two mines, one is a copper mine and the other is a marble mine. They have been secretly mined for several years. Seeing that the mountain we came down just now is not there, there are For a copper mine, only one item of ore income was written in the official brochure.
Do you understand what I mean? There is also the marble, the real marble, as white as a cloud, and it seems to be transparent. My house uses that to pave the ground. I stopped the digger once, and the two mines. People were stolen. "
Zhang Xiaobao pointed to the mountain that came down just now, and then to the clouds floating in the sky.
Li Xun was stunned when he heard what Zhang Xiaobao said. After a while, he suddenly shouted: "What? Really? Get out, what are you doing here?"
After retiring the guard who had rushed to protect him, Li Xun asked Zhang Xiaobao in a low voice, "Xiaobao, you didn't lie to me? Who is so brave to dig in my fief for several years? The copper mines and marble mines? I think they don’t want to live anymore. Let me know who it is, and I will let them spit out all their money for a few years."
"Really, when did I lie to you? But what happened a few years ago had nothing to do with you. It was not your fief at that time. After we got here, it is estimated that they would be able to ship out three or four times, my dad. It happened to be met once, and they ran away but didn't catch up.
The goods are left. Most of the marbles are given to Xiaobei and the others. The copper mine is still there. You can arrange for someone to take it away. There is a copper mine on the mountain just now. The place to go now is the marble mine. Up. "
Zhang Xiaobao finally found a solution to the problem. Although the two mines are good, the goal is too big. After all, it is where you can get money by digging. His own family is not suitable for possession. It is better to give Li Xun and let Li Xun occupy it. Others say Nothing comes out.
Li Xun heard it and thought it was right. The previous ones had nothing to do with him, but he was still uncomfortable. What he thought was if others didn't dig secretly and kept it to him, how much more could he get? There is no shortage of money. The problem is that it won’t work if someone else takes it for nothing.
Now he finally understood why Zhang Xiaobao had found him, "You don’t need to give it to me what you have left. Xiaobei and they like to play on the rocks? Then I will give you more clouds after I take the place back. Stone, it's better to do this. Let's mine together, just like your family took me with you when doing business in the past.
Now that I have something good, I have to think of you, Xiaobao, do you know who secretly dug it? Tell me, I will clean up immediately, decapitation is light, give them a crime of coining money privately, and the whole clan will be wiped out for him. "
Li Xun didn't care at all about Marble playing for Xiaobei and the others. The four little guys are so cute and it doesn't matter how many Marbles are. He wants to find someone now and then do something.
Zhang Xiaobao looked at Li Xun's reaction and knew that he had guessed it correctly, as expected, but now there is no evidence. It is easy to kill people and it is difficult to kill people. If you want to deal with people, you have to find an excuse.
"Prince Li, don't worry, people actually know that it is the officials here. Any officials who can be contacted are suspect. Once you find the evidence, you can talk about it. Take a look at the place first and remember it, so you have a goal. "
"Yes, yes, you can't do it directly, there is no evidence, and it's not a very time, it doesn't matter, they always have to dig, right? As long as they dig, then they can be caught and see who is brave."
Li Xun wasn't the little waiter who only knew about bullying. Now that he had a fief, he had to follow the rules and agreed to Zhang Xiaobao's proposal.
Zhang Xiaobao thought for a while and wanted to ask: "Then what if the last person found is from your clan?"
"This... If it's the clan, it would be stolen and given away, but the people below must be cleaned up. I can't let the emperor uncle kill all my cousins, it's impossible. "
Li Xun did not conceal the thoughts in his mind, that is, the leader is fine, and the following is unlucky. Who will let you fail to do things well? If you are caught, you will have to bear such punishment.
Both Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan can understand Li Xun, let alone this time, when is it not like this? Something went wrong, the little fish was caught, the medium-sized fish changed places, and the big fish was fine.
"Just know who the suspect is, don't show it." Zhang Xiaobao said to Li Xun.
"Understood, I won't talk to them too much. Who am I? I'm the princess, what are they? Huh? The little guys can eat again, and the fruits are digested quickly."
As Li Xun was talking, he saw that the four little guys were all being held to pee, and they were about to feed fruit.
As soon as they finished speaking, Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan drove away.
Because the team was walking slowly, it took nearly three hours to get to the place. Everyone did not eat at noon. Some people ate too much in the morning, and some people couldn’t eat. Heavy.
From a distance, I saw the greenery on the mountain in front.
Zhang Xiaobao said to Li Xun, who was looking for a mine in the surrounding area, "Did you see the trees over there? There are also grasses, which are actually pasted on. If you look closely, you will find that the trees and grasses are not growing right. They shouldn't be so long. I don't know who is so heartless and can't even see the yin and yang side.
The big tree, where the shade is back, grows denser than the sunny place, and the grass in that steep place. Whose grass can grow perpendicular to the slope in that situation
What is this place? Taihu County, why did my dad come here? Promote the construction of spiritual civilization in Shuzhou, who do you think is relevant? On the mountain just now, there was a lake where the mine was supposed to be. I originally thought that only my Zhang Wang family had such a skill. The artificial lake and the magistrate of Taihu County are not small. "
Li Xun didn't understand what Zhang Xiaobao said. He looked at the trees and flowers on the mountain. It really was. When he agreed with Zhang Xiaobao's lack of heart, he said angrily:
"There isn't a good official who protects each other at all levels. Anyone caught is not a certain official. It is guaranteed that there will be a series of problems. Why do you say this?"
"This has historical reasons, and it is also a problem of the management mechanism. It is not easy to explain in a few words. Even if it is clarified, it will not be easy to solve, it is difficult."
Zhang Xiaobao knows that this is an overall problem related to human society. Even if it is a high salary, it is useless. Is there really no corrupt officials in Singapore? Then, when the local area is small and well managed, who can put an end to such a large country
"As long as this society is still governed by people, then never expect all officials to be incorruptible. You have to know that the reason why a society can develop is because of human desires. If there is no desire, human beings will not exist. As long as they exist, there will be such a thing. Case."
Zhang Xiaobao said the most fundamental reason.
Li Xun can understand a certain special vocabulary of Zhang Xiaobao, which he has learned over the years. He knows that Zhang Xiaobao is right, but he still feels uncomfortable. He asked, "Why is Sanshui County different? Just find an official. There will be no corruption and bribery or the use of power for personal gain."
"It's not that they have no desire, but that they understand that they can get promoted without accident, and when they leave office, they will get a large amount of money, more than the money they are greedy, and there is no slight risk. Income and risk are a success. Contrastingly, 10,000 trophies are very likely to lose their lives, and 5,000 trophies are easy to obtain. Of course, they have to choose 5,000 trophies."
"Then you used to say that if there is a 300% profit, someone will risk all the risks and get it?" Li Xun argued.
"That means that when the supervision mechanism fails, does Sanshui County have such opportunities? The most important thing is that Sanshui County has a more serious threat, and that is the Zhang family, especially my father’s official position, even It's useless to take all the tens of thousands of taxes I just collected and run away.
They understand the determination of the Zhang family. They will hunt down when they go abroad. The chance is too small and the risk is too high. They are so honest. Besides, their usual treatment is good. Why bother to take the risk? "
Zhang Xiaobao knows the reason. The most important thing is that the Zhang family has the ability to make money, so there is no need to be greedy. If the Zhang family does not have this ability, the following things will not be able to manage.
"What to do then? Is there no solution?" Li Xun became even more depressed. He knew that there was no second Zhang family. He couldn't control the place at all. He was rich and capable, and he didn't have the ambition to rebel. A Zhang family.
"It's not that there is no way. There is a feasible way, and that is to find a very powerful emperor who can see through the hearts of all people, or the kind that can see through the hearts of all the people in the whole country within a few breaths, and it is the kind of people who can see through the hearts of all people in the world. He can't get up and beat him alone, and he can increase the yield of the land and make the flood disappear, so that there will be nothing wrong, and there will be no more corrupt officials."
Zhang Xiaobao gave an answer.
"What you are talking about is not the emperor, it is a god." Li Xun became even more depressed.
Zhang Xiaobao smiled and said: "It is impossible to let all people and officials have no selfishness, but you can find ways to make officials make as few mistakes as possible. It turns out that 50 of the 100 officials are bad, so don't expect one. Nothing. It's a success if it drops to ten."
"Then how to drop it?" Li Xun felt that it was the same, and if it couldn't be eliminated, it would be reduced.
"When the dictatorship's army is loyal and strong enough, it can monitor officials without relying on manpower. Don't think about it now. It's useless. Call you, just go over and boast."
Zhang Xiaobao also had such a dream, but he couldn't realize it at all. When watching the people over there, he looked back and pushed Li Xun.
Li Xun was unwilling to deal with such officials, but there was no way, so he had to walk over and join the ranks of praising local officials. He knew that there were very unreasonable trees behind the marble mine, and he also wanted to praise the trees in this place. Strange, good view.
"Yes, it's really a good place. Master Zhang will definitely be able to build such a place into a place for people to entertain, especially the tree. The other places are thick and long on the sunny side. This is the case on the shaded side. , Really different, strange long, strange long, good view."
Li Xun was depressed and frightened people. He pointed to a tree there and said, shaking the magistrate of Taihu County, the sweat on his forehead dripped down in series.
"There is also that vine. In other places, it’s long slantingly long, or climbing straight up. The one here is actually long horizontally, and it doesn’t need to be fixed by anything. It’s beautiful, and it should be written as a report to the sage. , It is also auspicious, this king decided to send someone to guard here day and night until the court sends someone down to check."
The anger in Li Xun's heart was not over yet, and he continued to frighten.
This time not only the magistrate of Taihu County was shaking, but even the few who joined the army were also afraid. The important thing is to write down the book so that people from the court can come over, and if you stay on guard day and night, you will definitely know the fraud and understand. What's the matter with the mine behind.
The first person to be arrested was the magistrate of Taihu County. As long as you confessed, you should not run away while waiting for others. If you really want to hide, you must kill the magistrate and all those related to the magistrate. Oneself and others are also guilty of not investigating.
Several people were thinking about what to do at the same time, when Zhang Zhong spoke.
"His Royal Highness, this matter is not right."
"Oh? What's wrong? Isn't this vine so simple, come here, go up and have a look, I have to dig three feet to figure it out."
Li Xun often stayed with Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan. Not only did he learn knowledge, but he also learned a lot of bad water.
"No, no, no, no." Three people on the record to join the army stopped in unison, and the others wanted to say something, but they opened their mouths and didn't know what to say.
Zhang Zhong also discouraged: "His Royal Highness, the fault is not referring to this, but it is not suitable at this time. When the news reaches the capital and people from the capital arrive here, it is estimated that the vines on the mountain are about to die or have already If you are dead and can't be seen by anyone, isn't it a deception?"
"Really? There is such a thing? Oh, I really don't know when I first came, what do you think?" Li Xun looked at the scared faces of the officials around him, and he was in a good mood.
"Yes, yes, what Zhang Cishi said is right, and that's it. If the county prince really wants to report Xiangrui, it is better to wait for the report early next year."
The record of joining the army was about to sit on the ground, and his eyes said blankly.
"If this is the case, then forget it, this king wants to climb the mountain to see, who is the same as this king, just use this vine to climb up, but don't underestimate this king, this king is amazing."
Li Xun went on to suggest that the officials just let out a sigh of relief when they said that they hadn't done it before. As the following words came out, the anger rose again, and two more courageous people even sat down on the ground.
Seeing Li Xun's gaze, one of them was clever and quickly explained: "The king of the county is really powerful. The next official was frightened when he heard that he was going to climb. What can I do next?"
The other also immediately followed, and finally rounded things up.
Zhang Zhong knew Li Xun deliberately, and he said next to him: "Junwang, there is something more interesting here than climbing a mountain. There is a lake not too far from here, called Taihu Lake. The fish and shrimps in the lake are good. How about boating and fishing over there?"
"Oh? Really? Then take a look here and turn to Taihu Lake." Li Xun finally didn't continue to scare people. After speaking, he looked back to Zhang Xiaobao. Those who could barely stand just now saw Li Xun go. , Regardless of whether Zhang Zhong was beside him or not, a few more sat on the ground.
Zhang Zhong began to act like letting people write poems here, and then took the works written by others over to quote a few words, and left here to Taihu in the flattery of the people, which is the end of this time of spiritual construction guidance work.
Li Xun, who returned to Zhang Xiaobao’s side, first laughed a lot, and then said angrily: “It looks like there are a lot of marbles here. Grass, Xiaobao, tell me how to mine in the future?"