This general wears a red tassel iron helmet, and wears a mountain armor, and is full of majesty.
The soldiers who followed were all wearing red scarves and shoulder scarves, short hoods, spears and large swords in their hands. They trotted in, and when they came in, they surrounded the place, causing panic among the people on the platform.
Under the gesture of Xue Tingyan's eyes, Zhou Zhuzhu stepped forward and asked, "I don't know who you are, lords?"
The general ignored him, but turned to look at the gate respectfully. Sure enough, another group of people came in from the door. The leader was a middle-aged man wearing a cyan white pheasant tonic official robe. His cheeks were thin and serious, he was unsmiling, and his eyelids were lowered a little. After walking in, he looked at Xue Tingxiang in the hall.
This person is a fifth-rank official, and Xue Tingxiang is only a seventh-rank magistrate, so he should get up to meet him.
Xue Tingxiang walked out after the big case, and the military attache also reported the way he came from: "I am a thousand households under the Zhejiang Coast Defence Bingbei Road. You can call me Wang Qianhu. This is Mr. Cao Cao, the minister of the Zhejiang Coastal Defense Bingbei Road."
The full name of this military preparation road is 'the rectification of the military preparations'. It is the division of the military and military preparations set up by the imperial court in the frontiers and key areas of the provinces. .
Armament officers themselves do not have a specific rank, they all follow their own rank, and they are generally appointed as deputy envoys of the inspectorate or on a side-by-side basis. Military officers can control local guards and supervise local officials, and they are subject to supervision and restraint.
In fact, to put it in vernacular, this Cao Yanshi is an official in charge of important coastal defense affairs in the Zhejiang area, and he can take care of everything that has something to do with the sea.
So when Zhou Zhuzhu heard that he was the person in charge of the preparation of coastal defense troops, his face turned pale on the spot.
"You are Xue Tingxiang, the magistrate of Dinghai County?" Cao Yan said.
Xue Tingxiang bowed his hands slowly and bowed: "Xiaguan is right."
"Give it to me!"
With an order, the soldiers of the guard station next to him rushed over like hungry wolves.
Zhou Zhuzhu was sweating profusely, and stopped: "What's wrong, what's wrong? Say something if you have something to say."
At this time, the situation in the lobby also spread to Fanxian Cheng and the sixth room of the county government office. Fan Xiancheng brought the clerk and the government officials in a hurry, and followed the anchor Zhou to dissuade him.
"My lord, you are indiscriminate. When you come up, you will take the county magistrate. You can't say it anywhere."
"That's right! Why do you take us adults?" Compared with Fan Xiancheng and Zhou Zhuzhu, they were more particular about the way they spoke. Those yamen officers were not so polite, and they all stepped forward with fire and water sticks to block them.
Xue Tingxiang also sneered and looked at Cao Yushi: "I haven't asked what crime this officer has committed, but Mr. Cao came to get people in person? If this officer is not mistaken, you are in charge of military affairs. Even if you have the right to supervise local officials, it is not your turn to take this official."
His tone was extraordinarily rude, and therefore Cao Yanshi changed his sullen appearance, with a sneer on his face and a mocking look in his eyes: "It's up to you to pass the Japanese!"
really!
There is only the crime of passing the Japanese, who can labor to press the police officer Sixia Bingbeidao to personally take action, and only in this way can a county chief officer be taken away at will.
It should be known that although the magistrate is small, it is sent to the local area by the court officials. In order to guard against collusion, even the prefect who controls the magistrate has only the right to participate in the performance, and has no right to dismiss his official position or detain him at will.
Only the governors, governors and governors have this right, but even the governors, governors, and governors can only be temporarily suspended, and they need to ask the court for a memorial before they can take off their official hats. .
"Through the Japanese? Is there any evidence?"
It seems that it is not surprising that Xue Tingxiang would say so, Cao Yanshi sneered: "Of course there is evidence, Mr. Xue should honestly follow this official, and you will naturally see the evidence when it is time."
At the same time, Wang Qianhu also scolded the rest of the county government: "I advise you not to try to obstruct, otherwise, we will all blame the Japanese and retreat quickly, otherwise this official will be rude."
Seeing this, Fan Xiancheng and the others looked at Xue Tingxiang in anxiety.
At this point, Xue Tingxiang calmed down instead, turned around and returned to the big case, sat down, and said slowly to Cao Yan: "If Mr. Cao can't produce evidence, please forgive me that this official cannot go with you."
"Xue Zhixian, you dare to ignore the inspector general?"
"No, no, this official naturally dare not ignore the commissioner, but Cao Yan can't produce evidence, and there is no detention order issued above, please forgive me that I can't go with you easily."
This seemed to remind Fan Xiancheng, who immediately pressed the panic in his heart, stepped forward and said: "Cao Yan is in charge of Lord Cao, detaining a county chief, according to the rules, it is necessary to have the governor, governor, and governor to come forward, even if There should be a detention order issued by the Governor's Yamen, the Governor's Office or the Fansi Yamen if few adults come forward."
"I'm on a errand from the inspector and envoy. When do I need the governor's office, the governor's office, and the Fansi Yamen to come forward?" Cao Yanshi said angrily.
This seems to have caught Xue Tingxiang's head, he said calmly: "According to the regulations of the imperial court, only the governor's office, the governor's office and the Fansi's office have the right to detain a county chief officer. Of course, this officer also knows that some places act for the sake of convenience. It is not impossible for the envoy to come forward to take people..."
Seeing that the other party softened, Cao Yanshi wanted to say something immediately, but was interrupted by Xue Tingxiang: "Well, if Mr. Cao can show the detention order issued by the Ministry of Justice."
He showed a helpless smile: "Since I took office, I have offended countless officials. If there is no detention order issued above, I can't and dare not go with you at will. Who knows if Mr. Cao is sent by my opponent. Yes, feel free to give this official the name of passing the Japanese, and this official will just go with you, if something happens on the road, this official is not dead and will be a ghost."
Xue Tingxiang's words seem to be a joke, but in fact they all mean something.
Cao Yanshi looked at him with an ugly expression, his face was so dark that it was dripping with water: "Xue Zhixian, you can think about what will happen when you fight against the orders of the Prosecutor!"
"What can happen? Zuo But this official is a small county magistrate of the seventh rank. Otherwise, Mr. Cao will lower the official one to eighth rank. If it doesn't work, he can take the official's black gauze cap, but it is not the original. The official is arrogant, I am afraid that this matter will not be able to be done by Cao Yan, and must be handed over to the Ministry of Officials."
"you-"
Cao Yanshi was furious, but he quickly restrained his anger, but turned around halfway, waved his sleeves and said, "Come on, Xue Zhixian openly opposed the order of the Commissioner of the Commissioner, and ordered him to be taken down. ." He sneered at Xue Tingxiang again: "Since Xue Zhixian doesn't eat toast, don't worry about the use of force by this official."
Following his order, the guards immediately rushed up to take down Xue Tingxiang.
As if he had just woken up from a big dream, Fan Xiancheng suddenly shouted: "It's not too late to protect the adults. These people have no official documents, and Red Mouth and White Fang want to take the adults away. They must have a conspiracy, and we must not let them succeed."
"What the hell are you guys trying to do, openly come to the county government to get people, but you can't get any official documents!"
The field was chaotic for a while, and all the officers from the county government rushed up and obstructed.
On the other side, there were people on the platform who had long run out of the way, and some people in the county government ran out to look for help.
The first thing that people in the county government thought of was the Dinghai labor union. There were the most people there, and they could call many people with a single shout. As for those few people, it's an exaggeration, especially the son in the case of the father suing the son just now, who ran out of the gate of the county government and shouted.
"The county government was attacked by gangsters. These people said that Master Xue was a Japanese, and he would take Master Xue away if he couldn't bring out the official document. Master Xue said that he had offended too many people and could not leave without the official document, so they used force."
When I heard this, it was worth it. Many people who set up stalls and shops along the street did not even look at the stalls and storefronts, and flocked to the county government.
As soon as the news spread, it went out of shape and became a robber from the county government. As a result, more people came with poles, rolling pins, and some with kitchen knives at home.
There are also people from the Dinghai labor union. The Dinghai labor union has the most things, and naturally there are many strong laborers, but they are not located here, but in the West City. However, they traveled fast, and when they received the news, they rushed over and arrived behind the group of ordinary people.
A lot of people suddenly poured in in the front yard of the county government hall. There are men, women, old and young. These people are not stupid. They know that it is the official. How can ordinary people oppose the official? Represents not to cry.
So the young and strong were all behind, and in front were the old and weak, women and children. These old and weak people, who were unable to walk steadily, wept while wiping away their tears.
"What are you doing here, Master Xue is a good official, how could Master Xue pass the Japanese!"
"That is, what kind of nonsense is this blind and broken heart, this kind of big crime is planted on the head of Mr. Xue."
"Master Xue has come since, caring for the people and organizing the people to fight against the Japanese. Last time, there were last times, and the Japanese pirates came, but Master Xue personally led people to fight."
"My family fought against Japanese pirates and died, and it's the pension that Mr. Xue gave to our family."
"You can't take Master Xue away!"
"If you don't say something clear, you can't take Master Xue. If you want to take Master Xue away, just step over us."
This scene directly shocked Cao Yanshi and Wang Qianhu, not to mention the soldiers of the guardhouse.
"You, you—"
"You can't take Master Xue away!" There were many people who could only shout outside the door because they couldn't get in, and the voices were moving.
A guard from the guard ran in, and hurriedly reported to Cao Yan: "Sir, there are many people outside, the front of the yamen is full, and the road outside is blocked."
Cao Yanshi's face turned black, "Master Xue, are you inciting the people to fight against the imperial court?"
Xue Tingyan said helplessly: "If you want to add a crime, why don't you have any excuses, but Mr. Cao saw what the official said. Besides, can Cao Yan be able to represent the court by himself?"
Naturally, Cao Yanshi could not represent the imperial court, nor did he dare to represent it. He did not even dare to respond to these words.
Seeing this scene in front of him, even if he was as tough as him, he would not dare to force anything.
The thing that officials fear most is, of course, civil upheaval.
Once a civil upheaval is provoked, no one can afford to be involved.
"You are very good. I will go back and ask for the official document. Everything that happened today will be reported by this official one by one. Let's see how Sir Xue explains to the court."
"This will not bother Sir Cao."
Cao Yanshi snorted coldly, flicked his sleeves and left.
Wang Qianhu and the others didn't stay too long, and left after being busy.
It was not until these people left that the common people stopped crying, wiped the tears from their faces, and looked at the appearance of the people around them, showing some embarrassed expressions.
Xue Tingxiang stepped forward, cleared his throat, and said, "Thank you all."
There were bursts of dry laughter from the crowd, and from time to time someone waved their hands and said something inappropriate.
The old lady at the front who was crying the most heartbroken showed a sly smile and whispered to Xue Tingxiang: "Mr. Xue is not right, these officials are most afraid of the people making trouble. We all have experience, they don't. How dare you take us."
Xue Tingyan blinked in astonishment, and immediately laughed, but also a little disappointed.
The poor mountains and bad waters brought out the evil people, and the evil people were all forced out. The court moved inland several times, and the people had to eat, and the food was terrible, so they had experience fighting with the officers and soldiers.
"But I still want to thank you all." Xue Tingxiang bowed and bowed.
These people did not dare to bear it, and hid in embarrassment. Some people in the crowd said that no one was looking at the shop, and some people remembered that their stall was still outside, and then dispersed.
When the crowd dispersed, Xie San walked in from outside.
"Thank you just now." Xue Tingxiang said.
He knew that it was possible to be in such a formation before, and naturally someone was behind the command.
"I can't do anything. In fact, these people came spontaneously. You are a good official, and the people naturally protect the good official."
Xue Tingxiang laughed, and there was no meaning in that smile. There is helplessness, there is humor, there is sadness, and there is also melancholy.
"It's just that you have to be prepared, they won't just let it go. Next time you come again, it will definitely not end easily."
Xue Tingxiang did not speak.
Xie San glanced at him: "It's all like this, are you talking to that guy? We've moved too many people's jobs, and now there are a lot of people in Zhejiang who want to get rid of us. Your official rank If it is too low, the first level of the official university will crush people to death, and it is not good to always do it like this.”
Hearing this, Xue Tingxiang's eyes flashed, but he nodded, and said, "Thank you for your reminder, I have my own opinion on this matter."
At this time, Fan Xiancheng hurried in from outside and said, "Sir, it's not good, those people didn't leave, they were guarding outside the county office."
Xie San's color changed in vain. Is he afraid that Xue Tingxiang would move to rescue troops
That is to say, this incident must not be caused by Cao Yan alone, he must be sure that he dares to do this.
In this way, Xue Tingxiang was in danger.
Why is it said that it is Xue Tingxiang, not Dinghai County? Because from these people, there are many abnormalities in Mingming County, but they turn a blind eye and come straight to the yamen. The meaning couldn't be more clear, they came for Xue Tingxiang.
Let's be clear, they took Xue Tingxiang away, and Dinghai County naturally became their possession. This was a huge profit business.
"If they want to keep it, just keep it." Xue Tingxiang smiled lightly.