Chapter 11 Luck
Dong Dahai has been rooted in Qingshui County for three generations. He is a fun-loving guy who is willing to spend money, so he is naturally well-informed. After getting some advice from Li Gongqi yesterday, he spent the night looking for connections and choosing a target as a scapegoat.
It is Peach Blossom Temple outside the city.
The Pure Land of Buddhism is a good place for evil people to retire.
Put down your butcher knife and become a Buddha immediately!
In fact, this matter is still an economic issue. A small temple with no capital and no strong backer naturally likes these evil people. After all, people can bring money into the group.
In addition, these people used to belong to the three religions and nine streams, and they can make considerable contributions to the development of the temple.
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Peach Blossom Temple was built only twenty years ago, and it is already a small-scale temple in the county.
And because the entertainment industry in Jiangning Mansion is developed, the nuns in the nunnery also work part-time as escorts, and the business is becoming more and more prosperous.
This reputation naturally spread.
In the past, Wuzhi County turned a blind eye to this matter. But as the promotion period approaches, clearing out a temple prostitution den can increase your reputation and make money.
Of course, the most important point is that although Taohua'an has contributed a lot to the city's management, it really does not have a solid backing.
Bullying Taohua An is no different from bullying Mian Mian.
Here Dong Dahai reported the incident at Taohua Temple, and Wuzhi County and Master Qian immediately issued orders.
The campaign against pornography and evil must be carried out quickly, lest anyone leaks the information.
So Wuzhi County sent Li Gongqi to go straight to Taohua Temple with more than a dozen detectives, a group of white servants, Dong Dahai and other Kudin.
Why not send the county’s head catcher?
Because the head catcher is responsible for public security, he is the protective umbrella for prostitution dens such as Taohua Temple.
In contrast, Li Gongqi was highly recommended by Master Qian. He was a close and familiar yamen servant of the county magistrate. He was also a squad leader and had brothers under him, so he was the best candidate.
Dong Dahai was so cruel this time that he even brought a lot of his own brothers and other members of the Kuding family. He gave them money before setting off, which was equivalent to the army's allocation of money and boosted morale.
To put it bluntly, Taohua Temple is just a group of nuns running a skin and meat business. I have never seen such a battle.
Even though he hired some nearby tenant farmers as thugs on weekdays, his legs felt weak when he saw people with official status. Even those who are brave will not take action. Because one penny a month is not worth fighting for.
The old nun in the nunnery was arrested, her face turned pale.
I don’t know what crime was committed.
I was brought to the Yamen in a daze and went to the hall to meet the eldest master.
Anyway, under severe punishment, you have to admit any crime.
Finally, in Master Qian’s closing argument, the old nun was originally a female snitch who caused a lot of trouble in other places more than ten years ago, and was nicknamed the Blue Eyed Fox.
For more than ten years, she disappeared. It turned out that she was hiding in Taohua Temple and engaged in prostitution.
The whole story of the theft of treasury silver was also investigated.
Because Taohua An transfers profits to Zhao Xiong, the head catcher of the Yamen, every year, there is an insider in the Yamen.
Zhao Xiong has also been a head catcher for several generations. He married the sister of the county inspector. She has a good foundation and is known as Zhao Batian.
Wuzhi County Jian Taohua'an sends Zhao Xiong 50 taels of silver every year. He, the county magistrate and local parents, only gets 30 taels.
I almost went crazy on the spot.
Master Qian finally persuaded him and asked Magistrate Wu to go to the court to discuss it for a while.
“My money.” At that time, everyone in the court heard only words like “my money”.
Later, the county magistrate did not issue an order to arrest Zhao Xiong, but he still captured several of Zhao Xiong's cronies. The charges are all ready-made, including colluding with the blue-eyed fox and stealing treasury silver.
The case was settled on the spot.
Although Zhao Xiong is a local tyrant, he is not as powerful as the county magistrate, so he can only grit his teeth and endure the matter for now.
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In the small courtyard of the Li family, Xu Qing listened to Li Gongqi explain the whole story of the case in detail. He cupped his hands and said: "Uncle, congratulations on your promotion to Dianshi. From now on, you are also a real official. . ”
It turns out that Li Gongqi did a good job this time and helped Wuzhi County and Master Qian make a lot of money from this matter. Wuzhi County took the initiative and gave him a quota as an official.
Of course, it’s also because there happens to be a vacancy in the county. Wuzhi County is about to be promoted. He has the right to use it and it will become invalid upon expiration. Simply give this spot to Li Gongqi. Anyway, he is the county magistrate. If he reports it, unless the superiors insist on enmity with him, this kind of matter will generally not be dismissed.
Although in the eyes of Shilin, government servants and minor officials, collectively called subordinate officials, are garbage.
In fact, the status of petty officials is not comparable to that of government officials.
Although Li Gongqi had an establishment before, the yamen servants themselves were at the bottom of the yamen system, and they were all lowly.
In fact, in the previous dynasty, there were many people who rose from junior officials to senior officials. But in this dynasty, the status of minor officials has dropped sharply,
Nowadays, officials and officials are divided, and it is impossible to become an official even if you are a minor official.
However, the families of local petty officials can often control the local power base for generations, which can be regarded as a gain and a loss.
In attacking Taohua Temple this time, Li Gongqi was on the side of the county magistrate and offended the local snake Zhao Xiong. If Li Gongqi is not promoted to an official, Li Gongqi will definitely suffer revenge from Zhao Xiong and his gang once Wuzhi County leaves.
If something like this happened, Wuzhi County would not have a good reputation.
He still wants to be an official. This reputation has been ruined. How will he find people to handle things in the future?
Moreover, Li Gongqi became the official historian and was in charge of arrests and prisons. He jumped several levels in a row, and he was still nominally Zhao Xiong's superior. It is convenient to help Wuzhi County monitor Zhao Xiong and prevent him from causing trouble at the critical moment when Wuzhi County is about to be promoted.
In addition, Dian Shi can be regarded as the small boss of the county government officials. It is basically the ceiling for ordinary people to become officials. After that, they can become officials.
In fact, this ceiling is impossible to break.
Even Master Qian, with his reputation as a scholar, would not be able to become a minor official, because once he became a minor official, he would not be able to take the imperial examination and become an official.
Although he was not young, often visited brothels, and even married a concubine, he still did not give up on the road to the imperial examination.
In the southern Zhili area, many officials and their staffs probably have this kind of thinking.
But once you get into the bad habits of officialdom, how can you calm down and study.
Very different from the Tongsheng Examination, the Provincial Examination is a place where talent and learning are truly tested.
Because there are too many people with connections who can participate in the provincial examination, it is relatively fair.
If the results of the provincial examination are obviously unfair, people will make trouble. A group of talented people with backgrounds really made a fuss, and even the examiner couldn't stand it.
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Qingshui County happens to be under the jurisdiction of Jiangning Prefecture, and the appointment letter came down within a few days.
After receiving the good news, Zhou pawned half of the jewelry in her dowry, bought incense worth three taels of silver, and went to the Li family's ancestral grave to burn paper. A thick fog billowed in the air and lingered for a long time. .
This is called smoke rising from ancestral graves!
Artificial auspiciousness!
It can only be said that the current world trend is not a special case.
On the other side, when Xu Qing was appointed by his uncle, in the bronze mirror, in the luck column, the color of the word "Red" suddenly became much darker, mixed with a little orange. According to past experience, this should be a sign that luck is about to upgrade.
"This luck should be related to status."
Dian Shi's nephew and the government servant's nephew are indeed two different concepts.
Then the Li family held a banquet, which was quite lively.
Dong Dahai, the captain of the scale, even brought a group of Kudin to congratulate him.
One is in charge of the county's public security supervision, and the other is an important player in the county's financial power. Master Qian is also here. Li Gongqi's position was immediately stabilized.
The sociology school that expelled Xu Qing from school even added Xu Qing's name to the list overnight on the night when Li Gongqi's appointment was issued.
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“Brother Qing, if you get promoted and make a fortune, life will be a happy event.” Li Gongqi patted his nephew on the back.
Having been an honest man for half his life, his life values have been shattered and reshaped in the past few days.
"Uncle, we are here on ice. Don't forget that there is still the matter of Capt. Zhao." Xu Qing took out a prepared storybook.
Today, he found that the luck column in his bronze mirror was stained with a trace of black energy. I knew that the hidden dangers left in the previous case were coming.
Fortunately, he was not unprepared.
What's more, although Li Gongqi is now famous, the power in the county government must be fought for by himself.
The one with power is boxing!
(End of this chapter)