Mr. Xiang teases her husband every day

At the same time, Yang Ye was also asking Xiang Yuan.

"Zhengtang, since we have caught them, why don't you simply ask for the money they owe? This will not only fill the county government's treasury, but also demonstrate the prestige of Zhengtang."

As Xiang Yuan walked out, he explained: "The big families in Quzhou are intertwined and have been operating for many years. These bad debts were concealed by Cui Zhengtang when he was in charge. It is too late to pursue them now, and they can completely deny them to the end. Besides, the money The number is huge, once they are caught and investigated to the end, it is hard to guarantee that they will not fight back, and then the fish will die."

Xiang Yuan looked at the rioters and rogues who were arrested in front of him, and continued: "The original intention of this official is not to really seek money. Quzhou has been impoverished for a long time. Even if the money is recovered, whether it can improve the situation is still a matter of opinion." After all, I'm new here. Once those aristocratic families get together to make trouble, it's hard to say whether my position in the main hall will be secure. How about asking them to pay a small amount of money to solve the two righteous halls that need to be solved most by me? , that's the right thing to do."

Yang Ye didn't understand why Xiang Zhengtang was in such a hurry to solve the matter of the Young Children's Hall and the Home for the Elderly. These two places had been abandoned for a long time and existed in name only. Isn't this a thankless task?

But after thinking about it, he can put himself in the shoes of the people of Quzhou and do practical things that don't seek fame. Xiang Zhengtang is really serious about being a good parent official in Quzhou!

Yang Ye's heart was agitated, and he thought that since Xiang Zhengtang told him these words, he was obviously looking at him as his confidant!Immediately, he was very excited, and a surge of pride rose from his chest, wishing to go through fire and water for Xiang Zhengtang immediately.

Xiang Yuan understood Yang Ye's question, but now he couldn't explain it.The reason why he was in such a hurry to rebuild the Foundling Hall and the Nursing Home was to prepare for the earthquake that would come two years later.

The turn of the earth dragon and the catastrophic natural disaster cannot be changed by manpower at all.All he can do is to build high-quality public facilities as much as possible, so as to give the displaced people a place to stay and avoid more casualties when the future is in dire straits.

"Zhengtang, these are the local ruffians who committed crimes in recent days. The little ones have been arrested according to your wishes, and they haven't been given food yet."

Xiang Yuan nodded, in front of him shrugging his shoulders and shrugging his shoulders, many of them were wearing ill-fitting bunts, but they looked pretty good.

"Today, I will give you two choices. One, close the class room. Two, go to build roads. Choose."

Those local ruffians are used to entering the yamen, and they are not afraid of being locked up in the yamen. They have food to eat when they go in, and what they have committed is not serious, and the county magistrate will not lock them up for too long, and let them out as usual.Those who are used to being lazy immediately clamored to be locked up.And some naughty ones, feeling that the magistrate's actions are not easy at this time, refused to choose easily, but pushed a bold one out, and asked tremblingly: "Dare to ask the magistrate, so what if you choose to build a road?"

Xiang Yuan smiled, looked at the hooligans who immediately divided into two groups, and said: "If you choose to build roads, not only will I not care about your repeated mistakes and disturbing the people, but will provide meals every day for a full month according to how much each of you contribute. , Distribute money according to the amount, at most, you can get one tael of silver!"

Have food to eat, and money to take?so good?

People will be suspicious.

"Then, what about road repairs?"

"Nowadays in summer, the days are long and the nights are short. Every day from the quarter of Mao to the third of You, there is a half-hour break at noon in the middle. Meals are not counted during this period, and tea is free to drink."

Whoa!

Everyone immediately talked about it.Many of them became rogues and rogues. At the beginning, it was just because they had no way to get money, and they were tired and lazy. As a result, the days became tighter and tighter, so that they couldn't survive, so they had to bare their faces and do some annoying things in exchange for meals.Now hearing the county magistrate's promise with his own ears that as long as he works, he will have food and money, and he is ready to move.

However, they were still hesitant because they were worried that the yamen would talk nonsense and coax them to work for nothing.

"Yang Dutou, register those who are willing to sign up, and escort those who are not to the classroom."

Yang Ye understood, stood up and said arrogantly: "If you don't want to, Ma Liu, stand here, don't make it like the yamen begs you, you are supposed to be locked up for committing a crime, and it will become expensive." .”

The one who raised his head to ask a question just now, looked at each other with a few people beside him, and immediately leaned forward and said anxiously with a shy face: "Master Guan, please calm down, Master Guan, we are willing to repair the road."

Having said that, several people rushed to Yang Ye's side and clamored to sign up. Only the few people who chose to be shut down at the beginning looked at this group of active signups with faint disdain, as if they were fools.

Some of them felt unsteady, Kankan asked the leader, and said, "Boss, let's go to the classroom? Nothing will happen, why do I feel uneasy."

The leader looked at the unpredictable Xiang Yuan above, and said with a sneer: "There can be a shit, it's not that I haven't squatted before, and I can go in and hang out for a few days, and I can feel at ease, I'm afraid of a fart!"

Those who signed up for road repairs were taken down by Yang Ye to explain the specific matters. For those who were left behind to be detained, Yang Ye immediately looked fierce and said, "You have harassed the people several times, but you have not repented. You have a chance today." I told you to be a new person, but I didn’t expect you to still be obsessed with your obsession. Okay, since you choose to enter the classroom, don’t regret it. The Yamen is difficult now, and the food supply will be saved. I will inform your family in the capital and ask someone to bring the food. If there is no one, I'm sorry, I'm hungry."

What? !No food? !

The remaining Poppy was dumbfounded. Just now, he mocked those who signed up for road construction, thinking they were all fools, but now it seems that it was him!

Mother, if there is food at home, who would be a rascal!Food is also delivered, some people are single, and the whole family is not hungry when one person is full, who will deliver the food?Wouldn't he starve to death if he was locked up?

On the other hand, when we go to build roads, we have food to eat and money to take. In such a comparison, my side is simply a pit!

So, those who thought they had picked up the cheap ones hurriedly changed their minds and said they were willing to build roads, and squatted on the ground with salivating faces and did not want to leave.

Instructed by Xiang Yuan, Yang Ye knew that if he didn't teach these rascals a deep lesson, even if he dragged them to build roads, it would still be cheating and cheating.So he put on a fierce face and called the rest of the yamen servants to come forward together, no matter how they yelled and made noise, they all rushed into the classroom with water and fire sticks, and then locked them with big iron locks, simply and neatly.

After dealing with all this, Yang Ye said to Xiang Yuan worriedly: "Zhengtang, can the money for road construction be moved out of the yamen?"

"Don't worry about the money, someone will pay for it."

The old god Xiang Yuan is here.

"Hao Wusi is greedy for so much money and confiscated it all. I can't bear it, but bloodletting is still acceptable."

Yang Ye suddenly realized that Zhengtang was planning to do this.No wonder he thought that letting go of Hao Xiancheng so lightly before was too light, so that it seemed that the methods in the court were not sharp enough, and it was inevitable that he would not be able to deter other subordinates who were watching.

However, compared with paying for road repairs, the money for repaying greedy ink seems to be no less than spitting out, right?Yang Ye looked at Xiang Yuan suspiciously, he felt as if he had glimpsed something different.

"What about the accountant? Are you really letting him go like this?"

Xiang Yuan shook his head and said, "Didn't I ask you to investigate his situation secretly before, do you think he can get it back even if I ask him to pay back the money? Besides, I don't pursue it, it doesn't mean that he has an easy life."

Yang Ye shivered, thought about it carefully, and immediately understood.The accountant was Hao Xiancheng's confidant, Zhengtang let him go, Hao Xiancheng was not at ease, he might be bitten back in the future, and he must be dismissed as soon as possible.

"From tomorrow onwards, build the road to Shitao Village first. We have black-bone chickens to sell. The road is not good, so it won't work. When you take people to build the road, you should also publicize it to the villagers. If there is any For those who want to join the road construction team, the yamen will provide meals and wages as usual, but only young and strong are accepted, old and weak are fine."

Yang Ye nodded repeatedly, listening to Xiang Yuan's instructions while trying to write them down.

The number one scholar who was underestimated before was really doing things in a down-to-earth manner. By his side, Yang Ye felt that he had learned a lot.When he got home, his parents and daughter-in-law said that he seemed to be a different person, as if he had entered a school, with the energy of a scholar.

Yang Ye knew for himself that although he didn't really go to school, he followed behind the main hall, and seeing his eloquence, he couldn't help imitating it in private.Zhengtang explained to the notice issued by him that there were some characters he didn't know, and he was also quietly learning from others. When he was free, he bought a pen, ink, paper and inkstone, and practiced a little bit.That day, Zhengjun of Zhengtang happened to see him, and he said that he felt envious of Zhengtang's handwriting, so he went back and found a copybook that Zhengtang had written in spare time for him, so that he could practice against it.When he got it, it was like a treasure, and he was very grateful from the bottom of his heart.When I went home, I brought the old hen raised by my daughter-in-law. Unfortunately, Zhengjun was diagnosed as pregnant. His old hen was delivered at the right time, and Zhengtang saw it. Not only did he thank him, but his attitude was unprecedented. Gentle and close.Yang Ye changed his mind, and suddenly realized that he had just inadvertently poked Zhengtang's weakness, and did something completely flattering.

Now that he has been officially promoted to Zhengtang's confidant, Yang Ye is full of ambition, ready to do something big with Xiang Zhengtang.

Hao Xiancheng was educated by his uncle. After thinking about it all night, he felt that it is most important to keep his family's money first.So on the second day, he regrouped, and with a stomach full of manuscripts, he met Xiang Yuan, euphemistically expressing that he was willing to represent the Yamen to negotiate with the families, and promised to complete the task.

Xiang Yuan nodded, and took out another list from the desktop. The name and surname were not written on it, but after each blank name and surname, the specific amount of silver was recorded.Hao Xiancheng counted down and found that there were as many as fifteen.After checking carefully, he was shocked to find that the amount of silver recorded after each name was exactly four-tenths of the tax owed by each family.And it was arranged from most to least, Hao Xiancheng completely put away his perfunctory thoughts at this moment, and dared not think about anything else.

He thought to himself, this Xiang Zhengtang, with his black hands and face, is impeccable in his work, I really didn't realize that he is such a cunning and insidious person before!

"This is a good record." Xiang Yuan signaled him to look at the name. "Everything that donates money and food will be recorded. In the future, the nursery and nursing home will be reopened, and the directory will be updated regularly and posted in a conspicuous place. It is necessary to make every child and elderly who enters the nursery and nursing home know who gave it. The money gave them shelter and delicious food." Xiang Yuan smiled meaningfully and looked at Hao Xiancheng, pointing out:

"Hao Zuotang can make good use of it."