Chapter 327: There is a way for adults to solve the problem outside the city
In the past, he could tolerate them cheating and playing tricks on others in ordinary chores, and he could also swallow his anger and familiarize himself with the situation in Yucheng as soon as possible when they made all kinds of excuses for official business.
But he never expected that the bandits were so arrogant and domineering that they dared to shoot arrows at the gate of the yamen, and they dared to be so negligent in doing their work!
In the entire Yucheng, everyone was laughing at his joke.
Feng Chen waved his hands irritably, "Get out! Send someone to hurry them along!"
"Yes, sir!"
The doorman retreated quickly.
Feng Chen paced back and forth in the room, feeling annoyed!
Wan Lichun, the bandit leader of Qinglong Village, was extremely arrogant. He came down the mountain to cause trouble and was so bold as to inform the Yucheng authorities in advance!
Doesn't this clearly show that they don't take him, the newly appointed magistrate of Yucheng, seriously?
He even disregarded the laws of the court!
What made Feng Chen most angry was not just this.
On the night he received the provocative letter, he asked his subordinates to invite several influential gentry in Yucheng to the yamen.
But those families are really of the same blood.
If one family doesn't respond, several families will remain silent.
He hypocritically asked the servants in the mansion to send him a few rusty swords and guns, as a way of supporting him as the patriarch of Yucheng.
Whether in public or in private, Feng Chen could not find any fault with others.
The matter of suppressing bandits had nothing to do with ordinary people like them. It was the duty of the government garrison. What did it have to do with them? Besides, they didn't turn a blind eye to it. They "dug" out their family wealth and fully supported him, the parent official, to make decisions for the people!
Both his reputation and his dignity have been taken care of, what else can he say?
What was even more infuriating was that soon the foreman of his subordinates brought back news that several senior men in charge had become so frightened that their faces turned pale and they all fell ill in their mansions after hearing that the bandits from Qinglong Village were going to come down the mountain and rob the city.
The doctors in the city are extremely busy.
Feng Chen spat out a mouthful of blood at that time!
He raised his hand and threw the covered bowl on the desk in the second hall!
This is really disgusting to him!
Feng Chen was so angry that he didn't sleep all night. He got up early and visited every household.
Not only did he have to spend money to prepare gifts, but he also had to endure the nausea when he entered the door and watch them perform hypocritically in front of him. After a round of detours, his head was buzzing, because he was dealing with a bunch of old foxes.
He is a fledgling seventh-rank county magistrate, how...cowardly!
With an ambition to serve the people, he gained a profound understanding of Yucheng in just a few months. No wonder others looked at him that way when he was transferred.
But, everyone else has already arrived.
Are we just going to admit defeat to this group of people?
The young county magistrate was very unwilling.
I was feeling depressed all day, and suddenly I remembered the fortune-telling I had done on the roadside on my way back to the government office after suffering a lot of humiliation during the day.
Feng Chen stood at the doorstep, not far from the charcoal fire for heating, but still felt a little cold.
But being cold also has its advantages.
It's just to make his mind calmer.
"What else did the fortune teller say?"
County Magistrate Feng, who was desperate and trying all kinds of treatments, tried hard to recall the divination he had cast on the way back to the county government office in the evening.
——Outside the southwest city of Yucheng, is there anyone who can help you out of this predicament?
If he remembered correctly, it was southwest, right?
Feng Chen was young. After taking office, he often heard that banditry was rampant in Qingzhou Prefecture and could not be eradicated despite repeated bans. The prefect was also very distressed. He and the garrison commander went into the mountains together, but failed to eradicate the problem several times. He reported the matter to the court, which was also in a difficult position.
After he arrived, he also thought about this matter. The staff in the government office kept advising him that since he had just arrived, he should not provoke those killers.
He felt that the locals should know more about it than he did. Moreover, Panlongling was a place where accidents often happened and it was adjacent to three counties, so it was not something that Yucheng County could fully control.
So he listened to the advice of his subordinates and focused his energy on the problems in various parts of the county. However, he never expected that even with these basic official duties, he would run into obstacles everywhere, and no matter what order he gave, he could not make any changes.
After a while, he realized where the problem lay.
The problem lies in the fact that the various interest groups in Yucheng have intertwined private interests and do not need an "ambitious" county magistrate at all.
He thought that after decades of hard study, he could benefit the people.
But in the eyes of those people, he, Feng Chen, is nothing but shit!
I can't do things clearly.
One person with a bad temper is worth two people.
Yucheng does not welcome officials who are ignorant of the ways of the world.
Feng Chen was depressed for a while, but after that, he still felt that his idea was correct. The emperor asked him to govern Yucheng, and the court asked him to do things. How could he retreat because of this little difficulty?
That is not how Feng Chen behaves, nor is it how he serves as an official.
He thought about it for a long time and felt that he might be using the wrong method, so he conducted a serious investigation and took his men to various villages in Yucheng to verify the actual situation. He came back to study it in detail and reorganized the expenditure and income of the Yucheng government office over the past few years, hoping to find an idea that would benefit everyone and lead to development.
Unexpectedly, when I took it out, I was still met with a lot of ridicule.
In addition, several major cases occurred in Yucheng afterwards.
He was so busy that he was dizzy.
When he came to his senses, he realized that the opinions he had put forward before had not only passed the best time, but had also been distorted and exaggerated by the public.
As a county magistrate, he was looked down upon by the people whenever he went out.
Feng Chen felt dazed. The way of heaven is clear. Is there still fairness and justice in this world?
The people in the county government also began to pretend to obey and actually go against their will and engage in passive resistance.
He saw it with his own eyes and felt anxious, but he couldn't say anything and couldn't scold.
The county magistrate was extremely incompetent.
More and more people came to beat drums outside the county government office.
Coming in, it was all about trivial matters, and the wheels and axles consumed his energy and physical strength.
Feng Chen finally collapsed from exhaustion. While drinking the medicine, he didn't know how many times he asked himself this question.
He studied so hard, reading so many books of sages, but what was the point?!
In the empty room, no one answered his question.
He held on until he recovered from his illness.
The bandits from Qinglong Village came down the mountain again to cause trouble for him.
Feng Chen really felt a nameless fire rising in his heart.
The feeling that he knew what was going on but was truly powerless tortured him deeply.
A threatening letter doesn't mean anything.
County Magistrate Feng knew what those people meant when they said these words.
He was obviously trying to persuade him not to worry about what the bandits said. No one knew how many officials had been frightened by the bandits in the mountains with words like these.
Even the county magistrate before him had so many threatening letters that they could be piled up to start a fire for warmth.
What he said was "from the bottom of his heart" was quite an exaggeration.
Feng Chen had to put on a smile and ask everyone to contribute their manpower and manpower to help the government defend against banditry and invasion of the people.
When he went out, he was young, but no matter how young he was, he could still be heard.
It's just a random bluff, not worth mentioning.
If he doesn't guard against anything, they can attack him as they please and scare him as they please. Whether it's good or bad is entirely up to them!
In a government office, everyone from top to bottom has to live under the watchful eyes of a group of traitors.
Is there any law left?
Feng Chen's face was gloomy.
My eyes couldn't help but look over the courtyard wall and towards the southwest.
How about... give it a try?
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