Secondly, in many places the entire village or even several nearby villages are filled with bandits, so you can't just massacre the entire village.
So this kind of thing is really not easy to solve.
certainly.
It would be normal for Zhao Jun to convict them, after all, they had offended the highest-ranking officials of the Song Dynasty, and the local officials could only blame themselves for their bad luck.
And Zhao Jun did not hold them accountable now, which obviously shows that he really understands them and is very kind.
But in fact, although Zhao Jun did not interact much with the people, official documents from all over the country often mentioned bandits, road robbers and pirates, so he knew the difficulty of eliminating them.
And the most important and main point.
In the 1980s, 1990s and even in the new era, such things happened in our country, especially in areas with many mountains and rivers, where bandits of all kinds emerged one after another and were as numerous as the hairs on cattle.
This phenomenon still existed widely until the beginning of the millennium. Drivers who run long-distance passenger and freight transport should have a deep understanding of this. It is normal to encounter several cases in a month.
The bandits really disappeared completely after 2010, when a large number of Skynet systems became popular. There were surveillance cameras wherever people lived, even on rural roads. That was the end of the problem.
But now it is ancient times. Not to mention surveillance, even the grassroots yamen runners are seriously insufficient. It is extremely difficult to eradicate the phenomenon of an entire village being bandits.
Therefore, it was naturally impossible for Zhao Jun to blame the local government.
Otherwise, all local governments in the world will be held accountable, which would be too inhumane.
However, Zhao Jun also kept this phenomenon in mind.
When he came out to inspect, he wanted to personally understand the local situation, identify problems and solve them.
There are no more rebellious armies in the world.
But bandits are everywhere.
Those people either occupy the mountains and become kings, or gather in the lakes to plunder, or hide among the people. How can this be possible?
It’s hard to say whether we should learn from the great man and launch a nationwide anti-bandit campaign.
Zhao Jun thought to himself.
While he was still thinking about it, not long after, officials of all ranks from Ji County came hurriedly and boarded the boat to meet Zhao Jun.
At this moment, the magistrate and the county magistrate of Ji County as well as the commander of the local Imperial City Division were all sweating profusely, with expressions of panic on their faces, and they all came forward to pay their respects.
"Your humble servant greets the Chief Justice."
Each of them was trembling with fear, and the Ji County Magistrate and the Imperial City Commander were constantly wiping the sweat from their foreheads.
When they found out about this, they almost had cardiopulmonary arrest.
joke.
The magistrate was robbed in his own area.
What else can it prove except that I am incompetent?
Let’s not even mention the problem of poor security and poor local governance, which led to rampant banditry.
The mere fact that the Zhiyuan was robbed is a serious crime in itself.
Even if he wasn't imprisoned and charged, his career as an official would probably be over.
Therefore, everyone was terrified.
Unexpectedly, Zhao Jun smiled and said in a generous voice: "Well, don't do that."
Before he could finish his words, the Ji County Magistrate knelt down in fear and kowtowed, saying, "I have failed to govern effectively and have caused such alarm to the magistrate. I deserve death!"
"This humble official deserves death!"
When the other local officials and the commander of the Imperial City Division saw the county magistrate kneeling, they also knelt down and kowtowed in panic, and everyone was terrified.
"Okay, get up. Am I that scary? I don't blame you."
Zhao Jun said helplessly.
"Thank you, Master. Thank you, Master."
Hearing that Zhao Jun had no intention of blaming him, the Ji County Magistrate wiped the sweat from his forehead and stood up from the ground.
But my legs are still a little weak.
If we say that he is also a Jinshi, he is a scholar after all.
Kneeling and bowing were not popular in the Song Dynasty, so there was no reason to kneel.
But the county magistrate was afraid of death.
I've heard that the prefect is narrow-minded and anyone who offends him will end up dead.
Even civil servants who were Jinshi graduates were not talismans. Countless corrupt officials died at their hands, including some at the prime minister level.
As a county magistrate who was also a Jinshi graduate, he was a high-ranking official in the eyes of the common people, but in the eyes of the prefect, he was no different from a small official.
So the magistrate of Ji County panicked at that time, fearing that Zhao Jun would get angry and order him to be executed on the spot.
Fortunately, what he never expected was that Zhao Jun was not angry at all, but his tone was very easy-going, which made many officials, including the Ji County magistrate, feel relieved.
"Take him back and interrogate him first, Dalang."
"exist."
Jiang Dalang came over.
"Send some people to join the investigation and investigate who else is behind this. We must eradicate all the evil."
"yes."
"Come with me to the county government office."
Zhao Jun looked at the officials of Ji County and said, "As long as this matter is not found to be related to you and you are not behind it, I will not blame you. However, you still need to pay more attention to local affairs. Even if you can't completely solve it, you still need to investigate it further."
“Yes, yes.”
Everyone responded like quails.
It was only then that Zhao Jun got off the boat and looked around.
Ji County later became a vast plain, but during the Song Dynasty, the Yellow River flowed through this area, forming many tributaries.
On the banks of these tributaries, reeds grow thickly and many villages are located.
The village is located by the river, and there are hills, small slopes, woods, fields and large and small rivers and streams nearby. People can farm and fish, so it is not difficult to fill their stomachs, but it is not easy to make a fortune.
It seems that these Yellow River bandits originated from some local lawless criminals who were restless and coveted the rich assets of passing merchants.
The group arrived at the county government office.
Zhao Jun only summoned the local commander of the Imperial City Division and asked him to report on the local situation. He did not meet with other local officials, but waited in the county government office.
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