The official looked displeased. This fellow still loved to use laws and regulations to argue: "Rules are rules, Magistrate Fang. You broke the rules, aren't you afraid that the government will punish you?" He glanced at the gatekeeper who was being held down, then at the subordinate who was lying and squirming on the ground, and his anger rose in his heart.
Fang Zhiyi laughed: "The guy at the door told me that no one can enter without being summoned. Back then, no one except the emperor had such an attitude."
The official's face changed drastically. Fang Zhiyi had put a heavy accusation on him. He glared at the doorman and said, "What nonsense are you talking about? You don't want your tongue anymore, do you?"
But he turned around and asked Fang Zhiyi, "The government office is not strict in disciplining its servants, and we will deal with it ourselves. What urgent business did Magistrate Fang come here for today?"
Fang Zhiyi signaled his men to step aside, walked straight into the hall, and then sat down on the official's seat, which made the official's blood boil.
"It's urgent, it's urgent. I'm very poor and need some money from you."
"What!" The official's face turned pale. "County Magistrate Fang is kidding me. He broke into my government office, beat up my officials, and is asking the government for money?!"
Fang Zhiyi nodded: "Why? Not?"
"Someone come here!" the official shouted angrily.
Fang Zhiyi simply said, "I told my dad I don't have any money, and you won't approve it. I'm almost starving to death."
The official was stunned. "Your father?" He seemed to have just remembered that Fang Zhiyi's father was the Prime Minister. It was all because this guy never mentioned his father. He had almost forgotten about it.
"Fang... Fang, County Magistrate Fang, are you saying that you have contacted the Prime Minister?" The official's tone softened instantly. That was the Prime Minister, a powerful official!
Fang Zhiyi glanced at him and casually pulled out a wooden token to play with it: "Why, do I need you to review the letter between me and my father?"
"That's not it, that's not it." The official waved his hands repeatedly.
"Anyway, let me tell you, there's a rampant bandit problem in my Qingping County, and we're short of money and people. Allocate funds to me immediately, or I'll smash your government office!" Fang Zhiyi sat up and slapped the table. Pain shot through his palm. Damn it, why do people in this world like to use such thick wood to make tabletops?
But his face didn't show it.
"You want to report me? Go ahead. I'll give you a chance. It all depends on whether your report reaches my father first or the Emperor first."
Fang Zhiyi's words were full of threats, and the official broke out in a cold sweat.
Did this guy finally get it? He, he was actually threatening me with his own father?
"County Magistrate Fang!" The official took a deep breath and spoke slowly, "Who do you think you are in this prefecture?"
Fang Zhiyi stood up and looked at the people he brought with him in the yard and the soldiers who had just run in and were confronting each other.
"As a local official, I have to deal with the serious bandit problem. Since you, County Magistrate Fang, have volunteered, the government will fully support you!"
Fang Zhiyi was speechless. If you want to give in, just give in. Why are you acting so arrogantly?
That night, he enjoyed a luxurious dinner in the government office, and his men also wolfed down the meal. The official looked at these people and was a little confused about who was the bandit.
But it was obvious that Fang Zhiyi was different from before. He not only asked for money, but also took it while eating. It seemed that he had just remembered that his father was the prime minister.
The official smiled apologetically. He had been slapped several times by the drunk Fang Zhiyi, and his face had turned red, but he didn't dare to stop smiling. This Fang Zhiyi in front of him was really good at pretending. He had definitely been pretending before! A complete dandy! It was a pity that he really couldn't afford to offend him.
The next day, Fang Zhiyi arrived with satisfaction, and brought with him more than 500 patrolmen from the provincial government.
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