I wonder if this is what drove my uncle to take such a risk? If so, wouldn't I have harmed you, Aunt Shuiqing, and Shanshui Village?
“It has nothing to do with you. It can only be said that he was greedy. He was supposed to live a hard life, but with your Bai family as his treasury, he got used to spending money extravagantly. After the money was taken away, instead of trying to save money, he resorted to crooked means to make money and continue to live a life of luxury. It can only be his own fault,” Shui Qing said firmly.
She clearly distinguishes whose responsibility it is and won't try to force the blame onto others by going through layers of deception.
Qin Yilin agreed: "This matter has nothing to do with you or the Bai family. It's just Magistrate Wu's fault. If your aunt knew about it, she wouldn't be wronged if she were implicated later."
The guilt on Bai Ziqian's still-childish face gradually faded.
Shui Qing then revealed her true intentions: "These bandits cannot be sent to Guangning Prefecture to be dealt with by Magistrate Wu. We don't know how many bandits have escaped before. Once the city gates open at dawn, Magistrate Wu will probably find out soon."
"If we don't send them away, we'll definitely offend Magistrate Wu, so we need to get these bandits out of the village as soon as possible. We also need to find an official who can keep Magistrate Wu in check!"
The three immediately understood that Shui Qing was asking them which suitable officials they could send as gifts.
The imperial court is far away in the capital, and can't quench our thirst in time. Besides, they are currently suppressing the Prince of Yan. Sending a small group of bandits there would not only be ignored, but also, since it's too far away, they might not be able to wait for reinforcements and would be retaliated against by Magistrate Wu.
“Nandu is relatively close and is the prefecture, which is higher than a county magistrate and directly governs Guangning Prefecture. My father has a good relationship with the prefect of Nandu. However, Nandu is severely flooded and is probably too busy to take care of itself right now,” Bai Ziqian sighed.
Many of the disaster victims and refugees in Guangning Prefecture came from Nanning Prefecture, but a few came from Nandu. Nandu, the southernmost city, suffered the most severe losses in this flood!
I'm afraid the prefect is already too busy taking care of himself.
Qin Yilin quickly thought of a high-ranking official who lived nearby and held a high position, capable of directly supervising the magistrate of Wu County.
Shanshui Village belongs to Guangning Prefecture. Guangning Prefecture, along with several other prefectures such as Nanning Prefecture, belong to Nandu. Nandu and eight other prefectures of similar size belong to Guangdong Provincial Administration Commission.
The Governor of Guangdong Province was the highest-ranking official, a second-rank official, a true regional governor, and the ultimate goal for many scholars to become officials!
Most importantly, Magistrate Wu was under his jurisdiction, and it was easy for him to deal with Magistrate Wu.
Thinking of this, she looked up at Shui Qing and inadvertently saw Ling Ran's hesitant expression beside her. It was too dark to see clearly, so she couldn't care less about anything else and could only say, "The Governor of Guangdong is a second-rank official. Magistrate Wu is not even worth mentioning in his eyes!"
"If we can find him, and he's willing to come forward, then not just one Magistrate Wu, but ten or eight wouldn't be a problem."
A higher rank can have a crushing effect, let alone how many ranks higher this is.
The county magistrate was only a seventh-rank official, while the governor was a second-rank official.
As a member of the Bai family in the southern part of the city, Bai Ziqian naturally knew the governor of the area and said with delight, "I know him!"
Father said that although our governor isn't particularly incorruptible, he's a man of action, the kind who gets things done with money.
My father said he wasn't afraid of accepting bribes, but he was afraid of officials who accepted bribes but didn't do their jobs and used their power to oppress people.
That's really unreasonable.
Therefore, the Guangdong governor was considered quite good by my father.
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