It turns out that the official has two mouths and he has the final say.
Song Payun felt that he had witnessed the first corrupt Qinghe official in history with his own eyes, but the gift was given by himself, so he didn't know whether to be happy or sad.
"What does your Excellency mean?"
"My meaning is very simple. First, I think it's too little. Do you understand what I mean?"
Zhang Mingzhi said slowly.
"Secondly, you say these methods are very safe, but I know that your Songpa family has all the evidence. Doesn't that make me a puppet of your family?"
"You want money and also want face?" Song Payun complained in his heart.
Of course, this must not be said.
"Hahahahahaha, my lord, you are far-sighted and truly an extraordinary person."
Songpayun said: "We still have a final plan to ensure that nothing goes wrong."
"Tell me about it?"
"I also have a younger sister, Sompha Chuchu..."
"Hmm?! I've heard about your sister too. She's said to be incredibly brave, even capable of uprooting a weeping willow tree. I wonder if that's true?"
"My lord, you are joking. My sister is just a woman. How can she be as powerful as ten thousand men or pull up a willow tree? It's all nonsense, nonsense."
"Oh? Come on, continue."
"If my lord doesn't mind, why not marry my sister? Then we can become a family and you won't have to worry about anything. All of the things I mentioned above can be brought here directly as dowry. That way, even if someone wants to investigate, I'm afraid they won't be able to say a word of objection."
Zhang Mingzhi's mind flashed with a figure of Li Kui dressed as a woman, carrying two mountain-splitting axes on his back. He stroked his beard with one hand and lifted the quilt with the other, grinning at him and saying, "My lord, I'm here."
Then she thought about herself as a palace maid with long legs and a thin waist. Well, she felt much better. At least she wouldn't vomit out the porridge she had just eaten.
"Well, if I marry your sister, it will be safe from the outside world, but as for the inside, do you think I, wearing three layers of heavy armor, holding a straight sword, carrying a powerful crossbow on my back, and leading two hundred elite Qinghe soldiers to the bridal chamber, can defeat your sister?"
Zhang Mingzhi raised a soul-searching question.
"Sir, let me be honest. A man's life is all about money, beauties, and fine wine. As long as you marry my sister, you can easily get all these. As for the rest, why don't you just endure it on your wedding night? Taking more concubines in the future can be used as compensation."
"Haha, so these are the final conditions of the Songpa family?"
"Yes, sir, our family is very sincere."
"In other words, if I don't agree, then the shops in the county town won't open, and the Songpa family's tenants won't want to work in the fields, right?"
"Look at what you said, sir. We will never go against the government. This must be caused by our servants' incompetence. As long as you agree, all the above will be fine. We can ensure that Beilan County will be more prosperous than before, and let your achievements be glorious."
Zhang Mingzhi stood up and paced a few steps, as if he was thinking.
Then he turned to Songpayun and said:
"Political achievements, hehe, you know, my principal is the Earl of Qinghe, my boss is Lord Lingyangling, people like me, according to the old saying, are called disciples of the Son of Heaven. Now Qinghe is in need of people, I have no worries about my future.
Of course, the principal has so many students, and if I don't have some outstanding achievements, in a few years I'll just be lost in the crowd. So I need political achievements.
However, the political achievements I want are not as simple as making Beilan County a little more prosperous!"
"That's easy, Your Excellency may as well enlighten me."
Seeing that the final moment had arrived, Song Payun didn't beat around the bush and asked directly.
"I want this Beilan County to have farmers with crops, merchants with trade routes, and children with education. Can you make it happen?
I want farmers to only pay 20% of the imperial grain, with no other rent or other exorbitant taxes. Can you do it?
I want merchants to just pay taxes according to the law and not be exploited by others, and they don’t have to pay tolls to your Songpa family when their goods enter and leave Beilan County. Can you do that?
I want all children to be able to go to school and receive education, instead of having to work as child laborers in your homes. Can you do it?
I want there to be no more famine in the whole county, no matter whether it is a good year or a bad year, and no one will starve to death. Can you do it?
I want no one in this county to sell their bodies anymore, no matter if they're selling themselves to your family or to a brothel. Can you do this?"
Having said that, Zhang Mingzhi wanted to say more, but waved his hand and said:
"Forget it, why am I telling you this?
Your Songpa family's support for an extra county magistrate is just another mouth to feed, so we can naturally afford it.
But when it comes to the tens of thousands of people in the county, don't even think about asking you to support them. You'll just lie on top of them and suck their blood."
Upon hearing this, Songpayun said sternly, "Your Excellency is too kind. The Songpayan family is wealthy, but it was accumulated through the hard work of generations of ancestors. It's all legitimately earned money. How could it be considered a bloodsucking scam?"
"Oh, really?"
Zhang Mingzhi smiled and said, "Then I'll call a witness."
Zhang Mingzhi clapped his hands.
The door curtain was pulled open, and a rat-like spirit, oh no, it should be the former master Wu Ci, walked in from behind the curtain.
"I am Wu Ci, honored to meet Mr. Zhang and the Second Young Master."
Wu Ci saluted the two of them with an apologetic smile on his face.
"you..."
Song Pahuang was even speechless for a moment.
It is said that on the night when Song Pahuang was beheaded at the yamen gate, his death was so shocking that everyone forgot that there was a dismissed legal advisor at the scene.
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