Zhen Guhan, Li Yongnian and Sun Youcai, who were valued, thanked Chen Yunxuan. After all, their status had been improved.
After the other two left, Zhen Guhan pulled Lin Tongxi and Chen Yunxuan aside and talked in private.
As soon as Zhen Guhan opened his mouth, he scared the two of them.
"Town Mayor Lin, Mr. Lin, my Zhen family has two unmarried daughters. The eldest is beautiful and intelligent, and the third is fair-skinned and beautiful. I wonder if you two are interested..."
As soon as Zhen Guhan finished speaking, Lin Tongxi and Chen Yunxuan shook their hands in sync.
"To be honest, the mayor and I already have lovers, but I'm afraid it won't be what Lord Zhen wishes." Lin Tongxi also explained for Chen Yunxuan.
"Well, that's a shame. By the way, I wonder if you two would be so kind as to come to my Zhen Mansion tonight as my guests? Madam has wanted to invite you two for a long time, but unfortunately you were busy with official duties, so I didn't dare to disturb you earlier."
"Well... there's no problem with the two of us, but we want to bring three more people. I don't know what you think, Mr. Zhen." The three people Lin Tongxi mentioned were naturally Su Ruoxue, Yue Lingyun, Xiaojiu and others.
After all, they are members of the team, so we should take them along when we have something delicious to maintain team cohesion.
"Hahahahaha, my wife and I love lively occasions the most. Just come, our Zhen family will definitely give you a warm welcome!" Zhen Guhan laughed. Anyway, it would be fine as long as he could establish a good relationship with the government.
At dusk, Lin Tongxi and others visited the Zhen Mansion. The people of the Zhen Mansion treated them warmly. Among them, Bai Yunshan, although the shopkeeper, was a good cook and won praise from everyone.
After the three families were imprisoned, the most powerful gentry was left with the Zhen family, who opened two inns and were considered the richest gentry in the town.
In order to win over the Zhen family, Lin Tongxi and Chen Yunxuan exchanged glances and decided to invite Zhen Guhan to serve as the grand elder of the town's decision-making temple in advance.
After Lin Tongxi and others explained the responsibilities, Zhen Guhan gladly accepted it. This position would undoubtedly elevate his status to a higher level.
According to his understanding, this position is second only to Lin Tongxi and Lin Chenxuan, and he can even appear frequently to show his presence.
Although he had new work to do, a lot of it actually overlapped with his duties as the president of the gentry association, which he had to do anyway.
What's more, this position comes with a salary, so why not do it?
Thus, Zhen Guhan's position was established.
After this, Lin Tongxi and Chen Yunxuan visited other gentry who were suitable to be the heads of the new institutions in the town.
For example, Li Yongnian served as the head of the council hall, and Sun Youcai served as the deputy mayor in charge of commerce.
After settling the gentry, it is necessary to properly arrange the servants of one's own government office.
Among them, Yan Chenghong and Jiang Jiadao contributed the most.
Yan Chenghong was a loyal person and was deeply appreciated by Gan Xingfan. He also inspired other faithful officials to stay at their posts.
Jiang Jiadao was the first one to deal with Lin Tongxi and others. He had personally delivered a message to Lin Tongxi and others in Qingshi Village before, so they could be considered old acquaintances.
As for the Hegu Township that came to help, the two men rewarded them with silver, food, etc. After all, they couldn't let others come to help for free.
The two also approved those who were willing to stay and serve as officials.
If you are unwilling, just take the reward and go back. Anyway, the government has passed the period of the most shortage of manpower and can recruit people slowly in the future.
In this way, the two major forces were stabilized, but those who had previously had second thoughts about them had not yet been dealt with.
These people are mainly divided into two groups: one is the officials who left the government office, and the other is the children in Anjifang.
Many of the officials resigned due to the tyranny of the three families.
In this regard, the two did not intend to use official power for physical punishment, and they did not have much choice in that situation.
Having said that, the two of them still need to correct their tendency to run away when something happens.
To this end, the two men established a rule that anyone who resigned from their official position would not be hired by any agency representing the government in the future.
Of course, there are also a few who colluded with the three companies and even acted as thugs for the three companies to bully the market after resigning, causing damage to the image of the government.
In response, the two men showed no mercy and punished them. The least severe punishment was given by a dozen lashes of the board, and the list was blacklisted and posted on the government bulletin board.
Some people tried to escape, but were caught by the police.
The last person to be arrested was the yamen runner who took the lead in instigating the officials to resign, named Wang Liao.
"Sir... I was wrong. Please forgive me this time. It was all because of that Pang guy." After learning that the Pang family was arrested, Wang Liao escaped as soon as possible. He thought he would be safe if he hid for a while.
Unexpectedly, some ignorant people reported him, leading to his arrest.
"I heard that you enjoyed scolding us before. Do you want to scold us again now?" Lin Tongxi looked at the description of the information and became more and more angry.
"Master... I was wrong. I have elderly parents and young children to support. Please let me go this time." Wang Liao kowtowed repeatedly and then looked at Chen Yunxuan: "Mayor, I have several people to feed at home. I can't help it."
"..." Chen Yunxuan was looking at the information and hesitating, but then he saw the description of domestic violence on it and immediately decided to throw him into prison.
Wang Liao said that he was forced by life, but he actually spent money lavishly and spent a lot of money on food, drink and entertainment.
As for his family, Wang Liao would start beating his wife whenever he got drunk, which was unbearable.
"Sir, now that I'm in jail, are you going to leave my family starving?" Wang Liao continued to act pitiful.
"Your wife and children will be taken care of in Anjifang, so you don't have to worry." Chen Yunxuan slammed the gavel and asked the officer to quickly take Wang Liao to the cell.
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