Anti-Qing: Starting from the Reincarnation of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 33
Hearing this, everyone fell silent.

Obviously, they are unable to give up their property in Bauhinia Mountain.

The head of the Tian family stood up and asked.

"Master Li, how about we report this matter and ask the imperial court to send troops for reinforcements?"

The suppression of thieves is a matter for the imperial court. Naturally, they, the landowners and gentry, do not want to contribute to the imperial court.

After all, the court won't reward them for this, right?
When Li Hongfa heard this, his expression remained unchanged and he spoke very calmly.

"Is this true? Are you sure the Tian family leader wants to request the imperial court to send troops to suppress the bandits?"

"Everyone must know the military discipline of the imperial army. If the imperial army is really attracted to Jintian Town, will the result be what the Tian family leader wants to see?"

When the head of the Tian family heard this, his face darkened, but he didn't say anything more.

Li Hongye looked around and said.

"Family heads, please don't hesitate. After you go back, make preparations individually, gather your clansmen and militia, and assemble and send troops as soon as possible. We must take advantage of the fact that the traitor army has not yet established a stable foothold in Jintian Town, so that we can wipe out the bandits and take back Jintian Town."

"Only in this way can we preserve our property in the mountains."

Seeing this, everyone nodded in agreement.

Then they dispersed.

……

Wuxuan County, Qingyun Tower.

Li Jie, 28 years old, yawned with a tired face, tied his belt and walked out of Qingyun Tower in a swaggering manner.

Behind him, Yingying Yanyan greeted him sweetly.

"Master Li, come and play again!"

"Master Li, I will leave the door open for you tonight~"

"Master Li, please come and take care of the slave family's business~"

Li Jie waved his hand indifferently and agreed casually.

"I know, I know, I'll come when I have time."

Li Jie is a native of Wuxuan County and a hereditary official.

Since his grandfather's generation, his family has been a county police officer.

Wuxuan County is not peaceful recently, and the county magistrate wants to raise money and food to organize a team to train thieves.

Those wealthy gentry, naturally the officials of the Yamen, personally came forward to collect donations.

But the ordinary businessmen and people in the county were left in charge of these government officials.

And there is a lot of oil and water contained in it.

Li Jie has made a lot of money during this period. He can stay in Qingyun Tower every day and night for more than ten days in a row, which speaks volumes.

"Brother Li, Brother Li, why are you so slow and swaying?"

"There is an urgent meeting at the Yamen! Hurry up, otherwise it will be too late."

Just as Li Jie came out of Qingyun Tower and wandered towards the county government office, a voice came from behind him.

Li Jie turned around and saw his little brother Bai Yao.

At this time, Bai Yao was running towards the county government office in a hurry, with sweat on his forehead.

Seeing this, Li Jie stretched out his hand to stop Bai Kiln, frowned and asked.

"What's going on? Why are you so anxious?"

Bai Yao kept walking, dragging Li Jie to run, and said while running.

"Walking and talking, walking and talking."

The two of them ran all the way towards the county government office.

On the way, Bai Yao also explained.

"Something happened in Jintian Town."

"The rebels in Zhujiazhuang did not settle down after heading east into Bauhinia Mountain. Instead, they spent more than ten days practicing in the mountain, and then fought their way out of the mountain."

"Now Jintian Town has been captured by the bandits, and the entire Yang family in Jintian Town has been wiped out."

"The county magistrate is angry about this. County Magistrate Li, Capt. Yang, Zhang Dianshi and others are all scolded bloody." "Damn it, this time, I guess we will also suffer... "

The two of them ran all the way to the county government office. Li Jie's legs were as weak as noodles and he almost collapsed directly in front of the county government office.

He had to be supported by Bai Yao so that he could stand.

After spending more than ten days in a brothel, no matter how strong a man is, he will be drained dry.

It feels good enough, but it is also true that my legs and feet become weak after a long time.

The two entered the county government office, then entered the class room and sat down in their respective seats.

Even though the squad room was still some distance away from the county government hall, they could still faintly hear the county magistrate's scolding.

Everyone looked at each other in shock, feeling the pressure on their faces and the low and depressing atmosphere in the county government office.

……

In the lobby of the county government office, Fang Kunzheng's face was dark.

"Is this what you and I promised that nothing would happen?"

"This is what you and I promised. Once the thieves enter the mountain, they won't wander around and poison the place?"

"Now that such a big thing has happened in Jintian Town, how do you ask me to explain it to the government?!"

"How to explain to the court?"

Although it was Fang Kunzheng's own idea that he would never send troops to suppress thieves before making enough money.

But now that something really happened, it didn't stop Fang Kun from taking the blame.

As the saying goes, isn't it that lower officials are used to take the blame for superior officials?

Of course, now that Fang Kun is reprimanding them, it is actually not unfair.

At the beginning, when Fang Kunzheng expressed his attitude of not sending troops because he had not made enough money, these people may have done it to comfort themselves or to flatter the county magistrate, but they all swore that nothing would happen.

I just didn’t expect that the slap in the face would come so quickly!
When everyone heard this, they all slandered. It was obviously your idea not to send troops because you didn't get enough money, but now you're blaming us!

However, in the end they dared not say anything.

The first level of officialdom suppresses people to death, but they dare not openly offend this county parent, Bailihou.

Although each of them is deeply rooted in the county, if the county leader really wants to punish them, he can actually do it.

Just when Fang Kun was venting his emotions angrily, Master Luo Wentongluo on the side spoke to persuade him.

"My lord, please calm down for the moment. The student has something he doesn't know whether to say or not."

Although Fang Kunzheng's face was still unhappy, he still gave his master a face and said with a cold snort.

"speak!"

Luo Wentong stood up, stroking his beard and said.

"Sir, in the eyes of students, things in Jintian Town are not necessarily bad."

Fang Kunzheng frowned when he heard this.

"how you said that?"

Luo Wentong explained with a smile.

"Firstly, because Jintian Town is occupied by thieves, it shows that the thieves are not simple. The more unsimple the thieves are, the more valuable your achievements will be when the thieves are leveled."

"The second reason is that the incident in Jintian Town was actually a great shock to the large gentry families in the county."

"After seeing the tragedy of the Yang family in Jintian Town, the big gentry will definitely be afraid of the thieves. When the time comes, those big gentry will definitely support you in quelling the thieves."

"If you want to raise more funds to defeat thieves, it will be easy."

When Luo Wentong said this, Fang Kunzheng's face indeed looked much better, and he nodded slightly.

"Master Luo is right."

After pondering for a while, Fang Kunzheng spoke again.

"But even so, I can no longer sit back and watch the thieves grow bigger."

"The bandit must be put down as soon as possible! This matter cannot be delayed!"

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