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Chapter 197 Flying maple leaves

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I can't surrender, otherwise I'll be trapped by those old thieves.

The magistrate Wang Yu kept shaking his head, and the bloodshot in his eyes made him look in a bad state. After you left, the above will definitely be held accountable, but no one will punish all the officials in Shimen County.At that time, I will be sold by the people below to take the blame!

Zhang Ning didn't know that it was time to convince him, so he picked up the tea cup and looked at the few tea leaves floating on the water.This tea is not brewed well, so there are tea leaves floating on it.

Wang Yu shook his head freely: I would rather die than take the blame for a group of hypocrites who are right and wrong... They are all dead. If you behead me and show me publicly, at least I can still gain a reputation.Humph, those old thieves are greedy for life and fear death, and they don’t want to take others over.

Zhang Ning sighed and said: Only when you are in harmony with the crowd can everyone feel at ease.

After hearing this, Wang Yu looked up at Zhang Ning in surprise, as if he didn't quite understand what he said.

Zhang Ning stopped talking, stood up, opened the door and walked out.

As soon as he left the house, several people came over outside. Old Xu said: Boss, the Anmin List has been posted. The officials and clerks worked very hard, beating the gong on the street while reciting. It was estimated that the city would resume the market in one or two days.

Wang Dianshi, who was standing behind, hurriedly said: The account of the warehouse is here, please read it.The autumn tax has been collected, and the tax has been very heavy in recent years. If you collect taxes from the people again, I am afraid... there may be other solutions.

Zhang Ning took the book, and handed it to Lao Xu without looking at it, and said: Wang Dianshi means that the larger landlords and gentry in the county live in the city, right?

Wang Dianshi's face suddenly became very ugly, and he hurriedly said: This... this is definitely not what I said.

Zhang Ning patted Wang Dianshi on the shoulder kindly: More than 100 soldiers under my command took the lead and wanted to reward silver and military expenses. I believe that Wang Dianshi could think of a solution.

Lord Tangzun is still unwilling to come out to take charge of business?Wang Dianshi asked carefully.Zhang Ning said kindly: I will convince him, just do your job well, and we will not let everyone live.

Yes, yes...

Zhang Ning turned around and asked Lao Xu: Where is the county magistrate’s family?

Lao Xu pointed: It was in that side room, and there were always people watching at the door, and they couldn't run away.

Zhang Ning said: You can’t treat it badly, just treat it well.

After saying that, he walked over, pushed open the door and walked in, and saw four people inside, an old lady, a little girl, and a young woman, holding a baby in her arms.

Zhang Ning was stunned, because the little baby was sipping breasts in the woman's arms. The young woman's top was lifted up, and a white breast was exposed outside, and the little baby was sucking happily.

When the young woman saw a man suddenly breaking in, she hurriedly opened the child's mouth and pulled her clothes with a red face.The child immediately cried.

Zhang Ning said awkwardly: Let him continue eating.

The young woman hesitated for a moment, looked at Zhang Ning with resentment, then lowered her head and gently lifted her satin clothes, revealing her breasts again.

Only then did Zhang Ning realize that he seemed to have said the wrong thing. The woman dared not resist and thought that she was lustful and deliberately wanted to see it.

Well...I didn't mean that.Zhang Ning's face turned slightly red, and his eyes were still staring at the white breasts. I have to say that the shape was very good, and his nipples were also very firm after being sucked by the child.

Zhang Ning turned his head and looked at the old woman next to him, bowed and said: I'm afraid I'm not here at the wrong time, so I'll come again later and say goodbye.

The young woman who was feeding looked up at Zhang Ning, and Zhang Ning hurriedly avoided her gaze, turned around and left.

He came to the yard and took a deep breath, and finally suppressed the evil thoughts in his heart.

At this time, he had to admit that after taking power, people instinctively want to do whatever they want, even if they only have a small amount of power.

Another scene of coercioning the young woman was humiliated by undressing and untied...

It seems that if you do this bad thing, you don’t have to be punished. At worst, you can kill the magistrate.

After walking a few steps in the yard, the sound of his boots stomping on the fallen leaves all over the ground caught his attention.

He raised his head and saw a few maple trees with sparse red leaves on the tops, and red maple leaves were slowly flying down.

He reached out to catch a leaf, held it in his hand and watched for a while, threw it on the ground, and left outside the door of the magistrate's family.Looking up, Xu Wenjun was standing on the steps at the door of the room.

What are you watching me like that? Zhang Ning blurted out in surprise.

Wenjun looked down at Hongye on the ground and said: Boss, this room has everything. After cleaning up, how do you think about living here?All the files you want are placed inside.

After hearing this, Zhang Ning walked up the steps and entered the upper room. He saw that the bed tent inside was made of silk, bookshelf, large cases, and porcelain. It was decorated well, which was very different from the old county house. Perhaps it was the room where the magistrate originally lived.

In the Ming Dynasty, almost no officials were in their hometowns. When they took office in other places, they usually lived in public houses behind the yamen.

Seeing that there was a large stack of booklets on the book case, he walked over and sat down to read it. The above books were all local criminal law files. Zhang Ning had no interest, and even if there was an unjust case, it was not his own business. So he threw it aside and looked through the household registration book below and the tax-owed files.

These things are understandable, but they are also difficult to handle. It is really not easy to deal with without relevant work experience; they have never been a local official.

After looking at it for a while, I felt that my head was too big. At this time, something on the bookshelf next to me seemed to be a map caught his attention. I took it over and opened it. It was indeed a hand-painted map near Shimen County. Although it was roughly drawn and the scale was definitely not accurate, the mountains, rivers and terrain were marked, which made Zhang Ning feel that it was an unexpected gain.

It is very intuitive on the map. This Shimen County is on the north bank of the Lishui River. Along the lower reaches of the Lishui River (east) is Lizhou County, upstream (west) is Cili County, and upstream is Yongdingwei...

From the map, this Shimen County is actually a dangerous place, with two health centers nearby, which theoretically can mobilize more than 10,000 soldiers.

However, it is impossible for the mainland garrison station to organize full combat effectiveness now. It is rare to have half of it. Even so, Zhang Ning feels that the thinner 100 people under his command are still very dangerous.

After plundering the money and food from Shimen County, run away quickly?

Since the army has already started, or how can we further expand the territory and in which direction will we fight?

Zhang Ning looked west along the map. He only marked the Sichuan on it, but it was not drawn.

He thought about how to expand his military source, but it was hard to figure it out for a moment.

He threw down his things, stood up and went out, and turned around to see Xu Wenjun silently cleaning up his messy desk.

Things had to be done one by one. Zhang Ning walked back to the door of the wing room, knocked on the door, and it took a moment to push it away and walk in.

This time the young woman did not feed her breasts openly, and the child seemed to be asleep.

When they saw Zhang Ning coming in, their eyes were all looking at him with fear, but the young woman's face turned slightly red.

Zhang Ning kept calm and bowed to the old woman: Are you Lord Wang’s high hall?

County Magistrate Wang is a dog son, please sit down.The old woman said carefully.

Zhang Ning pulled up a chair and sat down, saying: The county town was captured before, and my subordinates were my surname Zhu... Sit down, don't worry, magistrate Wang has no worries, don't worry.

The old woman wiped her tears: The dog son did not do anything bad when he was an official in Shimen County. The king let him go. He was the only son in his body. The whole family relied on him...

It’s easy to say, I’m not the King of Mountains. Do you think I’m like a bandit?

Zhang Ning said kindly.

Seeing that the old woman was still crying, he said calmly, even if I let Lord Wang go, the court will not forgive him.Since ancient times, officials who lost cities and land have been severely punished. You look like a person of reasonable origin, and you should understand it.

The old woman choked and said: What should we do?

Zhang Ning touched his forehead and said: I haven't finished speaking just now. My surname is Zhu. I'll tell you, Emperor Jianwen was my father... Please get up quickly and talk... Some past events, people of the old lady's age, should have heard of. Emperor Jianwen lost the throne, not because he was not right, but because he didn't win the war; now we are going to fight back. The real emperor of the Ming Dynasty should be Emperor Jianwen, the eldest grandson of Taizu.Lord Wang reads the books of sages and shows loyalty and filial piety, but why doesn’t he understand this great righteousness?I hope the old lady will persuade him to turn back. As long as he understands loyalty, filial piety and righteousness and re-loyalty to our emperor, we will promise not to blame him.You should know that betraying the king and father is to raid the family and destroy the clan...

The old woman was startled and fell to the ground again: The dog was confused for a moment. You forgive him once, and the old man must persuade him well.

Zhang Ning hurriedly stepped forward and helped him up again, and said gently: The old lady is so wise, please get up, and I will ask someone to send County Magistrate Wang here in a while, so you have to explain the reason to him.

Seeing that it was so easy to convince the old woman, it was much easier than Wang Yu. He was very satisfied at the moment and stopped talking. He politely counted and then withdrew from the wing room.

After finding Lao Xu, Zhang Ning ordered: First, ask someone to send Wang Yu and his family together, and then inform Wei Bin and Hou Tanzhu to discuss matters in the second hall, and Yao Erlang and Song Hu also called them together.

Lao Xu responded with his fists.

After Zhang Ning finished speaking, he left the backyard and walked a few steps forward to the second hall of the county government.

This place is also called Tuisi Hall or Qintang. It seems that the magistrate handles his post in the lobby every day, and he needs to reflect on himself when he retires to the second hall, which is called retreating and thinking three times; or in addition to government affairs, Tao Yi plays the piano here with sentiments and cultivates his character and maintains a clean and honest moral cultivation.

He walked in and watched from side to side. Although it was a bit old, the decorations such as calligraphy and paintings hanging on the wall did have a quaint and elegant feeling.