Li Ling's response was enough to make Xu Ziyang believe that this young county magistrate was not simple, and he was far more difficult than many officials before. After listening to his statement, Xu Mo showed deep thoughts and understood for a while, his face became more and more serious, but Xu Kun still didn't understand his intentions and looked resentful: "Dad, are we still afraid of him?"

"Of course we won't be afraid of him, but he represents the court. Do we dare to go against the court?" Xu Mo immediately glanced at his somewhat reckless brother, and then snorted again, "This is what Li Ling is so smart. He saw that we had concerns, so he simply made it clear."

Xu Ziyang looked at his eldest son with satisfaction: "Yes, it was because he relied on this that he dared to be so unscrupulous. Even Xu Mao was opened and removed from the county government by him. Not only was he smart, but he was also brave enough! Think about it, what did the newly appointed county magistrates do in the past?"

When he woke up, the Xu family's nephews also understood. Yes, in the past, the county magistrates who arrived in Huating had only two attitudes. They either quickly surrendered when they saw the situation like this, and they came to the same place as Guangchen. Hello, me, and so on. In this way, he became a puppet of the Xu Fang family and was at their mercy. Of course, he could also gain a lot of benefits during this period. While the two families were eating meat, the county magistrate could drink some soup, and finally he could pass the political achievements. Maybe he would be promoted in a few years, but it would be a pain to the local people.

Of course, there are also county magistrates who are unwilling to be obedient and want to fight with the two families. However, such officials will not directly reveal their attitude, but will use some means to slowly attack them, thinking that they will seize the handle of their families and then take them down with the court.

However, these self-cultivated county magistrates often fall before success. Just like the previous county magistrate Ren, something suddenly happened. They were either found to have evidence of corruption or died suddenly, and the consequences were extremely miserable.

No matter where they were, the Huating County Magistrates before were not as direct as Li Ling. As soon as they took office, they clearly wanted to be enemies of the Xu family, so they almost posted a notice. This seemingly reckless behavior hit their point, making Xu Ziyang and the others a little afraid of it.

Everyone in the Xu family who understood this was a little anxious, and Xu Kun even said anxiously: "Dad, then let's let him succeed, and he will be majestic?"

"It seems that we can only take a step back first. But doing this is not really letting him go, but retreat and not giving him the chance to continue to seize us. Also, he is just a county magistrate after all, with a prefect and a governor on his side. We have some ways to deal with him." Xu Mo said his thoughts, and when he looked at his father again, he saw Xu Ziyang nodding at him with satisfaction.

Xu Kun then calmed down a little and said, "I heard that the prefect of Songjiang was also recently dispatched. Maybe we need to find an excuse to establish our authority. Why don't we give Li Ling to him as a gift?"

Xu Ziyang smiled and said that his son who only knows how to behave has also made a lot of progress, so he nodded: "This is indeed a good way, so let's bear him for a few days, Xu Sen, Xu Wang--"

The two people he called were the Xu family, who was a diary in the county government office. At this moment, they were cheering up and responded quickly: "My nephew is here, please ask my uncle for instructions."

"You just stare at him to death, and you must repay any action as soon as possible. There are also other people in the yamen who let go of their words, and everything will be the same as before, and their benefits will be indispensable, otherwise they will know the consequences."

"Yes, my nephew understands." Xu Wang hurriedly agreed, but Xu Sen was obviously hesitant, as if there was something to say. Xu Ziyang naturally saw this change, and then his face darkened: "What, do you have any opinions on my thoughts?"

"No, I dare not." Xu Sen hurriedly lowered his head and did not dare to look at him. In fact, he really looked down on the Xu family's style of bullying the weak, but he was also a beneficiary of this situation, so he couldn't say much. He whispered: "My nephew just... I just thought of what happened just now. County Magistrate Li sent someone to invite Lord Xu to the county government to meet in the morning."

"What happened? Why didn't you say it soon?" Xu Ziyang's face changed suddenly, and his body suddenly leaned forward. He obviously felt the threat, while the others were a little confused. I wonder why the head of the family had such a big reaction to this. Isn't it just that the two county magistrates met, and they had met a lot before.

"You go back to the county government quickly, be sure to find out what they said when they met. No, when you arrive at the county government, you will call Xu Gong to me. I want to ask him in person." Xu Ziyang ordered Xu Sen and the others with a serious expression, waved his hand and urged, "What are you still standing there? Go quickly!"

Although the two were still a little confused, they did not dare to delay seeing their uncle so anxious, so they turned around and left. However, the others were still surprised. Xu Mo said tentatively: "Dad, what are you worried about?"

"This Li Ling is not simple, decisive enough. He had a little conflict with us yesterday, and today he used the excuse to sing Xu Mao. So this time I was in a hurry to ask Xu Gong to meet, but I didn't want to borrow him to deal with us. Don't forget that Xu Gong knows a lot of inside story..." As he spoke, the old man's face became more gloomy, and obviously the worries in his heart became deeper.

Xu Kun and others were a little unacceptable: "Isn't it possible? He can't escape many things. Will he tell Li Ling like this?"

"I'm not afraid of ten thousand, I'm afraid of it. Besides, officials protect each other, who knows what means can Li Ling use to convince Xu Gong? Anyway, you won't be wrong if you are careful. I have a feeling that Li Ling is our big trouble, and this trouble will come soon!"

Saying this made Xu Ziyang feel a little depressed. This was a situation that the Xu family had never encountered before. In the past, they were the county magistrates, but they did not expect that today they would completely turn around. This feeling was really bad.

...

The second hall of the county government office, the magistrate’s public housing.

Xu Gong sat stiffly in front of Li Ling, looking straight at the young back in front of him, who was about twenty years younger than him. He wanted to speak several times, but he was finally unable to express his questions because of guilt.

Li Ling seemed to have not noticed that there was one more person in front of him, and was still looking through the desk book, writing and drawing on paper from time to time, looking like he was concentrating on handling official duties.

This situation lasted for half an hour. County Magistrate Xu finally couldn't help but coughed: "Mr. Li, what do you want to say when you come to me to come? Then for this year's accounts, how did you... see the problem?"

Li Ling didn't even raise his head, and still looked at the writing, and said softly: "Mr. Xu, please be calm and wait for me for a while."

"You..." Xu Gong wanted to have an attack or leave, but he was guilty and was a little afraid. He continued to wait after humming. In fact, even if he really wanted to leave, he couldn't leave, because Li Moyun was guarding the door at this time. He couldn't get out, and no one in other yamen could get close.

Finally, after Xu Gong had been waiting for an hour, Li Ling stopped writing, sorted out the paper in front of him, and then looked up at him. The words he said then shocked him: "Xu Gong, are you guilty?"

"Mr. Li, what do you mean?" Xu Gong felt nervous, but he still asked calmly.

"Why, is this to let me tell you what you have made? Okay, then I'll ask you, except for the 800 taels of bank treasury revenue in the first few months of this year, there was a shortage of 3,000 taels last year. Where did all the money go?"

"You...how do you know..." Xu Gong was completely panicked and asked back, then realized that he had accepted the matter. His face turned pale and his eyes were already panicked.

"Of course I know. The accounts listed above are clearly listed. Although you have indeed modified the account book, this subtle plan cannot be hidden in my eyes." Li Ling said, pushing the books in front of him forward. It was not until then that Xu Gong realized that Li Ling had just checked the accounts in front of him.

But this... this is too unbelievable. How can there be such an easy and quick way to settle accounts in the world?

Although Xu Gong knew very little about the numerology, he had been a local official for several years and had seen how many officials kept their accounts in the book at the end of the month and slept and slept. Think about it, at that time, more than ten clerks in the house worked together, and it took several days to complete the accounts of the month. As for the account book at the end of the year, it took them more than half a month.

But Li Ling actually took only a little time to see the various flaws in the account book and then calculate the deficits? Moreover, others had to borrow money to calculate the counting, but he came to this conclusion from beginning to end with just one pen and one piece of paper?

This is impossible. It must be that he had brought the people to settle the score earlier, but now he is just pretending to be in front of me! Xu Gong was explaining to himself in his heart, but he was still full of surprise and uneasiness.

"Why, I feel incredible? This is really a trivial matter to me. I'll tell you, before I came here, I worked in the Ministry of Revenue." Moreover, I have a certificate of credit. Can these simple accounting and cover-up methods escape my eyes?

Xu Gongcai was a little convinced after hearing that he was born, but at the same time, his panic became even worse: "Mr. Li, are you... Are you serious?"

"As long as I want to check, I can find out the relevant accounts of this county within ten years within ten years. Even if I send them to the capital, they can still be used as evidence and there will be no problems." Li Ling looked confident, "I wonder if Lord Xu is willing to let all these truths be made public?"
Chapter completed!