Huang Zhuanshi waved him to sit down and said: "Well, you send someone to tell him to come, don't use force, otherwise if you can't get hold of him in the future, you will not be able to get away with it! It's just passing him.

The question is to tell him that in this case, someone has already filed a complaint with me, saying that he took advantage of his position to rape the women of the people, which caused the women to commit suicide in anger. I want to investigate this matter personally!"

Magistrate Liao hurriedly nodded and agreed.

Huang Zhuanshi twirled his beard, raised his voice, and said again: "You have to tell him that this matter is related to his career and destiny, so he can figure it out! Don't think about giving bribes or gifts to me. I am an honest man."

A good and upright official will not accept this trick! You must take these words to heart!"

Magistrate Liao was stunned, thinking, aren't you clearly reminding people to give you gifts? It seems that this trick of the transporter is nothing more than asking for bribes. Thinking of this, Magistrate Liao was a little funny, this Huang transporter is probably crazy and poor.

Well, if you want to ask for bribes, you should go to those rich places in the water towns in the south of the Yangtze River. How can you go to a remote and poor place of exile like Bazhou to ask for bribes? Moreover, in order to claim that the tax money was stolen and to make up for the shortfall, the magistrate of Yinling even ordered his wife to

All the dowry jewelry has been sold, so there is no money left to pay bribes.

Huang Zhuan envoy said: "I have also heard that the magistrate of Yinling County has been short-circuiting taxes and misappropriating the monthly money of subordinates and even servants. He really has a money eye!"

Huang Zhuanshi finally said something fair: "He didn't mean to be short-changed. He was really helpless. Bandits sneaked in and stole taxes..."

"Did he say this himself, or did you see it with your own eyes, Mr. Liao?"

"This is something I sent to Yinling County to investigate and found out. It is indeed true that the tax money was stolen. The robbers sneaked in and injured several government officials, and many people saw it."

Huang Zhuanzhuan sneered: "Did they see the bandit carrying away the silver ingots?"

Magistrate Liao hurriedly smiled and said: "This is not the case."

"Yes! He can find someone to steal the empty box and leave. It's not impossible." Huang Zhuanzhuan turned to look at Judge Lu Tong: "What do you think?"

Lu Tongpian hurriedly said: "Master Transshipment Master couldn't be more right! This kid must be dishonest and deliberately mischievous. Thanks to Master Transshipment Master's guidance, we understand this guy's ambition!"

Magistrate Liao smiled bitterly and thought to himself that if an official loses taxes, no matter what the reason is, he will have to pay for it out of his own pocket. Even if he finds someone to pretend to steal the money, he will still have to pay for it himself and will not get any benefit.

Why is he bothering with this? Seeing that Huang's transfer envoy was obviously targeting Leng Yi, the magistrate of Yinling County. He wanted to give him small shoes, but he didn't know where Leng Yi had offended the transfer envoy. Although he had nothing to do with this transfer envoy.

There is no special relationship with Leng Yi, but after all, he is an official under his rule, and there are always some people who protect his shortcomings.

Magistrate Liao said: "I have ordered Magistrate Leng to make up the tax before the final collection deadline. He is raising money from various sources and trying to find ways to make up for the shortfall."

"Have you thought of a solution? I heard that the water money he lost is not a small amount of money!"

"This, I understand. I will step up my supervision and collect all the money before the last payment deadline in the twelfth lunar month."

"Tax collection is done on a quarterly basis, not collected all at once at the end of the year! You have to understand that he should have collected and paid all the previous taxes long ago! If he delays it until now, it is already practicing favoritism and corruption.

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This tax is never said to be paid on a quarterly basis. It is collected on an annual basis. It can be paid early or late, as long as it is paid before the end of the year in the twelfth lunar month of each year. Now Huang Zhuanshi suddenly came up with such a saying,

Obviously, it was for Magistrate Leng to keep wearing small shoes. Magistrate Liao couldn't refute, so he could only agree.

Huang Zhuanshi raised his voice and said: "It's not that I am deliberately making things difficult. This is the king's law. I can't let it go. Magistrate Liao, you can't protect it either!"

"I don't dare to do this in a humble position."

"Well, let him pay the taxes for the third quarter first, and the rest should be paid before the twelfth lunar month! If he can't pay it, he won't be able to keep his black gauze hat. Your Bazhou is a place of exile, and he may have to pay it.

Save a place for himself here!"

Magistrate Liao hurriedly claimed that it was, and thought to himself, I heard that the magistrate in Leng County was trying to collect the money by selling iron and steel, and even sold his wife's jewelry. After moving here and there, he still didn't get enough 20% of the tax. Seeing that there were only 20% of the tax left before the twelfth lunar month.

It has been more than ten days, and if he wants to pay the remaining 80% of the tax in this short period of time, he will definitely not be able to pay it. He feels a little sympathy for the Lengzhi County in his heart. This Lengzhi County is a nerd.

Nothing will happen. If you encounter something like this, you will probably be blinded. There is nothing you can do.

Huang Zhuanshi said again: "It's the same sentence! I am a good official and will never accept bribes or protect him. Magistrate Liao, you must tell him this!"

"Absolutely!" Magistrate Liao nodded and agreed.

Huang Zhuanshi stood up to say goodbye and returned to his residence. He did not like the best inn in Bazhou arranged by Magistrate Liao. He said that he wanted to live in people's homes, understand the people's sentiments, and enjoy themselves with the people. Magistrate Liao immediately understood what Zhuanshi Zhan was doing.

What does it mean to have fun with the people? I immediately discussed with the largest wealthy businessman in the city and wanted to arrange the transfer agent with him. Of course, the wealthy businessman agreed wholeheartedly and was very happy. He quickly packed up his luxurious inner house with a garden.

, respectfully asked the transfer envoy to stay. Only then did a smile appear on the transfer envoy's face.

After sending Huang's transfer envoy away, Magistrate Liao immediately arranged for people to rush to Leng Yi, Chuan Magistrate of Yinling County.

In the afternoon, Magistrate Liao was discussing matters with Magistrate Lu Tong and other officials. Suddenly, the concierge came to report that Leng Yi, the magistrate of Yinling County, wanted to see him.

Magistrate Liao was surprised. Why did he just send someone to summon him in the morning and he arrived in the afternoon? Could it be that he had wings? Hurry up and summon him.

After a moment, Leng Yi was seen walking in wearing official robes and walking in official steps. Behind him was a horse-faced boy, carrying a heavy small box in his hand.

After Leng Yi came in, he didn't know Magistrate Liao himself, so he deliberately walked in according to the habits of court officials mentioned by Master Dong, so that he could use this time to observe who was Magistrate Liao. He looked at the people sitting in the hall.

An old man, with several officials sitting on either side. It seems that the one in the middle should be Magistrate Liao.

However, Leng Yi still decided to be more cautious. He asked the horse-faced waiter to exit and wait for him outside. Then he walked to the man in the middle, bowed and saluted, and said: "I see you for your humble position!" He also made a gesture to other officials.

The group bowed and said: "I have met all of you in this humble position!"

Among them was Magistrate Liao, who nodded with a sullen face and said nothing. The other officials returned the salute. Only Lu Tongpan had a sneer on his face, and Da Qicai didn't even nod his head, saying with a sneer: "Leng

Sir, you must have prepared the home cooking, right?"

In the Song Dynasty, Tongpan was the assistant officer of the magistrate or the prefecture, the second-in-command of the state government, and was from the seventh rank. In the Song Dynasty, the county magistrates were generally from the eighth rank, instead of the often said "seven-rank sesame officials". In the Song Dynasty, there were only two under the jurisdiction of the capital.

The magistrate of Chi County is the seventh grade, Ji County next to the capital is the eighth grade, and the magistrates of counties under other state capitals are only the eighth grade. They are far lower than the level of county magistrates in the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

Leng Yi had already thought about it before he came. Although he still didn't know how the county magistrate he replaced would behave in front of these superiors, he knew from the attitude of the servants and servants of the county government towards him that he must have a relatively weak character.

Yes, since I am pretending to be him, I can only swallow my anger first and slowly change later, otherwise I will be too sharp all of a sudden and easily arouse suspicion.

So, facing the official's obvious rudeness, Leng Yi just lowered his head with a look of fear on his face but did not answer.

When Magistrate Lu Tong wanted to say something more, Magistrate Liao waved his hand to stop him. He glanced at Leng Yi's short hair on the temples and asked with some surprise: "What's wrong with your hair?"

A fat colleague next to him chuckled and said: "You must be trying to make a fortune because you can't pay back the taxes. It's useless. Even if you want to become a monk, you have to make up for the tax shortfall. Otherwise, you are the only one."

The one you can go to is the penal colony!"

Other officials also laughed.

Leng Yi felt relieved, which showed that his appearance and voice did not arouse any suspicion among them. At present, the character of the magistrate he showed was also in place and did not arouse any suspicion. They took the initiative to explain his hair.

It helped him pass the test. A look of shame immediately appeared on his face.
Chapter completed!