"Mr. Xue (changed to County Magistrate), you are an official, and they don't listen to you?" the aunt said with a frown.

"Although I am the county magistrate, the Ming Dynasty is very cautious about me. Those dirty officials can't listen to me. Only this official robe is a little powerful!" Xue Yuan sighed, and everyone on the side could feel his sorrow.

"The rain is getting heavier today. Fortunately, I have nothing to do. I am lucky to open this book reading. I encountered it, otherwise it would be really dangerous!"

Everyone was also amazed. These small white soldiers made them tremble and frightened, and the power of the officials was evident.

"President Xue, why are these white soldiers so disregarding their faces? These days, they have become more shameless in plundering money. They are much different from the past!" someone asked.

"It's different from the past!" Xue Yuan sighed: "Do you know how many officials in Changsha County are there? Together, there are about 231 people in the official list!"

"If there are thousands of white soldiers added, it will be extremely huge!"

"In the past, during the summer and autumn taxes, these white servants could still get some benefits and fill their stomachs. But now, taxes are all transferred to the yamen, so they naturally have less harvest!"

"The officials have no income and cannot find money for farmland. Even if they go there, they will suffer from flooding this year and there will be no harvest. I have no choice but to go and cause trouble for you merchants!"

Xue Yuan glanced at these scholars and thought that they would enter the officialdom sooner or later, so he couldn't help but explain, no matter what taboos he had.

"County magistrate, don't you care about the men in the county government?" Someone asked again. Li Jia looked at him. He was probably a tool guy, and he asked what he wanted to know.

"How to manage?" Xue Yuan said helplessly: "On weekdays, the men need these white servants to assist the court in managing the county town. The vast Changsha County has more than 100,000 people, more than 200 people from the county government, and dozens of fast shifts. How can they manage it? If these white servants don't let them eat enough, Changsha County will be in chaos!"

"Isn't Changsha City a mess in these white soldiers? Aren't these officials bandits?" Li Jia finally said:

"Why not let the county magistrate recruit more officials? Wouldn't it be better?"

"This gentleman is thinking simple. Unfortunately, the customization of the imperial court is there, so how dare the county magistrate disobey the system? Besides, there is not much autumn tax this year, so how can there be money to recruit? I can only rely on white servants and wait for a while!" Xue Yuan sighed:

"Next April is the day of the imperial examination. I hope you can all go to high school and benefit the people!" Then he bowed to everyone and turned around and left.

"Mr. Xue is such a good official!" Those scholars were deeply moved and exclaimed.

Li Jiaze watched this person leave, but his heart was quite heavy.

When he was in Yongzhou, in order to reduce the exploitation of the people and to win the hearts of the people, he spent money every month to send it to the yamen runners' homes, and indeed gained a lot of the hearts of the people.

However, this is only limited to Yongzhou, and the other prefectures and counties are still as usual, exploitation and corruption.

Like the rulers at this time, Li Jia's eyes were limited. They believed that as long as he controlled the county magistrates and other civil officials and then punished them, he could reduce corruption and allow the people to live a good life.

But this is just wishful thinking. They ignored the gray area, the class of officials passed down from generation to generation.

They either marry or make friends, get along with local tyrants, and then based on hereditary power, they can even bully the chief officials, so that they can only see what they see.

If the county magistrate just embezzled national taxes, then these officials will eat and suck the people completely.

When you have a lawsuit, after eating the plaintiff and the defendant, you will go to jail, and make your life worse than death. You will also knock out a copper coin. If your family gets into trouble, the family will be solved.

The yamen runners' carriage fees, the autopsy fees for coroners, and some other filial piety. In short, there are many names and only if you lose everything, you will be willing to give up.

"It seems that Zhou Xingfeng is the same. He just takes care of the county magistrates and the eye-catching little ants, but forgets the officials."

Li Jia thought to herself that she was obviously confused by the illusion of Yongzhou, and this was the real official.

At some point, the light rain had stopped. Li Jia rode on her horse and continued to secretly investigate the people's feelings.

Then, after walking around the city, they left the city. It was already afternoon. They found a tea shop and were sitting on the tea shop to rest. It was mainly because there was a market here, and the nearby villagers traded here.

In fact, it is not OK to be here. When commercial goods enter Changsha City, they have to go through the hands of Yaren. No matter whether they are chicken, duck, fish, meat and eggs, they are picked and sold on the street, they are not OK. This is a violation.

Some villagers even just picked up vegetables and passed by the restaurant, not planning to buy or sell them, but suddenly rushed out of the restaurant. They were fierce and evil, and without saying anything, they took away the vegetables and said they would go to the store to get the price.

The villagers didn't dare to say much, because someone just said a few words and got a few old punches, which made his nose and face swollen, and even kept wailing on the ground, no one dared to care.

"Is these people so domineering, can they be toothful?" Li Jia took a cup of tea, felt quite heavy in her heart, and asked to the owner of the tea stall.

"Little Langjun, these people are private teeth!" The owner of the tea shop grinned and said in a very resentful manner:

"We are outside the city. These people have private teeth and have deep backgrounds, so they are domineering and have embezzled a lot of things!"

"The guild people collude with them and everything must be sold to them, and no one is allowed to operate it in this market!"

Yashang was an institution that was formed after the development of business. It was also an auxiliary to the court. It specialized in managing merchants and was similar to an intermediary.

The guild is a spontaneous organization in an industry, such as the Blacksmith Guild, which mainly protects the interests of merchants. Once the two collude, their power will be extremely huge.

Therefore, villagers who carry goods into the market are not allowed to trade on their own, and they have to determine the value by the Yamen, and most of the profits are still taken away by Yamen. Yamen is an institution that was formed after the development of business. It is also an auxiliary to the court, specializing in managing merchants, similar to an intermediary.

The guild is a spontaneous organization in an industry, such as the Blacksmith Guild, which mainly protects the interests of merchants. Once the two collude, their power will be extremely huge.

Therefore, villagers who carry goods into the market are not allowed to trade on their own, and they have to determine the value by the Yamen, and most of the profits are still taken away by Yamen. Yamen is an institution that was formed after the development of business. It is also an auxiliary to the court, specializing in managing merchants, similar to an intermediary.

The guild is a spontaneous organization in an industry, such as the Blacksmith Guild, which mainly protects the interests of merchants. Once the two collude, their power will be extremely huge.
Chapter completed!