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Shen Cuo made a big fuss in the lobby, and put the county magistrate, master, Wang Qingfa, Wang Butou and others in prison, and then led Erya and Huzi into the back hall.

The second hall is the office area for the officials of the county government. After entering by mistake, Shen found that there were still a few people huddled inside.Among them was a young man in his twenties who was actually a magistrate.

The county magistrate is not the low-ranking subordinate officials and canon historians in the county government, but the official eighth-rank official appointed by the imperial court, and the real imperial order official.Now in this county government, besides Shen Cuo, he is the one with the highest rank.

In order to reduce redundant posts, today's Holy Majesty has gradually no longer set up county magistrates, chief bookkeepers and other posts. Only in Jiangnan and other places, the imperial court occasionally set them up in order to balance the local wealthy families.

The county magistrate of Maoshan County was directly appointed by the imperial court before, but Qianglong still couldn't overwhelm the snakes, and it was even more difficult for him to be a mere eighth rank. He had been excluded by the county magistrate and others for one year.

Shen Cuo didn't know the inside story, and when the county magistrate declared himself his position, he wanted someone to put him in prison together.

"My lord, wait a minute, wait a minute!" The county magistrate was so anxious that he wiped the sweat off his brow, and respectfully said to Shen Cuo, "The lower official has never been in the same boat as the county magistrate and others. Please also learn from me."

Shen Cuo raised his eyebrows, and snorted coldly: "You said there is no one? There really is no one. Can't you see what this county magistrate has done? If you don't report it, you are also guilty!"

The county magistrate heard all about Shen Cuo's actions later on, and complained incessantly.

Those common people were naturally happy to see it, but Shen Cuo's actions were really a bit reckless.

He had never seized the magistrate's handle in Maoshan County for a year, and if he returned without success this time, he might startle the snake.

"Your Excellency, you can ask the yamen servants in the mansion, the people in the county, whether the subordinate officials are in collusion with the county magistrate.

The lower officials also want to make a difference, but they are too weak to do anything.If you don't believe me, you will know when the magistrate arrives, the next official is a disciple of the magistrate, that's why he was sent here. "

The county magistrate didn't want to be imprisoned not because he was afraid of death, but because Shen Cuo had no experience in dealing with affairs at all, and he was afraid that she would be deceived by the county magistrate's subordinates and waste a good opportunity that was hard-won.

Now that things have reached this point, the most important thing is to find out evidence of collusion between the county magistrate and others before it is ready, so as not to be transferred or destroyed.

"How can I trust you?"

Shen Cuo has a natural distrust of these court officials, and the county magistrate and the magistrate of Maoshan belong to the same yamen, so he is naturally more suspicious.

The county magistrate had no choice but to say: "Leaving aside these things, Maoshan County is more than 100 miles away from Yanzhou Prefecture. If we set off today, we will not be able to return until tomorrow night at the earliest.

What's more, the magistrate needs a lot of preparations for his tour, and it is impossible to come in just a few days.

The county government cannot be left alone for a day. Although the adults are wise and powerful, they are not familiar with the affairs of the county. Let the villain solve the problems for the adults and give the villain a chance to make up for his mistakes. "

After hearing this, Shen Cuo finally calmed down and thought about it seriously.

Now that the county government is in turmoil, it really needs a person in charge.Although she doesn't trust the county magistrate, she thinks he can't find her Wuzhishan, so what if she agrees with him.

"Put out your hand."

The young lady in front of her didn't look like she was more than twenty years old, but she frightened the entire county government by her own strength.

Xian Chengguang felt apprehensive when he heard her speak, he hesitated for a while before stretching out his hand tremblingly.

Shen Cuo pinched his life gate, and said in a deep voice, "Are you nervous?"

"The adults are majestic and natural, and the villains are terrified."

"Hmph, clever words."

Shen Cuo flicked his finger, and the county magistrate immediately cried out in pain, only felt the burning pain in his wrist, and heard the other party say in his ear: "I have planted a unique poison for you, if you dare to lie to me, hum."

When the county magistrate heard this, his face immediately turned pale—he was still young, and he only wanted to do his best for the court, and he didn't want to die!

"Big, big..."

"Don't worry, it won't happen so quickly. As long as you satisfy me, or someone from Yanzhou can prove your identity, I will give you the antidote."

The county magistrate grimaced and answered "Yes".

Only then did Shen Cuo nodded in satisfaction and said, "Well, then I will order you to act as the county magistrate temporarily... What should I do next?"

The county magistrate suddenly regained his spirits when he heard it, and for the time being put the matter of the poison to the back of his mind.

"The top priority at the moment is to control the county magistrate's family first, then screen the officials in the yamen, and then find evidence of the county magistrate's crimes over the years."

Shen heard it wrong, and thought it made sense: "Where are the family members of the county magistrate now? Don't let them escape!"

The second hall in front of the county yamen is the yamen, and the back of the second hall is the mansion, which is the living place of the county magistrate and his family members.

Shen Cuo made a fierce noise in the lobby, and the back house had heard about it a long time ago, and now it has become a mess.

The county magistrate hurriedly took Shen Cuo and a dozen government servants selected to the backyard to control the county magistrate's family, and quickly gathered them in the courtyard.

"Tsk tsk tsk, a county magistrate has one wife and five concubines..." Shen Cuo glanced at them, and saw that except for a few servants, they were all old and weak women and children. Let them go about their daily lives. When the magistrate arrives, he will convict a few people and then deal with them."

The county magistrate was in a hurry to praise Shen Cuo Bodhisattva's heart, but Shen Cuo knew that he was trying to please himself, so he didn't take it seriously.

Just ask the county magistrate: "Are these people you picked reliable?"

The county magistrate hurriedly said: "The subordinates have been in Maoshan County for more than a year. Others are not clear about their subordinates, but these people who have been selected now can definitely be trusted."

Shen Cuo nodded: "You send some people to guard a few gates, and the rest take me around the county government... to collect evidence.

Oh, by the way, let someone clean up a few more rooms, I'll be living here for a few days. "

Although Young Master Shen has rich experience in the past, it is the first time to live in the county government of the imperial court, so naturally he has to take a good look around.

Seeing that she had listened to his suggestion, the county magistrate couldn't help beaming with joy: "Yes, the villain will give orders immediately."

"Shen, shopkeeper Shen..." Erya was led along by Shen Cuo in a daze, listening to her give advice.

It wasn't until then that he came out of the clouds and mist, and called Shen Cuo timidly.

But she immediately sensed something was wrong, and changed her words, "Shen, Mr. Shen..."

Shen Cuo seemed to have just remembered her, lowered his head and said, "What's wrong?"

Er Ya also wanted to ask what happened.She always thought that shopkeeper Shen was either rich or expensive, but she never thought that she was a high-ranking official, after all...

Just like what the teacher said, how could a high official open a grocery store in such a poor country?

Shen Cuo saw that she was hesitant and didn't know where to start, so he said: "I'll talk about some things later, you and Huzi will go to rest with Shen Ding first. I want to see if the county magistrate used this method to search How much people's fat and people's anointment."

In the previous dynasty, there was a proverb "Three years to clear the magistrate, one hundred thousand taels of snowflake silver", which means that even a clean county magistrate can get 10 taels of snowflake silver in one term only through various bad regulations.

Dayan now governs the world by law, and the eldest princess presided over the repair of the law for more than ten years, and has filled most of the bad rules and habits.

It's just that the south of the Yangtze River has been suffering for a long time, and it is the most affluent area, and there is still a phenomenon of wanton money-grabbing in the local area.

But nowadays, it is no longer possible to earn money solely by exploiting bad practices. That's why the Maoshan county magistrate colluded with Wang Qingfa to make mistakes.

Shen Cuo led the county magistrate and several yamen servants to search the backyard one by one.

After a while, a large amount of land deeds, title deeds and several large boxes of gold and silver were found.

As Shen Cuo, he naturally despised these things, but he couldn't help being amazed.

"No wonder the world sharpens its head and wants to be an official."

The county magistrate couldn't help slandering: You already have a fourth-rank official position at a young age, so naturally you don't need to sharpen your head.

It's just that words full of jealousy can't be said, not to mention that he has more important things to do.

"My lord, these evidences are not enough."

"Not enough, why not? I think I can raid his house two or three times."

The county magistrate hesitated for a while, not knowing whether to speak or not.

Shen Cuo stared, and said angrily: "Do you have anything to hide?"

She is so godlike, how dare the county magistrate hide it?Seeing that she seemed to trust the magistrate of Yanzhou quite a bit, she confessed.

"Nowadays, the Holy Majesty's rule is strict, and the supervisors are very frequent. However, the imperial court still cannot completely control the Jiangnan area. Do you know why?"

Of course, Shen Cuo knew about it: "Isn't it the gang of aristocratic families?"

If the Tianming religion in the north is a military chaos, then the aristocratic family in the south is a cultural disaster. This is why the emperor and the eldest princess hate "the chivalrous use of martial arts to break the ban, and the Confucianism to use literature to disrupt the law".

It's just that military chaos is easy to govern, but the disadvantages of civil disasters are not so easy to sort out, so Tianming Sect became that target first.

The eldest princess used this to establish her prestige, and she didn't suffer any setbacks. Isn't this turning around just to deal with these literati?

"Your Excellency is wise, the relationship between the officials in the south of the Yangtze River is intricate, from the province to the county.

Although the imperial court sent some officials—such as the magistrate of Yanzhou—to the southern provinces, they still could not shake their foundation.

It is not difficult to eradicate a small county magistrate, but the difficulty is how to find out these behind-the-scenes people.

The magistrate has been in office for two years, and the county magistrate like me has also sent a few, but so far nothing has been obtained.

Several counties under his rule still donated property directly to the chief envoy through other channels, blatantly defying the decree of the magistrate. "

"You mean to find evidence of their contribution?"

"exactly……"

In fact, the county magistrate was just like the county magistrate at the beginning, believing that Shen Cuo was a fake imperial official.

It's just that a rare opportunity came, and he didn't mind using Shen Cuo's hand to clean up Maoshan County.

If he didn't have soldiers and power in his hands, he would have thought of doing this a long time ago.

However, after seeing Shen Cuo's performance, he no longer doubted the other party's identity.

Although he didn't know why the censor of Qiandu came to Maoshan County, let alone why the censor didn't know anything about officialdom.

But after seeing her powerful force and decisive actions, she gradually figured it out.

This may be a strange move by the Holy Majesty and the Eldest Princess.

Let this one who can use the censor as a bait, start from this small Maoshan County, and wipe out all the evils in the south of the Yangtze River.