The official who handles the certificate is not of high grade, and he is only a seven-grade sesame official, he does not have much power, and he does not dare to cover the sky with one hand, so in the face of such a large amount of business, he really does not dare to respond at will.

Generally, clean people come to apply for certificates, as long as the procedures are complete, there are relevant personnel to testify, according to the regulations, only a small amount of cost can be charged, so much money can not be greedy, even plugging the teeth is not enough, and for some people whose identity is not very clean to handle legal documents, this is very different, as soon as you open your mouth, you can ask for a hundred times or even a thousand times the hard work, and often can succeed.

Obviously, this kind of behavior is a violation of the law, according to the provisions of the law of the Tang Dynasty, it is not possible to apply for documents for people of unknown origin at will, and someone must be a guarantor to handle relevant documents for anyone, and it is even more necessary to find out the real identity of this person.

However, the regulations are dead, but the officials are alive, and in actual operation, many officials in charge of this matter turn a blind eye and do not really seriously check them, and for some people of unknown origin, as long as they are willing to pay money, they can also get their certificates.

After all, information in ancient times was very underdeveloped, and many people would choose to flee from their poor hometowns and come to more prosperous places in order to pursue a better life, and according to the ancient law, this kind of behavior was not allowed, and it would be difficult to move an inch in a new place, and even be captured by the government and sent back to their hometown.

If you want to live well in a new place, you must obtain a legal identity as soon as possible, so that you don't have to hide in Tibet like a mouse, and if such a person wants to obtain a legal identity, you must bribe the relevant local officials and use money to get through the relationship, which has also become a way for the relevant officials to get rich.

became these ordinary people who fled their hometowns, and some powerful people bought some slaves, and they also needed to give slaves a legal identity, and even the thieves who didn't wash their hands also needed a legal identity so that they could be human again.

In short, there are many people who need to apply for legal status, and this market is large and can create a lot of wealth for the relevant officials.

However, this kind of behavior is a violation after all, so in addition to being more ruthless in collecting money, it is also necessary to work hard and not handle too much at one time, otherwise, after the document is reported, the court will also be suspicious, and if someone is sent to investigate, it will be troublesome.

The official in charge of this matter immediately went to the Assassin's Mansion, and he wanted to tell Wang Assassin Shi about this important matter, so that the big man could decide how to deal with this matter.

"Thorn ......"

The seven-rank petty official lay on the side of Wang Tingshi's ear and reported the situation in a low voice.

"Handle more than 100 at once, it seems that this old guy is not simple! This official has always thought that he is just an ordinary rice shop merchant, and now it seems that he should be a horse thief in the mountains, otherwise, who would have handled so many documents at once at this juncture? What is he doing here? ”

Through this trivial matter, Wang Tingshi immediately judged that the owner of the rice shop was not an ordinary person, but a horse thief and a high-level spy planted by the horse thief in Xiazhou City.

"Thorn History, this old guy suddenly sent someone to sell all the properties under his name today, and hired a lot of carriages at a high price, is this going to slip away?"

The seven-rank junior official spoke.

"What, hiring a lot of wagons and selling all the property, this is going to move!"

Wang Tingshi said suspiciously.

"Thorn Shi, according to his own words, he is going to change his career to become a businessman, selling his property and hiring a carriage, it seems to make sense, and he has recruited more than a hundred new men, which doesn't seem to be anything wrong."

The seven-rank junior official spoke.

"The more you listen to it, the bigger the problem tends to be, this old guy is probably a horse thief, and what he did seems to indicate that the horse thief in the mountains is fleeing and leaving Qiwu Mountain."

Wang Tingshi opened his mouth to guess.

"Thorn History, what should I do then? What do we need to do? ”

The seven-rank junior officer asked.

Wang Tingshi smiled indifferently and said: "What we have to do is to knock them hard, how much can be knocked, and it is best to be able to knock out all their money." ”

"Thorn Shi, but my subordinates are worried that something will happen! With so many people, all of them will be reported at once, and the court will find the flaws, and once we send someone to investigate, we won't be able to hide it. ”

The seven-rank junior official said worriedly.

"It's really stupid, who asked you to report, this time give them fake certificates, all of them have to be fake, so, not only do you not have to report to the court, but even if these documents are found, we can not admit it, just say that these are not done by us, it was done by the horse thief elsewhere, we are court officials, and the horse thief dares to slander the court officials, who will believe it."

Wang Tingshi opened his mouth and said.

"Assassin Shi Gaojian, then the subordinates are going to do it?"

The seven-pin petty official said.

"Don't worry, don't worry, first check how much this old guy's property has sold, so that you can collect money!"

Wang Tingshi said with a smile.

"Don't worry, the lower officials understand."

In the prosperous area of Xiazhou City, the shopkeeper of the rice shop personally advertised, and he clearly told all the merchants that he was about to become a businessman, and all the industries under his name were sold, and he offered a 20% discount, and he earned it if he grabbed it.

This extraordinary advertising language, naturally attracted a lot of businessmen to pick up the leak, for the rice shop shopkeeper to do the decision to be a businessman, the local businessmen are a little incomprehensible, this business is doing well, how to suddenly do business, it is not an easy thing to change careers, once the choice is wrong, it will cause significant losses to themselves, and even can not turn over again is possible.

However, there is no businessman who kindly reminds the shopkeeper of the rice shop that they will not do such a good thing, especially the businessman who is also the shopkeeper of the rice shop, and he wishes that other peers would change careers? How could it be kind enough to remind.

And what they really care about is the shops under the name of the rice shop owner, they are very clear about the location of these shops, some of the stores are relatively good locations, and they are very worthy of investment, but they are not sure what the rice shop owner thinks, let alone the ideas of other businessmen.

If the owner of the rice shop is in a hurry to sell the property, they can reduce the price to the lowest price as much as they want, but if other merchants are desperate for these shops, their own prices are too low, and the store may be snatched away by other merchants, so that a great opportunity is lost in vain.

In short, every merchant wants to buy these stores at the lowest price, and for this reason, when the owner of the rice shop proposes a 20% discount, no merchant explicitly proposes to buy it, and he says that he can consider it and will consider it well.

For this situation, the owner of the rice shop is naturally well aware, although he is very anxious to sell the industry, but if he really shows that he is in a hurry to sell, then he will be led by the nose by the buyer, so he must also be not so anxious, otherwise, it is not as simple as eight percent off, and it is very likely that he can only buy two or three percent off the price.

"Twenty percent off is the lowest price, don't miss it, there will be no store in this village after passing by."

The owner of the rice shop is very confident in promoting his shop.

"Don't miss it when you pass by, the shopkeeper will become a merchant after selling the store."

The rice shop guy also shouted propaganda.

Such a large-scale sales industry naturally attracted the attention of the whole city, so that he could sell the industry faster, and at the same time, he also made himself a celebrity, which increased the possibility of him being exposed.

Although it is his own business to change business, it is a businessman's personal behavior, but this sudden behavior still attracts the attention of people with intentions.

Some of the people left by Li An have been looking for clues about the horse thief spies in the city, and this abnormal behavior of the rice shop shopkeeper naturally attracted their special attention, and they immediately reported the situation to Li An in the mountains.

"Why, there is a rice merchant who sells his industry and rents a lot of vehicles, preparing to change his career to become a businessman, this seems to be a problem! There must be a problem, a big problem! ”

Hearing this, Li An spoke.

Lao Guo also nodded and said: "That's right, the problem in this is big, if it's usual, it's not strange, but at this juncture, how can a rice merchant who is doing a good business suddenly change his career to become a businessman, this is very unreasonable!" Could it be a horse thief preparing to slip away? ”

"Just arrest and interrogate you."

Lao Chen said stiffly.

"Lao Chen, don't talk angry, how can you arrest people casually if you have no evidence? Let's guess whether this rice merchant is a horse thief or not, and if it is really a horse thief, what are they renting so many carts for? ”

Li An said.

"That's right! What are you doing by renting so many big cars, and what can you do besides transporting goods? ”

Lao Chen said.

Li An opened his mouth and said: "Can we make a bold guess that these horse thieves are leaving here, and before leaving, they will have to transport all their accumulated wealth away at one time, and transportation will inevitably require large carts, many, many carts. ”

"That's right! Looks like the horse thief is moving! That's good! When the time comes, they will be all swept away, and all the family funds accumulated by the horse thieves will be seized, hahaha! ”

Lao Chen smiled happily.

"What are you happy about, it's just speculation, what if this is an ordinary businessman?"

Lao Guo said calmly.

"At this juncture, how big is the probability of being an ordinary businessman, Lao Guo should be very clear in his heart!"

Li An said.

"Li Shilang, there is the latest news in the city."

A guard handed the message to Ang Lee.

"Now it's okay, don't fight anymore, this rice shop shopkeeper is the eyeliner of the horse thief."

Li An said.

"How can you prove it?"

Lao Guo hurriedly asked.

Li An opened his mouth and said: "After my people found out about this businessman's abnormal behavior, they targeted the people in this rice shop, and finally found that the shopkeeper of this rice shop actually went to the Sihu Yamen, and my people spent some money and finally found out the matter, it turned out that the shopkeeper of this rice shop actually wanted to vouch for more than 100 people and apply for legal documents for these people, isn't this very suspicious?" The most important thing is that these more than 100 people have not been seen yet? ”

When Lao Guo and Lao Chen heard this, they both had a premonition, and they no longer doubted Ang Lee's guess.

"In this way, the shopkeeper of this rice shop is most likely a horse thief, and he did this to apply for legal documents for the horse thieves, so that these horse thieves can come and go freely like normal people, even if they take the official road, they will not be blocked!"

Lao Guo said.

"Xiazhou's Sihu Yamen, if they really dare to do this, it is the sin of collaborating with the enemy, and they have ten heads that are not enough to cut off."

Lao Chen said stiffly.

"Haha! We might as well guess it, do you think Xiazhou's Sihu Yamen has the courage to indiscriminately handle various legal documents for more than 100 horse thieves? ”

Li An said.

"Lang Zhong of Xiazhou Sihu is just a petty official of the seventh grade, and he doesn't dare to do this if he borrows ten guts, unless he doesn't want to live, but the assassin of Xiazhou is an official who is on the fifth grade, and besides, Xiazhou is far away from the capital, maybe he really dares to do this."

Lao Guo said.

Whether an official is honest or not depends on whether the supervisory body is effective enough, if there are people supervising at all times, then all the officials will not dare to mess around, and if there is a lack of supervision, no matter how small the official is, he can make a big move.

In the land of Xiazhou, Sihu Langzhong is monitored by the Xiazhou Thorn Shi all the time, and he can't escape the eyes of the Xia Zhou Thorn Shi when he does anything, after all, they all live in the same city, and it is simply too difficult to hide something.

And if the imperial court wants to supervise the history of the Xiazhou assassin, it will not be so easy, after all, the relevant institutions of the imperial court are in Chang'an City, which is still far away from Xiazhou City, and it is not easy to send someone over, and once a person passes, the Xiazhou side will immediately be fully prepared, so the supervision of the imperial court on the history of the Xiazhou assassin is far inferior to the supervision of these subordinates of the Xiazhou assassin history on Sihu Langzhong.

In this way, a phenomenon will be formed, that is, the imperial court does not have much control over these remote state assassins, while the state assassins have a lot of control over the subordinates below, so it is easy to form a small group that separates the central government.

A small group like the Assassin History of Yizhou, whose strength is relatively weak, will not do much harm to the imperial court, and the power in the hands of the many Jiedu envoys of the Tang Dynasty is too great, once these people deviate from the imperial court, the harm will be very huge, and the Anshi Rebellion is a very obvious example.

In other words, the court must be wary of overly powerful courtiers, especially foreign courtiers, who must be very vigilant, otherwise, it is likely to lead to the fall of a dynasty.

Of course, various rebellions such as the Anshi Rebellion have also taught people a good lesson, telling people that they should not take in refugees casually, because these refugees are very unstable factors, and once the countries concerned do not handle them properly, they may cause great harm to the countries concerned, and even cause the destruction of the countries concerned.

Especially when too many refugees enter an empire, the harm can be incalculable, and the consequences are often terrible.