After Zhu Ping'an learned about the situation in the prison, he already had an idea in his heart, but in line with the principle of "listening to both the clear and the believing is dark", he still changed his regular clothes, took Liu Mu and Liu Dadao out of the county office, and went to the countryside below to conduct a private visit to the micro-service, go to the field to further understand the situation, and fully investigate the concept.

After Zhu Ping'an left, Zhang Danian, the warden of the torture room, went to Zhang Xiancheng and Yao to report as soon as possible.

"This little county venerable just walked around the cell and asked how many prisoners were there? What does he want to do? ”

After Zhang Xiancheng listened to Zhang Danian's report, he couldn't figure out what Zhu Ping'an wanted to do, and turned his head to look at Master Yao.

In their henchmen, Master Yao is equivalent to the role of a think tank, and Zhang Xiancheng will refer to Master Yao's opinions in many major matters, such as the idea of the joint Liufang Xu officials not to cooperate with Zhu Ping'an to carry out their work.

What did he ask? You start at the beginning. Master Yao squinted his eyes and looked at Zhang Danian.

When he first didn't go to the prison, he asked how big it was. How many are there? Later, when he entered the outer prison, he asked why there were so many prisoners in the prison. What are the sins? Later, he asked a few more prisoners why they were being arrested. When he entered the inner prison, he asked why there were so many prisoners in the inner prison. Why were they arrested? Zhang Danian replied truthfully.

"After understanding the situation, how did he look?" Master Yao asked again.

"Looks?" Zhang Danian was stunned, thought about it hard, and replied uncertainly, "It seems to be very dignified." ”

"Hehe, that's right." Master Yao smiled when he heard this, "Do you still remember the first time when Xiao Xianzun was promoted to summon the county officials, Xiao Xianzun assigned the official duties of the county government, and in addition to taking overall responsibility, he was also in charge of the trial of the case." Hehe, Zhang Dian's slow work and meticulous work, the file has not been handed over to Xiao Xianzun, Xiao Xianzun can't understand the backlog of litigation cases, he has nothing to do with Zhang Dian, and he can't wait, so he can only go to the prison to understand the situation. Seeing that the prison was overcrowded, of course, his head was big, and his expression was not dignified. ”

After listening to Master Yao's analysis, Zhang Xiancheng thought so deeply that he couldn't help laughing, it is true, what can Xiao Xiancheng do with him except for a dignified expression.

Zhang Dianguan also laughed along.

The room was filled with the trio's smug laughter.

When the three of them laughed proudly, Zhu Ping'an and his entourage had already arrived at the first village, which was the closest village to the county seat. Zhu Ping'an entered the village and first went to the fields to see the growth of the crops.

Zhu Ping'an was born in the countryside, his uncle is not in production, and the fourth uncle is lazy, thanks to their "blessing", Zhu Ping'an has often followed his father and brother to the field since he was a child, and he is no stranger to crop planting and harvesting.

The agriculture of this village is mainly planted with rice, the rice in the field is almost harvested, the rice is yellow, orange and orange, but the overall growth is very average, from the traces of the field and nearby, the rice here has experienced waterlogging, Zhu Ping'an estimates that the yield per mu will be reduced by about two to three percent.

Zhu Ping'an came forward to talk, and learned from the old farmer that their rice had indeed just experienced a flood disaster, and there were locusts after the flood.

"Alas, there is a disaster, and the grain production has been reduced, but the tax has not been reduced at all, and this day is sad......" The old farmer sighed for a long time.

"Uncle, there are floods and locust disasters in our village, and there is no organization in the village to report to the county government? After the report is made, the county government will send someone to investigate the disaster situation and report it to the state government, and some taxes may be reduced or exempted as appropriate. Zhu Ping'an asked puzzled.

"It's been reported, why haven't we reported it, for so many years, we have reported disasters every year, but it's useless, and I haven't seen anyone care about us, for so many years, how much should we pay in taxes, and if we can't pay them, we will be fined, and even arrest people. These officials only know how to collect taxes, and they don't care if we live or die. The big cow in our village and their family were the most severely affected last year, and the poor ones were caught in prison a few acres of paddy fields in their homes for less than one percent of the harvest in previous years, and they failed to collect taxes by smashing pots and selling iron, and they were arrested and put in prison a year ago. Now that it's time to harvest the rice again, the big cow is still locked up in prison, and the orphans and widows of their family are how to harvest the rice in the field, hey, it's a difficult day......" The old farmer shook his head, sighed again and again, and the wrinkles on his forehead were as deep as the ravines in the field.

When Zhu Ping'an heard this, he frowned, his predecessor was derelict in his duties......

According to the regulations, the occurrence of disasters should be reported at all levels, and the people should report to the county, and the county should report to the higher authorities as soon as possible, and then form a disaster investigation team, and the county should personally go to the countryside to investigate the disaster, count the number and scope of the disaster, distinguish the priority and urgency, carry out disaster relief, and apply for the reduction and exemption of forced labor......

Listening to what the old man said, it seems that the successive governors of Jingnan County have not done it, which is already a very serious dereliction of duty.

However, in ancient times, there was a lack of supervision and restraint on the functions and powers of county magistrates, and such dereliction of duty or even abuse of duty often occurred.

When officials do not act, the people suffer deeply, which Zhu Ping'an really feels.

People's livelihood is not easy.

Zhu Ping'an said goodbye to his father-in-law, entered the village and visited several households, and then went to the next village.

The situation in this village is very similar to the previous one, it is all the same.

In the third village, Zhu Ping'an chose Dayao Village, which is the village where Yao Lao met at the city gate when he came to Jingnan.

When he arrived at Dayao Village, Zhu Ping'an first learned about the crops in the village, then inquired about Yao Lao's residence with the villagers, brought a pastry, and took Liu Mu and Liu Dadao to visit Yao Lao.

knocked on the door and entered Yao's hometown, when Yao Lao saw Zhu Ping'an coming to the door, he was stunned at first, and when Zhu Ping'an shouted Yao Lao with a simple smile, Yao Lao recognized Zhu Ping'an, and he was surprised and excited, his lips trembled and shouted "The grass people visit the county master", and he was about to kneel down to meet Zhu Ping'an.

Zhu Ping'an didn't wait for Yao Lao to kneel, so he stepped forward to support Yao Lao.

"Lord Zhixian, you really came to our Dayao Village. Old woman, son, daughter-in-law, hurry up and come out to meet the old man of the county, the old man of the county has come to see me. Yao Lao shouted excitedly into the house, urging his wife, son and daughter-in-law to come out to meet Zhu Ping'an.

"No need to be polite, please get up, please get up." Zhu Ping'an waved his hand and asked them to get up when Yao's family came out to visit.

"Lord Zhixian, you can come here, why do you still bring things."

Yao Lao said, but his face was full of glory, and then he turned his head to look at his wife, son, and daughter-in-law, and said proudly and boastfully, "I told you at the beginning, you still don't believe it, saying that the county is just talking on the face, how about now, the county lord is a promise, and he will come." ”