Fu Guangzhi pondered for a moment and said: "From now to the autumn, there are still four or five months, if something happens in it, this government can't afford it." Everyone is an official outside, and no one can gamble on the eunuch journey, please forgive Lin Sima for this. ”

Lin Yanchao's move is a bit of a trick.

In order to control the river for himself, the treasury was misappropriated, so for the main hall of the first house, how will the next days be lived? Now the money in the treasury cannot even be paid for the salaries of the government officials.

Lin Yanchao then said: "There is no way to ask the government to forgive the officials, the money has been invested in the river embankment, and there is not a tael of silver in the river work account now." Fu Zun can't let Lin unload the stones, earthwork, and willow reeds on the embankment, and sell them to make up for the hole! ”

"You!" Fu Guangzhi finally became angry, and he said abruptly: "At the beginning, the river yamen asked Lin Sima to just repair the remote embankment, but you took it upon yourself to build a hundred miles of embankment with the power of a government, which almost emptied the money and grain of the government. Later, barns, horses, and other miscellaneous items, which is not a place to use money. ”

"This Guide Mansion has just suffered a disaster, it is the time to recuperate, where is the money for you to squander it so much, in case there is any emergency, you want to use the money, how do you let this government explain to the people?"

This remark was justified and solemn.

Lin Yanchao said with a straight face: "Futai's words are wrong, I didn't build this hundred-mile embankment for the 300,000 people of the Deyi Prefecture. ”

"The matter of building the embankment, first, it can strengthen the remote embankment, and it can be used to get twice the result with half the effort, second, it can collect thousands of hectares of silt fields, and third, it can be used for work relief, how many hungry people have survived, what I Lin did, which one is not for the people of this house?"

Lin Yanchao thought to himself, no matter how he explained it with Fu Guangzhi, he couldn't understand what Keynesianism was.

Large-scale machinery construction and large-scale projects are effective methods for stimulating economic growth. Instead of putting it there, with rest therapy, you can be cured by returning to Germany immediately.

Facing Lin Yanchao's rebuttal, Fu Guangzhi thought seriously and said: "What Lin Sima said, this official does not dare to draw conclusions, but this official has been an official for 20 years and never likes to be coerced by others to do things. If this official was the prefect before, he would never allow you to repair the embankment, even if it is beneficial to the people, but this is not what a poor government should do. ”

After a pause, Fu Guang knew: "But now the repair is already repaired, even if the river embankment is picked, it can't be exchanged for money, the official can only acquiesce, but this matter will be truthfully written into the evaluation in the future and submitted to the Ministry of Officials." Now the official has issued you a conclusion. ”

When Lin Yanchao heard this, he couldn't figure out Fu Guangzhi's routine.

Because Lin Yanchao kept the officials of Henan Province at the beginning, what a big golden face this was, and with the support of Shen Shixing, the officials and officials in the palace were obedient to him, and he had the confidence to fight with the new prefect in the Guide Mansion.

The new prefect Lin Yanchao inquired, a person with no background, although he was born in the first branch of the Jinshi, but there are no famous ministers in the township, and the Jinshi was born in the officialdom for more than 20 years, and he still stops at the prefect, and the department is regarded as having no background.

Otherwise, the other party really has a background, and he will not easily stuff Guide to be an official, you must know that before him, as soon as the official heard that he came to Guide to serve as the prefect, he ran away three times in a row.

Fu Guangzhi can come here, which shows that he is precisely 'no one above'.

So Fu Guangzhi 'obeyed' at this time, is it really for the people of the house? Or are you afraid of Lin Yanchao's conflict?

After Fu Guangzhi finished speaking, he did what he said, and immediately issued a conclusion to Lin Yanchao.

Putting down this matter, Fu Guangzhi said again: "Before the official went to office, I heard that Lin Sima had arrested more than 70 of the fort chiefs of the Guanhe Mansion in the mansion. ”

Lin Yanchao suddenly heard this, it turned out to be like this, and I thought that why did you sell me this favor, but I planned to do so in my heart.

Lin Yanchao thought to himself that if the other party was really ready to marry the governor of the river, he would not be able to do anything. After all, this is the authority of the prefect, and there is no way for him to interfere.

So Lin Yanchao didn't want to argue with him on this matter, after all, he would be his boss in the future. Lin Yanchao got up and said: "Now that it has been delivered, then these people will leave everything to the government if they ask about the crime." ”

"As for the culpability of these people, it is already clear in the file, whether they appease the people's grievances or befriend the officials depends on the meaning of the government."

After speaking, Lin Yanchao got up and wanted to leave, and Fu Guangzhi said: "Slow, what does Lin Sima mean by this?" ”

Lin Yanchao said: "Returning to Futai is the meaning of the words. ”

After saying that, Lin Yanchao walked away, and Fu Guangzhi couldn't help but be angry when he heard this.

For Lin Yanchao, the errand of acting prefect was relieved, which allowed him to concentrate on river affairs. As for the prefect of Guide, Lin Yanchao doesn't care about him, the one who owes the money is the boss, and this account will be in arrears.

In May, the flood in Takfu had started, but fortunately the water was not strong.

Lin Yanchao went to the government office to discuss matters that day, and when he came to the platform, he saw seven or eight clerks who had their pants stripped and ate boards there.

As soon as the board fell, there was a sound of meat.

These people screamed everywhere, and a few of them were familiar with Lin Yanchao, and when they saw Lin Yanchao, they begged repeatedly: "Master Sima, help, save my life." ”

Everyone spoke up, and Lin Yanchao didn't want to see it and pretended not to see it, so he stepped forward and asked, what happened to these people?

So an official explained his reason to Lin Yanchao.

It turned out that the first thing Fu Guangzhi did when he took office was to ask local officials about the surplus profits of each house, consume envy, and then set the rules.

After that, the prefect of Fu rebuilt the Ku and the large board used to catch the fast.

After the construction of three or five days of inspection, if the library does not meet the weight, not to mention the pull to play the board.

The large board used for catching fast is unified in light and heavy. When the prefect Fu went to the court, he ordered to use a large board, and the soap official took other large boards, which must be light or heavy, so those who must have secretly collected money will also be caught and beaten with boards.

Lin Yanchao suddenly showed a look of astonishment, not surprised that Fu Guangzhi had such a method, but surprised that the other party dared to move seriously.

The clerk changed the amount of money in the treasury and collected extra money from the treasury money, and when the officials beat the prisoner's board, even a chicken could be unharmed when it was light, and three or five strokes of the heavy board could kill a thick man.

These are all bad rules in the yamen, and when Lin Yanchao acted as the prefect, he was also clear about them. But he turned a blind eye, because first, Lin Yanchao wanted to get rid of the bad rules, which was very offensive to people, and second, he was just acting for the prefect, so why bother to clean up the officials and make a wedding dress for the next prefect.

In addition to the matter of river work, Lin Yanchao is an official, and he has always had the attitude of only sweeping the snow in front of his house.

When Lin Yanchao heard this, he said, "What is Huang Tang's intention to do this? ”

The official was a little familiar with Lin Yanchao, and immediately said, "Master Sima, can't you see through this?" As the saying goes, this is three years of officialdom, one year of clearing, two and a half years of clearing, and three years of turbidity. ”

Lin Yanchao nodded, this makes sense.