Yao Aliu took a few people and patrolled the market. This is what the wet market is like, you have to get up early every day, consult with several other people in the wet market, exchange the latest information, come back to announce the price, and explain the rules. It's not as easy as most people say.

Seeing that it was almost noon, Yao Aliu took a few people and prepared to drink in a nearby restaurant. When he arrived at Wang Dalang's stall, he said, "Big brother, is doing business well today?" The fourth brother has already gotten in the car, right? ”

Wang Dalang said: "Okay, everything is fine. Shiro got into the car in the early morning and went to Kaifeng Mansion. ”

Yao Aliu nodded again and again when he heard this, and led the people outside. When he was about to leave the market, he suddenly met five or six public people, pointed at Yao Aliu and said, "Yao Aliu, you have committed a crime!" Come with us to the Yamen! ”

After saying that, indiscriminately, he came up to get people. As soon as a few of his subordinates saw it, they opened their posture and wanted to put themselves on the opposite side with the public.

Yao Aliu stretched out his hand and grabbed it, and said, "There are people in the government, just go with them." You go back first, ask around, and wait for news from me! ”

A few men withdrew their hands, watched hatefully as the public took Yao Aliu, pushed and shoved, and went to the city.

Wang Dalang was stunned on the side, and after a while, he said to those Yao Aliu's subordinates: "What happened?" Why do you come to get people all of a sudden? The appearance of my people does not seem to be from this county. ”

A humane: "I recognize them, they are from the Iron Prison, not the Ye County Gong." ”

After saying that, a few people discussed it for a while, and then returned to Yao Aliu's residence together and asked someone to inquire about the news of other markets.

Yexian Yali, before noon, was already crowded with people who brought it. The officials who had been transferred from several nearby states each took the papers they had received these days, and brought the officials transferred from the iron prison to look for people.

Bao Ke looked at this scene, stroked his forehead, and said, "Oh my God! With so many people arrested at once, when will it be tried! Zhongcheng has done a big job this time! Without these people, Ye County doesn't know what it will become! ”

Wu Junyong said: "What Zhongcheng said is not wrong, but if you really want to do it, Ye County is all in chaos!" On weekdays, these people rely on them to maintain the daily life of the people. Without them in the county, it would have to be a mess. Speaking of which, Zhongcheng also started from the state and county, how can it be so! ”

After saying that, the two shook their heads together.

As a state and county official, I know that the maintenance of local order is indispensable for these local dragons and snakes. Without their cooperation with the government, how can local order be maintained? The official organization, just down to the county, is the township below the county is the errand officer, and can only help collect taxes. There are not so many people in the government, so they can't manage too many things. Small civil disputes, of course, rely on these.

In the post house, Du Zhongxiao put down the official document in his hand and said to Tao Seventeen: "The court sent me a letter to return to Beijing in ten days, and I won't be able to stay here for many days." Only today did officials come to arrest all kinds of ghosts, snakes, and gods in the county, and I was afraid that the trial would not be completed. ”

Tao Seventeen shook his head: "Officials, with all due respect, arresting all the strongmen in charge of the local market will not be stable, and it will inevitably be chaotic." All kinds of markets, including stations, docks, and warehouses, depend on these to be able to function. The business in Ye County is prosperous, and these people have contributed a lot! Wouldn't it be a mess without them? ”

Du Zhongxiao said: "Seventeen, do you know why this is the case in other places? ”

Tao Seventeen said: "It has been like this since ancient times. The government has no choice but to rely on the private sector to do things. ”

Du Zhongxiao shook his head: "This is right and right, but it's not right, because there are many things that are wrong." In the past, the government could only manage the prefecture and county seats, and when it went out of the city, the government only collected taxes in the countryside, except for cases. It's not that they don't want to manage it, but the government's financial resources are limited, and they really can't manage it. Yexian is different here, since the construction of the railway, there have been seven or eight years, and the place is very rich. As long as the money is collected, the government hires people, so why can't it be managed! This time, if the local city fox society rat is caught, it will inevitably be chaotic for a while. Whether it can calm down or not depends on the local officials. ”

Tao Qiqi listened, sighed, and didn't say anything. With the current officials, they only know how to follow the rules and regulations, where can they do it. Du Zhongxiao thought well, but the reality was not. What is lacking now is not only the system and rules, but also the lack of people.

Du Zhongxiao said: "I am the middle of the imperial history, and when I arrive at the place, I can only visit the performance, and I can't directly reach out to take care of it." There is no way but to come up with ideas, and whether the current officials can do it or not depends on their own creation. If not, then there will be only a replacement. ”

Tao Seventeen said: "Official, in fact, according to me, although Ye County is chaotic, it is much stronger than before. Baiting Prison here, the people have always remembered you. Now I mess up the place, I'm afraid there will be gossip. ”

Du Zhongxiao said with a smile: "I helped the people arrest the people who bullied them, how can there be gossip?" ”

Tao Seventeen said: "If these people are arrested, if the government can't make up for it immediately, the local government will inevitably be even more chaotic." At that time, won't they all say that the officials can't see so far and complain in vain? ”

Du Zhongxiao took a sip of tea, put down the teacup, looked at the sun in the distance, and said, "Yes, everyone is used to this, and they think that this world should be like this." In fact, few people think about whether it is right or not. From the ordinary small county in the past, to the prosperous places in the world now, how did Ye County do it? It is by the iron supervisors, by the outsiders who see the opportunity to set up a field here, and by the people who work hard in the factory, not by the ghosts, snakes, and gods who maintain order. The current Ye County, compared with the average county, how much more taxes are charged in a year? With so many taxes, how can the county not be able to support people? As long as there are people, how can they not be managed? Everything is old-fashioned and should not come to this place. ”

Tao Qiqi was silent for a while, and said: "Official, if I say something, you may not like to listen to it, don't go to your heart." ”

Du Zhongxiao said: "You have been by my side for many years, and if you have something to say, you can just say it." ”

Tao 17 said: "I met an official for the first time, and I was just a teenager. At that time, the officials were also young, and they were about to do great things. At that time, Yongcheng County was so good, the officials were there, the people lived and worked in peace and contentment, there was no shortage of money and food in the county, and we people were also living happily. In a blink of an eye, more than ten years have passed, and the official has become a prince in the imperial history from a small county, and the official position does not know how much he has been promoted. But I think that the work of officials is much more complicated than at that time, and it is not as open as it was at that time. When Yongcheng was the magistrate, the officials thought of something and did it. But now, if you want to take care of this and that, you can't let go. I think that at this time, the military merits of the officials and the status are also there, and the children in the family have gradually grown up, and many things do not have to fight like before. ”

Du Zhongxiao said: "According to what you say, what should I do when I come to Ye County this time?" ”

Tao Seventeen said: "It's nothing more than a lawsuit filed in vain, and after you come, won't the case be closed after you find out?" ”

Du Zhongxiao listened and shook his head slightly: "If that's the case, why do you think the current official family sent me?" ”

Tao Qiqi was stunned for a moment and said: "The case is too big, it is estimated that the official family thinks that only when the official comes, can it be successfully investigated." ”

Du Zhongxiao sighed and said: "It's not a big case, as long as there is a confession from Yili, the place can find out by itself." Yes, you have been in the iron prison for several years, and you have lived a stable life for too long, and you don't want to toss and think that I am doing this redundantly. In fact, no, Tiejian and Ye County, there must have been many incidents in recent years, and they were reported to the imperial court. It's just that most people, just like you think, just keep going. But in his heart, the Holy One didn't think so. I was sent here to give me an idea of what to do here. ”

That's the most important thing. Such an important position in the imperial history is inconvenient if it is missing for a day, and Du Zhongxiao has been in Ye County for more than ten days, and there must be an important reason. At this point in being an official, many things cannot be said explicitly. As soon as Du Zhongxiao mentioned it, the emperor immediately agreed, there must be something the emperor wanted to do. What else can be done? Tiejian and Yexian are close to each other, there are so many differences, the emperor needs to know the reason.

Du Zhongxiao could figure out that if something happened to Tiejian and Ye County in the past, Zhongshu must not have paid attention to it. When the emperor asked, he mostly used local politics as such, and this excuse was perfunctory. Sending himself this time, the emperor wanted to hear another version.

Du Zhongxiao has been a magistrate, and when he suddenly went north, he made military exploits and became an important member of the imperial court in a few years. It is not the same system as the current Zhongshu, the Privy Council and the Imperial Historical Tower. The emperor was not familiar with it, but he knew that he was an outsider, and with the help of this arrangement, on the one hand, he listened to a voice different from the Chinese book, and on the other hand, he also understood himself.

If Du Zhongxiao only investigated the Bai family's case this time, the emperor would not say anything, but his evaluation of himself would be lowered. Du Zhongxiao didn't want to do this, he had already paid a lot, and now was not the time for Taoguang to be obscure. Yushi Zhongcheng is just a transition to familiarize yourself with the court.

Here in Yexian County, it was the beginning of the industrialization of the Great Song Dynasty, which was different from other places. If it is well governed, it will become an example and set an example for other places. The iron prison of the Great Song Dynasty is not only one Ye County. Du Zhongxiao wants to have a new model of government governance here that is different from other places, and create a new era. It's a pity that he is just an imperial history, and he can only advise and supervise, but he can't do it directly.

Arrest the folk cows, ghosts, snakes, and gods, the place will be chaotic, and Du Zhongxiao doesn't know. So what? If the current local officials do not handle it well, they will be replaced. The current officials, there is always someone who can handle this well.

Changing Yexian County has created a new road, a new road that can accompany the smooth development of the world's industry. In today's world, there is a state-of-the-art level of productivity, and there is no competition, trial and error is possible.