"This ...... I don't know about this lowly position. Zhao Hua seemed to have something unspeakable, shook his head and said.

"What you said is true?" Li Yuntian stared at Zhao Hua for a while, and asked in a deep voice.

"My lord, everything you say is true, and there is no lie." Zhao Hua nodded again and again, and launched a poisonous oath, "If there is a lie in the lowly position, the sky will thunder and thunder, and you will not die well!" ”

"Okay, I'll believe you for a while." Li Yuntian sneered and stared at Zhao Hua coldly, "If you let this official find out that you have half a lie, then this official will definitely let your head fall to the ground." ”

"Don't dare to be lowly, don't dare to be lowly." Zhao Hua said resignedly, being frightened by Li Yuntian like this, his heart was now a mess, and his mind was buzzing blank.

When leaving the Inspection Division, Li Yuntian took away the account books of the Inspection Division, which clearly recorded the salary received by the Inspection Department from the county government over the years, and it was really three hundred taels as Zhao Hua said.

Early the next morning, Li Yuntian called Zhang Youde over and showed him the account book.

"Secretary Zhang, what's going on, the Inspection Department is the main force to suppress bandits, why is the annual allocation of silver only three hundred taels?" After Zhang Youde finished reading the account book, Li Yuntian asked suspiciously.

"My lord, after the 'bandit tax' was collected, it was uniformly deployed by the county government, not for the inspection department, such as the repair of the county school and the maintenance of the city wall, etc., part of it is used for the 'bandit tax'." Zhang Youde knew Li Yuntian's intentions as soon as he looked at the account books, and replied in an orderly manner.

"Three hundred taels is too low, at least fifteen hundred taels." Li Yun groaned for a while, and shook his head at Zhang Youde with a depressed expression, "Have you seen those people in the Inspection Division, all of them are old, weak, sick and disabled, with yellow faces and muscles, not to mention those fierce water bandits, I think they can't deal with even ordinary thieves." ”

"Your Excellency wants to re-recruit the sergeants of the Inspection Division?" Zhang Youde understood what Li Yuntian meant, and asked with some surprise.

"Commander Zhang, the 1,500 taels of silver from the Inspection Department will make you feel wasted." Li Yuntian nodded, and said coldly, "This official wants to see how long those water bandits can run rampant after the patrol division soldiers are strong and strong." ”

"My subordinates will do it." Seeing that Li Yuntian had made up his mind, Zhang Youde no longer argued anything, arched his hand at him and left quickly, arranging for someone to solve the 1,500 taels of silver needed by the Inspection Division.

Li Yuntian took a sip of boiled water from the water cup, and a sneer appeared at the corner of his mouth, how could he not know that those "bandit taxes" were divided by those officials in the county government, and when the time came, he would let them spit out everything they ate.

Moreover, Zhang Youde would never have thought of it now, the reason why he wanted to allocate money to the Inspection Department and strengthen the strength of the Inspection Department, in addition to dealing with the bandits, the most important thing was to win over Zhao Hua, provoke the relationship between Zhao Hua and Zhang Youde, and let Zhao Hua use it for him.

Speaking of which, the Inspection Department is also a bitter Qingshui Yamen, although it is a military defense and belongs to the establishment of the Ministry of War, but it is under the jurisdiction of the local government and county, and all the expenses are also solved by the local government and county.

This leads to being sandwiched between the military department and the local government and county, grandma is not in pain, uncle is not loved, and the situation is really pitiful.

It is the duty of the Inspection Department to inspect people who have no way out, to arrest spies, to intercept deserted soldiers and prisoners, to crack down on smuggling, and to maintain normal business and travel exchanges.

However, since the inspection department cannot participate in other local affairs such as money, food, justice, etc., although it arrests thieves and arrests criminals, it cannot meddle in lawsuits, so there is no oil and water, and it is far inferior to the three classes of officials in the yamen, who can get up and down and make some foreign money.

This is also the reason why the Baishui Town Inspection Department is so down, it is difficult for them to have additional income except for the allocation of funds from the county government.

Therefore, for Zhao Hua's empty salary, Li Yuntian also opened one eye and closed one eye, compared to the officials in the county government, Zhao Hua is already a rare incorruptible.

What happened in Baishui Town was quickly reported by Jiujiang Prefecture to the Jiangxi Political Envoy Division, and because of the importance of the matter, not only the Jiangxi Political Envoy Division, but also the Jiangxi Provincial Punishment Envoy Department and the Jiangxi Command Envoy Department also sent personnel to check on it.

Li Yuntian did not conceal the slightest thing, and told the officials of the three envoys about the incident.

As the highest official on the scene at that time, he took all the responsibility, including Zhao Hua, he did not implicate anyone, which made the officials of the three envoys very surprised: Now a "fool" like Li Yuntian who does not know how to cherish feathers is rare in the officialdom.

But it's okay this way, things have become simpler, just push Li Yuntian out and hand over the errand.

After learning about this incident, even the veteran and calm Wang Yu was taken aback, he never expected that Li Yuntian would take the initiative to take responsibility, as for Zhao Hua, Zhao Lang, Zhang Youde and others, they were even more shocked, completely beyond their expectations.

At the same time, there was good news from the next county, the local inspection department received the news that a group of water bandits had been eliminated on an island and twelve women had been rescued.

One of the three women committed suicide in reluctance to be humiliated, and the other two were killed by the bandits, who have been put in prison and confessed to the crimes committed in Whitewater.

However, it is a pity that the bandit leader Wang San took advantage of the chaos to flee and disappeared, and the Jiangxi Provincial Prosecution Department has issued a hanging red of up to 500 taels of silver to arrest Wang San.

The post-disaster reconstruction of Baishui Town is proceeding in an orderly manner, with relief materials from Jiujiang Prefecture and Hukou County being delivered one after another, and the Jiangxi Provincial Political Envoy Department has also mobilized materials from neighboring prefectures and counties to help the victims of Baishui Town, so that the relief materials are sufficient.

Speaking of which, thanks to Li Yuntian's truthful report, the Jiangxi Political Envoy and the Jiujiang Prefecture will definitely not be indifferent after learning of such a severe disaster, and in the final analysis, it is the people who will benefit from the disaster in the end.

Yang Demin, the prefect of Jiujiang Prefecture, had already written a chapter to the imperial court about the bandits suffering from Baishui Town, and in addition to the ferocity of the bandits, Li Yuntian, the magistrate of Hukou County, was an important reason for his improper command of the battle, and the responsibility was put on Li Yuntian.

As the magistrate of Hukou County, Li Yuntian naturally also wrote the chapter, but because the chapter was sealed, no one knew what he wrote.

Judging from the current shape shì, his shape shì is very bad, and there is a chance that Yankuai will bear the blame for this incident, and even if he is not removed from his post and investigated, he will be transferred out of Hukou County for demotion and appointment, and his career is worrying.

In the face of Li Yuntian, who was about to lose power, the officials, squires, and businessmen of Hukou County gradually distanced themselves from him, and they stayed away, even Zhang Youde was not as close to him as before, allowing him to experience what it means to be warm and cold and cold.

The most direct expression is that under Li Yuntian's several urgings, Zhang Youde allocated 500 taels of silver to the Baishui Town Inspection Department, and the remaining 1,000 taels will not be allocated until next year on the grounds that there is no money in the account.

Of course, this requires a premise, that is, Li Yuntian can still stay in the position of the magistrate of Hukou County at that time.

With the five hundred taels of silver on the account of the Inspection Division, Zhao Hua began to recruit sergeants in the county according to Li Yuntian's requirements, requiring the age of the recruits to be between eighteen and forty years old, and there were certain requirements for height and weight.

In the past, the sergeants of the inspection department were sent to the townships and towns by the county government, and each family had to be recruited according to the head, which belonged to the nature of the arrested strong men, so they were naturally dealt with by the people.

Since it is recruitment, there must be corresponding treatment, not to mention food and shelter, each sergeant can get three yuan of silver per month, four sets of clothes a year, and a pension of 30 taels of silver if he dies.

If you can catch the leader of the bandits, there will be another reward, and the benefits can be described as very generous, so those young and middle-aged people in Hukou County have enthusiastically signed up, and the recruitment point is very busy.

In order to prevent Zhao Hua from recruiting people indiscriminately, Li Yuntian set a limit on the number of people in the inspection department, a total of 200 people.

In addition, he also deliberately asked Zhao Hua to recruit more than 100 people, preparing to supplement the county government's city patrol class, in case the water bandits came to the county town to make trouble.

Although these 100 strong soldiers also patrol the city, they also have another important task, that is, as the reserve force of the inspection department, once the inspection department needs manpower, these 100 strong soldiers will go to support.

In the eyes of outsiders, Li Yuntian was frightened by the bandits, so he spared no effort to recruit armed forces to protect himself, and no one thought that he had another profound meaning in doing so.

Since the water bandit incident in Baishui Town, Li Yuntian has been staying in Baishui Town to supervise the process of reconstruction, and he is now guilty of crimes, where is he in the mood to return to the county government to deal with official business.

After dinner that day, Li Yuntian suddenly remembered something and led Luo Ming and the others to the small courtyard where Chen Ningning was.

These days, he has been busy dealing with post-disaster affairs, and he has no time to go to Chen Ningning, and now he has a rare leisure time and wants to listen to her play tunes again.

When he arrived in the small courtyard, Li Yuntian didn't see Chen Ningning, and asked a maid to find out that Chen Ningning had already gone to her grandmother.

Hearing the news, Li Yuntian couldn't help but smile bitterly, it seems that Chen Bozhao already thought that he was in a catastrophe this time, so he asked Chen Ningning to stay away from him, so as not to beat her up for the idea.

"Luo Bantou, do you say that this official is right or wrong to do this?" Leaving Chen Ningning's small courtyard, Li Yuntian's feelings were a little low, and he asked Luo Ming, who was following behind, as he walked.

"My lord's high wind and bright festival, my subordinates are very admired!" Luo Ming knew that Li Yuntian was asking about truthfully reporting the disaster and taking the initiative to take responsibility, so he thought about it and said.

After getting along with each other during this period of time, Luo Ming learned more about Li Yuntian, and he found that Li Yuntian was a kind and upright good official, and he never did those things that bullied men and women and accepted bribes.