Chapter XXXVIII

Of course, the main thing about tax collection is that the county is busy, and among the township pavilions, at most it is just cooperation, and the relationship with Wang Zhenling is not very big.

But after the autumn harvest, the preparation of thieves and the exorcism of ghosts are the responsibility of Wang Zhenling!

"Prepare for thieves, exorcise ghosts?"

Wang Zhenling was slightly stunned, but he understood.

But at this time, it is already the time when the autumn harvest is over and the winter is approaching.

At this time of year, the New Year is sad, generally at the end of winter, when the weather is cold and frozen, many people who have no food and clothing will often leave home to steal.

In such an era, people lived in a community protected by a wall, closed and isolated, and it was not easy for thieves.

Therefore, those leaders often gather together, swarm for thieves, rob homes and houses, and rob more passers-by and business travelers.

If you encounter a bad year, there are too many thieves, and you even dare to attack the township pavilion and the county seat in groups.

At this point, it's time to start guarding against these thieves.

That's all right, because there is no unified underworld in this world. Only the ghosts and gods of the city gods in various places suppressed the ghosts.

However, they do not belong to each other, and each has its own jurisdictional boundary. Therefore, there are many more places where thieves and ghosts flock and hide......

For example, there are more than 200 miles of unreachable mountains outside Danling County.

This is also the reason why there are more ghost pawns in the surrounding counties than in other counties.

And when the winter comes, these thieves or ghosts hiding in the shadows, mountains, forests, rivers and rivers will wander out and harm people everywhere.

Even if there are too many ghosts, the so-called ghost tide will even be formed, so that hundreds of ghosts will walk at night, and even ghosts will appear during the day, and so on.

Therefore, at this time, the government must be busy preparing for the gangsters, exorcising ghosts, and guarding against these rogues, robbers and ghosts, which will form a flood and cause a catastrophe......

Twenty or thirty years ago, Danling County broke through the Chenghuang Ghost Prison because of a ghost tide, causing the criminal ghosts to break the prison, and even the Chenghuang fell!

Wang Zhenling has traveled to this world, and it has been more than ten years, of course he knows this.

But I don't know much, after all, Jiaodeli is in the county and has a city god guard. Ordinary wild ghosts, or thieves, don't dare to come and be presumptuous!

Fortunately, after Wang Zhenling left the villager Zhuhe behind, this person has been conscientious and conscientious, helping Wang Zhenling to handle official affairs and reducing a lot of trouble.

Not to mention Zhuhe's character, he is quite capable and old in official business, but he had already reported this matter to Wang Zhenling a few days ago.

At that moment, Wang Zhenling said to Chen Buzhi: "The subordinates have already arranged it, and after the autumn harvest, they will order all the pavilions to take precautions and increase inspections." Each mile has to draw out the young and strong people who are idle and idle and carry out drills. ”

Hearing Wang Zhenling's answer, Chen Buzhi was quite satisfied. It is much better for subordinates to be able to take the initiative to do things than to do a little bit as they are told!

It's just that Wang Zhenling hasn't understood what he means yet!

"Where are those young men training?" asked Chen Buzhi seemingly nonchalantly.

"According to the practice of previous years, only the young people of the township pavilion are gathered in the township pavilion, and the other pavilions are training in their own territory.

After all, if they are gathered in a township, there will be at least one or two thousand people and horses, and the movement is too loud, and it is easy to provoke discussions. ”

In peacetime, you can just practice on a small scale.

Thousands of people were engaged in military training at once, did they want to rebel or do something?

Chen Buzhi nodded slightly, and said, "Since this kind of thing has been a precedent in previous years, it is better to follow the precedent!"

After thinking about it for a while, he said slowly: "I heard that you have been a little discordant with that Chenghuang recently?"

Unexpectedly, this matter has been known by Chen Buzhi!

Wang Zhenling was shocked in his heart, he didn't know about stealing the luck of the government, so Chen didn't know if he knew?

He was able to be tough in front of the city god ghost officials, and naturally he had Chen Buzhi as a backer.

And now that Chen Buzhi asked, of course Wang Zhenling couldn't have that kind of attitude, he just said: "Yes!"

"Well, this Danling City God is indeed a bit overbearing! You are the person I recommended, and that City God still dares to do this, it is clear that he does not give face to this captain!" Chen Buzhi sneered.

Wang Zhenling felt slightly strange in his heart, as long as people who have been in the workplace and officialdom will know, when will the superiors be so righteous and take the initiative to help you take care of things?

Generally speaking, the subordinates who hate the most are those subordinates who have nothing to do and make trouble for themselves.

Unless......

There is a conflict between this Chen Buzhi and that city god!

"Yes, the Chenghuang ghost official kept saying that he wanted to arrest the little official in front of Wei Jun......"

Wang Zhenling thought about whether he should add oil and vinegar, and Chen Buzhi had already slapped him on the shore: "This god dares to do this!"

But he was already furious!

Wang Zhenling didn't know about the conflict between Chen Buzhi and the city god, and Chen didn't know what he knew.

Naturally, he knew that the city god ghost official grabbed Wang Zhenling in front of him, obviously intending to embarrass himself.

In officialdom, it doesn't matter who is right and who is wrong. The important thing is that someone wants to deal with themselves!

As a child of the Chen family in Hezhong, the core of this generation can be described as the real pride of the sky, to put it mildly, his status is not weaker than the so-called Tianhuang nobles.

Isn't he there to be held in awe?

It's just that this Chenghuang not only opposes him everywhere, but now he dares to calculate against him. How not to annoy Chen?

It's just that like Wang Zhenling, if he wants to deal with that city god, Chen Buzhi doesn't know how to deal with it for a while, and there is no good way.

After all, it is a city god, and it is not impossible to overthrow it, but it is just starting from the top, and the cost is a little uneconomical!

And on his own side, he doesn't seem to have any handle on the city god!

At this time, Wang Zhenling had already spoken: "Wei Jun, I heard that the city god is the god of the city, and it stands to reason that he should not collude with the ghosts and gods in the countryside outside the city, especially the ghosts and gods who are obscene in the private society."

However, the city god of Nadanling not only colluded with the social affairs of many township communities, but even colluded with the private society of Dafan Township, the shrine god of Heishui Shrine......"

Before the words were finished, Chen Buzhi was already overjoyed.

In order to limit the power of Shinto, especially the city god is in the city, and the relationship with the government is the most intimate, so the imperial court has a series of prohibitions.

For example, the power of the god of the city god is never allowed to extend out of the city, and it is not allowed to hand over the ghosts and gods outside the city!

However, these prohibitions, like many other prohibitions of the Dacheng Dynasty, were dead letters.

But after all, this kind of thing can't be put on the table, so let it be like corruption, saying that it is not allowed to be done, and how many officials are not corrupt?

However, if the evidence is seized and sued, then the corrupt officials will only end up unlucky.