Ming Dynasty: My Father Zhang Juzheng

Chapter 217 Contract Work and Establishment
When the petty officials rioted, Wei Ming was sleeping at home.

When he heard this, he felt that something was wrong, so he quickly put on his clothes and went straight to the county government office. In fact, he had already reminded Zhang Yunxiu that how to deal with the remaining petty officials was a troublesome matter.

Don't underestimate them because they are small and have little influence, but they are the local bosses.

If we offend them all, who will do the work?

Wei Ming was in a state of irritability along the way and unknowingly arrived outside the county government office.

"Let the magistrate come out, let the magistrate come out! Give me justice!" Hundreds of petty officials in official uniforms gathered together, raised their hands, and shouted at the county government office with gritted teeth.

In order to show off his strength, he even brought his family along.

There were three layers of soldiers inside and three layers of soldiers outside, surrounding the county government office so tightly that no one could get in or out.

The county magistrate had learned the news long ago and quietly slipped away through the back door. Now only a clerk with a goatee was left to maintain affairs at the door.

Looking at the angry clerk, the chief clerk stood on the steps and waved his hands to explain: "Everyone, everyone, listen to me. I know you have grievances, but if there is anything, you have to ask the county magistrate and the county magistrate to come back and make the decision!"

"Where is the magistrate?" someone in the crowd bravely asked.

"It's time to go to work." The chief clerk replied.

"Is it worth it?"

"Yes, if you don't believe me, you can ask the brothers on duty at the door."

The petty officials who came to cause trouble looked at each other in bewilderment.

The county magistrate is not here, so isn't it a waste of breath for them to shout here? Suddenly, many of the petty officials who were dragged here began to think of retreating.

Seeing this, the lumpy-haired man who led the group raised his arm and shouted, "The magistrate is on duty, so he must be at home. Let's go to the magistrate's mansion and talk to him!"

After saying that, the man with the pimple-headed hair walked away.

When the clerks behind him saw someone taking the lead, they also cut their mouths and noses with knives. They didn't know which side was facing forward, and they all followed the footsteps of the man with the bumpy head.

A huge team of nearly a thousand people headed straight for the county magistrate's residence.

"Huh" the crisis was resolved, the county chief clerk wiped the sweat from his forehead and was about to leave.

Wei Ming, holding his official robe, walked up the stairs with steps.

"County Honored!"

"Humph."

Wei Ming glared at his subordinates fiercely, then walked into the county government office with a wave of his sleeves.

The county chief clerk knew that he had acted unkindly just now, so he smiled awkwardly and followed the county magistrate happily.

The two of them came to the official hall and sat down. Wei Ming was the first to say, "Wang Yongcheng, you dare to push this little thing onto me. Fine, fine."

"County Magistrate, this is no small matter." Wang Yongcheng's mouth twitched, and he quickly excused himself, "Hundreds of officials are causing trouble. If this is not handled properly, the county magistrate's office will be left with no one to use."

Wei Ming heard the voice and smiled coldly.

How could he not know the truth?
However, I can't take the blame alone. After thinking it over, Wang Yongcheng in front of me is just the right size.

Thinking about this, Wei Ming took a sip of the tea on his left hand and said calmly: "Master Wang, these minor officials are under your jurisdiction. If they do something crazy and others insist that it was your instructions, you will be in trouble!"

"Your Excellency, this..." Wang Yongcheng looked embarrassed.

"What's this? Why don't you go and borrow some soldiers to arrest all these petty officials?" Wei Ming's triangular eyes drooped, and he looked at Wang Yongcheng grimly, "If you don't go, do you want me to go?"

"Yes." Wang Yongcheng agreed readily, but his feet did not move.

"Go!"

"Your Excellency, I can go, but you have to give me a set of rules."

"What charter?"

"You have to give me an order, so that if there is a conflict with the petty officials, I will have a law to follow." Wang Yongcheng stared at Wei Ming and carefully expressed his inner thoughts.

Wei Ming sneered secretly, thinking that if I give the order, how can I clear myself if I am held accountable later?

So he waved his hands randomly and said nonchalantly, "What orders do you need? These petty officials have no respect for the law and dare to invade the county magistrate's office. As an official appointed by the court, can't you punish them for this?"

"This"

"Go quickly. If you don't go, these beasts will hurt people and the court will hold you accountable. You can just wait to be punished!" Wei Ming said viciously with a sinister look on his face.

Wang Yongcheng sighed loudly, helplessly, and could only go out to mobilize soldiers to arrest the petty officials who were causing trouble.

On the other side, Zhang Yunxiu also received the news.

At that time, he was planning with Han San about the security issues of the exam. When they were talking about the important part, someone suddenly came to report the news.

It was said that the petty officials had started a riot and even surrounded the county magistrate's office.

Zhang Yunxiu guessed that it must be those "troublemakers" who were causing trouble in the afternoon, and he immediately felt happy.

He was just about to kill a chicken to scare the monkeys, but these idiots actually came to his door, so without saying a word, he immediately ordered Han San to gather the Jinyiwei and go with him to the scene to suppress the riot.

Looking at the clerks with their families crowding in front of Wei Ming's house, Zhang Yunxiu's face was cold and he stepped forward quickly: "You are so bold that you besieged the residence of an official appointed by the court. What crime have you committed?"

"According to Ming Dynasty law, this crime is the same as treason!"

When the noisy clerks heard this, they turned around and looked at the young man with noble appearance. For the first time, fear appeared on their fierce faces.

Zhang Yunxiu had a cold face and continued walking forward under the gaze of everyone.

As far as the eye could see, people on both sides made way for the road.

Soon, he came to the center of the crowd, looked around, and ordered loudly: "Go back now. If you want to get the five taels of silver as wages, then behave yourself and go to take the exam together.

After passing the assessment, you will naturally receive five taels of silver as wages."

“You talk nicely, but we can’t even read a few words, how can we take the exam?!” Questioning voices immediately arose in the crowd.

"Who can I blame?!" Zhang Yunxiu looked in the direction of the voice and replied, "You want a high salary but you are not willing to work hard. How can such a good thing happen in this world?"

The crowd suddenly fell silent.

Many petty officials who were somewhat educated in the world wanted to retreat, and they all retreated. Although they did not recognize Zhang Yunxiu, they recognized the Jinyiwei around him, and these guys were ruthless in killing people.

Don't be too happy now, be careful of being put on the list in the future.

Faced with the Jinyiwei, they did not have the courage to resist at all.

Soon, when the first person stepped back from the team, the second followed, and then the third.

In a short moment, the originally crowded team was reduced to only a few dozen people.

Today, the man with the bumpy head is among them.

"What's your name?" Zhang Yunxiu asked the man with the pimple-headed hair.

"Han Wu." The man with the bumpy hair answered.

"Why are you causing trouble?"

"There's no work now, what else can I do if I don't make trouble?"

"You are such a good-for-nothing. I will spare your life today. However, you can escape the death penalty, but you can't escape the punishment of life." Zhang Yunxiu saw that he didn't cause any big commotion, so he was ready to let him go, "Han San!"

"exist!"

"Take these troublemakers out and give them eighty military sticks."

(End of this chapter)