vstars Chapter 329 Incorporation
Chapter 329 Incorporation
That was a thousand merit points! It was the merit points that could only be obtained with the sincere wishes of hundreds of people! It was deducted for no reason. Her heart ached. No! She had to earn these merit points back.
He did what he said. Lin Chuyi left the ancestral temple without knowing anything about it. He put on the armor of Zhuxie. That night, on the desk of the magistrate of Liufang County, which was next to Liuhe County where the ancestral temple was located, there was a pile of confessions of many crimes by his officials, such as robbing women, oppressing innocent people, committing malpractices for personal gain, and collecting high amounts of protection fees.
After reading the confession, the magistrate of Liufang County swallowed subconsciously, knowing that these things should have been sent by the recently notorious "Zhu Xie". Fortunately, the evidence was sent to him. If the other party sent these things to the prefect, even if his name did not appear on it, he would still be guilty of negligence.
When the magistrate of Liufang County thought about this, he broke out in a cold sweat. He did not dare to delay for a moment. He sat on the chair and began to carefully check the specific contents on the stack of papers.
After reading it, he immediately ordered people to investigate the authenticity of the matter. Once the news was confirmed, the person was immediately arrested and imprisoned, awaiting trial.
In just ten days, a major reshuffle took place in the government office of Liufang County. The common people who had been bullied by them learned that those hungry wolves in official clothing had been thrown into prison, sentenced to confiscation of property and exiled, and would be leaving soon. They either cried with joy or clapped their hands in joy. Some of them were quick to react and had already started preparing rotten vegetable leaves, intending to "send" them off on the day of their exile.
Taking into account the mysterious ability of "Zhuxie", the magistrate of Liufang County was afraid that they would come to his door, so he did not dare to take all the credit for dealing with these evil people. However, as an official appointed by the imperial court, he could not directly tell the people that the matter went so smoothly because of the help of "Zhuxie". Otherwise, it would appear that he, the county magistrate, was too incompetent, which would not be good for the future evaluation of his political performance.
The magistrate of Liufang County thought about it again and again, and finally came up with a compromise. He found his confidant and asked him to reveal the matter privately.
In this way, the fact that "Zhuxie" was the instigator of this incident will be known to the public, and the official will not need to issue an official statement. This will not only expand Zhuxie's prestige and prevent the other party from finding fault with him, but also in the future, when his political performance is evaluated, if someone wants to interfere, they will not be able to find any fault in him in this matter. It is simply killing two birds with one stone.
Therefore, under the instruction of the magistrate of Liufang County, the news of "Zhu Xie"'s action spread quickly. Many people had suspected earlier that this matter was related to "Zhu Xie". Now that their speculation has been confirmed, everyone has become more excited about talking about Zhu Xie.
Those persecuted people became loyal fans of "Zhuxie". When they learned that a shrine dedicated to Zhuxie was built in the neighboring Liuhe County, many of them brought their families to burn incense to "Zhuxie".
After arriving at the ancestral temple, their pious appearance attracted the attention of local people. After careful questioning, they learned about the good things that "Zhu Xie" had done for the neighboring county. The people of Liuhe County had more things to talk about. After the news spread, many more people came to the ancestral temple to burn incense.
While the people of the two counties were working hard to promote "Zhu Xie", the real "Zhu Xie" Lin Chuyi and Ping An were "supervising" on a hill hundreds of miles away.
Lin Chuyi assigned two main tasks to the identity of "Zhuxie", one is to "supervise all officials" and the other is to suppress bandits. She is now carrying out the task of suppressing bandits.
It is said to be suppressing bandits, but in reality it can only be regarded as eliminating the bandit problem.
Over the past few months, whenever Lin Chuyi arrived at a place, he would separately inquire with Ping An about the local customs and habits, and whether there were any bandits or mountain bandits causing trouble in the surrounding area.
If they agree or detect that there are organizations similar to bandits or mountain bandits nearby, the two of them will act separately to first understand the specific situation of these organizations.
If the bandits were the kind that committed murder, arson, and all kinds of evil, they would put on "Zhu Xie" vests, work together to knock them out and tie them up, and then write the current situation of these bandits on a piece of paper with the "Zhu Xie" logo printed on it.
They folded the paper and put it into the quiver of the long-distance communication arrow, then shot the arrow at the second gate of the local government office to notify the local officials to send soldiers to arrest people. After confirming that the soldiers had arrived, they took half of the bandits' money as a reward and left early.
The style of "punishing evil" and striking hard without saying a word not only made the old foxes in the officialdom tremble with fear, but also made the robbers everywhere tremble with fear.
As a result, the bandits entrenched in various state capitals have become much more restrained in their behavior, and the probability of accidents occurring on the road when traveling to various places has been greatly reduced.
Those officials who are dedicated to serving the people are happy to see this happen, and even hope that the "evil-punishing" will come to their areas. Whether it is dealing with corrupt officials or eliminating bandits in the area, it is a great thing that benefits the country and the people. For those of them who are upright themselves, it is even more beneficial and harmless.
However, they only dared to think about such things in their hearts. If they really wanted to speak out loud, they would be afraid of being put in a sack by their peers.
If it is found out that those people only robbed people of their money but did not kill them, Lin Chuyi will also go to their door to confirm the news is true, using force first and courtesy later.
After all, there have been constant wars in the past few decades, and the refugees could not survive without land to farm, and some of them became bandits. The fact that they only took money and did not kill people shows that they still have some humanity and can be helped.
Beating them is to establish authority first, and also to make them remember and swear not to commit the same mistake again. Only then can we start talking about recruiting them.
Lin Chuyi said that she could give them a fixed residence to settle their wives and children, and could also provide them with a stable job so that they could support their families with their own abilities, but the prerequisite for all this was that they had to give up being bandits, sign a 20-year employment contract with her, and then take all their assets to Lanzhou with Ping An to settle down.
When the bandits heard Lin Chuyi's words, they would be lying if they said they were not moved. Most of them became bandits only because they had no choice. If there were any other ways to survive, they would not want to live on the edge of a knife and live in fear all day long.
Of course, the situation was stronger than the people, and they had no room to refuse. The two of them directly knocked down a group of them. If they didn't obey them now, let alone the future, it would be a question whether they could save their lives.
In this way, Lin Chuyi successfully sent away batch after batch of bandits who were willing to turn over a new leaf and reform themselves.