Chapter 27 5. Difficult official

On this day, Sima Yi was suddenly summoned by Wei Zhong alone to the county lord's office to discuss official affairs. "I heard that you have recruited more than 250 households of refugees from various places in the past two months since you went to the Planning and Planning Office? Ma Jun, you have really worked hard!" Wei Zhong said straight to the point, "It seems that this year the Shangshutai It should not be difficult to complete the task of garrisoning the land and reassuring the people in our Hanoi County. You sort out the statistical books and are ready to report to the Shangshutai at any time."

After hearing this, Sima Yi hesitated for a moment, but couldn't help but tell the truth: "Master Taishou, it's true that we have recruited more than 250 refugees from outside in the past two months, but they haven't become our people. In fact, all of their clients have become tenants under the name of the wealthy Yuan brothers in the city..." "What? They have all become tenants under the names of Yuan Xiong and Yuan Hun?" Hearing this, Wei Zhong couldn't help reaching out to touch his sweaty brow, and sighed deeply, "Oh... this is Du again. Can you pass on what this guy did in the middle?"

Sima Yi lowered his head, but also had nothing to say. "This Du Chuan... Ma Jun, I promoted you to the post of Shangji last year, just because I didn't want him to interfere in the affairs of the village and the people, but I didn't expect this guy to be greedy for profit and still meddle in the mess One breath. Alas..." Seeing Wei Zhong shaking his head and sighing again and again, Sima Yi frowned, thought and thought, had to hold his breath, sat down, and waited for his next words. "But Shangshutai wants the county to report the statistical books of these farms and customers." Wei Zhong changed the subject, looked around and said, he got up, and asked with a worried face, "Ma Yi, are you in Hezhi?" The magistrates of the county and county have also done these common tasks, and they all say that you are a master of statistics and calculations, so can you talk about how to properly handle this matter?"

"This... this..." Sima Yi pondered for a while, and then slowly replied, "The matter has come to this point, in order to deal with Shang Shutai's urging questions, the only way to follow the method designed by Du Juncheng is to describe these refugees from other places as living here. They were resettled in the government’s garrison. Anyway, they were indeed settled in our Hanoi County. The Shanghai Bureau of Statistics listed the names of each household, and asked the head of each household to print their fingerprints and write them in the statistical book for reporting. stop!"

"Hey... this Du Chuan, he will engage in such a trick of deception! Such a method, the court was busy with conquests, and it was rare to come down to check, so he was fooled a few times—" Wei Zhong only He kept shaking his head, "However, I heard that this time the imperial court will send an upright and upright official to inspect the farm affairs in Yuzhou... How can Du Chuan still use this method to fool him? , come on, come on, this 'other people shit, I wipe the ass' has to fall on my head again..." As soon as he said this, he sighed and frowned, but there was nothing he could do.

Sima Yi sat on the sidelines and watched for a long time, thought over and over in his heart several times, and said in a calm and unwavering tone: "Master Taishou—this subordinate is very grateful to you for knowing you, and I was sent by you from Hezhi County. The county magistrate has been promoted to the chief planner of the county mansion. I have always been grateful for your great kindness, and I often want to repay you. Recently, my subordinates have seen that the situation in the mansion is quite abnormal, and some words are stuck in their throats. They want to use this to repay the support and care of the prefect Grace, please don’t take offense if it’s inappropriate.”

Wei Zhong had never seen Sima Yi with such a serious expression before, he looked startled, raised his eyes and stared at him deeply for a moment, then seemed to understand something, slowly took the teacup to his lips and looked at himself He took a sip, and then asked lightly: "Mr. Ma's words and actions today are too serious, aren't you? Don't you just come here to advise me about Du Chuan?" "That's right. What I'm talking about right now is for this person!" Sima Yi's eyes were as bright as lightning, facing Wei Zhong, and said deeply, "The prefect guards the land for the imperial herdsmen and preaches enlightenment. He has always been famous far and wide. However, among his subordinates, there is a villain like Du Chuan who pretends to be for the public, colludes with tyrants, oppresses the people, corrupts the county affairs, and stirs up public grievances. What a burden! That's all Ma Yi said, I hope the prefect thinks twice about everything."

Wei Zhong listened, his eyes just stared at the teacup in his hand, as if he was very focused on it, and he didn't answer immediately. After a long while, he sighed deeply: "Mr. There were quite a few people before... Sigh! Do you know that Du Chuan is so arrogant in Hanoi County, who is standing behind him to support him? It is the two brothers Yuan Xiong and Yuan Hun! Then, Yuan Xiong and Yuan Hun Who is standing behind the brothers? Do I need to say this clearly? What kind of strong man is General Yuan Shao? He covers thousands of miles and controls nearly a million soldiers. The city of Xu in Yingchuan County is shaking three times! Cao Sikong and Xun Lingjun usually give him three points of courtesy—let alone me, a little Hanoi prefect? Just one eye, okay? Even if, as you said, I risked my life to order a thorough investigation of the various crimes committed by Du Chuan and the Yuan brothers. Do you want to take on such a heavy responsibility? I just want to level the bowl of water in Hanoi County as much as possible! As for the bold and unconventional and world-shattering actions you want me to take, it is beyond my ability and my heart dare!"

After hearing this, Sima Yi couldn't help sighing secretly.Previously, he didn't have much expectations for Wei Zhong's courage to stand up and clean up corruption; now that he has talked about Du Chuan's matter today, he took advantage of the situation to offer some advice.Hearing Wei Zhong's reply now, even though it was probably in his expectation, he still couldn't hide a trace of deep disappointment in his heart.He was quiet for a moment, and then said in a deep voice: "Since the prefect has such a decision in his heart, the subordinates will not bother you anymore. However, if the inspector sent by the imperial court investigates the matter of the county's garrisoning the fields to calm the people, the prefect will Have you figured out how to deal with it?"

"This... I have already thought it through!" Wei Zhong put the teacup in his hand on the table, looked up at Sima Yi, and his voice became a little stagnant, "When the time comes, the patrol envoy If we really want to investigate thoroughly, I can't deal with this matter, so I can only ask Du Chuan to bring a message to Yuan Xiong and Yuan Hun, and let them bring out General Yuan to discuss with the court." Hearing Wei Zhong's words, Sima Yi felt dumbfounded, but when he thought about it carefully, from Wei Zhong's blind and muddled way of doing things, this move was probably the only countermeasure he could take!While he despised Wei Zhong from the bottom of his heart, he couldn't help feeling a little pity for him.

Facing Wei Zhong's wandering eyes, he just respectfully praised: "Master Taishou is thoughtful, according to Yi Yi's opinion, at present, only your strategy can deal with the court..."