Chapter 380: Framed
The reason why the Tatar magistrate did this despite public outrage actually had some difficulties. Xiangshan is located on the central coast of Zhejiang Province, between Xiangshan Port and Sanmen Bay, surrounded by the sea on three sides and embraced by the two ports. In the second year of Tang Shenlong's reign,
(AD 706), the county was established. Because there is a mountain in the northwest of the county that is "shaped like a crouching elephant", it was named Xiangshan. The county consists of the eastern part of the Xiangshan Peninsula and more than 600 islands and reefs along the coast. Therefore, it has become a perennial habitat for pirates. They use
The many islands here are used as hiding places. They form gangs to rob passing merchant ships. They usually set off with empty ships and go wherever they go to grab them. They never fail. What's even more disgusting is that they rob merchant ships. Every time
If you rob once, you must kill them all, rob them all, and burn them all, and implement the three-prong policy. There has been a lot of turmoil at sea in recent years.
Over time, local people jointly signed a letter to the province. The provincial officials took pirates very seriously and sent local officials from Xiangshan to suppress the bandits. The county magistrate was located in Xiangshan, so he was the main force in suppressing bandits. At first, he was also responsible for suppressing bandits.
He attached great importance to this matter. After all, if he, a small seventh-grade county magistrate, wanted to achieve some political achievements, apart from collecting more taxes and sending grain workers to serve as corvees, the only chance for meritorious service was to go to the battlefield, and the only battlefield in Xiangshan was
On the sea, the thieves at sea were a great opportunity for him to make meritorious deeds. So after receiving the order from the court, the county magistrate sent many troops to the sea with high spirits. However, those pirates were extremely cunning. They took advantage of the island.
The many reefs on the sea were used as cover, and the army mostly made a living on land. When they entered the sea, they were completely confused about the direction. Bandits would be suppressed there. After several campaigns, the imperial army suffered a lot of losses, but they could not even touch the pirate hair.
This made the county magistrate very angry. The triennial assessment time was about to come. If he could not suppress another pirate, after three years, it would be hopeless for him to leave this hellish place.
Just when the county magistrate was having a headache about this matter, he suddenly heard from the underground government officials that there had been a series of murder cases at Shipu Pier recently, and many cargo ships had been robbed. After hearing this news, the county magistrate did not take it seriously at first.
Son, what does killing mean? These days there is war and chaos, and there is no killing there. What does it mean to kill a lot of people? As long as you kill someone who is not an important person, you can just kill him if you want?
But later on, there were more and more cases of people killing and robbing goods, just ordinary people. The ones recently robbed were the cargo ships of some local gentry, and they were also famous wealthy businessmen in Xiangshan. In this way, the county magistrate could no longer help but
Pay attention to it. Although your suppression of bandits is unsuccessful, you can collect more tax revenue and turn it over to the court, which can be regarded as a way to get promoted. And if you collect more tax revenue, the bulk of it will fall on these wealthy businessmen. Now the thieves
They actually specialized in robbing the Xiangshan merchant ship, and in broad daylight, the thieves not only robbed the cargo ship, but also killed people with sharp knives. In this way, the wealthy businessman did not worry that he would be the next target to be killed, so he made the whole
Everyone in Xiangshan is in danger, and thieves are so rampant. This is a violation of public anger. Offending public anger has always been a taboo in officialdom. Once this matter is not resolved, the families of the wealthy businessmen who have been harmed mobilize the entire wealthy businessmen in Xiangshan to jointly protest. Then I will
Is it difficult to protect the black gauze hat?
In order to hold on to the black gauze hat, the county magistrate decided to suppress the bandits.
After a detailed investigation, the county magistrate found out that the person who recently killed people and seized goods was the most widely circulated thief named Cai. This man is a pirate who has emerged in recent years. He kills people and steals goods with vicious methods. The common people call him "Cai".
"Cai Luantou", after hearing the news, the county magistrate became more courageous and personally led his troops to the sea to suppress the bandits. But when he actually went to the sea, he realized that facing the vast sea, it was impossible to suppress the bandits.
It's no joke. Once he entered the sea, the rocking of the official ship, the rolling waves, and the roaring waves immediately overwhelmed him. He grew up in Mongolia. Although he did not grow up in Kyoto, he was still in the family.
The only boy, he was pampered and lived a life of fine clothes and fine food. In addition to reading and practicing calligraphy, he also practiced some bow and horse. At the age of twenty-two, his parents spent a large sum of money to take away the powerful minister at that time.
The backdoor allowed him to become a small county magistrate. Now more than ten years have passed, but there is no chance of promotion. He expected to catch a pirate this time and feel proud, but he didn't want to see the vast sea. What happened immediately?
All ambitions were gone. After this incident, the county magistrate never went to sea again.
He had no hope at first, but he didn't expect that today, he heard that the pirate named Cai often went ashore to rob goods. The county magistrate's originally silent heart suddenly came to life again, "Grandma, I can't cure you at sea, and I don't believe that I can't cure you on shore either."
Stay with you!"
After intensifying the detective work day and night, he finally learned that the pirate named Cai had landed today. In the past few days, a series of life cases had already made him dizzy. After finally seizing this opportunity, how could the county magistrate miss it?
So he arranged for his cronies to guard the dock at Shipu, waiting for the pirate named Cai to come ashore.
Sure enough, at dusk, Cai Luan threw two of his cronies and went to An. The government officials in his house had already informed the county magistrate of the exciting news. The county magistrate was overjoyed and immediately dispatched all the county government officials.
, captured Cai Luantou.
But after a fight, Wang Cai Rantou actually escaped. This was simply a shame and a great humiliation. If someone sued the court, whether his black gauze hat could be saved was another matter. I am afraid that his life would also be in danger.
Survived?
In order to save his life and the black yarn above his head, the county magistrate decided to use the last trick of "framing!"
The county magistrate suddenly blushed when Fang Guoxin made such a fuss, but he had already made up his mind. How could he allow Fang Guoxin to act wild in the court?
After a sudden beating, poor Fang Guoxin, a great hero, was beaten to pieces and was left speechless."
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