Chapter 004 Three Villains

Lin Zimo, who began to be busy with official business, needs to do the two most direct and effective things to make the local people support him: first, to crack down on local powerful bullies, mountain thieves and bandits; second, to uphold justice and correct wrong cases. He knows that the good people of any era mainly rely on these two things to judge the good and bad of a local official. Lin Zimo clearly knows that these two things are simple to say and difficult to do. After all, there will not be only one person involved, but a group of people.

The former requires the local chief officer to have courage and magnaninity, and even the spirit of not being afraid of gnawing hard bones and death to get rid of the "black forces". The latter does not look as dangerous as the former. In fact, the latter is more dangerous and difficult to deal with than the former. After all, it involves the collusion of forces and interests inside and outside the government, and there is an inextricable relationship between officials and officials, officials and large households, which is really a complete connection. Therefore, when every chief official arrives at the place, he always needs to figure out the local forces, try not to provoke him, and try his best to avoid it if he can avoid it, which is both for his life and the protection of the official.

Lin Zimo's bottom line is that he can't make people miserable and provoke civil unrest by them. As for his attitude, he has been euphemistically expressed in the first meeting with everyone. He believed that the people on the spot were not fools and fools and should understand the meaning of his words. If they really go too far and don't give themselves face, then don't blame him for raising his butcher knife and ask for a group of heads.

Lin Zimo, sitting in his government office, specially took care of some officials who had not given him gifts, in addition to receiving gifts from his subordinates and remembering their respective official positions and names. He is soberly aware that some of the officials who have not given him gifts are really high and ashamed of people like him, the other part is that they do not put themselves in their eyes, but rely on forces and bigwigs, and some of them only rely on salaries to support their families, so that they can't even take out the money for gifts.

He doesn't mind the officials who have never given him gifts, but only cares about the subordinates who stand in the pit and don't listen to greetings. In extraordinary times and places, Lin Zimo needs to take some means to keep them in line with their thoughts and actions, otherwise Xunzhou Prefecture will never want peace and governance.

To a certain extent, the officials who give themselves gifts may not be mediocre. Perhaps some of them realize that the general environment is powerless to change, so they have to go with the tide and wait for Bole to appreciate personal talents. Lin Zimo knows that only by judging the situation and adapting to the environment instead of adapting the environment to individuals can officials better survive in the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty.

Similarly, those officials who do not give gifts to themselves may not all be really talented, and perhaps more do not know how to compromise to achieve their personal ambitions, and have been harmed by the way of Kong and Mencius. No matter what kind they belong to, as long as they have real talent and work, they will be promoted and important by Lin Zi. The hobby of loving talents is like the hobby of beauty will never change.

As for their character and morality, they will compare their output with consumption. If the former is higher than the latter, he will let his subordinates be promoted and make a fortune. After all, his ideological and moral awareness is not high. If the latter is higher than the former, he will not hesitate to remove the heads of his subordinates and make them spit them out with their own interests.

Lin Zimo can tolerate them taking away a very small part of the whole without any problem. After all, if the horse is good, he has to feed the horse. Since it is a swift horse, it can't be treated with the method of taking care of ordinary horses and feed. If some of them take too much and exceed the proportion range, even if they are talented, their heads will be cut off by Lin Zimo. His main purpose is to get people to do a good job and produce more, rather than letting them directly embezzle and take bribes.

Lin Zimo was thinking about it back and forth. He didn't notice Zhao Wenxuan coming in outside the door, and his adopted brother sat on the chair rudely and said bluntly, "Brother, Liu Tiger in Guiping City, you should give him a little color, otherwise this boy won't learn to be obedient. , and won't put you in your eyes.

Lin Zimo, who came back to his senses, knew that he was only focusing on the military and felt something strange in his words, so he asked, "What happened?"

"I heard my old brothers who came back from the gambling house. Liu Tiger has made wild words. If his brother wants to sit firmly in the position of magistrate, he has to rely on him. Zhao Wenxuan said that it was true.

"Wen Xuan, did your men lose money and deliberately play tricks in front of you?" Lin Zimo, who was calm in his heart, said what he thought and felt that he was not a brainless humane.

Zhao Wenxuan vowed: "Although they love to gamble, their gambling goods are still good. I believe that even if they lose their wives, they will willingly admit it and will certainly not run out to make trouble. Brother, if you find it inconvenient for you to come forward, then let me deal with him. I will turn Liu Tiger into a kitten that is docile and obedient to his master.

"You are a thousand households, which gives him too much face." Lin Zimo, who didn't agree, thought that Liu Tiger was bragging. He turned around and said, "You'd better tell me about urban defense and military affairs."

"Doesn't my brother mind at all?" Zhao Wenxuan, who was dissatisfied, attached great importance to brotherhood and wanted to teach Liu Hu a lesson, "If you don't give him a little color, I don't know how many eyes Lord Ma has."

Lin Zimo, who didn't do anything at all, picked up the tea next to him and took a sip of it. He smiled faintly and said, "What do you mind? As long as he is not within my governance and makes trouble, it is rare for me to pay attention to him.

The little man who came in with tea in his hands and carefully put the tea on the tea table next to Zhao Wenxuan. He was not in a hurry to exit. He boldly said, "Your Excellency, there are still thousands of households. Can you say a few words?"

Lin Zimo, who wanted to hear the voices of the local people, put down the tea in his hand and smiled, "You can say whatever you want."

The little man standing aside said about some of the local situation without hurry: "There are three villains in Guiping County. First, Li Xian, the largest and richest local; second, Zhou Long, a mountain thief who has not been wiped out by the government for 20 years; third, Liu Tiger, who controls all the brothels and gambling houses in Guiping City.

Lin Zimo, who smiled lightly, leaned against the back of the armchair and said, "So, I still look down on Liu Tiger?"

"Although Liu Tiger is a bragging element, he does have certain strength and means. The former magistrate also gave him three points of courtesy. The servants said everything they knew one by one, "Liu Tiger's men have two or three hundred people, all of whom are tall and strong men, and there are many of them wanted criminals who are on the run. Every year, many people die or are disabled in their hands.

Lin Zimo knew that Liu Hu was indeed not a good bird, and there should have been some years to endanger the place. Otherwise, he would not be so free and openly say such bold words. Since he is the weakest of the three villains, let's clean up from him first. However, if you really want to get rid of him, it will still take some twists and turns. After all, this boy still has two or three hundred hitters. Although it is a mob, it still needs to be discussed in the long run to clean them up and leave no future troubles.

"If your words are spread out and let Liu Tiger know, I'm afraid your life will be in security." Lin Zimo looked at the standing little man and said, "Is it possible that you are not afraid at all?"

"Afraid. However, every time I think of my sister-in-law who was harmed by him and killed by his men, I become less afraid. The young man suddenly knelt down on his knees and said with tears in his eyes, "Please be the master of the informer to make the decision for Xiaomin."

Lin Zimo, who can't just listen to this, said kindly, "You get up first. As for this matter, I will have an opinion. Go down!"

The little boy who stood up felt very disappointed. He slowly turned around and walked out. Lin Zimo, the "Municipal Party Secretary" who has other important things to deal with, will not really take a local "mafia group" in mind. After all, guarding the city is the first priority, otherwise more people will die. He, who wanted to suspend disposal, talked with Zhao Wenxuan about military affairs.

Without a cup of tea, a servant was in a hurry and suddenly ran to report: "Your Excellency, the servant who served you hanged himself for some reason."

Lin Zimo, who was stunned for a moment, waved his hand, meaning to let him go out first, and then looked at Zhao Wenxuan and said, "It seems that our brother is really going to hit the tiger. If the tiger is not eliminated, there will be no real peace in Guiping City.

"Brother, sit down for a moment. I'll go back and get some good people to get Liu Tiger." Zhao Wenxuan stood up and held his fist in his hands.

"Don't worry." Lin Zimo asked him to sit down first and said solemnly, "It's easy to clean him up, but you have to use your brain to clean up his minions together. We have been here for a short time, and we still don't know some specific situations for the time being, so we must deal with it carefully to avoid being framed: saying that our two brothers harmed the local squire. You can send a military spy to find out about Liu Hu's situation first.

The reason why I didn't send servants and arresters in the government office to investigate this matter is that it has long been estimated that many of them have a collusion with Liu Tiger. Otherwise, the little servant who can't sue will not directly choose to commit suicide because of inner fear. Zhao Wenxuan's officers and soldiers are transferred from the provincial government, so none of them will be bought by Liu Hu. With an unfamiliar face, things will be cleaner and more neat.