After lunch, everyone started working. Zixuan drank another bowl of water and went to work. "Madam, go back and rest, I will go back tonight."

Seeing that everyone had finished their meal, Jinghan, with the women, packed up the dishes and put them in the car, and then pushed the car to the city.

Zixuan was having a good time with everyone, and from a distance someone shouted, "Sir, magistrate, the magistrate, the mansion has come, the magistrate has sent someone here."

Zixuan looked up and happened to see a man in the yamen running over sweating. "Sir, the magistrate sent someone to come here and said he had something to ask you for trouble, please go back quickly." Zixuan and the others are now the west gate of the county town. The magistrate sent someone to come, but they were going to go to the east gate, so they couldn't even meet them.

When Zixuan heard this, he quickly put down the shovel in his hand, then patted his body twice, and came up from underneath. "Okay, I'll go back now." As he said that, he went back to the county government with the people.

When the two returned to the county government, they saw that Zhao County Chief was talking with several people. Zixuan walked up and asked, "I don't know which one was sent by the prefect, and the subordinates were courteous."

There were three people in total. One of them frowned when he saw Zixuan like this. "Magistrate Lin, what are you like? My parents of a county are not in the county government to handle official business. They actually did this. Do you want to do it?"

Zixuan looked down at himself. He was wearing a coarse cloth dress, his trousers were still tied, and he was covered in a lot of soil, which was indeed not very decent. However, the person here was too arrogant, right? No matter what, it was difficult to accept that this way.

The county magistrate Zhao next to him seemed to see Zixuan's displeasure, and quickly stepped forward and said, "Sir, this is Lord Huang, the magistrate in the government office."

In the past few years since Zixuan came here, he has not had much contact with people in the government office. At first, the court exempted taxes, and then the emperor asked to keep the collected taxes directly to rebuild the county town. So until now, Zixuan has not had much contact with people in the government office. Zixuan does not know these people who came today.

The magistrate is the sixth rank, and the magistrate is the seventh rank. Speaking of which, Zixuan is not as high as this person. However, Zixuan is the lord of a county, and the magistrate works under the magistrate, so this cannot be compared.

Zixuan bowed, "So it's Parliament Huang, please sit down." Zixuan said calmly. What can you do if you are one level higher than him? You are not pointing at him for dinner.

When Punishment Huang Tong saw Zixuan's attitude, his heart suddenly became angry. "Magistrate Lin, this time I came to convey the meaning of the magistrate. The magistrate heard that Mr. Lin had organized people to build a dam during a severe drought? It was ridiculous. If you don't fight drought well at this time, what kind of dam should be built? It's been drought all year round. Have you ever heard of flooding? It's a waste of manpower and material resources. The magistrate said that he would stop work immediately and return the silver collected from various merchants. Prison Lin, you would work without waiting for the magistrate's approval. This is a big mistake. I hope that magistrate Lin will do it according to the magistrate's wishes. Otherwise, you, the magistrate, will be done as soon as possible." Punishment Huang Tong said with a cold face and said a lot.

After hearing this, Zixuan said nothing, and his face remained the same. "Building a dam is something that the whole county has agreed to. This official takes the lead and the people are united, which is a good thing. In addition, collecting cash from each merchant is what each merchant should do for the safety of the county town. As for the approval of the prefect, I have reported it for almost a month, and I have not seen the approval of the prefect. If I wait any longer, what if there is a flood this year, can the responsibility of the prefect bear it?"

Zixuan knew in his heart that he had not given any benefits to the people in the government office in the past few years, so naturally these people would not miss the opportunity and give him eye drops. As for the prefect, his immediate boss, who has ignored him in recent years, what's wrong this time?

"Bold, Magistrate Lin, are you talking to Shangguan? The magistrate sent me to come here to remind you with kindness and kindness, don't make the public resentment boil. You must know that the matter of your forced collection has caused dissatisfaction. If someone sues him, it will be harmful to your career." Punishment Huang Tong was a little angry, and his voice was much higher.

"Sir Tong, the matter here is busy. If you have nothing else, please come back. As for the suspension of work and the return of money, the inspection will discuss with the local people." Zixuan was not polite at all. Now he has seen through it. These people are bullying the weak and afraid of the strong. What he did was obviously a good thing that benefits the country and the people, just for a few merchants, the prefect can send people to criticize and order the suspension of work. He really doesn't know what to do. Even if the magistrate is not good, he has to finish the work first.

Being an official is either for promotion or wealth, or for the local people to live a better life. Now that the lives of the local people have improved significantly, Zixuan feels that he has done almost the same. In recent years, his wife has been worried and troubled, and he really wants to stop being an official. It is better to accompany his wife and children to farm and live happily.

With such thoughts, Zixuan did not need to flatter these people. So he had a cold face and issued an order to expel guests.

The face of Huang Tongzong changed, and his face was full of liver. "Okay, okay, Lin Zixuan, don't regret it. Wait, don't think that you have a backstage, and the prefect can't move you, wait and see." Tongzong's hand was a little shaking, then he shook his sleeves and snorted. "Let's go."

The other two people followed Huang Tong.

County Magistrate Zhao wanted to come forward to stop them, but he didn't stop them, so he could only watch them leave. "Sir, why are you doing this? I offended the magistrate, why are you here in the future?" County Magistrate Zhao said worriedly.

Zixuan waved his hand, "Mr. Zhao, needless to say. You know the best in your heart how many things we have done in the past few years. I have devoted myself to the people and have no other ideas. Now the magistrate has sent someone to criticize him, which is really disappointing. Forget it, so what if I don't become this magistrate? I can accompany my wife and children. However, this dam seems to have to be built quickly. If the magistrate really reports to the court for impeachment, I will be afraid of delaying the major event. In this way, from tomorrow, all places will continue to build dams and strive to complete them in mid-June." Zixuan didn't know what was wrong, but he was really disheartened. He really thought in his heart that it would be good to go home to farm if he could accompany Jinghan.

When Zhao County Chief heard this, he sighed. "Sir, you are too straightforward. In the officialdom, you must be able to bend and stretch. Forget it, I will arrange projects in various places first. Sir, please lead people to repair the moat first." After that, he shook his head and left.

Zixuan was left alone and sat there in a daze. Everything he had done in Zhendong in recent years emerged in Zixuan's mind, and Jinghan appeared in front of him clearly for everything he did for himself. Zixuan sighed, "Forget it, if there is really something wrong this time, it's better not to do this official position. It's better to go home and build a school and teach well. It's just right that you can accompany Jinghan. Over the years, Jinghan has suffered for me."

After his thoughts were settled, Zixuan stopped thinking about it. He left the county government office and came to the west city gate to continue to build the moat with everyone.

When Huang Tong returned to the government office, he naturally told the prefect that he had experienced here. The prefect surnamed Fang was a man in his thirties. "This Lin Zixuan is really ignorant. He doesn't have me, a Shangguan in his eyes. Humph, this time, I have to report to the court. So what if he has a backer? No matter how strong the backer is, he can't protect him this time."

On the tenth day of June, the emperor presided over the morning.

"Report to Your Majesty, the magistrate of Longzhou Prefecture, Lin Zixuan, the magistrate of Zhendong County, wasted his willfulness. During the drought, he actually built a dike and repaired the rivers, wasting manpower and material resources. In addition, Lin Zixuan made a name for establishing a name and collected taxes from merchants in Zhendong County without authorization, which was as much as 1,000 taels per household. This item alone collected more than 100,000 taels. Your Majesty, such corrupt officials are not punished to quell the anger of the people, and they are not punished to show the majesty of the court." The Minister of Personnel, holding a memorial in his hand, wrote a book of Zixuan in the morning court.

The emperor was sitting on the dragon throne, and when he heard this, he felt a little displeased. Zixuan had already written a memorial on the construction of the embankment and asked Mingyu to hand it over. The emperor agreed with this. You should know that planning ahead is much better than doing it at the end of the day.

The emperor looked at the ministers below calmly. These people were all humans, so how could they not understand this truth? It was not that they did not understand, but that they had chosen to forget these things in front of interests, and just wanted to get Lin Zixuan away from Zhendong. Over the years, everyone has known the changes in Zhendong. Among them, I am afraid that one of them has coveted the fat piece of Zhendong, right?

The emperor snorted in his heart, do he really think he is a fool and can he let others fool him?

"Mr. Chen, can the prefect Fang have evidence that Lin Zixuan embezzled the 100,000 taels of silver?" Before the emperor could speak, Lord Lu, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, asked.

"No, but I think this money must have been filled with Lin Zixuan. A county magistrate has never seen so much money? How could he not be moved?" said Lord Chen very naturally.

"No evidence, I speak nonsense. Lord Chen, what good has this prefect given you? You just help him smear the imperial officials in the court? Even if Lin Zixuan is really punished, what good will it do to you?" Lord Lu ignored those things and asked in front of everyone.
Chapter completed!