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Chapter 160 Doubts abound

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    For most people living in the Ming Dynasty, the road guide was something that had nothing to do with them, because they basically would never leave the county in their entire lives.  For those merchants and traffickers who need to travel frequently, it is much more important. Without a road guide, they will be convicted and sent back to their place of origin.

    The question now is, where did these seven poor families who were evading debts find their way?  Since the whole family is evading debt, will they go to the county government to apply for road diversion?  Under normal circumstances, how could the subordinate officials in Pingwu County issue directions to them?

    Zhao Ran¡¯s first reaction was to ask Jin Jiu to arrange manpower to keep an eye on the gang of Pingwu County government officials who had just escaped, and then immediately asked Manager Li to lead these routes to him.

    Browsing through them one by one, these seven directions were completely compliant. Finally, Zhao Ran focused on the date.  All the guides were issued seven days ago, that is to say, these guides were issued in the same batch.

    Zhao Ran called seven families together and inquired carefully. He soon learned what happened, and then fell into deep thought.

    These seven households were all unable to repay due to high-interest loans from large households. In fact, the moment they were forced to borrow money, they were already destined to end up unable to exchange the money.

    At the beginning, these people had no idea of ??going outside the county to hide from their debts, because they could not escape blindly. The houses and fields were all there, and it was impossible to move them out. The worst result would be to pay back the debts.  It's nothing more than using the house and the land to pay off the debt - these two items are the collateral in the loan document.  But if the person escapes, not only can the creditor confiscate the land and house, but he himself will also violate the national law. At that time, it will not only be a problem of "breaking the family", but also the tragedy of "death" is very likely to occur.

    But for some reason, rumors have spread in Pingwu County recently, saying that there is a great philanthropist Zhao Shenxian in Guyang County next door. He is willing to help poor people.  , as long as you work for a period of time, it will be enough to repay the debt.  Moreover, rumors also say that if someone comes to Guyang County to work, Pingwu County will help open a road to guide Yunyun.

    These people went to the county government office and got the road guide successfully, so they came with their families and prepared to work to pay off their debts.  Unexpectedly, less than two days after arriving, the government officials from Pingwu County came to pick up someone

    What Zhao Ran was thinking hard about was whether there was anything fishy in this process.

    It is a fact that he opened a charity hall to accommodate the poor. It is a fact that he often recruits laborers to do things and pays them high wages. This is also a fact. His reputation for doing good deeds has spread to neighboring counties. There is no problem with this. The neighboring counties give them to work.  The poor people are issued with road guides - this is a great thing done by the county government, and there is no problem.  As for the fact that Bantou Liu received the complaint from the victims and brought people to the charity hall to pick them up, apart from the fact that the procedure was illegal and his attitude was a bit arrogant, there seemed to be no big problem.

    But when these things are piled together, why do you feel that something is wrong the more you think about it?

    ?? Could it be that the noise you have been making recently is a bit loud, and some people don¡¯t like it?  If so, who are these people?  Zhao Ran counted them one by one and found that he had no clue.

    In Wujiyuan, the supervisor Song Zhiyuan has a very close relationship with him. It can almost be said that both are prosperous and destructive. It is impossible for him to do such a thing; the "three capitals" of Dujiao, Duguan and Duchu are taken by himself.  It is not in the interests of those who are well fed with money to cause trouble for themselves; at the level of the Eight Deacons, they try their best to get along well with each other and do not offend anyone. Among them, the most powerful ones include Liu Zhiguang, the high-ranking officer, and the inspector.  Zhang Zhihuan, Chen Zhizhong, and Yingbin Jia Zhisun, their current status is mostly due to themselves. It stands to reason that they are not white-eyed wolves, not to mention that I have no conflict with them at all.

    Counting down further, some of the remaining people may be jealous of themselves, such as Jiang Zhiheng, but these people have no ability to cause such a drama today, so the suspicion can be ruled out.

    If it¡¯s not Wujiyuan, is there something wrong with the county government?  Kong Xianzun has never caused any trouble for him, and he often provides little conveniences when he asks for help.  Even if they are not one of our own, they are definitely not enemies; the county magistrate and the chief registrar of the county government are just soy sauce characters. They have little power in their hands and have little dealings with themselves, let alone feud; the key is the real power in the county government  Paijin County Captain is one of our own. If there is any trouble, he will definitely communicate with him in advance.  Therefore, it seems that this matter has nothing to do with Guyang County Government.

    After doing this calculation, Zhao Ran suddenly discovered that he already had such a deep network of contacts in Guyang County. Compared with himself three years ago, he really felt a bit like "the past is too much to bear".

    Pindao can almost walk sideways in Guyang County, right?  So who is going to have trouble with Master Dao?

      After pondering over and over again, Zhao Ran suddenly broke out in a cold sweat - he had forgotten someone. This person was Zhao Zhixing, one of the eight new deacons of Wujiyuan and a well-known guest in the living room!  Zhao Zhixing is only eighteen years old this year, three years younger than Zhao Ran. He is the most typical Taoist airborne cadre.  He comes from Xuanyuanguan, Sichuan Province, and was a Taoist boy in Xuanyuanguan Sutra Hall.

    The reason why Zhao Ran ignored his family was entirely because he was too low-key.  After Zhao Zhixing came to Wujiyuan to take office in the first month of the year, he only met everyone once, and then he often disappeared. He did not see him in many important fasting ceremonies. Even if he occasionally participated once or twice, he always hid behind and acted as a substitute.  Human flesh background.  The daily reception and liaison with external affairs are mainly taken care of by Taoist priests such as the guest hall doorkeeper, and almost no one is seen.

    What's more, Zhao Ran is often away from Wuji Mountain, so it is difficult for the two of them to see each other, and it is easy to ignore his existence.  Zhao Ran had almost no interaction with him except for giving him a meeting gift and exchanging a few words when he first arrived.

    It is not to blame that Zhao Ran is "short-sighted" and does not know how to curry favor with such "powerful" figures. In fact, "airborne cadres" basically have no deterrent power at all.  People just come down to resume, which usually lasts about a year, a longer two years, and the longest can never exceed three years. They just wait for the resume period to be over before returning to "heaven". There are very few people who are willing to work actively.  He won't come out of thin air to offend people.  Moreover, this kind of people actually don't have much status in the higher-ups. They belong to the lower-level roles in "heaven" and they won't be able to get around for ten or twenty years after they return.  It's totally thankless to flatter them, and in turn offend them It's actually not that big of a deal. They also have nothing to do with you - usually they can only bite their back teeth and swear hard, secretly swearing to make you look good.

    However, if there are people in "heaven" who are deliberately targeting you, such people can act as "eyes and ears", and the effect is very good, so you must be on guard against this.

    Zhao Ran began to think along the lines of Zhao Zhixing¡¯s background, but after much deliberation, he couldn¡¯t think of any enemies in Xuanyuan Temple, no, anyone he knew.  He was not even familiar with Xizhenwu Palace, let alone Xuanyuan Temple.  Thinking of this, Zhao Ran suddenly realized that just because he was not familiar with Xizhenwu Palace, it did not mean that he had not raised the hatred value. At least Du Nenghui, the abbot of Xizhenwu Palace, once looked at him with eyes that were as if he wanted to breathe fire.  If you think about it, could this matter be related to Du Nenghui?  But if it was really Du Neng who did it, then I could only be speechless and scornful. To what extent would Du Neng be so cowardly that he would never forget me, a little deacon who was hanging around in a county-level Taoist temple?

    " This matter must be guarded against. As for how to guard against it, Zhao Ran has no idea yet. Du Nenghui's "status in the world" is too high, and he can't reach it yet.  However, Zhao Ran also had some new thoughts from this. Should he find a way to connect to the top?

    These are all things for later, let¡¯s not mention them for now, we need to act according to the situation.  Zhao Ran is still most concerned about his own cultivation issues.  Although the setbacks suffered by Charity Hall this time caused him trouble, it also brought him another brand-new way of thinking.

    When he decided to spend one thousand taels of silver to establish the Charity Hall, this new path was already unfolding in front of him.  Zhao Ran believed that spending money in this way would be very efficient, and his merit would definitely increase rapidly.  Establishing charity funds is only the first step. If you go deeper and touch on the fundamental issues, more people will benefit. How will this kind of merit be calculated at that time?  Zhao Ran is looking forward to this very much.

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