novelaction Chapter 1031
Chapter 1031
But as he walked along, Wei Wu felt a little strange. Why did the government office seem to be much quieter today?
Zhu Zongshan, who was handling official business in the study, stood up immediately when he saw Wei Wu coming.
He knew Wei Wu's intention, so without waiting for Wei Wu to speak, he took out the file he had written yesterday and handed it over.
"Sir, the file is here. Also, please be careful about your own safety when you go to the cell."
"Pay attention to your own safety? The prisoners in the cells are all locked up, and there are guards there! What should I pay attention to?"
Wei Wu looked at Zhu Zongshan with a little doubt, and the latter hurriedly explained when he saw this.
"Sir, it is like this. According to your instructions, I have sent all the people in the yamen out early this morning."
"The propaganda you mentioned earlier is to inform the people about the policy of equalizing the land tax and let them know the benefits."
"It's just that because we don't have enough manpower, I can only draw other personnel from other places, including the prison."
"Originally, there should have been six guards in the prison, but now there is only one, so I remind you to be careful."
After listening to Zhu Zongshan's explanation, Wei Wu finally understood why he felt so deserted when he entered the yamen just now.
It turned out that Zhu Zongshan had sent all the people out, but Wei Wu was confused, so he asked.
"No, Lord Zhu, even if you really want to implement the national policy as soon as possible, you don't have to send everyone out!"
"We don't have that much time. We can implement national policies gradually. There's no need to go to this extent."
In fact, Zhu Zongshan did this because he had his own difficulties, but he just didn't want to say it out loud.
But since Wei Wu asked, Zhu Zongshan hesitated for a moment and finally decided to tell the reason.
"Your Excellency, I don't really want to do this either, but you've already taken some of the staff from the government office and sent them to Changzhou to perform forced labor."
"Forehead……"
After hearing Zhu Zongshan's answer, Wei Wu suddenly remembered that he had dispatched dozens of yamen runners to escort people from seven families to Changzhou.
After all, the entire prefectural government office only had a few hundred people in total. This meant that nearly one-third of them were taken away at once.
It is no wonder that Zhu Zongshan said that the government office was short of staff. After understanding the reason, Wei Wu felt a little embarrassed.
"Well, this matter is my fault. I took up the manpower of the government office. But don't worry, Master Zhu, they will be back soon."
"Regarding publicity, it's okay if it's a little slow. At the very least, we have to ensure that it doesn't affect the normal operation of the government office."
"Also, you don't have to worry about the prison. I'm with guards, and those prisoners in the cell can't get close to me."
As he spoke, Wei Wu raised his hand and pointed at Zhang Hai beside him. Zhu Zongshan nodded without saying anything more.
After coming out of Zhu Zongshan's study, Wei Wu walked leisurely into the prison with Zhang Hai, holding the file in his hand.
Led by the only yamen runner in the cell, the two came to the place where Gong Honghai was imprisoned.
At this time, Gong Honghai was wearing a prison uniform with disheveled hair and a tired look on his face. He probably hadn't slept the whole night.
Now, apart from his wealth, he doesn't look like a wealthy businessman from Jiangnan at all.
And looking at his terrified and haggard expression, it was as if he had been pinned to the ground and forced to communicate by a dozen big men last night.
He was huddled in the corner of the cell with a haggard face, and next to him there was a disgusting pool of something, no one knew what it was.
But what Wei Wu didn't know was that although Gong Honghai was not forced to communicate by a dozen big men, he was not much better off.
As a member of a wealthy merchant family in Jiangnan, Gong Honghai had never suffered any hardship since he was a child, let alone being imprisoned.
He couldn't sleep if the bed was even a little hard, and he had to ask the maid to warm the quilt before going to bed.