Chapter 536: Going Far from Home, Naturally One Must Be Fully Prepared

"There's not a single official who's an independent faction, they all have some kind of family connection to one another."

"That's an exaggeration," Tian Peng laughed. "If they were all related by blood or marriage, wouldn't the government have died out by now?"

"Anyway, everyone in the government knows each other. You say you're a simple man with no one to back you up, so even if you do file a complaint, it's one person covering for another. In the end, you won't only have failed to lodge the complaint but also have gotten yourself into a mess. It's best to keep your head down and live peacefully," the person began to lecture Tian Peng.

"Big brother, you got it wrong," Tian Peng retorted. "If everyone were to keep their head down, would there still be these problems?"

"Even if the imperial court has what you mentioned, there must be some upright officials as well. I simply don't believe that the County Magistrate, who does nothing but collect taxes, can't be brought down by me."