Realizing This Is A Wuxia World After Cultivating For 300 Years - Chapter 93

[Chapter 92 Zhumen wine and meat stink, the road has frozen bones]

Outside the official office of the Prefect of Lu County.

Countless people knelt on the side of the road, not to avenge their grievances, but to save Cui Heng.

At this time, more than ten days had passed since Wang Qinghe and Xie Beihang were hung from the flagpole of the city gate tower.

Cui Heng’s letter to the prefects of the prefectures has long been known.

The people of Lu Juncheng naturally already knew about it.

So, starting from three days ago, people outside the county governor’s office would gather to petition, hoping that Cui Heng could stay as the governor of Lu County.

Although in the past when Liu Litao was the county governor, the people lived and worked in peace and contentment, but they were afraid of comparison in everything.

After Cui Heng came here, he divided the land among the local tyrants, and also cleaned up the merchants, families, sects and other forces that oppressed the people. The living standards of the people have risen by an unknown number of grades.

As long as he is a normal person, he hopes that the place where he lives is always managed by a chief official like Cui Heng.

Inside the Sheriff’s Office.

Liu Litao reluctantly reported, “Your lord is so kind, and the people can’t bear to let you go. How dare you ask your lord how to deal with this matter?”

Cui Heng was still looking at the map of the thirteen counties in Fengzhou, and smiled: “You are You should already have some ideas.”

Liu Litao was slightly silent when he heard the words, nodded and said, “Your Excellency’s eyes are like torches, and your subordinates really thought of a way.”

Cui Heng nodded lightly: “Speak.”

Liu Litao said solemnly.

: “Sir, what the people are worried about is nothing more than when you leave and change to other county governors. Those who have been purged will fight back and ruin their hard-earned life.

“As long as the people know, even if you leave Lu County , the eyes will still pay attention to here, and the decrees previously made will continue to be implemented here, which should reassure the people.

”

What do you mean…” Cui Heng thought for a while and chuckled, “Even if I take the position of Fengzhou Shepherd, don’t let go of the jurisdiction of Lu County?”

”

“My lord, this is what the people want.” Liu Litao bowed and asked, “After your lord becomes the shepherd of Fengzhou, can you follow the system of prefects at the beginning of the Jin Dynasty and set Lu County directly under the jurisdiction of Changfeng Prefecture?

” The prefecture is Changfeng County, which is the capital of Fengzhou and the official office of Fengzhou Shepherd.

If Shilu County is directly under the jurisdiction of the state capital, there is no need to set up a county governor.

It is only necessary to keep the county chief and the captain to handle government and military affairs, and at the same time send an official directly under the state government to regularly inspect the entire army and report back to the state government.

This situation is similar to that of the state shepherd at the beginning of the Jin Dynasty, and was also called the state governor at that time.

At that time, when the world was first decided, the imperial court divided the thirteen states of the world into two hundred and forty-one counties, which were independent and equal.

The central government will regularly dispatch governors to inspect local government affairs, and then report the inspection results to the imperial court, so as to maintain direct jurisdiction over local government affairs and military affairs.

At that time, the territory of a prefecture was only an inspection area, and the prefect of the prefecture had no direct administrative and military power, not even the official government office.

The scope of inspections is not fixed, and the place will be changed every year.

The mountain is high and the road is far, the boat and car are tired, the power is small, the welfare is poor, and the real coolie.

However, this only lasted for a few decades before being interrupted.

Because each county is independent and the local power is too decentralized, it can’t resist the rebel army that rises from time to time, nor can it suppress the major families, so the Dajin court can only change the prefect of the state to the state shepherd, quasi-open the government to set up a government office, and recruit subordinates. Officer, Prime Minister A state military and political power.

“In ancient times, there was a governor who inspected a state, but there was no special case where the governor sent a governor to inspect a county.” Cui Heng smiled, but he didn’t object to this

. Fujun’, who does Liu Juncheng think can be appointed?”

“Of course it is Chenfu County.” Liu Litao understood what Cui Heng meant when he heard the name of the official position.

And it is indeed the most suitable for Hui Shi.

Now Huishi has already served as part-time in seventeen Fuxian counties. If not for being temporarily dispatched by Cui Heng to deliver letters, I am afraid that at this time, he would have concurrently served as 21 Fuxian counties in the whole county.

In order to implement Cui Heng’s new decree in various counties, Huishi has offended all the families, sects, and merchants in the county. he.

There is absolutely no room for relaxation.

In fact, if he hadn’t known that Huishi was the sharpest knife in Cui Heng’s hand, Liu Litao would have persuaded Cui Heng to appoint Huishi as the prefect of Lu County.

The people will certainly not object.

After all, Hui Shi had long been on irreconcilable opposites to those who wanted to fight back, and he would never die.

“Hui Shi is indeed a good candidate.” Cui Heng nodded slightly, “Since Fu County has been settled, there is still another county chief. After this period of time, you have to make the selection.”

“The county chief?” Liu Li Taowen Yan Yi was stunned, wasn’t he the governor, but he quickly reacted and said in surprise, “Sir, do you want to take your subordinates to Changfeng Prefecture?

” He chuckled, “Besides Zhou Mu, there must always be a Biejia who helps with government affairs. You have done a good job in recent days. By the way, tell Chen Tong to ask him to find a successor.”

“Thank you, my lord! “Liu Litao knelt down on the spot excitedly, and his whole body trembled with excitement. He never dreamed that he would still have the opportunity to do a state-of-the-art in his life.

There are many main subordinate officials of the state shepherd, the most important of which is that he is engaged in history, assisting the state shepherd to manage the government affairs of a state, and his power and status are extremely high.

If it were purely based on the territory and powers under its jurisdiction, the current state of a state would even surpass the prime minister of the kingdom of tyrants when the kingdoms were in a melee a thousand years ago!

“You don’t have to. It depends on you how you do it.” Cui Heng waved his hand and asked with a smile, “By the way, where is Hui Shi’s letter now?”

“Sir, Chenfu County sent someone back to report the progress this morning, saying that the eleven counties have been delivered.” Liu Litao said respectfully, “There are still Luo’an County and Changfeng Prefecture

that have not been delivered.” “So, he The next place to go should be Luo’an County.” Cui Heng thought for a while, then laughed, “I remember that the Luo’an County guard is called Ren Yuankui, and it is said that he has won the support of two of the seven surnames?”

Succession State shepherds have two necessary conditions.

One is to obtain the support of two of the Qiwang surnames, or one of Youdao Yigong and Baolin Temple, and the second is to have another current state shepherd platform to express their support.

This means that Ren Yuankui now only needs to obtain the support of one state shepherd before he can follow the normal procedure to succeed Fengzhou shepherd.

“Yes, my lord.” Liu Litao nodded and said, “This Ren Yuankui is the best at working in the camp, and has a very good relationship with major families, sects, and merchants. It is said that he has already begun to negotiate with several state herdsmen, hoping to get support from it. ”

I’m afraid it’s not unconditional to get the support of other state shepherds.” Cui Heng said with a smile.

“I heard that I want to use the taxation of all the people of Fengzhou as a bargaining chip.” Liu Litao’s news is quite well-informed, “It’s just that the distribution ratio has not been negotiated, and it has not been decided this time.

” Taxation is a bargaining chip.” Cui Hengzhu turned his head to look in the direction of Luo’an County, and sneered, “This is really a business without capital!”

…

Luo’an County used to be the most prosperous place in Fengzhou, even in front of It was also the capital of Toyosu during the dynasty.

Although the scenery of the past has disappeared, it is also the place where the military strength of the thirteen counties in Fengzhou is second only to that of Changfeng Prefecture.

When the previous state minister, Cao Quan, was still alive, Ren Yuankui, the governor of Luo’an County, had some self-respect, and directly ignored the state minister’s order to fight against the rebel army.

This directly led to the rebellion of the Yan thieves being unstoppable for a short period of time, causing it to be in a state of no one, and quickly captured several large counties.

A few months ago, Cao Quan was assassinated, and the rebel army of Yan thieves was also defeated. Ren Yuankui moved his mind and began to contact the major forces desperately. After paying a lot of money, he finally won the support of Jiangnan Ye and Nanhe Jiang. .

Next, as long as he has the support of a current state shepherd, he can become a Fengzhou shepherd as he wishes.

In order to realize this dream of his own, now Ren Yuankui has the opportunity to hold a banquet at home every day, or entertain the messengers of major forces, or someone sent by other state shepherds to meet the wind.

Of course, the most solemn banquet is definitely when banquets sent by other state shepherds and even the state shepherd himself.

Like today.

Youzhou Mubie and Weixiong came to discuss with Ren Yuankui about the election of Fengzhou Mu.

This is the third negotiation.

As usual, as long as the results of this negotiation can make both parties more or less satisfied, the matter can basically be settled.

Therefore, Ren Yuankui attaches great importance to it.

The banquet prepared three cattle and sheep each, 12 kinds of candied fruit, 16 kinds of melons and fruits, 9 kinds of cherished wild birds, monkeys, snakes, rabbits and other kinds of native game, and there are countless fine wines for aging.

The whole banquet hall is filled with the aroma of wine and meat.

Even if more than 100 people are invited to eat this kind of banquet, it is more than enough, and it may not be able to finish it.

But in fact, the only people who “attended the banquet” were Ren Yuankui, the governor of Luo’an County, and Weixiong of Youzhou Biejia.

Of course, there were also seventy-two musicians playing music, and twenty-four young girls in tulle swayed and danced.

However, they are not qualified to taste the delicacies at the banquet.

Wei Xiong had run over in his sixties, but his physique was still strong. He was a big man nearly nine feet tall with a beard.

Not like a civil servant, but more like a military commander.

He squinted to admire the graceful body of the girl dancer, pointed two of them, and said with a smile, “Prefect Ren, these two are good, they will be sent to my room to play at night.”

“Haha, as long as you want, sir, even if you want all of these, it’s fine!” Ren Yuankui laughed, “These are all carefully selected chicks, all of them are 28 years old, and have never been exposed to rain or dew. ”

No, no, when you’re older, you can’t do it.” Wei Xiong swept his eyes on the half-covered bodies of the girls, shook his head and said, “If I were ten years younger, the old man would definitely Have

a good fight, haha!”

“Don’t talk about it, you’re still very old.” Ren Yuankui poured Wei Xiong a glass of wine and flattered, “It must be majestic.”

“Haha, I like to hear it .

You talk, then I’ll add two more girls.” Wei Xiong laughed and ordered two more girl dancers, and suddenly he changed the subject, “However, it’s fun, don’t think about making the old man rely on this. Help you bargain with Shen Zhou Mu.”

Shen Zhou Mu is You Zhou Mu Shen Yu.

“It’s natural, it’s natural.” Ren Yuankui nodded again and again, and then asked in a low voice, “Don’t drive, what does Shen Zhoumu mean, can you decide?”

“Hey, I’ll wait for you to ask.” Wei Xiong took a sip.

Jiu said with a smile: “Fengzhou, one prefecture and twelve counties pay 30% of the tax in ten years, and Lu County is rich, so how about an additional 20%?”

“This…” Ren Yuankui immediately frowned upon hearing this, and said with a wry smile, “Don’t Jia, you know that in order to win the support of the Ye family and the Jiang family, I have already distributed 40% of the taxes in Fengzhou, and if this is divided into 30%…”

“Hehe, Prefect Ren, don’t hide with the old man. Hold on.” Wei Xiong sneered, “I don’t believe that you won’t increase the tax rate after you take office. Now, what we set is based on the tax at that time!

“Even if you go out 10%, as long as you serve as Fengzhou After shepherding, double the tax rate of these mud legs, won’t they all be earned back?

”

“Don’t drive, the tax is too heavy, I’m afraid that the officials will force the people to rebel!”

“Ren Yuankui still had a bitter expression on his face. “Damn

your mother, are you pretending to be a parent of love for the people now?”

“Wei Xiong laughed and scolded, “Every day in your county, people starve to death by the roadside, and I haven’t seen anyone protesting.”

”

“This, hehe…” Ren Yuankui was speechless. In fact, under his rule, in order to ensure the expenditure of the army, the people had long starved to death.

“Shen Zhou Mu Ke told me when I came.” Wei Xiong immediately made another killing move, “If you can’t negotiate here, let me ask the prefect of Lu County.”

“Look for that Cui Heng .

?!” Ren Yuankui’s eyes widened when he heard the words, and everyone stood up, “How can I find him? This fellow is implementing an executive order in the counties under his control, forcing 10% of the market price to buy the property of the major forces. Being the prefectural shepherd, we have a hard time.

“And he also flooded Wang Xie’s coalition forces, arrested Wang Qinghe and Xie Beihang, and offended both the Langya Wang clan and the Pingshan Xie clan to death, how could he be made a state shepherd, no way, Absolutely not.

”

Although after the collapse of Wang Xie’s coalition army, all the counties in Fengzhou sent spies to investigate, and they all found out the truth, that is, county governor Cui Heng used his great supernatural powers to kill all the tens of thousands of Wang Xie’s coalition forces, and others. The

big rivers and lakes are evidence, but not many people believe it.

Because this is too incredible, it is completely challenging people’s common sense, at best, some people are skeptical, and more people think that they are using the terrain to set traps in advance. Drowning the army.

Unless you experience or see this kind of outrageous thing with your own eyes, it is difficult to truly believe.

“Hey, it’s okay, it’s still up to you, the prefect of Luo’an County, to make a decision.

Wei Xiong took a slow sip of wine and said with a smile, “Fengzhou, one prefecture and twelve counties pay 30% of the tax in ten years, and Lu County will add another 10%. This is the bottom line.

”

…” Ren Yuankui’s face kept changing, many thoughts flashed through his mind for a while, he took a deep breath and gritted his teeth, “Okay, I’m done!”

”

…

A grand banquet was being held in the

Luo’an County Sheriff’s Office. The street outside was cold and windy. Every house was closed, and many beggars were sheltering from the cold wind in the alleys. All were shivering with cold.

It was already night when Huishi came here. The road was quiet, there was no one, and it was pitch black. He could hear the sound of dogs barking. He turned his eyes and saw that it was a beggar who was robbing a dog for a bone.

Not far from the beggar, there was a child who looked less than ten years old, his body was stiff and motionless, and he had obviously been sent to death for some time.

“This is the county seat?” Hui Shi frowned slightly. Before he came to Luo’an County, he had heard that this was the most powerful county besides Changfeng Prefecture, but he didn’t expect it to look like this.

However, he couldn’t take care of this kind of thing for the time being, so he walked straight to the direction of the Sheriff’s Office.

There are two yamen in front of the official office of the county magistrate of Luo’an.

When they saw Hui Shi approaching, their eyes suddenly lit up, and they muttered, “Haha, there are people who are not afraid of death and dare to walk in front of the county governor’s mansion at night, the man has the money for the wine!”

So, the two yamen immediately went to the office.

In front of him, he stopped Hui Shi, and shouted sharply: “Stop! Where is the troublemaker, dare to break into the prefect’s mansion at night?!”

“I am the messenger sent by Cui Heng, the prefect of Lu County, to deliver the letter to the Luoan County Governor.

Huishi

‘s temper has improved a lot recently, and he explained patiently, “It’s not a troll, and I didn’t want to break into the prefect’s mansion at night. I also asked the two of you to do something.”

Go! I think you just want to break into the prefect’s mansion at night!” The two yamen could not understand what people said, and they stretched out their hands and sneered, “Five taels of silver, or go to jail!”

“Oh?” Huishi suddenly With a grin, “Really?!”

[End of this Chapter]