Cao Cao called me to rob a tomb

Chapter 170 Dismissal? (4000 second change)
Enter Cheng Yu's residence.

"I pay my respects to Prefect Cheng. I haven't seen you for a few days. Prefect Cheng has a rosy face and a youthful face. I'm afraid he has some panacea for rejuvenation?"

After Wu Liang took his seat, he immediately said with a smile.

"Hahaha, Captain Wu, don't make fun of this old man. It's all because of Captain Wu who made up for the day that I missed. That's why I'm lucky enough to be where I am today. When people have happy events, they feel refreshed. This refreshed spirit , the whole person naturally looks much younger."

The wrinkles on Cheng Yu's old face were full of joy.

After Wu Liang changed his name, he happened to experience Zhang Miao's rebellion.

Immediately afterwards, this guy ushered in the second spring of his life. Not only was he directly named Sima by Boss Cao, he also temporarily handed over Chenliu County to his jurisdiction. Well, this is indeed skyrocketing.

It was also because of this that Cheng Yu had already firmly believed in Wu Liang in his heart, and treated him as a benefactor with some kindness.

Also.

In fact, Cheng Yu already knew that Boss Cao originally planned to leave the post of Chenliu prefect to Wu Liang. If Wu Liang hadn't politely refused, he might have to start from Juncheng (the prefect's deputy), so he, Chenliu prefect In a sense, it was actually Wu Liang who gave it to him.

This also moved Cheng Yu.

"Actually, the main reason I came this time is to send a small gift to congratulate Prefect Cheng on his promotion."

Wu Liang also laughed, and took the few worthless gifts in Dian Wei's hands and handed them to Cheng Yu.

"Don't dare to take it. Captain Wu is kind to me. Now that I'm here in Chenliu, I should be the one to clean up the dust for Captain Wu. There's no reason to ask Captain Wu to give me a gift. Captain Wu wants to give me a present." Shame on the old man."

Cheng Yu refused again and again, and refused to accept it.

"My own people, why are you polite?"

Wu Liang forced a few small gifts into Cheng Yu's hands, then winked and said, "Cheng Taishou, this is my wish. Look carefully, do you think these gifts look familiar?"

"look familiar?"

Upon hearing this, Cheng Yu finally stopped rejecting and took the gift in his hand to examine it carefully.

But after looking from top to bottom, inside and outside for a long time, he still didn't see any familiar places, and he couldn't help showing doubts on his face, and asked: "Captain Wu, although your gift is very common things, but where does the familiar look come from?”

"Look carefully."

Wu Liang smiled mysteriously.

Cheng Yu once again moved closer to check carefully, but Wu Liang then said with a smile, "Do you think they look like the ten catties of gold you owe me?"

"puff!"

Dian Wei couldn't hold back, and almost laughed out loud.

He obeyed Wu Liang's point, he could say new tricks about ordinary things at any time, making it hard for people to guard against.

"This……"

Cheng Yu's flushed face suddenly collapsed.

Of course he knew what Wu Liang was talking about about the ten catties of gold. It was Wu Liang's act against the sky to help him change his name, in order to eliminate the retribution of the heavens, which was needed for a ritual ceremony.

It was clearly stated at that time that if Wu Liang helped him change his name and he really had the opportunity to skyrocket within half a year, he would have to pay this sacrificial money.

If not, then the money will be borne by Wu Liang himself.

Moreover, he also set up a written statement for Wu Liang on the spot, Lai would never be able to rely on it, and he did not dare to deny it.

"That what... Captain Wu."

After being down for a long time, Cheng Yu had no choice but to laugh along with embarrassment, "I will definitely recognize this gold, but can you give me a little more time, you know, I was only a county magistrate before, and my salary is really limited. With the help of Captain Wu, he became the prefect, but it has only just begun, and he hasn't saved any savings yet..."

"What are you talking about, Prefect Cheng, am I the kind of person who cares about every detail? Actually, I just asked this casually. If you didn't mention the gold thing, I would have forgotten it."

Wu Liang laughed and said, "It's okay, it's really okay, you can pay it back when you have it, at worst, just pay it back as interest, we don't care about it."

"..."

Cheng Yu completely didn't know what to say.

He has lived for more than 50 years, and he claims to have seen all kinds of people and things, but it is the first time he has seen such a fresh, refined and decent way of collecting accounts like Wu Liang. Today is a long experience.

Seeing that Cheng Yu looked like he was going to die, Wu Liang finally stopped spanking with him, smiled seriously and said, "Cheng Yu, in fact, I came to see you today, firstly to congratulate you on your promotion, and secondly to I just want to know about our Chenliu, especially my Yongqiu County, please give me some advice from Prefect Cheng."

"Don't dare to act, don't dare to act. When it comes to Chen Liu's current situation, it can only be said that there is nothing to do."

Cheng Yu finally found the steps, straightened his body and said, "Since Zhang Miao met Lu Bu's rebellion, Zhang Miao increased the taxes of the people in Chenliu County in order to raise the army's salary. When fleeing, he ordered the soldiers under his command to beat him to death and plundered them. They took away almost all the supplies that could be taken away in Chenliu County. By the way, they also captured more than half of the strong men, which made the people in the county feel miserable and ran away. Now the population is less than half of what it was before Zhang Miao's rebellion."

"Ugh……"

Speaking of this, Cheng Yu sighed, and said again, "Actually, although the old man was promoted this time, he has also taken over a mess that may not be able to get a good result with his efforts. If the old man can restore Chen Liu to the level before the rebellion, it will be in the hands of the emperor. I'm afraid that I just did my duty there, if I can't do it, then I don't have enough ability, and I'm afraid I will be blamed by the envoy."

"Furthermore, Yongqiu County, where Captain Wu is about to take office, is not far from Chenliu County, and the situation is actually similar to Chenliu County."

"However, Captain Wu doesn't need to worry. The old man will still be responsible for the king's blame. It can't be blamed on Captain Wu. Captain Wu is more foresight."

Speaking of this, Cheng Yu's old face has wrinkled again, which is called a sad face, where there is no red light before.

"This is really difficult for Prefect Cheng."

Wu Liang patted Cheng Yu's gradually hunched shoulders to comfort him, and then asked, "Cheng Taishou may have checked, and now there are still a few influential family members left in Chenliu County, is there anything in my Yongqiu County?" Valve?"

"In the city of Chenliu County, there used to be four big clans, namely Zhang Miao's Zhang family, Xu Si's Xu family, Wang Kai's Wang family, and Zhu Xun's Zhu family. Now the Xu family and Wang family have rebelled with Zhang's family and have fled with the army. The remaining Zhu family, who has not stated their position, is considered the dominant family, and there are still some other small clans, but their influence is limited."

Cheng Yu said while counting with his fingers, "As for Captain Wu's Yongqiu County, the Zhu family has the final say, most of the county officials are students of the Zhu family, and the government office can only be regarded as a It's a decoration, and when the old man first came to take office, the envoy also specifically explained that the Zhu family has a certain say among the gentry in Chenliu. In order to prevent troubles at this time, if you can not embarrass the Zhu family, try not to embarrass it , it would be the best if we can make good friends, so... Wu Xiaowei's Yongqiu Order may not be easy to do."

"I see……"

Hearing Cheng Yu's words, Wu Liang nodded his head, his eyeballs rolled, not knowing what he was thinking.

Seeing Wu Liang's appearance, Cheng Yu was worried that he wouldn't be able to stay idle, so he quickly persuaded him again: "The purpose of Captain Wu's order of Yongqiu is to find an independent station for the Huan army. In fact, it's very simple. Now most of the land outside the city is unowned and barren land. Lieutenant Wu can build a garrison at any place. If there is not enough manpower, the old man can send some defenders to help. After the completion, send an invitation to the Zhu family. Even for the face of the envoy, everyone has to come and offer a congratulatory gift, which is considered their contribution. As for other small things, just turn a blind eye and close your eyes. What do you think, Xiaowei Wu? ?”

"What Cheng Taishou said is very true."

Wu Liang nodded and said with a smile, "As the saying goes, if people don't offend me, I won't offend others. As long as people from the Zhu family don't mess with me, I won't ask for trouble, and I won't add trouble to the envoy and prefect Cheng."

In fact, he could foresee that the relationship between him and the Zhu family might not be so peaceful.

After all, most of the noble families in this era were landlords, and their main source of income was collecting land rents. The main method was to annex and occupy people’s good land, and then hire people to become their own tenants and pay rent for their own farming.

And Wu Liang planned to start the "Tuntian System" piloted in Yongqiu.

Although there is no plan to occupy the land of the landlords, mainly to reclaim wasteland and unowned land, but its more friendly resettlement and sharing methods for the common people and refugees will undoubtedly seize some of the tenant resources of the landlord class, reducing the number of tenants. No matter how much fertile land these landlords have, they will be reduced to wasteland, and the harvest will naturally decrease.

This is equivalent to moving their money bags and granaries, which is more serious than killing their parents. It will definitely cause some backlash, and conflicts are inevitable.

"Please rest assured, Colonel Wu. Before Captain Wu takes office, I will go to the Zhu family to inform them, so that they don't know who they are."

Cheng Yu also heard something in Wu Liang's words, and said quickly.

"Please don't worry, Eunuch Cheng. I can handle these small matters by myself, so I don't need Eunuch Cheng to worry about it."

Wu Liang laughed again, "Besides, the dream I had previously captured the prefect of Cheng showed that the prefect Cheng will be the one who will be appointed as a marquis and worship general in the future, but now he is just a prefect, so what is the point, the prefect Cheng does not have to be timid, Many things seem troublesome, but they are also accompanied by great opportunities.”

"This……"

Cheng Yu was speechless again.

He could hear something in Wu Liang's words. Although he wasn't sure what Wu Liang was going to do, he was already faintly worried about Chen Liu's future situation...

but.

"Please rest assured, Captain Wu, no matter what happens to Chen Liu, the old man will definitely stand by Captain Wu."

Cheng Yu immediately made a solemn statement.

He has seen Wu Liang's ability with his own eyes, and he is more aware of how much Boss Cao relies on Wu Liang now. Not to mention one Zhu family, or ten Zhu families together, Cheng Yu believes that Boss Cao will choose Wu Liang without hesitation. .

Boss Cao would choose this way, let alone him?
……

Two days later.

Wu Liang cleaned up Chen Liu's house, and immediately led the Tuan army to Yongqiu to take office.

Yongqiu County is less than a hundred miles away from Chenliu County, and it takes more than an hour to reach it by riding a horse normally. It only took one morning for Wu Liang and the Huan army to travel so shaky.

Near noon, Wu Liang had already arrived at the Yongqiu Mansion.

At this time, the gate of the Yongqiu Mansion Yamen was closed tightly, and there were no servants standing guard outside the gate, as silent as an empty village that was no longer inhabited.

"Bang bang bang!"

"Yongqiu Ling came to take office, and opened the door quickly!"

Dian Wei didn't care about his stuff, and immediately went to the door and slammed on the door and shouted.

After a moment.

The gate of the government office finally opened a crack, and a disheveled head protruded from the inside, looking out with sleepy eyes.

With this look, he suddenly saw Wu Liang and the Tuan army, a total of a hundred or so people gathered outside the government office gate, this person's eyes widened a lot in an instant, and subconsciously planned to close the door after being startled.

"Go away!"

Where would Dian Wei give him a chance, he immediately kicked the door open, and even kicked the man behind the door so that he fell into a big ass squatting, walked forward and picked him up by the collar, and shouted angrily, " Yongqiu Ling came to take office, you don't have a good eye, you don't go out to meet him, but you dare to close the door, you have a few heads on your head to chop off!"

"The county magistrate forgives the crime, the strong man forgives the crime!"

The man finally heard Wu Liang's identity this time, and hurriedly kicked his legs in the air and begged for forgiveness in fear, "The villain just saw so many people coming outside the door all of a sudden, and who is it? He came, and tried to close the door in a moment of panic, if he knew that the new magistrate was outside the door, the villain would not dare to do anything wrong even if he had the heart of a bear."

"Brother Dianwei, let him down."

Wu Liang walked directly into the hall with big strides, sat down at the main seat, and then nodded to Dian Wei.

"Yes."

Dian Wei threw it on the ground.

"Meet the county magistrate, I don't know that the county magistrate is here today, please forgive me."

The fall of that person should not be light, and he gritted his teeth in pain, but he could still hold back and quickly salute Wu Liang.

"It's okay."

Wu Liang said expressionlessly, "What's your name, and what is your position in the government office?"

"If you go back to the county magistrate, the villain is called Wan Wu, and he is the jailer in the government office."

The man quickly replied with a smile.

The so-called prison officials are actually jailers. It is not an exaggeration to say that they are the people with the lowest status in the government office.

"It's broad daylight, why are you the only one in the government office?"

Wu Liang asked again.

If there were other people, the commotion just now was not too small. There is no reason why no one came out to check what was going on.

"I heard that the county magistrate is about to come to take office, and the villain was assigned to stay in the government office to wait for the county magistrate, otherwise I'm afraid I won't even see a single person."

Wan Wu laughed, then pointed to a small wooden box under Wu Liang's seat and said, "That is the county magistrate, county lieutenant, meritorious officer, Lingshi, jailer, stable, and storehouse staff prepared in advance for the county magistrate." The gift from the Zhu family also represents a small thought of the Zhu family, they said they would not be here waiting for you, please accept it with a smile from the county magistrate."

　Thanks to the boss of [Hundred Poisons √] for his support.

　　
　
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