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Chapter 161 Chapter 166: Power Seizure Action

Chapter 161 Chapter 166: Power Seizure Action
Upon hearing the words, Yun hurriedly said: "Hold on, Lord Inspector!"

Li Hao raised his eyebrows: "Madam Cao, what do you want to say?"

Yun said slowly: "The woman is a woman, so I don't know where the official documents are, but the dog is the governor of Tingzhou, so I should know." She winked at Cao Qingyun as she spoke.

Although Cao Qingyun was very angry, he understood Yun's eyes, and said very displeasedly: "I saw that my father moved some books from the governor's mansion and put them in the study. Maybe they are the official documents that the adults are looking for."

Li Hao squinted his eyes when he heard the words. Yun's sudden compromise did not surprise him. He also vaguely guessed that there should be something shady hidden in Cao's mansion, so he didn't dare to let him search it. Do you want to search it forcibly? Well, let's see what kind of monsters and ghosts are hidden in this monster's nest.

Li Hao finally gave up on this idea. He only came here for two purposes. First, to get back the official documents, and second, to give the other party a blow and let them know that his new governor is not a soft persimmon. In the current situation, it is useless to blindly accept softness. I have five hundred guards as my backing, so I have to be strong when I should be strong.

But it's not enough to break his face now, if he pushes too hard, it is very likely that he will get out of control. After all, Cao Tian's backer is Gao Chang, and he is still a little afraid of this.

Since Cao's family told him that the official documents were in the study, Li Hao didn't make too much trouble, and asked them to lead the way to the study, took a copy of the official documents, and then returned to the Governor's Mansion.

That night, Li Hao started to read the official documents, ignoring the government first, focusing on the money, food and military affairs. After reading it, as Li Hao expected, the Tingzhou treasury and granaries were empty. It has already exceeded the limit, but this is a border town, and the Wei Mansion has exceeded the limit, which is understandable, but Cao Tian is from Gaochang, so he doesn't have to worry about other countries' invasion. Under this premise, he recruited so many soldiers , had to make Li Hao fantasize.

After roughly reading the official documents, it was already late at night, and there were still important things to do tomorrow, so Li Hao went to bed to rest.

There was nothing to say all night, and early the next morning, Li Hao got up and punched in the courtyard for half an hour. At the third quarter of Mao, he sent Lu Yun, Li Yuanzhong and Peng Hai to invite three officials to meet him. Sicang, Treasurer, and Sibing are the three judges. The official position of the judge is still below Sima and Changshi. Compared with the governor, they are insignificant. However, they are very airy. Yesterday Li Hao sent people to summon them, but none of them came , It doesn't matter, Li Hao has already made preparations today, and Lu Yun and others will invite them, and if they don't come, they will be tied up.

Not long after, the three judges, Si Cang, Treasurer, and Si Bing, all came. Looking at their unhappy faces, it can be expected that the invitation method of Lu Yun and others must not be very friendly. Since Lu Yun and the others have all acted If the face is black, then Li Hao will play the red face, and smile when we meet and say: "Let me introduce myself, my surname is Li Minghao, and I am the new governor of Tingzhou. I took up my post yesterday, but I couldn't invite three people to come, and I had to send You Xiao General Wei Zhonglang and Lieutenant Zhaowu are going to invite them, it is really difficult to invite the three."

Although he smiled very friendly, his words were not friendly at all. The three of them were startled when they heard the words. They didn't expect Peng Hai and the others to have such high official positions. Existing, actually running errands for the new governor, they suddenly felt that the young governor in front of them was very mysterious, and hurriedly said "dare not".

Li Hao continued to ask with a smile: "When I first took office, I wanted to manage Tingzhou well. After governing one side, I asked about the money and food first. The two judges, the storehouse and the treasurer, may I ask how much food and money the warehouse in Tingzhou has? ?”

The two were taken aback when they heard the words, and then looked at each other without answering. Li Hao frowned in displeasure, and said coldly: "The two judges don't know anything about their duties because they are sitting on a vegetarian diet?"

Sicang heard the words and hurriedly said: "Master Governor, the soil in Tingzhou is poor and not suitable for planting, so there is no grain in the warehouse."

"Oh." Li Hao didn't say much, and turned to look at the treasurer, "Where's the treasurer?"

The treasurer and judge replied: "My lord, Tingzhou is a place of bitter cold, and the people's livelihood is difficult, so the treasury is empty."

"No money and no food?" Li Hao sneered when he heard the words, "Then what do you ask me to hand over when you return to Beijing after the autumn?"

The two buried their heads in silence, meaning it was obvious that it was none of their business.

Li Hao picked up the account books of the storehouse and the treasurer from the table, and said with a smile, "You two judges, you are good at making fake accounts. Not to mention, from the first month of last year to now, you have made a total of thirteen transactions. False accounts, a total deficit of [-] public funds and [-] shi of grain, do you think this official can't see it?"

As he spoke, he threw two account books on the faces of the two of them, and the two of them turned pale with fright. They never expected that although the new governor was young, he was so capable that he could see through their fake accounts at a glance. , and said it exactly, you must know that the false accounts they made can definitely be faked, and they have never been exposed by the previous governors.

Cold sweat dripped down the foreheads of the two of them. Li Hao returned to his official position and sat down. He slammed the table and said, "Kneel down!"

The two of them were so frightened that they both knelt down on their knees, screaming for innocence. Li Hao didn't bother to look at them, and said coldly: "Just now, we were considered colleagues, but now you are already criminals. The officer must be punished lightly."

"The humble job is absolutely not short of money and food, please be aware of it!" The two begged for mercy, but refused to admit it.

Li Hao seemed to have expected that they would say this, he sneered and said: "Okay, the evidence is solid, and you still refuse to admit it. I want to see who can save you! Someone!"

Two right guards came in, Li Hao said slowly: "Put them both in prison and wait for their punishment!"

"Yes!" The two right guards immediately took the two of them down.

Li Hao picked up the brush and swiped for a while, wrote a memorial, stamped it with the official seal, handed it to Peng Hai, and said: "Send someone to send it to the Xizhou post station, and from the Xizhou post station, send it to Chang'an. Come on, don't leave from the Tingzhou station, the Tingzhou station may not be trustworthy."

"Yes!" After receiving the memorial, he turned around and went out to find a You Xiaowei, gave him instructions and sent him away.

Li Hao then picked up the pen and wrote it in one stroke, and then stamped the official seal. At this time, Peng Hai had just entered from the door, and Li Hao handed the official document to him again, saying: "Take this official document and take someone to search the mansion of those two people. , these two people are very cunning, since they are short of money and food, some of them must have filled their own pockets, if they get something, they will repay it to me immediately."

"Yes!" Peng Hai took the official document and was ready to go.

Li Hao suddenly said again: "Wait a minute, when searching, pay attention to the ground, some people like to bury money and other things in the ground."

Peng Hai responded again, then turned around and went out, leading everyone to search the houses of the two judges in the warehouse.

Sicang Treasurer and two judges were imprisoned, and two positions were immediately vacated. Li Hao asked Lu Yun to call Qin Wei in and asked, "Qin Wei, will you settle accounts?"

Qin Wei smiled lightly, cupped his hands and said, "Return to your lord, this is the old profession of a villain."

Li Hao said happily: "There are vacancies for Tingzhou Sicang and Treasurer, are you interested?"

Qin Wei's face became serious when he heard the words, he straightened his clothes slightly, knelt down, and said: "It is Qin Wei's lifelong wish to be able to contribute to the imperial court."

"Okay!" Li Hao wrote a letter of appointment, affixed the official seal, and said, "Then, I will appoint you to temporarily act as Tingzhou Sicang Treasurer for a three-month probationary period. Play to the imperial court, please correct for you."

"Thank you, sir, for your support!" Qin Wei was ecstatic when he heard the words, and kowtowed his head deeply. He was very respectful. Jin Li and others outside the hall saw that Qin Wei had actually become an official. The important position of money management and food is very awesome.

After punishing the two judges of Sicang and Treasurer, Li Hao looked at Si Bing and judge with a smile again, and Si Bing and judge were covered with goose bumps. Before Li Hao could ask any questions, he knelt down and said repeatedly: "My lord, please forgive me. Tingzhou Weifu recruited soldiers beyond the limits. It was not the idea of ​​a villain. If you give a villain a thousand courage, you would never dare to make decisions without authorization. In fact, it was the order of the former governor, and the former governor had already consulted the imperial court and obtained the imperial court's approval." After approval, the young man will be responsible for recruiting troops."

Li Hao was taken aback when he heard the words, and thought about it carefully, um, everything makes sense. The previous governor had a strong temperament and wanted to fight Cao Tian and protect the Silk Road, but he was unable to do what he wanted, and there were too few soldiers, so he went to the court and asked to expand the guard. The government expanded the original [-] soldiers to [-]. Unexpectedly, Li Shimin approved it. It can be seen that Li Shimin still attaches great importance to the Silk Road. After all, the frontier is the place that is least controlled by the imperial court, and it is very likely that there will be soldiers Self-respecting situations happen.

After listening to Si Bing and San Si's words, Li Hao didn't say much, and waved his hand to make him step back, thoughtfully.

Seeing that he hadn't spoken for a long time, Li Yuanzhong asked, "Shi Kuang, what are you thinking?"

Li Haodao: "I'm thinking, the warehouse is empty of money and food, what should I take to pay the court tax in two months."

Lu Yun also frowned when he heard the words: "This is indeed a difficult problem. Although the taxes in the Tang Dynasty are not high, the system is strict, and there is no way to default."

Li Hao thought for a while, and then started to read the official documents again. This time he read the household registration documents and tax documents, and then he calculated according to the household registration. After all, Tingzhou only has a population of more than 2. Seeing this figure, Li Hao breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, if it really doesn't work then, he can only use his own money to pay in advance. When he thinks that he will lose money, he will I'm a little upset. I just took office and I'm about to lose my money. What a mess.

Putting aside the taxation matter for now, Li Hao began to think about how to seize power again. Judging from the current situation in Tingzhou, Li Hao felt that if he wanted to seize power, he should first seize military power. After all, the great man once said that political power comes from the barrel of a gun. It is an indisputable fact that in this kind of place, whoever has big fists will speak hard.

Since he wants to seize the military power, he must first pull Yun Meng off his horse. Although he is Captain Zhechong, it is difficult for him to lead the army himself, and he has no time to train the soldiers, so he can only hand it over to Guo Yi. Captain, and now Captain Youguoyi Wang Yuantai is his own person, although he has no status in Zhechongwei Mansion, as long as he arranges Captain Zuoguoyi as his own, then the military power will be all his. It's under control.

Li Hao thought for a long time, and suddenly Peng Hai rushed in: "Lord Li, I found 800 shi of corn and [-] taels of gold in the homes of Sicang Wang Jin and Treasurer Zhang Cai!"

"Yes, it seems that they have been short of money and food for many years, and they have accumulated so much. These two little blood-sucking insects have sucked so much essence from the people. It is really hateful." At this point, he suddenly stopped, thinking In a flash of inspiration, a clever plan to seize military power came to his mind, so he said loudly, "Pass down the order and let Zuo Guoyi's capital Wei Yunmeng take good care of these two people. If there is any mistake, I will only ask him."

After he finished speaking, he raised the corner of his mouth and revealed a secretive smile. As soon as Lu Yun saw his smile, he knew that he had another trick, and...someone must be in trouble.

(End of this chapter)

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