Great Warriors of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 1250 Fishing law enforcement is the deadliest

"Damn it, open the city gate!"

After hearing the news in a hurry, Wen Shan, the former chief bookkeeper who was acting as the county magistrate, rushed here. This is a snake sitting on the ground.He has been a large and medium-sized family in Hengshan County for generations. When Xiao Xian was in Jinghu, he defected and was awarded the title of county master.Not long ago, there was a drastic change in Jiangling, Xiao Mian entered Beijing, and then the Hunan feudal town was abolished.

The original Hengshan prefect was also considered the head of the army in the separatist region. When a decree came from Luoyang, the prefect had no choice but to disband the army, and then took all the county magistrates, county magistrates, and generals from Hengshan to Luoyang to report on their duties.

The county magistrate of Hengshan also left, and the magistrate of the county followed him to Beijing, and the county government of Hengshan was managed by Wenshan.

The gates opened.

Wen Shan jogged out of the city and saw two scarlet-robed officials, one old and one young, the old one had white beard and hair, and looked like a fairy, while the young one was probably in his 20s, but at this age he was wearing scarlet robes, Let him be amazed.

Looking at the two battalions of the Qin army in the back, all of them have shiny armors, swords and guns in their hands, and the momentum of dragons and tigers, is it the Wuhe of the previous eunuch?
"Xiaguan Hengshan County, Wenshan, the head of Hengshan County, paid a visit to the Shangguan, but he didn't know that the Shangguan came, so he was late to greet him. Forgive me for my sin."

"This is the new Li Taishou of Hengshan County. I'm the new county magistrate. I'm passing by Hengshan. Come and have a look."

Ma Zhou said it was easy, come and have a look, but Wen Shan was under a lot of pressure, Ma Zhou.Even if he is in the remote Hengshan County, he knows that this is Luoyang's new champion this year. It is said that he is the pillar of the country selected by the interview of the Emperor's Golden Palace. After attaining the sixth grade, I didn't expect to come to Hengshan to serve as the county magistrate.

"Tell me about the situation in Hengshan County. How many registered residents are there, how many shops and workshops are there, and how many barbarians are there in the mountains?" Ma Zhou beckoned, and Wen Shan had no choice but to step forward.

He accompanied him into the city, and then introduced the situation of Hengshan County while walking.

Although Hengshan County is on the edge of the Xiangjiang River, it is really small. It was even included in Changsha County during Daye.Hengshan County is far inferior to Xiangtan County to the south, let alone the county town of Hengyang.

Listening while walking around the horse, the city walls of Hengshan County are not high, and it can be seen that some are in disrepair, and in some places there are even miscellaneous trees as tall as a person growing on them.

After entering the city, the city is also very desolate, the streets are narrow and dirty.Its urban layout is the same as many cities in the Central Plains. It is a square city layout. After entering the city, there are streets, with square walls on both sides, and the market is concentrated in the south corner of the city.

In many places in the Central Plains, under the tide of demolishing squares and walls and transforming markets, this place remains unchanged and appears to be very backward.

There are not many people on the street.

According to Wen Shan, although the disaster in Hengshan was not as serious as that of Dongting Lake, it was also greatly affected. Therefore, many people went out to escape from disasters and famines earlier. Because Hengshan is close to Guangxi, they knew that it was peaceful, so many people went along the Xiangjiang River. I went to Guilin County to escape the famine and beg for food.

The county government office is considered to be the tallest building in the county, and it lives on Yaqian Street in the north of the city.

Ma Zhou and Li Gang entered the county government office, and Li Gang asked his attendants to fetch his tea set, and then began to make tea leisurely.

Ma Zhou was not in the mood, he asked Wen Shan to fetch some files from the county, checked them carefully, and then asked him to give him the money and food account books of the government treasury.

After going through everything, he asked Li Gang to rest in the yamen, and then personally took someone to check the warehouse, and finally went around the street again.

Back to the county government again.

Ma Zhou directly asked Gongsun Wuda to take Wenshan down.

"Although you can make fake accounts, you can't fool me. No matter how well you do the fake accounts, I have found many loopholes. Be honest, where did all the money and food in the treasury go?"

Wen Shan's face was as dead ashes.

"Those were taken away by the prefect and county magistrate."

"Is there an account signature?"

There were signatures, but the prefect and the county magistrate only took away most of them, and the rest was actually corrupted by Wen Shan and the Yali people.

Ma Zhou himself is also proficient in account book calculations, but this time he took office, he brought a few staff who are more proficient in this. Mr. Wen's accounts are full of mistakes, and he can't explain it if he just checks them.

"When the former prefect left, he took half of the money and food from the county government treasury. When the former county magistrate and county magistrate left, he took half of the remaining money and food. But now, the treasury is empty."

Wen Shan had no choice but to confess honestly that he was the one who broke up with other people in the county.

"Wen Shan, Ben Cheng is now dismissing you from your position as County Registrar, but I will give you a chance to make up for the past. You only need to make up the deficit after three days. Then you will only be dismissed from your post and not prosecuted for your crimes. If you make up the deficit after three days If not, you will do so at your own peril.”

"Yes, yes, yes." Wen Shan nodded repeatedly, sweating profusely.

"Go back."

After he retreated, Ma Zhou came to see Li Gang.

"Why don't you just take down Wenshan and kill the chicken to scare the monkey?" Li Gang made a cup of tea for Ma Zhou.

"Speaking of which, this Hengshan County was originally the territory of Xiao Xian's feudal town before. Before we took office, it was not considered a place of the imperial court. Therefore, there is no need to delve into the previous matters. Besides, killing people as soon as we came No need."

Although killing people is the best way to gain prestige, Ma Zhou doesn't want to kill people, at least this Wen Shan didn't violate the court's laws, even if he was corrupt, he was corrupting Xiao Mian.

"Do you think this Wenshan will honestly make up for the shortfall?"

"not necessarily."

"Oh, why did you come to this conclusion?"

Holding the teacup, Ma Zhou chuckled, "Actually, I checked a lot of files and records, walked around the street a few times, and also sent someone to quietly investigate the rumors in the market, and got some unexpected news by accident. This Wenshan is a local snake, a big family in the county, and it can be regarded as a local snake that has lived here for generations. It is a little surprising that in Hengshan to the south, there is a group of Hengshan bandits with a lot of power, and their leader is also named Wen. There are still many rumors about the leader, some of which are related to Master Wen. I suspect that the Hengshan Wen thief must be of the same family as this Master Wen, or at least have a connection."

"Then you still deliberately let him go and let Master Wen make up for the shortfall. Is it because you want to?"

"That's right, although Wen Shan embezzled the money and food in the treasury, it was before I took office after all, but if he dared to collude with Hengshan bandits, it would be after I took office."

"Well, Wenshan colluded with the Hengshan bandit so that it would be justified to kill him. By the way, he could also catch the Hengshan bandit and kill two birds with one stone. King Bin, you've done a great trick."

"But have you ever considered that with two battalions of government soldiers present, the Hengshan bandits may not dare to come."

"So the students pretended to dispatch two commanders to lead the troops to leave first by boat, saying that they were going to the barracks first. In fact, they boarded the boat during the day and left, but they went ashore to hide nearby. Those who left were only empty boats. The real guard camp The government soldiers are still on the edge of the county seat and can come back at any time."

On the surface, there are only a hundred soldiers left in Hengshan County.

Therefore, Ma Zhou believed that the bandits from Hengshan were very likely to come. This was based on some rumors he had collected about Wenshan. Wenshan was a ruthless man. He is ruthless, colluding with thieves to assassinate the chief, he really did it.

After all, that shortfall is not a small amount. How can a person like Wen Shan spit out what he eats.

He colluded with the thieves to kill Ma Zhou and Li Gang, and then burned the account books and warehouses in the chaos. The emperor was far away, and if he reported a thieves to commit crimes, he would have nothing to do in Wenshan, and he might be able to take over as the county magistrate of Hengshan.

(End of this chapter)