Great Warriors of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 421
"To be honest, I don't understand."

The county government office, the heir to Luo Chengdao.

Over there, Old Taoist Wei looked at a county government account book and said with a smile, "There's nothing I don't understand. In a word, it's just Liwei."

"I know it's Liwei who killed someone, but what's going on with the Cui family?"

"One good man and three gangs have to form an alliance. Now your brothers are no different than before. In the past, they only played small things in Zhangqiu's one-acre three-point land, so naturally they were limited to that area. But as far as I know , Even at that time, your brother still paid great attention to personal connections. He made good friends with the Shan family of the Qin family, and also made several brothers. In addition, he also had relationships with local officials who were born in famous families such as Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui. That’s right, otherwise, he wouldn’t have been able to improve so much, right?”

Luo Cheng nodded to Wei Zheng, "You are an old man, you know everything thoroughly."

"Actually, I think there is nothing wrong with what Shicheng did. This Cui Junsu was originally the prefect of a county and the patriarch of Cui Zhengzhoufang in Qinghe. But in his early fifties, there is still a chance to go further in the future, make friends with him, accept his daughter as a concubine, this is an alliance and mutual support."

Wei Zheng told Siye that in Luo Cheng's current position, he couldn't do it alone.

"Originally, after your brother has dealt with the navy skirmishers this time, he is going to enter the court. At least he is a Zhonglang general. This is the real commander of the guards. Maybe he can have a more important position. But Well, now he is imprisoned in Henan and cannot enter the court? Why? Some people are jealous of his promotion too fast, and those people feel that their status is threatened and their interests are affected, so they join forces to suppress your brother."

"But since he is jealous of many people now, why did he kill and ransack the house just now? Shouldn't he be more low-key?"

"Blindly low-key, others will only think you are weak and hopeful, so you don't take the initiative to make troubles, but you can't be afraid of them. When others dare to mess with you, you have to kill and maim them severely. These other things People will know that you are not easy to mess with."

Luo Cheng was indeed as Wei Zheng thought, no matter whether the Cui family was reliable or not, since they sent someone to their door, it was better to accept than to refuse.If you refuse, you may have made an enemy, even if it is a hidden enemy, it must not be as reliable as a temporary ally.

"Old Taoist Wei, do you think I should help Cui Junsu get into court?"

"Promise him first, at least let him know that you are working hard. Anyway, it is not a matter of a day or two to enter the court. Before he entered the court, he knew that you were helping him, and he would definitely help you. You have just taken office now. This comforting and arresting of the ambassador must be accomplished, otherwise there will be a large number of people in the court waiting for you to fail, so that everyone will step on it."

"If Cui Junsu is really brought into court, it will be a big help to you."

"I think so."

Luo Cheng raised his head to look at the street outside the Yamen. There were figures in the street moving, and people passed by from time to time, and then quietly peeked out.

As for the big mansions of the four sons' houses farther away, Du Fuwei took the lead at this time, and with the assistance of Beihai County soldiers and government servants sent by Cui Junsu, they were searching the four houses with all their strength.

Luo Cheng wasn't worried about not being able to find anything. Even if there were no problems in the four families, Cui Junsu would know how to plant some dirty things for them.

Anyway, the knife has been pulled out, so there is no reason to return without seeing blood.

An old fox like Cui Junsu, although not strong in government affairs, is a fine individual.

This time Luo Cheng used the four sacrificial knives to show his prestige, but he needed to submit a certificate to Luo Cheng.

After this case was settled, the two became friends on the same boat in the future.

Being able to stay in Henan was beyond Luo Cheng's expectation. He originally thought that he would be called into the court by the emperor, and he would be the general of Zuo Yiwei's family and command the imperial army.

Now it seems that there are quite a few people in the court who fear him.

But Yu Zhongwen was brought down by the emperor, and Yu Wenshu and Lai Huer were about to come back, which made Luo Cheng a little disappointed in Yang Guang. In short, in fact, the emperor's actions are not all fair.

It will also do some unfair things for the balance of power and the stability of the throne.

Just like Yu Zhongwen, what did he do wrong?
Just because he was born in the eight-pillar country, and because the Yu family has many children, the emperor has always regarded the Yu family as a stare, and has always wanted to suppress them to the ground.

Now the opportunity came, Yu Zhongwen was right that he still had some merits for the defeat of the Eighth Army in the Eastern Expedition, but in the end he still became the only one who was responsible.

Companion is like a tiger.

It's also good not to enter the dynasty.

It may not be easy just to gain a firm foothold in Henan.

Zhang Xutuo had already told him the whole story, and now the court, especially the emperor, thought that the world was just a small chaos, but in fact the Central Plains was already in chaos.

The twelve counties in Henan, and even the counties and counties, have all been attacked by bandits, and some counties have even been attacked by several counties, such as Beihai, which has been attacked by three counties before.

The big bandits are said to have a crowd of more than [-].Although there are only a lot of people to coerce and not many thieves to fight, it is already scary enough.

He became a 20-year-old ambassador, and it was not so easy for him to get the twelve counties to obey his orders and to wipe out these groups of bandits.

It happened that Cui Junsu offered his favor, and he accepted it.

And Tan Sanlang waited to provoke trouble, so he took the opportunity to kill the monkey.

Zhang Xutuo once told him that local suppression of bandits is completely different from fighting in Liaodong. In Liaodong, friends and foes are clearly distinguished.And in this Central Plains, who is the enemy and who is the friend?

It's a pity that now his Fifth Left Army has been disbanded, and limited by the court system, Luo Cheng can no longer recruit these troops immediately.As the consoling and arresting ambassador, although he has the right to recruit government soldiers and county soldiers, he has to be famous as a teacher. Even under normal circumstances, he can only call soldiers from his own county and not cross the border.

"At first, I wanted to simply go home for the New Year, but some people refused to let me go back to celebrate the New Year safely. If that's the case, then don't blame me for being rude. Let's start with Beihai County first."

"I killed no less than [-] Goguryeo people in Liaodong. Here in Henan, I wouldn't mind killing some more."

afternoon.

Du Fuwei strode forward with a knife in his hand.

"Report to Commander-in-Chief, all four families of Tan Kong and Liu Gao have been searched, and as the Commander expected, the cubs of these four families dared to openly assassinate Commander-in-Chief in the street, as expected, they were not clean, and all four families were secretly colluding with thieves The bandits rebelled against the army. They passed on information for the bandits, and sold their filth for the bandits. The bandits sold them the looted property, while the four families provided food and grass for the bandits. No armor."

Luo Cheng nodded.

"The food confiscated by the four families was first used to relieve the victims of the disaster. The property seized, houses, shops, slaves and livestock were also sold, and the money from the sale was used to buy food for disaster relief."

"Again, please ask Prefect Cui to open the granaries in Beihai County and other counties, and open the granaries to release grain for disaster relief. I hope that no victims will freeze and starve to death in this New Year!"

"Excuse me, Marshal, how should we deal with the four thieves?"

"Men are slaves, and women are recruiting soldiers." Luo Cheng coldly announced the death of these four families. No matter how famous or prestigious they were in Beihai County, they are about to become the past now, and forever .

(End of this chapter)