Rebirth of Wu Ba Spring and Autumn

Chapter 895 Buzi Xia Zhiye

"King Wu, what a tyrant. He is so greedy and outrageous!"

"Shh, be careful. King Wu and his eagle dogs are still here in Ye County."

"Hmph, so what if he executes him? He dares to do it, why don't we say it?"

"For the sake of quick time and selfishness, just to see He Bo marrying a bride, he even ordered the officials, elders, and shamans to extort money and expropriated millions of dollars from my father and fellow villagers."

"This is hard-earned money!"

"It is rumored that the king of Wu loves the people like a son and is fair in dealing with things. In my opinion, he is clearly a king of tigers and wolves."

"Alas, there is no peace in Ye County!"

Once the edict of celebrating Ji was issued, in Ye County, some people were happy while others were sad.

Those who are happy are naturally officials, elders, and Wu Zhu who can make huge profits from it.

Those who are worried are naturally the common people at the bottom, especially farmers.

In order to complete the task assigned by Qingji, all the city soldiers came to the door one after another, demanding money from Li Shu, which was used as a gift for Hebo to marry a wife.

Regarding this, the Li Shu of Ye County complained endlessly, and was thrown into a frenzy, and could not help cursing Qingji and Wu Guo behind his back.

In the past, under the rule of the State of Wei, they married He Bo a woman every year.

It's good now, when Qingji came to Ye County for inspection, he actually wanted to see it on a whim, and thus cost the Li and Shu of Ye County a lot of money, how could this make them not resentful?

Since Qingji will see the scene of He Bo marrying his wife tomorrow, everyone is working overtime.

The old witch looked for a girl who was not ugly, and as He Bo's bride, she asked her to live in a tent, fast for one night, and officially get married the next day.

Farmers want good wine and good meat to serve them, so they can't be neglected.

All matters are in full swing.

Finally, on the next day, on the bank of Zhangshui, everyone gathered together.

Officials, elders, rich and powerful businessmen, and local elders will also gather here, and there are also 3000 to [-] people from Li and Shu who come to watch the excitement.

Qingji is accompanied by a group of old guards and accepts worship from everyone.

That Wu Zhu was an old woman, already 70 years old, with a haggard face and a lifeless look.

There were about a dozen female disciples who followed, all wearing silk single clothes, standing behind the old witch.

"Where is Hebo's bride?"

Qingji asked a question.

The old witch hurriedly invited out the woman she was looking for yesterday, and let Qingji take a look.

Qing Ji shook his head and said, "This woman is not very beautiful. After all, He Bo is a god and cannot be profaned. If he offers an ordinary-looking woman as his bride, He Bo will probably be angry and let the water of the Zhang River leak, which will harm the people on both sides of the river." .”

"Ah, this... I don't know what the king means?"

All Li Shu felt very panic.

After all, the Zhanghe River floods almost every year, not to mention submerging the crops in the field, and if it is not done well, even people may drown...

Qing Ji thought for a while, then said solemnly: "Please Wu Zhu go to the river and tell the river god that he wants to marry another bride for him. If you find a beautiful woman some other day, it will not be too late to give it to He Bo."

"promise!"

As soon as Qingji's words fell, two guards with big arms and round waists, one on the left and the other on the right, supported the old witch.

"Ah! Don't! Let me go! Let me go!"

"You can't sacrifice me to He Bo!"

No matter how the old witch struggled, she couldn't escape the fate of being thrown into the rolling Zhang River.

After a long time, there was no movement in the river.

Qing Ji smiled with great interest: "It's been a long time since this witch wished, and there's no news of it being returned. I'm afraid it's not because of some delay."

"Come on, let Wu Zhu's disciple go down and urge her!"

"promise!"

One of the old witch's disciples was thrown into the Zhang River.

There was no news of the disciples who threw away the three old witches in a row. Everyone on the riverside was a little surprised.

In order to prevent Qingji from throwing himself down and drowning alive, the rest of the old witch's disciples had already fled.

Qingji was not pursued.

"Witches, disciples, these are women, and they cannot report the matter clearly. Please ask the third elder to explain the situation for the widow!"

After saying that, Qingji ordered the guards to throw the three elders into the river.

The three elders are the lower-level township officials of the county, similar to the township head.

As dignified grassroots officials, the "Three Elders" are indispensable to investigate and mediate civil disputes. They are responsible for enlightenment, but their main job is to collect taxes...

Seeing that Qingji threw the three elders into the river, the rest of the officials couldn't help being frightened, and cold sweat broke out on their foreheads, for fear that Qingji would throw himself into the Zhang River and drown himself next.

"Where are the master and Ting Yu? Why don't you go down and ask He Bo?"

"Your Majesty, spare your life!"

All the officials of Ye County knelt down and kowtowed so hard that their heads were broken, the blood on their foreheads flowed all over the ground, and their faces were ashy ashes.

Seeing this, Qingji waved his hands lightly and said, "Get up!"

"He Bo has been staying with guests for a long time. The second and third sons don't have to wait any longer, let's go away!"

Upon hearing this, everyone left one after another as if they had received an amnesty.

What Qingji did had a great impact on them.

Fan Li, the censor who stood aside, said with a smile, "Your Majesty, after this incident, people in Ye County will no longer dare to talk about He Bo's marriage."

Qingji slightly nodded and said: "Witchcraft is prevalent in Ye, and the Zhangshui River floods all year round, endangering people's livelihood. If I don't stop the witchcraft, I don't know how many families will be ruined and wives will be destroyed by this matter of Hebo marrying a wife." scattered."

"Great King Rende."

In fact, such feudal superstitions are too numerous to enumerate in this era.

Ye County is located in the Central Plains, and it was a place where the Wei State invested heavily before, let alone some remote places.

Even under the rule of the Wu Kingdom, many places still retain their unique customs, including multi-yin sacrifices, superstitious belief in ghosts and gods, and the prevalence of witchcraft culture.

Sometimes, this kind of witchcraft is repeated repeatedly.

"Your Majesty, from the perspective of my ministers, the water of the Zhanghe River should be controlled. Why don't you dig a canal to irrigate the cultivated land in Ye County, just like the previous example of digging the Dujiangyan Weir, which made Shu County no longer suffer from floods and increased tens of thousands of acres of fertile land? "

"good."

Qingji nodded slightly, and asked, "Young Uncle, in your opinion, who should I use to manage the troubles of the Zhangshui River?"

"A divination merchant."

Fan Li thought for a moment, then recommended: "Your Majesty, in the past, Bu Shang was the governor of Shu County and dug the Dujiang Weir for the Great Wu. He has rich experience in water control. It is most suitable to use him to control the flood of the Zhang River."

"Bu Zixia is good at people's livelihood and government affairs, and the way of killing on the battlefield is not his specialty."

Since the geographical location of Yecheng is very important, it may become the bridgehead for the Wu Kingdom to conquer the Zhao Kingdom in the north, or the Wei Kingdom in the east, so what Qingji wanted was to choose a general with both civil and military skills to sit in the city.

(End of this chapter)