The First Auxiliary Road from the Imperial Examination

If the question of who is more to be feared, the Lord of the Prefecture or the Yi Di, would have been considered carefully by the people of the Prefecture before Sheng Yuan took office.

But now, after Sheng Yuan personally visited the prefectures and counties under his jurisdiction, more than 90% of the people could shout without thinking: "The king of Fu is better than A Rong!"

For no other reason, Shengyuan personally promulgated a decree to the people, that is: anyone who shakes the stability of the people's hearts will have their family's labor force as labor soldiers and be sent to the front line to defend the enemy during wartime.

As for what constitutes an act that destabilizes people's hearts, there are many measurement criteria, the most important of which is the comparison of the number of acres of farmland cultivated by farmers and the amount of taxes paid by businessmen compared with the previous year.

Any significant reduction, unless there is a clear and legitimate reason, will be regarded as a move that shakes the livelihood and stability of the people in the city.

But anyone who does this will be treated with hostility.

Considering that the scope of punishment is relatively large, Shengyuan is particularly famous for allowing all ethnic groups and families to supervise and report each other.

In other words, if people of the same clan find something different among their clan members, they can report it to the local government offices to avoid being implicated.

If someone from the same clan had not reported it, in addition to the silver reward, the government would also give him a quota for the evacuation channel prepared by Fucheng.

Of course, Sheng Yuan also knew that this decree could easily cause civil strife, so in addition to punishment, he also specifically stated rewards.

If the performance of government servants, minor officials, farmers, craftsmen, merchants, etc. exceeds that of the previous year, the government government will reward them based on specific results, including but not limited to tax reductions, money rewards, asylum quotas, official school quotas, and post-war establishments. Rewards such as inscriptions on monuments.

Once this decree was issued, the whole city was shocked.

The palace official seemed to give everyone two choices: either continue farming as before, or be mobilized out of the city and sent to the front line. But in fact, he clearly told everyone what the correct answer was.

After all, if someone blindly chooses the latter, then they will be using the entire family’s heavy labor to test the sharpness of Lord Fu Zun’s sword!

"As the saying goes, the prefect who destroys the family and the county magistrate who destroys the family are indeed so true!"

"The heart of a woman is the most poisonous! The safety of the city is unpredictable, but the master refuses to give us a chance to breathe!"

"..."

Following the promulgation of the government decree, such provocative words appeared quietly.

Only this time, before any momentum could be built, the people responsible for spreading these words were picked out one by one by the internal guards.

"Instead of being in danger, trembling and worried under the rule of cruel officials, why not work hard and make contributions to A Rong, the city can be saved!" Sheng Yuan sat on the main street where the aristocratic families in Fucheng gathered, and smiled from the secret letter He picked one out and read it out, then looked at the acquaintance who was tied up.

"Patriarch Xiao Zhang, you asked your servants to spread this, right?" Sheng Yuan held the letter and shook it towards the wretched Patriarch Xiao Fan, who was kneeling down, regardless of whether he could see clearly or not.

"Sheng Wenzhen! You used eagle and dog spies to fabricate charges and make false accusations! Your dignified magistrate actually used inferior drugs to stun people from various families! I, I, I, I want to sue! I want to sue you for robbing people's property, sue you You deceive the king and the people!"

The trembling head of the Xiao Fan family had not yet spoken. Not far away, the head of the Xiao Jia family, Jia Ren, started to curse angrily.

As soon as he spoke, Sheng Yuan looked sideways: "Sue me? Yes, but you must first explain clearly the crimes of your family in colluding with the barbarians and treason against the enemy!"

"Master Shengfu!" Little You defended himself loudly, "Heaven and earth can serve as a lesson! I, You, have never dared to have such treacherous and unethical thoughts!"

"I don't know what you think. After all, I'm not the roundworm in your belly! I only look at the evidence." Sheng Yuan flicked the letter in his hand. "Sir! Your Majesty, the Lord of the Palace is aware that Xiao Zhang's ancestors mainly dealt in silk cloth. Even if they were sold to the grasslands, it had nothing to do with supporting the enemy! As for the rumors... Xiao Zhang only came to the front because of an old friend. This hindered the The favor helped, but at that time, the other party only said that he wanted to collect some fields, and it would be better if he could take advantage of the situation and collect more tenants! Xiao Zhang really didn’t know what they were saying! If you knew, you would give Xiao Zhang Each Zhang family has dozens of courages, even little Zhang family doesn’t dare!”

"Oh." Sheng Yuan saw that he said it sincerely. If it weren't for the secret letter in hand, she would not have believed him.

"What Mr. Zhang said may be true, but unfortunately, the evidence is in hand and cannot be underestimated." Sheng Yuan looked at Mr. Ruan, who seemed to have accepted his fate, "Are you right, Mr. Ruan?"

"Haha, I'll admit it if I succeed or lose!" The head of the Xiao Ruan family took a breath and spoke.

Sheng Yuan didn't seem to expect that everyone would fall in love with him, and there were a few others who were not afraid.

"You guys... don't think that I want to escort you to Kyoto, right?"

Sheng Yuan's words were not loud, but in the ears of several family heads, it was like thunder!

Several people suddenly opened their eyes and stared at Sheng Yuan, refusing to let go of the slightest expression on her face.

It's a pity that nothing can be seen!

"I have always liked the beauty of adults! Since you all yearn for A Rong, I will naturally help you! But I don't know if A Rong will take into account you internal agents when the two armies confront each other."

"Sheng Wenzhen, what do you mean by this!" Jia Min asked angrily with panic in his eyes.

Although his move was very impolite, Sheng Yuan was a kind person. Even when faced with traitors, he still answered all questions. He told him very kindly: "I heard that Sergeant A Rong is good at riding and shooting with bows and arrows. Whenever he attacks a city, , there will be a rain of arrows to clear the way, and the defenders of the city will suffer most losses here... Therefore, I plan to ask you and your family members to act as buffers to solve the predicament of the city."

Not to mention these five family heads, even the people watching on the street couldn't help but gasp when they heard it!

What acts as a buffer! Just put it nicely!

This female governor clearly wanted them to be used as human shields!

But such a cruel act made her speak lightly!

It is indeed vicious enough! A Rong and other barbarians are not as good as him!

Jia Min, who was so angry that Sheng Yuan fell to the ground, had a blue face and shouted angrily with a trembling voice: "What a vicious girl! You are so unscrupulous, you are not afraid of the bosses in Kyoto getting involved with you!"

"Since you filed the complaint, are there still fewer people who want to impeach me?" Sheng Yuan was already riddled with lice, "I don't think there are too many of you."

"My eight surnames and thirteen families are one and the same. Aren't you afraid that the other families will die because of this? Are you afraid of you? Are you ruthless? Are you waiting for an opportunity to retaliate?"

"Shut up!" Jia Yang didn't expect that this younger brother would be so stupid and selfish that he would drag him into the water in order to protect himself!

"Master Jia, please don't be upset. I am not that stupid official who will beat and kill anyone who says a word." Sheng Yuan didn't seem to be upset.

Her voice of relief was heard by several other aristocratic families who were watching the excitement. Instead of feeling relieved, they were horrified.

"Sir Shanda!" Zhang Si and Fan Hui walked out from the crowd that was watched closely by the inner guards and soldiers stationed in the city. "Sir, we are willing to donate our ancestral property to the imperial court... Although they and I have already agreed Separate clans and establish separate clans, but after all, we all have the same surname, so we will inevitably be affected by it. I hope Shanda people...please see clearly and separate my two clans with the same surname!"

"Brother, you!" The little head of the Zhang family stared at Zhang Si in disbelief, as if he never expected that this brother who usually took care of him would actually cut off his wrist to survive and cut with him!

(End of this chapter)