People in the early Tang Dynasty: I compete with Wu Zhao for the throne

Chapter 279 Commanding the Arrow Official Seal, Authority Overwhelms People

Gong Shengming, Lian Shengwei.

A huge plaque was hung on the county government hall, and Li Xuan sat in the county magistrate's seat, looking at everyone present with a cold expression.

Dongyang County Prime Minister Gu Tan, County Wei Kangyao, Registrar Li Dingyi, Sihu, Sibing, Sicang, Judiciary, Sigong, and Sishi Liu Cao joined the army, all stood respectfully under it, and stood in awe.

The other head catchers are not even qualified to stand in the courtroom, and they don't even dare to take a peek.

Li Xuan's gaze focused on the three boxes in front of him, which contained the Wuzhou governor's order arrow, the Wuzhou Biejia official seal, and the Dongyang county magistrate's seal respectively.

This is where the highest authority in Dongyang is now.

"Actually, if County Magistrate Huang hadn't been ill, it wouldn't be my turn to take over here, but you should know what the situation is like now."

Li Xuan raised his eyes from the three official boxes, and his eyes fell on the county magistrate Gu Tan, the county magistrate Kangyao and the chief secretary Li Dingyi.

The faces of the three of them suddenly became serious.

Two months ago, Wang Fanglin, the governor of Wuzhou, was assassinated in Zhoucheng. Wang Fanglin was seriously injured, and Chang Shi died on the spot. Only Sima escaped by chance.

Huang Jin, the magistrate of Dongyang County, and Jinhua County Magistrate were unfortunately involved and suffered heavy losses.

A month ago, the governor's office of Yuezhou, the governor's office of Wuzhou, and even the governor's office of Hangzhou sent people to check the price changes of Dongyang's grain, salt, silk and tea. The price has fallen strangely.

This abnormal situation immediately aroused everyone's vigilance.

But just a few days ago, Hao Yuan, who joined the army in Dongyang Sihu, died inexplicably in his residence, which shocked everyone.

It wasn't until Huang Ziming, who joined the army from the judiciary, gave the result that Hao Yuan died of illness and had nothing to do with others, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

However, Li Xuan came suddenly today and told them that Hao Yuan was murdered and died. He even suspended the judicial function of joining the army on the spot. Like in mid-air, up and down.

Although Li Xuan hasn't said anything about the Tianyin Sect until now, everyone knows that the root of all this lies in the Tianyin Sect.

Ever since Fanglin the Inspector was assassinated, the existence of Tianyin Sect was no longer a secret to Wuzhou officials.

Except for the common people who don't know anything, those people in the officialdom all know what will happen in the future.

"Si Bing joins the army!" Li Xuan said suddenly, Si Bing joined the army Xi Ying immediately took a step forward and said respectfully, "Your subordinate is here!"

"Immediately draw up an official document. Today's curfew will be moved forward by one hour, but people are not prohibited from returning home. Those who return home after the curfew must leave records at each gate. All parties must not slack off. guilty punishment."

Li Xuan's light words made everyone present immediately raise their brows uncontrollably, and their hearts immediately became tense.

"My subordinate obeys the order." Without the slightest hesitation, Xi Ying immediately walked aside and started writing quickly in front of the table.

Li Xuan pressed one hand on the seal of the county magistrate, and then his eyes fell on Treasurer Canjun: "Lu Canjun!"

Lu Yuan, the treasurer joining the army, immediately took a step forward and said respectfully, "Your subordinate is here!"

"From now on, all county depots, military depots, and grain depots will be closed, and all personnel inside are not allowed to leave. Tonight, this officer will inspect the inventory with Gu Xiancheng, Kang County lieutenant, and Master Li at the same time." Li Xuan His tone suddenly became serious.

The corner of Lu Yuan's mouth twitched slightly, but his expression softened, and he cupped his hands and said, "This subordinate takes orders."

"That's good. A group of Qianniuwei will go with you in a while, and let them stay in the armory. Anyone who trespasses will be killed." Li Xuan's voice was not heavy, but every sentence Once, but they all weighed on everyone's hearts like a mountain.

"Here!" Lu Yuan agreed quickly without any hesitation, which made Li Xuan feel relieved.

Raising her head, Li Xuan looked at Gu Tan, the county magistrate standing at the lowest level, and smiled lightly: "Gu Xiancheng, do you have any objection?"

"Don't be a leader in Wuzhou, everything is under control, everything is within the authority, and the lower officials take orders." Gu Tan looked serious.

Biejia was abolished many years ago and changed to Changshi. The power of the county magistrate in the county is like Yu Changshi's power in the state.

Now Gu Tan is in charge of Dongyang in place of the injured county magistrate Huang Jin, and Li Xuan, as the leader of Wuzhou, handles the state affairs on behalf of the governor Wang Fanglin in his hand, and there is no problem at all.

Not to mention that Li Xuan still has the assassin's order arrow in his hand, there is no problem in it.

"Hehe!" Li Xuan smiled lightly, and said: "It's best for Gu Xiancheng to think so, but tonight, the first thing to do is to investigate the case of Hao Canjun's assassination. After a while, the three of you will go with me Hao Canjun's residence."

"Here!" County Chancellor Gu Tan, County Wei Kangyao and Chief Bookkeeper Li Dingyi stepped forward at the same time, clasping their hands in agreement.

The other people present all lowered their heads and looked at Huang Ziming, who joined the judicial army. His face turned blue and white.

Li Xuan didn't call him, at least not now.

At this moment, Si Bing joined the army, Xi Ying had already written the official document, and put it in front of Li Xuan.

Li Xuan looked sideways at the county magistrate Gu Tan: "Gu Xiancheng, come and take a look. If there is no objection, you can stamp it with the county magistrate's seal. official seal."

"Here!" Gu Tan, the county magistrate, has no temper at the moment. This Nanchang king is one set after another, yin and yang, and there is no room for others to refuse, and it even makes people feel a little breathless.

"Xi Jianjun, under my command, there are also some Qianniu guards and some government guards. They will guard all important intersections in the county with your people. Do you have any objection?" Immediately couldn't help jumping a few times, what is the king of Nanchang going to do.

Xi Ying hesitated for a moment, but still cupped his hands and said, "The next official takes orders."

Li Xuan smiled faintly, then waved her hand, and said, "You go to deal with it immediately, and meet me at Hao Canjun's residence later, so that I can see your case-handling ability."

"Here!" Xi Ying hurriedly left the courtroom.

Soon, the entire Dongyang County was ringing with gongs.

Li Xuan's eyes fell on Li Dingyi, the master secretary below, and she clasped her fingers lightly on the table, and at the same time said slowly and methodically: "Master Li, I have read the official documents and checked Hao Canjun's body that day. You were there at the time, but you still remember what happened that day?"

"Old man!" Li Ding cupped his hands with a wry smile. With this smile, the rosacea on his face became more and more obvious: "Although the old man is not in a daze, but what happened that day, the lower officials just acted in a muddleheaded way, and the investigation is all the same. As Huang Canjun said, the final result was also agreed by him and Gu Xiancheng to report to the state government."

Gu Tan, Li Xuan's eyes fell on Gu Tan, the magistrate at the side.

Gu Tan glanced at Li Dingyi with a gloomy expression, then cupped his hands to Li Xuan and said, "The lower officials only reported the results according to the results given by Huang Canjun."

"In Dongyang, Sihu joins the army as a subordinate of the chief secretary, and judiciary joins the army as a subordinate of the county magistrate. Sibing joins the army as your subordinate, right?" Li Xuan's eyes fell directly on the county lieutenant Kangyao who had never spoken. .

"The next official will act according to the order." Kang Yao's face was a bit complicated, but he still complied.

In the official system of the imperial court, Si Hu, Si Bing, Si Cang, Judiciary, Si Gong, and Si Shi Liu Cao Junjun are all nominally under the county lieutenant.

But in the local area, no county magistrate would let the county lieutenant control so much real power.

Therefore, the county magistrate and the chief book, with the support of the county magistrate, separated Liu Cao's power to join the army from the county lieutenant.

Sihu and Sigong belonged to the jurisdiction of the master book, the judiciary, and Sicang to the county magistrate, leaving only Sibing and Sishi as the county lieutenant.

Of course, in name, these people are still subordinates of the county lieutenant, but the county magistrate who also assists the county magistrate in governing the county, as well as the master book who is in charge of writing, files and statistics, can also intervene in it.

Not to mention, there are even higher county magistrates.

The county magistrate can even adjust various divisions of labor at any time, and can also make adjustments according to affairs. This is the power of the county magistrate.

Li Xuan doesn't know how Huang Jin is doing in other places, but he is doing well in the balance of power.

Although Sihu, Sibing, Sicang, Judiciary, Sigong, and Sishi belong to different chiefs, it is hard to say who they listen to.

"So, let's ask Shang Wuzuo to go together." Li Xuan nodded calmly, turned his gaze to the county magistrate, and at the same time stood up: "Gu county magistrate, let someone take the case file, I will set off now."

"Follow the order!" Gu Tan clasped his hands and nodded, and immediately, a hint of excitement flashed in his eyes.

He wanted to see how the king of Nanchang would solve the case.

Li Xuan knocked out Gu Tan's thoughts at a glance, since he dared to take advantage of this matter to make trouble, he naturally had his own confidence.

Looking up at the rest of the court, Li Xuan said with a serious expression: "As for all of you, please stay in the government office to rest tonight. As for your home, I will ask Gu Xiancheng to send someone to send a message later. .”

"Here!" Except for Si Cang and Si Bing who had already left to join the army, everyone else respectfully agreed.

Only a trace of worry flashed across the face of Huang Ziming, who joined the army for justice.

[Huang Ziming, Dongyang Judiciary joined the army, a native of Quzhou, the deputy head of the Dongyang Branch of Wuhua Church of Tianyin Sect. 】

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