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

Chapter 404 Even killing you is cheap

The Wujiang River is vast and flows northward.

A group of officials dressed in various colors of green and green bowed down under the huge official boat.

"Xu Wen, the magistrate of Lanxi County, the criminal officer, and Hu Yi, the magistrate of the county, led the officials of the government to pay a visit to Qianqiu, the king of Nanchang County."

The seventh-rank official in the lead, in his forties, is very thin, and under the light green official robe, he looks a little empty.

Li Xuan stood at the bow of the boat, glanced over everyone's heads, and said with a cold face: "County lieutenant, chief secretary, Si Bing joined the army, Judiciary joined the army, Si Hu joined the army, none of them came, so it seems that they It should be a real thief."

"The lower official is guilty!" Xu Wen half-bowed, took a step forward, and bowed deeply under the boat.

This time, the clear blood stains on Xu Wenyi's hem appeared in front of Li Xuan's eyes.

Li Xuan's face suddenly turned serious, but then he relaxed, looked at Xu Wen and said, "Of course you are guilty, and everything will be punished by the law; A pleading note."

Li Xuan deliberately paused at this point, and then saw Xu Wen and others couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

A cold look flashed across Li Xuan's eyes, and then he said expressionlessly: "When the Wujiang River is opened up again in the future, this memorial will be sent to Hangzhou, and then sent to the capital of God through Hangzhou."

When Li Xuan said this, everyone present could not help but look at each other.

They are all veterans in the officialdom, how could they not know what kind of tricks Li Xuan was playing.

It's nothing more than coercing them to do their best during this time.

Of course, that's what they were supposed to do.

The king of Nanchang can't be so simple, could it be... well done, the king of Nanchang will praise them a few more words in the playbook...

"Lanxi taught Wu Sheng to arrest Du Ming!" Li Xuan suddenly yelled.

Below, a white-haired old man and a middle-aged man with horizontal scars cupped his hands at the same time: "The lower official is here."

"Let you two..." Li Xuan hadn't finished speaking when an earth-shattering roar sounded in the distance.

Immediately, tall horses jumped into Li Xuan's sight.

Qianniuwei in red and gold armor, Kuaiji Fubing in blue and black.

The two teams rushed towards the official ship like a gust of wind.

In the blink of an eye, in front of the crowd who had already arrived, a group of Lanxi officials turned their heads subconsciously.

With a "boom", a group of Qianniuwei and Kuaijifu soldiers stopped in front of the official ship almost at the same time, very neatly.

Li Xuan looked calmly at the leader Qiu Zhenmu, Yan Tao nodded.

The next moment, the two of them waved back.

Immediately afterwards, many Qianniuwei behind threw them directly towards the ground.

One after another, human heads with bloodstained faces were thrown to the ground.

After rolling a few times, he rolled in front of Lanxi County Magistrate Xu Wen and others.

Even though the faces of these heads were covered with blood, Xu Wen could tell at a glance that they were all those who had gone out of the city to ask for help from Meiling Pass.

It was precisely because of these people's departure that Xu Wen and the others were given a chance.

At that time Xu Wen had guessed that this might be a trap, but now that these people had all been beheaded, he still couldn't help but feel chills all over his body.

Is this the way of the art of war, or is it calculating people's hearts?

Seeing the group of people bowing their heads deeply, Li Xuan turned to look at Wang Qin who was on the side, and said indifferently: "Wang Canjun, please register all these military achievements immediately, the soldiers have worked hard, We can't let them down."

"The next officer obeys the order." Wang Qin hurriedly cupped his hands, and then quickly went down to check.

At this time, groups of dark figures appeared in the north of the county seat.

The leaders were Feng Hua, Li Zhu, and Qi Guang. The troops that Li Xuan had sent to the front as bait had all returned at this time.

Li Xuan's eyes fell again, and said lightly: "Wu Jiaoyu, Du Butou, now order you two, together with Mr. Zi'an, to go to the city to issue a notice to tell the people:
The state government will no longer prosecute them for the crime of rebellion; however, during the period when Tianyin Sect captured Lanxi, anyone who robbed other people's money, bullied other people's children, and anyone who committed crimes would be given a higher crime;
In addition, during the review of the county government, during this period, all Lanxi officials who oppressed the people and embezzled the fields were punished according to the law. "

"The next official obeys the order." Instructed Wu Sheng and Du Ming, the head arrester.

The two of them only hesitated a little before they agreed completely.

Li Xuan waved his hand directly, and Wu Sheng and Du Ming were taken away by the surrounding Qianniuwei, and then headed towards Lanxi County.

Li Xuan stood on the bow of the boat, leaning over to look at the county magistrate Xu Wen: "Magistrate Xu, although the state government does not hold them accountable for the crime of rebellion, there are still many loyal believers of the Tianyin Sect among these people. , what can you do now, then they won't join the Tianyin Sect again when the Tianyin Sect makes a comeback."

"This matter is easy!" Xu Wen stood up, looked at Li Xuan, and said earnestly, "The prince only needs to send someone to pass the letter, saying that as long as there are Tianyin believers in the city, then this year's tax will be And the tax will be doubled for many years from now. So..."

"So as long as they get rid of the followers of Tianyin Sect in the city, everything will be solved," Li Xuan already understood Xu Wen's method.

As expected of the person that even Wang Fanglin praised, he used taxes to force the local people and Tianyin believers to cut them up. Although the method is old-fashioned, it is very practical.

Li Xuan raised her eyebrows suddenly, looked at Xu Wen with some surprise, and asked, "Why, does the Tianyin Sect also collect taxes from the people's homes?"

"Reporting to the lord, they don't conscript, but they ask believers to donate." Xu Wen bowed heavily, and said, "The more you donate to them, the more pious your faith is, and pious believers don't know many things. If you need to do it, you only need to recite the scriptures at home, and if you are not religious, you need to do various labors."

"Isn't this just peddling officials in disguise?" Li Xuan shook her head in disbelief.

In Tianyin Sect, believers are divided into three, six, and nine grades, how absurd it is.

"They will definitely fail in the end." Xu Wen looked at Li Xuan, cupped his hands and said, "I also ask the prince to let the officials go back. The officials will definitely capture all the followers of Tianyin Sect in the city."

"Don't worry." Li Xuan waved her hand lightly, and then said: "The imperial court has expressly stipulated that local states and counties are not allowed to increase taxes at will, and it is naturally the same with this king today."

"My lord knows it well, and I am very impressed." Xu Wen hurriedly cupped his hands to Li Xuan.

"Let's put down the compliments first. It's not that your methods are useless, but you just need to slow down a bit." Li Xuan raised his head and looked in the direction of the county seat.

At this time, Li Xuan didn't speak anymore, and the entire area around the official ship became completely quiet.

The time was approaching the scorching heat, and the weather was getting hotter and hotter. Those people under the boat were sweating non-stop on their foreheads.

Each one of them seemed to be tortured, but in fact, in the eyes of the real slippery officials, Li Xuan had actually let them go, and what he did now was punishing them.

……

"Tat Tat Tat..." A sound of horseshoes sounded like raindrops in the distance, and then it fell on my ears.

Someone raised his head slightly, and saw two red-clothed and gold-armored Qianniuwei quickly get off their horses, and a note was handed directly to the boat.

The black hem appeared in everyone's sight, and everyone quickly lowered their heads.

At this moment, an indifferent voice sounded: "Magistrate Xu!"

"The next official is here!" Xu Wen hurriedly stepped forward, cupping his hands and bowing.

"Now I want you to return to the county seat and interrogate all the arrested criminals in detail. If you are guilty, you will be convicted, but if you are not guilty, you will be released. Those who have committed the most heinous crimes will be executed immediately."

Hearing Li Xuan's order at the beginning, the hearts of the people present were finally relieved, but immediately after "cutting down" four of them, all the people present shuddered suddenly.

Everyone present bowed their heads deeply again, not daring to reveal the slightest expression on their faces.

It is wartime now, and here is even a war zone. The previous method of reporting for interrogation and then beheading in the official circles simply does not work here.

It doesn't have to work either.

Li Xuan now has the authorization of the governor Wang Fanglin, which means that he already has the right to do things cheaply.

Now, not to mention that they can be executed immediately without the approval of the Dali Temple of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, even if they are all beheaded now, they are all within the cheap.

Li Xuan stood at the bow of the boat, looked at the expressions on everyone's faces, and suddenly said again: "By the way, County Magistrate Xu! There are also a few people present, please take them back together...Hurry up Hua'an, hurry up Ou Ye Wait for others, take them back and interrogate them in detail, and those who have convincing evidence of the crime will be executed immediately."

"Ah!" The people present suddenly raised their heads, their faces full of astonishment.

At this time, two Qianniuwei in red and gold armor had already walked to the sides of the two policemen.

"My lord, I'm innocent, I'm innocent!" Hua An suddenly knelt down with a plop, his face full of wailing.

"How did shopkeeper Zhou's father and daughter in the south of the city die? Do you remember, Hua An?" Li Xuan looked at Hua An coldly, and Hua An couldn't help being stunned.

Then I heard Li Xuan continue to say in a cold voice: "You don't remember, someone remembers, more than ten storekeepers and shop assistants in the south of the city sued you at the same time, saying that you murdered for money, insulted women, and caused people to commit suicide by throwing themselves into a well. Should you die...Take it away, damn it, such people are really disgusting!"

As soon as Li Xuan waved his hand, a Qianniuwei had already grabbed Hua An's collar and dragged him away.

Although Qu Ye on the other side was trembling, he still slightly cupped his hands at Li Xuan, then turned and left.

The Qianniuwei on one side had already pulled out half of the blade, and put it back silently.

"My lord is holy!" Someone shouted, and all the people present bowed to Li Xuan at the same time.

……

Xu Wen watched a soldier pull the horse, turned his head to look at Li Xuan on the boat, turned over and got on the horse, and then headed towards the county seat very quickly.

When he arrived in front of the county government office, Xu Wen was a little dazed for a moment when he saw a large crowd of people crowded in the street at the entrance.

He forced a smile, and then entered the county government office under the watchful eyes of everyone, and saw more than a dozen well-known local hooligans and bullies in the county, all of whom were arrested.

Now Xu Wen suddenly understood what was going on.

In Lanxi, how many ordinary people are not bullied by these people.

Now as soon as these people were arrested, the people immediately rushed to the county government to see what happened to these people.

If these people were severely punished, the hearts of the people would immediately return to the imperial court. At that time, if they were forced to use tax rumors, there would not be many remaining Tianyin believers in Lanxi.

But if these people are let go gently, then the common people will immediately become enthusiastic.

At that time, the King of Nanchang only needs to do one thing to pull back all the hearts of the people.

That is to behead his head...

Thinking of this, Xu Wen immediately felt a chill in his heart, and stepped forward to deal with it quickly.

Seriously, quickly and strictly.

Including arrester Hua'an, arrester Qu Ye were all sentenced to beheaded and sent to Caishikou to beheaded immediately.

Seeing the people cheering and rushing to Caishikou, Xu Wen was relieved.

At this time, Wang Bo, Feng Hua, and the professor Wu Sheng came over at the same time.

Wang Bo bowed his hands to Xu Wen: "Xu county magistrate, the prince has an order to order Lanxi County to start harvesting summer grain immediately, with tax grain as the first priority, and the harvested tax grain will be sent to Meiling Pass immediately; order Lanxi County, From now on recruit soldiers and send them to Meiling Pass; from now on, Lanxi County will collect artisans, build armaments, and prepare medicine; from now on, Lanxi County will reopen the county school, recruit students, and calm people's hearts... ..."

A series of orders made Xu Wen a little confused, but he still complied with them all.

Better to be busy than dead.

Carefully raising his head, Xu Wen looked at Wang Bo: "Mr. Zi'an, I wonder if I need to prepare a residence for the prince..."

"No need, the prince has already gone to Meiling Pass, and there is still a big battle to be fought there."

(End of this chapter)