Early Tang Dynasty: forge ahead

Chapter 256 A Book of Hell

Chen Qingsi issued orders one by one.

Many traitors in the hall were terrified, knowing that they were doomed.

Xiong Lianghong, on the other hand, still looked in disbelief and muttered: "Impossible, impossible..."

He thought he could control everything, only to find out that he was the one being used.

Chen Qingsi looked at Xiong Lianghong with a bit of regret. His method of differentiation was very effective, but he relied too much on it. He did not cultivate his core strength after he succeeded, did not take the opportunity to win the hearts of the people, and thought too highly of himself. , and also underestimated others.

The method of differentiation can be one or two but not three. In the face of absolute interests, there is no life and death enemy.

Can something that happened hundreds of years ago still affect a lifetime?

"Early this morning, when I came to the government office, I saw a bustling crowd on the right street. There was an endless stream of people coming to the door to give gifts. I also wrote sixteen words below and gave them to Governor Xiong."

He placed the gift on the desk and strode out of the state government office.

Xiong Lianghong came to the case in confusion. On a piece of rectangular paper, it was written, "Your salary is your salary, and the people support the people. It is easy for the people to be abused, but it is difficult for God to bully."

Xiong Lianghong's face turned blue and white, angry, ashamed and resigned.

Chen Qingsi didn't care whether Xiong Lianghong really didn't know that he was being used by the other party, or whether he was pretending not to know, but it couldn't change his outcome.

Xiong Lianghong's path went astray from the beginning. He only wanted to use the seven powerful men in Xiazhou to control the people and obtain benefits through them, completely ignoring the interests of the people.

Today is the time for him to reap the consequences.

Chen Qingsi walked out of the government office and ordered all Xiu Mu's subordinates to be summoned to one place.

When the subordinate officials gathered, he personally wrote an announcement. The content of the announcement revolved around two themes: first, to bring peace to the people, and second, to plead for the people and collect the charges against the seven surnamed traitors.

The subordinate officials in the city still don't know what happened.

However, Huang Heshou controlled the "common people" who wanted to cause trouble, and the state government strictly controlled them. All the powerful people in the city were guarded by officers and soldiers, and they were not allowed to enter or leave.

All these signs indicate that something big happened that they don't know about at this level, and people are panicking.

Looking at the uneasy subordinates, Chen Qingsi said: "Don't worry, everyone. I don't like to be implicated in my actions. As long as you haven't done anything harmful to nature, you will not be punished."

As soon as he said this, some people were happy and some were worried, but most people felt a little relieved.

If we really want to investigate deeply, we will find that Xiong Lianghong is not much better than Xiong Liang.

It is unavoidable for petty officials in the state government to accept bribes and show off to the common people. However, if it is really said that they are harmful to nature and do all kinds of evil, it is not acceptable to most people.

After all, this is considered a peaceful and prosperous time, and there has not been such a decline in morals.

"Xiong Governor has been suspended by this envoy, and I will now take over the affairs of the state capital. You should immediately post an announcement in a conspicuous place in the city. I have already written the content of the announcement."

"In addition... if you really have committed a crime, you can surrender before the envoy finds out. The envoy will handle it as appropriate and give you a certain reduction in sentence."

Chen Qingsi showed a kind smile.

But at this moment, in the eyes of all the subordinate officials, this smile was a bit scary.

In the end, Chen Qingsi did not wait until he wanted to surrender.

Some people did surrender, but the crimes to which they surrendered were minor.

A group of petty officials who were not under strong psychological pressure bullied a beggar and turned themselves in even if they refused to repay their debts.

But Chen Qingsi didn't have any impatience. He just asked the clerk to pay back the money and apologize. The person who bullied the beggar and asked him to treat the beggar to a big meal was also an apology.

The same is true for the rest of the people. The minor quarrels were all arranged by him, making up for the past with small compensation.

Although this is a small thing, trust is built from these small things. The people who received the notice did not trust Chen Qingsi.

Chen Qingsi's love for the people, which he developed in Qingxi County, was not enough to spread to the remote and desolate land of Xiazhou.

As trust is built, more people are willing to complain.

Especially when they learned that Xiazhou Qijiao was controlled by Chen Qingsi, Yang Yanying died, and all the waterwheels on the upper reaches of Sheyan River were dismantled, Hongqiao Village on the west bank of the Yellow River jointly sued the Yang family and used despicable means to occupy it. land of their village.

The time goes back ten years...

The rice seedlings stored in Hongqiao Village were inexplicably necrotic, and the spring plowing time was about to pass.

The Yang family rented them seedlings at very low interest rates to provide them with crops.

As a result, the seedlings grew very poorly in the autumn and did not produce rice, resulting in no harvest from the fields. The people in the village were unable to eat and their lives were unsustainable. Local officials urged them to pay taxes.

The Yang family negotiated with them as a benevolent person and transferred the land to them. The Yang family shouldered the grain tax, interest on seedlings, and this year's living rations.

The fields in Hongqiao Village are still cultivated by them, but a certain amount of grain is handed over every year.

The people of Hongqiao Village were still grateful at that time. It was not until six years later that a gangster in the village discovered his conscience before he died and said that he had harvested the first seedlings and was poisoned by mango grass.

Only then did everyone in Hongqiao Village realize that their benefactor was the biggest villain.

After many years, everyone in Hongqiao Village cried out that they had no way out, and because they signed a tenant contract, they had to work for the enemy in order to make a living.

Now seeing that Chen Qingsi really had the guts to take down the thief, the whole village gathered together and filed a complaint in the name of the whole village.

Chen Qingsi accepted the case with great fanfare. Not only did he return the land in Hongqiao Village to them, but he also beat and exiled the Yang family who had been wandering around to persuade them to use the land to pay off their debts. He dug out all the parties involved and punished them one by one.

With this successful case, Chen Qingsi received no less than 20 complaints that day.

The Seven Jackals of Xiazhou controlled almost all the land on both sides of the Yellow River, and half of the farmers in the state worked for them.

Of course, it is impossible to obtain such a large amount of land through normal means.

Many things don't need to be scrutinized, everyone knows them.

Chen Qingsi made great efforts to collect accusations through complaints from the people.

Di Renjie's case-solving efficiency is also very fast...

This prodigy in solving cases keenly discovered a doubtful point that he had ignored before.

The environment in Xiazhou is harsh. Not to mention the extravagant water, even the Yellow River has to freeze.

But when they were dismantling the waterwheel, the waterwheel was still running.

Starting from this aspect, Di Renjie discovered that farmers in the middle and lower reaches found that there was less water in spring, summer and autumn, but the water level rose in winter.

They dug reservoirs in the middle and lower reaches to store water for use and barely make ends meet.

Faced with this situation, Xiazhou Seven Jackals specially arranged ice cutters. As soon as the river showed signs of freezing, they would immediately send people to cut through the ice to prevent the ice from freezing to maintain the operation of all waterwheels.

There is no doubt that the Xiazhou Seven Jackals are attacking the middle and lower reaches of the country to death in order to usurp the fields.

Chen Qingsi has already mastered a lot of evidence, and Di Renjie has also made breakthrough progress.

Once the information they had mastered was combined, a perfect Book of Hell...

(End of this chapter)