Early Tang Dynasty: forge ahead

Chapter 50 Public Trial
Du Chunbin left the government office in despair. At this point, he didn't know that all the previous events were staged.

The young magistrate was pretending to be a pig to eat the tiger from the beginning, allowing himself to relax his vigilance and hit the target with one blow.

"no!"

“We must not fall short of our efforts.”

Du Chunbin clenched his fists, with dissatisfaction hidden in his eyes. He used all his savings to obtain his current position as chief registrar, and spent all his greedy money to go to the state capital for management. The real estate and fields were all his own, how could he let such a fool Boy, take it away with just one word?

He looked back at the government office, with a hungry wolf-like look in his eyes, showing a fierceness.

"If you want to kill the fish or defeat the net, then it depends on who outplays whom."

He didn't go to Du Zi.

Du Zi, the cronies he arranged in the government office, are still missing, which has proved something.

Do you think that if you control the government servants, you will have no one to use?
too naive!

With a cold face, Du Chunbin passed on the news that Chen Qingsi, the new county magistrate, was going to confiscate their fields and houses.

In just a quarter of an hour, more than 300 people gathered outside the dilapidated government office, including young and strong men, women and children, old and young. They held various rakes and sticks in their hands, crowded outside the government office, and had an excited attitude. chanted.

"Reject reassignment!"

"Guard the fields!"

"Oppose the stupid county magistrate!"

"Give me back my house..."

Wave after wave of shouting, the sound spread in all directions.

Du Chunbin pretended to be horrified and returned to the government office, saying: "County Magistrate Chen and the subordinate officials have already said that your policy is too urgent and overbearing, and the people cannot accept it at all. Explain your policy to them immediately. There was a fuss.”

Chen Qingsi was not in a hurry at all and said: "Come on, Master Du, sit down and let's drink tea!"

Du Chunbin was so anxious that he was sweating profusely and said: "Is Magistrate Chen still drinking tea? If you don't come forward to clarify this matter and explain clearly, the angry people will rush into the government office. Crazy people can do anything. ?”

Chen Qingsi joked: "No, without the chief secretary's order, if you give them a hundred courage, they wouldn't have the courage to attack the government office."

Du Chunbin's expression was a little stiff and he said, "I don't know what County Magistrate Chen said."

Chen Qingsi crossed her arms and said, "Master, you might as well take a guess. Since I have taken down Du Zi and the others, I have taken control of the government office. Why don't I take you down too? Instead, let you leave and inform the Du family village who has received your benefits." People, and the local gangsters who are attached to you and do evil with you?"

Du Chunbin's expression changed drastically and he wanted to turn around and run away.

Then he ran into a wall, and Kuang Zheng held Du Chunbin in place like a chicken.

Chen Qingsi took a sip of tea and said happily: "Master, don't be anxious, let the wind blow for a while. If this matter doesn't become a big deal, how can I show my ability?"

Du Chunbin no longer pretended to be sinister and looked at Chen Qingsi, and said: "Aren't County Magistrate Chen afraid of going too far? After all, there are only three or four hundred people, and you, the county magistrate who travels around, can you suppress them? ?”

"It turned out to be really uncertain, but now, what if it happens ten times more?"

Chen Qingsi is full of confidence.

The source of such confidence lies in Xi Junmai, whom he personally visited yesterday.

It was confirmed that the commander-in-chief of the Tang Army stationed at the foot of Fuchuan Mountain was Xi Junmai, the powerful general who led 120 fine cavalry into the tens of thousands of rebels in Tuyuhun, killed three brothers of the prime minister of Tuyuhun with his own hands, and quelled the civil strife in Tuyuhun. He did not have the same surname. .

But why they appear here? The two of them haven't been together for long and their relationship isn't deep, so it's hard to ask.How could a powerful general with contempt for Tuyuhun's thousands of troops and three thousand elites be unable to suppress four to five hundred unruly people with ulterior motives?
Chen Qingsi was about to go to the backyard to see if there was any progress in the interrogation, but Qian Yan appeared at the door and made a sign that everything went well.

Chen Qingsi sat down and drank tea leisurely.

Jiang Chen came from outside: "County Magistrate Chen, there are a lot of people gathered outside, probably over a thousand."

Chen Qingsi shook his head when he heard this. There were still so many shouts outside the house, which meant that the real trouble was caused by the thirty or forty families who had received the benefits. As for the others, there was no need to say anything.

He smiled and said, "Chinese people have always loved to join in the fun." Then he ordered Jiang Chen to send out the signal.

Maybe they couldn't wait for Du Chunbin, but the shouts outside the house became more and more violent, and some even shouted, "Let Master Du come out and speak!"

"If you don't come out and talk, we will break in!"

Such words come.

But suddenly amid the exclamations, the shouts outside the house suddenly dropped, and no sound could be heard inside the county government office.

"Let's go! It's our turn to appear!"

Chen Qingsi was about to go out when her eyes fell on a stack of account books in front of Du Chunbin, picked it up and left with a long stride.

As soon as I walked out of the government office gate, I saw dozens of soldiers maintaining order.

The number of soldiers was not large, but the people outside the government office were as frightened as snakes and scorpions when they saw them, and they did not dare to breathe, just like kittens.

Especially some people, who were frightened and trembling, as if a great god had taken possession of them.

Qingxi County was Chen Shuozhen's base camp. The rebels were annihilated by the imperial court. The [-] rebels were dispersed. Naturally, many people fled back to their hometowns and continued to serve as common people.

This kind of people think that the imperial court is settling accounts after the fall, and they scare themselves half to death.

There was a broken wall on the right side of the government office. Chen Qingsi climbed up nimbly, rolled up the account book in his hand into a loudspeaker, and said loudly: "Fellows and fellow villagers, please introduce yourselves. I am your county magistrate Chen Qingsi. Chen Qingsi Erdong Chen, Qing Si, is a kind of cow in ancient times. My parents, like you, are simple people. They hope that when I grow up, I will be as strong and able to work as a cow, so they gave me such a name. .”

With his strong Qi and the support of a loudspeaker, his loud voice spread in all directions and reached every common person's ears clearly.

The people who were a little nervous at first were relieved a lot after hearing his down-to-earth self-introduction, and some even smiled knowingly.

As a grassroots worker for many years, he is very familiar with how to build a good relationship with the people.

"Here, on behalf of the imperial court, I would like to inform the villagers of three things. First, the imperial court has decided that, except for a few leaders, the rest of the people only need to live a down-to-earth life and let bygones be bygones for past actions!"

He deliberately omitted to criticize Chen Shuozhen.

Many people below showed joy. After this "uprising", they really did not dare to "make trouble".

"Second, Qingxi County will be exempted from land tax for three years, and commercial and road taxes will be halved. For specific circumstances, the government will issue an official document and you can check it yourself."

As soon as he said this, there was a commotion below, and most people showed joy.

"Third..." His tone became stern when he said this: "Since I took office, I have discovered that the county chief secretary, Du Chunbin, is nepotistic, condoning people in the village to do evil, and seize real estate and fields. Today, I will take advantage of the large number of people to conduct a public trial. Criminals led by Du Chunbin and Du Zi. If you have any grievances, you can also state and identify them on the spot, and I will definitely make the decision for you."

"Bring it up!"

With a wave of his hand, Du Chunbin, Du Zi, Du Chenrong, Du Jie, Du An, Du Jiang and others were all escorted out of the government office.

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