I seek economic hegemony in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 215 Chess must be played like this!

"Who are you? How dare you search my home at will? Although I, the Lu family, are not the head of the county, I, Lu Yun, have always followed the virtues of a saint and know the justice of the world. You searched me indiscriminately today. This is against me. It’s such a huge insult, wouldn’t it be chilling if all the imperial officials used this despicable method to treat outstanding people in the world!”

"Don't you fart with me here!" Ma Yong said, "When I was fighting with the Qiang people in Longxi, I slashed several of them with one blow. You are nothing! Do you have any hair?"

"You...you are disgraceful!"

Not long after, the people below moved out a lot.

"Censor, please take a look."

Ma Yong took it and looked at it quickly.

Lu Yun and Lu Shuo began to sweat on their foreheads. Chang Bo on the side was shocked when he heard the official address Ma Yong.

Is this person the censor?

Chang Bo's mind started to spin. Anyway, he could get away with this matter no matter what.

The man was beaten to death by the Lu family and his son. He also recorded it in the government accounts, saying that the Lu family was still preparing to pay taxes and that all the procedures were fine. These people couldn't catch themselves...

"County Magistrate Chang!" Ma Yong interrupted Chang Bo's thinking, and the friendly and kind smile appeared on his face again, "How much tax did you say they should pay before?"

Chang Bo was stunned for a moment and said: "One thousand stones."

"The Lu family annexed 10,000 acres of fertile land ten years ago. According to our tax law, we have to pay a tax of 40,000 shi in ten years. You wrote down 1,000 shi?"

"I definitely don't have that many fields..."

Lu Yun was confused, why did I annex 10,000 acres of land?

How come I don’t know?

Ma Yong immediately said to the person on the side: "Teach him how to speak."

Immediately, several people came forward, pushed Lu Yun to the ground, forced his hand out, took out an iron bone flower, and smashed it down.

With a crunch, Lu Yun's left hand bone shattered, and he let out a heart-rending scream.

Chang Bo was stunned by this scene and was so frightened that he stepped back repeatedly.

"How many fields have you merged?" Ma Yong asked.

"I am wronged..."

"continue!"

After another iron bone blow, Lu Yun screamed even more miserably, and his left hand was already bruised and bloody.

Ma Yong waved his hand and motioned for someone to drag Lu Shuo over.

Lu Shuo was so frightened that he struggled desperately and shouted: "The county magistrate asked us to report! It was the county magistrate who asked us to report!"

When Chang Bo heard this, he jumped up and said angrily: "Nonsense! It's obvious that you have deceived me! Censor Mingjian! Not only did the father and son not pay taxes, they also brutally killed government officials. The same thing happened today." I just learned this morning that they are worse than animals!"

"County Magistrate Chang! At the beginning, you told us not to pay attention to those officials. You said you would not care about the imperial court even if you kill them!"

"Censor! These father and son are simply inhuman! I think they should be killed immediately!"

"Censor, you don't care about my business!" Lu Yun hissed, "It's all this traitor! He did it!"

Lu Shuo suddenly cursed: "It was clearly this old immortal who ordered me!"

Ma Yong waved his hand again, and Lu Shuo was dragged over.

He stepped on Lu Shuo's head on the floor and crushed it hard. Lu Shuo screamed and struggled to get away in panic, rolling and crawling to run away.

Ma Yong was stunned for a moment, but he didn't expect this guy to dare to run.

He waved his hand, and a big man next to him picked up the iron bone flower and hit Lu Shuo's kneecap, who had just stood up.

Lu Shuo's body tilted and fell straight to the ground.

No matter how miserable he screamed, Ma Yong stepped on Lu Shuo's face and crushed him: "Who gave you the courage to kill officials?"

Lu Shuo screamed and shouted: "It's my father..."

"False words..."

"How is that possible!" Ma Yong stepped on it harder, "Your father just said that he is a man of saintliness!"

Lu Shuo shouted again: "It's the county magistrate!"

Chang Bo suddenly jumped up: "You beast, you dare to slander me! Censor, don't believe them!"

Ma Yong then raised his feet and looked at Chang Bo, still with the friendly smile on his face: "County Magistrate Chang, is it okay to go to the capital with me?"

"The general's new policy has just been implemented, there are many local affairs, and the subordinate officials are also busy with official duties. I'm afraid they can't..."

"No, no, no, you misunderstood. The general is looking forward to seeing you now and wants to hear how you deceived him!"

Chang Bo's face turned ashen and he said: "How dare a lower official deceive the general!"

"Come here, take these people back to the capital, and those who were found, and bring them back to the capital. In addition, send people to Li County to seal the county government office and the county magistrate's house! You remember, Search out all possible items! Bring them back to the capital!"

Everyone shouted: "Here!"

Ma Yong said: "Junhou, I will go back to the capital to resume my duties first. Please stay here for a while."

"I will obey the general's orders without hesitation!" Guan Tong said, "Don't worry, there are a thousand guards, let's see who dares to move!"

People like Guan Tong are typical of the three generations of Ji and Han. At this time, they undoubtedly strongly supported the attitudes of Liu Chan and Zhuge Liang.

On February 14, the news that the imperial guards arrived in Qixian County had spread like wildfire in the Chengdu court.

It caused a great sensation for a while.

Why did the imperial guards suddenly arrive in Qixian County?

On February 15, news of the closure of the county government in Li County spread back to Chengdu.

It is said that the connection to the house was blocked by the county magistrate Chang Bo. The imperial guards searched Chang Bo's house and everyone was banned at home.

The reason for being arrested was passed back together.

It’s related to the new agricultural tax national policy!

On February 16, several complete confessions were placed on Li Heng's desk. Ma Yong stood aside in silence.

In front of Li Heng, Ma Yong was a completely different person than he was at Lu's house a few days ago.

After reading it, Li Heng said: "Let Dali go through the motions. Chang Bo was beheaded and his house was ransacked on the grounds of colluding with the local government and deceiving the court. Lu Yun and his son were beheaded on the grounds of colluding with local officials, killing officials without permission, and evading taxes. Conquer the house. And pass the heads of these three people to the first county!"

Ma Yong said in surprise: "General, why don't you keep them and kill all the wealthy families in Qi County?"

"How to catch them all in one fell swoop?" Li Heng asked, "The Lu family only visited Wang You, and the two parties exchanged courtesy. You want to use this to forcibly build relations and attack the Wang family?"

"It's not impossible."

Li Heng asked: "Do you want to do what Dong Zhuo did?"

Ma Yong immediately stopped talking.

Politics is not just about annihilation by force.

In other words, annihilation by force is only the last resort in political strikes.

It's not that you can control everything just by mastering force.

The world operates according to its own rules. If force can solve everything, then wouldn't Zhuge Liang, who has military power, administrative, judicial, and personnel power, be able to overthrow the Yizhou family long ago?

Is Zhuge Liang stupid?

Force is destruction.

If there is no justifiable destruction, the consequence will be to quickly eliminate political opponents in a short period of time, but if it only takes a little longer, big problems will arise.

Because temporary pressure that cannot convince the public will only calm down the internal situation in a short period of time. Once there is huge external pressure, or the external environment suffers a slight setback, the suppressed internal situation will immediately rebound and become the main contradiction.

Therefore, in politics, the threshold itself is very high.

Ordinary martial artists can't play it.

"Our opponents are all waiting for me to do what Dong Zhuo did." Li Heng stood up and walked to a map. It was the map of Yizhou. He was fascinated by it.

Yizhou is also home to many aristocratic families and has complex terrain.

If confrontation breaks out everywhere, it will be the most vulnerable to division.

"Chess must be played step by step. We have already made the move of New Deal, and the opponent has made the move of deception. Then with the next move, am I going to overturn the table?"

Everyone was silent, only feeling that the general standing in front of the map had become unfathomable.

"If we can't find any evidence of Wang You, just assume that there is nothing wrong with Wang You. Don't get your thoughts into a mess. If I kill Chang Bo and Lu Yun, I will definitely arouse their anger. This is what I want!"

"People only make mistakes when they are angry!"

"Next, send a strong official to Li County to inspect and collect taxes in strict accordance with the court's new policy! If this happens, the big family in Li County will be angry! And we have already placed a thousand imperial guards in Li County! "

Lu Zhi said quickly: "Is the general trying to force the hidden enemy to surface through this method?"

"That's right." Li Heng's eyes were bright, "We have troops in our hands, but the enemies are scattered in various counties. What they are best at, like Chang Bo and Lu Yun, is to make false accounts and find scapegoats. We have There is an army inside, so what? If you don’t force the enemy out and just kill blindly, will the person you kill in the end be the real enemy or the scapegoat pushed by the enemy?"

Ma Yong was stunned for a moment.

Is this fucking okay?

Is it so complicated?

But after hearing the general’s explanation, it seemed to make sense!

"But Chang Bo is from Jiangyuan Chang family, I'm afraid..."

"This is exactly what I want. If he is just a nobody, it will not be effective."

Lu Zhi added: "If there is internal chaos in Yizhou, Cao Wei and Sun Wu will..."

"The Wei army just lost troops and generals in Chencang last year, and the Wu army was defeated at Baidi Mountain. They will not take action again in a short time. This is our opportunity!"

"The general's wisdom is beyond our comparison!" Zhao Xiang also sighed with emotion.

Li Heng said lightly: "Just do it."

On February 17, Chang Bo and Lu Yun's father and son went through the process in Dali, and the charges were announced.

Afterwards, he was interviewed at the General's Mansion and sentenced.

On February 18, three people were dragged to the execution ground.

Along the way, Chang Bo kept shouting: "I am the magistrate of Qixian County! I want to see your Majesty! I want to see your Majesty!"

Chang Bo never expected that ten days ago he was enjoying the glory and wealth in Li County, but now he was on the execution ground.

Of course Chang Bo failed to pick up Liu Chan, and no one listened to Lu Yun and his son's cries of injustice.

After the three heads landed outside the city that day, a spring rain began to moisten the land of abundance.

Not long after, there was lightning in the hazy sky, followed by bursts of thunder, awakening everything that was dormant.

Du Zhen hurriedly returned home.

"Father, Chang Bo is dead."

"So fast?"

"Yes, he will be executed today." Du Zhen said, "And the General's Office also appointed Huang Chong to go to Li County to temporarily serve as the county magistrate."

"Huang Chong?" Du Qiong was startled, then laughed, "Huang Chong is famous for his stubbornness, wouldn't he go to Li County to push the already tense situation further into the abyss! "

"What does father mean?"

"Both Wang families are in Li County, and they both have a lot of fields. Just wait!" Du Qiong sneered, "Wang You is already very prejudiced against Li Jian! After this matter becomes big, all the courtiers will definitely Stab it to the Prime Minister!"

(End of this chapter)