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Chapter 92: Taking the county government lightly, the magistrate complained of injustice [Please order first]

"The thieves are coming to attack the county town?!" A young government official couldn't help but exclaimed.

As soon as he finished shouting, he received a slap on the back of his head, but it was from the old government servant next to him.

"What do you call the blind ones? Didn't you see that there are many military masters wearing camp armor inside? And the one walking at the front, take a closer look, is he Luo Dianshi?"

The young yamen officer looked at it carefully, blinked and said, "It's really Luo Dianshi. How did they do it like this?"

"Don't even think about it, you'll just suffer defeat."

These days, it is not uncommon for the army, especially the local army, to suffer defeat.

When the village warriors saw this large group of people heading straight for the city gate, they were originally on alert and were preparing their weapons - not to stop them, but to run towards the city.

But seeing that there were many officers and soldiers inside, led by Luo Dianshi, they all relaxed and continued to drink porridge.

Soon, Luo Dianshi came to the city gate with hundreds of people.

The Xiangyong leader and the county government officer who were enjoying the cool weather in the pavilion quickly came over to greet them.

"Luo Dianshi, what's wrong with you?"

Luo Huaiyu's face was full of embarrassment and his expression was slightly unnatural. He felt the dagger stabbing his lower back and said quickly: "Don't mention it. The officers and soldiers were ambushed in Tianmu Mountain and suffered a defeat."

Although they guessed that the army had suffered a defeat, the police officers and the Xiangyong leaders were still surprised to hear Luo Huaiyu say so.

"Didn't you say that there were only a few hundred bandits? How could 3000 people fight and be defeated?"

"We won't be defeated if we fall into an ambush, right? There are more than 1000 officers and soldiers."

"Where is General Wang Shen? Didn't they escape back?"

The two of them started asking questions one after the other.

Luo Dianshi felt the dagger stabbing behind him again, then he turned stern and shouted: "Are these what you should ask? Get out of the way, I want to go to the city to report the military situation to the county magistrate!"

With that said, he led Liu Sheng and several hundred people behind him towards the city gate.

Although Dian Shi was not a popular official, he was a serious official and the leader of various armed forces in the county.

Therefore, when Luo Huaiyu got angry and said that there was an urgent military situation to report, neither the police nor the Xiangyong leader dared to stop him, and allowed Luo Huaiyu to lead the rebels into the city pretending to be defeated troops.

Just after passing the city gate, Liu Sheng shouted: "Do it!"

The twenty or thirty soldiers walking around Liu Sheng immediately brandished their swords and slashed at the government officials and Xiang Yong beside the city wall.

Only a few people were cut down, and the remaining dozens of people dispersed in a rush.

Seeing this shocking change, most of the police officers, government officials, and village warriors outside ran away elsewhere. Only a few wanted to enter the city, but they were all mercilessly killed by the rebels.

"Close the city gate quickly!"

Under Liu Sheng's shout, the city gate quickly closed.

"Wen You led a standing army and a hundred fishermen and hunting regiment soldiers to guard the east gate!"

"Peng Youyi led a standing army outpost and a hundred fishermen and hunting regiment soldiers to quickly seize the south gate and respond to a standing army outpost ambushing outside the city!"

"The others will follow me to the county government office!"

Liu Sheng issued several orders in succession.

The rebel army that entered the city quickly divided into two groups: a small one and a large one.

Except for Wen You, the sentry who stayed at the east city gate, the others headed west along the street.

At the crossroads, Liu Sheng led dozens of pro-army troops, a standing army guard and [-] fishermen and hunting regiment soldiers to the north to attack the county government office.

The layout of Queshan County is very traditional. Cross Street divides the city into four parts, but the county government office is located due north, facing south.

A government office and warehouse are also nearby.

When Liu Sheng arrived with his troops, the county government had not received news that the rebels had entered the city, and the gate was still wide open.

Upon seeing this, several government officials who were guarding the door immediately ran inside and wanted to close the door.

However, he was shot down by a wave of random arrows from several pro-army crossbowmen running in front.

Immediately, dozens of pro-troops rushed into the county government office first!
The backyard of the county government.

Cai Wending, the county magistrate, is reading a novel - he is greedy for money but not lewd. He only loves reading novels and listening to operas.

Just as he was marveling at the plot in the storybook, he heard shouts of murder coming from the front office.

Immediately, a family of servants rushed into the hospital, shouting in a panic: "The master is in trouble, the traitors have entered the county government office!"

"what?!"

Cai Wending sat up in shock.

"The thieves invaded the county government office? Where did the thieves come from?"

The servant said anxiously: "Master, it doesn't matter where the thieves came from. It's important to escape first."

"Yes, yes, it's important to escape." After saying this, Cai Wending ran away with the servant. As soon as he ran out, he remembered that he didn't take the storybook, so he hurried back to get it.

The servant was speechless when he saw it, but he couldn't say anything.

"Master, let's climb out from the backyard wall first. After we figure out the situation in the city, we might be able to gather people and drive the thieves out, so that I don't have to bear the crime of losing the city."

The servant pulled Cai Wending toward the backyard wall while making suggestions.

Cai Wending remained silent.

He felt that the traitors had invaded the county town, and those government officials and village warriors were probably hopeless.

Want to take back the county seat?

Not too possible.

Then he thought of some stories about the magistrate's martyrdom for his country after losing the city, and thought about how he would die if he lost the county city.

Hang yourself?

water?

Or taking poison?

It doesn't seem like a good way to die.

Before Cai Wending could think about it, he and his servants had already run to the backyard wall.

"Master, let me help you climb the wall!"

The servant was very loyal and wanted to help Cai Wending climb over the wall and leave first.

Cai Wending was not polite and climbed up the wall with the help of his servant.

But he didn't exercise normally and was a little fat, so he couldn't get up at all for a while.

While I was crawling hard, I heard someone shouting, "Someone is trying to climb over the wall over there. He must be the county magistrate!"

"Hurry up! Don't let him run away!" Along with the shouting, a group of footsteps approached quickly.

Cai Wending trembled with fright and fell down instantly.

When he struggled to get up, he was surrounded by several rebels, with knives held to his neck...
The rebels met little resistance and occupied the county government office.

It was noon, and most of the officials were not at the county government office, but all six offices were left to guard the secretarial office. They were all captured by the rebels, and not one of them escaped.

After finding out where the warehouse was, Liu Sheng sent people to occupy and guard it.

At this time, Cai Wending was also escorted in front of Liu Sheng.

Seeing Liu Sheng sitting in the county magistrate's seat in the main hall of the county government, Cai Wending was angry and frightened, but he held his head high and said: "Traitor! If you want to kill him, you have to scrape him and let him do as he pleases!"

Liu Sheng said: "Really? Then drag the magistrate to the east city gate tower and chop him alive in front of all the hungry people."

Cai Wending turned pale with fright after hearing this.

I thought: Why is this different from what I saw in the story book?
When the thief sees that I have backbone, shouldn't he use kind words to persuade me to surrender?

Even if you want to kill me, at least give me a good time.

What does being beheaded alive mean?

The rebel soldiers who were escorting Cai Wending were also stunned.

This was the first time they saw Liu Sheng cutting someone alive.

But after coming back to his senses, he still pulled Cai Wending out and prepared to do as he was told.

Cai Wending became weak and was dragged out of the county government hall. Only then did he come to his senses and cry in panic.

"Do not kill me!"

"Forgive me, Your Majesty!"

"I haven't done anything bad since I took office, and I don't deserve to be chopped alive!"

Cai Wending was so anxious that he finally shouted something useful.

Liu Sheng had no intention of killing Cai Wending, so he immediately said, "The county magistrate is calling for injustice? Then bring him in and let me try him."

Cai Wending was brought back to the main hall. He still had difficulty standing still and could only slump on the ground.

Liu Sheng said: "Whether you have done anything evil or not, I can't find out for a long time. I just want to ask, why don't you care about the tens of thousands of hungry people outside this county?"

"Your Majesty, Mingjian, I'm in charge. We provide porridge once every three days and save a lot of lives."

Liu Sheng heard the question: "Can a person survive by eating porridge only once every three days?"

Cai Wending cried: "Without money and food, having porridge once every three days is already the result of my hard work."

Liu Sheng said: "Queshan is also a large county in southern Henan. There are many large households around the county and there are many wealthy people in the city. As the county magistrate, you can't raise money or food?"

Cai Wending explained with a grimace, "We can raise some money and food, but we have to pay taxes first, pay salaries, work and food to the county government, and support local braves. There really aren't many that can be used to help the hungry.

Besides, some of the hungry people are not under my rule, but come from Fucheng. Hundreds or thousands of people come in a day. Even if I want to help, I can't help. "

At this time, An Jun, who followed Liu Erhe to occupy the warehouse, entered the main hall, came to Liu Sheng, and said: "To inform the leader, there are only more than 500 stones of grain and 1325 taels of silver in the warehouse."

"That's it?" Liu Sheng frowned.

Seeing Liu Sheng's displeasure, Cai Wending became even more frightened, and hurriedly explained: "The king came a little early, the autumn harvest is coming, and the county government really doesn't have much money or food."

"You mean, I should retreat to the mountains and come back in a month or two?"

"That's not my intention."

"Then what do you mean?"

Cai Wending didn't expect Liu Sheng to be so difficult to fool, and he really didn't know what to say.

Liu Sheng was too lazy to waste time with Cai Wending and said directly: "You and the arrested secretary should quickly provide the addresses of other officials and I will send people to arrest them.

Then you take my soldiers to the big houses in the city to collect money and food. If the amount of money and food collected satisfies me before dark, I will spare your lives.

Remember, money and food are collected from wealthy households, not poor people.My soldiers will supervise you, and if there is anything wrong, I will still not be polite to you! "

After saying that, he signaled the soldiers to take Cai Wending to reunite with several book clerks he had captured before.

Not long after, Zheng Erli came to the county government with a standing army sentry to return orders, indicating that he had cooperated with the 200 people led by Peng Youyi to occupy the south gate.

Now the south gate is also closed.

Liu Sheng then sent someone to convey an order for the two hundred fishermen and hunting regiments to patrol the city wall and monitor the situation of the hungry people.At the east and south gates, only one sentry of standing troops can be left to defend each.

Then he asked Zheng Erli, "Is there anyone taking advantage of the chaos to rob someone on the street?"

"Yes, there are quite a few."

This kind of thing is almost bound to happen when the city changes hands, and Liu Sheng is not surprised.

He immediately ordered: "Take your standing army and divide it into two large groups to patrol the streets. Anyone who robs or insults women will be killed on the spot.

Then he ordered the people to close their doors tightly, not to walk in the streets, and not to cause chaos intentionally. "

"As ordered!"

Not long after Zheng Erli left, Cai Wending and others provided the names and addresses of other six-room clerks (officials and clerks' offices).

Therefore, Liu Sheng sent another two hundred soldiers from the Fishing and Hunting Group, divided into four teams, each with a clerk, and arrested people according to the list and address...
When we first heard that the "thief soldiers" had invaded the city, both the rich gentry and the poor people in the city were panic-stricken, fearing that the traitors would burn, kill, and loot.

A few knowledgeable wealthy gentry thought even more - they thought that there were tens of thousands of hungry people outside the city, and if they followed them and poured into the city, the county would be completely in chaos, or even become a hell on earth.

Even a few people regretted not donating more food so that the magistrate could send the hungry people away.

The Li family in the east of the city can be regarded as the third wealthy gentry in the county.

There are [-] acres of fields outside the county seat and four villages.

In the county town, there are seven shops and a restaurant.

Although the current head of the family, Li Gongzhang, is only a civil servant, his uncle is a fourth-rank official.Although he is old and confused, he still has some influence in Queshan.

When he learned that the thieves had entered the city, Li Gongzhang immediately ordered the guards and male servants to guard the house door and courtyard wall to prevent the rebels from breaking in.

After waiting for a while, no thieves came to break in, so Li Gongzhang wanted to send someone out to inquire about the situation.

At this time, the sound of gongs was heard outside.

Immediately, someone shouted loudly: "The leader has an order! Every household should close its doors tightly, and no one is allowed to go to the streets, and no chaos is allowed!"

The male servant who climbed up the ladder again and looked out came down and said, "Master, he is a traitor."

"Shut up!" Li Gongzhang scolded him first, "What kind of traitor soldiers? You want to call them rebels! And others, please don't call them wrong or bring disaster to our family!"

After reprimanding the servant, Li Gongzhang frowned.

I thought to myself: Where did the thieves come from? They entered the city without looting, but they actually maintained order?How rare.

There was no movement among the hungry people outside the city. Could it be that the hungry people did not take advantage of the chaos and enter the city?
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