Martial Arts: Start by Obtaining the Wild World

Chapter 109 0108: Power Swap; County Unification
Conquer the family and exterminate the clan!

Chang Wuli in the queue heard these four words, and his face instantly turned pale. His heart, which was already hanging in the air, almost jumped out!
He stared at Mr. Zheng's back and also noticed the gloomy face of the king.

Compared with the former, the latter of these two charges involves the king and the laws of Daliang, which is really a problem!
This beast, he was caught doing anything! ! He still wanted to enter the court? What's the point! ! Chang Wuli was furious.

If Mr. Zheng doesn’t show up now, the Chang family will be finished!

At this time, Mr. Zheng moved slightly. But he seemed to be just tired of standing, so he slightly changed his feet and shifted his center of gravity. This action was very common.

Chang Wuli's eyes turned from bright to dark.

"Your Majesty, I have my own report."

At this time, a third-rank official named Yang Rong walked out from the opposite side. He bowed to Emperor Liang and said:
"Your Majesty, according to what Lord Lu said just now, the refugees are almost all from Guang'an County in Linchuan Prefecture. No matter which county or town, it is impossible to accommodate such a large number of refugees. Otherwise, not only will the refugees not be saved, but even the people in the city will not be able to survive. I believe that you all agree with this, right?"

Some officials at the back nodded, while others remained unmoved.

Chang Wuli nodded almost continuously.

The officials who had just participated in the memorial were all of the fifth and fourth ranks.

Now a third-rank official came out, and he knew he was saved!

Obviously, it was Mr. Zheng who gave the signal just now!

"Your Majesty." Yang Rong bowed again, his face serious: "As far as I know, Guang'an County is killing refugees near the county in order to protect the people of the county!
But you must know that these refugees are all people under the jurisdiction of the local area!
Among them, Wuxi, Yuxi, and Liuxi counties all adopted the policy of expelling and killing. It would be fine if they did not provide treatment or resettlement, but they expelled and killed them all! In addition, Luoxi, Taining, and Wuye counties closed the city gates, and no one was allowed to enter or leave, ignoring the lives of the people. The actions of these six counties have forced countless people to leave their homes and become refugees! The people in the county are people, but the people in the villages and towns under their jurisdiction are not people?
There is a shortage of food. All county towns and prefecture cities have granaries. In the past two years, Your Majesty has always cared about the people and allocated food and fodder and funds for disaster relief many times. But is the food gone? Or was it embezzled?

I would like to ask you, originally these refugees did not have to flee thousands of miles along the mountainous roads to Xiangyang, who forced them to do so? Who caused the tragic scene of thousands of starving people? The people in the villages and towns under the jurisdiction of Yufeng County did not have to leave their homes, but countless people died and were injured because of the refugees, and nine out of ten houses were empty. Why did this happen?
Although the magistrate of Yufeng County was wrong, not only was he not punished with death, but he was also credited with resettling the people and providing porridge and water. He was guilty of seizing food and fodder, but it was still used among the refugees. Could he use it for sale to make a profit?
Although he was utilitarian, he gained the benefits by saving refugees, which was understandable and not a serious crime!
Your Majesty often says that in extraordinary times, extraordinary measures must be taken. If we really want to judge the crime, the prefect of Guang'an County watched the six counties drive the people to death, which is a serious crime! The county magistrates of the six counties embezzled grain and silver and drove the people to death, which is an even more serious crime! "

"His Majesty!"

Yang Rong turned around and looked at Emperor Liang again, with a sad face, he bowed and said:
"After two years of drought, the local people have already had a hard time making ends meet. Now there are still people who are disobeying your Majesty's orders and killing your people, causing the people to complain about the court and your Majesty, and curse your Majesty for being immoral! This is related to the dignity of the royal family and the stability of Daliang. Please issue an order to judge the crime!"

it is good! !

Chang Wuli's heart was filled with emotion when he heard this!
It really is worthy of being arranged by Mr. Zheng! I can't wait to applaud.

The others were also terrified after hearing this and dared not come forward to refute.

This is a fact, but it was blown apart by Yang Rong and made bigger, and it also involved Your Majesty. It is useless for anyone to come out and defend it!

This is what scholars are best at. Yang Rong's method was not very clever, but his position was very high!
For a moment, many people looked at the third old man on the left - Tang Jia.

Allies of the Zhu family!
The eighteen clans are divided into five veins:

Zhu, Tang, Jiang, Luo!
Zheng, Qin, Pei, Lu, Shen!
Ouyang, Sima, Shangguan, Gongsun!
Liu, Ji, Feng, Baili!

Sue!
The Su family is a descendant of Emperor Liang, and almost all the women in the past dynasties have been emperors, empresses, and concubines. It is impossible for them to form an alliance with other clans.

Liu, Ji, Feng, and Baili belong to the neutral faction, and are also powerful families who are entrusted with important tasks by Emperor Liang, so they are classified into the same category.

Only the first three are allies in the alliance.

The governor of Guang'an County was from the Luo family, a family affiliated with the Tang family. The six county magistrates were also from the Zhu and Tang families.

With this move, Yang Rong directly pulled down both the Tang family and the Zhu family.

The meaning is very clear, if we die, we die together, and we can drag a few more people with us before we die.

For a moment, except for the Su family and the four neutral forces, the rest were watching the show.

While the people below were watching the show and hesitating, Emperor Liang on the dragon throne had an angry look on his face, but his heart was calm.

He had already figured out the tricks of these old guys. He had thought that he would deal with these noble families who took advantage of the drought to cause trouble after that incident.

But today someone actually offered him an opportunity, so he could do something. He immediately glanced at the old man on the left who had his eyes slightly closed and looked calm.

He suddenly threw the two documents down, his face showing anger:

"What a county lord, what an official who serves the people! He only seeks his own interests and does such mean things as disregarding human lives! With such behavior, how can he be qualified to be an official of Daliang! Draft an edict..."

"Your Majesty, calm down!"

Just at this moment, the old man in the left position immediately stepped sideways and stepped out of the line.

For a moment, more than a dozen people on both sides looked over in surprise.

Why did the old man from the Su family, who never interfered in other people's affairs, change today?
The next moment, I heard Su Lao bow and say:

"Your Majesty, calm down. Although these county magistrates are guilty, it is better to keep them useful to deal with the refugees. If they are handled well, it will be the crime of one person. Otherwise, the three clans will be implicated. The Six Paths Department will supervise the execution!"

So cruel!

Everyone was suddenly shocked. This time, the family was directly implicated!
The people from Zheng, Zhu and Tang's families all looked at Su Ningguang.

What does this old man want to do?
Why did you do this without making any noise?

Zheng Chen's eyes moved slightly.

In his plan, since the kid from the Chang family couldn't control the situation and missed this opportunity, it meant it was of no value!
Instead of doing this, it is better to exchange a few people, one for four, no matter how you exchange them, you will not lose. Although the control of a county town is lost, it is not absolutely necessary.

And Suning Guang’s approach seems to be protecting these people?
But when he saw that Emperor Liang's anger had disappeared, he understood. He immediately closed his eyes again and rested.

It's on again.

He did not think that Emperor Liang was angry, he was just pretending. When he was really angry, he would be calm.

I just don’t know what this almost 90-year-old man will do.

"What Su Qing said makes sense. I wonder what suggestions Su Qing has?" Emperor Liang calmed down, his face became gentle, and his tone became polite as he asked.

Suning Guang bowed and said:

"Your Majesty, since the Magistrate of Yufeng County is eager to make achievements and has many strategies and means, he should be promoted to the position of the Governor of Guang'an County and be in charge of all governance matters under his jurisdiction. The former Governor of Guang'an County has been ineffective in his governance and has been sitting back and watching. He can be replaced with the Magistrate of Yufeng County and let him govern well.

The magistrates of Wuxi, Yuxi and Liuxi counties were exchanged with the magistrates of Luoxi, Taining and Wuye counties under the jurisdiction of Linchuan Guang'an respectively.

In addition, I heard that Sima Chengye, the governor of Baisha County under Yangzhou Prefecture, has good governance and is loved by the people. I believe he can gradually restore order in Qianye County. Once his governance is restored and he has made contributions, he can be rewarded again.

Liu Rufeng, the county magistrate of Qingfeng Prefecture, returned to Kyoto to report on his work last time and is waiting to be appointed to a new position. I suggest that he be appointed as the governor of Baisha County."

Su Ningguang's so-called proposal, spoken in a calm tone, made the faces of the five people from the Zhu, Zheng, Tang, Sima, and Liu families present change slightly.

Emperor Liang also smiled when he heard this.

This combination of attack and defense, and the exchange of power directly disrupted the power situation of each family.

Although the Zhu family and the Tang family are allies, the exchange of six counties means facing the problem of local inherent forces. This is interest!
Although they are allies, will they really give it up? Even if we exchange them, we have to see if the value is equal!
Although the Sima family was a third-party ally, they had no chance to sit on the sidelines and were directly pulled down by Suning Guang to compete with the other two families.

Linchuan is the base of the Sima family and the Tang family. Sima Chengye has been assigned to Baisha, Yangzhou Prefecture, as the prefect for three years. He has managed the business very well and is considered a thorn in the Sima family's side in Yangzhou Prefecture. But he is about to be transferred away when he can deepen his layout? Isn't that a waste of time?

But for the Zheng family, it was a pleasant surprise.

The Zheng family has no power in Guang'an and cannot get involved. If Chang Younian is transferred to Guang'an, it means that the Zheng family has another chance. If it does well, Guang'an may not be able to help the Zheng family! Although it will confront the Sima family and the Tang family.

"Your Majesty! As Lord Su said, I rebel..."

"Your Majesty, never..."

"His Majesty…"

"..."

"Then it is settled! Draft an edict!"

Without giving the seven or eight officials who had walked out a chance to finish their words, Emperor Liang waved his hand and said, "From today on, Sima Chengye, the governor of Baisha County in Yangzhou Prefecture..."

As Emperor Liang spoke, the officials who were ready to object immediately held their words back and went back with bitter faces.

This kind of thing was not enough for the old men to object. The people from the related families were more anxious than them.

But the fact that Suningguang arranged the personnel so quickly showed that the other party and His Majesty had already had a plan.

Now it's just a chance to sort things out.

For a moment, the three forces had their own ideas in their minds.

Although the aristocratic families can influence a prefecture, it also depends on the true attitude of Emperor Liang.

Emperor Liang holds military power, and with the Six Paths Division and the Rotating Division containing many martial arts masters, he naturally has the final say.

Although they didn't know what Emperor Liang was plotting at Tianduan Mountain in recent years, they never really challenged the authority, so it was the grassroots forces that were taking action, and if any problems arose, they could take charge of dealing with them.

It was precisely because of this that Emperor Liang turned a blind eye to their taking advantage of the drought to break the stability that had lasted for hundreds of years and fight for territory.

If they had really undermined the foundation of Daliang, the result today would not be just disrupting their alliance and balance.

As Emperor Liang finished speaking, the eunuch in charge of ceremonies quickly wrote down the contents of the imperial edict, which would then be copied in full and sent to various places.

As the court meeting ended, Emperor Liang left in a good mood.

Similarly, Suningguang, looking calm and as if nothing had happened, walked out with a staggering gait.

After leaving the hall, Sima Xin, the head of the Sima family, slowly came to the side of Su Ningguang, followed him closely, and sighed:
"Hey, Old Man Su, there shouldn't be any bastards from my family messing with yours recently, right?"

"Ah? What did you say?" The white-haired Su Ningguang tilted his ear with a puzzled look on his face and said loudly: "I can't hear you. Say it again."

Sima Xin: "...You are no longer interesting now. In the past, I really thought you were old and your eyesight was blurry. Who knew you had such a trick up your sleeve?"

Sima Xin also said unhappily.

He was not too angry. After all, the Sima family did nothing wrong. If Sima Chengye, a member of the family, governed Qianye County well, it would be a merit and would also prepare for further progress in the future!
At this point, the king has already begun to issue an edict, and we can only start to solve the governance problem.

Su Ningguang smiled and did not respond. The existence of the Su family was special, destined to be bound together with the royal family, and it was impossible for them to get involved with others.

He also knew that if they failed to govern well this time, the entire clan would be implicated. They had to give an explanation for the refugees.

Therefore, these aristocratic families either pay money or bleed. How many deaths will be explained to the people depends on how much profit they make.

Seeing that Sima Xin failed, Zheng Chen and others behind him did not follow him to argue with Old Man Su.

However, Sima Xin went to find both the Zhu and Zheng families.

The governor of Qianye County is a member of the Zhu family. There are affiliated aristocratic families of the Zhu family in the local area, but the Zheng family is also among them.

If the young men of the clan want to achieve success, they cannot do without the cooperation of local forces.

Just an exchange of interests.

Not only Sima Xin, but even the neutral Liu family and Tang family have to deal with this matter.

If the governance is not good, countless lives will be lost!
At the end of Chen time.

Chiba County, Yufeng County, the backyard of the county government.

"County Master, the person has already left."

Qi Yue, who had turned back at this time, bowed to Chang Younian.

Wang Tianfeng also followed in, but his expression was extremely ugly, and there was still fear in his eyes.

Just an hour ago, when the Zhao, Wang, Ma, Fan and four other families and the warriors sent by the four gangs and the An and Miao families were fighting and both sides were almost defeated, the county magistrate brought three people to the county.

These three men defeated the main leaders of the six powerful families and four gangs at a speed as fast as autumn wind sweeping away fallen leaves.

Those people couldn't survive even one move from these three men!
Even the Iron Bone Gang's leader and deputy leader, who both have powerful external skills, can't last more than three moves!

Then, on the grounds that they were obstructing the imperial court from saving the people and intending to burn medicinal materials, he beheaded the leaders of four gangs and a number of senior officials on the spot!
As for the leaders of the six powerful families, they were deposed and then captured and interrogated!

The three rotation department personnel who came were not of the seventh rank, but of the sixth rank!

When an eighth rank meets a seventh rank, he can still resist a little. But when facing a sixth rank, a seventh rank is completely useless!
Three sixth-rank warriors are enough to decide the situation! But only the people from the Rotation Department and the Six Paths Department can do this!

Chang Younian ignored Qi Yue's expression and just let him go, leaving Wang Tianfeng behind.

"Sir, my uncle..." Wang Tianfeng's expression was complicated.

Chang Younian said with a smile:

"You don't have to worry about this matter. The Wang family is in your hands. Wang Tianfeng, you take my orders and gather the remaining warriors from the other four families to integrate all the forces. Find out who else is a warrior in the county and call them all up, otherwise they will be arrested and put in the county jail. Once you are done, wait for my orders at any time!"

Hearing this, Wang Tianfeng felt surprised, happy and afraid!
This time, he finally understood. No matter how powerful a noble family is, it is useless. In the eyes of the aristocratic families, they are just pawns that can be discarded at will.

His uncle took the Wang family to seek refuge with the county lord in order to allow someone in the Wang family to enter the officialdom and have the qualifications to become a noble family! Then, they could pass on the family from generation to generation in a way that both civil and military talents coexist, and become a real noble family, instead of being called a mud-legged, vulgar warrior family, and confined to a county!
But even so, she was still abandoned by Chang Younian!

Although only one person was taken away, this person was the strongest backbone.

It can be said that in the current county, except for the officers and soldiers in the hands of the county lord, no one in the other powerful gangs has a strength exceeding the eighth rank!
In other words, the county magistrate has the final say in everything in the county now! There is no need to balance anyone anymore.

"Yes, sir!" Wang Tianfeng could only agree, but he was a little confused.

After Wang Tianfeng left, Chang Younian looked up to the sky and laughed loudly, unrestrainedly and without any pressure!

"Now that all obstacles have been cleared, it's time to really get started. From now on, no one can stop me from dealing with the epidemic and refugees! As long as we handle it well, the refugee riots may be turned into merit! In addition, regarding the Broken Blade, the Zheng family will definitely contribute! Hahahaha!"

The black-robed master beside him also bowed and congratulated:

"Congratulations, sir. You were able to eliminate the gang forces in an official way and took away the people of the six wealthy families at the same time. This is fair. In this way, those aristocratic families cannot say that you broke the rules. As long as Captain Wang reorganizes all forces for your use, the overall plan will be pulled back! The Zheng family will definitely protect you."

"Hahaha~" Chang Younian laughed happily. He was also glad that he didn't choose another path before!

(End of this chapter)