Landlord of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 101 Suppression of bandits (1)

The news of the new governor of Cangzhou spread throughout Cangzhou almost instantly. Regardless of their attitude towards the new governor, they immediately came to the governor's mansion with gifts and congratulations to find out.

First of all, the magistrates of the four counties in Cangzhou were naturally the first to visit.Yao Yu, the magistrate of Nanpi County, is a shrewd little old man; Wang Yi, the magistrate of Haixing County, is upright and rigorous, with the appearance of a middle-aged man; The county magistrate of Cang County, Shao Deng, was also a little old man. Compared with the shrewdness of the magistrate of Nanpi County, this person was more tactful.The four county magistrates, Wang Yi and Zhan Zeng, are not locals.
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Xu Qing looked at the four people in front of him, and after listening to their reports, he learned that they had only taken office not long ago, and the situation in the county was the same as that in the state, poor and poor, and bandits rampant.The richest is Cang County, but the poorest is Haixing.The county magistrate of Nanpi, Cang County came from the local township, and the county magistrate of Haixing Huanghua was transferred from above, and it is certain that Wang Yi, the magistrate of Haixing County, was demoted.Judging by his pedantic spirit of not yielding, he must be the one who offended his boss.

After noon, the four county magistrates met with Xu Qing alone again.Shao Deng, the county magistrate of Cang County, presented a pair of jade bi, a pair of silver tableware, and a carriage.Wang Yi, the magistrate of Haixing County, presented a set of brochures, which only wrote one thing-suppressing bandits.This matter coincided with Xu Qing's plan, so Xu Qing kept him talking for a while.Moreover, there is an old man in Haixing County, Lu Jing. Xu Qing was very interested in his recent situation, but Wang Yi said, "It's just a hypocrite..."
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In addition to presenting gifts, Yao Yu also recommended three or five of his own children, asking Xu Qing for help.Zhan Zeng also made a report, and he was talking about suppressing bandits, but he revealed a secret: the bandits in Cangzhou are the private soldiers of the big family!Xu Qing thought about it, and thought of the tax issue. The so-called gangsters were rampant and disturbed the tax collection. Could it be that these aristocratic families took the tax back home?
I met with the county magistrates, and a group of housekeepers came, probably from the major families in Cangzhou.Looking at the value of the gift, there are three major families in Cangzhou, the Xia, Shao and Huang families. It can be called the first.In addition, there are dozens of small families.This group of butlers just came to say hello and invite Xu Qing to a reception.

As a high-ranking official, the governor is different from the county magistrates. He has to sit in the office every day, as long as he handles the official duties sent to him one by one.In addition, issue some general policy guidelines for county magistrates to implement.

After making up his mind to suppress the bandits, he naturally had to control the army. Xu Qing called Qi Tai over and asked about the situation of the state soldiers.Qi Tai is a straightforward guy. He said that out of a thousand state soldiers, only three hundred at most can be considered upper-middle, and the remaining seven hundred are all middle-lower soldiers. Individual soldiers will be somewhat insufficient to fight bandits.It's just that these soldiers came down from the battlefield after all. They were considered veterans. They behaved very well, obeyed orders and prohibited them, and they were fairly proficient in the formation of troops, so they wouldn't panic when encountering battles.
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Seeing Qi Tai's appearance, Xu Qing felt that this person had a good heart. He had great respect for Xu Qing, the new governor. He didn't see the expressions of dissatisfaction pretended by other people at all.However, Xu Qing did not fully trust Qi Tai because of this, so he divided his soldiers into four hundred and handed them over to Niu Grass and Wang Shan for training.Niu Checao and Wang Shan each led [-] soldiers, one stationed in the outer city and the other stationed in the inner city, echoing each other.

After a tiring day and meeting all kinds of people, Xu Qing finally saw what he wanted, a piece of paper - "The dark night is boundless, the river is the world".

In a quiet night, in a dilapidated room, Xu Qing was wearing a mask and a black robe, surrounded by Yang Cheng, Yang Xin and others whom he hadn't seen for a long time.Xu Qing asked Yang Xin what he was doing these days, and Yang Xin said that Anhe had captured a small hill and stood firm, and that the surrounding forces had already inquired clearly.

The bandits in the Cangzhou area totaled almost 8000 to [-] people, some of whom were established by themselves, and some were private soldiers raised by aristocratic families.The purpose of keeping private soldiers was to deal with the chaos at the beginning, but later, the government institutions were destroyed, and these private soldiers became a good thing to threaten the people if these aristocratic families were moved.

According to Anhe's investigation, all the taxes in Cangzhou in the past three years have fallen into the pockets of the aristocratic family!
Three years of taxes, those aristocratic families are really fat!Xu Qing secretly thought, and heard Yang Xin say that almost half of the fields in Cangzhou fell into the pockets of the aristocratic family.Although they are still counted as others in name, the peasant households written in the household registration books are all vacant households, and the people who actually control the fields are aristocratic families.The aristocratic family took these fields and recruited black households. The black households did not have to pay taxes to the government, so almost all the harvest from the fields went into the pockets of the aristocratic family!But the people who actually pay taxes are empty households, and the government has no place to collect taxes. After coming and going, Cangzhou is almost controlled by [-] aristocratic families.
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After Anhe's report, Xu Qing set the eight-character policy of "find out the enemy's situation and create chaos".He asked Yang Cheng and Yang Xin to continue to investigate and count the location and strength of various bandits in Cangzhou. In addition, he asked Yang Cheng and Yang Xin to investigate clearly which mountains were private soldiers and which were bandits.During the investigation, it is necessary to use some tactics to alienate the bandits on various hills, so that the hearts of the bandits are not in the same place. If possible, you can also be a bandit and do good deeds by robbing the rich and helping the poor!Such as kidnapping and kidnapping Mr. Xia...

The members of the dark river are all people left behind during the chaos of the world, and all of them are gold after the big waves washed the sand. Dealing with small bandits is a pediatric matter.

Xu Qing looked at the city of Cangzhou in a daze through the dark eyeholes of his mask.Behind him, Yang Cheng, Yang Xin, Duan Hongchen, Yang Duoyan and others remained silent.

"By the way, there is one more thing, Huang Shimei, do you know?"

Yang Cheng and Yang Xin looked at each other with a smirk and said, "My lord, don't you..."

"I'm just curious about her and the Xia family..."

"Oh, my lord..." Yang Xin couldn't stop smiling, but he also nodded: "The Huang family is one of the three major families in Cangzhou, and Huang Shimei is the daughter of the Huang family. In recent years, the Huang family has made little achievements in the official world. The situation is also getting worse and worse, being faintly squeezed out by the other two big families."

"The Huang family has struggled several times, but to little avail. The number of members of the Huang family has also begun to wither, and there are fewer and fewer influential elders, and the direct descendants only have a little boy, who is only four years old, and cannot inherit the family business. .So although the Huang family is still one of the three major families, it is already in the middle of the outer wall, and its successor is weak."

"And speaking of Huang Shimei, she is also a strange woman. She is well-behaved and can manage the family business. In the past few years, the Huang family has almost been taken care of by her." Yang Xin finished speaking in one breath, as if referring to his own. same story.Xu Qing admired Yang Xin's ability very much. He could explain in detail almost all the information Xu Qing wanted to ask.Xu Qing nodded and asked again:
"Then what's going on with her and the Xia family?"

"Xia Chu fell in love with the Huang family, Xia Hao fell in love with Huang Shimei, and wanted to take the Huang family's property into his pocket through marriage. The Huang family definitely didn't want to, so they repeatedly made things difficult for Huang Shimei. When Huang Shimei's temper comes, he will make things difficult for him. Xia Hao secretly became paralyzed and couldn't get out of bed for half a year, so Xia Hao held a grudge. A few days ago, I heard that Miss Huang's family also encountered bandits. It was Xia Hao who called out to those bandits, but I don't know who rescued Huang Shimei. come down..."

"Hey, if this Huang Shimei is a man, he is also a person who revives the Huang family's family style! By the way, my lord, the Huang family is the only family that has not turned private soldiers into bandits. There are hundreds of soldiers in their family. It was placed in Zhuangzi."

Under the mask, Xu Qing smiled slightly, thinking that this chick is not bad.In addition, the Huang family may be a good entry point.

"Okay, that's all for today's discussion. You must implement the eight-character policy and report to me every seven days. Also, please, try not to expose the existence of the dark river." Because of the barrier of the mask, Xu Qing's voice is mechanical and cold, and people who hear it for the first time will definitely get goosebumps.But for Xu Qing, the change in voice is also a good layer of protection.

Except for a few captains, the people in Anhe didn't know Xu Qing's real existence.Usually do things, there is no reason, no how to do it, only some scattered tasks are issued, and then completed.Except for Yang Cheng and Yang Xin, no one can analyze the obvious goals from these trivial things.

A spider web started to spread from Xu Qing, covering the whole Cangzhou!

In the bedroom:
"My little Xueer, I'm back, hehehe..." Xu Qing groped towards Xun Xueer.

"Brother Xu, today...can't be done today, Tiankui..." With a little bit of moonlight, she could see that her face was blushing.

"Ah, you haven't fallen asleep yet?" It was already midnight when Xu Qing came back, and she didn't expect that Xun Xueer was still waiting for her.

"I can't sleep, it hurts so much..." Xun Xueer said, another colic, she clutched her stomach in pain, and bowed her body.

"Oh, wait a minute, I'll get some hot water..." Xu Qing ran out to boil some hot water, put in some honey, brought it back, and gave Xun Xueer a bowl while it was hot.

"Brother Xu, Xue'er can't serve you today..." Xun Xue'er lay in Xu Qing's arms, hugging Xu Qing tightly, as if her stomach pain would stop if she hugged her tightly.

"It's okay, I have hands and feet, why do I need you to serve me?" Xu Qing said meaningfully, forgetting about the necessary skills before getting married.But Xun Xueer didn't understand, she said that Xun Xueer didn't understand the meaning of "servant", and said, "Brother Xu, it's not the servant..."

"Which servant?" Xu Qing smiled wickedly.

"Oh brother Xu, you are bad..." Xun Xueer pinched Xu Qing and said, "Brother Xu, I heard that there are many beautiful concubines in the families of other nobles, and Xueer also wants to find one for you..."

Ok?trap?How should I answer... Xu Qing said: "Eh, why do you think so? I have you enough..."

"In this way, someone can serve Xue'er's grand lord when I am unwell..." Xun Xue'er said sincerely and without thinking.

(End of this chapter)