Landlord of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 149

In the end, Liu Yi was still beaten.It's just that Xu Qing let his subordinates save some strength, and with twenty army sticks, they beat Liu Yi's ass till it exploded, and he passed out. Although he didn't die, half of his life was lost.

In Xu Qing's eyes, Liu Yi is just a mad dog, not worth spending a lot of thought on.Although it is very likely that this mad dog was deliberately released by others to bite people, even if this mad dog is beaten, the owner behind it will definitely jump out and "claim".

But if he resisted the fight, the mad dog would come out to bite people from time to time, and if he couldn't bite anyone, it would be scary, and it would make people uncomfortable anyway.

Doing nothing but doing nothing, Xu Qing said in his heart, just let him go and hit him.Even if someone took this opportunity to blackmail Xu Qing, Xu Qing would have an upright reason to shirk responsibility.

Bumping into the superior, roaring in the courtroom, being beaten like this, is just for nothing.No matter where the trouble is going, I am afraid that others will not say that it was too much, but only that it was a good fight.After all, the matter of trespassing and violating superiority was particularly important in the feudal era.

Facts also proved that Liu Yi was just a crazy old man.

The level of insanity made the person behind him - Liu Mo, the deputy director of Jinan, also shouted that the entrusted person was not a person.

The knocked out teeth cannot be easily swallowed. Although Liu Mo knew that Xu Qing beat Liu Yi for a reason, he still had the cheek to send a message to blame Xu Qing.

and write on the paperwork:

"Come to my office and talk!"

Liu Mo didn't dare to come to Cangzhou to touch Xu Qing, he only dared to let Xu Qing come to his territory.As long as Xu Qing came to his territory, wouldn't he have the final say?Xu Qing'an must be charged with something... If he doesn't go, it will give Liu Mo an excuse to move Xu Qing.

Soldiers came to block him, water came to cover him with earth, Liu Mo wanted to clean up Xu Qing, but Xu Qing didn't wait.For a person like Liu Mo who must report his flaws, the only way to stop him from doing bad things again and again is to beat him with a stick.

The dark night is boundless, the river is the world.

After Anhe suffered a major injury, Xu Qing arranged for him to join the Cangzhou State Army.Quietly looking for available talent, the tree that can be planted, now, it has begun to be alive again.Moreover, these selected young children are not as difficult to train as the people from the rivers and lakes called before, and their discipline has been greatly improved.

There is still a part of the dark river that has not been incorporated into the state soldiers, and that is the female soldiers under the poisonous scorpion.At first, the poisonous scorpion took these female soldiers out for special training, only to be unable to help Anhe in time when Anhe encountered a catastrophe.However, because of this, the poisonous scorpion team has achieved the greatest development, and now it is the most powerful sword in Xu Qing's hands.

Xu Qing mobilized the dark river, began to collect evidence of Liu Mo's various nasty things, and then sent the evidence to Liu Zan in the northern border.As for himself, he lived slowly. After Huang Shimei and others brought back the cattle, sheep and livestock, Xu Qing also took time to develop the deodorization process of cow and goat milk.Day after day, until the deadline, Xu Qing started slowly.

In mid-November, the snow was so heavy that Xu Qing couldn't ride a horse, so he changed to a car.When Xu Qing went out, he didn't eat much outside food, so there was a cart dedicated to Xu Qing's food, and a cart dedicated to cooking coals for heating and other things, which must be called delicate.

Walking near the wild suburbs of the river, he suddenly heard mournful cries in the distance. Xu Qing untied the rope that tied the car curtain and was about to check, when the cold wind blew in snow like a knife.Enduring the cold, Xu Qing was about to check, when the driver outside stopped the car, shook the snow on the bamboo hat, and said to Xu Qing:

"My lord, the snow over there has collapsed the house, I'm afraid I'm going to freeze to death..."

As the saying goes, no matter what master there is, there are servants who will be raised. Xu Qing's house is kind-hearted, whether it's the drivers, the guards, or the firewood and water carriers in his house, they are all simple and honest.Hearing the mournful cries in the distance, the coachman automatically felt compassion and begged Xu Qing to have mercy on the family whose house had collapsed.

Even if others don't say it, Xu Qing will help one or two when he sees such things.So he ordered his men to drive the car over.

The coachman opened the big umbrella to help Xu Qing block the wind and snow.Xu Qing braved his waist, walked through the wind and snow, and found the family.I saw that there were only three earthen walls left, the thatch on one roof was blown to pieces, and the frame of the house collapsed on one side.

The whole family hid by the remaining three walls, shivering from the cold. If Xu Qing hadn't encountered this kind of weather, they might have frozen to death here alive.The family hid in the corner and found Xu Qing and the others. They stopped crying when facing outsiders, but couldn't help but look fearfully in their eyes.

"My lord, alas, it's so pitiful, why don't you give me some porridge..."

There was heavy snow and low visibility. Xu Qinghuan looked around and couldn't find any other houses.So he walked into the "house" and shouted:
"Is there a man home?"

"The man went out to work and hasn't come back yet..."

It turned out that the house collapsed when the man was not at home, no wonder he could only hide here and cry.The coachman beside Xu Qing beckoned:
"Come out and sit in our car, or you will be frozen to death."

Those people came out, Xu Qing saw that they were still wearing single clothes in the middle of winter, three children and a woman.Xu Qing welcomed them into the carriage and lit a pot of charcoal to keep them warm.The coachman looked at the sky and found that it was getting late, so he asked Xu Qing to clear out a flat area to set up a tent for the night.

The three children were roasting on the warm coal fire, their faces were flushed, and after a while, they all fell asleep lying on the woman.Xu Qing asked softly: "Why do you still have to go out to work today?"

"No food..." The woman replied timidly, she was very afraid of a person like Xu Qing who wore three pieces of clothes.

"As for food, there will be no disasters this year..."

"We don't have a registered permanent residence, and [-]% of the food has been paid..." The woman sighed heavily.

"Seventy percent?" Xu Qing was also shocked, even black households don't have to pay so much.Those tax collectors put the tax from black households in their own pockets, but in order to continue to collect in the coming year, they will not collect too much at all.

"It's all to blame for the deputy chief..." The woman looked at Xu Qing's face as she spoke, and found that Xu Qing was listening carefully, so she continued: "If he hadn't forcefully demanded that the county magistrate of Hejian pay a full [-] shi, those tax collectors would For us, we only smoked [-]% of the food, and the wall of the house was broken long ago. Moreover, the deputy manager also raised many dogs, and lied to the cattle of the people that they were sick and slaughtered them to feed the dogs. Alas..."

The woman didn't have a rule of thumb when she spoke, she talked nonsense for a while, said here and there, and the preamble and the afterword had nothing to do with each other.But judging from her words, this Liu Mo is really a cruel and corrupt official, killing farm cattle to feed dogs, while the people are starving and freezing at home.

Not long after, the man of the family came back, looked at the collapsed house, and cried for a while.Xu Qing's people found him, asked their family to get together, had dinner together, and gave some money and rice, and asked them to go to Cangzhou to seek refuge.

The next day, when Xu Qing went on the road again, he already held a lot of evidence against Liu Mo, and there was also news that Liu Zan had brought someone back to southern Hebei.In just a few miles, Xu Qing unexpectedly saw many people who were starving in the cold wind.

After entering Hejian City, Xu Qing went straight to the Chief Manager's Mansion. After arranging the yamen, Xu Qing said to Liu Mo: "Deputy Chief Manager, I don't know why you called the officer here?"

Liu Mo heard that Xu Qing used the word "Deputy" in his title, so he said coldly: "Cangzhou, please don't sue, saying that you bullied the lower officials, is there such a thing?"

Xu Qing said with a smile: "It's not insulting, it's just a lesson to the subordinates."

Liu Mo said to the master beside him: "Go and get Liu Yi's documents..."

The master said yes, and when he passed by Xu Qing, he didn't salute, and left with a blank look.

Liu Mo sat down and said: "Don't be such an adult, you dare to teach me a lesson, and how can I remember that you are the one who randomly changed the government order issued by you?"

Xu Qing sneered and said: "Then according to Master Liu, I, the Zhengyin official, still reject the words of Unexpected Second Assistant Officer?"

The master came over with the document, turned his face directly at Xu Qing, and said straight away: "Master Liu's document said that you value the last and despise the basics and compete with the people for profit. That's why he changed your government order. I didn't expect you to He was ruthless and unreasonable, and even beat him with a military stick, almost fainting to death."

Liu Mo asked, "Yes or no?"

Xu Qing said with a sneer: "Master Liu is quick to believe in one-sided words!"

"Then, is it true that you built a business tax department and exempted from road tax?!" Liu Mo shouted.

"That's right, it's true!" Xu Qing nodded.

"Hmph, businessmen are all ungrateful people, but you, Governor Xu, gave them a convenient way. Is there any dirty deal here! Tell us the truth!" Liu Mo slapped the low table and drank.

"No road tax, but a price increase tax, why not?"

"Why not? You can ask, I heard that merchants in Cangzhou City are flocking to you. Where are such profiteering people gathered? I am afraid that the people in Cangzhou are already in dire straits!"

Xu Qing laughed out loud when he heard this, this Liu Mo is really good at turning black and white.On the edge of Hejian City, within ten miles there were people who almost froze to death, but he said that the people of Cangzhou were living in dire straits, and he was shameless.Xu Qingdao: "You said that the people of Cangzhou don't have a living, so I don't know how is the Hejian where you rule?"

"Naturally it is thriving, everyone is happy..." Liu Mo stroked his beard.

"Hey, I've never seen such a brazen person like you!" Xu Qing was furious: "Go outside the city and see how many people are buried in the cold wind! As long as I have walked this way, there are five Six families whose houses have collapsed and have no food to eat!"

Unexpectedly, Liu Mo had plausible words: "Hmph, it's just a bunch of untouchables, it's fine if I don't drive them out."

"You are a general manager, and you should keep the people safe and upright for the imperial court. Now that you see the refugees outside, you don't want to appease them, but instead increase the grain collection. What does it mean? What did you learn about the fraternity that the sage said!"

"What? Why..." Liu Mo felt aphasia, and hurriedly changed his words: "Where is there any additional food collection, Governor Xu, you have lost your mind and gone crazy!"

"Okay... You said no, do you dare to go out and confront the people face to face!"

"You, you, you are crazy, I am busy with things, how can I have so much time to take care of such trivial matters?" Liu Mo pointed at Xu Qing, trembling with anger: "Furthermore, if you want to help the refugees, where will you get the money? Where did you come from? You really don’t feel backache when you stand and talk!"

(End of this chapter)