Rebirth of the Tang Dynasty's strongest consort

Chapter 417
Arriving at the government office, she got off the sedan chair, and as soon as Fang Yiai stepped into the office, she saw the prefect of Caozhou and Cai Shaobing waiting in front of the main hall.

Seeing the two of them waiting deliberately, Fang Yiai took a few steps hurriedly, cupped his hands and said, "Fu Zun, Brother Cai."

"Brother Fang, did you sleep soundly last night?" Cai Shaobing greeted with a smile. If others saw it, they would never have thought that there was a mortal hatred between the two.

Fang Yiai laughed a few times, then cupped her hands again and said, "Everything is fine, thank you Brother Cai."

As the two talked, the prefect of Caozhou pointed to Fang Yiai's study room next to the right side of the main hall, and said, "This is the office of the general judge."

"Thank you, Mr. Fu, so, Fang Jun went to get acquainted with official business first." Fang Yiai resigned, and was about to leave, but was stopped by the prefect of Caozhou.

The magistrate of Caozhou looked hypocritical, and said with a smile: "It's just because the former general judge left in a hurry, and has accumulated a lot of official documents these days. If the general judge is too busy, he can call the clerk in the yamen for help."

"Your Majesty's kindness, Fang Junxin accepts it, but this internal matter still needs to be done by yourself." After finishing speaking, Fang Yiai didn't stay any longer, turned around and walked towards her study room, and said with a secret smile in her heart: "I just arrived, so I'm going Want to place eyes next to me?"

Seeing Fang Yiai walk into the room, the prefect of Caozhou and Cai Shaobing looked at each other, with a look of complacency flashing in their eyes.

"The government will send someone to deliver the official letter to him." The prefect of Caozhou sneered, and then went back to the court to pick up the official letter that was written overnight.

Cai Shaobing stood at the same spot, looked at the study room where Fang Yiai was with his hands behind his back, and sneered endlessly in his heart, "Fang Jun, even if you are superior in literary talent and martial arts, I am afraid that your father has never taught you how deep and chaotic officialdom is." you!"

Sitting in the study room, looking at the official documents piled up like a hill on the table, Fang Yiai felt dizzy for a while, just after flipping through a few, the prefect of Caozhou opened the door and walked in.

"Tong San, these are the official documents accumulated in the past few days. Take a look slowly. If you have anything to do, just order the messengers in the Yamen." The magistrate of Caozhou laughed a few times, and then walked out with the door.

Sitting at the table, looking at the official documents sent by the prefect of Caozhou, Fang Yiai rubbed his chin and muttered: "He would be so kind? Just send a few official documents, why deign to deliver them in person?"

"If something goes wrong, there must be a demon." Fang Yiai murmured, simply put the official document aside, and looked through the original official document on the table by herself.

For a long time, Fang Yiai reluctantly reviewed fifty copies of the papers handed over by the county government. After writing a big "Zhun" with a Chinese ink pen, Fang Yiai put the papers on the table, lowered her head and rubbed the corners of her eyes.

"It's all miscellaneous matters about water conservancy, farmland, and litigation. These official letters can be determined by the county government. Why should they be sent to the government government?"

"I'm afraid those county officials are lazy to save trouble? When I was in Meiwu County, I didn't see anyone write a letter to the government office. Why are other county offices so troublesome?"

Muttering a few words, Fang Yiai stood up and wandered back and forth in the room, pinching her neck while thinking, "I don't know when Fan Jin will come. He is an expert in these things, how can I know?"

Thinking about it, Fang Yiai unconsciously came to the two bookcases, looked at the various booklets and paper books on display, and muttered: "Since we manage the affairs of the counties under the jurisdiction of the Caozhou government office, we should first take care of the affairs of the counties in each county. Let's go over the situation."

Finding the thin paper that recorded the population rosters of the counties, villages and towns, Fang Yiai sat back in front of the official case and patiently looked it up.

There are a total of seven counties under the jurisdiction of Caozhou Prefecture. The sizes of each county are different, and the population is also uneven. However, what surprised Fang Yiai is that Meiwu County, which was previously known as the first poor county, is among the seven counties. , It's not the last one.

"Kaocheng County is located in the south of Caozhou Prefecture. Why does it only have a population of more than [-] people?"

"There are a total of 38 villages under the jurisdiction of the county government. On average, there are only more than [-] people in each village. This is not a village, it is clearly a folk house!"

After a while of surprise, Fang Yiai quickly turned to the page that recorded the detailed information of Kaocheng County, and took a closer look, but saw the situation of food tax payment recorded on it. Six of the 38 villages had not paid the tax for two years. Over the silver tax, food tax.

"Could it be that the main hall of Kaocheng County is a poor man? Let the people under his administration delay paying the silver tax, why haven't they done anything in the past two years?"

After carefully reviewing the situation in Kaocheng County, Fang Yiai closed the paper and stood up and said coldly: "Kaocheng County has been designated as a middle-level county government by the imperial court, so the number of people coming here must be much more than that in Meiwu County. , Meiwu County has a total population of more than [-] people, how can a middle-level county be inferior to a low-level county?"

After thinking about it carefully, Fang Yiai went out and called his subordinates, and asked, "What happened to Kaocheng County? Why is the population so small? Could it be also affected by locust plagues and floods? The people are all fleeing." gone?"

The subordinate official stood in front of the case, looked at the boss sitting on the stage with a sullen expression, and quickly replied: "Information and judgment, although Kaocheng County was affected by natural disasters, the problem is really not serious, but in Two years ago, a plague broke out somewhere, and the population dropped by [-]%."

"Fart!" Hearing this, Fang Yiai slapped the table angrily, threw the paper in her hand on the ground, and said coldly: "Do you think this county is a three-year-old child? There is a plague, why is it not recorded on the paper?" ? Why didn’t the imperial court hear about it? Could it be that you suppressed the document you wrote above?!”

As soon as this remark came out, the subordinate staff was so frightened that he knelt in front of the hall and stammered: "Everything the student said is true. Kaocheng County did have a great plague."

"Ah? Did you see it with your own eyes? You cured the plague?" Fang Yiai's brows were full of swords, and naturally he would not believe the absurd theory that the plague had devastated the whole county and only [-]% of the people were left.

"A plague killed tens of thousands of people. Why didn't the people of Meiwu County know about it? Why didn't the official's appointment document state it? Why isn't there even a single word on this piece of paper?"

Fang Yiai stood up, pointing to the subordinate who was kneeling under the hall, said: "If you don't say anything, don't blame my subordinates for being ruthless!"

After Meiwu County opened a warehouse to release grain, Fang Yiai's name was completely exploded in the Caozhou Mansion. Seeing the blood of the son-in-law and the champion, the subordinates trembled in fright, lowered their heads and said: "Student sentence To be honest, Kaocheng County was not only plagued by plague, it was also plagued by bandits and bandits a few years ago."

Knowing that there was a banditry in Kaocheng County, Fang Yiai sat back in his seat suspiciously, thought for a moment, then stood up again.

"I ask you, where is Kaocheng County?"

"The southern border of Caozhou."

"But where is it to the south?"

"To the south is Penglai County."

"Has there ever been a banditry in Penglai County?"

"Never."

Fang Yiai sneered again and again, looked at the subordinates kneeling in the hall, and said word by word: "Penglai County has never had any banditry, and the Caozhou government has always been clear. Where did the banditry in Kaocheng County come from? Is it possible?" Did it fall from the sky? Or did it grow out of the ground!"

Seeing Fang Yiai's disbelief, the subordinate staff repeatedly kowtowed and said with tears: "Tongju, the student is just a subordinate staff in the study room. He has never been to Kaocheng County for a thorough investigation. This matter is also what the former subordinate staff said. of."

Hearing what the subordinate official said was reasonable, Fang Yi'ai's face softened, and after signaling the subordinate to get up, she held a teacup and said, "I ask you, has the banditry been calmed down before?"

"It's calmed down."

"Who led the troops to destroy it?"

"Two years ago, Fu Zun was the magistrate at the time, and it was Fu Zun who led the extermination."

"Fu Zun? He is a literati, how can he lead the army to suppress the thieves?"

"Back then, Liu Yuhou followed Fu Zun and was the school lieutenant of the state government. I heard that when Liu Yuhou was fighting bandits, he took the lead and killed no less than hundreds of people."

As soon as this remark came out, Fang Yiai suddenly realized, and thought to himself, "No wonder Liu Yuhou said that his sword had killed more than a hundred people, so that's why."

"Do you know the number of bandits that were exterminated that year?" Fang Yi'ai was curious about Liu Yuhou's ability to lead the army, so he asked a lot.

When this matter was mentioned, the subordinate official's expression immediately softened, and he said with a smile: "To be honest, the judge, two years ago, the students were still studying in the school, and they also saw the heads of those rogues who were escorted back. Where's the carriage?"

"Oh? Three carriages? In this way, the number of exterminated people may be thousands of people."

"Yeah, yeah, those people have male and female heads, don't they look scary?"

The subordinate staff talked a lot, and they seemed to be preaching a word, which immediately attracted Fang Yi'ai's attention.

"The bandits are desperadoes, how could there be female relatives among them?!"

"Liu Yuhou was originally a rough man. How could he have such a great ability to lead an army and fight? I'm afraid he can't handle the bandits with thousands of people?"

Two clusters of doubts arose in her heart, Fang Yiai nodded and thought: "I'm afraid this matter is not that simple, I will check the Caozhou government records another day to see if I can find some traces, otherwise, it's okay to go to Kaocheng County in person."

(End of this chapter)