The other four young masters, except for Xu Duguan who maintained a calm posture, the other three were all nervous to varying degrees. They privately changed their eyes, but at this moment they felt that the look was meaningless.

"Call the five of you today, and you should know what this is. Zhou Bo said in a lukewarm tone, and a sharp light flashed in his eyes, sweeping over the five people one by one.

The five young men were silent, and they didn't even dare to raise their heads.

"In the more than ten days since I took office, I have found that you and the other five people are acting recklessly and stealing from each other, do you know that stealing military rations is a serious crime?" Zhou Bo said with a cold face, his tone was sonorous and powerful, full of deterrent effect.

The five young masters all felt a cold sweat break out on their backs, and when they saw Zhou Bo's posture, their hearts suddenly became uneasy. Even Na Xu Guan is the same. Of course, the reason why Xu Duguan behaved like this was naturally because he had other plans in his heart, if he seemed too calm, Zhou Bo would feel that he had no one in his eyes.

"Xu Duguan!" Zhou Bo's eyes fell on Xu Duguan.

Xu Duguan was stunned, slightly shocked in his heart, but his face remained calm, and he got up and said to Zhou Boying: "The lower officials are here, what do you want to do?"

"Order? You still don't know anything about your crimes, and you dare to call yourself a 'lower official'? Do you think I'm Xu Wenbo, ignoring your corruption and perversion of the law?" Zhou Bo suddenly yelled.

Xu Duguan's face changed greatly, and he quickly knelt down and begged Zhou Bo for mercy: "Guilty of lowly duty, guilty of lowly duty." Please forgive me!" he was visibly panicked. But there is something else in my heart. If Zhou Bo really wants to punish himself and others, why do he have to wait until today? Not to mention that even if he is punished, he should also hold a public trial in the front hall, and there is no need to call them to the back hall in private!

However, Zhou Bo is now furious, which is unexpected, even if Xu Duzhi expects things like a god, it is impossible to measure the true thoughts of Zhou Bo's heart.

Fan Haicheng, Li Bin, Fang Yuanming and the other four big managers saw that Xu Duguan, who had always been calm and unfazed, all changed color, and they immediately panicked. They got up one after another. Kneeling on the ground together like Xu Duguan, he confessed his guilt and begged for mercy to Zhou Bo.

Zhou Bo snorted coldly and said: "You should know the proverb that the new official has three fires, but he just goes to his heart at all, this is obviously ignoring me Zhou! You think that Zhou relied on opportunism and luck to bring down Xu Wenbo's house, and then won the trust of Zhai Xianggong and Li Xianggong, so he sat in his current position. That's why you all think I'm not really talented. It's just a name, isn't it?"

"No...... Don't dare, don't dare How dare the lower officials!" Fan Haicheng begged bitterly.

"It's a crime of despicability that deserves death, it's a despicable duty and a desire for profit, begging Zhou Dadu to raise his noble hand!" Fang Yuanming said with tears in his eyes while kowtowing on the floor.

"Zhou Dadu is in charge, now that the new lord of Xiying has taken office, the people's hearts and minds still need to be rectified, please Zhou Dadu and we are the old ministers of Xiying, and we must change our past mistakes and no longer do these nonsense things, and at the same time, we can also avoid the riots in the hearts of the people in Xiying, and also save Zhou Dadu from worrying about the future. Li Bin said in a hurry, but his words seemed quite smart, on the one hand, he begged for mercy, on the other hand, he vowed to reform himself, and on the other hand, he put pressure on Zhou Bo.

Zhou Bo smiled coldly, he slowly stood up, walked out from behind the main case, and came to Li Bin, staring at each other directly.

Li Bin only felt that this gaze was so oppressive that he couldn't breathe, he didn't dare to raise his head, he just lay on the ground, and even his legs under the folds of his robe had a faint trembling feeling.

Zhou Bo felt that his goal had been achieved, he really didn't want to cure these people's crimes, but just to pass on a kind of pressure to these five young masters. As a person in power, especially a new person in power, you must establish a kind of prestige in the hearts of your subordinates, so that your subordinates are afraid of you, and only in this way can you truly control the power.

"Li Bin, aren't you threatening me?" he spoke unhurriedly after a moment of silence.

"Humble ...... Don't dare to be humble, it's just ...... It's just a matter of facts, and I ask Zhou Dadu to be extra gracious. Li Bin said tremblingly, the cold sweat on his forehead was like a spring.

"Just on the matter, do you think that because I am still young, I don't dare to punish you? Zhou Mou was never afraid of Xu Wenbo when he was in charge of the identity of the young capital, let alone you?" Zhou Bo said coldly, as if he had the momentum of a boss.

He came to Xu Duguan again, pointed the finger at Xu Duguan again, and said: "Xu Jing, you once accompanied the Northern Expedition army and served as the heavy responsibility of grain and grass, originally you knew the importance of grain and grass to the army, but after you came to Xiying, you didn't want to forge ahead, but actually did such a reluctant thing?"

"What Zhou Dadu taught was that it was a humble position...... It's a despicable duty to know the law and break the law!" Xu Jing said in a low voice, his heart became more and more unable to guess Zhou Bo, and the more he couldn't guess, the more he had a fear.

"Let me ask you, why are you doing this, is it just a small profit?" Zhou Bo asked solemnly.

"This ......" Xu Jing didn't know how to answer for a while, the reason why they stole military food and sold it was naturally to get extra black income. It is easy to do things with money in Ezhou City, and it may be difficult to survive without money, even if Xiying has food, drink, housing and clothing, but for money, anyone will feel that the more the better.

Zhou Bo snorted coldly and said: "Do you know how much pressure the soldiers on the front line are in the face of the Qi Dog Army? You selfish and selfish people, if the front line fails, will you bear the blame? Of course, I know that this matter cannot be blamed entirely on you, I have already sent someone to investigate, when Xu Wenbo was the chief of the capital, he would deduct the money of subordinate officials every month. In the end, the amount of money you get in your hands is only one-third of what it was at most. ”

In the past few days, Zhou Bo has figured out the affairs of most of the following officials. In the past, Xu Wenbo was in charge of most of the capital. If you often don't come to Xiying, it is naturally impossible to participate in the reselling of military rations. However, it is not only Xu Wenbo, or even just the grain and grass camp, almost all the troops and governments have the matter of their superiors deducting their subordinates' monthly salaries.

A few young people have become accustomed to it, but now when they heard Zhou Bo say this, everyone immediately had a feeling of turning around. Does Zhou Bo think they are excusable?

"Zhou never believed in the rules of a son of heaven and a courtier. So to tell you the truth, I don't blame you. However, what made Zhou angry was that Zhou gave Xu Jing a chance, but found that the rest of you didn't take this matter to heart at all, and still didn't give Zhou face, and continued to do nonsense!" Zhou Bo's tone turned fierce again, glaring at everyone fiercely.

Xu Jing secretly rejoiced in his heart, hearing Zhou Bo say this, he might be exempted from responsibility. However, at this time, he had some worries, if he was only exempted from responsibility, the other four young men would be punished. Wouldn't that confirm Li Bin's speculation when he was in Xifeng Tower yesterday? When the time comes, I'm afraid that I won't be able to wash myself by jumping into the Yellow River.

Immediately, he said again and again: "Zhou Da is in charge, this matter is all a sin of despicability." A few days ago, Zhou Daguan found out that he was doing something unscrupulous. Arrested the lowly one, but unfortunately the lowly was frightened and worried about the face problem, so he ............ All of them flaunt it. ”

Fan Haicheng, Fang Yuanming and others heard Xu Jing say this, but they didn't think much about it, they all thought that Xu Jing was a friend enough, and now they shared the blame for them, and their hearts were suddenly grateful. However, Li Bin didn't have any gratitude, he just snorted coldly in a low voice, and Xu Jing was pretending to be a good person.

Zhou Bo sneered and said, "So that's the case, in this way, the five of you are really in the same breath and communicate with each other." It seems that you are a habitual offender. ”

"Zhou Dadu Guan Mingjian, as Zhou Dadu said, we people are old and young, unlike those in the camp, we just have to get by just eating with mixed food, we also have to support our families. When Xu Wenbo was in office, he always deducted our monthly salary, and we had no choice but to wait. Fan Haicheng said with tears and begging.

"Okay, okay! Then I'll put the words in front now, my new official will take office, but I will not miss the old feelings. From this month onwards, I, Zhou, will be the chief manager, and I will never deduct or owe a penny of monthly wages to everyone in the camp. But if I find out in the future that you are doing such a reckless thing, whether it is you or your men, it will be all on your heads, and I will never tolerate the treachery!" Zhou Bo said solemnly, and he showed the demeanor of a condescending leader with a deep voice and a deterrent.

When everyone heard Zhou Bo's words, they first breathed a sigh of relief, and then they were shocked. What is Zhou Bo thinking, does he want to be a fair and honest governor? Isn't this a joke, now the whole of Ezhou is as big as the governor of the state, and as small as the gatekeeper, which one is not corrupt? Which one does not take bribes?

Zhou Bo saw the surprise in the eyes of these young masters, he sighed, and said, "Except for Xu Jing, the rest of the people here can be said to have never carried out the task of accompanying the army with food and grass, right?"

Except for Xu Jing, the other four young masters all nodded slightly. The West Grain and Grass Camp is equivalent to a granary, except in the case of an urgent shortage of soldiers, there are few soldiers in the West Camp who are responsible for transporting or following the army. This is also why there are countless people in a grain and grass camp like Xidaying, who want to get in, one is more oil and water, and the other is safety.

Zhou Bo continued: "Although I, Zhou, am far inferior to you in terms of age and qualifications, I have personally experienced the fiasco of Xiangyang. Just two months ago, Zhou was in Sizhou, and he also experienced the pressure of Qigou's 50,000 army. My Great Song Dynasty is so widely praised for the great rivers and mountains, but inch by inch by the iron horse of the golden dog, you as a Great Song Dynasty man do not want to forge ahead, do you know that the soldiers who are fighting on the front line rely on these military rations to maintain?"

These words were full of emotion, especially Xu Jing, who came over, and was immediately infected by the momentum in these words.

Xu Jing himself didn't want to be a black-bellied villain, but he had been fighting with the army on the front line for many years, and he had been exposed to a lot of heart-wrenching things. Either the front-line generals themselves were corrupt and perverted the law, fearing the enemy in battle, and in addition to preying on the common people and taking bribes, not to mention resisting foreign insults, they even became the black sheep of the Great Song Dynasty; or the capable generals fought bravely to kill the enemy outside, but the rear was worried that the front line would steal the merits, so they obstructed the people in every possible way, and the victorious battle turned into defeat in the end. Eventually, after reading all these sinister evils, he finally gave up his original enthusiasm and faith.

However, Zhou Bo, who appeared in front of Xu Jing at this time, suddenly made him feel a kind of hope ignited in his heart again. His hope was not because Zhou Bo's words made his blood boil, quietly on the contrary, he combined Zhou Bo's actions after coming to Xiying to reach a conclusion.

When Zhou Bo first arrived in Xiying, he also befriended his colleagues and flattered his boss, and he looked no different from others. However, this is where his genius lies, he deliberately uses these dirty means to gain more power for himself, and when he reaches a certain level of power, he can achieve his wish and strive for his goal.

Xu Jing realized at this moment that Zhou Bo was a smart person, a real smart person!

"Thank you Zhou Dadu for your kindness, please rest assured that in the future, the lowly rank will definitely perform public duty and never bend the law for bribes, if today's incident happens again, the lowly rank is willing to be punished. Although Fan Haicheng was also moved in his heart, his emotion was naturally not as profound as Xu Jing's, but the important thing was that he was finally okay this time, and he immediately thanked him again and again.

The other few young people also hurried to learn to be grateful.

"You can go!" Zhou Bo finished speaking, turned around and walked back to the back of the main case and sat down.

After Zhou Bo shocked the five young masters, his control over the entire Xiying was further sublimated. However, for now, he still has not been able to achieve 100% of the right to speak, after all, he is now the majority of the capital under the support of Li Hui, and Chen Xianzhi and Gao Xue have been monitoring him. These days, he deliberately got close to Chen Xianzhi, Gao Xue and others, and from time to time he would give small favors and favor to envelop them.

In fact, Chen Xianzhi and Gao Xue knew that Zhou Bo had recently rectified the five young men under his command, but in their opinion, Zhou Bo was just because the new official took office and was eager to perform, and Zhou Bo was not bad to the two of them on weekdays, so they didn't suspect anything, on the contrary, when they reported to Li Hui, they spoke positively of Zhou Bo's actions.

After entering October (lunar calculation), the weather finally returned to normal, and the high temperature and drought gradually improved for several months. At the end of last month, God opened his eyes, and a heavy rain in late autumn alleviated the drought a lot.

Zhou Bo has been sitting in the position of the majority of Xiying for a month, and during this time, he promoted Tishi Lu Wenju, who had been doing errands under him, to the position of the young governor, on the grounds of "diligence and observance", which just filled the vacancy of the six young governors. In this way, he finally has a confidant among the six young masters, and it will be much easier for him to do things in the future. (To be continued.) )