It has been half a year since Li Kuan left Beijing.

He has watched a lot of scenes like today's in TV series, but it is the first time he has experienced it himself.

"Lord Wang, these farmers said that someone in Jiangxia County had encroached on the fertile land they had cleared, and then half of the grain promised by the imperial court was less, and even half of it was moldy old grain."

Wang Xuance quickly returned to Li Kuan's side and explained the situation succinctly.

When this kind of thing happens, all you can do now is to listen to what the situation is, and no one will easily make up your mind.

However, even so, Wang Feng, the county magistrate of Jiangxia County on the side, was pale, and his fat body was trembling a little.

"His Royal Highness the King of Chu, he blames his subordinates for having no way to do this, and there is such a mess. Please rest assured, the lower officials will return to the county government now, and they will definitely investigate the encroachment on fertile land clearly, and return the people of Jiangxia County to a bright future. ”

"His Royal Highness the King of Chu, the lower officials feel that these farmers are not suitable to follow them to Jiangxia County, after all, what they reported is what happened in Jiangxia County, in order to avoid suspicion, let them elect a few representatives first, and then place them in the Ezhou Thorn History Mansion, will it be better?"

Fang Wei ignored Wang Feng's unkind eyes and put forward his own suggestions to Li Kuan.

"These hundreds of people are bustling together, and it is really not easy to arrange. In this case, then choose a few representatives to go back with the king, and the others will be arranged by the envoy to return to their respective villages. ”

Although the current situation seems to be more suspicious of Jiangxia County Commander Wang Feng, Li Kuan did not fully listen to the advice of Ezhou Assassin Shi Fangwei.

This guy is probably also doing things to kill people with a knife, and he is not a good bird.

Is this king really so easy to use?

"Lord Wang, my subordinates will arrange it in the past."

Wang Xuance listened to Li Kuan's words and returned to the crowd again.

Now, the big meal on the Yellow Crane Tower is naturally unbearable.

Watching Li Kuan's car gradually move away, Wang Feng glared at Fang Wei fiercely and walked away.

……

Jiangxia County Ya.

Wang Feng kept walking back and forth in his study.

"Mingfu, when the judgment is constantly suffering, it is chaotic. This Fang Wei seems to be preparing to tear his face this time, today these farmers, he must have arranged for someone to notify them, otherwise how could it be so coincidental? Besides, the whereabouts of His Royal Highness the King of Chu are a secret, how could these Tian Shenu know about it? ”

In the study, in addition to Wang Feng, there were two other men, one of whom was also as pot-bellied as Wang Feng.

"Yes, what Shopkeeper Xu said makes sense. As long as the evidence is destroyed and the land deeds of the county government are burned, this matter can only be turned into a small matter in the end. Although His Royal Highness the King of Chu is an envoy of the dethroned Emperor, he will definitely not stay in Ezhou all the time. ”

The one who spoke was Wang Zhijian, the county governor of Jiangxia County, who was a distant cousin in Wang Feng's family.

"Although there is no evidence, His Royal Highness the King of Chu may not be so easy to fool."

After a brief contact today, Wang Feng has little confidence in getting Li Kuan.

Prior to this, because Ezhou Sima and Biejia were both closely related to the Wang family, although they may not necessarily stand up to support themselves, they will definitely not get along with themselves.

As for Jiangxia County, it has the final say.

So Ezhou Thorn Shi Fangwei really couldn't do anything about him for a while.

In the two-level system of states and counties in the Tang Dynasty, the history of the assassination cannot directly determine the stay of the county order, especially this kind of county order like a snake.

To put it mildly, whether Fang Wei's decree can assassinate the Shi Mansion is a question.

"Mingfu, the Nanyang rice allocated by the imperial court, all the intercepted have been transported to Suzhou and Yangzhou to be sold, and most of the rations of those immigrants have been sold. If the action is slow, once His Royal Highness the King of Chu knows that there is so much grain missing from the granary in Jiangxia County, there will be no room for maneuver in this matter. ”

Xu Jia is the largest businessman in Jiangxia County, and to some extent, he is also Wang Feng's white glove.

Now that this matter has reached Li Kuan, to be honest, Xu Jia is a little more anxious than Wang Feng.

In his opinion, as the core disciple of the Wang family, Wang Feng may be able to escape this catastrophe, but he is very dangerous.

When it matters, no partner can be relied upon.

"Big brother, this granary is our people, as long as the granary is caught on fire by faking a Xu official, even if His Royal Highness the King of Chu wants to investigate this matter deeply, there is no way to do it for a while. If it drags on for a long time, maybe it won't be over. ”

Wang Zhijian also apparently agreed with Xu Jia's proposal.

"Okay, then you can arrange it, and burn this granary tonight."

Wang Feng took two more turns in the study, and finally made up his mind.

……

As night fell, Jiangxia City regained its tranquility.

"In the middle of the night, watch out for the candles!"

On the street, watchmen were banging gongs as usual.

In the backyard of the Tang Imperial Money Village, Li Kuan was still listening to the shopkeeper of the money village introduce himself to the situation in Jiangxia County and Ezhou Mansion.

"In this way, the farmers came out to make trouble today, it should be this Wang Feng and that Xu Jia caused the incident?"

"His Royal Highness the King of Chu, there is no evidence for his subordinates, but judging from the rumors in the market, nine times out of ten this is the case. In Jiangxia City, that Xu Jia's style of acting has always been relatively barbaric, and idlers avoid him. The main reason for the encroachment of the fertile land of those peasant households outside the city was that when the land deeds were handled, the officials of Jiangxia County told them that the fertile land belonged to them, and did not admit that they had opened up the wasteland. ”

"These guys are a good idea. The imperial court promised to give these immigrants 100 acres of Yongye land, and when the people cleared the wasteland, half of it would directly become someone else's. If they only hit the Turks with their ideas, it is estimated that no one will stand up and make trouble, but I didn't expect them to be so greedy that they even encroached on the fields of the farmers who migrated from Guanzhong Province, which is self-defeating. ”

Li Kuan proposed to relocate the Turks, just to solve the scourge of the frontier and promote rice cultivation by the way.

As long as the land can be planted with Nanyang rice, he doesn't really care about who planted it.

These Turks, the land that has been opened up has been encroached upon, you can continue to look for other borderless lands, anyway, the hundred Yongye fields promised by the imperial court will not be missing you.

However, now Jiangxia County has actually extended its hand to the immigrants in Guanzhong Road.

Then I can't bear it.

"His Royal Highness the King of Chu, if you want to track down the Jiangxia County Order and that Xu shopkeeper, your subordinates suggest that you send someone to check the granary in the county first, take stock of the situation in the granary, and then confirm this year's account books, a lot of information may be clear."

"Well, the king knows. Xuan Ce, tomorrow you will take someone to the granary to check and see if you can find something. In addition, help this king to ask that Fang Wei to come over, and this king will see him alone. ”

As soon as Li Kuan's words were finished, a guard hurriedly walked in.

"Lord Wang, the north of Jiangxia City is on fire, it seems that something is on fire."

"On fire?"

Li Kuan hurriedly got up and walked to the door to look.

In those days, the houses were basically made of wood, and fires were no joke.

One accident, the whole workshop was burned down.

"His Royal Highness the King of Chu, that direction seems to be the location of the granary of Jiangxia County."

The poor treasurer of Qianzhuang, who didn't even have a chance to reveal his surname, reminded him on the side.

When Li Kuan heard this, he and Wang Xuance looked at each other.

Is this the rhythm of a granary that catches fire as soon as you check it?

As long as you are not a fool, you now know that this Jiangxia County must have a problem.

Why do these people do this?

"Lord Wang, I suggest sending someone to the county office overnight to seal up the information on the title deed, otherwise maybe one of the wings of the county government will also catch fire in a while."

Wu Meiniang put forward her own suggestions on the side.

"Lord Wang, I'll go."

At the critical moment, Wang Xuance stepped forward.

"Xuanwu, you go to the county government with your eldest brother, take the king's token, whoever dares to stop it, will be killed."

Originally, Li Kuan just had a bad impression of Wang Feng, but on the matter, if Jiangxia County was well governed, he would not have a bad relationship with Wang Feng.

However, in the evening, a group of farmers came to avenge their grievances, and the granary caught fire in the evening.

This is not taking himself as the king of Chu in his eyes at all.

Do you really think you're a snake on the ground?

It's the serpent of the earth who has cut off your head!

Datang is now strong and strong, afraid that you will dare to make trouble with a Langya Wang?

In the past, Li Shimin was more restrained about the family, mainly because these people themselves were also one of the cornerstones of Datang's prosperity, and it was also beneficial to keep them in Datang.

But if these families dare to blatantly violate the law, no one else can say what the court will do to you.

Pull a batch, hit a batch, and support a batch.

In the end, let the family become a booster for the development of Datang, rather than a stumbling block.

This is Li Kuan's way of thinking about dealing with the family.

……

Ezhou Thorn History.

"Fujun, the granary in Jiangxia County is on fire!"

As the history of Ezhou Thorn, Fang Wei is an outsider, although there are not many people who can command the movement.

But no matter how you say it, he is also the boss of Ezhou, and he is a little unsatisfactory, but he is still willing to give it a go and follow this assassination history to see if there is a chance to turn over.

This kind of friendship in the midst of adversity is even more precious.

Therefore, if the granary of Jiangxia County is on fire, he will naturally be able to know it at the first time.

In fact, there is no need to wait until tomorrow, the people of the entire Jiangxia will probably know about it.

After all, tonight the moon and stars are scarce, and the north of the city is full of fire, but anyone who is not blind can notice this.

"This ...... This Wang Feng is too bold, right? ”

No one told Fang Wei that Wang Feng commanded someone to do this.

But there are some things that don't need evidence at all, and you can guess the answer by guessing.

"Yes, although the granary in Jiangxia County should have a serious deficit, there are still some corn and rice in it, and now that it is burned, it is estimated that there will be nothing left."

"Hmph, this Wang Feng is a dog jumping off the wall in a hurry. But it's okay, in this way, it is impossible for His Royal Highness the King of Chu to take care of it even if he doesn't want to. This matter, to put it mildly, is to slap His Royal Highness the King of Chu in the face. ”

Fang Wei breathed a sigh of relief, feeling that he had finally seen the hope of victory.

It's not easy.

I have a dignified history of thorns, but I was actually restrained by a Jiangxia county order, which is really unbelievable.

"I'm afraid that when the time comes, there will really be no proof of death, and let this Wang Feng escape, then he will definitely be even more arrogant in the future. This Jiangxia County is up and down, ironclad, all of them are Wang Feng's people, even if it is our assassination ......"

"Don't worry. I have also heard of the style of His Royal Highness the King of Chu before. People who can write "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" full of scheming, and who have personally been on the battlefield, are definitely not comparable to those gentlemen. ”

Fang Wei had already learned about his situation when he received the news that the imperial court had appointed Li Kuan as the deposed envoy.

Ezhou is an important state capital for the imperial court to promote Nanyang rice, and Li Kuan is definitely going to go.

How to take this opportunity to serve the gang of people in Jiangxia County, this is something that Fang Wei has been preparing for many months.

Otherwise, how could Li Kuan have just arrived in Ezhou and be able to encounter so many things?

Is there really so much coincidence in the world?

Then you'd be stupid.

"Envoy, what do we need to do now?"

"Don't move anything. At this time, for us, it is better to be still than to be still, and when His Royal Highness the King of Chu needs our cooperation, he will naturally find me. ”

Fang Wei was also a little looking forward to how Li Kuan would clean up Wang Feng and the others.

This granary deficit case involves many characters, and it is not possible to achieve results in three clicks or two clicks.

In the middle of the night, no matter what dynasty you are in, you are basically not allowed to walk around the street casually.

Of course, if you walk in the workshop, the management is not so strict, but it is not a big problem.

It's like Pingkang Fang in Chang'an City, just in the workshop, basically no one cares how you like to toss around.

But once out of the workshop, that's not the case.

However, on the street leading to the county government of Jiangxia County, at this time, there were dozens of heavily armed guards of the Chu Wangfu, galloping on horseback.

The sound of horses' hooves woke up many Jiangxia people in their sleep.

Many people secretly opened the windows to take a look at the scene outside, and immediately closed them again.

Although Ezhou has been peaceful for more than 20 years, the older generation still experienced the turmoil at the end of the Sui Dynasty.

Today's incident obviously reveals a strange thing.

"Stop! Who's coming? ”

When the escort team came to the gate of the county office, a subordinate finally stood up to stop it.

However, Wang Xuanwu didn't pay much attention to it at all, took out the token and shook it, "Dodge, I was ordered to depose His Royal Highness the King of Chu and seal the treasury of Jiangxia County." ”

Faced with a Xu official who didn't have any grade, Wang Xuanwu didn't bother to say anything more to him.

Besides, I am now here to trouble Jiangxia County, if I am verbose at the door and leak the news, maybe the key account books will be gone.

"It's the middle of the night, let's talk about it tomorrow if there's anything to talk about......"

"Bump!"

Wang Xuanwu directly pushed him, ignored him, took dozens of guards, and entered the county office with Wang Xuance.

"Quick, go to the backyard to inform Wang County Order, His Royal Highness the King of Chu has sent someone to seal the treasury."

With Wang Xuance's brothers entering the county government, the Jiangxia county government, which had just quieted down, immediately became a mess of chickens and dogs.