In the twenty-first counties of Qindi, Taishou arrived, and that night, the county orders from all over the country went to the banquet, and no one was absent.

On the main seat directly above, Xiao Yuan naturally sits, and Guo Qian sits next to him, and this banquet is also arranged by him.

People were lined up on both sides, each with a case in front of them, and when the wine and food came up, everyone picked up the wine glasses in front of them, faced Xiao Yuan one after another, and said in unison: "I will salute the adults with a cup......"

"Good! Drink this cup to the brim, please! Xiao Yuan didn't ink, and just dried it in one bite.

The atmosphere at the scene was not bad, and after a drink, Guo Qian was the first to give up his hand and say:

"When the adult first arrived, he checked the official documents as soon as he came, he was really self-denying and diligent, and the lower officials admired it in his heart, but I don't know how to check the official documents of the adults, if there was anything bad done by the lower officials before, the adults only punished him."

"Huh?" Xiao Yuan waved his hand and said with a smile: "The official official has seen some of them, well, they are all very good, but this tax is ......."

Halfway through his words, he lost his voice, Guo Qian couldn't help but feel nervous, but without waiting for him to ask, Xiao Yuan said again: "It's too much, 100,000 taels of silver, how can it be done?" ”

Too much? It should be too little, right, Guo Qian was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then asked in a condensed voice: "What do you mean by ......?"

"This official is new, Lord Guo understands." Xiao Yuan still looked smiling.

He had something to say, Guo Qian listened, his eyes rolled, and after thinking about it for a while, he immediately understood that this new Taishou Lord wanted a piece of the pie!

Thinking of this, he immediately smiled and said with a smile: "I understand, I understand, my lord understands, my lord can rest assured." ”

"It's easy to say, it's easy to say." Xiao Yuan also nodded again and again, and said, "Before the official came, thanks to Lord Guo to handle political affairs on his behalf, come, you and I have another drink." ”

He was too guarded and toasted in person, Guo Qian was flattered, and while hurriedly serving the cup, he couldn't help but say: "Where is it, the lord is serious, these are what the lower officials should do." ”

After drinking this glass of wine, Guo Qian also wiped the corners of his mouth with his sleeve and continued: "In addition, in the opinion of the following officials, the Taishou Mansion should also be expanded and modified, what do you think?" ”

This is a reason to accumulate money, Xiao Yuan heard this, looked up and smiled, and said: "Yes, yes, what Master Guo said is very right." ”

"Then, the subordinate will be in charge of this matter?" Guo Qian tried again.

"Okay, okay, then there's Lord Lao Guo to worry about." Xiao Yuan said again and again, showing a very corrupt official.

The two of them talked very happily, and during the trial, Guo Qian thought that Xiao Yuan's temperament was known, and the two laughed from time to time.

But at this time, an official sitting below couldn't help it, he immediately stood up angrily, and said in a shocking voice:

"Although Qindi is poor, but last year, the tax revenue of Lin County alone has exceeded 30,000 taels of silver, and Qinzhou has 21 counties under its jurisdiction, but the official document of the state government said that it was only 100,000 taels! It's ridiculous! The new appointment of Lord Taishou should have been considerate of the people, soothed the people, and checked the situation, but at this time, he was ready to make a big fuss about taxes! It's ridiculous! ”

The official's words stunned everyone, and the banquet, which had a good atmosphere, suddenly became embarrassing.

Xiao Yuan's face sank even more, and when Guo Qian saw this, he hurriedly pointed at the official and shouted, "You are so bold!" ”

"Humph!" Unexpectedly, the official snorted coldly and continued to say rightly: "Corrupt officials and corrupt officials! It will only be flattering and clever words! These words have been held back by this official for a long time! If it weren't for you, Lord Guo Qian, Qinzhou wouldn't be what it is now! ”

As he spoke, he said again: "I thought that the new Taishou would be a master, but I didn't expect it to be the same thing!" ”

"Presumptuous!" At this time, Xiao Yuan spoke, and after slapping the table hard, he pointed to the official and asked, "Who is this person!?" ”

"Lord Hui, this person is Liu Changqing, the county magistrate of Lin County." Guo Qian hurriedly returned.

"Okay, a small county magistrate dares to contradict this official like this! Someone's coming! Xiao Yuan's face was furious, and he immediately shouted.

With his shouting, the two guards walked in quickly, and at the same time clenched their fists and said, "My lord." ”

"Take it!" Xiao Yuan didn't say a word, and directly pointed at Liu Changqing.

"No!" The guards didn't care so much, after getting the order, they stepped forward directly, and Liu Changqing was about to go out with one left and one right.

The latter was restrained, but his mouth was still shouting: "I have seen my face too much!" Liu Changqing is not afraid! Corrupt officials! Corrupt officials—"

He was dressed in a county official uniform, about thirty years old, relatively thin, and looked like a literati, when he was dragged out, he shouted like this, Xiao Yuan wrote down his name in his heart, but his face pretended to be angry again, and he couldn't help pointing at Liu Changqing again and again, and said very angrily:

"Yes, yes! This small county order is simply bold! Drag me down! Go to death row! Pick a day to behold! ”

"Stolen officer! Corrupt officials—" Liu Changqing was still yelling, but he was quickly dragged away.

After this turmoil, the other officials swallowed their saliva, and Xiao Yuan sat back down, as if nothing had happened, and said:

"Don't pay attention to these traitors who have committed the following crimes, come on, come on, and this official will have another drink with you."

"Ah, Lord Keitahou......" The people came back to their senses and hurriedly took their cups.

This banquet and Xiao Yuan's performance made Guo Qian and them relax their vigilance, and in turn, they also regarded Xiao Yuan as the same role as their predecessor Taishou.

The banquet was about to disperse, Xiao Yuan drank a lot, and he pretended to be drunk and was helped back.

As soon as he left, the other officials began to talk to each other, and someone said:

"It seems that our Taishou is no different from the previous ones."

"Hmph, thousands of miles as an official, it's all for money."

Guo Qian also sneered and said, "It's just right, he got rid of Liu Changqing for us, so that that guy wouldn't get in the way." ”

"But Xiao Yuan, this person, he said that he would be killed, which is a bit ruthless." There is another humanity.

"What's ruthless, that's because Liu Changqing exposed his shortcomings, how can he bear it." Guo Qian sneered.

Hearing this, the official nodded: "This is also true, or Lord Guo can see it clearly." ”

On the other side, after returning to the Taishou Mansion, Xiao Yuan also rubbed his forehead and asked a little tiredly: "By the way, what about Liu Changqing, the county commander of Linxian County?" ”

"Sent to death row." Liu Yuzhi said with a smile.

"Yes." Xiao Yuan nodded: "Wronged him first, and then I will personally compensate for it." ”

"Your Excellency is clever in this strategy."

Liu Yuzhi said: "At that time, Liu Changqing was put on death row by an adult and beheaded on a certain day, but none of the officials on the scene came out to plead, which is very revealing." ”

"That's right, this just shows that these people all want Liu Changqing to die."