Chapter 73: Fighting Thieves with Thieves (Seeking Collection)
"What does the virtuous nephew command, although it is said, the old man will fully cooperate!" Jin Xuan was naturally very happy when he heard that Liu Cong had a way to deal with the Wuling group of thieves, if it was before, such a young second son, Jin Xuan couldn't believe it, but he was peaceful. The deeds of attacking Jiangling, Jin Xuan had long been known from Liu Biao's official documents. Honghu's clever plan to suppress bandits and divide the bandits has long been spread throughout the three counties.
The most important thing is that Liu Cong has the identity of the second son, and he can also mobilize more than 8,000 elite soldiers, these energies are beyond the reach of Jin Xuan, if Liu Cong really helps himself, maybe he can really remove a big hidden danger for Wuling County. Jin Xuan is naturally willing to fully cooperate!
"Then please invite the adults to recruit the county commanders and county lieutenants from the surrounding counties in the future, and invite them together with the list of evil youths that the adults have mastered, Cong has his own way."
"Okay!" Jin Xuan saw that Liu Cong didn't say what to do, and thought that he needed to keep it secret for the time being, so of course he sent someone to inform the county magistrates of neighboring Linyuan County and the children of wealthy families in the city, and two days later they discussed important matters in Taishou Mansion.
I heard that Liu Cong had a way to control the thieves, and Jiang Wan, Pan Rui and others also waited and waited. Han Yi looked at Liu Cong even more curiously, this second son, there will be wonderful stories everywhere he goes. It's really worth the trip to follow him to two counties in a row!
When he returned to the post house to rest, Han Yi wanted to put some news from Liu Cong's mouth, but Liu Cong resolutely didn't say anything, so angry that Han Yi wanted to beat someone, but he let Liu Cong go because he thought that there would be a good show to watch in a few days.
Liu Cong calmed down and was not idle, but whenever he used strategy, he had to plan everything in advance, and while there was still time, he needed to plan well.
Two days later, in the hall of Wuling Taishou Mansion, the six county commanders and county lieutenants of the neighboring Linyuan County, as well as nearly 30 children of wealthy families nearby, were full of them one by one. Jin Xuan got up and introduced Liu Cong's identity to those present, and returned to his seat to watch Liu Cong's performance.
Liu Cong first asked Huang Quan, Liu Yin and others to close the door, and then ordered Liu Pan and Huang Zhong to stand behind them with knives.
After everything was ready, he stood up and saluted to the thirty or so evil youths, and said slowly: "Lord Jin asked General Zhennan for help to arrest the thief, and he was entrusted with a heavy task in the next place. I won't hide it from you, at the beginning, Liu Cong was suppressing bandits in Zigui purely by relying on the strength of the crowd.
Today, entrusted by General Zhennan and warmly invited by Lord Jin, Liu Cong couldn't think of any good way, so he went to Linyuan County to understand the situation, but he didn't think that he would encounter the young master of the Tian family.
After thinking about it, the old method still worked, so I sent someone back to Jiangling, ready to send 2,000 elite soldiers to help, and if it was not enough, I could send another 2,000. Now there are 8,000 soldiers in Nanjun, and I believe it is more than enough to deal with some thieves. However, it will take time to send troops.
You are all well-known people in this county, and I invite you here today to help maintain law and order and eliminate harm to the people. I believe you will not refuse! ”
Everyone looked at each other, excuse themselves, how to excuse themselves, those pro-soldiers behind you are all fierce and vicious, you have to send 2,000 elite soldiers to come, 2,000 is not enough for 4,000, I will wait for the resignation, waiting for fear that it will be a raid! These people are evil, but they are not stupid! Liu Cong is not a conspiracy, it is a conspiracy, it is a conspiracy, it is relying on the strength of the crowd, the thieves do not accept him, the wealthy family does not obey, and he exterminates the clan!
At this time, the evil young people remembered some of the legends about Liu Cong in the past, and now it seems that eighty percent of them are true. This second son is not easy to mess with!
"In view of the large number of thieves, Liu Cong came up with a way, the method of zoning and rule, I have six followers here, each in charge of a county. What is the division of labor of you......" After Liu Cong finished his opening remarks, he divided these evil young people into lots according to the list handed over to him by Jin Xuan in advance, and ordered them to be responsible for the anti-theft matters in the lot.
"You will be granted the title of Governor of Thieves in your respective lots. In the future, no matter whose jurisdiction there is a robbery, if the thief is not caught, the governor of the lot will be punished as deliberately letting the thief go! ”
"Lord Liu......" As soon as Liu Cong's words came out, these evil young people were stupid, when they were assigned lots before, they were still very puzzled, why this happened, and now when they hear it, these two sons are really prepared. No wonder he came to attack the Tian family, and sent 2,000 elite soldiers to come! This is clearly a salute before the soldiers, what is the chief of thieves, if you can't catch thieves in the jurisdiction, you have to be implicated, it seems that these two sons know the current situation of Wuling well......
It's just that in this way, if the Hao clan wants to join forces to resist, there is no chance to resist, and the two thousand soldiers of Jin Xuan in the past have some carelessness, so with the addition of two thousand, they will not dare to make a mistake. If it is stiff, Liu Cong will send 8,000 elite soldiers from Nanjun over, and he will only be afraid of overkill! Families are likely to face even greater losses.
One of the well-behaved fellows quickly knelt down and confessed the several robbery cases he knew. At the beginning of him, some other timid evildoers also rushed to tell the truth about the local theft case, and made a list of perpetrators. And those who had escaped or hid were also confessed.
Seeing this, Jin Xuan immediately ordered someone to record it in detail, and after the evil people left, Jin Xuan praised Liu Ruizhi. Liu Cong was not complacent and smiled, "My lord, this is far from enough. I also ask your Excellency to order that notices be posted throughout the city gates: All those who have been thieves should hurry to the government and turn themselves in, and those who surrender may be exempted from punishment or given a lighter punishment. Once those who do not turn themselves in within one month from today are found, they will be beheaded, their family property will be confiscated, and the confiscated family property will be used to reward those who surrender! ”
"This method works, this method works!" Jin Xuan heard this, and hurriedly ordered his subordinates to do the same. The carrot and stick policy was learned by Liu Cong from later generations. However, it can be regarded as Zhang Youchi when it is used in the detection of thieves, and Jin Xuan and others think it is good.
After listening to this, Jiang Wan, Pan Rui and others also felt that Liu Cong was thoughtful and thoughtful, and the sense of worship in his heart was expanding infinitely!
In Linyuan County, as soon as the notice of Taishou Mansion was posted, most of the thieves who were originally frightened by Liu Cong were accomplices of thieves, or their backstage, and hurriedly and secretly informed them of the news.
At Liu Cong's suggestion, Jin Xuan also began to train the county soldiers in the city on a large scale, saying that it was to prepare for the upcoming anti-theft operation.
In this way, the leaders of those wealthy clans couldn't sit still, and they inquired about each other's news, and some people asked someone to go to the Taishou Mansion to understand Tian Yuguang, the eldest young master of Tianfu. From Tian Yuguang's mouth, he was even more shocked after learning that Liu Cong and others used eight people to deal with sixty or seventy members of the Tian family that day.
After thinking about it, these managers felt that Liu Cong was a ruthless character, and it was better to let their thieves turn themselves in and fight for leniency.
In this way, the effect of Liu Cong's method can be imagined, most of the thieves surrendered in just a few days, and Jin Xuan checked them one by one according to the list of thieves provided by the chief thief supervisor and the person who surrendered.
For the thieves who turned themselves in before, Jin Xuan also fulfilled Liu Cong's previous promise and ordered them to be new people and support themselves. For a time, in the territory of Wuling, there were really thieves who disappeared!
For just a few days to be able to get the support of the wealthy families in the county without hurting the peace, and arrest most of the thieves, it really surprised Jin Xuan, Jin Xuan had the intention to keep Liu Cong for a few more days, but Liu Cong couldn't stay any longer, Wuling is a big matter, and his affairs in Nanjun are even bigger, so he said goodbye to Jin Xuan and went to Jiangling to catch up.
After all, Liu Cong is the Taishou of Nanjun, Jin Xuanzi'an will not force him to stay, but he just took out some valuable gifts and gave them to Liu Cong, and repaired a letter to inform Liu Biao in detail about Liu Cong's assistance in Wuling to arrest thieves, in which Jin Xuan did not hide his good impression of Liu Cong, and praised Liu Cong for how smart and wise he was from the beginning. Maybe Liu Biao thought that this was Liu Cong's instruction after receiving the letter.
Regarding Liu Cong's actions in Lingling and Wuling, Jiang Wan saw it in his eyes and remembered it in his heart, if Jiang Wan only regarded Liu Cong as a simple second son. Now it seems that he underestimated Liu Cong. Liu Min and Pan Rui also admired Liu Cong very much in their hearts.
Especially Pan Rui was full of emotion, if Liu Cong had come to Wuling a few months earlier, he would still be a wealthy family at that time. But after thinking about it, if Liu Cong had come early, maybe he would not have gone to Jiangling with Liu Cong, and naturally there would be no Liu Cong's arrest of thieves in Wuling. Then sooner or later, my family will still be remembered by these thieves, maybe this is fate. is still in his own life is not too bad, and being able to follow a lord like Liu Cong will inevitably lead to glory and wealth in the future.