"Dong County Order, it's too wrongful for you to say that!"

"That's right! Even if we have the audacity, we don't dare to spread rumors! ”

"We are all businessmen, just thinking about doing a little business and supporting our families!"

All the grain merchants, you say a word, and I say a word.

Dong Xuan nodded and said: "You have not spread rumors, that is the best, and I hope that you can all be consistent in your words and deeds, if I find out who has committed illegal acts, I will put the ugly words here today, and I Dong Xuan will not be spared." ”

As he spoke, Dong Xuan's eyes were like electricity, scanning left and right, and all the grain merchants shrank their necks and lowered their heads one after another, not daring to meet Dong Xuan's eyes.

Seeing that everyone stopped talking, Dong Xuanzheng said: "From tomorrow, I want the price of grain in Luoyang to return to the price of the previous year, what do you think?" ”

As soon as he said this, there was a noise in the wine house again, and the grain merchants exchanged their heads and talked about it.

After waiting for a while, Dong Xuan coughed twice and asked, "Do you still have any questions?" ”

The wine house gradually quieted down, and an elderly grain merchant cleared his throat and said: "It stands to reason that since the Dong County Order has opened its mouth, we must give this face, but this time the Dong County Order has allowed us to reduce the price of grain to the price of the previous year, which is ...... It's too hard! ”

"Oh?"

Dong Xuan was happy and asked with a smile: "I want to hear it, where is it difficult for a strong man!" ”

"Dong County Order, the price of grain we collect this year is higher than last year!"

Hearing the words of the elderly grain merchants, the grain merchants present all nodded their heads in agreement.

The elder grain merchant continued: "Dong County Order, the peasants in the countryside are not stupid! Last year, His Majesty was in Chang'an, just waiting for the autumn harvest, so that the grain and grass could be collected and the western expedition was carried out, and this matter was not a secret, and the people knew that the western expedition would consume a lot of grain and grass, so there would be a shortage of grain this year, so when the grain was harvested last year, the peasants raised the grain price a lot, if we still sold grain at last year's price, then ...... That's making us lose money! ”

"Yes, Dong County Order, we grain merchants also have to make money to eat, if we are asked to do things that lose money and make money, our whole family will have to drink the northwest wind!"

"Dong County Order, now let's lower the price of food, it's too difficult for the strong!"

The grain merchants began to speak again, and I began to shout again and again.

Dong Xuan didn't speak, picked up the teacup, and drank the tea slowly.

Zhang Ben stood up, his eyes scanning everyone like electricity.

Seeing that Zhang Ben's face was not good, people's shouting became smaller and smaller, and finally disappeared completely.

Hearing that the grain merchants were silent, Dong Xuanfang put down the teacup and said slowly: "I think, you have all misunderstood, I came to you this time, not to discuss with you, but to convey to you the decree of the county government, of course, this is also the meaning of the imperial court." ”

A grain merchant in his early forties stood up and said loudly: "No matter whose order it is, we can't let our grain merchants not be able to eat, right?" ”

Speaking of this, the middle-aged grain merchant took a deep breath and said with a sinking face: "Dong County Order, there is still something to do next, so I will leave first!" ”

The one who spoke, named Shen Kai, was the eldest brother of the imperial envoy Tang Lian.

Because of his affinity with the imperial envoy, this Shen Kai is not only the number one person among the grain merchants, but also the number one person in the entire Luoyang City.

Others may be afraid of Dong Xuan, but he is not afraid.

Although the imperial envoy is not a big official, he is a close minister of the Son of Heaven, and he is the eyes and ears of the Son of Heaven to govern the world.

Shen Kai didn't give Dong Xuanqing a face, and walked out.

Zhang Ben grinned secretly, this Shen Kai is not a character who can be easily touched.

He was pondering in his heart when he suddenly felt a cold gaze sweeping towards him.

He subconsciously turned his head to look, only to see Dong Xuanzheng looking at him intently.

Zhang Ben swallowed his saliva and looked at Dong Xuan with an embarrassed expression.

Dong Xuan's eyes were even colder, and for a moment, Zhang Ben felt like he had fallen into an ice cave.

Get! This red face that offends people has to sing it! He touched the saber under his side, and felt that it was inappropriate, so he grabbed a stick from the hand of the soldier beside him.

Zhang Ben took three steps into two steps, rushed to the gate of the wine house, blocked the door, and said to Shen Kai, who came close to him: "Mr. Shen, the adults have not spoken, no one is allowed to leave, please return to your seat immediately!" ”

Shen Kai tilted his head, looked Zhang Ben up and down, and said: "County Lieutenant Zhang, I have already said that there is something at home, and now I have to rush back to deal with it, I don't have time to accompany you here!" Get out of the way! ”

Zhang Ben stood up and didn't move.

Seeing this, Shen Kai got angry, pushed Zhang Ben hard, and shouted, "I told you to get out of the way!" ”

Shen Kai is a businessman after all, not a martial arts practitioner, and his strength is limited, while Zhang Ben is a ruffian born in a gangster, strong and strong, and was pushed by Shen Kai, and his body stood in place, not moving.

Seeing this, Shen Kai was furious and was about to continue pushing Zhang Ben, Dong Xuan said slowly: "County Lieutenant Zhang! ”

"The lower official is here!"

Zhang Ben hurriedly bowed and bowed.

"Discount his legs!"

Dong Xuan's voice was calm and unhurried.

"Huh?"

As soon as he said this, Zhang Ben was dumbfounded, and everyone present was also dumbfounded.

Shen Kai wondered if his ears had heard it wrong, so he turned his head in disbelief, looked at Dong Xuan, and asked loudly, "Dong County Order, are you crazy?"

Do you know what you're talking about? ”

Dong Xuan ignored him at all, he held the teacup, squinted his eyes, looked directly at Zhang Ben, and said, "County Lieutenant Zhang didn't hear the words of this order clearly? ”

Zhang Ben swallowed his saliva and said dumbfoundedly, "My lord, this ...... This ...... "Shen Kai is a relative of the imperial envoy after all, and it depends on the master to beat the dog, if he really discounts Shen Kai's leg now, how can he explain it to the imperial envoy Tang?"

"County Lieutenant Zhang, I'll say it again, discount Shen Kai's leg!"

Zhang Ben's body was shocked, and he didn't dare to hesitate anymore, raised the stick in his hand, and without warning, aimed at Shen Kai's legs, and swept over fiercely.

There was a crisp snap in the ear chakra, and the stick slammed into the outside of Shen Kai's left leg knee, and the sound of bones breaking was clearly audible.

Shen Kai tilted to one side, fell to the ground on his back, and was stunned for a moment, then he opened his mouth wide, let out a scream like killing a pig, holding his discounted left leg, and rolled left and right.

Dong Xuan said expressionlessly: "Both legs are discounted!" ”

Zhang Ben put his heart on the side, and he also let it go, anyway, Dong Xuan is his top boss, whatever Dong Xuan commands, he will do it.

He picked up the stick, aimed it at Shen Kai's right knee, and smashed it down with another stick.

Click! With the sound of bones breaking, Shen Kai's screams stopped abruptly, and the whole person had fainted.

Seeing Shen Kai lying on the ground, his face was pale, and he was already motionless, like Shen Kai who had died in the past, Dong Xuan put down the teacup in his hand, glanced left and right, and asked slowly: "Let me say it again, now the grain prices in Luoyang and even Henan are too high, the people can no longer afford it, and the grain prices must be lowered. ”

When the grain merchants present heard this, their bodies trembled, and their faces were as white as earth, and their bodies sitting on the couch trembled non-stop.

The elderly grain merchant who was still talking about it just now and spoke out against it, hurriedly stepped forward and said: "Dong County order, the grass people must cooperate with the county government and the imperial court, tomorrow, tomorrow morning, the grain price of the Fulai granary will be ...... It will return to the price it was a year ago! ”

As soon as he said his position, other grain merchants also rushed to say that they would reduce the price of their granaries.

At the beginning, they argued with reason and were unwilling to reduce the price, because they didn't know how determined the county government and the imperial court were.

Now Dong Xuan is showing that he doesn't recognize his six relatives, and even opened the uncle of the imperial envoy Tang Lian and discounted his legs, which shows that the county government is very determined to reduce the price this time, and there must be the support of the imperial court behind it.

This is not a joke, now that you are working against the county government, you will really lose your head.

When Dong Xuan heard this, he nodded with satisfaction, the coldness on his face was swept away, he arched his hand to everyone present, and said with a smile: "When the country is in danger, you can measure the imperial court and the Son of Heaven, Dong Xuan has thanked you here."

I hope you all eat and drink well for tonight's meal! ”

As he spoke, Dong Xuan turned his head and said to the entourage on the side: "Let the store serve wine and food!" ”

Zhang Ben coughed dryly and asked, "My lord, what about it...... Shen Kai dragged him out ......" to spread rumors and try to provoke a popular uprising, and was put in prison, and he immediately sent someone to seal up the Shen family's Dafu granary, and all the grain in the granary was confiscated. ”

Dong Xuan is not very powerful in his days, but once he is powerful, it is by no means a joke, even Liu Xiu, the son of heaven, is afraid of Dong Xuan.

Luoyang ordered Dong Xuan to discount Shen Kai's two legs, and also put Shen Kai in prison and seized the Shen family's Dafu granary.

People thought that Dong Xuan had offended Tang Lian completely, and he was afraid that he would be unlucky next, but surprisingly, Dong Xuan did not do anything at all, but Tang Lian was dismissed.

Liu Xiu trusted the imperial envoy, but the requirements for the imperial envoy were also extremely strict.

Tang Lian was the imperial envoy, but his relatives took advantage of the difficulties of the imperial court to raise the price of grain, even if Tang Lian himself was not involved in this matter, but Liu Xiu could no longer tolerate Tang Lian to continue to serve as the imperial envoy.

Tang Lian was also demoted from the imperial envoy to the bus to be recruited because of Shen Kai's relationship, that is, he became a reserve cadre of the country.

If it is a civilian, the chance of being summoned by the Son of Heaven is almost 20 percent, and the chance of being summoned by the Son of Heaven is estimated to be less than 1 in 1,000 if the minister of the DPRK and the central government is demoted to the bus to be recruited.

The career of the imperial envoy Tang Lian has almost come to an end.

After dealing with Tang Lian's matter, Liu Xiu summoned Dong Xuan and Zhang Ben again, and he was very satisfied with the performance of the Luoyang County Government, and specially rewarded Dong Xuan with 100 silk silks and Zhang Ben with 50 silk silks.

Leaving the palace and looking back at the reward of the Son of Heaven who crashed into the carriage, Zhang Ben felt refreshed and walked with a sense of fluttering.

He said happily: "If you offend the imperial history, you are fine, but you can still bring down the imperial envoy, the adult can be called the first person!" ”

Dong Xuan glanced at Zhang Ben and said, "I don't have that much ability, my ability is all from the Son of Heaven Shengming!" ”

If someone else were to be the emperor, Dong Xuan might not dare to do this, but Liu Xiu would dare to do so if he was the emperor.

Very simply, Liu Xiu is open-minded, fair, and distinguishes between right and wrong.

Dong Xuan is not a close minister of the Son of Heaven, he may not be much favored, and Liu Xiu doesn't like him much, but he knows very well that as long as he sits upright, behaves rightly, and is loyal to the court, then the Son of Heaven is his biggest backer, even if some of his practices will be excessive, the Son of Heaven will definitely help him bear it.

It is precisely because of this trust in Liu Xiu that Dong Xuan dares to strictly enforce the law without any worries no matter who he faces, whether the other party is a princess or a minister.

It can be said that the reason why Dong Xuan can become a cool official recorded in the history of the Qing is purely because he was raised by Liu Xiu.

At the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China, all kinds of ruins were waiting to be rebuilt, and the government decrees were chaotic.

Those who followed Liu Xiu and started by rebelling have changed their identities too much, from the bottom of society to the top of society, including their relatives and friends, it is inevitable that they will become arrogant and domineering, and they will bully others.

And Liu Xiu's temperament is soft, he is very protective of people and things, and he himself knows his weaknesses, so he needs to have a group of cool officials who don't recognize his six relatives to help him strictly enforce the law and deter the powerful.

Dong Xuan is just one of the many cool officials under Liu Xiu.