At this time, Zheng An, the head of Anze County, was still kneeling on the ground, trembling there.

Just kidding, Ye Xiaodie was found by him, although the assassination did not have anything to do with him, but if the king blames him, not only will it be difficult for others to protect their heads, but I am afraid that the whole family will have to suffer! How could he not be afraid!

After a while, Lu Chen retracted his thoughts, and seeing that Zheng An was still kneeling below, he squinted his eyes and said, "Lord Zheng, this king wants to ask you something. ”

Ah! Hearing this, Zheng An trembled even more, and stammered, "Big ...... Excuse me, my lord......"

Lu Chen asked, "What is the population in Anze County?" ”

I thought that the king would ask himself, but he didn't expect to suddenly ask this, Zheng An was stunned at first, and then said truthfully: "Back to the king, the county ...... According to the records recorded by the county government in the past, there are more than 2.6 million people in Anze County, and they are now ...... The current population, Wechen has been in the process of inventory and registration, and it has not yet been completed. ”

Lu Chen nodded, and asked again, "What about the county town?" ”

"It has a population of more than 700,000." Zheng An replied again.

"Then why didn't the king see the bustling street market when he came to the county town? Kindness? Lu Chen asked again.

"This ......"

"Humph! Although it is peaceful on the surface! But as soon as this king enters the county, he can feel that the people in the county dare to be angry but dare not speak! Lu Chen said sharply:

"Is that how you rule a county!? This king knows that you have the heart to protect you! But this king doesn't like the feudal officials to disturb the common people! Can you get the idea!? ”

"Minister...... The minister is guilty......" Zheng An said in fear.

"And!" Lu Chen looked at Liu Ben again and said, "This king heard that Captain Liu led the county army to arrest the people in the city!" Is there such a thing!? ”

Liu Ben hurriedly knelt on the ground, and Lu Chen then shouted: "Do you think that this king doesn't know anything? This king doesn't have such a big shelf! There is no need for such fanfare! If this king needs to capture so many people everywhere he goes! Does that make this king dare not leave the palace in the future!? ”

Hearing this, Liu Ben was suddenly startled, and said in fear: "The king forgives the sin, the minister, the minister does not dare!" ”

"What else would you not dare!?" Lu Chen shouted again, and then pointed at the two of them: "This king now gives you two choices." ”

"Please show me, the king." The two said in unison.

"First, resign from your current official position and go home to farm!"

Yes? When the two of them heard this, their bodies suddenly tightened, and at the same time they raised their heads and looked at Lu Chen, Zheng An pleaded: "The king ......"

Before he could finish speaking, Lu Chen had already said again: "Second, immediately release the imprisoned people and apologize to them!" ”

"Choose one of the two, choose for yourself!"

You must know that although Zheng An is in front of Lu Chen, he is afraid of something, but he is also the highest administrator of a county, the official is the same as the three products, and he is a feudal official, among the people, it can be said that his identity is the supreme existence!

Now, Lu Chen asked him to apologize to the imprisoned people, and Zheng An immediately said with a bitter face: "King, this is ...... Weichen, Weichen is an official of my Fengguo, apologize to those people, I'm afraid, I'm afraid it will lose the prestige of my country's officials......"

"What official majesty!?" Lu Chen said angrily: "You come to tell this king, what is an official!?" ”

"This ......"

"Official, not only to govern a place! We must also be considerate of the people's livelihood! Make the people have enough food and clothing! Sit under one’s own vine and fig tree! It's not for you to accumulate grievances! Lu Chen reprimanded again.

He doesn't mind officials playing prestige, an official, with a noble status, higher than ordinary people, it is normal to play prestige, but he doesn't do it!

In his opinion, if a local official governs a place well, the local people will naturally support it, respect it, and sing praises to him, this is majesty, this is a majesty that does not need to be deliberately created!

Seeing that Zheng An and Liu Ben were still a little unable to pull their faces, Lu Chen laughed angrily and said angrily: "What? Do you want this king to do this for you? ”

Ah! Let the king apologize to the people on his behalf? How is this possible!? Hearing this, the two of them were suddenly frightened, and hurriedly kowtowed: "Don't dare!" Don't dare! The ministers obey the king's orders......"

"Today, the king is not interested, let's disperse!" Lu Chen got up and said.

"Huh? Oh...... Weichen sent off the king. Zheng An hurriedly said.

After leaving the county government, Liang Xiao asked curiously: "King, you said before, maybe you shouldn't govern Zhangdi like this, Weichen is quite curious, I don't know if the king can show it." ”

Lu Chen pondered for a while, and said as he walked: "From Ye Xiaodie's incident, it can be seen that there is a problem, that is, although Zhangdi is occupied by our army, the people in its territory still call themselves Zhangren, this is a very serious problem, we have to think of a way to assimilate it and the people of my Fengguo, otherwise, even if the entire Zhangdi is annexed by our country, there will always be a difference between the Fengguo and the Zhangguo, once this is the case, there will be a big problem!" ”

Liang Xiao didn't understand this, in his opinion, as long as he annexed the Zhang Kingdom, everything in the Zhang Country would belong to the Wind Country.

But Lu Chen obviously didn't think it was so simple.

The next day, more than 1,000 people who were arrested for no reason were released, and then, under Lu Chen's royal order, Zheng An and Liu Ben were forced to salute those people with a bitter face, and then said some apologies to the people in great embarrassment.

Although the two of them are very embarrassed, what are the identities of the two of them in Anze County? When the people saw this, they thought it was incredible! People even wonder if there's something wrong with their eyes! The county army arrested them, and it was already very good if they were not unjustly killed, and now the county head and the lieutenant of the military academy actually apologized to themselves as civilians?

This matter quickly spread in Anze, although its matter was very small, but its effect was unexpected by Lu Chen.

Outside the mountains and wilderness of the county town, surrounded by forests and streams, in a bamboo house with an extremely beautiful environment, a woman in Tsing Yi with a white gauze mask lowered her head to play the piano, and when the sound of the piano fell, she raised her head slightly, looked into the distance, and muttered:

"Perhaps, he is right, the people of the Central Plains are the same nation, although they have national names, but they are all subjects of the empire, if someone can unify the world, so that the Central Plains will no longer have so many countries, there will not be so many disputes......"

She withdrew her gaze and continued to bow her head slightly, looking at the strings in front of her in a silent daze.

The white veil on her face covered most of her face, revealing only a pair of moving eyes, and her hair was lightly pulled with plain makeup, which was not beautiful.

Suddenly, she really wanted to play a natural sound for him.

(End of chapter)