Chapter 897: Sweeping the Courtyard

Two people and four good horses, the speed of the return journey is much faster than when they came. Fang Xie and Xiang Qingniu were basically camping in the wild, afraid that the white lion would bring panic to the people along the way. Although everyone knows that Zhen Guogong has a white lion mount, who believes that Zhen Guogong will travel without escorts?

When passing by a small county town, Fang Xie stopped and glanced at the white lion: "Now that the dry food has been cut off, I want to go to the city to buy some, don't run far away nearby, and don't go into the city." ”

The white lion had long been used to it, twisted his body and ran away.

When Fang Xie and Xiang Qingniu arrived at the edge of the county seat, they were stopped by the officers and soldiers guarding the door. The leader was a man who looked to be in his thirties, and the black flag military trumpet uniform on his body was very casually worn, because the weather was hot, and he didn't wear a leather helmet. When he saw Fang Xie and them coming, his eyes kept flickering on Fang Xie and Xiang Qingniu's mounts.

"Stop"

He came to the gate of the city and stopped: "Lead the way, where are the people, where are you going." ”

Fang explained: "From Xinyang City, I want to go to Suzaku County. ”

"Xinyang is here?"

Shi Chang took the Lu Yin handed over by Fang Xie and looked at it casually, and suddenly waved his hand: "Take down the two of them!" ”

More than a dozen officers and soldiers guarding the city gate immediately surrounded them, drew their horizontal knives and looked at Fang Jie.

"There is a war going on in Xinyang City, and I suspect that you two are spies sent by the enemy. You are a businessman on the road, but you are not bringing goods, and you are riding a war horse! ”

This Shi Chang sneered: "Get off the horse honestly and follow me to the yamen!" ”

Xiang Qingniu was a little annoyed, and just as he was about to speak, Fang Xie waved his hand, took off a sign from his waist and threw it over: "The road guide I gave you just now was specially issued to avoid trouble, this is my waist card." ”

Shi Chang took it and looked at it, and saw that the sign was engraved with a few words on the seal, and he didn't know it: "You are so bold to admit that this road guide is forged!" Come on, take them down, and send the war horse to the Louzhi County Mansion for me...... No, it was sent to the county government for safekeeping, this is evidence! ”

Fang Jie's face changed: "You can't read my brand?" ”

The chief casually threw the sign engraved with the three words Xiao Riding School to one of his subordinates: "I don't care what the hell you are, now I suspect that you are a spy, you roll off the horse honestly, or let you taste the whip in the uncle's hand." Seeing that you are also born white, it is not expected that you are doing anything serious. ”

Xiang Qingniu's eyes froze slightly, but Fang Xie slowly shook his head. He jumped off his horse and walked slowly into the gates. Xiang Qingniu didn't know what Fang Xie was going to do, so he also dismounted and walked inside.

"This person, really special mother's not going to be on the road."

Nash smacks at you, "Damn, it's really stupid or fake stupid." ”

A soldier came over and stabbed Fang Jie: "You are really not a Taoist, do you have any silver on you, if you bring it, take it out and pay homage, if you have silver, who cares where you came from?" You can't walk on such a bright road, but you want to enter the yamen? I can tell you, when you enter the yamen, whether you are really wronged or falsely wronged, you have to take off a layer of skin first when you go down to the board in Louzhi County. ”

"Lou Zhi County?"

Fang Xie couldn't help but ask: "When did this Lou Zhixian arrive?" ”

"This Pinggu County has always been Louzhi County, and you don't know if you are an outsider. Our Lou Zhixian is a great character, isn't Luo Yao powerful? When Luo Yao came, even the governor of Huangyang Road was forced to jump off the city and fall to his death, but our Louzhi County was alive and well. Later, our Zhenguo Gong arrived at Huangyang Road, Louzhi County is still Louzhi County, and there is no need for me to say more, it is better to be smart than anything else. ”

"Oh"

Fang Xie nodded: "I don't have the silver, I didn't bring it in a hurry, why don't you take me to meet your Lou County Commander who no one can knock down." ”

"!"

The soldier scolded: "Toast and don't eat and drink, when you get to the county hall, I think it's your mouth or your backbone is hard, even if it's hard, it's not as hard as the killing stick in our hands." ”

Xiang Qingniu followed behind Fang Xie and glanced at the soldier with pity, too lazy to say anything.

"What a horse!"

Behind them, the chief touched the neck of the war horse and exclaimed: "These good horses will be sent to Lou County Commander for a while, Lou County Commander has long wanted a few good horses to go out hunting, but it is too difficult for us to find war horses in the far away place of Emperor Gao." Someone sent it this time, don't do it in vain. ”

A soldier looked at the sign carefully: "What if there is a big man from here?" This brand is exquisitely made, as if it has some origins. ”

"Whatever!"

Shi Chang gestured to wipe his neck: "What if you have a background?" At first glance, they had no companions, otherwise they would not have to bring two horses each, and since there was no backup, it didn't matter who he was. If you die in a prison, even if someone comes to check at that time, everyone says they haven't seen it, and they can find a fart. ”

"I heard that the Xiao Riding School under Zhen Guogong handled the case, and it was very powerful."

"What a fart!"

Nashi scolded a sentence: "It's all fucking boasting, let Lao Tzu be the prince of the town, not necessarily by anyone!" ”

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The county jail

Fang Xie looked around and couldn't help but sigh: "I thought that Huangyang Dao, the land under my rule, was the best place, after all, I had been operating here for several years, and I didn't expect that there would be such a county commander and such a soldier...... The gatekeeper is so arrogant, you can imagine what virtue the county ordered. The people here must have suffered a lot of hardships and wrongs. ”

"Such a trivial matter, you can just deal with it later."

Xiang Qingniu looked at the dirty cell and frowned: "Why do you have to come in and take a look yourself, hand it over to Chen Xiaoru, and ensure that the eight ancestors of this Lou County Order can be turned out, let alone do any bad things." ”

"I just want to see how bad the officials under my rule can be."

Fang Xie shook his head and said, "Anyway, it's not a short time or two, I want the people under my rule to live a relatively best life, so the appointment and dismissal of officials in various places specially ordered people to be carefully selected." This Lou Zhi County was already an official here before Luo Yao came, and he was still an official here after a few years, if it wasn't for someone in the camp to cover for him, how could he not have been cleaned up? Look at the soldiers in my Black Flag uniform! ”

A wisp of murderous intent flashed in Fang Jie's eyes: "The name of the Black Flag Army will most likely be destroyed in the hands of such a person." I do ten things for the people, and the people may know how good I am. If these patients do a bad thing and the scum of the black flag military trumpet uniform, the people will remember my badness! ”

Xiang Qingniu sighed and said: "Actually, you don't have to be so angry, throughout the ages, in all dynasties, unless the emperor is stupid to a certain point, most of the decisions made by the people above are beneficial to the people." When there is a disaster, the money should be allocated. If the army is sent, the army will be sent. But...... When I got to the government below, this good policy changed its flavor. Not a single piece of the money that was set aside from above could reach the people. ”

"How?"

He asked.

Xiang Qingniu found a fairly clean place to sit down: "As far as I know, even when the Great Sui was at its peak, there were a lot of local grievances, but the local officials were just protecting each other for their own future, and the people had grievances, and they couldn't report them at all." ”

"There is no cure."

Fang explained: "I once thought about what to do with the officials under me. Should it be bound by strict laws, or should it be supported by large sums of silver? But neither of these methods can cure the root cause. No matter how strict the laws are, they can't kill greed, and once they are relaxed a little, they will immediately spread like a plague. Honesty? Give officials large sums of silver, they will be even greedier! ”

"Is there really no cure?"

Xiang Qingniu asked.

"Nope"

Fang explained: "No one can guarantee that he keeps an eye on everyone under his command every day, the emperor has the four seas, and there are thousands of seven-rank officials in the Central Plains, who can guarantee that all of them are good officials?" This kind of thing, as long as people's hearts are greedy, then it can't be stopped. ”

"What should I do?"

Xiang Qingniu asked.

"Governance"

Fang Xie said slowly: "Spare no effort to govern." If you don't rule today, you won't be able to rule tomorrow, and when the dynasty will rule the next generation, it will only become more and more rampant. can't cure the already desperate symptoms, killing a batch is a batch. ”

Xiang Qingniu was taken aback by the murderous intent in Fang Jie's tone, and he saw something ruthless and resolute in Fang Jie's eyes.

"Through the ages...... This thing really can't be stopped. ”

Xiang Qingniu took out the last bit of dry food from his arms, but gave up the idea of eating it because there was no water: "The county order is broken, if the county guard is good, this is easy to do." If one county guard is broken, then ten out of ten county orders under his rule will be broken. If one governor is broken, then thousands of officials below are also broken. ”

"Go back and let Chen Xiaoru separate the Xiao Riding School into a group of people......"

Fang explained: "I specially inspected the Quartet and found one by one. I also want to see another inspector yamen, who is specifically staring at the Xiao Riding School to inspect the Quartet. If the thief becomes a thief, the evil will be even greater. ”

Xiang Qingniu nodded: "Actually, it is stable under your rule, the people are doing well, and they tolerate the greed of the officials." The people can't bear it the most are the greedy officials who don't do anything. ”

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As Fang Xie expected, that Lou County Commander was not as stupid and idiotic as the chief at the city gate, he was scared into a cold sweat after seeing the sign, and immediately ran to the prison to personally apologize and release the person, and also stuffed the silver ticket into Fang Jie's hand one by one. Fang Xie looked at the denomination of the silver ticket, which was quite tempting.

A small county's order from Qipin County, often took out a silver ticket of a few thousand taels of silver and was not distressed, which shows how much he is greedy on weekdays.

Contrary to Xiang Qingniu's expectations, Fang Xie did not turn his face on the spot, but accepted the money with a smile, and it didn't take long for him to get up with that Lou County Order. Looking at the scene where Lou County Ling gradually let go of his worries and talked happily with Fang Jie, Xiang Qingniu suddenly felt a chill in his heart.

Fang Jie, who looks very bright now with a bright smile, doesn't know how much killing intent has been moved in his heart.

It only took an hour for Fang Xie to make it clear from Lou Xianling's mouth who was covering him and what his relationship was in Vermilion Bird Mountain. Before leaving, Fang Xie even showed great reluctance, feeling a little late to meet. Lou County Ling also felt that he had met a confidant, so he actually sent him out of the county seat for ten miles, and sent people to prepare a lot of food on the road.

After leaving the county seat, Fang Xie blew a whistle, and the white lion immediately rushed over from a distance.

"The front is Anxian."

Fang Xie glanced back: "Now there are still many Xiao Riding Schools in Anxian County handling the case of Buddhism, so this matter will be handed over to them for the time being." These are just small fish and shrimp, but there are a few big fish in Suzaku Mountain. This time I went back, and it was necessary to sweep the courtyard. ”