Chapter 1: Suppression of Bandits (1)

The news of Cangzhou's new assassination history spread throughout Cangzhou almost instantly, no matter what the attitude of these people towards the new assassination history was, they all came to the assassination history mansion with gifts and congratulations as soon as possible.

First of all, it was the county order of the four counties of Cangzhou, and it was naturally the first to visit. Nanpi County Ling Yao Yu, a shrewd little old man; Haixing County Ling Wang Yi, honest and rigorous, rigid and exposed, middle-aged man; Huanghua County ordered Zhan Zeng, the city government is quite deep, and he can't see his character; There is also a Cangxian county order, Shao Deng, is also a little old man, compared to the shrewdness of the Nanpi County county order, this person is more sleek. Four county orders, Wang Yi and Zhan Zeng are not locals.

--Xu Qing looked at the four people in front of him, listened to their reports, and learned that they had only been in office for a short time, and the situation in the county was the same as in the state, poor and white, and bandits were rampant. The richest is Cangxian, and the poorest is Haixing. The county order of Nanpi in Cangxian County was issued by the local township, and the county order of Haixing Huanghua was transferred from above, and it is certain that Wang Yi of Haixing County was demoted. Looking at his unyielding pedantic energy, he must be a master who offends his boss.

After noon, the four county commanders met with Xu Qing alone. Shao Deng, the county commander of Cangxian County, sent a pair of jade, a pair of silverware and tableware, and a carriage. Wang Yi, the commander of Haixing County, posted a fold, and only one thing was written on it - suppressing bandits. This matter coincided with Xu Qing's plan, so Xu Qing kept him to talk about it for a while. And there is an old guy Lu Jing in Haixing County, his recent situation made Xu Qing very interested, but Wang Yi said: "A hypocrite......

--In addition to Yao Yu's gifts, he also recommended three or five of his own children and wanted Xu Qing to help. Zhan Zeng also made an excerpt, and what he said was also to suppress bandits, but he revealed a secret: the bandits in Cangzhou are the private soldiers of the big clan! Xu Qing was in his heart, thinking of the tax, the so-called bandits were rampant and disrupted the collection of taxes, could it be that these big families went home with the taxes?

After meeting with the county officials, there was another group of housekeepers, who should be the major families in Cangzhou. Looking at the value of the gift, there are three major families in Cangzhou, the Xia, Shao, and Huang families, these three families have quite a lot of power in Cangzhou City, and their power in the whole territory of Cangzhou is not small, and the Yao family's power in Nanpi is also the first. In addition, there are dozens of small families. This group of housekeepers just came to greet and invited Xu Qing to a reception party.

As a high-ranking official, unlike the county commanders, he has to sit in the hall every day, as long as the official affairs sent to him are handled one by one. In addition, some general policy guidelines will be issued for the prefectural ordinances to implement.

Having made up his mind to suppress the bandits, he naturally had to master the army, Xu Qing called Qi Tai over and asked about the state soldiers. Qi Tai is a straightforward man, he said that only 300 at most 300 state soldiers can be regarded as middle and upper, and the remaining 700 are all middle and lower soldiers, and individual soldiers will be a little weak against bandits. It's just that these soldiers came down from the battlefield after all, they are veterans, their behavior is very good, orders are forbidden, they are quite familiar with the arrangement of troops, and they will not panic when they encounter battle.

--Xu Qing looked at Qi Tai's appearance and felt that this person's heart was good, and he was very respectful of Xu Qing's new assassination history, and he didn't see the respect that other people pretended to be, but he was actually unconvinced. However, Xu Qing did not fully believe Qi Tai because of this, and divided his soldiers into four hundred and handed them over to Niu to graze and Wang Shan to train. The oxen grazing and the king mountain each brought three hundred soldiers, one stationed in the outer city and the other in the inner city, echoing each other.

After a tiring day and meeting all kinds of people, Xu Qing finally saw what he wanted, a piece of paper - "The dark night is boundless, and the rivers are all over the world".

The night was quiet, and in a dilapidated house, Xu Qing was wearing a black robe, surrounded by Yang Cheng, and Yang Xin and others, who had not seen him for a long time. Xu Qing asked Yang Xin about the dynamics of these days, and Yang Xin said that Dark River had captured a small hill and stood on his feet, and the surrounding forces had already inquired clearly.

There are almost seven or eight thousand bandits in Cangzhou, some of whom were established by themselves, and some of whom were private soldiers raised by families. The purpose of raising private soldiers was to deal with the chaos at first, but later, when the government institutions were destroyed, these families were so excited that these private soldiers became a good thing to threaten the people.

According to Dark River's investigation, the taxes in Cangzhou in the past three years have all fallen into the pockets of the family!

After three years of taxes, those families are really fat! Xu Qing secretly thought that he heard Yang Xin say that almost half of Cangzhou's fields fell into the family's pocket. Although nominally they are still counted as someone else's, the farmers who are written on the household registration book are all empty, and the people who actually control the fields are the families. The family took these fields and recruited black households, and the black households did not have to pay taxes to the government, so almost all the harvest from the fields went into the family's pocket! However, the people who really pay taxes are empty households, and the government has no place to collect taxes.

--After the report was completed, Xu Qing issued an eight-character policy of "finding out the enemy's situation and creating chaos". He asked Yang Cheng and Yang Xin to continue to investigate and count the location and strength of various bandits in Cangzhou, and in addition, investigate which mountains are private soldiers and which are bandits. At the time of investigation, it is necessary to use some divisive tactics against the bandits on various hills, so that the bandits' hearts are not in the same place, and if possible, they can also be bandits and do good things to rob the rich and help the poor! For example, kidnapping and kidnapping Xia Gongzi......

The members of the Dark River are all people left over from the period of chaos in the world, and they are all gold after the big waves wash the sand, and dealing with the little bandits is a pediatric matter.

Xu Qing looked at Cangzhou City through the dark eye hole of the mask and was stunned. Yang Cheng Yang Xin behind him, Duan Hongchen, Yang Duoyan and others were silent.

"By the way, there is one more thing, Huang Shimei, do you know?"

Yang Cheng and Yang Xin looked at each other and said with a wicked smile: "Lord, are you ......?"

"I'm just curious about her and the Xia family......"

"Oh, my lord......" Yang Xin smiled unfinished, but also nodded: "The Huang family is one of the three major families in Cangzhou, and Huang Shimei is the daughter of the Huang family." In recent years, the Huang family has not made much achievements in the official face, and the family's situation is getting worse and worse, and they are faintly excluded by the other two families. ”

"The Huang family struggled several times, but it didn't have much effect. The Huang family also began to wither, and there were fewer and fewer influential older generations, and the descendants of the descendants were only a little boy, who was only four years old and could not inherit the family business. Therefore, although the Huang family is still one of the three major families, it is already in the middle of the outer wall, and its successor is powerless. ”

"Speaking of Huang Shimei, she is also a strange woman, she is well-behaved, and she can also manage the family business, and almost all of the Huang family in the past few years has been taken care of by her." Yang Xin finished speaking in one breath, as if he was telling his own story. Xu Qing admired Yang Xin's ability very much, and he could almost explain all the information that Xu Qing wanted to ask. Xu Qing nodded and asked again:

"Then what's going on with her and the Xia family?"

Xia Chu fell in love with the Huang family, Xia Hao fell in love with Huang Shimei, and wanted to take the Huang family's industry into the bag through marriage. The Huang family is definitely unwilling, so they have repeatedly made things difficult for Huang Shimei. As soon as Huang Shimei's temper came, she secretly beat Xia Hao, who was making things difficult for him, and couldn't get out of bed for half a year, so Xia Hao held a grudge. A few days ago, I heard that Miss Huang also met bandits, and that group of bandits was called by Xia Hao, but I don't know who saved Huang Shimei......"

"Alas, if this Huang Shimei is a man, then she is also a person who revitalizes the Huang family! By the way, my lord, the Huang family is one of the only families that has not turned private soldiers into bandits, and hundreds of soldiers in their family have been placed in Zhuangzi. ”

Under the mask, Xu Qing smiled slightly, and said in his heart that this chick is not bad. In addition, the Huang family may be a good place to start.

"Okay, that's all for today's discussion, you have to implement the eight-character policy, and you have to report to me every seven days. Also, don't expose the existence of the Dark River. Due to the barrier of the mask, Xu Qing's voice was mechanical and cold, and those who heard it for the first time would definitely get goosebumps. However, for Xu Qing, the change of voice is also a good layer of protection.

The people of Dark River, except for a few captains, the rest of them didn't know Xu Qing's true existence. Usually do things, there is no why, there is no how, only some scattered tasks are issued, and then completed. Except for Yang Cheng and Yang Xin, no one can analyze the obvious goal from these trivial things.

A spider web began to spread from Xu Qing and spread all over Cangzhou!

In the bedroom:

"My little Xue'er, I'm back, hehehe......" Xu Qing groped and walked towards Xun Xue'er.

"Brother Xu, ...... today. Not today, ...... "Gingari "With a little moonlight, you can see that her little face is red.

"Ah, you're not asleep yet?" When Xu Qing came back, it was already the middle of the night, but she didn't expect Xun Xue'er to be waiting for her.

"I can't sleep, I ......panic in pain," Xun Xue'er said, another burst of colic, she covered her stomach and bowed up.

"Hey, you wait, I'll get some hot water...... Xu Qing ran out to boil some hot water, put some honey, brought it back, and gave Xun Xue'er a bowl of it while it was hot.

"Brother Xu, Xue'er can't serve you today......" Xun Xue'er lay in Xu Qing's arms and hugged Xu Qing tightly, as if her stomach would not hurt if she hugged her tightly.

"It's okay, I have my own hands and feet, do I want you to serve?" Xu Qing said meaningfully, I didn't forget the necessary skills class before getting married. But Xun Xue'er didn't understand, she said straight because Xun Xue'er didn't understand the meaning of "waiting", and said: "Brother Xu, it's not the ...... waiting"

"Which one is waiting?" Xu Qing smiled evilly.

"Oh, Brother Xu, you are a bad ......" Xun Xue'er pinched Xu Qing and said: "Brother Xu, I heard that other lords have many beautiful concubines in their families, and Xue'er also wants to find a ...... for you."

Well? Pitfall? How to answer...... Xu Qingdao: "Eh, why do you think so?" I've got you enough......"

"In this way, someone can serve Xue'er's eldest lord when I am unwell......" Xun Xue'er's tone was sincere and authentic without thinking.

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