Chapter Forty-Nine: Just a Pariah

In the end, Liu Yi was still beaten. It's just that Xu Qing let his subordinates have a little strength, twenty military sticks, and beat Liu Yi's ass to the point that he fainted, although he didn't die, he also lost half his life.

In Xu Qing's eyes, Liu Yi is just a mad dog, and it is not worth a lot of thought. Although it is very likely that this mad dog was deliberately released by someone else to bite people, even once the mad dog is beaten, the owner behind it will definitely jump out to "claim".

But if you endure it and don't fight, this mad dog will always come out to bite people from time to time, and if it can't bite people, then it's scary, and it's unpleasant anyway.

If you don't do it, Xu Qingxin said, don't care about him three seven twenty-one, and then talk about it. Even if someone takes this opportunity to falsely accuse Xu Qing, Xu Qing has a dignified reason to clear his responsibility.

Rushed into the official and roared at the court, and was beaten like this, but it was only for nothing. Where to make trouble, I'm afraid that others won't talk about it, but only say that it was a good fight. After all, trespassing was particularly important in the feudal era.

Facts have also proved that Liu Yi is just a crazy old man.

The degree of madness made the person behind him, Liu Mo, the deputy governor of southern Hebei, also shout that he was not a person.

The teeth that were knocked out can't be swallowed easily, although Liu Mo knew that Xu Qing beat Liu Yi and beat him reasonably, but he was still cheeky and sent a message to blame Xu Qing.

And write on the paperwork:

"Come to my office and talk!"

Liu Mo didn't dare to come to Cangzhou to move Xu Qing, but only dared to let Xu Qing go to his territory. As long as Xu Qing arrives at his territory, it's not up to him to have the final say? What kind of crime do you have to give Xu Qing'an...... If he didn't go, it would give Liu Mo an excuse to move Xu Qing.

The soldiers came to block, the water came to cover the earth, Liu Mo wanted to clean up Xu Qing, but Xu Qing didn't wait. For a person like Liu Mo who must be repaid for his flaws, only by beating him with a stick can he be restrained from making bad things again and again.

The night is boundless, and the river is all over the world.

After suffering a big blow, Dark River was arranged by Xu Qing to join the Cangzhou state soldiers. Quietly looking for usable talents, trees that can be planted, and now, they are beginning to be alive again. Moreover, these selected chicks are not as difficult to train as the people in the rivers and lakes who were convened before, and their discipline has been greatly improved.

There is also a part of the dark river that has not been incorporated into the state soldiers, that is, the female soldiers under the poisonous scorpion. At first, the poisonous scorpion took these female soldiers out for special training, but they couldn't help in time when the dark river was in trouble. However, because of this, the poisonous scorpion team has developed the most, and now it is the most powerful blade in Xu Qing's hands.

Xu Qing launched the dark river and began to collect evidence of Liu Mo's various dirty things, and then sent the evidence to Liu Zan in the north. After Huang Shimei and others brought back the cattle, sheep and livestock, Xu Qing also took the time to develop the deodorization process of cow and goat milk. Day by day, when the deadline came, Xu Qing slowly set off.

In mid-November, the snow was even worse, and Xu Qing couldn't ride a horse, so he changed to a different car. Xu Qing goes out and doesn't eat much food outside, so there is a car to put Xu Qing's food, and there is also a car to put charcoal for cooking and heating, which must be said to be delicate.

Walking near the outskirts of the river, he suddenly heard a sad cry in the distance, Xu Qing untied the rope that tied the curtain of the car and was about to check, and the cold wind blew in the snow like a knife. Enduring the cold, Xu Qing was about to check, but the driver outside stopped the car, shook the snow on the hat, and said to Xu Qing:

"My lord, the snow over there has collapsed the house, I'm afraid I'm going to freeze to death......"

As the so-called owner, there is a subordinate who raises something, Xu Qing's house is kind-hearted, and the people who drive the car in his house, the guards are good, and the people who fetch firewood and water are all simple. The coachman heard the sad cry in the distance, and automatically felt compassion and begged Xu Qing to have mercy on the collapsed house.

Even if others don't say it, Xu Qing wants to help one or two when he sees such things. So he ordered his men to drive the car over.

The coachman opened the big umbrella and helped Xu Qing block the wind and snow. Xu Qing braved his waist and walked through the wind and snow to find the family. I saw that there were only three earthen walls left around it, and all the thatch on one roof was blown to pieces, and the roof truss collapsed to one side.

The family hid in the remaining three walls, shivering from the cold, this kind of weather, if Xu Qing hadn't encountered it, I am afraid that they would have frozen to death here. The family hid in the corner, and also found Xu Qing and others, and in the face of outsiders, they didn't cry, but they couldn't stop looking at them with fear.

"My lord, alas, it's so pitiful, why don't you give some porridge and rice......"

The snow was heavy and the visibility was low, Xu Qinghuan looked around and couldn't find anyone else's home. So he went to the "house" and shouted:

"Is there a man at home?"

"The man went out to work and hasn't come back yet......"

It turned out that the house collapsed when the man was not at home, so it was no wonder that he could only hide here and cry. The coachman beside Xu Qing beckoned:

"Come out and sit in our car, or you'll freeze to death."

Which people twisted and pinched out, Xu Qing saw that in the middle of winter, he was still wearing single clothes, three children and a woman. Xu Qing welcomed them into the carriage and lit a charcoal fire to keep them warm. The coachman looked at the sky and found that it was not early, so he asked Xu Qing to clear out a flat land and set up a tent for the night.

The three children were boiling on the warm coal-fire, their faces were flushed, and in a few moments they all fell asleep on the woman. Xu Qing asked softly: "Why do you still have to go out to work this day?" ”

"No food,......" the woman replied timidly, very afraid of Xu Qing's person who wore three pieces of clothing.

"As for the grain, there will be no disaster this year......

"We don't have a hukou, and we pay seventy ......percent of the food," the woman sighed heavily.

"Seventy percent?" Xu Qing was also shocked, even if it was a black household, he didn't have to pay so much. The tax collectors put the tax grain of the black households in their own pockets, but in order to continue collecting them in the coming year, they would not collect too much at all.

"It's all to blame on the deputy chief ......" The woman said and looked at Xu Qing's face, and found that Xu Qing was listening carefully, so she continued: "If he hadn't insisted that the Hejian County Decree pay 100,000 stones, those tax collectors would have only taken 40% of the grain from us, and the walls of the house would have been broken long ago." Moreover, the deputy governor also kept many dogs, and slaughtered the cattle of the people and fed them to the dogs by lying that they were sick, alas......"

The woman didn't have a statute to speak, she talked nonsense, one would say here, and the other would say there, and the preface and the back words were incompatible. It's just that judging from her words, this Liu Mo is really a cool and corrupt official, killing cattle and feeding dogs, but the people are starving and freezing at home.

After a while, the man of the family returned, looked at the collapsed house, and cried for a while. Xu Qing's people found him, reunited their family, had dinner together, and gave them some money and rice, so that their family could go to Cangzhou to live on the road.

The next day, when Xu Qing went on the road again, he already had a lot of Liu Mo's various evidences in his hands, and there was also a news that Liu Zan had brought people back to southern Hebei. In just a few miles, Xu Qing saw many people who were starving in the cold wind.

After entering Hejian City, Xu Qing went straight to the governor's mansion, and after arranging the office, Xu Qing said to Liu Mo: "Deputy governor, I don't know what to call the officials?" ”

Liu Mo heard Xu Qing add the word "deputy" to his title, so he said coldly: "Don't go to Cangzhou to sue you, saying that you are insulting the lower officials, but is there such a thing?" ”

Xu Qing smiled and said, "How is it bullying, it's just a lesson for subordinates,"

Liu Mo said to the master on the side: "You go and bring Liu Yi's documents ......"

The master said yes, and when he passed Xu Qing, he didn't salute, and left with a blank look.

Liu Mo sat down and said: "Don't drive such an adult, you dare to teach a lesson, and how can this official remember that it was you who changed the decree issued by Don't Drive?" ”

Xu Qing sneered: "Then according to Lord Liu's meaning, I, the official of the main seal, still rejected the words of the second adjutant?" ”

The master came over with the paperwork, directly shook Xu Qing's face, and said without looking at it: "Lord Liu's document said that you are more important than the last, and compete with the people for profit, so he changed your decree, but I didn't expect you to be ruthless and unreasonable, and beat him with a military stick, almost fainting to death." ”

Liu Mo asked, "Yes and no?" ”

Xu Qing sneered: "One side of the word, Lord Liu is quick to believe!" ”

"Then is it true that you set up a commercial tax department and are exempt from road tax?!" Liu Mo drank.

"That's right, it's true!" Xu Qing nodded.

"Hmph, businessmen are all people who forget their righteousness for profit, but you Xu Tingshi gave them a convenient door, is there a dirty transaction here! Recruit from the truth! Liu Mo slapped the low table and drank.

"There is no toll tax, but there is a tax on the increase in price, why not?"

"Why not? You can also ask, I heard that the merchants of Cangzhou City are flocking to Cangzhou, where are the people who forget their righteousness gathering in this way, you Cangzhou is afraid that the people have already lost their lives! ”

Xu Qing laughed when he heard this, this Liu Mo is a good hand at reversing black and white. On the edge of Hejian City, only ten miles away, everyone almost froze to death, but he said that the people of Cangzhou were not happy, which was really shameless. Xu Qingdao: "You say that the people of Cangzhou are not happy, I don't know how the river where you govern is located?" ”

"Naturally, it is thriving, and the family is happy...... "Liu Mo said with a stroking beard.

"Well, I've never seen such a brazen person as you!" Xu Qing was furious: "You go outside the city and see how many people are buried in the cold wind!" Along the way, there are five or six families who have collapsed their houses and have nothing to eat! ”

Who knew that Liu Mo had a hearty voice: "Hmph, it's just a group of untouchables, it's good if the official doesn't drive them out." ”

"What does it mean that you are a general manager, and you should keep the people right for the court, and now you see the displaced people outside, and you don't want to appease them, but increase the grain levy? The fraternity that the saints said, where have you learned! ”

"What? Why do you ......" Liu Mo consciously lost his speech, and hurriedly changed his words: "Where is the additional grain, Xu Tingshi, you have lost your mind and gone crazy!" ”

"Good...... You say no, you dare to go out and confront the people face to face! ”

"You, you're crazy, your official is busy with things, where do you have so much time to take care of such trivial matters?" Liu Mo pointed at Xu Qing and trembled with anger: "Besides, if you want to help the homeless, where will you get the money, where will you get the rice." You really don't have a backache when you stand and talk! ”