4. Admonishing the monarch to follow the rule of good governance
"Hurry up, everything will be done according to what the captain said, all the banquets will be withdrawn, and the dancing girls and musicians will all retreat!"
The Xiliang soldiers were killing in Kyoto, Yangcheng, Xingyang and other places, and now they are already notorious, Fan Yong saw these wolf-like armor soldiers suddenly draw their swords and face each other, and his heart was half cold in an instant.
Fortunately, although this Dangkou captain did not act according to Fan Yong's plan, he was still willing to talk about military affairs, and Fan Yong saw that he did not directly use the sword soldiers, and his heart settled down a little.
Fan Yong, who was calming down, hurriedly spoke up, asked people to withdraw the wine and food, and then waved his hand to withdraw all the dancers and musicians who were still graceful and playing the sheng a moment ago.
When the other idle people in the hall had retreated, and only a group of county temple officials and city surnames remained, Fan Yong dared to smile again, got up cautiously, and respectfully invited Yan Xing to sit on his upper seat.
Yan Xing ignored Fan Yong's invitation, he drew his sword in his hand, strode to the hall, looked around at the people in the hall, and began to say:
"There must be a charter for everything, and since it is to talk about the important business of the thief, let's start as I asked earlier!"
As he spoke, Yan Xing turned his eyes to the county lieutenant in the hall and asked first:
"Dare to ask Wei Jun, has the city wall of Jiangyi been repaired, and the bows, arrows, wood and stones to defend the city have been prepared?"
For some reason, although Yan Xing, who was questioning, did not speak harshly, but after being stared at by his eyes, the county lieutenant of Jiangyi still couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat on his back, his heart trembled, and he said hesitantly:
"Captain Qiyu, although the city walls of Jiangyi are mostly in disrepair, they are generally repaired, as for bows and arrows, wood and stone, there are few small people in this Jiangyi City, and the garrison is also-"
The county lieutenant of Jiangyi said that he was a little ashamed of his ignorance of the city defense equipment, and he couldn't avoid it, so he could only get stuck there and couldn't speak.
When Yan Xing saw the appearance of the county lieutenant, he knew that he knew something, waved his hand, and began to say:
"Wei Jun has worked hard, since he is not clear about the equipment of the garrison in the city, then it is annoying for Wei Jun to follow my account to find out the equipment and document books about the garrison, and it is also convenient for me to send the military officials in the camp to proofread and verify them one by one tomorrow!"
After speaking, two guards who were armed with soldiers stepped forward, one left and one right, picked up the county lieutenant in the seat, and followed Zheng Duo to the outside of the hall.
Quiet!
Seeing that the county lieutenant was like a chicken, easily held hostage by the armor soldier with a tiger's back, the hall was so quiet for a while that even the voices of everyone who were nervous and gasping could be heard clearly.
Yan Xing's face did not show joy and anger, and he continued to turn his gaze to Cang Cao, Jin Cao and other Peng Shi among the county officials, and asked:
"The military situation is like fire, the captain's soldiers and horses have already arrived in Jiangyi, but I don't know that the army needs the grain and baggage, and other military supplies have been prepared one by one?"
"This, this..."
Several Peng Shi of Cangcao and Jin Cao, who were questioned, spoke in a speechless manner, and they had already been frightened. Seeing that they were speechless, Yan Xing was not annoyed, and waved his hand again and said:
"Since you don't know much about the affairs of Cao Nei, then it's okay, let's go down with my scribes, how much grain and grain, money, goods, and silk, how much the county government has allocated, how much has been levied from Jiangyi, and how much is stored in the treasury of the county temple, there must also be account books registered one by one, so you will go and explain them first!"
Soon, a few more armor soldiers forcibly took Cang Cao and Jin Cao, who had been paralyzed by fright, and several Peng Shi of Jin Cao were taken down, the army did not move, the grain and grass went first, and the matter of Qian Gu was very important, and this time Zhou Liang also followed.
After watching Zhou Liang lead people away, Yan Xing turned his eyes back to the hall and began to say again:
"Okay, then the next thing is, has the hearts of the people in the city been stable, and the people in Jiangyi have been recruited and trained?"
As soon as Yan Xing's words fell, this time, the county officials and Hu Cao were all frightened and left the table in a hurry, came to Yan Xing's front and kowtowed and begged for mercy, and along with other county officials and city surnames, they also bowed to the ground, silent and did not dare to move.
Seeing that Yan Xing understated a few times, he frightened the officials in the county temple and the big names in the city to kneel down and beg for mercy, at this time Fan Yong, who was standing at the top, couldn't hold back anymore, worried that if it continued like this, most of the officials in the county temple would be arrested by Yan Xing, so he had to say loudly:
"Captain Yan, although the military situation is like fire, but the soldiers and the government originally performed their own duties, how dare the county temple supply the money, grain, and cloth needed by this army, and the county temple dare to supply it, and ask the captain to temporarily extinguish his anger, and let him give orders to govern later, and it will never delay the military situation of the captain."
Hearing Fan Yong's words, Yan Xing finally smiled and said slowly:
"Since the county monarch has said so, how dare Yan make a mistake, tonight's matter will end here, everything will be according to what the county monarch said."
After speaking, Yan Xing let the armor soldiers standing in the hall exit the hall in turn, and he also began to walk out of the hall, watching Yan Xing and the fierce armor soldiers withdraw from the hall one after another, bowing down to the county officials and the big surnames in the city, they finally dared to pant loudly, straightened up one after another, and raised their eyes.
Unexpectedly, as soon as the people here raised their heads, Yan Xing, who had walked to the door of the lobby, suddenly stopped again and turned around suddenly.
This turn was not tight, and many county officials and city officials who had just gotten up were frightened and fell to the ground again, they thought that Yan Xing was going to attack again, and they were all so shocked that their faces turned pale and the two trembled.
Seeing the panicked appearance of these county officials and big surnames in the hall, Yan Xing couldn't help but smile, but he immediately restrained his smile again, his face was solemn, and he looked around at the people in the hall and began to say:
"Although the soldiers and the government perform their duties, the Son of Heaven pays the county magistrate with the people, and the thief pays the captain, but I also hope that the county and temple monarchs will follow the good governance and not be treacherous.
After finishing speaking, Yan Xing turned around and led the people and strode away.
This time, Yan Xing is really gone.
But no one in the hall dared to get up and raise their heads in advance, and they still bowed to the ground and made a gesture of respect.
Fan Yong, who was standing at the top, saw that everyone in the hall was afraid of this Dangkou Captain and Xiliang soldiers, and his face was not good-looking, so he had to cough loudly, and everyone in the hall woke up like a dream, and straightened up one after another, looking at each other, remembering the embarrassment of each of them in front of the sword soldiers just now, which was both embarrassing and ashamed.
"Master, go and see, the group of fierce gods from Xiliang have gone away, what about the county lieutenant and Cao Pengshi?"
Fan Yong was no better than the others, he got rid of this embarrassing atmosphere as quickly as possible, and hurriedly sent the master bookkeeper to go out to inspect Yan Xing's party and Ma Ke had gone away, and then let the others sit down again and return to their original positions.
After the master got the order, he hurriedly trotted out, and after a while, he ran back with the county lieutenant and the various historians who had been taken out by the soldiers.
"County Jun, those Xiliang soldiers have already gone away, but they have searched in various Cao offices for a while, and most of the documents and account books have been removed."
Fan Yong nodded when he heard this, things are very bad, but now he can temporarily avoid these fierce gods, and the rest of the matter can be planned and remedied in detail later.
He immediately shook his official uniform, looked at the frightened surname in the city, and began to say:
"Gentlemen, since the wicked guests have been far away, you can also go home first, just remember, tonight's incident, in order to save the face of each family, must not leak out, just treat the banquet as usual, nothing has happened."
There is no need for Fan Yong to remind, tonight everyone is under the coercion of the Xiliang soldiers, full of ugliness, they are already ashamed in their hearts, where will they say more, the big names are only looking forward to leaving this place as soon as possible, and now they confirm that those Xiliang soldiers have left, and then heard Fan Yong's words, they immediately got up and said goodbye, and left in a hurry.
Fan Yong watched the big names in the city leave, and waved his hand to let many county officials retreat, and those who could stay were all county officials, county lieutenants, gong cao, master books, as well as the history of several important cao bureaus such as Jin Cao and Cangcao.
After looking around at his henchmen in this county temple, Fan Yong cleared his throat before he began to say solemnly:
"Since the documents and account books in the county temple have been collected by those fierce gods, the other party has investigated in detail a little, and there are many loopholes in the near future. The matter concerning the equipment of the garrison, and the money and food, must not be delayed any longer, but must be acted upon immediately, and all the shortfall shall be made up by noon to-morrow. ”
As soon as Jin Cao and Cang Cao's Peng Shi heard Fan Yong's words, their faces immediately fell, and after they looked at each other, they said to Fan Yong with difficulty:
"County Jun, in this treasury, there is not a small shortage of money, food, and military supplies, I originally thought that I could act in the future, but I didn't expect this group of Xiliang soldiers to come so quickly, and they acted so aggressively, how could I make up such a large amount within half a day!"
When Fan Yong heard this, his face changed suddenly, and he said viciously:
"You dare to shirk the order of the county king, do you still want to let that group of fierce gods take the opportunity to make it difficult, no matter what, tomorrow will definitely fill in the number on the books, and if you can't make up for it, you will be transferred from other places first, and you must stabilize these fierce gods first!"
After talking about the number on the book, Fan Yong began to say to the county again:
"Since those Xiliang soldiers said that they want to recruit Ding Zhuang and civilian service, don't send small officials to collect the extra taxes this month as usual, first recruit some people to deal with the past, and then say, if Ding Zhuang is not enough, go to the big families in the city, let them also get some disciples and guests to come out, and the benefits on weekdays are not less, and now it is time for them to make some efforts."
The county knew that these things were very important at the moment, and he didn't dare to shirk it, so he hurriedly responded.
Seeing that his henchmen should take these remedial measures, Fan Yong breathed a sigh of relief, he wanted to say a few more words, so he waved his hand to let these subordinates withdraw first and act according to the order, but the county lieutenant in the hall was muffled for a long time, but he couldn't hold it back, and began to speak:
"County Jun, these Xiliang soldiers are too domineering, tonight we specially picked up the wind and washed the dust for them, but they dared to humiliate us like this, how can we swallow this breath, we have to think of some way to rectify them."
Hearing the county lieutenant's angry words, Fan Yong, who was at the top, suddenly became angry.
"Enough, you think that the county monarch is willing to be angry with those rude soldiers, but at the moment, Anyi is still stationed with a cadre of Xiliang soldiers and horses, and even the county government has to endure and retreat. This Captain Yan came with soldiers and horses, and you haven't heard of the murderous name of the Xiliang soldiers, and you are afraid to kill people. If I don't wait for this time to avoid the edge, and go against them with the momentum, how can I get any good results! ”
The county lieutenant was also the first to be taken out by the Xiliang soldiers in public, and he felt that he had lost face in everyone, so he was angry and wanted to take revenge on these Xiliang soldiers to go back, but now he was angrily reprimanded by Fan Yong, and he also thought of the tragic events in Luoyang, Yangcheng and other places, and immediately broke out in a cold sweat, and immediately lowered his head and did not dare to say a word.
Glancing at the county lieutenant who lowered his head, Fan Yong thought for a while, and then began to say:
"However, what you said is also right, although we have to avoid these Xiliang soldiers on the front, but secretly we might as well set up a few more stumbling blocks for them, so as not to make them more rampant in the future, forgetting that this Jiangyi is still in charge of us, I will send someone to meet Fan Sima who is deployed on the bank of the Fenshui River, and tell him that this is ······."
That night, the county officials who had received their respective remedial tasks had to work all night to fill the vacancies in order to deal with those arrogant Xiliang soldiers tomorrow. And there are also a few horsemen, after receiving Fan Yong's order, hurriedly left the county temple, urgently opened the city gate, and rode towards Fenshui.