Xu Muchuan closed his eyes slightly, and after a moment of silence, he asked again: "Zhang Qiuhua, why are you the only one who says what you say?" Could it be that for all these years, you have done everything alone? ”

After Zhang Qiuhua heard Xu Muchuan's question, his body trembled slightly, he was stunned for a moment, then lowered his head and said, "My lord, all of this was done by Xia Guan alone. ”

Xu Muchuan stared at Zhang Qiuhua for a long time, and then sneered: "Zhang Qiuhua, are you a fool to be an official?" If there is no help from others, you can rely on your small county official to oppress the people of ten miles and eight villages to compromise. ”

"My lord, this is really the work of the lower officials alone, please convict your lordship!" Zhang Qiuhua no longer had any hope in his eyes, and his expression was gloomy.

Xu Muchuan was silent, it was obvious that Zhang Qiuhua wanted to carry down what he had done over the years. Over the years, Zhang Qiuhua is not the only one who oppresses the people, and there must be some unknown things in the fish and meat township.

However, Xu Muchuan faced Zhang Qiuhua, who was no longer arguing, and he knew that no matter how he asked, there would be no result.

"Okay, since you are willing to bear the consequences alone, then this official will let you enjoy it." Xu Muchuan stared at Zhang Qiuhua and said coldly.

Smack!

With a startled shot, Xu Muchuan looked at the crowd inside and outside the hall, and shouted in a holding voice: "Zhang Qiuhua, the county official of Renbao Town, because of his contempt for national law, increasing taxes for the people, fish and meat in the township, and arbitrarily adjudicating cases, this official, as a minister appointed by His Majesty, specially cut off his post as a county official, copied his family background, and sentenced him to behead him at the west entrance of the town three days later, so as to appease the anger of the people. ”

"The master of the county government helped to abuse him, demoted his position, confiscated his family property, and punished him with a cane for 30 years to set an example."

"Because of Zhang San, Wang Wu...... and other officials, usually oppressed the people, and failed to fulfill their duties. The official was stripped of his position as a servant, and he was given a twenty-year cane, and he was not allowed to serve in the court again. ”

"From today onwards, Renbao Town and its surrounding villages will be exempted from taxes for two years, and the taxes will be restored to 20% in the third year." Xu Muchuan, as the minister of the Qin Mission, can naturally cut first and then play, without first asking Jun Yuyi in the depths of the palace for instructions.

"Quit!"

Xu Muchuan stood up from the official chair, put his hands on his back, and left the lobby with steps.

Behead for public display!

These four words echoed in Zhang Qiuhua's mind for a long time, and they couldn't be calmed. Zhang Qiuhua knelt on top of the lobby with a paralyzed body, and muttered blankly with his eyes: "I'm really finished...... It's over......"

The official authority of the minister was furious, and the people trembled in amazement. Immediately afterward, the faces of the people were filled with a thick sense of joy.

"Just now...... Just now, the adults said that they would exempt us from taxes for two years? Did I hear me wrong? At the door of the county hall, an honest man was stunned, and he looked very honest when he touched his head.

"I ...... I seem to have heard that if we are exempt from taxes for two years, it doesn't mean that we can have a bumper harvest this year. After a moment of silence, the crowd began to talk.

"Thank you, sir! This is the Lord Qincha appointed by His Majesty! Then, the people standing at the door suddenly wept and fell down one by one.

The elite of the Imperial Forest Army guarding around the county government all looked sideways at the hundreds of people kneeling on the ground, and the reverence and joy in their eyes were uncontrollably revealed.

…………………

Taking off the official robe, Xu Muchuan changed into a pale white plain clothes, and the whole person was filled with an elegant scholarly temperament.

After Xu Muchuan left from the lobby of the county government, he rushed to the guest room where Wen Ruofei was.

Pushing open the door of the guest room, Xu Muchuan and the others walked in quickly.

"My lord, the villain has already boiled part of the antelope's horn into a potion and served it for General Wen." When the old military doctor saw Xu Muchuan hurriedly pushing the door in, he immediately put down the work in his hand and stepped forward to salute.

"There's a military doctor." Xu Muchuan responded politely, but a pair of eyes were tightly focused on Wen Ruofei who was lying on the bed: "How is General Wen's situation now?" ”

"Lord Qiyu, after General Wen drank the medicine, the toxins in his body have slowly decreased. If nothing else, General Wen will wake up tonight. The old military doctor said with a happy face.

"That's good, that's good. In the past few days, the military doctor has made you worry a lot, and when General Wen wakes up, you can also go and have a good rest. Xu Muchuan shifted the gaze that was condensed on Wen Ruofei to the military doctor who was a little sluggish.

"The villain's body is not much tight, but the burden on the shoulders of the adult is very heavy, and the body must be the most important, don't overwork." The wrinkles on the old medic's face were extremely obvious, and the hair on the side of the earlobes had turned white.

Although the old military doctor was only a doctor in the army, he had extraordinary experience and knew very well how heavy the burden was on the shoulders of the minister.

"Hmm." Xu Muchuan muttered softly.

At this time, it is noon, and the sun is shining directly on the earth.

What Xu Muchuan announced in the county government spread to all corners of Compal Town in an instant.

The county magistrate of Compal Town, Zhang Qiuhua, was sentenced to death! Three days later, he will be executed at the west entrance of the town.

On the grace of His Majesty, the minister of the Chin Mission, exempted the town of Ringpo and its surrounding ten miles and eight villages from paying taxes for two years.

The officials of the county government have been demoted one after another, and the officials who used to oppress the people have been punished one after another.

Every corner of Compal Town was talking about Xu Muchuan, the minister of the Imperial Mission, and all of them were happily discussing about tax reduction.

"Grandpa, the sugar gourd is so delicious, Xiaowen's tongue is sweet and sour." On a street in Compal Town, a little girl in a new red coarse cloth dress is jumping up and down extremely cute, and she is holding two strings of sugar gourds on her small jade hands.

"Xiaowen likes it, and when grandpa is going to collect medicine for half a month, you can buy sugar gourds for Xiaowen to eat." A rickety old man rubbed the little girl's head with a doting look on his face, and said amiably.

Naturally, this little girl and the old man were among the people who were almost oppressed by the county official Zhang Qiuhua. Fortunately, Xu Muchuan saw this scene in the crowd and saved back the copper coins that the old man had worked hard for more than two months.

The old man was dressed in a somewhat tattered linen clothes, and although he did not eat and wear well, he also wanted to let the little girl live well and have a better childhood, even if the little girl was not his own granddaughter.

The old man's name is Niu He, but the little girl's name is Zhou.

Five years ago, Niu He was collecting medicine in the mountains as usual, and accidentally heard the sound of a baby crying in the mountain forest. Niuhe was curious and found the place where the baby's voice came from, and found the little girl in swaddling clothes.

In the swaddling clothes, Niu He also saw a piece of paper with words written on it, and the old man Niu He waited for a long time and did not find anyone else in the mountains and forests. So, Niu He couldn't bear to see the little girl in swaddling clothes starving to death and freezing to death, so he took her back to the village.

People who have studied in the village said that the three words written on the paper are Zhou Xiaowen, and I think it is the name of the little girl.

"Xiaowen, let's go home!" The old man helped the little girl hold a sugar gourd with one hand, and held the little girl's immature hand tightly with the other.

"Grandpa, who is that uncle? Why is everyone so afraid of him? Will Xiaowen still be able to meet that uncle in the future? Xiaowen thought that the uncle was very good, he returned his grandfather's money, and then grandpa bought sugar gourds for Xiaowen to eat. ”

The little girl's mouth was full of red sugar stains, and her eyes were shining as she looked at the old man.

"That uncle is the savior of our Beiyuan country, and he is the big man appointed by His Majesty Beiyuan, if Xiaowen grows up in the future, she may see that uncle again." The old man rubbed the little girl's pink cheeks, and his deep-set eyes were full of doting.

"Oh, uh-huh...... Later, when Xiaowen grew up, she made money, and she also bought some sugar gourds for her uncle to eat. The little girl nodded incomprehensibly, grinning with a little red lip, extremely cute.

The old man chuckled and shook his head, as if he enjoyed the happiness of having children and grandchildren. Even though the old man's life was more difficult than before, he did not have the slightest resentment. On the contrary, he thanked God for giving him such a well-behaved and lovely granddaughter when he was lonely in his old age.