Having already decided how to deal with Li Xin, Hao Jian naturally started to act quickly, and the first step was naturally to go to the prison in Qingxi County to visit Li Xin.

The prisons in Qingxi County used to be empty, but now they are full of people, bustling and lively.

But when I looked closely, I found that the people here were actually officials of the entire Qingxi County, and the biggest ones were naturally Li Xin, the county leader, and Chang Wei, the inspector.

In addition, there are clerks and other people in each class.

Even the prison guards were taken directly to prison, and the guards outside the prison were actually members of the Praetorian Guard.

It can be said that this arrest is to arrest all the officials in Qingxi County, from the county to the sedan chair.

There is no way to arrest people according to the ledger, this is the final result, almost everyone in Qingxi County has been arrested, without exception.

A long period of corruption has turned it into a system, a system that makes it impossible to defend, and everyone who has anything to do with power is involved.

This is only the officials below, the officials of Qingxi County at the bottom, if they continue to pursue upwards according to the account books, it will be even more interesting, the governor and the Taoist platform have not run away, and none of the military personnel such as the general soldier are clean.

There is also an existence like Zhao Guangyi, the king of Guangning, do you dare to reach out and grab it?

This layer upon layer of corruption chain is actually superimposed on each other, and it is unbreakable.

At this time, Hao Jian understood why Li Xin could still be safe in the township for such a long time, and he was not afraid of Shangfeng coming to investigate, it turned out that these relationships had already been settled.

Not only that, even if he is a clean official, he has to join the ranks of the corrupt army when he arrives here.

After all, your peers are staring, your colleagues are also greedy, and the most important thing is that you have to pay enough silver every year to bribe your superiors.

For example, what carbon respect, ice respect, and filial piety of each festival mentioned above, of course, the dividends of major projects, these seven, seven, eight, eight or eight must be paid, otherwise you will be under pressure from above, and a catastrophe is coming.

"Lord Hao, wronged, we wronged!"

As soon as he stepped into the prison, Hao Jian listened to many people shouting in the prison, most of them were lower-level officials, like servants or jailers, of course, the most wronged were the sedan chair men, they were usually coolies, and they had dividends every month, and they were still running, but they didn't expect that in the end, they were locked up for this reason.

Hao Jian ignored these people, these people will naturally have to deal with them later, but if they are locked up for a longer time, their strength will be weaker, and the punishment will be easier at that time.

Hao Jian didn't stop for a single step, but walked directly to the cell where Chang Wei and Li Xin were.

In this cell, not only Li Xin and Chang Wei are imprisoned, but also several nine-rank officials such as Dianshi Yicheng, whose rank is almost the same as Hao Jian, they are all from a raised son, and they are serious offenders, so they naturally have to be treated preferentially.

As the leaders of the corruption group in Qingxi County, their group was imprisoned in a large room, and the interior was relatively clean, but after all, this was still a cell, and unlike the rest of the prisoners, they just had an extra clean mat.

Seeing Hao Jian wrinkled, Li Xin pulled out of his face, but there was not much expression, Chang Wei only glanced at Hao Jian indifferently, and the eyes of the other officials looking at Hao Jian were also very flat, as if they had long been used to it.

"Lord Hao is here?"

Li Xin touched his big bald head, looked at Hao Jian in front of him proudly and said.

"Here we are."

Hao Jian nodded, and sat down directly at the door of the cell without thinking about it, looking at everyone in the cell.

At this time, the other prisoners in the cell consciously closed their mouths when they saw this situation, and watched the negotiations between the two bigwigs on the side.

"Lord Hao, you should be very surprised when you see the account book, right?"

Li Xin said to Hao Jian without hesitation.

"Indeed, even if Qingxi County is so corrupt, I didn't expect it to be so serious."

Hao Jian nodded, Qingxi County is only such a big place, but every year there are more than 100,000 yuan handed over to Zhao Guangyi, the king of Guangning, in addition to a series of officials above the governor, Daotai, etc.

If this is calculated, it is also a terrifying astronomical amount, and you can imagine how much oppression and exploitation the people of Qingxi County have encountered in recent years to make up enough silver.

"This is just a drop in the bucket in the Dakang Dynasty, it's not a big deal, and there are many things you haven't seen."

Li Xin smiled and said to Hao Jian very calmly.

The problem in Qingxi County is naturally not small, just looking at the accounts Hao Jian has already understood, there is still a huge corruption group standing behind Qingxi County, and even the emperor's brother can be involved, which is enough to show how powerful this corruption group is.

As a modern person, Hao Jian understands the pros and cons without being reminded by Li Xin.

"Lord Hao, you are also smart, if you took office and took over everything directly, then your death date will really come. According to your character, you naturally won't pay anything like Bing Jing, and those big masters above will let you go? Maybe just find a random reason, and maybe even go to prison. In officialdom, this is called Except for Qingliu, no one will care if you are an official sent by the emperor. ”

Li Xin said to Hao Jian as a person who had come over.

In fact, although Li Xin is greedy, there is no way not to be greedy, after all, there is such a large corruption network standing behind him, and he must maintain it by himself, and if he does not do it well, it may be more dangerous.

Hao Jian could only nod his head at the darkness of officialdom: "Originally, I was just worried that you would collude with the bandits outside the city, but I didn't expect that there would be such a thing." ”

"This is just the beginning, Lord Hao. Qingxi County is too dangerous, although you have some ability, but you are nothing in front of the local bureaucrats, the Wenxiang Sect and the bandits outside the city, and even in front of the King of Quang Ninh, so you should be careful yourself in the future. None of these people can be provoked. ”

Li Xin sighed, and it was only at this time that Li Xin began to tell the truth to Hao Jian.

Corruption is not the main problem in Qingxi County, it can only be regarded as one of many problems, and there are many more problems in Qingxi County, which may kill Hao Jian at any time.

Bandits, alien races, cults, and border armies, these are all problems in front of Hao Jian.

Bandits and alien races must be eliminated, and cults naturally cannot be retained.

As for the border army, Hao Jian is not worried, at least now they have to deal with the alien races outside the Guan, and the leader Zhao Guangyi is also in front of him.

"Li Xiancheng, I'm curious, how did the official in Qingxi County die? And where is the missing county commander Xu Xinzhou and Lord Xu now? ”

Hao Jian asked curiously.

"To be honest, the deaths of the adults who went to the post were very bizarre, but we really didn't find anything at all, and they all looked like accidents. However, Xu Xinzhou, the disappearance of Lord Xu also bothered me for a long time. On that day, Lord Xu said that he was going to Linxian County to investigate the matter of smelling incense, but this time he disappeared from the city gate. Along with Lord Xu, there was also the grain of the entire Qingxi County granary and the rest of the strategic reserves. No one knew where Lord Xu had gone, nor had they known where the supplies had gone. ”

Li Xin sighed and said slowly towards Hao Jian.

Hearing this, Hao Jian's brows wrinkled together, food and strategic materials?

In ancient times, grain was a substitute for money, and it was very expensive, and even officials were calculated according to the weight of grain.

If there is no food in the granary, it is a big crime, and it is a very serious crime.

Coupled with the iron ore matter he had heard before, Hao Jian felt more and more that things were not so simple.

There is definitely something wrong with Xu Xinzhou's disappearance, maybe there is some unknown secret hidden in it.

"So, in this way, all the chaos in Qingxi County happened after Xu Xinzhou disappeared?"

Hao Jian frowned, it can be said that Xu Xinzhou is a key figure in Qingxi, when he was in Qingxi County, Qingxi County could be said to be smooth, but with his disappearance, Qingxi County also began to become chaotic.

Rise of the Bandits.

Cults have grown, officials have become corrupt, and this kind of incident seems to have started here.

"It can be said that the strength of the bandits is not very strong, and they have been on the verge of collapse with repeated encirclement and suppression. Although the Wenxiang Sect has had two incidents, they have been suppressed, and many of the backbones have been eliminated by us, and it is already difficult to become a climate. But they didn't expect that the time when Lord Xu disappeared gave them a chance to breathe, as if they had grown stronger overnight. ”

Li Xin nodded and said to Hao Jian.

Although Li Xin seemed to be very sincere, Hao Jian still felt that this matter was not so simple.

Whether an organization is a bandit or a cult, if they want to develop and grow, they must have people and money.

Both of these things are hard to come together, especially money.

This is not in modern times, you shout that Lao Tzu wants to rebel against you to invest, and someone comes with gold and silver.

In these days, not everyone has the idea of a strange thing to live in.

Therefore, there is definitely some unknown reason for the growth of the bandits here and the rise of the Smelling Fragrance Sect, Li Xin may really know something, or Li Xin himself has hidden something important.

In short, Li Xin's words cannot be completely listened to and used, and we must keep an eye on it and leave some precautions.

On the surface, Li Xin is on the side of the corrupt group in the imperial court, but Hao Jian feels that he can sit firmly in Qingxi County in such a complicated situation, which means that there is still some help behind him, allowing him to balance between the bandits and the Wenxiang Sect.

"Li Xiancheng, what do you know about the Smelling Fragrance Sect?"

Suddenly, Li Xin asked curiously.