Chapter 278: Harboring a Ghost Child
The joy of the wedding gradually faded, and Wang Xu's life was back on track. Moreover, because the affairs of the DPRK and China have been clearly understood, and Wuling has Lai Gong seizing power by thunderous means, there is really nothing to worry about. Even the matter of purging the officials of the three counties does not need him to ask, because since Huan Jie, since he knew that he was mistaken by many people for a slanderous minister because of the officials under him, his anger has risen to the extreme, and he has to carry out a comprehensive rectification.
Not only did he unite Wang Xu's henchmen to help, but even the three spy commanders who usually stayed away, he also paid a visit and begged for help in the investigation. Shan Huai, Ling Wanqing and Liang Rui did not refuse because Wang Xu had greeted him in advance, and happily agreed.
Such a two-pronged approach, but the two counties of Guiyang and Lingling were overturned, Wang Xu said that he wanted a head, but in just five days, he sent him a full four, more than ten people were imprisoned, and more than 20 people were dismissed. Even those who don't report what they know and get involved in the border are punished with varying degrees such as deductions and demotions.
This is not over, the Huan Rank is not diminished, after the rectification of the county government officials in the two counties, followed by a major inspection of all counties, townships, li, and pavilions. And Guo Jia also gave him an idea, let him hang out a reward, encourage the people to report, if there is evidence, then give a certain reward. In this way, the capture is extraordinary, and even Wang Xu regrets it a little, is it too hasty to carry out such a one-time cleanup?
However, as a large number of honest and talented officials came to the table to celebrate, the people sang praises of virtue, which made Wang Xu gradually dispel his concerns. It's just that it still euphemistically reminded Huan Jie, and in the future, those who are not particularly strict in the plot, or who are just touching, should be appropriately relaxed. After all, relaxation must have a way, and since it has worked well enough, there is no need to push it too hard. Sometimes everyone has their own problems. Those who should be killed must be killed, but those who can be considerate should also be appropriately relaxed and give people opportunities.
And Huanjie's anger gradually cooled down as things progressed, and with the old officialdom of Yurita Feng on the side, he quickly understood the truth. So, to the later stage. It is also gradually letting go, the punishment is gradually relaxed, and the limelight is getting smaller and smaller, so that things will slowly fade out of people's sight inadvertently.
At the same time, the progress on Wuling's side is also very rapid, and Lai Gong has the right to support this Wang Xu. A real purge was carried out on Wuling. In just half a month, nearly half of the officials in the entire Wuling were killed, and those who took the lead in resisting were all killed. Within five days, Wang Xu received dozens of letters from Wuling, saying that Lai Gong had abused torture, formed a party for personal gain, and intended to rebel. But this qiē was originally arranged by Wang Xu. Of course it is impossible to accept. All of them were pressed down and piled up on the desk in the study.
And that's not all. Seeing that the number of officials in Wuling was rapidly decreasing, Wang Xu gave an urgent order after receiving the reward. Let Liu Xian, the Cheng of Lingling County, and Liu Du, the Taishou of Guiyang, urgently transfer some officials to the past, and cooperate with Lai Gong to govern Wuling! It's just that for Lai Gong's extermination of the clan, Wang Xu stopped it in time, because it hurt Tianhe. There are too many people who have killed people in history, whether it is a famous minister or a military general, or an overlord emperor, and few have achieved good results. Although he is not superstitious, there are some things that are really unclear, and it is always right to accumulate some yin virtue. Besides, there is no need to do things so absolutely, the law of exterminating the race is unfair, and in many cases it will cause future troubles, so sooner or later it will be banned.
It's just that in this way, many people speculate that this is Wang Xu's instructions. Seeing that it was impossible for Wang Xu to have any results here, some people even quietly united and played to the court. And He Jin, who was originally intending to send someone to Wuling and drag Wang Xu back, found an excuse. Although he was unwilling to tear his face with Wang Xu for the time being, and he could not take advantage of this to hold Wang Xu responsible, he also played Emperor Ling, hoping that he would refuse to protect Lai Gong as the Taishou of Wuling, and instead appointed Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty as an attendant Jin Richan, Jin Xuan and Jin Yuanji as Taishou. In his mind, Jin Yuanji has a good background and his support, so he must be a good pawn to contain Wang Xu.
And Zhang let them not get Wang Xu's clear words and sincerity, so seeing that Wang Xu himself was fine, this group of selfish eunuchs did not help to speak, but wanted to use this to force Wang Xu to do his best to be dependent. As for Jian Shuo, not to mention, he already hated Wang Xu to the core, and the assassination matter has not yet been concluded, how can he say more? Therefore, after hesitating for a few days, the Spirit Emperor, who had no opinions, finally agreed to He Jin's performance.
It's a pity that He Jin really miscalculated, Wang Xu is actually the kind of person who will spit it out if he eats it? A month and a half after Lai Gong arrived in Wuling, Jin Xuan and his family had just arrived in Jingnan, and they were robbed by a large number of powerful bandits in Wuling. Although the soldiers and horses of the county government arrived in time to scare off the bandits and keep their family safe, it really scared Jin Xuan into a cold sweat.
But that's just the beginning. When this matter was reported to Wang Xu, of course, he was "thunder and angry", and immediately said that he would carry out a major cleanup of Wuling. He also instructed the sergeant to take his family to Quanling, the capital of Lingling County, first, not only to report to his immediate superiors, but also to receive him personally, and to apologize slightly to this "subordinate".
As a result, Jin Xuan inexplicably couldn't even go to the Wuling County Government, so he was "soft-detained" to Quanling. Although those thieves were arranged by Wang Xu at all, and let Guan Hai take his direct subordinate Crazy Sword Guard to do his old job, but on the face, Wang Xu put down his body and greeted Jin Xuan with warmth, caring for him, as if he was a cronie. Not only arranged a very comfortable residence, but also sent this and that, it was really a good old man.
Although he was entrusted by He Jin, Jin Xuan was really moved at the beginning, and felt that Wang Xu was not like He Jin said. But in the blink of an eye, half a month passed, and he finally found out that something was wrong, because he was rejected by Wang Xu several times, and "warm" stayed. At this time, if he still sees something strange, then he is really a little stupid.
When he found out that he had fallen into a soft cage, Jin Xuan also had some courage, and immediately euphemistically pressed Wang Xu with the order of the imperial court, and packed up his things and left the city with great fanfare, for fear that others would not know that he was going to Wuling to take office.
Of course Wang Xu understands his wishful thinking, doesn't he just want to make himself afraid to do anything with him? Although he admired Jin Xuan's cleverness, he didn't care too much about it, he just planned to stay for a day, and since he was leaving, he would leave. Anyway, to this day, Lai Gong has been operating in Wuling for more than two months, and with his own support, what can he do in the past?
On the contrary, Zhao Shen, as an envoy of the imperial court, was even more troublesome. He was nominally an envoy. But in fact, it was a representative sent by Zhang Rang and other eunuchs. As time dragged on, Cao Yin never caught it, he was already very impatient, and asked Wang Xu several times to arrange for those witnesses to be handed over to him and brought back to the capital first. Secretly, of course. It is also to bring back Wang Xu's promise to attach himself to the eunuchs, and he has made a public statement, such as writing a piece of music or something, and praising the eunuchs to Emperor Ling.
Especially after Jin Xuan came, he seemed to have received a message from Zhang Rang and others, asking him to return quickly. So the urging is even more urgent. Wang Xu also delayed again and again on the grounds that Cao Yin did not catch it and was worried that His Majesty would blame him. But when Zhao Shen made it clear that he no longer needed him to escort Cao Yin, and hinted that it didn't matter whether Cao Yin was caught or not, Wang Xu had no more excuses.
It's just that it's definitely impossible to play this thing once it's written. There is no room for manoeuvre. The future will surely be a trouble. In the end, it was Guo Jia who offered Wang Xu a plan. "My lord. According to his subordinates, it is better to give Zhao Shen a large amount of property first. As a thank you to Zhang Rang and other eunuchs for assisting the lord, they quickly punished Cao Yin to calm his heart. And there must be a lot of property, so much so that Zhao Shen's escort can't be assured.
"Oh? What does this mean? Wang Xu immediately said curiously.
Smiling slightly, Guo Jia didn't hide it, and even continued: "Don't worry, lord, please listen to me slowly." After doing what his subordinates had just said, the lord went to persuade Zhao Shen to let most of the guards escort the property and set off in disguise, and take a step first to avoid attracting the attention of the bandits. As a result, Zhao Shen set off later, and carried the recital of the eunuch's exploits with the lord. ”
"Of course, the recital must never really be delivered. It was necessary to send the subjugated barbarian leaders in advance, take the barbarian soldiers to disguise themselves as barbarian thieves, and then kill Zhao Shen halfway under the pretext of hearing that they had a large amount of property in their hands, recapture the song, and deliberately let go one or two sergeants. ”
In this way, Zhang let them receive a huge amount of wealth, and they already believed Wang Xu, and then listened to the report of the sergeant who fled back, they would not suspect Wang Xu. When the time comes, if you pretend to send an army to levy the bandits, it will not only make sense of the robbery of Jin Xuan before, but also make the eunuchs think that you have taken refuge sincerely. But in fact, it is possible to delay the obvious work. ”
Speaking of this, Guo Jia took a deep breath before he smiled calmly: "The lord also knows that only by maintaining this balance can the lord be as stable as Mount Tai and survive in the cracks." Although He Jin's butcher has the intention to suppress you who are young and outstanding, and you are deeply loved by His Majesty, but at present, when you have great use value, you can't. And the dog thief Jian Shuo is still trembling about the assassination, afraid of being dealt with together, but he doesn't dare. As for the national thief Zhang let them, they mistakenly thought that the lord was already sincerely surrendering, so he was unwilling. ”
"Haha! This plan is really a stroke of genius! After listening to Guo Jia's strategy, Wang Xu thought about it carefully, and couldn't help laughing.
Immediately, he did not hesitate, and immediately did what Guo Jia said. First of all, let Pang Ji go to the leader of the barbarian clan closest to him, tell the other party to help with this, and when he received the order, he directly carried it on his back and laid an ambush. In fact, this is not difficult, because Wang Xu's policy has made the barbarians taste the sweetness, and those people have long regarded Wang Xu as their "big leader" and sincerely surrendered. Many of the barbarian warriors served in the army, and the leaders of the original settlements were also officials and generals in the three main mixed counties of the new place. In addition, Lai Gong is well-governed, and the officials who have been appointed in the past are also selected and handled the relationship properly, so they have already integrated in, and it is not a problem.
On the contrary, it is very problematic to raise money, Wang Xu not only took out all the gifts given by the guests at the wedding, but also let Xu Shu take out the money in his hand as possible. But in the end, Wang Xu was still not satisfied, because the temptation was not enough. Thinking that he couldn't give up his children and couldn't trap the wolf, Wang Xu also embezzled public funds for the first time and extracted a large amount of property from the treasury. Of course, he also instructed Shu Cao to engage in Huan compilation, this thing is of great use, and he has to do it, so that he must not let a third party know about the extraction.
Of course, it was impossible for Huan Su to oppose Wang Xu, so without saying a word, he made a fake account on the spot, and changed the number without realizing it. Anyway, Wang Xu took it himself, who else will check?
After these things were done, Wang Xu visited Zhao Shen in the middle of the night and carried out the original plan. And the process was surprisingly smooth, then Zhao Shen heard that Wang Xu was going to write a chapter, and he also gave him a property that made him dumbfounded, and he didn't doubt it at all, and he promised it. And seeing the way he swallowed when he heard the amount of money, his heart was obviously uneasy.
Next, as soon as the qiē was carried out in an orderly manner, Zhao Shen asked most of the guards to disguise themselves the next day and escort the property to leave first, while he delayed his departure by one day. For the sake of insurance, Wang Xu was worried that Zhao Shen would also entrust the chapter to the guards in front, so he didn't give him the chapter himself until he was leaving, so he definitely didn't run away.
When watching Zhao Shen gradually move away, Wang Xu greeted the morning sun, his mood was really happy, and the corners of his mouth slowly revealed his signature arc! Even the slightly chilly winter morning breeze seemed a little warm...... (To be continued, if you want to know what happens, please log in to the http://www.biquge.info.)
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