When Sun Chengzong woke up again, Zhang Gui and Tianqi had already entered Yongcheng County, and Lu Xiangsheng first led the Praetorian Guard Battalion to seize the city pass while the enemy was unprepared.

Sun Chengzong thought that the Yongcheng County ruled by Wu Xing was actually a poor livelihood for the people, and it also provoked a popular uprising, and he himself even defected to the enemy, so he felt quite faceless to face the apocalypse.

"This Wu Xing, how can he deceive the old man, how can he surrender to the enemy?!"

Sun Chengzong couldn't help but feel so resentful in his heart.

Apocalypse's mood wasn't much better.

Seeing that the entire Yongcheng was very barren, all industries were depressed, and beggars were starving all over the streets, Apocalypse had to admit that Yongcheng had not been governed well.

Moreover, Tianqi never thought that Wu Xing, a capable official in the mouth of a hundred officials, would govern Yongcheng County like this!

The key is that Yongcheng County has changed its owner, and there is still a banner of anti-thieves at the head of the city.

When the apocalypse arrived at the county office, Wu Xing and Jia Shiguo, including the gentry of the county, had been escorted to kneel outside the main hall of the county government by the officers and soldiers of the Praetorian Guard Battalion led by Lu Xiangsheng.

After Tianqi came, he asked Wu Xing with a calm face: "Wu Xing, is this how you carried out the new law reform in Yongcheng County for me?" ”

Wu Xing couldn't help but bury his head in the ground, choked up, and said, "Shameful! ”

"Fortunately, I didn't listen to the officials, especially the gentleman!"

"Otherwise, I'm really going to be deceived by you! And I really thought that you did a very good job as an official in Yongcheng County, allowing the people to live and work in peace and contentment, and the grains were abundant, but as a result, the entire Yongcheng County was starving all over the wilderness, and even the people had already stirred up a civil uprising, and even the county seat had been taken by the anti-thieves! ”

As he spoke, Tianqi kicked Wu Xing angrily: "You just implemented a new deal for me?!" I can't wait to destroy you! ”

When Sun Chengzong heard this, he felt as if his face had been slapped again, and he was also very angry, he didn't expect Wu Xing to be so angry.

Now Sun Chengzong is even beginning to understand a little why his uncle Zhang Gui wants to regard his scholar as a thief.

Because he himself now has to admit that most of his scholars and doctors have indeed lost their bones, and they have forgotten their loyalty, righteousness and shame.

Even Wu Xing, who has high hopes for himself, is also the same.

He really didn't know how to trust the Qingliu civil officials.

"Pathetic!"

"He deserves to be despised by Uncle Zhang Guo, and even the old man himself has to despise his own clear streams!"

Sun Chengzong sighed in his heart because of this.

Wu Xing cried here and defended: "Your Majesty! The minister didn't know why it had become like this. But the minister is really loyal to the Ming Dynasty! The minister is really doing his best to implement the new policy and do things for the people! ”

As he spoke, Wu Xing said: "As soon as the minister took office in Yongcheng, he proclaimed to the people and asked them to cooperate with the imperial court to implement the new policy. For this reason, the minister also promoted the Virtue Religion first, and advocated the establishment of academies, hoping that the people would be able to support the new policy. Rao is encounter a great drought, and the minister did not ask the court for money for relief, but took the people of the county to tide over the difficulties and solve the drought! As for why there is still a civil uprising, the minister really doesn't know, maybe it's because Diao Min is really untamable! ”

Tianqi didn't expect Wu Xing to be able to clean himself up at this time.

At this time, Tianqi turned to ask the rebellious Jia Shiguo: "Why do you want to rebel?" ”

"Can't live!"

Jia Shiguo replied.

Apocalypse asked, "Why can't you live?" ”

Jia Shiguo replied: "The officials and gentry are too deep! ”

Only then did Tianqi look at Wu Xing: "Did you hear that?" People rebelled because they couldn't survive, and he couldn't survive because you waited for the officials and gentry to exploit them too deeply! ”

Wu Xingqiang argued: "Your Majesty Mingjian, he is a wronged minister!" Since the minister took office, he has been honest and self-controlled, never accepted bribes, and never took bribes! ”

"They can't live on their own, it's just because they are lazy people, they refuse to produce, they don't work hard enough, plus the natural disasters are ruthless, and they breed rebellious ambitions, so they rebel, and it really has nothing to do with the ministers, Your Majesty!"

"You talk nonsense! Which one of my family is not a hard worker in the sun and rain? ”

"Even because there were no cattle at home, my father had to work as an ox himself, dragging plows to plough the fields, and in order to get more food, he went to help other households who lacked cattle to pull plows."

"You dog official actually said that we don't work hard, if you say such things, aren't you afraid of the thunder of heaven?! I knew there would be today, I should have arrested you in the first place and dismantled you! ”

Jia Shiguo bared his teeth and roared at Wu Xing.

"Your Majesty Mingjian, this Jia Shiguo is a traitor to the people! He's talking nonsense now! If he really rebelled because of his ministers, why was he the only one who rebelled, and didn't see other people rebel? It can be seen that he is framing ministers and framing ministers! ”

Wu Xing continued to argue strongly.

"You!"

Jia Shiguo was so angry that he wanted to get up and blast Wu Xing, but helplessly, he was now tied up, and he couldn't move no matter how he struggled.

Jia Shiguo could only say to the apocalypse: "Your Majesty! Don't believe him, he is a dog official, worse than the county order a few days ago! A few days ago, although the county order didn't care about anything, he wouldn't make money like him. As soon as he took office, he forced us to donate money to build a college, and then forced us to build a canal by taking advantage of the drought, and as a result, he bribed most of the donated money to the local gentry, and he himself used a part to bribe the officials above, but he also forced us to serve to build a academy to repair the canal, and several people in our village were beaten to death by them because they refused to go! Your Majesty, you say, can we not rebel? ”

"Your Majesty! He's speculating maliciously! ”

Wu Xing immediately refuted it, and denied it: "There is no such thing at all, the donated money is indeed spent on building academies and canals, and the minister is doing this because he doesn't want to reach out to the court to ask for money!" Your Majesty! ”

"Your Majesty, I didn't talk nonsense, a friend of mine worked as an accountkeeper in the Zheng family, and he saw them divide the silver with his own eyes!"

Jia Shiguo replied.

"You traitor, you are maliciously speculating!"

Wu Xing shouted at Jia Shiguo, and asked again: "Besides, about your rebellion, you ask yourself, did I make you rebel?!" You have also read books, don't you know loyalty, righteousness and shame, don't you know that starvation is a small matter, and a loss of festival is a big thing?! Even if you can't survive, you shouldn't rebel, even if you starve to death, you shouldn't rebel! You say, "You are not guilty of sin, and are you not guilty of unforgiveness?" ”

"Dog officer!"

Jia Shiguan was furious, and he couldn't wait to swallow Wu Xing immediately, so he struggled and said: "Your Majesty, if you want to kill or chop, I admit it, but please let me hack this dog official to death first, otherwise, I can't turn a blind eye to death!" ”

Tianqi asked Wu Xing rhetorically: "He is extremely evil, aren't you guilty of great evil?" It's embarrassing for you to say that starvation is a small thing, but a big loss of festivals! He Jia Shiguo rebelled, I can actually understand it, after all, I can't live anymore. What about you, you have received the grace of the country, for my courtiers, have you kept the festival?! ”

"Your Majesty! The minister was forced to succumb to the thief, and the minister also wanted to prevent the whole city from being slaughtered by the traitor! ”

Wu Xing forcibly defended his defection to the enemy, and then said: "Please Your Majesty Mingjian!" ”

"The surname is Wu! Why are you so shameless! ”

Sun Chengzong finally couldn't help but snort Wu Xing at this time, he really couldn't stand it anymore, so he couldn't help but stand up.

Immediately, Sun Chengzong said to the apocalypse: "Your Majesty, Wu Xing is incorruptible and shameful, but he is really a traitor, and he should be severely punished and disciplined!" He said that he surrendered to the enemy for the sake of the common people, which is undoubtedly a pretext! Unless he, Wu Xing, can come up with evidence! ”

Wu Xing was shocked when he heard this, and hurriedly looked up at Sun Chengzong: "Pavilion Elder! Don't even you understand the lower ranks? ”

Sun Chengzong sneered: "You tell the old man, who can prove that you are an enemy for the common people?" ”

"I can prove it!"

At this time, Wu Xing's staff master shouted.

After hearing this, everyone looked at this staff master.

The staff master said: "I can prove that he did not defect to the enemy for the sake of the common people from being slaughtered, he is just afraid of death!" Because, he had written a document with the gentry of Yongcheng on how to exploit the people and share the profits. These documents prove that he was not a lover of the people, and how could he have defected to the enemy to save the people from slaughter! ”

Wu Xing looked at this staff master in surprise, and said in his heart: "Why did you turn against him?" ”

Apocalypse also asked the staff master at this time, "What's your name?" ”

The staff master replied: "Student Ye Chengxue." ”

Sun Chengzong was surprised and asked, "But the son of Ye Wenzhong Gong (Ye Xianggao)?!" ”