The Wujiang River is vast, and it flows to the north.

A group of officials dressed in various colors of green fell under the huge official ship.

"The criminal officer Lanxi County Commander Xu Wen, the county Cheng Hu Yi, led the subordinates of the government to meet Wang Qianqiu of Nanchang County."

The seventh-rank official headed by him was forty years old, very thin, and looked a little empty under the light green official robe.

Li Xuan stood at the bow of the boat, his eyes swept over everyone's heads, and he said with a cold face: "The county lieutenant, the chief bookkeeper, the division soldiers joined the army, the judiciary joined the army, and the division joined the army, they didn't come, so it seems that they should really be thieves." ”

"The lower official is guilty!" Xu Wen half-bowed, took a step forward, and then bowed heavily under the boat.

At this moment, a clear blood stain appeared in front of Li Xuan's eyes on Xu Wenyi's pen.

Li Xuan's face suddenly turned grim, but then he relaxed, looked at Xu Wen and said, "Of course you are guilty, everything is punished by your own laws; You are also meritorious, Mr. Zi'an has written a plea for this king. ”

Li Xuan said this deliberately, and then saw Xu Wen and the others couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Li Xuan's eyes flashed a trace of coldness, and then he said expressionlessly: "When he opens the Wujiang River again, this letter will be sent to Hangzhou, and then through Hangzhou, it will be sent to Shendu." ”

As soon as Li Xuan said this, everyone present couldn't help but look at each other.

They are all veterans of officialdom, how can they not know what tricks Li Xuan is playing.

It's just to coerce them into doing their best during this time.

Of course, that's what they're supposed to do.

The king of Nanchang can't be so simple, isn't it...... If they do a good job, the king of Nanchang will praise them a few more words in the notebook......

"Lanxi teaches Wu Sheng, catch the head Du Ming!" Li Xuan suddenly opened his mouth and drank.

A white-haired old man below, and a middle-aged man with a face full of scars arched his hand at the same time: "The lower official is here." ”

"Make you two ......" Before Li Xuan's words were finished, an earth-shattering roar sounded in the distance.

Immediately, a tall horse suddenly jumped into Li Xuan's sight.

The red-clothed and gold-armored Qianniuwei, the blue-clothed and black-clothed Huijifu soldiers.

The two teams of men and horses rushed towards the location of the official ship like a swift wind.

In front of the people who had already arrived in a blink of an eye, a group of Lanxi officials subconsciously turned back.

With a "boom", a group of Qianniu guards and Huijifu soldiers stopped in front of the official ship almost at the same time, unusually neat.

Li Xuan's face was calm at Qiu Zhenmu, who was the leader, and Yan Tao nodded.

The next moment, I saw the two of them waving back.

Immediately after, the many Qianniu guards behind threw directly to the ground.

One after another, blood-stained human heads were thrown to the ground.

rolled a few times, and rolled in front of Lanxi County Ling Xu Wen and others.

The faces of these heads, even if they were full of blood, Xu Wen could see at a glance that these were all the people who went out of the city to ask for help from Meiling Pass before.

It was precisely because of the departure of these people that Xu Wen was given a chance.

At that time, Xu Wen guessed that this was probably a trap, but now after seeing that these people had all been beheaded, he couldn't help but shudder.

Is this the art of war, or is it calculating people's hearts?

Seeing that the group of people lowered their heads deeply, Li Xuan turned his head to look at Wang Qin on the side, and said lightly: "Wang joins the army, please register these combat exploits immediately, the sergeants are hard, and we can't let them chill." ”

"The lower officials obey the order." Wang Qin hurriedly surrendered his hand, and then walked down quickly to check.

At this time, in the north of the county, a team of black-pressed figures appeared.

The leaders were Feng Hua, Li Zhu and Qi Guang, and the men and horses that Li Xuan sent out to the front to be bait before were all back at this time.

Li Xuan's gaze fell again, and he said lightly: "Sect Wu Dao, Du Zhutou, now order the two of you, together with Mr. Zi'an, to enter the city to issue a notice and tell the people:

The state government no longer pursued them for their rebellion; However, during the period when the Tianyin Sect captured Lanxi, there were robberies of other people's money and property, bullying other people's children, and anyone who committed adultery and criminality was punished by one degree;

In addition, among the county officials, during this period, the Lanxi officials who oppressed the people and embezzled acres of land were all punished according to the law, and if there was an act of being a thief, the crime was increased by one degree. ”

"The lower officials obey the order." Instructed Wu Sheng and Du Ming.

The two of them only hesitated slightly, and they had already completely agreed.

Li Xuan waved his hand directly, and Wu Sheng and Du Ming were directly taken down by the Qianniu guards around them, and then headed towards Lanxi County.

Li Xuan stood on the bow of the boat and leaned over to look at the county order Xu Wen: "Xu County Order, although the state government does not investigate their crimes of rebellion, but among these people, there are still many loyal believers of the Tianyin Sect, and now what can you do so that they will not take refuge in the Tianyin Sect when the Tianyin Sect makes a comeback." ”

"It's easy!" Xu Wen stood up, looked at Li Xuan, and said seriously: "The prince only needs to send someone to pass on the message, saying that as long as there are Tianyin believers in the city, then this year's tax, as well as the tax for many years from now on, will be doubled." So ......"

"So as long as they let them clear out the Tianyin Sect believers in the city on their own, everything will be solved," Li Xuan had already understood Xu Wen's methods.

A person worthy of even Wang Fanglan's praise, he used taxes to force the local people and Tianyin cultists to cut off, although the methods were old-fashioned, but they were very practical.

Li Xuan suddenly raised his eyebrows, looked at Xu Wen with some surprise, and asked, "What's the matter, does the Tianyin Sect also collect taxes from the people's homes?" ”

"Returning to the prince, they don't levy, but they ask believers to contribute." Xu Wen bowed heavily and said: "The more you give to them, the more pious your faith is, and the devout believers don't need to do many things, just recite the scriptures at home, and those who are not pious need to do all kinds of labor." ”

"Isn't this a disguised traitor?" Li Xuan shook his head in disbelief.

In the Tianyin Sect, believers are also divided into three, six, nine and so on, how ridiculous is this.

"They're bound to fail in the end." Xu Wen looked at Li Xuan, arched his hand and said, "Please also ask the prince to let the lower official go back, and the lower official will definitely arrest all the Tianyin Sect believers in the city." ”

"There's no hurry." Li Xuan waved his hand lightly, and then said: "The imperial court has a clear rule that local states and counties are not allowed to increase taxes at will, and today in this king's place, it is naturally the same." ”

"The prince knows it in his heart, and the officials are full of admiration." Xu Wen hurriedly surrendered his hand to Li Xuan.

"If you are complimentary, put it down first, it's not that your means can't be used, but you need to slow down a little." Li Xuan raised his head and looked in the direction of the county seat.

At this time, Li Xuan stopped talking, and the entire area around the official ship was completely quiet.

The time is approaching the scorching heat, the weather is getting hotter and hotter, and the foreheads of those people under the boat are constantly sweating.

One by one, it seemed that they were being tortured, but in fact, in the eyes of the real slippery officials, Li Xuan had actually let them go, and now this practice was already punishing them.

……

"Stampede ......" The sound of horses' hooves sounded in the distance like raindrops, and then fell into my ears.

Someone looked up slightly, and saw two red-clothed and gold-armored Qianniuwei very neatly turned over and dismounted, and a note was handed directly to the boat.

The black hem of the clothes appeared in everyone's sight, and everyone quickly bowed their heads.

At this moment, an indifferent voice sounded: "Xu County Order!" ”

"The lower official is here!" Xu Wen hurriedly stepped forward and bowed his hand.

"Now I order you to return to the county seat, interrogate the arrested criminals in detail, convict the guilty, acquit the innocent, and immediately behead those who commit the most heinous crimes."

Hearing Li Xuan's order at the beginning, the hearts of everyone present finally relaxed, but then the four of them were immediately "immediately beheaded", and everyone present shivered coldly.

Everyone present bowed their heads deeply again, not daring to let the expression on their faces reveal the slightest.

Now that it is wartime, this is a war zone, and the earlier method of reporting for trial and then beheading in the officialdom will not work here at all.

It doesn't have to be.

Li Xuan now has the authorization of the Thorn Shi Wang Fang Scale, which means that he already has the right to act cheaply.

Now don't say that they can be beheaded immediately without the approval of the Dali Temple of the Criminal Department, that is, all of them will be beheaded now, and they are all within the bargain.

Li Xuan stood at the bow of the ship, looked at the expressions on everyone's faces, and suddenly spoke again: "That's right, Xu County Order!" There are a few of you here, so please take them with you...... Arrest Hua'an, arrest Ou Ye and others, bring them back and interrogate them in detail, and those who have conclusive evidence will be immediately beheaded. ”

"Ahh Everyone present suddenly raised their heads, their faces full of astonishment.

At this time, the two red-clothed and gold-armored Qianniuwei had already walked to the side of the two catchers.

"Lord Wang, the lower official is not guilty, the lower official is not guilty!" Hua An suddenly knelt down with a thud, his face full of wailing.

"How did the father and daughter of the shopkeeper Zhou in the south of the city die, do you remember, Hua'an?" Li Xuan looked at Hua An coldly, and Hua An was immediately stunned.

Immediately, I heard Li Xuan continue to say coldly: "You don't remember, some people remember, more than ten shopkeepers and men in the south of the city sued you at the same time, saying that you murdered people for money, insulted women, and caused people to commit suicide by throwing themselves into wells, do you say you deserve to die...... Take away, damn it, such people, it's disgusting! ”

As soon as Li Xuan waved his hand, a Qianniuwei had already grabbed Hua An's collar and dragged him directly into the distance.

Although Ou Ye on the other side was trembling, he still bowed his hand slightly to Li Xuan, and then turned to leave.

Qianniuwei on one side had already pulled out half of the blade and put it back silently.

"Lord Wangming!" I don't know who shouted, and everyone present bowed to Li Xuan at the same time.

……

Xu Wen watched a soldier pull over the horse, glanced back at Li Xuan on the boat, turned over and got on the horse directly, and then went towards the direction of the county seat very quickly.

When he arrived in front of the county yamen, he saw a large number of people crowded on the street at the door, and Xu Wen was a little stunned for a while.

He smiled reluctantly, and then entered the county office in full view of everyone, and then saw more than a dozen famous ruffians and bullies in the county, all of whom were arrested.

At this moment, Xu Wen immediately understood what was going on.

In the entire Lanxi, how many ordinary people have not been bullied by these people.

Now as soon as these people were arrested, the people immediately rushed to the county office to see what happened to these people.

If these people are severely punished, then the hearts of the people will immediately return to the imperial court, and at that time, if they are forced by means of tax rumors, there will not be a few remaining Tianyin Sect followers in the entire Lanxi.

But if these people are gently let go, then the people will immediately boil.

At that time, the king of Nanchang only needs to do one hand, and he can pull all the hearts of all the people back.

That was to behead him......

Thinking of this, Xu Wen immediately felt a chill in his heart, and stepped forward to deal with it quickly.

Heavy, fast, and strict.

Including the arrest of Hua'an, the arrest of Kuai, and the arrest of Kuaiye were all sentenced to be beheaded, and they were immediately escorted to the vegetable market to be beheaded.

Seeing the people cheering and rushing to the entrance of the vegetable market, Xu Wen breathed a sigh of relief.

At this time, Wang Bo and Feng Hua, as well as the instructor Wu Sheng, came over at the same time.

Wang Bo arched his hand to Xu Wen: "Xu County order, the prince has an order, order Lanxi County to start harvesting summer grain from now on, with tax grain as the first, and the harvested tax grain will be sent to Meiling Pass immediately; Linglanxi County, recruit soldiers from now on, and immediately send them to Meiling Pass; Linglanxi County, from now on, will collect craftsmen, build ordnance, and prepare medicine; From now on, Lanxi County will reopen the county school, recruit students, and settle people's ......"

A series of orders made Xu Wen a little dazed, but he still responded to them all.

It's better to be busy than dead.

Raising his head carefully, Xu Wen looked at Wang Bo: "Mr. Zi'an, I don't know if I need to prepare a residence for the prince......

"No need, the prince has now gone to Meiling Pass, and there is still a big battle to be fought there."

(End of chapter)