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After arriving at the county office, Xiang Ye ordered people to open the ya's 'door' and allow the people to come and tell their grievances.

Lu Zhihao, who was in charge of the defense of Wuyuan, was also escorted into the county government by the soldiers, Xiang Ye sat in the position of the county official, the guards stood on both sides with the hilt of their long swords, and Liu Shousan and Lu Zhihao knelt in the lobby.

The outside of the ya' 'gate' was full of civilians watching the excitement, although Xiang Ye said very clearly to the civilians, he wanted them to avenge their grievances if they were wronged, and take revenge if they had revenge. But the people of Wuyuan have long been used to being bullied and oppressed by Liu Shousan, where dare they come out to testify against him. They just gathered outside the county office, looking inward with their heads probed, but no one dared to stand up and testify against Liu Shousan.

Liu Shousan saw that no people dared to enter the ya's 'gate' to testify against him, he was a little bolder, raised his head and said to Xiang Ye: "King, I, Liu Shousan, have always been conscientious and conscientious since I managed Wuyuan City, and I dare not slack off a little, I don't know why the king wants to arrest me?" Aren't you afraid of chilling the hearts of the Manchu Dynasty's civil and military forces? ”

Xiang Ye sneered twice, squinted his eyes slightly and said, "You are a small county order, even if the widow kills you, I'm afraid there will be no civil and military coldness!" Don't think too highly of yourself! Let me ask you, how did you govern these five original cities? ”

Hearing Xiang Ye ask him how to govern Wuyuan City, Liu Shousan suddenly felt that his hope of survival was much greater, and he quickly straightened up and replied: "Weichen thinks that governing the world is based on virtue first. In these five original cities, the ministers have always been to rule by virtue and educate, and to use "sex" to influence the residents, reduce the harsh law, and strive to have virtue for everyone in the city, advocating the rule of virtue! ”

"Alright, that's enough!" Hearing Liu Shousan say that he would rule the city with virtue, Xiang Ye waved his hand at him and said, "Put away all your nonsense, I don't like your nonsense!" ”

Xiang Ye leaned forward slightly and said to Liu Shousan: "Virtue is naturally important, but if a country is governed only by virtue, I am afraid it will be 'chaotic'." The legal system is not allowed to be insisted on, and when necessary, strict laws must be implemented in order to deter those villains who 'touch' fish in troubled waters and rob while the fire is hot! And just by you, I'm afraid it's not enough to rely on the rule of virtue to convince people, so Wuyuan City will be 'chaotic' like this! ”

Liu Shousan was robbed by Xiang Ye and hurriedly lowered his head, he only cared about his own 'personal' interests in Wuyuan, and he didn't want to manage the town at all, and the rule of virtue was just an excuse for him to excuse himself. Now that Xiang Ye has clearly refuted his theory, where does he dare to raise his head to argue?

"What's your name?" After Xiang Ye scolded Liu Shousan, he asked the young man who came to the ya'men with him.

"Back to the king, the grass people call the dog three!" Seeing Xiang Ye ask him, the young man hurriedly walked to the center of the hall, knelt on the ground and said, "It's the native clan of Wuyuan City, who is weak and weak!" ”

Xiang Ye smiled and said to Gou San: "You are honest, well, the name Gou San is really not very good, how can our county magistrate of Wuyuan County call this kind of name?" If you don't have a surname, I'll give you the surname Xia, and as for the name, it's okay to call Xia Yuan! Do you think it's possible? ”

When Gou Sanyi heard Xiang Ye say that he wanted him to be the county magistrate, his eyes suddenly widened. He didn't expect that he was just being falsely accused on the street, not only did he not suffer, but he also 'mixed' with Wuyuan's parents and officials, and he didn't come back to his senses for a while.

"You remember, we have legislation in Great Xia, don't give me any to rule the county with virtue!" After appointing Xia Yuan as the county commander, Xiang Ye then said to him: "According to the current situation of Wuyuan, I will set a few rules for you now. Anyone involved in moral issues, such as taking advantage of the sympathy of others to defraud, and blackmailing others after receiving help from others, the main responsible person will be beheaded, the whole family property will be confiscated, the 'female' son will be used as an official prostitute, and the man will be assigned to work as a coolie! For looters, catch one and kill one! Thief, the situation is not serious, beheaded, serious killing! I'm not afraid that you will kill many people, I just need a Wuyuan suitable for the survival of good people, understand? ”

Xia Yuan knelt on the ground and said tremblingly: "The minister understands, but are these laws too strict?" ”

"Expedient!" Xiang Ye said to Xia Yuan: "The current Wuyuan can only adopt this legal system to govern, and in the future, when the order is good, the punishment will be reduced!" ”

"Got it!" Xia Yuan lay on the ground, very worried in his heart, Xiang Ye asked him to make this county order, it was nothing more than to ask him to kill people, and according to the current situation of Wuyuan, I am afraid that there will be a river of blood in the short term.

"Lu Zhihao! Are you guilty of ignoring military affairs and 'handing' the army under the control of administrative officials? After appointing Xia Yuan, Xiang Ye turned his attention to Lu Zhihao, who was kneeling in the lobby and still wearing armor.

Lu Zhihao knelt on the ground, trembling all over, but he didn't know how to reply to Xiang Ye.

Seeing that he didn't speak, Xiang Ye waved his hand to Erhu and said, "Take him down, you can let people go to Jiuyuan again, transfer Hita Muji from General Shi Lei, and 'hand' over the defense of Wuyuan City to Hita Muji!" ”

"What to do with this person?" Erhu looked at Lu Zhihao and asked Xiang Ye for instructions.

"As a military general, not thinking about governing the army is a disaster for the country and the people. Let's cut down the 'door'! Xiang Ye said lightly, then waved his hand again and said to Erhu: "Go and do it, these things are done, we still have to hurry!" ”

As soon as Lu Zhihao heard Xiang Ye say that he was going to behead him all over the 'door', he hurriedly raised his head and shouted loudly: "King, the last general will be wronged!" ”

"Oh? What grievances do you have? Hearing Lu Zhihao's injustice, Xiang Ye stopped and was about to step forward to drag away his two guards, and asked Lu Zhihao with great interest: "Could it be that you have wronged you by 'handing' military power to administrative officials 'privately'?" ”

Lu Zhihao knelt on the ground and said to Xiang Ye: "The last general is not this kind of person who doesn't ask about military affairs, just because the county ordered Liu Shousan to suppress me with the lord of the court, I, as a foreign general, had to give in in order to survive, so I 'handed over' military affairs to him." ”

"Lord Asaka?" Xiang Ye sneered twice and asked Lu Zhihao, "Which of the court's lords is he fighting against?" Makes you so afraid? Don't you know that my Great Xia Kingdom is a separation of military and political affairs, and administrative officials have no right to intervene in military affairs at all? ”

Lu Zhihao lowered his head and said in a humble voice: "Back to the king, Liu Countyling's wife and uncle is Sima Chen Feng, the right Sima of the central court!" The last general happens to be under his rule, so he has to give in! ”

"You handled the affairs of officialdom well!" Xiang Ye smiled and said, "But since you reported Liu Shousan, as long as you can come up with real evidence, I will spare your whole family!" ”

As soon as he heard that he could spare the whole family, Lu Zhihao knelt down and said to Xiang Ye: "Since the founding of the Great Xia, Liu Shousan has been the Wuyuan County Commander for more than three months. During these three months, under the pretext of implementing the king's new policy, he pocketed all the land of Wuyuan and distributed it to his relatives. These lands belonged to his Liu family, but no one cultivated them, so he 'forced' the civilians of Wuyuan to cultivate the land for him, and he abused those civilians who cultivated the land for him in every way, causing many people to die in the fields without being able to bear the abuse! ”

Liu Shousan saw that Lu Zhihao stood up to testify against him first, and hurriedly stretched out his hand and pointed at Lu Zhihao's nose and scolded: "Lu Zhihao, you villain, you dare to do this to me!" ”

Xiang Ye frowned, and glanced at the two tigers standing on the side.

Erhu nodded knowingly, stepped forward and kicked Liu Shousan to the ground, pressed him to the ground, pulled the linen wrapped around his feet, and stuffed it into Liu Shousan's mouth.

The two guards then stepped forward and tied Liu Shousan firmly with hemp rope, pressed him in the middle of the hall, and made him kneel.

This sudden change surprised the people watching outside the ya'men', and some 'shrewd' people immediately understood that Xiang Ye came to Wuyuan this time to find Liu Shousan's bad luck, and hurriedly shouted that he had grievances to sue.

Xiang Ye sat in the position of the county magistrate and asked the people to step forward one by one to expose Liu Shousan's crimes.

Earlier, he thought that Liu Shousan had just occupied some arable land and killed some people. Unexpectedly, after the description of the people, many cases were involved, and many wealthy people in Wuyuan City and officials in the county government were also involved.

"King, do you want to continue the trial of this case?" Seeing that more and more people were involved, and even several ministers in the court had been involved, Erhu walked up to Xiang Ye and asked in a low voice.

Xiang Ye had a cold face, his eyes narrowed slightly, his mouth moved and he whispered, "Trial!" I'm going to try it out to the end! Look at how many moths there are in my Great Xia Kingdom! ”

As long as someone takes the lead, the people will immediately rush up. Xiang Ye sat in the county hall all morning, and the knife notes on the side were full of more than ten volumes of bamboo slips Liu Shousan's crimes.

Until noon, the people who wanted to tell their grievances were still lining up outside the ya'men', Xiang Ye knew that if he listened to it like this, he was afraid that he would not be able to listen to it for three days and three nights, so Duo Xia Yuan said: "After you officially take over the county order tomorrow, you must remember to distribute land to the people according to the new policy." Now they have been harmed by Liu Shousan, and they will be compensated with the standard of one stone of food per person, so that they can spend the New Year in peace. ”

Xia Yuan was originally a native of Wuyuan, and he knew the suffering of the people of Wuyuan, and when he heard Xiang Ye say that he wanted to subsidize one stone of grain for each person, he quickly turned over and knelt on the ground and said: "The king loves the people like a son, and the people of Wuyuan are very fortunate, and the minister will handle this matter early tomorrow morning, but I don't know where all the grain and grass are allocated from." ”

"Raided Liu Shousan's house! All the first laws of the house are sold! All the grain was confiscated, and as for other property, it was transported to Jiuyuan in exchange for food! Xiang Ye waved his hand at Xia Yuan and said, "You go down first, investigate how many people there are in Wuyuan, don't miss or send more!" ”

"No!" Xia Yuan answered, got up and walked towards the outside of the ya' gate.

Several yacha who had not been implicated in Liu Shousan's case saw him walk out of the lobby and hurriedly followed behind, surrounding their new county magistrate to investigate the population.

After Xia Yuan left, Xiang Ye stood up and arched his hand to the people gathered around the outer edge of the hall and said, "Folks, I, Xiang Ye, am sorry for you, it was I who used such a stolen official to make you suffer!" ”~