Chapter 423: Flogging

By September, detailed data from all over the country was submitted to the Ministry of Households, which was basically in line with the budget.

However, Chang Wei sent an account book, and Li Yue frowned after reading it, all counties on both sides of the Huai River had a bumper harvest, but Qian County had a bad harvest.

Although Qian County is only a county, it was one of the five capitals in the Cao Wei period, a place where the north and south are connected, there are many rivers in the territory, the land is fertile, and it is just a good harvest if there is no harvest, and there is still a lack of harvest.

The order of Qian County happened to be Cui Hong.

"What's going on?" Li Yue was disappointed in Cui Hong.

Everyone can see that sending him out is just a matter of training, and sooner or later he will be transferred back to the center.

He is only seventeen years old this year, and even if Li Yue wants to reuse him, maybe he will precipitate.

"After the county order was released, Cui Hong borrowed alcohol all day long to eliminate his sorrows, ignoring government affairs, so that today's affairs are happening." Chang Wei sighed.

Cui Hong was born as the pride of the sky, known as the prodigy of Jizhou, carefully cared for by the Cui family, without setbacks, now he is just a release, he can't accept the blow......

People with high IQ do not necessarily have high EQ.

If it goes on like this, Cui Hong's good seedling will be wasted.

Li Yue has high hopes for him, but now he has some hatred for iron and steel, young people experience some setbacks, it is not a bad thing, there are people in the world who can have a smooth ride for a lifetime?

At present, all parts of the country are busy with the autumn harvest, staring at the beads to prevent others from looting, and the northern country is temporarily peaceful, Li Yue decided to go to Qian County in person.

Yu Gong, Cui Hong is brilliant and has the value of training.

Yu Private, he is his own brother-in-law, how much he follows, and he has many suggestions, so it is a pity to lie flat and rot.

So he led 2,000 relatives to ride south.

Hearing is false, seeing is believing, and how the country is governed, we can't just look at the numbers on the books.

However, this time he went south, not all for Cui Hong, Wang Meng has been training for more than half a year, although he has great confidence in him, but only by seeing it with his own eyes can he know it in his heart.

There is no room for loss in this battle.

From Yecheng to the south, the dock fort is a group, out of the need for defense, most of the people gather in the dock to live, busy time to cultivate, leisure time to train.

Often shrouded in the shadow of war, the north of the Great River is still somewhat desolate, and the population has been relocated to the south of the Great River, just in case.

Seven or eight-year-old children were fishing and catching shrimp in the ditch, laughing, and seeing the black cloud cavalry, they did not panic, but cheered at the cavalry.

The once dilapidated city has been brought back to life.

There is an endless stream of mules, horses, ox carts coming in and out, bringing mountain goods and river fresh food to the city for sale.

At this stage, Liang discourages business, but it is not completely prohibited.

There is a stage to be done in a stage, and the most important thing for Liang at this stage is to lay a solid foundation, encourage cultivation and weaving, and accumulate to a certain extent, and then encourage business.

Wang Meng's suppression of business is also based on practical considerations.

The Central Plains' special products are coal, iron, grain, ordnance, and livestock, but these things are all strategic materials, and if they are sold, they are tantamount to financing the enemy.

In addition to these, that is, the population, the old scholars in Jiangdong have a very strong demand for child and girl slaves, but how can an aspiring country do these things?

If you really want to do business, you can take Shuzhong in the future, but you can run Shujin.

Li Yue felt that since he was based in the Central Plains, he would farm honestly, and talk about other things later.

Although the Central Plains is not full of flowers, it is full of vitality, and the wounds left by decades of chaotic war and Shihu's tyranny are gradually recovering.

In addition, this year's substantial reduction and exemption of land taxes, the people are still living and working in peace and contentment, and there is a peaceful scene as far as the eye can see.

After the chaos, there will be great governance, the common sense of the ancients.

Li Yue did not make a big fuss, nor did he enter any city to disturb the local government, and there were his own post stations along the way to rest and feed the horses, and the road was renovated, so it was not too difficult to walk, and he rushed to Qian County on six or seven days.

Compared with the surrounding counties, Qian County is indeed a little dilapidated.

There was no one in the fields.

Li Yue quickly entered the city, and dozens of county officials rushed to greet him, and the people in the city were ragged and had sad faces.

The county officials are not having a good time, and they are all yellow and thin.

Li Yue ignored them, kicked open the gate of the county government, and went straight into the inner courtyard under the leadership of the county official, and there was a burst of alcohol in his face.

Cui Hong was lying on the soft mat, as if he was asleep, surrounded by empty wine cans, and the case was full of bamboo slips......

"Cui County ......" The county official was just about to remind Cui Hong, but was stopped by Li Yue, "Go down." ”

"Yui!" Several people retreated.

Li Yue and several guards sat in the hall, waiting for Cui Hong to wake up.

This was two hours, and it wasn't until the sun went down that Cui Hong woke up leisurely, turned over, and saw Li Yue's black face, and trembled with fright, "Your ...... Your Highness? ”

He also rubbed his eyes, as if he didn't believe that there was a real person in front of him.

Li Yue stared at him, his eyes were like torches, he hadn't seen him for half a year, Cui Hong's temperament had changed, a little less heroic, a little more decadent, "I made you the county order, did I let you drink all day and waste government affairs?" ”

"No...... It's not ......" Cui Hong was still in great consternation.

"You can't do without Hongyi, and there is a long way to go. A small setback, and then sink here? ”

Steel is refined, knives are sharpened, and no one can succeed casually.

Cui Hong lowered his head.

"Raise your head!" Li Yue snorted, if he couldn't cheer him up today, this life would be wasted.

Cui Hong looked up.

Li Yue didn't speak, just looked at him, and the hall suddenly fell silent.

After a moment of silence, it was dull.

"The heavens will descend on the people, and they must first suffer their minds, strain their muscles and bones, starve their bodies and skins, and empty their bodies. Such a small setback can't be endured, how can he take on a big responsibility in the future? Li Yue's voice was calm and gentle.

"Your Highness......" Cui Hong's whole body was shocked, and there was a little brilliance in his eyes.

Li Yue said: "Lone will not wait for you, and Daliang will not wait for you, now I will give you two choices, one is to go back to the Cui family, continue to be your gentleman, and enjoy wealth and wealth." Second, I will give you another chance, a year later, I want to see that Qian County is the richest county in Huaizhou, which one do you choose? ”

Li Yue didn't have time to talk nonsense with him, this time he went south, it was originally a busy time to squeeze out.

Cui Hong is a smart person, if Li Yue didn't pay attention to him, he wouldn't have come to this trip, "The minister chooses the second!" ”

Li Yue Huoran got up, "In this case, come here, Cui Hong is desolate in government affairs, causing the county to fail to collect, dereliction of duty, beating thirty lashes, and staying for a year to see the after-effects!" ”

"Command!" The guards carried Cui Hong and went out.

Li Yue followed behind with a long whip.

Many people gathered in front of the county office, and the county officials also watched from the sidelines.

Slap, slap, slap......

Li Yue slapped Cui Hong on the back over and over again, and it was drenched in blood in a moment, but it looked scary, but in fact, he was very measured, only hurting the flesh and skin, not the muscles and bones, otherwise with Li Yue's arm strength, he could kill Cui Hong on the spot.

After this incident, Li Yue wanted to teach him a profound lesson.

The law of the country is ruthless, and personal emotions must not affect official affairs, let alone the people.

The surrounding people and county officials opened their eyes wide, probably not expecting to really fight.

Cui Hong was also stiff, gritting his teeth and not saying a word.

"Your Highness, don't beat ...... again," an elderly county official knelt down.

By the way, Cui Hong in history was also displaced, going through Qin, Zhai Wei, and Houyan, avoiding disaster Qilu, and his wife and children were also starving and frozen......

(End of chapter)