Wuzhou, adjacent to Tianbao Province, is one of the 21 provinces of the Tianji Dynasty.
Qiu County is under the jurisdiction of Yuanping Prefecture in Wuzhou Province.
In the local management of the Tianji Dynasty, the Third Division is the highest management organization.
It is divided into three levels: prefecture, state and county.
The fact that Qiu County has fallen into this situation has a lot to do with officials at every level.[
Liu Xia looked at the blazing beacon tower, and then looked at the sun gradually setting on the horizon, and couldn't help but sneer.
According to common sense, if a beacon tower is lit in Qiu County, nearby Mao County should send reinforcements within an hour. Within two hours, reinforcements from Qiu County, Mao County, Qingyuan, Sui County and other places should have arrived.
Within three hours, the reinforcements from Yuan Pingzhou should arrive, and by now, if the beacon tower is not extinguished, the vanguard reinforcements from Wuzhou should also arrive.
However, a full nine hours, or eighteen hours, have passed since the beacon tower was lit last night, but no soldiers or horses have been seen arriving.
This is a bit scary.
If a fight really breaks out, eighteen hours will be enough to turn Qiu County into ruins.
"My lord, please go back and have a rest. I'm afraid today's reinforcements won't arrive."
Wu Jiajun stood on one side and advised.
"Don't worry, someone will arrive eventually. If they don't arrive, we will kill more people."
Liu Xia said coldly.
Wu Jiajun knew that this seemingly young prince was angry from the bottom of his heart.
The sun in the sky was setting little by little. At this time, a fast horse arrived in front of the city gate at high speed. It was no one else but Liu Liansheng, who had been running around all night.
After he turned over and dismounted, he quickly climbed up the city wall. When he arrived in front of Liu Xia, he clasped his fists and said: "Your Majesty, Wuzhou's left and right chief ministers Fang Datong, Song Qingming, and the capital commander Liu Hongtao are already fifty miles away. The younger one will come back first to report the news.
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"Master Wu, do you know about Fang Datong and Song Qingming?"
Liu Xia asked calmly.
"Back to your lord, Mr. Fang was born in the martial arts. He came here three years ago. Mr. Song was born in the Song family, one of the top ten aristocratic families. He has been the chief envoy here for eight years."
Wu Jiajun said calmly.
"What about Liu Hongtao?"
Liu Xia asked again.[
"Master Liu was born in martial arts, and the rest of the younger ones don't know much."
Wu Jiajun said.
Before the Tianji Dynasty, the posts of chief envoy, governor, and commander were all descendants of the family.
Later, the Tianji Dynasty conducted martial arts exercises with the purpose of suppressing the family's control over the dynasty. After so many years of practice, many people from poor families who were born in martial arts have been able to hold most official positions.
Even in the cabinet, there are people from poor families who were born in martial arts.
These people from poor families who were born in martial arts have gradually been able to compete with the officials of the family. This can be regarded as an improvement for the Tianji Dynasty.
However, the royal family will not give up such an important position as the chief envoy. Every place has at least one chief envoy born in the royal family.
Liu Xia knew in his heart that despite this, it was still difficult for officials born in poor families to compete with these officials from aristocratic families. After all, they had backgrounds.
It stands to reason that Qiu County has reached such a state. Even if it is you, Song Qingming, who wants to cover up the sky with one hand, there is also Fang Datong, who was born in a poor family. Why shouldn't it fall to such a state.
However, things happened to be like this.
Taking a step back, how could the commander-in-chief Liu Hongtao, who was born into a poor family, become like this?
In less than half an hour, we saw a mighty army coming towards Qiu County.
These should be soldiers and horses from the Wuzhou camp.
The Wuzhou vanguard army, which was supposed to arrive last, turned out to be the first, which is indeed ironic.
At this time, a cavalry force of 3,000 people escorted two carriages and arrived at the gate of Qiu County.
Immediately, a group of people were seen swarming up the city wall.
"I see you, your lord, a thousand years old, a thousand years old, a thousand years old."
At that moment, Wuzhou's left and right political envoys and capital commanders all knelt down to salute.
Liu Xia looked at the three people in front of him and remained silent.
The person kneeling on the far left is kneeling on one knee. He is wearing a military uniform. He is tall, has a beard, and has very sharp eyebrows. This person should be Liu Hongtao, the commander of the Wuzhou capital.
On one side, he was wearing the official uniform of the Chief Envoy. He was thin, with dry cheeks. He looked upright and somewhat bookish. He should be Song Qingming, a member of the local Song family.
On the side of Song Qingming, there was a tall man with dark skin and gray temples who looked to be over seventy years old. He should be Fang Datong, the other chief envoy.[
The three of them couldn't hear Liu Xia's words, so they knelt there and didn't dare to get up.
Fang Datong was obviously a little scared, and his body could not help but tremble.
As for Liu Hongtao and Song Qingming, they acted as if nothing had happened. They were so calm and apparently fearful.
Liu Xia said nothing, looked at them, and then sneered.
For a moment, the atmosphere here seemed to be frozen.
At this moment, Liu Xia was looking ahead, silent, as if he hadn't seen the three of them.
Half an hour later, Liu Liansheng hurriedly came over and said, "Sir, reinforcements from Ning Ruhai, the former magistrate of Pingzhou, have arrived."
"knew."
Liu Xia still sneered and said nothing else.
Later, the former magistrate of Pingzhou went up to the city wall and knelt down to salute.
Liu Xia never spoke.
After waiting until the sun had completely set, reinforcements from several nearby places arrived one after another.
The entire Qiu County is protected like an iron barrel.
Liu Xia just sat on the city wall, silent. No matter what officials came, he would not get up.
Waiting until night, all the officials who should be reinforced arrived with their troops.
At this moment, there are already a dense crowd of people kneeling on the city wall. From the chief envoys, magistrates, tongzhi, officials, to military generals, guerrillas, thousands households, and hundreds of households, there are seven or eight hundred people kneeling in dense crowds.
Because the city wall is small, some officials have knelt down on the streets within the city wall.
The scene was truly spectacular.
Wu Jiajun broke out in a cold sweat. He knew what Liu Xia was going to do, and he was slightly worried, fearing that it would get out of hand.
However, Liu Xia looked relatively calm as he sat there.
After a while, Liu Xia drank a cup of tea and stood up slowly.
"Commander Liu, I have a question that I would like to ask you."
At this time, Liu Xia finally spoke.
"Your Majesty, you are too polite to ask for advice."
Liu Hongtao's heart skipped a beat and he said hastily.
Regarding Liu Xia, he had already inquired about it when he came.
Today's Liu Xia is well-known and well-known, so naturally it won't be very difficult to inquire about anything.
"Haha, may I ask, when should the reinforcements from Yuan Pingzhou arrive?"
Liu Xia asked with a smile.
"Back to your lord, the original Pingzhou garrison is two hundred miles away from here. The court stipulates that they must arrive within three hours."
Liu Hongtao said hurriedly.
"Oh, that's it. Then let me ask you, when should the garrison fifty miles away arrive?"
"Go back to the prince in one hour."
Liu Hongtao said hurriedly.
"Well, it turns out you know everything. Then let me ask you again, why haven't the garrison troops under your jurisdiction arrived?"
Liu Xia asked blankly.
"This, this, I don't know."
Liu Hongtao was immediately dripping with sweat from his forehead.
"You don't know. Then I will review for you what the national law is. Liu Liansheng, notify the Tiger Guards to enter the city."
Liu Xia immediately stood up and said angrily.
At that moment, Liu Liansheng took out a bamboo tube, and suddenly a firework shot straight into the sky.
After a moment, they saw a group of cavalry wearing blood-colored armor, quickly approaching Qiu County, and then entered the city.
"I'm going to send you an order. All the officials from hundreds of households, the magistrate of Yuanping, and the county magistrates of each county who fail to send reinforcements according to the prescribed time will be arrested by me."
Liu Xia immediately slapped the case and drank.
At this time, not only Wu Jiajun, but also the Chief Envoy who was kneeling on the ground was a little dumbfounded.
If we were to catch him, almost none of the more than 700 officials kneeling here would be able to escape except for the people they brought with them.
This is quite a big deal.
"Your Majesty, although their reinforcements arrived late, they may have been delayed by other matters."
At this time, Song Qingming hurriedly cupped his fists and said.
"Really? Mr. Song dares to excuse him. But shut up. I will deal with your matter later."
Liu Xia said angrily.
After the tiger guards received the order, without saying a word, they arrested all the officials who were kneeling on the city wall without saying a word.
That scene was truly spectacular.
So, people all over the city wall shouted that they were wronged.
However, the tiger guards didn't care about that and tied up those five-flowered ones one after another.
"Liu Liansheng."
"exist!"
"Execute these people on the spot, leaving no one behind."
At this time, Liu Xia issued an order again.
At this time, even Liu Liansheng was a little stupid.
These were all official officials of the imperial court, and more than 600 people were arrested, which is a bit shocking.
At this time, Liu Xia glared at him fiercely, and Liu Liansheng hurriedly said: "Yes!"
As a result, those people were driven outside the city gate by the tiger guards, and their heads fell to the ground with their swords raised.
That scene was so spectacular.
The heads of more than 600 officials, from the magistrate to hundreds of households, rolled on the ground, and their blood dyed the front of the city gate red.
Liu Hongtao, who was still kneeling on the ground at this moment, heard the screams and the sound of beheadings coming one after another under the city wall. The sweat on his forehead had soaked the area where he was kneeling.
As for Song Qingming, he was also stunned. This time, he was completely at a loss.
Most of these officials are his direct descendants. If it were normal, he would fight to the death to beg for mercy for these officials.
But now, he didn't dare to say a word.
Because the army that carried out the order did not know where it came from.
He was worried that if he made any moves today, he might fall into Liu Xia's trap.
I can only hold back and remain silent until I understand the situation clearly.
As a result, the sounds of beheadings continued one after another, and within half an hour, a pile of corpses was piled up under the city wall.
"Master Liu, I have reviewed the national law for you. The rest will be left to you. Liu Liansheng hung the heads of those officials and the bodies of the bandits who dared to attack the county last night in Qiu County
Outside the city walls, from today on, anyone who dares to flout the laws of the country will be killed and pardoned."
After Liu Xia finished speaking, Liu Hongtao and others hurriedly shouted: "Yes."