"When the cases are compared in August today, it is called the second comparison of household registrations." [Dongguan Hanji]
Soon, under Pang Tong's order, the pavilion chief and You Xi of Shangluo County followed the order one after another. Everyone in the hall complained endlessly and hurriedly wanted to talk to save him, but Pang Tong changed his gentle attitude and refused coldly.
A bunch of people are waiting.
"Yuan Zhi!" Pang Tong waved to Xu Shu and said, "The princes are not going back today. I ordered the kitchen to prepare meals to entertain the princes."
"Pang Jun, you don't have to be so troublesome..." the old man said quickly: "The autumn harvest is coming soon, and there are still many chores at home. It's better for me to go back early."
Since the matter was irreversible, they had no choice but to return to their own manor as soon as possible. Although they were powerful locals, their power was not as powerful as those of the big families in the states and counties. At least there were several groups of guards and thugs at home. As long as they blocked the door, they could be the chief of the pavilion.
No matter how tyrannical you are, you can't just break into your beloved's home and have your household registration checked!
Pang Tong had already seen through everyone's tricks. In order to prevent these people from tipping off the news after returning home, or pretending to be local snakes to prevent the director of the pavilion from checking the household registration, he had already made plans to detain everyone here.
"Don't leave in a hurry."
As soon as he finished speaking, a group of county soldiers came out from nowhere and blocked the door.
"Pang Jun, what do you mean?" When the old man saw this, instead of being angry, he calmed down. He pretended to be angry on his face and said angrily: "I have never seen this before when I was a scholar and censor.
Is there such a law before, and the magistrate of the Han Dynasty can still put scholars under house arrest for no reason?"
Pang Tong was still not thorough enough. Su Ze thought to himself behind the screen, if these people were directly accused, and if someone among them sued him, would Pang Tong alone be able to tell the difference between right and wrong? Thinking like this, Su
He still held his breath and quietly watched what Pang Tong would do next from behind the screen.
"Where do you start talking about this?" Pang Tong looked disapproving and said with a smile: "It's rare for you to come here so well. Since I came here, I haven't had a good discussion with you several times. I got the opportunity today.
Why don't you take this opportunity to have a chat with all the gentlemen? It's getting late, so please sit down and wait for dinner. After dinner, I have another important matter to discuss with you. It involves imperial decrees and government affairs, so please stay and don't do anything.
Be gentle."
When he said this, his reasons were sufficient and his tone was unquestionable. Everyone lost their temper for a moment. The county soldiers guarding the door were to protect the safety of the government office, and they were justified. At this time, they could not get out, and their arrogance was beaten.
Halfway through, everyone felt inconvenient to say anything. Otherwise, depending on the other party's generous character, he might be charged with "obstructing official business" again. Seeing that everyone had become more at ease, Pang Tong nodded lightly and called again.
Wang Yan, the lieutenant of Shangluo County, told everyone in front of everyone: "Autumn is about to enter, and some thieves must not come out to cause trouble in the mountains. The county lieutenant is in charge of the security of the county, and I have to patrol with the prime minister of Xu County, so there can be no mistakes."
After the military system of prefectures and counties was reestablished, the military power of county guards was greatly weakened. Although the rank of county captains and county captains were lower than those of guards, under normal circumstances, they were not subordinate to each other. But Wang Yanguan lived here.
He had been in the position for several years and had not been promoted. He was already middle-aged and had no energy at all. Now that a Shangguan with a good background was appointed, Wang Yan naturally wanted to try his best to flatter him. He responded politely: "Thank you Pang Jun for your advice. I will serve you."
Let’s do this and we won’t let any kid in Shangluo County dare to cause trouble.”
"I have always seen people counting how many thieves they have killed, but I don't know that only if there are no thieves in the territory can they be called the best." Pang Tong said approvingly: "This year, I will ask for credit for you!" 187
Wang Yan happily accepted the promise and left, seemingly not seeing the surprised and uncertain expressions of everyone in the hall.
What does Pang Tong mean? Some people can't help but wonder in their hearts, is it possible that he, a small county magistrate, dares to mobilize troops? Others have begun to worry, worried that without their own restraint at home, those who are accustomed to bullying the villagers
The disciples who have become angry can't help but fight with the pavilion chiefs who go to the countryside. If they attack first...
There were many people who thought about the serious consequences. Seeing that Pang Tong was completely furious and wanted to thoroughly investigate the households in the county, they were not polite and quickly came up with a countermeasure: "I heard that Jingzhao County
The Prime Minister has already come to this county to supervise government affairs. Since he wants to discuss matters, why not invite the County Prime Minister as well?"
The rest of the people seemed to have grasped at straws. They echoed each other and said, "Yes, yes."
Pang Tong seemed to know what they would say, and said softly: "Young gentlemen, please don't be busy. When the meal is over, I will naturally ask Su Juncheng to come forward and discuss it together."
Su Ze, who was standing behind the screen, had already changed his mind about Pang Tong. After making up his mind, he took a step back and sat directly on the reserved couch, waiting for the afternoon in leisure time.
They waited for several hours, until after dinner, the sky gradually darkened, and Pang Tong still looked indifferent. The "hands-off" county magistrate rarely looked at the past official documents, and everyone who was impatient to wait came to the table one after another.
I asked him when the meeting would take place, but he ignored me.
It wasn't until there was a burst of hustle and bustle under the door that Pang Tong slowly raised his head, only to see that the dispatched pavilion chiefs had returned to their posts under the leadership of Xu Shu. Without any scruples, the well-trained pavilion chiefs quickly targeted
Sexually, the direct relatives of several of the biggest wealthy families in Shangluo County, their slaves and slaves, and even the knights who traveled around were all registered in the register.
The final population count was almost several times more than what they declared themselves. Pang Tong knew that it was impossible to completely count all the households in just one afternoon, but as long as these most powerful powerful people were counted, the remaining ordinary people would be
It is not difficult to count the people.
"Well done." Pang Tong stroked the book Xu Shu brought up and said with satisfaction. He didn't pay attention to the gray looks on everyone's face: "You have been here for so long, have you encountered any obstacles?"
"There were several chivalrous disciples raised by the family who tried to resist with their own troops, but they were all captured on the spot." The leader of the pavilion had a gangly look on his face. He was originally an ordinary soldier in the middle camp of the Northern Army.
The man is tall and the horse is big, and he can carry heavy armor and run quickly. Unfortunately, one of his hands was trampled by a horse during the battle, and his internal organs also suffered from problems, so he had to retreat from the battle.
Knights are good at fencing, but not many have real abilities. Most of them are just show-offs. How can they compare with these retired pavilion chiefs who were killed from the mountains of corpses and seas of blood? They also said that the pavilion chiefs were as easy to bully as before, relying on the powerful people behind them.
He wanted to muster up resistance, but unexpectedly he kicked the iron plate.
"How dare you!" Many people said in panic. They didn't know whose family was being used as a model, but they were still shocked and angry at the boldness of the pavilion chiefs.
"Anyone who collides with court officials or obstructs government orders will be punished by Han law!" Pang Tong said coldly, then turned around and slowly said to Su Ze, who had been waiting behind the screen for a long time: "Su Jun, I said so.