The matter of dividing the fields is in full swing. The whole government office is busy every day with this matter. Even Chu Nan has to go to battle. After all, the fields to be divided this time are far more than the eighteen that Chu Nan originally expected.
Ten thousand acres, but millions of acres of cultivated land must be allocated, registered, and areas demarcated. There are still some people who will be dissatisfied with the land they are allocated because it is too far away from home and so on.
In order to speed up the completion of this matter before the end of the month, Chu Nan used all the talents he prepared to reserve. In order to prevent everyone from crowding together, Chu Nan set up more than thirty points in Xiapi County specifically for
Deal with these things.
Even so, Chu Nan's physique has exceeded 20 points of energy, and he feels like his body has been hollowed out after a long day's work.
"Sir, Zhou Cang hasn't been very honest in prison recently." Wei Yue came in with a rice basket and said helplessly while serving food to Chu Nan.
After Zhou Cang and Pei Yuanshao were brought back from the guillotine, Chu Nan had no time to care about them and threw them directly into prison to reflect. This reflection lasted for a month. Wei Yue didn't mention them, and Chu Nan almost forgot about them.
Fortunately, Pei Yuanshao couldn't become a demon when he was tied up, but Zhou Cang was different. He was born with supernatural power and often broke the chains that tied him. Then Wei Yue had to bring the demon ants there every time. The demon ants are also powerful.
Only by adding Wei Yue can he be restrained again.
"We'll discuss his matters another day. Has there been any movement from Zhang Hong recently?" Chu Nan asked.
After the Li family was destroyed, the remaining family also left, along with several second-tier families. At this time, it was wise not to go against Chu Nan, but Zhang Hong wanted to resign several times.
However, the official was left behind by Lu Bu, and he himself was somewhat wavering and has been delayed until now.
The problems in Xiapi County have been almost solved by now, and Chu Nan, the officialdom leader, has also figured it out, and he is ready to take over the post of Xiapi Prefect.
In the past, whenever Chu Nan did something that infringed on the interests of the noble clan, Zhang Hong would always be the first to jump out. Because of this, the superficial relationship between the two was torn apart, but in the past month, Zhang Hong has ceased to do so.
"No, it looks like he is timid." Wei Yue cursed disdainfully.
"This person has close ties with various families and has a close relationship with the Chen family. He cannot leave. Chief Zhou, how is the collection of Zhang Hong's evidence?" Chu Nan asked.
Taking advantage of the high popularity now, he planned to blackmail Zhang Hong again. If possible, he wanted to use Zhang Hong to throw some dirty water on the Chen family's reputation. However, the Chen family was different from the Li family and the Wang family. Although the Chen family had many properties,
But they are basically handed down from ancestors. Compared with these interests, the Chen family, which has completed the primitive accumulation of capital, values its own reputation more, so the Chen family's reputation in the hearts of Xuzhou people is not low.
It is much more difficult to pour dirty water on the Chen family than to deal with families like the Wang family and the Li family.
If you are not careful, you may even bite yourself!
So you have to be careful about this matter.
Master Zhou smiled and said: "I went back to the county magistrate and searched for more than a month. Since Zhang Hong took office, I have found a lot. Most of them were copied from the Wang family and the Li family. Zhang Hong had close personal relations with these two families, and he had once
Secretly helping the two families to evade taxes, etc., the county magistrate Wang also became the county magistrate because of Zhang Hong's relationship."
In fact, these crimes are not crimes at all in this period, it is just a tacit understanding among everyone, but if you look carefully at the law, these crimes are enough for Zhang Hong to confiscate his family and exterminate his family!
"After sorting these things out, I'll go find him tomorrow!" Chu Nan looked at the evidence and groped his chin. It was almost time for him to be promoted to Xiapi Prefecture. The imperial edict and official seal could finally be put to use. Thanks to Boss Cao.
It's a gift. I didn't kill you last time, so this will be considered a thank you gift from you.
"Remember, keep an eye on him and don't let him go!" Chu Nan finally looked at Wei Yue and said.
"Don't worry, young master, he can't run away!"
There was no words all night, and early the next morning, Chu Nan, served by Lu Lingqi and Lu Yi, neatly dressed up in official uniform and put on his official hat.
"Why are you so solemn today, but there is something important?" Lu Lingqi was a little confused and helped Chu Nan tidy up her clothes.
Although Chu Nan wears official uniforms on weekdays, he rarely wears an official hat. The summer is already hot, and his hair cannot be cut, so wearing a hat is really unbearable.
"Well, it's an important matter. Today, my husband will be promoted to prefect!" Chu Nan said with a smile.
"Although my husband is not the youngest governor, he is unique in this world." Under Chu Nan's guidance, Lu Lingqi began to learn to smile, at least in front of Chu Nan.
There were very few prefects under twenty years old in ancient times.
However, as far as Chu Nan is concerned, the honor of the youngest governor is far less than the benefits brought by the governor himself. His luck far exceeds that of the county magistrate and his help in cultivation after gaining the popularity of the people in the county are not.
The youngest prefect's honor can't be compared with that.
Chu Nan did not take up the post directly before, but was just not familiar with the officialdom. Now that he is familiar with the business, Zhang Hong, the acting prefect, no longer needs to stay here.
After bidding farewell to his wife, Chu Nan came to the government office with the imperial edict and the prefect's seal, only to find Wei Yue and others already waiting here.
Chu Nan handed the official seal and edict to Master Zhou, straightened his clothes and said, "Let's go!"
After speaking, the group of people marched toward the prefect's mansion.
Zhang Hong has been feeling a little restless these days. The Wang family was wiped out, the Li family was liquidated, and several other wealthy families saw the situation and left Xiapi one after another. He actually wanted to leave, but was kindly persuaded by Lu Bu and Chen Gong to stay, plus he
I was not willing to give up the official title I had obtained.
He knew very well that he was able to get to this point entirely because there was no one available to Lu Bu. Otherwise, whether it was the previous governor of Xuzhou or the current prefect of Xiapi, it would have been impossible for him to take his turn.
After taking office, he got a lot of benefits from this position. He knew very well that those families could leave without breaking their bones at most, but if he lost this official position, those families might not be as respectful to him as they are today, so
, those families ran away, but he still stayed here with the last bit of luck.
He chose to turn a blind eye to Chu Nan's subsequent commotion, because he knew that Chu Nan was nominally his subordinate, but in Xiapi, as long as Lu Bu was still the shepherd of Xuzhou for a day, he would not be able to defeat Chu Nan.
Besides, all the nobles he relies on have run away, why is he jumping around? It is better to show weakness temporarily and wait for other opportunities to fight back. With Lu Bu's reputation, he does not believe that Lu Bu can fight against a family like the Yuan family, which has four generations and three fathers.
Maybe even the Chen family can't fight it. One day, Lu Bu will perish. By then, he will just liquidate to avenge today.
"Master Fu! Something bad happened!" The housekeeper rushed in hurriedly and said to Zhang Hong.
"I'm very fine!" Zhang Hong groaned and glared at the housekeeper.
"No, a large group of people came from outside the mansion. The leader is none other than Chu Nan. He is in the lobby at the moment. He asked me to call Mr. Fu." After the housekeeper finished speaking, he looked at Zhang Hong worriedly and said: " Mr. Fu, let me see these.
The people are coming in a menacing way, I’m afraid they’re coming with bad intentions!”
"Is this coming with bad intentions?" A look of sullenness flashed between Zhang Hong's brows, and he snorted angrily: "I no longer care about Xiapi's affairs and let him do whatever he wants. What else will he do? I'll go meet him for a while!"
After saying that, he ordered someone to dress him in the official uniform on the ship, put on his official hat, and strode towards the main hall.
When he came to the main hall, he saw Chu Nan sitting in his own position with a golden sword. Zhang Hong's eyebrows became more angry and he said in a deep voice: "County Magistrate Chu, that is my position."
"Yes yesterday." Chu Nan smiled.
"What do you mean?" Zhang Hong's heart trembled, his anger dissipated a lot, and he looked at Chu Nan and said.
"Master Zhou." Chu Nan did not answer, but raised his chin towards Master Zhou.
Chief Zhou nodded, took out a scroll of bamboo slips, unfolded it and read: "In the first year of Jian'an, Zhang Hong was appointed governor for the first time. He secretly accepted bribes and helped the Prime Minister of Wang County win the position of Prime Minister of Xiapi County. In the winter of the same year..."
One by one, Zhang Hong secretly colluded with the local gentry to embezzle government resources by relying on his official position.
Zhang Hong felt guilty after hearing this, but looked at Chu Nan with a gloomy expression: "The County Magistrate Chu is here today to interrogate me?"
"My father-in-law asked you to serve as an official, hoping that you could help him govern Xuzhou and benefit the people. However, the prince took my father-in-law's salary and secretly helped those local clans to make profits. You have a serious crooked butt.
" Chu Nan said with a smile.
"Not to mention whether these things can be used as evidence of crime, Chu Nan, I am the prefect of Xiapi, and you are just the magistrate of Xiapi. Who are you qualified to judge me?" Zhang Hong looked at Chu Nan and said coldly.
"I said, you, Governor Pi, can only wait until yesterday!" Chu Nan said calmly.
"This is your father-in-law's self-appointment. Do you want to disobey it?" Zhang Hong sneered.
"My father-in-law only asked you to act as the prefect, when did he make you the governor?" Chu Nan nodded to Chief Zhou, who took out Chu Nan's edict and official seal, handed the edict to Zhang Hong, Chu Nan smiled and said: "Look
Look what this is?"
"Imperial edict from the imperial court!?" Zhang Hong looked at the seal representing the emperor on the edict and could hardly believe his eyes. Then he raised his head and looked at Chu Nan in astonishment.
"You just presided over the county affairs for me for a period of time. Now that I am capable enough, I should take the position of prefect!" Chu Nan looked at Zhang Hong and said: "Now, am I qualified to judge you?"
Zhang Hong's face instantly turned pale, and he couldn't help but take a step back. At this moment, he finally understood why Lu Bu only asked him to act as an agent instead of officially appointing him. His position was prepared for Chu Nan from the beginning, and he was just the other party.
It's just a tool in your hand, the kind that can be removed at any time.
From the day Lu Bu became the governor of the state and removed himself from the position of governor, his official position was destined to be eliminated.
"If you sincerely assisted your father-in-law and did not do these things, even if you were relieved of your position as governor, you would have been properly arranged. But Zhang Hong, you are the official who was given to you by my father-in-law and took the salary from my father-in-law.
When you are secretly fighting against your father-in-law, you should think about what happened today and be smarter. You should also flee with those big families, but..."
Chu Nan looked at him a little ridiculously: "You were so easily persuaded to stay? It seems that you have a misunderstanding of your status. You don't really think that Xuzhou is without you, right?"
Zhang Hong's face turned pale. At this moment, he was nothing. He didn't even have a chance to resist Chu Nan.
"But my father-in-law is nostalgic for his past. After all, you have assisted him for a while, so I decided to give you a chance." Chu Nan looked at Zhang Hong and said with a smile.
"What kind of opportunity is this?" Zhang Hong raised his head and looked at Chu Nan, although he knew that this opportunity would probably not be easy to obtain.
"Chen family." Chu Nan looked at Zhang Hong and said with a smile: "I need enough evidence of the Chen family's crimes. It doesn't necessarily have to be Chen Deng. Anyone can be a member of the Chen family. In addition, you have to personally execute them."
"Impossible!" Zhang Hong shook his head.
"You know, if you look closely at these evidences, you will be killed, and no one else will have anything to say!" Chu Nan pointed to the files: "I have always done things with reason and evidence. Since I took action today, you don't need to I doubt the authenticity of these incriminating evidences."
Zhang Hong was silent and just shook his head.
"Master Fu." Chu Nan stood up and came to Zhang Hong: "Even if you don't care about your own life or death, what about your family? You don't want your wife to be raised by others, right? And your son..."
Zhang Hong stiffened and his shaking head gradually stopped.
"Go and atone for your crime." Chu Nan took the official seal and put it in his hand: "Now, Governor Pi, you can no longer do it, but I have found a prison position for you, specifically responsible for the affairs of the Chen family. , with your wisdom, you should know what to do."
Zhang Hong nodded with an ugly expression, not daring to look at Chu Nan.
"Don't worry, your family will be properly arranged by the county government, don't worry about it." Chu Nan said with a smile.
"If I help you, can you not hurt them!?" Zhang Hong suddenly turned around and stared at Chu Nan.
"Don't worry, I can do what I say. As long as you help me deal with the Chen family, not only will your family be safe, but you may also be useful in the future." Chu Nan said seriously.
"I obey!"
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The five-day burst of updates is over. Beard finally kept his promise. The last chapter is a little late. It will start tomorrow at 8 a.m., 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. If there are additional updates, it will be at 10 p.m., but after writing this chapter It's already 12:40. I'm afraid I won't have time to update at 8 o'clock tomorrow morning. I'd like to tell you in advance that everyone will forgive me. As for the two chapters owed by the two alliance leaders, please allow me to rest for two days and then finish it. I can't see the computer now. I'm a little annoyed. Thank you all again for your support. Today I challenged my limits~