Chapter 272 Iron-blooded means to pacify Xinye! Liu Daer's road is finally paved!
"Come! Bring all the eucalyptus slips to the hall."
"Hurry up, don't waste time."
Sure enough, the knife is only really effective if it is held on the neck.
The guard soldiers cupped their hands and clasped their fists, and said loudly: "I'm telling you, when the villain left, they were sorting out the eucalyptus slips. These two people kept writing and looked very panicked."
"oh?"
How could Xu Xuan not know that they were making a lie, but there was no evidence for this kind of thing, so naturally he couldn't talk nonsense.
He just turned his head slowly, and his sharp gaze was like a sharp sword, sweeping over the two people who were trembling with fear: "You two are really thoughtful."
"Wei Ting really misunderstood."
On the side, Cheng Wei hurriedly helped to smooth things over, fearing that these two people with poor psychological quality would reveal their secrets: "I am quite busy these days, and I really can't take care of sorting out the documents, so I can only fill in temporarily."
"Ah yes."
The chief clerk below hurriedly responded: "We have to measure the land every day and distribute farm tools to the people who signed up. We are very busy with all kinds of things, so we don't have time to record it in the eucalyptus."
A trick to coax ghosts.
Although it has not been long since the agricultural production task responsibility letter was issued, it can be filled in by just relying on brain memory. Unless the person has a photographic memory and the ability to memorize extensive information, it is impossible to do it.
It's obvious.
Look at these two cowardly guys, how can they be such strange people.
However, Xu Xuan was too lazy to expose it. As a court official, he naturally knew the importance of evidence. It was difficult to convince the public by relying on conjecture, especially when it came to removing the magistrate of a county.
"In that case, then submit it."
Xu Xuan didn't go into details, but just waved his hand and motioned for the eucalyptus slip to be brought up.
"Here."
The chief clerk in the palace didn't dare to hesitate. He stood up, picked up the scroll, and presented it with both hands.
Xu Chang took it and handed it to Xu Qiu before stepping aside.
Xu Qiu expanded the browsing.
Oops!
Really...
Some words, the ink is not dry yet.
He carefully sorted out the data above and asked: "Cheng County, how many people do you have responsible for measuring land?"
Cheng Wei frowned and hesitated: "Ah, this..."
He hurriedly looked at the chief clerk, who blurted out: "Twelve people."
Cheng Wei quickly echoed: "The lower official is not responsible for specific affairs, so I don't know. I hope you can forgive me."
Xu Qiu was not annoyed at all, and said with a smile: "It doesn't matter, as long as someone can answer it. Our farming production task responsibility document is very clear. The county magistrate is the main responsibility, and the other county officials are jointly and severally responsible."
Cheng Wei nodded with a dark look on his face: "Yes, it is indeed true."
Xu Xuan continued to browse, and at the same time ordered: "Find the eucalyptus slips from Yutian, Xinye County, I will check them carefully."
The chief clerk nodded and hurriedly looked for him: "Here."
"The recent list of people signing up for farming."
"..."
"There are also eucalyptus slips for distributing farm tools."
"..."
"The situation of tax fields in recent years."
"..."
Xu Xuan is a veteran supervisor.
After all, supervision and reporting are originally the job of the governor.
Not to mention a small Xinye County, what about the entire Jingzhou?
Aren't you still being manipulated by Xu Zhuan?
No one knows the correlation between various data better than Xu Qiu.
He doesn't even need to conduct on-site inspections to find out the inconsistencies in the data and even guess which ones are fake and which ones are true.
Just when he was checking the authenticity of the new information.
Outside Xinye City.
Yu looked at the wasteland, not a single person was cultivating it, and suddenly felt a sense of despair.
Compared with the excitement in Wancheng at the moment, Xinye is like a big theater at the end of the song, lonely and desolate.
Even compared to the Deng family and the Yin family in the same county, not to mention compared to Wancheng, there is still no anger at all.
This is not laziness, but simply inaction.
As long as there was some movement, it wouldn't be like this.
A group of people holding farm tools stood in the fields, looking forward to it, but they were unable to go to the fields to work.
"Damn Shinno Ling!"
Yu Fan took a deep breath, and the anger in his heart completely boiled.
"Yu Yushi."
On the side, Chen Dao cupped his hands and clasped his fists: "What should we do?"
Yu Fan sighed and waved his hand: "Let's go back to the county government office. If this thief is not removed from office, I, Yu Fan, swear that I will not be a human being."
Chen Dao and others followed him all the way, and they were also filled with indignation: "Here."
Now.
Everyone got on their horses and galloped straight to the county seat.
However, they had just left the fields and had not yet set foot on the official road into the city.
While passing by a roadside tea shop.
The cautious Chen Dao suddenly noticed something was wrong.
This tea shop clearly serves the people working in the fields and passing merchants.
Logically speaking, having three or five customers is considered a good business.
But...
There were twenty to thirty people in the tea shop.
Although they were all dressed in coarse linen clothes, with hoes and other objects placed beside them, and looked like ordinary people in the fields, they were all strong and strong, much taller and taller than ordinary people.
certainly!
This is not the most important thing, the most important thing is.
When a group of them rode out from the street, the eyes of the group of people were all focused on it. Many people took their hands off the eucalyptus and touched the bottom of the eucalyptus, with a flash of excitement in their eyes.
murderous look.
"Yu Yushi, there is a situation."
Chen Dao grabbed the reins with one hand and reached for the Huanshou knife at his waist.
"Assassination?"
Yu Fan sneered solemnly and reminded softly: "Chen Sima, remember to leave two people alive. I was worried that I couldn't kill him, but he actually took the initiative to send me here."
"I'll try my best."
Chen Da didn't dare to say anything to death.
After all, it's not clear what the other party's situation is at the moment.
"Chen Sima, can you give me a war spear?"
Although Yu Fan was a civil servant, he was good at using war spears.
Even the late Chen Dao had heard of this.
"I don't have a war spear, but can I have an iron spear?"
Chen Dao casually handed over his weapon.
"this......"
Yu Fan didn't dare to take over.
Chen Dao naturally understood Yu Fan's concerns: "Take it, if you can protect yourself, I will feel at ease."
Only then did Yu Fan take the iron spear: "Don't worry, Marquis Chen Jun."
Chen Dao nodded: "That's very good."
drive-!
When he leaped forward with his horse, he only heard a "hands on" sound, and the empty soil on the ground stirred up, and several snagging ropes were stretched out from it, completely blocking the possibility of the horse flying forward.
Xiyuxu—!
Chen Dao subconsciously tightened the reins, sat down and his horse neighed with its head high, almost standing upright. If the horse had not been equipped with the three equestrian skills, and Chen Dao desperately clamped the horse's belly, he might have been overturned to the ground.
but......
Fortunately, Chen Dao had anticipated this, and he galloped forward on his horse to put some distance between himself and his soldiers, giving Yu Fan and others enough time to react. Otherwise, even if the stumbling rope did not trip him, it would trip others.
Xiyuxu—!
The loud honking of horses continued one after another.
Although there were only eleven war horses, the momentum was still terrifying, causing a puff of smoke and dust.
Chen Daocang roared, pulled out the Huanshou sword, and shouted sternly: "The enemy is attacking, protect Yu Shi."
The guards shouted in unison: "Here."
Immediately.
Four people guarded Yu Fan in the center, each holding a weapon and guarding him to the death.
The others were on guard against the assassins swooping up from both sides.
Chen Dao's reaction was not unpleasant.
His eyes flickered from side to side. Although it was just a brief glance, he saw more than a dozen broad-headed crossbows set up, and they fired a wave of almost crazy shots at the cavalry on the road.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
The crossbow strings vibrated, and the crossbow arrows were like stars.
This is definitely not an ordinary bandit, he must be a fierce soldier in the army.
Chen Dao was shocked!
He didn't quite believe that it would be the Xinye County magistrate who killed and silenced him.
But now, with the facts before him, he had to believe it.
So outrageous!
It’s really too rampant!
It is simply unreasonable for him to dare to set up an ambush and kill an official of the imperial court in broad daylight.
The anger in Chen's heart burned up and turned into a strong force, and he kept waving the Huanshou sword in his hand.
Clang! Clang! Clang!
The blade of the knife is like a flower, swaying from side to side.
He actually blocked all the arrows coming from both sides, and none of them could get close to him.
but......
Although Chen Dao could barely block.
But the soldiers under his command were not so lucky.
Under attack from the left and right, they could defend one side but could not defend the other.
In an instant, two people were hit. One was in the middle and managed to hold on despite the pain. The other was hit by an arrow on his horse and ran uncontrollably in all directions.
"Damn it!"
Chen Dao chewed it secretly.
If it's one-on-one, or even one-on-two, or three-on-three, they all have certain advantages.
But now, the opponent's troops are several times theirs, and they also have powerful crossbows to provide long-distance fire suppression. If they defend passively, they will probably end up being cannibalized step by step.
"kill-!"
Chen Dao made a prompt decision and gave the order.
Immediately.
He turned his horse around, took advantage of the opportunity for the crossbow to reset its string, held the Huanshou Dao, and rushed towards them. He raised the knife and dropped it, waving it non-stop. The bright red juice flew in all directions along with the severed limbs and arms.
Horrifying.
It seemed like just a blink of an eye.
As many as five or six enemy soldiers died in Chen Dao's hands, but Chen Dao didn't bother him. He tore open a hole and rushed straight at the strong crossbow soldiers in the rear row, frightening the crossbow soldiers who were resetting their bow strings.
The bile cracked and the soul flew away, and immediately became birds and beasts and dispersed.
But......
How could they outrun the war horses?
Chen Dao charged forward with his horse, his shots were as fast as lightning, he rushed all the way, killing three or five crossbowmen, and then turned around and looked back. The guards were fighting fiercely with the assassins. Yu Fan stabbed with a gun and killed one person. His technique was clean and neat.
People feel extremely at ease.
Sure enough, you can protect yourself!
In this case, Chen Dao can do whatever he wants.
drive-!
He charged forward on horseback, with his sword raised and lowered, constantly reaping the lives of the assassins around him.
After driving away the assassins on one side, Chen Dao turned his horse to the other side and cooperated with Yu Fan to attack the remaining assassins. After three strikes, five and two, they killed them all.
"Marquis Chen Jun, arrest him alive!"
"rest assured!"
"County Lieutenant, leave quickly—!"
"County Lieutenant?"
Chen Dao was stunned for a moment.
He raised his eyes and looked up.
But I saw a man flying up on his horse, and he was about to ride away.
Chen Dao killed the soldier, and immediately clamped his horse's belly. He sat down and the horse raised its head and neighed. Like a golden lightning, it rushed out:
"Thief, where are you going?"
"Eat a certain knife."
"ah?"
The county captain was surprised.
He only felt a cold murderous aura, rushing in from the back of his spine, quickly flowing through his body, breaking out in cold sweat, soaking all his clothes and armor in an instant.
Suddenly turned around.
The cold blade suddenly fell.
clang-!
A crisp sound.
The county lieutenant raised his sword to block, and his arms suddenly became numb, as if he had hit a mountain.
Just one cut caused his jaw to burst open, and the tearing pain made him unable to hold the Huanshou Sword in his hand, and it flew out, whirring and spinning.
"Damn it!"
When the county captain was in shock, a shadow crossed his eyes.
The next second.
He flew off the horse and fell to the ground with a thud. When he got up, a cold Huanshou sword was placed on his neck.
"Don't move."
Chen Dao said coldly.
"snort."
The county lieutenant snorted softly, turned around abruptly, and bright red juice spurted out from his neck. The artery was cut by the blade of the knife. After two flutters on the spot, there was no movement.
"Ah, this..."
Even Chen Dao himself did not expect such a result.
He hurriedly turned to look at Yu Fan.
Yu Fan sighed: "Marquis Chen Jun, I don't blame you for this. Let's find another way."
Chen Dao frowned and asked, "Does Censor Yu have any idea?"
"Don't worry."
Yu Fan waved his hand to interrupt and fell into deep thought: "Let me think about it."
Chen Dao nodded and remained silent.
*****
In the city, the county government.
Xu Qiu picked up a pen and recorded some things.
About an hour later.
He put down the eucalyptus slip, put the pen aside, took a long breath, and raised his eyes to look at Cheng Wei: "Cheng County, do you want to admit your mistake yourself, or do you want me to admit it for you?"
"this......"
Cheng Wei frowned slightly and thought for a long time.
During this period, although Xu Xuan had been writing down something, he never said anything, leaving Cheng Wei completely unsure whether Xu Xuan knew something or was deliberately bluffing.
Cheng Wei didn't want to sit still and wait for death, but he was worried about losing this opportunity, so he could only try to ask: "Tingwei, is there something wrong with our eucalyptus slips?"
"snort!"
Xu Qiu twisted his beard and snorted lightly, and said calmly: "I have to admit that your Xinye County Chief Record Office is quite conscientious, and there are basically no problems with some account transactions."
Cheng Wei secretly breathed a sigh of relief, but still did not take it lightly: "Tingwei, please allow me to be fair. Although the imperial government's decree to revitalize the land is good, it is not that easy to implement it in practice."
"Xinye County is very special. It not only has aristocratic families like the Deng family, the Yin family, and the Lai family, but also wealthy families like the Zhao family and the Li family. The decree issued by the imperial court has hurt many people like the Zhao family and the Li family. Home......"
Before he finished speaking, Xu Qiu waved his hand and interrupted: "It seems that Cheng County is not going to give an honest explanation. In that case, don't blame me for being rude."
"kindness?"
Cheng Wei's heart skipped a beat: "What does Wei Ting mean?"
Xu Xuan said softly: "Your account clearly states that from the Kong family's iron shop in Xinye, 2,468 brand-new farm tools were obtained, plus 6,833 new farm tools found from the Kong family in Xinye. Twelve pieces, a total of nine thousand three hundred pieces."
"However, this number does not match the number of people who signed up to farm, and the number of farm tools actually distributed to the people is also inconsistent. However, it is clearly recorded in the eucalyptus slip that the distribution has been completed."
"Cheng County."
Xu Xuan's voice was dull, but it was sonorous and powerful: "How do you explain this?"
Cheng Wei was stunned and suddenly said dumbly: "This...this..."
The chief clerk on the side hurriedly explained: "It was wrongly recorded in the eucalyptus slip, and the distribution was not completed."
"oh?"
Xu Xuan immediately turned to the chief bookkeeper: "The implication is that the data in this account should be consistent with the actual surplus in the warehouse, right?"
The chief clerk nodded quickly: "It's right! It must be right!"
Xu Qiu sneered: "Where is Xu Chang?"
"The end will be here."
"Now send someone to the warehouse to check, quickly count the actual surplus, and then report it to me."
"Here."
Xu Chang responded and then said, "Cheng County, do you dare to send someone to lead the way?"
Cheng Wei was frightened, his throat rolled subconsciously: "Okay!"
"Where is Master Lu?"
"exist."
"Take someone to the warehouse to take stock."
"Here."
Xu Chang winked at the person next to him.
The soldier held up his hand and immediately followed him out.
but......
This isn't the end yet.
Xu Qiu continued: "The Kong family has 8,634 acres of farmland in Xinye, but there are more than 32,000 people who have signed up to farm in Xinye, which proves that a large part of the people are not divided.
Acres of land.”
"Who are these people? Who are the people who distributed the acres? Why is there no reflection in the accounts of Cheng County? Could it be that the acres have not been distributed yet?"
Cheng Wei knew he couldn't escape: "This..."
Xu Qiu continued to attack: "Even if the land has not been cleared yet and all the labor has not been arranged, then the original tenants of the Kong family, according to the imperial decree, should be the same as before. Where are they in your accounts?"
Cheng Wei was nervous and sweating ecstatically: "It should be that we haven't had time to make statistics yet. We have been busy measuring recently. We thought it would not be too late to record the results after the farming is on track."
"snort!"
Xu Xuan snorted lightly, but did not expose his sophistry, and said: "According to the farming production task responsibility letter issued by the imperial court, each county should implement farming and open up wasteland at the same time according to the actual situation."
"Since you are measuring, where is the distribution record of the measured land? What kind of farm tools did the person receive? How many people are in the family?"
At this moment, Cheng Wei's scalp was numb and his spine felt cold.
He really couldn't believe it.
Xu Qiu actually inspected it in such detail that even as a county magistrate, he was not clear about some things.
A layer of fine beads of sweat appeared on Cheng Wei's forehead.
Facing Xu Qiu, he knew that there was no way to save him. Now he could only wait for news from the county captain. If he succeeded, he could use it to frighten Xu Qiu, thereby diverting attention and giving himself a chance to make amends.
"Cheng County."
Xu Xuan glanced down at his records and continued to attack: "Especially for this one, the twelve of you have measured 8,366 acres. Even if you work in groups of three, there are four groups in total, you can do the math yourself.
, how many measurements are you going to take these days?”
Cheng Wei suddenly fainted: "Tingwei, I am afraid that I will do something wrong and offend the court, so I am obsessed with it and want to confuse the fake with the real and get through."
"really......"
"It's really because..."
Cheng Wei's mind was racing, and he tried to think of an excuse: "It's because I haven't adapted to this working situation yet. Please give me another chance. When the next node comes, I will make sure to complete all the node content on time."
"snort!"
At this moment, there was an angry roar outside the hall.
A familiar voice came into the main hall: "Cheng County, are you doing things poorly? Or do you want to deliberately delay the farming opportunity and harm the imperial court's farming industry?"
Xu Xuan looked up.
But see...
Yu Fan and Chen Zhizhi barged in. There was still a lot of bright red blood on his body: "Zhong Xiang, what are you... what is going on?"
Yu Fan took a deep breath and looked at the frightened Cheng Wei: "We should ask Cheng County, because on our way back to the city, a group of assassins suddenly appeared and almost killed us."
"Cheng County!"
Yu Fan glared at the other party with piercing eyes, and slowly approached: "Should you take the initiative to explain? Or should I help you explain?"
Cheng Wei swallowed hard: "I...I don't know what you are talking about?"
Yu Fan sneered: "Very good! I wish you wouldn't admit it."
"Marquis Chen Jun."
"exist."
"Send someone to bring them up and let them confront you face to face."
"Here."
Chen Dao cupped his hands and clasped his fists, and walked out of the hall.
When the voice of "Be honest and go quickly" sounded outside the hall.
In the middle of the hall, Cheng Wei made a puff and slumped over the hand. Without waiting for Chen Dao to come back, he kowtowed one after another: "I'll do it! I'll do it all! The assassination of Yu Yushi was actually suggested by the county captain, and the subordinate officials didn't interfere.
"
"As for the long delay in farming, it's because the official is obsessed with it and has collected stolen money from the Zhao family in Xinye. He wants to delay it for a while and force the tenants who have escaped from the Zhao family back."
"but......"
Cheng Wei hurriedly added: "These stolen funds are not taken by the lower officials alone, but are shared by the county lieutenant, chief secretary, meritorious officials, etc. I hope the Tingwei will notice clearly."
hiss-!
Yu Fan looked in disbelief: "It's true! Fortunately, the county captain didn't testify against you until his death. I didn't expect that you didn't hold on, and you didn't bring it upon yourself."
"ah?"
Cheng Wei's eyes were as wide as bells, and his face turned green with anger: "You... how dare you... dare to deceive me?"
Chen Dao snorted coldly: "If I didn't deceive you, how could you, a thief, not bring it upon yourself!"
Cheng Wei's eyes almost exploded: "I...I...I..."
Xu Xuan said coldly: "If you do evil by God, you can still forgive it; if you do evil by yourself, you will not live! Just wait for the sanction of the court."
"Tingwei!"
Yu Fan bowed and handed over his hand: "Xin Yeling failed to implement relevant responsibilities according to the farming production task responsibility letter. According to the reward and punishment regulations, he should be immediately dismissed from his post and investigated. The county captain and chief bookkeeper are equally guilty."
"good!"
Xu Qiu made a decision immediately and said sonorously: "Yu Yushi quickly drafted a memorial and reported the specific situation of Xinye County to Your Majesty. Xinye County cannot be left without an owner for a day, otherwise the farming plan will be delayed."
Yu Fan nodded: "Here."
Cheng Wei knew that there was nothing he could do to save his life, so he collapsed completely on his hands and made no movement.
Xu Qiu gave the order sonorously: "Xu Sima."
Xu Chang cupped his hands and said, "The end will be here."
"Arrest all Xinye County Magistrate Cheng Wei, the Chief Secretary, meritorious officials and other relevant responsible personnel and bring them to prison. Send a message to Your Majesty at night to send a new County Magistrate to his post as soon as possible without any mistakes."
"Here."
"Yu Yushi."
"exist."
"In addition to drafting a memorial, you should also draft a notice and post it to reassure the people. We cannot leave Xinye until the new county magistrate takes office."
"Here."
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