After everyone finished eating, Wang Fugui called Zhao Tao, then extended his hand to the eldest prince and said,
"Give me the tiger charm."
The eldest prince was startled when he heard this and said,
"Why do you want the Tiger Talisman?"
"Deploying troops to arrest people and ransacking homes. Otherwise, why are you here for fun?"
Wang Fugui glared.
The eldest prince nodded, took out the tiger charm from his arms, and handed it to Wang Fugui.
This is the tiger talisman of the 20,000-strong army. Now they are still called the Forbidden Army. When they arrive at Yumen Pass and hand over to Han Yun, they will hand over the tiger talisman representing military power to Han Yun. The 20,000 people can be called the Zhenbei Army.
Wang Fugui handed the tiger talisman to Zhao Tao, and then said to Zhao Long,
"You two, go up to the city and mobilize troops into the city. Zhao Tao, you surround the government office as quickly as possible. Zhao Long, you surround the county governor's mansion as quickly as possible. No one is allowed to leave.
After entering the city, order people to close the city gate and be careful they take the opportunity to transfer assets."
Wang Fugui's last sentence is not redundant, because the money and food are probably not hidden in the governor's home or government office, and they will definitely purchase other assets to hide things.
The siege of the government office and the county magistrate's office is creating a lot of commotion, and the minions of the two dog officials may take the opportunity to transfer assets.
Therefore, the speed must be fast.
"The general will obey your orders!"
Zhao Tao winked at Zhao Long and walked outside. Zhao Long immediately followed.
The two mounted their horses and galloped towards the north of the city.
"Let's go, everyone, it's our turn to work."
Wang Fugui stood up and walked outside.
Nian'an stood up and said angrily,
"I really want to kill those two dog officers with my own hands!"
After exiting the gate, they mounted their horses and marched towards the government office with their guards.
The county guard and the prefect were already waiting at the gate of the government office with smiling faces.
Whether it was outside the Zhao family or the post house, they had arranged spies.
Last night, a salesman walked in. He was probably delivering something to the inn, so there was no need to worry about it.
The other princes never left the post house, and Zhao Long never left the Zhao family.
Very safe.
Very reassured.
Wang Fugui and others came to the prefectural governor, and the two officials quickly held their hands and saluted.
"Meet His Highness the First Prince, His Highness the Sixth Prince, Mr. Chai, Princess Nian'an, and Eunuch Huang."
No one can be left in the cold.
"You two adults came early. You have to deal with busy official duties and also deal with us. It's really hard."
Wang Fugui smiled broadly.
"No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no."
The prefect stretched out his hand and said,
"please."
The group of people entered the main hall of the government office, which is the largest office space in the entire government office. There is a plaque hanging above it, "upright and bright".
In the TV series, there are people who beat drums and cry out for injustice, and they are here to be judged.
Of course, ordinary cases are usually tried by the county government. Those who can reach the level of the government office are difficult cases that cannot be tried by the government office.
These cases are either of great importance or extremely difficult and need to be decided by the prefect himself.
So, if the county magistrate cannot understand a case, can the prefect understand it?
For other prefects, it may be a difficult task, but for Prefect Liu, it is extremely simple.
Whoever pays more money will be judged to win.
Look, how simple it is, does it require so much brainpower?
It is worth mentioning that the government has the power to pronounce death sentences, but it does not have the power to directly execute prisoners. Under normal circumstances, if a person is sentenced to death, the list needs to be submitted to the capital, and the emperor will personally review and approve it and decide whether to execute the death penalty.
After the emperor's approval, they were sent back to the local area, and in the autumn they were taken to Caishikou for questioning.
Because after the autumn harvest, people are relatively free, the market entrance has a large flow of people, and there are many onlookers, which can have a good deterrent effect.
Of course, there are exceptions to everything. If you "accidentally died of illness" while you were in prison, that has nothing to do with the prefect.
"Your Highness, this is the money and food book of Wuwei County over the years. It has been prepared. Mr. Chai, this is the appointment and dismissal list of Wuwei County officials. They are all here. Your Highness, this is the commander-in-chief of the county soldiers and the county soldiers.
The list of soldiers, as well as the records of money and food expenditures, and city defense repairs."
The three bosses sat down, and the prefect and county guard immediately explained.
Wang Fugui complained while opening the money and food book,
"Oh, it's so annoying. Every time I go to a place, I have to check it. When is it? Really, hurry up and go through the process. Don't delay lunch."
After hearing what the sixth prince said, Liu Xinpang De looked at each other and smiled, this sixth prince is very wise.
Chai Yuan and the eldest prince remained silent, looking through the account books carefully.
Wang Fugui flipped through the pages quickly, looking impatient. In fact, he paid attention to the total amount of taxes paid in the end.
Sure enough, it was twenty thousand taels of silver and ten thousand stones of grain.
Half of it was handed over to the court, and the other half was kept in the government office, sealed, and specially marked as the share of Duke Wuwei.
At the same time, one-tenth of the portion turned over to the court was retained by the government for daily expenses.
This is according to the rules. After all, local governments also need to spend money. Sometimes, if there are droughts or floods, you can apply to keep more money, or even get additional funds from the court.
The records in this account book are exactly the same as those recorded in the Accounts Department, and there is no problem at all.
If Wang Fugui didn't get the real account book.
Wang Fugui finished reading one book and then turned to the next one, reading very quickly.
The more I looked, the more loopholes I found.
Gradually, both Pang De and Liu Xin felt something was wrong.
Didn’t I just go through the process? Why did it take so long?
Suddenly, noisy sounds came from outside the government office.
"Who's making the noise?"
Liu Xin shouted towards the door with a straight face.
At this time, a government servant ran in and said in panic,
"Sorry, sir, suddenly a lot of forbidden troops came outside the door. They surrounded the government office and they want to come in!"
While he was speaking, the Imperial Guards had already strode into the government office.
Some government officials, how could they be opponents of the regular army, were quickly captured.
Liu Xin asked the eldest prince in panic,
"Your Highness, the eldest prince, what... is going on?"
Wang Fugui smiled and comforted them and said,
"You two adults, don't worry. They are just afraid that you will run away. Don't worry about it. Sit down quickly."
The county guard and the prefect were stunned, as if five thunders struck their heads. They stood there in a daze, sweating profusely for a while, not knowing what to do.
Fortunately, the prefect was smarter and immediately knelt down with a plop and said,
"Your Highness the Sixth Prince, your Majesty... What is wrong with your Majesty? Why did you arrest your Majesty?"
Wang Fugui smiled slightly, then stretched out his hand. Princess Nian'an beside him immediately took out the account book from the storage bag and put it in Wang Fugui's hand.
But then I thought about it and felt something was wrong. It seemed like I was this guy's younger brother.
Therefore, Princess Nian'an glared at Wang Fugui fiercely.