Realizing This Is A Wuxia World After Cultivating For 300 Years Chapter 92

Outside the official office of the Prefect of Lu County.

Countless people knelt on the side of the road, not to avenge their grievances, but to save Cui Heng.

At this time, more than ten days had passed since Wang Qinghe and Xie Beihang were hung from the flagpole of the city gate tower.

Cui Heng's letters to the prefects of the prefectures have long been known.

The people of Lu Juncheng naturally already knew about it.

So, starting from three days ago, people outside the county governor's office would gather to petition, hoping that Cui Heng could stay as the governor of Lu County.

Although in the past when Liu Litao was the county governor, the people lived and worked in peace and contentment, but in everything they were afraid of comparison.

After Cui Heng came here, he divided the land among the local tyrants, and also cleaned up the merchants, families, sects and other forces that oppressed the people, and the people's living standards have risen by an unknown number.

As long as you are a normal person, you will always hope that the place where you live is always managed by a chief official like Cui Heng.

Inside the Sheriff's Office.

Liu Litao reluctantly reported: "Your lord is so kind as a sea, and the people can't bear to let you go. How dare you ask your lord how to deal with this matter?"

Cui Heng was still looking at the map of the thirteen counties in Fengzhou, and smiled: "You are the county chief, you should have some ideas."

Liu Litao was slightly silent when he heard the words, then nodded and said, "Your Excellency's eyes are like torches, this subordinate really thought of a solution."

Cui Heng nodded lightly and said, "Tell me."

Liu Litao said in a deep voice, "Sir, what the people are worried about is nothing more than the fact that after you left, you have changed to other county governors. Those who have been purged will fight back and ruin their hard-earned lives.

"As long as the people know that even if you leave Lu County, you will still pay attention to this place, and the decrees you made earlier will continue to be implemented here, so the people should be able to feel at ease."

"What do you mean..." Cui Heng thought for a while, and chuckled, "Even if I take the position of the shepherd of Fengzhou, don't let go of the jurisdiction of Lu County?"

"Your Excellency, this is what the people want." Liu Litao bowed and asked, "After your Excellency becomes the shepherd of Fengzhou, can you follow the system of prefects at the beginning of the Jin Dynasty and set Lu County directly under the jurisdiction of Changfeng Prefecture?"

Changfeng Prefecture, also known as Changfeng County, is the capital of Fengzhou and the official office of Fengzhou Shepherd.

If Shilu County is directly under the jurisdiction of the state capital, there is no need to set up a county governor.

You only need to keep the county chief and the commander to handle government and military affairs, and at the same time send an official directly under the state government to regularly inspect the entire army and report back to the state government.

This situation is similar to that of the state shepherd at the beginning of the Jin Dynasty, who was also called the prefect of the state at that time.

At that time, when the world was first decided, the imperial court divided the thirteen prefectures into two hundred and forty-one counties, which were independent and equal to each other.

The central government will regularly dispatch governors to inspect local government affairs, and then report the inspection results to the imperial court, so as to maintain direct jurisdiction over local government affairs and military affairs.

At that time, the territory of a prefecture was only an inspection area. The prefect of the prefecture had no direct administrative and military power, not even the government office.

The scope of inspections is not fixed, and the place needs to be changed every year.

The mountain is high and the road is far, the boat and car are tired, the power is small, the welfare is poor, and the real coolie.

However, this only lasted for a few decades before breaking.

Because each county is independent and the local power is too scattered, it can't resist the rebel army that rises from time to time, nor can it suppress the major families, so the Dajin court can only change the prefect of the state to the state shepherd, open the prefecture to set up a government office, and recruit subordinates. Officer, Prime Minister of a state military and political power.

"In ancient times, there was a governor who inspected a state, but there was no special case where the governor dispatched a governor to inspect a county." Cui Heng smiled, but he did not object to this, and thought for a while, "It is possible to set up a governor of a county for the purpose of'" Fujun', who does Liu Juncheng think can be appointed?"

"Naturally it's Chenfu County." Liu Litao understood what Cui Heng meant when he heard the name of the official position.

And it is indeed the most suitable for Hui Shi.

Now Huishi has already served in seventeen Fuxian counties. If it was not temporarily dispatched by Cui Heng to deliver letters, I am afraid that at this time, he would have concurrently served as 21 Fuxian counties in the whole county.

In order to implement Cui Heng's new decree in various counties, Huishi has offended all the families, sects, and merchants in the county. he.

There is absolutely no room for relaxation.

In fact, if he hadn't known that Hui Shi was the sharpest knife in Cui Heng's hand, Liu Litao would have persuaded Cui Heng to appoint Hui Shi as the prefect of Lu County.

The people will certainly not object.

After all, Huishi had long been on irreconcilable opposites to those who wanted to fight back, and he would never die.

"Hui Shi is indeed a good candidate." Cui Heng nodded slightly, "Since Fu County has been settled, there is still a need for a County Chief, and you should make the selection in the next period of time."

"Juncheng?" Liu Litao was stunned when he heard the words. Isn't he the emperor, but he quickly reacted and said in surprise, "Sir, are you going to take your subordinates to Changfeng Prefecture?"

"I'll take you there after you've chosen your successor." Cui Heng chuckled, "There must be a Biejia by your side to help with government affairs. You've done a good job recently. By the way, I'll tell Chen Tong, Let him find a successor too."

"Thank you, my lord!" Liu Litao knelt down on the spot excitedly, his whole body trembling with excitement, he never dreamed that he would still have the opportunity to do a state-of-the-art in his life.

There are many main subordinate officials of the state shepherd, the most important of which is that he is engaged in history, assisting the state shepherd to manage the government affairs of a state, and his power and status are extremely high.

If it is purely based on the jurisdiction and powers, the current state is not even more than the prime minister of the kingdom of tyrants when the kingdoms were in melee a thousand years ago!

"You don't have to. It depends on you how you do it." Cui Heng waved his hand and asked with a smile, "By the way, where is Hui Shi's letter now?"

"Sir, Chenfu County sent someone back this morning to report the progress, saying that the eleven counties have been delivered." Liu Litao said respectfully, "There are still Luo'an County and Changfeng Prefecture that have not been delivered."

"So, he should be going to Luo'an County next." Cui Heng thought for a moment, then laughed, "I remember that this Luo'an County guard is called Ren Yuankui, and it is said that he has won two of the seven surnames. Home support?"

There are two necessary conditions for succeeding the state shepherd.

The first is to get the support of two of the Qiwang surnames, or one of Youdao Yigong and Baolin Temple, and the second is to have another current state shepherd platform to express their support.

This means that Ren Yuankui now only needs to obtain the support of one state shepherd before he can follow the normal procedure to succeed Fengzhou shepherd.

"Yes, my lord." Liu Litao nodded and said, "This Ren Yuankui is the best at working in the camp, and he has a very good relationship with major families, sects, and merchants. It is said that he has already begun to negotiate with several state herdsmen, hoping to get support from them. ."

"I'm afraid it's not unconditional to get the support of other state shepherds." Cui Heng said with a smile.

"I heard that they want to use the taxation of all the people of Fengzhou as a bargaining chip." Liu Litao's news is quite well-informed, "It's just that the distribution ratio has not been agreed, and it has not been decided this time."

"Tsk tsk, use the taxation of the people of one state as a bargaining chip." Cui Hengzhu turned to look in the direction of Luo'an County, and sneered, "This is really a business without capital!"

Luo'an County used to be the most prosperous place in Fengzhou, and even served as the capital of Fengzhou in the previous dynasty.

Although it is no longer the same as it used to be, it is also the place with the military strength second only to Changfeng Prefecture among the thirteen counties of Fengzhou.

When the previous state minister, Cao Quan, was still alive, Ren Yuankui, the governor of Luo'an County, had some self-respect for his troops, and directly ignored the state minister's order to fight against the rebel army.

This directly led to the rebel army of Yan thieves being unstoppable for a short period of time, causing it to be in a state of no one, and quickly captured several large counties.

A few months ago, Cao Quan was assassinated and the rebel army of Yan thieves was defeated. Ren Yuankui moved his mind and began to contact the major forces desperately. After paying a lot of money, he finally won the support of Jiangnan Ye and Nanhe Jiang. .

Next, as long as he has the support of a current state shepherd, he can become a Fengzhou shepherd as he wishes.

In order to realize his dream, Ren Yuankui now has the opportunity to hold a banquet at home every day, or entertain the messengers of major forces, or someone sent by other state shepherds to meet the wind.

Of course, the most ceremonious banquet is definitely when banquets sent by other state shepherds and even the state shepherd himself.

Like today.

Youzhou Mubie and Weixiong came to discuss with Ren Yuankui about the election of Fengzhou Mu.

This is the third negotiation.

According to the usual practice, as long as the results of this negotiation can make both parties more or less satisfied, the matter can basically be settled.

Therefore, Ren Yuankui attaches great importance to it.

The banquet prepared three cattle and sheep each, 12 kinds of candied fruit, 16 kinds of melons and fruits, 9 kinds of cherished wild birds, as well as monkeys, snakes, rabbits and other native game, and there are countless fine wines for aging.

The whole banquet hall is filled with the aroma of wine and meat.

Even if more than 100 people are invited to eat this kind of banquet, it is more than enough, and it may not be able to finish it.

But in fact, the only "goers" were Ren Yuankui, the governor of Luo'an County, and Weixiong of Youzhou Biejia.

Of course, there were also seventy-two musicians playing by the side, and twenty-four young girls in tulle swayed and danced during the banquet.

However, they were not qualified to taste the delicacies at the banquet.

Wei Xiong had already run over in his sixties, but his physique was still strong. He was a big man nearly nine feet tall with a beard.

Not like a civil servant, but more like a military general.

He squinted to admire the graceful body of the girl dancer, pointed two of them, and said with a smile, "Prefect Ren, these two are not bad. Bring them to my room to play at night."

"Haha, as long as you want, sir, even if you want all of these, it's fine!" Ren Yuankui laughed, "These are all carefully selected chicks, all of them are 28 years old, and have never been exposed to rain or dew. ."

"No, no, when you're older, you won't be able to do it." Wei Xiong swept his eyes on the half-covered bodies of the girls, shook his head and said, "If I were ten years younger, the old man would definitely fight. Happy, haha!"

"Don't talk about it, you are still very young." Ren Yuankui poured Wei Xiong a glass of wine and flattered, "It must be majestic."

"Haha, I just like to listen to you, that's fine, I'll add two more girls." Wei Xiong laughed and ordered two more girl dancers, and suddenly he changed his words, "But it's fun, you can play. Don't think about letting this old man help you bargain with Shen Zhoumu."

Shen Zhou Mu is You Zhou Mu Shen Yu.

"It's nature, it's nature." Ren Yuankui nodded again and again, then lowered his voice and asked, "Don't drive, what does Shen Zhoumu mean, can you decide?"

"Hey, I'll wait for you to ask." Wei Xiong took a sip of wine and said with a smile, "Fengzhou, one prefecture and twelve counties pay 30% of the tax in ten years, and Lu County is rich, so an extra 20% should be added, how about it?"

"This..." Ren Yuankui's brows jumped when he heard the words, and he smiled bitterly, "Don't drive, you know, in order to win the support of the Ye family and the Jiang family, I have already distributed 40% of the taxes in Fengzhou. Divide out another 30%..."

"Hehe, Prefect Ren, don't hide it from this old man." Wei Xiong sneered, "I don't believe that you won't increase the tax rate after you take office. Now, what we set is based on the current tax!

"Even if you give out 100%, as long as you double the tax rate on these scumbags after you serve as the shepherd of Fengzhou, won't you get them all back?"

"Don't drive, the tax is too heavy, I'm afraid the officials will force the people to rebel!" Ren Yuankui still had a bitter expression on his face.

"Damn your mother, are you pretending to be a parent of love for the people now?" Wei Xiong directly laughed and scolded, "Every day in your county, people starve to death on the side of the road, and I haven't seen anyone disagree."

"This, hehe..." Ren Yuankui was speechless. In fact, under his rule, in order to ensure the expenditure of the army, the common people starved to death for a long time.

"When I came, Shen Zhou Mu Ke told me." Wei Xiong immediately made another killing move, "If you can't negotiate here, let me ask the prefect of Lu County."

"Looking for that Cui Heng?!" Ren Yuankui's eyes widened when he heard the words, and everyone stood up, "How could it be possible to find him? This fellow has implemented an administrative decree in the counties under his control, forcibly using 10% of the market price to buy the property of the major forces. Ah. If we let him be the state shepherd, it would be difficult for us.

"And he also flooded Wang Xie's coalition forces, captured Wang Qinghe and Xie Beihang, and offended both the Langya Wang Clan and Pingshan Xie Clan to death. How could he be made a state shepherd? No, absolutely not."

Although after the collapse of Wang Xie's coalition army, all the counties in Fengzhou sent spies to investigate, and they all found out the truth, that is, the county governor Cui Heng used his great supernatural powers to kill all the tens of thousands of Wang Xie's coalition forces, as well as Dahe. The Great Lakes prove it, but not many people believe it.

Because this is so unbelievable, it is completely challenging people's common sense. At most, some people are skeptical, and more are considered to be using the terrain to set traps in advance and flood the army.

This kind of outrageous thing is hard to really believe unless you experience it yourself or see it with your own eyes.

"Hey, whether it's okay or not, it's still up to you, the prefect of Luo'an County, to make the decision." Wei Xiong took a sip of wine and said with a smile, "Twelve counties in Fengzhou will pay 30% of the tax in ten years, and then in Lu County. Add 10%, this is the final bottom line."

"..." Ren Yuankui's face kept changing, many thoughts flashed through his mind for a while, he took a deep breath and gritted his teeth, "Okay, I'm done!"

There was a grand banquet in the Luo'an County Sheriff's Office.

The street outside was cold and windy~www.mtlnovel.com~ Every house was closed, and many beggars were sheltering from the cold wind in the alleys, all of them shivering from the cold.

It was already night when Huishi came here. The road was quiet, there was no one, and it was pitch black. He could hear the sound of dogs barking. He turned his eyes and saw that it was a beggar who was robbing a dog for a bone.

Not far from the beggar, lay a child who looked less than ten years old. His body was stiff and motionless. It was obvious that he had been sent to death for some time.

"This is the county seat?" Huishi frowned slightly. Before he came to Luo'an County, he had heard that this was the most powerful county besides Changfeng Prefecture, but he didn't expect it to look like this.

However, he couldn't take care of this kind of thing for the time being, so he walked straight to the direction of the Sheriff's Office.

There are two yamen in front of the official office of the county magistrate of Luo'an.

When they saw Hui Shi approaching, their eyes lit up, and they muttered: "Haha, there are people who are not afraid of death and dare to walk in front of the county governor's mansion at night, the man has money for wine!"

So, the two yamen immediately stepped forward, stopped Hui Shi, and shouted sharply, "Stop! Where did the troublesome people come from, how dare they break into the prefect's mansion at night?!"

"I am an envoy sent by Cui Heng, the prefect of Lu County, to deliver a letter to the governor of Luo'an County." Huishi's temper has improved a lot recently, and he explained patiently, "It's not a troll, and I don't want to break into the prefecture's mansion at night. , and ask the two of you to pass the test."

"What bullshit, the prefect of Lu County, I've never heard of it! I think you just want to break into the prefect's mansion at night!" The two yamen officers could not understand what people said, so they stretched out their hands and sneered, "Five taels of silver, or go and squat. Go to jail!"

"Oh?" Huishi suddenly grinned, "Really?!"

Chapter end