Realizing This Is A Wuxia World After Cultivating For 300 Years Chapter 92: The wine and meat of the Zhumen stinks, and there are frozen bones on the road

Outside the official office of the prefect of Lu County.

Countless people knelt down by the side of the road, not to avenge their grievances, but to keep Cui Heng.

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

The letters Cui Heng sent to the prefects of the counties have long been known.

Of course the people in Lu Jun City already know about it.

Thus, from three days ago, people gathered outside the Sheriff's Office to petition, hoping that Cui Heng could stay as the prefect of Lu County.

Although the common people lived and worked in peace and contentment when Liu Litao was the sheriff, they were afraid of comparison in everything.

After Cui Heng came here, he divided up the local tyrants and distributed the land, and cleaned up all the merchants, families, sects and other forces who oppressed the people.

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

Inside the Sheriff's Office.

Liu Litao complained helplessly: "My lord is so kind to you, the common 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 said with a smile, "You are the prime minister, so you should already have some ideas."

Liu Litao was slightly silent when he heard the words, nodded and said: "My lord's eyes are like a torch, this subordinate has indeed thought of a way."

Cui Heng nodded gently: "Speak."

Liu Litao said in a deep voice: "My lord, what the people are worried about is that after you leave, if you change to other county guards, those who have been purged will fight back and ruin the hard-won life now.

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

"You mean..." Cui Heng thought for a while, then smiled lightly, "Even if I take the position of Fengzhou Mu, don't let go of the jurisdiction over Lu County?"

"My lord, this is what the people want." Liu Litao bowed and said in prayer, "After your lord becomes the shepherd of Fengzhou, can you follow the example of the governor system at the beginning of the founding of the Jin Dynasty and make 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 Mu.

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

You only need to retain the county magistrate and captain to handle political and military affairs, and at the same time send an official directly under the state capital to regularly inspect the entire army and report back to the state capital.

This situation is similar to the state pastor at the beginning of the founding of the Jin Dynasty, who was also known as the governor of the state at that time.

At that time, the world was initially determined, and the imperial court divided the thirteen prefectures into two hundred and forty-one counties in order to divide local powers, which were independent of each other and at the same level.

The central government will regularly send 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 state was only within the scope of inspections. The governor of the state did not have direct administrative and military power, not even the government office.

The scope of the inspection is not fixed yet, and the location will be changed every year.

The mountains are high and the roads are long, the boats and cars are tired, the power is small, the welfare is poor, and the coolies are genuine.

However, this situation lasted only a few decades before being interrupted.

Because the counties are independent and the local powers are too scattered, they can't resist the rebels who rise up from time to time, and they can't suppress the families of the major sects. Therefore, the Jin Dynasty can only change the governor of the state to the governor of the state, and allow the government to set up a government office. , recruit subordinate officials, the prime minister has the military and political power of a state.

"In ancient times, there were inspectors who inspected a prefecture, but there is no special case where a prefect sent an inspector to inspect a county." Cui Heng smiled and did not object to this. It is for 'Fujun', who does Liu Juncheng think can be appointed?"

"Chenfu County, of course." Liu Litao understood what Cui Heng meant when he heard the official name.

And it is true that Hui Shi is the most suitable.

Now Huishi has concurrently served as the seventeen Fuxian counties. If Cui Heng hadn't been sent out to deliver letters temporarily, he would have concurrently served as the twenty-one Fuxian counties in the whole county by now.

In order to implement Cui Heng's new decree in all counties, Hui Shi has offended all the families, sects, and merchants in the county. In the dark enough for him.

There is absolutely no room for relaxation.

Actually, if he didn't know that Hui Shi was the sharpest knife in Cui Heng's hand, Liu Litao would have tried to persuade Cui Heng to appoint Hui Shi as the prefect of Lu County.

The people will definitely not object.

After all, Hui Shi has long been on the irreconcilable opposite to those who want to counterattack, and will never stop dying.

"Hui Shi is indeed a good candidate." Cui Heng nodded slightly, "Since Fujun has been settled, there is still a Juncheng, and you will choose after the next period of time."

"Jun Cheng?" Liu Litao was taken aback when he heard the words, isn't he the Jun Cheng, but he quickly realized and said pleasantly, "My lord, are you going to take your subordinates to Changfeng Prefecture?"

"I will take you there after choosing a successor." Cui Heng said with a light smile, "There must always be someone beside Zhou Mu who can help with government affairs. You have done a good job in recent days. By the way, talk to Chen Tell him, let him find a successor."

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

The state pastor has many main subordinate officials, the most important of which is not to drive the history, to assist the state pastor in managing the government affairs of a state, and the authority and status are extremely high.

If we only talk about the territory and authority of the jurisdiction, the current state is even more than the prime minister of the king and hegemony country when the countries were fighting in the melee thousands of years ago!

"That's not necessary. How you do it depends on yourself." Cui Heng waved his hand and asked with a smile, "By the way, where is Huishi delivering the letter now?"

"My lord, early this morning, Chenfu County sent someone back 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 go to Luo'an County next." Cui Heng thought for a while, then laughed, "I remember that the Luo'an County Sheriff is called Ren Yuankui, and it is said that he has obtained the Qiwang surname. Two of them support?"

There are two necessary conditions for succeeding the state pastor.

One is to get the support of two of the Qiwang surnames, or one of Youdao Yigong and Baolin Temple, and the other is to have another current state pastoral platform to express support.

This means that Ren Yuankui is now only short of gaining the support of a state shepherd before he can follow the normal procedure to succeed Fengzhou shepherd.

"Yes, my lord." Liu Litao nodded, "This Ren Yuankui is the best at drilling camps, and has very good relationships with major families, sects, and merchants. It is said that he has already started negotiating with several state shepherds. Get support from it."

"If you want the support of other state pastors, I'm afraid it's not without conditions." Cui Heng laughed.

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

"Tsk tsk, use the taxes of the people of a state as a bargaining chip." Cui Hengzhu turned his head to look in the direction of Luo'an County, and sneered, "This is really a no-cost business!"

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Luoan County used to be the richest place in Fengzhou, and even served as the capital of Fengzhou in the previous dynasty.

Although it has lost its former glory, it is also the place where the military strength of the thirteen counties of Fengzhou is second only to Changfeng Prefecture.

When the former state shepherd Cao Quan was still alive, Ren Yuankui, the governor of Luo'an County, was a bit self-respecting, and directly ignored the order of the state shepherd ordering him to fight against the rebels.

This directly led to the fact that the Yan thief rebels were unstoppable for a short period of time, causing them to quickly capture several large counties as if they were in an uninhabited territory.

A few months ago, Cao Quan was assassinated and killed, and the Yan thief's rebellious army was also defeated. 's support.

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

In order to realize his dream, Ren Yuankui now has the opportunity to hold a banquet at home every day, or to entertain the envoys of the major forces, or to welcome people sent by other state pastors.

Of course, the most solemn banquet must be when the other state shepherds send Biejia and even the state shepherd himself.

Like today.

Wei Xiong 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 result of this negotiation can satisfy both parties, the matter can basically be settled.

Therefore, Ren Yuankui attaches great importance to it.

Three cattle and sheep were prepared for the banquet, twelve kinds of candied fruit, sixteen kinds of melons and fruits, nine kinds of rare wild birds, monkeys, snakes, rabbits and other native game, and countless fine wines for aging.

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

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

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

Of course, there are also seventy-two musicians playing music at the side, and twenty-four young girls in tulle swaying and dancing in the banquet.

It's just that they are not qualified to taste the delicacies at the banquet.

Wei Xiong is over sixty years old, but his physique is still strong. He is a big man with a height of nearly nine feet and a beard.

It's not like an official, but more like a general.

He squinted his eyes to admire the graceful figure of the girl dancer, pointed at two of them casually, and said with a smile, "Taishou Ren, these two are good, send them to my room to play at night."

"Haha, as long as you think about it, even if you want all of these, you can do it!" Ren Yuankui laughed, "These are all our carefully selected chicks, each of whom is twenty-eight years old. I have been exposed to rain and dew."

"No, no, no, you won't be able to show off when you get older." Wei Xiong swept his eyes over the girls' half-covered delicate bodies, and shook his head, "If I were ten years younger, I would definitely Have a good fight, haha!"

"Don't worry about it, you're still old." Ren Yuankui poured Wei Xiong a glass of wine and said flatteringly, "You must be as prestigious as before."

"Haha, I just like to listen to you talk, then I'll add two more girls." Wei Xiong laughed and ordered two more girl dancers, and suddenly he changed the subject, "But fun is fun , you don't want to rely on these things to let the old man help you bargain with Shen Zhoumu."

Shen Yu, the shepherd of Youzhou, is Shen Yu, the shepherd of Youzhou.

"It's natural, it's natural." Ren Yuankui nodded again and again, then lowered his voice and asked, "Don't drive, what does Shen Zhoumu mean, is it settled?"

"Hey, I'm just waiting for you to ask." Wei Xiong took a sip of his wine and said with a smile, "Fengzhou's 12 prefectures receive 30% of the tax in ten years, and Lu County is rich and rich. How about an extra 20%?"

"This..." Ren Yuankui frowned immediately when he heard the words, and said with a wry smile, "Don't drive, you know that, in order to win the support of the Ye family and the Jiang family, I have divided Fengzhou's tax by 40% , if this is divided into another 30%..."

"Hehe, prefect Ren, don't hide from me." Wei Xiong sneered, "I don't believe that you won't increase the tax rate after you take office, but now we set the tax according to the current tax rate." !

"Even if you share 100%, as long as you double the tax rate of these mud legs after you serve as a Toyosu pastoralist, wouldn't you earn all of them back?"

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

"Fuck you, are you pretending to be an official who loves the people now?" Wei Xiong scolded directly, "In your county, people starve to death on the side of the road every day, and I haven't seen anyone rebelling."

"Hey, hehe..." Ren Yuankui was speechless. In fact, under his rule, in order to ensure the expenditure of the army, the people had long starved to death.

"When I came here, Shenzhou Muke told me." Wei Xiong followed up with another ultimate move, "If you can't negotiate here, let me ask the prefect of Lu County to ask."

"Looking for Cui Heng?!" Ren Yuankui's eyes widened when he heard this, and everyone stood up. The property of the power. If he is made the state shepherd, we will all have a hard time.

"And he flooded Wang Xie's coalition army, captured Wang Qinghe and Xie Beixing, and offended Langya Wang's and Pingshan Xie's to death. How can he be made a state shepherd? No, absolutely not."

Although after the fall of the Wang Xie coalition army, all counties in Fengzhou sent spies to investigate, and they all found out the truth, that is, the county guard Cui Heng used his supernatural powers to kill all the tens of thousands of Wang Xie coalition forces. There are also big rivers and big lakes as evidence, but not many people believe it.

Because this is so unbelievable, it is completely challenging people's common sense.

It's hard to really believe this kind of outrageous thing unless you experience it or see it with your own eyes.

"Hey, can you do it? You, the prefect of Luo'an County, still need to make the decision." Wei Xiong took a sip of wine slowly and said with a smile, "Twelve counties in Fengzhou have a tax of 30% for ten years. Add 10% to Lu County, this is the bottom line."

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

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A grand banquet was held in the Loan Sheriff's Office.

It was cold and windy on the street outside, and the doors of every house were closed. Many beggars were shivering in the alleys to avoid the cold wind.

It was already night when Hui Shi came here, the road was very quiet, no one was around, it was pitch black, he could hear the sound of a dog barking, and when he turned his eyes, he saw a beggar was grabbing a bone from a dog.

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 his death for a while.

"This is the county town?" Hui Shi 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 be like this.

However, he couldn't control this kind of thing for the time being, so he went straight to the direction of the sheriff's office.

There are two yamen servants in front of the official office of Luoan County Sheriff.

When they saw Hui Shi approaching, their eyes lit up immediately, and they muttered: "Haha, there is someone who is not afraid of death and dares to walk in front of the sheriff's mansion at night, and the man has money for drinking!"

Thus, the two yamen servants immediately stepped forward, stopped Hui Shi, and shouted sharply: "Stop! Where did the unruly people come from, dare to break into the eunuch's mansion at night?!"

"I am the envoy sent by Cui Heng, the governor of Lu County, to deliver a letter to the governor of Luo'an County." Hui Shi's temper has improved a lot recently, and he explained patiently, "I'm not a troublemaker, and I don't want to ask for a night." Break into the prefect's mansion, and ask the two to talk about it."

"What kind of **** is 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!" Go to prison!"

"Oh?" Hui Shi suddenly grinned, "Really?!"