Realizing This Is A Wuxia World After Cultivating For 300 Years Chapter 92: The wine and meat stink, and the road is frozen to death

Outside the official office of the Prefect of Lu County.

Countless people knelt down on 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 Beihang were hung from the flagpole of the city gate tower.

Cui Heng's letter to the prefects of the prefectures has 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 when Liu Litao was the county governor in the past, 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 purged the merchants, clans, sects and other forces that oppressed the people. The living standards of the people 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."

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

Cui Heng nodded gently, "Speak."

Liu Litao said solemnly: "My lord, the people who are worried about you are nothing more than the fact that after you left, you will be replaced by 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, which should reassure the people."

"What do you mean..." Cui Heng thought for a while, and chuckled, "Even if I take the position of Fengzhou Shepherd, 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 under the direct jurisdiction of Changfeng Prefecture? "

Changfeng Prefecture is Changfeng County. It 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.

Just keep the county chief and the captain 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 capital.

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

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

The central government will regularly dispatch inspectors 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 official government office.

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

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

However, this only lasted a few decades before breaking.

Because the prefectures are independent and the local power is too decentralized, they can't resist the rising rebels, and they can't suppress the major families, so the Dajin court can only change the prefect of the state to the state shepherd, and open the government to set up a government office. , recruiting officials, the prime minister of a state military and political power.

"In ancient times, there was a governor who inspected a state, but there is no special case where the state shepherd sent a governor to inspect a county." Cui Heng smiled, but he did not object to this, and thought for a while, "You can set up a governor of a county. It's for 'Fu County', 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 that Huishi has served as a concurrent post in 17 Fuxian counties, if Cui Heng hadn't temporarily dispatched him to deliver a letter, 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 and localities, Huishi has offended all the families, sects, and merchants in the county. Enough for him in the dark.

There is absolutely no room for relaxation.

Actually, 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 has long stood on irreconcilable opposites to those who want to fight back, and will never die.

"Huishi is indeed a good candidate." Cui Heng nodded slightly, "Since the Fu County has been settled, there is still a need for a County Chancellor. In the next period of time, you have to make your selections."

"The county chief?" Liu Litao was stunned when he heard the words. Isn't he the county chief, 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 lightly, "Beside the state shepherd, there must always be a Biejia who helps with government affairs. You've done a good job recently. By the way, I'll be with Chen Tong. Tell him, let him find a successor too."

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

The state shepherd has many main subordinate officials, 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 territory and powers under its jurisdiction, the current state should not even surpass the prime minister of the kingdom of tyrants when the kingdoms were in the melee a thousand years ago!

"You don't have to. How you do it depends on you." 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 to report the progress this morning, 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 the Luo'an County Governor's name is Ren Yuankui, and it is said that he has obtained the surname Qiwang. two of them support?"

There are two necessary conditions to succeed the state shepherd.

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 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, "Ren Yuankui is the best at camping, and has a very good relationship with major families, sects, and merchants. It is said that he has already begun to negotiate with several state shepherds. Get support from it."

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

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

"Tsk tsk, use the taxation of the people of one 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 business without capital!"

…

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

Today, although the scenery of the past has disappeared, it is also the place with the military strength of the thirteen counties in Fengzhou, second only to Changfeng Prefecture.

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

This directly caused the Yan thief rebels to be unstoppable for a short period of time, causing them to feel like they were in a no-man's land 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. 's support.

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 catch the wind.

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

Like today.

Youzhou Mubie came with Weixiong 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.

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

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 people who "attended the banquet" were Ren Yuankui and Youzhou Biejia Weixiong.

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

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

Wei Xiong has run over in his sixties, but his physique is still strong. He is a big man with a height of nearly nine feet and a beard.

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

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 good, they will be brought 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, never It has been exposed to rain and 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 Have a good fight, 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. , don't think about letting this old man help you bargain with Shenzhou Mu."

Shenzhou Mu is Youzhou 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 frowned and smiled bitterly when he heard the words, "Don't drive, you know that, in order to win the support of the Ye family and the Jiang family, I have already distributed 40% of the taxes in Fengzhou. , if this is divided into 30%..."

"Hehe, Prefect Ren, don't hide it from the old man." Wei Xiong sneered, "The old man doesn'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 of these scumbags after you serve as the shepherd of Fengzhou, won't you get all of your money 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 protesting."

"This, hehe..." Ren Yuankui was speechless. In fact, under his rule, in order to ensure the army's expenses, the people had long starved to death.

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

"Looking for that Cui Heng?!" Ren Yuankui's eyes widened immediately when he heard the words, and everyone stood up, "How could he be found? This fellow has implemented an administrative decree in the counties under his control, forcibly buying major cities at 10% of the market price. The property of the forces. 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 the Pingshan Xie clan to death. How could he be made a state shepherd? No, absolutely no."

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. There are also big rivers and lakes as evidence, but not many people believe it.

Because this is so incredible, 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, can you do it? You, the prefect of Luo'an County, still have to make the decision." Wei Xiong took a sip of wine and said with a smile, "Thirty percent of the tax in ten years for the twelve counties of the one prefecture in Fengzhou, Lu County adds another 10%, this is the final bottom line."

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

…

A grand banquet was being held in the Luoan County Sheriff's Office.

The street outside is cold and windy~IndoMTL.com~ Every house is closed, many beggars are sheltering from the cold wind in the alleys, all of them are shivering with 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, there is a child who looks less than ten years old lying, his body is stiff and motionless, obviously he has 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 governor 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 the wine money!"

So, the two yamen immediately stepped forward, stopped Hui Shi, and shouted sharply: "Stop! Where are the swindlers who dare to break into the prefect's mansion at night?!"

"I am an envoy sent by Cui Heng, the governor 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 treachery, and I don't want a night. Entering the prefect's mansion, please invite the two of you to pass."

"What **** 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 couldn't understand people's words, so they stretched out their hands and sneered, "Five taels of silver, or Go to jail!"

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