Become a feudal king from today

"Governor Gao, can you really let King Yan investigate like this? Who among us will lose his head after this investigation?"

late at night. read

The Gao family's mansion.

The wealthy families of Shanggu County sat in a circle.

The table in front of them was filled with all kinds of delicacies.

There were musicians playing music on one side and dancers dancing gracefully, but they couldn't eat, listen or watch at this time.

Gao Yuan held the wine glass and tasted the wine in it.

This is a fine wine produced in Prince Yan's Mansion, and is now kept in the homes of wealthy families.

"It's really good wine." Gao Yuan praised, and then said to everyone in a leisurely manner: "King Yan gave us a powerful showdown as soon as he came. He wanted to seize the land from us and give it to those mud-legged people, unless you are willing to hand it over. Land, otherwise there is no way to stay in Shanggu County.”

The wealthy people became even more worried when they heard this. Asking them to hand over their property was no different from killing them.

"What do you say, Mr. Yuan? We have given him a lot of money over the years, and now he can't just die without saving his life," said a wealthy man.

"The King of Yan made a trick to slander Master Yuan. Now Master Yuan is afraid of the rumors in the court, so he can only act cautiously." Gao Yuan said.

When everyone heard this, they sighed again and frowned.

"We used to be fine under Lord Yuan, but this bullshit King Yan is so troublesome. If he pushes us too far, we might as well kill him and end everything." A wealthy man said angrily.

"Kill him! Didn't you see the soldiers today? They were the ones who killed Beidi people. Killing us is not the same as chopping melons and vegetables." Someone shook his head.

"Then what do you say, this won't work, that won't work, just wait to die?"

"..."

The rich people started arguing with each other.

"Quiet, quiet!" Gao Yuan patted the table.

When everyone looked at him, he said: "Do you believe me, Mr. Yuan?"

"Of course, in these years we have always followed the leadership of adults." Everyone was talking.

"That's good." Gao Yuan narrowed his eyes.

He and the Yuan family were related by marriage, and the Yuan family and the King of Yan were in the same position.

He cannot be favored by King Yan, and King Yan will have to touch him sooner or later.

Instead of doing this, it is better to just listen to Yuan Li and do nothing.

When the time comes, at worst, he can escape to Fan Yang and still live a life of glory and wealth.

He took out a letter from his arms and showed it in front of everyone, "This is Master Yuan's personal letter."

Let the servant show it to everyone, and when it comes back to him, he puts it on a candle and burns it out.

"Do you dare?" Gao Yuan stared at everyone.

Yuan Li made it clear in his heart that if he wanted to maintain his wealth forever, he could only get rid of King Yan.

And let them act boldly. If they fail, they can go to Fan Yang and seek his asylum.

"What do you say, sir? Even if all the private soldiers in the county combined are no match for King Yan," one person said.

"If the hard one doesn't work, let's use the soft one. We'll pretend to obey King Yan, wait for the opportunity, set up an ambush, and kill him!" Gao Yuan's eyes were gloomy.

Everyone nodded, "It all depends on your orders."

…

In Shanggu County, in a courtyard in Xicheng, Zhao Xu, Chang Wei and Liu Fu sat holding candles.

Liu Fu said: "Your Highness, you may have acted too hastily. It would be bad if you force them to rebel."

"It would be better if they rebelled. They can cut through the mess quickly." Zhao Xu said.

Chang Wei wiped the hilt of his sword, "Hey, His Highness is getting more and more in line with the general's temper now. Is there anything to discuss with them?"

Liu Fu nodded slightly.

Once the emperor and the courtiers, the prince's fiefdom is the same.

At present, Shanggu County is an old branch of the Yuan family, and it would be uncomfortable for anyone to stay here.

It just takes a reason to get rid of them.

"You also saw the situation in Shanggu County on the way here. The people's livelihood here is in urgent need of restoration. If these wealthy families continue to struggle, the people outside Wubao of the wealthy families will die. What's more, there is no land, how can we resettle the people from Jinzhou? Refugees." Zhao Xu said.

The reason why he is so tough is because he doesn't want to waste time playing Tai Chi with these wealthy people.

There is no need, and his strength does not require him to accommodate the wealthy family.

The Shanggu County government office only needs to implement his decree.

If they don't copy it, he will punish them.

Zhao Xu continued: "The king will go back tomorrow. You stay here for a while, leaving five thousand soldiers and horses for you to call upon. Take control of this place as soon as possible. Remember, it is me who carries the watch, so show some dignity. "

When Liu Fu heard this, he straightened his body and said, "I will make them spit out what they have eaten."

Zhao Xu nodded.

There was no words all night, and the next day Zhao Xu arrived at the government office.

Gao Yuan was waiting there with a group of officials.

When he saw Zhao Xu, he immediately knelt down and said, "Your Highness, I am not strict with my clan members, and I hope that Your Highness will be punished."

Other officials also knelt down.

"Master Gao, what is this?" Zhao Xu was startled for a moment, and he suddenly felt a familiar feeling.

When Zhang Kang pretended to surrender, he seemed to have kneeled down like this.

"If His Highness had not ordered an inventory of the land, Xianguan would not have known that the clan members had occupied so much land after the Autumn Hunting in Beidi. Xiaguan has now sorted out the occupied fields and put the clan members who occupied the property into jail. I hope Your Highness Mingjian." Gao Yuan held up an account book.

Other officials also raised their account books.

Zhao Xu took it and glanced at it. The location and quantity of the land were written on it.

Zhao Xu looked at Liu Fu and said: "Commander Gao, please rise. Since the county governor has dealt with the clan members, we will ignore this matter. From now on, we only hope that the county governor can sincerely cooperate with Liu Wangfu to restore the prosperity of Shanggu County. "

"Yes, Your Highness." Gao Yuan stood up with runny nose and tears.

Zhao Xu asked Liu Fu to collect the account books of other officials.

These fields are enough to house many people.

"In this case, I can rest assured." Zhao Xu sneered in his heart.

The lesson Zhang Kang taught him is still there.

It was impossible for him to just believe that they were harmless.

When he returned to Yan County, he would ask Yan Wei to sneak people here, but he wanted to see what kind of tricks Gao Yuan was playing.

His current mentality is a bit like cat playing with mouse.

He beat Beidi and touched the Yuan family. Will he still be afraid of these people?

He is not afraid of them making trouble, but he is afraid that they will not make trouble.

In the morning, he went to the government office to learn about the situation in Shanggu County.

According to household registration documents.

The original number of households in Shanggu County was 380,000, but this was already ten years ago.

After these years of war, it would be good if half of Shanggu County could survive.

The household registration documents of Yan County at that time recorded almost this number.

However, preliminary statistics show that the actual number of households is also much lower.

It would be good if there were 400,000 households in the two counties.

Noon.

Zhao Xu left Shanggu County as planned.

Chang Wei led four thousand soldiers and horses to Feihu Pass and took charge there.

And he returned to Yancheng under the protection of a thousand soldiers.

Next, he was going to come up with a big killer.