Shennong Daojun

Ling Yuan calmed down after hearing the numbers told by Zhao Xing.

Because it's simply impossible.

The figures given by Zhao Xing not only exceeded Yuncheng's previous specifications, but also exceeded county-level regulations.

It's hard for a clever woman to make a meal without rice. If she can't do it, she can't kill herself.

Zhao Xingze continued: "Based on the actual situation in Yuncheng, I know this number is to embarrass you."

"But, the past was before, and the present is now."

"I can guarantee that Tiangongfang will distribute sufficient materials in the future. This is the imperial government's policy. Anyone who dares to stop it will be like a mantis."

"In addition, there will be some redeployment in terms of manpower. In the past, coming here was equivalent to being assigned. But it is different now. People with lofty ideals will rush here to become officials!"

“If the officer’s requirements cannot be fulfilled despite sufficient materials and manpower, then it will not be enough to just dismiss him from office.”

Zhao Xing stood up and slowly walked down the steps from the main seat: "This is what I have said. Sirs, you can inquire what you should inquire about, and do what you should work on. There is no need to send it away anymore."

The officials present looked thoughtful. Ling Yuan studied it carefully for a moment and immediately ran out to catch up with Zhao Xing.

If the superior officer refuses to send it, you can't really refuse to send it.

What's more, he still has something to say.

"Master Ling, didn't I say that I won't send him away?" Although Zhao Xing said this, he stopped.

"Sir, if all the materials are available, even if the officer throws himself into the furnace, he will make the amount required by your Excellency! In addition to meeting the needs of the Secretary of Agriculture for war preparation, he can even fill a batch of equipment into the Secretary of Agriculture's inner treasury!"

"Oh?" Zhao Xing raised his eyebrows. Ling Yuan was quite smart and figured it out so quickly. "Weren't you in a difficult situation just now?"

Ling Yuan whispered: "Sir, I have something to report to you."

"speak."

Ling Yuandao: "Although Yuncheng has been at war all year round, as your Excellency said, it has not been harassed on a large scale by barbarians in the past ten years."

"Since the seventh year of Jingxin, although officials have been transferred frequently and many people have tried their best to leave, the various departments of Tiangongfang have been close to full manpower most of the time, and materials have been distributed in full."

"only……"

"Just what?"

Ling Yuan gritted his teeth and said: "Only the materials that can reach Yuncheng, the average number in the past 10 years is only one-third!"

"Supposedly there should be forty-nine people coming to see you today, but in fact there were only fourteen people including Xiaguan. Because Yuncheng had other official duties, they were sent to Fengming Mountains for mining. , I can’t move them.”

"I understand." Zhao Xing waved his hand, "I will give you seven days to check the warehouse accounts. I will not force you to do anything before your term of office. If you are within your term, check carefully and carefully."

"You should know in your mind who can use it and who can't. Immediately build the equipment according to the military regulations. Not only for farming, but also for city defense and attack. Use as many materials as you have and start moving first. Seven days Finally, the accounts will be handed over to me.”

Ling Yuan promised: "Yes, I will definitely do it even if I risk my life! I'm afraid that the lives of Xiaguan and other brothers won't be enough."

Zhao Xing smiled, but Ling Yuan was still afraid and wanted to tell the truth from him.

He boarded the swordfish flying boat and entered the small material warehouse on the flying boat.

Ling Yuan didn't know why, but seeing that the flying boat hadn't taken off yet, he waited quietly.

A quarter of an hour later, seven straw men came down.

After that, a steady stream of straw men jumped out of the flying boat.

Soon Ling Yuan was surrounded by fifty straw men.

"Is this... a straw man's law?"

Ling Yuan was shocked.

Because the materials used by Zhao Xing are all good materials, at least they are cut from third-level plants, and some parts are even made of fourth-level plants.

Zhao Xing jumped down again and nodded towards Long Xiao.

The latter understood immediately.

Putting his hand on the back of the straw man, Long Xiao would stay at least half the incense time for each straw man he passed.

Twenty days have passed since I saw the dragon in Huailiu Courtyard.

Along the way, Zhao Xing was taking advantage of Long Xiao's progress in practicing the Dharma Protector, and he was now at the intermediate seventh level.

"These are all flying guardians who were raised by me."

"The two methods are combined into one, and the materials are of the best quality. Coupled with the sword cultivation method of the brave captain Long Xiao, and protected by straw men, no one below the seventh level can hurt you."

"Even if you are a seventh-level martial artist who practices evil, as long as he has not exceeded his level, you will not be able to escape death if you are stabbed by sword energy."

Zhao Xing's Feitian Dharma is perfect, a straw man protecting the Dharma. Its power mainly depends on the realm of the person who retains the Dharma. After seven rounds, Zhao Xing can barely preserve the dragon and Xiao sword energy.

Who is Long Xiao? He is also one of the best among warriors! He is also a rare swordsman among warriors. The incomplete swordsmanship he obtained from the ancient tombs was studied and summarized by himself, and he gradually perfected it. In the future, it became the famous "Shenxiao Swordsmanship", which is the top level swordsmanship that warriors want to learn even if they break their heads. Unique knowledge.

Zhao Xing used the fourth-level material drafter and practiced it to the seventh level, but he could only save two "Geng-Gold Sword Qi", dragon and xiao!

Combined with the flying grass man, he can fight and run.

"What, you will die even if you are a seventh-grade evil spirit refiner?" Ling Yuan's eyes were filled with shock.

This was beyond his knowledge. After all, he didn't understand what those geniuses could achieve.

Storing sword energy in the straw man was already an eye-opener. After all, he had never even heard of the Dharma Protector.

Shouldn't the straw man method only be able to drive away birds and beasts? Now what kind of Dharma Protector actually says he can kill ordinary seventh-level people?

But looking at the appearance of Zhao Xing and Long Xiao, they didn't look like they were cheating at all.

Because after Long Xiao gave the fifty straw men sword energy, he obviously became much more depressed.

"Excuse me, are these enough? Mr. Zhao and I can give you a few more!" Long Xiao laughed, but the hands behind his back were shaking.

"That's enough, that's enough." Ling Yuan saluted quickly, "I will definitely live up to my trust!"

"Let's go." After Zhao Xing gave the order to the flying guardian, he left in the flying boat.

The intermediate straw man method, especially the guardian straw man, is different from the primary straw man method. It has no distance limit and can be used even in the 'offline state'.

The straw guardian that Lao Chen gave him at the beginning could live forever and follow him to the countryside. Later, he even left it for Gui Niang.

Of course, if the distance is too far, Zhao Xing, the brain machine, cannot sense the situation of the Dharma Protector. Whether it is destroyed or exists, you have to go to a certain distance to know.

"Damn, I'm so exhausted." Long Xiao quickly pulled out a few fruits from an asparagus box to replenish his energy. "You kid made me suffer in order to appear holy in front of others. You made fifty Dharma Protectors in one breath and almost drained me dry!"

Zhao Xing looked at Long Xiao's trembling hands and couldn't help but smile: "Who was saying just now, do you want a few more bodies?"

After Long Xiao ate a few fruits, he let out a sigh of contentment and sat next to the box: "You have already said this, can I say no?"

"It's worth it even if you're squeezed dry."

"Damn, you are more ruthless than Lao Chen. He at least treats me as a human being. You bastard is just using me, the brave captain, as an ox and a horse."

Long Xiao cursed.

I thought it would be easier to leave Lao Chen and work as a protector for Zhao Xing.

Crying to death, I can't relax at all.

"Calm down, don't I think you, brother, are so wise and powerful that you can handle it? Lao Chen also said that this will also be a kind of exercise for you."

"Hmph, of course I am wise and powerful." Long Xiao said proudly, "Do you think anyone is worthy of the word brave?"

"As for exercise, well, that's right...it's just a bit tough." Long Xiao sighed. Why is there no way in this world to get stronger quickly without getting tired?

"Hurry up and recover. We have to go to the county government tomorrow." Zhao Xing said.

"What are you doing at the county government office?" Long Xiao asked.

"He has no way to transfer people from Ling Yuan, the chief official of Tiangongfang, but the Yuncheng County Magistrate and County Lieutenant. But here, the County Magistrate also holds the position of County Lieutenant."

"Ling Yuan didn't say it clearly, but the meaning was obvious. It was the Yuncheng County Magistrate who transferred people from Tiangongfang to do private work, and all materials entering and leaving Yuncheng had to be reviewed and signed by the County Magistrate. It was probably him. Withheld."

Long Xiao said: "It's really weird. Yuncheng, a county at the county level, often goes to war, but the county lieutenant is vacant, so the county magistrate concurrently takes over the position of county lieutenant. I don't know how much greed this guy can have to feed his superiors. "

Zhao Xing thought about it: "I haven't seen anyone yet, so it's hard to tell. Let's go back to the agricultural supervisory department first, and then go visit the Yuncheng County Magistrate tomorrow."

"The name of the Yuncheng County Magistrate is Shao Wanjie, and he is in the seventh rank."

"He was originally a military officer, and later became a civilian county magistrate."

"He took office in Yuncheng twelve years ago. At that time, there was no vacancy for county captain, and he was only from the seventh rank."

"But later on, he was promoted every three years, all the way to the seventh level."

After returning, Zhao Xing first chatted with Bao Wenshan.

As the saying goes, an old man in a family is like a treasure. Bao Wenshan has been in Yuncheng for more than a hundred years, and he knows Yuncheng well.

Hearing his introduction to Shao Wanjie, Zhao Xing couldn't help but wonder: "Given the situation in Yuncheng, how can he still be promoted all the way? He was promoted to the third level in ten years and also served as a county captain. This means he went to the sixth level. It is quite rare. Could it be that he Did you make any big contribution to Yuncheng?"

Bowen Shan sneered: "Contribution? He did make a lot of contributions, but these contributions were all for the higher authorities."

"Shao Wanjie started making money as soon as he took office. Apart from the temple, there is no one in the Fifth Division of Yuncheng that he has not reached out to."

"Whether it's the quotas distributed from above or the taxes paid from below, he has to go through one hand."

"At first it was just a small amount of greed, but later on it became a big amount of greed. Let's just take up more than half of it!"

"He also often mobilizes people from various departments to do private work and uses officials at all levels as private soldiers!"

Zhao Xing turned over the accounts submitted by Zhang Zhong and shook his head.

Among the shortfalls noted by Zhang Zhong, there are many accounts that are very wrong. The previous page was full payment, but the next page became a shortfall.

What's the reason?

The field taxes paid by the agricultural supervisors must first be sent to the county government warehouse for storage, statistics, and review, and then transported to the prefectural city at the end of the year.

However, the warehouses of the county government are subject to fires, earthquakes, and flooding every year.

Well, it’s understandable that Yuncheng’s terrain is dangerous. After all, this place can be breached from time to time, and a fire in the warehouse is not a big deal.

Then there is the transportation from Yuncheng to Fucheng, which is mostly on rivers. Shao Wanjie sent people to transport by water every time, but there were losses every year.

Don't ask, just ask: the boat capsized on the Canglan River and the heavy losses in money and food were caused by natural disasters and not by human fault.

That's what they say, but natural disasters, shipwrecks... isn't this just a secret attempt to blame the agricultural supervisor and Tiangongfang?

Therefore, Ling Yuan, the chief officer of Tiangongfang, should logically be in the seventh rank. However, under Shao Wanjie's control, he was only in the eighth rank. The agricultural supervisor had been the chief officer of the eighth rank for several years.

Didn't the previous Dosui Ling and Workshop Secretary give feedback?

Feedback is useless. Shao Wanjie has a strong background and a chain of interests behind him.

If you can't solve the problem, can't you solve the person who raised the problem?

So those who were transferred were transferred, and those who were demoted were demoted, which made Shao Wanjie completely the only one in power.

After he fed the people above, he not only rose all the way, but also nominally served as the county lieutenant, and actually controlled the four departments except the temple.

There was not much oil in Yuncheng, so this person started to try every means to make money elsewhere.

The reason why Ling Yuan's Tiangongfang was not fully staffed was because most of them were transferred to Fengming Mountains by this guy to explore for minerals.

Then the question is, how strong is this person's background?

Bao Wenshan pondered, "I have heard this man brag about himself. He claims to be a disciple of King Liang. His direct superior is Liu Junliang, a fifth-rank official. Liu Junliang recommended him for many promotions."

"In addition, he was originally a member of the Black Dragon Guard, King Liang's private army. It is said that he was once a deputy commander, but I don't know if it is true or not."

Zhao Xing was stunned: "King Liang? Are you talking about Ji Mingxian, King Liang of Luliang Prefecture?"

Bao Wenshan nodded: "Yes."

"No wonder he is so arrogant." Zhao Xing suddenly realized, and the deeds of this King Liang emerged in his mind.

Ji Mingxian, King Liang, is a rare first-rank prince. He is the ninth son of Emperor Wen and the younger brother of Emperor Jing!

In the early days of the reform, the territory was expanded. Ji Mingxian, King Liang, served as the commander-in-chief of the three armies for a period of time at the end of the war, and later presided over the establishment of Jiutian Yingyuan Prefecture.

He was favored by Emperor Jing. When the war was almost over, he asked Ji Mingxian to be the commander-in-chief of the three armies, and presided over the creation of Jiutian Yingyuan Mansion. Isn't it purely selfish to pick peaches like this?

However, this Liang Wang, who had countless honors and was humble and gentle on the surface, actually had hidden ambitions. It was because Yang An, the Marquis of Shenwei, voted against the succession of Liang Wang Ji Mingxian as the commander-in-chief of the three armies.

Standing on the wrong side, the consequences are very serious. Originally, Yang An was to be promoted to the first-class Marquis of Shenwei based on his merits, and the central government's commendation was drafted. However, after Liang Wang took office, he found an opportunity to deliberately let the Shenwei Army make a mistake, and took the opportunity to reduce Yang An to the third-class county marquis. The Shenwei Army was also disbanded, and its team was disbanded, leaving only a title.

However, this Liang Wang, who had countless honors and was favored, did not know why he united with the Nanman and the sectarian monsters to rebel at the end of the Jingxin calendar.

"It seems that Shao Wanjie is a vassal who has been promoted to the position of a regular official, but he can't possibly be the leader of the Black Dragon Guard. At most, he is just a soldier."

Bao Wenshan asked in surprise: "Why do you think so?"

Zhao Xing said: "The Black Dragon Guard is one of the three elite troops of King Liang. If Shao Wanjie is the leader and retires, there is no way he can only arrange a seventh-rank civil official to go to a ghost place like Yuncheng."

Bao Wenshan bowed and said: "Your Excellency knows more."

Of course Zhao Xing knows more. He joined King Liang's Black Dragon Guard in his previous life and rebelled with King Liang. At that time, he didn't know what was going on. He thought this was a wise leader. He followed his brothers to join King Liang's team, hoping to overtake and get the credit of following the dragon.

I thought this was a "King of Yan"-like existence, but I didn't expect that when the fight really started, this was "Emperor Jianwen". It was wiped out in two and a half years, and even the Fangwai Sect and Nanman who helped him called him a loser.

Afterwards, I realized that Emperor Jing was fishing to lure this little brother into the trap, but he really rebelled.

When he really caught the bait, Emperor Jing was also very sad. The rebellion of King Liang was also one of the important factors that led Emperor Jing to hastily end the Jingxin calendar and start to concentrate on making people.

"What do you plan to do, sir? If Shao Wanjie doesn't leave, you want to control the water, which is like dancing with shackles." Bao Wenshan said.

"How to do it? Of course, report it." Zhao Xing took the account book and walked out.

Shao Wanjie was just a white glove, which had nothing to do with King Liang. If it got dirty, he could take it off at will. Others couldn't report it, but Master Zhao was different.

He originally wanted to meet Shao Wanjie first, but now it seems that there is no need to meet him.

Unexpectedly, when Zhao Xing was about to write a letter, Shao Wanjie sent someone to the Sinong Supervisor.

"The county magistrate was busy with official duties yesterday. After learning that Lord Zhao had taken office today, he immediately held a banquet at his residence to welcome Lord Zhao." A middle-aged scholar handed over the invitation.

"I am also busy with official duties. Please reply to Lord Shao that I really can't go." Zhao Xing didn't even raise his head.

The middle-aged scholar said indifferently: "Zhao Sinong has just taken office. He may not even recognize all the people. How can he be busy with official duties? My master is sincere."

After Zhao Xing finished writing the official document, he blew on the ink and said sincerely: "This official is really busy, I'm not lying to you."

"Look, your master's sins, I can't even write down this memorial."

The middle-aged scholar: "..."