The Most Romantic of the Three Kingdoms

Hearing this, Xun Zhen was taken aback.

"Kill someone?"

Dian Wei replied, "Yes."

"Who did you kill?"

"It should be the villagers in the village pavilion."

Xun Zhenling said, "Stop the car."

Dian Wei Yingnuo, that is, sent the guards outside the car to go to the front and back immediately to give orders.

The cars of Xi Zhicai, Xun You, Cheng Jia, Liu Bei, Yao Sheng and others followed Xun Zhen in the car. When Xun Zhen stopped, they all got off and came to the outside of Xun Zhen's car. The guards learned of the murder by the state officials.

Xun Zhen instructed Cheng Jia and said, "Go and see what's going on. Why did the state officials kill you?"

Cheng Jia Ying yes, looked up and saw that the village pavilion was a few miles away from the road, and it took a while to walk back and forth, so he asked for a horse, turned over and rode it, accompanied by two knights, and galloped away.

Xun Zhen watched him go away and thought: "The state officials suddenly killed people, presumably it must have something to do with the grain expropriation."

Zang Hong and Yuan Sui in the car also thought of this episode, and they looked at each other.

Xun Zhen asked, "I think this state official's murder was due to the grain expropriation. Has something similar happened in the past?"

Zang Hong and Yuan Sui looked at each other and hesitated to answer.

When Xun Zhen saw the expressions of the two of them, she already knew what she was thinking, and said to herself, "Even if they are arguing again because they are far away, the state officials may not have seen my honor guard, but I will ride thousands of paces by fate. , the momentum is huge, but the state officials will definitely not know it, even if it is so, but still dare to kill, it can be seen that he is daring, ... such a daring person, it is not expected to be the first time to kill."

Xun Zhen, as the 2,000-stone in this county when he took office, had a guard of honor of 2,000 stone in front of his chariot, axe chariot, music chariot, halberds, etc., and he stepped back 10,000 steps, even if the state officials did not notice him. I don't know who he is, but there are 4,000 chariots and chariots, plus the group of cars behind his family members and a large number of carriages that transport weapons, money and grain, the momentum is not big, all the way. Come, the smoke is rolling, and the murdering state official will definitely not be invisible. It is inferred from common sense that even if it is unknown that this is the team of the new prefect of the county, there are only a few who can bring so many riders and carriages. "Great noble man", I am afraid that anyone will be more cautious when making a decision in the face of such a situation, but the state official still kills people regardless, which is enough to see his arrogance.

Xun Zhen asked Zang Hong and Yuan Sui again, "How did Duke Zhang deal with similar incidents in the past?"

"Mr. Zhang", this is obviously Zhang Chao.

Yuan Sui is the secretary of the county head, that is, Zhang Chao's secretary. From this level, his relationship with Zhang Chao is more intimate, so after seeing Zang Hong unwilling to answer, he hesitated for a moment and said the following words. , and replied: "Ze Rong is in charge of the grain collection. Zhe Rong and Fang Bo are from the same village, and they are very trusted by Fang Bo. The person who collects grain is called a state official, and he is actually a private minister of Zhe Rong. This generation relies on Fang Bo. His prestige, relying on the power of Zhe Rong, has always been rampant, although Duke Zhang has been dissatisfied with it for a long time, but what..."

"How is it?"

"However, I have written to Uncle Fang many times, but they are all sinking into the sea. Uncle Fang ignored this and let Zhe Rong go, and Duke Zhang couldn't either."

Xun Zhen read "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" in his previous life. Tao Qian in the book seemed to be a good old man. He might have been a prince of a place in troubled times. Who is a kind and good man? Tao Qian's temperament is arrogant and strong, and he doesn't even give Zhang Wen's face--you must know that Zhang Wen was not only his chief officer at that time, but also a general of chariots and cavalry. Even so, Tao Qian dared to humiliate Zhang Wen in public, not to mention Zhang Chao, even if ten Zhang Chao came together, he would ignore him if he didn't want to.

In fact, Tao Qian ignored Zhang Chao, but it was because of Zhang Miao's face.

Zhang Miao is one of the eight chefs of the party, a veteran celebrity. Seeing Zhang Miao's face, Tao Qian is just "ignoring" Zhang Chao. Otherwise, Tao Qian might have some means of humiliating and coercing Zhang Chao.

"Zhicai, Gongda, what do you think?"

Xi Zhicai looked at the village pavilion, but Cheng Jia hadn't arrived yet, and was still running on the road.

Turning his gaze back, Xi Zhicai said, "Let's see why the state official killed him."

"Oh?"

"If the state officials are justified, and the villagers kill themselves, there is no need to talk about this matter."

Yuan Sui couldn't help but ask, "What if the state officials are unreasonable?"

"If the state officials are unreasonable, the Han family has its own laws."

Yuan Sui was stunned and said, "This..."

Xi Zhicai said, "What? Am I wrong?"

Yuan Sui said, "Your lord's words are true, but even though the Yellow Turbans in the prefecture are flat, there are still many thieves and rebellions in the prefecture, and the Qing and Yanhuang Turbans are again peeping at our territory from the outside. Against Fang Bo's will, I'm afraid that there will be troubles in the state!"

Tao Qian's continual urging of expeditions has greatly damaged the interests of the local forces in Xuzhou, and the reason why local scholars in Xuzhou, such as Zhao Min, Wang Lang, Chen Deng, Zhang Zhao, etc., cooperate with Tao Qian or not. Tao Qian, although there are many suggestions for Tao Qian's move, but the attitude he shows is not very intense. One of the main reasons is that, as Yuan Sui said: the state is safe and now it is all in Tao Qian.

Compared with life, a little extraneous things, a little extra wealth, a little food are not so important.

What's more, people such as Zhao Min, Wang Lang, Chen Deng, Zhang Zhao, etc., including Yuan Sui and Zang Hong, most of them are the right surnames of the local Guan clan, who control local political affairs. , they can easily transfer all or most of it to the local poor and Qianzhou, that is to say, there is a big difference between the food they actually pay and the food they should pay, they Economically, it has suffered a certain loss, but this loss is still within an acceptable range.

The local forces in Xuzhou still think so, what about the chief officials of the county and state who are outsiders?

It would be good for them to go to the prefectural government and persuade Tao Qian a few times. Whether they listen or not is up to Tao Qian. At least they feel that they have done their best.

——Of course, not all the county governors are like this, and there are some who strongly resist Tao Qian’s behavior, such as Peng Chengxiang. Xue Li, the prime minister of Pengcheng Kingdom, resisted Tao Qian's behavior the most. However, he resisted Tao Qian not for the benefit of the people of this county, but for his own personal benefit: he was for raising soldiers. Among the five counties in Xuzhou, apart from Xun Zhen, who just arrived, at present, Xue Li has raised the most soldiers. His own soldiers are not enough, so how can he drain Pengchengguo to raise soldiers for Tao Qian?

——Therefore, among the five counties in Xuzhou, the relationship between Pengcheng and Tao Qian is now the most tense.

Pengcheng's poor grain collection indirectly caused Tao Qian to squeeze more and more the two counties of Xiapi and Guangling.

Xuzhou has a total of five counties. Langya and Donghai in the north are on the front lines of fighting against the Qing and Yan yellow scarves. Most of the food to support the army comes from the three counties in the south of the state, and in the three counties in the south of the state, Pengcheng is extremely uncooperative, and it becomes the main reason. From the two counties of Xiapi and Guangling, the food for the soldiers came from the two counties, and it was just after the "world's famine and famine" after the war, to feed the thousands of infantry and cavalry soldiers. Urge the levy, why didn't the state officials he sent to levy grain not kill people and stand up?

But because their own interests have not been damaged enough, foreign governors such as Zhang Chao, and local forces such as Yuan Sui, faced Tao Qian and Zhe Rong's tyrannical levy, most of them first thought of not resisting, but back down.

Xi Zhicai pretended to be puzzled by Yuan Sui's intentions and asked, "What kind of trouble could happen?"

"This, this..., if Uncle Fang is angry, or the frontline troops are in chaos due to lack of food, I am afraid that the territory of Xuzhou will be subject to the Yellow Turbans again."

Xi Zhicai laughed. Seeing that Zang Hong had been sitting by the side without saying a word, he turned to him and asked, "Dare to ask Gong Cao, what's your opinion?"

Yuan Sui is a scholar, a scholar, but Zang Hong can be regarded as a general. Although looking at his past qualifications, Tong Zi Lang and Xiao Lian Lang also started out with various students, but there is an element of Shang Qi and Ren Xia in his personality. , is a generous and valiant person, and he has an idea for Tao Qian's expropriation, but he is only a county meritorious cadre, and the county governor refuses to stand up to resist, and he can't do anything.

At this time, when he heard Xi Zhicai's question, he was silent for a moment, and then replied aloud: "If you follow your words, you can relieve your hatred, but you can't ignore what the master said."

Do it according to Xi Zhicai's words, of course, to relieve the hatred, but Yuan Sui said it well, now Xuzhou's safety depends on Tao Qian, Tao Qian's soldiers are more powerful, and he is like a state shepherd. If Tao Qian is angered, he may not So good to pack up.

Xun Zhen got out of the car, Yuan Sui and Zang Hong also got out of the car.

When Zang Hong saw that he didn't listen to him for so long, he couldn't help but ask, "I'm taking the liberty of asking the Ming Palace..."

"You want to ask me what I think?"

"...Exactly."

"Don't worry, wait until Junchang returns."

Everyone followed Xun Zhen's line of sight ~www.wuxiaspot.com~ to the village pavilion.

Cheng Jia didn't know when he got there and had already asked about the situation. At this time, he turned back and ran towards the team.

After a while, Cheng Jia and the two accompanying knights returned to the road.

Cheng Jia jumped off the horse and strode over.

Everyone's eyes fell on his face.

When Xun Zhen approached, Cheng Jia bowed down and said, "The villagers are poor and have no food to give, so the state officials killed the pavilion chief to force the villagers."

"Who killed a pavilion?"

"Yes."

"Although the pavilion chief is humble, his rank is fighting for food, and he is also an official of the Han family. What power does a state official have, and dare to kill a Han official? . . . Master, what is the crime?"

Yuan Sui replied, "...the death penalty."

"How should it be judged?"

"...Excuse me."

"Where is Xuande?"

Liu Bei stood by the side for a long time. Because of his status, he had been listening and didn't speak. He heard Xun Zhen calling him at this time, and hurriedly responded, "Yes."

"Hold my decree, go there quickly, and put the murderer to death!"

"No!"

Xun Zhen turned to Zang Hong and Yuan Sui, "Where is Zang Rong now?"

"Smell it in Xiapi."

This Xiapi refers to Xiapi County, the capital of the country of Xiapi.

Xun Zhen nodded and said to Liu Bei, "After the execution, there is no need to come back, take his head and give it to Zhe Rong."

"No!"