The Nameless of the Common Clans

"Mr. Boru, you must save me this time!" Late at night, in the Wei Mansion, Master Qian came to Wei Qiang with a white cloth tied on his head, told Chen Mo's request, and said with a sad face: "You also know, Hedong A lot of taxes have been withheld in the past two years. But the money and food cannot be recovered at all now. Once it is moved, I am afraid it will affect the entire Hedong, as well as the household registrations, many of which were transferred to the Wei family. Now that the envoy wants to trace, these account books and household registrations will not be taken out at all. Can’t afford to check.”

It's not that he wanted to evade or deceive Chen Mo. After all, Chen Mo now has the entire Hedong firmly in his hands. If he had other choices, how could he dare to deceive Chen Mo? If Chen Mo really wanted to pursue the withholding of taxes, it would be enough to exterminate his entire family ten times.

"Have you got someone to follow you?" Wei Jian had a headache. Although Chen Mo let go of the Wei family, he obviously had no intention of letting it go. The entire Hedong officialdom was in contact with various families and could not stop killing them, but Chen Mo held the military power. , had the upper hand, even if these families united, there was nothing they could do against Chen Mo now.

He knew that Chen Mo could not uproot the entire Hedong gentry, wealthy families, and officials. He still had to use people, but with this cleanup, every family in Hedong would probably lose their skin, and they would also have to be grateful to Chen Mo. This young man was young , looks gentle and courteous, but when it comes to doing things, his methods are three points more ruthless than many ruthless characters.

"Yes, he sent Na Dianwei to look after us, but he didn't restrict our access. He just didn't let us leave or hide." Master Qian nodded and said helplessly.

"My Wei family has handed over all tenant farmers' household registrations. This matter has nothing to do with me, and if you really want to investigate, no one can save you." Wei Jian sighed.

In fact, this kind of thing happens in all counties and counties. Officials collude with local wealthy families to embezzle money and food from the government treasury and conceal the population and household registration. However, it is not as serious as in Hedong in general counties. The reason is that for several consecutive years, although there are governors in Hedong, But they basically did not come to take office, such as Dong Zhuo, which greatly increased the power of local officials.

Even if the imperial court does send a prefect, the official is already involved in the interests of the local wealthy families and is not easy to take action. Even those who are weak will be directly ignored by people like Master Qian.

Chen Mo's appearance was timed very well. With the threat of Guo Tai's rebellious army and Chunyu Qiong's defeat, the court gave Chen Mo great autonomy and military power. Chen Mo was obviously aware of the problems in Hedong and had no control from the beginning. He wanted to solve the problem from Anyi, but relied on Mrs. Guo's power to force the Wei family, the largest, to surrender. Once the Wei family escaped, With this incident, these county officials have lost their biggest support. Now Chen Mo holds military power and almost seizes the counties in Hedong, which isolates people like Master Qian. Although these people have some wealth, Qian and Quan are No, after reaching a certain status, money is actually of little use, but family heritage is more important.

It can be seen from Chen Mo's attitude towards the Wei family. Chen Mo does not intend to really drive out all the Hedong scholars, but the premise is that the Wei family supports Chen Mo. Now that the Wei family is on Chen Mo's side, how can these county officials still Compete with Chen Mo?

"Mr. Boru, you must save us. Over the years, we have done a lot for the Wei family. If something happens to us, the Wei family may also..." Master Qian knelt down to the Wei family with a pop. In front of him, he was wailing and saying.

"Master Qian is threatening me?" Wei Ji shook his head and smiled after hearing this.

"I don't dare, but I can't guarantee what I will do if I endanger my clan!" Master Qian lowered his head and said.

"You can't do anything. Do you know that this time, in order to eliminate the disaster, the Wei family has handed over all the land in Anyi, as well as the household registration of tens of thousands of tenant farmers in the Wei family to the envoy." Wei Jian stood up and said He stretched out his hand to help the money master: "In addition, there are some manor fields in Sangquan, Jiexian, Yanjian and other counties. At least 30% of the Wei family's land has been given away, and there is no longer a tenant farmer's household registration. Do you know what this means?"

"I..." Master Qian's face turned pale when he heard this. Most of the land around Anyi belonged to the Wei family, and they were just giving it away. Master Qian felt his heart tremble just listening to it.

"So, even if you go to report me, it's useless." Wei Jian sighed, patted Master Qian and said, "You can't fight him, let alone let the Wei family fight for you. , of course, if you want to fight with the envoy yourself, you can also try it."

Master Qian's face turned pale. There were tens of thousands of soldiers and horses stationed outside Anyi City alone. How could he fight with them?

"Mr. Boru, now..."

"Spit out as much as you can of what you swallowed before, and go to the envoy to plead guilty, or you can save your family." Wei Jian said with a smile.

Master Qian was a little hesitant and unwilling to hear this. This meant that most of the wealth he had accumulated over the years would be given to Chen Mo, just like the Wei family, no, even worse than the Wei family. The Wei family itself has a rich background, even if Although the Wei family would have lost a lot by returning these properties, they would still be a wealthy family. If he handed them over, his hard work over the years would have been in vain.

"Having said that, you can't beat this prefect's methods. If you want to be safe, this is the only way I can think of." Seeing Master Qian's dejected look, Wei Jian sighed and said, "It's getting late. , so I don’t leave any money for my meal.”

This is driving people away.

Master Qian left in despair. Wei Ju looked at Master Qian's back and sighed. The young governor's appetite was really quite big. He had just arrived in Hedong and established a foothold, and was already planning the general, political, and household affairs. The three powers are all under control, but almost all the wealthy gentry and wealthy households in Hedong are involved, but I don’t know what the young county governor is going to do?

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"Your Majesty, these are the files from the past three years, including Hedong household registration, taxes, and the list of county officials." Early the next morning, Master Qian led a group of county officials to the government office carrying a large number of bamboo slips. Apparently, These files were not really burned, otherwise it would not have been possible to get them out overnight.

"Category these bamboo slips according to household registration, tax and county officials' roster, and put them in chronological order so that I can check them easily." Chen Mo just glanced at them and continued writing with his head down.

"ah?"

Chen Mo ignored these people and called the guards over. He stamped the bamboo slips with seals and gave them to the guards and said, "Take this and go to the prison to check the information. The world was amnesty just last year, but now the prison is overcrowded? And I I have seen that most of them are refusing to pay taxes. Gather these people together. I have something to ask. In addition, first put the jailers and jailers under supervision. If anyone resists or obstructs official duties, no matter who they are, kill them!"

"Here!" the guard said in agreement, took the bamboo slips and turned around to leave.

Chen Mo's word "kill" shocked Master Qian and other county officials. Seeing Chen Mo's eyes, they quickly began to classify the files.

"Go to the grain depot to check the quantity and ask the warehouse official to come see me." Chen Mo wrote another bamboo slip and handed it to another guard: "Notify Shi Geng, the commander of the team, and ask him to take over Anyi Wei and count Anyi. The county guards will be reorganized and anyone who disobeys the order will be killed!"

"Here!"

A series of edicts from the eunuch were written and sent out one after another. Warehouses, prisons, city gates, taxes, and thieves were all involved, but the relevant officials were all here sorting files, and there was no way to leave. In one day Here, Master Qian led a group of county officials sweating profusely while sorting files, but Chen Mo was gradually taking the power of the entire county in his hands, giving these county officials no chance to find ways to delay or block it.

Checking the files was meant to embarrass these people. Chen Mo had basically figured out the various situations in Hedong County when he traveled around the counties. None of these county officials were clean, and the network of connections behind them was even more complicated, covering almost the entire Hedong County. , it is impossible to uproot it, but the deterrence and warning are indispensable.

As for these county officials, Chen Mo is not prepared to kill them. They have evidence of many of the dirty deeds of those wealthy gentry. Even if they are not touched now, if Chen Mo wants to hire people in the future and these people are used against him, then these people will People can still take it out and use it. When the time comes, it will be justified. It will not be targeted at everyone, but only at a certain family. Others will not dare to object. It can also serve as a deterrent and warning.

The common people and wealthy households in Anyi suddenly discovered that the operation efficiency of the government office was much faster than before. In the afternoon, Chen Mo released most of the criminals who refused to pay taxes. These people were unable to repay, and many of them were illiterate. , was cheated on a certain contract, Chen Mo concluded one by one. In the grateful thanks of these people, Chen Mo's reputation among the people increased a lot in one afternoon.

However, Chief Qian and other officials involved in the case were completely unaware of this and were still sorting the files.

In addition, Chen Mo re-regulated the salaries of officials at all levels and county guards. Those who had not been paid before were made up. Those who were leaders in corruption were also imprisoned by Chen Mo and their properties were confiscated. In short, in one day, Chen Mo had the houses of county officials confiscated. More than thirty people, including the prison chief.

In fact, many people are not sure what these people did wrong, but as soon as they heard that they were found to have had their property confiscated due to corruption and bribery, many people would applaud.

In order to further improve his popularity in Hedong, Chen Mo also paraded some people who had committed more serious crimes and were more hated by people.

In short, in one day, just by relying on these methods, the support of the entire Anyi military and civilians for Chen Mo increased a lot. In addition, the Wei family helped promote Chen Mo's deeds. At least in Anyi and surrounding areas, Chen Mo was selfless, fair and honest. The image of loving the people like a son began to be accepted by people.

It wasn't until the next day that Master Qian and others came to see Chen Mo one by one with dark circles under their eyes and said, "Your Majesty, the files have been sorted. Please take a look at them."

"Send them all to a good living room for storage. If there are any files in the future, they should be stored according to this method. Don't let any fires happen again."

"Ah?" Master Qian and others looked at Chen Mo with their eyes widened in astonishment and said, "Don't you need to check?"

"No, there are too many. Just seal them up. You are all tired all day and night. Go and have a rest. There are other things to do tomorrow." Chen Mo stood up, stretched, looked at everyone and said with a smile, "My officer I’m going to rest too.”

"Here!" A group of people looked at each other, but did not dare to question him, so they could only send Chen Mo away respectfully.

"What do you mean by this?" Gongcao looked at everyone blankly.

"Let bygones be bygones, but we don't rule out settling accounts in the future. There is a sword hanging over our heads!" Master Qian said with a bitter look on his face, thinking of what Wei Jian had said before.

Everyone was silent after hearing this.