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Of course there is no such thing. County Magistrate Sun has done a good job keeping secrets. The grain depot where this batch of grain is stored is not very used. Few people know that this is a grain depot, so the grain inside is still there, that is...

Zhao Hanzhang lowered his head and grabbed a handful of wheat mixed with sand, and said meaningfully: "The chaos in Gaoyang County is not unfair at all."

The county magistrate and the chief registrar beside him blushed, whether from shame or fear.

Zhao Hanzhang did not look at them. He dropped the wheat in his hand and said, "Go and invite the rich households and gentry in the city to come over. Let's take a look and count the grain in the granary."

She said: "Most of them are literate. Now that Aoyang County is in trouble, it is the time when they are needed."

After being frightened all night, some wealthy households who were even rushed into their homes and robbed were invited by the soldiers to go to the grain depot to watch the county government officials count the grain.

They were angry and frightened. They had not yet woken up from the chaos last night. As soon as they arrived, they stared directly at the county seat and General Ding Shen and asked, "Where is County Magistrate Sun?"

Zhao Hanzhang said quietly: "County Magistrate Sun has gone to Chen County, and now I am in charge of Ai Yang."

Only then did everyone see Zhao Hanzhang.

Many people know her. They went to Zhao's Winter Solstice Banquet last year and met her at that time.

Those who don't know her will guess her identity after thinking about what she said last night and seeing her surrounded by people.

Their expressions improved slightly and they were somewhat graceful. They raised their hands to salute Zhao Hanzhang and said sincerely, "Thank you, Mr. Zhao County, for saving me."

Zhao Hanzhang nodded slightly, his expression improved a little, and he asked gently: "Is everything okay at home?"

Some people sighed, some looked sad, and others responded: "Fortunately, the reinforcements arrived in time last night. Although some property was lost, the people are still okay."

Zhao Hanzhang breathed a sigh of relief, nodded and said: "As long as the person is nice."

She looked back at the granary, "It's just that this time there is chaos, and there are already many people who are doing bad things. The root cause is all from the grain."

Everyone also followed her gaze, and when they saw so much sand and gravel in the opened grain bag, they were shocked, "What's going on?"

Yeah, what's going on?

Magistrate Sun was not here, so Zhao Hanzhang could only question the county magistrate and the chief registrar.

The two of them didn't expect Zhao Hanzhang to take action as soon as he said it, so they couldn't help shouting, "This has nothing to do with us, we don't know anything."

"As a county magistrate and a registrar, especially a registrar, if you don't even know the inside story about a major matter such as paying grains, so that such a chaos occurs, isn't this a serious dereliction of duty?" Zhao Hanzhang stared at him with cold eyes and asked: " Why do you have the shame to say 'I don't know'?"

The chief clerk was about to cry but said without tears: "But I really don't know. Small things like paying for food are done by subordinates. We only need to check the accounts and they are correct. How could we know that the people below are so bold? Dare you steal the grain tax and mix it with sand and gravel?"

Hearing his explanation, Zhao Hanzhang was so angry that he swung his horsewhip over and knocked the person to the ground, "Subordinate official? Aren't you, a small chief clerk, also a subordinate official? His official rank is not high, but his pomp is not small. As a chief clerk, , He can’t even check and check, and if he’s in his position and doesn’t plan for his own affairs, he’s worse than a beetle!”

Zhao Hanzhang originally wanted to interrogate him, but now he didn't even bother to interrogate him, and directly ordered: "Drag him down and chop him down!"

The chief clerk's eyes widened and he shouted when the soldiers came up to drag him away: "You, you can't kill me, you can't kill me. I am the chief clerk of Aoyang County, not Xiping County. I own Sun County." Order to sentence..."

Zhao Hanzhang waved his hand, and the soldiers stuffed a piece of cloth into his mouth and dragged him out.

The grain depot suddenly became quiet, and everyone looked at Zhao Hanzhang in surprise, but the county magistrate was the most afraid. He stood aside tremblingly, feeling that his legs were a little weak.

Zhao Hanzhang's eyes fell coldly on the county magistrate.

The county magistrate swallowed a gulp of saliva. When her eyes fell on him for a long time, he knelt on the ground with a plop, pointed to a person in the wealthy family and said: "This is the Guan family and Sun County Magistrate, the chief registrar We planned to replace the food together, and I, I didn’t participate.”

The rich and gentry all turned to look at Guan Yi.

Guan Yi's face turned slightly pale, but he was still calm, "You are slanderous. Our Guan family is not short of this little food, so how can we change the food tax?"

He paused and then said: "And this chaos did not start because of the change of grain taxes, but because the grain taxes allocated by Yuzhou were too high and the people could not afford them, so they rebelled."

Zhao Hanzhang said quietly: "Master Guan knows very well."

Guan Yi became calmer and said with a faint smile: "I heard that nearly half of them should be the summer taxes of Shangcai and Xiping. However, because Zhao County Lord refused to pay the full amount of taxes, Yuzhou put all these taxes in On top of our Gao Yang."

"The people under my rule are poor. If I really pay the taxes required by Yuzhou, then the people under my rule will also starve to death. So for them, I am willing to argue with reason," Zhao Hanzhang said: "County Magistrate Sun can learn from me. !”

She said: "As a county official, the most important thing you should do is to protect the people of the county. I don't regret what I have done, but Mr. Guan, how do you know that the taxes and taxes that have been levied on the people of Aoyang this time?" Doesn’t the replaced grain tax have nothing to do with it?”

"If you can use sand and gravel to replace food, how can you know that you won't raise taxes for food and buy more food out of greed?"

that is!

Everyone stared at Guan Yi with sharp eyes.

Guan Yi's heart skipped a beat.

Zhao Hanzhang waved his hand and asked someone to take Guan Yi down as well. Seeing his unwilling struggle, she said: "Don't worry, Mr. Guan, you are different from the chief clerk."

She said: "The Chief Registrar is an official of the imperial court. He eats the emperor's salary but does not do anything loyal to the emperor. He occupies an official position but does not pursue his political interests. Therefore, it is only right for me to kill him."

"But Mr. Guan, you are a citizen and I am an official. If you commit a crime, I will try it clearly and determine how to be sentenced according to the law." Zhao Hanzhang turned slightly to look at the county magistrate, and said with a sneer at the corner of his mouth: "This is You are responsible for the matter for the time being."

The county magistrate's knees became even softer. He kowtowed and responded tremblingly: "Yes."

Zhao Hanzhang then smiled at the remaining wealthy gentry and said, "We invite you all to help. Now that everyone is here, let's start counting the grain in the granary."

Wealthy households: "...How about we call the accountant at home to help?"

Surely they can't do this kind of thing as well as the accountant at home?

But is Zhao Hanzhang just counting?

She wanted them to take a look at why the people in Aoyang County rebelled this time.

Zhao Hanzhang just pretended not to hear their different opinions and asked people to go back to the county office to bring over the accounting books for this year's tax collection.

Oh, the chief clerk was beheaded. Zhao Hanzhang's soldiers were too lazy to go far, so they beheaded them not far from the grain depot.

The head was separated and it was still lying on the ground.

The people in the grain depot could see the corpse if they turned slightly sideways, so although they had never done anything like this and felt arrogant in their hearts, they still... couldn't help but listen to Zhao Hanzhang's words.

Good night