Yangdi, outside the prefect's mansion.

"ah……"

With a shrill scream, some of the officials who were lined up to participate in the plan could not help but tremble, while the people watching on the other side applauded and kept talking.

"How many are these?"

"It's already the seventh one, haha, these corrupt officials deserve to die. They usually bully men and women, bully others with their power, and do everything they want. They are even more hateful than robbers and the Xiliang army. It's so satisfying to kill them!"

"That's right, these officials do evil things on weekdays and are really hateful in the fish countryside. Today they are so innocent. I really didn't expect that this new prefect could make such a big move. It's really rare."

"Yes, this is a blessing for all people. I really hope that the new prefect's original intention is to punish corrupt officials, rather than to eradicate the old party, if it were his own."

"I'm sure this is not true, because no official will kill the former party members directly when replacing people, and the new prefectures are all guilty officials. Not to mention anything else, let's talk about how rampant our county magistrate Wu Meng was in the county at the beginning? Especially after the former prefect was cooked, he became even more incompetent and regarded himself as a local emperor. He did whatever he wanted and no one dared to control it. Our new prefect killed him with thunder as soon as he came up. This is to eliminate harm for the people."

...

Amid the discussions of the people, in the prefect's house, the young man named Du said to the young man surnamed Zhao with admiration: "Brother Zhao, you are indeed wise and you can see that Taishou Pei's real intention is like a shallow person like Xi. If it weren't for your reminder, you would have missed a wise lord."

The young man surnamed Zhao suddenly smiled bitterly and said, "Brother Du is so arrogant. In fact, Yan didn't have much hope in his heart before. But to be honest, unless it is absolutely necessary, no one will leave his hometown. I really didn't see any hope before, so I decided to leave Yingchuan. However, seeing the new prefect take office in the past few days, the army is disciplined and has no harm to the people. Then a glimmer of hope arises in my heart. I think this new prefect may be different from others. Even so, I just have to take a look at him more, but the result is so surprising and unexpected. But even so, we don't have to make a choice so quickly. After all, whether the new prefect can appoint talents in the future is still a mystery. We should observe patiently and make a decision slowly."

Du Xi, a young man surnamed Du, immediately bowed to Zhao Yan, a young man surnamed Zhao, and said, "Brother Zhao clearly sees that this should be true. Let's observe carefully and see how this governor Pei's next thing?"

So Du Xi and Zhao Yan, the two young men, were all calmly looking at the bustling crowds in the prefect's mansion, and quietly watching Pei Qing's next actions.

At the same time, the officials and gentry waiting outside the lobby of the prefect's mansion were all trembling all over, and some even had incontinence. Their clothes were poured through, and a cold wind blew, trembling all over, and they were suffering.

At this time, only outside the lobby, Deng Dang shouted loudly: "Kunyang County Magistrate Lu Feng went to the forefront..."

A short and fat man suddenly looked like a mortal face. He did not dare to walk, but knelt outside the lobby and said tremblingly: "Pei, the prefect of Pei, the lower official knew that his political achievements were not good during his tenure, and he also embezzled and accepted bribes. He was in a position of loss. The lower official petitioned to donate all his property to atone for his sins, and asked the prefect of Pei to forgive the lower official for one life."

At this time, a sneer came from the hall: "It's still enough that you know yourself, Magistrate Lu, I saw that although Magistrate Lu embezzled a lot of money during his tenure, he did not offend the people. Moreover, your data is the closest to the truth. Since you are willing to give up your family's wealth and the crime is relatively light, I will spare your life, but the official position is difficult to preserve."

"The servant understands this. Please rest assured. The servant will order people to go back and donate their money. Thank you for your kindness for mercy." The short and fat man Lu Feng bowed Pei Qing with a grateful face and then prepared to leave.

But Pei Qing said, "Don't rush to leave. You must have a lot of money. It will be troublesome to transport it back and forth. So, I will send 200 soldiers to Kunyang with you to transport your money together, so as to save you the trouble of transporting it back and forth."

The short and fat man was originally planning to escape with his property after returning to Kunyang, but he didn't expect that Pei Qing would do such a trick. On the surface, these 200 people were helping him transport property, but he understood that he was actually supervising him to donate property and then left immediately.

But he had to agree, because Pei Qing had killed so many people before, without blinking. If he dared to say no now, he would probably have lost his life. It would be worthless to lose his life for some money.

Then several county magistrates accepted the plan. Du Xi and Zhao Yan knew that the following county magistrates had good reputations and their abilities were considered good. However, in order to protect their official positions, they had to go with the flow and do some bribery and accept bribes. However, their crimes were relatively light and they also did some things that were beneficial to the people. Therefore, Pei Qing did not make things too difficult for them. Those who had no talents were directly dismissed, and those who had some talents continued to remain in office. They also harshly warned them that they would never be able to take bribes or accept bribes in the future, and they could not do anything that harmed the people. Otherwise, those killed officials would be their role models.

All of these officials nodded repeatedly, solemnly saying that they must not make mistakes in the past, and must do it well in the future and must not let Pei Qing down.

Of course, there is also an honest official among them. His name is Fan Lin, from Pei, Xuzhou. He was originally just a county magistrate in Yingyin County. Because the county magistrate is vacant, he temporarily served as a county magistrate. Although this person is only average in ability, he is upright and honest, and has always had a good reputation for his official reputation. This time he went to the prefect's mansion to make a plan, but he only went there without any gifts.

However, Pei Qing did not blame him, but said gently: "Fan County Wei Kezhong is a good official and an honest official. He is really a role model for us. I heard that Yingyin Ling has always been vacant, so it is better to be the position of Fan County Wei."

However, Fan Lin shook her head and said, "Reporting to the envoy, the subordinates feel that they are not capable enough to serve as county magistrate. Please forgive me. In fact, what the subordinates are better at military affairs. They always hope to be able to roam the battlefield like their ancestors. But the subordinates also know that the subordinates have low abilities and even a third-rate general is no match for the subordinates. Being a county magistrate is already the upper limit for the subordinates. Therefore, please a county magistrate as soon as possible, so that the subordinates can concentrate on being my county magistrate."

"Oh? I wonder if the ancestor of Fan County Wei?" Pei Qing suddenly remembered someone, so he moved his heart and asked.

"The ancestor of the lower official is Fan Kuai, the Marquis of Wuyang." Fan Lin said proudly to Pei Qing with a look of excitement.
Chapter completed!