The Hanchuan County Governor's Office and the main officials in the county gathered together at this moment, and the atmosphere was so depressing that it was suffocating.

Since the fall of Longshan County, the situation in the Hanchuan area has become more and more serious. As the source of the outflow of the formation plate, the counties under Hanchuan naturally became the earliest victims.

The rebels who made a lot of money in Longshan County have already been thrived. Everyone is fascinated by the pleasure of looting the county town and loses interest in the local area.

The first one to be unlucky is the adjacent Yunshan County. For standardized operations, first pre-built the array plate, and then launch an offensive at the same time as the inside and outside contracts.

How can a county town without the power of formation be defended by completely losing the hearts of the people with just a few county soldiers and a few large households?

Pandora's box was opened and could no longer close. The rebels, who had tasted the sweetness, quickly spread around like locusts.

Within just one month, four counties under his rule fell, and the beard of Cao County was almost madly angry.

Before the county could discuss a result, they received a request for help from Yuefeng County and Baishui County. If they did not rescue them quickly, the fifth and sixth county towns would soon be captured.

"I don't care what difficulties you have. Now I must send troops immediately. If you cannot protect the two counties of Yuefeng and Baishui, you will know the consequences yourself!"

After hearing the county magistrate's words, the lieutenants below complained. It's not that everyone doesn't want to work hard, but that they have limited abilities.

Although Hanchuan County has a 120,000 army of 24 schools, it is just a theoretical number. In fact, it is difficult to get half of the number of people together, and even fewer of them have combat effectiveness.

A half-way army was fought, and not all were stationed in the county government. Among them, the twelve colleges were stationed at the entrance of the Qinling Mountains all year round to guard against monster attacks.

The other twelve schools now have four schools that suppress the rebels from all over the country and eliminate the indescribable bandits. The eight schools and three school lieutenants in the county have not yet taken office and are difficult to dispatch.

The only mobile troops in the five schools are only tens of thousands of soldiers. It is inevitable to divide the troops into two counties if they want to send troops to rescue the two counties.

Now the rebels are in a hurry and are conquering the county town one after another. The lieutenants who don’t know the truth are really unsure.

Everyone came out to be officials for the sake of glory and wealth. They did not come to "devote their best to the Zhou court until they die."

Without complete certainty, everyone naturally did not want to take risks. Facing the eager gaze of their subordinates, the vigilante Zhu, who was originally wandering around the world, could only say with a tough bullet: "Mr. Cao, it's not that we are unwilling to send troops to rescue us, but it's really impossible to relieve our near thirst!

Looking at the three counties of Longshan, Yunshan and Dengchuan in front, the rebels all went down one day. The strong army should never be regarded as bandits.

To encircle and suppress these rebels, we must concentrate our troops and annihilate them in one battle.

Now the county has insufficient troops and three lieutenants have not yet taken office. At this time, the troops were sent in a hurry, probably to be taken advantage of by the enemy.

To be on the safe side, the official suggested that the elders discuss with the three major families in the county, and it is best to unite to encircle and suppress the rebels.

After all, if the rebels continue to make trouble like this, they will suffer a lot of losses. I believe they don’t want to see the situation in Hanchuan get out of control and attract the provincial government to interfere."

The governor of Cao County frowned. If the three major families in the county were easy to talk to, everyone would have jointly sent troops.

The main reason is that these guys have too much appetite, so big that he, Mr. Cao, dare not cooperate with these people. Because of interests, since he took office, he has been incompatible with the three major families.

This is well-known in the county government. Now the county magistrate is proposed to be "general" like this, which is clearly to make him ugly.

After taking a look at the indifferent expression of the County Magistrate Zhu, the angrily governor Cao didn't care about so much, and threw the teacup close to him directly, shouting angrily:

"Prince Zhu, don't forget that you are an official of the Great Zhou Dynasty, not a lackey under the three major families!

Do you really don’t know what they want? After agreeing to their conditions, aren’t you afraid that the court will pursue you and kill your nine clans?”

After breaking the window paper and realizing that he was in trouble, the magistrate Zhu hurriedly said to remedy: "The subordinate is stupid and really doesn't know what the county magistrate is talking about.

The laws of the free court in the Great Zhou Dynasty are here, and we will do everything according to the rules of the court. If the three major families dare not have the intention, the first officials will not agree!”

Some things can be done, but they can never be said.

As time went by, the national policy of the Great Zhou Empire also transformed from the initial suppression of land annexation by powerful families to suppressing the annexation within the wealthy families.

If it weren't for the support of the court, the local area would have been annexed by the aristocratic families, and there would be no room for small and medium-sized families to survive.

Although the three major families in Hanchuan are not considered big families, they have the ambition to become big families and have always been eyeing small and medium-sized families in the county.

But he was stared at by the county government and did not dare to act rashly. He did not move openly, but never did any small movements in secret.

The rebels captured the county town, and they did suffer heavy losses in the short term. But in the long run, they could also use the rebels' hands to clean up the small families below and further expand their family power.

Similar slutty operations are not only played by them. The more powerful family members are also old players.

A typical game of "big fish eat small fish, small fish eat shrimps".

This requires you to grasp a good degree. If you go too far and make the rebels grow and grow, and you are taken away by one wave, you will make a wedding dress for others.

Seeing the atmosphere stalemate, the county magistrate Tang, who was standing beside him, said: "Two lords, please calm down first, calm down! Everyone is doing things for the court, why bother so much?

The state is difficult at present, and everyone is working together to do the court's responsibilities. There is no need to quarrel over trivial matters.

According to the officials, three counties in the county have now fallen, so we directly entrusted the wealthy families of the county. If they don’t work hard, we will ask the prefecture for help.

At worst, we must not do this year's performance exam. We must also strictly investigate the origin of the rebels. See who is brave and dares to support the rebels behind the scenes to cause trouble!"

The most fear of being serious about everything. If you continue to study it, many people will be implicated. These foreign officials are fine, but the wealthy families born and raised will definitely be bloody.

Even if this rebellion was not planned by them, in the past, these local snakes had definitely had contact with the rebellious organizations.

When it comes to rebellion, it is always "if you kill something wrong, don't let it go". As long as you get involved, it will be a disaster for the family to be destroyed.

"The county magistrate who destroyed the family, the prefect who destroyed the family."

If several chief officials in the county really give up and don’t want to be with their official hats, the three major families will definitely not be able to eat them and leave with them.

...

After the episode ended, Cao Tiancheng was in a bad mood. As a member of the reformist faction, after serving as the magistrate of Hanchuan County, he did not even sort out the internal problems of the county government.

The county magistrate was against him, and the county magistrate was an old fry. These two guys each pulled a group of people in the county, and differentiated the strength of the imperial court in Hanchuan.

If it weren't for this, he wouldn't have been so passive when facing the three major families in the county.

Faced with the control of all parties, Cao Tiancheng could only struggle to maintain it, and finally gained the upper hand in the power struggle. However, at this time, a rebel began again.

The county's slow response to the issue of counter-rebellion was the result of being dragged on the faction. When he realized that he was too big and wanted to fight against the rebellion, he found that the rebels had become bigger.

At midnight, Cao Tiancheng, who could not fall asleep, drank a muffled wine under the moon alone. Looking at the bright moon, Cao Tiancheng felt all kinds of flavors in his heart.

"Sir, you're drinking here again."

After glanced at the person coming, Cao Tiancheng said calmly: "The affairs in the county are too disturbing. I really can't sleep! Deen, why didn't you fall asleep?"

The middle-aged man smiled and said, "Even adults can't sleep, how can students fall asleep as masters?"

Cao Tiancheng shook his head: "You, why bother to do this! With your talent, you will probably be able to pass the imperial examination. Why should you waste your time with me?"

The middle-aged man complained secretly, thinking to himself: You are standing and talking without any pain in your back. The Cao family is a civil servant family, and there are seven or eight people in the clan who are officials in the court. How can you know the suffering of a poor family?

Passing the Jinshi does not mean that everything is good. The Jinshi who will not be awarded an official position in the Great Zhou Empire for the rest of its life is not one or two.

Now the imperial court uses people, and does not look at talent or ability. It is completely a definite origin.

If he had not been from a small and medium-sized county tribe and had no one to take care of him in the court, why would he have come to be an aide to others?

Not only do you have to work hard, but you also have to work hard to establish a good relationship with your benefactor, so as to pave the way for the next generation. With this path, it can at least solve the embarrassment that future generations are not allowed to be awarded official positions if they pass the Jinshi.

But he bet on Cao Tiancheng all the future. The matters in the county cannot be resolved, and he is even more anxious than Cao Tiancheng, the master.

What I thought about in my heart was the same, but the middle-aged man on his face looked grateful and crying: "Adults have the kindness of knowing students. If it weren't for the help of adults, the students would have long been deceased.

The students have long vowed to follow the adults. If the adults come to the cabinet one day, it will not be too late for the students to go to the imperial examination again!"

Cao Tiancheng pointed at the middle-aged man, and finally smiled without saying a word. Obviously, he was not prepared to really let his staff take the imperial examination.

Seeing this, Liu De'en followed the situation and said: "The situation in the county that the adults are worried about is nothing more than military power.

As county magistrates, the great masters will naturally occupy the great power. No matter how hard others do, they will eventually be subordinates. As long as the order of the Great Zhou Dynasty has not yet collapsed, they will not dare to surrender.

The 24th school in the county, and the Zhu Junwei only controlled seven schools. The twelve schools stationed on the Qinling line formed a system, which was divided into three small groups and basically did not participate in the disputes in the county.

The remaining five soldiers and horses were originally from the Tang County Magistrate, but the court suddenly carried out personnel transfers and threw three foreign households with great backgrounds.

In this way, there is not much room for adults to perform. The three new lieutenants all came from the family of princes, and they were brothers. The most important thing is that they were less than twenty years old.

He is young and energetic, and is a child of the Marquis' Mansion. He holds a high position at a young age. How can he not be arrogant?

Although it is not easy to control, it does not mean that it cannot be used by us.

The three major families in the county have always been domineering. As long as we operate properly, we will not worry about not having conflicts with the three major families.

Because of interests, it is estimated that their relationship with Prince Tang would not be better. Prince Zhu could not command these three princes of the Marquis's Mansion.

With them coming to disrupt the situation and attracting the attention of all parties, the adults can find ways to win over the twelve schools stationed in the Qinling Mountains.

After all, how can you live comfortably in the county if you sleep outside every day?

If they are willing to defect to you, the adults can do the power of the county magistrate to order the schools to change their defense regularly."

The fact that there is no mention of suppressing rebellion is all about power and conspiracy. It is not that the middle-aged man does not want to, but that he can only play within the rules of the game.

Once he jumped out, he could only play some conspiracies. He had never seen any military books, and even if he wanted to talk about war on paper, he didn't know how to talk about it.

However, this kind of power scheme was exactly what Cao Tiancheng liked. As a scholar, he was not good at fighting and killing.

Even if the family origin is of no use, it involves military knowledge, and the nobles' group blocked it.

Whether it is to arrange troops or fight troops, the routines of each family are different. They are only passed on to the family's children and will not leak out at all.

After nodding with satisfaction, Cao Tiancheng poured a glass of wine for the middle-aged man and handed it over, saying with a little excitement: "Deye, I am a good minister!

After a few words, I suddenly realized it.

Come on, I'll give you a cup!"
Chapter completed!