"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 used, it may affect the entire Hedong, as well as the household registration, many of which were transferred to the Wei family. Now the envoy wants to trace it

, these account books and household registrations cannot withstand inspection at all."

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?

Withholding taxes, if Chen Mo really wanted to pursue it, 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 had let go of the Wei family, he obviously had no intention of letting it go. The entire Hedong officialdom was in contact with each family and could not stop killing them, but Chen Mo held the military power.

, took the advantage, even if these families unite, they can't defeat 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 is so 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, in general counties and counties, it is not as serious as Hedong. The reason is that for several consecutive years, although there are governors in Hedong,

But they rarely come to take office, such as Dong Zhuo, which greatly increases the power of local officials.

Even if the imperial court does send a governor, the officials are already involved in the interests of the local wealthy families and are not easy to take action. Those who are even 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 imperial court gave Chen Mo great autonomy and military power. Chen Mo was obviously aware of the problems in Hedong and did not care about it from the beginning.

He wanted to solve the problem from Anyi, but relied on Mrs. Guo's power to force the Wei family to surrender. Once the Wei family got out of this matter, these county officials would lose their biggest support. Now that Chen Mo holds the military power, he almost has the opportunity.

Occupying all the counties in Hedong has isolated people like Master Qian. Although these people have some family background, money and power are not equal. Money is actually of little use when you reach a certain status. On the contrary, family background 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 members!" 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 hold the money manager: "In addition, there are some manor fields in Sangquan, Jie County, 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..." Mr. 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. Mr. 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 the envoy yourself, you can also give it a try."

Master Qian's face turned a little 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 has lost a lot by returning these properties, it will still be a wealthy family. If he hands them over, all these years of hard work will be 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 the master’s meal.”

This is driving people away.

Master Qian left in despair. Wei Qian looked at Master Qian's back and sighed. The young governor's appetite was really 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 rich households in Hedong are involved, but I don't know what the young county governor is going to do?

…

"Your Majesty, these are the files from the past three years, including Hedong household registration, taxes, and the roster 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' rolls, 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 a seal 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 it is, kill him!"

"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: "Inform the captain of Shi Geng and ask him to take over Anyi Wei and count Anyi. After the county guards, reorganize them, and if anyone disobeys the order, kill them!"

"Here!"

A series of edicts from the prefect 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 classifying files, but Chen Mo was gradually taking the power of the entire county into his hands, giving these county officials no chance to delay or block it.

Checking the files, it was originally to embarrass these people. Chen Mo had basically figured out the various situations in Hedong County when he traveled to various 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 use people in the future, and these people are being used against him, what will happen to them? 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 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. , someone had cheated him 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 continued to sort 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. There were more than thirty people, including the prison chief.

In fact, many people don't know exactly what these people did wrong, but as soon as they hear that they were found to have lost their property due to corruption and bribery, many people will applaud and cheer.

In order to further increase 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 to 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.

Until the next day, 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 classified. Please take a look at them."

"Send them all to a good living room for storage. If there are 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, it's too much. Just seal it up. You are all tired all day and night. Go and have some rest. There are other things to do tomorrow." Chen Mo stood up, stretched, looked at everyone and said with a smile: "My officer

It’s time 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, sir?" 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 thought of what Wei Ji had said before, and said with a bitter look on his face.
Chapter completed!