"My lord, half an hour ago, Wang Kuan, the chief steward of the Wang family, came to report the case. He said that the third steward of the palace, Wang Tang, had taken away a large amount of the Wang family's property and fled. He is now missing. I request my lord to arrest this person throughout the country."
When Gongsun Ming led his troops back to his house, the sky was already dark. He had just sat down and had not even had time to drink a cup of tea. His lord, King Bo, had already hurried over and brought Gongsun Ming a few things. Wonderful news.
"Hey, your hands and feet are so slippery!"
Upon hearing Wang He's words, Gongsun Ming laughed angrily. The murderous intent in his eyes was really shockingly strong. No matter what, as soon as he took the evidence of Wang Tang's crime, the Wang family started to murder and silence them. This trick, this simple one is just to slap Gongsun Ming in the face openly, which is intolerable, but what is intolerable!
"Lord, what are you..."
The Wang family is a prominent family in Youzhou, ranking second among the great families in the west of Youzhou, only behind the Lu family. After many generations of management, not only in Jixian County, but also in every county in Youzhou, the Wang family's industry is present. He has a huge influence on the people, and his descendants are all over the officialdom of Youzhou. When they were in power, both Gongsun Zan and Liu Yu held a courteous attitude towards these wealthy families and did not dare to offend them easily. As a famous person in Bohai, he had known this for a long time. Because of this, when he saw that Gongsun Ming seemed to be intending to swing his sword at the Wang family, Wang He was immediately frightened.
"The order goes down: All the counties and counties in Youyou and Bo will post sea arrest documents and try their best to find Wang Tang. He will be seen alive and his body will be seen dead. Anyone who dares to harbor this animal will be punished with the same crime!"
Gongsun Ming Huo Da returned to Huo Da, but he would definitely not lose his mind because of it. This is probably because he knew very well that when his family was not stable, he had to have ironclad evidence of his mistakes. Otherwise, he would not be able to shake the Wang family, which is deeply entrenched in Youzhou. If he really dares to be tough, even if he can destroy the Wang family, it will definitely cause a collective rebound from all the wealthy families in the whole territory. The land of You and Bo will inevitably fall into chaos. Even if it can finally calm down, it will have to It requires a lot of energy and cost, and this is obviously unacceptable to Gongsun Ming, who urgently needs time to rise. In view of this, even if he wants to send troops to destroy the Wang family's Wubao immediately, Gongsun Ming In the end, he endured it and did not mention the case in Shanglan County at all. Instead, he followed the Wang family's wishes and issued a sea arrest document. Of course, he made a serious note to the Wang family in his heart...
Youzhou Youbeiping County originally had sixteen counties, and its seat was located in Pinggang (now Heicheng Ancient City, Heicheng Village, Dianzi Town, Ningcheng County, Inner Mongolia). During the chaos at the end of the Han Dynasty, Wu Heng took advantage of the situation and rose up, constantly harassing Youbeiping cities and taking the lead. At first, Gongsun Zan, the military leader of Youzhou, used a tough attitude to continuously attack and kill the Wuheng tribes who dared to invade. Therefore, he had a fierce conflict with Liu Yu, who advocated gentleness. Under the quarrel between the two sides, although Gongsun Zan ruthlessly killed Liu Yu , but it also caused a great loss in Youzhou's military strength. Later, because it was busy competing with Yuan Shao for supremacy, it was unable to consolidate the border in the north. As a result, the cities on the border of Youbeiping fell one after another. Today, only the huge Youbeiping remains. In the six counties of Xiatuyin, Wuzhong, Xuwu, Junmi, Guangcheng and Pingming, the government was also moved from Pinggang to Junmi City, where Zheng Xiao, the prefect of the county, sat.
Zheng Xiao is the second brother of Zheng Cheng, the head of the wealthy Zheng family in Youzhou. He is capable of both civil and military skills and is known as one of the outstanding figures in Youzhou. When Gongsun Zan was confronting Liu Yu, in order to win over the Zheng family, he gave Zheng the position of governor of Youbeiping County. However, after Zheng Xiao secured his position in Youbeiping, he played a treacherous game against Gongsun Zan. He held nearly 25,000 heavy troops, but when Yi County was besieged, he stood still and even They had a secret flirtation with Yuan Shao. He originally planned to surrender the entire county to Yuan Shao after Gongsun Zan's death, but he never thought that Gongsun Ming's sudden rise would force Yuan Shao to evacuate Youzhou in less than a month. Zheng Xiao waited and watched for a while After that, he finally decided to temporarily surrender to Gongsun Ming. Of course, he only planned to surrender in name, but in fact he was still playing the trick of separatist power.
Since Zheng Xiao regarded the entire Youbeiping County as his own territory, he could not tolerate the random interference of others, even his nominal boss Gongsun Ming. Because of this, when the three chapters of Gongsun Ming's agreement came out, , Zheng Xiao had already expressed his dissatisfaction on different occasions, and then Xu You sent someone to come to discuss the matter. Zheng Xiao immediately expressed his willingness to respond. However, because he was worried about the revenge of Gongsun Mingzhi who was in Jixian County, he He did not dare to jump out and start the attack on his own, but secretly led the three counties of Wuzhu, Xuwu and Junmi under his rule to express their firm opposition to rent reduction and tax reduction.
Zheng Xiao's calculations are undoubtedly very precise. In his opinion, as long as he doesn't come forward, it won't be a big deal. When trouble does occur, the worst he can do is push out the magistrates of the three counties as scapegoats. At this time, there were so many people waiting to become officials. A few well-behaved children from the Zheng family could fill the vacancy of the county magistrate. It was precisely because of this idea that Zheng Xiao did not consider the nine counties at all. The importance of joining forces to rebound was serious. No, the genius Shen Shixi had just passed away, and Zheng Xiao was already having a drink with the celebrities in the city in the prefect's mansion. Cups were passed around, songs and dances were celebrated, and it was very lively.
"Stop!"
Just as the guests and friends in the prefecture were enjoying themselves, a small caravan of more than a hundred people drove a horse-drawn carriage to the city gate. When a rotating garrison commander led several soldiers to greet him, He raised his hand and drank loudly.
"This military master invited me, little Lin Yi, who is from Lecheng, Bohai, brought some small things to make a living here. I also asked the military master to make it convenient for me."
The leader of the small caravan was a middle-aged man in his early thirties. When he saw that his caravan was being stopped, he rushed forward and bowed his hands in greeting with a smile on his face.
"Guan Wen?"
Junmi City is now a border gate and one of the important ports for trade between the Central Plains and the grasslands. Even in times of war, there are many merchants who come here to trade cattle, sheep and horses with Wu Heng. The soldiers guarding the gate have long been aware of this. He was used to it, so he was not polite at all. The rotating chief didn't say anything nonsense at all, and he let out a sigh as soon as he stretched out his hand.
"Here, here you are, Master Jun. Look, the villain's message is here. Please show me your noble hand. I would be very grateful."
The middle-aged merchant was obviously well prepared. While responding humbly, he took out the envelope of documents from his arms, with a small cloth bag full of coins underneath, and moved forward with a smile on his face. go.
"Um?"
Although it was hard work to check, it was very profitable. The village chief had obviously been used to accepting bribes for a long time. He only glanced at the small cloth bag under the document, and a smile immediately appeared on his face. , just when I was about to reach out to pick it up, a large plume of smoke suddenly rose from the bend of the mountain in the distance. It was a group of cavalry troops charging towards me. The pupils of the commander on duty immediately shrank. Just when I was thinking of giving the order to be on alert, a sudden change occurred...
