Chapter 171: Kill the chicken to scare the monkey

The next morning, the county magistrate of Shenwu County Wang came to the governor's yamen with concern. The governor's yamen is the governor of Liangzhou. This is considered to be a team of two brands. In front of the county magistrate, county magistrate and other local officials, Zhang Huan's identity is the governor of Wuwei County and the highest administrative officer in the Wuwei area. Of course, he is very different from the governor of the Central Plains.

The full name of Wang County Magistrate is Wang Qian. He is a Jinshi with Zhang Huan's aide Du Mei. He is about forty years old. He is from Jincheng County. According to the rotation system of officials in the Tang Dynasty, he should have been transferred or promoted. However, the special regional characteristics of Wuwei County have made most of the local officials in Wuwei County serve for a long time. Wang County Magistrate has been a county magistrate in Hexi for nearly ten years. Although he cannot enter the promotion system of officials in the Tang Dynasty, there are one disadvantages and one advantage. They avoided the supervision of the court. In Hexi, they are like local emperors, benefiting relatives and friends. Although the official is small, they are very fat.

After waiting at the door for a while, County Chief Wang was led into Zhang Huan's official room by two personal soldiers. The room was divided into two parts: inside and outside. The inner room was for Zhang Huan's official office, while the outer room was sitting at his aide who handled documents for him. After Han Yu entered the Imperial College, Zhang Huan's aide who now organizes documents was Meng Jiao.

At this moment, Zhang Huan was explaining some key points to Meng Jiao to note when Wang County Magistrate was brought in. He gave a few simple instructions and asked Wang County Magistrate to sit down. Then the book boy who was waiting for the pen and mo brought a cup of tea to Wang County Magistrate.

Zhang Huan drank two sips of tea, let out a long breath and smiled, "Mr. Yan, have you told you about Huixi County?"

Prince Wang sighed in his heart. Others were ecstatic for promotion, but he couldn't be happy at all. Not to mention that he had left Shenwu County, which had been an official for nearly ten years, the filial piety of the wealthy households would slowly disappear every year. Moreover, the people of Huixi County were all military households and backed by the army. Then he got his hands on the matter. Moreover, most of the jurisdiction of Huixi County was a Gobi desert, so how could he compare to the wealthy Shenwu County? What's the difference between being a county magistrate there and becoming a military officer?

He was dissatisfied and dissatisfied, but he dared not disobey his words. This was not an ordinary governor. He was the actual master of Hexi. It is said that he was also the son-in-law of Pei's prime minister. Everyone has been an official for many years. Who doesn't know that a new official would have to burn three fires when he takes office? If Zhang Huan had not wanted to touch their vital interests, who would have to take the limelight?

The only hope he had now was that the governor of Liangzhou was so young because of his son-in-law. After everyone formed a group to fight him, he could retreat.

But he had to face the problem in front of him. County Magistrate Wang pondered for a long time and finally responded: "Thank you for your trust in your subordinates. You should go to the post, but it will take some time to hand over official duties. Please give me more time to prepare."

Now the only way to solve the problem is to use delays. During this period, a few more cases are created to complicate the matter and create a situation where you can't even get away. Wang County Chief is familiar with the unspoken rules of the officialdom, and many things are left unresolved with the word "drag".

As the county magistrate Wang said, he secretly looked at Zhang Huan's expression. Seeing him nodding happily, he couldn't help but feel secretly proud. It was indeed a little tender. Unexpectedly, the governor Zhang in front of him not only had no official experience, but also seemed too hasty to consider the problem. He nodded cautiously and said something that made Wang Wang almost faint, "Okay! I will give you three hours to sort it out, and in the afternoon, the new county magistrate will naturally go to handle the handover with you."

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County Chief Wang left the governor's office with one foot and one foot. He was completely disappointed and felt extremely depressed. He got into the carriage and had no intention of going to the county office again. He only ordered to go back to the house and closed his eyes tiredly.

The carriage ran slowly. Wang County Magistrate's mansion was in the wealthy area east of Wuwei City, only a quarter of an hour away from the governor's mansion. As the carriage was bumpy, Wang County Magistrate gradually woke up. No! Even if he was the son-in-law of the prime minister and did not understand official affairs, he could not be so idiotic. He could hand over official duties in three hours. He was driving himself away! What did he want to do?

County Magistrate Wang was shocked and sweated. This was not a normal promotion. He was going to attack the Hexi officialdom. County Magistrate Wang's mind was quickly turned. Among the five counties in Wuwei, Shenwu County is the county seat and the most populous and richest county. If he wants to start, he will inevitably start with Shenwu County. Should he be attacked by himself?

County Magistrate Wang's heart suddenly fell into the abyss, and at this moment the carriage also stopped, "Master, you're at the mansion."

"Change me and go back to the governor's mansion."

At this moment, County Magistrate Wang also thought of another possibility. The person Zhang Huan wanted to take action was County Magistrate Yan. He wanted to seize the position of County Magistrate first and undermine Yan. However, he is the mighty governor. Since he could transfer himself, he could naturally transfer Yan County Magistrate Yan. There is no need to undermine Yan County Magistrate!

Could it be?

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County Magistrate Wang gradually understood Zhang Huan’s intention.

The carriage quickly returned to the governor's yamen. A personal soldier didn't ask much, and led him into Zhang Huan's room with a smile, "Mr. Wang, please come in! The governor has been waiting for you for a long time."

County Magistrate Wang walked into the room tremblingly and saw Zhang Huan standing in front of the window with his hands behind his back to stare at the sky. He immediately stepped forward and fell to the ground, saying tremblingly: "Wang Qian is willing to be the commander-in-chief!"

"You are indeed a smart person."

Zhang Huan slowly turned around, glanced at him and smiled faintly, "I'm giving you this opportunity for your old friend Du Mei."

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More than a hundred fast horses were driving in the Hexi Corridor, running towards Tianbao County like lightning. When the sun was about to set, Chen Ping and his party rushed into Tianbao County.

"Don't be too polite, the governor ordered me to do important things." Chen Ping pulled the county magistrate Li Hanjie's wrist and walked quickly towards the county yamen.

"What's the matter with the governor?" Li Hanjie asked with some anxiety when he saw Chen Ping's serious look.

"The governor wants to find a spy from the Tubo people. Do you have one here?"

Li Hanjie was shocked, Tubo spy? He has been in Tianbao County for so many years and has never heard of it. Of course, there are Tubo spys, but they don’t have the word “spy” on their faces.

"I haven't found Tubo spy yet, so I'll pay special attention and I'll report it immediately if there is any news."

Chen Ping shook his head, "The governor only gives me two days. I must get a Tubo spy before tomorrow night. This is a military order, so I can only ask County Magistrate Li."

When Li Hanjie heard that it was only two days, he couldn't help but rush: "Didn't the Tubo spy say that there is something? Where do you ask me to find it at this time?

Chen Ping smiled strangely, "Then are there any Tubo people here who commit death penalty?"

"Tubo people?" Li Hanjie suddenly thought about it and hurriedly said, "Yes! There are two, both of them, they are murderers. I have reported them to the county and wait for the death to beheaded after the autumn."

"Then hand over these two people to me!"

"This, I'm afraid this is not very good!" Li Hanjie was very anxious. He reported the files of these two people to the county. In the future, he asked how he would explain it.

"What's this!" Chen Ping glared: "If you don't hand them over, then you are a Tubo spy!"

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When it was almost dawn, Chen Ping and his party finally rushed back to Wuwei City.

Near the Governor's Office, there is an unknown mansion. It was built by the Hu Commercial Bureau of the Western Regions. It was all water-milled bluestone, which looked extremely strong, but its special feature is that it has an equally solid basement and a large number. Since the Xinyunjing era, this mansion has been a place for the military to handle some special events. It is guarded by nearly a hundred soldiers and is very cautious.

Zhang Huan came to this stone house early in the morning. The entrance and exit of the basement was located in a remote cottage in the back garden. More than a dozen soldiers were guarding the cottage. Zhang Huan walked into the cottage under the guidance of several personal soldiers and then went down the basement. The basement was well-ventilated, but it was very gloomy and dark. After walking through dozens of stone steps, a long corridor appeared in front of him. On both sides of the corridor were stone rooms for storing items.

At this time, Chen Ping came out from a room, "Governor, the two people in the room were death row prisoners from Tianbao County."

Zhang Huan looked in through the small hole above the large iron door and saw two wooden stakes in the room. Each of them was tied with thick iron chains to a dark man, naked and with a very ferocious appearance.

"Are they willing to cooperate?" Zhang Huan asked coldly.

"They said that as long as they don't die, they can do whatever they do."

"As long as they are willing to give their confessions as I ask, they can agree to all conditions." Zhang Huan left the stone chamber, walked a few steps and whispered: "Remember, after the matter is over, you can't leave them in the world."

"I'm honored!"

Zhang Huan nodded and quickly left the depressing and uneasy stone chamber. When he returned to the official room, Meng Jiao immediately handed over a thick stack of documents, "Empress, this is just sent by County Magistrate Wang."

Zhang Huan took it and looked around. Without seeing Wang County Magistrate, he asked, "Where are others?"

Meng Jiao smiled and said, "He said he felt guilty and went home to think about it."

"He is not thinking about his mistakes, he is going back to avoid disaster." Zhang Huan sneered and walked into the room. He spread a thick stack of documents on the table and read it briefly. These were written by Wang County Magistrate according to his requirements, mainly about the land ownership of the main officials of each county and their families. Although it is only roughly the numbers, there are traces to be traced.

Zhang Huan took out a copy of Wang County Magistrate himself, which showed that he had Yongye land, vocational land and the land he purchased over the years totaling 260 hectares, as well as his three sons, four brothers, his aunt, cousin, his wife and several concubines' family members, all of which had dozens to hundreds of hectares of land, which were written in detail. At the end, he added: I hope that all of them would be confiscated for free.

But there is only his land in Hexi on it, but the land in his hometown of Jincheng County is not written in a word. Zhang Huan snorted coldly, "Cash for free, hum! Do you still want to sell it to me?"

He put down the list of County Magistrate Wang and obtained a copy of County Magistrate Yan, which was similar to County Magistrate Wang. In addition to the hundreds of hectares of land he had, his relatives and friends also had a large number of fields. The land that only involved County Magistrate Yan was added up to no less than a thousand yuan.

Zhang Huan's face became more and more gloomy as he looked at it. Finally, he closed the list with a "bang!" and cursed in a low voice: "No wonder these damn borers are all in Hexi and refuse to leave!"
To be continued...