Overlord!

Chapter 227: When you become an official, you should be a servant of Tiancao. His courtship and ambitions are so high that all the powerful men in the world are destroyed.

Bu Zhao's nature is broad-minded and broad-minded, and his joy and anger are invisible to his voice and color, but he is powerful without being angry, and he is solemn on the outside and inside.

If you look at it briefly, this is a man who looks more like Liu Bei.

The princes of the three families of Wei, Shu and Wu all have distinctive personalities. Cao Cao is romantic by nature and likes great joys and great sorrows.Liu Bei is generous and generous, and his emotions and anger are clearly reflected in his appearance.Sun Ce is beautiful and loves to laugh and talk.

Bu Zhao's character is very similar to Liu Bei's, and Xiongjie may not be inferior.

After he became the Third Secretary-General, he immediately ordered all the land administrators in each county to be demoted immediately if their land registration this year was less than in previous years, regardless of the reason or the facts.At the same time, the department banned year-end gifts.

腊赐即如今这个时代的年终奖，按据《汉官仪》规定，腊赐之际，大将军、三公获钱20万、牛肉200斤、粳米200石；特进、侯钱15万；卿钱10万；校尉钱5万；尚书钱3万；侍中、将、大夫钱2万；千石、六百石钱7千；虎贲郎、羽林郎钱3千。

That is to say, the duke Sun Ce can get 15 yuan, the magistrate of Qianshi County can get [-] yuan, and the officials of Tiancao can also get hundreds to more than a thousand yuan.

This was a huge amount of income for the Tian Cao officials. If it were to be cut off like this, the Tian Cao officials would twitch with distress.

These wealthy and powerful families hid their land registration and became rich, but we, the small officials in the land, had to bear the price?

How can there be such a reason in the world!

Let them argue with Bu Zhi, they definitely don't have the courage.

This is a powerful man who is powerful both inside and outside. He can conquer a state with only a few thousand officials. He is backed by tens of thousands of elite soldiers in Jiankang City. Which Tiancao official will look for trouble with him?
Even if they send assassins, it will be difficult to achieve success.

So after a short period of heartache, all the farmland owners found another way out to count their share of good farmland within the territory.

Every petty official visited the home of a powerful family and persuaded them to register a hidden household registration.

They are all forces that deal with each other all year round in the same county. These small officials know very well which families may hide their land registration.

But the powerful people in various places will certainly not care about the lobbying of these petty officials. The county magistrate may not dare to interfere with their actions, so how can they give face to the petty officials?
For example, Jiao Jiao, a powerful man in Kuaiji, once served as the magistrate of Zhengqiang County, so the locals respectfully called him Jiao Zhengqiang.

The Jiao family was a large family in Kuaiji, with many followers, and they often did evil things, but Jiao Jiao protected them and indulged their followers, so that even the local governors and magistrates did not dare to interfere.

The landowner in Shanyin County knew very well that the Jiao family's followers were indulgent, bullying the people, and robbed a lot of fertile land.

Jiankang may have paid special attention to the reduction of land registration in Shanyin County.

So Tian Cao's two junior officials came to visit him hand in hand, but when they entered the mansion, the doorman told them: "Jiao Zhengqiang is sleeping, you two wait here!"

The two immediately held hands and waited in the court. It was the scorching sun in July. The two waited for two full hours. It was almost sunset before Jiao Jiao stood up and opened the door to meet the two.

However, as a wealthy man in the county, he did not even bother to show his face to meet the two petty officials. He only arranged for two seats to be laid outside the door of the room, so that the two of them could sit outside.

And he sat upright under the curtains in the room, hiding himself in the tent, and asked contemptuously: "Why did you two come to the door?"

Wei Jing, one of the two petty officials, was extremely talented and loyal. He immediately spoke and said: "Recently, the government sent a document instructing all counties to conduct a thorough inspection of the land registration names in each county. If the land registration is lower than in previous years, The general's office will punish him. We compared it overnight and found that the land registration in our county has dropped year after year. Last year, it was more than [-] acres less than the previous year, and this year it is less than a thousand acres compared to last year!"

Jiao Jiao yawned, and suddenly slapped the maid behind him, who was scratching his back, and scolded: "You bitch, I paid hundreds of dollars for you to work for me, but you can't even do such a small thing." No, if I scratch her fingertips, I will bleed. What’s the point of keeping you? It’s better to give her to a dead man to play with! Someone, drag her down.”

The curse was so sudden and harsh that Zhang Cheng, another petty official, suddenly trembled all over. He looked inside the room with fear. Two servants in dark clothes and bare breasts, with swords at their waists, grabbed a beautiful woman by her hair and dragged her away. Go outside.

The woman's mouth was bleeding, and she cried for mercy. However, she was slapped again by the impatient diner, and several of her teeth fell out. She was whimpering and it was difficult to speak.

Seeing this scene, Zhang Cheng trembled all over and dared not speak at all.

Of course, Wei Jing could see that Jiao Jiao was deliberately giving him a blow, so he said angrily: "Jiao Zhengqiang was once the county king, and he should know the Han law. Those who kill will die, those who hurt others will be punished, and those who steal will be punished."

Jiao Jiao snorted coldly: "That's Youyou's responsibility, so don't worry about it for the officials like Tiancao. A certain person will invite Zhu Youyou to visit and ask how to deal with this matter."

"You and other officials in Tiancao should think about how to deal with Tiancao's affairs. Tiancao's status has declined, and you are not looking for reasons for not being in Tiancao. Why do you come to my humble house?"

Zhang Cheng was so frightened that he didn't dare to speak at all.

Wei Jing, on the other hand, was very courageous. He held out his chest and said: "We checked the land registration in Tiancao. The acres of land among the Jiao Zheng Qiang people are reduced by hundreds of acres every year. We couldn't find any transaction losses, so we had to come and ask." Fan, what kind of disaster has happened to the Jiao Zheng Qiang people?"

Logically speaking, it is not unusual for the number of acres of land in the Han Dynasty to continue to decrease.

During the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, there were 3000 million acres of registered farmland. By the Eastern Han Dynasty, the population continued to expand, but the cultivated land area continued to shrink, reaching the lowest level of more than 6 million acres.

But now at the end of the Han Dynasty, there was chaos in all directions, and Sun Ce only had more than 1000 million acres of official land in his hands.

The acres in the hands of the common people are also shrinking, and it is natural for powerful people to hide.

In the past, when taxation was based on head count, powerful people would hide their population. Hidden households were the biggest hidden danger of the dynasty.

Nowadays, taxation based on acres has naturally begun to further emphasize the concealment of land registration.If there is no severe crackdown, it may happen that a large clan like the Jiao family has a population of more than a thousand, but only less than a thousand acres of land.

What's even more ridiculous is that the world's population is 6000 million, and the cultivated land area is less than 6000 million acres.

The kind of thing Jiao Jiao did was done more or less by Jiangdong heroes. Before the butcher's knife fell, they were arrogant and thought that no one would dare to offend them.

So Jiao Jiao shouted angrily: "Why are you making such vicious remarks? The decrease in acres of land in our clan is something that Cao Bo, Jiao Ji in the county, has personally verified! How dare you, a mere petty official, to speak nonsense in our clan? You are indulging yourself, be careful. Die in the wild!"

Zhang Cheng was already greatly frightened. He looked at the surrounding retainers with swords on their waists and stared at him with eager eyes. He was afraid that when he returned to the city, he would be assassinated by a dead soldier in a deserted place in the wild.

He quickly pulled Wei Jing's sleeve and whispered: "Tian Caopu is a member of the Jiao Zhengqiang tribe. Neither the governor nor the county governor wants to offend the Jiao family. We and other minor officials should not lose their lives for a mere few hundred dollars." .Brother Wei, please be careful and return to the city first before making any plans."

Wei Jing flicked his sleeves and shouted sternly: "No matter how tyrannical the Jiao family is, we have never seen it dominate in Kuaiji. If we die today, the Jiao family will be wiped out tomorrow."

"If Jiao Zhengqiang thought that he could still have Tian Caoyu to protect him, he would be fanciful! If Tian Caoyu is less than last year, his Tiancaoyu will not be able to protect himself! After the three envoys were held accountable, the first person to be dismissed was Tian Caoyu from Kuaiji County. The second person to be spared was Tian Cao from Shanyin County."

"At that time, the landowners were replaced, and a thorough investigation was carried out to conceal the land registration, evade taxes and evade taxes. Jiao Zhengqiang thought that no one in such a large clan would inform anyone?"

"If I guard the land and Cao Tong, I will wipe out the cunning and hidden thieves in the world! Does Jiao Zhengqiang think he can avoid being imprisoned and die?"

"How outrageous!" Jiao Jiao claps the case angrily: "Young little Dou Shi, how dare you threaten your master! I'm just watching here, who dares to tell me my secret? Do you think I can't kill two or three men?"

Wei Jing clenched his fists angrily and gnashed his teeth: "As an official, I should be a Tiancao. His Chao Ruosui will conquer Yunzhi and destroy all the strong men in the world!"

"Let's go! Jiao Zhengqiang, we will wait and see who is fighting against the general trend." Zhang Cheng stood up quickly and said goodbye.

Jiao Jiao said equally viciously: "Wait a minute! Come when you want? Leave when you want? You're just fighting for food, but you dare to talk nonsense in front of me? Someone, break his legs. I want to see what's going on in Kuaiji County , who dares to be my enemy?"

Neither Wei Jing nor Zhang Cheng carried swords. Now Jiangnan is peaceful and there are no tigers or wolves on the road. People can travel dozens of miles alone, carrying their luggage and traveling back and forth between villages.

Wei Jing didn't expect that Jiao Jiao would dare to act so boldly!
Zhang Cheng was so frightened that his whole body trembled and he quickly begged for mercy.

Wei Jing also turned pale, retreated step by step, and shouted angrily: "Jiao Zhengqiang acts so wantonly, isn't he afraid of being liquidated by the county?"

Jiao Jiao walked out of the curtain, with an angry look on his face, and stood under the eaves, looking down at Wei Jing, gritting his teeth: "Liquidation? Who dares to liquidate me? I have been toying with Zhu Lin's wife for several days in the countryside, and Zhu Lin can only swallow his anger." "

"What if the county governor offends me, Mr. Jiao, and has his legs broken by one of my disciples?"

"In this Shanyin territory, even the county chiefs will act based on my face, Mr. Jiao. If I get angry, I can expel the county chiefs."

"Hit me! Whoever comes to ask questions today will be beaten!"

Six or seven indulgent guests immediately stepped forward and surrounded Wei Jing and Zhang Cheng.

Several people were about to take action when an anxious voice suddenly came: "Wait! Stop it!"

Jiao Jiao turned his head angrily and was about to shout. Seeing the arrival, he had to suppress his anger and asked: "How did you come back to the clan?"

The person who came was none other than Jiao Jiao's son, Jiao He.

He took the scientific examination to select scholars, passed the selection based on his talent, and served as a county official.

The selection of officials was the scientific examination and selection of officials held when Sun Ce visited Yu Fan.

Although it is a new selection process, everyone can adapt to it now.

It's just that in the past, chief officials first selected their subordinates and then took measures against them.

But now it has become a scientific examination of all people first, and then select the best ones and appoint them as officials.

As a child of a wealthy family, Jiao He was naturally very outstanding in talent and learning.

After Tiancao was established in each county, each county's meritorious officials set up scientific examinations to select talents for Tiancao. Jiao He stood out in this scientific examination, and then relied on Jiao's prestige and management to gradually serve as Tiancao.

Although Jiao Jiao was indulgent and prestigious, he still had to give a certain amount of face to the rising star of the family.

Jiao He also knew the general situation very well and safeguarded the interests of the clan very much.

In the past, the two parties got along very harmoniously, but when that third commander took office, Jiao He had already discussed with Jiao Jiao several times how to harm the interests of the tribe.

This made Jiao Jiao very angry, and the two parties broke up several times on bad terms.When will the Jiao family in Shanyin still worry about the government's attitude, harm their own interests, and compromise?
Jiao He didn't have time to answer, so he quickly stepped forward and pushed away several guests of the Jiao family who were surrounding Wei Jing, and respectfully said to Wei Jing, "Wei Tiancao is frightened."

Zhang Cheng was stunned, Wei Tiancao?

Could it be that Jiao He was dismissed from his post as Tian Cao so quickly?

Wei Jing's resentment turned into enthusiasm. If he was promoted to Shanyin County's field clerk by a meritorious officer, he would definitely get rid of these cunning people who indulged their guests and robbed and plundered!

Jiao Jiao's expression changed, and his face was gloomy. Just now, this young man shouted in the court that if he became a Tiancao, all the strong men in the world would be destroyed!
If he were to serve as Tiancao in Shanyin County, I would probably be extremely uncomfortable!

But Jiao Jiao still snorted coldly and said: "Since you are a farmer, we don't want to be your enemy. If you can keep the water from the well and the river from now on, you can safely serve as a farmer. If the fish dies and the net is broken, you are afraid It’s hard to stand on Shanyin.”

"Oh? I didn't know that you, Jiao Jiao, are so arrogant? I wonder if I, the county prince, can stand on Shanyin?" A burst of footsteps came, and another group of people walked into Jiao's house.

The guest guarding the door was even knocked over directly. With his halberd on his neck, he did not dare to move at all.

Jiao Jiao was shocked for once and looked forward: "Mr. Han County? Mr. Han County is here, and the humble house is full of glory. It's just that Mr. Han didn't say hello in advance. I'll go out to greet him."

The visitor was Han Yan, the magistrate of Shanyin County.

Han Yan has little ability, but his greatest advantage is that he can see the general trend clearly and is extremely loyal.

At the beginning in Wucheng County, almost all the powerful people in the county rebelled, and Wang Sheng and others gathered more than ten thousand people.

Han Yan did not waver and defended the city until Sun Ce's elite army of tens of thousands arrived.

The so-called rebellion is determined by one battle and all will be defeated.

Let him quell the Shanyue rebellion in the south. He may not be able to do so and have to give way to He Qi.

But for these mere powerful men, he, Han Yan, could be regarded as a man of great military exploits and battle-hardened.

He had seen the big scene where a former Han governor gathered tens of thousands of people to rebel, so naturally he would not be afraid of Jiao and a small old governor of Qiang County gathering hundreds of dead soldiers.

He used the rat weapon before, just because he was afraid of causing rebellion.

After all, he didn't want to trigger large-scale civil uprisings in every county he visited.

But now that the Third Chief of Staff has ordered a strict investigation into the concealment of land registrations and the elimination of all powerful people who are armed to resist taxation, he naturally no longer has any worries.

Even a man of Jiao Jiao's level could easily defeat him with his county soldiers.

After all, many county officials are elite veterans who have retired from the military!
One man works hard for his life, but ten men cannot do anything.

Han Yan, wearing a soap robe and a long sword on his waist, walked up to Jiao Jiao and asked, "Jiao Jiao, do you really think you are lawless in Shanyin County? You dare to attack Jun Tian Cao!"

Juntian Caobu!

Jiao Jiao's eyes widened in an instant and he looked at Wei Jing in disbelief. How could he, a county official, suddenly become a county magistrate?

(End of this chapter)