Established a thousand-year family from the end of Qin Dynasty

Chapter 162 Annexation of Da Township ([-])

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Fuyang County

The richest and most powerful county in Youzhou.

The Inspector of Youzhou sat here and uprooted the local tycoons and officials in Bohai County.

He was the governor of Youzhou in the late period of Emperor Xuan. Under his supervision, Youzhou has not had any major problems in these years.

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Late night
"My lord, it's late at night, it's time to go to sleep." Bie Jia, the governor of Youzhou, said to the governor.

"You go to bed first." The governor of Youzhou carefully reviewed the work reports sent by the governors of various counties under the oil lamp.

For example, when an earthquake occurred in Zhuo County, how much money was spent on disaster relief.

Another example is how many people died when Yuyang County was looted by the Wuhuan people.

Another example is that there are many bandits in Youbeiping County, and many people have been looted.

Etc., etc.

County governors have reasons for using money, such as whether it is used for disaster relief, corvee labor, city wall repairs, or other reasons. There are also reasons for the decrease in population and acres.

Otherwise, if the money, land, and population suddenly decreased compared with last year, the governor would naturally be suspicious.

But it is not enough to have reasons. It is also necessary to prevent these reasons from being made up casually.

Therefore, it is necessary for the governor to take time to inspect on the spot to see if this reason is true.

Some county magistrates deliberately conceal the population and then withhold taxes. This kind of thing often happens.

For example, a county in Yingchuan County originally had a population of 7, and it had to pay the tax according to the standard of 7.

But the county magistrate only reported the population of 5, falsely claiming that 2 people died in the earthquake, so he only had to hand in the tax of 5 people to the imperial court.

Later, the governor of Yuzhou sent by Emperor Xuan Liu Xun found that there were not 2 people who died in the earthquake in that county, but there were still 7 people in the county, 5 of whom paid taxes to the court, and the other 2 people who "died in the earthquake" Taxes went directly into the pockets of county magistrates and prefects.

Therefore, the work of the governor is very important.

After all, it is impossible for the emperor to observe the situation of so many counties in the world every day, and he will exhaust himself to death.

Therefore, it is very important to let the thirteen governors help the emperor share the work pressure.

It's just that this will also bring about a problem, that is, the governor is colluding with local powerful officials, so who will monitor the governor?

If an official position is set up to supervise the governor, what if the officials who supervise the governor also collude?

If there is another official position of supervisor responsible for supervising the governor, what if the supervisor responsible for supervising the governor also colludes?
If you set up again...

In short, no matter what, there will always be loopholes, and the tyrants can always find opportunities to develop and grow in the cracks.

The diligent emperor is nothing more than plugging this loophole as much as possible. If the emperor is lazy, the loophole will become bigger and bigger, and finally the embankment of a thousand miles will be destroyed by ant nests.

"what--"

At this moment, there was a scream outside the house, which seemed to be from the Inspector Biejia who had just left.

"Huh?" The governor of Youzhou was very surprised, so he put down the bamboo slip in his hand, took out the saber that was put aside, and drew out the long sword to be careful.

Swords, knives and guns each have their own uses.

Relatively speaking, guns are more suitable for large corps to fight, knives are more suitable for officers, and swords are just simple secondary weapons, or as decorations for literati and refined scholars.

Huhu——

creak-

The silver-white moonlight at night shone on the ground, the wooden windows rattled, and the candles flickered in the cold wind.

Huhu——

Another gust of cold wind blew in, and there was still a bloody smell in the wind.

The governor of Youzhou swallowed his saliva, he regretted his appointment to Youzhou.

It has long been heard that the governor of Youzhou is a high-risk occupation, and one will die every few years. The doctor Yushi sent someone to investigate, but the person in charge of the investigation either failed to investigate, or died inexplicably halfway through the investigation.

At first he didn't believe it, and vowed to change the situation in Youzhou, but now...

Under the moonlight, the Inspector of Youzhou saw a masked man in night clothes walking from the door.

This masked figure was petite and seemed to be a woman, but it was extremely terrifying.

Behind the masked man lay dozens of corpses, all of them were officials of the Youzhou Governor's Department, all of whom were killed by the masked man in front of him.

"Who sent you here? Those tyrants in Zhuo County? Or Shi Xian?"

Until now, the governor of Youzhou still doesn't know who is going to kill him. He guesses that it may be the strong men of Zhuo County, because he cleaned up some of the strong men of Zhuo County a few months ago, but the remaining few are too deep to find out. .

At the same time, it is also speculated that it may be Zhong Shangshu Shi Xian.

Shi Xian is the most powerful person at present, and Xiao Wangzhi, the imperial historian who opposed Shi Xian, was forced to commit suicide, and Zhou Kan, the Guanglu doctor, was deposed as a commoner.

Emperor Liu Xun appointed Confucian scholars for management at the local level, but on the one hand, he reused eunuchs in the central court. As for those cruel legalist officials, they were completely abandoned by Emperor Liu Xun.

Because Emperor Liu Shi didn't like to be overbearing.

So much so that today's world has formed such a pattern, the Confucian scholars have the final say at the local level, and the eunuchs have the final say at the central level.

The three relatives, the Shi family (the concubine's family of Prince Li Liu Ju) and the Xu family (Xu Pingjun's family) all sided with eunuch Shi Xian and helped eunuch Shi Xian suppress the nobles.

The third newly-emerged relative, the Liaodong royal family, remained neutral, so it was not involved in the struggle between Shi Xian and the gentry, but it also did not gain power.

Shi Xian controlled the government with peace of mind, while the Wang family managed Liaodong wholeheartedly.

The Wang family did not dare to side with the gentry, for fear of offending Shi Xian, and did not dare to stand with Shi Xian, for fear of offending the gentry of the world.

At present, in the imperial court, the Liaodong royal family is the weakest and least influential among the three relatives.

Because Emperor Liu Xi liked moral education, he used the gentry a lot, and because he grew up in the deep palace and was close to the eunuchs since childhood, he used the eunuchs again, which caused the eunuchs and the gentry to compete with each other in recent years.

The gentry managed to oust the cruel legalist officials, thinking that their own time had finally come, but a group of eunuchs became obstacles in the way.

The governor of Youzhou is the last legalist official among many governors. After the governors of other states resigned, the successors arranged by the emperor were all Confucian scholars. Only he, the governor of Youzhou, took office at the end of Emperor Xuan, so He hasn't resigned yet.

As a cruel official of the Legalists, on the one hand, he attacked the powerful gentry at the local level, and on the other hand, he was a little disgusted with the eunuch group in the center. Anyway, he offended both ends.

So he felt that the masked assassin walking towards him outside the door was either sent by the powerful nobles or the eunuch group.

"My lord, run!"

An Inspector of Youzhou, who was lying in a pool of blood but not yet dead, grabbed the masked man's calf with his hand, trying to prevent the masked man from killing the governor.

puff!

boom!
The masked man stepped on the governor's head and exploded it, blood splashed everywhere, the skull was scattered on the ground, and a cloud of blood rose up.

The head was directly crushed, what kind of divine power is this?

The governor of Youzhou was dumbfounded, and after realizing it, he knew that he was no match anyway, but the only exit was blocked by a masked man, and the window was too small to get out.

"Can you let me know who is going to kill me before I die?" The governor of Youzhou, who knew he would die, begged the masked man. He just wanted to let himself die clearly, so that he wouldn't go to the underworld without knowing who the enemy was.

However, the masked man didn't bother to talk nonsense to him at all.

call out!
The speed of the masked man was so fast that he could only see an afterimage under the moonlight, and he slashed at his neck. Before he had time to react, he felt that he was flying into the sky and saw his own infinite The dead body fell to the ground.

He wanted to speak, but because he didn't have vocal cords and the connection between his lungs and mouth was disconnected, he couldn't make a sound when he opened his mouth.

After a few breaths, he completely lost consciousness, and his head flying in the air fell to the ground.

……

another few months later

The news of the sudden death of the governor of Youzhou and the massacre of all officials in the governor's department spread to Chang'an.

According to the usual practice, Doctor Yu Shi sent someone to investigate, but nothing was found out.

Because the new censor doctor hated the Legalists, he directly judged that the governor of Youzhou committed suicide, and other officials of the governor's department also committed suicide because of their deep feelings for the governor.

Some of the dead had eight wounds on their backs, but the doctor still insisted that they committed suicide!

But some people have also raised doubts, why is there a headless corpse in suicide?Did he cut off his own head?And how could it be suicide with the wound on the back?

Although some people questioned the doctor's judgment, no one could find out who killed the governor of Youzhou. In the end, the court could only remove the magistrate of Fuyang County, Bohai County, because the governor of Youzhou died in the Fuyang County, Bohai County.

And Wang Jun of the Langya Wang family was appointed as the new governor of Youzhou.

And the strange death of the governor of Youzhou in Bohai County has since become an unsolved case, and it has become an eternal mystery that will be talked about by future generations.

Since the newly appointed governor of Youzhou was Wang Jun of the Langya Wang family, later historians speculated that the assassination was most likely carried out by the Langya Wang family.
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"The Most Bizarre Case in the Western Han Dynasty: The No Head Case of the Governor of Youzhou! Is it a suicide? Or is there another conspiracy? The man is silent and the woman is crying. After knowing the truth, I..." —— "Eternal Unsolved Mysteries" Author: Wang Xiaoxiao

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