Several more people abandoned their horses and broke into the building, heading straight for the county magistrate.
The county magistrate's expression changed drastically, something had indeed happened!
"You, who are you, dare to break into Lantian County at night, all the city guards, please stop these people!" Although he was panicked, he still knew the consequences of the accident, and no matter what, he let the city guards stop him before running away.
The night shift city guard was about to step forward to stop him, but unexpectedly the leader suddenly shouted: "I am Cheng Chumo, one of the ten generals of the Han Dynasty, and I have been ordered by your Majesty to capture Zhang Huaishan, the magistrate of Lantian County. Anyone who blocks his way will be killed without mercy!"
This is the time when what Qin Huaidao said should be exposed.
If you can use your position to suppress others, don't try your best.
After hearing the names of the top ten generals, these city guards didn't know whether they were true or false. There were really a few brave ones who went up to test the sword without any concern for the other's reputation. In the end, without any suspense, they were provoked by Cheng Chumo and fell off the city wall and were seriously injured.
fate.
Once this happens, no one will dare to touch it.
Zhang Huaishan, the magistrate of Lantian County, was even more frightened.
He thought that the person who came over might be the superior state capital, or it might be the nearby security forces. Even if he was beaten to death, he would not have thought that a small county magistrate who caught him turned out to be one of the top ten generals personally fighting. If he knew that His Majesty was also hiding inside,
I'm afraid I will regret coming to this world in this life.
When the weapons hit him, Zhang Huaishan was completely paralyzed on the ground.
It was not until the fish belly turned white and the sky was slightly bright that Lantian County was turned upside down by the security forces, and then all the court officials in the county were summoned. Some of the unruly ones were knocked unconscious and kidnapped on the spot by the security forces.
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Afterwards, Luo Wu led the security forces to interrogate one by one. There was no need for Qin Huaidao to personally come forward for this kind of matter. With these famous generals taking action, everything would naturally be at hand.
What he wants to do now is something else.
Based on the situation in Lantian County, I am afraid that there are many in the entire Han Dynasty. The result of the imperial power not extending to the county will inevitably be the infinite expansion of county-level officials. The final consequences will be the collapse of rituals and music and the corruption of the court. This is also the case every few years in ancient dynasties.
The fundamental reason will change in a hundred years.
The founding of the Han Dynasty was different from the peasant uprisings in the past. Most of them involved surrender and defection. What were the details below? A formal investigation had not yet been carried out, so he didn't know.
It seems that this matter will be carried out in advance.
He wrote a handwritten letter and sent it to Xue Rengui.
There are several elders of the Ministry of State in the court, and Xue Rengui is here, so the overall situation is basically fine. Qin Huaidao is also the emperor for the first time. He may not be able to handle these trivial matters better than these elders. He only needs to understand the situation and grasp it.
big direction.
The content of the handwriting is also very simple.
It is nothing more than the Ministry of State taking the lead in establishing the Ministry of Representatives, and then the two departments will select official representatives and people's representatives to form an inspection team to conduct state affairs supervision on local officials. Each team will not only go to the county, but also go to the countryside and villages.
Go to every corner of the Han Dynasty and never let go of any moth.
It is foreseeable that this will be the largest inspection since the founding of the Han Dynasty, and it will also be the first nationwide mobilization of the Ministry of State and the Ministry of Representatives.
The entire inspection team is based on the county, and each unit is composed of an official and a public opinion representative, and is escorted by five people.
As for safety issues?
Although these people have low official positions and even represent ordinary people, they represent His Majesty the Emperor of the Han Dynasty. If anyone dares to act rashly, His Majesty will be furious. When the Emperor's own troops arrive, who can stop them?
This is also the reason why Qin Huaidao was relieved to make such arrangements.
The entire Han Dynasty, including Tubo and other places, has a total of more than 3,000 counties, which requires more than 3,000 officials, more than 3,000 public opinion representatives, plus 15,000 guards. If there are not enough officials, the Imperial College and Wenxue
The library selects students from all over the country to stagger their birthplaces for inspections and supplements to solve the problem of shortage of manpower.
After the entire state supervision was designed, he believed that Xue Rengui could handle these problems.
After arranging for the handwriting to be sent out of the city, Qin Huaidao took out the map of the world.
This is one of the reasons why he arranged for the Ministry of State to personally inspect the country. The three-horizontal and three-vertical transportation design of the Han Dynasty was the top priority for the development of the entire Han Dynasty. Without transportation, traveling by horse and carriage would take a huge amount of time. On the surface,
It seems to be a loss of time, but in essence it is a loss of national strength and development.
It's just that the situation of these mountains, rivers and rivers is complex, and the resources and commercial potential of various places have not been explored by predecessors. He could not maximize the advantages of this transportation design without taking a look around for himself.
There is beautiful jade in Lantian County, which can become an important trade part in the transportation design. In addition, the terrain conditions here are favorable, with a large river in the front and mountains in the back. It can be penetrated on both the east and west sides. It should be a secondary trade place and transportation hub outside Chang'an.
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He took out his atlas and wrote down the customs and customs of Lantian County and the details of Lantian Jade before putting everything away.
On the other side, the interrogation work of Luo Wu and others is about to come to an end.
The county magistrate and the county lieutenant were involved in the matter. Except for a few low-level officials who were unaware of this matter, most of the high-ranking officials were involved. They arrested a total of seven times in the name of the mountain demon. Each time they were arrested,
The number of people who arrived at Qingzhuang was about a hundred, and a total of about 700 people were arrested and sent to the mining area for mining.
The mining tools here are crude and the efficiency is extremely low. Even if thousands of people mine the Lantian jade every year, the quantity is still very limited. Fortunately, the price of this jade remains high, so a lot of money can be collected.
When General Luo collected the oral interrogation information and handed it to Qin Huaidao, Qin Huaidao carefully read them one by one.
Cheng Chumo was responsible for checking the officials' treasury. It would have been better if they didn't check, but a big problem was discovered after checking.
According to the information provided by various officials, there were at least 500,000 taels of silver embezzled in Lantian County, but only tens of thousands of taels of silver were found. Even after deducting losses, at least 400,000 taels of silver were missing.
After discovering this, Cheng Chumo rushed back and reported the matter to Qin Huaidao.
Everyone was shocked when they heard the news.
"Why is there a vacancy of 400,000 yuan? Even if you eat delicacies from the mountains and seas every day, you can't spend so much. Could it be that Zhang Huaishan, the magistrate of Lantian County, built a new city behind everyone's back?" Luo Zhang couldn't help but wonder.
Even Fang Yiai, who usually didn't think much, frowned: "Indeed, such a large amount of silver, even if it is loaded in a carriage, will take up a large area of land, and it cannot disappear for no reason."
"Unless..." Cheng Chumo seemed to remember something, and his pupils suddenly shrank.
Qin Huaidao nodded and said: "Unless they have contact with Li Tai's back-up, all this money will become military supplies for the rebels."
After the revelation, several people began to fall into deep thought. If this matter was true, then Li Tai's secret hand might exceed their expectations.
Even Qin Huaidao couldn't help but doubt, could Li Tai really plan to this extent?