Chapter 210: Catch the ducks and put them on the shelves
Incomparably miserable howls came from the courtyard of Daxia Governor's Mansion, and these powerful screams could be heard from a dozen streets away. Along with the screams, came an iron rod
There was a dull loud noise that hit the human body. Muscles were broken, bones were shattered, and the stone slabs under the human body were shattered into pieces by the huge force. Various delicate but extremely layered sounds continued to come, and the governor's house could not be heard.
The people nearby hid their faces and left one by one, wondering what was happening in this yamen, which has been the most powerful in the past two years.
In the long and wide first courtyard of the Governor's Mansion, hundreds of officials from various departments of the Governor's Mansion were lying in rows. Their trousers were pulled down to their knees, and they were carrying them swayingly.
An iron rod that was as thick as a child's head and as long as a child was beating the butts of these people one by one according to Xia Jie's instructions. "Bang, bang," Bai was now extremely powerful, and the iron rod was also specially made with special ingredients.
, made of metal alloy, with countless spells specifically designed to break the witchcraft shield engraved on it. Once struck, it would really hit these officials.
"Bang, bang, bang," several sticks hit him, and the Supervisory Mansion official who was beaten by Bai screamed. His pelvis and thigh bones were smashed to pieces, blood and flesh sprayed out several feet away, and half of his spine was shattered.
Several great shamans from the Li Witch Hall on the side smiled at the official with a deadpan smile and said: "Just follow Xia Jie's instructions to the witches and save yourself the trouble. We will help you heal your injuries. If so,
If you don’t want to explain it, we won’t care.”
Several great witches from the Li Witch Palace held the witch seals of the 'Green Wood Resurrection Curse' in a sinister manner, and streaks of green light were drawn back and forth against the official's body, but they refused to fall into place. The official Wu Li was
Feng was beaten and seriously injured by Bai with the iron rod that was specially designed to break witchcraft. He was in so much pain that his soul was in pain. Hearing the ridicule of these great witches, his psychological defense suddenly collapsed and he howled honestly: "I will confess, I will confess!"
I confiscated 3,000 cubic meters of top-quality jade, 57,200 cubic meters of top-grade jade, 31,700 jins of fine gold, 98,900 jins of silver, and more than 100,000 jins of red copper and bronze.
I have 200,000 livestock, 38 women, dozens of privately owned mountains and forests, and the title deeds of pastures are all in the secret room of my private house."
Xia Jie's face was so gloomy that he could scrape off a layer of frost. He waved his hand and snorted: "Qingmin, you take people to confiscate his home and take out all his greedy property. Then, do whatever you want.
How to torture him? He must tell me all the corrupt officials he knows. Let us calculate every account in detail."
Qing Min opened his eyes wide and nodded nervously. He firmly grabbed the sleeve of a great witch next to him and carefully walked to the official who was screaming. After looking at the official for a while, Qing Min curiously looked at the official.
With a smile on his face, Ming ordered: "Use the powder of 'Drunk Dragon Grass' to relieve his pain. Don't cure him yet. Let's talk about it after we take out the treasures that Brother Xia Jie wants."
A group of big witches carried the official away. Xia Jie pointed to the officials beside him who were turning blue with fright, and sneered: "Bai, next one. Beat me hard, hard, I'll treat you later."
You eat roasted whole beef."
"Chi!" Bai's saliva almost flowed out. He stretched out his long tongue and licked his mouth. He laughed wildly for a while and suddenly jumped up to a height of more than a hundred feet in the air. The iron rod danced in his hand.
A stick stirred up a white wave of air with a 'whoosh' sound, and hit an official's white buttocks heavily. There was only a crisp 'crack' sound, and the two white and elastic pieces were heard.
The buttocks exploded like a bomb, and the white bones under the white muscles were beaten to pieces. The officer also let out a scream of "Ouch~~~", immediately raised his hands and howled: "Fight!"
The weather is fierce, the weather is fierce, the official is guilty, I will confess, I will confess!"
For three days and three nights, Xia Jie, who led the anti-rebellion army back to Anyi City, did not take a step out of the Governor's Mansion. Even Xia Jie had no intention of attending the celebration banquet hosted by Lu Gui. He brought a group of Li Wu Temple with him
The great witch carefully tortured and interrogated the officials under the Supervisory Mansion, and took out all the huge amounts of property they had embezzled. However, there were still hundreds of thousands of officials under the Supervisory Mansion who needed Xia Jie to continue cleaning up.
, especially those officials who perform the task of urging and requisitioning various supplies. If we want to dig out the problems with them, God knows how much time it will take.
However, just the problems that were cleared up in these three days and nights have shocked Xia Jie. With his current state of mind, he almost fainted from fright.
After destroying the county magistrate and exterminating the officials, Xia Jie finally understood how serious the harm to the people would be if the lower-level officials became ruthless. From the confessions of hundreds of officials directly under his jurisdiction, Xia Jie finally understood that all the people in the northwest
The rebellion in the country was only a little faster because of Bai Zhi's instigation. In fact, without Bai Zhi, Yi Hao and others instigating it, the northwest countries would have definitely rebelled.
The daughters of the Northwestern Marquis were all defiled by the violence of the officials in charge of the governor's office. The father of the Northwestern Marquis was even beaten with a cane in front of countless subjects. The treasury of the Dayu Kingdom was drained, and the people's homes were left without overnight sleep.
The once prosperous country was as dilapidated as a broken kiln in just two or three years. Xia Jie thought that if he had been the Marquis of the Northwest, he would have led his army to attack Anyi City long ago.
Throwing away the thick confession file, Xia Jie looked up to the sky and sighed: "What a sin! Damn it, how can Xuanwu Xiahou, one of my four spirits, get involved in such dirty deeds?"
Xia Jie, who was a little frustrated for a while, shook his head and had already made other decisions. Since his original intention of becoming an official in Daxia was not for high officials and rich salaries, since he later strengthened his motivation to obtain high positions and power in Daxia,
It is just for the blood feud of the family, so with his current strength and power, he is enough to take revenge on the Dongyi people. The government of Daxia has suddenly become corrupted, why do I still want to get involved in this muddy water? When I think of myself,
In the past two years, I don't know how many people cursed him behind his back and cursed villains, which made Xia Jie's hair stand on end.
Early the next morning, Xia Jie went straight to the palace carrying a several-foot-thick case file and asked to see Lu Gui.
That day happened to be the time for the Great Court Meeting, where the civil servants and generals of Great Xia were enthusiastically recounting the process of countering the rebellion in the northwest, and spoke highly of the outstanding performance of young generals such as Xia Jie and Xing Tian Dafeng. As soon as they heard that Xia Jie
Jie asked to see Lu Gui outside the palace. Lu Gui, who was in great interest, immediately laughed and said, "Xuan, let Xia Jie come in. What has he been doing these days? Making the governor's house cry and howl? Ah, I heard that
The screams of those people scared the little babies in the neighboring ministers' houses to the point where they cried all night!"
The ministers laughed loudly at the same time. Only Xing Tiane tilted his head and looked at the main entrance of the hall with a puzzled expression. He did not believe that Xia Jie, a kind, simple and steady barbarian, would be someone who would have fun beating up his subordinates when they had nothing to do.
Brutal officials. There are quite a few officials in Da Xia who beat their subordinates at will when they have nothing to do, but doesn’t Xia Jie look like this kind of person?
Grasping his beard hard, Xing Tiane's eyes moved quickly, sometimes scanning the three male ministers of Bi Xiangcheng, and sometimes scanning the smiling face of Lu Gui.
Xia Jie, with a gloomy face, strode into the main hall, grabbing the thick pile of case files. After bowing and saluting Lu Gui, he shouted loudly: "Your Majesty, I think that my moral character is not enough, and my prestige and strength are not enough to be qualified for the position of governor. Therefore, I would like to resign from the position of supervising the minister of construction. I also ask for your permission." He clasped his fists with both hands, bowed deeply to Lu Gui, and threw the pile of files to the chamberlain beside Lu Gui.
Xing Tiane was so excited that he almost pulled out his beard. He covered his aching chin and shouted in a low voice: "Xia Jie, why did you resign from the position of Minister of Construction?" Xing Tiane was really anxious. , relying on the huge power of the supervising minister to mobilize the financial and material resources of the country, how much benefit has the Xingtian family gained from it in the past two years? Although, the current Xingtian family does not care about the benefits such as property, land deeds, etc., but, Is there any benefit better than no benefit? Especially through the Supervisory Office, how many people did the Xingtian family place in other departments?
Lu Gui was also puzzled for a while. The ministers of Daxia had always worked hard to climb up the ladder. He had never heard of anyone resigning voluntarily. Xia Jie had set a precedent since the founding of Daxia. He looked at it in confusion. Xia Jie shook his head in confusion and said, "What? You don't want to be the supervising minister anymore? Meng Tianwei, Xia Jie, didn't you do a great job?"
Taking the case file handed over by the chamberlain, Lu Gui opened it at random and glanced at it. He gasped as if he had a toothache. He said blankly: "An ordinary Ku Ling of the Supervisory House, privately Tens of thousands of square meters of beautiful jade, hundreds of thousands of jins of fine gold, and silver have been corrupted? How many treasury orders are there in the governor's office?"
Xia Jie said coldly: "Your Majesty, there are 3,600 people in the Treasury under the Supervisory Mansion, and there are 128,000 large and small warehouses, which have accumulated countless baggage needed on the construction site. Half of them fell into the hands of these gangsters. In the hands of the tent." He said angrily: "I feel that I am not worthy of the people of the world, so I would like to ask the king to show mercy and allow me to resign from the position of supervising the construction of the minister."
Lu Gui quickly exchanged glances with the Prime Minister and many ministers. He signaled the chamberlains to hand over these case files to the many ministers below. The ministers took turns to look through the case files, and each of them seemed to know these things for the first time. Generally speaking, they started making a fuss and shouting at the same time.
Xia Jie sneered in his heart. These people are really good at pretending. Which of the officials in the Supervisory Mansion is not from the big and small Wu family? In terms of the wrongs these officials have committed, their family head will not know that Xia Jie is a I don’t believe it. Xia Jie didn’t mind that these worms were getting rich by relying on the power of the governor’s office. But they harmed the people, and in the end all the blame was passed on to Xia Jie. Xia Jie was definitely not willing to take advantage of this. of.
There was silence in the hall for a long time, and finally Lu Gui laughed dryly: "Meng Tianhou, um, ah, um, Xia Jie, I don't want to be the supervising minister anymore." Glancing at the ministers in the hall, Lu Gui said Gui said very loudly: "However, Xia Jie's achievements in the past two years are all seen by me and all the ministers. Therefore, I will reward Xia Jie heavily."
No one said a word, reward, reward, these ministers don't care about this at all. What they care about is, who will take over the position of the Supervisory Minister? This is a very fat position. Look at those subordinates of the Supervisory Mansion All the petty officials have made such a huge sum. It can only be said that Xia Jie, the supervising minister, is too honest to do his job and doesn't even know how to make money. Alas, he is indeed a barbarian from the mountains and forests. If it is a witch If a son of the family takes the position of supervising minister, wouldn't it be...
After a while, Lu Gui smiled with satisfaction when he saw the changing expressions of his ministers. Very good, it was another great opportunity to divide the ministers. He drawled out his voice happily and asked calmly:
"So~~~, this successor~~~, sirs, do you have any candidates?"
Xing Tiane flicked his finger, and a wisp of strong wind hit Xia Jie's thigh silently. Xia Jie felt a pain in his thigh and looked at Xing Tiane fiercely. Xing Tiane looked at Xia Jie pitifully.
, blinking his eyes desperately, looking at Xia Jie. Xia Jie felt a chill in his heart, and even the white hair on his head made a vomiting motion. Grinning, Xia Jie hugged Lu Gui again and said with a bitter smile:
"Your Majesty, I think that Lieutenant Xingtian Dafeng of the Black Army and Lieutenant Xingtian Xuanzhi of the Xuanbiao Army are the best candidates."
Xiang Liuzuo suddenly interrupted, he chuckled and said: "Meng Tianhou said it wrong. The relationship between Xingtian Dafeng, Xingtian Xuanzhi and Meng Tianhou is well known in the court. But..."
Xia Jie smiled faintly and said lazily: "But, the one who controls Jianmu now belongs to Li Wu Palace. Apart from Brother Xingtian and the others, I am afraid no one can recruit the many great wizards living in Li Wu Palace."
Xiang Liubi was dumbfounded. Fang Fengyi and Shen Gongli looked at Xia Jie angrily. Why did this barbarian suddenly become so cunning and hateful? Only Xing Tiane smiled and said to Lu Gui: "Your Majesty, Meng Tianhou and Li
Wu Zun is a 'close friend', hahahahaha, my Dafeng and Xuan Zhi also have a little bit of friendship with Li Wu Zun. If they are appointed as the supervising ministers, at least the great wizards of Li Wu Palace will not do this on purpose.
Are you just delaying the progress?"
Lu Gui also smiled happily? He was waiting for someone from the Xingtian family to take the initiative to ask for the position of supervising minister. Otherwise, how could he differentiate the relationship between the Xingtian family and many other shaman families? He used to be a friend of the Xingtian family
Xia Jie assumes the important position of Supervising Minister, that's all. Other heads of the Wu family can tolerate it. But now that your direct clan members of the Xingtian family have become the Minister of Supervising, other Wu families can still tolerate your Xingtian family being happy.
several years?
Lu Gui immediately slapped him and said: "What's wonderful is that Xingtian Dafeng is the supervising minister, and Xingtian Xuanzhi is the deputy superintendent. Well, Gongtian Hou Anduo'er and Shun Tianhou Thor are the left and right commanding officers, who are responsible for providing various equipment to assist.
The progress of the project is settled just like that."
Xia Jie's ears twitched. How could Andor and Thor provide those construction machinery again? It seemed that as soon as he left the construction site, they jumped out. What were these two boys going to do?
Xing Tian'e rushed out of the train excitedly, thanked Lu Gui and said, "Your Majesty is the most wise. Hahahaha, your Majesty, don't worry, with Gale and Xuan Zhi here, the progress of the Tianzhen Tower will definitely..."
"Huh?" Lu Gui, Xiang Liuhui and others glared at Xing Tiane at the same time. There were still many courtiers in the court who didn't know the meaning of the name 'Tianzhen Tower'. Xing Tiane just twisted his beard.
Smiling, he didn't care at all. His eyes were sharp and he glared at Xiang Liuhui and the others fiercely. The powerful force forced Xiang Liuhui and the other three men to turn their heads and not dare to look at him.
Seeing Xing Tiane's strong behavior, Lu Gui felt even more angry. He blinked his eyes and suddenly asked with a smile: "Since Meng Tianhou has resigned from the position of supervising minister, then, I wonder if Meng Tianhou has any free time.
, Do you want to help Daxia?" Lu Gui looked at Xia Jie with a smile, his eyes spinning like windmills. Everyone present knew that he wanted to calculate Xia Jie, but what is there to calculate? He also
Why calculate Xia Jie?
Xia Jie opened his mouth. Well, it seems that after resigning from the position of Supervisor, he really has nothing to do. To manage the territory of the thirty-six states in the sea area that belongs to him? Nowadays, the weather in each state has long lost military and political power.
, why don’t you go and pretend to be the tax collector of Daxia? Go back to that clan land to run your own power? Well, it seems that Taoist Tongtian brought Shangtang to borrow territory from him last time, and he left the Xingtian family to himself.
All the clan land with a radius of more than 20,000 miles was lent to Shangtang, but he didn’t have an acre of land in his hands...
After much deliberation, Xia Jie couldn't think of anything that could be done for a while. He couldn't openly lead his barbarian army to attack Dongyi? Five million barbarian troops were not enough for Dongyi.
One swallows it in one gulp.
While he was thinking here, Lu Gui already clapped his hands and said with a smile: "Wonderful, since there is nothing to do in the fierce weather, then just contribute to my Daxia. From now on, the rebellious parties around my Daxia will all depend on you Xia Jie.
." Lu Gui said with a smile: "If there is another rebellion like the Northwest Hou, let Meng Tianhou lead the army to put down the rebellion."
Before Xia Jie could refuse his order, Lu Gui had already jumped up and walked towards the inner palace. As he walked, he smiled and said: "That's it, the matter is settled like this. Meng Tianhou will form a counter-insurgency force as soon as possible."
Let’s go to the army. If you want military pay, I will give it to you. If you want weapons and armor, I will give it to you. If you want powerful magic weapons, I will give it to you. However, the people in this army can only rely on their own strength.
La. Daxia’s military strength is really lacking recently!”
By the time Xia Jie came to his senses, Lu Gui had already disappeared without a trace.
The anger in Xia Jie's heart was, well, he had just gotten rid of the bad reputation of "Xia Bapi" in the governor's office, and now he had to be the executioner to suppress the rebellion. Is this guy Lu Gui simply not wanting to make him feel better?
Whether he is serving as the supervising minister to recruit materials and manpower from all over the world, or as the commander of the counter-rebellion army to quell the rebellion of all parties, this is a position that will be cursed by the people. Xia Jie is so angry that there is nothing he can do.
Lu Gui is obviously trying to catch up with you, and in one word he won't let you Xia Jie rest.
Xia Jie tilted his mouth, lowered his head and pondered for a while, then suddenly sneered: "Okay, I'm a duck, and I just jumped on the shelf. If you want money, give money, if you want something, give something. That's what you said."
