Chapter 234 The border is in a hurry, the king returns!
After a while, Chu He received the imperial edict and the gold medal, looked at the new governor Wu Sixian, and said with a smile: "Now that Mr. Wu has taken over as governor, I am relieved. I will handle the disaster relief affairs and return to the capital tomorrow!"
A trace of doubt flashed in Wu Sixian's eyes. He didn't expect Chu He to agree to leave so easily.
After all, although the disaster relief work in Chengzhou has come to an end, it is not over after all. Once he takes over, most of the credit for the disaster relief will be completed by him.
Few other officials could tolerate this kind of peach-picking behavior.
Could it be that the fourth prince is up to something secretly?
However, the next morning, Chu He, the Minister of Rites, Hu Jianhua, and others left Chengzhou with the imperial team and began to return to the capital.
Of course, he was accompanied by former governor Zhang Changsong and three county guards with solid evidence.
At this time, the governor's office, the hall.
Wu Sixian sat on the main seat and looked at the empty hall, which still felt a bit unreal.
The fourth prince Wei Xiao actually left like this and gave up most of his efforts in disaster relief. Could it be that he was really a wise king with noble character?
Of course, no matter what, he accumulated merit and the opportunity for promotion came.
Once this is done, when you return to Beijing in the future, you might be able to become a big shot in the court.
Immediately, the newly appointed Lord Wu began to ask Chengzhou officials to cooperate in making a disaster relief donation, and asked the landlords, squires, and wealthy families to donate some grain to replenish Changpingcang.
He knew that although there was a drought, the people who starved to death were ordinary people. Large families basically had food reserves, especially some large landowners and wealthy families. Not only did they not suffer any losses, they also used it to appropriate a large amount of fertile land, and the people turned it into
His own tenant farmers grew in power.
If it really comes to the end of the dynasty, those aristocratic families can easily pull up a team of hundreds or even thousands of people.
However, those aristocratic families did not show off the new governor.
They were already very angry because they had lost a lot of money and land because Chuhe opened warehouses to release grain and lowered grain prices.
Therefore, after Chuhe left, they were thinking of waiting for the people to run out of food, raising the price of food again, and making back all the losses.
Donate food?
I want to eat shit!
The next day, Wu Sixian, who had not raised any food, was furious. He was about to burn out the three people who took office, but found that subordinate officials at all levels were holding him back with all kinds of excuses, almost sidelining him.
Someone even sent him a threatening letter.
Wu Sixian is also good at martial arts and has innate martial arts skills, but he is a martial arts master among these big aristocratic families in the city. If you really want to be ruthless, it is not difficult to kill him.
In the end, he had no choice but to compromise with the wealthy family.
Immediately afterwards, the wealthy families jointly requested him to collect taxes from the people, and only collect grain.
Of course Wu Sixian understood that once the food in the hands of the people ran out, disaster would break out again, and there would definitely be a large number of deaths and robbers would appear again. In order to survive, many people had no choice but to sell their land and work as tenant farmers for wealthy families.
Once this happens, his disaster relief efforts will not only be in vain, but he will also cause trouble. When the time comes, he will be dismissed from office, which will be a minor matter.
Therefore, Wu Sixian was determined not to allow it, but he didn't know how long he could hold on because he was about to be exhausted.
However, in the afternoon, Wu Sixian received worse news again. Three hundred thousand troops from Western Chu invaded the border area, and various gates in Chengzhou were in panic.
At this time, Wu Sixian deeply regretted why he entered this muddy pond.
At this moment, a voice sounded in his ear: "Do you want to solve this dilemma?"
Wu Sixian looked for the name, but found that it was the fourth prince Wei Xiao, who was wearing a green shirt. He couldn't help but look overjoyed, knelt down, bowed and said: "His Royal Highness Prince Jing, save me!"
The reason why Chu He is here at this moment is because what left with the imperial envoy team was his temporarily refined paper mannequin clone.
Then he smiled and said, "Tell me, why should I save you?"
Wu Sixian heard this and immediately bowed: "Wu is willing to be His Highness Prince Jing's lackey and obey all His Highness's instructions!"
Immediately, he told Chu He some of the things he knew. He was a close confidant of the second prince Wei Wuque and knew a lot of secret information about the officials of the second prince's faction, so he told Chu He all about it.
Of course, Chu He would not fully trust Wu Sixian, but instead used the power of his mind to invade his sea of consciousness to make sure that he was really surrendering, and then summoned the state and city officials in his name.
The chief historian, chief secretary and other officials of the governor came to the governor's house, only to find that the person sitting in the chief seat was actually Chu He. Their expressions suddenly changed, and they all bowed and saluted: "See His Highness Prince Jing!"
Chu He smiled and said: "No need to be too polite! I have seen everything you have done during this period. But God is kind to you. I will give you another chance. Each of you will donate a sum of food and military pay.
I will spare you this time. If anyone has different opinions, you can speak out. You also know that I am always easy to talk to."
"What a good talker!"
Many officials slandered in their hearts that they knew Chu He's methods, and whoever dared to oppose Zhang Changsong and the three county guards would be their future fate.
Immediately, Chuhe gave the officials a list of donations based on their official rank and worth, ranging from more than a thousand taels to more than 100,000 taels. Half of the silver needed to be exchanged for grain of equivalent value.
His hard work these past few days was not in vain. Several close guards he trained in the governor's office helped collect the net worth of those corrupt officials. He used this to draw up this list, and the money he demanded was just above the officials' bottom line.
This roster can help Chuhe raise 500,000 taels of food for military pay.
These officials had control in Chuhe's hands and did not dare to neglect them. The next morning, they sent 500,000 taels of money and grain to the governor's office.
At the same time, 90,000 county soldiers from various counties in Chengzhou rushed to the city to gather.
In the past two days, he has been hiding in the dark, and has controlled the governors of various counties through the brand of his soul and the power of his mind. After letting them send troops to the Western Chu Kingdom, he sent the county soldiers to the state capital.
At this time, Chuhe left 10,000 state soldiers to garrison, and led 30,000 state soldiers and 90,000 county soldiers to set off and rush to the border.
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The next morning, the sun was scorching hot.
Golden sunlight shines on the city wall of Huxiao Pass that is eight feet high and five feet thick.
A Wei soldier wearing black standard armor was fighting bravely on the city wall with a white armor soldier who climbed up through a ladder.
Due to the harsh living environment and the survival of the fittest, these white-armored Western Chu soldiers were strong, brave and good at fighting, and they caused a large number of casualties to the Wei officers and soldiers guarding the city.
Immediately, a young general in silver armor suddenly appeared on the scene, his spear was like a dragon, he was invincible, and he killed more than a hundred Xichu soldiers in a matter of seconds.
The army of Western Chu is under the banner of the commander of the Central Army.
Marshal Liu Rui on the right, who was dressed in silver armor, rode a horse, bent his bow and arrow, and aimed at the young man in silver armor in the distance.
With a whoosh, a fine iron arrow condensed with silver energy shot towards the city wall.
The young man in silver armor turned around and swung his gun, preparing to sweep away the arrow, but an extremely cold arrow burst out from the arrow, invading his sea of consciousness and freezing his soul.
The young man in silver armor instantly became dull and was about to be hit by an arrow.
At this time, a green shadow flashed, and a young man in green armor suddenly appeared in front of the young man in silver armor. He reached out and grabbed the silver arrow with two fingers.
