In the end, Wang Teng was forced to hand over the portion he had swallowed in the past three years, which amounted to 150 million Amethyst coins. Even so, he only made up for less than 30%.
Ling Feng carefully checked and found that there are 1,200 prefectures and cities under the rule of the main city of Wuwei, and most of them are Shangzhou and Zhongzhou. Each prefecture and city is larger than the Song Dynasty and other principalities, and it is more prosperous. The average annual tax revenue is
With 500,000 amethyst coins, the total annual tax revenue is about 600 million amethyst coins. After deducting the central and local fiscal expenditures handed over to the Haoyang Emperor, the annual balance of the main city is about 150 million. After deducting the upper and lower management, he can
Embezzled 50 million amethyst coins.
If it is a prince like Xifenghou, the territory has been given to him, and he is in office all year round. The general position of city lord of a main city is once every ten years. Wang Teng has been in office for eight years, and the amount of embezzled money is more than 400 million.
Except for the 150 million, most of the rest has already been used by Wang Teng for cultivation, and it is impossible to hand it over easily.
Ling Feng did not continue to be in trouble. The handover of officials generally would not be too difficult as long as the financial performance was acceptable. Otherwise, it would be really urgent and troublesome. The most important thing is that he has not officially taken office. If anything happens
It's a matter of course, but it's also a trouble. Let's take over the job first. There will be plenty of ways to deal with this person in the future.
After Wang Teng completed the handover, he immediately hurried back to the Xiliang King's City to report on his duties. Of course, he would not forget Ling Feng's humiliation to him. Once he had the chance, he would definitely take action against Ling Feng.
Due to its vast territory, the Haoyang Emperor was divided into seven levels of administrative units: counties, counties, prefectures, roads, prefectures (imperial cities), imperial cities, and imperial capitals. The county magistrate is the seventh rank, the county governor is the fifth rank, and the state governor is the third.
The first rank military commander is the second rank. After the handover, Ling Feng officially took the position of city lord and was also the first rank officer. The second rank military commander controlled the military and political power of a land.
However, most of the officials in Wuwei City today are close associates promoted by Wang Teng, or people from local aristocratic families. Although he has taken office now, he has no confidants, and the decrees are not clear, let alone the decrees reaching various prefectures and cities, even the main city.
Internally, officials at all levels are bound to be obedient and violative. Therefore, if he wants to gain power, he must find ways to win over and promote a group of his own people.
But now that the positions are full, how can we place our own people and how can we promote them? Although Jiedushi has military and political power, he is not allowed to act recklessly. There are also spies from the imperial court to supervise. Therefore, it is necessary to investigate favoritism and corruption.
Immediately, he summoned Concubine You, Qingzi, and said: "You should immediately take people to investigate the commanders of the fifth battalion, and be sure to find evidence of their corruption and favoritism!"
Wuwei City has a total of 100,000 Taoist soldiers, all of whom are at the early stage of Wuzong and above. They are divided into front, rear, left and right. The Chinese Army has five battalions of soldiers and horses, each battalion has 20,000 people. The Chinese Army Battalion is responsible for the security of the city and is directly under the Jiedushi. Others
The fourth battalion is responsible for patrolling the four gates of the main city in turns, and the officers above are the commanders. Although the military camp in the middle is nominally under his direct control, the original commander is Wang Teng's confidant, so he must not listen to him easily.
Therefore, he had to investigate! The reason why he investigated the commander of the fifth battalion first was because he had the military power in hand, so it would be easier to take action.
Concubine You smiled and said: "Don't worry, Lord, I promise to complete the mission!"
Immediately, he summoned Chu Lingyue and said: "Take a team of dragon guards to the Moon God Palace to meet Yan Bingyun and Mingyu, explain the reasons, and postpone the wedding for one month. In addition, don't forget to prepare more
A generous gift, I will reimburse you when I come back!"
At this time, half a year had passed, and Mingyu had already left seclusion, and it was the agreed time to get married. Originally, his plan was to prepare for the wedding when he came back, but Dean Hong gave him a surprise, so he could only tell what happened in the main city of Wuwei first.
After handling the matter, one month is already the shortest time to get married.
When Chu Lingyue heard this, she immediately smiled and said: "I promise to complete the mission!"
She was thinking about how to get some benefits. She was now in the realm of a great saint, and every step of improvement required a lot of resources.
Then, Ling Feng sent Jiang Yuelong and Qian Xun to lead the shadow guards to investigate the Chief Envoys Department and punish many officials of the Chief Envoys Department. In the administrative unit at the Dao level, the Jiedushi is the highest official, but there are also others below.
There are three divisions: the Commanding Envoys Division, the Chief Envoys Division, and the Punishment Envoys Division. They manage the military, government, and criminal and prison powers respectively. Although the chiefs of the three divisions are all subordinate officials of the Jiedushi, if their superiors are incompetent, they may not be dismissed.
So, he checked their details in advance, which ones were usable, which ones could be won over, which ones had to be eradicated, which ones could be kept temporarily and which ones had to be eliminated.
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Three days later, the Central Military Camp.
In the camp, a middle-aged man in golden armor was drinking and having fun with two graceful women in white tulle, holding each other with one arm, and they were so happy.
Suddenly, a young soldier in armor hurried in, clasped his fists and said, "Your Majesty, the Commander-in-Chief has summoned you!"
The middle-aged man in golden armor had a look of hesitation on his face and said coldly, "Didn't you see me drinking? Go and reply and say that the general is ill in bed and cannot go to see him. If anyone dares to break into the military camp without mercy, he will be killed without mercy!"
However, the young soldier did not reply.
The middle-aged man in golden armor suddenly became furious and said: "Dog slave, did you hear my general's order? Believe it or not, I will chop off your dog's head!"
At this time, a spatial fluctuation flashed through, and Ling Feng's figure suddenly appeared at the door of the camp, saying coldly: "Commander Lu, I have indeed heard that you drank alcohol and escorted prostitutes in the military camp, which violated military law, deceived superiors, and bullied subordinates.
, what do you think should be the crime?”
The middle-aged man in Jinjia was named Lu Dai, and he was also the commander of the Central Military Camp. Although he had never met Ling Feng, the Jiedu Envoy, he had seen his portrait, and he was wearing a blue official uniform and official hat. He immediately recognized him, so
Cold sweat appeared on his forehead.
Fortunately, he was also a character who had gone through great storms. He immediately knelt down and said, "I'm sorry to see you, Lord Jieduzhi. I've been obsessed with my humble duties for a while. Please forgive me!"
Ling Feng said coldly: "If you want to beg for mercy now, it's too late. You'd better go to the Penal Department Prison to beg for mercy!"
When Lu Dai saw this, he stood up suddenly and said coldly: "You broke into the military camp without permission, and you are violating military law. If you really make trouble to the top, you won't be able to feel better! Besides, this is just a false accusation on your part. Who can testify?"
Even if the pawn next to you says something, the higher ups won’t believe you!"
At this time, another middle-aged general wearing golden armor appeared at the door of the camp and said coldly: "The last general can bear witness!"
Lu Dai's face suddenly changed drastically, and he said with a gloomy expression: "Deng Jiufeng, I have treated you well, but you are actually ungrateful!"
Deng Jiufeng said coldly: "You are just getting paid for free, but you are deducting the military pay from the brothers. You are worse than a beast! At that time, Wang Teng was still in power, and the brothers dared to be angry but dare not speak out! At this time, Lord Ling is willing to help us
Make the decision, we have handed over all the evidence of your crime, you can’t even think of denying it!”
Seeing this, Lu Dai suddenly drew his sword and slashed at Deng Jiufeng. As long as Deng Jiufeng, the deputy commander, died, he would still have the final say in the military camp.
However, at this moment, Ling Feng flashed as fast as lightning and pointed a finger at him, instantly sealing his peak martial arts level.
Immediately, Deng Jiufeng kicked him away and ordered his soldiers to take him into custody.
Later, Ling Feng ordered Deng Jiufeng to temporarily act as the commander of the Central Military Camp, and then led people to the other four battalions. Although the commanders of the other four battalions were not as arrogant as Lu Dai, who drank alcohol and escorted prostitutes in the military camp, he had found out in the past three days that they also had
Ling Feng took down all of them, and temporarily took over the military power as the deputy commander.