Chapter 872: Youre already here, why are you so polite!
A group of six "police cars" aimed at the south of the city where dignitaries gathered. Wang Xuan and Man Chong were sitting in a carriage.
"It's still unclear where the two criminals are. Isn't it a little bit direct to go there like this..." Man Chong frowned. Although he wanted to arrest people first, he didn't expect Wang Xuan to act so recklessly. This is not in line with Han law!
It's not that he is rigid, but that he should at least be prepared to face these two big families head-on. He came to Wang Xuan because he wanted support, but this support... wasn't a bit too urgent.
"No matter what, just go and arrest them and that's it!" Wang Xuan narrowed his eyes slightly and twitched the corners of his mouth, "If I just teach people to repay them honestly, if you give me a chance to get angry, huh, I'll just kill them."
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Suddenly, Man Chong felt that it would be a mistake to go directly to Wang Xuan...
Soon, six cars quickly arrived in the south of the city, accompanied by people shouting "It's over~~It's over~~".
In the south of the city, where the dignitaries live, at a glance there are all large mansions. The small ones are only one or two acres in size, and the large ones are more than twenty acres in size. The poor will not make do with it here, so there are very few pedestrians.
The ground is paved with large bluestones, which are clean and tidy, and are completely different from other places in Yecheng.
The voice of ‘It’s over~~It’s over~~’ completely broke the tranquility, causing many mansions to open side doors, and doormen and servants to come out and look over.
Before the car reached the door of the Su family's mansion, the Su family's doorman came out, wanting to see who dared to shout in this street.
Seeing the six carriages parked at the door of their mansion, and the government servant on the carriage shouting non-stop with a loudspeaker, the servants seemed to be looking at a mentally retarded person.
"What are you looking at!" The yamen official immediately got angry, mainly because he was so embarrassed and had no choice. Who let him lose the lottery?
Hu la la, as if to support him, about fifty government servants jumped out of the car and carried a ring-shou knife.
I don't know if it was because I was afraid that I would lose my composure in front of Wang Xuan and Man Chong if I couldn't suppress my laughter. They all had serious faces and their expressions were sinking.
"Hey, hey, hey, what are you doing!" When several servants saw this momentum, they couldn't help but laugh, and shouted nervously, "Son of a bitch, do you know where this place is? This is the county guard.
Mr. Su’s residence is also a place where you can wreak havoc!"
Wang Xuan winked at Man Chong, and Man Chong took a deep breath. He's already here, why are you so polite?
Stepping down from the car, his eyes glanced at the servants. The harsh words of the servants were held in their throats and they did not dare to say them out. As the guard servants, they welcomed the guests and put them on the hairy monkeys.
He is a fine man, he is used to meeting high-ranking officials and noble people from all walks of life, and his eyesight is very good. He can tell that his official status is not low as soon as he sees Man Chong's behavior.
"Sir, what do you want me to do for you?" a servant stepped forward and asked.
Man Chong ignored the servants at all, just raised his head and glanced at the plaque, then waved his hand, "Come in!"
Man Chong gave an order, and the government officials didn't care what the servants shouted. Several people rushed forward, took their scabbards and walked directly in, amidst the screams of the servants.
After entering through the small door, he forced the door open, and Man Chong, surrounded by a group of government servants, walked in grandly.
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In order to pay close attention to the movements of Liu Bei's senior officials, and to respond to possible blows as quickly as possible, senior officials from top families in Jizhou, including Duan, Ju, Cui, Xiang, Ji, He, Su, Xue, Zhang, Gao, Fang, Liu and Qi, gathered together.
Gathered in Yecheng.
In the Su family mansion, the entire Jizhou family's top management gathered here. Even though there were only a few people there, it was these old men who could decide the direction of the livelihood of more than five million people in Jizhou.
The reason why they gathered in the Su family is because Su Li is now a representative figure of the Jizhou family and one of the highest-ranking people who surrendered to Liu Bei after the war. Others include Cui who is still sitting in the position of Hejian prefect.
Yan, was not as efficient and timely in controlling the major and minor affairs of Yecheng as Su Li was.
"Why did Mr. Su call us all here today?"
"You all must be aware of the establishment of the two new departments. They will only start operations in just five days. Today I will tell you about the cases that the 'Police Department' will handle in the past five days." Su Li's voice
With a bit of heaviness in his heart, he looked at Ju Shou beside him and said, "Jugong, do you say it or should I say it?"
"Let me tell you." Jushou's face looked a little haggard. Except for the first few days when he joined Liu Bei's command, everything went wrong after that, and every move he made felt full of constraints.
In fact, Liu Bei is more capable of delegating power than Yuan Shao, and the internal fighting among his subordinates is relatively minor. However, the fine division of departments and the checks and balances between them make him very uncomfortable. If he can get used to these, then,
Liu Bei and Wang Xuan's attitude towards the aristocratic family was really intolerable to him.
It is extremely difficult to keep things secret in officialdom. Jushu is in a high position and can get a lot of information.
As Jushou narrated, everyone's faces gradually became ugly. They originally thought that these two newly established departments were used to divide the power of grassroots county magistrates. This was not a concern to everyone. After all,
After all, we are all from aristocratic families, and they will communicate with each other through this method if they have problems. No matter how detailed your official duties are, it will become useless when these officials are all in the same group, just like forming cliques for private interests in the late Ming Dynasty.
Same.
But, now it seems that the problem is not that simple!
"Mr. Ju, do you know how the police station collects information about various aristocratic families?" the head of the Gao family asked in a deep voice.
"I don't know the specifics. I only know that there is an intelligence department under Duke Xuande. It started dispatching intelligence personnel to all parts of the world four years ago. However, who are these intelligence personnel and how and through what channels do they obtain information?
Don’t know anything!”
"What four years ago?" The head of the Qi family couldn't help but screamed when he heard this, "Isn't that the time when Liu Bei just went to Qingzhou? How could this be possible? Qingzhou was still in chaos at that time, how could he know that he would definitely dominate?
The one in the north!"
Hearing this, Jushou smiled bitterly and shook his head, "I don't understand this either, but this is the case. I can only say that Duke Xuande or Wang Xuan, who is managing all this for Duke Xuande, have foresight and are good at the general situation."
"What do they want to do by collecting all the dirty things about each family?" The head of the Xue family didn't look good. "Every family has a prosperous population, but with more people, it is inevitable that there will be two people who act a little unruly. Youdao
Even if there are some minor problems, each family will deal with it themselves. When will it be their turn to take care of these problems!"
"The mighty Northern Overlord doesn't care about the world's major events and spends his whole day focusing on such minutiae. Isn't this putting the cart before the horse?"
"Why do I think they are targeting me and other families?" Suddenly, the chubby and smiling head of the Huliu family spoke up.
The words of Patriarch Liu made the dozen or so people present stunned, and then they all turned to look at Patriarch Liu who spoke.
"No way?"
They said no, but in their hearts, everyone was a little unsure. Although in theory, just because of these trivial problems like sesame seeds and mung beans, it cannot and should not have any impact on each family. After all, things are
It has been suppressed since it happened. Even if Liu Bei settles old scores, will it be useful?
"I don't know if it is possible, but other than that, I can't think of the purpose of collecting these things." There was no rare smile on the fat face of the Liu family.
"These things can only target one or two people at most, and their impact is not that big."
"Yes, every family has strict upbringing. Even if there are problems, they are mostly caused by side branches and will not affect the direct lineage."
"If you're afraid, then Wang Xuan will use the topic to his advantage!" A hint of gloom flashed across the face of the Liu family leader. He was used to using this method, so he also thought of Wang Xuan as that kind of despicable villain.
Is Wang Xuan that kind of person?
"These ridiculous reasons alone can't move us!" Su Li said decisively.