Xinzhou, Dingxiang County.
Dozens of cavalry entered the city all the way and dismounted at the county government office. Zhang Gongjin, the leader, felt uneasy. Not long after they broke up, Li Shan ordered someone to summon them urgently. Something must have happened.
"I'm going to pay my respects to the county magistrate."
This time, Li Shan, who was sitting upright, picked up the famous general from the early Tang Dynasty without making any gesture of affection. He stared at Zhang Gongjin intently without any expression on his face, and after a while he said, "Sit down."
Zhang Gongjin hesitated for a moment and asked: "County Lord, what happened?"
Li Shan glanced over expressionlessly, and Zhang Gongjin immediately closed his mouth and sat obediently to the side... From the first contact to the present, this world-famous young county magistrate has always been gentle and elegant, but everyone still remembers him. The view outside Yanmen Pass.
After a while, a middle-aged man in his forties hurried over and said, "Mr. Guantao County, I'm..."
"Brother Yi Zhi has already written. I wanted to visit you on the way south." Li Shanpi snorted with a smile, "Sit down for now."
"Yan Hegong." Zhang Gongjin greeted cautiously.
"Hong Shen, long time no see." The middle-aged man exchanged a few words, then heard Li Shan cough above him, and the two of them became quiet.
This middle-aged man was born in the Fang family of Qinghe. He was the uncle of Li Shimin's most important adviser Fang Xuanling, Fang Renyu. He was also a descendant of the Qin king. The general manager of Xinzhou had been vacant for many years, and it was only this year that Fang Renyu filled it.
The silent atmosphere gradually solidified, and it was not until the sunset that a loud announcement came from outside the door, "Mr. Lang, Xue Wanche, the secretary of the Daizhou Governor's Office, and the military officer, Sitian, Yuanyou, pay their respects."
Xue Wanche walked into the hall, bowed and saluted, but glanced at Zhang Gongjin from the corner of his eye, with undisguised gloating in his eyes.
Zhang Gongjin's heart sank. Yuanyou was from the Yuan clan in Dingxiang, and he had to be recommended by himself to join the army as Sitian.
Li Shan was too lazy to talk nonsense and asked directly: "Have you found it?"
A guard took out the atlas and account book, "I found it, it's exactly what it said."
"Sixty-three people, including 32 young and middle-aged, moved from Mayi to Dingxiang, Xinzhou in November last year." Li Shan turned over the pages, nodded and said, "I remember these people moved to Daizhou, Dadu, last year. Although these sixty-three people moved from Mayi, their ancestral home is Dingxiang, Xinzhou."
After flipping through the album again, Li Shan threw it at Yuan You who looked downcast, "Twelve miles north of the city, there are 150 acres of farmland granted, right?"
The personal guards held seven or eight members of the Yuan clan kneeling behind, and Li Shan's suppressed anger burst out, "But he is very smart, and he will live in peace. He will wait until they plant winter wheat, or even wait for fertilization in spring, before taking away their acres. "
"It's just to seize his land, but he actually wants to capture him as a slave..." Li Shan kicked Yuan You over and shouted: "Zhang Gongjin, this is Si Tian you chose to join the army!"
"What a good eye!"
Xue Wanche on the side laughed so hard that his mouth split open. Zhang Gongjin gritted his teeth and glared at Yuanyou on the ground.
"It's just a matter of seizing land and people. If you didn't see it, forget it, but someone actually caught you!" Li Shan sneered: "Not only is it evil, it's also stupid!"
Zhang Gongjin was also speechless. Indeed, it was too stupid to be caught by Li Shan after doing such a thing...or maybe it was too bad luck.
"Xue Wanche!"
"exist."
Li Shan asked with a cold face: "On the thirteenth day of the first lunar month, what did you order?"
Xue Wanche immediately replied: "The county official issued an order to Daizhou and Xinzhou not to treat the relocated residents harshly."
"Zhang Gongjin!"
"The official is here."
"When you are about to do something big, what should you be most afraid of?"
Zhang Gongjin's lips trembled, "The most fearful thing is that the place is unrest and the people are fighting."
Others couldn't understand it, but Li Shan and Zhang Gongjin knew it well.
To march to the camp, it is necessary to control Mayi and divide Yuan Junzhang's army. But now a large number of foreign people have moved to Daizhou and Xinzhou, and a considerable part of Yuan Junzhang's soldiers are from Shuozhou and Yunzhou. Naturally will enter Daizhou and Xinzhou... This was also arranged by Li Shan before.
It is understandable that the aborigines reject outsiders, but after all, there is a limit. Once any changes are made and things get too complicated, Mayi people will definitely be suspicious, and even Daizhou and Xinzhou will inevitably have troubles.
A few years ago, Liu Wuzhou violently attacked Hedong. Pei Ji cleared the country and burned the people's food, but ignored the people. A large number of people poured into Xia County and fought with the locals. , Yu Yun, Tang Jian and the marching commander Liu Shirang were all captured.
Li Shan has always been very concerned about this point since he made up his mind to move to Yunzhou and Shuozhou people. For this reason, he did not hesitate to cut off a head of the Li family of Dai County.
The greed of the family stems from nature and cannot be eradicated. Li Shan can understand it, but again, there must be a degree of restraint.
However, there are few wealthy people in Daizhou, they are all country bumpkins... Li Shan did not expect that Xinzhou would be so bold.
"Daizhou has chopped off a head, and there will be no more disputes." Li Shan looked at the Yuan clan members coldly, "It seems that Xinzhou will also chop off a few heads."
There was a commotion below, and Yuan You looked at Zhang Gongjin helplessly. He was not going to chop off my head, was he?
At this time, Fang Renyu took a few steps forward hesitantly.
"The General Manager of Xinzhou has something to say?" Li Shan raised his eyebrows. The meaning was obvious. Although I am only a long history, I am in charge of the General Manager of Daizhou. Although you are the General Manager of Xinzhou, you are my subordinate.
Fang Renyu smiled bitterly, leaned closer and whispered: "The Yuan family in Dingxiang and the Wang family in Taiyuan are related by marriage. The mothers of Yuanyou's wife are both daughters of the Wang family in Qi County, Taiyuan, and Yuanyou's wife is Wang Xiaoqing's cousin."
Zhang Gongjin also came up and whispered: "He only got it by begging Wang Xiaoqing..."
Li Shan was speechless. What the hell happened to me in the end?
If it weren't for Wang Renbiao being a good friend of mine, Yuanyou might not have been recommended by Zhang Gongjin to serve as Sitian and join the army, and the Dingxiang Yuan family might not have been so bold?
"Bullshit!" Li Shan cursed in a low voice: "If this matter is handled improperly and other places follow suit, then when Yuan Junzhang's men enter Daizhou, the worst thing will be a mutiny. Then you two will take the responsibility?!"
"Besides, this kind of thing happens to happen in the hands of a certain person, and in front of a certain person, you dare to kill someone with a knife... That's a slap in the face to me, Li Huairen!"
Before the two men could say anything else, Li Shan took a few steps forward and said sternly: "The year before last in Qinghe, a certain person personally beheaded a descendant of the Cui family in Qinghe, saying that those who kill must pay with their lives!"
Yuanyou trembled and blurted out, "Even if the death penalty is imposed, it must be reported to Dali Temple and the Ministry of Punishment for review..."
"You are responsible for dereliction of duty, so you are dismissed from your post." Li Shan said calmly, "Designate the Xiang Yuan clan, and choose someone else to lead Si Tian to join the army."
Zhang Gongjin and Fang Renyu behind him breathed a sigh of relief. After hearing the previous words, they were really afraid that the Guantao County Duke would chop off Yuanyou's head.
But then, Li Shan said sternly: "A certain person is in charge of the governor's office of the state. This matter not only involves civil disputes, but also undermines military and state affairs. The thirteen people captured today will all be beheaded!"
