The welcoming team from Qingshan County turned back to lead the way, and Shao Xi's team followed behind, guarded by Xuanjia Guards, all the way into Qingshan City.
The two teams combined together numbered hundreds of people. They entered Qingshan City in such a mighty manner that the people in Qingshan City lined the streets to watch.
Everyone heard that a high-ranking official came to the capital to deal with the corrupt officials in the past. The people in the city all clapped their hands and cheered. The atmosphere on the way into the city was very lively.
This time Shao Xi came to Qingshan County on official business. Naturally, he could no longer arrange to live in the post house, but directly lived in the county governor's mansion.
From today until Shao Xi leaves, the entire Qingshan County officials must follow Shao Xi's lead.
Shao Xi looked at the streets he had walked a year ago with endless emotion in his heart.
A year ago, he and Lao Wu left here. Unexpectedly, they came back here just a year later. But now things have changed, and it feels like a long time has passed.
On the way to the Sheriff's Mansion, Shao Xi also saw the post house where he and Lao Wu once stayed, and the restaurant where the two of them once visited.
Nothing seems to have changed much, it is still the same as before, but the only thing that has changed is myself.
The team marched all the way to the Sheriff's Mansion, and Xuanjia Colonel Qiao Wu'an immediately started guarding the Sheriff's Mansion.
The soldiers of Xuanjia Guard were divided into four squads, with fifty-five people in each squad. Ten fixed sentries were arranged in the east, south, west, and north directions. The other fifteen people patrolled around the county governor's mansion, so that they could patrol day and night without interruption. Protect the security of the Sheriff's Mansion.
He was personally guarding Shao Xi. Together with Fu Biao, Long Chitai, and Wu Qiu'er, Shao Xi's side was like an iron barrel.
Originally, Shao Xi felt that this was not necessary. With his current martial arts, let alone Qingshan City, even the entire Qingshan County would be hard-pressed to find someone who could assassinate him.
However, Qiao Wuan always insisted on doing this, saying that this was their duty as Xuanjia Guards, and there was absolutely no room for slacking off.
Shao Xi thought about it. This is what everyone eats. Since King Xin sent them to his side, he couldn't stop them from doing what they wanted to do, so he let them do it.
The team has arrived at the county governor's house. Some of the government officials, policemen and unimportant people who accompanied the reception have left to do their own things. Accompanying Shao Xi are all high-ranking officials from Qingshan County. .
As soon as he entered the government office, Xing Wenxin arranged for Shao Xi and others to wash up and get rid of the dust along the way, and then arranged a banquet to welcome Shao Xi and his entourage.
Shao Xi originally didn't like these officialdom shows, but now that he is in the officialdom, he still can't refuse some things in the officialdom, so he happily accepted them.
During the banquet, all the officials from Qingshan County came to propose a toast to Shao Xi, but it was obvious that the new officials were all decent people.
Although you can't help but say a few compliments when you come to propose a toast, you can get it right and there is no flattery.
I think it was because of the lessons learned from the past that these later officials also knew how to exercise caution so as not to leave a flattering impression on themselves.
The official atmosphere of a place has a great relationship with the local chief officials. Now the governor of Qingshan County is an official like Xing Wenxin, and other officials under his command do not dare to make too many mistakes even if they have other ideas.
The vast majority of officials obtained their official positions after ten years of hard work. If the chief official is honest, few of the officials below would dare to joke about their own future.
During the banquet, Shao Xi took a look at the food and wine at the banquet. It was indeed a vegetarian dish with thin wine, and the standards were not high. It seemed that Xing Wenxin did not have much money since he took office.
Although a huge amount of stolen money and property were confiscated from Chen Mohuai's group of corrupt officials, they all had to be turned over, and no one dared to use even a penny of it.
Shao Xi felt very good about this. If Xing Wenxin is an official like this, the people of Qingshan County will live much better in the future than before.
Shao Xi put down the wine glass in his hand, turned to Xing Wenxin and asked: "I didn't ask Mr. Xing carefully outside the city before, how many people are in custody now? What is the specific amount of stolen money that has not been found?
"In addition, Mr. Xing has been suppressing bandits in the county in the past few months. I wonder if Mr. Xing has detailed records of the number of people arrested and the confiscated property?"
Upon hearing this, Xing Wenxin hurriedly turned around and asked the chief bookkeeper on the side to take the detailed records and account books that had been prepared before and put them in front of Shao Xi.
"All the records are here. Please take a look at it, Mr. Shao. If Mr. Shao has any questions, we will answer them for Mr. Shao."
It could be seen that Xing Wenxin had already made adequate preparations before Shao Xi came. Shao Xi nodded in approval, raised his hand and picked up the detailed book on the table and read it carefully.
This sight was also quite shocking. Shao Xi looked at Xing Wenxin with very surprised eyes.
He opened his mouth and asked: "There are 1,221 prisoners and their families in custody. Are these people among the nine tribes?"
Xing Wenxin quickly raised his hands and replied: "There are indeed a lot of people, but every one of them has been carefully checked by the officials. It is true that they are relatives of each of the nine clans, and according to the holy decree, they are all included in the list of executions." .”
Shao Xi took a deep breath and felt his heartbeat speeding up. This was outrageous!
One thousand, two hundred and twenty-one heads, even if it was an assembly line operation, it would probably take three days and three nights to chop them all, right? How many executioners are needed?
Besides, do all of these people really deserve to die?
"Master Xing, there is nothing wrong with your actions under the Holy Order, but you think it is appropriate to cut off so many heads just because some corrupt officials have violated the law?"
Xing Wenxin immediately understood the meaning of Shao Xi's words and sighed helplessly.
He whispered to Shao Xi: "I dare not make any judgment based on the Holy Spirit's will, but to kill so many people at once, to be honest, I feel frightened every time I think about it.
"Some of these people are beneficiaries, so it is not an exaggeration to be implicated, but more people are indeed implicated just because they have a clan relationship with them. I dare not say that they are unjust, but I do feel that they are somewhat innocent. .”
Shao Xi nodded. He knew that Xing Wenxin couldn't say something too clearly. After all, given his current official position, if he said something inappropriate, he might be accused of deceiving the emperor.
It seems that you still have to say some things yourself.
"Does Mr. Xing know that I am personally here to receive the Holy Order and have full authority to make a decision on this matter?"
"This subordinate naturally knows that Lord Shao is here to act on behalf of the Holy One. Lord Shao's decision is the Holy One's decision. I, the officials of Qingshan County, dare not disobey in the slightest."
After receiving such a clear answer from Xing Wenxin, Shao Xi knew what was going on.
"Okay, since Mr.
"As for those who are completely unaware, or even have no contact with them for many years, I will make other arrangements. This matter is related to the grace of the Holy Spirit. You must check it carefully and there can be no oversights or omissions."
How could Xing Wenxin not understand the meaning of Shao Xi's words? This is obviously because Shao Xi wants to be lenient to other people.
At least I don't want them to die in vain because of things that have nothing to do with them.
Originally, the holy order that Xing Wenxin received was to kill everyone according to the law, which originally made him feel a little entangled.
Not all of these 1,221 people were unforgivably guilty. The vast majority of them were actually unjustly punished for their crimes. There were also many people who were completely innocent and were implicated and suffered this unreasonable disaster.
Although he felt pity for these people in his heart, he couldn't disobey the holy order. The laws of the dynasty were here, and he had to act in accordance with them and could not make any changes to this matter because of his personal thoughts.
After all, he is just a small county guard. Even if he has his own ideas about some things, he can't do anything about it.
Now that he saw that Shao Xi meant to do what he wanted to do but didn't dare to do, he naturally felt relieved. Shao Xi was different from him in that he was someone who could speak in front of the Holy Emperor.
The affairs of Qingshan County were left to his full authority, and the decision he made must be acceptable to the Emperor.
So Xing Wenxin quickly ordered the county chief registrar and relevant officials to check on those who were implicated, and register all the irrelevant people for Shao Xi to check.
And he repeatedly told me to check carefully and make sure there are no mistakes or omissions.
Immediately afterwards, Shao Xi saw another set of numbers that surprised him from the detailed records. Shao Xi praised Xing Wenxin with emotion: "Master Xing is really the best among the local people to be the governor of Qingshan County." blessing!
"I didn't expect that in just a few months, Lord Xing would wipe out all the thieves in this county. There were so many thieves arrested. I wonder how Lord Xing dealt with these more than three thousand thieves in total?"
Xing Wenxin smiled and cupped his hands and said to Shao Xi: "Master Shao's praise is not worthy of the official. After the lair of these thieves was wiped out, the official who caught the thieves will investigate and deal with them according to the law.
"However, there are really a large number of people, and most of them are just errand boys and have not done anything harmful to nature.
"The lower officials dismissed them all and asked them to go home to farm or do other things to make a living. As long as they no longer cause trouble in the future, they will not be held accountable.
"As for those bandit leaders and those who have committed many evil deeds, the lower officials will naturally have to punish them according to the law. Those who deserve to do hard labor will do so, and those who deserve to be beheaded will be beheaded.
"Those bandit leaders and villains have been executed in the autumn. If you want to see the relevant files, I will order them to be obtained."
Shao Xi waved his hand.
"It's a blessing for Mr. Xing to act like this. I won't read the file. I believe that Mr. Xing will make a just decision. From now on, the people of Qingshan County can truly live and work in peace and contentment and enjoy peace."
Then, Shao Xi picked up the account book on the table and couldn't help but sneer after reading it.
