"Your Majesty, these are the account books of Xiong An's corruption during his two years in Han County, as well as the account books of his corruption with the Han County family." Xu Meng sorted out the account books of Han County in detail and delivered them to Dongfang Yu.
"oh!"
Dongfang Yu also had a headache recently. He originally thought that after occupying Han County, he could send troops to continue attacking Dingzhou. But the situation after entering Han County was completely different from what he had originally thought.
As a large county outside Dingzhou, Han County is naturally prosperous and wealthy. But now, he discovered a huge problem. The people of Han County were still living in poverty. and! Beggars can still be seen in groups of twos and threes in some corners of the streets and alleys.
This makes sense! Almost every household in Han County was allocated one-third of an acre of land. and! In recent years, the land of Dingzhou has been experiencing good weather and good harvests.
No matter how poor the people are, as long as they cultivate one-third of an acre of land through their own work, although they may not be able to have a warehouse full of grain, there will not be so many beggars!
"Let's take a look at it!" Dongfang Yu wanted to see what Xiong An had done in Han County after he had been in charge of Han County for two years.
As a result, Han County was so rich and poor.
Dongfang Yu took the account book compiled by Xu Meng and others and opened it page by page. His eyes did not dare to slack off at all, for fear of missing any important information.
but! As he turned to the back, a hint of anger suddenly appeared on Dongfang Yu's originally calm face. even! He suppressed the anger in his heart to prevent it from erupting.
"snort!"
"Good! That's great!" Dongfang Yu snorted coldly, "He Xiong An has done some good things in Han County!"
He indulged his soldiers, plundered Han County, and insulted women. Joined forces with Hanjun aristocratic families to plunder the people's wealth and treat the people of Hanjun like animals. The life of the people in Han County is actually worse than that of pigs and dogs.
In just one year, more than 10,000 people in Han County starved to death and tens of thousands fled into exile. If it weren't for Xiong An, who issued the ban on the city, there's no telling what Han County would have been like!
Just one year! But it made a large and wealthy county look like this. If we want to restore the past prosperity, it will be difficult to restore the past prosperity without three years of development!
"Within one year, Xiong An's own treasury alone contained 1.05 million taels of silver, 200,000 taels of gold, treasures and jades worth millions, and warehouses full of grain and grass. He even had receipts for selling out to other states. ?" Dongfang Yu felt like there was a bomb in his heart, about to explode.
What is the difference between Xiong An's actions and the inhumane Yellow Robe Army?
Of course this is infuriating.
Xu Meng paid his respects again: "Your Majesty! We might as well go to Han County and see the people, see their lives and their opinions of our Qin army."
Dongfang Yu frowned and said: "It's okay to pay a private visit incognito... It's better to see this private matter in person."
"Xuan Ziyuan, you lead ten secret guards and go to Han County with Gu."
"No!" Xuan Ziyuan bowed.
Dongfang Yu, Xu Meng, Xuan Ziyuan, and ten secret guards put on their casual clothes and went to the people.
Since his personal guard, the place has become a lot cleaner. As a swordsman, Xuan Ziyuan naturally talks little, but he is not like Yu Wenhu, who talks non-stop.
The three of them were not even riding on horses, and were walking in the street wearing ordinary clothes.
No one noticed anything unusual.
but! The streets of Hanjun County were not as lively and prosperous as the three of them imagined, with few people coming and going. Most of them had to go out to do small business due to their livelihood.
"Master... give me some money! Give me some food!" Just as Dongfang Yu was walking through the entrance of a small alley, a group of beggars who seemed to have been planning for a long time surrounded him.
When Xuan Ziyuan saw this, he immediately took the potion on his waist into his hands and protected it in his abdomen.
With a "咻" sound, the sword was half drawn out.
"Everyone, stand down!" Xuan Ziyuan couldn't bear it, but the safety of his own king was the most important thing.
If there are some unscrupulous people among these beggars who plot against the king, he will be guilty of a huge crime.
The beggars who wanted to surround him saw the sharp sword protruding from Xuan Ziyuan's waist, and they immediately shrank in fear and backed away.
Dongfang Yu's eyes swept over these beggars, who were in dilapidated condition, and their faces were extremely pale with fright under Xuan Ziyuan's scolding.
This is the most real face of the people, it is not deliberately pretending.
There were old people and children in the crowd, all of them were as thin as a stick from hunger and could not lift their spirits.
"Zi Yuan, get out of the way!" Dongfang Yu said sadly, Han County had been captured by him.
So! As the master of Han County, he has his own responsibility to protect his people.
Xuan Ziyuan then slowly put away the knife and walked away from Dongfang Yu.
"Your Majesty...be careful?" Xuan Ziyuan whispered in his ear.
hehe!
Dongfang Yu smiled lightly, "It doesn't matter! They are all common people."
Dongfang Yu walked towards one of the older old men.
"grandfather……"
At this moment! A little girl of seven or eight years old suddenly rushed out and threw herself into the old man's arms. With eyes like fire, he looked at Dongfang Yu who was coming slowly. There was immediately a look of fear in his eyes.
"Girl, what are you doing here?" The old man and the little girl had some blame in their head.
"I...I want to protect grandpa?" the little girl said in a sweet voice.
But Dongfang Yu did not stop. Under Xuan Ziyuan's protection, the beggars around him were frightened and moved out of the way.
Um!
Dongfang Yu squatted down slightly.
Because it was a stranger's face, the little girl was immediately frightened and burrowed into the old man's thin clothes again and again.
"hehe!"
"Is the little girl so cute?" Dongfang Yu smiled and was about to reach out to touch her.
I never thought that the little girl's reaction to the stranger would be so big that she opened her smart little teeth and bit Dongfang Yu's hand.
but! Dongfang Yu has practiced martial arts and fought on the battlefield for many years, and his skin and flesh have become hard. The little girl bit his hand and felt no pain.
When the little girl's grandfather saw this, he quickly took the little girl away and protected her tightly in his arms. He was so frightened that he knelt on the ground and begged with a trembling voice: "This master... the child is ignorant! The child is ignorant. ! Please let the child go..."
The old man must have lived to be fifty or sixty years old. When dignitaries come and go, you can tell a person by his temperament! The man in front of me has an extraordinary aura, and at first glance he is no ordinary person.
hiss!
"Young... Young Master..." Xuan Ziyuan was anxious.
"Hey! No problem!" Dongfang Yu waved his hand.
Instead, he smiled kindly and said, "Haha! The little girl is quite energetic."
Dongfang Yu spoke so lightly and calmly, and his smile was like a refreshing breeze, giving people a feeling of affection.
The people around were astonished that there was such a kind young master in this world.
"Don't be afraid, old man! I mean no harm!" Dongfang Yu deliberately consoled him.
