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Chapter 1217: Enlightenment of the Venerable
“It’s all about keeping the law!”

Zhou Xing looked at Yun Chu who was casually flipping through the confession documents, feeling somewhat dissatisfied.

Yun Chu looked at the group of people tied to the rack, whose lives were unknown, and asked, "Is this really in compliance with the law?"

Zhou Xing said unhappily, "Are you questioning my integrity, my Lord?"

Yun Chu sneered and did not answer. Instead, he flipped through Lu Xiu's file and started reading it. After a while, he closed the file and said, "This man is too upright."

Zhou Xing said: "In Yi County, where he governs, no one picks up things on the streets and no one locks their doors at night. It's not easy."

Yun Chu patted the file with his hand and said, "In the first year after taking office, he killed 217 people...including his brother?"

Zhou Xing curled his lips and said, "There are many thugs and lawless people in Yi County. When Lu Xiu took office, the government orders could hardly leave the county government. Everyone there worshipped the county magistrate as a clay Buddha. Lu Xiu gathered more than a hundred local oppressed thugs to fight against those big thugs. The big thugs felt that they could not let Lu Xiu, the county magistrate, get into bad habits, so they gathered a group of people to kill him while he was on patrol and replace him with an obedient county magistrate.

As a result, all of this was within Lu Xiu's calculations. In the battle of Nianzi Bay, he killed more than half of the most powerful gangsters in Yi County. It was by confiscating the property of these gangsters that he was able to establish his authority.

Now that Lu Xiu had money, he spent a lot of money to hire local soldiers. In the name of a fight between gangsters, he wiped out all the gangsters who had helped him and those who were not affected.

After the government soldiers left, people spent money to recruit a lot of retired old soldiers to serve as yamen runners, and the power of the county magistrate was established all of a sudden.

During this time, his younger brother took the opportunity to plunder the property of some local bullies, but unexpectedly, he was executed by Lu Xiu.

All of a sudden, Lu Xiu's reputation in Yi County rose, and no one dared to go against him anymore. Gradually, people in Yi County no longer picked up things on the streets and did not lock their doors at night.

So, he was able to come to Wannian County to serve as the chief clerk because of his real merits, the kind of merits that he earned every time he bit his tongue. You can't just beat him up at will. If you inspire him to die, he'll commit suicide... Hehe, even if His Majesty is more tolerant of you, you won't get away with it."

Yun Chu sighed and said, "To be honest, I don't like people who always use their relatives as an excuse to establish their authority. The former Ying Gong was like this, and this Lu Xiu is like this too.

Politics is actually an art of compromise. Only those who compromise and achieve mutual success can be considered a good local official. "

Zhou Xing sneered, "Just like you and your son did in the southwest? Compromising with those abandoned women and children, and fighting with those able-bodied men?"

Yun Chu said: "They are different. There is no comparison. Military thinking and political thinking are two different things."

Zhou Xing sighed and said, "I just like the way you leave yourself a way out. The way out is wide and wide, and you can retreat thousands of miles away in a moment. I want to learn this skill."

Yun Chu smiled and asked, "Why, your wife gave birth to a baby for you?"

Zhou Xing nodded and said, "I am satisfied with just one daughter. This shows that even though I am bloodthirsty, God has not blamed me. He has given me some face and a daughter."

Yun Chu nodded and said, "The law kills people, and even if you kill someone, you will not be guilty. As long as you don't have any strange thoughts in the future and act according to the law, I think God will give you a way to live."

Zhou Xing smiled but said nothing.

Speaking of which, Zhou Xing's reputation has been gradually improving in recent years. Although the name of evil ghost may not be eliminated in this lifetime, this guy's recognition in the court is much better than before. Some people used to think that he was a vicious dog raised by the queen, specifically used to bite people. Later, for some reason, people said that he was a running dog of the emperor, specifically used to do dirty work for the emperor.

Now, he has been serving as the Right Vice Minister of the Ministry of Justice for six years without asking for promotion, and has declared that he is willing to stay in this position for the rest of his life until his death. He is still working tirelessly to eradicate the evil sores for the Tang Dynasty, and all officials have gradually stopped treating him as someone's dog.

After Yun Chu finished reading all the files, Zhou Xing smiled and said, "The origins of those people that Lu Xiu stuffed into Wannian County are really interesting. My Lord, now, people who are not human want to put people around you. Aren't you too easy to bully?"

Yun Chu smiled and said, "In fact, it is very troublesome to have one or two secret agents come in. On the contrary, it will be relatively easy if there are dozens of secret agents in Wannian County."

Zhou Xing was a super expert in criminal law. He immediately understood Yun Chu's idea and said with a smile, "It seems that you want to rectify the administration of officials in Chang'an."

Yun Chu pointed at the poor creatures that Zhou Xing had hung on the rack and said, "It's just killing the chicken to scare the monkey."

Zhou Xing nodded repeatedly and assured Yun Chu that he would abide by the laws of the Tang Dynasty and make these people become chickens used to scare monkeys.

When Yun Chu returned to the official residence, his room had been completely renovated. On that late autumn day, a copper kettle was bubbling with steam on a small stove, and the dark table was reflecting the light.

Sitting behind the desk, Yun Chu sighed softly.

This bastard Zhou Xing is not very obedient now. Knowing clearly what his purpose of going to the dungeon is, this bastard refuses to say a word, leaving him at a loss as to where to start for a while.

He came to Chang'an, definitely not to help him clean up the government offices in Chang'an. It was enough for Yun Chu to do such a small thing by himself. What Zhou Xing was doing now was a bit redundant.

The reason why this guy is rushing to do these things shows that he has big plans in Chang'an.

After all, they are all descendants of Emperor Taizong and kings of the Tang Dynasty. With such a high status, how could they be as cowardly as they appear?
Are you so scared that you pee your pants when you hear Zhou Xing's name?
What do you think?
If they didn't even have this little self-control, Emperor Taizong would have been stuffed into a urine jar and drowned when they were born.

If it was a common plot, Li Shen would not hide it from Yun Chu. Since they had to perform the act of wetting their pants in front of him, Yun Chu knew without even thinking that the plot of these bastards must be very big.

Ji Wangshen, Cao Wangming and others were not actually very stable in Chang'an. They had been secretly plotting things over the years. Due to the relationship with the old immortal, Yun Chu did not investigate further into what they were doing.

Now, it seems that we need to investigate further, lest Zhou Xing suddenly attacks and we are unprepared, which would be too passive.

How to find out what Ji Wangshen and others did that they shouldn't have done? Naturally, we have to ask Cao Xing, the former commander-in-chief of the Hundred Cavalry Division and the former commander-in-chief of An, who has now retired safely.

Cao Xing is actually not that old this year, he is only fifty-one years old.

He was a generous and open-minded man, with a beautiful beard more than a foot long below his chin, which he was proud of for many years.

He had to transfer from the Grand Commander of the Hundred Cavalry Division to the Minister of the Imperial Household in Chang'an because he was reluctant to give up his beautiful beard.

His position of Huangmen Shilang was an empty title, the kind that only received salary but did not do any work. From a high position of power to a lonely and ordinary official family, Yun Chu believed that Lao Cao must be very unwilling to accept this. He definitely did not want to be like Lao Huang, the former director of the Palace Gate Bureau, who could not keep up with the changes of the times and eventually became a passerby unwillingly.

The old guy refused to chop off his dick for the sake of a beautiful beard. He must have some persistence on his part. According to Yun Chu's judgment of him, this persistence is actually quite fragile. Maybe the old guy is regretting it now.

It is easy to go from frugality to extravagance, but it is difficult to go from extravagance to frugality. This is human nature and cannot be changed!
Yun Chu felt that as long as he promised to help their family make a comeback, Lao Cao should tell him everything he knew.

When Yun Chu arrived at the Qujiang Pond, Cao Xing had been fishing for quite a while. Seeing Yun Chu coming over to look through his fish basket, he said with some guilt, "We only caught six crucian carps, which are suitable for women to produce lactation, but not suitable for you and me to eat."

It's sunny today and it's quite warm here at Qujiang Pond. If you want to catch crucian carp, you need to start early in the morning. Lao Cao was able to catch six crucian carp, which means that this guy came to Qujiang early to wait for him.

Therefore, Yun Chu did not hesitate at all and was ready to ask for the result directly. There was no need to be polite to Lao Cao. Being polite at this time would only make Lao Cao disappointed.

After all, the more you give, the more you gain.

Yun Chu threw the fish basket back into the water, sat down next to Lao Cao and said, "Ji Wangshen and the others didn't do anything remarkable, did they?"

Lao Cao stroked his beard and said, "They don't have the guts to rebel. In order to protect themselves, they have learned all the tricks of the rabbits. Rabbits only have three burrows at most, but they have made seven or eight burrows and filled them with food, gold and silver. It looks like they are rebelling, but in fact, they are not. They are just simply afraid and are leaving a way out for themselves."

Yun Chu said: "How can we be sure that he is afraid and not plotting a rebellion?"

Lao Cao looked at Yun Chu in surprise and asked, "Is there a problem?"

Yun Chu nodded and said, "Zhou Xing came, but he didn't tell me his purpose. Instead, he helped me clean up Chang'an and Wannian counties first."

Cao Xing frowned and said, "What you are planning is really big..."

Yun Chu asked: "Who do you think he will start with?"

Cao Xing thought for a long time and said, "There are too many places to start, but Yong Wangxian should not be affected, your Yun family will not be affected, and the Wen and Di families are being highly valued in Luoyang, so they should not be affected either.

Any of the remaining families could be possible, especially the Sixteenth Guards!"

Hearing Cao Xing say this, even a calm Yun Chu took a breath and said, "No one is clean?"

Cao Xing sighed and said, "Back then, we asked you to contribute to the Sixteen Guards, but you refused. If you don't contribute, others will think you don't want to be involved in the military, so naturally someone will contribute to the Sixteen Guards.

When Xue Rengui took office as the general of the Chang'an garrison, everyone was very quiet. You went to the southwest, Xue Rengui went to Hebei, and the Sixteen Guards of Chang'an became a big piece of fat meat that everyone wanted to take a bite of. "

Yun Chu's face twitched and he said, "The Duke's Mansion of Yanmen County was not involved, right?"

Cao Xing said: "The head of the Yanmen County Duke's Mansion is Liang Ying, whom you brought up. Apart from him, there are no other outstanding children. Now, Liang Ying has joined the Prince's Sixth Army, and his main attack direction is Luoyang and the Eastern Palace. Naturally, he has nothing to do with the Sixteen Guards of Chang'an.

Changes in the Sixteen Guards occurred in the second year of the Linde period. In that year, Yu Zhining died, Sun Renshi died, and the nobles in Chang'an lost their two smartest elders and old generals.

Mr. Cheng and Mr. Su are now living in seclusion in Mount Li, not caring about worldly affairs.

Afterwards, they became less calm and more eager when doing things, that is, they dared to do anything. "

After listening to Lao Cao's words, Yun Chu was filled with emotion. It turned out that there was really no vacuum in power. As long as there was the slightest gap, those opportunists would create a huge storm.

"Zhang Donghai refused to chop off his dick, which led to him being marginalized by the Hundred Cavalry Division. If I hadn't gone to the southwest, he might be in a worse situation now. You also refused to chop off your dick, so the powerful commander of the Chang'an Hundred Cavalry Division has become an idler. Don't you really feel sorry?
Seriously, if you are willing to chop off your dick, I can recommend you to His Majesty, and I can also go through the relationship with Ruichun, the chief steward of the Hundred Cavalry Division, and let you, Cao, revive your family. How about that? "

Cao Xing lowered his head and looked between his legs. He was silent for a long time before he sighed and said, "For the sake of fame and wealth, I despise abandoning my brothers."

Yun Chu spread his hands and said, "The transformation of the Hundred Cavalry Division into eunuchs is a goal that His Majesty has set long ago. It is also an opportunity to select loyal ministers. If you refuse to chop off your dick, you are disloyal to His Majesty and the royal family.

Otherwise, you can go back and ask if there are any younger generations in your family who are willing to serve His Majesty loyally. If there are, please let me know and I will introduce them to him when Ruichun comes to Chang'an."

Cao Xing's eyes lit up, he dropped the fishing rod in his hand, grabbed Yun Chu's hand and said, "Old brother, don't joke."

Yun Chu said: "You should be willing to do it, don't blame me for this matter."

Cao Xing said firmly: "To dare to blame the benefactor is to rebel against heaven."

When Yun Chu returned to Wannian County, he found Zhang Jia and ordered him to go to Zhongnan Mountain, Qinling Mountains, Fufeng, Gaoling, and Taibai County to confiscate some unknown manors. He also told Zhang Jia that there was no need to capture people, but to bring back the stored food and property. If any military supplies such as armor, bows and crossbows were found, they should be destroyed on the spot.

Zhang Jia led a large group of people and left because Yun Chu was urging them to leave.

Lu Zhaolin likes to come to Yunchu's official residence to drink tea when he has nothing to do. He saw the arrangement made by the county lord with his own eyes and said with some fear: "County lord, who are you helping to clean up again?"

Yun Chu looked at the old pen holder on the table and said, "Some things are hard to discard after being used for a long time. Why, do you have a different opinion?"

Lu Zhaolin thought for a moment and said, "What the county lord said is right. This should be the awakening of the lord."

(End of this chapter)