Three Kingdoms: My Wife Is Diao Chan

Chapter 165
Chapter 166
At first Cao Chong didn't understand why Lao Cao asked Xu Chu to be an envoy to read out the imperial decree.

Xu Chu is a rough man, it is fine to ask him to lead troops to fight, but asking him to do writing work is like killing him.

But now it seems that Cao Chong understands.

Jianxi County and Fulong County originally belonged to Henan Yin. Although they are only two small counties, they are also local counties.

Whether it is the county magistrates of the two counties or the local gentry, they all belong to the local rulers, belong to the local tyrants, and are the gods of the common people.

Note that there is an essential difference between county magistrates and county magistrates in Dahan. Only large counties with more than [-] households can become county magistrates, and counties with less than [-] households can only be called county magistrates.

Although the county magistrate and the county magistrate are both county magistrates, their rank and salary are different, and the county magistrate is obviously higher than the county magistrate.

In today's Dahan, there are two county magistrates, which are the highest-ranking county magistrates in the world. One is Xu Du Ling, and the other is Luoyang Ling.

Having said that, the county magistrates of Jianxi County and Fulong County, as well as the local tyrants, could rule their own territory.

It was suddenly classified under the jurisdiction of Luoyang, which meant that Jianxi County and Fulong County no longer existed.

The two county government units will not exist.

Undoubtedly, the jobs of two county magistrates were lost.

In the same way, originally the local tyrants could co-govern with the county magistrate, but now that the county magistrate is gone, their interests are also gone.

It's completely cutting people off.

As the saying goes, cutting off people's wealth is like killing their parents.

What's more, the tyrants in Jianxi County and Fulong County belong to the Sima family.

Lao Cao must have been worried that the two counties would cause trouble, and worried that Cao Chong would not handle it well, so he let Xu Chu come over.

Xu Chu was Lao Cao's personal bodyguard, and most of the time what he expressed and what he did was according to Lao Cao's instructions.

It was the same when Xu You was killed in Yecheng, and it was the same when Xu Du scolded Fu.

What's more, Xu Chu's visit this time is still in the capacity of an imperial envoy, so it cannot be ignored.

Lao Cao is really well-intentioned.

But I want to prove my strength.

If you can't even clean up the two county magistrates and the offshoots of the Sima family, how will you clean up the world in the future.

"Xiahouba, Cao Yan, you two quickly count the troops and equipment, we will set off immediately," Cao Chong said.

Xu Chu couldn't help but said, "Young master, let me go with you. The prime minister said that if you need anything, I can help you at any time."

Cao Chong didn't want Xu Chu to participate too much, and the more he participated, he would say that he was not capable enough and needed Lao Cao's help.

The young master is not Cao Zhi.

Cao Zhi was unable to deal with Sun Quan in Hefei, so Lao Cao could only go there in person and fight Sun Quan to the end.

This has already shown that Cao Zhi's military ability is not good.

Later, in the Yuedan Review, Xiaoye used poetry to suppress Cao Zhi, which also showed that his literature was not good.

Presumably, Cao Zhi's weight in Lao Cao's heart has been reduced by more than half.

Huh?
Cao Chong stroked his chin and thought about it carefully. Xu Chu's coming to Luoyang was probably Cao Zhi's idea.

Damn, you Cao Zhi, who do you look down on.

"Master Xu just stay in Luoyang with peace of mind. If there is anything that needs Master Xu's help, I will let you know."

Cao Chong left a word and set off with the team.

Xia Houba and Cao Yan were the only generals with him.

The rest are waiting in Luoyang.

"There is no need to make a detour, just take the main road." Cao Chong ordered.

Xia Houba was worried, "What if I encounter horse bandits robbing me?"

Cao Chong got angry when he heard this, and scolded: "Am I stupid? Why did I take the road? Isn't it just to attract the horse bandits?"

"If we don't get rid of the horse bandits, how can we contact Luoyang and Jianxi County!"

Xia Houba looked aggrieved and could only let Cao Chong abuse him.

……

On the other side, the county government office in Jianxi County.

Sima Qiu, the county magistrate, invited the elders of the family to visit the county government.

Also discuss future plans.

"Father, elders, something is wrong. The imperial court has issued a decree that Jianxi County and Fulong County have come under the jurisdiction of Luoyang." Sima Qiu said worriedly.

wow...

As soon as these words came out, there was an uproar in the hall, and everyone in the Sima family looked at each other and whispered.

Obviously, they were shocked by the news.

There was only one person, sitting calmly and calmly on the chair.

There are two chairs in the entire county office, one is for the county magistrate, and only one person is qualified to sit on the other, that is Sima Ping, the patriarch of the Sima family in Jianxi County.

He is also the father of Sima Qiu, the county magistrate, and he is already fifty-three this year.

Sima Ping was very angry when he saw everyone's astonishment, and shouted angrily: "Look how scared you are!"

"The two counties are under the jurisdiction of Luoyang, so what, the territory of these two counties still belongs to our Sima family."

"Yes! The patriarch is right!" Someone yelled.

"It seems that father has a good plan in mind." Sima Qiu knew his father well.

Sima Ping sneered, "The horse bandits we raise are not for nothing. Cao Yan's visit to Jianxi County has already been rejected, and Cao Chong will definitely come in person."

"Let the horse bandits intercept halfway and kill Cao Chong."

Sima Qiu was shocked, sweating all over from fright, and hurriedly said: "But that is Prime Minister Cao's son."

Lao Cao's son dared to move, and this Sima Ping was not so courageous.

Sima Ping remained calm, and said coldly, "What are you afraid of?"

"Those things were done by horse bandits. What does it have to do with us? It's a big deal to find a scapegoat when the time comes, and let's just let this matter go."

The horse bandits near Jianxi County have always been active, and Sima Ping is indispensable.

In order to maintain their local rule, the Sima family would let horse bandits attack the county town from time to time, bringing unprovoked disasters to the people in the county.

In order to protect the people of one side, the county magistrate often organizes to suppress bandits, but the county government is too poor and has no extra military pay, so the local people can only ask the local people to donate.

Of course, the small local families also donated accordingly.

In order to convince everyone, the Sima family will also donate, and donate the most.

However, who would know that the so-called suppression of bandits is nothing more than sharing the spoils.

The horse bandits took [-]% of the money donated by the people in the city, and the remaining [-]% belonged to the Sima family.

Sima Ping used this operation to earn a lot of money and became the richest man in the two counties.

This is the money to buy expensive Taishi chairs from Xudu Chair Factory.

This time Cao Chong wanted to come to Jianxi County to buy land, no doubt he had touched the Sima family's cake, how could Sima Ping agree.

It's just that his coquettish behavior still makes people worry.

An older man said worriedly, "What if Prime Minister Cao investigates this matter?"

Sima Ping dismissed it, and said: "I've said it all, the horse bandit did this, it has nothing to do with us, besides, even if Prime Minister Cao finds out, we can still blame Liu Bei."

After finishing speaking, Sima Ping took out a letter.

It was Liu Bei's letter to the horse bandits.

(End of this chapter)