The first Taoist priest of the Tang Dynasty

"Stand back." When Ye Kuan and the others came to the intersection, the captain remained as usual, only responding with the word "back".

"Ye Kuan, Ye family village, I beg the general to forgive me and the villagers of the Ye family, and please report to the county magistrate and the governor. We ask to see all the senior officials. If you don't come, I, Ye Kuan, and the village veterans will kneel down I'm sorry, General, please."

Ye Kuan did not retreat this time, but he was still five feet away.

As soon as he finished speaking, he knelt straight down, and some elders of the Ye family behind him also began to kneel down.

After seeing their patriarch kneeling down, the villagers who followed followed him, begging for mercy and saving their lives.

Seeing this state, the captain and all the sergeants were also stunned, not knowing how to deal with it.

"Go to someone, hurry up and report to General Lu." Although the captain was stunned by the situation in front of him, he also knew that as long as these people didn't rush over, everything would be fine, but he still sent someone to report to Lu Lindong .

"The Ye family begged for mercy?" Zhong Wen of the county government, after hearing Lu Lindong's report, began to feel that it was time to end the matter.

After all, it's okay to besiege the village, but for the matter of besieging the entrance and exit of the county town, the time is a bit too long.

Although the four gates of Yiqing County have been blocked, some convoys, or food and vegetables for daily life, can still enter the city. They only need to register and check before they can enter the city. .

Speaking of which, Zhong Wen's order was just to prevent the members of the Ye family from spreading news to each other. Moreover, the Ye family is in Yiqing County, but they have several shops, and the shops are basically managed by his Ye family.

Zhong Wen understood that Ye Kuan was able to kneel, and it seemed that he was convinced, even if he was not convinced, Zhong Wen didn't need to worry about anything.

Afterwards, Zhong Wen brought several officials to the intersection of Ye Family Village and looked at all the Ye family members who were kneeling on the ground.

If it wasn't for Ye Family Village, who resisted orders first, hurt people second, and bewitched people third, Zhong Wen would not have made such a decision.

However, fortunately, this decision has worked, and the effect has been great.

The power of a local clan is too great, if anyone can resist orders, how can one side be in power?

After this incident, the decree will not be disobeyed. If anyone dares to disobey again, it is estimated that the incident of besieging the village will recur. Maybe it will not be half a month, but directly suppressed in the name of besieging the village.

As for the patriarch of Ye Family Village, whether he came here this time is really what he kneels, then I don't know.

But since Zhong Wen came, he must come to deal with the problem. After all, this time Ye Kuan did not come with dozens of people, but thousands of people came and knelt down.With so many people kneeling down and begging, that must be done.

Chapter 328 Chang'an Shocks Again, The Envoy Comes

"I beg the governor of the assassin to be merciful and let me survive in Ye Family Village."

When Zhong Wen came to the intersection of Ye Family Village, Ye Kuan kowtowed and begged Zhong Wen with tears after seeing Zhong Wen, he no longer had the original high-ranking appearance.

"It's not me, Zhong Wen, who won't give you a way out of Yejia Village. Look, there are many people behind you who are already sick. As the governor of Lizhou, I dare not let you go around at will. If you really infect the people of my Lizhou , how should I explain to them?" Zhong Wen looked at hundreds of villagers in Yejia Village and said.

"Master Inspector, there is no serious illness in my Yejia Village. It is just a common cold. There are still some injured villagers. Please forgive me. If the treatment time is delayed, many villagers in my Yejia Village will die. Officer Inspector , I beg you, for the sake of the villagers of my Yejia Village, I beg you to be merciful."

"There are not so many people with common wind-cold disease. This is a serious illness. All the soldiers obey the order and strictly prohibit anyone from entering or leaving." Zhong Wen ordered again loudly.

show mercy?

What are you doing?

Just because of this kneeling or begging for a few words of love, can he be dismissed at will?

Zhong Wen didn't want the next government order to make this Ye family village defy again, not to mention that Ye Kuan only pleaded for mercy, but did not bow his head to admit his mistake.

Is kneeling an admission of error?

Of course not, it was just kneeling for the villagers of his Ye family village, not what Ye Kuan really wanted to kneel.

According to Zhong Wen's guess, this is just Ye Kuan's expedient measure. If he really bowed his head, he should admit his mistake or something. Now, he just knelt down and kowtowed a few times, and then said a few words. Want to unblock?

Don't say that Zhong Wen can't, even these soldiers won't agree.

After nearly half a month of hard work, did it just pass by so simply?

"Assassin officer, the old man Ye Kuan admitted his mistake, the old man made a mistake, please pity the villagers of my Yejia Village." When Zhong Wen issued this order again, Ye Kuan finally bowed his head.

"Do you really know what's wrong?"

"The old man really knew he was wrong, Shangguan please forgive me."

Ye Kuan usually never considers himself an old man, he always calls himself an old man, but now, when the word old man comes out, it is very pleasant to Zhong Wen's ears, and it can be basically concluded that the old man may have admitted his mistake sincerely. .

Although Zhong Wen suppressed the Ye clan by besieging the village, Zhong Wen also knew that if this happened for a long time, Yiqing County would definitely be in turmoil.

Now, Mrs. Ye has admitted her mistake, which can be regarded as saving some face for herself.

Although the face is great, the lives of the people are even greater, and the drought in the coming year will be the highlight.

"People who are sick can go to the county town to seek medical treatment. People who have nothing to do with it should return to the village as soon as possible. Li Wei, in order to prevent the spread of serious diseases, the government issued a decree to all villages, and no one is allowed to go to the villages at will. Anyone who violates the order will be imprisoned. If there is an important matter, the village officials will report it, and the county government will issue a road guide.

Zhong Wen looked at the people in Yejia Village, then shouted loudly.

As soon as Zhong Wen said this, the members of the Ye family knelt down again, and then began to carry the wounded and sick to Yiqing County.

Later, Lu Lindong sent several soldiers to accompany them, so as to make the county open and let them go.

Since then, the matter of besieging the villages in the county town has come to an end.

"Ye Kuan, from now on, for the post of village official, I will assign another yamen servant to take up the post of village official. You, a member of the Ye family village, cannot be the village official. Do you understand what I said?"

Zhong Wen approached Ye Kuan and said in a low voice.

"The old man understands."

"If you really understand, it won't take half a month, and you will be old and old."

"The old man dare not."

"What else are you afraid of? Three hundred guan is a well, you really dare to open your mouth, dare to ask for any money? Don't worry, I will report to Chang'an Shengshang about the matter of the Ye family. Whether to stay or leave is up to the Holy Majesty to decide."

As soon as Zhong Wen finished speaking, he turned and left. As for the siege of the village, of course it will continue.

But it won't last long, because Zhong Wen needs to use Yejia Village to warn those other local clans, so the siege of the village will continue until the official document from Chang'an.

The matter of besieging the county town and besieging the village is not completely over, but this road lead was brought up by Zhong Wen.

Zhong Wen was also forced by the Ye family to come up with this thing, in order not to let the Ye family village be bewitched again, otherwise, this Yiqing County would really be in chaos, and he, the governor, would not be able to tell the people We confess.

On the second day, the decree issued by Li Wei was issued, and along with it, there were three road guides for each village, which were under the temporary control of the village official.

Yamen servants patrol at any time to prevent villages from connecting with each other.

Of course, this matter of leading the way is only a temporary decree, limited to two months.Moreover, regarding this serious illness, Zhong Wen didn't withdraw the decree. It was also a decision made to make the villages unwilling to have any contact with the Ye family.

However, the matter of Luyin, only this Yejia Village and the surrounding villages are different. The siege of the village and Luyin will continue until the government order withdraws it.Of course, there are the other five villages, which are also banned.

The other villages are busy digging wells to prepare for the drought, and only the Ye family is doing things. Of course, Zhong Wen has to be treated differently.

The government soldiers under Lu Lindong's command will continue to surround the village. No matter what, this order will last for several months. Fortunately, with the supply from Yiqing County, these government soldiers will not cause trouble.

Following Zhong Wen's memorial to Chang'an, Zhong Wen left Yiqing County.

At this time, after hearing what happened in Yiqing County, the clans in the entire counties of Lizhou, basically no clan dared to face up to the order and act against the order.

Everyone has to weigh whether their clan can resist the siege of the village, unless they want to resist the imperial court, otherwise, it is a dead word.

What's more, not all clans have a capital official, let alone all Lizhou local clans have such great ability.

The digging of the well continued without delay.

As time goes on, this water is less and less.

Moreover, even the water level in the river has dropped a lot, making the whole Lizhou live in tension.

……

At this time, Lizhou's memorial went all the way through the official post, and finally arrived at Chang'an City after about [-] days.

In the morning of a certain day, an imperial court meeting was being held at the Miyagi Taiji Hall.

"Report to the Holy Majesty, Lizhou Zoubao, the governor of Lizhou, Zhong Wenqi, said that the drought in Lizhou is approaching, and the seven counties of Lizhou are in charge of digging wells to prepare for the outbreak of drought next year. According to the Zoubao, the whole family of the Ye family in Yiqing County Resist the order, and go three hundred times a well to resist the order to dig the well." Changsun Wuji stood up and reported to Li Shimin.

Speaking of which, the report must not be in his hands first, but it will fall into his hands in the end because of its importance.

And just yesterday, when Changsun Wuji received this report, he hesitated for a long time before deciding to bring up the matter of Lizhou in today's court meeting.

"Your Majesty, I also have something to announce. I am the supervisor of the court, Ye Pei. This person is a member of the Ye family clan in Yiqing County, Lizhou. A letter came from home a few days ago, saying that the governor of Lizhou had polluted his Ye family village with a serious illness. , besieged the villages and besieged the county town, causing the common people to complain unceasingly, even the order to dig wells was determined by the governor in one word, saying it was to prepare for drought, but Lizhou originally lived around Sanshui, so how could there be a drought.”

Yu Jian, the Shaoqing of Sinong Temple, also stood up suddenly, holding a letter in his hand.

The attendant in the palace took the letter from Shaoqing Yu Jian and passed it to Li Shimin.

But at this time, there were few voices in the hall, and they were all waiting quietly for how Li Shimin on the throne would deal with this matter.

One said it was resisting the order, and the other said it was slandering a serious illness and besieged the county town to surround the village. This made the civil and military officials want to take a good look at the excitement.

Of course, they hope that, regarding the issue of Lizhou, it is best to re-select officials, so that they can recommend people belonging to their lineage.

Li Shimin took the report and the letter from Yu Jian, the Shaoqing of Sinong Temple, and began to check them one by one.

Regarding the matter of Lizhou, he, Li Shimin, had already received a letter from Baiqisi, so how could he not know about the matter of Lizhou.

It's just that Lizhou has now been handed over to Zhong Wen, the second generation of Guan, to deal with. He, Li Shimin, only wanted to use this method to win over Zhong Wen, an innate master.

However, the start of Lizhou's new governor's appointment can be described as very lively.

The implementation of various government orders caused Li Shimin to receive letters one after another, which made him even more interested in the future of Lizhou.

The selection and appointment of officials, the appointment of officials from the Yamen to the villages, the inspectors personally inspecting the counties, and even the stories of the governors beating tigers were all passed down in detail.

Even what happened in Yiqing County is described in detail in Li Shimin's case files.

After reading it, Li Shimin stood up and looked at the civil and military officials in the hall, feeling very helpless in his heart.

What happened in Lizhou is a big deal.

When he hit Li Shimin to make a decisive decision, Lizhou was inseparable from the daily court meeting.

Those censors continued to play chapters every day, admonishing that new officials should be re-appointed, and the emperor Li Shimin should not let the emperor say goodbye.

"I have already received a secret report on the matter of Lizhou. It is not respectful to resist orders. What is the use of such a Ye family? Are you planning to turn against my Tang Dynasty? I have already issued an imperial edict to hand over Lizhou The new governor will manage, the governor’s decree is my government decree, resisting the decree is the first, injuring the yacha is the second, and bewitching the people of the county to resist the decree is the third, are these the people of my Tang Dynasty?"

Although Li Shimin was helpless with these civil and military officials, he was very clear about Lizhou's affairs, so he naturally turned to Lizhou's side, not to mention, Baiqisi's report was more authentic than anyone else.

Following Li Shimin's fury, the civil and military officials in the main hall did not dare to say another word.

"Yu Jian doesn't distinguish between red and white, and speaks for his subordinates. Don't you know to check? Every few days, I will receive secret reports from Lizhou. Do you think I'm blind or not?" Are Yu Jian and the Ye family of the same breed? You are old, you should go home and recuperate."

Li Shimin looked at Yu Jian, the Shaoqing of Sinong Temple, and became very angry. In the end, he dismissed the Shaoqing of Sinong Temple with one sentence.

"I'm at fault, please forgive me." Yu Jian didn't expect that he just wanted to help his subordinate with a few words, but now, what he got in exchange was to go home and retire.

"Remove Ye Pei's position, and he will not be an official from now on. Order, Yushi is...for..."

As soon as Li Shimin's anger was over, he finally made an order. No matter what, Li Shimin wanted to end this Lizhou matter as soon as possible.

In one meeting, several officials were dismissed, which made the civil and military officials start to ponder in their hearts whether or not to discuss this Lizhou matter next time.

After all, every time there is an incident in Lizhou, it is inevitable that some people will lose their official positions and go home to retire. Now, even the Shaoqing of Sinong Temple has been dismissed from office.

……

Half a month later, on the Jialing River, an official ship was heading for Lizhou City.

On the official ship, there was an internal servant, a supervisory censor, a doctor of the Ministry of Officials, and other officials who came from Chang'an, as well as dozens of forbidden soldiers.

"Wang's servant, turn a corner ahead, and after about twenty miles, you will see Lizhou City." An official stood on the bow of the boat and pointed to the distance downstream of Jialing Water, and said to the Wang's servant.

"Then hurry up, I can also go ashore to rest, the journey by boat is very sad." The servant named Wang responded after hearing the words.

Speaking of which, they are a group of missions to Lizhou temporarily organized by Li Shimin in the Tai Chi Hall.

After leaving Chang'an City, they took a boat from Weishui to Chencang, then turned to Sanguan, and then took a boat from Gudaoshui (upstream of Jialingshui) to Lizhou City along the Jialingshui, saving a lot of time. few.

Another half an hour later, the ship docked at the pier west of Lizhou City.

"Wang's servant, Qi Langzhong, Zheng Yushi, please, this is Lizhou City, Lizhou City..." The official led everyone off the boat, and began to introduce Lizhou City to the three chief officials .

This official is very familiar with Lizhou, because although this official has a small official position, but because his hometown happens to be Lizhou, he was ordered to return to his hometown with the mission this time, which can be regarded as an honorable return to his hometown.

Afterwards, everyone started heading towards the west gate of Lizhou.

When the team composed of dozens of officials and the forbidden army arrived at the west gate, the city gate officials were really frightened, thinking that something serious had happened.

After the group of people took out the documents for verification, the city gate official let them go.

However, the city gate official also sent someone to the government office to inform them. These are envoys from Chang'an, so the government office naturally needs to receive them.

Chapter 329 Make Junzhou Officials Discuss Right and Wrong

"Wang's servant, we haven't seen each other for a while, are you okay these days?"