Zhu Nao

Two flowers bloom, one branch each.

As Xu Yu expected, after the Langzhou government issued the arrest warrant, the results were immediate.

In the past two or three years, Zhao Tulang commanded the Tulang Village with brutality, and all the hundreds of people in the Tulang Village feared him and hated him.But even though the hearts of the people were against him, the strict organization in the village made it difficult for the bandits to concentrate on plotting a rebellion, and it was even difficult for them to escape, so they had to serve Zhao Tulang.

However, all of this was moved by Jun Nao's reward order.

When the content of the reward order spread throughout Tulangzhai, when the first bandit made a move, people didn't even need to negotiate or agree, as if there was a natural tacit understanding.From unanimous agreement at the beginning to scrambling for the first place at the end, Tulangzhai mutinied from bottom to top!

According to the people near Longcheng Mountain, the sound of killing in the mountain rang out for a whole day, countless birds and beasts frightened away, and the sky and the earth changed color.

The chaos in the mountains lasted for two days before it was completely over.Two days later, when Yu Changming led people up the mountain to take over the mess, the mountain was already a mess, full of flesh and blood.The bandits who killed countless people finally fell under the sword of others.

There was one thing that surprised even Junao—he thought the situation was chaotic, and the heads of several key criminals might be missing.But unexpectedly, no one got the head of Zhao Tulang with the highest bounty.Even the heads of the ten vicious masters under him were missing three heads!

If it weren't for the large number of witnesses, Zhu Nao would have suspected that Zhao Tulang and others took advantage of the chaos and escaped.However, according to a large number of bandit confessions, except for one head of the family surnamed Liu who was killed by his subordinates at the earliest time outside the mountain, the other ten people happened to gather together to discuss matters when the bandits killed them up the mountain.Ever since, none of these guys managed to make it, and were immediately swallowed up by the crowd.

As for why a few heads are missing?Because the bandits present were too crazy, Zhao Tulang and others were chopped into pieces.A pile of corpses were mixed together, and it was impossible to tell which head was whose head.As a result, the state bounty was vacant.

And the large amount of money obtained by plundering the people and cleaning up the state capital in the Tulangzhai was naturally accepted by the state capital.Originally, after the chaos in the cottage, some bandits wanted to take advantage of the chaos and escape with money and food. Unexpectedly, Zhu Nao had already prepared for it. When the bandits left the mountain, the Xiangbing team had already been guarding the pass at the foot of the mountain.The thieves could only honestly offer the donkeys and mules and boxes they had pulled out with both hands, saving the trouble of carrying them up and down by the soldiers.

The officials in the state capital were all taken aback when truckloads of belongings were transported back to the state capital.

"Why are there so many? How many people were robbed in the Wolf-Slaughter Village?"

"How many people have been robbed? How much our state capital has contributed! Just think about how much money was spent on recruiting them when recruiting security, plus the money and food they robbed from the treasury later in their rebellion, Can you not have more?"

Everyone recalled the impoverished situation of the previous state capital, and they couldn't help feeling sorry for them.

An official was puzzled: "Since they have so much money, how could they still be disturbed by a wanted warrant? The reward we gave is obviously not very high."

Another person said: "There is a lot of money in the cottage, but can this money be distributed to those bandits? Think about Zhao Tulang's temperament, who does he treat as a human being?"

The man thought about it for a while, and finally understood, and said with emotion: "Our Zhou Mu really has insight into people's hearts!"

The stolen goods were still being transported back one by one, and the officials who were discussing hurriedly stopped talking.There were too many things handed in, and there was almost no room for piles in the yard. Everyone was embarrassed to watch, so they rolled up their sleeves and stepped forward to help organize and count.

……

Early in the morning a few days later, officials gathered in the lobby, waiting for the morning meeting to begin.Although it was not yet daylight, everyone was in high spirits and beaming.

Not long after, Junao arrived.

"See Zhou Mu!" All the officials saluted together, shouting loudly.

Zhu Nao said, "There's no need to be too polite."

After finishing speaking, he looked at everyone in the audience, and said with a smile: "Have you received all the charcoal, fire and silver? If you still haven't received it, don't forget to go to the east accountant to apply for it."

The officials were all happy: "I got it, I got it, thank you Zhou Mu."

It took the officials three days to count the money and food paid back from Tulangzhai.As soon as the money and food were paid back, the treasury was filled immediately.

After getting rich, Zhu Nao made up for the officials' salaries that were not paid in time before.Not only that, but now that winter is coming, officials have been given an additional subsidy in the name of Charcoal Silver.Can the officials not be happy?

Money is only one aspect. On the other hand, most of the officials in the state capital were bullied by Tulangzhai.During the half a year when Tulangzhai was a side soldier, he bullied men and women, committed all kinds of crimes, and finally caused chaos in the state capital and killed many officials.In the state capital, who doesn't hate Tulangzhai so much?Now that the Tulang Village is falling apart, the officials are happier than the common people.

Zhu Nao sighed: "The disaster of bandits has been settled, but there are still a lot of messes to clean up!"

The officials quickly expressed their sincerity.

"Don't worry, State Shepherd, we will definitely complete the resettlement of refugees and bandits as soon as possible."

"State pastor, we will re-count the state's arable land and population before next spring, and make a new roster."

"We will remove the pass on the road set up by each cottage as soon as possible, open up the mountain road, and facilitate the passage of passing business travelers."

Officials at all levels took the initiative to take on the work in a hurry, and they were very enthusiastic.

Sweeping out bandits may be a great success for the common people, but for state officials, this is only the first step of governance. In the next period of time, these officials will have to work hard to finish the aftermath.Fortunately, when the situation is good, everyone is motivated to work, and no one shows slack or boredom.Seeing this scene, Jun Nao felt relieved.

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Suburbs.

Chen Wu led a group of people forward slowly.Not long after, a city appeared in front of him.

The people behind caught up: "Chen Gongcao, Langzhou is ahead."

Chen Wu nodded and looked back at his team.There were a total of [-] people in the team, and the carts and horses were loaded with goods, and some people were holding a big flag with three large characters written on the flag-Chengdu Mansion.

The autumn wind blows and the flag flutters, which can be seen clearly by people hundreds of meters away.

Chen Wu was in a complicated mood, so he turned around and continued walking towards Langzhou.

Not long after, the team arrived at the city of Langzhou.The officers and soldiers guarding the city of Langzhou did not open the door immediately, only one officer and soldier came down from the tower.

The officers and soldiers asked: "Are you from the Chengdu government? Do you have a letter?"

Chen Wu took out the ultimatum he had prepared long ago and handed it over.

The officers and soldiers immediately opened it to check, and after the inspection was correct, they returned it to Chen Wu.However, he still didn't open the door to let people go, but said: "Please wait a moment, let me go in and make an announcement."

Chen Wu couldn't help frowning: "Report? Why do you still have to report?"

The officers and soldiers were slightly stunned, and said, "I have to inform the state pastor before I can let you enter the city."

Chen Wumei tightened his eyebrows, emphasizing his tone: "We are officials of the Chengdu government, and we are envoys sent by the governor. Does Langzhou Mu have the right to prevent us from entering the city?"

The officers and soldiers were taken aback.

The city gate is an extremely important place, and Zhu Nao has long replaced the officers and soldiers guarding the city gate with his cronies.Therefore, even though Chen Wu moved out of Chengdu Mansion to threaten people, the city guards were not afraid of him.On the contrary, it was his ostentation that made the officers and soldiers more vigilant, and took out the document that had just been checked and confirmed that it was correct, and read it again, as if he was afraid that he would make a fake.

Chen Wu was suddenly annoyed: "You..."

Before he had any seizures, a person behind him suddenly pulled his arm and advised: "Chen Gongcao, forget it. The guards should be more cautious. Let him pass the news, why make things difficult for others?"

As soon as the words fell, another person jumped out and said angrily: "What is this called? The officers and soldiers of Langzhou City didn't pay attention to our Chengdu Mansion. How can we say that we made things difficult for him!"

"However, this is also a place for others."

"What is a place called a family, isn't this place under the jurisdiction of Chengdu Prefecture?!"

"You can't say that..."

"How can I not say that?"

Chen Wu: "..."

Officers and soldiers: "..."

Who would have thought that before entering the city, the team brought by Chen Wu himself would have internal strife first.

Hearing the disputes of several people, Chen Wu changed his original position and waved his hand: "Okay, okay, go and report quickly. Go and come back quickly."

The officers and soldiers guarding the city looked at him inexplicably, and asked again, "Why do you come to Langzhou?"

Chen Wu replied angrily: "In order to commend you Zhou Mu for your meritorious service, I came to give you a gift."

Officer and soldier: "..." The people in Chengdu Mansion are too strange.Not to mention his own internal strife, the attitude of giving a gift made it look like robbery.

He pouted, shook his head and went back to the city.

Chen Wu couldn't help shaking his head and sighing when he heard the quarrel that was still going on behind him.

It was really a surprise that he received the mission to go to Langzhou this time.Originally Xu Yu wanted to send his confidant, but Lu Qinghui was worried about him and wanted to send his confidant too.As a result, the two Shao Yins fought back and forth, and finally came up with a compromise method-they each sent a few confidants, and then found an official who did not belong to their faction to lead the team, so as to check and balance the forces of the two parties.Chen Wu was the unlucky one selected by them.

Before his trip, the two Shao Yins had given him private accounts, and they had given him two completely different tasks.The task Xu Yu gave him was: to win over Jun Nao, the shepherd of Langzhou; and the task Lu Qinghui gave him was to intimidate and warn Zhu Nao so that he would stop doing anything wrong.

These two Shaoyin, Chen Wu could not afford to offend anyone.Even Chen Wu couldn't control their confidants.Anyway, this internal strife, even if he is powerful, he can't be powerful, and he can't win over...

Thinking of the shit he took over, Chen Wu felt a toothache.He looked at the closed city gate ahead and continued to sigh.

……

At this moment, Zhu Nao was discussing with Yu Changming about the training of Xiang soldiers in the state capital.The officers and soldiers guarding the city hurried inside to report.

"Zhou Mu, someone from Chengdu Mansion is here, and they are waiting outside the city right now!"

It came so suddenly that both Zhu Nao and Yu Changming were taken aback.

Yu Changming got up almost immediately, ready to go to the Xiang barracks to drop some people over.In case the Chengdu Mansion came to question him, he could send troops to protect Zhu Nao so that the people from the Chengdu Mansion would not forcefully arrest him.

Zhu Nao asked, "How many people came? What kind of battle? What's the explanation?"

Guanbinghui reported: "About 20 people came and delivered several truckloads of goods. It was said that Zhou Mu had made great achievements in controlling the thieves, so a special person came to commend and give gifts."

Yu Changming was taken aback, and stopped in mid-air: "Commendation? Gift?"

Zhu Nao raised his eyebrows slightly, thought for a while, and said, "Let Dou Ziyi send someone to pick them up, and I will welcome them in the lobby of the state capital."

The officers and soldiers responded and ran out quickly.

Yu Changming was very surprised.

No wonder he was surprised, but he had been sweating for Junao these past few months.Pretending to be an official of the imperial court is simply audacious, and it is unreasonable not to be sentenced to death!Moreover, although Zhu Nao's many decrees are very effective in governing Langzhou, they are very arrogant.Not to mention a state shepherd, even a feudal official like the prefect of Chengdu would be very disobedient if he changed the tax laws of the land under his jurisdiction without the consent of the imperial court.The Chengdu government indulged Zhu Nao for more than half a year, which is serious dereliction of duty.Now instead of punishing them, they have to be commended?

Yu Changming asked suspiciously: "They won't use gifts as an excuse to tie you up and punish you after they get close to you?"

Zhu Nao smiled and said, "That's not the case. If you want to tie me up and kill me, you don't need to use gifts as an excuse. But if you take the opportunity to find out the truth, there should be some."

Yu Changming was still a little worried, thinking about whether he should send some troops to guard against the people from the Chengdu government.

But Zhu Nao shook his head.

Yu Changming quickly asked: "Why, have you thought of their plan?"

"No." Zhu Nao said leisurely, "I just think that instead of punishing me, they still want to praise me. It's really corrupt, and people's hearts are not ancient."

Yu Changming: "..." The truth is that this truth is true, but why is it so strange for you to say it yourself?