Thief Emperor

Chapter 99 Officials and Thieves

The cousin of Governor Cui is one of the current prime ministers of the Great Zhou.

This relationship may be quite distant in another world, but in the era of the big Zhou family, it is still relatively close and they are still a family.

With this relationship, it was not difficult for him to write to the governor of Jiangnan West Road and request to borrow some troops from Linzhou.

However, once such behavior occurs, it will inevitably alarm the imperial court. After all, you have mobilized troops, and the governors of other states must report it to the imperial court, especially to Prime Minister Cui, and tell him clearly.

I helped your nephew, you must remember this favor from me.

However, this matter was somewhat embarrassing for Governor Cui. After all, his family asked him to come to Xuanzhou without expecting him to accomplish anything great. They just asked him to mobilize food and grass from Xuanzhou to support the front line of Yuezhou.

Zheng Yu, the governor of the East Road of Jiangnan, was a disciple of Prime Minister Cui. If he could get this matter done, Zheng Yu's difficulties would be resolved, and when the victory report was submitted to the court, Cui Shao would also share a share of the credit.

Coincidentally, a deputy minister of the Ministry of Personnel will be leaving his post in the second half of next year, and he has already informed Prime Minister Cui about this. By then, relying on his merits, Cui Shao may be able to get this lucrative position in the Ministry of Personnel.

All of this was arranged by his family. As long as he did everything according to the instructions, he would be able to sit on that lucrative position and add more glory to the Cui family.

After all, it is the Ministry of Personnel, the most important of the six ministries!
But now, even with such a simple little matter, Cui Shao encountered obstacles everywhere in Xuanzhou. If the matter were to be heard by his uncle, Prime Minister Cui would inevitably think that Cui Shao had problems with his ability.

Therefore, if you can avoid borrowing troops from Linzhou, it is better not to do so. It is best to resolve the issues in Xuanzhou internally.

However, after hearing what Yang Heng said, Cui Shao still stood there in a daze.

As the son of a prime minister, although he was only a minor official in the capital, he was able to see the memorials sent from the local areas. In order to let him understand the affairs of Xuanzhou as soon as possible, his cousin found a lot of documents sent by Xuanzhou and asked him to read them carefully before the end of the year.

Although Mr. Cui did not carefully read the documents sent by Xuanzhou, he took a rough look at them.

Among them, starting from the second half of last year, Xuanzhou governor Tian Jing sent several documents in succession to vigorously publicize his achievements in suppressing bandits in Xuanzhou.

This kind of thing probably couldn't be faked. After all, since a certain gentleman proposed last year to send prisoners from prisons all over the country, especially bandits, into the army, Xuanzhou has sent many bandits to the front line.

Those bandits couldn't be imposters.

Therefore, after Cui Shao arrived in Xuanzhou, he no longer thought about the bandits. Unexpectedly...

The bandit suppression was indeed carried out in Xuanzhou, but it was carried out in Qingyang County of Xuanzhou, not the entire Xuanzhou!

Governor Cui rubbed his aching head and said slowly, "Go down. How many people can we use in Xuanzhou? Make a list within three days and send it to me."

"Also, the accounts of the salaries paid out every year must be submitted."

Yang Heng was about to leave, but when he heard this, he stopped and looked up at Cui Shao with a gloomy gaze.

He is also involved in the matter of drawing a salary without working!

"Sir, the accounts were burned by Sima Cao."

"I am not in charge of the accounts, so I have no way to give it to you, sir."

Cui Shao suppressed his anger and said, "Then report the list!"

Yang Heng breathed a sigh of relief and bowed his head, saying, "I obey your command."

After saying this, he retreated respectfully.

After Yang Heng left, Cui Shao sat alone in a chair and thought for a long time. Then he couldn't help rubbing his brows and muttered, "Before I came here, my second uncle told me that the local situation is complicated. Even as the chief officer, you must be careful and patient to unravel the mystery..."

"I didn't think so at first."

Cui Shao took a deep breath, lowered his head and picked up the tea, and slowly said: "Shuisheng."

A man who was about the same age as Governor Cui walked up to Cui Shao and said with his head lowered, "What do you want, sir?"

"How many people did we bring from home?"

Shuisheng thought for a moment and replied, "About ten people."

"Send a few people to Qingyang to find out about the Qingyang bandit suppression and report back in detail."

Shuisheng wiped the tea off the table and shook his head, "Sir, I'm afraid that won't work."

"Xuanzhou is too far from the capital. No one knows what the local people are thinking. They must stay by the young master's side to protect his safety."

Cui Shao frowned: "Is it okay to send two people down?"

Shuisheng thought about it and nodded, "Okay, then send two people down."

He refilled Cui Shao's tea and said softly, "Don't be impatient, sir. Do things step by step."

Cui Shao said "hmm", then looked around and frowned, "I'm still not used to living in this Xuanzhou government office." Shuisheng thought for a moment and said, "Tomorrow I'll find a few servants for you, young master, to relieve your boredom."

Governor Cui sighed and nodded, saying, "Let's find a few women."

He lowered his head to drink his tea and added.

"I don't think there are any good children in this place."

Shuisheng smiled and nodded.

"understood."

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More than twenty carts of grain were smoothly transported and handed over to Zhou Liang who came from Lingyang Mountain to meet them.

Watching Zhou Liang transporting the grain away, Liu Bo felt like he was in a dream.

He was stunned for a long time before he looked back at Li Yun and murmured, "Second brother, we can actually do business with the government..."

"This was something that we would never have dared to think about before."

Li Yun patted his shoulder and smiled dumbly: "Look at what you have accomplished."

"Qiu Dian from Shan County has defeated the government troops three times and is heading straight for Yuezhou City."

Liu Bo was stunned, then looked up at Li Yun and suddenly whispered, "Second brother, they are making such a big fuss, they won't... they won't want to change the dynasty, right?"

"Or we can go and seek refuge with this Qiu, maybe we can have a good family background in the future."

Li Yun glanced at him and said unhappily, "Changing dynasties is not that easy."

"The regular army of the imperial court has not yet moved. Although there are rebellions in various places, the capital... should still be stable."

Li touched his chin and said, "It's a house that's hundreds of years old. Even though it looks shaky, not everyone can kick it. Before you can even stretch your legs, you'll be chopped into pieces by someone rushing out of the house."

"Even if someone really kicked the old house, it would collapse."

Li Yun smiled and said, "In the end, he may not be the one to build a new house."

Liu Bo scratched his head, feeling very confused.

"Brother, what are you talking about, new house or old house? Are you going to build a new house?"

"What new house should I build?"

Li Yun smiled and kicked him, then scolded him: "When you have free time, read more books, it will be good for you. Don't be like a skinny monkey..."

When he got to this point, he was suddenly stunned and said slowly: "Let's build a new house..."

After shaking his head, Li Yun put aside all the random thoughts and asked, "How many people did Uncle San leave for us?"

Liu Bo glanced back and replied, "Fifty or sixty."

Li Yun nodded and said with a smile, "Almost done."

"The Xuanzhou soldiers are in such bad shape. We are enough to make it impossible for them to send any money or food."

"Let's see what tricks the nobleman from the capital can come up with."

Liu Bo lowered his head and thought for a moment, then said, "Brother, if they transport the food out of the city in batches, we won't have enough manpower."

"There will always be money and food that can be shipped out."

"You do not understand."

Village Chief Li stretched himself and said with a smile, "As long as a few routes of grain are robbed, the grain from other routes will disappear without a trace if we don't touch it, and the crime will eventually fall on us bandits."

"We thieves can sometimes be of great use to the officials."

Liu Bo blinked.

"What's the use?"

Chief Li looked towards Xuanzhou City and smiled.

"To settle the account."

(End of this chapter)