Hearing this, the Yun clan hurriedly said, "Lord Assassin Shi is slow!" ”

Li Hao raised his eyebrows: "What does Mrs. Cao have to say?" ”

Yun said slowly: "The folk woman is a woman's family, I don't know where the official document is, but the dog is the governor of Ting, so he should know." She said and glanced at Cao Qingyun.

Although Cao Qingyun was very angry, he understood Yun's eyes, and said very unhappily: "I saw that my father moved some books from the Thorn History Mansion and put them in the study, maybe they are the official documents that the adults are looking for." ”

Li Hao narrowed his eyes when he heard this, the Yun family's sudden compromise did not surprise him, and he also vaguely guessed that there should be something unsightly hidden in Cao's mansion, so he didn't dare to let himself search, should he forcibly search it, and see what demons and monsters were hidden in this demon nest.

Li Hao finally dispelled this idea, he only came for two purposes this time, the first is to get back the official document, and the second is to give the other party a dismissal, so that they know that their new assassin is not a soft persimmon, after all, in this situation now, it is useless to blindly obey soft, he has five hundred right guards as the backing, and he has to be strong when he should be strong.

But now you can't tear your face, if you force it too hard, it is very likely to be out of control, after all, Cao Tian's backstage is Gao Chang, which he is still a little afraid of.

Since the Cao family told him that the official document was in the study, Li Hao was not too embarrassed, and asked them to lead the way to the study, take a copy of the official document, and then go back to the Shi Mansion.

That night, Li Hao began to read the official documents, the government did not read in advance, focusing on the money, grain and military affairs, after reading, as Li Hao expected, the Tingzhou treasury granary was empty, as for the folding of the Wei Mansion, he actually recruited 2,000 soldiers, which has already exceeded the system, but this is a border town, and the Wei Mansion is overdue, which is also understandable, but Cao Tian is a person from Gaochang, and he does not have to worry about the invasion of other countries, under such a premise, he also recruited so many soldiers, and he had to make Li Hao think about it.

After reading the official document roughly, it was late at night, and there was something important to do tomorrow, so Li Hao went to bed.

There was nothing to say all night, early the next morning, Li Hao got up and punched in the courtyard for half an hour, and at three o'clock in the morning, he sent Lu Yun, Li Yuanzhong and Peng Hai to invite three officials to meet him, respectively, Si Cang, the treasurer, and the three judges of the soldiers, the official position of the judge is still under Sima and Changshi, compared with the history of the assassin, it is insignificant, but they have a very big shelf, yesterday Li Hao sent people to summon, none of them came, it doesn't matter, Li Hao has been prepared today, change Lu Yun and others to invite, if they don't come, they will be tied up.

It didn't take long for the three judges of Si Cang, the treasurer, and the division of the soldiers to come, looking at their unhappy faces, it can be expected that the means invited by Lu Yun and others must not be very friendly, since Lu Yun and they have all played black faces, then Li Hao played a red face, and said with a smile when they met: "Let me introduce myself, my official surname is Li Minghao, and he is the new Tingzhou Assassin Shi, and when he took office yesterday, he invited less than three people to come, and he had to send General Youxiao Wei Zhonglang and Captain Zhaowu to invite, three of them are really difficult to invite." ”

Although he smiled very friendly, but his words were not friendly at all, the three of them were shocked when they heard this, they didn't expect Peng Hai and their official position to be so high, the right Xiaowei Zhonglang General, even in Chang'an, it is also a terrific existence, actually running errands for this new assassin Shi, they suddenly felt that the young assassin in front of them was very mysterious, and hurriedly said "Don't dare".

Li Hao continued to ask with a smile: "At the beginning of his tenure, if he wanted to govern Tingzhou well, and govern one side, he first asked the money and grain, and the two judges of the warehouse and treasurer, may I ask how much grain is in the warehouse of Tingzhou, and how much money is there?" ”

The two were stunned for a moment when they heard this, then looked at each other, and did not answer, Li Hao frowned unhappily, and said coldly: "Could it be that the two judges are vegetarian and don't know anything about their duties?" ”

Hearing this, Si Cang hurriedly said: "Back to Lord Shi, the soil in Tingzhou is barren and not suitable for planting, so there is no grain in the warehouse. ”

"Oh." Li Hao didn't say anything, and turned his head to look at the treasurer, "What about the treasurer?" ”

The treasurer replied: "My lord, Tingzhou is a bitter cold land, and the people's livelihood is hard, so the treasury is empty. ”

"No money and no food?" Li Hao sneered when he heard this, "Then when you return to Beijing after the autumn, what do you want the official to pay?" ”

The two of them were silent, the meaning was obvious, it was none of their business.

Li Hao picked up the account books of the warehouse and the treasurer from the table, and said with a smile, "The two judges, the skills of making fake accounts are good, not to mention, from the first month of last year to the present, you have made a total of thirteen false accounts, with a total deficit of 5,800 yuan of public funds and 1,800 stone of grain, do you think that this official can't see it?" ”

As he spoke, he smashed the two account books on the faces of the two, and the two of them suddenly turned pale with fright, they never expected that although the new assassin was not very old, he was so capable, and he could see through the fake accounts they made at a glance, and he said it in the slightest, you know, the fake accounts they made can definitely be fake, and they have never been exposed in the previous assassins.

Cold sweat trickled down their foreheads, Li Hao returned to the official seat and sat down, and slammed the table: "Kneel!" ”

The two of them were so frightened that they both knelt down, and even shouted wronged, Li Hao didn't bother to look at them, and said coldly: "Everyone is still a colleague, but now you are already a criminal minister, it doesn't matter, as long as you tell where you lost money and food, this official will definitely be punished lightly." ”

"There is absolutely no loss of money and food in the humble position, please be aware of it!" The two cried out for mercy, but refused to admit it.

Li Hao seemed to have expected them to say this, and he sneered: "Okay, the evidence is ironclad, and you still don't admit it, this official wants to see who can save you!" Someone's coming! ”

The two right guards walked in, and Li Hao said slowly: "Put the two of them in prison and wait for their fate!" ”

"Yes!" The two right guards immediately escorted the two of them down.

Li Hao picked up the brush and wrote a letter for a while, wrote a letter, stamped it with the official seal, handed it to Peng Hai, and said: "Send someone to send a horse to Xizhou Post Station, start from Xizhou Post Station, and send it to Chang'an, remember, don't go from Tingzhou Post Station, Tingzhou Post Station may not be trustworthy." ”

"Yes!" After taking the fold, he turned around and went out to find a right guard, admonished him, and sent him away.

Li Hao then picked up the pen and wrote it through, and stamped it with the official seal, at this time Peng Hai just came in from outside the door, Li Hao handed him the official document again, and said: "You hold this official document, and take someone to search the mansion of the two people, these two people are cunning and abnormal, since they are short of money and food, there must be a part of the private pockets, if you have any gains, you will report it to me immediately." ”

"Yes!" Peng Hai took the official document and prepared to leave.

Li Hao suddenly said: "Wait a minute, when searching, pay attention to the underground, some people like to bury money and other things in the ground." ”

Peng Hai answered again, then turned around and went out, and took everyone to search the homes of the two judges of the Sicang and the treasurer.

The two sentencing directors of the warehouse and the treasurer were imprisoned, and two positions were immediately vacated, Li Hao asked Lu Yun to summon Qin Wei in and asked, "Qin Wei, will you settle accounts?" ”

Qin Wei smiled indifferently and arched his hand: "Back to the adult, this is the villain's old business." ”

Li Hao said happily: "The two positions of Tingzhou Warehouse and Treasurer are vacant, are you interested?" ”

Qin Wei's face turned pale when he heard this, he straightened his clothes slightly, knelt down, and said, "It is Qin Wei's lifelong wish to contribute to the imperial court. ”

"Good!" Li Hao wrote a letter of appointment, stamped it with the official seal, and said, "Then, this official will first appoint you to temporarily act as the second treasurer of Tingzhou Sicang, and probation will be for three months. ”

"Thank you, sir!" Qin Wei was overjoyed when he heard this, and kowtowed deeply, extremely respectful, Jin Li and the others outside the hall saw that Qin Wei was actually an official, that was called a happy one, although the official position was not big, it was an important position in charge of money and food, which was very awesome.

punished the two judges of the Sicang and the treasurer, Li Hao looked at the division of the soldiers with a smile, and the division of the soldiers was so angry with goosebumps that he looked at him, and without waiting for Li Hao to ask, he knelt down and said in a loud voice: "My lord spares his life, the Tingzhou Weifu overtakes the recruitment system, it is not the villain's idea, give the villain a thousand dares, and never dare to make the decision without authorization, in fact, it is the order of the predecessor Assassin, and the former assassin has asked the imperial court, and after obtaining the approval of the imperial court, the villain is responsible for recruiting troops." ”

Li Hao was stunned when he heard this, and thought about it carefully, well, everything makes sense, the previous assassin had a strong temperament, wanted to fight with Cao Tian, and wanted to protect the Silk Road, but he couldn't do it, and there were too few soldiers and horses, so he went to the imperial court and asked to expand the Wei Mansion to expand the original eight hundred soldiers to two thousand, but he didn't expect Li Shimin to approve it, it can be seen that Li Shimin still attaches great importance to the Silk Road, after all, the frontier is the most uncontrolled place under the control of the imperial court, and it is very likely that there will be a situation of self-respect for the army.

After listening to Si Bing's words, Li Hao didn't say anything, waved his hand and asked him to retreat, thoughtfully.

Li Yuanzhong, who was on the side, saw that he hadn't spoken for a long time, so he asked, "Poet, what are you thinking?" ”

Li Hao said: "I'm thinking, the money and food in the warehouse are empty, what should I use to pay the imperial court taxes in two months." ”

Lu Yun frowned when he heard this: "This is indeed a thorny problem, although the tax of Datang is not high, but the system is strict, and it must not be in arrears." ”

Li Hao thought for a while, and began to read the official documents again, this time he turned the household registration documents and tax documents, and then he calculated according to the household registration, this year's tax paid by Tingzhou should be 1,500 yuan, not a lot, after all, Tingzhou only has a population of more than 20,000, seeing this number, Li Hao breathed a sigh of relief, fortunately, if it is really not possible at that time, then he can only take his own money to pay first, as soon as he thinks that he is going to break the wealth, he is a little unhappy, he has just taken office, he is going to break the wealth, what a bad thing.

According to the current situation in Tingzhou, Li Hao feels that if he wants to seize power, he will first seize military power, after all, the great man once said that power comes out of the barrel of a gun, which is an indisputable fact.

Since he wants to seize military power, then he first has to pull Yun Meng off the horse, although he is the commander of Zhichong, but it is difficult for him to lead the troops in person, and he has no time to train the soldiers, so he can only hand it over to the left and right Guoyi captains, and now Wang Yuantai, the right Guoyi captain, is already his own person, although he has no status in the Zhichong Guard, as long as he arranges Zuo Guoyi as his own person, then the military power is under his control.

Li Hao thought for a long time, and suddenly Peng Hai rushed in in a hurry: "Lord Li, I found eight hundred stone corn and two thousand eight hundred taels of gold in the house of Sicang Wang Jin and treasurer Zhang Cai!" ”

"Yes, it seems that they have been short of money and food for many years, and they have accumulated so much, and these two little bloodsuckers have sucked so much of the essence of the people, it is really hateful." Speaking of this, he suddenly paused, a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, and a clever plan to seize military power came to his mind, so he said in a loud voice, "Pass the order, let Zuo Guoyi and Lieutenant Yunmeng take good care of these two people, if there is the slightest mistake, this official is the only one who asks." ”

After he finished speaking, the corners of his mouth raised, revealing a mysterious smile, as soon as Lu Yun saw his smile, he knew that he had a ghost idea again, and ...... Someone must be out of luck.