Chapter 171: Someone Has to Take the Blame (The Third Watch is Coming)
As soon as the people of Dinghai County heard that Lord Chu had come back to preside over the overall situation, they were naturally convinced, and now that Chu Xian is speaking, no one dares not to listen to it, and the lessons from the past are there.
Zhang Kang'an's family, who was the most ferocious before, was because he was smart and didn't listen to Lord Chu, and finally ended up with a ruined family, and even the entire Hedi Village was slaughtered by the demon clan, and the chickens and dogs were not left.
That's the bloody lesson.
Fortunately, after the Zhang family was not broken, Zhang Kangan's son and daughter were rescued by Lord Chu, at least giving everyone a comfort.
At this time, Chu Xian knew the details of this demon clan invasion, including the destruction of the two counties, including tens of thousands of dead and injured people.
In fact, this is already good, Chu Xian knows that his previous 'trouble' still has an effect, otherwise this time it will not only be the fall of the two counties, I am afraid that the number will be many times.
Everyone knows that this time Chu Xian is going to make meritorious service.
Many officials actually came to make friends with Chu Xian in advance, most of them were for thanks, sending various thank-you gifts, and some officials came to visit and condolence in person, and for a while, Dinghai County was also very lively.
Chu Xian did not return those thank-you gifts, but accepted them in full, but they were all put into the county's accounts and distributed to rebuild their homes.
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Zhenxi City, at this moment in the city government, the government decree, the main secretary, etc., are all standing tremblingly, because now, officials of their level are not qualified to sit down.
Because in the hall, the history of the Liangzhou Thorn, the history of the Liangzhou governor, the Sima of the Liangzhou Military Mansion, and the Lord of the Holy Dynasty Ping Demon Qincha were all there, in front of these big guys, even if they let the government order and the main secretary of Zhenxi City and others sit down, they would not dare.
Of course, the most important thing is that they knew that they were derelict in their duties in the matter of defending the demon clan, and they knew that Shangguan was here to hold them accountable today, so they were already worried and broke out in a cold sweat.
At this moment, Governor Shi of Liang is telling the process of this demon invasion, including which places have been breached, how many casualties, and which places have done well, which can be used for praise, of course, the focus is on the response speed of the state capital this time, and the strength of the counterattack, not only the assassin Shi personally went out, but the speed of the mobilization of soldiers and horses in various places is also remarkable.
The demon clan and the demon king who were killed should be mentioned emphatically.
It's conventional, and it sounds good, but obviously, everyone knows that's not the point.
No matter how fast the counterattack is this time, no matter how many demon kings are killed this time, the entire Liangzhou is negligent in defense, there is no doubt about it, no one can shirk the responsibility, especially the place under the jurisdiction of Zhenxi City, which is the focus of this demon invasion, the lost county and the dead and wounded people, that is also the most.
Someone needs to take responsibility for all of this.
The question is, who bears the burden?
The officials here in Zhenxi Mansion, from top to bottom, all dare not come out, after all, this time the matter is too big, if you really investigate it, they have one of them, and they don't want to get out of it.
These officials are all afraid in their hearts, they are afraid that this crime will fall on their heads, and they all hope that someone will carry this black pot for them, so they keep their heads down and remain silent.
After a short silence, at this time, Su Wenzheng, the assassin of Liangzhou, suddenly got up and said: "The negligence of the county defense is blamed on the city government, and the negligence of the city defense is blamed on the state capital. β
In a word, the hearts of the shocked people beat wildly.
Who would have thought that Lord Thorn Shi would take the initiative to resign because of this matter, this responsibility is indeed admirable, but the question is, Lord Thorn Shi has 'resigned', what should they do?
And those who know the inside story know that Su Wenzheng's hometown is also in a county on the border of Liangzhou, and he resigned guiltily, just to go back to the border, with him as a major repairer, at least he can ensure that the area is worry-free for decades.
This can be regarded as a kind of punishment for himself.
Lord Assassin Shi is still like this, the officials below, don't think that you can get through this time.
After Su Wenzheng finished speaking, Liang Governor Shi Gu Qingzhou also said: "I am the governor of Shi, the supervision is not effective, and the crime is hard to escape, I have written a book, allowing me to demote myself to three levels and go to Huaishan County to serve as a county commander." β
The officials of the city government are already sweating profusely.
Lord Changshi, he actually demoted himself by three levels for this matter, and he was the governor of the state, and he was the fifth grade, and he actually went to do the county order of the eighth grade, which was simply a slap in their face.
Just think about it carefully, you will know that the county that Gu Qingzhou said he was going to was one of the two counties that were slaughtered this time, Huaishan County.
A large county was slaughtered by the demon clan overnight, and Gu Qingzhou's move was to take responsibility and rebuild Huaishan County.
Sima Peng Sihai of the military government also got up at this moment, he was a martial arts master, and his momentum was so strong that no one dared to look at him at all, and at this moment, this martial arts master, who was over sixty years old, opened his mouth and said: "Master Gu will go to Huaishan, then I will go to Runjiang County." β
To put it simply, it already shows that he also demoted himself by three levels and went to be the county magistrate.
The three giants of Liangzhou, one resigned and went home with guilt, and two were demoted to the third level to do the county order, which is an example and the courage to take responsibility, in fact, the land of Liangzhou is very large, and they cannot be exhaustive, at most the supervision is not effective, but even so, the three of them did not think about getting through the tricks.
This is the conduct of the officials of the Pilgrimage.
Zhenxi City Government ordered, at this moment, and then said: "The lower official is guilty, and he is willing to follow Lord Gu and go to Huaishan County together, what to do, Lord Gu arranges, whether it is the main book or the document, even if it is a small official without grade, the lower official will never complain." β
Gu Qingzhou glanced at the order of the Zhenxi City Government and knew that the other party was responsible, but this time, they were able to react so quickly, thanks to the other party's book in advance, focusing on the discovery of Cheng Chuxian in Dinghai County, so they could call the army as soon as possible, otherwise, it would be impossible to react within a day at that time.
Speaking of which, the other party has had and has merit.
But if it is too much merit, let the other party go down to the county, it can be regarded as a slight punishment, thinking of this, Gu Qingzhou said: "Then you, come and be a clerical officer." β
The Zhenxi City Government ordered that it was the sixth grade, and the clerical officer was only from the ninth grade, which was enough to be demoted.
At this moment, the main book of Zhenxi City Mansion was still a little hesitant.
Of course, he didn't dare to say this, but he didn't want to surrender himself, because he knew how much he had paid and how much time he had spent in order to climb to his current position, and he was absolutely unwilling to let him downgrade.
So, he's hesitating, and he also wants to stall and see how things go.
This is a normal state of mind.
Originally, he was the number two person in Zhenxi City, but at the moment he lowered his head and kept silent, and after waiting for a long time, other officials, some of them were also silent, and some of them really felt ashamed, either they demoted themselves or simply resigned.
At this time, Su Wenzheng said: "Supervising the imperial history, where is Lord Lu?"
The next moment, a person walked in outside, it was the superintendent of the imperial history who was stationed in Liangzhou, Lu Cambodia.
"Lord Lu, say it. Su Wenzheng said politely.
Lu Cambodia nodded, bowed to Su Wenzheng, Gu Qingzhou and Peng Sihai, and said, "The three adults are admirable, and they really set an example for us and others." β
After speaking, Lu Cambodia had a serious face, looked at the officials in Zhenxi City, and said in a deep voice: "The three adults are still willing to take responsibility, but among you, there are real sinners, but they plan to get away with it, do you really think that my supervision of the imperial history is an ornament?"
A rebuke.
Suddenly, many officials felt their hearts beat faster, obviously, they were thieves with weak hearts, and they didn't dare to look at Lu Cambodia at all.
It's just that obviously, in this situation, I thought it was okay if I didn't speak?
It's naΓ―ve.
At that moment, Lu Cambodia said coldly: "Since you are not willing to admit your crimes, then I will come." β
After speaking, he suddenly pointed to Hou Jing, the chief secretary of Zhenxi City, and said: "Hou Jing, the chief secretary of Zhenxi City, over the years, how many benefits you have been greedy for from below, don't you know yourself?
Hou Jing, the main secretary over there, trembled with fright, and his clothes were already soaked with cold sweat at this moment.
He was very aware of his crime, but he still had a trace of luck, and at the moment he pretended to be calm and said: "Lord Lu, you don't want to spew blood, Hou Mou is right, and he has not done anything wrong." β
"Dare to be hard-mouthed!" Lu Cambodia shook his head: "You really don't shed tears when you don't see the coffin, come here, bring Wu Degui, the former county lieutenant of Dinghai County." β
As soon as he heard Wu Degui's name, Hou Jing's face was already the color of pig's liver, and he saw that Wu Degui was tied up and brought up, it seemed that he had already been tortured, so don't mention the miserable appearance, if it weren't for Hou Jing's familiarity with this Wu Degui, at first glance, he really couldn't recognize it.
"This Wu Degui has already said all the benefits that have been given to you over the years, you have deducted the county silver defense taels over the years, and it has actually reached 200,000 taels, this is only one county, what about other counties? I'm afraid it's only a lot more. Lu Cambodia's voice was murderous, he was really angry.
If you want to say that the state capital, there is never less money below, but when you get to the city government, you will begin to set up a name and start to deduct the ink, otherwise, the county defense will not be so fragile, just like Huaishan County and Runjiang County, it is because the county defense is useless, as soon as the demon clan comes, it will be directly broken, and there is no county army, so naturally there is no resistance, and the demon clan will slaughter the city.
This is a great sin, a great sin that is enough to kill the head ten thousand times.
In fact, when he saw Wu Degui, Hou Jing was already soft.
Wu Degui knows too many things, even if he denies it, it is useless, thinking of this, Hou Jing's body is crooked, and he falls directly to the ground.
"Come on, arrest it!" Lu Cambodia ordered, and Hou Jing, the secretary of the city government, was locked up by the shackles of official skills.
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