Chapter 152 Apocalypse is furious, I can't wait to destroy your whole family!
When Sun Chengzong woke up again, Zhang Gui and Tian Qi and his party had already entered Yongcheng County, and Lu Xiangsheng also led a part of the imperial guards to seize the city pass by taking advantage of the enemy's unpreparedness.
Sun Chengzong felt ashamed to face the apocalypse when he thought that Yongcheng County, which Wu Xing ruled, was actually suffering from hardships and aroused civil uprisings, and he himself even surrendered to the enemy.
"This Wu Xing, how can he lie to the old man, how can he surrender to the enemy?!"
Sun Chengzong couldn't help feeling so resentful in his heart.
Tian Qi's mood is not much better.
Seeing that the entire Yongcheng is very barren, all industries are depressed, and beggars are starving and dying all over the streets, Tianqi has to admit that Yongcheng has not been governed well.
Moreover, Tian Qi never expected that Wu Xing, a competent official among the officials, would govern Yongcheng County like this!
The key point is that Yongcheng County has changed its owner, and the flag of the rebels is still planted on the top of the city.
When Tianqi arrived at the county government office, Wu Xing and Jia Shiguo, including the gentry in the county, had been taken to kneel outside the main hall of the county government office by the officers and soldiers of the Guards Battalion led by Lu Xiangsheng.
Tianqi approached and asked Wu Xing with a sullen face: "Wu Xing, is this how you carried out reforms and new policies in Yongcheng County for me?"
Wu Xing could not help but bury his head in the ground, choked up and said: "I am ashamed!"
"Fortunately, I didn't listen to the officials, especially my husband!"
"Otherwise, I would really be deceived by you! And I really thought that you did a great job as an official in Yongcheng County, making the people live and work in peace and contentment, and the grains and crops would be abundant. There is a civil uprising, and even the county seat has been taken over by the rebels!"
Tian Qi kicked Wu Xing angrily as he said that: "Is this how you implemented the New Deal for me?! I can't wait to destroy your whole family!"
Sun Chengzong heard this, as if his face had been slapped again, and he was also very angry. He didn't expect Wu Xing to be so disappointing.
Now Sun Chengzong even began to understand why his uncle Zhang Gui regarded himself as a thief.
Because he himself has to admit now that most of his scholar-bureaucrats have indeed lost their strength and have forgotten their loyalty, integrity and shame.
Even Wu Xing, whom he had placed high hopes on, did the same.
He really didn't know how to trust Qingliu civil officials.
"It's sad!"
"I deserve to be despised by Uncle Zhang Guo, even the old man himself despises me, these clean people!"
Sun Chengzong sighed in his heart.
Wu Xing cried and defended here: "Your Majesty, forgive me! I don't know why it has become like this. But I am really loyal to Daming! I am really doing my best to implement the New Deal and do things for the people!"
As he said that, Wu Xing said again: "As soon as I took office in Yongcheng, I announced to the people that they would cooperate with the court in carrying out the New Deal. For this reason, I first promoted moral education, advocated the establishment of academies, and hoped that all the scholars and people would support the New Deal. It was a severe drought, and the minister did not ask the court to allocate money for relief. Instead, he led the entire county to tide over the difficulties and solved the drought! As for why there is still a civil uprising, I really don’t know, maybe it’s because it’s really difficult to make trouble for the people. tame!"
Tian Qi never thought that Wu Xing would be able to pick himself clean at this time.
At this time, Tianqi turned to ask the rebellious Jia Shiguo: "Why did you rebel?"
"Can't survive!"
Jia Shiguo replied.
Tianqi asked: "Why can't you survive?"
Jia Shiguo replied: "Officials and gentry are exploiting too much!"
Tianqi looked at Wu Xing again: "Did you hear that? He rebelled because he couldn't survive, and he couldn't survive because you and other officials and tyrants exploited too much!"
Wu Xing argued strongly: "Your Majesty, he has wronged my minister! Since I took office, I have been honest and self-reliant. I have never accepted bribes, nor have I taken plunder by chance!"
"You are talking nonsense! Which one of my family is not working hard in the sun and rain?"
“Even because there were no cattle in the family, my father had to be a cattle himself, pulling the plow to plow the field, and in order to get more food, he helped other households who lacked cattle to pull the plow.”
"You dog official actually said that we don't work hard. If you say such a thing, aren't you afraid of the thunder of heaven?! If I knew this would happen, I should have caught you and chopped you into pieces!"
Jia Shiguo bared his teeth and roared at Wu Xing.
"Your Majesty, this Jia Shiguo is a traitor! He is just talking nonsense now! If he really rebelled because of his ministers, why was he the only one who rebelled and no other people rebelled? It can be seen that he is framing and framing the ministers! "
Wu Xing continued to argue strongly.
"you!"
Jia Shiguo was so angry that he wanted to get up and smash Wu Xing, but helplessly, he was **** now, and he couldn't move no matter how hard he struggled.
Jia Shiguo could only say to Tianqi: "Your Majesty! Don't believe what he said, he is just a dog official, worse than the county magistrate a few days ago! Although the county magistrate didn't care about anything a few days ago, at least he won't be like him. He made money frantically. As soon as he took office, he forced us to donate money to build an academy, and then forced us to build aqueducts by taking advantage of the drought. As a result, he gave most of the donated money to the local gentry as bribes, and he himself took Some of them went to bribe the officials above, but they still forced us to serve in Jianshuyuan to repair canals. Several people in our village were beaten to death because they refused to go! Your Majesty, tell me, can we not oppose it?"
"Your Majesty! This is malicious speculation!"
Wu Xing immediately retorted and denied: "There is no such thing at all. The donated money was indeed spent on building the Academy and the water canal, and the minister did this because he didn't want to ask the court for money! Your Majesty!"
"Your Majesty, I didn't talk nonsense. A friend of mine worked as a bookkeeper in Zheng's family. He saw them divide the money with his own eyes!"
Jia Shiguo replied.
"You troublemaker and traitor, you are just speculating maliciously!"
Wu Xing scolded Jia Shiguo, and asked again: "Besides, you rebelled, ask yourself, did I make you rebel?! Thanks to your education, don't you know loyalty, integrity and shame? Starving to death is a trivial matter. Is it a big deal?! Even if you can’t survive, you shouldn’t rebel, even if you starve to death, you shouldn’t rebel! Just say, are you guilty or not?
"Dog officer!"
Jia Shiguan was so angry that he wished he could swallow Wu Xing immediately, so he struggled and said: "Your Majesty, you want to kill or cut, I admit it, but please let me hack this dog official to death first, otherwise, I will die." Can't rest in peace!"
Tian Qi then asked Wu Xing: "He has committed a heinous crime, so don't you think he has committed a heinous crime? Thanks to you, you have the nerve to say that starving to death is a small matter, but injustice is a major matter! He Jia Shiguo rebelled, I can understand it, after all, he can't survive. What about you, you Receiving the grace of the country, for my subjects, have you kept the festival?!"
"Your Majesty! I have no choice but to surrender to the traitors. I also want to prevent the whole city from being slaughtered by the traitors!"
Wu Xing forcefully defended himself for surrendering to the enemy, and then said: "Please learn from your majesty!"
"Wu! Why are you so shameless!"
At this time, Sun Chengzong couldn't help but finally scolded Wu Xing. He really couldn't stand it anymore, so he couldn't help but stand up.
Immediately, Sun Chengzong reported to Tianqi: "Your Majesty, Wu Xing is shameless. He is actually a traitor. He should be severely punished to correct morals! He said that he surrendered to the enemy for the sake of the common people, which is undoubtedly an excuse! Unless Wu Xing can produce evidence!"
Wu Xing was shocked when he heard this, and hurriedly raised his head to look at Sun Chengzong: "Mr. Ge! Even you don't understand the dismissal?"
Sun Chengzong sneered: "Tell me, who can prove that you voted for the common people?"
"I can prove it!"
At this time, Wu Xing's staff master shouted.
After hearing this, everyone looked at the master of the staff.
The staff master said: "I can prove that he didn't surrender to the enemy to save the people from being slaughtered. He was afraid of death! Because he had written documents with his own hand on how to exploit the people and share profits with the gentry in Yongcheng. These documents all prove that If he is not a person who loves the people, how could he join the enemy to save the people from being slaughtered!"
Wu Xing looked at the master of the staff in surprise, and thought: "Why did you defect?"
Tian Qi also asked the staff master at this time: "What's your name?"
The staff master replied: "Student Ye Chengxue."
Sun Chengzong asked in surprise: "But the son of Duke Ye Wenzhong (Ye Xianggao)?!"
(end of this chapter)