Chapter 30: Rise and Fall Are My Own
"this……"
"Isn't this nonsense?"
"Master County Marquis, please be careful!"
There are nearly a thousand educated people here, and the first person you chose is a farmer. How can they bear it?
Nearly a thousand people slammed the table at the same time, making a deafening noise to express their dissatisfaction.
"This young master of the Liu family really doesn't take my Chen family seriously!"
Chen Kui's face was gloomy at this time, and he could no longer hold back the anger in his heart.
This counselor of the Ministry of Agriculture is a position that Chen Kui has coveted for a long time! Before he came today, he had already greeted Liu Dahao and hinted that if this position was given to their Chen family, then the Chen family would not do anything excessive today.
but now……
"No noise allowed!"
"Silence, silence!"
The chaos at the scene was immediately suppressed by the palace soldiers.
Liu Zheng had already drunk a cup of tea at this time. He didn't care about the opinions of these literati and prominent families today. When the scene was quiet, he continued calmly: "In order to save time, I will ask the candidates next! The counselor of the Ministry of Agriculture has been selected, the counselor of the Ministry of Industry is Wei Tiezhu, and the supervisory counselor is Qin Changfeng!"
"We are currently short of a writing advisor. Who will come?"
These counselors are equivalent to ministers. Under the counselors are deacons, who are the subordinates of the ministers. These are naturally appointed by the ministers. Liu Zheng cannot take care of every detail, otherwise he will be exhausted.
"Writing Counselor?"
People breathed a sigh of relief when they heard this.
This is equivalent to being a clerk in the county magistrate's office, so naturally one needs to be talented in writing. But immediately these people began to feel uncomfortable again.
So your county magistrate's office only needs one person with literary talent?
This really broke the idea of these literati that reading is the most important thing. But in fact, it is not that Liu Zheng thinks reading is bad, he just doesn't like to read books mechanically, but most of the literati in Yinzhou belong to this type.
Yinzhou needs to develop, and he would rather have more people like Wei Tiezhu and Liang Erfu who can really put things into practice.
soon.
The writing consultant has also been selected. He is a talented person that Liu Zheng pays more attention to in Fengming Tower. Different from those literati who only read books, he is relatively smart.
Then the next step is the selection of two Simas.
The position of Sima is equivalent to that of deputy district chief, who is able to coordinate work.
So, it is more difficult.
Another hour or two passed.
Still no one satisfied Liu Zheng, which made him shake his head. It seemed that he was right to take over Fengming Tower. If you want a truly independent talent, it is not enough to rely on Yinzhou alone.
Seeing that it was getting late, Liu Zheng still chose two people named Tan Wei and Huang Maoxiang. These two men were considered to be acceptable. Tan Wei was a private school teacher who had taught for many years, while Huang Maoxiang was an official and belonged to the Zheng family.
"Let's go home today!"
Liu Zheng has almost found the person he wants, he said lightly.
Everyone was stunned.
Chen Kui finally couldn't sit still any longer. There were so many people, but not a single one was recommended by the Chen family. How could he put his face down? He stood up suddenly and looked at Liu Zheng viciously: "Mr. Liu, isn't there another position for the chief secretary?"
Everyone looked over and asked questions.
The Chief Secretary is the big boss today!
Liu Zheng slapped his forehead and laughed : "Did I forget to tell you? The Chief Secretary has already been selected, and it is Shen Xing!"
The whole audience was in an uproar and started cursing.
"absurd!"
"He is a poor disciple!"
"How can such a drunkard be the chief minister?"
Chen Kui's face darkened, and he gritted his teeth, "The county lord recommended a lowly person and neglected a talented person! My Chen family is the first to disobey!"
“I don’t agree!”
The whole place was in chaos again.
Liu Zheng knew that the Chen family was going to make trouble, and his eyes turned cold instantly. He shouted, "You don't accept it? Why don't you accept it?"
Chen Kui couldn't help but yelled, "What's the point of coming to such a corrupt county mansion?"
"Tear this place down for me!"
With this shout, the elite soldiers of the Chen family who had been waiting outside responded one after another, and their voices shook the sky.
Everyone in the audience looked horrified.
Liu Dahao was the first to shout: "Chen Kui, you are plotting treason!"
Chen Kui left the stage, surrounded by several guards, and looked at him coldly: "Treason?"
"No, I, Chen Kui, am just begging for food today!"
"I don't need this damn county mansion in Yinzhou!"
With his shout, the elite soldiers of the Chen family outside the door rushed in. Two thousand elite soldiers and generals, full of murderous intent, surrounded the people at the scene in an instant . When the literati saw this scene, they were all scared to the point of almost peeing their pants. How could they dare to join in the fun?
Zheng Yueru's face changed: "Mr. Chen, do you know what you are doing?"
Cao Zhen also sighed: "Why does the Chen family have to do this?"
The master of the Wang family had a gloomy face and said nothing.
The four prominent families have different attitudes and each has their own ulterior motives.
Chen Kui was so angry that he gnashed his teeth. Their Chen family was used to being arrogant in Yinzhou and was provoked time and again by the county marquis's mansion. Today they had to get back some face!
"Mr. Chen, do you really want to attack and kill my county magistrate?"
Liu Zheng looked at him coldly: "Do you know that according to the laws of the dynasty, storming the county magistrate's mansion is a capital crime with confiscation of property?"
Chen Kui laughed loudly: "Death penalty? You little brat, are you trying to scare me? My Chen family's elite soldiers can easily take down your county mansion. Who dares to sentence me to death?"
“Kill him!”
He raised his arm and called out, and the elite soldiers of the Chen family shouted at the same time, murderous aura spread, and everyone in the audience fled in panic. Many people glared at Liu Zheng fiercely, blaming the young master of the Liu family in their hearts, saying that he was too ignorant. He had just arrived in Yinzhou and he dared to provoke the Chen family, which was backed by Chen Batian?
It seems inevitable that innocent people will be affected.
Liu Zheng smiled faintly, thinking that he was afraid that you would not take action today, and shouted: "Where is the Supervisory Counselor Qin Changfeng?"
"I'm here!"
"What crime should the Chen family be punished for raising private soldiers?"
"According to the laws of the dynasty, if one has more than 500 private soldiers, he will be guilty of treason and his entire family will be executed!"
"What's the crime of charging and killing the county magistrate?"
"Treason and high treason, the entire clan will be executed!"
Liu Zheng nodded: "You handle it ."
Everyone looked at each other in bewilderment. Chen Kui laughed and said, "Are you an actor? Are you going to kill me, Chen Kui?"
Others also shook their heads.
It takes a lot of hard work to govern this state. If Liu Zheng had left the position of chief secretary to the Chen family today, this wouldn't have happened.
Instead of appeasing him now , you want to fight him head-on?
It looks like there's bound to be a river of blood here today!
"Chen Kui is so outrageous!"
Zheng Yueru stood up.
Chen Kui sneered at her and said, "What? Has the Zheng family also become a dog of the county magistrate's mansion?"
Liu Zheng held Zheng Yueru, smiled faintly, and shouted loudly: "From today on, the people of Yinzhou must know that the county magistrate governs Yinzhou. Survival and death, glory and prosperity, hunger and suffering are all mine!"
"Stability is me, turmoil is me!"
"Trust me, we will share the honor and disgrace!"
"kill!"
These words made people's blood boil and their eyes red.
The County Marquisate is the legitimate institution that governs Yinzhou, but the power has been divided up among these people over the years. But when have these prominent families ever said such things?
Share honor and disgrace!
We prosper together and suffer together!
The rulers of this era actually dared not say these slogans, and dared not even lie. So when Liu Zheng said them, they immediately resounded in people's minds like morning bells and evening drums, making people excited and even almost losing their minds.
"kill!"
When Liu Zheng said this, people were still in chaos. The elite soldiers of the Chen family had already rushed over. Suddenly, a group of cavalrymen rushed out from the backyard of the county mansion. They were all military green, which was made of the cloth Liu Zheng brought when he came from Liangzhou. At that time, Liu Dahao didn't know what Liu Zheng was doing. Only then did he know that the green cloth had become the military uniforms of the mansion soldiers.
Green military uniform...
Liu Zheng certainly didn't have obsessive compulsive disorder, but most of the military uniforms in his previous life were green, and there was a reason for that. This color of military uniform was suitable for multiple combat scenarios and for concealment. However, most of the officers and soldiers of the Longyan Dynasty were black, which was actually very conspicuous on the battlefield.
So Liu Zheng was well prepared. He even painted the plate armor green. Green will be the unique color of his Yinzhou Army in the future!
"This is?"
"The palace soldiers?"
Chen Kui smiled coldly: "A thousand new recruits dare to fight against my Chen family's elite soldiers? Kill them, kill them, don't spare any of them!"
At this time, his eyes were red.
Now that we have absolutely confronted the County Marquis' Mansion, there is no turning back.
Two thousand elite soldiers versus one thousand new recruits, the outcome is obvious.
However……
What happened next, however, left those hesitant noble families dumbfounded.
The people in the field had already hidden to one side, leaving the huge courtyard of the county mansion. The two sides immediately started fighting. The elite soldiers of the Chen family were all veterans who had retired from the battlefield. They were calm and resolute, and their moves were steady, accurate and ruthless. However, in the first round of fighting, they found that the soldiers of the county mansion were invulnerable to swords and guns!
Except for a few people who directly chopped at the heads of the soldiers, causing the loss of several soldiers in the county magistrate's mansion, the others were unharmed!
But on the Chen family's side, they have lost a lot of people in this round of attack!
Qin Changfeng alone picked three!
"What?"
Chen Kui's face changed drastically, his whole body trembled, and he shouted angrily: "What are you doing? Kill them!"
"Kill them back!"
He didn't expect that his elite soldiers would be at a disadvantage! He dared to be so arrogant today because he had these two thousand elite soldiers in his hands!
"kill!"
In the courtyard of the county magistrate's mansion, there were sounds of killing and blood splattered everywhere.
The soldiers wearing plate armor were a little afraid of fighting at first, but after several charges, they also became eager to fight. Although the plate armor protected their bodies and they would not be in danger of losing their lives, they were in pain!
Who made them hurt?
The Chen family is a bunch of beasts!
The men in Yinzhou are very passionate and were immediately aroused to murderous intent.
"kill!"
This time, the palace soldiers charged forward with almost overwhelming force, because they did not need to take any defensive actions, they only needed to attack!
The Chen family's elite troops had been dispersed in the fifth round.
"this……"
"This is impossible!"
"impossible!"
Chen Kui's face lost all color and he sat on the ground in panic.
"kill!"
Qin Changfeng roared again.
The elite soldiers of the Chen family, who had been so majestic and arrogant just now, were now frightened and running around in panic, screaming in agony.
Everyone at the scene was so shocked that their jaws dropped.
