Chapter 149: Cleaning Up Corrupt Officials
Yu Lu's heart tightened, "Master!"

"Master, I am the servant of Lord Sha!"

Before Yu Lu could say anything, the old woman behind him spoke first.

Her meaning was very clear. I am Sha Pingchuan's man and you have no right to deal with me.

But would Yang Zhengshan care who she belongs to?
Although Yang Zhengshan couldn't guess what Sha Pingchuan was thinking now, he really didn't need to save face for Sha Pingchuan.

Just because the Secret Guards are too lazy to care about Sha Pingchuan doesn’t mean they can’t deal with Sha Pingchuan.

As long as Yang Zhengshan is willing, he believes that Lu Hua wouldn't mind doing him this small favor.

"Wu Hai, drag them away!"

"Here!"

Wu Hai immediately winked at the servants and maids around him. Without saying a word, they stepped forward and dragged the two old women out the door.

The two old women were considered strong, but they could not resist the pulling of the servants and maids.

The servants of the Yang family have practiced cultivation, and Yang Zhengshan has also given them spiritual spring water. Although there are only a few who have become warriors now, they are much stronger than ordinary people in terms of physique.

"My lord, my lord~"

The two old women panicked and shouted anxiously, trying to beg for mercy, but two clever servants immediately covered their mouths.

Soon, the two were dragged out.

Yu Lu knelt on the ground with a pale face, not daring to say a word.

The two little maids were trembling even more.

A slave is a slave; his life and death depend on the thoughts of others.

Yang Zhengshan didn't even need to find a reason to kill them, even though their indentures were not in Yang Zhengshan's hands.

"Go back and stay in Xiuchun Garden honestly. If you have anything to say to me, you can come to me again!"

Yang Zhengshan said meaningfully.

"Slave, you obey!"

Yu Lu's forehead was covered with fine beads of sweat.

"Go back!"

Yang Zhengshan stood up, glanced at her indifferently, and returned to the study.

I originally wanted you to have a peaceful new year, but unfortunately you didn't cherish it and had to come and ask for trouble yourself.

……

The Spring Festival in Anyuan City is very lively. As a provincial capital, Anyuan City is the largest city within a hundred miles. In terms of prosperity alone, even Jiacheng where Songzhou Wei is located is not as good as Anyuan City.

The lively atmosphere of the Spring Festival lasts until the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. After the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, people resume their normal lives and the garrison office also begins to work as usual.

On the 16th day of the first lunar month, Yang Zhengshan strode into the main hall of the government office in his official uniform.

"Greetings, my lord!"

Zhou Ren and Lu Wenhua were already waiting in the main hall. When they saw Yang Zhengshan coming, they hurriedly bowed to him.

Yang Zhengshan nodded slightly and sat directly in the main seat.

Tea was served and Yang Zhengshan opened the book in his hand.

This booklet was just handed to him by Wei Cen yesterday, and it records the conditions of the various garrisons outside the city.

The detailed information of each garrison officer, the specific number of soldiers in each garrison, the garrison farming situation, etc. are all recorded in great detail.

The ability of the Secret Guards is unquestionable, especially when it comes to investigating something that is almost out in the open, which is almost effortless.

"Are all the people here?" Yang Zhengshan asked.

"To reply to your question, sir, everyone is already waiting in the side room!" Zhou Ren replied.

Yang Zhengshan nodded slightly, "Then please invite everyone in!"

"Here!"

Zhou Ren responded and walked out of the main hall. A moment later, a group of officials under the garrison office walked into the hall one by one.

On the left are the military officers of the garrison camp headed by Han Cheng, and on the right are the garrison officers headed by Tian Gui.

"Greetings, my lord!"

Everyone bowed in unison.

Yang Zhengshan glanced at everyone calmly and said, "No need to be polite!"

When everyone stood up, Yang Zhengshan picked up the book again, "Master Tian, ​​take a look at this!"

He threw the booklet to Tian Gui, who took it in a panic and started reading it.

As he watched, beads of sweat appeared on his forehead.

"Sir, I am innocent!"

With a thud, Tian Gui fell to his knees.

When the other people in the hall saw this, they all became nervous and lowered their heads, not daring to breathe.

What does it mean?
Why does Lord Tian want to protest his injustice?

They were confused, but did not dare to do anything.

Of course, there are also people who are calm and composed, such as Han Cheng and Song Dashan, and Xie Yuan.

Xie Yuan lowered his head and looked at Tian Gui, who was lying limp on the ground, with a vengeful pleasure flashing in his eyes.

He hated Tian Gui more than anyone else. Not only Tian Gui, but also Cao Han, Xu Wanfu, and the two previous garrisons were all objects of his hatred.

Cutting off someone's financial resources is like killing their parents, and blocking someone's future is the same.

Back then, Xie Yuan was also full of confidence and wanted to make great strides in his career.

But the result?

These people are forcing him to keep a low profile and pretend to be weak.

A full ten years, the ten years when Xie Yuan was young and strong, also the ten years at the peak of his career. As he hid himself, he turned into an old man.

It’s not that he hasn’t thought about fighting back, but he simply has no qualifications to fight back.

The entire Anyuan City is like this, no, it should be the entire Chongshan Town that is like this, what can he do?
So he could only restrain his edge, take care of his own business, and calm his heart completely. Compared with Cao Han and Xu Wanfu, he hated Tian Gui even more.

Because Tian Gui is his immediate superior, he is the one he comes into contact with the most and feels the most oppression from.

Seeing Tian Gui's miserable appearance at this moment, he was extremely excited.

If Yang Zhengshan hadn't been there, he would have wanted to kick Tian Gui twice.

"Unfair! Can you tell me how I wrongly accuse you?"

"Don't try to quibble. Everything that's listed here means I have evidence in my hands."

"You annexed the military farms, persecuted the soldiers, suppressed your colleagues, and killed people for money. You are really greedy. Li Chuan was just lucky enough to get a precious medicine, but you actually killed his family of seven!"

Yang Zhengshan's face became increasingly gloomy, and his eyes were as piercing as knives.

Tian Gui committed many evil deeds, no worse than Xu Wanfu.

Xu Wanfu is lustful and Tian Gui is greedy for money.

Tian Gui is not only greedy for money, but also vicious.

Li Chuan was just an ordinary military household. He usually relied on chopping and selling firewood in the mountains to supplement his family income. Two years ago, he accidentally discovered a precious medicinal herb.

There is no need to say much about the value of this precious medicine. Any one of them is worth a thousand taels.

Li Chuan has good luck, but also bad luck.

Because of this precious medicine, his family was destroyed.

In fact, it’s nothing that Tian Gui is greedy for the precious medicine. Everyone is greedy, and precious medicine is far more attractive to warriors than gold and silver.

It is natural for Tian Gui to want the precious medicine.

However, Tian Gui's behavior made people feel extremely chilled. He did not bargain for it, nor did he ask for it directly. He was even too lazy to use his power to pressure others, but chose to rob it directly.

In fact, given Tian Gui's status, as long as he asks, Li Chuan should hand over the precious medicine as long as he is not stupid.

But Tian Gui did not give Li Chuan any chance at all. He rushed into Li Chuan's home with his men and killed all seven members of the family, young and old.

The only thing he tried to cover up was that he did not choose to do it during the day, but chose to do it late at night.

This guy just doesn't treat people as human beings. In his mind, the soldiers and military households under his command are worse than animals.

"Sir, please spare my life, sir, please spare my life!" Tian Gui knew that he could not argue and begged for mercy directly.

"Drag him away!" Yang Zhengshan hated talking nonsense to scumbags the most, and what he said just now was an exception.

Outside the door, Ding Qiu and Yang Minghao immediately came in and dragged Tian Gui up.

"No, Lord Garrison, you can't do this!"

"let me go!"

Tian Gui became anxious and struggled with a ferocious look on his face, seeming to want to resist.

But before he could make a move, Ding Qiu slapped him on the chest. A muffled thud echoed in the hall. Then Tian Gui spat out a mouthful of blood and could no longer utter a word.

When the others saw this, they all shuddered.

Han Cheng and Xie Yuan both looked at Ding Qiu in surprise.

Although Tian Gui was greedy, he was a garrison officer after all, and his cultivation was not weak, with the fourth level of acquired cultivation.

But he was actually crippled by a single blow from this unprepossessing servant!

Looking away, both of them felt amazed.

There are really many hidden talents around the master. A warrior above the fourth level of acquired martial arts is just a servant!

They were not unfamiliar with Ding Qiu. Ding Qiu almost followed Yang Zhengshan wherever he went. They had all seen Ding Qiu, but they did not know that Ding Qiu had such strength.

Soon, Tian Gui was dragged away like a dead dog.

Yang Zhengshan glanced at the other garrison officers again.

"You, you, you, you, all six of you, go down on your own. I don't like the sight of blood!"

He pointed out several garrison officials one by one.

One garrison officer, two defense officers, and seven garrison officers. Yang Zhengshan had to deal with seven people at once, leaving only Xie Yuan and two centurion garrison officers who were still useful.

The six people pointed out by Yang Zhengshan looked pale, and one of them was so cowardly that he collapsed to the ground, incontinent.

Just now they still had a little bit of hope in their hearts, but now they are completely desperate.

They had long been aware of Yang Zhengshan's methods. If he did not take action, it would be fine, but once he did, it would be ruthless.

They had all heard about how Xu Wanfu and his confidants died.

Looking at the guy with shit and piss all over his pants, Yang Zhengshan waved his hand in disdain, "Drag him away."

Yang Minghao led a group of soldiers into the hall and dragged all these desperate guys out.

Revolt?

Do not make jokes.

To resist here is undoubtedly to seek early death.

If they don't resist, they can live a few more days, perhaps even have a glimmer of hope. But if they resist, Yang Zhengshan will kill them on the spot.

They don't think Yang Zhengshan will show mercy.

After the people were dragged out, Yang Zhengshan looked at the empty lobby and rubbed his eyebrows with a headache.

This is fucking bullshit.

In this way, he cleared out almost all the military officers under the original garrison office. He cleared out one thousand-man commander, one battalion commander, and more than a dozen team officers from the garrison camp, and one garrison officer, one defense officer, and five garrison officers from the garrison.

What does it mean to be rotten to the core? This is it.

It's hard to find a good official.

Han Cheng and Xie Yuan were not good officials either. Han Cheng colluded with Xu Wanfu to protect himself, while Xie Yuan restrained himself and chose to hide his incompetence to protect himself.

As for the remaining low-level officials, although they have not committed serious crimes, they have not done anything good either.

However, there are also good aspects to clearing out so many officials.

That is, Yang Zhengshan is now able to control the entire garrison office. He can do whatever he wants and run the garrison and camp outside the city the way he wants.

(End of this chapter)