"Your Highness, Magistrate Rao…went to fetch the bride again…No, no, no, he went to kidnap a girl.”Liu Diwei stammered.
"Where to?"
"Your Highness, it's the entire county."
Hearing this, Li Jian's expression turned cold and he said in a deep voice,""Where is Xue Rengui?"
Xue Rengui hurriedly dismounted and bowed.""I'm here!"
"This king orders you to go to the entire county. What do you want to do? Do you have any idea?"
"I know, Your Highness." Xue Rengui bowed.”
"Go quickly." Li Jian waved his hand.
Xue Rengui mounted his horse and led a hundred soldiers away.
Li Jian turned to Liu Diwei and said sternly,""Then where are Rao Qing and the women that he stole?”
" Your Highness, they're all locked up in a small building behind the county government. Rao Qinghe named it Golden Sparrow House, modeled after Cao Aman…" Liu Diwei said.
"Liu Diwei, do you want to redeem yourself?”Li Jian asked.
"Yes!" Liu Diwei shouted.
"Alright, then bring your soldiers and release all the women that Rao Qinghe has kidnapped. Also, bring their families here!”
"Yes! Your Highness." Liu Di Wei felt as if he had been pardoned. He hurriedly led his subordinates to look behind the county government and left in a hurry, afraid that he would be late.
At this moment, a large group of commoners had gathered on the street. Their eyes revealed confusion. Most of them were confused about what had just happened.
However, some of the people who were standing closer were already whispering Li Jian's words to Liu Diwei.
"Looks like he's a high-ranking official, but he's so young.”
"I heard from Liu Diwei that he is a prince. What is a prince?”
"I don't know. His Highness is definitely older than Liu Di and Wei, perhaps even older than Rao Qinghe.”
"Let's see who has saved us in the past few years. If this continues, we will be swallowed up by the Tuyuhun people! At that time, we, the people of the Great Tang, will become slaves to the Hu. Just thinking about it makes me feel stifled!”
"Don't say anymore. This young prince is so powerful. Do you see how arrogant Liu Diwei is usually? He's even more obedient than a grandson in front of this small official.”
……
More and more people gathered. Li Jian walked into the hall of the county government with a horsewhip in his hand.
Luo Binwang led his subordinates to appease the people. He said loudly,""Villagers, I have come on behalf of His Highness. If you have any grievances, you can go to the Great Tang to complain!”
One of the bolder commoners stepped forward and asked carefully,""What's His Highness?"
"Your Highness is the way to address a prince!"”
Boom!
Prince? The prince was here?
The commoners finally understood! They couldn't believe it, but the scene before their eyes made them believe it.
"The prince is here. Let's go and talk about our grievances! Rao Qinghe has caused the death of our Kuang County.”
"Let's go and take a look."
The commoners swarmed into the hall.
At this moment, Li Jian was already sitting in the hall. He saw that the hall was covered in dust. It was obvious that this place had never been used before.
Li Jian thought to himself," Li Chengqian, Zhangsun Wuji, Rao Dacang, and Rao Qinghe. This is a chain of interests. If it weren't for Zhangsun Wuji's indulgence, Second Rao wouldn't be so domineering and inhumane!”
These days, according to the news that Li Jian had received, Zhangsun Wuji had sent many officials to Bing Province. It seemed like he was trying to take over his position.
"Li Chengqian, Zhangsun Wuji, you are too stupid. Do you think you can make me powerless just by sending people to restrict me? You will soon know my advantages and disadvantages, and your ridicule will bring you deep shame!”
The entire officialdom of Bing Province was rotten to the core. Bing Province was a big province with a total of fifty-four counties!
This is digging out Bingzhou and making it fat for you to consolidate your position.
For the sake of benefits, you raised corrupt officials and became their protective umbrellas, allowing them to prey on the people and suck the people's fat.
"How can I let you succeed! Never!" Li Jian's gaze was far-reaching as she looked at the commoners who filed in.
The people of the world had suffered so much in the prosperous Zhenguan period. How could their clothes be new?
The commoners were all in tatters, their clothes ragged and their faces pale.
Seeing the commoners like this, Li Jian secretly swore,"" Bingzhou suffered in the past. In the future, it will embark on the path of rapid development in my hands. Its economy will far surpass all the states in the country, including Chang 'an!”
"When that time comes, let's see how you suppress me!”
In Li Jian's heart, Bingzhou, where the officials were corrupt and the people's livelihood was difficult, was a paradise for him to show off!
This would be the best platform to realize his ambitions!
He would be the heaven of Bing Province, the god that the people of Bing Province worshipped!
Looking at the people in ragged clothes walking into the hall in an endless stream, Li Jian picked up the gavel and patted it. He said in a deep voice,""Tell me what grievances the villagers have.”
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