Da Song: Possessed by Overlord at the beginning

Chapter 65 Attracted a fatal disaster

"My... my lord, I'm an official... I'm late, I hope my lord will forgive me!"

Gao Cheng was out of breath, sweating profusely and bowed to Chao Tian, ​​saying in panic.

Chao Tian took a deep look at Gao Cheng, he naturally knew that Gao Cheng came from the brothel.

But Chao Tian didn't say anything, just smiled, and said kindly, "Lord Gao, as the magistrate of Dengzhou and the official of a state's parents, he handles a lot of affairs every day, so it's understandable that he came late."

"Thank you for your understanding."

Gao Cheng borrowed the donkey from the slope, bowed his hands deeply towards Chao Tian, ​​and stood beside him.

Chao Tian looked around for a week, and the whole morning was almost over, if he really didn't come, then he should have some thoughts about himself as the Penglai Jiedushi.

"Where is the Dengzhou Tongju?" Chao Tian asked immediately.

As soon as the words were finished, a civil servant hurriedly came out from the civil class below, bowed to Chao Tian, ​​and hurriedly said, "Niu Zhiyong, the humble judge of Dengzhou, has met your lord."

Chao Tian glanced at Niu Zhiyong, the magistrate of Dengzhou who was trembling. He was so frightened that his new official had not started fire three times since he took office.

"Lord Niu, are all the civil and military officials from Dengzhou here?" Chao Tian asked immediately.

"Your Excellency, except for Wang Kaide, the Supervisor of Dengzhou Military and Horse Command, everyone else is here." Niu Zhiyong said cautiously, cupping his hands.

"Why didn't Wang Kaide, the Military Superintendent of Dengzhou, come? Where is he now?"

Chao Tian stared, worrying that there would be no chance to take over the military power of Dengzhou, so he just took this opportunity to start the first fire.

"Ben is in prison here!"

As soon as Chao Tian finished speaking, a fat general staggered in from outside, reeking of alcohol, with big ears and confused eyes, he staggered in while leaning on the wall.

Wang Kaide saw that he had drunk a lot of wine, and before the person arrived, the smell of alcohol had spread throughout the hall of the prefect's mansion.

"Bold Wang Kaide, as the military governor of Dengzhou, knowingly breaking the law, neglecting his superiors, violating military orders, drinking and wandering in the lobby of the prefect's mansion, you can be convicted!"

Chao Tian glared angrily, slapped the gavel, and questioned.

Wang Kaide glanced sideways at Chao Tian, ​​grinned disdainfully, pointed at Chao Tian sitting above him, and cursed: "You... what the hell are you? You can sit there... there, get out of here." …Get off…get off!”

Chao Tian's face was as cold as ice, and there was a murderous look in his eyes. Li Yuanfang, Niu Gao, Li Yuanba, and Shan Xiongxin beside him were also full of murderous looks and glared at them. They only waited for Chao Tian's order to make Wang Kaide bloody on the spot!
Gao Cheng, who was next to him raised his hand, secretly thought that it was not good. He glanced at the drowsy Wang Kaide, cursed inwardly as a waste, and immediately stood up.

Gao Cheng pointed to Wang Kaide, the warden of soldiers and horses, and scolded: "Bold Wang Kaide, open your dog eyes and see clearly, that is Mr. Chao Tian, ​​the envoy of Dengzhou Penglai Festival bestowed by the emperor, what are you, get out!
Although Gao Cheng's words were strong, he was really helping Wang Kaide and kicked him out, so Chao Tian had nothing to do with her.

It's a pity that they are not afraid of opponents who are like gods, but teammates who are like pigs.

Wang Kaide interrupted Gao Cheng in a daze, still yelling: "What the **** commander, Chao Tian Chaofeng, I am the biggest in this Dengzhou!"

"Come here, bring Wang Kaide to me!"

Chao Tian yelled angrily, slapped the gavel hard, and said.

As soon as the words fell, two black-faced generals rushed out from the two sides, they were the black-faced Tai Sui Niu Gao and the Zhao Wang Li Yuanba of the Western Mansion.

The two men went up one at a time and brutally removed Wang Kaide's arms and pinned them to the ground.

This was Chao Tian's order in advance not to kill people, otherwise Wang Kaide's head would have been screwed off with the temper of these two idiots.

When Gao Cheng saw that Wang Kaide was subdued, he thought something was wrong in his heart, so he hurriedly stood up again, cupped his hands towards Chao Tian, ​​and said eagerly: "My lord, General Wang admires you a lot on weekdays, but today he drank some wine and talked nonsense. I said some drinking words, and I hope you will forgive me."

Hearing Gao Cheng's words, Chao Tian sneered, and said, "Master Gao, be safe and don't be impatient."

"I didn't arrest Wang Kaide because he was drinking and roaring in court. I still have a heart for this."

"It's just that the Dengzhou establishment should be 4000 in the army and 5000 in the navy. Why are there only more than 2000 people left in the barracks now? Where are the others?"

"Where do the salaries of 6000 people go every year?"

"Wang Kaide was corrupt and perverted the law, and he was embezzling money from the army. As a result, the defenses of Dengzhou City were in disrepair, and all the defenders were old, weak, sick and disabled. I did not kill them on the spot, so I was just wide open."

Chao Tian said, and threw the information about the investigation to the ground. Of course, many military lieutenants and generals were implicated in it.

Gao Cheng saw that Chao Tian had come prepared, and heaved a heavy sigh. He didn't expect that the commander would act so vigorously and never give them a chance to react.

"Take Wang Kaide and other generals who are corrupt and perverting the law and wait to be dealt with!"

With Chao Tian's order, a large number of Jinyiwei soldiers rushed in and arrested them one by one according to the list on the information. In the overcrowded general squad, there were only two or three people left in the end.

For a moment above the lobby, Dengzhou Wenwu was trembling, afraid that the commander's fire would burn to him in the next second.

After dealing with the warden Wang Kaide, Chao Tian cast a cold glance at the other people in the lobby.

Wherever they looked, the civil and military officials all bowed their heads in silence, for fear of being noticed by Chao Tian and causing death.

"Wang Kaide and others have corrupted the law and violated the law, and their crimes cannot be punished. I am here to remove Wang Kaide from the position of Dengzhou Military and Horse Superintendent, and Li Tong from the position of Dengzhou Navy Commander."

"Xu Da, under my command, will serve as the general manager of the Dengzhou army and horses. The Dengzhou garrison will be expanded by [-] troops. Zheng Chenggong will serve as the commander of the Dengzhou navy, and the navy will be expanded by [-] troops."

Immediately, Chao Tian firmly held the military power of Dengzhou in his hands without giving Dengzhou civil and military officials any chance.

After finishing speaking, Chao Tian glanced at Gao Cheng again, seeing the latter standing below without saying a word, his face was ashen, and he sneered in his heart.

"I took a look yesterday at the tax issues in Dengzhou in the past two years. There are so many miscellaneous taxes, such as bridge tax, chicken tax, etc., it doesn't make sense."

"Starting today, all exorbitant and miscellaneous taxes will be exempted, and the city gate tax will be exempted. Only formal taxes such as salt and iron tax, customs tax, agricultural tax, and commercial tax will be kept. Anyone who dares to disobey will be punished!"

No one expected that Chao Tian's new official would directly focus on taxation. If he followed Chao Tian's approach, each of them would lose millions of taels of silver every year.

Immediately, some people disagreed, cutting off the source of income is like killing parents, which is unreasonable.

"My lord, this tax has always been stipulated by the imperial court. Officials at the state level have no right to exempt it. Please take it back."

"Please take back your life, sir!"

"Please take it back, my lord!"

"That's right, my lord, if the imperial court blames me, we will all be blamed!"

In an instant, more than 30 people stood up and asked Chao Tian to take back his life.

(End of this chapter)