<h4>Chapter 57: Cleaning Xiapi''s Goverment</h4>
Jia Xu: "Oh but I have the evidence which was the ount books of each of you showing that all of you are embezzling the city funds to enrich yourselves!"
Jia Yu hearing that panicked stood up from his seat and began to yell at Jia Xu that he is bluffing and spreading lies about him and the other officials, especially the high-ranking ones like the head of a department which can cause a massive blow to the city morale
Jia Xu responded by pping his hand and a servant suddenlyes in bringing a tray full of books, Jia Xu takes one with Jia''s name on it and show it to him clearly the numbers of money he has is too much with the sry he had as the Governor Of Xiapi
Jia Yu: "Yo-You thief! How dare you enter our house and steal our ount books! You must have forged it after stealing it!"
Lie Fan: "I''ll be the judge of that, let me see those ount books"
Jia Yu turns around when he hears Lie Fan''s voice and sees Lie Fan at the door walking towards them he began to fall onto his seat knowing that his career is finished as his embezzlement of government funds can''t be hidden anymore
Jia Xu gives the book to him and Lie Fan began to read the ount book, seeing the amount of money that Jia Yu himself embezzled is more than the money he have in his system storage which shows how long Jia Yu umted this wealth
Lie Fan: "Damn you! This is how you repay the people and the Emperor''s trust in you?! Men! Come and put him into the dungeon!"
Jia Yu: "M-My Lord?! Please wait a minute and hear my exna- release me I''m the Governor Of Xiapi! Please have mercy, My Lord!"
Jia Yu was dragged out by City Guards yelling for mercy and a chance to exin himself attracting the attention of the servants there but was ignored by Lie Fan and Jia Xu
Lie Fan asked him how he get this and Jia Xu replied that he send Oriole members that they brought for Xu Province 3 days earlier before they arrive at Xiapi to infiltrate the higher-ranking city officials and search for their main ount books that are hidden from him
Lie Fan praises Jia Xu for his ingenuity and cunning method as this can help them to rece the officials in Xiapi without having to think of a reason to demote or fire them as they have evidence of their wrongdoing that can be used as a handle to control them
Lie Fan asks Jia Xu topose an announcement that Jia Yu have been found embezzling the city funds and was stripped of his position with the investigation team immediately sent to his residence to search for the money''s whereabouts
Jia Xu suggested for Jia Yu be executed while his family is banished from Xiapi with all their wealth stripped from them except 6-month wages from Jia Yu''s position as the Governor Of Xiapi
The punishment can be considered to be not that heavy as they will use this as a lesson to the others that Lie Fan knew what they are doing and give them a chance to either step down from their post or give 80% of their funds that they embezzled back to Xiapi
Lie Fan agrees and hopes that tomorrow the announcement can immediately be publicized he will send letters to the Imperial Prince that held the King title of Pei Kingdom hoping that Chen Gui can be sent back to Xiapi in return he will help his Kingdom to eliminate the Yellow Turbans remnant in his region
Jia Xu goes on to make the announcement and Lie Fan makes the letter so it can be sent today, after spending 1 hour they are finally done making their respective missive and Lie Fan gave his to Jia Xu to be checked
After reading it, Jia Xu found no problem with the letter and Lie Fan calls for a messenger to take this letter and sent it to the Imperial Prince as this is important for the future of Xiapi development
Lie Fan appointed Jia Xu as the acting Governor until Chen Gui arrived at Xiapi if the Imperial Prince approve it and doesn''t need more sway, Lie Fan also tell Jia Xu about Wang Lang and how he can be an asset here in Xu Province
Jia Xu: "I''m undecided about the Lord''s assessment of this Wang Lang but I do know this Yang Ci and his work is some of the best in the recent era"
Lie Fan: "Then why don''t you meet him and assess him yourself he is staying in Xiapi as his teacher''s home is here and maybe you can test him also like helping you in taking care of administrative work"
Jia Xu: "Hmmm fine I can do that, My Lord"
Lie Fan knows the talent that Wang Lang has as he is from the future world so he understands Jia Xu is skeptical of Wang Lang''s aptitude as his position doesn''t help him much in proving his talent
So 3 weeks passed by and Xiapi''s high-ranking government is turned upside down by Jia Xu, the announcement of Jia Yu''s execution and the banishment of his family rmed every high-ranking official as this catch them off guard
Lie Fan apanied by Jia Xu in the morning meeting appointed Jia Xu as the acting governor Jia Xu shows his mastery in intrigue warfare towards them when he showed everyone their ount book and give them the choice that he suggest to Lie Fan before
Many of them choose to give the funds back as they feel that if they stepped down their position will be under more threat as Lie Fan can just wipe them out without any exnation silently to take the money back
Ze Rong who hasn''t gone towards the dark Buddhist path was shocked to see many high-ranking officials embezzling the funds that can be used to pay his soldier better sries and better equipment angering him
Lie Fan saw that he was angry and praised him for not doing the same thing inwardly thinking that maybe this is the cause of his turning to banditry in the future, Ze Rong refused the praise and apologize for not knowing better about this
Seeing his sense of justice isn''t nullified yet, Lie Fan asks for him to join his army outside bringing 10.000 men from Xiapi tobine the army and appointing him as the Commander of the Xiapi regiment
After the morning meeting, Jia Xu began to transform almost all of Xiapi''s administrative work and when Wang Lang visited Lie Fan he was taken to the side by Jia Xu Quoting needed help to finish the administration work
These 3 weeks were full of surprises for Xiapi officials thanks to Jia Xu cleaning up and changing many things that he feels is not efficient for the improvement of Xiapi
But the biggest surprise is when the Imperial prince replied to his letter agreeing about the trade-off and Chen Gui will be sent to Xiapi alongside his family
Lie Fan was delighted when he read the reply and told Jia Xu about it where Jia Xu is happy as he can go back to the easy work of an advisor and strategist, they prepared a weing banquet for Chen Gui
ording to the letter they will arrive in 1 week, as the letter was sent here 1 week ago that means they will arrive today or tomorrow that''s why the preparation for the banquet is done very fast
A bit far from Xiapi, a fleet of carriages flying the banner of the Chen n and Han Dynasty was traveling to Xiapi guarded by soldiers moving at a steady pace
Chen Deng: "Father the Prince is too outrageous! How can ept the request from the Inspector Of Xu Province to send us back to Xiapi?!"
Chen Gui: " Deng''er you know that the Prince hates me for always criticizing him for imposingrge taxes and this is an opportunity for him to get rid of me while having the inspector army clean up his region for him"
Chen Deng: "But Father you''re doing that for his good, can''t he thatrge taxes is one of the reasons that the Yellow Turban rebellion happened!"
Chen Gui ignored what Chen Deng said and keeps telling his son to calm down, taking this as a lesson that not all people they served will have a great mind and open heart and better pray the Young Inspector is like that or at least better than the prince
Chen Gui then turned his head and looks out through the carriage window seeing the blue skymenting how the Han Dynasty is corroding from the inside with foreign enemies like the Xiongnu watching them fall apart
The next day, Lie Fan brought Jia Xu alongside his bodyguards and some high-ranking officials of Xiapi to receive Chen Gui and his family
From afar they saw a fleet of carriages driving toward them, Lie Fan immediately walk out through the gate to receive them even though there is still some distance before they arrived
Chen Gui was informed that people were waiting for them in front of the gate, hearing that he told the driver to drive faster as he don''t know if the people waiting for them is important or not as he doesn''t want to offend anyone in his first day arriving at Xiapi
When Lie Fan saw the fleet arrive in from of them, he shout weing words to receive Chen Gui and his Family
Lie Fan: "Wee Master Chen Gui, thank you foring to Xiapi on this eventful journey from Pei Kingdom and I''m sorry that you have to step down from your position as the Chancellor of Pei Kingdom because of my request"
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Name: Lie Fan
Title: Yellow Heaven Subjugator
Age: 17 Years Old (184 AD)
Level: 13
Next Level: 912.000
Renown: 140 -> 145
Cultivation: Art Of War (level 7)
SP: 256.700
ATTRIBUTE POINTS
STR: 385
VIT: 155
AGI: 162
INT: 165
CHR: 90
WIS: 130
WILL: 105
ATR Points: 0