Chapter 939

In Jiuyuan City.

Meng Tian was very busy during this period, not dealing with the Xiongnu invasion, but purging Zhao Gao's subordinates in the city.

Since Zhao Gao served as the Commandery Governor of Jiuyuan, although Jiuyuan Commandery was not big, there were still quite a few people. Under his operation over the years, he developed a not-so-small force. Otherwise, it would have been impossible for someone to rescue him from the prison the moment he was imprisoned.

Now, Zhao Gao's whereabouts were unknown, and it was very likely that he went to defect to the Xiongnu.

His defecting to the Xiongnu was not the most important thing. It was only necessary to crush the Xiongnu, and Zhao Gao would undoubtedly die. The most important thing was that those people he left in Jiuyuan Commandery, those spies hidden in the shadows, must be purged.

If these people were not rooted out, even if Zhao Gao escaped, their marching movements might still be understood by Zhao Gao and subsequently sold to the Xiongnu side.

Thinking of the previous few collisions with the Xiongnu, when it was clearly an excellent opportunity, but it was known in advance by the Xiongnu, leading to the failure of the war, and many soldiers died because of this, Meng Tian became more and more gnashing his teeth.

Zhao Gao, a person who deserved to die a hundred times!

Although the force Zhao Gao operated in Jiuyuan Commandery was not weak, in the current Jiuyuan Commandery, the person with the most power was still Meng Tian. He came to crusade against the Xiongnu under the Emperor's order, and he had hundreds of thousands of troops under his command. In comparison, what was Zhao Gao's little force?

With the help of the Shadow Secret Guard brought by Gai Nie, plus the Net members mobilized by Gai Nie, one person after another hidden in the shadows was rooted out. At this time, it was better to kill the wrong person than to let go of any suspicious person.

These people would be concentrated and imprisoned. Afterwards, if they were innocent, they would naturally be forgiven. If they were truly problematic, they would also not be able to escape the judgment of the Qin law.

Inside the Commandery Governor's Mansion.

Now Meng Tian was sitting in command here, and Li Mu was wearing coarse clothes, standing quietly by his side, watching Meng Tian handle government affairs.

Although Meng Tian was a general, he had once served as the Neishi in the court. The Neishi was the official in charge of rent and finance. He even improved the writing brush, so one could not look at Meng Tian as an ordinary military general. His talent in civil officialdom was actually also full.

At this moment, because Commandery Governor Zhao Gao became a traitor, all government affairs of Jiuyuan Commandery could only be handled by Meng Tian.

While handling government affairs, he could not help but rub his eyebrows and sighed, "Zhao Gao, this thief, truly deserves to die!"

He had once served as the Neishi, so he was not unfamiliar with matters of rent and finance. Earlier, because the Commandery Governor was Zhao Gao, he had not studied the situation of Jiuyuan Commandery. Now, after Zhao Gao fled in fear of punishment, he studied the taxes and many account books of Jiuyuan Commandery and immediately discovered the problem.

Although Jiuyuan Commandery had vast land and few people, and the population was sparse, it was not to the extent that the taxes would be so low. Among the many taxes that Jiuyuan Commandery originally sent to Xianyang, a large part suddenly disappeared.

As expected, it should have been embezzled by Zhao Gao, who secretly intercepted a large part of the taxes.

Zhao Gao formed a clique for private interests in Jiuyuan Commandery and secretly developed his power. To develop power, one needed funds. Otherwise, why would others follow you?

The more he realized the problem of Jiuyuan Commandery, the more intense Meng Tian's killing intent towards Zhao Gao became.

Li Mu, who was on the side, listening to Meng Tian's angry voice, teased in a strange tone, "I thought the Qin law stated that there would always be corrupt officials, and they would soon be found out. Now it seems that it is no different from the original six states of Shandong."

Why were the six states of Shandong weaker than the Qin Guo?

Besides the national strength not being as good as the Qin Guo, the rampant corrupt officials in the court were also an important factor.

Not to mention anything else, just take the State of Zhao. Back then, there were corrupt officials like Guo Kai. If it weren't for Guo Kai, he would not have died passively, and subsequently could only helplessly watch the State of Zhao perish.

"Strictly speaking, Zhao Gao is actually a distant relative of the Zhao royal family, so General Li Mu, don't be too proud!"

"He is a person from your State of Zhao, oh."

A voice suddenly sounded, responding to Li Mu's words.

The strange smile at the corner of Li Mu's mouth suddenly froze.

Meng Tian also stopped handling government affairs and suddenly turned his head, looking in a certain direction.

I saw that in the room, an illusory figure turned from empty to real, slowly appearing. The previous words also came from this figure.

After the other party appeared, a hint of playfulness hung in his eyes, falling on Li Mu.

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After seeing this figure clearly, Li Mu's expression suddenly sank.

He recognized the other party.

Back then, it was precisely because of this person that he was forced to come to the Qin Guo. It could be said that he could forget everyone, but he could not forget this person.

However, it was also because of this person that Li Mu decisively chose to shut up and did not tangle with the other party on the issue of whether Zhao Gao was a Qin person or a Zhao person.

It was Meng Tian who, after seeing the other party, was a bit excited. He stood up suddenly and hurriedly said to the other party, "Grand Master!"

Since Su Xuan returned until now, it had been a long time, but because Meng Tian needed to deal with the Xiongnu and had arrived in Jiuyuan Commandery early, he had not seen Su Xuan.

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However, even after more than two years, Meng Tian still recognized Su Xuan immediately.

Besides the fact that Su Xuan's appearance had not changed at all compared to back then, it was also because Su Xuan had left a very deep impression in Meng Tian's heart.

Su Xuan nodded gently and said to Meng Tian, "Zhao Gao has already been killed by me!"