"Do it!"

More than ten sergeants rushed into the store. The two old men were stunned, then subconsciously jumped up and wanted to run back.

Boom!

The back door was kicked open.

Wang Laoer came in with someone.

"Wait...are you from Chang'an?" an old man asked.

"Exactly, I have something to ask you two!" The old thief came in and said, "The incident with Prince Xiang has happened."

The old man felt relaxed and said, "I knew this day would come."

The sergeants stepped forward and captured the two men. The old man lowered his head and allowed the sergeants to tie him up. He sighed: "I wanted to surrender, but... those people are so powerful that it doesn't matter whether I live or die, but what about my family?"

?”

"Of course we will protect you," the old thief said.

"Can't protect it, can't protect it!" The old man raised his head and said desolately: "They can change the dynasty, let alone kill a whole family."

At this time, Xiao Lin and others also arrived outside.

Seeing the sergeant and the two captured old men inside, the guard beside him whispered: "No, they got there first, do we want to take action?"

Several men in the store turned around and glanced at the crowd of people who had heard the news and watched the excitement.

"Don't lower your head, it's Jin Yiwei!" Xiao Lin said, and then pretended to be watching the excitement.

"Let's go!" Xiao Lin and his people quietly evacuated the county town.

"What should we do? Let's intercept him halfway!" Someone came up with an idea.

"They are accompanied by royal guards and fierce soldiers. Where can we intercept and kill them? Besides, those are the old thief and Wang Laoer. One is cunning and the other kills foreigners who are frightened by the news. Do you think we can intercept and kill them?"

"That's enough!" Xiao Lin waved his hand, his face ashen, "This matter cannot be done, go and report it to the king immediately!"

…

"No need to ask." The two old guards took the initiative to explain before the two old thieves could speak.

"Then be more honest. You two can't get involved in such a big thing even if you think about it. The death penalty can be avoided. And I guarantee that as long as you two tell the truth, I will take your two families to Northern Xinjiang. There,

People from aristocratic families don’t dare to make mistakes!”

"Northern Xinjiang is your Majesty's land of Longxing. It is a good place. But why should I believe what you say?"

"Old man Jia Ren!"

"Who is Jia Ren?"

Well!

Pan Zheng lowered his head to hold back his laughter.

"I am Wang Lao Er!"

"God, murderer?"

"Yes! It's me!"

"Then I believe it."

The two guards began to explain in the store.

"When Emperor Filial Piety announced his intention to abolish slavery in the Tang Dynasty, it caused an uproar. The wealthy families and powerful people, including the powerful and the clan, were furious. However, Emperor Filial Piety won the trust of the empress..."

Emperor Xuande was very clever, and Empress Wu was even more like a woman. The two of them joined forces to make those people quite afraid.

"Originally, both sides were just quarreling, but Emperor Xiaojing suddenly took people to Chang'an and Wannian counties to check past household registrations. This hit those people's back..."

"I know." Facing the questioning look of the old guard, the old thief said: "You can talk in vain about not allowing people in the Tang Dynasty to be slaves. This talk will last forever and will be useless. There must be evidence to prove that this matter is harmful to the country of the Tang Dynasty.

Only when there is harm, and the harm is not small, can one occupy the position of great righteousness. With great righteousness in hand, if gods stand in the way, they will kill gods, and if Buddha stands in the way, they will kill Buddha."

"That's exactly the reason." The old guard looked at Wang Laoer and said, "Give me a cup of tea!"

"Give it to him!" Wang Laoer nodded. A sergeant brought tea. The old guard took a greedy sip and sighed: "I don't know how many more cups I can drink."

"Tell me something!"

"The Emperor Filial Piety has found a lot of evidence in Chang'an and Wannian counties. In the past ten years, those people have used usury, low rent, etc. to turn good people into slaves..."

"Wait!" Jin Yiwei, who was recording, looked up, "Low rent?"

The old thief said: "The taxes in the Tang Dynasty are not low, but those people can evade taxes, and the emperor will turn a blind eye. If farmers take their own fields as slaves, they only need to pay half of the taxes... Then

The days are naturally different.”

"The fields and population belong to those people, and the taxes also belong to those people, but it is the Tang Dynasty that suffers a loss!" Jin Yiwei shook his head, lowered his head and continued to record.

"Who says otherwise!" The old guard smiled bitterly, "This is harming the public and enriching private interests. Even I saw it back then. If those people were allowed to annex the fields and absorb the population, the Tang Dynasty would decline sooner or later. But who cares!"

"What happened next?" Jin Yiwei, who was recording, asked.

"Later, those people asked someone to give a message to the filial emperor, and he relented."

Tsk!

The old thief praised: "As long as I think about that scene, I can think of the majestic figure who respects the emperor. He is indeed your Majesty's Aye!"

"The filial emperor flatly refused." The old guard lamented: "Those people tried several times to no avail, so... they found the clan."

imperial clan?

Wang Laoer said in confusion: "Let the clan persuade you to respect the emperor?"

"No!" The old guard shook his head, "It's a stabbing!"

Another old guard coughed dryly, "I witnessed what happened next..."

"Then, tell me."

"That year someone found Prince Xiang. I was on guard outside the study and heard them talking inside..."

"The man said, The prince is trying to break our foundation. Does the clan want to just sit back and watch? King Xiang just laughed. The man said, the king is your majesty's younger brother. Your majesty values ​​​​it very much. If the king takes action, this matter will definitely be resolved.

reverse.

King Lao Xiang sneered and said, why should I take action? The man smiled very reservedly and asked King Lao Xiang, what does the king want? Fields? It is easy to say, one hundred hectares of fertile land, but without slaves, what will the king do with these fields?

use?"

This is inducement to gain!

Moreover, it happened to scratch the itch of Lao Xiang Wang Li Duo.

"The king wants money? It's easy to say, one million dollars. As long as the king nods, the money will be quietly sent to the treasury and then transferred to the name of the person designated by the king."

The vault can store money and can be exchanged for gold and silver.

"The king negotiated with the man and finally settled on one hundred and thirty hectares of fertile land and one and a half million dollars."

The person who recorded the story in Jinyiwei raised his head with serious eyes, "So, how did King Lao Xiang do it?"

"That day..." The old guard squinted his eyes, as if he was remembering something.

"That day, King Lao Xiang entered the palace and met Emperor Xiaojing. The two exchanged a few words, and then King Lao Xiang went to see the empress. After returning, King Lao Xiang was drinking in the study, and I was on duty outside.

Listen to him talking to his staff in the study..."

Everyone listened with bated breath.

The old guard probably had an itchy cheek, so he wanted to rub it with his shoulder. When he didn't touch it several times, he twisted his cheek to relieve the itching.

"Prince Lao Xiang said that your plan is quite good. The emperor and the empress are two strong men. Knowing that the prince is ambitious, even if they doubt whether this is true or not, power is so charming that they will involuntarily be suspicious of the prince. The staff said

, the important thing about this matter is not the emperor's suspicion, but the worry."

"Prince Lao Xiang asked, you said this... Yes, the prince said that after he ascended the throne, he would take action against the big families. The emperor and the empress knew that this matter was serious, and if they could take action, the two of them would have taken action long ago. Where?

It is his turn to get the prince? Therefore, the emperor and the empress must be worried. In this way, he should suppress this matter. Not only suppress this matter... but also, from now on, the emperor and empress will feel that the prince... is not stable. This is the biggest gain.

"

The old thief felt chills running down his spine.

"A few days later, the emperor and the empress came to court and jointly suppressed the matter. Later I learned that the filial emperor went to find the empress to defend himself, but was scolded..."

The old guard said: "Old King Xiang entered the palace that day to find out what the emperor and the empress said."

"He stabbed the emperor of filial piety!" the old thief lamented.

"It hurts so much!" Wang Laoer stuffed a piece of dried meat into his mouth and chewed it.

…

When the old thief left Sanyuan County, people immediately stared at King Xiang and his entourage.

"Don't let them escape, but I'm just afraid that you won't dare to take action, second brother!"

"Why me?"
To be continued...