Chapter 414 (continued) Li Heng's secret visit

In Chang'an, the incident of Princess Huo occupying fertile land is like the willow catkins flying everywhere in mid-spring. It has spread to every corner of Chang'an. This old princess, who was once famous for divorce from her husband, once again became the focus of attention of the people in Chang'an after more than 30 years of silence. In fact, using the word "forcibly occupied" is more or less aggrieved the old princess. It should be more appropriate to use forced purchases. Moreover, the price of her land purchase is not too outrageous. She used the market price three years ago, and the price was slightly higher than the market price. Perhaps because the princess was too old, she was slow to change the market conditions in the outside world. She didn't know that the landlords had already increased the price in the past two or three years. How could the landlords agree to it?

Half a month has passed since the incident of Princess Huo. Before the Jingzhao Prefecture verdict was made, Princess Huo had voluntarily returned the occupied land and tied the manager who had forced the land to buy with a rope, sent it to the government for punishment, and publicly stated that it would not protect it. Logically, when the matter reached this point, the hot land purchase incident should come to an end, but in fact, this matter continued to ferment. The court formed the Grand Third Department of Justice, the Minister of Justice, the Shaoqing of Dali Temple and the Chief Censor of the Censor to jointly discuss the case.

, we must thoroughly investigate the similar violations of national laws in Princess Huo, and this land annexation case was the first major case involving royal relatives since Li Yu ascended the throne, and it attracted much attention. In addition, it involved Li Qing'an, the governor of Anxi, which added many attractive highlights to this case. The case was in full swing, and almost everyone was paying attention to this matter. This matter has become a conflict between the powerful and nobles of the Tang Dynasty and the court.

The restaurant in Xishi City has become famous since the incident of Diwuqi being beaten here. The restaurant has become famous. There are endless people visiting every day. The restaurant takes the opportunity to do business and pay for the bill with fine wine and food and thoughtful service. Gradually, many people have become regular drinkers. The restaurant is full of wine every day and the business is booming. Because the Diwuqi incident has brought a little current political color to the restaurant, discussing current affairs has become the biggest feature of this restaurant. The Tang Dynasty has always been tolerant of speech. As long as it does not maliciously attack the current emperor, it can generally speak freely.

That morning, Li Heng, the Supreme Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, came to this restaurant early in the morning. Since his relationship with Li Yu deteriorated, he was taken away all his power and became the leisure king who had nothing to do in the teahouse. Li Heng seemed to care, and went out early and came back late every day, wandering around Chang'an. Li Yu didn't care about him. As long as he did not participate in state affairs, everything would be respected.

As soon as Li Heng brought a few followers into the restaurant, the guy warmly greeted him, "Mr. Li, your seat is empty for you, and the villain will take you there."

Li Heng did not reveal his identity, but the shop assistant was enthusiastic and submissive, and there was no need to show any identity. He smiled and nodded, turned around to his aide Shi Zhenghua and said, "Sir, please!"

Shi Zhenghua is a middle-aged man with a background in the Ming Dynasty and has not obtained an official position. He was introduced to Li Heng two years ago. The two were quite able to talk. Li Heng usually takes him wherever he goes. Shi Zhenghua quickly bowed and smiled, "It's Brother Li who is the host, so naturally Brother Li invites you first."

"Okay, I'll go upstairs first."

The two walked up the second floor, and the guy took them to a seat by the window. From here, you can clearly see the gate of the West City and hear the conversation in the lobby. The location is very ideal. Li Heng set this seat for thirty cents a month. He could only leave it to him within two hours every day. He sat down and glanced around. The seats in the lobby were basically full. It was lunch time, with crowds of people and business extremely hot.

Shi Zhenghua poured Li Heng a glass of wine, pointed to the neighbors and said, "It seems that everyone is talking about the case of Princess Huo."

Li Heng sneered. Of course, he understood what Li Yu was doing. It was not that easy to touch Princess Huo. That person had gradually recovered his health. How could he be allowed to touch Princess Huo? He advised him to make him unable to wake up completely when the man was unconscious, but he was merciful and merciful. Now he wanted to touch Princess Huo again. He missed lunch time and was hungry again. There was no ready-made lunch in the world. But if he had been that person, then he would confiscate whoever wanted to confiscate his home and who would dare to say a word. What a pity! He was merciful and wanted to do big things. This emperor was unqualified.

Li Heng didn't say anything. He slowly drank with a glass of wine, but his ears were high, listening to the discussions of the people around him without missing a word.

"I thought the court was forced by Li Qing'an. Now it seems that Li Qing'an is just an excuse for the court. The court clearly wanted to make money from Mrs. Huo."

These are several students from the Imperial College who are drinking and chatting. Everyone is worried about the country and the people, and they are also a little knowledgeable, but they are justified in every sentence.

"Hey! It's not easy for the court. Several wealthy places in the Tang Dynasty have been enfeoffed. It is conceivable that the court's financial difficulties are not enough. If it weren't for the fact that the emperor would never have the idea of ​​the royal family. After all, they are of the same roots!"

"The court took serious action this time and actually issued a trial for the Grand Third Division to investigate the old man. There are a few clean people in the royal family. This time the court is going to make a lot of money."

"You think things are too simple. So what if the Grand Third Department can judge? Do you think it is a trial of a small civilian? They are not stupid. Didn't Mrs. Huo have already retired? They also tied up the manager to confess their guilt. This is all done by the people below and has nothing to do with her. What crime do you think can be found? In one sentence, this is given by the late emperor, so what can you do? I guess the matter is left unresolved."

"If this is the case, the Lord of the Emperor will be in trouble. He has set off such a great momentum and finally left it alone. He will be ruined. Alas! These ministers who aroused the Lord of the Emperor are really guilty!"

Li Heng nodded secretly when he heard this. These students had some knowledge. Even students could think of them. Will those officials not think of them? Instead, they instigated Li Yu to do things with great fanfare. It was really a pity that the stupid man was self-righteous. This time he was good-looking. Li Heng hated that he was not fighting and was extremely disappointed with Li Yu. At this time, his aide Shi Zhenghua whispered: "Eunuch, what the emperor did is developing in an unfavorable direction. I suggest you persuade him."

"Hmph! What does his life and death have to do with me?"

Li Heng said coldly: "Who is kind and ruthless, and the woman is always pursuing the so-called benevolence and righteousness, but she doesn't know that officials also want to support their families and only want to take care of the interests of the people. Who will do your business for you? Who will fight for the soldiers? I still don't know how to reflect on you, and I'm still listening to the arrangements of those scholars. I don't want such a fool."

Shi Zhenghua stopped talking. He drank silently. Although he had not been following Li Heng for a short time, it was only during this period that he truly touched the depths of Li Heng. This was a person with great ambition and desire. Although he was doing nothing all day, it did not mean that he would stand by. Shi Zhenghua felt that Li Heng seemed to be waiting for something, but he didn't know what it was. Li Heng was so cunning that Shi Zhenghua was secretly afraid that he would say the wrong thing again.

Li Heng didn't care about Shi Zhenghua's mood changes. He was still listening to the conversation between the people behind him with all his attention. He heard a topic he was interested in. These were three small officials at the bottom. He didn't know the other party, and the other party shouldn't know him either. It was precisely because of this that the three small officials said secret matters that could not be known to the top leaders.

"Brother Jiang, tell me the truth. How much subsidy did Anxi give you? We both are from the eighth grade. Logically speaking, the subsidies we get should be the same, but I feel that you must have more than me. Just tell me the truth and I will keep it confidential."

"Brother, you are too careful. Didn't Anxi make it very clear when giving subsidies? Subsidies are given by grade every month, and there is no need to worry about unevenness. Anxi naturally knows this, so we must be the same. If there is really a difference, it is that my wife is a little tolerant than my sister-in-law, so I will have a few more silver dollars in my pocket than you. Do you understand? Haha!"

"Shh! Sigh down, we have signed a confidentiality agreement and must not disclose it to the public."

"Yes! Yes! Drink, drink! Let's only talk about the wind and moon."

Li Heng was extremely shocked. He understood the conversations of several officials. Li Qing'an actually secretly gave them subsidies. In other words, Li Qing'an took advantage of the embarrassment that the court could not pay salaries and secretly bribed officials in the court. If Li Heng could still watch the matter coldly, then Anxi secretly gave the officials to the officials and made him unable to sit still. The consequences of this matter were quite serious, and the matter was not revealed, which means that all the officials involved had readily accepted Anxi's subsidies.

Li Heng couldn't help but shudder. What is Li Qing'an doing? It's not just bribery, but this is that he is publicly fighting for the throne. Otherwise, why would he pay the court officials? What made Li Heng even more worried is whether the officials accepted Anxi's subsidies to some extent? Li Heng became more and more afraid of Li Qing'an? The more Li Heng thought about it, he became more and more afraid. He could no longer sit still. He immediately stood up and said to Shi Zhenghua: "I happen to have an important thing. Sir, drink slowly, don't care about the money for the wine, I will settle it together every month."

Shi Zhenghua understood that Li Heng didn't want to take him with him, so he quickly stood up and bowed, "I'll go slowly, I'll go back by myself later."

Li Heng glanced at the three lower-level officials again, turned around and hurriedly left.

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Half an hour later, Li Heng's carriage drove into Anyefang and stopped in front of a small house. The house covers an area of ​​about one acre, seven or eight houses, which is quite old. This is the home of Li Wenjun, an assistant teacher of the Imperial College of the Imperial College. Li Wenjun is a distant clan in the decline of the Tang Dynasty. He has a poor family. He passed the Jinshi in the early years of Tianbao because he was dull and not good at socializing. He was a typical nerd and did not do well. Cui Ping, who was in the same imperial examination as him, has now become the Minister of Works, and he is still a seventh-rank assistant.

Li Heng and Li Wenjun's father have a good relationship and have studied together. Li Wenjun's father passed away a few years ago. His family was so poor that he didn't even have a cemetery. It was Li Heng who gave their family a cemetery, which allowed Li Wenjun's father to be buried and solved the urgent problem. For this reason, Li Wenjun's family has always been grateful to Li Heng.

Li Wenjun's family has six people, a couple, an old mother, a couple of children and an old wet nurse who had lived with his family for 30 years. The family of six people relied on Li Wenjun's family to live on rice and salary.

Li Wenjun is about 30 years old and has very weak physical health, but he has a deep knowledge and is highly respected by the students of the Taishu. Today is the holiday, and the Imperial College has also had a vacation. He was studying at home. Suddenly, he heard his mother say that his benefactor is visiting. He did not react at all. When he came out, he saw that it was Li Heng. He was so scared that he knelt down and greeted: "I am not good at ease, meet the Supreme Emperor!"

"Get up! Get up! I'm not here to put on airs."

Li Heng pulled him up from the ground, but saw his clothes covered with patches. He was stunned. At this time, Li Wenjun's wife also hurriedly stepped forward to salute. Li Heng saw that she had a good face and two children were pale and thin, with a sick look. He couldn't help but sigh inwardly. Li Wenjun could not hold his hands and shoulders. He was a weak scholar who had not paid any salary for three years. He was a whole family. I really don't know how they came here.

"I'll take a look at you!" Li Heng was already full of anger, but now he can't get angry.

"Prince Emperor, please come in!"

Li Wenjun quickly invited Li Heng into the guest hall. Li Heng walked into the room with his hands behind his back. When he walked to the door, he saw a dustpan full of bald pens. He was stunned and asked, "What's going on?"

Seeing that his wife was about to speak, Li Wenjun quickly winked her and said with a dry smile: "This is my bald pen to practice calligraphy, which makes the Supreme Emperor laugh."

Li Heng couldn't help but laugh and said, "Your handwriting is very well written, and you are so hardworking. I'll write a calligraphy for me later."

"Sure! Sure! Please."

Li Heng entered the living room. The living room was not big and the furniture was very old, but it was cleaned up very clean and spotless. Li Heng sat down. At this time, his wife brought in two glasses of water and said apologetically: "There is no tea ball at home. I will buy it immediately. For the time being, water can only be used instead of tea. Please forgive me!"

"You're welcome, don't buy it anymore. You guys go and do your business. I'll say a few words to my nephew Wenjun."

Li Wenjun's wife retreated, and the only two of them were left in the room. Li Wenjun did not dare to sit down and stood beside her hands.

Li Heng looked at him, seeing that his eyes were unnatural, and knew that this was a person who would not lie, but Li Heng was not in a hurry to ask about that matter, and said, "I want to ask you, how did your family survive it after not being paid for three years?"

After a while, Li Wenjun whispered: "Sell the land, the twenty-five acres of Yongye Field were sold three years ago."

"How much did you buy?" Li Heng asked slowly.

"Our family is Nakata, and we are in the relatively remote Sanshui County, and we have sold a total of 150 stagnant coins."

"You can still make a living by spending 150 knots of money for three years! Why are your two children so thin?"

Li Wenjun shook his head and looked sad. Li Heng squinted his eyes and looked at him for a long time, and suddenly asked, "Have you taken Anxi's money?"

Li Wenjun's face suddenly turned red. He knelt down and kowtowed, "I dare not hide my job. I did accept it, but I dare not use it. I put it in a box. If the court has an order, I will hand it over immediately."

Li Heng snorted heavily, "Tell me, how much do they give you?"

Li Wenjun's lip was so white that he said for a long time: "I have signed a confidentiality contract and must not be passed on."

"Must and wrong!"

Li Heng slapped the table heavily and said angrily: "Since you are going to hand in, but now you are unwilling to say it. What secrets do you keep from me? Do you want to tell me or not?"

Helplessly, Li Wenjun had to whisper: "Anxi will give me thirty silver dollars a month, and someone will send it specially, saying that this is Anxi's special subsidy. His Highness Zhao heard that Yang Bingcao's wife was forced to sell her spring and commit suicide in the end. He was very sad. He asked us to be at ease and not do those cheap jobs."

"Ha! Not bad! Thirty silver dollars a month are almost three times your salary. Li Qingan is very generous to you, so you must be very grateful, right?" Li Heng's eyes became strict.

Li Wenjun gritted his teeth and said, "Yes! I am very grateful. Not only me, but all the officials are grateful. The Supreme Emperor may not know that our life is too hard. We have to support our family. But the court has not paid salary for three years. If you want to do business, you can't afford to lose that person. You can only sell land and houses. My colleague Assistant Luo went to work and earn money in the East City at night, but was humiliated and almost committed suicide when he came back. Don't know these Supreme Emperors! We are not even as good as small merchants and have lost all their politeness. We are grateful to Your Highness Zhao, at least he gave us the minimum dignity!"

At this time, Li Wenjun's wife also came in and knelt down and cried, "My family is pitiful too! In order to support her family, she copied books for others. She copied books until midnight every day. It has been three years since she used a bald pen and had a dustpan. It was right at the door. Didn't the Supreme Emperor just see it?"

Li Heng was stunned and said for a while: "You didn't get 150 jin of money for selling land, but you used 50 jin a year. Although you were a little less, you wouldn't be so hard."

The couple couldn't help it anymore and started crying. Li Wenjun choked and said, "My father borrowed a lot of money and used 60 guan to pay off the debt. My mother was sick and I used at least 60 guan to pay off the money in the past three years to treat and take medicine. Now the price of rice is rising every day, and life is really hard. The child is sick again these days. If Anxi hadn't sent 30 silver dollars, I really don't know what to do?"

Although Li Heng hated him for taking Li Qing'an's money, he felt a little embarrassed when he saw their family being so embarrassed, so he could only sigh and said, "Forget it, don't hand over this money, just use it! Treat the child with medical treatment and buy some clothes. Anyway, you are not the only one who takes the money. If the law does not blame the public, the court will not do anything to you."

Li Wenjun was grateful and kowtowed quickly and said, "Thank you, the Supreme Emperor. We also know that it is inappropriate to take Anxi's money, but this is not An Lushan's money after all. I think the court should be able to forgive us. As long as the court sends the salary normally, I will never ask Anxi's money again."

His wife kneeled aside but was a little reluctant, so she pinched her husband's leg. Li Heng saw it and couldn't help but smile bitterly in his heart. The court had no money to pay salary. Not to mention them, he had no money for himself for a year. He was all thankful for his rebellious son. He just wanted to support the army, but he didn't care about the officials. The middle and high-level officials may have a wealthy family, so it doesn't matter whether they want a salary or not. But these lower-level officials rely on salary to support their families. He should have paid some, so he wouldn't have taken advantage of this loophole by Li Qing'an. He was incompetent!

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"I can't do it!"
Chapter completed!