In Jiedu Mansion, Yang Taichu sat on the couch, glanced at the Kanhe Fish Talisman, and then looked at Mr. Zhaoyang in front of him, who was as fat as a ball and had a weird smile.
"I am old and have inconvenience in my legs and feet, so I will not be polite. Please forgive me." Yang Taichu looked majestic, but also had a somewhat contemptuous tone.
Yang Taichu was born in the Yang family of Hongnong. He was also from a high-class family in this dynasty and had many officials and officials. For martial men like Zhaoyang Jun, who served as eunuchs, he always regarded them as cunning and lucky people and left them on the spot.
, it has already saved them enough face.
Zhaoyang Jun sneered in his heart. He saw that Yang Taichu did not have any outstanding martial arts skills. In order to show his power and status, he arranged several masters to stand by him. There were also a group of brave swordsmen and axe-hands ambushed under the corridors of the hall. Only in this way could he feel at ease.
Face yourself.
How pitiful - Zhaoyang Jun thought to himself. His own past experiences, as well as what he saw and heard in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, have repeatedly confirmed that power and status are not external forces that cannot be relied on.
The lofty status and official rank that the world looks up to may not be able to protect itself in a real crisis. No matter how loyal your subordinates are, they may betray you or be passive and lazy for various reasons. Only your own martial arts will not
Betray yourself.
"What are you talking about, Mr. Yang?" Mr. Zhaoyang folded his hands and saluted kindly: "You are the mainstay of the country's Qiancheng and Taiping. You are a humble and careless person. You are occasionally appreciated by Feng Dajue. How can you dare to accept the courtesy of Mr. Yang?"
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Hearing these compliments, Yang Taichu let out a half-hearted chuckle, leaned on the couch, and said lightly: "What's the use of my servant?"
"I heard that no murderer will invade Lingwu City in a small way in the future and kill a few people?" Duke Zhaoyang asked.
Now it seems that Duke Zhaoyang still retains his original opinion - Mrs. Liu is not an old and dim person.
"It's true that this is not the case, but this is just a strange act." Mrs. Liu waved her hand.
"There is no harm in using strange power to mess up the gods." Duke Zhaoyang said: "There are few salt ponds in Lingzhou, which are related to the financial expenditure of Shuofang states. It is better to let the evil spirits cause chaos. If there are no murderers coming to collude with the evil spirits,
How should we deal with this?"
Duke Zhaoyang was scolded in person, and he said with a hint of resentment: "Oh? In the past, no provincial officials extorted property from Jin Song?"
This intention can be described as vicious. Didn't Mr. Zhao Yang want to plant the seeds of suspicion in Jin Songchun's heart and make me suspect that Yang Taichu's appearance in Lingzhou was a huge conspiracy planned by Prime Minister Lu? Even if Mrs. Liu
Out of self-preservation, Yang Taichu must be eradicated.
In addition, local towns, prefectures and counties will also forge registration records to conceal the people who have committed suicide. For example, the Hu people who are born in high schools and pay taxes and livestock have not even started farming and weaving. They are different from the Han people.
The Hu people are still registered as newly converted investment people within ten years, and the taxes and livestock they pay less will naturally fall into the pockets of Jiezhen Prefecture and County.
Of course Duke Zhaoyang can guess the other party's intention. I originally wanted to find an opportunity to kill Yang Taichu with my own hands, but now Jin Songchun personally came forward to ask for it. In the future, it will be difficult to explain the past after Eunuch Feng's meeting.
Of course, Duke Zhaoyang would let the situation evolve to the point where Yan Fengjun personally intervened, but then the flaw was exposed and he himself was punished.
"How can a mere reckless martial artist deserve such attention from the chamberlain?" Mrs. Liu questioned.
Duke Zhaoyang naturally anticipated Mrs. Liu's doubts, and said with a clear mind: "Prime Minister Lu used the guise of a reckless warrior to frame someone for murder. Such actions are legal. After thinking about it, Lu Yan should have understood that even if Jin Songchun was captured in Chang'an, he would try to use this
I'm afraid it would be useful to have people testify against Prime Minister Lu, and Prime Minister Lu has no way to deny it. So it is better to regard Yang Taichu as a rebel and a bandit, and Lu Yan will justifiably send troops to destroy him, so that Prime Minister Lu can accuse him."
But I have heard a lot that the imperial court treated the newly surrendered Tibetan Hu and Yi barbarians, called Touhua people, with tax exemptions and exemptions for ten years. Ten years ago, they were registered as households and all the people were included. For example, the people in the mainland paid special livestock products and were subject to conscription.
Zhao Jinsong pondered and said, "As the 10th Taisui of Gongchenwei, I usually participate in trivial matters such as investigating taxes.
"That's natural." Zhao Jinsong immediately agreed to Mrs. Liu's request: "Now, please send Lu Yan, the best soldiers and weak generals, to follow you back!"
After all, he had openly killed Shuofang officers and soldiers, and was also suspected of massacring secret agents of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. If all these facts were confirmed, Yang Taichu would not even mention joining the Ministry of Internal Affairs, for fear that Eunuch Feng would make it difficult for Yan Fengjun to deal with it later. Duke Zhaoyang saw every detail of Mrs. Liu under his eyes. Thanks to the flower-picking boy's ability to observe words and emotions, Zhao Jinsong was almost not sure that Mrs. Liu did have deep feelings for Cheng Sanwu and was not deceiving.
Zhao Jinsong rarely sees high-ranking officials with low positions of authority, but not all of them may be as low-minded as the rumors in the world. I am afraid that there are also many capable and mediocre people.
"In this case, I can definitely let this thief go." Mrs. Liu clapped her hands and looked at Duke Zhaoyang: "But that's not the case. I would like to ask my envoy to help me in this matter to show my pretense!"
"Are you going to use this as a threat?" Mrs. Liu had no intention of giving in: "No matter how vague I am about their methods of internal affairs, I am exaggerating. Is it interception of memorials, blocking of saints, etc., forcing hundreds of people to do so?"
Officials and ministers are in awe of their lustful power. To show up for a conversation in such a grand manner is, in the final analysis, to extort property."
"Is it possible that Yang Taichu didn't run away?" Mrs. Liu asked.
Jin Songchun, who was in Shuofang, naturally didn't hear about Prime Minister Lu's proposal to promote the New Deal. However, he thought that I actually planned to take the lead in attacking him.
Zhao Yanggong's words are mixed with truth and falsehood. In fact, there is no way to verify whether Yang Taichu was really driven by Lu Xiang. However, Yang Taichu and Lu Xiang did not have a subtle connection. The man was the same as Lu Jiayilang in Chang'an.
Live, just like the retainers supported by the Lu family, they can be found out by carefully sending people later. However, the relationship between Yang Taichu and the Ministry of Internal Affairs can be easily learned by the outside world.
"You don't have any relevant information about this murderer." Duke Zhaoyang decided to lead the situation to change, which would save him a lot of fuel.
"When Yang Taichu was in the Western Regions, he worked for the Baochang Society." Zhao Jinsong had already figured it out, and even I felt that the reason was sufficient: "The Baochang Society was not the eyes and ears force planted by Prime Minister Lu in the Western Regions. However, last year the demons in the Western Regions caused chaos.
Not long ago, Baochang Society was banned by the order of Qi Jingyang, the governor of Anxi. Lu Yan can send people to verify the following. As for the reasons, I guess you did not explain it enough?"
Mrs. Liu looked gloomy for a while, clenched her hands into fists, and her nails almost pierced the flesh of her palms: "I am sending someone to investigate, so I'm sorry to ask you to intervene."
The only question is, why did the Ministry of Internal Affairs get involved in this matter?
Compared to Zhaoyang Gong's plan, Mrs. Liu was worried that the other party was trying to provoke a conflict between herself and Prime Minister Lu. She did not drag the Ministry of Internal Affairs into the water and make it public. Only a few days ago, she made a fool of herself and asked the Ministry of Internal Affairs to share the burden for her.
Prime Minister Lu’s hostility.
"Oh?" Mrs. Liu was originally very depressed. When she heard those words, she immediately became energetic and her eyes lit up: "My envoy, please speak slowly."
Mrs. Liu's eyes changed. Even if what Mr. Zhaoyang said has not been confirmed, it is certain that Yangjun wants to rectify Shuofangjie Town. If he wants to exclude himself. If Jin Songchun and the Yanchi demon merge and cause all kinds of disasters, Yangjun will definitely catch him.
At that point, let’s play and participate in the impeachment.
Duke Zhaoyang had read a brief report about the evil spirit in the salt pond in Chang'an, and he thought it was just some local mountain spirits and water monsters, not small monsters that were difficult to deal with, but that hindered Zhao Jinsong's use of the topic. p>
Zhaoyang Gong smiled faintly, but I thought this was some kind of strange power. In his early years, he traveled across the Yangtze River and Huaihe River, and later joined the Gongchen Guards of the Internal Affairs Ministry. I saw all kinds of monsters and ghosts, which opened my eyes. The looming will be unpredictable, which can be described as bright.
, they are all dismissed as weird power and chaos, and they turn a blind eye. That is not a pragmatic mentality, but just pedantic.
"Why are you talking?" Mrs. Liu asked. This person was not timid at all when facing the emissary from the Ministry of Embroidery.
Of course, no matter how bad the laws and regulations are, they are still riddled with holes in their implementation.
"The crime of a mere murderer is matched by the weak strength of killing dozens of elite knights. If the bad guys inquire a little, they will notice the clues." Zhao Jinsong paced back and forth, thinking for a moment: "You heard,
There have been no reports of evil spirits in salt ponds in Lingzhou lately?"
Duke Zhaoyang really believed that Cheng Sanwu was silenced by Mrs. Liu, but his superiors who went to Liu's house to investigate secretly came back and reported that everything was going as usual in the secret room where the files and documents were stored. It was clear that Liu had not been robbed or robbed.
Madam may not know Cheng Sanwu’s true identity.
"Lu Yan has many elite soldiers and weak generals at his disposal. No one must have noticed that what Yang Taichu displayed was the martial arts of the frontier army." Duke Zhaoyang said meaningfully: "Being able to kill dozens of elite cavalry in one fell swoop, that kind of figure is unrealistic.
No matter where you are, you are worth a lot of money and gifts, but you will definitely use them to make money or kill someone."
Mrs. Liu clenched her fists tightly, and her heart was filled with hatred. Jin Songchun had already lost all his troops in the battle when he broke out of the city. Now, this man continues to run rampant in Lingzhou, causing trouble, and completely regards himself as a strong person who can be bullied.
, which one is tolerable?
Duke Zhaoyang's smile was dark and warm: "Since Jin Song just mentioned the registration and transfer of Hu people, it should be understood that now it is your Ministry of Internal Affairs that really needs to make a small effort to check the census registers and re-determine taxes and services.
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"Yes, are you serious?" Zhaoyang Gong cursed secretly, but he thought it was incredible. A wealthy family, a noble county official, with a group of wives and concubines, it was easy for him to have a few singing girls and dancing boys.
If you give it away carefully, you will miss a widow?
It's just that in this position, we don't have friends, guests, or government officials to give us advice. Just like Jin Songchun, Duke Zhaoyang can kill me with one finger, which also prevents this person from being able to live with a small group of low-level officials.
With a fierce general to protect him, Duke Zhaoyang must be trying to commit murder, and he may not be able to escape.
Mrs. Liu relied on Ping Ji and fell into deep thought for a long time. Her face showed emotions, anger, sorrow, and joy, but her heartbeat was small.
Shuofang Jiedushi was facing the Tule and Uyghur tribes, so there were naturally a lot of people joining him, and few of them came for the tax exemptions and exemptions for those ten years.
However, the information discovered by my superiors clearly revealed that Mrs. Liu had a very close personal relationship with Cheng Sanwu. Before Cheng Sanwu died, I hugged the body and cried for a while.
"The murderer's name is Yang Taichu. He used to operate in the Western Regions. He worked as a guard for trading companies and as a killer, and he was not famous." Zhao Yanggong said with a smile: "Of course, they all have a bad name."
"My envoy's words are just empty words, I'm afraid I'm not setting up the blame." Mrs. Liu still retains a trace of reason and is not completely doubtful. After all, the Ministry of Internal Affairs represents the emperor, and naturally has to balance the two sides of worldly officials and noble generals.<
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"Did Lu Yan intend to write the memorial as it is and submit it to the saint for reading?" Duke Zhaoyang raised his eyebrows slightly.
"Two years later, when the Hu people registered for admission, no one from their province went to several resettlement states to check the population. Then they said that you had concealed your household registration and embezzled livestock without permission. They asked for one million yuan."
Jin Songchun smiled warmly.
"The matter has been known to everyone for a long time, so I am going to put you to the test." Mrs. Liu's face was as dark as water: "This murderer first massacred a family in the city, but you and others found out where he was hiding, and he showed up and violently
Since then, it has now been forced in."
"Yang Jun?" Jin Songchun's eyebrows twitched. Now under the Xiaoxia court, a group of worldly officials headed by Yang Jun and the young generals from the border towns, noble princes and princes, can be said to be equally powerful.
It is almost possible to implement the ten-year tax reduction and exemption completely. The extortion methods used by local officials to create clever names are so dazzling that if they could be compiled, they would be comparable to martial arts secrets.
"My envoy doesn't have any advice?" Mrs. Liu was very vague. The chamberlain would have said those words to her for no reason.
"You have not yet sent out manpower to track. I learned that Jin Songchun and others stopped in Mingsha County for a while, then crossed the Yellow River eastward and headed towards Baiyanchi." Zhaoyang Gong smiled and said: "I think Lu Yan also sent
An effective scout can learn similar information within a short period of time."
"My envoy informed me about this later. Did he hope that I would send someone to kill Yang Taichu?" Jin Songchun had not yet made up his mind. He must kill Yang Taichu to death. Later, in order to vent his anger, he ordered to arrest him alive. It was really ill-advised.
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"You just understand why this murderer wanted to kill the entire Liu family?" Zhao Yanggong didn't want to test the other party: "Killing for money? Or is it personal revenge?"
What's more, there are no powerful or weak tribes among the Hu people. These shepherds yearn for the colorful world of the Central Plains, with gorgeous clothes and delicious food. They also spared no effort to squeeze the tribal people, and their collusion with the officials of Jiezhen Prefecture and County is also reasonable. What surprised Duke Zhaoyang was that Yang Taichu and his party actually continued to go to the salt pond, which actually allowed my plan to be carried out smoothly.
Mrs. Liu may be dim-witted, but she can still understand the truth if she is immersed in the officialdom: "Could it be that my envoy wants to say that Jin Songchun's actions were instigated by me?"
However, after being reminded by the other party, Duke Zhaoyang had to believe that Cheng Sanwu's death had nothing to do with it? Was it because he was investigating the taxes of the Shuofang prefectures and touching Mrs. Liu's secrets, which led to his death? Mrs. Liu was born in the Yang family of Hongnong, so she represented the family to make money, but Zhao Jinsong did not take that matter too seriously.
Jin Songchun was born in a low-class family, and he did not have the favor of a noble family. It can be said that he has been well-dressed and well-fed since he was a child. The kind of people who pay attention to the son of a rich man sitting in the hall, even the matter of arresting Yang Taichu did not show up in person, so it is no wonder that he is