Chapter 16: The Routine of the Great Eunuch Yang Jian
Zhao Ji slept until three o'clock in the morning, but after getting up, his body still felt weak and weak.
Fortunately, today is the tenth day of October in the second year of Xuanhe, not the first or fifteenth day of the lunar month, so the Zhao Guan family does not need to go to court.
Zhao Ji thought, why is my body so tired?
There is no other reason, it’s just that the original owner’s body has been drained by alcohol and sex in the past twenty years. He didn’t pay attention to exercise, and took pills for a long time, which made him strong on the outside and dry on the inside.
Although the rejuvenation pill has strong side effects, it does feel good after taking it.
After I stopped taking the medicine immediately, my body was really overwhelmed.
Zhao Ji was still weak after being served by a group of palace maids and eunuchs, changing clothes, washing up, and eating.
Liang Shicheng was on duty yesterday and got off work today. He has been sent by Zhao Ji to Dali Temple to observe and supervise the trial of the case of demon Dao Lin Lingsu.
This is also a way for Zhao Ji to use treacherous ministers to deal with treacherous ministers. Let them bite the dog first and then reap the benefits.
After Liang Shicheng received the imperial edict asking him to supervise the Lin Lingsu case, he immediately understood the Zhao Guan family's intention. That was to turn the Lin Lingsu case into a solid case so that he would never be able to recover. In the end,
In order to quickly close the case and convict Lin Yaodao of a death penalty, Ling Chi, the highest among the death penalty...
In the palace, the eunuch Yang Jian is on duty today.
This Yang Jian is by no means the Erlang God Yang Jian in the mythology, but a real historical figure. He was the eunuch beside Song Huizong Zhao Ji in the late Northern Song Dynasty, and his power was equal to Liang Shicheng.
When the time traveler Zhao Ji met Yang Jian for the first time, who had known his name but had never met him before, he saw that Yang Jian's appearance was not as honest and honest as Liang Shicheng's appearance.
Yang Jian's body is slightly thin, but his appearance is not handsome. He has a long and sharp face and a pointed chin like that of a later female internet celebrity who used beauty.
Yang Jian's most special appearance is: his eyebrows are as thin as willows, his eyes are as narrow as slits, his lips are like tissue paper, and his nose is like an eagle's beak.
As soon as Zhao Ji saw Yang Jian's appearance, his first impression of him was not very good.
Before time travel, when Zhao Ji was in his spare time, he was talking about some physiognomy book boxes, and it was said above:
"The nose is like an eagle's beak, pecking at the heart's marrow"!
Zhao Ji's interpretation of hooked noses in the photo books he read before was: people with hooked noses are hypocritical, indifferent to family ties, and prone to betraying friends. They are also mostly quick-witted, good at maneuvering, and can do whatever it takes to benefit themselves...
Of course, Zhao Ji did not completely believe the records in the "Xiangshu", but he believed in the records in official history.
In official history, the great eunuch Yang Jian was a man who was adept at maneuvering, cunning, hypocritical and ruthless, and would do anything for his own benefit.
After Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty came to the throne, he trusted Yang Jian very much and appointed him as the military governor of Changhua, and finally he was promoted to Taifu. The great eunuch Yang Jian was also a treacherous eunuch! His actions were even more greedy and shameless than Liang Shicheng's.
The great eunuch Yang Jian was a huge corrupt man who sucked people's blood.
When Yang Jian was inspecting and supervising Jingxi East and West Road and Huaibei North Road and other places, he followed the money-making plan proposed by his subordinate Du Gongcai.
Yang Jian asked his staff to formulate laws, obtain land deeds from the people, and increase rents and taxes. Starting from Ruzhou, he slowly expanded to Jingdong, Jingxi, Huaixi, and Huaibei, searching for abandoned embankments, abandoned weirs, barren mountains, and retreated beaches.
And in places where rivers are silted up, the people are ordered to rent.
In other words, in the areas within Yang Jian's power, all areas that were not suitable for farming were officially declared to be good farmland, and they were forcibly rented to the people, known as "Xicheng Suo", and the people were required to rent crops, so that he could collect huge amounts of money.
Rent...
After the rent was determined, even though the land was washed away by the river and could not be cultivated, the black-hearted and greedy eunuch Yang Jian still refused to reduce or reduce the rent to the people.
In addition to being obsessed with the land on land and ruthlessly plundering people's wealth, Yang Jian also ruthlessly dealt with fishermen who relied on the waters to make a living.
Zhushanluo was the Juye Ze in ancient times, stretching for hundreds of miles. People in several states of Ji and Yun relied on fishing for a living here.
Yang Jian also set rent and taxes based on ships. Anyone who violated the rules would be arrested for theft.
A county usually adds more than 100,000 yuan in rent in addition to the regular tax. According to the regulations of the imperial court, fishermen can be exempted from taxes when they suffer from floods and droughts. However, during Yang Jian's rule, they would never be given tax.
Tax-free.
……
When Zhao Jisi came here, his teeth were itching with hatred.
If the peasant uprisings in various places in the late Northern Song Dynasty were not only caused by frequent natural disasters, such as floods, droughts, locusts, and even earthquakes, they were mainly caused by man-made disasters...
"Taifu Yang." Zhao Ji said: "Do you still remember when I called you to serve me?"
"Cough cough cough... Of course I remember. Cough cough..." Yang Jian coughed violently and said:
"In the first year of Chongning, the old slave, cough cough cough... was transferred from the imperial garden steward in the harem to the official family.
Counting on the fingers, the old slave has served the officials for eighteen years from the first year of Chongning to the second year of Xuanhe! Ahem, cough, cough..."
Zhao Ji watched Yang Jian cough and say something else. He quickly turned his head and covered his mouth and nose with his robe sleeves.
He thought to himself: "Yang Jian, don't you have some infectious lung disease? Damn it, you almost coughed your lungs out."
However, if Zhao Ji wanted to ask, he had to continue asking. He added:
"How have I treated Yang Taifu in the past eighteen years?"
Yang Jian knelt down to Zhao Ji again and said: "The officials are really kind to the old slave!
The old slave has been favored by the officials for eighteen years, but he does not despise the old slave for being old and not doing things well.
The old slave clearly remembers that in the first year of Chongning, the official appointed the old slave Ren Zhi to the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
The imperial court built Mingtang, cast nine tripods, built Dasheng Palace, and built Longde Palace. The officials did not think that the old slave was stupid, and even appointed the old slave as a promotion official.
After that, the officials appointed Lao Nu as the military envoy of Changhua Army, and also asked Lao Nu to go to Jingxi East Road and Huaibei North Road and other places to inspect prefectures and counties.
Nowadays, when the old slave is old and incompetent, the officials give the old slave an official title and make him a prince!"
"I know all this!" Zhao Ji suddenly turned cold and said, "Tell me something I don't know!"
Yang Jian's coughing became more continuous and rapid.
He was also very surprised.
Yang Jian had a high position in the palace and had many eyes and ears. He naturally knew that the Zhao family had gone out of their way last night and arrested Lin Lingsu, a Taoist priest they had previously trusted so much, and sent him to Dali Temple for investigation...
Yang Jian felt that the character of Zhao Guan's family was so different suddenly overnight?
He vaguely felt that the questions the officials asked him today seemed to have more profound meaning.
At this time, Yang Jian was a little worried. Will he become the second Lin Lingsu and be suspected by the officials?
Who could this be to instigate the friendship between our family and Zhao Guan’s family?
Could it be that old guy Liang Shicheng did something bad to our family in front of the officials?!
Humph, whoever dares to stab our family in the back will definitely pull out the knife and stab anyone who dares to stab our family in the back, and they will definitely die!