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Chapter IX: The Old and Weary Lord

Throughout the first month of the second year of Zhongping, the situation in the world continued to deteriorate.

In Guandong, the sequelae of the war began to break out, banditry, refugees, and plague. At the same time, the states and counties after the war still lacked food, money, and armaments... In this case, it was the Jizhou capital where Huangfu Song was in charge.

Can't control the situation, let alone other places?

You must know that the chaos is not limited to Jizhou and the Central Plains. Bandits, plagues, and refugees all have long legs! In fact, from the moment the typhoid broke out, the entire core area of ​​​​Kantong began to slide towards disorder.

At the same time, Kansai also made no concessions.

Zhang Xiu, the Five Pecks of Rice Cult in Hanzhong, has still not been wiped out, but it has never expanded, but the rebels in Xiliang are getting bigger day by day. In other words, throughout the first month, the bad news in Liangzhou has not stopped.

There are ten counties in Liangzhou of the Han Dynasty plus one vassal state. However, from Zhangye to the west, the so-called Zhangye, Dunhuang, Jiuquan, and Zhangye Juyan vassal states. These three counties and one country cannot control the situation regardless of the power of the county or geographical restrictions.

What a big impact.

The rest are the seven counties of Wuwei, Anding, Beidi, Jincheng, Longxi, Hanyang and Wudu.

At the beginning, the rebellion took place at the junction of Longxi County and Jincheng County. The main personnel were Han bandits from Longxi County and the Huangzhong Yicong Hu tribe from Jincheng County. This was a typical government-forced people's rebellion, and it was also what Han Sui started before he came to Luoyang.

What happened can be regarded as the first small stage of the rebellion.

Then, just as Han Sui was on his way back, these two groups quickly grew in size, so they united. The Hu and Han sides each elected a leader, Beigong Boyu and Li Wenhou, and they were both called generals.

After all, they rebelled. At the same time, their scope of activities also moved to Jincheng County, and they began to attack cities and territories everywhere.

But it is worth mentioning that they still cannot be considered as climate at this time. This can be seen from their base camp. Their base camp at that time was the hometown of Yi Cong in Huangzhong, which was a little east of Qinghai Lake... This

This is considered the second small stage.

Immediately afterwards, came the battle in which the Han army's Qiang captain died for his country. In this battle, the entire Han army was annihilated and a man of two thousand shi was killed. More importantly, the two Westerners Han Sui and Bian Zhang were killed.

The famous people in Liangzhou were taken advantage of the situation, which changed the nature of the entire rebellion... In fact, this rebel army soon openly took up the banner of punishing eunuchs and swept away half of Jincheng County!

This is the third small stage.

And in the first month, news continued to come that the rebels, under the banner of Han Sui and Bian Zhang, quickly swallowed up the entire Jincheng County, almost like the autumn wind sweeping away fallen leaves. Chen Yi, the prefect of Jincheng, died for his country, and the rebels occupied an entire county.

Country... This is the fourth stage.

So far, the most terrifying thing is not the war situation, but that at this time, Liangzhou Governor Zuo Chang is still doing something... He was reported by Gai Xun and other Liangzhou locals for reselling military rations. He was dissatisfied, so he asked Gai

Xun and other prefectures were engaged in leading troops out of the city to Lueyang and other small towns on the road to resist, while he stayed in Hanyang County and sat down in the city of Hebei, which had complete fortifications.

It is said that he had the idea of ​​sitting back and watching the life and death of Gai Xun and others.

However, with Han Sui, Bian Zhang, and a county, the Xiliang rebels were no longer what they used to be. Tens of thousands of them passed Lueyang City and headed straight for Jicheng! Zuo Chang panicked and asked for help.

, but what he did after coming to Liangzhou was completely unpopular, and almost no one was willing to save him!

Of course, there are always loyal ministers in Bandang. Gai Xun, the person in charge of Liangzhou Prefecture, stood up again. With half threats and half requests, he finally brought the troops back to Jicheng.

At this time, Zuo Chang did not dare to do anything anymore and immediately followed Gai Xun's advice. After Gai Xun gained the initiative, his first step was to ask for pardon for Han Sui and Bian Zhang.

But now, how can Bian Zhang and Han Sui turn back? They replied directly, if Zuo Chang had listened to Gai's advice and came to surrender them a month ago, they could still turn back, but now they have killed a county guard.

, swallowed up a county, and besieged the governor, how could there be any room for pardon?

However, these two men didn't know whether it was because the reinforcements were difficult to get out of the fortified city, or they were really feeling guilty, so they withdrew their troops.

There is a big drama in Liangzhou and the tragedy in Guandong. In contrast, Hanoi can be said to be peaceful.

First of all, the root cause must be that the scale of the war in Hanoi was relatively small, and the refugees were properly resettled from the beginning; secondly, I don’t know whether it is Gongsun Xun, the ruler, who is very virtuous, or Gongsun Auntie, according to the divine inspiration.

The epidemic prevention strategies I learned worked after all... But anyway, typhoid fever did not spread into an epidemic in Hanoi.

Of course, Gongsun Xun's place is definitely not a harmonious place, and there is no problem. Otherwise, what is the sudden conflict between Lu Fan and Wang Xiu before?

This was enough to make Gongsun Xun feel resentful and give him a headache even if the two of them later ceased their activities.

That's right, the dispute between Lu Fan and Chang Lin that day was not fundamentally about the conflict between local scholars and foreign Yuan Cong, but between Lu Fan and Wang Xiu... This was mainly because Gongsun Xun's rank was too high.

, the power of General Wei is really much higher than that of a prefect. In addition, after the Yellow Turban Rebellion was quelled, the political aura of this Jihou is still shining. The so-called strong dragon is overwhelming. With Gongsun Xun here, local snakes are formed alone.

If you don’t have power, you can’t jump!

And Lu Ziheng is also a smart man. He knows very well who is his real opponent.

If Gongsun Yue gains more trust, what does that have to do with him?

No matter how arrogant Guan Yu is, can he compete with him for the position of general shogunate?

Before, everyone thought that Shen Pei was being aggressive, but Lu Fan had already seen it. Perhaps Shen Zhengnan did have that competitiveness and influence, but Gongsun Xun had always only used him as a sidekick... without Gongsun.

With Xun's recognition and support, his review is destined to not pose a threat in the short term.

Then, leaving aside Lou Gui who has no idea in this regard, the only one who can challenge his status as Lu Fan is Wang Xiu and Wang Shuzhi, who is deeply trusted by Gongsun Xun... This point has already been made by Lu Fan.

Wang Xiu knew it well, and Gongsun Xun also knew it well.

However, before coming to Hanoi, Wang Shuzhikong was capable, loyal and favored by Gongsun Xun, but he had no wings. Moreover, he was cautious and never violated the rules. Therefore, the two sides got along well and even cooperated quite a bit.

But now, the appearance of Chang Lin, Zao Zhi, and especially Chang Lin, who is the leader of Hanoi scholars, means that Wang Xiu suddenly has the strength to challenge Lu Fan...

Frankly speaking, Gongsun Xun regretted that he had made a mistake in hiring people.

Although Chang Lin was a pragmatic and serious gentleman, he naturally had the style of a local leader. Except for people like Han Xuan and Zhang Cheng who obviously used the Gongsun Xun shogunate as a springboard to become officials, other young Hanoi scholars generally relied on him.

, allowing such people to serve under Wang Xiu will inevitably make Hanoi scholars naturally biased. As a pure minister, Wang Shuzhi will not take the initiative to fight, but when there are many people who support and favor him, he cannot help himself.

.

For example, Yang Jun, Wang Xiang, and Zhao Zi are theoretically members of the central staff team directly affiliated with Lu Fan. However, when Wang Xiu brought Chang Lin and Zao Zhi back to Huai County, they encountered

When something happens, he always runs towards Wang Xiu intentionally or unintentionally, and then asks Chang Lin for advice and greetings... Who in Lu Fan's position would be so angry?

Therefore, the dispute at the dinner party that day was Lu Fan's double attack on Wang Xiu and Chang Lin.

However, Gongsun Xun beat him and walked away in the middle, which finally made Lu Ziheng restrain himself and forced Wang Xiu to take the initiative to leave a greeting... The two parties reluctantly reconciled and suppressed the dispute in its infancy.

However, what has happened has happened, but there is nothing we can do about it. We will have to face this problem again sooner or later.

Although Gongsun Xun knew in his heart that as his shogunate became more and more enriched, this kind of thing was indispensable, but when it finally happened among the people he trusted the most, he felt a little depressed after all.

Fortunately nothing went wrong!

The spring breeze in February was slightly drunk, but Gongsun Xun was not the only one who felt depressed. In fact, across a river, the emperor had not had a sound sleep for many days in several months.

Beigong, Zhuolong Garden (West Garden), the night is already dark.

"how?"

Under the swaying copper palace lanterns in the outer hall, as soon as Xiaohuangmen came out, Zhang Rang, who was standing there, called over anxiously.

"Report to Chang Attendant." Xiaohuangmen came forward, and then hurriedly knelt down to report. "Your Majesty is still in a irritable mood, and the maids who served you also finished their work hastily and were all kicked out. Until now, Your Majesty is still on the couch.

I was tossing and turning and couldn't sleep, and there was nothing we could do."

Zhang Rang nodded slowly, but remained silent under the lamp.

"Chang Shi!" Xiao Huangmen couldn't help but whispered on the ground. "My lord..."

"Your Excellency?" Zhang Rang, who looked a little haggard, was slightly startled, but he immediately came to his senses. "You were brought into the palace by Duan Changshi, right? What does "Old Duan" mean?"

"My lord has no other intentions," Xiao Huangmen quickly replied. "It's just that this situation is really difficult, so he wanted me to ask you by the way, what should we do? He hopes that you will follow your lead."

"I know, I know." Zhang Rang, who stood with his hands behind his back, nodded repeatedly. "We can't continue to hold on to this situation... So, now you have someone call Lao Duan over... No, all the regular servants in the palace will be

Call me and I will meet you in the palace residence."

Xiaohuangmen was overjoyed and kowtowed on the ground in agreement.

Zhang Rang looked at the small yellow door on the ground and became even more speechless... It seems that the pressure has spread from top to bottom to the eunuchs at the bottom, and they really need to make a decision.

The night is dark, the south wind is blowing, and the air is dry.

Following Zhang Rang's invitation, soon, from Changqiu to Zhao Zhong, there were Xia Yun, Guo Sheng, Sun Zhang, Bi Lan, Li Song, Duan Gui, Gao Wang, Zhang Gong, Han Kui, Song Dian, etc.

People arrived one after another... twelve people in total!

Yes, it is common sense that there are twelve of the ten permanent attendants. This is mainly because there are more eunuchs with trust in the emperor, so he changed the system and became the twelve permanent attendants. However, the rule of the ten permanent attendants for hundreds of years is still allowed.

People are used to referring to the two thousand stone-level leader among the eunuchs in this way.

By the way, Jian Shuo is not among them. Jian Shuo, who is tall and loyal to the emperor, is currently just a member of the yellow family, and his promotion rate is not as fast as Gongsun Xun and Cao Cao!

Of course, there may be other reasons for not inviting him at this time.

Back in front of us, twelve 2,000-stone-level Zhongchang attendants were sitting together under the flickering candlelight of the palace lanterns, but the atmosphere was solidified. No one spoke for a long time, until everyone's eyes gradually focused on the leaders Zhang Rang and Zhao.

On the two loyal people.

"There's a big fuss over there in Liangzhou." Zhao Zhong, who was also the supervisor of Huangmen in Changqiu, complained helplessly. "A group of rebels actually started to punish eunuchs after capturing Jincheng County? The outer court even used this

Although the new Shangshu Ling Liu Yu and Liu Bo'an were not willing to go against us, they would not go against the scholars. However, Zuo Chang, whom we sent over, was defeated repeatedly, and I was also difficult to deal with in Nangong.

"

Zhang Rang took off his two-thousand-stone official hat, put it on the ground and replied calmly: "Zuo Chang followed my path to get this position, but he is so embarrassed that he has to do this. It is really hopeless... I know that Da

Changqiu is here to hear what I mean. What I mean is quite simple. It should be withdrawn or replaced. If the scholars recommend it, the governor of Liangzhou should be let go... The victory or defeat is decided by others.

What is there to say?”

Zhao Zhong was about to speak but stopped, and everyone lamented.

In the midst of sighs, Ye Ting made Bi Lan feel more and more aggrieved, but he couldn't help complaining: "The scholars outside are shouting to punish us every day, and the generals before have also come up to punish us.

, Now even the rebels want to kill us, what is going on in this world?"

"In the final analysis, our subordinates are still weak." Someone else analyzed. "No real talent in the world is willing to defect to us. If we have people with real talent and learning, we can go up and level Liangzhou. How can we be like this?"

So troubled? Why did he become a traitor and lose his position as governor of Liangzhou?"

"This has nothing to do with Liangzhou." Zhang Rang was tired of hearing this and refuted it sharply. "And what if the governor of Liangzhou is sent out? Not to mention whether the current situation in Liangzhou can be saved by a scholar.

Even if the outer dynasty is completely defeated, how can we shake the foundation of you and me?! We are palace servants and the emperor's close servants. All honors and favors belong to the emperor. If the emperor's favor is there, everything can be done. If there is no emperor's favor, everything can be done.

, then nothing can be done! Do you have to ask me to say this truth over and over again?"

"But the problem is that your Majesty has been in a bad mood for several months now." Zhao Zhong said quietly from the side. "The situation outside is becoming more and more unstable. Everyone wants to punish him, but the emperor is in a bad mood."

"This is exactly why I called you here." Zhang Rang sneered. "As a regular servant, if you can't make the emperor peaceful, that's the real way to bring disaster."

Everyone in the house nodded one after another, but immediately, most people looked at Ye Tingling Bi Lan among them.

"Bi Changshi." Seeing that everyone had unified their thoughts, Zhang Rang also looked at Bi Lan with a little expectancy and asked. "You are Ye Tingling, and you are the best at ingenious things. The previous bronze man, big bell, spit water

The toad and the overturning car that automatically sprinkles water make His Majesty happy. Now..."

Before the other party finished speaking, Bi Lan nodded and shook his head again and again.

"What does this mean?" Zhao Zhong was speechless.

"There is always a way." Bi Lan clasped her hands and sighed. "To be honest, I have all the skilled craftsmen at my disposal, and there is no shortage of new things in the world. Of course you can make something if you want to, but you can't!"

"Why?" someone asked confusedly.

"Why?" Bi Lan helplessly stretched out his hands in front of everyone. "It's hard for a clever woman to make a meal without rice! What can I build with no money to make His Majesty happy? You don't have to pretend, I am Ye Tingling, and I am in charge of the palace.

The account book is correct, but don’t you really know that there is no money in the palace? Why has the emperor had trouble sleeping and eating for several months? Why does the queen mother have such a bad temper? In just one sentence... there is no money in the palace!"

As soon as these words came out, all the other regular attendants felt as if they had eaten flies, feeling disgusted and helpless.

"It was all caused by the Yellow Turban Rebellion before." Someone cursed helplessly. "It took a hundred thousand troops more than half a year to put down the rebellion, and all the money in the West Garden and the money in various government treasury were used up.

The many fine horses that we had raised in the corridor of the West Garden are all gone...The Emperor and the Queen Mother are of the same blood, and they were both accustomed to poverty since they were young, so it is natural that they feel extremely uncomfortable without money."

"More than that." Someone else added. "The official income in Xiyuan has also been reduced a lot in recent months..."

"Why is this?"

"It's because there are too many heroes who have contributed to the suppression of the rebellion. These heroes are neither easy to collect money nor easy to remove." Someone explained helplessly. "Therefore, the income in Xiyuan in the past few months has been extremely low..."

"It's not just that." Another person said. "After all, the war has been fought for more than half a year, and the local treasury is also very empty. For this reason, His Majesty also exempted Jizhou, Central Plains and other places from the annual tax... So it is not just

Official money and official tax income are also much less."

"There is also the Great Kantung Epidemic. I heard from my family members from my hometown..."

"Don't forget Liangzhou, it's a remote place and fighting a war will cost more..."

"What does this have to do with us?!"

Just when all the regular attendants were busy lamenting the situation, Zhang Rang suddenly interrupted everyone's discussion coldly, causing a moment of astonishment in the house.

"What does this have to do with us?!" In the silence, Zhang Rang stood up and asked sternly again in a high-pitched voice. "We are eunuchs, and our life and death, honor and disgrace are tied to the emperor alone. I want to teach you this truth.

How many times have you done this? Don’t you know what happens to eunuchs who lose the emperor’s trust? Don’t you remember what Wang Fu’s piece of rotten flesh looks like?!”

The expressions of all the eleven regular attendants changed.

"Don't I know that the situation in the world is not good?" Zhang Rang asked angrily. "Don't I know that there is a great epidemic in Guandong? Don't I know that there is chaos in Liangzhou? I don't know that now we seem to be cooking in a raging fire, but we are actually the target of public criticism.

?" At this point, Zhang Rang suddenly bent down among the crowd, turned around in a circle, and then lowered his tone and spoke earnestly. "Everyone, the more difficult the situation ahead, the more careful we must be in flattering the good emperor... Otherwise

, we will really end up like Wang Fu."

The other eleven people were mourning and nervous. In the end, it was Zhao Zhong who took the lead to take off his two thousand stone crown and led the others to bow down to Zhang Rang who was standing in the middle of the crowd.

"What Zhang Changshi said hit the point." After raising his head, Zhao Zhong gritted his teeth and said. "What does the situation in the world have to do with us? Isn't it those scholars who should be worried? But those scholars want to kill us first, so we

Why should we worry about the situation in the world? The only thing we want to do is to be loyal to the emperor... Zhang Changshi, I know you have a way, so please give me your instructions!"

The other ten regular attendants did not dare to neglect, and they also bowed down and bowed, saying that they obeyed the order.

"We still have to make money for the emperor." Zhang Rang gritted his teeth and replied. "Only in this way can we maintain our favor and avoid this situation. Only in this way can we maintain the prosperous situation in front of us and even take it a step further."

"But there is really no room for making money now?" Someone said helplessly. "You can't just say that the Jihou family in Hanoi has money, so we asked him to donate 100 million yuan. The Huailihou in Jizhou saved a lot of money in the war, so

Asking him to donate 100 million yuan... This whole thing has no other purpose than to make everyone in the world imitate Liangzhou's rebellion, right?"

"How can we bankrupt these people with knives?" Zhang Rang sneered. "If we really push all these people into panic, I'm afraid the Han Dynasty will really die, and even ordinary families, in this situation, I'm afraid

It’s not easy to exploit... At best, we can schedule it more frequently and let those who serve the country and the people contribute a little bit of promotion money."

"That……"

"The emperor is the king and father of all the people in the world," Zhang Rang sat down again and said. "Of course the world must jointly contribute money to make the emperor feel comfortable... I have a plan... Zhao Changshi, you have been dealing with the Secretariat for a long time. I don't know.

How much arable land is there in the world?”

"I can't remember the exact data in the register, but I vaguely heard a certain Shang Shulang mention it once. It seems that there are more than 300 million acres in total..." Zhao Zhong frowned slightly, and then immediately panicked. "What do you want to do?

?”

"Ten dollars per mu means at least three billion dollars..." Zhang Rang Lingran responded. "Three billion dollars, Bi Changshi, is enough to do a lot of things, right?"

Bi Lan hesitated to answer.

"The emperor has just reduced half of Guandong's fortune. Doesn't this make him lose his trust in the world?" Some people really couldn't bear it anymore, but it was Duan Gui. "What if the world is in chaos then?"

"Duan Changshi, didn't you kneel down to me just now?" Zhang Rang glared at him. "I have to say it a few times. What does the world have to do with you and me? They only want us to die! And only the emperor can give us a way to live.

Together with wealth! Besides, Kanto has just gone through the great chaos caused by the Yellow Turbans, how many people dare to rebel again?"

"That's not what I meant," Duan Gui said hurriedly. "I mean, the emperor is afraid that he is not willing to break his promise to the world, right? Although our majesty has been used to poverty since childhood, he really loves money, but after all, he is Yang

, Liu is a student taught by two people, and he is very talented, so he will also consider the situation, right?"

"That's right!" someone else said. "If not for this, how could His Majesty have agreed with Huangfu Song and others to be exempted from local taxes? Let me tell you, our Majesty is greedy for money, but he is also very special in his heart.

I understand!"

"Everything you say is correct, but none of it is right." Zhang Rang looked around and said sternly. "You people, you talk like smart people can't be greedy for money, and people who are greedy for money can't have a clear understanding of the situation.

...In fact, if you think about it, the emperor has been having trouble sleeping and eating in the past few months. Doesn’t it mean that he is gradually losing his patience and that his heart has been shaken? At this time, we, the servants, have to give us ideas on how to deal with the situation.

Money; secondly, let him step down and let him find a good reason for collecting money! If you use two-pronged approach, once the hole is opened, His Majesty will give it all."

Zhao Zhong's heart was moved and he couldn't help but ask: "So, Zhang Changshi had a plan in mind?"

The other ten regular attendants also suddenly realized, and then their eyes shone under the flickering lights.

Zhang Rang did not reply directly. Instead, he took out the small knife he carried from his waist and gently drew a red line on his palm in front of everyone: "Everyone, this matter is not for my personal gain, but for your life and death."

, please also swear to obey me and never leak it!"

Blood drops fell to the ground, and the words were spoken with certainty.

But this time, the eleven regular attendants who had already been persuaded by Zhang Rang did not hesitate. They each took a knife from their waist and cut their palms. Then, Zhao Zhong led them and swore an oath with bare arms not to reveal anything.

"Please speak frankly, Zhang Changshi, how can the emperor no longer have worries?" After the oath, Zhao Zhong was the first to ask seriously.

Zhang Rang smiled and said nothing, just high-fiving.

The few small yellow gates who were originally waiting outside to watch the wind immediately opened the door of the house and bowed down. Under the palace lantern, their figures were dragged extremely long.

"Go ahead!" Zhang Rang commanded solemnly. "This was agreed upon by the twelve regular servants in the palace. You don't have to worry."

The little Huangmen didn't dare to say anything and kowtowed and left one after another, leaving only the eleven regular servants who continued to look at Zhang Rang at a loss.

"This..." Someone wanted to ask what happened.

"No need to ask." As soon as the little yellow men who were doing the work left, Zhang Rang suddenly let out a sigh of relief. He no longer had the energy before, and his back instantly hunched down. "If the situation hadn't been extremely bad, I wouldn't be willing to do this.

Waiting for something... As for what it is, it can't be undone anyway, so you might as well wait for the news with peace of mind."

Including Zhao Zhong, the 11 Chang attendants felt like a hundred claws scratching their hearts. They were anxious, expecting, and a little afraid and panicful. In the anxious atmosphere, they did not dare to whisper, and only about a dozen cluttered figures were left.

It swayed left and right under the inner palace lamp.

I don’t know how long it took, but suddenly, there was a shout from a distance, and then there were bursts of gongs, and the whole palace was boiling!

Zhang Rang remained silent and stood up straight away. The eleven regular attendants were half expecting and half confused, but they had no choice but to follow quickly... But when everyone arrived outside the house, they were all shocked.

No words are needed, no explanation is needed, it is clear at a glance... It turns out that the night sky in the direction of Nangong is a red color, like a raging flame, raging in the sky.

Everyone had been living in the palace for a long time, and they knew just by looking in the direction that the Emperor's favorite Yutang Hall in Nangong suddenly caught fire, and the fire was difficult to control and spread in all directions.

"This..." The faces of the regular waiters were pale, but when they looked back at the expressionless Zhang Rang, they were all speechless.

"Don't stay here anymore." Zhang Rang Surong ordered. "There is a fire in the palace. Come with me to appease the emperor, the queen mother, the empress, and the two princes. The rest must follow Zhao Changshi to Nangong to put out the fire.

...Zhao Changshi."

Zhao Zhong raised his hand and said yes.

"The fire is too strong, you don't have to force it." Zhang Rang warned seriously.

Zhao Zhong sighed and simply bowed down: "I already know what Zhang Changshi can do. Please rest assured that everything will be at your command!"

After saying this, he got up and led several regular attendants to Nangong.

The fire burned for half a month before it stopped. It was extinguished by rain. Not only the Yutang Palace was completely destroyed, it also spread to a quarter of the Nangong Palace, causing the towers in front of the Nangong Palace to become crispy.

It collapsed in the spring rain.

This situation made the emperor feel like a knife, and he couldn't bear it anymore, so he listened to the advice of Zhang Rang, Zhao Zhong and others, and formally levied ten yuan per mu of palace repair money from the counties and counties in the world.

After the news came out, the former Taiwei Liu Kuan, who had been standing in the courtyard to observe the fire for the past half month, fell ill again after surviving the winter.

"First, we will waive the tax for one year and reintroduce the tax of ten yuan per mu... This is a breach of trust for the people and a breach of trust for the world!" In the official temple of Huai County, Hanoi County, Wang Xiu looked at the official document stamped with the seal of Luozhong and was angry for a moment.

Unspeakable.

"And we have to make the monarch break his trust with the people in the county..." Xi Zhong, who had already read the official document, gritted his teeth. "If the palace repair money of ten yuan per mu is really collected, how will the people of Hanoi view the monarch? Before

All the hard work will turn into running water."

"Wen Qi, what Zhicai said is true... this money cannot be collected under any circumstances!" Lu Fan expressed his position without hesitation. "The emperor can break his trust in the world, but you cannot break your trust in Hanoi!"

"I..." Gongsun Xun, who had been silent for a long time after sitting in the hall, opened his mouth to speak, but couldn't help but sneered. "What I want to do most right now is to break trust. Tell me, how did I get so lost that day?"

, actually left a penny for Zhao Zhong? For just this one thing, all the servants should be like Wang Fu, hanging his body at the east gate to be eaten by wild dogs!"

————I am the dividing line between people who break their trust————

"In the second year of Zhongping in the Later Han Dynasty, on the second day of the second month, there was a great disaster in the Nangong Palace. The fire was extinguished in the first half of the month. The emperor then served as a minister of Shichang and taxed the fields from all over the world, with ten coins per mu. When Taizu was guarding Hanoi, I saw an official document from Luozhong arriving in the background.

, each sighed in anger. Wang Xiu sighed: "In the tenth month, Jizhou will be exempted from the tax calculation, and in February, there will be additional levies. The emperor has broken his trust in the world." Lu Fan, who was standing by, also came in and said: "The emperor has broken his trust in the world. Ming Ming

"You must not break your trust in Hanoi!" Taizu responded with a sigh: "In the past, Wang Fu, Duan Xi, and Weiyi Shi Changshi were executed, so you have broken your trust in the world!" - "Shishuo Xinyu", Regulations and Proverbs Chapter

PS: To report, I got 168k this month...but to be honest, I'm not very satisfied with the quality...maybe it's because of the pressing issue of finding a job.


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