Quan Wanji seems to like to do what he likes most, which is to strictly control his master.
Anyone who does anything that exceeds the rules will be reprimanded by him.
Li Min thought about it, it seems like he hasn't done anything out of the ordinary in the past few days, right?
Those in the wilderness don't have this condition either.
Is there something that I have missed?
Suspicious in his heart, Li Min let Quan Wanji into his tent.
The tent inside is the largest in the entire army, and although the layout inside is not luxurious, it has everything you need.
After asking Quan Wanji to sit down, Xue Xiaoxiao obediently came to the tea table.
The two chatted for a while, and Quan Wanji couldn't help but said to Li Min: "Your Highness, I have something important to discuss with Your Highness. This lady -"
The meaning is very obvious, should we avoid it?
Just when Xue Xiaoxiao was about to leave, Li Min waved his hand and said: "Quan Sima, Xiaoxiao saved my life. I treat her like a brother and sister. No matter what happens, there is no need to avoid her."
Hearing Li Min's words, Xue Xiaoxiao was so moved that his eye circles were red and tears were rolling in his eyes.
After hearing this, Quan Wanji nodded and said directly: "Your Highness, I came here this time to talk to Your Highness about the situation in Yizhou."
oh?
Li Min knew very little about Yizhou.
Because there are very few historical materials that can be searched, and Li Min was in Chang'an City, he could not find out the details of Yizhou.
Unexpectedly, Quan Wanji was very familiar with Yizhou?
Li Min was shocked and said quickly: "Quan Sima, you actually know Yizhou? That's great, tell me!"
Quan Wanji smiled slightly and said: "Your Highness, an old friend of Weichen's has been to Yizhou. This time His Highness is going to Yizhou to take office, and I learned some about the situation in Yizhou from my old friend."
"Lin Jie, the governor of Yizhou, is an old fox. He has been re-elected in Yizhou for ten years and has made the management of Yizhou impenetrable. Almost all officials in Yizhou follow his lead."
Hearing this, Li Min couldn't help but frown and asked: "Quan Sima, how is Lin Jie an official? How is his character?"
Quan Wanji said calmly: "This person is very rampant. He can be said to be a man of one word in Yizhou. Those who follow him will prosper, and those who go against him will perish. The tax revenue of Shu is the highest in the world, and most of it goes into his private life."
In hand."
Li Min couldn't help but frowned again and asked: "Quan Sima, since this Lin Jie is so rampant, why hasn't the imperial court taken him down?"
In Li Min's understanding, it is now the Zhenguan period, the Tang Dynasty should be at the same level as Haiyan and Heping, officials in various places are relatively clean, and the crime rate is extremely low.
How could someone like Lin Jue, a coward in the country, appear and remain undetected for ten years?
Quan Wanji sneered and said: "This Lin Jue is extremely smooth. He has done everything up and down without leaking. There are people in the court covering him. And the tax revenue of Shu is not less every year. The imperial court's evaluation of him has always been very good."
They are all above average.”
Hearing this, Li Min couldn't help but nodded silently.
It is said that there are no fish in clear water ponds, but Lin Jie is a big fish hiding in muddy water!
Yizhou is far away from Chang'an, and the road is even more dangerous.
Lin Jie could levy excessive taxes in Yizhou. As long as he could complete the imperial taxation in full and on time and manage everything well, he could live freely as his native emperor in Yizhou.
During the Tang Dynasty, the evaluation of officials was divided into nine levels: upper upper, upper middle, upper lower; middle upper, middle middle, middle lower; lower upper, lower middle, lower lower.
Among them, those rated as superior can be promoted.
Those rated as medium basically remain unchanged.
Those who are rated lower may lose their official position or be demoted.
And this Lin Jie's evaluation has always been average, so he can stay in Yizhou for a long time and dominate.
Quan Wanji continued: "There are four major aristocratic families in Yizhou, namely the Wang, Cheng, Zhao, and Li families. These four aristocratic families colluded with Lin Jue to oppress the people, harm the neighbors, and do all kinds of bad things."
After listening to Quan Wanji's words, Li Min couldn't help but nodded thoughtfully and said: "In other words, if I want to develop in Yizhou, I must eradicate them all?"
Hearing Li Min's words, Quan Wanji couldn't help but smile bitterly and said: "Your Highness, how easy is it to eradicate Lin Jie and the four great families? They have been operating in Yizhou for many years, and all the lower-level officials are in their hands.
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"To tell you something that Your Highness doesn't like to hear, if they are bent on ousting His Highness, His Highness's orders may not be conveyed to the people at all. And they are all officials of the imperial court. Even His Highness cannot dismiss them easily."
"It is even more impossible for those aristocratic families to act rashly against them, otherwise, there will be big trouble. And the land of Yizhou borders Tubo, Nanzhao, and Tuyuhun. Once they attack, I'm afraid..."
After listening to Quan Wanji's words, Li Yin nodded thoughtfully.
Quan Wanji handed over to Li Min and said: "Your Highness, this is the situation. I hope that Your Highness can be aware of it and make plans in advance! I will resign first."
After sending Quan Wanji away and returning, Li Min couldn't help but fall into deep thought.
In fact, Li Min had already anticipated the current situation.
After all, the aristocratic family tried every means to lure him to Shu, so there must be their back-up plan.
Now, judging from the news obtained by Quan Wanji, this situation may be worse than he expected.
There were some words that Quan Wanji didn't say clearly, but Li Min could vaguely hear them.
Quan Wanji suspected that Lin Jue might have some shady dealings with Tubo, Nanzhao and Tuyuhun.
If this is really the case, then it is really - so exciting!
Now Li Min's biggest guarantee is that they don't dare to play with fire unless absolutely necessary.
The thousand escorts around Li Min are Li Min's safety guarantee.
Of course, after arriving in Yizhou, Yizhou's army must take over as soon as possible and must be firmly in their own hands.
As a result, on the second day, they were forced to stay for one day.
It turned out that King Luo Bin didn't know whether he had too much fun the night before and ended up catching a cold and developing a high fever.
The military doctors accompanying the army had no good solution when faced with this situation.
I can only advise Li Min to stay for one day.
If that didn't work, King Luo Bin could only stay in a nearby county for medical treatment.
After all, their army is outside and they cannot wait just because King Luo Bin is alone.
In the end, Li Min exchanged the fever-reducing injection from the mall and gave King Luo Bin an injection.