Qin Jin was noncommittal, and only told Qing Xuzi to hurry up the casting of copper barrels, and then led a group of entourages and subordinates to return to Chang'an City in a hurry.

As soon as he entered the Prime Minister's Mansion, unexpectedly, Yan Zhenqing was already waiting in the middle hall, and when he saw Qin Jin, he immediately said:

"That gang of thieves just contacted the subordinates, saying that the mastermind behind them will be on the road today!"

Qin Jin nodded, he received a military report that this group of people was about to make trouble, and he didn't expect that this group of people did not give up their intention to win over Yan Zhenqing.

However, Yan Zhenqing saw that Qin Jin's face was very ugly, and he had already guessed that there must be another reason that made the young prime minister's face so ugly. However, he is also very knowledgeable and knows what to ask and what not to ask.

But Qin Jin took the initiative to talk about the content of the military newspaper.

"I just got a report, this thief will make trouble tonight, the specific location is not clear, Qin Mou hurriedly came back from the West Inner Garden, it was for this matter!"

Hearing this, Yan Zhenqing was shocked, he always thought that this group of thieves was just doing something unseemly, but now it seems that they have swelled to the point where they dare to openly shout for the Shenwu Army?

However, if the enemy is in the dark and we are clear, it can also cause unexpected effects if it is unprepared.

"Prime Minister, the subordinate is willing to contact the master of the thief to find out the specific location of the rebellion!"

Qin Jin immediately rejected his proposal, first of all, it was absolutely impossible for the imperial court to risk an important minister second only to Zaizhi, and furthermore, even if he could gain the trust of the other party, he might not immediately learn about the other party's plan.

"Maybe this matter is just their bluff, the Shenwu army will march into Chang'an City after nightfall to strengthen the city's defenses! Yan Fujun rest assured, it will not cause a catastrophe!"

After this delay, the sky was already getting dark, and Yan Zhenqing was just about to return to the post house to rest, but suddenly saw the military officials coming in in a hurry.

"Prime Minister, the big thing is not good, the fifth prime minister, the fifth prime minister and the assassination on the road......"

"What?"

Qin Jin couldn't believe his ears, all their attention was on how to prevent the thieves from causing trouble, but they all ignored a crucial issue, that is, the personal safety of the important ministers.

"The fifth phase is okay, but are you still alive?"

"A lot of blood was shed, the wounded were treated in a timely manner, and there was no danger to life!"

"That's good, that's good!"

In an instant, Qin Jin immediately issued another order:

"Quickly dial two hundred soldiers to protect Wei Jiansu and Yan Zhuang!"

Wei Jiansu is an important minister of the Three Dynasties, and there is absolutely no room for mistakes, and Yan Zhuang is the head of the Prime Minister's Mansion, although the position is not obvious, but the power is extremely heavy, if he is assassinated, the impact is also extremely bad.

"The prime minister doesn't have to worry, the subordinates are safe!"

Although it was time to rest, Yan Zhuang did not leave the Prime Minister's Mansion and returned home to rest. Qin Jin saw that Yan Zhuang was safe and sound, and his heart was a little more settled, but it was really difficult to rest assured whether Wei Jiansu was safe now.

After a while, the people sent out to surround Wei Jiansu also sent back the news, and Wei Jiansu had returned to the mansion safely. However, there was still an accident, dozens of unidentified fanatics tried to storm the Shengye Fang, but were repelled and killed by the guards guarding the Shengye Fang.

Qin Jin gritted his teeth and sneered, this thief moved so fast, but it was a pity that they overestimated their own strength.

Yan Zhenqing asked on the side:

"Can you catch it alive?"

Five people were captured alive, three committed suicide, two were seriously injured and unconscious!

"What a decisive means!"

Yan Zhenqing has experienced countless winds and waves, and naturally understands that these people's suicide must not be a temporary intention, but they have been prepared early on.

"Prime Minister, at this time, we should immediately close all the markets and search for the thieves!

Generally speaking, this kind of well-organized thief must have colluded with the government, otherwise it is absolutely impossible to accurately judge the time and route arrangement of the important ministers of the imperial court.

Qin Jintie's face was blue, and he said in a low voice:

"Yan Fujun knows that tomorrow is the full moon of the dog, and before sunset today, Qin was originally going to return home!"

"Could it be that their target also includes the prime minister?"

Qin Jin suddenly laughed.

"Kill Qin, the Shenwu army will be leaderless, the court will fall into chaos again, and some people with conspiracies can just fish in troubled waters?"

Yan Zhenqing was silent for a while, he was dissatisfied with Qin Jin's dictatorship in his heart, but if he exchanged Qin Jin's resignation at such a serious price, it would be absolutely unacceptable!

10,000 Shenwu troops drove into Chang'an City from the West Inner Garden along the sandwich road in a low-key manner, and almost overnight, the streets and alleys of Chang'an were full of heavily armed Shenwu soldiers. And after dawn, the usual morning bell did not ring on time, and the doors of the shops did not open. Somehow, the people speculated about what had happened.

In order to appease the people, the priests of each fang soon received a notice from the imperial court, and announced to the panicked people the reason for the closure of the fangmen.

Of course, in order not to confuse the people's minds, the proclamation of the imperial court concealed the news of the assassination of the important minister, and only announced that a grand ceremony of triumph was about to be held, and a thorough investigation would be carried out in order to avoid accidents.

As for the specific investigation, it was not explicitly stated, but the vast majority of the people still believed it.

Since the Shenwu Army took over Chang'an, a series of measures to facilitate the people have been implemented, which is in stark contrast to the previous rulers, and also makes the Shenwu Army have a good credibility among the people.

However, the apparent public reasons did not prevent the Shenwu Army from searching each square one by one. Starting from the mixed Nancheng, all the people who were not recorded in the Jingzhao Mansion register were all taken into custody and investigated for background.

In just one morning, more than 1,000 people were arrested without a register.

This may not seem like a large number, but it is already a very serious task for the Kyozhao Prefecture, which has a strict population management. Moreover, it is foreseeable that with the expansion of the scope of the search, there must be more black households that have been cleared out.

It is very difficult to let go of no one, not to wronged anyone. In the current situation, there is only one way to beat rabbits, and they are also imprisoned.

Fifth Qi's neck was covered with a thick sackcloth, and blood was oozing from it, which had become blackened. Since the injuries were not serious, he immediately participated in the search and arrest, and suggested that these violators of Tang law should be dealt with by thunderous means.

Of course, Fifth Qi did not want to kill these people, but to fill all the black households into the coolie camp to work regardless of their identity and background, which also solved the problem of the gradual lack of manpower in the coolie camp, which can be regarded as killing two birds with one stone.

"If these people have a reasonable and legitimate reason to stay in Chang'an, why should they do such things to deceive the court all day long?

This time, Qin Jin did not have the kindness of a woman, but readily agreed to the suggestion of the fifth Qi.

Before dark, nearly 5,000 people were escorted out of the city and into coolie camps.

However, this was only the beginning, after nightfall, under the personal auspices of the Fifth Qi, the Shenwu army began to search all the temples in Chang'an City, whether it was Buddhism, Taoism, or Persianism, but all the monks who were not recorded in the Jingzhao Mansion register, like those black households, were all arrested in the coolie camp and kept under centralized care.

However, it is precisely in the temples where there should be many black households that there are almost none.

Fifth Qi had a gloomy face, feeling that this matter was strange, but for a while he didn't know what the problem was.

In fact, he had already thought of many reasons, one of which was that the officials of Jingzhao Mansion were bribed, and as long as they spent money, the population in the temple could easily obtain legal status.

In order to confirm his thoughts, Fifth Qi personally reviewed the population registers of the major temples in Chang'an, and the most suspicious thing was that the population under the temple fields was actually several times more than when Tianbao was counted in the tenth year!

When Tianbao counted the population of Tian in the tenth year, Fifth Qi was personally involved, so he remembered it very clearly. In just over ten years, the population of many temples has increased dozens of times, which he had not noticed before.

So, Fifth Qi looked through the books of Tianbao in the tenth year, and found that the number of people recorded in his books was almost the same as now. This is a problem, could it be that Fifth Qi's memory is wrong?

Of course not!

Fifth Qi has always been known for being a capable official, so how could he have misremembered the errands he did by himself? He had already vaguely guessed that the officials must have done something to add and revise the book of books to Tianbao's old files for ten years.

The officials thought that this move could be concealed from the world and sea, and they could sit back and relax, but where did they think that the fifth Qi was the official who personally participated in the statistical collation back then, and the problem was so obvious that he would certainly not ignore it, not only those officials who were up and down must be unlucky, but also the temples that took advantage of the war to encroach on the population......

Originally, he was cleaning up the Buddhist temple industry last year, but Fifth Qi also felt that he was a bit heavy and confiscated a large amount of land. Now it seems that it is still lighter to be subordinate.

Buddhist temples should be pure places of pure cultivation, so why do you want so much land?

As a result, the government affairs hall soon issued a notice that all Buddhist temples within the Jingzhao Prefecture must hand over all land properties and the population register of the people belonging to the fields within seven days.

As soon as this order was issued, it immediately caused an uproar in Chang'an, and many people believed in Buddhism, feeling that the Fifth Qi had blasphemed the gods and Buddhas by doing so, and might even have broken their prayers for many years. What if the Buddha descends to sin?

The fifth Qi is a person who plans to do things but not to seek his life, how can he complain, although the notice is limited to seven days, but on the same day, the officials sent by the political hall to clean up the field have already entered the major temples in Chang'an City.

Almost under the coercion of the sword, the temples had to hand over their land.

Even so, he felt that he could not completely eliminate those illegal thieves hidden in the Buddhist temple, so he once again issued a strict order, the existing temple, the monks in the compulsory halving, within one day, by the temple each of the nominations, if after a day of hard work and can not get the list of laity, it can only be enforced by the government!