"Your Majesty!"

Wang Chonggu knew that Gao Shicheng could remain silent at this time, but as an embroidery ambassador, there were some things that could not be avoided. So he only hesitated slightly, and then opened his mouth to explain: "Your Majesty, as far as the old slave knows, this matter seems to be related to General Yuwen. In addition, the wealth of the Xue family is moving, so many generals in the border army and government army are all eager to rush to it. ”

"Yuwenshu? That's no wonder. ”

Yang Guang's expression was relieved, he had led the army to fight several times in his life, and he naturally understood the habits of those generals in the army.

Those who keep the success are okay, and the money and food issued by the court are enough for them to use. But if you are bent on forging ahead and intend to seek military merits on the battlefield, no amount of money in your hand will be enough.

Let's ask which tiger and wolf army in this world is not piled up with money and raised with wealth.

But after that, he looked at Wang Chonggu with a smile: "Chonggu, you are quite protective of Li Shimin. ”

"Your Majesty! The slave maid thought that Li Shimin was still loyal to His Majesty, and this time he had no choice but to fight Xue Ju. ”

Wang Chonggu touched his head to the ground in fear: "Li Kaifu has repeatedly corrupted those chaotic party plots in the past year, and now he is a thorn in the side of those people. It really needs a lot of money to hire a strong man for his use, otherwise, he is afraid that his life will not be guaranteed. ”

"Don't worry, I also know about the business that Yong'anbo is doing in partnership with Qinglong Villa. ”

Yang Guang smiled, his face was kind, and he was a little curious: "I want to know, if Xue Ju doesn't have any trouble, how much money can he earn in the private salt business in a year?"

"It's about three to four million a year, and although there are a lot of salt goods in Qinghai, it is difficult to send them to Kansai on a large scale. ”

Wang Chonggu replied without hesitation: "However, as far as the slave maid knows, Li Kaifu has deliberately interfered in the private salt, tea, porcelain, fur and other businesses on the grassland before. If he can do it, then the net income in a year will definitely not be less than five million. ”

"Five million? But I remember that the imperial court's commercial tax last year was only a little more than 150 million, right? This year, Shandong and Hebei are in turmoil, and this commercial tax revenue must be lowered. ”

Yang Guang sneered, and a trace of anger and greed flashed in his eyes: "In this world, how many silver and goods that should belong to the treasury have fallen into the hands of private individuals?"

Seeing this, the imperial eunuch Gao Shicheng's eyes suddenly lit up, and he immediately bowed his hand and said: "Your Majesty!

However, at this moment, a middle-aged man wearing an embroidered uniform hurriedly walked in, holding a jade talisman in his hand, and knelt in front of Yang Guang's bookcase: "Your Majesty, there is a letter from Daxing Embroidery Guard, Yong'an Bo, Kaifu Yi and Li Shimin, the three divisions, led the embroidered clothes guard and thousands of forbidden people to take the black market, a total of 2,475 people were arrested, and all kinds of goods were about 45 million yuan, to 49 million yuan!"

"Huh?"

Yang Guang's eyes not only showed a little surprise, but then there was a trace of joy, which climbed up the corners of his cheeks and eyebrows: "Is this really true? This kid actually took down the Dark City of Chang'an?

At this time, a Tsing Yi attendant stepped forward, first of all, the talisman book, which was taken from the hand of the embroidered general, and then handed it over to Yang Guang's imperial book case with a respectful expression.

It's just that before he put down the rune book, the latter had already snatched one of them with an impatient look, took it in his hand and looked through it carefully.

After only a moment, the look of satisfaction on Yang Guang's face became more and more intense: "This kid has finally lived up to the high hopes I have placed on me, and this thing has been done beautifully." It's rare that this little guy can do this without fear of the eunuch's house, and I am very pleased to be able to do this without avoiding danger and obstacles. ”

At this time, the imperial eunuch Gao Shicheng couldn't help but be stunned for a while, his whole body was directly fixed in place, and his face changed from blue to white.

And several people behind him, after looking at each other, knelt in front of the Son of Heaven at the same time: "Congratulations to Your Majesty!"

"Congratulations?"

Yang Guang looked at the front of him in surprise: "I am happy to congratulate you, is it for the tens of millions of yuan that should have been included in the national treasury?"

As he spoke, he flicked the talisman book in his hand. The words were full of self-deprecation: "If you really want to count it, it can be regarded as a happy event! After all, it is a windfall from heaven, and it can make up for some of the expenses of the second expedition to Liao." can make Su Wei's old man less noisy in front of me. ”

Among the attendants, a man in a purple robe got up with a flattering expression and replied: "The slaves are not congratulating Your Majesty on this windfall, but on Your Majesty's good minister! It can be seen that he is still loyal to the king and dares to do anything. ”

"Good ministers?"

Yang Guang smiled noncommittally: "I hope it is as you say, this son does have a bit of a strong demeanor." I am still quite promising to Uncle Yong'an County. ”

His attitude towards the dark city of Chang'an is different from that of the Luoyang black market. Because the latter has a little less court law, most of the transactions only involve some smuggled goods, at most the scale is slightly larger, but the dark city dares to sell anything. may be because he is not at the feet of the Son of Heaven, the merchants over there are a hundred times more rampant and presumptuous than Luoyang.

It wasn't until this time that he seemed to think of the imperial eunuch Gao Shicheng, and squinted his eyes: "What did you just say?

That Gao Shicheng's face was as pale as dirt for a long time, but he still stubbornly said: "That's right, Your Majesty, although the county uncle of Yong'an is still loyal and prudent, but it is also a fact that this person harms the public and the private use, uses the public weapon for private use, and steals His Majesty's authority and prestige for his own use——"

It's just that before this voice fell, Yang Guang laughed: "This is too much, and it is unfair." It is right to damage the public and private, and to use public weapons for private purposes, but if you want to say that he stole the authority of the Emperor for his own use, then in the Manchu Dynasty, I don't know how many court officials can bear this crime. ”

Then he stood up again, walked to the railing with his hands in his hands, and then looked at the ships behind him from a distance: "How can I not know? Gao Shicheng is what you call harming the public and private, and there are countless people who use public weapons for private purposes. If you have millions of gold hidden in your family, and a few nephews have encroached on thousands of hectares of land in your hometown, when have I ever asked? But if you are just greedy, if you can be loyal to state affairs and duty, then I can tolerate it. What is annoying is that these people occupy a position in the court, take the silver money of the court, and try their best to scavenge oil and water from everywhere, but they are unwilling to pay a little for me and the court. What's even more excessive is those bastards who eat my Great Sui food, but they are bent on opposing my Great Sui country! These people have ill intentions, thinking day and night that they are going to dig up the foundation of our Great Sui and tear me off this throne. This is even more hateful than the dog occupying the manger and the corpse vegetarian meal. ”

Gao Shicheng had long known this result, and his face was decaying, and he leaned over: "What Your Majesty said is that the slave maid thought badly." ”

"You don't think about being bad, but you are anxious about what others are anxious about, and you think about what others think. Yang Guang's eyes were sharp-eyed.

The corners of Yang Guang's lips were slightly hooked, and there was a hint of irony: "I want to know, which family's goods did you this dog slave receive? Xue Ju or the Duke of Chu State? Xue Ju is unlikely, this so-called overlord of Western Qin, should not be stupid enough to expose his shortcomings here, then it can only be the Duke of Chu State, or the Eight Divisions of the Demon Dragon? They want you to make accusations against Boluo in Yongan County here in me, right?"

Gao Shicheng was already 'throwing his five bodies to the ground', putting his limbs and body tightly on the ground, his whole body was constantly trembling, and his face facing the floor was distorted and pale to the point that it could not be shaped.

Yang Guang next, but he didn't pay attention to this person's intention at all, he had already shifted his gaze and saw Wang Chonggu in the hall: "Immediately send capable people to Xijing to assist Yongan County Bocha in handling the Luoyang black market case." Also, Xuan Pei Yu and the two Aiqing, quickly board the dragon boat to meet you!"

"Slaves obey!"

Wang Chonggu bowed and bowed, and then asked with a hesitant expression: "Your Majesty, then does this Jincheng Xue clan and Xiuyi Wei need to take any next moves? And this conflict between Li Kaifu and Xue Ju, do slaves and maids need to intervene?

"No need, since it was the trouble caused by the county uncle of Yong'an himself, let him solve it himself. However, you can ask the Zhongshu Sheren to draw up a decree for me, so that the local government will strictly investigate the smuggling of illicit salt, and if it is seized, the local government can intercept fifty percent. There is also the salt supervisor of Xie County, which also needs to be strictly rectified for me. As for the Kaneshiro Xue clan—"

Yang Guang's expression hesitated for a moment, and then he said indifferently: "Don't pay attention to it for the time being, I need to think about it again." ”

Wang Chonggu suddenly understood, and the majesty in front of him said that he wanted Li Shimin to solve the grievances with Xue Ju by himself, but this holy decree was equivalent to secret help. The border army of the government army in the north of Guanxi will only be more unscrupulous and attack Xue Ju's caravan.

As for the Jincheng Xue clan, the Son of Heaven really didn't think about how to deal with this overlord of the Kansai rivers and lakes.

After all, there are 15,000 people with armor, and their strength is even better than that of the northern border, and the existence of many nomadic tribe masters. It also maintained relations with the Western Turks for the imperial court and provided a large number of war horses.

If such a force is not handled properly for a while, the consequences may even spread to the entire Kansai region.

Even if this Xue Ju just rebelled westward, defected to the Western Turks, or became a horse thief, it would be a great trouble.

At the time of this conquest of Liao, the Son of Heaven would not allow a new source of chaos to appear in the rear of the army under any circumstances. Caution is a natural choice.