Chapter Seventy-Two: A Live Target

When everyone finished reading the second letter of the plea that was sprinkled, sincere, and respectful, they were speechless for a while. In order to show that he took the initiative to admit his guilt and strive for leniency, King Deng did not write about the instructions of Song Guo at the suggestion of Zhen Feng.

Everyone didn't dare to speak, firstly, they did not dare to ignore the royal affairs, and secondly, their backs were more or less unclean in terms of enclosure.

Li Yu's heart was like knocking over a five-flavor bottle, and he had just eaten a big mouthful of flies in his mouth, and he didn't know whether to be angry, complain or be sad for a while. He was very sad just now, worried that Li Congyi was in trouble and miserable, and his food and clothing were worried, so he slapped himself in the face in the blink of an eye, and sixty percent of the land in the entire Xuanzhou was owned by King Deng's mansion, and most of it was arable land.

"Let's all talk about it, what to do with King Deng?"

Everyone was silent, and Xu You said respectfully: "Official, there is a detail worth savoring. General Deng's confession did not mention the enclosure of King Deng, in fact, they knew that the assassins had hidden in the palace to collect incriminating evidence, so they had to solve the matter and detain it for the time being, so as not to make the matter bigger. If King Deng didn't have a plan to deal with it at this time, maybe it would be a disaster for the court, but now, King Deng is willing to return the land at a low interest rate and pacify the temple, which is enough to see that General Deng persuaded King Deng that their purpose is to minimize the storm in the court. Moreover, King Deng said in the recital that he repented under the admonition of General Deng, and could not bear to see the disappointment of the official family, and was willing to maintain the stability of the local area and the stability of the court. ”

Zhang Xun said coldly: "King Deng took advantage of the law and took the upper limit of six points of monthly interest as the degree, although he did not break the law, but this did not chill the official family and the hearts of the people in the world. He found a way out for himself, unscathed, and in the future, the world's luxury will follow suit, and if something goes wrong, it will not be returned at low interest, and the world will not be in chaos in the future. ”

"Shi Di's words are wrong. King Deng also said that General Deng and they had a suggestion that in the future, the law of the Tang Kingdom could reduce the loan interest limit to three cents per month, and the total amount of interest should not exceed the principal, so as to bind it, but all the things pledged must be returned. The rest of the measures can be further refined by the imperial court. At present, the Northern Dynasty invaded Han and the domestic salt price soared, so it really can't be chaotic, otherwise it will give the Northern Dynasty more opportunities. ”

"What Xu Gong said is very true, and the most urgent thing at the moment is stability, but Shi Di's consideration also makes sense. I can forgive him for a secret decree to King Deng, condemning him for what he has done, and disappointing me for my hard work, but he wants to change the low-interest refund to an interest-free return, with a time limit of two months, so that the people can have land for a good year, and spring ploughing as soon as possible in the coming year. As for the temple and others, let him figure it out on his own. This matter must be kept low-key, otherwise it will be difficult for the world to reconcile, and it is inevitable to criticize and write. ”

"Official, this matter is not difficult, there is actually a sentence in the chapter that explains how to turn this matter from a bad thing to a good thing."

"Oh? I didn't pay attention just now. Xu Gong, let's listen to it. ”

"That's still General Deng's idea. They suggested that the local people should be stabilized with practical benefits, the hearts of the people in the world should be stabilized with praise, and the public should be stabilized with will. The official family can draw up an edict to the outside world, claiming that King Deng is patriotic and sympathetic to the people, and is willing to transfer the land under his name to tenants at a low price. ”

Li Yu was relieved when he heard this, and laughed: "This idea is interesting, they have thought it through when they landed, and they solved a big problem for me without blood, and also eliminated a turmoil in the court." When they come back, I will reward them heavily! ”

There was an official tone before the public mouth, and some people questioned it later, as long as they said "You dare to question King Deng's patriotism and love for the people", and then it was not enough to say "You first see if your family has enclosed land". Unexpectedly, King Deng was blessed by misfortune, but became a positive example.

When Li Congyi opened the secret decree nervously, a thorn in his heart was pulled out, and if there is no interest, there will be no interest, at least his throne is still there, and the fief is still there. Soon he received an edict, which was announced to the world, and he actually became a model of praise...... How does it work? After the chapter was suggested and revised by Brother Zhen Feng, it actually had such an effect, Brother Zhen Feng is too good! Li Congyi regretted that he couldn't thank him in person, and even left Zhen Feng to come, if it weren't for him, he would have fallen into a place of no return, Zhen Feng is really a generation of celebrities, and what he does is the ancient style of "brushing away clothes after things are done, and hiding merit and fame"!

This edict was immediately publicized to the world, and it can be described as an uproar. Those who know know what is going on, but they can only endure it, some are happy and some are gritting their teeth, and they are different. Uninformed people sing praises of virtue, and it seems that Haiyan clarifies and the world is peaceful.

By the time Landing and Zhen Feng learned of Li Yu's will through the official post, they had already traveled for two and a half days to Poyang Lake in Hukou County, and arrived at Jiangzhou City after crossing the mouth of Poyang Lake. In fact, it is only about 700 miles from Xuanzhou to Jiangzhou, but there is a carriage, and there is a Zhang Yuanlai who is recovering in the carriage, so he stops and goes.

There are many boats waiting at the ferry, and the hull is much larger than that of the Shuiyang River, otherwise it will not be able to carry heavy loads and wind and waves. Zhen Feng talked about two boats, but he didn't leave for the time being, but tied the horses to the thickest tree by the ferry.

Except for Zhang Yuanlai, who stayed in the carriage and watched, the others walked back with some items, bows and arrows, walked a stick of incense, and came to a relatively high place. After some arrangement, they rested on the high ground.

After more than half an hour, he suddenly said, "It's coming soon." ”

"I'm sure it's coming for us, not passers-by...... Penheptoxin? ”

Landing looked at Zhen Feng like a fool, and said: "Basically, it can be determined, when they get closer, they can be judged at a distance of more than three hundred steps." After a while, a horse team galloped over and landed: "It's coming at us, these people are not Tang soldiers, nor are they grass bandits, they are well-trained at a glance, they are riding northern war horses, and they are about fifty people." There are no other visible targets along the way, and you see they're coming towards us right now. ”

Martin exclaimed, "Mother, how many people came at once." ”

Zhen Feng smiled at this time: "Martin, let Shi Geng be in front, you hide behind him and don't show your head, let our Shi Sect head see how these people want to deal with him." Lao Deng, let's go to the side, don't splash blood when the time comes. Alright, let's go ahead with the plan. ”

Shi Geng, whose hands and feet were tightly tied by ropes, smiled and said, "Are you scared? Maybe they're here to save the family! ”

When the horse team was still two hundred steps away from Shi Geng, it seemed that the person standing on the high ground of the mound was Shi Geng, and as if there was no one else, the leader gave an order, the war horse began to accelerate wildly, the horse lance, swords and guns were all shown, and the shouting of killing suddenly sounded, and the people in front of them prepared bows and arrows, and they all came in the direction of Shi Geng.

Martin hid behind Shi Geng, and said sympathetically in a sarcastic tone: "Shi Jiaotou, it seems that your popularity is very good, so hundreds of people are just trying to kill you." I went to Lord Yama, I can't tell who killed you, so don't pull us on our backs. ”

"Humph!" Shi Geng's heart was a little weak, but he insisted and said: "It's not certain who they want to kill, you said it too early!" ”

As soon as the words fell, the horse team was one hundred and fifty paces away, which was already within the shooting range, and several arrows beckoned towards Shi Geng one after another, and Shi Geng was a live target at this moment.