For many scholars, the income from 3,000 mu of tax-free cultivated land is really not enough to consider, but every scholar family has tens of thousands or even tens of thousands of acres of cultivated land under their names. These cultivated lands only need to pay taxes to the scholar families, and the general scholars only need to receive 20% of the income, and the state's land tax is also 20%. Logically speaking, the peasants paid taxes to the nobles almost the same as they paid taxes to the state, but the local officials collected the taxes, and when the local officials collected the taxes, they often harshly squeezed the peasants' land taxes, squeezing their income from 20% to 10%, so as to exploit the people to enrich themselves. Therefore, in order to survive, the peasant households had to hang their fields under the accounts of the scholars, at least when the scholars collected rent, they would even reward the land rent of the people they met.

However, while the peasants reduced their fees, the land of the nobles increased, and the tax revenue of the state became less and less, so in order to increase the bargaining tax, the Daede Emperor had to implement reforms. The reform law of comparable institutions, in addition to being good for the national court, is not good for the scholars and the common people.

The Holy Han Empire was short of money every year, borrowing money every year, and Emperor Dade knew that it was difficult, so he asked his grandfather Zhang Kuan for advice.

Zhang Kuan warned him that if he insisted on reform, it would inevitably arouse the opposition of the scholars, and advised Emperor Dade to be cautious in administration, which was not trivial at this time, even Emperor Dao and Emperor Taiqian, did not dare to do so.

"When the emperor's grandfather and father were in power, were they short of money?" Emperor Dade asked rhetorically at that time, and Zhang Kuan was speechless.

The reform of the Great Virtue Emperor was imperative, and the opposition was endless, and the Heavenly Tax Law was opposed by almost everyone from beginning to end from the planning to the introduction. However, Emperor Dade's heart for reform was very firm, and no matter how others advised him, he never wavered. Emperor Dade once said that he didn't want to be a dead king, but many people were dead ministers at this time.

When the ministers saw that Emperor Daide insisted on this, they no longer dissuaded him, but resorted to other methods, such as warnings.

In order to prevent the reform of the Great De Emperor, Zhao Bu sent people to secretly create the drowning of the Great De Emperor, and the person who carried out the drowning assassination was Yang Guan, the famous Jiaoyang Xiaolong King on the rivers and lakes.

Zhang Xiaowu naturally knew Yang Guan, he once lurked in the pond of the Saibei General's Mansion, and also helped the righteous army win the ghost guard's wrestlers, but he never expected that Yang Guan was the one who assassinated the emperor. Fortunately, Yang Guan didn't really have the intent to kill, he just deliberately caused the boat to shake when Emperor Dade was fishing in a boat, and caught Emperor Dade when he fell into the water. Yang Guan was worried that he would be punished by heaven if he killed Long Zi Long Sui, so he gave up the method of murdering Emperor Dade at the last moment and fled away.

However, after this assassination, Emperor Dade strengthened his determination, and even transferred Zhang Xiaowu's ghost guard to Longdu, and appointed him as the commander of the silver guard to take charge of public security in Longdu. For this fall into the water, even Emperor Dade thought it was an accident, and he completely trusted Li Canglan and Du Shanbo, thus creating new opportunities for Zhang Biao and Zhao Bu.

Just a month ago, Emperor Dade officially promulgated the reform of the tax law to the hundred officials, and it will be implemented from next year, that is, the third year of Dade, and at this time, Zhang Biao and Zhao Bu thought that it could not be delayed any longer, so they contacted the ministers privately, and bribed Li Canglan, thus launching a rebellion.

"Why was Li Canglan bought?" Zhang Xiaowu asked curiously.

The person in charge of the torture was Li Chuncheng, and he replied: "I have also tortured Zhao Bu about Li Canglan, but he will not answer, and insists on telling you in person before he stops, otherwise he will never say it." ”

Zhang Xiaowu said: "Is there any special reason, is Li Canglan's secret too big?" ”

Li Chuncheng shook his head and said: "He seems to have a request for you, and wants to use this method to see you, we originally didn't agree to let him see you, after all, this person is really hateful, the hardest." ”

Zhang Xiaowu smiled: "He still has something to ask me?" The one who will die will not beg me to let him go, will he? ”

Li Chuncheng took Zhang Xiaowu to the prison of the Supervision Yuan.

The prison of the Supervision Yuan is naturally imprisoned by corrupt officials of the imperial court, and the prison of the Supervision Yuan is built in the eight departments and six courtyards of the imperial city, deep underground, and there is no sunlight all day long, only a small piece of air defense can breathe at the top of the head to petition three zhang, so people also call the prison of the Supervision Yuan a prison.

After coming to the prison, Zhang Xiaowu found that the guards of the prison had been replaced by the Imperial Forest Army, and after a few days of review, about 800 Royal Forest Army soldiers were exempted from suspicion and returned to work. It's just that from now on, no one will enjoy the holidays anymore.

The Imperial Forest Army was on duty outside, and the jailer showed Zhang Xiaowu the way, telling him to be careful of his feet, from the ground to the prison, he needed to walk a long tunnel, the road was dark and slippery, but the underground temperature was very high, and the lower he went, the higher the temperature, and the people slowly sweated.

Zhang Xiaowu felt that there was something wrong with his breathing, so he stopped and took a few breaths slowly.

Wang Yijin hurriedly said with concern: "General, you are not in good health, otherwise let's go back, and we will bring Zhao Bu up for interrogation." ”

"Forget it, we're all here." Zhang Xiaowu wiped a handful of sweat, and somehow, he suddenly thought of Imperial Physician Dong's persuasion, saying that if he didn't cultivate his body, he could only live to be thirty-five years old at most. He quickly shook his head to dispel the worry in his heart: "Nonsense! It's just a little bit of a wound. He covered his mouth and nose with his hands, and walked down for a while, until he came to a brighter place.

The jailer of the Supervision Yuan said: "Lord Shaobao, there are only 18 cells in the prison of the Supervision Yuan, the first of which is a torture room, and the rest are where felons are held. However, a few years ago, His Majesty was generous, and almost no ministers were imprisoned by the Inspectorate, so the Inspectorate Prison has not been used for a long time, and it is a little damp and musty. ”

Zhang Xiaowu nodded, and was led by the jailer to sit in the torture room, there is very little musty smell here, just more blood, it seems that the rebellious ministers have been tortured in the past five days, as for the method and degree of torture, as long as you look at the blood stains on the torture equipment, you can know the tragedy.

Maybe it's just the cold truth that the next person sent it, but behind this is a cruel and murderous confession, he sighed, this is the fate of the loser, this is the fate of the loser, who died in painful torture. So he must not fail, and he must not allow failure, especially now.

"General, are you not feeling well?" Wu Song noticed that he was a little strange, and hurriedly asked.

Zhang Xiaowu said: "It's okay." ”

Wu Song may have sensed his emotions, or he himself thought of this place, so he said, "If Zhang Biao and Zhao Bu succeed in their rebellion, it will be us who will be imprisoned here." ”

Zhang Xiaowu smiled: "No." ”

Woodson asked, "Why?" ”

"Because they need us." Zhang Xiaowu smiled confidently, "Just like I let Zhang Kuan go, they will let me go." I can't kill Zhang Kuan, and I can't eradicate Hengshui Bofu and Zhang Dang, even if Zhang Dang's rebellion fails this time, if I kill them all, there will be no one in the court, and I can't give Your Majesty a mess. ”

Wu Song looked at no one on the left and right, and said in a low voice: "General, have you ever thought of a word, the bird is all hidden." ”

Zhang Xiaowu said: "It doesn't matter, the bird won't be exhausted, and the bow can't be hidden." King Jin will not be found. ”

Wu Song was stunned for a moment, then reacted and nodded with a smile. He finally put his mind at ease, Zhang Xiaowu is not stupid, he is just not ambitious, but if someone can threaten him, he will definitely fight back with all his might, even the emperor.

Soon, Zhao Bu was forked up. The former right attendant of the military department was already ragged and covered with blood at this time, and there was a smell of dying struggle on his body, and it seemed that he had suffered a lot.

Zhao Bu raised his head, looked at Zhang Xiaowu, recognized him for a while, and laughed miserably: "Becoming a king and defeating a villain, I am convinced, I just want to die quickly." ”

Zhang Xiaowu said: "You are still a hero, you deserve to be from the Xuanwu Army, the heroes of the past are the ones who died and died." ”

Zhao Bu sighed, he was also one of the few survivors of the defeat of the Xuanwu Army after the defeat of the Birch River, but he was not besieged on the banks of the Birch River, but was sent to Longmen Pass due to his injuries. Later, Zhao Bu heard that the Xuanwu army was surrounded, so he rushed to the Birch River with 2,000 dead soldiers, although he fought several battles with the Beiyi army, but he was never able to break through the defense line, and finally could only regret the withdrawal of the army. And Zhao Bu was also reused by Emperor Taiqian because he was the only army commander to support the Xuanwu Army, and finally became the right attendant of the military department.

Thinking of the eventful years of the past, and then thinking of the consequences of today's downfall, Zhao Bu smiled bitterly, and the time was also fate, if it weren't for Zhang Xiao's military force to turn the tide, I am afraid that today he would be the right minister, replacing Xiang Rui in charge of the eight departments.

Zhang Xiaowu asked again: "Why did Li Canglan rebel, I am very curious about this, he does not need to rebel at all, His Majesty once told me that he will definitely be reused in the future, and even let him rebuild the Xuanwu Army." ”

Zhao Bu laughed and said, "Your Majesty will reuse it for him?" That's just a promise, do you think that you, as the crown prince and young protector, will let your majesty let you go in the future? If you can keep the emperor's world, you can naturally threaten his imperial power, this time, you are not protecting him, you are threatening him. Anyone, as long as he has the ability to threaten the life of the emperor, he does not need to be charged with any crime, born with a capital crime. ”

Zhang Xiaowu also had to nod his head to admit this truth, which is also the reason why he prepared another song.

Zhao Bu said: "I can tell you the secret of Li Canglan's rebellion, and I will also tell you an important clue, but you must promise me to let my son go." I don't ask him to avenge me, nor do I ask him to be rich, but send him to the southwest, where the jungle is full of poisonous insects and wild beasts, but there is no threat from him, but he can survive. ”

Zhang Xiaowu nodded without thinking about it: "I promise you." ”

Zhao Bu was stunned and asked, "Don't you think about it?" ”

Zhang Xiaowu said: "You are no longer a climate, and I don't need to worry that he will seek revenge on me, I heard others talk about his experience and character, tiger father and dog, he is not a person with great ambitions, and he will not avenge you." What do I need to worry about? Soon, your son will be sent into exile to the Southwest, and whether he survives or not depends on his creation. ”

Zhao Bu smiled: "It turns out that you have planned it a long time ago. ”

Zhang Xiaowu said: "Although I have thought of your request, this request is not difficult for me. Tell me, what is the reason why Li Canglan must rebel, I am too curious that this smart man would do such a stupid thing. ”

Zhao Bu sighed, and then said slowly: "Actually, most of the internal reasons why Li Canglan rebelled were because of Du Shanbo's wariness of him. ”

"Dushan Bo beware of him?" Zhang Xiaowu said, "Uncle Du Shanbo knows that he is going to rebel? So be wary of it early? ”

Zhao Bu said: "Li Canglan is very ambitious and skilled in martial arts, among the eighteen righteous sons of Dushan Bo, the remaining seventeen are not his opponents, just one of the martial arts, Li Canglan is the head of the eighteen righteous sons." In terms of martial arts alone, there are few people in the world who can beat him. But he wanted to be the commander of Xuanwu and lead the Xuanwu army to destroy the Beiyi Kingdom, which Dushanbo must not allow, Dushanbo thought that the poor soldiers ransomed the Northern Expedition to establish a country on the ice field, which was a burden for the Shenghan Empire, and it was a disaster, and it must not lead to a burden on the country because of personal grievances. ”

Zhang Xiaowu thought in his heart: "For the farming people, the land of the ice field is naturally a burden, but for the industrialized countries, the vast land is wealth." ”

Zhao Bu laughed: "In addition, Li Canglan once proposed to Dushan Bo seven years ago. ”

"Propose? Dushanbo's daughter? Zhang Xiaowu thought for a while and said, "I remember that Dushanbo had three sons, but two of them are dead, but I don't remember that he had daughters." ”

Zhao Budao: "When Li Canglan defected to Dushanbo, he was only twenty-one years old, and when he saw Dushanbo's granddaughter Ye Yuying for the first time, he made up his mind not to marry her. Although Ye Yuying was only ten years old at the time, Li Canglan immediately told Du Shanbo that he was willing to wait for her to marry her when she was over eighteen years old. Du Shanbo was worried that Li Canglan was very ambitious, so he accepted him as his son, and from then on, Li Canglan was Miss Ye's uncle, so he couldn't marry her for the time being. ”

Zhang Xiaowu opened his mouth wide, and the Wusong on the side was also dumbfounded, it turned out that Du Shanbo and Li Canglan still had this story.

"What do you mean for the time being?" Zhang Xiaowu asked.

Zhao Bu said again: "Uncle Du Shanbo later comforted Li Canglan and said that if Miss Yuying does not marry after the age of eighteen, she will sever the relationship with Li Canglan's father-in-law and son, and let him propose marriage, as for whether Miss Yuying is willing to marry Li Canglan, it depends on Miss Yuying's intentions." Li Canglan waited for her stupidly for seven years, but when Miss Yuying was seventeen years old, Du Shanbo suddenly announced that he would marry his granddaughter to His Majesty as the queen. Although Li Canglan pretended not to care on the surface, it seemed that he had long forgotten Du Shanbo's promise, but he always remembered this promise in his heart. And Dushanbo blatantly blatantly breached the contract and deceived him. , do you think with Li Canglan's unruly character, he will be indifferent? Will he care? Will he let Du Shanbo go? Moreover, he learned the news of Dushanbo's long-term illness from the Jinyi Guard and the White Tiger Army - as the so-called Chongguan is angry and red-faced, Li Canglan is such an infatuated species, and his rival in love is His Majesty the Emperor. ”