In the past, Bianjing City was bustling and noisy, with people coming and going on the streets, and there was a lot of traffic.

But today's Bianjing City is extraordinarily calm.

There was no sound except for the creaking of the carriage and the clash of iron armor.

The farce set off by the officials in Bianjing City was suppressed by Kou Ji with a thunderous force before it could fully exert its might.

The carriage slowly moved forward and arrived at the mansion of the Dali Temple.

The mansion is not big, covering an area of about five acres, and there are two majestic stone lions guarding the door, and the horse stakes are tied in a row at the door.

The door of the mansion was closed, and only the restless apricot tree, stretched out its arms, jumped out of the strong, and swayed in the wind.

Someone in the mansion was lying in the crack of the door to observe the movement outside, and saw Kou Ji's carriage and 3,200 armor soldiers stopped at the door of the mansion, and sat down on the ground in fright.

A crackling sound came from behind the gate.

"Arrest someone!"

Kou Ji gave a faint command, and the tiger warriors behind him rushed up.

They violently smashed open the mansion of the Dali Temple's prison secretary, Zhiqian Pingzhi, and rushed in amid screams and howls.

The screams, wails, shouts, and cries filled the entire mansion in an instant.

Two quarters of an hour later, the soldiers escorted the Dali Temple Prison Secretary Zhi Qian Pingzhi, as well as the old and young people in his mansion, and appeared outside the mansion.

Except for the young children who were still wailing and crying, the rest of the people had already closed their mouths under the tossing of the soldiers, and one by one they knelt on the ground and trembled.

"Ask Kou Xiang to surround the life of the lower official!"

After Qian Pingzhi was arrested out of the mansion, he shouted in horror and wanted to beg Kou Ji for mercy, but before he could rush to the side of Kou Ji's carriage, he was kicked over by the Yang Mansion who was guarding the side of the carriage, and rolled on the ground twice before he stopped.

A mouthful of black blood spurted out.

Kou Ji lifted the carriage curtain, glanced at the middle-aged man who had survived for more than 20 years to get to the position of Beijing official, and whispered without being salty, "I knew today, why bother in the first place?" If you have to lie on the head of the official family and make nonsense, you must be prepared to bear the anger of the official family. ”

"Kou Xiang......"

"Seal!"

“……”

A fishy black cloth was stuffed into Qian Ping's straight mouth and thrown into the crowd of Qian Mansion.

The leader of the Imperial Forest Guard took out a volume of documents, unfolded it in public, and carefully read out Qian Pingzhi's crimes, and also read out Zhao Zhen's verdict on Qian Pingzhi.

"All female dependents are charged to the Church Division, and there is no forgiveness for men to kill......"

When the leader of the Imperial Forest Guard shouted these words, everyone in the Qian Mansion turned to ashes.

Someone wanted to shout for help, but before he could open his mouth, he was kicked and shut by the soldiers around him.

Kou Ji took the soldiers and everyone in the Qian Mansion and rushed to the next place.

Not far from the Qian Mansion is the residence of Cheng Yong, a member of the host and guest department of the Ministry of Rites.

When Kou Ji Road passed Yong's mansion, the gate of Cheng's mansion was open, and Cheng Yong stood at the door, sweating all over, bowing and standing.

Kou Ji lifted the curtain of the carriage and glanced at Cheng Yong, who shuddered.

"You have to thank your third concubine, if she hadn't persuaded you again and again, so that you only keep money and don't deceive the official family, your whole family would have died.

The sea has been up and down for more than ten years, and it is not as clear as a woman's family.

You can be considered stupid, you can be fined for a year, and all the shops in your house will be confiscated, do you have any objections? ”

"Thank you for the grace of the official family not to kill......"

Cheng Yong replied tremblingly.

Kou Ji nodded, without further ado, lowered the curtain of the carriage, and instructed the groom to continue walking.

Cheng Yong kept bending down and sent Kou Ji to the end of the street, and collapsed to the ground with a pop, and the clothes on his body were already soaked with sweat.

"Old man......"

The old housekeeper quickly ran to Cheng Yong's side and wanted to help Cheng Yong, but Cheng Yong raised his hand to stop him, and said with palpitations: "Go, tell everyone in the house that from now on, the third lady is the eldest lady in the house."

She has the final say in the affairs of the house, who dares to disobey, and the stick is served. ”

"That big lady......"

"Let her pack up and go back to her parents' house. When I turn around, the old man will send someone to deliver and leave the book...... If she hadn't forced the old man to open his eyes for her brother, why would the old man be like this? ”

"Old man......"

"The old man has already shed a layer of skin! Keep that scourge, the old man will have to lose his life sooner or later! ”

"Whoa!"

“……”

Kou Ji led the soldiers to visit one by one according to the list given by Zhao Zhen, some were as straightforward as Qian and became prisoners in an instant, and some were like Cheng Yong, who were fined and confiscated all their family property.

Kou Ji wandered around Bianjing City all night before visiting all the people on the list.

More than 6,000 people were arrested, including more than 4,700 servants, who were sent on the spot.

More than 800 female dependents were charged to the Workshop Division, and more than 400 officials, large and small, as well as the men of their families, were escorted to the execution ground.

When the sun rose, Kou Ji invited all the officials of Bianjing City to the execution ground to watch the execution.

"Slash!"

At Kou Ji's order, more than 400 officials, large and small, as well as the men in his family, were beheaded.

Blood stained the execution ground, and the officials watching the execution became more and more frightened.

After the bulls, ghosts, snakes, and gods were dealt with.

The forbidden army quietly withdrew from Bianjing City.

Bianjing City has not returned to its former prosperity.

In addition to the arresters patrolling the streets, only the stewards of the various officials' residences are running.

They are quickly peddling the property of the house.

They were afraid that after the early hours of this morning, the forbidden army that had just withdrawn from Bianjing City would enter Beijing again.

Through Kou Ji, Zhao Zhen showed his determination to kill.

No one dares to expect that the three-day deadline set by Zhao Zhen will be variable.

After Kou Ji finished killing people, he did not leave, and sat in the execution ground all the time.

Someone asked Kou Ji why he stayed at the execution ground and didn't leave, and Kou Ji said lightly that maybe he would have to kill him tomorrow.

After this word spread, it really scared everyone.

The pace at which officials peddle the industry has quickened considerably.

Yang Wenguang unconsciously flashed past Kou Ji's eyes.

It didn't take long for it to shake past Kou Ji's eyes again.

Kou Ji put down the order slip he was holding in his hand and glanced at Yang Wenguang, "Okay, don't turn around, just say something." ”

When Yang Wenguang heard this, he hurriedly stopped and said to Kou Ji: "Kou Xiang, brothers are waiting for you to save your life." The third day is about to pass. I can't take my soldiers to kill my brothers, can I? ”

Koji groaned.

Yang Wenguang hurriedly said: "You promised to give your brothers a way to live, but the brothers believed in you, so they didn't do anything." ”

Kou Ji rolled his eyes and said, "Send someone to tell them to quickly divide the family, and lose all the family's business to the unofficial and untitled family, and then go to Kaifeng Mansion to write a good household book and nail this matter to the iron plate." ”

Yang Wenguang was stunned for a moment, and then exclaimed: "Such a simple way, why didn't I think of it." ”

Kou Ji glanced at Yang Wenguang and said faintly: "The method is simple, but whether the court approves it or not, is it up to you to decide?" ”

Yang Wenguang's face was bitter.

Kou Ji is right, splitting up is also a way.

It's just that whether the court approves this move or not, that's Zhao Zhen and Kou Ji's final say.

The two of them agreed that the separation was a solution.

The two of them did not admit it, and after the separation, they would both die.

Such a simple method, Wu Chen couldn't think of it, but Wen Chen must have thought of it.

But why didn't the ministers use it, but instead used a relatively extreme way to force Zhao Zhen to give in?

It is because the ministers know that whether the separation of the family counts or not, they say it does not count.

Zhao Zhen only issued an iron rule that officials are not allowed to engage in business, but did not set specific rules.

So in terms of details, only Zhao Zhen and Kou Ji have the final say.

So they don't dare to bet.

Kou Ji saw that Yang Wenguang was still stunned, so he reminded Yang Wenguang without being salty, "It's not too early......

When Yang Wenguang heard this, he came back to his senses and immediately sent people to various mansions to spread the word.

After the military ministers got Yang Wenguang's message, they moved quickly.

One by one, they stuffed all the business of the mansion into the names of their brothers or sons, and then kicked them out of the mansion and set up a separate door.

and specially ran to Kaifeng Mansion, set up another register, and completely nailed the matter to death.

The civil and military officials were busy tossing and turning for a day and a night.

In a flash, three days have passed.

There were four officials, whose property was too large and could not be dealt with, and were captured by the royal guards and taken to the execution ground, beheaded by Kou Jijian, and went to the palace of Hades.

As the fourth day passed quietly, the civil and military officials were completely relieved.

It's just that the huge changes in the business of Bianjing City have caused the commerce of Bianjing City to fall into a depression.

The smell of killing has not dissipated, and the streets are very sparsely populated.

Nearly 60 percent of the shops have closed doors.

A newspaper quietly appeared at the door of every household.

One by one, strange businessmen quietly appeared in Bianjing City.

The shops that had been confiscated into the treasury opened their doors one by one.

After five days of depression, Bianjing regained its prosperity.

A small official with a soaphorn hat walked through the merchants in Bianjing City, and a yamen named the Tax Department quietly appeared in front of everyone.

After the people learned the contents of the newspaper under the reading of the young man at home, they relieved their hearts one by one, opened the door, and went to the streets.

The people originally thought that after a turmoil, Bianjing City would be greatly damaged.

But when the people appeared on the streets, they found out.

Everything is still business as usual, even better than before.

Gone are the harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes in the streets, and the evil servants who chase the small traders and vendors around are gone.

Instead, there were small officials with soaphorn hats.

When the officials arrived in front of the small merchants and vendors, according to the position of the small merchants and hawkers, they set the commercial tax, put down the tax stamps, took the money and left.

The small merchants and peddlers got the tax stamps, and they were a little frightened, thinking that the imperial court had sent an evil official to oppress them.

But when they had been doing business for a day, and they didn't see the evil servants who collected taxes on weekdays, and the green-skinned gangsters who looted them, they were completely relieved.

Although the imperial court did not have a famous word, they clearly felt that the imperial court had taken back the right to collect commercial taxes.

In the future, those wicked people who exploited them by collecting commercial taxes would never again appear.

As long as they pay the commercial taxes of the imperial court, they can do business with confidence.

The small traders and vendors are cheering and shouting.

The people were also brought up.

Only those big merchants are full of sadness.

When the small officials with soaphorn hats entered their shops, revealed their identities and demanded to check the accounts, and announced the new rules of the imperial court of thirteen taxes and one tax, as well as the new rules of tax collection by the imperial court, the big merchants wailed.

Big merchants know that it will be too difficult to evade taxes in the future.

The new tax law of thirteen taxes and one will siphon off a lot of huge profits from them.

Of course, there were also cheers.

For example, those who are pure businessmen.

Because the tax collector clearly told them that as long as they pay taxes according to the rules, no one will embarrass them to do business in the future, and they no longer have to ask anyone for relationships or gifts.

Still others are indifferent.

It was the shopkeepers who came out of the shops that had been confiscated by the imperial court.

They are the retired stewards of Kou, Li, and Gao.

Now he is re-emerging from the mountain, just to help the imperial court stabilize the market, and he is also earning a family business for himself.

The court set a very simple rule for them, the shop and the goods are all converted into money, and they only need to pay off the money converted into the shop and the goods within 20 years, and pay a certain high interest, and after 20 years, everything in the shop belongs to them.

They made a contract with the imperial court, and the contract also stated that the sooner the money was repaid, the less interest.

They thought about it a little and saw that the façade was profitable, so they decisively signed a contract with the imperial court.

Although the new tax law of thirteen taxes and one tax established by the imperial court was too high, they did not like it very much.

But they won't object either.

Because they were still members of the court, and only after they paid off their arrears could they leave the court and become pure merchants with a business.

Motivated people, in order to pay off the arrears as soon as possible, sell hard.

Those who were not motivated were also driven by them to sell out.

Bianjing City was actually a little more lively than before for a while.

The civil and military officials looked at Bianjing City, which had suddenly changed its appearance, and looked up to the sky and sighed.

Kou Ji and Zhao Zhen had more smiles on their faces.

Inside the Shikudo.

Zhao Zhen held a document in his hand and said: "Fan Zhongyan just sent someone to send the documents, the tax department collected nearly 20,000 yuan in taxes for the imperial court in just one day today.

I'm afraid there will be more in the future.

In a year, there are nearly 7 million yuan in taxes.

You must know that the total annual commercial tax of the imperial court only hovers around 9 million to 12 million yuan.

Every year, the sale of commercial tax rights in Bianjing City is about 700,000 yuan.

The rules set by the predecessors are really stupid, and they will make such a large amount of revenue in vain, and they will cheapen the wicked. ”

Speaking of this, the smile on Zhao Zhen's face stiffened again, and he gritted his teeth and said: "Those chaotic ministers and thieves, knowing that commercial taxes can collect wealth for the imperial court, but they pretend to be deaf and dumb one by one, and collect money from their own mansions behind their backs, it's just damned."

Just one Bianjing City can contribute seven million yuan of tax money to the imperial court every year, and the sum of other places may reach a huge number.

In the past, in order to save money for the treasury, I was reluctant to drink mutton soup.

I thought it was the royal family that had consumed the people's fat and anointing, resulting in an empty treasury.

Now it seems that the royal expenses are only a drop in the dime, and the real big head is swallowed by them. ”

Kou Ji groaned and did not speak.

Zhao Zhen put down the paperwork, looked at Kou Ji, and asked, "What is the fourth brother thinking?" ”

Kou Ji said frankly: "Now Bianjing City is completely stable, but the business turmoil in other places has just begun.

The official family should send someone to keep an eye on it. ”

Zhao Zhen nodded and said: "In order to clean up these chaotic ministers and thieves in Bianjing, I pressed to prevent the Di Bao from appearing early, and I did not let the people from the tax department rush to surface.

The people will not be like this, I have already let people convey my iron law, and I have sent the newspaper to the people, and also let the people from the tax department appear in front of the people early.

I believe that the people will not make such a big move in Bianjing. ”

Kou Ji groaned: "Some people in the people will do many stupid things for the sake of money, and the officials have to guard against it. ”

Zhao Zhen nodded and said, "I have already ordered the people of the Wu De Division to keep an eye on it, and I have also ordered the soldiers and horses in various places to be ready to dispatch at any time. As long as anyone dares to make trouble, I will let them know that they know how powerful the court is. ”

Koji nodded, and didn't speak again.

Zhao Zhen looked at Kou Ji and said with a smile: "The fourth brother sent soldiers and horses into Beijing to scare everyone in the capital to worship, and now some people are singing that the fourth brother is the first tiger minister of my Great Song Dynasty." ”

Kou Ji smiled indifferently: "The officials above and below my Great Song Dynasty are too soft, and they need to add some prestige. ”

Zhao Zhen nodded thoughtfully.

Kou Ji put away the smile on his face and said to Zhao Zhen: "The prince really wants to beg for bones? ”

When Zhao Zhen heard this, he lost the smile on his face, sighed slightly, and said: "Wang Zeng has made up his mind, he handed over three folds, and I sent them all back."

But he didn't stop.

I sent Chen Lin to visit the palace, and Chen Lin said that Wang Zeng was not in a good state.

I will visit the palace in person in a few days.

The fourth brother took a trip to see if Wang Zeng had any room for recovery. ”

Kou Ji groaned and nodded.

After saying goodbye to Zhao Zhen, Kou Ji left the palace and ordered the groom to drive to the palace.

The palace looked a little twilight, as if it was infected by Wang Zeng's mood, and there were no smiling faces in the mansion.

When Kou Ji arrived at the palace, he sent someone to give a message.

Wang Zeng's stepson, Wang Yi, hurried to the door to greet him.

The king had three wives and gave birth to four sons and three daughters, but they either died in infancy or died young.

Wang Yi is the son of Wang Zeng's younger brother Wang Xuan.

After Wang Zeng's children died prematurely and died early, they were succeeded to Wang Zeng's name.

The longer Kou Ji stayed in the Great Song Dynasty, the more he felt that Zhao Heng was not a good emperor.

Even if his own heirs were difficult to prosper, he also let his close loyal ministers accompany him to take drugs together, causing these loyal ministers to also have difficult heirs, such as Kou Zhun and Wang Zeng, who directly died as heirs.

Ding Wei's heirs are prosperous.

Therefore, Kou Ji suspected that Ding Wei might have known about the problem in Zhao Hengdan's medicine a long time ago.

Zhao Heng gave him countless pills, and it is estimated that he has never eaten them.

Otherwise, there is no way to explain that close ministers like Kou Zhun and Wang Zeng are extinct, but Ding Wei has prosperous heirs.

The first celebrity in the Great Song Dynasty to serve Dan and lead to extinction was Xue Juzheng, not Zhao Heng.

Obviously, there is an example of Xue Juzheng in front, but Zhao Heng still has to serve Dan, so that he almost dies of the heir.

Therefore, in the history books, Zhao Zhen is the heir, and he can't complain about others, but only his father.

Zhao Heng harmed others and himself, and was also enshrined in the Taimiao Temple and worshiped by 10,000 people.

Kou Ji felt that he was really unworthy.

Kou Ji entered the palace under the guidance of Wang Yi, and smelled the strong smell of soup in the backyard of the palace.

Wang Zeng's wife sat at the door of the backyard with a sad face.

When he saw Kou Ji, the sadness on his face became even thicker.

Kou Ji saluted Wang Zeng's wife, and Wang Zeng's wife sighed and instructed Wang Yi to take Kou Ji into the backyard.

As soon as he entered the backyard and arrived at the courtyard where Wang Zeng's bedroom was, Kou Ji understood why Wang Zeng's old wife had a sad face when she saw him.

Wang Zeng was scolding, but his anger was a little lacking.

"Not the son of man! Not the son of man! ”

Kou Ji entered Wang Zeng's bedroom amid Wang Zeng's scolding, Wang Zeng saw Kou Ji, and without waiting for Kou Ji to speak, he raised the newspaper in his hand and shouted angrily: "There is this thing, why didn't you take it out earlier, so many people died in vain?" ”

Kou Ji sighed and said, "The official family won't let ......"

Wang Zeng glared and said: "You are the ruler, and you can't do everything by the temperament of the official." The official family wants to bring disaster to the world, do you also watch it? ”

Kou Ji shook his head and said, "The official family won't ......"

Wang Zeng scolded, "The official family will not, and the successors of future generations will not either?" It is true that the official family is a Ming Jun, but no one can guarantee that every official family of the Zhao family is a Ming Jun!

If you indulge the official family so much, if you go out of your way in the future, it will be a great disaster. ”

Kou Ji asked: "So your Wenchen has been constantly suppressing the imperial power, just to avoid the birth of a faint monarch and bring disaster to the world?" ”

Wang Zeng did not answer Kou Ji's question, but said viciously: "No one can guarantee that what they do will always be right. ”

Kou Ji said bluntly: "If you make the country prosperous and suppress the imperial power by the way, I can understand." But you put almost all your thoughts on suppressing the imperial power, and almost ignore the rest.

The DPRK and China have even formed an atmosphere of opposition for the sake of opposition.

In this case, the imperial power is suppressed by you, but the country does not gain anything.

The people are getting poorer and poorer.

In the end, it is only you who will benefit.

Your intentions may be good, but the end result is the opposite of your purpose.

You have ended up being the moth of the nation, the greatest scourge of the nation.

From the moment you met me in Liaoyang Mansion, you have become a person who opposes for the sake of opposition.

Although you told me that you would support me and the official family.

But you have been jumping out to stop me and the officials when we are about to do something, or to put obstacles in the way.

What is in the benefit of such an act?

What's in it for you?

Just so that I and the official family will kill fewer people?

But you see, even if you stop it, the damned people will die, and I and the officials don't know how to do it, and you can't save their lives.

Don't tell me that your king once had a bodhisattva's heart.

When your king once brought up a knife to kill people, he was more reluctant than me and the officials.

When the official family asked you to check the world's regular liquidation, you killed a lot of people. ”