Of course, specifically, he still needs to use Zhang He to investigate, but he has vaguely understood in his heart that all the things that Zhang Song does in the Sili area cannot avoid a very important link, that is, taxation, and the township in the Sili area has rank, and it is impossible for all of them to obey Zhang Song, Zhang Song does not have such a big ability, but there are also people who can instruct them and conceal the real local tax rate, and that person is Yuan Shao, who is the Sikong.

If this is the case, then it makes sense, the one who can make Yuan Shu so embarrassed and not hesitate to take the blame, except for Mastiff, is Yuan Shao.

can also explain why Yuan Shu did such a perfunctory act, obviously he just wanted to see for himself that he was interceding with himself in disguise, and wanted to exchange himself for Yuan Shao's life.

Thinking about this, the Son of Heaven was silent, his eyes were full of killing intent, Hua Xiong sat in front of the Son of Heaven, saw clearly, and asked with some doubts: "There are many people involved in the case??" ”

"Yes, the three princes and the nine kings, the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty...."The Son of Heaven said coldly.

Hua Xiong pondered for a moment and said, "Then it's troublesome..."

"Oh? What's the trouble? The Northern Army is tens of thousands, can't it solve them? ”

Hua Xiong shook his head and said: "After arresting those county orders before, the matter of appointment is a headache for me, if the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty have to be arrested, I can't help Your Majesty with the matter of appointment!" ”

The Son of Heaven laughed and said, "Reasonable, reasonable, then how to act?" Just let these traitors go? ”

"I don't know about this, in fact, I'm still thinking about Zhang Song...."

"What do you think?"

"I don't know if he is good or bad, if he is a good person, he oppresses the people, conceals the king, forms a party for personal gain, can not be regarded as a good person, if he is said to be a wicked person, when he is a county commander in various places, his political achievements are indeed very outstanding, and now there are still many people in many places who are still talking about his good name, after he served as Henan Yin, although he raised the tax rate and squeezed the people, but he used this money to build water conservancy and roads..."

"He died like this, and now that I think about it, it's a pity... His face, if he didn't die, would definitely be able to do something! ”

Listening to Hua Xiong's words, the Son of Heaven didn't know what he thought, but he fell silent, thought for a long time, nodded his head, and said, "Maybe so." ”

He suddenly raised his head, looked at Hua Xiong, and asked, "Hua Jun, do you think so many ministers would do such a thing?" Is it because of me? Hua Xiong grinned and said: "Your Majesty, how simple is this, not everyone is like me Hua Xiong, I am different from them, as long as there is a place to sleep and a full meal, I feel that it is enough, they are different, they want a bigger house, they want to eat better, they want to get more..."

"There are very few moral people like me," Hua Xiong sighed.

The Son of Heaven laughed, nodded, and said, "That's true." ”

"Hua Jun..."The Son of Heaven looked at Hua Xiong in front of him and said: "In this palace, there is a library, if you want to read in the future, come to me, whether it is ancient books or today's famous books, I can find them here!" ”

"Thank you Your Majesty for your kindness, it's just that the minister is sleepy as soon as he reads, how many years, I haven't even been able to read the ram Spring and Autumn..."Hua Xiong said with some embarrassment.

When Hua Xiong left the Houde Palace, for some reason, the anger in the heart of the Son of Heaven was much less, he asked the Han Gate General Zhang He to find him, directly read a few names and crimes, asked him to collect them, and told him that even if he learned the evidence of the crime, he couldn't do it.

.........

In the seventeenth year of Xiping, the first month.

Xizhou burst out for the first time with amazing potential, so that the temple ministers were shocked, Xizhou was established for more than a year, but in this year, the commercial tax provided by Xizhou actually exceeded the commercial tax of the remaining fifteen states, including Sili Prefecture, Cao Cao never procrastinated, he seemed to turn the entire Xiting County into a huge market, in Xiting County, full of goods transported from all over the Han Dynasty.

Thousands of merchants settled here, and the foreign Anxi, even the Kushan people, all appeared here, and the Han Dynasty trade at the same time, but also to pay the corresponding taxes, and in Xizhou, there are a lot of workshops, and planting bases, in order to reduce the cost of transportation, merchants directly in Xizhou manufacturing, weaving, mining and other affairs, in Xiting County for sale.

The Han Dynasty began to have foreign trade from a very early age, and during the Han Dynasty, there was foreign trade in the northwest region, and at the same time it also had maritime trade with the Japanese state, however, the Han Dynasty never paid attention to these merchants, and the merchants have always been regarded as the most lowly industry, and the commercial tax is very high, but there has never been such a huge benefit, and the huge benefits brought by Xizhou have made the ministers stunned and shaken the concept in their hearts.

Of course, just wavering, and the benefits of some commercial taxes alone are unlikely to change their long-standing views.

They still hate these businessmen, or despise commercial things, but this tangible benefit, they are enjoying, the first to find the Son of Heaven is Yuan Shao, Yuan Shao is very happy, Xizhou development exceeded his budget, he hurriedly rushed to the palace, and the Son of Heaven discussed, in the Houde Palace, Yuan Shao told the Son of Heaven about his plan.

"Since the establishment of Xizhou, it has not received much support from the temple, but it has the appearance it has today, the minister thinks that if the temple can support Xizhou on a large scale, so that Xizhou can develop more rapidly, it will be very beneficial to the future financial affairs, in addition, we should slow down the policy, allow the merchants of the domestic states to go to Xizhou for trade at will, in addition, in Ningzhou, Jiaozhou, can set up such a location."

"Warrants were issued to merchants who wished to participate in the trade, so that they could go to these three locations to trade... No more restrictions on them...."

Yuan Shao spoke seriously, and the Son of Heaven listened very carefully.

Yuan Shao said all the plans, in general, is to relax too many restrictions on merchants, and set up three free trade areas, and at the same time should strengthen the control of trade in arms, grain and grass, to prevent the loss of these items, in addition, and most importantly, the settlement of foreign people, Yuan Shao said: "Today's Xizhou, Ningzhou, Jiaozhou, there are a large number of foreign people, these people trade here, but they can't stay, because they can't settle..."

"If anyone wants to join my big man, we shouldn't stop it... These people can enrich the household registration of the border and bring us news of foreign countries, as long as they are incorporated into the household registration and become the people of the Han Dynasty..."

Listening to Yuan Shao's many plans, the Son of Heaven nodded from time to time, and said with some doubts: "If it is carried out like this, I am afraid that the ministers will not allow it!" ”

Yuan Shao shook his head and said, "It's okay, Your Majesty will hand over this matter to the ministers, and the ministers will let them agree!" ”

Only then did the Son of Heaven laugh and said, "With such a great talent as Ben Yuan, I don't have to worry about it!" ”

Yuan Shao didn't dare to say goodbye, and left, when he left, the Son of Heaven's face turned cold, and found out the evidence about Yuan Shao's crime from under the case, which was found by Zhang He, and what Zhang Song said, the Son of Heaven smiled, and carefully put the papers, and under the case, it was full of papers.

...........

In Yuan's mansion, Hua Tuo was checking Yuan Shu's injuries, Yuan Shu looked a little thinner than before, and the whole person seemed to be only a skeleton, like a skeleton, Hua Tuo looked at his body seriously, laughed, and said: "Yuan Gong is fine, but he is too thin, in the future, you can eat more meat... Four meals a meal...", he said, and the slave on the side hurriedly wrote it down.

After Hua Tuo finished speaking, he said: "Also, I have to congratulate Yuan Gong...."

"Madame is happy, I'm afraid I'm pregnant in March..."

Yuan Shu, who had a flat face, heard this, but if he was struck by lightning, the whole person jumped up, his eyes widened, he looked at Hua Tuo in front of him, and asked in disbelief: "What are you talking about??" Hua Tuo said: "Madame is happy... Congratulations to Yuan Gong....", Yuan Shu looked at him blankly, but there was no joy on his face, looking at Hua Tuo who was a little puzzled in front of him, Yuan Shu asked, "How long can I live?" ”

"Huh?? What do you say? ”

"I hope you don't want to deceive me, tell me the truth, my body, I know, but, I don't know the exact time, I still hope to tell... I might see this child? ”

Hua Tuo looked at Yuan Shu in front of him, was stunned for a long time, sighed helplessly, and said, "I don't know... This...", looking at Yuan Shu in front of him, he had no choice but to speak: "Yuan Gong, tell me the truth, I didn't think that Yuan Gong would be able to persist as of today, the medicine I gave to the public can save Gong from severe pain, but it will be harmful to Gong... If Yuan Gong is not convinced, he may be able to see the birth of a child... But if you take medicine, I'm afraid that within three or four months..."

Yuan Shu nodded, there was no fear on his face, he laughed, and said, "That's fine, Huajun, you don't have to tell others about my condition... I'll make it..."

"Respectfully!"

Waiting for Hua Tuo to leave, Yuan Shu went to Sima Shi with a smile, Sima Shi was lowering his head, knitting children's clothes, Yuan Shu looked at her who was busy, with a smile on his face, but with sadness in his eyes, I don't know what he was thinking, Sima Shi was busy, but he heard someone behind him say: "It's so beautiful to weave...", Sima Shi was stunned, and quickly turned around and saw Yuan Shu behind him.

This is the first time Yuan Shu has said such a thing, she is a little overwhelmed, Yuan Shu sat beside her, picked up the children's clothes she knitted, looked at it carefully, nodded, and said with a smile: "Yes, if my son wears it, it will definitely fit!" ”

"Husband, this...."

"Hahaha..."Yuan Shu laughed and said, "If it's a man, I'll name him Gong, so that everyone else will call him Yuan Gong..."

"Husband! How does this make it?! Sima Shi took Yuan Shu's naughty joke seriously, and asked with some surprise,

Yuan Shu laughed again and said, "What's this, you know that Huaxiong, right?" He also told us earlier that if he had a son, he would call him the Champion Hou. ”