Feng Xiang, governing Tianxing.

The Governor's Mansion is the residence of Li Changfu, the envoy of the festival.

Li Changfu is Li Changyan's younger brother.

When Huangchao occupied Chang'an, when Zhu Li, Zheng Jin, Li Sigong, Li Xiaochang, and Wang Chongying confronted Zhu Wen, Sima Li Changyan, the marching Sima of the Fengxiang army, instigated the mutiny, erected Zheng Zheng, and seized the position of Fengxiang Jiedu envoy.

It's a pity that Li Changyan was a short-lived ghost and died at the beginning of the year, leaving the position of Fengxiang Jiedu envoy to his younger brother Li Changfu.

A young father-in-law with a white face and beard, who looked like a eunuch, came to see Li Changfu one morning in early spring.

Li Changfu didn't dare to slack off, the person who came was the cronies of the current eunuch Tian Ling, his eldest brother Li Changyan, was also bewitched by Tian Lingzi and framed Zheng Zheng, it can be said that their brother's backer in the court is Tian Lingzi, how dare he slacken.

Li Changfu invited the eunuch into the mansion, and the eunuch motioned to Li Changfu to wave everyone away, until the huge guest room, when only the two of them were left, the yin opened his duck-like voice and said: "Governor Li, everyone Tian sent the slave family this time to ask the governor for help. ”

When Li Changfu heard this, he raised his eyebrows, and hurriedly said modestly: "Everyone's business is Li's business, everyone just needs to send someone to send a message immediately, why let your father-in-law run away." ”

"Gaga, the governor is really a second person, the loyalty of the governor, the slave family must report to everyone, so that everyone can give the governor a few good words in front of His Majesty." Li Changfu's words made this father-in-law have face and lining, and he was very happy.

The eunuch casually promised, and continued: "The governor should know about Puzhou, this place was still the territory of Li Ke last year, and Li Ke attacked Meng Fangli with all his strength, and he had no time to take care of it, so Wang Chongrong took the opportunity to seize Puzhou. ”

Wang Chongrong, as the envoy of the river festival, occupied the place that originally belonged to his own moderation, and outsiders could not find a reason to attack him, so for the father-in-law in front of him, mentioning that Wang Chongrong occupied Puzhou, Li Changfu looked calm and took it for granted.

His own land of moderation is occupied by others, which can only show his incompetence, Wang Chongrong regained the land of moderation, others can only say that he is motivated and kind, even Tang Ting can't say anything.

"Since Puzhou is subordinate to Hezhong Mansion, there shouldn't be anything wrong with Wang Chongrong regaining his place of moderation, why did my father-in-law mention this?" Li Changfu frowned.

This father-in-law, who was ordered by Tian Lingzi and came to ask Li Changfu to do something, looked at Li Changfu with a puzzled face, and was afraid of causing misunderstanding on the other party, so he hurriedly explained: "According to common sense, there is really nothing wrong with this. ”

"However, the governor knows that there is Anyi in Puzhou, and when you mention Anyi, don't you think of anything?" The eunuch reminded with an earnest expression.

"Anyi?" Li Changfu's brows furrowed even deeper, what does Anyi have, Anyi is in Datang, and the most famous thing is salt, because Anyi Pond is the largest salt pond in Hedong.

As soon as he thought about it, Li Changfu's eyes lit up, and he said excitedly: "Could it be that my father-in-law is talking about the salt pool?" ”

"Gaga, Du Du Yingming, it is Anyi Salt Pond, I have eighteen salt ponds in the Tang Dynasty, and there are big salt ponds, female salt ponds and six small ponds in the east of the river, Anyi Pond is a big salt pond."

"Does the governor know how much profit can be made by paying taxes to the imperial court every year in the salt pond in Hedong?" The eunuch also looked excited, and when he mentioned the salt pool, he seemed to see silver full of white flowers, not only his eyes were bright, but also

There was a glimmer of greedy light.

During the Tang Dynasty, Hedong Yanchi was directly under the management of the Tang Dynasty.

From production to sales, two methods have been implemented: one is the civil system, official revenue, official transportation, and official sales; The other is the civil system, official revenue, commercial transportation, and commercial sales.

Therefore, for a local festival envoy, few people can know how much the income of Yanchi is, but this little father-in-law, who is an eunuch, is very clear, because the Son of Heaven does not care about things, and these small affairs are generally taken care of by eunuchs.

"How much?" Li Changfu asked curiously, in his eyes, salt is silver, how could he not be curious.

"Almost 1.5 million yuan!" The eunuch said proudly.

"One and a half million?" Li Changfu was stunned.

One tael of silver is 1,500,000 taels, but it is 1,500,000 taels of silver.

Don't underestimate one tael of silver in the Tang Dynasty, the purchasing power of one tael of silver in the Tang Dynasty was about 4,000 yuan in later generations.

This income, anyway, Li Changfu's eyes were red, so he looked at Xiao Gonggong and said: "Could it be that Wang Chongrong that guy occupied the salt pond in Anyi and didn't pay taxes to the imperial court?" ”

At this time, he was smarter.

Since Wang Chongrong reached a settlement with Hetao, he waved a long knife at Puzhou, captured Puzhou in one fell swoop, occupied Yanchi, and with this income, now he feels full of confidence no matter what he does.

Tian Lingzi now wants to ask for the income of Yanchi from Wang Chongrong, of course Wang Chongrong will ignore him, it is no exaggeration to say that Wang Chongrong with Yanchi is more comfortable than Zhu Li with a silver mine.

"The Governor is wise." The little father-in-law secretly praised Li Changfu again, and then gritted his teeth and said with an expression of eagerness to eat Wang Chongrong: "Wang Chongrong's house has occupied the salt pool, and none of the income has been contributed to the imperial court, so everyone hopes that you can crusade against this traitor and help everyone regain control of the salt pool." ”

Tian Lingzi seized the salt pond, a salt pond in the east of the river, which should have been under the control of the imperial court; Second, if this income is included in the imperial court, these eunuchs will be able to mix some oil and water more or less, how can these eunuchs not be hostile.

Li Changfu was moved, but he was not reckless, and said worriedly: "Everyone's orders, Li does not dare to refuse, but if he wantonly attacks Wang Chongrong, will the people of the world not regard Li as a rebel?" ”

Zhu Li's lessons from the past, these festivals have been heard, Zhu Li was finally able to show the ordinary, relying on Heshuo's countless loyal subordinates.

Although Li Changfu is confident and popular, he does not dare to say that once he becomes a rebel, these former subordinates will still support him loyally.

When the time comes, if the fox is not caught, he will make a fuss in vain, and even his life may be lost, how can he not be cautious.

Li Changfu's worries, the eunuch could naturally understand, and hurriedly comforted: "The governor is now doing things for everyone, if the governor is in trouble, will everyone leave it alone?" ”

"Whether to be rehabilitated afterwards or not, isn't it a matter of everyone's words?" For this, the eunuch is very confident, this kind of self-confidence has been cultivated by playing with His Majesty the Emperor for a long time, and it is reasonable to say it.

The little father-in-law said this, Li Changfu completely put his mind at ease, and it was no secret that the eunuch was abolished at the end of the Tang Dynasty.

"Okay, just follow everyone's orders in the next place." Li Changfu finally gritted his teeth and agreed.

Chang'an, Ouchi Palace, Privy Council.

In the main hall, it still looks very gloomy.

In the hall, there were several figures standing with swords.

Zhou Chenghui, who once assassinated Zhu Li, is also among them.

A big man with a lion's beard bowed his hand to the shadows, and said respectfully: "Everyone, my subordinates have received news that Tian Lingzi wants to raise military funds for his brother, and he has started the idea of Hedong Yanchi. ”

With this person's report, in the darkness, a surging chill suddenly poured out, and a hoarse, spy, and angry voice suddenly sounded: "Bastard things, castrations that can't support the wall with mud, the building will overturn, and there will be no eggs under the nest, when is this, and you are still bent on seeking selfish interests, you should be killed, you should die." ”

The cold breath filled the entire hall in an instant, and just after midwinter, everyone in the hall once again felt the cold and biting winter breath, and they didn't dare to say anything.

An old eunuch who was about to die did not pay any attention to the anger of the person in the dark, and immediately stepped out and said: "Everyone, there is still no news about this year's Jianghuai New Year's offering. ”

In addition, his subordinates also found out that Liu Hanhong in eastern Zhejiang, Han Pheasant in Xuzhou, Yang Xingmi in Huainan and others led their troops to wantonly attack other feudal towns, without taking the imperial court into account.

The words of the old eunuch are undoubtedly adding fuel to the fire and making matters worse.

"Bastards, all bastards, all shit, all damned, all damned." When the person in the dark heard this, he seemed to be very angry, and through the dark darkness, he seemed to be able to feel the rough panting sound of the person pulling the bellows.

For the temper of this everyone, the people in the palace did not dare to persuade them, so they could only stand silently.

After a long time, the person in the dark seemed to calm down, and sighed: "In life, you always have to experience laughter, pain, and wailing, and then you can work hard. ”

"And most of the societies will also go through strength, decline, conquest, and finally revival, and if they don't sink in revival, they rise in revival."

"Tian Lingzi's plot to seize the salt pond in the east of the river will inevitably cause chaos, Zhou Chenghui."

"The subordinates are here." Zhou Chenghui has never spoken, but he didn't expect the person in the secret to call him by name.

"You go and inform Zhu Mei, if the time is right, let him enter Chang'an and help Li." The voice in the dark, coming out coldly, said unbelievable and rebellious words.

Li Yi is still here, and this one wants to protect Li, and his meaning is self-evident.

Just this one word is suspected of killing the monarch and rebelling, but in the entire Privy Council hall, everyone seems to take it for granted when they hear it, so they are not moved.

Since this adult wants to help Li, they just do it, after all, even today's son Li Yi sat on the throne at the behest of this person.

"Huangpu Yong, Zhu Mei's strength is insufficient, and there is no general who can do it, you go to the state to help him." The people in the dark seemed to be worried that Zhu Mei's strength was not enough, so they immediately arranged for people to go to the state to support.

"No" The big man with a lion's beard in his eyes heard this, his face was solemn, and he replied.

After a while, a hoarse voice secretly said: "Since the eastern feudal town doesn't want to pay tribute, our family can't let them be idle, tell Tian Lingzi for me, and confer Zhu Quanzhong as the king of Peijun, Liu Hanhong as the king of Huainan, Han Pheasant as the king of Julu, Wang Jingwu as the captain of the school, and Yang Xingmi as the king of Runan, hmph, since they all want to be the king and hegemon, then let the cannibalism go." ”