"Fu Jun, Master Zheng has been put back." In the office, the thief Cao hurriedly came in and said to Lu Yuan.

"What about people?" Lu Yuan said in a deep voice: "Let him come to see me!" ”

After Master Zheng was taken away, the more Lu Yuan thought about it, the more he felt that something was wrong, Master Zheng was an important adviser under him, and many of his things were handled by Master Zheng, he knew too many secrets, and after Liu Yi took Master Zheng away, he didn't let others visit him at all, which made Lu Yuan a little flustered.

"I'm resting at home, and I heard that the Yuting Marquis really didn't let Master Zheng close his eyes for three days in a row! After Master Zheng came back, he fell asleep, and he couldn't wake up no matter how he called! The thief Cao smiled bitterly.

"He's coming back alone?" Lu Yuan frowned and said, he didn't sleep for three days, and he didn't think it was a big deal, he was just sleepy, after all, he hadn't tried what it was like to not sleep for three days.

"It was sent back by the Marquis of Yuting." Thief Cao shook his head.

"That's not right!" When Lu Yuan heard this, he sensed that something was wrong, and he couldn't say anything wrong, but he always felt that something was wrong, so he got up and said, "Let's go, I'll call him in person." ”

Gong Cao nodded, and was about to accompany Lu Yuan out, but saw a county guard outside the hall hurriedly come in, bowed down and said, "Fujun, Zhang Bao under Nanzhong Cheng is here." ”

"What is he here for?" Lu Yuan frowned and said, he didn't want to see it, so he was sending people away, but he saw that Zhang Bao had already come straight in.

A wave of anger rose in his heart, and he pressed it down vividly, with a smile on his face: "What advice does General Zhang have here?" ”

"Tinghou is invited, Wangfujun will go with me." Zhang Bao saluted Lu Yuan.

"Okay, General Zhang, please first, I will deal with some government affairs below, and then I will come." Lu Yuan smiled.

"What's more urgent than being summoned by the Pavilion Marquis?" Zhang Bao raised his eyebrows and said unhappily: "What's the matter, I'll talk about it when I see Tinghou." ”

Lu Yuan's face sank slightly, but he recovered quickly, took a deep breath, and nodded: "It's okay, please General Zhang stay for a while, and wait for me to change my clothes." ”

This time, Zhang Bao didn't stop it, but just nodded and said, "Please hurry up." ”

Lu Yuan asked Zhang Bao to wait in the main hall for a while, and he took the thief Cao to the back hall, and while asking the maid to change his clothes, he said in a deep voice: "You take someone to Master Zheng's place to see what happened?" ”

"Whoa!" The thief Cao bowed down and said yes, and left directly.

Lu Yuan changed his clothes and went to Liu Yi's side with Zhang Bao.

"Xiaguan see Tinghou." Seeing Liu Yi, the unhappiness on Lu Yuan's face had all gone, and he smiled at Liu Yi: "I don't know if the pavilion marquis beckons, but what's the matter?" ”

"There are some things I want to ask the prince, and I hope the monarch won't be surprised." Liu Yi nodded and motioned for Lu Yuan to sit down.

"Tinghou is serious, this is the duty of the lower official, so why talk about it." Lu Yuan hurriedly said.

Liu Yi picked up a bamboo slip and frowned: "This official sorted out Zhu Ti's official warehouse records in the past three years, and found that the official warehouse was in a state of deficit most of the time, but this time this official visited more than ten barbarian cities, and also did some understanding, the goods handed over by the barbarians every year are not equivalent to the money and grain issued by the state government, what is the explanation?" ”

"Tinghou doesn't know!" Lu Yuan was obviously prepared, and he didn't panic when he heard the words, but said with a wry smile: "The grain distributed every year is divided equally with Jianning, Qiqi, Yuewang and Yongchang County farther away. ”

"In other words, fake accounts?" Liu Yi weighed the bamboo slip in his hand and frowned: "This kind of thing, it is right to report to the state government, how can you make a decision in private?" ”

"It's not unwilling, it's just that Yizhou was turbulent a few years ago, and we don't know whether to obey the king's orders, and the Pavilion Marquis hopes to forgive the sins, since this year, the lower officials have begun to order people to reorganize the file and report this matter to the king." Lu Yuan hurriedly said.

"Hmm." Liu Yi nodded, whether it was true or not, he recruited Lu Yuan this time, not for this matter, nor did he deliberately pursue responsibility, the reason why he took this matter was just to make it easier to do what he really wanted to do next, looking at Lu Yuan, Liu Yi smiled and said: "In addition, when I checked the file yesterday, I found that among the three counties of Zhuti, the prison is already overcrowded, why is this?" ”

Lu Yuan bowed and said: "Tinghou doesn't know, these people often refuse to pay taxes, and even gather people to resist taxes, and the lower officials have no choice but to do it, if they are not punished, where is the prestige of the government?" ”

Liu Yi nodded when he heard this: "It's true, but to put them in prison, you have to waste money and food to feed them, this is not good, the government treasury is already short of money and grain, and every year because of the prison, a large amount of expenses will be allocated to the state government, how can this be done in the long run?" ”

"Who's to say it's not." Lu Yuan also looked worried and said: "It's just that the lower officials have also let go of a group of people, but when it comes to the autumn harvest, they will definitely be arrested again." ”

"This official has a way to solve this matter." Liu Yi said with a smile.

"What's Tinghou's plan?" Lu Yuan hurriedly asked.

"It's not a good idea." Liu Yi shook his head and smiled: "This official came to Nanzhong this time to use copper mines to fill the treasury, but the population of Nanzhong is withering, and it is difficult to forcibly levy them, so it is just right to let these people who have no money to pay taxes come and use them for my use, and use their labor to repay the taxes they owe." ”

"This ......" Lu Yuan frowned, "There is no precedent. ”

"Fu Jun has been in Nanzhong for a long time, and I don't know that this method has actually been used by someone for a long time." Liu Yi shook his head and said: "According to the people on this list, the personnel will be transferred out within three days, and the official will use them." ”

"Whoa!" Lu Yuan hesitated, but at this time, the words had already come here, and he couldn't refuse, so he had to bow down and promise.

"If there is nothing else, the next official will leave first!" Lu Yuan saw that Liu Yi had no other instructions, and bowed down.

"Well, Fujun walks slowly." Liu Yi nodded and motioned for Lu Yuan to leave.

Ma Liang looked at the roster in his hand, and after Lu Yuan left, he looked at Liu Yi with a smile and said, "Is Tinghou's calculation out of nothing?" ”

I have already sent someone to check before, how can there be any prisoners in the prison, in fact, these prisoners have already been hired by the big families of this Zhuti County, I really think that Lu Yuan will spend money to support so many idlers? But on the books, these people are still in prison, and they will have to pay a sum of money from the state government every year.

"Sort of." Liu Yi threw the bamboo slip in his hand on the table, but the smile on his face was not there, and he said coldly: "If you don't see it with your own eyes, it's really hard to believe that these people are so rampant, he~ The Central Plains family, the wealthy family, I'm afraid no one dares to do this." ”

These big families in Nanzhong, in terms of ability, influence and ability, cannot be compared with those real families, but the means and courage to collect money are much more rampant than those families.

"I've been to the most chaotic places, and the prisons aren't overcrowded." Knocking on the table, Liu Yi snorted coldly and said: "These people really dare to report, and those people in the state capital really dare to criticize!" ”

"Tinghou is going to make a move on the people of the state capital?" Ma Liang frowned.

"Knock on the mountain and shake the tiger, let them restrain themselves, the appearance is too ugly." Liu Yi nodded: "Of course, it can't all be done by me, the pressure is too great, this matter is left to Wang Shang and Kong Ming, I am only responsible for reporting, how to deal with it, that is their business." ”

In the end, Liu Yi couldn't help but sigh a little, he didn't want to be involved in these political whirlpools, but he was in the game, how could he really stay out of the situation? But being involved and offending people is certain, and he now has some understanding of why Fa Zheng will be avenged, and the enemy ...... You have to die.

Ma Liang nodded and said: "There are three hidden dangers in Zhuti County, the barbarian people have been squeezed for a long time, the prisons are overcrowded, and the people's grievances are boiling. ”

"Jianning!" Liu Yi clicked on the map and said: "This is the key, Zhu Ti is a small county after all, the population is not large, and there are not many large households, but this Jianning is different, the largest county in Nanzhong, if this place can be determined, then Nanzhong can be flat." ”

"Jianning is too upright and has quite an official reputation!" Ma Liang pondered: "According to the information from the direction of Jianning, Zhengtai will not leave the government office, and everything in Jianning will be headed by Na Yonghong. ”

"Yonghong?" Liu Yi looked at Ma Liang and said, "Is it the queen of the Yongya?" ”

"Not bad." Ma Liang nodded and said: "Judging from the news coming now, this person is quite famous in Nanzhong, not only has a high status among the Han people, but also has enough prestige among the barbarians. ”

"So powerful?" Liu Yi was a little surprised, he remembered that Yonghong was only after the Marquis of Shifang, but in fact there was no official lord.

"This person has some means, with the help of the barbarians to grow, and then in turn to suppress the barbarians with the Han army, and he is a good person in the middle." Ma Liang nodded with a wry smile and said, "Now this person has become a general trend in Nanzhong. ”

"The general trend?" Liu Yi shook his head: "In the past, the Marquis of Shifang was also a fierce general, and he didn't want future generations, but he only wanted to shrink into this wild place and become the king." ”

Ma Liang nodded and smiled: "But that's the case, it's just that in the land of Nanzhong, it's not easy to move this person, what name is Tinghou going to use?" ”

"Since Zheng Taishou can be co-opted here, then the question is simple, Ji Chang should not forget why I am waiting for this time to come to Nanzhong?" Liu Yi smiled.

"Copper?" Maleonn pondered.

"Before we entered Nanzhong, someone was ready to harm us." Liu Yi groped his chin and pondered: "You say, if we didn't touch the interests of the other party, how could the other party have so much courage?" ”

Ma Liang nodded solemnly when he heard this: "That Yonghong must have a copper mine in his hands, so he doesn't want me to come to mine copper." ”

"Exactly." Liu Yi nodded and said, "I'm curious, if I wait here to stabilize my foothold and release the news that I am going to Jianning to mine copper, how will Yonghong react?" ”

Ma Liang looked at Liu Yi with a smile on his face: "I'm afraid it's going to be very troublesome." ”

"That's what makes sense."