Hearing this, Li Shi only felt congested, since he ascended the throne, for the first time, he felt the truth that "things in the world are difficult to do", the disobedience of Chen Shaoyou and Li Zhengji, the chaos of the Anxi camp, and the handover of Liang Chongyi and Li Xilie's seals, just like wind and rain, oppressed himself to the point that he couldn't breathe, how should he choose?

Most importantly, how much and how long do I have to make my subjects sacrifice for me?

But at this time, Tan Zhizhong suddenly began to cry, and Li Shi only thought that he was sad for Gao Yue, who was thrifty in food and clothing, so he sighed and said: "I know that Taishan of Gao Yue is Cui Ning, who has guarded Xichuan for so many years, and his family wealth is more than trillions?" He is afraid that the reduction of food and clothing is also an example for his colleagues, and we need not be too sad. ”

"No, the reason why the old slave is crying is not just because of the matter of the high servant, but, but...... Alas! Tan Zhizhong said as he spoke, knelt down directly, couldn't suppress his emotions anymore, stretched his neck, full of green tendons, and shouted: "Everyone...... In order to quell the rebellion and save food and clothing for the carriages, horses and horses in the palace, the kings handed over the materials, and the concubines and princesses personally sewed the spring clothes of the front-line soldiers. However, but everyone knows that there are some things that you are in the deep palace, and I am afraid that you do not know the outside world thoroughly...... When the old slave thinks about it, he can't hold himself, it's not worth it for everyone! ”

Li Shi only thought that Tan was wronged by Liu Yan, who was detained in the Imperial History Tower, and couldn't help but look at this person with disgusted eyes, and just when he was about to scold him, Tan Zhizhong fell on his body, tears welled up, clenched his fists, shrugged his shoulders and sobbed, and the words he said made Li Shi suddenly frightened:

"Everyone, you issued an edict to reduce food and clothing in the palace, the imperial concubine, the princess, the kings, and the palace people can be regarded as having done it, and many loyal and righteous people in the outer court have also done it, Princess Tang'an will distribute half of the meal to the high servant, and the princess will be hungry at night. But everyone, the old slave's family is outside Chang'an, and there are some chilling things that can be seen with your own eyes, if there is a little falsehood, everyone can kill the old slave on the spot. ”

Li Shi is not a fool, he immediately understood what Tan Zhizhong was referring to.

Suddenly, the taste that rose in the emperor's heart was as disgusting as eating dozens of green flies in one go.

Blood, gushing from Li Shi's chest, with sour water, rushed through his throat, and then scrambled to gather to his head and ears, and even his eye sockets - the emperor's hand was trembling violently, his lips trembled twice, and a line of words rolled out of his throat: "Tan Neishi, what do you mean ......"

Tan Zhizhong's head knocked heavily on the floor several times, full of tears, "Since Emperor Ruiwen Shengwu's great trip, those Zhu Zi officials in the Nanya have said at every turn that the country has been collapsed by military generals and lieutenant officials, but now everyone knows that now the generals are fighting on the front line without spring clothes, and the lieutenants can't eat enough in the palace, and even everyone and Princess Tang'an are inevitably hungry, what are the families of the Nanya doing?" ”

"Tan Zhizhong!" The Emperor roared.

And Tan Zhizhong hurriedly shouted about the death penalty and kept kowtowing.

Next, Li Shi, who was uneasy, quickly walked back and forth a few steps with his hands behind his back, "Call Huo Zhongtang!" ”

The next day, the emperor announced the boycott of the court meeting and asked the Yushitai to continue to detain Liu Yan and wait for the trial to be resolved after the three divisions were in place.

In Yushitai Prison, Liu Yan sat there, the sunlight leaking from the grille window shone on his gray sideburns, "Thank you......" said Liu Yan took the paper package delivered by Lu Qi.

After opening, there are still two steamed mustaches inside, neatly arranged.

"Liu Fuzhu shoots quickly, and I won't be able to eat it again tomorrow."

"An Lao Hu'er can't do it anymore?"

Lu Qi nodded, "Now that the political situation is like this, don't say that an old beard who pushes a furnace cart, even if it is the third product of the dynasty, it is useless." ”

Liu Yan didn't speak, took a bite at a time, and slowly chewed the steamed ......

At this time, Yang Yan stood outside the gate of the Zichen Palace, and wanted to continue to urge Liu Yan to be convicted, but the envoy told him that because Liu Yan was a veteran of the Four Dynasties and had contributed to the country, His Majesty would strike the court on this day to think about how to punish him.

Yang Yan stood outside the closed pavilion door, but he could not settle down in his heart, but he had no choice but to linger.

But what he didn't know was that Li Shi was not in the palace at this time, Tan Zhizhong's words yesterday stimulated him too much, he wore a black folded scarf today, a white linen shirt, and a cyan half-arm, and behind him Tang An and Huo Zhongtang dressed up as young servants, walking on the streets of Chang'an City.

Today, the neighborhood of the capital can really be said to go wherever he wants.

The sight that could be touched made Li Shi not happy at all: Xingdaofang, which should have been a prosperous area with dense mansions, as well as Buddhist temples, female crowns and miscellaneous theaters, but now in the twilight of spring, it was lifeless, only a few people, like rats in the daytime, scurrying through the streets in horror, and then closing the door.

After walking a few squares, came to Liu Yan's house, Li Shi quietly stayed outside the collapsed wall, looked inside through the fluffy grass, and saw that Liu Yan's house was completely decorated, his wife was a wife, Li Shi had seen it during the previous pilgrimage, and at this time he was secretly weeping, wearing a coarse cloth skirt, presumably worried about his husband, crying while using a wooden fork to beat the poplar leaves in the courtyard, it seemed that he was going to collect the dead leaves on it to make a fire for cooking.

Seeing this, Li Shi's heart was full of indescribable emotions.

"Huo Zhongtang, let's go to Dao Zhengfang now."

Daozheng Square is the location of Yang Yan's family residence.

Since Yang Yan is the ruler of the dynasty, the luxurious Zhumen can not be constrained by the wall, and it is directly open to the street, and there are halberds lined up outside - when Li Shi is dressed in sackcloth and stands thirty feet outside Yang Yan's house, he only sees many children of the three sects and nine ranks, and the children of the powerful are rushing here.

The door officials of Yang Yan's family were more vigorous than the Shence Army, wearing silk and satin clothes, standing on both sides of the door valve, many officials of the seventh and eighth grades bowed their heads in front of them, offering one famous thorn after another, and some stuffed bribes into their arms before they could enter, and the sound of silk bamboo and women's laughter kept coming out of the wall and drifting around.

When Li Shi heard these voices, he only felt extremely harsh, and his face began to turn red with anger.

"Master......" Tang An also felt angry, and she thought in her heart: "This master pawns skirts and hairpins, cuts down on food and clothing, and is so hungry that he faints in the third year of high school, everyone is doing their best for the war on the Jingyuan front." You Yang Yan is talking about the truth, saying that the people of the world are doing everything to pay taxes, but who would have thought that it was to fatten you Nanya thieves and treat the master and me as fools? ”

"Tang An, go to his backyard and take a look."

"Who is this Lang Jun!" When they arrived in the backyard of Yang Yan's house, several slaves came out with baskets and looked impatiently at Li Shi standing in front of them.

Li Shi saw that there was white rice and all kinds of food in the basket, so he introduced himself as "Li Fenglong, the son of Xianggong", and asked, "What are these?" ”

The servants of the Yang Yan family all laughed and said, "It's just a township tribute, I haven't seen the pomp and circumstance of Chang'an City, these are all inedible meals to be thrown away." ”