Li Tang's 200,000 soldiers pressed the territory of Xishu.

can make Xishu nervous.

De Yihai immediately sent 200,000 horses to deal with it.

Then, De Yihai was busy collecting rent and taxes.

200,000 horses is not a small number, and a lot of food must be consumed every day, where does this food come from?

It is to collect rent and collect taxes.

******

At this time, De Yihai was busy.

Is it that hard to collect rent and taxes?

Of course, there are few people in Xishu. Xishu supports 200,000 troops, which is of course different from Li Tang's 200,000 troops. The population of Xishu is only one-fifth of the population of Li Tang, and the consumption of the 200,000 army is from one person or from five people, of course, it is very different.

Didn't Xishu send 200,000 soldiers to Chang'an before, wasn't Xishu also an army of 200,000 at that time, and it was not difficult for the Xishu army to collect taxes at that time?

In fact, it was quite difficult for Xishu to collect taxes at that time, but I didn't care about it at that time. To say that at that time, it was almost at the time. At that time, many soldiers in Xishu were temporarily recruited from the common people. At that time, Xishu also promised those soldiers that it would only be requisitioned for three months. At that time, it was still possible to let them suffer a little temporarily. Because they were requisitioned for three months, and they were allowed to go home immediately after three months. It's different now, now that Li Tang is pressing, do you know when Li Tang will leave? In case Li Tang's soldiers don't leave for a long time, if the people suffer for a long time, who can stand it?

At this time, De Yihai was also busy, and De Yihai was anxious, and De Yihai was worried.

De Yihai is busy because he is busy collecting rent and taxes; Deyi was in a hurry, because Li Tang's soldiers were pressing, and he didn't know what to do; De Yihai was worried because Li Tang's soldiers pressed the border, and he was worried that if he continued like this for a long time, he would drag down Xishu.

******

At this time, De Yihai had one of the most worrying things, that is, there was another person he hadn't done yet.

Who?

It is the king of Xiaoyu, the prefect of Luzhou.

Now it's time to talk about the story of King Xiaoyu, the prefect of Luzhou.

King Xiaoyu was the prefect of Luzhou in Western Shu.

Luzhou is a state and county in Western Shu.

King Xiaoyu was a magistrate in Western Shu.

What kind of person is King Xiaoyu?

King Xiaoyu is a very good person, he is also very honest as an official, and he is also very fair.

However, De Yihai doesn't like such an official.

De Yihai doesn't like clean officials, he likes corrupt officials.

Why does De Yihai like corrupt officials instead of clean officials? He's crazy, he's not stupid, he's not insane.

Because corrupt officials are good for him. De Yihai is not a good person, he will inevitably offend people, if he offends people, he will naturally strengthen his defense in order to protect his life and status, and he will naturally need to raise some soldiers to strengthen his defense. The most important thing is that some of the people he can't mess with the most still want to get rid of him, and the people who can be provoked the most want to get rid of him, so he naturally needs to raise more soldiers to protect him. For example, this time Li Tang sent troops. Li Tang's power, can he afford to provoke it? He raised these soldiers, and where did the military pay come from, that is, from the taxes of the common people. If he asks the Qing officials to collect taxes for him, most of the Qing officials are "disadvantageous". Because the Qing officials are all thinking about the common people in their hearts, he wants the Qing officials to collect more taxes from the people, and the Qing officials will of course "do things unfavorably". He asked corrupt officials to collect rent and taxes for him, corrupt officials are basically in order to please their superiors regardless of the lives of the people, and corrupt officials are naturally "capable people" in the eyes of De Yihai.

Of course, he can't call corrupt officials "corrupt officials". Knowing that he is a corrupt official, he can't call it that. He called corrupt officials "capable of doing things" or "people who can contribute to the court".

King Xiaoyu is the "unfavorable person" in the eyes of De Yihai.

It used to be, and it will be even more so.

In the past, De Yihai was still tolerant of King Xiaoyu. In the past, especially before Li Tang's last army sent to Chang'an, the taxes collected by Xishu from the common people were not much, and at that time, the "task" that De Yihai gave to King Xiaoyu, King Xiaoyu was still barely able to complete it for De Yihai. In the future, it will be different, in the future, Li Tang's soldiers will press the border, and De Yihai will need more food for military salaries. If you want to let King Xiaoyu "do things" for him, King Xiaoyu is thinking about the people in his heart, can King Xiaoyu still "do things effectively"?

Therefore, De Yihai wants to attack King Xiaoyu.

However, it is not so easy to attack King Xiaoyu.

King Xiaoyu is a Xishu magistrate who is in charge of nearly one-fifth of the land of Xishu, and he is also a big official.

Besides, King Xiaoyu has a very good impression in the eyes of the people of Luzhou, if the good officials in the eyes of the people are dismissed for no reason, and replaced by a crooked and naughty official, the people of Luzhou still don't laugh at me?

Besides, if you want to attack King Xiaoyu, you have to have a reason, can you say that there is no reason, so you will be dismissed?

Therefore, De Yihai has been worried about that matter in the past few days.

*******

On this day, Xie Gaoyu came to find De Yihai.

Since Xie Gaoyu came to Xishu, he has been thinking about being promoted when he has nothing to do.

Xie Gaoyu is the most perceptive.

Recently, Xie Gaoyu has given De Yihai a lot of gifts, and De Yihai likes him a lot.

Xie Gaoyu saw that De Yihai was sad, so he asked De Yihai: "Marshal, is there anything difficult to do?" ”

De Yihai told Xie Gaoyu about the "difficulties" in his heart.

Xie Gaoyu said: "Marshal, why don't you directly say that King Xiaoyu is not doing well, arrest him, or remove him from office?" ”

De Yihai said: "Can you arrest him just for such a small crime?" With such a small crime, even if he is exempted from office, it is impossible to say it! ”

Xie Gaoyu said: "Yes, yes, yes." ”

Xie Gaoyu thought for a moment.

Xie Gaoyu has the worst idea.

Xie Gaoyu said: "Marshal, you can leave this matter to me." ”

******

Xie Gaoyu went to Luzhou.

The purpose of Xie Gaoyu's trip to Luzhou was to find fault with King Xiaoyu.

After Xie Gaoyu arrived in Luzhou, he was worried.

At first, Xie Gaoyu thought it would be easy to find fault in a person.

But he thought wrongly, it was really difficult to find fault with King Xiaoyu.

Because King Xiaoyu is a Qing official, it is difficult to find fault in him.

Xie Gaoyu slipped out of Luzhou for eight days in a row, and he found nothing.

For this reason, Xie Gaoyu was so anxious that he jumped straight up.

Xie Gao said in his heart: What can I do about this?

******

Xie Gaoyu slipped away in Luzhou for another eight days, and on this day he finally found a breakthrough in a case that King Xiaoyu once handled.

As long as the thief is remembered, he will be unlucky.

King Xiaoyu once handled a case called "Nanbatian Case". Nan Batian used to be a local bully, and later let King Xiaoyu arrest and kill him.

Xie Gao said in his heart: I can't find a breakthrough from the right road, so I will look for it from the evil road. Didn't King Xiaoyu handle a case, did he kill Nan Batian? I'm going to find Nan Batian's family right now. I begged Nan Batian's family to write a complaint against King Xiaoyu for his life. Regardless of whether the complaint is true or not, as long as someone writes a complaint against King Xiaoyu, De Yihai has a reason to arrest King Xiaoyu for interrogation. Someone has written a complaint against you, and there is no reason to arrest you for interrogation? Once King Xiaoyu asked De Yihai to be arrested and interrogated, De Yihai could torture to extract a confession.

The more Xie Gaoyu thought about it, the more beautiful it became.

******

On this day, Xie Gaoyu went to Nan Batian's family.

On this day, Xie Gaoyu came to Nan Batian's house.

Now Nan Batian's family only has his wife and his son. Nan Batian's wife's name is Ginkgo, and Nan Batian's son's name is Nan Xue'er. Nan Batian's son is only fifteen years old this year.

Xie Gaoyu met Nan Batian's wife, Ginkgo. He said it in front of Nanbatian's wife, Ginkgo.

Xie Gaoyu said: "Sister-in-law Nan, King Xiaoyu killed your husband Nan Batian, do you want to avenge your husband Nan Batian?" If you want, just write a complaint and I'll help you solve it. To tell you the truth, I was sent by Marshal Deyi Haide to visit the people's micro-service for a private visit, specifically to observe the suffering of the people. ”

But Xie Gaoyu didn't expect that Ginkgo was still quite sensible.

Ginkgo said, "No." My husband is a bully. My husband damn it. Lord Xiaoyu killed my husband, and he did it right. ”

"...... this?"

Xie Gaoyu was stuck.

Xie Gaoyu continued to persuade Ginkgo: "Mrs. Nan, don't worry." I am indeed sent by Marshal Deyi Haide to the private service for a private visit, and I am indeed not sent by King Xiaoyu to test you. Believe it or not, I can swear to God. ”

No matter what Xie Gaoyu said, Ginkgo just didn't agree.

In the end, Xie Gaoyu walked away.

Xie Gao said in his heart: Why is it so difficult to do this?