General, you don't know that King Qing is now. He suddenly remembered that when Li Qing was investigating the cabinet case in Suzhou, he put King Qing's old nest in a pot, and the two of them had a deep grudge, did he want to do the same now, it was easy to transfer to Beijing to grasp the real power of the household department, and don't be affected by him again, but Li Qing's hand had already held his arm, and the force was clearly dragging him outward, Cui Huan was so anxious that he cried out, "The general is going to leave tomorrow, but I still have to take office under King Qing's nose, this, this. Army, this is really difficult for a strong man! ”

Li Qing was not moved by his pleas, but only laughed and said: "I just need Cui Shilang to testify and watch from the sidelines, and Cui Shilang can also say that it is ineffective to stop me, it is better than escaping now." ”

Perhaps it was Li Qing's last words that moved Cui Huan, his old face was slightly red, and he shook his head helplessly and said with a wry smile: "You are a person!" I can't help it. ”.

Shanghe Township is about ten miles away from the county seat, Li Qing and more than a dozen officials of the household department are in front, his three hundred iron horsemen follow far away, a group of people walk on the endless plain, the continuous mountain shadow in the north is the Qinling Mountains, the towering mountains block the cold current in the south, so that the climate here is warm, and there is the irrigation of Weishui, the Guanzhong Plain has become a veritable treasure Tianhua land.

"My lord, this is it, it used to be a village, but now it has become a manor." Zhang Zhu Bo Yao pointed to a forest road with green smoke.

Li Qingshun looked at his fingers and saw that in the middle of the endless farmland, there were hundreds of towering trees, covering an area of more than ten hectares, during which the eaves of the roof were faintly visible, and the outermost part was surrounded by a continuous low wall. Seeing that Li Qing was a little puzzled, Zhang Zhubo explained: "It was originally a village, but later King Qing converted it into a manor, and moved thousands of slaves in Gaoling County to live, and then built a wall, which was like an independent kingdom, and the government couldn't manage it." Speaking of this, Zhang Zhubo was also extremely angry in his heart, he worked as the chief bookkeeper in Gaoling County for three years. He hadn't even stepped into this manor.

The spring ploughing has not yet begun, the land is hard, Cui Huan and other more than a dozen civil officials under the demonstration of the main Bo, dismounted and walked from the ridge of the field, in order to show sympathy for the peasants, but Li Qing ignored it, he rode his horse, led three hundred iron horsemen into the field, and accelerated towards the gate.

Zhang Zhubo was stunned. He hurriedly turned around and asked Cui Huan suspiciously: "Lord Shilang, is the envoy going to use force?" ”

"Do you know now?" Cui Huan touched his nose and said with a wry smile: "Otherwise, how could he agree to transfer you to Anxi." ”

At the gate, five or six Zhuang Ding were sitting at the door basking in the sun and talking about women, when they suddenly heard a loud noise, as if a burst of thunder rolled through the air, and several people looked at each other, all of them looked up at the sky, but at this moment of stunnedness, the black iron horse had appeared on their side. The war knife was unsheathed, exuding a murderous aura in the sun, and several Zhuang Ding turned pale with fright, stumbling into the door and running, 'Bang! With a bang, the door slammed shut. There was a sound of a door on the top of a giant tree.

"Rush in! Arrest all the stewards and Zhuang Ding for me, and those who dare to resist will be killed! "As soon as Li Qing's order fell, two thick ropes flew towards the beams and pillars of the gate, and more than 100 cavalrymen stepped forward to pull the ropes, and all of them strengthened outward, 'One, two, three!' The door shook three times, 'Boom! There was a loud bang, and the gate fell to the ground, stirring up a large cloud of dust through the mist. I saw more than a dozen gray-clothed Zhuang Ding fleeing inward in embarrassment, and before the dust cleared, Li Qing's iron horse rushed in like a python entering a hole.

About a quarter of an hour later, a dozen civil officials also arrived panting, and outside the gate there was a large number of black and pressed a large number of villagers, and the first two stewards were so weak that they could not say a word, and the slaves who lived in the grange did not know what had happened, and climbed up the wall to secretly peep out. At this time, several pro-soldiers whispered something to Li Qing. Li Qing nodded, and the horsewhip pointed at the two stewards and said, "Where is the land deed and the deed of sale?" ”

"All are in Chang'an!" The two stewards looked at each other and replied in a trembling voice.

"I really don't cry when I don't see the coffin."

Li Qing sneered, turned back to his own soldiers, and said, "Bring these two people in separately, the first speaker will live, and the second speaker will be killed!" ”

More than a dozen pro-soldiers rode up, leaned over and grabbed a steward and rushed to the manor, only a moment, the pro-soldiers came out with a box, carrying the head of a steward, while the other person was frightened and fainted, a pro-soldier stepped forward to report to Li Qingshi: "General, we have found the deed of land and the deed of sale of all people in the cellar." ”

Li Qing smiled, rode his horse to Cui Huan and said, "Just ask Cui Shilang to take care of the aftermath for me, I'll go first." ”

After speaking, he arched his hand to Cui Huan, regardless of his bitter face, he turned back to his own soldiers and shouted, "Go back to Chang'an!" ”

All the relatives urged their horses and followed Li Qing to gallop away, and soon the cavalry turned into a black shadow, and gradually disappeared without a trace.

"Brother Cui, what should I do about this?" Zhang Zhubo watched Li Qing disappear all the time, and then asked Cui Huan in a trembling heart: "Do we want to write an excerpt?" ”

Cui Huan glanced at the master who dared to call himself a brother and sister, and sneered slightly, "Such as."

If Bo wants to write, please feel free, but the official didn't see anything. ”.

After the failure of Qingwang Li Cong to storm the East Palace again and again, he gradually touched Li Longji's mind, his father and emperor actually wanted to be eternal, and there was no idea of establishing an heir at all, in this case, the more he worked hard to the East Palace, the farther away from the East Palace, from the eighth year of Tianbao, he gradually changed his strategy, to fight for nothing, on the one hand, he worked hard to do good, and sought a good reputation among the people, on the other hand, he made friends with ink and set up, in order to win the hearts of the world's scholars, but more importantly, he firmly tied himself to the Yang family, Whether it is to give the Yang family a huge amount of worship during the New Year's holidays, or to share the interests of business and officialdom, he does his best.

In front of Li Longji, he was low-key and forbearing, so that Li Longji could not see his figure in the government, but he could hear his name from time to time, and his hard work paid off, Li Longji was getting older, and his eyes slowly fell on the body of this eldest son, this is a patient son, who may be able to succeed to the throne in a hundred years, so. In the Hajj ceremony of the 20,000 states of the first month, Li Longji asked him to play the role of a prince, and in the following days, whether it was a New Year's banquet or a border general's debriefing, Li Cong appeared repeatedly, as if he was a prince.

Li Cong, who had learned his lesson, became more cautious the more critical he became, although his father had acquiesced to the king's dealings with hundreds of officials, Li Cong still adhered to the old system, and all the officials who came to him to pay New Year's greetings were not visible. All the congratulatory gifts were handed over, and nothing seemed to him more important than his march to the throne.

Today is the sixth day of the first lunar month, and Li Linfu died of illness last night, and he, like all the royal princes, sent a eulogy in time, but people can't go, which will cause unnecessary discussions.

Li Cong didn't go anywhere, but locked himself in his study and read history books hard. From time to time in the courtyard, the sound of his books was heard, 'It is difficult to fall into the seven temples, and he is dead, and he is the laugher of the world, why not? Benevolence and righteousness are not applied, and the offensive and defensive trends are different. ’

It is said that when Li Heng was the crown prince, his father installed someone around him, and his every move was under his father's control. It is not known whether there are any secret spies around him, but for the sake of prudence, Li Cong still has to put on a progressive posture.

After reading for about half an hour, he was distraught and dropped his book and went out into the courtyard. Picked up a piece of Hu cake and fed the carp in the pond, but in his heart he was thinking about An Lushan, An Lushan had objections, and he had heard of it, but An Lushan supported him as a reserve, which made him very difficult, the support of the ministers of the DPRK and China is important, but the local support should not be underestimated, especially the envoys who hold military power, their attitude is still very important. An Lushan, Zhang Qiqiu, Ge Shuhan, An Sishun, Li Qing, Feng Changqing, Xian Yu Zhongtong, if they get more than half of the support, then if the father wants to appoint someone else as a prince, he will have to think twice.

An Lushan is undoubtedly the oldest and most powerful Jiedu envoy, Li Cong also knows that he can't be shaken now, his attitude will directly affect his father's final decision, and now, who dares to get too close to him?

Hereunto. Li Cong felt distressed for a while, An Lushan had to work hard to pull it over. Only one rumor came to naught, he couldn't help but secretly hate, now he has only one of the weakest Xian Yu Zhongtong in his hands, or for the sake of Yang Guozhong's face to support him, and Zhang Qiqiu supports Yingwang Li Xuan, Ge Shuhan supports Yongwang Li Xuan, and An Sishun supports Yanwang Li, all the princes and princes take one of them, and they all refuse to be the queen, as for Beiting Feng Changqing, there is news that he actually supports his brother Li ++ limit, and his father has repeatedly rewarded him, and now he has become the third major festival envoy after An Lushan and Ge Shuhan, The sphere of influence controlled by them is even greater than that of the first two.

Li Cong sighed, Li Qing originally supported the former crown prince Li Heng, but now after Li Heng fell, his attitude was unclear, and King Yong pulled him several times without success,

If he can be used for his own purposes, this thought is together, Li Cong shook his head and smiled bitterly, how could it be possible, he had repeatedly assassinated him, and his hatred was as deep as the sea.

Just thinking about it, a family member walked quickly, holding a sticker in his hand, Li Cong frowned, and scolded: "Didn't I say that I won't see anyone?" Why do you need to take the sticker! ”

The family member trembled and said, "I said the same thing, but he said that the prince would definitely meet him, so I had to bring it." ”

"I'm going to meet him!" Li Cong sneered, "Who is he?" Yang Guozhong or Chen Xilie? ”

"It's Anxi Jiedu who makes Li Qing." The family whispered.

"What!" Li Conghuo stood up, his hand shook, half of the Hu cake fell into the pond, he was so surprised that he couldn't speak for a long time, and finally said: "Please!" Invite him to my study. After thinking about it again, he pushed his family away and ran towards the gate himself.

"It's unthinkable that the general has come to the mansion!" door, he saw Li Qing smiling, his heart was even more excited, and he stepped forward to take Li Qing's hand and sighed again and again, "The general has been promoted, Xiao Wang wanted to go to the mansion several times to congratulate, but he didn't have the guts, but he didn't expect the general to come to me."

Arrive! Unexpectedly! ”

He said a few things in a row, and he was overjoyed, but there was a trace of suspicion in his heart, Li Qing and him had a grudge, and he shouldn't be uneasy when he came to his house today!

Li Qing seemed to see through his thoughts, arched his hand to him, and said with a slight smile: "Without him, I will return to Anxi tomorrow, and I have come to visit some old people today." ”

"Old man?" Li Cong was stunned for a moment, he should be his old enemy, and he was thinking nonsense in his heart, but he couldn't lose the courtesy. Li Cong grabbed Li Qing's wrist again, dragged him to the door of the mansion, and said with a smile: "The general chose this time to come, obviously to beat me in the autumn wind, and I also have a bottle of century-old Gaochang wine, which happens to be drunk with you." ”

"Then disturb Your Highness!" Li Qing was also not polite, and followed him into the mansion, Li Cong let him into his study, and ordered someone to prepare a few side dishes. He tiptoed down a thin-necked blue and white porcelain vase from the top of the cupboard, and said to Li Qing with a smile: "My bottle of wine is still given by the emperor, it is the best in wine, it has been put for decades, how many people want to drink it but can't, let me conspire with the general to get drunk today!" ”

Li Qingdi's eyes narrowed slightly, and he smiled lightly: "I'm afraid that Your Highness's wine Li Qing doesn't have this blessing to enjoy." ”

As soon as Li Qing said this, a smile froze on Li Cong's face, at this time. Several family members were about to enter the house with a side dish, when Li Cong suddenly waved his hand at them and shouted angrily: "Get out of here!" Then he slammed the door shut.

He returned to his seat, slammed the bottle on the table, and said with a gloomy face: "Say it! What's the matter with you? ”

"Actually, it's not a big deal." Li Qing's smile was still cordial, he took out a roster from his arms, pushed it in front of Li Cong, and said: "This is the five hundred households selected by the household department from the landless farmers in Gaoling County to move west, I went to Gaoling County in the morning and learned that at least four hundred households here have different identities from the official records. They have all become slaves of His Highness, and this matter makes me embarrassed! ”

Li Cong's nose was already slightly soaked with sweat, although Li Qing's smile was kind, but his words were sharp, in the eighth year of Tianbao, the imperial court launched a slave restriction order. It is stipulated that each household can have a certain number of slaves according to the title, he is a prince, and can own 500 slaves, but in fact, the number of slaves he owns in various places is nearly 10,000, in order not to let people catch the handle, he is ready to sell all the slaves in his hands after the beginning of spring, but before he can start, he was caught by Li Qing.

"The Great General is mistaken! Although they lived together, the tenants were tenants and the slaves were slaves. The identity is completely different, this king has always obeyed the laws of the court, this matter must be mistaken! Mistaken! ”

So far, they can only deny it flatly, and wait for the imperial court to destroy their deed of sale before investigating the matter, so that they will die without proof.

Li Qing didn't seem to be moved, he took out a yellowed tissue paper from his arms, spread it beside Li Cong and said, "Your Highness, please take a look." This Wang Shilang is the fifteenth on the roster, but I have obtained his deed of sale from your estate. How do you explain this? ”

"You, you!" Li Cong stood up suddenly, his face was pale, trembling all over, pointing at Li Qing and yelling, "You are bold! Dare to break into the king's grange, come on! Suddenly there was the sound of fierce footsteps outside the door.

Li Qing sneered, still holding the tea in his hand, and said unhurriedly: "His Royal Highness King Qing, there are three hundred iron horsemen from me at the door, if you dare to touch a single hair of my hair, I will kill your whole family." ”

He untied the sword at his waist, slapped it heavily on the table, stared into his eyes and said, "It starts with you!" ”

Li Cong looked at the cold blade exposed, he felt a little timid in his heart, and hurriedly shouted outside the door: "It's okay, retreat!" The footsteps stopped abruptly at the doorway, and then gently retreated.

"That's right, I like to deal with people who know the times." Li Qing accepted the deed of sale, and then smiled at him slightly: "Your Highness, you might as well think about it, if I am in the emperor's imperial study at this time, what will happen to you?" ”

Li Cong gradually understood that Li Qing came to him to talk about the conditions, and there was a glimmer of hope in his heart, and he hesitated to ask Li Qing: "What conditions does the general have, please just say!" ”

Since the words have been picked up, Li Qing also said unceremoniously: "I have only one condition, I want to concurrently serve as the Hexi Jiedu, you go and tell Yang Guozhong, let him go and make suggestions to the emperor." ”

"This. Shun, not to mention that he is not easy to deal with, even if An Sishun is removed, it will not be his turn Li Qing, and there are many people who want to be the envoy of the festival?

Li Qing understood his embarrassment, so he smiled again: "If Your Highness can fulfill my wish, I will not only return everything to you, but also wish Your Highness another step higher." ”

Li Cong was overjoyed, Li Qing meant to support him as a prince, which was something he dreamed of. He couldn't care about Li Qing's harsh conditions anymore, and generously agreed: "Let's just make a decision!" ”