Chapter 231: Annihilation in one fell swoop
Tonight's Jiangdu Palace is full of lights, brilliant light and shadow illuminate the night sky on the entire Jiangdu Palace, Li Chengyan stood at the door of the main palace of the Jiangdu Palace and looked at everything in front of him, feeling like he was in a poem or painting, the one hundred and fifty officials under the stairs were sitting in danger, the low table in front of them was already full of fruit plates, and the palace was shuttling back and forth, looking very lively. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
Li Chengyan began to smile at the corner of his mouth since the morning, the coldness and killing intent in the smile were deeply hidden by Li Chengyan, thinking of the account books that had been piled up in the study, Li Chengyan's smile became more and more brilliant, people who know Li Chengyan know that Li Chengyan has rarely smiled, even if he laughs, he is smiling, the only time is when Princess Danyang is in the mansion, when he kills miscellaneous servants.
"Since the beginning of the Jiangnan decision, you can be regarded as conscientious, today the palace on behalf of the father and emperor feasted the ministers, in order to tell you, Your Majesty has always remembered your achievements, has always remembered your contributions to the Tang Dynasty, last year's Fu Chang'an, Yangzhou is the highest, almost supporting most of the Tang Dynasty, you are in the great position!"
The sound was incomparably loud, and the aftermath echoed in the sky, spreading far away.
"We abide by our duties, Your Highness has praised it."
Stick to your duty? Li Chengyan almost laughed out loud, you are abiding by your duty, but Li Chengyan knows who to keep it for, but it is like catching the hair of a mouse, Li Chengyan enjoys the feeling now.
"False praise? It's not a bad compliment, you guys are doing a good job, this palace is very happy, and I can't wait to jump up and cheer for you, haha~"
Li Chengyan was laughing, and everyone was laughing, but it was different from Li Chengyan's smile, their smile was a little embarrassed, not happy, everyone was looking at Li Chengyan's arrogant appearance, but they didn't have any suspicions, probably because their things were not done and they were sad.
Sad? Even if he is sad, he will not be because of those sadness, he is sad that the entire Jiangnan Province has now become a pool of stagnant water, a pool of stagnant water that has turned black and smelly, from ancient times to the present, although there are often local erosion things, but it has never been so serious, because these people are broken up to 130,000, this is the population of a poor state and a state, if you don't see it with your own eyes, Li Chengyan will not believe it.
Gong E walked over with a curling voice, brought a plate of wine and food and put them on Li Chengyan's table one by one, and after putting them away, Li Chengyan smiled at everyone.
"Before the banquet began, the palace still has something to say, since the ninth year of Emperor Wude's recovery of Jiangnan, it has been established for five years, and the land of Huainan is more and more a province of taxation, but since the beginning of the previous year, the taxes in the entire Jiangnan are much less than those of Zhenguan for a year or two, how much less I don't need to say, you know in your own hearts, the chief official of the political envoy of the salt administration department is there?"
"The minister is here." Two middle-aged people in red official robes saw thousands of salutes, and they could vaguely see the hurried feet of the two, as well as the fear mixed in their voices, by now, the whole banquet had become extremely quiet, and Li Chengyan, who was looking at Li Chengyan, who was raising a glass and drinking, finally found out that something was wrong.
"You're not stupid, before you came to the palace, you stopped selling all the salt and cloth, and the connection with Goryeo was broken, well, it's very good, it's very secretive."
The two of them had now fallen to the ground in horror, and they couldn't figure out what the problem was, the official salt and official cloth had not moved at all, how did he know.
"The minister doesn't know what His Highness is talking about, and I ask His Highness to make it clear."
Li Chengyan looked at a few people who wanted to sneak away quietly in the distance and waved his hand into the distance, only to see a group of soldiers walking towards this side, and the sound of drawing knives out of the body sounded, and everyone looked at Li Chengyan in horror, knowing that the matter had been revealed.
"You already knew it, right, you have been planning since the moment you arrived in Jiangnan, right? Do all this for us to see? ”
As the largest family in Huainan Province, the Ying family is naturally the first to bear the brunt of this face-tearing thing, Li Chengyan has already shown the knife, if he doesn't make a sound, it will make this kid look down.
"Lost your conscience, 130,000 people broke their homes, how did you do it? Are all hearts made of stone? ”
"Li Chengyan, why did you say it? Isn't that bad? What are those Han people eligible for? Field? That's our clan's, why do they occupy it, you don't care about the Shandong Shi clan, you don't care about the Longyou Shi clan, why did you come to Jiangnan? ”
Why? Ying Zhaozhi didn't understand, he didn't embezzle a penny from the treasury, they made the Li family lose a penny, isn't this a bad result? Anyway, no one will pursue it, so you can't go safely?
"Why does Hongu care? Because they are the people of the palace and the people of the Tang Dynasty, they have fed me with the grain in the fields! So that they have created the prosperity of the entire Tang Dynasty with their hands, without you Jiangnan Shi clan, they will live better, you ask why this palace! That palace wants to ask you, why are you! Just rely on the garrison of Yangzhou! Just because your Ying family is the largest scholar family in Jiangnan? Is it because you are more shameless than others because of your calling? ”
Ying Zhaozhi was speechless when he was scolded, and looked at the indignant Li Chengyan and laughed.
"His Royal Highness the Prince, do you think that if you arrest us, we will make the whole of Yangzhou bow down? And just by you thousands? Think too much! Even if they all die, my Ying family will still stand. Haha~"
Li Chengyan didn't think too much, but he thought less about the call, and they all knew what was going on, everyone stood up and looked at Li Chengyan with a fierce look of death, they were waiting for Li Chengyan to be afraid, waiting for Li Chengyan to be afraid.
"Ying Zhaozhi, if I was really not sure to deal with you before, even if it was the officials of the entire Huainan Province, I had evidence to arrest, but only you should be the family, I can't find the slightest fault, no annexation of land, no corruption and bribery, even doing business is a serious and stable business, but not everyone is as obedient as you, who is your second brother I don't need to say, does your family raise more than a dozen dead soldiers?"
Li Chengyan was reminding him, looking at Ying Zhaozhi's face becoming dead little by little, Li Chengyan waved his hand and said behind him: "Bring people up!" ”
More than a dozen people were pressed up, and looking at the few already haggard and pale faces, Ying Zhaozhi understood everything.
"Assassinating the prince, it's enough for me to destroy your nine clans, take it down!"
"Villain! I have long known that you have bad intentions, and you can't do it when we are the Jiangnan Shi clan! Even if I, Wu, die, I will break your teeth! ”
As he spoke, he took out a paper tube from his arms, pulled it hard, and a red signal flare flew towards the sky, and after a while, bursts of shouts and killings poured towards Jiangdu Palace, and Li Chengyan looked at all this, and laughed.