Shudu, that is, today's CD, was named Shudu before Zhang Yi built the city. As the third capital of Shu (the first two capitals are Pixian and Guangdu), Shu is very prosperous, although there are no high walls, but it is located in the plain, the farmland is vast, the industry is rich, the population is very large, not inferior to Xianyang.

Even though there is a flood in the Minjiang River, with thousands of years of experience in water control, the people of Shudu have long been accustomed to floods, and even developed rice through the floods, which will not make the farmland abandoned.

The palace of the king of Shu stands in the north of the city, the red wall is jade, the guard is strict, the visitors look at it as fear, and dare not make a time.

In the backyard of the Shu Palace, on a flat ground that is not large, there are nearly 100 slaves standing scattered. From time to time, a few high-ranking officials and nobles transferred a few slaves from here to work, while the rest of the people were still doing the manual work of planting the land and cutting down trees, and no one seemed to let them be idle.

"Chenzheng, send me twenty slaves out, those few in the family who don't know anything are killed by me, and the construction of my new house is slow down for a while! Tune me up a few more strong! ”

A man in a crimson robe shouted at a middle-aged man in a cloth robe, and the middle-aged man hurriedly smiled and said, "Shangqing, don't worry, I will definitely satisfy you!" ”

After that, he hurriedly scolded the young man under his command to go to the back mountain forest to find the guards, and ordered them to select twenty sturdy slaves. After a while, twenty slaves in ragged clothes and numb faces slowly walked through the back door, looking at the middle-aged man blankly.

"You guys, after you go back, you have to listen carefully to Shangqing's arrangement, otherwise there will be no one to collect your body if you die outside!"

The slaves did not respond, but went straight down with the guards beside them; The secretary of Shu seemed to be very satisfied with the attitude and speed of the middle-aged man, and said proudly: "Good job, I'll talk to my nephew when I go back, maybe the minister's position is yours!" ”

Because there are too many slaves, there are a total of twenty ministers in the palace of Shu, more than those who manage horses. And above the twenty ministers, there is also a minister, the chief minister. However, some time ago, the minister was taken down by the enlightened king for corruption, and he was imprisoned waiting for his family to redeem him, and this position is now vacant.

The middle-aged man was ecstatic, and hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed: "Thank you Shangqing, thank you Shangqing!" ”

Shangqing laughed and left, but he couldn't stop sneering in his heart - he was just a hostage of Tho State, and he was so low to be a minister, he really overestimated him!

The middle-aged man's name is Tho Fu, with the country as his surname, and he is the nobleman of the subordinate state of Shu. Tho and Shu are from the same source, but they are friendly with Shu's sworn enemy, Ba Guo, and they are repeatedly banned, and they are two or five boys. After the previous enlightened king crusaded against the state of Tho, they were honest again, and asked them to send hostages to Shu regularly to show their loyalty.

Tho Fu has been a hostage of Shu for nearly twenty years, and the current Hou Hou is his younger brother. Because he was a concubine, he was sent by the ancestors as a hostage. The years had worn down his ambition and turned him into a forty-year-old man. Now he just wants to spend the rest of his life in Shu Kingdom, and he only hopes that Tho Kingdom will not suddenly rebel and kill himself.

After Shangqing left, Tho Fu slowly got up, brushed the dust off his knees, and lay down on the stone steps to bask in the sun. The minister is a small official, but he needs to "punch in" every day and can't skip work, so he can only bask in the sun when he has nothing to do, and maybe he can prolong his life.

"Chenzheng, there are people looking for you outside," the attendant walked slowly, his words were not humble, after all, he was a hostage, and no one would give him a good face.

"How many slaves does he want, you can find it yourself, the old man wants to sleep for a while now......"

"He said he was looking for you......"

"Looking for me?" Tho Fu smiled bitterly, "The old man has been in Shu for many years, and he has long forgotten his name, and even the current enlightened king doesn't know where my hostage is, who else can come to me?" But having said that, he still pondered for a moment, and ordered, "Please come here!" ”

Before the man came, Tho Fu slowly got up, carefully sorted out the clothes on his body, and took care of them spotlessly. After a while, the attendant came with a young man, and he was stunned for a moment, as if he did not know this person.

"You go down first!"

After the attendant left, Tho Fu asked with his hand: "I don't know who Your Excellency is, what is the matter with me?" ”

The young man bowed his hand respectfully and said, "Mr. Tho, I am under the order of the head of the family, and I have a special matter to ask Your Excellency!" ”

"Your Excellency doesn't dare to be, I don't know who the Lord is?" Tho Fu really couldn't remember which nobleman he had a relationship with.

The young man smiled: "Your Excellency doesn't know the head of the family, but the head of the family has always been thinking about your Excellency. Now send a heavy gift, how to deal with it, please be aware of it...... In the future, the head of the family has something important to ask for, and please don't shirk it! ”

Tho Fu was already stunned, and somehow a nobleman wanted to give him a heavy gift, but he didn't tell his name, and let him dispose of it...... He had somehow taken a scroll of bamboo slips from the young man's hand, and by the time he was sober, the man had already left.

"I don't know what it ...... yet"

Tho Fu knew that he had no other choice but to silently open the bamboo slips. There are a few pieces of cloth wrapped in the bamboo slips, which don't seem to be important information, but when I look closely, I am shocked and cold sweat breaks out!

"The ...... of Corruption and Tax Evasion Charges of Wang's Nephew Du Wenshan"

He didn't dare to look more, so he hurriedly fled into the office building behind him, and took a closer look by the dim light. It doesn't matter if you don't look at it, it's shocking to see it! It turns out that since Du Wenshan went to Xiangyi to become a landowner, the amount of tax evasion every year is seventy percent! There are even a lot of embezzled assets, at least Tho has not seen such a terrifying amount in the palace of Tho country.

He finally looked at the bamboo slip, held it tremblingly, and saw a few big words written on it: "The evidence of the crime is there, let it be disposed of--栠�開." ”

Tho Fu didn't know Pi Hit, but it was clear that he was a nobleman. Although I don't know why she wants to bring down Du Wenshan and transfer this credit to herself, but when the new king wants to show his talents, there is such evidence, Du Wenshan will definitely not be able to escape the involvement!

Even if it is a royal family, it has his bottom line. Enlightened Lu is a greedy and lustful person, and Tho Fu only glanced at it and saw it, but he has been enduring it now, so he makes others mistakenly think that he is a Mingjun. If he knew that someone dared to evade taxes, he would definitely die an ugly death!

Moreover, Du Wenshan's father, Du Hongchuan, is the Shangqing who left before, with a high and powerful position, and he is the emperor's uncle; If the incident in Duwen Mountain happens, it will definitely involve many people...... Maybe Du Hongchuan will also be dismissed!

Thinking of this, Tho, who has been squeezed all year round, suddenly feels great satisfaction.

He looked at the cloth in front of him with burning eyes, this is a sharp weapon for him to be promoted to make a fortune, and it is a trick to raise his eyebrows!

The more people who are squeezed on weekdays, the more terrifying the rebound becomes. Tho has endured it for twenty years, and he lives a terrified life every day, since he has such a good opportunity now, why doesn't he use it?

A smile gradually spread across his face, no longer as flattering as before, but with a deep sense of malice. He is no longer hunchbacked, but stands straight, like a generation of kings, and the life and death of all are in his own hands!

He was born a careerist, a careerist who could endure. Fortunately, the years and humiliation have not completely consumed his ambitions, and a trace of sparks is quietly burning in his heart......