readx; Pingkangfang is the gathering place of Chang'an's entertainment industry, music halls, green buildings, wine shops, inns are densely packed in the square, there are also places where foreign populations gather, walking in the streets and alleys of Pingkangfang, you can hear the accent of the south and the north everywhere. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

There is a small alley called Wushan Lane on the east wall of Pingkangfang, where twenty families live, and the conditions are average, most of them are four or five tiled houses, plus a small courtyard.

One of the innermost courtyards lives a family surnamed Yao, is a native of Longyou Lanzhou, they only moved to Chang'an last year, bought this house, covers an area of more than half an acre, a total of seven houses, plus a small courtyard, this family surnamed Yao has a son in the palace as an errand, in fact, is a eunuch, their family has four sons, because the family is poor, can not afford to raise so much, so the youngest son was sent to the palace when he was 14 years old, has been six years.

In the past two years, Yao Shilang was transferred to the imperial study as an errand because he could know a few words, and he was okay, and sent a lot of money to the family, the life of the Yao family has been greatly improved, and finally the eldest son of the Yao family, that is, Yao Dalang longed for the prosperity of Chang'an, so he dragged his family into Beijing to make a living, he used the money sent by Yao Shilang to buy this property, Yao Dalang found a hard job in a famous Qinglou, to support his mother and two sons.

In the past two years, prices in Chang'an have skyrocketed, life is not easy, Yao Dalang hit the idea of the fourth brother again, and passed his two-year-old son to Yao Shilang, and gave his fourth brother who could not give birth to offspring as a son, and then sent him to the end of his old age, so that Yao Shilang often came to the eldest brother's house to see his son, and every time he came to bring a little money or food in the palace, he said that after a long time, Yao Dalang also saved a little money in his hands, and his life's ambition was to open a green building, but the money in his hand could not even open a room in the green building.

However, in the past few days, Yao Dalang has come to run, he met a big businessman surnamed Shi, a native of Chang'an, who is said to be the owner of a cabinet shop, Yao Dalang has been in the Qinglou for a long time, and he also knows a little bit of the market, and he does not have a capital of more than 100,000 yuan in Chang'an, so he can't afford to open a cabinet shop.

Of course, there is a reason why this Shi Dongzhu favors him as a little person, he wants to make friends with the fourth brother through himself, so he is extremely generous to Yao Dalang, sending money and goods, at least 500 yuan, and Shi Dongzhu has a promise, as long as Shilang does one thing for him, he will give 10,000 yuan as a reward, and he is happy that Yao Dalang insisted that the fourth brother and this person befriended, 10,000 yuan! How many green houses can he open?

At noon, Shi Dongzhu came again, he met Yao Shilang who came to see his son in one of Yao Dalang's inner rooms, Yao Shilang went out of the palace today to run errands, sneaked here, and the two began to talk about the final business, although he didn't know what he was going to do, but Yao Shilang's promise of the 10,000 yuan was also very tempting.

"Shiro, you're going to Weinan County tomorrow!" Shi Zhenghua smiled faintly.

Yao Shilang had already been in contact with this Shi Dongzhu several times, and knew that this Shi Dongzhu's name was Shi Zhenghua, not a businessman, but a staff member of a powerful clan, and it was not surprising that he knew that he was going to Weinan.

"Yes! Tomorrow the saint is going to Weinan County, and all our eunuchs from the imperial study will follow, Mr. Shi, I don't know when I will be asked to do that thing? ”

Shi Zhenghua saw that he was anxious, so he smiled slightly, took out a letter and handed it to him: "The letter is what my master wants you to do, don't read it now, read it before returning to the palace." ”

After speaking, he put a red cloth package on the table, pushed it in front of Yao Shilang, and said: "There are a few things in it, you have to keep it, among them is the five thousand yuan deposit ticket from Wang Baoji's cabinet, as half of the reward, you can go and check it." ”

Yao Shilang's heart was about to explode with joy, he trembled and was about to pick up the red cloth package, but Shi Zhenghua held it down and said coldly: "Before taking the money, I have an ugly thing to say." ”

His face sank, and he said: "If it can't be done, we won't blame you, we will still give you a hard fee of five hundred yuan according to the agreement, and we will continue to use you in the future, but if you dare to betray, I tell you, not only your life is not guaranteed, but your whole family, including your eldest brother's family in Chang'an, as well as your parents and brothers in Lanzhou, we will kill them all, let them die a miserable death, and even feed the bones to wild dogs, do you understand?" ”

Yao Shilang trembled with fright and said in a trembling voice: "I.... Got it! ”

"It's good to understand, you can do it yourself!"

After speaking, Shi Zhenghua got up and left, walked outside the door, and heard him say to Yao Dalang: "Da Lang, your whole family is going to move somewhere, you don't need to clean up, there is a carriage outside the door, take your son to the car!" I won't treat you badly. ”

Yao Shilang looked at the red cloth bag on the table in a daze, and gradually, his eyes narrowed, and his eyes flashed with a greedy light, 10,000 yuan!

．．．．．．．．． Weinan County is located about 200 miles east of Chang'an, is the most fertile land on the Guanzhong Plain, but also the most serious land annexation in Guanzhong County, the homesteaders are almost wiped out, the small and medium-sized landlords are becoming fewer and fewer, a stretch of endless land mostly belongs to a certain powerful grange, the peasant households in the nearby villages have also become attached to the grange, work all year round, can only get a little meager grain to rely on, the slightest natural disaster, there will be a large number of peasants bankrupt, or sold into slavery, or go away.

The largest grange in Weinan County is Huangzhuang, that is, the manor of the Tang Emperor, Li Longji in his more than 40 years of rule, also saved a large number of granges, distributed throughout the Tang Dynasty, he himself is also the largest landlord of the Tang Dynasty, Weinan Huangzhuang is only one of them, covering an area of 10,000 hectares.

The distribution of the Huangzhuang to the yeoman farmers is something that has never happened in the 100 years since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, so it has a special significance, to a certain extent, this is a weather vane, representing the emperor's attitude towards land annexation, and being able to divide his own land means that the Tang Emperor has the firmest determination to govern land annexation.

This is the reason why Li Yu wanted to come to Weinan to announce the matter in person, and he wanted to show his attitude to the world.

Before dawn, three thousand imperial forest troops escorted Li Yu's dragon driver, as well as Qingtian's envoy Li Yan and more than 20 officials, and the brigade drove towards Weinan County.

Originally, Li Yu was going to take the prince Li Shi to go, but Li Shi suddenly had stomach pain and couldn't accompany him, so Li Yu had to go to Weinan County alone.

At this time, it was early summer, the weather became hot, the sky was not yet bright, the land of the Guanzhong Plain was shrouded in a thin layer of mist, the winter wheat had ripened, and the Guanzhong Plain was covered with a golden carpet, and the wheat fields were full of busy farmers.

The Imperial Forest Army escorted Li Yu's carriage on the official road to walk quickly, the distance of 200 miles took at least two days, Li Yu's carriage was even more huge, the carriage was three zhang wide and eight zhang long, divided into three large rooms, an office carriage, a living room, and a bedroom for him, the whole carriage was pulled by eighty-one horses, the wheels were wide, and he walked extremely quickly on the smooth official road.

In the carriage, Li Yu was already a little tired of seeing the scenery outside the window, and the heat wave in the air made him a little impatient, so he closed the curtain and opened a book of folds, which was the fold of Huzhou Taishou, the official warehouse of Huzhou was full, with two million stone grain and 1.5 million yuan, hoping to be transported to Chang'an as soon as possible.

This book made Li Yu sigh slightly, happy and worried, the good is that the states and counties in the south of the Yangtze River have not been completely out of control, in this book it is mentioned that Yuezhou, Hangzhou, and Mingzhou have similar situations, the four states are preparing to jointly enter Beijing in the autumn to report on their work, although Wu Wang Li Lan controlled the area from Yangzhou to Suzhou, but he could not cover the sky with one hand, indicating that the local government was not completely loyal to him, this news made Li Yu feel happy.

But what he is worried about is that Li Lan's 80,000 army has completely choked the river, and no matter how much grain there is in the eastern states of Zhejiang, it can't be transported, and in the end it is just cheap Li Lan, Li Yu closed his eyes, he was thinking about the next countermeasure, if Li Qingan entered the court as the prime minister, he could use his strength to take the lead in exterminating Li Lan, and he must keep the money, grain, and energy in the south of the Yangtze River continuously transported to Guanzhong.

He pondered for a moment, then instructed the little eunuch who was waiting beside him, "Shiro, go and invite Mr. Li." ”

"Yes! The minion will go. ”

The little eunuch called Shiro went quickly, and after a while, Li Yu arrived, he got into the carriage, bowed to Li Yu and said, "Your Majesty!" ”

"Master, please sit down and talk."

Li Yu sat down, Li Yu poured him a cup of herbal tea with his own hands, and said with a smile: "It's too hot, drink a cup of herbal tea to relieve the heat." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Li Mi took a sip of tea and said, "Is Your Majesty looking for me?" ”

Li Yu nodded and said, "I want to discuss Li Qing'an's matter with you." ”

He sighed and said, "I just got the news that Li Qing'an has sent troops to occupy Lingzhou, and he has stationed 3,000 troops in Yanzhou and Gyeongju each, and I am worried that he will not even let go of Guannaidao. Originally, their bottom line was that Li Qing'an occupied Hexi, but Li Qing'an's appetite was too great, so he took advantage of the emptiness of Lingzhou and Guannei Dao to occupy them in one fell swoop, which broke through their bottom line, which made Li Mi have nothing to do.

He thought for a while and said: "If I guess correctly, Li Qingan must still want to garrison troops in Guanzhong, which is also a big burden on him, he doesn't have so many troops, the only way is to dilute it, and station a little soldiers in one place, which not only can't form a substantial occupation, but also will make the people of Datang disgusted and doubt his motives, Li Qingan should also understand this, my opinion is that His Majesty won't say anything for the time being, and he won't recognize his occupation, no matter how he tosses, wait for him to toss almost, He will find that he can't actually eat such a big place, so he will naturally come to bargain with His Majesty in exchange for other benefits. ”

Li Yu thought about it, it was indeed the only way, let it be, he handed the fold in his hand to Li Mi and said: "This is the fold sent by Wei Bin, the Taishou of Huzhou, from this book, Li Lan's power has not yet expanded to eastern Zhejiang, it is really exciting, I think about whether I can use Li Qing'an's power to destroy Li Lan for me first, so that the money and grain in Jiangnan can arrive in Beijing smoothly." ”

Li Mi smiled and said: "Your Majesty rest assured, even if Your Majesty doesn't mention this matter, Li Qing'an will also consider it, he has made the right minister, he will also be very clear about these situations, and he will be more anxious than Your Majesty at that time, in fact, many times, your views and interests are the same, didn't Your Majesty find out?" ”

"I can see it, that's why I appointed him as the right minister."

Li Yu relaxed and said with a smile: "At least in two or three years, I won't be so tired." ”

．．．．．．． Just when Li Yu was heading towards Weinan County, a special team also set off from Zheng County, Huazhou, Zheng County is only more than 100 miles away from Weinan County, as long as one day can arrive, this team rests during the day, acts at night, seems very mysterious, this team has a total of 500 people, all burly, vigorous movements, obviously all of them are people who practice martial arts.

This team is composed of warriors raised by the thirteen clans and royal families, all of them are outlaws, their task is to sneak into the Huangzhuang in Weinan County, assassinate Li Yu, the son of the Tang Dynasty who came to inspect the Huangzhuang, the leader of this team, is Li Chengning, the younger brother of Li Chenghong, the king of Guangwu, Li Chenghong played the role of the initiator and chief planner in this incident, originally, Li Chengning alone raised five hundred warriors, and he can completely read and act, but Li Chenghong in order to tie other clans together with himself, asked the other twelve royal families to also contribute money to form this team of five hundred people.

This group of warriors all wore black robes on the outside, wrapped in fine armor inside, 500 people were divided into three teams, 100 people held spears, 200 people used knives, and 200 crossbow archers, in terms of quantity, they were far less than Li Yu's Yulin army, but they were strong in martial arts, many people could block ten with one, and the overall strength was not worse than that of the 3,000 Yulin army.

At the fourth watch, this team entered Weinan County, less than ten miles away from Huangzhuang, Li Chengning looked at the surrounding environment, the official road is surrounded by wheat fields, about three miles away in the northwest direction, he found a forest covering an area of about ten acres, this forest is the hiding place he has already chosen, the location is very good, only six miles away from the Huangzhuang house, standing on the top of the tree you can see the situation of Huangzhuang, and there is a small river around the woods, it is not easy to cross the river, ordinary people do not come often, it is a very ideal hiding place.

"Go to the woods to the northwest!" Li Chengning lowered his voice and ordered.

The five hundred black-clothed men on the official road dismounted one after another, took weapons, water bottles and dry food bags and ran towards the woods, and the horses were taken away by special personnel.

In a moment, everyone rushed into the woods, startled a group of birds, don't worry at this time, Li Yu will not come until at least tomorrow night, there are only a dozen eunuchs in the Huangzhuang who have come to arrange food and lodging in advance, some of these eunuchs have been bought by Li Chengning, so that he knows the situation in the Huangzhuang very well, in addition to the eunuchs, there are more than fifty guards, and there are also Li Chengning's people among these guards, they are coming in advance to be security guards, but their patrol range is only three miles around the house, and it will not extend to this forest, So Li Chengning is not worried at all.

"Rest on the spot, don't make a sound, and no one is allowed to leave the woods until it gets dark tomorrow."

The five hundred men had been running for nearly five hours, and they were all a little tired, and they found a dry place and fell down, some of them drank water and ate dry food, and some of them fell asleep, and in a moment the snoring in the woods was loud, and most of them fell into a deep sleep.

Li Chengning was a little nervous, after all, he was doing something big enough to shock the world, whether he succeeded or not, he would go down in history, of course, if he failed, no one from the thirteen clans could escape.

Li Chengning couldn't sleep, he also slowly climbed a big tree, at this time the sky was almost bright, the eastern sky turned white, and there was already a sentry on the big tree at this time.

"How? Can you see the Imperial Village? ”

"You can see it!"

The sentry pointed to a swarthy building in the distance and said, "That is the building of the Imperial Village, you can see it clearly." ”

Li Chengning looked at the sentinel's finger, and saw that in the twilight of the morning, there was the outline of a large building, which was completely different from the rural farmhouse, which was the building of Huangzhuang, and Li Yu would stay here tomorrow night.

(To be continued)