readx; "See His Royal Highness King Zhao!"

Li Yi bowed respectfully to Li Qingan, his face was full of sneers, if it weren't for the disparity in seniority, he would have wanted to kneel. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

"King Sijiang doesn't have to be polite, please sit down!"

Li Qing'an's tone was very polite, but he really disliked this so-called clan elder in his heart, not only did he dislike it, but many officials told him euphemistically that this Zongzheng Siqing from the third grade was not very qualified, and later Li Qingan learned some bits and pieces about this Li Yi, which gave him a headache.

Zongzheng Temple was originally a Qingshui Yamen, coupled with a large number of sects fleeing south, Zongzheng Temple suddenly became the most idle department of the imperial court, if this Heijiang King was idle all day long, and he had nothing to do, everyone would not talk about him.

The key is that he wants to find something for himself, at the end of last year, he used the excuse that the gate of the temple was rotten and needed to be repaired, and applied for replacement and repair, of course, the repair did not need to be done by Zongzheng Temple, and after the repair, the craftsmen found that the removed gate was gone, and some of the scrap copper materials stored in the temple were also nowhere to be found, and after a long time, I finally learned from the guards of the imperial city that those things were transported away by Li Yi, where they went, no one knows, this matter made the court stunned, from the high-ranking officials of the three products! How did it become a rag-picking one.

In February this year, this Li Yi thought of another way to make money, he released the news in Chang'an, saying that some descendants of the clan may be in exile, and Zongzheng Temple needs to be re-registered and reviewed, to put it bluntly, he is selling the quota of the clan.

For example, a certain Li Dongzhu, who sells tea, has made a fortune by selling tea, but this person has low self-esteem and the status of a businessman is too low, so he can give this Zongzheng Temple Qing a thousand yuan, and then this person will become the illegitimate son of a certain clan prince, and he will live among the people, and there are records in the Zongzheng Temple.

Fortunately, this matter was reported in time, and Yu Shitai warned Li Yi, so he was forced to stop, but this incident has caused a very bad impact among the officials of the court, making the courtiers extremely disgusted with him.

Li Qingan had also heard of these things, but he had to endure them, and now he still needed this highest-ranking clan to do something for him.

Seeing that Li Yi refused to sit down, he smiled again: "Don't be so nervous, you are a senior in the clan, how can I be embarrassed to let you stand and talk, please sit down!" ”

"I'm just the heir, Your Highness is the prince, how dare I sit down at will!"

Li Yi said, sat down with his buttocks next to the edge of the soft pier, and said with a dry laugh: "I don't know if Your Highness has anything for me to serve." ”

"Has the situation of the Chang'an clan been counted?" Li Qingan asked casually.

"There are records in Zongzheng Temple, I don't know what His Highness wants to know?"

"There are a lot of things I want to know, the existing clan situation in Chang'an and Luoyang, how many people are left, and what is their property situation? There are also clans that have fled south, what is their property situation in Chang'an? How many houses do the clans have in Chang'an? I want to know all this, I wrote a list for you, you can prepare it for me! Give it to me early tomorrow morning. ”

Saying that, Li Qingan handed Li Yi a list prepared in advance to Li Yi, Li Yi carefully put it away, got up and said with a smile: "Your Highness, then I'll go back first." ”

"There you go!"

Li Yi was just about to go out, but Li Qingan stopped him again, "King Heijiang, wait a minute!" ”

Li Yi hurriedly stopped, bowed down and said with a smile: "Your Highness, is there anything else?" ”

Li Qing'an seemed to be thinking about something, and didn't answer him for a long time, and after a long while, he asked lightly: "Generally speaking, what are the princes of the clan most afraid of?" I mean, except for losing a small life. ”

Li Yi grinned, he had the deepest understanding of this question, and he was the most qualified to answer, "Your Highness, many people say that the clan is most afraid of losing their title of prince, and some people say that the clan is most afraid of people rebelling, in fact, these are not to the point, what the clan is most afraid of is the word 'poor', all the clans are people who are not diligent and have no ability to bind chickens, and they are all people who are used to drinking all day long, let them become poor eggs to see, and ensure that they all go to the street to beg for food." ”

Although Li Yi is unlearned and greedy for money, he is very cunning, he has pondered Li Qingan's mind for a long time, and has figured out a little way, Li Qingan is not a descendant of Li Shimin, these clan princes estimate that most people will not support him to ascend the throne, not only do not support, but also destroy and obstruct, so if Li Qingan wants to ascend the throne, he must first clean up this batch of clans.

So when Li Qing'an asked him what the clan was afraid of, he immediately guessed that Li Qing'an was going to attack these clans, and Li Yi also hated these junior clans in his heart.

He knows these clan children very well, these guys are most afraid of poverty, once they are poor and have no money to support their families, their women have to give them away, and their sons have to beg for food, at that time, what clan rules, what ancestral bloodline, it doesn't matter what his mother is, they will all kneel down and kowtow to Li Qingan and beg for mercy.

The wicked have their own evil people to grind, and the little ghosts have their own little ghosts to fight, Li Yi's role is here, he knows how to deal with those pretentious clan disciples The most effective.

Thinking of this, his heart darkened, and he added a suggestion: "Your Highness, those clans in the Southern Tang Dynasty believe that Your Highness will not dare to touch their property, Your Highness will confiscate all the surnames Suo, even the real estate with money and property, as well as their land and property all over the country, the local government actually has records, and all the surnames Suo are accepted as official property, so that those guys will become poor eggs, and then they will kneel down and beg His Highness for mercy." ”

"Hmmm! That's a good point. ”

Li Qingan was very satisfied with his suggestion, so he nodded, "You go!" Quickly prepare the paperwork for me. ”

"Your Highness, don't worry, it's all ready-made, and I'll be able to deliver it in the evening."

With that, he exited the room.

As soon as he left, Li Qing'an stood up and ordered his own soldiers: "Prepare a carriage for me, I will go to the Siqi Palace, and let the internal guard Qin Haiyang and the intelligence hall Hu Peiyun also come over." ”

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The Siqi Mansion that Li Qing'an is going to is not the former Qi Wangfu, the Qiwang Mansion is the Seven Princes' Mansion located in Yongfufang, which is after Li Longji ascended the throne, he ordered his brothers to live together in order to monitor his brothers, and later lived in it with his son, which became the Ten Kings' Mansion, and then moved his grandchildren into it and built Baisun Courtyard, in short, it is four words: 'Easy to monitor.' ’

In the later period of Tianbao, with the gradual death of the Li Longji brothers, their descendants began to buy land and build houses on their own, which was no longer limited to Yongfufang, and was distributed in almost the entire Chang'an.

Li Qing'an is going to go to the Siqi Wangfu Mansion is located in Pingkangfang, and the former Li Linfu's old house is adjacent to it, the carriage slowly drove in front of Li Linfu's mansion, Li Linfu was raided soon after his death, his children died and scattered, no one stayed in Chang'an, the mansion was taken away by the imperial court, it is still empty, the front of the mansion is already a barren, the steps grow half a person's high artemisia grass, the door paint peels off, revealing a large patch of mottled gray-white, the proud Xiangguofu sign above the gate has been removed, The two tattered dead lanterns were still hanging from the eaves, but they were no longer recognizable.

Li Qingan couldn't help but think of the situation when he first came to Li Linfu ten years ago, they were wearing tattered military uniforms, standing under a wall not far away, it seemed to be raining at that time, but there were still carriages coming and going in the rain, with Li Linfu's house as the end or starting point, it can be said that the door is like a city, but now, the decay in front of him makes him feel lost, 'in the old days, Wang Xie Tang Qianyan, flew into the homes of ordinary people' is this feeling.

The carriage quickly drove past Li Linfu's old mansion and stopped in front of the mansion of King Siqi, the internal guards moved very quickly, a thousand soldiers had already surrounded the palace of King Siqi, in front of the gate, Qin Haiyang and Hu Peiyun had just arrived, they saw Li Qing'an get off the carriage and stepped forward to salute together, "See the general!" ”

Li Qingan waved his hand, "No need to be polite, come in with me and have a look." ”

A group of people walked into the palace of the king of Siqi, the king of Siqi is called Li Zhen, as early as Li Yu took the sect to open the knife, confiscated his land, then fled to Chengdu with his family, now he is the Zongzheng temple of the Southern Tang Dynasty, there is a house in Chengdu, and the son is still happy.

But because he fled in a hurry, a large amount of family wealth was too late to take away, he sealed these family wealth, and when he came back in the future, he will enjoy it, in order to prevent thieves from coming in and stealing, he ordered more than a dozen trustworthy family members to stay in the old house, but it is these so-called trustworthy family members who did internal thieves, at first they were honest, but a year ago a family member accidentally found a money cellar, under the temptation of copper coins, the family began to steal the property in the house, not only the money cellar was stolen from 20,000 yuan, but also many valuable items in the house were also stolen, This is how the leopard skin that Li Qing'an found today was stolen.

Fortunately, these families are less courageous, and they drag their children and daughters, so they dare not do too much, except for the money cellar was stolen, the rest of the losses are not very large, and most of the houses remain sealed.

After Li Qing'an entered Chang'an, he also confiscated some clans' real estate and property, but they were mainly concentrated in Yongfufang and Chongrenfang, and a large number of clans' houses in other clans had not yet had time to be inventoried.

He was already preparing to set off for Jianghuai the day after tomorrow, and an inadvertent discovery today reminded him of this major event, which was indeed a major event and must be completed before the fall of the Southern Tang Dynasty.

As soon as Li Qing'an walked into the mansion, a general ran up to report: "General, the brothers found a secret passage in the fish pond in the back garden, which seems to have an underground dark room, all of which are sealed by big bluestones, may I ask the general, do you want to excavate?" ”

Li Qingan was stunned, he didn't expect that he just wanted to see the situation of King Siqi's house, but he didn't expect that there would be an unexpected gain, so he immediately ordered: "Excavate immediately!" ”

Li Qing'an also walked quickly to the back garden, he wanted to take a look, what did his son hide in the basement of King Qi, who was known as the rich and invincible country in the past?

The back garden covers a vast area, more than ten acres of large, pavilions, rockery pond fish, and is also planted with all kinds of exotic flowers and plants, and the arrangement is very luxurious.

In the middle of the garden is an artificial lake covering an area of about five acres, and the river outside the house to figure out, usually the housekeepers in the house never dreamed that there is a famous hall in the lake, but the soldiers of the internal guard are very experienced, they cut off the inflow of the river when they enter the house, in this way, the river water only does not come in, the water level drops rapidly, revealing a basement entrance under the rockery, sealed with a large bluestone, even if those families find it, it is difficult to open.

The entrance to the basement was a little higher, and when the lake was halfway gone, there was no water around the entrance, and more than a hundred soldiers had already jumped into the water and were using crowbars and ropes to open the bluestone that sealed the door.

In just a moment, I heard a bang, and the bluestone collapsed, revealing a dark hole.......

(To be continued)