readx; Just when Li Heng was investigating and secretly visiting Chang'an City, Li Yu also held a meeting in the imperial study, and discussed the case of Mrs. Huo Guo's occupation of the land with several important ministers, and the situation had forced Li Yu to have no way out, I don't know who let the wind go in the army, saying that the imperial court was empty of money and food, and would not be able to pay the food and wages, and more than a dozen battalions began to make trouble. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

forced Li Yu to put grain and rice in the 100,000 army first to temporarily stabilize the morale of the army, but where did the money come from? At the very least, it needs a million guan, but he only has 500,000 guan in his hand.

For this reason, Li Yu had to be cheeky to borrow money from Li Qing'an, but the news sent by Anxi, Li Qing'an agreed to borrow money, but there were additional conditions, to exchange the heads of Meng Yun and Luo Zhengyi, how could this be possible, Meng Yun and Luo Zhengyi are now his generals, each with heavy troops, how could it be possible to send their heads to Li Qing'an, helplessly, Li Yu could only focus on the case of Princess Huo Guo again.

But as Princess Huo Guo took the initiative to return the land and tied up people to ask for the guilt, several of Li Yu's confidants and important ministers also had disagreements about the case of Princess Huo Guo.

Wang Heng is an opponent, he is not very in favor of doing something to Princess Huo Guo from the beginning, his reason is very simple, Li Yu was originally alone, if he forcibly brought Princess Huo Guo to justice, he would undoubtedly offend the entire clan and push himself to the opposite side of the clan, making him even more isolated.

Wang Heng knew that in order to persuade Li Yu, he had to find a way out for him, so he got up and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, the minister has been thinking about it for a long time, in fact, we also have a way to raise funds. ”

Li Yu summoned a few confidants and important ministers in the Xiu Dynasty today to discuss with everyone the next trend of Mrs. Huo Guo's case, but Wang Heng said that there was a way to get money, of course, this is also something he is extremely concerned about, he immediately smiled and said: "Wang Xiangguo, please speak!" ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Wang Heng smiled and said: "The minister has been investigating in the east and west cities these days, and the minister found that although the imperial court has no money, the people are solid, and many big businessmen are accumulated for a hundred years, and they are rich enough to rival the country, and they are also willing to spend money to buy some things." ”

"Wang Xiangguo shouldn't say that he is selling officials!" Next to him, Li Yan said coldly.

Li Yan is a minister with an outstanding reputation, he has always been very disgusted with Wang Heng, Wang Heng's cool past makes him disdainful, if it weren't for Li Yu's face, he would never be in the same room with Wang Heng.

Wang Heng was broken by what he said, and couldn't help but be a little annoyed, and said, "Please Li Shangshu don't interrupt me." ”

Li Yu waved his hand and said with a smile: "Please Mr. Wang Xiangguo, Li Shangshu will express his opinions again." ”

Wang Heng glared at Li Yan fiercely, and continued: "I mean selling officials, but it is not selling officials, you can sell loose officials, you can sell honorable officials, you can sell titles, especially titles, many big people are willing to spend a lot of money to buy, they would rather not give land and Lu, they just want this title, because they can change their lowly status, and they can pass it on to their children and grandchildren. ”

As soon as Wang Heng finished speaking, Pei Min next to him interrupted him, "Wang Xiangguo plans to award knighthoods to businessmen, because they have money, so what will those border soldiers who fought bloodily for the country think, a little honor they exchanged for their lives, and the businessmen bought it with money, which makes them embarrassed." ”

Li Yan also said: "Pei Shilang is right, a gentleman has something to do, something not to do, money can't buy everything, and some things can't be sold no matter how short of money is, otherwise, what is sold is not a title, but the backbone of my Tang Dynasty." ”

"You! Hum! ”

Wang Heng was speechless by the two of them, he sat down angrily, Li Yu's face was a little embarrassed, in fact, he was also a little tempted, selling the title is actually not bad, as long as he can get money, he doesn't care about these subsections anymore, but the righteousness of Li and Pei makes him have nothing to say.

At this time, Li Yan said again: "Actually, the minister has also considered it, the minister used to be Jing Zhaoyin, he knows the people's situation very well, knows some emergency methods, and there should be no problem to get 500,000 yuan." ”

Li Yu was overjoyed, if he could get 500,000 yuan, he would be able to solve his urgent need, and at least he could pay half of the military expenses.

"Li Aiqing, please speak!"

Li Yan got up and said: "Your Majesty, although the imperial court has no money, there are a lot of real estate, as well as shops in the two cities, these are all belonging to the imperial court, and some of them can be sold, especially the shops in the West Market, each shop is worth 10,000 yuan, usually the imperial court only charges a meager rent, in fact, it is completely possible to increase the rent, if Your Majesty thinks the rent is too slow, then sell fifty rooms first, the reason why the minister does not approve of selling more is because not every merchant can get the cash of Wanguan, and the scarcity is expensive, and the store is not worth it if it sells more, and the surname Suo sells fifty rooms in limited quantities, Some big businessmen must be willing to pay for it, 500,000 yuan, and the minister thinks there is no problem. ”

Pei Min next to him also smiled: "The minister also suggested that you can temporarily borrow money from the cabinet, Li Linfu borrowed it back then, and it took two years to repay it, Your Majesty can borrow 500,000 yuan first, and give the officials a little money, the minister knows that many low-level officials are very sad, and Your Majesty should consider their difficulties." ”

Li Yan and Pei Min's two suggestions made Li Yu's eyes light up, and after a few days of anxiety, he finally got a little way out at this time, his heart suddenly became happy, and he said with a smile: "That's right, I think it's very good." ”

Wang Heng saw that the saint praised them and denied himself, but he was extremely dissatisfied in his heart, and he said coldly: "Since you have money, then you don't need to make enemies of the clan anymore!" The case of Princess Huo Guo, I think this is the end. ”

"The minister is resolutely opposed!"

Li Yan stood up and said confrontedly: "The case of Princess Huo Guo is not just for money, but also to curb the land annexation of my Tang Dynasty, so that those clan magnates can return the excess land, if the land problem cannot be solved, then what about next year's finances?" What about the finances later? Your Majesty, with all due respect, the land annexation of my Datang has intensified, the consequences are so serious, it has reached the verge of extinction, if we do not take effective measures to curb it, the people will not be able to survive, and there will be chaos in Datang, and in the past few years, the Tang Empire has been unable to bear the weight of land annexation. ”

Wang Heng also retorted: "Do you think it will be so easy for them to quit the field? The flat-headed people will be chaotic, why won't the clan elites be chaotic? And the chaos is even more ruthless, is there less of this situation in history? The minister believes that at most let them pay a little land tax, but there must be no more turmoil, His Majesty is now very weak, and he cannot make too many enemies. ”

Pei Min couldn't help but say: "The minister agrees with Li Shangshu's opinion, this is the first time that the saint has confronted the land, if it is not done like this, it will inevitably disappoint many people who have hoped for the saint, Your Majesty, since it has been done, you must be tough to the end, even if it fails, you can also let everyone see Your Majesty's determination to solve the annexation, and the minister advocates continuing to investigate the case of Princess Huo Guo." ”

Li Yan resolutely said: "Your Majesty, the minister is willing to serve as the chief investigator of the case of Princess Huo Guo, please let Your Majesty delegate power, and if there are any consequences, the minister will bear it!" ”

Li Yu was dizzy by the quarrel between them, he waved his hand and said, "The case of Princess Huo Guo makes me think about it again, and I will make a decision." ”

After a pause, he said: "However, it is feasible to sell the shops in the West Market and borrow money, and these two things will be handed over to Pei Shilang to be fully responsible, and raise money for me as soon as possible, the army will soon make trouble." ”

．．．．．．． Several important ministers left, Li Yu was upset, he slowly walked to the window, staring blankly at the lush locust trees outside the window, he has been on the throne for nearly a year, but all kinds of things that happened this year made him haggard, countless people accused him of being weak and incompetent, accusing him of not being able to lead Datang out of the predicament, but instead made Datang fall deeper and deeper in the quagmire of weakness, for this reason, Li Yu's heart was full of confusion and grievances, he didn't understand, why everyone couldn't see cause and effect, what was the reason for today's bad situation in Datang, It was his grandfather who indulged the magnates in the annexation of land and the supervision of the border generals for forty years, so that in the end he had to use the feudal kings to strengthen the control of the localities, which brought about the evil consequences of today's financial resources being cut off and the localities out of control.

Li Yu felt extremely aggrieved and angry in his heart, angry that his imperial grandfather was still in politics, and his imperial grandfather just wanted an imperial power, but ignored the fact that the Empire State Building was about to fall.

On the side, Li Mi has been sitting by the wall, he has not opened his mouth from beginning to end of this meeting, he is observing some subtleties in this meeting, he has found internal disharmony, found the contradiction between Wang Hui and Li and Pei, this contradiction has personal likes and dislikes, and there is also a conflict of ideas, which makes Li Mi more worried, these three important ministers are the pillars of Li Yu's governance, if there is a problem between them, Li Yu's throne may be further precarious.

Li Yu was not in a hurry to tell Li Yu about this situation, he sat on the side and quietly looked at Li Yu's thin back, he could understand the pressure that this young emperor was under, he was no longer only facing the stability of the throne, but the safety of the entire Tang Empire, whether this slightly weak shoulder could bear this burden, Li Yu's heart was also full of worries.

"Sir, in the case of Princess Huo Guo, should I go on?" Li Yu finally spoke.

He slowly turned around and looked at his master, his eyes full of confusion, "Wang Heng is right, Li Yan is reasonable, I am at a loss in my heart, and I beg Mr. for advice." ”

Li Yu straightened out his thoughts, he had been thinking about this question just now, and now that he had the answer, it was time for Li Yu to make a choice.

"Your Majesty, the minister only asks, does Your Majesty want a family or a country?"

Li Yu's words were like a lightning bolt in the night, illuminating Li Yu's heart, but it disappeared in an instant, he understood a little, but was overwhelmed by heavy confusion, he walked in front of Li Yu, knelt down on one knee, and looked at Li Yu with an almost pious gaze, "At this time, it will be a turning point in my life, please speak bluntly, I can bear anything." ”

"Yes! There are some things I'm going to say straight. ”

At this moment, Li Yu also made up his mind, if he didn't speak out, he would eventually harm Li Yu and ruin the entire Tang Dynasty.

"Your Majesty, Wang Heng's meaning is very clear, if you make concessions to the case of Princess Huo Guo, you will be able to keep Your Majesty's throne, this is Your Majesty's home, and Li Yan's attitude is also very clear, the case of Princess Huo Guo will be strictly investigated to the end, in order to protect the Tang Dynasty's Jiangshan Sheji, this is Your Majesty's country, whether you want a family or a country, your Majesty will decide."

"Can't you have it both ways?"

Li Mi shook his head, "Give up the case of Mrs. Huo Guo, Your Majesty can only protect the family, but the Tang Dynasty will definitely fall into turmoil, as Li Yan said, the Tang Empire can no longer bear the weight of land annexation; If His Majesty insists on strictly dealing with Mrs. Huo Guo, and uses this as a breakthrough to strictly check the land in Guanzhong, although there will be a short-term storm, but after the storm will inevitably be a clear sky, and it is up to His Majesty to choose where to go. ”

Li Yu understood Li Yu's words, he slowly walked to the window again, the sky that was still sunny just now had turned dark in front of his eyes at this moment, and a deep pain flashed in his eyes, he knew that the storm would mean his throne and even the end of his life, did he really have to face this choice...... I don't know how long it took, he finally spoke, with a hint of sadness in his tone, "Actually, I sometimes think, if Li Qingan sits in my seat, what will happen to Datang?" He at least does better than me, he has the army and financial resources, he has more courage than me, he strictly prohibits land annexation in Anxi, his attitude is resolute, and the means are ruthless, so that I am ashamed, he led the army to fight everywhere, open up territory for the Tang Dynasty, and the merit is better than Taizong, I once said to the queen in private, if it really comes one day, let me hand over the throne, I would rather hand it over to Li Qing'an, at least he can revive the glory of the Tang Dynasty, can lead the Tang Empire to Zhongxing, and I can't do it, this is the contradiction between home and country, for home, I will never hand over the throne to him, because he will kill me, will destroy my descendants, can be a country, and he is the only emperor of Zhongxing recognized by me, sir, I am a contradiction! ”

"But Your Majesty, many times you can't help it!"

"I know! I know..."Li Yu's voice gradually lowered again, and finally fell silent.

Li Yu's heart is also very conflicted, he is also full of worries about Li Yu's fate, he has seen that no matter whether Li Yu is resolute in the case of Mrs. Huo Guo, the clan forces will no longer tolerate him, Li Longji is the clearest signal that he is awake from a coma, he is the supreme leader of the clan, although Li Yu is his appointed imperial grandson and his designated successor, but there is one of the most important premises, that is, Li Yu can only succeed to the throne after his Li Longji dies, otherwise, he will never tolerate it, so when he wakes up, He heard that Li Yu had ascended the throne, so he was so angry, now the situation is very clear, Li Longji wants to be restored, he will inevitably convene the clan to drive Li Yu out of power, it is because of this that Li Yu supported Li Yu's tough attitude in the case of Mrs. Huo Guo, killing chickens and monkeys, and deterring those royal clans, in this way, Li Yu may still have a glimmer of life.

Li Yu has seen the situation in front of him very clearly, although he kept saying that he would no longer hide anything from Li Yu, but he still didn't dare to tell Li Yu the truth in this matter, he knew that once he told Li Yu, Li Yu would have scruples and couldn't bear to hurt his fellow clan, this was indeed Li Yu's biggest weakness, and his heart was not vicious enough.

At this time, Li Yu slowly turned his head, his eyes flashed with unprecedented perseverance, his determination had been made, for the sake of the longevity of the Tang Dynasty, he decided to attack Mrs. Huo Guo.

"Sir, I've decided!"

．．．．．．． Princess Huo's mansion is located in Chongrenfang, is a vast mansion, she is the daughter of Tang Ruizong Li Dan, that is, Li Longji's sister, married Guanglu Shaoqing Pei Xuji as his wife in the early years, but Pei Xuji exposed the art of privately engaging in the art of Wei Wei, and had too close a close relationship with Li Fan, the king of Qi, which angered Li Longji, and was exiled to Lingnan in the eighth year of Kaiyuan, Princess Huo Guo was also forced to divorce her husband, and she did not remarry after the divorce, so obscure for more than 30 years, but in the year of the sixtieth year, she was involved in the power struggle of the royal family. If you dig deeper, the forcible occupation of land does not have anything to do with Princess Huo Guo, Princess Huo Guo believed in Buddhism in her later years, indulged in Buddhism every day, and almost ignored the affairs of the family, the problem is her adopted daughter Huai Niang, Princess Huo Guo is weak, no heirs, after being forced to divorce her husband, she adopted her sister Xue Guo Princess's daughter Pei Huai Niang as an adopted daughter, and the family's affairs are handed over to Huai Niang to deal with, Huo Guo Princess was forced to divorce her husband, and did not marry, so Li Longji was quite pitied, and rewarded her, making her family wealthyIn addition to being used for Buddhist affairs, other money and things are handed over to Huai Niang to take care of.

If you look at it from today's point of view, this Huai Niang is definitely an investment expert, she put a lot of money into real estate such as land and houses, and obtained rich returns, but from another point of view, her investment in land must be a land annexation that endangers the foundation of the Tang Dynasty's rule, eat a large number of homesteaders, and establish a manor, in the Tang Dynasty, after a hundred years of wealth accumulation, the Li clan has the ability to carry out land annexation, coupled with the weak restrictions of the imperial court, so the purchase and acquisition of land has become a trend of the clan, Huai Niang is no exception, After more than ten years of mergers, coupled with Li Longji's reward, Huainiang has annexed tens of thousands of hectares of fertile land, and there are 3,000 hectares of farmland in Guanzhong alone.

Despite this, she was only ranked in the middle of the clan, and there were many people who were taller than her.

But Huai Niang made a fatal mistake, recently a deacon told him that Weinan County suffered a locust plague last year, and the price of land has dropped, and it happened that Huai Niang has a large manor in Weinan County, so she instructed her deacon to forcibly buy hundreds of acres of land around, but there happened to be Li Qing'an's manor, because Li Qing'an was extremely low-key in the manor, and almost did not come here, and his deacon did not know, so he forcibly bought, As a result, the steward of Li Qing'an Manor, together with other small and medium-sized landlords and hundreds of tenants of Li Qing'an Manor, went to Beijing to file a complaint, which caused a great disaster for Princess Huo Guo.

Early in the morning, before dawn, the Yulin Army suddenly appeared in Chongrenfang, they were fully armed and murderous, and instantly surrounded the mansion of Princess Huo Guo, the soldiers held torches, shining like day, the eldest grandson Quanxu was fully armored, and pointed with a spear: "Go up and smash you!" ”

Several wrestlers rushed up the steps, picked up a sledgehammer and slammed the door, "Knock~!" There was a loud bang, and the gate shook violently, and several porters opened the door, and they were about to be angry, but when they saw that there were troops outside, their legs trembled with fright.

"You guys.... Can I help you? ”

"Your Majesty has a decree, please ask Princess Huo Guo to receive the decree!"

At this time, a woman in her thirties walked out quickly, she was Pei Huainiang, the adopted daughter of Princess Huoguo, in the firelight, she saw so many troops surrounding the mansion, and then said angrily: "This is the princess's mansion, do you dare to be rude?" ”

The eldest grandson Quanxu restrained his anger and said again: "Your Majesty has a decree, please ask Princess Huo Guo to receive the decree!" ”

Huai Niang said coldly: "My mother is not here, just tell me if there is anything!" ”

"Good!"

The eldest grandson Quanxu brushed open the holy decree and said loudly: "Princess Huo invaded the fertile land, privately raised Zhuang soldiers, violated the laws of the Tang Dynasty, the crime is unforgivable, the special Yulin Army raided the house of Princess Huo Guo, all illegal gains will be confiscated, and the private Zhuang soldiers will be disbanded, Qin this!" ”

Pei Huainiang suddenly jumped and scolded, "What law is violated, it is obvious that my mother is so bullied, and she came to rob the money, why don't you go to copy the house of the King of Shu, why don't you go to the house of the King of Wu?" ”

The eldest grandson Quanxu pointed his spear at her and shouted, "Arrest her and do it!" ”

The soldiers rushed up, pushed Pei Huainiang and several family members to the ground, tied them up with ropes, and the soldiers rushed into the mansion and began to rummage through the cabinets.

．．．．．．． At dawn, the raid of Princess Huo Guo's mansion has gradually come to an end, the boxes and cages copied out are piled up, all kinds of gold, silver, jewelry and copper money are countless, the most rough estimate of the military Chinese book, at least more than two million guan, and the title deed, tens of thousands of hectares, that is, a million mu of land deeds, packed in a dozen large boxes, carried out by the soldiers, this is the crime of Princess Huo Guo, according to the law, the princess only has a hundred hectares of Yongye land, but she has a hundred times, Li Longji has also issued three orders to strictly prohibit the clan from annexing land, Otherwise, the punishment will not be granted, although these three wills have no effect, but now they have become the basis for Li Yu to deal with Princess Huo Guo.

Li Yu had already figured out where Princess Huo's fertile land in Guanzhong was, and at the same time that the Yulin army raided her home, the army stationed outside Chang'an City was dispatched, and they went to the counties in Guanzhong to also raid Princess Huo's farmland, three thousand hectares of land, decades of grain accumulation, at least more than one million stone of grain.

In the morning, Li Yu's raid on the palace of Princess Huo Guo caused a sensation in Chang'an City, and soon, Li Yu issued three decrees in a row, ordering Li Yan, the secretary of the Ministry of Punishment, to be the envoy of Qingtian, and Pei Min, the servant of the Ministry of Households, to be the deputy envoy, to comprehensively check the land in Guanzhong.

A storm rolled up over Chang'an, black clouds overwhelmed the city, and the Tang Emperor, who had been on the throne for a year, was not so much a first appearance, but rather a harsh reality that forced him to embark on the road of no return.

(To be continued)