Liang Xiao twisted his fingers and looked at Dong Zhongshu with a smile, as if he was looking at a prey.

Dong Zhongshu brags that he doesn't play drafts, and asks for one time at a time? If you really want to be such a god, you are not a great Confucian, but an immortal. Just saying that if you don't practice fake tricks, and if you don't stab your cowhide, I'm sorry for crossing this time.

Celestial and human induction is one of the three pillars in Dong Zhongshu's countermeasures, and it is also the most vulnerable pillar. Don't look at his theory, the truth is the truth, and the essence is vulnerable. Dong Zhongshu was unlucky later, because he said that the disaster was different, and he was full of confidence, but he turned around and was slapped in the face by his own disciple.

Liang Xiao persuaded King Huainan not to rush into a hard fight with Dong Zhongshu, not because he was afraid of Dong Zhongshu, but because he didn't want to rush into the battle and make you die. If it's air-to-air, whether it's Confucianism or Taoism, in fact, everyone is about the same, and no one has a clear advantage. In the case that the Son of Heaven has a prejudice against Huang Lao, the King of Huainan will undoubtedly lose.

Taking a step for the time being, laying a solid foundation, and patiently waiting for Dong Zhongshu's flaws to reveal were tactics that Liang Xiao had planned a long time ago. He originally thought it would take a few years, but he didn't expect Dong Zhongshu to sacrifice such a faint trick as asking for rain less than half a year after he took office.

The gentleman saw the opportunity. Liang Xiao quickly bit Dong Zhongshu's flaw and hit with one blow.

Dong Zhongshu's face was pale and cold sweat was dripping. He knew very well that Liang Xiao was not an ordinary opponent. In terms of learning, Liang Xiao may not be very good, not even as good as an ordinary scholar, let alone a scholar of the level of him and King Huainan. But in terms of tactics, Liang Xiao is definitely a master, although the king of Huainan is inferior, and he Dong Zhongshu is also not sure of victory.

Asking for rain doesn't work?

Dong Zhongshu believed in the induction of heaven and man, but he also knew that praying for rain was not spiritual, at least not as spiritual as he hoped. Speaking of the Spirit is nothing but a cover-up. But. If you admit that it doesn't work to pray for rain. That day, human induction became an empty word. Liang Xiao will inevitably chase and fight. Forced him to slap himself. His countermeasures have also become nonsense, bullying the king.

Don't admit it, carry it to the end? I'm afraid it won't work either. Once Liang Xiao publicized his begging for rain, everyone in the world would stare at him. Natural disasters have been frequent in the past few years, and if the Son of Heaven puts the hope of good weather on his head, something will happen sooner or later. The sin of deceitful king is enough to make him never turn over.

Whether you admit it or not, the crime of bullying seems to have been confirmed.

No matter what, once it comes to deception. It's no small thing.

Liang Xiao stood up and flicked his sleeves slowly. "Dong Gong don't worry, I still have a few days to leave, you think about it slowly. Before I go, you can just give me an answer. ”

After speaking, he swayed down the hall and walked away, leaving Dong Zhongshu alone in a daze.

——

When Dong Zhongshu was thinking about countermeasures, Liang Xiao was not idle. In addition to going back to Qingyunli to visit his old neighbors, he also did several things.

First of all. He visited immigrants who had migrated from Don'ou. At that time, he once suggested moving to the edge of the town, but the Son of Heaven did not accept it. Yan Zhu's suggestion was adopted, and the Dongou people were relocated to the Jianghuai region, and a large part of them were settled in the territory of Jiangdu State. He visited the migrants to see how they were settled.

The results, as he expected, were not encouraging. Differences in customs and habits are only one of the reasons for their conflicts with the local population, and the more important issue is the land. Jiangdu did not have so much land to settle them, and many people have not been able to meet the minimum standard of living until now, so they can only be slaves and maids, complaining, and some people even fled across the river and went back to become subjects of Minyue.

Secondly, Liang Xiao focused on inspecting the situation in Haoqiang's encroachment on land and fish and meat township.

Why was Huang Lao's way abandoned by history? While recuperating and recuperating, its inaction policy also allowed the power of the powerful to expand rapidly, embezzling the benefits that should have been shared by the court and the people, and becoming a cancer in society. The powerful invaded the imperial power and harmed the people, and the tail was too big to fall, forcing the court to resort to violent means, and at the same time, it also bankrupted hundreds of people.

The Tu family was forced to sell their land, which is the epitome of society in which the powerful are rampant in the township.

If this problem is not solved, no matter how hard Liang Xiao tries, it will be difficult for Huang Laodao to re-enter the political arena.

These questions are not hidden problems, and it didn't take Liang Xiao much time to collect a lot of evidence. It took him two days to write a piece of music in a half-understood script that he didn't understand, and sent someone to Chang'an.

Dong Zhongshu and the others were busy handling the funeral, and no one noticed that Liang Xiao did such a big thing quietly.

——

The Son of Heaven received Liang Xiao's recital, muttered for a long time, and asked Yan Zhu to come over. "Go to the Prime Minister's Mansion and re-audit the books of Jiangdu Kingdom."

Yan Zhu laughed secretly in his heart when he heard this. The new year has just begun, last year's accounting documents have just been filed, and the Son of Heaven is going to re-audit it.

Yan Zhu led the edict and rushed to the Prime Minister's Mansion to convey the edict of the Son of Heaven.

Seeing Yan Zhu, Prime Minister Shi Zhang Tang did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly greeted him. After listening to the edict, Zhang Tang was very strange. "Lord Yan, haven't last year's books been sent to the palace, please take a look at them?"

Yan Zhu glanced at Zhang Tang, a little disdainful. Zhang Tang was born as a small official, and he was able to serve in the Prime Minister's Mansion entirely because he was able to please the Tian brothers. He is proficient in law, has little knowledge, is a standard grammar official, and is also the kind of person that Yan Zhu looks down on the most.

"Your Majesty wants to ask, I will come to investigate, where dare to ask why. Or, Zhang Jun will ask? ”

Zhang Tang smiled, but he was very annoyed in his heart. As a prime minister, he has dealt with Yan Zhu a lot. A few times, Tian Wei was very passive by Yan Zhu and lost face, and later asked Zhang Tang to come forward if something happened. Zhang Tang couldn't push it off, so he could only endure it. He doesn't have a good impression of these readers.

"I'm just asking, why do you want to go into the palace to see the driver."

Zhang Tang asked people to take the relevant documents. Yan Zhu looked at them one by one. He is eloquent and eloquent, but when it comes to specific accounts, he is not very good at it. Zhang Tang is on the side, ready to inquire at any time. Seeing this, Yan Zhu's momentum became more and more high, aggressive, and he scolded Zhang Tang several times, which made Zhang Tang very embarrassed.

Zhang Tang was really angry. He brace himself and cautiously test Yan Zhu's tone. When he found out that Yan Zhu cared about Dongou immigrants, his heart moved and he realized that the opportunity had come.

He knew that the relocation of the Dongou people to Jianghuai was the idea of this Yan Zhu in front of him.

"Yan Jun, there is something that may be related to Dongou immigrants."

Yan Zhu didn't raise his head. "What's the matter?"

"In the past two years, the household registration of the immigrants in Dongou in Jiangdu has been decreasing year by year, and only about 30% of the original immigrants are left."

Yan Zhu was startled and subconsciously raised his vigilance. He thought of a question: Liang Xiao, who was his subordinate back then and had different opinions from him, is now in Jiangdu. Did he discover something and write to the Son of Heaven?

The more Yan Zhu thought about it, the more he thought about it, the more scared he became. People are sometimes not afraid of threats that are placed in the open, but they are afraid of those opponents who cannot be seen or touched. Liang Xiao is undoubtedly a thorn in Yan Zhu's heart, and Dongou immigration policy is also a bright spot in Yan Zhu's career, if this bright spot is pierced by Liang Xiao and finally found to be a stain, then it will be a big trouble.

Yan Zhu put away his arrogance and asked Zhang Tang to bring out the relevant documents for careful inspection. Zhang Tang was very cooperative and flipped out the documents from a few years ago. If you look at the audit results of a certain year alone, you can't see anything, but when you look at the statistics of several consecutive years together, you can immediately see it at a glance.

Dongou immigration policy is a complete failure.

Yan Zhu held his breath, his face pale.

Zhang Tang watched coldly, secretly happy in his heart. He knew that he had finally grasped Yan Suke's weakness.

Yan Zhu was so engrossed in guessing the possible content of Liang Xiao's book that he didn't pay attention to Zhang Tang at all. In his eyes, Zhang Tang, a famous cool official in later generations, is not worth paying attention to at all. Prime Minister Tian Wei is deflated, what is the use of Zhang Tang, the prime minister's long history?

Yan Zhu weighed it repeatedly for a long time, and left with a heavy heart. He did not talk about the information provided by Zhang Tang, but only informed the Son of Heaven of the results of last year's audit, and then quickly sent someone to send news to Zhu Maichen, asking him to use his identity as the messenger of the Son of Heaven to check the current situation of the immigrants in Dongou and see if there was a problem of immigrants fleeing.

Yan Zhu never expected that as soon as he left, Zhang Tang reported the matter to Prime Minister Tian Wei. When Tian Wei heard that there was an opportunity to fight back against Yan Zhu, he immediately came to the strength, asked Zhang Tang to sort out the relevant information, and took Zhang Tang into the palace.

The Son of Heaven was very dissatisfied with Yan Suke's reply. He asked Yan Zhu to review Jiang Duguo's audit data, first, because he was worried about Liang Xiao's personal vendetta and second, he really wanted to find out the current situation of immigrants. He hoped that Yan Zhu could find out the result, whether this proved that Liang Xiao's book was right or not. But Yan Zhu gave him a report that had no practical meaning at all, and just repeated last year's audit data, and he couldn't see why it was at all.

He was very disappointed, and at this time, Tian Wei and Zhang Tang's report gave him a detailed report. He was very dissatisfied with Yan Zhu, especially when Zhang Tang told him that Yan Zhu had looked at the data of previous years, he couldn't help but be furious.

Needless to say, in order to prove that he was right, Yan Zhu deliberately concealed the situation of the immigrants from Dongou in Jiangdu Kingdom, so he did not hesitate to bully the king. He is the tongue trusted by the Son of Heaven, if he is not trustworthy, who else can the Son of Heaven trust?

The Son of Heaven did not attack on the spot. After sending Tian Wei and Zhang Tang away, he found Yan Zhu and took out Liang Xiao's book casually.

When Yan Zhu saw it, he immediately became confused. His worst fears had happened.

The Son of Heaven said quietly: "You say, could Liang Xiao have done it on purpose?" ”

When Yan Zhu heard this, he nodded hurriedly. "The minister thinks it's possible. Not only did he have a holiday with the prince of Jiangdu, but he was also not very satisfied with Dong Zhongshu, the prime minister of Jiangdu. If the people of Jiangdu fled, Dong Zhongshu's performance would inevitably be greatly affected. ”

"If that's the case, then he's going too far." The Son of Heaven sighed. "You go to Jiangdu and check it."

Yan Zhu was right in the middle of the favor and agreed.

Watching Yan Zhu leave the palace, the face of the Son of Heaven darkened. He had a sense of betrayal. originally thought that the unruly Liang Xiao was doing things in a down-to-earth manner, but Yan Zhu, who originally thought he could be trusted, was deceived and bullied, what did he become? Is it a faint king who is loyal and treacherous, or a fool who lets others play tricks? ——

(To be continued.) )