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Li Qing'an was surrounded by dozens of personal soldiers to inspect the Yamen of the City Ship Division, the fire of the City Ship Division has been completely extinguished, the main beam burned into charcoal is no longer smoking, the main government building has collapsed, the remaining walls around it are blackened by thick smoke, the rubble is mixed with the accounts that have been burned off most of the account pages and blank tax bills, and there are even dozens of bodies that have been charred into a ball, rolled up by mats, a total of 74 people have been burned to death, except for one officer, the rest are Hu merchants who have not had time to escape, when the fire burns, Thousands of merchants in the yamen fled in panic, and many were pushed to the point of being trampled and injured, and finally engulfed in flames, the tragic situation is shocking.

More than 1,000 sergeants were cleaning the treasury, the 10,000 catties of boulders in the treasury had been smashed by the army with a striking iron, and the 3.2 million guan money in the treasury had been moved out and placed in the northwest corner of the square, and all the money was packed in huge iron boxes, piled up, there were copper coins, silver coins and Roman gold coins, and Anxi silver dollars, the amount of money marked on each large box, and more than 20 officials of the state and county government were counting and recording the amount of money, and the count had come to an end.

All the 95 officials and tax collectors of the city department were temporarily detained and temporarily locked up in the county office, waiting for the problem to be clarified.

"General, people have brought it!"

Li Qing'an turned around, only to see more than a dozen Hu businessmen were brought up by the soldiers, all of them hung their heads, this is the Yangzhou garrison searched overnight, from the nearly 1,000 Hu businessmen who were arrested, smashed and set on fire, some of them robbed the blank tax bill, some robbed the scattered money of the city's shipping department, and some were accused by their companions of setting fire to the building, a total of 18 people.

There were also two people, Basang and Layer, who were not able to squeeze into the Yamen of the city, but were exonerated from the crime, but they were the initial triggers of this incident, so they were also arrested and questioned.

A total of twenty Hu merchants were escorted up, all kneeling in front of Li Qing'an, among them were great cannibals, Persians, Sogdians, and even a Byzantine merchant.

The twenty Hu merchants turned pale with fright and trembled all over, and in front of the burned down Yamen of the City Boss, they seemed to have known that their sins were unforgivable, and they didn't even have the courage to beg for mercy.

Li Qing'an glanced at them, although the initial fault of the Hu Shang incident was not them, but they gathered people to make trouble, and even burned down the official office, which is a capital crime in the Tang Dynasty law, of course, the law does not blame the public, more than 10,000 Hu businessmen participated, he could not all bring it to behead, but he must kill one to make an example, otherwise the Tang Dynasty law will be useless.

Li Qingan said to Ji Guangchen, the Taishou of Yangzhou beside him: "This Hu Shang incident will be tried by Yangzhou, and after asking them for their confessions, they will be strictly dealt with according to the laws of the Tang Dynasty!" ”

Ji Guangchen agreed, and ordered the officials to take the prisoners down, Li Qingan gave Changshi Han Jinping and the county commander Pei Jin a look, and asked them to stay, he had something to say, the two of them understood, so they followed Li Qingan to the big tent.

When he came to the big tent, Li Qingan invited Han Jinping and Pei Jin to sit down, and let the soldiers serve tea, and then smiled at Han Jinping first: "Han Changshi seems to have been very busy recently!" ”

"Yes." Han Jinping said respectfully: "Recently, I have been very busy with my humble position, and I have to clean up the mess left by Li Lan, and I have to cooperate with the transfer envoy to build a warehouse, which is indeed very busy. ”

"Huh! Han Changshi has worked hard. ”

Li Qing'an's eyes turned to Pei Jin, the commander of Jiangdu County, and asked him: "Last night, the Hu people gathered to make trouble, why didn't Pei County's order dissuade him in time?" ”

Li Qing'an's question made Han Jinping and Pei Jin a little uneasy, in fact, when they found out that Hu Shang had gathered, Ji Guangchen, Han Jinping and Pei Jin immediately discussed countermeasures, and the three of them almost reached a consensus, but they asked about it and summoned the officials to prevent Hu Shang from storming the houses.

Since Li Qing'an asked, Pei Jin was a little ashamed and said: "Originally, the lowly position also wanted to dissuade it, but the lowly position soon found out that the emotions of these Hu people were already out of control, and the lowly position was worried that once the county government clashed with them, their anger would be transferred to the innocent people of Jiangdu County, causing a large-scale tragedy, so the lowly position thought that it would rather let them have a target to vent their anger than divert their attention, of course, the lowly position also has a little selfishness, and the lowly position is also worried about the impact of the county government." ”

Han Jinping also said beside him: "Your Highness, this is actually the unanimous opinion of our state and county officials, if you want to be held responsible, Ji Taishou and I are the most responsible, and we haven't even notified the army." ”

Li Qingan nodded, he believed that Pei Jin was telling the truth, although it was unreasonable but reasonable, he didn't want to hold the state and county levels accountable for this matter, so as not to expand the situation, in that case, Ji Guangchen and Han Jinping would not be able to escape the involvement, and he was not looking for the two of them for this matter now.

"Let's not mention it!"

Li Qingan changed the topic, "I invited the two of you here because I have other things to discuss with you." ”

Han Jinping and Pei Jin were secretly relieved to see that Li Qingan no longer held them accountable for their dereliction of duty, and the two hurriedly said, "Please give orders from Your Highness!" ”

Li Qingan said with a smile: "That's the case, I want to transfer the two of you envoys." ”

Han Jinping and Pei Jin glanced at each other, this incident came very suddenly, which caught them off guard, and both of them didn't know how to say anything, and they were stunned for a while.

Li Qingan first said to Pei Jin: "The last time I captured Yangang, Pei Xianling personally led the ship to deploy defense on the periphery to prevent fish from slipping through the net, and captured Hutuo Island, which made a contribution to the Tang Army's clearing of the south of the Yangtze River. ”

After the demise of Wu King Li Lan, the political hall rewarded the meritorious personnel, and it was indeed missed Pei Jin, he was a little worried in his heart, and now Li Qingan suddenly mentioned this matter, which not only moved him, but also made him a little ashamed, he hurriedly bowed and said: "The humble duty is the order of Jiangdu County, which is the responsibility of the humble duty, and I dare not be rewarded." ”

Li Qingan smiled slightly, "There is no reward, but there is promotion." ”

He took a letter from the table next to him and handed it to Pei Jindao: "This is a letter of denunciation written by Wang Jiaju, the county commander of Linhuai County, accusing Sizhou Taishou of the fact that he cleverly set up a project to increase taxes and fill his own pockets, as well as Sizhou Taishou's tax increase and too observance order, the evidence is conclusive, in addition, I have collected a lot of evidence in Sizhou, Sizhou Taishou should be beheaded for his crime, confiscated all his family property, I have ordered an army to go to Sizhou to carry out the order, all the guilty officials in Sizhou will be dismissed, and their criminal property will be confiscated, and now Sizhou is under military control, So I want Pei Xianling to temporarily serve as the Taishou of Sizhou, restore order in Sizhou as soon as possible, and soon, there will be a formal appointment in the political hall, how about it, can Pei Xianling be competent? ”

Pei Jin was excited, he was also officially promoted to Taishou, he hurriedly got up and saluted, "The lowly general will do his best, and he will die." ”

"Huh! It's not so serious, I just hope that Pei Xianling will listen to public opinion more and do more things that benefit people's livelihood. ”

"Your Highness's teachings, humiliation has been remembered!"

Li Qing'an nodded, turned to Han Jinping again, and said to him: "Last night, Yu Shi'an, the judge of the City Ship Division, confessed to me that he was guilty of taking bribes, and at the same time reported to me the shocking case of the City Ship Division, Hu Shang set fire to the black curtain of the City Ship Envoy Yang Xunwu, so that his corruption scandal was exposed, which may involve the loss of two million guan tax money, I have checked the record before I came, the city port division has not sent a single tax money to the imperial court in the past eight years, then there should be 7 million guan in the Yangzhou tax treasury, and the 2 million guan used by Li Lan for military expenses should be deducted. There should be five million guan in the library, but the judge Yu Shi'an told me that there are only three million guan in the treasury, and the difference of two million guan has been embezzled by Yang Xunwu and the officials of the city ship, this case must be investigated to the end, I have notified the imperial court to immediately conduct the trial of the third division, and soon the people of the third division will come, and the city envoy Yang Xunwu has been dismissed, I decided to abolish the Yangzhou City Ship Division, rebuild the Mingzhou City Ship Division, and want Han Changshi to serve as the Mingzhou City Ship Envoy and Mingzhou Taishou, the old officials of the Mingzhou City Ship Division can be reused, and the time is pressing, Han Changshi had better go to his post this afternoon. ”

"Obey the order and leave in the afternoon."

After hesitating, Han Jinping asked again: "Who will you hand over the lowly position?" ”

"I've already thought about this, so let Yu Shi'an, the judge of the City Division, take over your position as a long history."

Han Jinping and Pei Jin were stunned at the same time, just now they said that Yu Shi'an was guilty of taking bribes, and it would be just a matter of not pursuing his guilt, how could he be promoted to the governor of Yangzhou again?

"Your Highness, this doesn't seem right!"

Li Qingan smiled, "Your worries, of course I know, this time it is a special case, I want to use Yu Shi'an to warn the Jianghuai officials, the chief of the third department of the imperial court is coming, only before this confesses to me, return the embezzled money, I will not be investigated, of course, like Yang Xunwu's huge corruption, I am resolute and unforgiving!" ”

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The arson case of the city was completed by Ji Guangchen vigorously and resolutely after an hour, and eighteen Hu businessmen participated in the arson, according to the laws of the Tang Dynasty. At the same time, Li Qingan issued a general's order, and Yang Xunwu, the envoy of the city, violated the will of the imperial court and raised the trade tax without authorization, and he was dismissed from his post and questioned.

As for Yang Xunwu's corruption crime, Li Qingan plans to wait for the officials of the Third Division to arrive in Yangzhou before dealing with it, and now it is temporarily frozen.

After Li Qing'an's general decree was issued, the Hu merchants in Yangzhou City were completely quiet, patiently waiting for the return of their ships.

After dealing with the affairs of the city, Li Qing'an was also temporarily fine, and stole two days of leisure, and the next morning, Li Qing'an took Mingzhu to Dayun Temple together.

Dayun Temple is not in the north of Yangzhou Slender West Lake, five miles south of Shugang, this famous temple has been completely annihilated in the Ming Dynasty, but in the Tang Dynasty, Dayun Temple is one of the world's famous temples, the famous Jianzhen monk in history is here to practice.

At this time, there are more than 40 large and small temples inside and outside Yangzhou City, Dayun Temple is the largest one, the incense is vigorous all the year round, and it accepts the worship of the majority of believers.

Li Qing'an came to Dayun Temple in the early morning when the temple gate was not yet open, and saw the towering stupa and the golden dome of the hall from afar.

"Big brother, I wonder if the true master is still there? I'd like to ask him for some more advice. ”

Mingzhu was in a good mood, she didn't expect Li Qing'an to really be willing to accompany her to Dayun Temple to make a vow, although she only made a temporary excuse to make her wish, but coming to the temple itself made her very happy, along the way she put the Buddha back to her girlhood, and the cheerful laughter continued to echo in the carriage.

Li Qing'an still remembers a little bit of the history of Jianzhen, he should have gone to Yueben a few years ago, so he smiled and said: "Master Jianzhen, I'm afraid you won't be able to see it, he crossed east a few years ago to teach Buddhism, but I don't understand, what do you need to guide me, it's better to tell me, I'll give you some guidance." ”

Mingzhu couldn't help but show regret in her eyes when she heard that Jianzhen had gone to the book, but when she heard Li Qing'an's guidance, her face flushed, "I'm just a little thing, I don't need the eldest brother to guide the maze, and if the eldest brother points to the maze, wouldn't it be even more crooked?" ”

Li Qingan couldn't help laughing when he heard her say cute.

Soon, the carriage stopped in front of the Dayun Temple, the Dayun Temple has received the news, the abbot Daoyun Zen Master has been waiting outside the temple gate, and King Zhao will bring his family to the Dayun Temple to offer incense.

The carriage slowly stopped in front of the temple gate under the maintenance of five hundred guards cavalry, Li Qingan got out of the carriage and helped Mingzhu out, Mingzhu specially wore a light yellow dress today, wrapped her arms around the ribbon, wore a gold ring sachet, and inserted a jade hairpin on her head that was obliquely inserted by a boy worshiping Guanyin, coupled with her youthful and delicate, snowy skin and jade skin, she was even more moving.

Zen Master Daoyun didn't ask what kind of family member Li Qing'an came, looking at Mingzhu's age, he instinctively thought that it was Li Qing'an's wife and concubine, and it was not easy to look closely, so he stepped forward and gave a salute, "The old man welcomes His Royal Highness and welcomes his wife to come to the temple to offer incense." ”

Mingzhu's face turned red, she secretly looked at Li Qing'an, only to see that Li Qing'an didn't care, and saluted the abbot with his palms together, "Thank you for your hospitality, you have caused trouble to the abbot!" ”

Mingzhu heard that Li Qing'an did not point out the abbot's mistake, her heart was pounding, but she felt a trace of sweetness, did he admit that he was his wife?

"Your Highness is polite, please enter the temple!"

"Abbot, please!"

A group of monks led Li Qing'an and Mingzhu into the temple, still followed by dozens of guards, Daoyun Zen Master walked while introducing Li Qing'an: "Since Master Jianzhen was ordained in this temple, Yangzhou Dayun Temple has become the Nanshan Sect Zhengsu, and Xiangzhou Yueguang Temple Master Fa Li Master Xiangbu Sect and West Taiyuan Temple Huaisu Master East Tower Sect, for a while, so His Royal Highness Yangzhou made a wish to incense, and it was the right decision to enter Dayun Temple. ”

"I have also heard the reputation of Dayun Temple for a long time, Tianbao seven years, I was stationed in Yangzhou, I wanted to meet Master Jianzhen, but the time was in a hurry, I didn't see it, I came again today, and I learned that the master had gone east, I was very sorry."

"Seven years of Tianbao?"

Zen Master Daoyun thought for a while and sighed: "At that time, the master was already blind, and we all thought that he would stay, but we didn't expect that a few years later, he still went to the east of the sea, and his will was resolute and admirable. ”

When Li Qing'an came, there were already a lot of believers waiting outside the temple gate, for Li Qing'an, the temple door was deliberately not opened, which had caused a lot of resentment, Li Qing'an himself also had something, he didn't want to stay for a long time, so he turned around and prepared to greet Mingzhu, but found that Mingzhu was gone, he couldn't help but be stunned.

Zen Master Daoyun clasped his palms together and smiled: "Madame went to the Guanyin Courtyard just now."

He pointed to a small courtyard not far away, "There it is!" ”

Li Qingan didn't know what Mingzhu was doing in Guanyin Temple alone? He hurriedly clasped his palms together and smiled: "Master, please wait a moment, I'll come when I go and see." ”

"Your Highness, please!"

Li Qingan hurriedly walked towards the Guanyin Courtyard, and there were two guards standing at the door, and they pointed to the courtyard, meaning that the pearl was inside.

Li Qing'an walked into the small courtyard, the small courtyard was full of apricot trees, the branches were already green and apricots, a stone path led straight to the Guanyin Temple, he seemed to hear a voice, so he slowly walked to the door, and saw Mingzhu kneeling in front of Tuas Guanyin with his palms together from the crack in the door.

"Great compassion Guanyin Bodhisattva, the disciple Mingzhu asks you for a marriage, the disciple likes a person since he was a child, the complex has been in his heart for eight years, he married the sister of the pearl as his wife, although the person is beside him, the heart is like thousands of miles apart, time goes by, he is more and more noble, the disciple is more and more humble, he is like the light of the moon, the disciple is like the light of the firefly rice, begging the Bodhisattva to have mercy, to complete the disciple's marriage, for the sake of the disciple's mind, the disciple is willing to abstain from meat and vegetarian food for a year, with the heart to be kind, if the disciple and he really have no chance, the wish is difficult to achieve, the disciple is willing to take refuge in Buddhism, always with the Bodhisattva in front of the lamp．．．．．．．”

Li Qingan listened silently, he was extremely moved in his heart, it has been eight years, she has waited for her for eight years, it is really difficult for her.

Li Qingan couldn't help but think of the scene when he first saw her eight years ago:

"Li Qing'an, you guessed it, this girl is behind the screen." The screen moved, and a young lady with strange makeup jumped out.....

"Does my makeup look good? This is the 'blood smudge' that has just emerged. ”

"I haven't seen it, so I'm shocked."

"You are really a second soldier, you have never seen anything in the world."

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"Oh! It turns out that General Dugu is your grandfather, so what's your name? Is it nine or ten this year? ”

"You talk nonsense! I'm ..... 10 years this year."

Xiao Niang suddenly bit her lip and said with a smile: "What a cunning guy, he actually wants to set my age." ”

She suddenly straightened her chest, tucked her shirt back, protruding a pair of very full breasts, and smiled proudly: "See? Could this be a nine-year-old lady? ”

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It's as if it happened yesterday, but eight years have passed, and the little girl has grown into a big girl, and she should have married a long time ago.

Li Qingan sighed endlessly, and at the same time, he also secretly made up his mind, no matter what, he wanted to give Mingzhu a name, and he couldn't let her really be lonely and accompany the ancient Buddha for the rest of his life.

Thinking of this, he quietly withdrew from the Guanyin Temple.....

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(To be continued)