Li Rupei's request for the imperial court to be exempted from many taxes was met with extremely strong opposition.

If the imperial court wants to maintain normal operation, it mainly relies on the support of taxes in various places, many feudal towns in the north have never paid taxes, and most of the taxes used by the imperial court are paid in the south.

It's a pity that Li Rupei's attitude is very resolute, and the emperor who is helpless can only make a holy decree.

Li Rupei will not be concerned with the struggle in the court, in his opinion, as long as the capital can be barely maintained, even if it is okay, other things such as eating, drinking, and having fun, it is better to do less, and if the tax is stuck, it is equivalent to stucking the neck of the court, so that many officials cannot do whatever they want.

In addition, the imperial court also controlled the salt and iron trade in the north, and obtained a large amount of income from the salt and iron trade.

The north and south of the Tang Dynasty were not as rich as the south after a thousand years, and the center of gravity of the imperial court has always been in the north.

It can be said that the military strength of the south is not in the eyes of the northern feudal towns at all, although it is said that the Iron Blood Army crisscrosses the south and basically controls the entire south, but the northern feudal towns still think that the Iron Blood Army is not as powerful as the legend.

This is also the reason why Li Rupei made a big move in the south and did not cause a huge shock, if the iron-blooded army first started from the north, it would not be the current situation, one of the most typical examples is the rebellious Yellow Nest, which is basically active in the south. It did not touch the northern feudal towns, because the military power of the northern feudal towns was indeed strong.

The emperor exempted many places in the southern province from taxes, not only the Chinese military officials of the court, but even Tian Lingzi felt that the imperial court's income was too low, and it was even difficult to maintain daily expenses. However, Tian Lingzi is not in a hurry, the taxes of Xichuan and Dongchuan are still sufficient, these two places can maintain his expenses, and they can also give him the confidence to control the situation.

In the blink of an eye, it was the third year of Yuanhe.

Everything seems to be uneventful, and nearly a year has passed. The Predator Army no longer made any moves, and the Qianzhong Dao and Lingnan Dao still remained the same as they were, and they were not directly controlled by the Predators.

The imperial court basically can't get the real situation in the south, Li Ruipo will not report to the imperial court about the many situations in the southern province, and the imperial court will not send people to the southern province, wherever the iron-blooded army controls the place, the imperial court has no way to send any officials, which makes everyone feel that the blessed king Li Rupei has become the largest feudal town in the Tang Dynasty.

The situation in Huainan Province, Gangnam East Province, and Gangnam West Province. There are also changes that are slowly occurring, and this change is very obvious, first of all, the people have completely settled down, and most of the people do not have to worry about food. As long as they can barely eat their stomachs, the people will never think of rebellion, followed by the business and trade network planned by the Southern Dao Daxing Taifu with Xiangyang as the center and radiating Liangzhou, Yangzhou, Suzhou and Hongzhou. began to burst out of powerful power, making these five places change rapidly, and at the same time, it also drove some surrounding places. So that a lot of people can profit from business transactions, and finally the government in these places has undergone a huge change, and the government is really doing things for the people.

Because of the emergence of these changes, many government offices under the jurisdiction of the Daxing Taiwan Government in Nanfang Province have a lot of income and are fully able to maintain their operations.

Qianzhong Province and Lingnan Province are under tremendous pressure, and the government offices in these places are difficult to compare with the government under the jurisdiction of the Southern Province Daxingtai Government, of course, the officials in some places are greedy for ink, and they get a lot of money, but more officials are not having a good time, and the people under their jurisdiction are becoming more and more dissatisfied, and there are often some bandits in various places, so that the local people are not at peace. Under such circumstances, some wealthy gentry tried their best to leave and enter the places under the jurisdiction of the Daxingtai Prefecture of Nanfang Province, where they could at least live in peace without worrying about being plundered.

It is still the common people who suffer, it is impossible to move away, and they have endured all the disasters.

In the capital, Ma Tengyun's life is also very difficult.

Tian Lingzi's plan to assassinate Yang Fuguang and Yang Fugong has not been implemented for a long time, after all, Yang Fuguang and Yang Fugong's power is not ordinary, Yang Fuguang has the support of many generals of the Shence Army, and if he wants to assassinate the two, he can only think of a way from other aspects, but this method is not something that can be thought of casually.

Although Tian Lingzi did not urge this matter later, Ma Tengyun was still in a hurry, after all, it was a task arranged by Tian Lingzi, and no matter how difficult it was, it had to be completed.

The opportunity came inadvertently.

There was news in the capital, saying that Yang Fuguang's body suddenly had a problem.

After learning the news, Tian Lingzi immediately made arrangements and asked Ma Tengyun to prepare a gift immediately and go to visit, mainly to find out what happened to Yang Fuguang's body.

When he came to Yang's mansion, Ma Tengyun didn't see Yang Fuguang, but he saw Yang Fugong.

Judging from Yang Fugong's expression, Yang Fuguang should be not lightly ill, after all, the Yang family relies on Yang Fuguang's support, if Yang Fuguang's body is difficult to support, the Yang family is likely to decline, and now everyone knows that Yang Fuguang and Tian Lingzi are on the same page, when Yang Fuguang was alive, Tian Lingzi was not easy to start, but if Yang Fuguang died, Tian Lingzi would have nothing to worry about, and he could completely clean up the power of the Yang family.

Although Yang Fugong also has a certain amount of power, he is completely unable to compete with Tian Lingzi.

At the same time, Tian Lingzi also arranged some other forces to understand how Yang Fuguang's body was.

Tian Lingzi and Ma Tengyun quickly knew the real situation, after the beginning of the year, Yang Fuguang's body was difficult to support, and he was basically bedridden for a period of time and couldn't get up.

This news made Tian Lingzi very happy, and he concluded that Yang Fuguang would not be able to support it for long.

Zheng Zheng and Yan Fu also knew the news.

Zheng Fu was very worried, and asked Yan Fu several times what kind of preparations he should make, but Yan Fu never said anything.

When the news of Yang Fuguang's serious illness spread throughout the capital, Yan Fu came to Zheng Zheng's mansion.

Zheng Zhen was also very direct, and asked as soon as he opened his mouth.

"Yan Shilang, the prince knows the news that Yang Fuguang is difficult to insist, is there any arrangement?"

"Elder Zheng Ge, the prince only has one word, just hold it down."

Zheng Zhen paused for a moment, and did not speak for a while, obviously thinking about the meaning of this sentence.

Seeing that Zheng Fu was still thinking, Yan Fu spoke again.

"Elder Zheng Ge, what the prince means should be to stabilize the capital and prevent the capital from being in turmoil, if there is a riot in the capital, the feudal towns in the north must have action, and it is difficult for the prince to worry about the situation in the north."

Zheng Jin nodded slightly.

"That's right, a certain also wrote a letter to the prince, more than a year has passed, how can the prince have not moved, a certain also feels strange, in fact, the prince can completely control the Qianzhong Road and Lingnan Road, so there is nothing to worry about in the south, if the prince controls the Qianzhong Road and Lingnan Road, then the problem of Xichuan and Dongchuan can be solved."

Yan Fu also nodded slightly and did not speak.

In fact, he knows the top-secret news, the prince has secretly dispatched a large number of iron-blooded soldiers to assemble in the direction of Shannan West Road, but this operation is extremely secret, not to mention the capital, even the Southern Road has many people who don't know.

The Iron Blood Army concentrated in the direction of Shannan West Road, and what to do next, it was a clear battle.

"XX has been waiting for the prince's orders, since the prince said that it is okay to stabilize, then XX needs to prevent huge shocks in the court after Yang Fuguang's death."

"What Zheng Ge Lao said is that once Yang Fuguang dies, Tian Lingzi will inevitably take action, at that time, the Yang family will definitely bear the brunt, you can think of it without guessing, after Yang Fuguang dies, Tian Lingzi will definitely take action against Yang Fugong, and now the Yang family, that is, Yang Fugong has some power."

"Well, I have also thought about it, the battle between Tian Lingzi and the Yang family will not let the court situation fall into chaos, but unfortunately there is a lot less support that can be obtained, although Yang Fuguang said that he has resistance and suspicion of the prince, but when the court discusses major matters, he still protects the interests of the prince, I don't know what kind of actions Tian Lingzi, who controls the court situation alone, will have some actions once Yang Fuguang dies."

"I think Zheng Ge Lao is too pessimistic, in fact, there are already many civil and military ministers in the court, leaning on Zheng Ge Lao's side, even if Yang Fuguang dies, Tian Lingzi will not be able to control the court situation alone, what suggestion Tian Lingzi proposes, if Zheng Ge Lao resolutely opposes it, presumably the emperor also needs to consider it."

After Yan Fu said these words, Zheng Fu didn't have too much expression on his face, he knew very well that Yan Fu was Li Rupei's absolute confidant, Yan Fu definitely knew some things in Xiangyang, but he didn't necessarily know, of course, this person was close to each other, this is also a very normal thing, there was almost no interaction between him Zheng Zheng and Li Rupei, and it was impossible to suddenly ask Li Rupei to trust him Zheng Zheng in particular.

The only way is to do something that Li Rupei appreciates, so that he can really fight for his status. (To be continued......)