No one spoke, either supportively or unsupportively.

In short, there was no one in the entire Tianying Pavilion to speak.

Originally, there were still two eager young members of the Yuan who were ready to express their opinions after the big man spoke, but this quiet Tianying Pavilion really scared them.

There would be quarrels in Tianying Pavilion every day, and there were even two old men pulling each other's beards, but they hadn't seen quiet.

The Tianying Pavilion was arranged so that even the guard sergeants outside were not a little uneasy.

"Repeat, a special topic has been added to discuss His Royal Highness King Qin's inspection of Liaodong!" Li Jing read the topic again.

The inside of the Tianying Pavilion is still quiet.

"Speak!" Li Jing slapped the table hard.

It was still quiet, no one reacted, and when Li Jing slapped the table, everyone was sitting in a very upright position, looking at each other with expressionless faces.

Young people may not understand the truth, but they will definitely not interject at this time, just learn it.

Li Jing gently put the file aside: "This topic seems to be a bit controversial, you can write a bill after you go back." Three days later, Tianying Pavilion was handed in before another meeting. Now for another topic, the Ministry of Commerce has listed the proposal for different taxes on different goods, along with the letters of intent from 37 different chambers of commerce. ”

"The tax collected by the frost sugar is too small, at least the frost sugar should be sold at five times the price of ordinary sugar, and the malt sugar, the raw sugar is only twenty-two yuan a catty, this is to force a few sugar chambers to die." Taxes must be raised, taxes must be increased! A waiter from the household department jumped out immediately.

An official from the Ministry of Commerce stood directly on the table: "Fart." With the improvement of industry, the cheap sale of sugar is naturally a move to benefit the people. I heard that if the maltose can reach the industrialized mass production mentioned by His Royal Highness King Qin, one pound can be less than ten yuan, do you think that the people should not eat sugar? ”

"At least we can't let the original sugar merchants go bankrupt!"

"Business Competition......

It's noisy, this is the atmosphere that should be in Tianying Pavilion.

After the meeting closed in the afternoon, a young attaché of the Ministry of Industry asked his superiors: "Why was there silence at that time, shouldn't our Ministry of Industry support His Highness to go to Liaodong?" His Royal Highness can be on the way, by the way, comment on the two new steel mills in Hedong Road and Hebei Road. Although it is said that it is a Maison investment. But under the supervision of the Ministry of Industry! ”

"You don't understand, you have to keep silent about this matter!"

"Please teach me!"

"The words don't pass on to the six ears, and so-and-so tells you if we support it. With the temperament of His Royal Highness the King of Qin. Even if he went alone. All are seventy percent likely to cause war. There are three reasons for this. ”

The two whispered. Deliberately avoiding the others, he quickly got into their carriage.

The Tianying Pavilion closed at about four o'clock in the afternoon, which was to give the participants time to return to their respective yamen to deal with some official business of the day. Especially in a hurry.

Sitting in the carriage, the Ministry of Works attendant continued: "Once there is a chance, His Royal Highness King Qin will not mind dividing more territory for the Tang Dynasty. The second is that there is an excuse, if someone really does something to the Tang Dynasty and seize the evidence, there are 80,000 soldiers in Liaodong, which is enough for His Royal Highness King Qin. The third is that His Royal Highness the King of Qin is rushing to fight, otherwise he would not have run to Liaodong if he is fine! ”

The young attaché still couldn't understand.

"Yes, once there is a war in Liaodong, the Ministry of Industry will support the war, and this will face the criticism of the entire imperial court. On the contrary, if you dare to say that you don't support it, once there are huge profits in Liaodong, you will divide the Ministry of Industry or not, and the upper and lower parts of the Ministry of Labor will not be willing to divide the other five departments. ”

"Could it be that they are thinking the same way!"

"The director of the six departments, there is no lack of heart. The two Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Households rushed to dodge, I am afraid that they knew about the preparation of His Royal Highness King Qin to Liaodong earlier. ”

It's all foxes, and they're all foxes of thieves.

Li Jing sat in the main hall of Tianying Pavilion, where there was no one else but him.

What these people think, how could Li Jing not know.

After thinking about it, Li Jing still decided to tell Emperor Li Er of the Tang Dynasty about this discussion in Tianying Pavilion, and let Emperor Bixia have an idea.

On the other side, in Yaozhou.

Wang Jishan, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, with a few stewards of the Ministry of Rites, and dozens of unqualified officials, are pulling out red cloths here in Yaozhou, setting up the table, and letting the slaves line up to receive their deeds of sale, and after they have destroyed them, they will re-receive a paper scroll of low-level civilians in the Tang Dynasty.

"Really moving in together?" When a slave got his identity paper, he asked anxiously.

The official waved his hand: "Get out of the way, don't get in the way." If you have a question, go over there and ask! ”

The slave still wanted to ask, but when a guard pulled him aside, he scolded in his throat: "You bastard, you have this kind of mouth-selling skills, you don't have to go over there to spend two pennies to check the slave status, if you don't want to spend money, go to help with the work, and turn over the file yourself." ”

This slave didn't know how to read, and he didn't know how to look it up, but he knew how to read two pennies.

Hurriedly asked: "So, where?" Examine? ”

The guard pointed to a flag two miles away: "Then under the flag, hurry up and don't get in the way here!" ”

Very rude sergeant, but many slaves supported this sergeant, because letting some people talk nonsense here would seriously affect the time they could receive the paperwork, and you must know that there are thousands of people in this line.

Some slaves even helped shout: "Hurry up and run fast, I'm afraid that your woman will be bought." ”

The slave's face turned purple, and when he stopped to quarrel a few words, a whip handle gently struck him on the head, and then the owner of the whip laughed and scolded: "Go quickly, don't talk nonsense about what a woman is." After saying that, the owner of the whip kicked again from behind: "Hurry up! ”

The slaves burst into laughter.

"All lined up, and the best performers have a chance to get a citation. The first group numbered 500 people. The lieutenant shouted.

What is a citation?

It first appeared in the Han Dynasty, and later became an official regulation during the Zhenguan period of the Tang Dynasty.

In today's parlance, it's like a passport on the outside, and it's a passport on the inside.

Internally, there are two kinds of references to Datang, one is to rely on, for example, if you want to come out to participate in activities after the curfew in Chang'an, there is a formal reason, and there is a certificate issued by the official, otherwise you will not be a traitor or a thief if you travel at night.

Citation, that is, you can leave your own state and county and go to another place. This guide indicates the general route of your action, your starting point, your destination, etc. With this, it's legal to walk around.

The rangers don't have these things, and they will be arrested by the government.

So the rangers run around, and sometimes they will make some fake vouchers to lead in Xiangshang.

Of course, there are some very special people. For example, Tiance internal guards, they have special references on them, which can prove their identity and prove their legitimacy.

500 citations are 500 Home Return Permits.

However, the 500 citations will be issued one month later, and the application will be submitted 20 days later.

Most of the slaves of Goguryeo have their entire families here, and if they die, they will die, and if they return to their hometowns alive, they will not be found.

Moreover, those who are eligible to receive the citation must be those who already have civilian qualifications.

Wang Jishan stood on the roof of a workshop, and stood next to Cui Junsu and Lu Chengqing. Some of the positions behind stand in Li Chang.

"There are quite a few people who exchange civilian documents, are those who are suspected among them?" Wang Jishan asked softly.

Li Chang took half a step forward: "I found it in six, and one of them must be the spy." ”

Cui Junsu didn't care about this sinister matter, but asked: "How did the workshop react when these slaves became civilians?" Is it as originally expected, the yield is higher and the quality is higher? ”

"Cui Shangshu, it's better to talk about the whole Yaozhou than them. The slave workshops, which were once lifeless, are now booming, and their efficiency and productivity have increased dramatically. Those slaves either wanted to get promoted or wanted to save more. Speaking of that jihua, there are two good candidates. ”

Lu Chengqing took out two bamboo tubes and handed them to Li Chang.

Li Chang is a member of the Security Department of the Tang Empire, so he naturally wants to ask about this kind of thing.

After he took it, he opened it and glanced at it, and held it in front of Wang Jishan with both hands. After Wang Jishan took it, Lu Chengqing said: "This one of them was originally a slave, and he bought it when he bought the slave. Originally a mason, he was imprisoned for not paying his taxes, and his woman fled back to her parents' home with his children. ”

Wang Jishan shook his head: "This is unreasonable, according to the Tang law, those who owe taxes can be exempted if they are poor." If they are not exempt from servitude in lieu of taxes, the wicked shall be punished with corporal punishment and re-served. But also not to reduce civilians to slaves! ”

"Wang Shangshu, he is from Goguryeo!" Li Chang whispered next to him.

"Ahh Wang Jishan laughed dryly.

Lu Chengqing hurriedly changed the topic: "He has the documents of the three craftsmen, and the three assessments of the Ministry of Engineering have been decided." He is very poor at building houses and bricks, but he can make cast sand. The level of sand casting he made is here in Yaozhou, and the top ten must have his name, and he is the number one in the balance wheel of the press in the ninth steel workshop. ”

"This son, rich?"

"When a man is rich, what will happen when he is rich?" Cui Junsu asked with a smile.

Three pairs of eyes looked at Li Chang, and Li Chang was a little embarrassed: "This drinking and gambling money Qinglou is naturally going to go." However, Brother Wolf is to ask for a cloud brocade from His Royal Highness, and it will not stick to the wine for a month! ”

Cui Junsu nodded with satisfaction: "That's right, his third-class craftsman has a net drop of five yuan in a month." He would think that his wife and children were small, and he himself was framed by Goguryeo officials, so Chengqing was a good candidate. After he returned to Goguryeo, he must not dare to give birth to Zhang, but everyone wanted to return to his hometown. ”

"It's just a follow-up, whether he came back alive or was killed by the Goguryeo government, I'm afraid we can't help it!"

Li Chang is telling the truth. These people are in Goguryeo, and they are really beyond the reach of the whip!

Cui Junsu said: "His Royal Highness King Qin has a saying that is really good, King Qin reminded a certain person that this person is already a citizen of the Tang Dynasty!" (To be continued......)