Wang Ze looked at Wang Bo coldly, in terms of seniority, he is Wang Bo's uncle, Wang Bo was installed in Yangzhou by the ancestors, over the years, he has made a lot of silver for the Wang family in Yangzhou, and the ancestors have looked at him differently.

It's a pity, if it weren't for Wei Zhen's case, I'm afraid.... Wrong.....

"Seventh uncle, how is this good? Where is the secret account hidden?" Wang Ze was a little anxious, since Wei Zhen's case happened, his heart has been raised, but slowly, the people involved in this case have been arrested one after another, and Liu Han actually let him go, which made him a little incomprehensible.

But subsequently, the news from all sides showed that Liu Han did not have him on the account book seized by Liu Han at all, so he understood that Wei Zhen probably had a secret account.

In order to find this secret book, several of Wei Zhen's mansions were searched by him, but he didn't find it, he wanted to send someone to follow Liu Han, but Liu Han's cultivation was too high, no matter who followed him, it was difficult to be discovered.

After Wang Ze came back from Wu County, he consulted with Wang Ze, and Wang Ze concluded that Liu Han did not get the secret account, and the secret account was still hidden in Wei Zhen's house, and Liu Han could let anyone go, and he would never let go of the Wang family.

"The secret tent must still be in Wei Zhen's hands, but it is likely that he will hand it over to Liu Han for some kind of transaction. So, we just need to follow Liu Han. ”

But Liu Han's whereabouts are very easy to judge, almost no Qin errands, Hanhai Trading Company bought several gardens and shops, of which there are two that were originally Wei Zhen's, and there is also a mountain villa that is close to completion under the ghost's sorrow.

In addition to the manor at the foot of the ghostly mountain, several other Wang Ze quietly went to check, and the reason why he didn't check the villa under the ghost was that he didn't dare to check. He went to this manor, but it was lurking outside the villa in the middle of the night, and he didn't dare to go in.

At that time, he looked at the dark and quiet mountain villa, the faint pupils in the starlight, but there was a burst of fear in his heart, feeling that as long as he stepped into this mountain villa, he would die.

Wei Zhen's secret tent was not completely without a trace, and the Hanhai Trading Company bought two mansions, one in the city and the other outside the city. Wang Ze thought about it and thought that if Wei Zhen had a secret account, then he must be in Piaomei Garden, so he secretly checked Piaomei Garden twice, but he didn't find that the secret account was there.

But today Liu Han went, with Liu Han's cultivation, he naturally didn't dare to approach, but hid outside the garden to observe.

"Where is the secret tent?" asked Wang Bo unrelentingly.

"If I'm not wrong, it should be in Piaomei Garden, Liu Han stayed in Piaomei Garden for a long time, and only left when it was over, you said an empty garden, what did he do there for so long?"

Wang Bo showed a thoughtful look, and Wang Ze sighed: "It's very simple, he got the account book, and he is calculating the silver in the account book. ”

It cannot but be said that Wang Ze is very shrewd, and he can judge the whereabouts of the secret account from this sign alone.

"So," Wang Ze looked at Wang Bo: "Today, you have to leave Yangzhou, I guess Liu Han hasn't decided whether to report to the imperial court, you have to leave Yangzhou as soon as possible." ”

Wang Bo hesitated and didn't answer, Wang Ze sighed: "There must be more than you on this secret account, there must be other people, maybe the King of Huainan, Pan Lian, and even the Queen Mother are all on it, Liu Han has to report it all, I'm afraid Liu Han doesn't dare to report it casually." ”

"However," Wang Ze's tone changed, and he said solemnly: "We can't pin our hopes on this, you must leave Yangzhou as soon as possible and leave secretly." ”

Wang Bo nodded, and then asked blankly, "Back to Jizhou?"

Wang Ze hesitated a little and shook his head: "Don't go back for the time being, go to Jingzhou first, I'll report to the ancestor and see what the ancestor means." ”

Wang Bo said lightly: "Okay, I'll leave at dawn." ”

"It's still dawn?" Wang Ze looked outside, the sky was already slightly white, Wang Bo sighed, got up and saluted: "I'll go." ”

After Wang Bo left, Wang Ze sat on the side of the desk, without a slight wrinkle, his expression was uncertain, and after a while, he wrote a note, and then cut the note into several strips, rolled it into a small roll, put it into a small bamboo tube, and sealed it with wax.

"Someone. ”

A sturdy man pushed the door in, and Wang Ze motioned to the five small bamboo tubes in front of him: "Send it out immediately, to Jizhou, the ancestor." ”

"Yes, Seventh Master. The man bowed down and took five small bamboo tubes out.

Slightly contemplative in the room, Wang Ze got up, went to a corner of the backyard, pushed open the door and entered, the two Taoist priests sat cross-legged, heard the sound of pushing the door, and did not make the slightest movement.

Wang Ze didn't say anything, sat cross-legged next to the two of them, and slowly forgot about it.

I don't know how long it took, Wang Ze opened his eyes, there was bright sunlight outside the window, silent, this courtyard, he specially ordered, no one was allowed to come in without a call, and those who violated the order were directly executed.

The two Taoist priests are still sitting cross-legged, like two clay sculptures, and they have not moved since the beginning.

These two Taoist priests are reinforcements from the master, the ancestor sent a letter, asking him to find an opportunity to kill Liu Han, he knew that he could not do it alone, so he asked the master for help, and the master sent two senior brothers to assist him.

These two senior brothers have been cultivating in the master for decades, and this is the first time they have left the master for decades, if you talk about cultivation, the two senior brothers are far above the fisherman, but Wang Ze still doesn't dare to make up his mind easily.

Liu Han is a rare top-grade grandmaster, even if the top-grade grandmaster is judged by the Hidden Immortal Sect, his cultivation is also at the seventh or eighth layer of the refining body, and Wang Ze's own cultivation is between the fourth and fifth layers, which is also the reason why he asked the master for help.

In addition, Wang Ze felt that Liu Han had a background in the hidden immortal gate, according to the senior brother, next to the ghost was actually the hidden immortal gate Zizhu Courtyard, Wang Ze felt that Liu Han had a relationship with Zizhu Courtyard, otherwise Zizhu Courtyard would not sit idly by and watch Liu Han build a villa next to him.

Wang Ze waited for seven days to receive a reply from his ancestor, these seven days, he stayed at home, did not participate in the following auctions, the rest of the auction is those women, among which the related women have already been redeemed, and the rest are some maids-in-law, even if they are sold, there is not much silver.

After reading the ancestor's reply, Wang Ze was silent for a while, took up the pen and wrote a letter, called a Zhuang Ding, and asked him to chase Wang Bo immediately and hand over the letter to Wang Bo.

"You come here with your ears," Wang Ze asked Zhuang Ding: "After handing over the letter to the Twelfth Master, you quietly tell Wang Han and Wang Lian, and say that the ancestor ordered that the water will flow." ”

"Yes, Seventh Master. ”

Zhuang Ding didn't ask why he turned around and went out, Wang Ze was silent for a while, sighed softly, got up and walked to the side of the case, and stroked the Yaoqin, the sound of the piano was quiet, with a faint worry.

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Just as Liu Han expected, after he handed over his confession, not long after, the will of the imperial court came down, Sheng Huai was beheaded, the Runan Sheng clan was not allowed to go out for ten years, more than ten officials involved in the Sheng case, two were beheaded after the autumn, and the others were sent to Jiaozhou and Guizhou.

This holy decree is severe, but it is open, Sheng Huai's house was raided, the family property was confiscated into the official, the male descendants of the family were sent to the state, and the female officials were sold, and the disposal was almost the same as Wei Zhen, but the others were different, only the criminal officials were beheaded or distributed, and their families or clans were not involved.

Sheng Huai executed it outside Yangzhou City, and Qu Lu acted as a knife and axeman, Qu Lu was regarded as avenging his family, and the knife was extremely happy.

Back in Xingyuan, Qu Lu saluted and thanked him, Liu Han comforted him, and told him that now that his revenge has been avenged, he will serve the court well in the future, however, Qu Lu has not been incorporated into the Tiger Benwei, and the palace has not agreed, so Liu Han had to temporarily let him stay in Xingyuan in the name of the forbidden army officer.

Sheng Huai's case was closed, and Liu Han's matter was over, and he returned to the security officer who was only responsible for the safety of Xingyuan.

Ju Yi and Gu Wei both judged that it was time for them to return to the dynasty, it had been almost two years in Yangzhou, from the salt tax reform to the new tax system, the mission of the imperial court was not perfect, and it was time to return to the dynasty and enter Shangshutai.

Unexpectedly, the imperial court issued an order again to let Gu Wei continue to act as the agent of Yangzhou and implement a new tax system throughout Yangzhou.

"The imperial court means to let us continue in Yangzhou, Lord Gu, what do you think?"

"Looking at the meaning of the imperial court, it is to ask us to strike while the iron is hot and take the opportunity to implement a new tax system in Jiangnan. Gu Wei's eyes fell on the court edict, and he said thoughtfully, feeling very lost in his heart, he looked up at Liu Han and asked, "Brother Zimin, what do you mean?"

Liu Han shrugged: "I have no opinion, obviously, this is the will of the imperial court to the two adults, as for me, it is to escort the two adults, the two adults can't go back, I can't leave, but, in my opinion, the princes of Shangshutai probably don't want the two adults to go back like this." ”

Ju Yu and Gu Wei glanced at each other, nodded almost at the same time, Liu Han smiled again: "However, I am afraid that Taishi Pan has thought about it, in fact, it is the right time for Yangzhou to implement the new tax system, and the aftermath of the Sheng Huai case is not over, who dares to stop the new tax system! ”

Gu Wei smiled: "Zimin is right, but if we want to complete the tasks assigned by the imperial court, we are still short of people." ”

"Then continue to recruit, I think, this time there will definitely be more talented people to apply. Liu Han felt that this matter was not a difficult matter, last time Tang Long Shi Kai and they were all county commanders now, which could not make those civilian scholars who lacked the rank of advancement red.

Ju Yu nodded, he was a little irritable, this trip to Yangzhou, he had gained enough, and he received seventy or eighty thousand silver, but he was most concerned about the imperial court, of course, it would be good if he was a assassin in Yangzhou, but the problem was that he was not the acting assassin.

He felt that the imperial court no longer trusted him, he was the chief envoy of the Qincha, and Gu Wei was only the deputy envoy of the Qincha, but it was Gu Wei who acted as the assassin of Yangzhou!

But in Liu Han's view, this is the court's knowledge of people and good duties, and the sentence is paying the price for the neglect of government some time ago, and this assassination history is earned by Gu Wei's hard work.

Gu Wei's action was very fast, and the next day he posted a recruitment notice, which was not only posted all over Yangzhou City, but also posted to Jiankang, Wu County, and Xuzhou.

This time, Liu Han withdrew from the matter, unlike the first time, to help Gu Wei train, and the sentence was very positive, every scholar who came to recruit, he had to meet him, and the pavilion couldn't live, so he recruited two manors, and at the same time negotiated with Yangzhou Academy to let some scholars live in the academy.

The recruitment is completely different from the last time, very enthusiastic, not only the scholars of Jiankang Wu County, even Xuzhou Jingzhou, and even the imperial capital have scholars rushed to come, in just ten days, there are hundreds of scholars to the Qin mission to apply.

Gu Wei and Ju Yi both felt that if they continued like this, the number of people was likely to reach hundreds, which far exceeded their estimates, and both of them felt a little embarrassed, so they had the intention to stop, but the words had already been released, but if they continued, there were more people coming, and there was no corresponding position arrangement.

"I think that it should continue, and the court cannot break its promise, as for how much it can come, we will talk about it when the time comes. ”

Yangzhou officialdom didn't know why the Qincha Xingyuan suddenly began to recruit scholars on a large scale again, Zhang Xing hurriedly came to visit the Qincha Xingyuan, and Gu Wei met with him and clearly told him that the imperial court intended to implement a new tax system throughout Yangzhou.

"Recruiting scholars is only the first step, Mr. Zhang, and I hope to get a lot of help from the Yangzhou scholars when implementing the new tax system. Gu Wei's expression was gentle, but what he said made Zhang Ying a little frightened.

Zhang Xing felt confused and didn't know what to do, so he immediately contacted Lu Qiao Yuwen, who was still in Wu County, after returning home, to inform them of the matter, and at the same time asked them to come back quickly, don't stay in Wu County.

In early July, Gu Wei summoned all the officials of Yangzhou's subordinate counties to Yangzhou for a meeting.

For a time, the county guards of the six counties of Yangzhou and dozens of county commanders rushed to Yangzhou, and Gu Wei read out the imperial decree in the hall of the government office, announcing the implementation of a new tax system in Yangzhou.

"The new tax system is only implemented in a county in Yangzhou, and the huge effect has been witnessed by you, so the imperial court decided to fully implement the new tax system in Yangzhou, and the new tax system is the national policy of the imperial court. ”

Gu Wei's voice was violent, the county guards and county orders below were silent, no one dared to make a roar of horses at this time, Sheng Huai's experience was not far away, Gu Wei had already sharpened his knife, and whoever dared to take the lead would be stabbed.

Gu Wei then announced his own plan, which was reported to the imperial court and approved by the imperial court.

This plan is an enlarged version of Gu Wei's plan in Yangzhou County, but it is more perfect, Gu Wei summarized the problems encountered in the implementation of the new tax system in Yangzhou County, and gave an almost perfect solution.

Just when Gu Wei gathered Yangzhou officials, on the river hundreds of miles away from Yangzhou, Wang Bo looked at the letter sent by the flying boat, smiled with satisfaction, and ordered the boat to start.

With the promise of the ancestors, Wang Bo went to Jingzhou with confidence, and Wang Han made a table of wine and food and accompanied Wang Bo to drink.

Wang Bo, who was in a good mood, was drunk, half drunk and half awake, Wang Han said to Wang Bo: "Twelfth master, I'm sorry, this is the order of the ancestors." ”

After finishing speaking, Wang Han cut off Wang Bo's head with a knife.