At this time, Chen Peiyu, the governor of Huazhou, Pang Peixuan, and others have confirmed that we can not only sit in the lobby, but also have the power of life and death. In front of the holy decree and the royal gold medal, everyone in the hall began to tremble, and at the same time, Liu Laohan's ancestors and grandchildren looked at me with surprised eyes, although they knew that I was extraordinary, but I didn't expect that I was specially appointed by the emperor, and I had such great power, but why did they want to dress up as a grain merchant, this is a problem that bothered Liu Laohan, and at the same time, I was afraid of my own talk at the beginning, if I said the wrong thing at the time, it is estimated that I didn't know how to die in front of this Qincha lord. Thankfully, so lucky.

Seeing that the situation was under control, I said to my subordinates: Why do you increase the business tax privately if you don't invite it truthfully? Zhizhou Chen Peiyu immediately replied tremblingly: Qi Yu is poor, the imperial court stipulates that it is indeed a two-percent commercial tax collection, but this state is located in the hub road, so the successive governors have added a part on the basis of the imperial court regulations, and the excess part is mainly used for the state's government expenses and ...... The lower officials are also levied according to the usual practice, please check the mission. After Zhizhou Chen Peiyu finished speaking, Pang Peixuan, the general judge on the side, and the tax collector kneeling behind nodded yes.

According to Zhizhou Chen Peiyu, it is obvious that there has always been such a thing as additional taxes, and this is the case for every governor. Obviously, I was shocked by the fact that if this was carried out and such a heavy tax was levied in every place, the merchants would lose money if they transported the materials of the capital division to the north, and they would lose money without several times the profits, which would cause a serious rise in prices in the north, which would cause inflation. This problem must be taken seriously, a tax will allow individual officials to take advantage of loopholes, and what about other decrees of the imperial court, if they are all implemented in this way, then the quality of life of the people can be imagined.

Thinking of this, I ordered someone to temporarily send Chen Peiyu, the governor of Zhouzhou, and Pang Peixuan, the general judge, to the prison, and at the same time ordered someone to summon the senior management team of the soldiers and horses in charge of military affairs in Huazhou City, the staff officer, the judge, the push official, the secretary of the festival, and the Peng (Cao) lawsuit to join the army, record the army, and the manager to join the army. After the officials arrived at the lobby, first Xiao Liuzi and Steward Wang explained to the officials our identity and the situation that Zhizhou and the general sentence had been arrested and imprisoned, in the face of such a change, the officials were also surprised, but the form is stronger than people, people are now in a big official position, what can be done, as the so-called official level crushed people to death, even the first and second leaders have been rectified and imprisoned. What else can they do? It depends on the development of the situation. They all remained silent, acquiescing in acknowledging the current reality.

In the face of the officials below who were at a loss, I asked: Do you know about the private increase in commercial taxes on past merchants in Huazhou City? The judge who was in charge of the state administration and moved the texts said: The report is poor, and the lower official is Chen Chenyao, who is the general judge of Huazhou, about this tax increase, everyone in the government knows about it, and the lower official and others have also advised the governor and the general judge, He Naiguan and others have not been adopted by the upper official. Then Xiaguan and others really couldn't stand it, because many traders had great opinions on this, so they wrote a report letter to Yushi, but they didn't get a reply, so we had to turn a blind eye. The lower officials are at a loss to the superior, a loss to the court, and a loss to the emperor. After speaking, he took the lead in saluting, and everyone also followed the salute, and they all read: The lower officials are inferior to the superiors, the imperial court, and the emperor.

After listening to the judge's statement, I felt that this person seemed to be relatively reliable, and he had also reported the illegal act of raising taxes to the higher levels, but perhaps due to various reasons, or most of the local state capitals operated in this way, so that the Imperial Historical Observatory did not attract enough attention, or it had been suppressed in the three provinces and six departments of the imperial court. Then he said to the officials: The first to lose the right people and past traders, they braved the danger of war, risked the danger of thieves along the way, in order to earn money to support their families, transported materials to the north, and you took advantage of the fact that Huazhou City is a transportation artery, maliciously increased taxes, resulting in an unwarranted increase in the burden of the people, bringing bad government atmosphere, breeding corruption and fueling, really sorry for the people, sorry for the court. In order to strictly enforce the law and restore fairness to the people and business, Pang Peixuan and Chen Peiyu, the governor of Huazhou City, were specially escorted to Beijing for strict interrogation, and their crimes were strictly dealt with after being verified. At the same time, for the inaction of the officials in the Huazhou Mansion who did not report the knowledge, he was fined for half a year to show punishment, in view of the fact that Chen Chenyao was upright and upright, he was specially ordered to act as the governor of Huazhou, and the official document of the imperial court officials was issued in the future.

I announced the final decision in one breath, and when all the officials saw this, they saluted and said: "Obey the instructions of the superiors." Then I continued to ask the next cousin: Which Huazhou is under the jurisdiction of the soldiers and horses. Immediately, a big man stood up and saluted: Qi Yu is on the errand, and the lower official is Li Junxian, who is under the jurisdiction of the soldiers and horses of Huazhou. I continued: Why did Huazhou City not design the urn city, and the soldiers at the gate of the city are also unusually lax, Huazhou is the last line of defense of the Beijing Division, such a military powerhouse, the armament is so lax, how do you explain it?

In the face of my stern questioning, Li Junxian, the commander of the soldiers and horses, said aggrievedly: Qi Yu Shangcha, about the city defense, the lower officials have already reported to the upper officials, Huazhou is an important passage connecting the north and south, and the defense of the city wall is very important, so the lower officials also advocate the construction of the urn city, which can effectively protect the city gate, and build a small city at the city gate. The walls of the Urn City are connected to the main city wall in a semicircular shape, which can greatly increase its defensive capabilities. In addition, the city wall will be built together with the urn city wall, the main city gate and the urn city gate, the city gate tower on the main city wall, and the arrow tower on the urn city wall. With the urn city, if the enemy invades the city, it is necessary to break through more than two gates in a row. With the Weng City Wall, more troops can be accommodated on it. In the urn city wall, Xia Guan suggested that the Tibetan soldiers should be increased, so that more troops could be put into battle on and off the city when the city was defended. The arrow tower on the city wall of the urn has a window, which can be used as an observation window and a three-dimensional launch window. The subordinate suggested that there should be 48 windows in the front, and the internal floors were connected by stairs, so that soldiers could directly climb to the windows and fight. If the bolts are fired downwards at the same time, they will cause a lot of damage. There is a small wooden door on the arrow window, which can be closed to prevent arrows in case of danger. The gables on the left and right side walls of the arrow tower, the lower layer has no windows, in order to prevent the enemy from attacking the city wall, and the arrow windows on the side wall of the arrow tower are to consider that once the enemy attacks the city wall, the defenders can retreat into the arrow tower and shoot the enemy on the city wall.

It's just that Xiaguan's suggestion has not been feedback, and Huazhou is a small state, and it is not far from Beijing, and in terms of defenders, it is also a box army screened by the central forbidden army of the imperial court, so its discipline and combat effectiveness are not very strong, so the current lax situation has been formed. Look forward to the difference!

After listening to the words of Li Junxian, the commander of the soldiers and horses, I feel that this person also attaches great importance to the matter of city defense, but due to the problem of funds and soldiers, he has not been well played, and the imperial court has always suppressed military generals by civilian officials, so the voice of military generals is easily drowned out. It is not given timely attention, even if it is the right advice and opinion. I nodded slightly in understanding, and then asked: What Yier just said, how much budget will be needed to build the city wall, and how many soldiers and how many ordnance equipment will be needed according to the current city defense system. This is my last test of his professional military qualities, to see how he performs, which is why I asked so specifically and in detail.

Li Junxian said casually: Qi Yu Shangcha, this subordinate has already calculated in detail, if according to the current price, the construction of the urn city that the subordinate just mentioned will need 100,000 guan, and 2,000 soldiers will be needed. I feel very satisfied with Li Junxian's answer, and the courage of the military generals is very well played, simple and clear, the numbers are accurate, and there is no element of mud and water. Thinking of this, I said to Li Junxian: The book will allocate you 100,000 yuan, and in addition, I will send a letter to the imperial court to transfer 2,000 elite soldiers of the new army of the Great Song Empire, and at the same time allocate a number of long-range strike weapons such as bed crossbows to you. But there is a difference in the first, if there is a problem in the city defense of Huazhou City in the future, you will be the only one who asks.

Li Junxian immediately bowed and said: Thank you for the success, please rest assured, if there is a problem with the defense of Huazhou City in the future, there is no need to wait for the boss to ask for the crime, and the lower official will present his head himself. I smiled and said, "Very good." Then he said to Xiao Liuzi: I will give 100,000 coins for the defense of Huazhou City, and at the same time give the Privy Council of the imperial court a document to transfer 2,000 new troops to garrison Huazhou City for the control of Li Junxian under the jurisdiction of Huazhou soldiers and horses, and all monthly salaries will be allocated by the imperial court according to the standard of the new army. Xiao Liuzi bowed down and saluted in response, and then took Li Junxian, the commander of the Huazhou soldiers and horses, to the back hall. I said to the officials in the hall: Recently, the imperial court has promulgated a lot of new policies, all of which are conducive to the development of the local state capital, Wang'er and others read the imperial court's newspaper in detail, and the imperial court has repeatedly stated that the military and political affairs of the local state government should be managed separately, that is, you are responsible for the civil affairs of the state, and you must not interfere with military affairs for any reason and interface, and the court will punish the violators severely, and the people under your rule will be governed well, especially for Huazhou, the current war in the north has just ended, as a north-south transportation artery, in the screening of displaced people, Refugees and other aspects should be paid attention to, and behind Huazhou is the Beijing Division, as long as you wait in front to guard the gate for the Beijing Division, you can ensure the stability of the Beijing Division. Wang'er and others watched the ring stone inscription again, and kept in mind the sixteen-character ruling policy of Emperor Taizong's selection of Erfeng Erlu, the people's anointing and the people's fat, the people's easy abuse, and the heavens are difficult to bully.

All the officials leaned over at the same time and arched their hands: The lower officials should remember the instructions of the superiors. Then I ordered someone to sentence Pang Peixuan and Chen Peiyu to Huazhou City, and left the government with everyone and continued to go north as planned.