Chapter 18: A good brother who is like a brother?
Even Yang Fan couldn't believe it, in his memory, this Yang Yu and himself have been close since childhood, brother and brother Gong, who followed his father to hunt when he was a child, was attacked by bears, and sacrificed his life to save himself.
The two grew up together and helped each other, and in the end, his father wanted to pass the throne to Yang Yu, but Yang Yu did not accept it, and voluntarily gave up the throne to Yang Fan, and went to guard the border for Dachu and resist the Western barbarians.
After Yang Fan ascended the throne, he indulged in cultivation and ignored the government and politics, Yuwen Mengde had already controlled the court, but because he was afraid of Yang Yu, he did not dare to act rashly, until the White Lotus Sect revolted, which gave him an opportunity.
This, this, this.
"The emperor's family has such a harmonious brotherly relationship?"
Yang Fan didn't believe it originally, but his memory was real, every time he recalled his brother's face, he even couldn't help but miss the past, and went back to the queen to verify, and even Chu Qianqian praised this brother. Yang Yu, the king of Pingxi, is really a loyal minister?
"Now, it's not going to be easy."
If this King of Pingxi has a bad relationship with him, or even the kind of rebellious minister and thief who vainly tries to usurp the throne, then Yang Fan will copy the property under his hands, and he will not be able to have many enemies.
But now, Yang Yu is his beloved sibling, and it is really not good to copy his good brother's property.
But the big family is definitely not a good person, Yang Fan copied so much, without exception, secretly hid money and grain, made a lot of money, and annexed a large number of people's land.
This one must be copied, but it has to pass the level of King Pingxi!
Yang Fan didn't know what to do, but Wei Zhongxian, a scheming master, might know something.
And Wei Zhongxian did not disappoint Yang Fan, and after thinking for a while, he spoke.
"Your Majesty, the old slave thinks that this family under the King of Pingxi can be copied!"
"Oh? Let's take it into detail. ”
Yang Fan listened attentively.
"Your Majesty, the old slave wants to ask Your Majesty first, why does Your Majesty have to copy these big families?" Wei Zhongxian asked.
"Needless to say, this group of families is really a cancer in the dynasty, encroaching on land, money and grain, and oppressing the people, resulting in difficulties for the country, and taxes are not as good as year after year." Yang Fan replied directly, and when Wei Zhongxian asked this, he seemed to feel something.
Wei Zhongxian suddenly laughed.
"In this case, Your Majesty thinks they are tumors, and King Pingxi, as a vassal king, naturally thinks they are tumors."
Yang Fan was suddenly shocked.
"You mean?"
"That's right! The king of Pingxi probably also wants to copy these families, but he is afraid that there is no excuse, and the loss of people's hearts will be caused by the loss of people's hearts for no reason. ”
Yang Fan's eyes gradually lit up.
"Well said! In this way, not only can I destroy the family's cancer, expand the treasury, but also deepen the relationship between me and my brother, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone! ”
"Your Majesty is wise!"
Wei Zhongxian nodded yes, although he came up with the solution, but he said that Yang Fan was wise and couldn't take a picture of a horse.
Well, this kind of capable and 100% loyal courtier is more useful when he shoots horses.
Yang Fan was very satisfied.
"That is, after the raid, how can I only be seventy percent?"
Wei Zhongxian's face changed suddenly.
"Your Majesty, seventy percent is for King Pingxi, after all, it is his family property."
"What? Seventy percent is for my brother, and I am only thirty percent? Well, anyway, except for the territory of the Pingxi Wang's domain, there are not many family industries under his command in other counties. ”
Yang Fan nodded, if King Pingxi is really loyal, let him be seventy percent, and let him be seventy percent, just those families.
"Your Majesty, after destroying a wave of family valves, we still need to increase support and cultivate another wave of families to rise, and when they are fattened, we will continue to raid the family and re-cultivate, and so on."
After a short pause, Wei Zhongxian continued.
"In this way, the family is like leeks, stubble after stubble, harvested by us, Your Majesty can not only expand the treasury, but the group of leek families in your heart will also be grateful to Dade in a short period of time and be loyal to Your Majesty, Your Majesty will not have to worry about the loss of people's hearts and the instability of the country."
"At the same time, Your Majesty can establish a supervision body to supervise hundreds of officials and families, and if the families of hundreds of officials have scruples, they will be more conscientious and conscientious in doing things for Your Majesty, if they don't do things well, it will be easier to list the evidence of the crime of raiding the family and exterminating the clan!"
When Yang Fan heard this, he almost laughed.
He hurriedly held Wei Zhongxian's hand, looking excited.
"Aiqing is really my humerus!"
"Your Majesty! The old slave just wants to share his majesty's worries! ”
"Good! Then this matter will be entrusted to Aiqing carte blanche will be entrusted to the supervision agency to select eunuchs who are loyal to me from the palace as clerks well, the name is called. ”
"East Factory!"
Wei Zhongxian threw himself on his knees.
"Your Majesty is well-versed in the general situation and controls the overall situation, so he likes the old slave, and the old slave will do his best for His Majesty, take charge of the East Factory, and supervise hundreds of officials and families."
Wei Zhongxian really gave Yang Fan a surprise.
Moreover, the eunuch lives in the palace, and Wei Zhongxian can better protect the queen Chu Qianqian.
It's just a multi-task.
Of course, Wei Zhongxian had a cold breath, and Yang Fan was not very willing to get along with him, unlike Dian Wei Chi Gong.
But it doesn't matter, it just works!
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White Tiger Pass, the largest city in the west of Great Chu, is the forefront of defending against the western barbarians.
The Pingxi Royal Mansion is located here.
"Lord Wang, you have to be the master for us! Boom! ”
At this time, in the Pingxi Palace, a group of family heads were kneeling and crying bitterly.
The young man sitting on the main seat had a bright look and a few similarities to Yang Fan between his eyebrows, it was Yang Yu, the king of Pingxi.
"My brother is so disadvantaged, he can exterminate Yuwen and rebel against the thief, or it is good, so that the king can enter the king of Jingqin."
"Humph! If it weren't for the collusion between the Western barbarians and the White Lotus Sect, the two sides would have been attacked from both sides in the past few days, and the villain of Yuwen would have been wiped out with a snap of his fingers! ”
Yang Yu has enough energy and blood, speaks loudly, and both sides are stained with brave warriors, obviously not talking big.
"Lord Wang! Many of our family's properties in Chudu have been uprooted, and this is all for the prince to make money! ”
"Your Majesty has raided the family and exterminated the clan, and the people's hearts have been lost, Lord Wang, you see, if you ascend to the heights?"
Yang Yu suddenly raised his head and looked at the old man who was speaking, his eyes flashing with golden light.
"It turned out to be the head of the Wu family!"
Yang Yu put down the letter sent by Yang Fan in his hand, and suddenly seemed to remember something, and looked at the head of the Wu family.
"This king broke the Xiban a few days ago, and found evidence of collusion between the head of the Wu family and the Xiban in the camp tent of the Xiban King, the evidence of the crime is conclusive, and his crime should be punished!"
Thump!
The head of the Wu family's face changed greatly, and he was sincerely frightened, and hurriedly knelt down.
"Lord Wang! My Wu family is willing to donate all the family property, including all the gold property, land deeds, and house deeds, to contribute to the prince's defense against the Western Barbarians. ”
"Good! It seems that the evidence in the camp of the king of the West is fake, and he is framing the Wu family, and the head of the Wu family can rest assured that this king will not blame the loyal ministers for the villain's slander! All the donated property of the Wu family was confiscated, and the head of the Wu family will be self-made in the future and need the help of this king. ”
"Thank you, Lord Wang!"
Yang Yu stood up and swept his gaze over all the family masters in the hall.
"This king and his brother are more affectionate than Jin, and if there are any more people who sow discord in the future, there will be no forgiveness!"
"At the same time, General Zhou!"
"The last general!"
A senior general stepped forward and gave a salute.
"This is obtained from the camp of the king of the Western Barbarians, the list of the collusion between the family and the Western Barbarians to commit treason, you thoroughly investigate all the families in the five counties of the West, whether it is under the king's command or under the banner of the imperial court, but if there is solid evidence and the evidence is conclusive, the family will be wiped out immediately!"
"Yes! Rajah! ”
General Zhou looked at the blank piece of paper that Yang Yu gave him, and a cruel smile appeared on his face.
Yang Yu opened Yang Fan's letter to him again and pondered for a moment.
"My brother lives up to the king, and he actually shares seventy percent of the king's income, General Zhou, the money you get from the house is also divided into seventy percent to the court, and the king only needs thirty percent."
"But the prince! Chu is already very few attached to your family, and their seventy percent is not much, let's divide seventy percent of the money from the entire five western counties to the imperial court, this amount, the prince can suffer a big loss. General Zhou asked suspiciously.
"It's all for the country, my brother and I don't distinguish between each other, you can do it, you don't need to ask."
"The last general commands!"
Then Yang Yu sent the crowd to leave, and he was the only one left in the main hall.
"Poof!"
There was no one around, Yang Yu finally couldn't hold on, and spit out a breath of black gas, which seemed to have spirituality, lingering in the center of his eyebrows, and he didn't go for a long time.
Yang Yu ran the exercises, and the thunder sword qi appeared in his hand and slashed towards the black qi, and it took two hours before the black qi was completely dissipated.
"Brother!"
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