Luoyang City, Zhu Hongzhao's mansion.

Early in the morning, Feng Yun came to the house with an unkind face, and after some reporting, he walked into the house quickly and went straight to Zhu Hongzhao's place, and the servants and maids in the house were so frightened that they hid to the side, for fear of touching the mold.

After a while, Feng Yun angrily pushed open the door and saw Zhu Hongzhao playing with a jade carving, he couldn't help frowning, strode up and snatched the jade carving, and slapped it heavily on the table.

"Oops!"

Zhu Hongzhao was taken aback, looked at the jade carving on the table and felt distressed, frowned and said, "What are you doing here?" This is the beautiful jade carving that Shi Jingjiao just sent, and it is carefully carved using a whole piece of rare beautiful jade, this is a priceless treasure! ”

Feng Yun said coldly: "It seems that Shi Jingjiao has served Zhu Xiang over there?" ”

Zhu Hongzhao was slightly stunned, and then said with a smile: "If Feng Xiang has anything, you can say it directly, the two of us don't have so many twists and turns, so we don't have to talk in a weird way." ”

Feng Yun snorted coldly, then sat down by himself, and said, "Are you looking for trouble with Li Congyan again?" I heard that you instigated the sage to issue an edict and reprimand Li Congyan for sending troops to attack Mizhou and Laizhou? ”

"That's right!"

Zhu Hongzhao didn't hide it at all, and said directly: "Now Li Congke is strong outside, Shi Jingjiao takes the initiative to confess and dare not resist, and the rest of the princes never dare to speak out, only one Li Congyan is left, this time I will beat him well, and our prestige in the court will be erected!" ”

"It just so happened that Li Congyan was too anxious, and he didn't wait for Pinglu Jiedu to make Shen Tan hand over Mizhou and Laizhou, so he directly sent troops to seize the two states, and I just used this matter to make a fuss. What, is there anything wrong with this? ”

"Confused!"

Feng Yun reprimanded angrily: "Although Li Congke has not sent troops to Luoyang, he has already assembled troops and horses, and he may directly raise troops at any time, how much of a threat this is, can't you see it?" Shi Jingjiao is insidious and cunning, and now it seems that he is taking the initiative to show favor to us, but who knows what vicious schemes are hidden in his stomach! Li Congzhang and the others have indeed died down, but once the situation changes, any of them will be our amulet! ”

"Besides, Li Congyan, do you think this person is a good stubble? Li Congyan can run the poor and weak Dengzhou into what it is today, according to rumors, Li Congyan has tens of thousands of elite soldiers in his hands, as if he has become a prince, at this time you go to Li Congyan's trouble, if Li Congyan does something out of the ordinary in a fit of anger, how will we end up then! ”

"Haha!"

Zhu Hongzhao couldn't listen at all, waved his hand at the angry Feng Yun, and motioned for Feng Yun to sit down first, but Feng Yun ignored it at all.

Zhu Hongzhao didn't care when he saw this, and said with a smile: "I think Feng Xiang is a little worried, others don't say it, then Li Congyan has always been known for his benevolence, don't you see what Li Congyan is doing in Dengzhou?" Divide the land, settle the people, and do the affairs of the county order every day, even if such a person is angry, what can he do, does he have the courage to raise troops? ”

Feng Yun looked at Zhu Hongzhao as if he was looking at an idiot, how could he join forces with such a person, could it be that his brain was also broken at the beginning? Looking at Zhu Hongzhao's self-righteous appearance, Feng Yun couldn't wait to rush up and beat him up.

"Li Congyan is benevolent, but that's for the common people! Look at how Li Congyan treated Pinglu Town, and sent troops directly! Do you see that there is still a family in Dengzhou now? Such a person, such a means, why do you want to provoke him! ”

At this time, Zhu Hongzhao was also a little impatient, and said coldly: "Didn't I just let the sage reprimand Li Congyan, what's the big deal?" If we all have to take care of this and that, then what is the use of the authority in our hands! ”

Feng Yun sighed when he heard this, knowing that he couldn't tell Zhu Hongzhao clearly, so he said coldly: "I hope Li Congyan can not be as knowledgeable as you!" I hope we won't be exposed to the wilderness in the future! ”

After speaking, Feng Yun left angrily.

Dengju City.

The information sent by Cui Qianwu and the reprimand edict of Emperor Li Conghou were sent one after another, Li Congyan's expression was very rich at this time, and he said to Bai Jixun on the side: "Do you say that Zhu Hongzhao and Feng Yun are sick?" They don't do anything serious all day long, and they just want to stir up trouble everywhere, I don't think they have been beaten! ”

Bai Jixun said with a smile: "The Lord is angry, I see if we are looking for Feng Dao and let Feng Dao maneuver around in the court, lest Zhu Hongzhao and Feng Yun stare at us Dengzhou all day long, even if there is no major event, it is quite annoying." ”

"There's no need for that!"

Li Congyan clearly remembers that in history, Li Congke started to fight in Luoyang City this year, if the current historical trajectory is not too deviated, it is estimated that Zhu Hongzhao and Feng Yun will not be able to jump for two days, and they will not be able to deal with the two dying people.

"Ignore them, let's just do our own thing."

Bai Jixun was slightly stunned and asked, "Huh! But how to reply to this edict? ”

"No reply!"

Li Congyan smiled secretly in his heart: "An emperor who is about to be deposed, what should I do with him!" ”

"But the Lord ......, after all, it is the edict of the saint, I think we should still make a superficial statement, at least give the saint a chapter to explain the reason."

"Don't worry, it's okay."

Li Congyan waved his hand, diverted the conversation, and asked, "Didn't Zhu Hongzhao and Feng Yun still find trouble with Shi Jingjiao, and how did Shi Jingzhen respond?" ”

Bai Jixun thought for a moment and said: "Your Majesty, according to the news of Beizhen Fusi, Shi Jingjiao bowed his head directly in the face of Zhu Hongzhao's provocation, and specially sent Zhu Hongzhao a piece of beautiful jade carving, it is said that Zhu Hongzhao likes it very much, and even goes out to the banquet with him. ”

"Oh?"

Li Congyan said with a smile: "It seems that Shi Jingjiao is very good at being a man, he only gave it to Zhu Hongzhao, but ignored Feng Yun, interesting!" ”

Bai Jixun said: "I think Shi Jingjiao deliberately separated the two. ”

"Shi Jingjiao knows how to advance and retreat, he can bury his head in the soil when he should bow his head, and when he should make a move, he can be more fierce than a wolf, such a person is something we should pay attention to and guard against!"

"Whoa! The subordinates remembered. ”

After talking about the matter in Luoyang, Li Congyan asked, "How are the affairs of Mizhou and Laizhou handled?" ”

Bai Jixun forked his hand and said: "Your Majesty, in order to assist the Ministry of Civil Affairs in acquiring land, Beizhen Fusi has sent people to contact the families of Mizhou and Laizhou several times, and most of the families are very happy, although they did not sell all the land at one time, but they also sold most of the land to the Ministry of Civil Affairs. ”

"Moreover, the vast majority of the families have also actively cooperated with the release of hidden households and the recovery of arrears, and the Treasury Department and the Household Registration Department of the Ministry of Civil Affairs are progressing smoothly."

"Hmm!"

Li Congyan nodded and said: "That's fine, don't be too many, forget about these families, they know that they will follow us to Dengzhou Town to advance and retreat, and the rest is easy to discuss." ”

"Whoa!"

Bai Jixun continued: "It's just that there are two families that have not responded yet, one is the Wang family in Laizhou, and the other is the Liu family in Mizhou City, these two are the largest families in Laizhou and Mizhou respectively, and they have not sold land at present, but only symbolically released some hidden households and recovered the arrears of nearly three years." ”

Li Congyan frowned slightly and said, "Why, there is still such a short-sighted family now?" ”

"Not really."

Bai Jixun said with a smile: "These two families are just land slaves, even if the price offered by the Ministry of Civil Affairs is already very good, but these two families are still reluctant to sell the land." ”

"It's up to them!"

Li Congyan forced local families to sell land everywhere he went, firstly, in order to obtain a large amount of land in the shortest possible time, so as to provide relief to the common people and balance land ownership to a certain extent, and secondly, to liberate these families from the land and force them to turn to handicrafts and commerce, so as to promote the implementation of his new policy and promote the development of handicrafts and commerce in Dengzhou Town. After all, at present, only the family and businessmen have the economic strength, vision and ability.

Li Congyan thought for a while and said, "In this way, let the people from Beizhen Fusi come to the door and knock on the heads of these two families." ”

"Whoa!"

Bai Jixun asked: "Lord, do you need to bring the heads of the Wang family and the Liu family back to Beizhen Fusi, and let Cheng Juhuan, the criminal prison director of Beizhen Fusi, entertain them well?" ”

Li Congyan immediately waved his hand, this Cheng Juhuan is a well-known person in the shogunate, he was originally a ranger in Hetudu, but he is good at all kinds of methods of such people, and he knows all kinds of means to attack people's psychological defenses, and he is a good hand at interrogation.

"There's no need, it's just two family heads, and there's no need for the prison department to come out."

Li Congyan said: "It's not the grass-roots period now, everything is on the right track, so everything must be reasonable." ”

"Whoa!"

Li Congyan thought for a while and said, "In this way, let the people of the Fusi of Beizhen inform the heads of the Wang family and the Liu family that if they do not agree to the land acquisition plan of the Ministry of Civil Affairs within ten days, then these two families will be restricted in Dengzhou Town in the future." The details are as follows: the two families are not allowed to do business, and the treasurer is not allowed to sell them tax stamps; Second, the Industrial Division is not allowed to do business with the two companies, and the workshops under the Industrial Division are not allowed to sell commercial goods to the two companies; Third, the Ministry of Civil Affairs and all merchants and families who have business dealings with the Industrial Department are not allowed to buy the grain produced by the Wang family and the Liu family, as well as any crops produced by the two lands! ”

Bai Jixun recorded them one by one, and then said with a smile: "The Lord is really a good means, in this way, it has almost cut off the lifeblood of the Wang family and the Liu family, even if the two of them have thousands of acres of fertile land, they can't exchange any money, they can only live by guarding the land and grain!" ”

"Huh!"

Li Congyan said with a smile: "The Wang family and the Liu family are guarding the land to make money, and now they can't make money, I expect that the two of them will take the initiative to come to the door in a few days." ”

"Whoa!"

A few days later, the Laizhou Wang family and the Mizhou Liu family received the "ultimatum" from the Beizhen Fusi, and the two heads of the family were all shocked, and it is said that the head of the Wang family fell ill on the same day, so he had to let his eldest son preside over the family affairs on his behalf.

Only two days later, the heads of the Wang family and the Liu family hurried to Dengzhou City, and took the initiative to ask Wu Conghan, the minister of civil affairs, to buy the land of the two families, and the two families also handed over the list of all hidden households to the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and promised to pay off the taxes accumulated by the two families over the years within a month.

Wu Conghan immediately signed a document with the two principals to acquire the land, and thus the last pass of the new policy in Mizhou and Laizhou was captured.

Just when Li Congyan's side was making great progress all the way and various affairs were thriving, Li Congke was frowning in Fengxiang Mansion, and the big drills for more than ten days did not have the expected effect, and Zhu Hongzhao and Feng Yun did not react at all.

So Li Congke sent his henchmen to Luoyang City, preparing to meet Zhu Hongzhao and Feng Yun directly to vent the anger in his heart in person.