Guizhou Sima Cao Xuanjing's side did not use gentle means like Feng Qi to make the slang succumb, but directly attacked the rebellious slang.

The slang family fought to the death, but in the end they were not inferior to the official army, and were exterminated by Guizhou Sima Cao Xuanjing, and the thief leader Ding Jian was killed.

……

Back in Guangzhou, Feng Qi immediately took Li Sishen to the palace to meet Li Jing and report to Li Jing.

"Feng Aiqing has worked hard, how is the Annan Metropolitan Protectorate incident handled this time?"

Li Jing asked.

"The minister was ordered to recruit Li Sishen, the leader of the slang household, and this person is Li Sishen!"

Feng Qi said, pointing to Li Sishen behind him.

Li Jing's gaze crossed Feng Qi and looked at Li Sishen who was kneeling behind Feng Qi.

Li Jing nodded with satisfaction, it seems that Feng Qi has indeed strictly implemented his will, and the Feng family is indeed loyal to the Tang Dynasty.

"You are Li Sishen!"

Li Jing asked.

"Yes, grass man Li Sishen knocked to see His Majesty the Emperor!"

Li Sishen immediately kowtowed.

"Let him come forward and speak!"

Li Jing said, the two of them are so far away, it is difficult to speak!

"His Majesty the Emperor has a will, Li Sishen stepped forward to reply."

Ximen Yang shouted at Li Sishen.

Li Sishen got up, hunched his body, lowered his head and took a few steps forward, stopped two steps behind Feng Qi, and knelt down again to wait for the emperor's will.

"Let Feng Aiqing enter the pavilion, and Li Sishen will come closer!"

"His Majesty the Emperor has a decree, Feng Qi, the governor of Guangzhou, will enter the pavilion to reply, and Li Sishen will take a few steps forward to reply!"

Ximenyang shouted again.

Feng Qi crossed his hands and saluted, walked into the pavilion, and stood with Ximenyang, Li Sishen got up again, bowed his head, took a few steps forward, and knelt down again.

"Annan Du protects Liu Yanyou, but you slang killed him?"

Li Jing asked.

"Yes!"

Li Sishen did not conceal it, did not justify, and did not disdain to quibble, it was they who did it, they did it.

"Do you know what kind of crime it is to kill an official of the imperial court?"

Li Jing looked at the honest and frank Li Sishen, although he was angry that he killed his courtier, Li Jing was still willing to give him a chance to defend himself!

"I know, it's a capital offense!"

Li Sishen is already ready to die, and he is not shy about what he has done!

If you do wrong, you will be punished, and if you break the law, you will be judged!

He was born recklessly, but he still understands such a simple truth!

Liu Yanyou is indeed hateful, and it is also a fact that they killed Liu Yanyou, there is nothing to deny this.

Now, he has nothing else to ask for, only hopes that the emperor can treat his people well, even if he wants him to surrender to the law, he will have no regrets!

Li Jing raised his eyebrows, but he didn't expect Li Sishen to not defend himself.

Instead, he generously admitted his crime, and according to the process, the case should be closed if the prisoner pleaded guilty, and the case was considered to be completed!

Murder pays for life, it is justified!

What's more, he is still a feudal official appointed by the imperial court, which is even more unforgivable!

If the case is closed like this now, the question of why the slang family wants to kill the feudal officials has still not been resolved, and similar things are likely to happen in the future.

In order to prevent such incidents from happening again, Li Jing must find out why.

Li Jingguan smiled and said: "You have violated the law of the country and are guilty of one capital crime, but I want to know, why did you kill Liu Yanyou, the protector of Annan in the imperial court?" ”

"You'd better tell the truth, if you say half a lie, not only will you die, but your people will also be buried with you, and the world I govern will not allow thieves to commit rebellion!"

Come on! Tell the reason why you broke the law, although you are a sinner, but the law of the Tang Dynasty allows the sinner to appeal and justify, as long as the reasons are sufficient and there is enough evidence, even if the case is closed, it can still be overturned and retried.

"Your Majesty the Emperor, the grass people are not guilty of rebellion, they are really forced to be helpless, the dog official Liu Yanyou deceived people too much, and we really have no way to live, so we took the risk and killed the dog official."

"All the blame, I, Li Sishen, bear it alone, and ask His Majesty the Emperor to forgive the clansmen of the grass people, they are all innocent."

Li Sishen kowtowed and said.

Li Jing frowned after hearing this, if Liu Yanyou really did this, it would be more than innocent!

But Li Sishen's approach is also undesirable, and it is a violation of national law to kill an official of the imperial court.

Li Jing believed Li Sishen's statement a little, firstly, Li Sishen is a loyal person and should not lie, and secondly, this situation that Li Sishen said is often in history!

During the Wu Zhou Dynasty in history, the Khitan leader Li Quanzhong rebelled, but he was forced to rebel in order to survive.

"Then you tell me well, what did Liu Yanyou do to you? So much so that you hate him so much!"

Li Jing asked, only by finding out the root of the problem can we find out the correct solution.

"...... since Liu Yanyou took office"

Li Sishen began to tell how Liu Yanyou bullied them since he took office, treating them as pigs and dogs, and as long as what he did did not suit his wishes, he would be beaten and scolded at least and killed directly.

Even, relying on the convenience of power, forcibly annexed the fields of the slang households, forcibly crossed out the slang households from the household registration of the imperial court, turned them into unregistered populations, and forcibly became his tenants.

The slang households dared to be angry and did not dare to speak out about Liu Yanyou's evil deeds, but the more this happened, the more arrogant Liu Yanyou became, and finally forced them to pay the full grain tax.

Even the previous grain tax had to be made up, just because their chieftain Li Sixian complained, and the whole family was killed by Liu Yanyou, which completely angered the slang, and they fought back, caught Liu Yanyou out, besieged Liu Yanyou and killed him!

Li Jing was furious when he heard this, the towering Tang Dynasty, there was a bastard like Liu Yanyou, he had to turn the world upside down, so he could be willing?

Such a dog official is simply innocent, if he hadn't been killed by Liu Yanyou, he would have had to pull out Liu Yanyou's skin!

In the entire Datang, how many such dog officials are there?

It seems that there should be unhealthy trends in political officialdom, and it is urgent to purge the rule of officials, and it is urgent to do so!

If we don't rectify the rule of officials and let it develop, I'm afraid that the Anshi Rebellion will be staged in advance.

"Go and get the household registration books reported by the Annam Metropolitan Protectorate!"

Li Jing turned back to Ximen Yang and said.

Ximenyang immediately went to bring the household registration account book to Li Jing for a look.

Li Jing looked through the household registration account books and found that the number of household registration reported by the Annan Metropolitan Protectorate was decreasing year by year, especially the number of slang households, which had plummeted.

I am afraid that in a few years, the slang households will completely disappear from the household registration, which means how much less tax the imperial court will collect every year.

Li Jing looked through the account books of the tax rice again, and the tax rice records of the slang households were still in accordance with the regulations of the imperial court, and only half of them were paid!

If Li Sishen hadn't lied, it would have shown that the remaining half had been coveted by Liu Yanyou, a dog official!

"I already know the situation of your slang households, but it is also a fact that you killed the officials of the imperial court, and you must not be punished for violating the law of the country, otherwise, what is the use of the law of the country?"

"Originally, you killed the officials of the imperial court, and you should be beheaded according to the law, but you are really helpless, and it is only because you are persecuted by the dog officials that you will violate the law of the country, which is understandable!"

"I won't kill you, I will sentence you to 30 canes, and from now on, in the jurisdiction of the Annam Metropolitan Protectorate, the Han people will reduce taxes for two years, and only need to pay half of them every year, and the households will be exempted from paying taxes for two years."

Li Jing immediately pronounced a sentence on Li Sishen, thinking that he was forced to embark on the road of no return, Li Jing decided to take it lightly and make some compensation to the slang household.

As for those slang households whose accounts have been cancelled, a special person will be assigned to re-register their household registration.

"The subjects thank His Majesty the Emperor for not killing!"

Li Sishen didn't expect that he would be able to escape death, and he was ready to die.

Now he doesn't have to die, and the rest of his life after the catastrophe makes him cherish life even more!

Li Si raised his head cautiously and looked at Li Jing's eyes, full of gratitude!

"Don't you still have to make demands on me? What are the conditions, let's hear about it!"

Li Jing said.

"Yes, Your Majesty the Emperor, this first ......"

The emperor spoke, and Li Sishen was not polite, and said the ten conditions they had discussed in one breath!

As for whether the emperor can agree or not, it doesn't really matter, all they want is an attitude, if the emperor can be good to them, they are willing to follow the emperor and be obedient.

Look, what an unpretentious request!

"The conditions you put forward, except for the fifth, seventh, and ninth articles, I have approved the others!"

"When you go back and tell your people, let them live in peace, you are all my subjects, and I will never treat you badly!"

The reason why Li Jing was able to agree to the conditions they put forward was also to compensate these innocent slangmen, and it was also to remind himself that such a thing could not be done again.

"Subjects thank His Majesty the Emperor!"

Li Sishen was overjoyed and kowtowed to Li Jing a few times.

With a wave of Ximenyang's hand, the guards immediately stepped forward, dragged Li Sishen, who was kneeling on the ground, out, and put him back to the Annan Protectorate after being punished with thirty boards.

"Now that the Annan rebellion has been resolved, and the grain transportation channel must be reopened, Feng Qi, you are responsible for raising grain and grass and supplying it to the army that is crusading against Linyi."

Li Jing turned back to Feng Qi and said.

This time, he wanted to completely solve the Linyi Kingdom and include the territory of the entire Linyi Kingdom into the territory of the Tang Dynasty.

To make Linyi Kingdom history, Li Jing decided to set up the Zhennan Metropolitan Protectorate in the hometown of Linyi Kingdom to manage the hometown of Linyi Kingdom, and by the way, deter Zhenla and other countries.

"Obey the order!"

Feng Qi took the order and left.

Not long after Feng Qi left, Guizhou Sima Cao Xuanjing's recital appeared in Li Jing's hands.

The newspaper said that Ding Jian was unwilling to cooperate with the official army to recruit An, and also attacked the official army, so he had no choice but to fight back and annihilate Ding Jian's bandits.

Cao Xuanjing asked for merit and reward on the newspaper, hoping that Li Jing could give a reward to reward the enemy soldiers for their bravery.

If you go against your will like this, and you can get a reward for killing good and risking merit, then you can pay it back, and won't everyone be able to follow suit in the future!

Li Jing directly issued an order, dismissed Cao Xuanjing from his position as Sima, demoted him, and sent someone to reprimand Cao Xuanjing, and asked Cao Xuanjing to go back and think about it.