Xue Jian said bluntly.

The person who built such a luxurious house was Nanyang Mu Huo Fengkang, who only regarded it as a temporary residence, and even looked down on Huo Fengkang's extravagant behavior.

Zhao Que smiled: "Later, you can also figure out how to explain." ”

Xue Jian nodded, his gaze determined.

When the dignified general of the imperial auxiliary state came to his mansion in person, how could Xue Jian not understand what was going on?!

If he doesn't understand, his state assassination history will come to an end, and he won't be unjust in the hands of Zhao Gouchen.

"The lower official knows, the lower official knows, and the lower official must give the general a sufficient explanation. Xue Jian wasn't scared just now, but now he was starting to be honestly afraid.

There have been too many things happening in Nanyang in recent times.

The consequences of the battle in Bluestone City caused the people of Bluestone City to be bewitched, and they rose up, blatantly shouting that if Great Xia didn't let them live, they would rebuild the blue sky.

Although the other three cities of Lingchang City, Jinchang City, and Guanguang City are different from Qingshi City, the potential problems cause the reason for the rebellion in these places regardless of life and death, all of which are that the heavy tax commission of the temple is too heavy, and the dignitaries and dignitaries up and down are plucking their feathers and playing the tax items into flowers, all of which are like this, and the people no longer have the slightest complaint, and they will see hell!

What's more, the Yinhan Dart Bureau in Jinlu City has killed too many people.

As soon as the Yinhan Dart Bureau was gone, many people in Jinlu City had no source of livelihood, and I don't know what happened this year, the snow disaster, the people of countless villages, directly became the victims, once someone organized and led them, Nanyang immediately became Jiangjinzhou, and the rebels swept a state.

Mo said that he had been rooted in Nanyang for generations, and he, the assassin of a state, could not explain to the temple, and if there was a problem during his tenure, Xue Jian's future would end here.

As far as he is concerned, Zhao Gouchen, the general of the auxiliary state, arrived in his mansion at this moment, and Xue Jian secretly breathed a sigh of relief, with the general here, many things would be easier to do.

Zhao Que looked at Xue Jian's unyielding appearance, and said with a smile: "You are really a little bit of a stab, the victims outside Jinlu City are about to block the city gate, is there no solution?"

"Xiaguan ......"

"Needless to say, you should think about how to explain it to me, step down, when it comes to the meal, prepare some wine, whether it is sake or turbid wine, you Xue Jian must make it clear to me today. Zhao Que sneered.

"Yes, yes, yes. Xue Jian hung his head and exited the door straight down, only to take a big breath, turn around and go to the back kitchen, and tell the cook a few more words, the food should not be too good, nor too bad.

After he left.

Gongsun Qingfeng sighed: "After all, it is the history of Nanyangzhou, good acting skills! Good speech skills! Live like a slippery loach!"

She definitely didn't believe Xue Jian's words.

How can an old oilman who has been in the officialdom for many years win the trust of a female swordsman who has walked the rivers and lakes and seen the sinister hearts of people!

Besides, Huo Fengkang is not in Jinlu City, so what Xue Jian naturally says, what the situation is.

Even if he said that Huo Fengkang was the leader of the rebels in Nanyangzhou, could Huo Fengkang refute a sentence or two?

Gongsun Qingfeng continued: "Sir, look at it, this tea bowl for drinking tea was sold, and the money obtained in exchange was enough to make the rations of an ordinary family of three for half a year not to worry, but in Xue Jian's mansion, the rations of ordinary people for half a year are only worthy of being a tea bowl. ”

Zhao Que smiled: "You are also defensive against me?"

"Huh, what did Mr. say?" Gongsun Qingfeng pretended to be stupid.

"Hey, I'm the general of the auxiliary country, the golden seal and purple ribbon, Xue Jian is the history of a state assassin, according to the perspective of the people of the rivers and lakes, we are all raccoon dogs, you are more or less wary of me, you should be, I know what you think. Zhao Que said.

At this moment, Gongsun Qingfeng blushed.

Yes, aren't there any officials on the rivers and lakes who protect each other?

Everyone is in the officialdom of Daxia, bowing their heads and not looking up, General Zhao Gou Chen protects Xue Tingshi, in the future, if General Zhao needs Xue Tingshi's help with anything, with this kindness, Xue Tingshi will of course go all out, and never say a word!

"You misunderstood, why did I let him think clearly?" Zhao Que paused, and then immediately went to the Yinhan Dart Bureau before entering the city, and Xue Jian asked Gongsun Qingfeng to tell Gongsun Qingfeng about the Yinhan Dart Bureau's mansion in Jinlu City under his name.

Gongsun Qingfeng sighed and said in surprise: "It turns out that Mr. doesn't believe him either!"

"What do you think?" Zhao Que asked funny.

Gongsun Qingfeng squirmed and pinched in an instant.

In front of Zhao Gouchen, the head of the hundred generals, no matter how famous she is a famous Jianghu female sword immortal, it is not enough to see.

"Now I don't listen to Xue Jian's words, let him think about it, not only how to tell me, but also whether he wants to tell the truth, whether he wants to tell the truth or not, whether he wants to tell the inside story of Nanyang Yangzhou and Jinlu City!" Zhao Que said slowly.

He and Li Mujin went to Nanyangzhou, and after experiencing the incident of Qingshi City, Zhao Que felt that the accumulation of disadvantages in Nanyangzhou was probably not limited to a city in Qingshi City, and then went to Jinlu City, and everything could not be understood.

There is an old saying that has been circulated for a long time, saying that there are policies at the top and countermeasures at the bottom.

In the affluent Nanyangzhou, the top collects heavy taxes, well, the lower through the above policies, increase efforts to exploit the people, in the end, the treasury has little effect, deep rooted in the local officials, families, but the pockets can no longer be bulging.

Gongsun Qingfeng looked at Zhao Que blankly, she couldn't imagine such a city thought.

"Officialdom is really not as simple as I thought. Gongsun Qingfeng sighed.

Zhao Que couldn't help laughing: "Where is this, if you have seen a big man who lives in a temple, you can be amazed, the water of officialdom is deep, and there is no bottom." ”

Gongsun Qingfeng nodded without saying a word.

Crumb.

She asked, "Sir, will we be able to feed the victims outside the city?"

Zhao Que smiled mysteriously: "Not only the victims outside the city, but the arrival of you and me may be able to make the victims of the entire Nanyang Prefecture eat." ”

"Huh?" Gongsun Qingfeng was surprised.

Zhao Que said: "The rebellion in Qingshi City, Lingchang City, Jinchang City, and Guan Guangcheng cannot continue any longer, and with this opportunity, Xue Jian has no plans to deal with it in one fell swoop. ”

"How can he solve it?" Gongsun Qingfeng was really puzzled.

Zhao Que said: "The method in front of Xue Jian is to force the Nanyang Yangzhou family to cut their flesh and let their blood, and the government will continue to open warehouses to release grain, first settle the victims caused by the snow disaster, and then send officials to negotiate with the rebels in four places. ”

"What do you do at court?" she asked.

"How to explain? The rebellion in Jiang Jinzhou has made the big men of the imperial court anxious, and even if there is another tax-paying state, Nanyangzhou, even if it does not move the foundation of Great Xia, it will make many people feel that the rebellion in the two states has shaken the foundation of Great Xia, and at that time, it will really be full of smoke and flames. Zhao Que muttered.

He looked at Gongsun Qingfeng: "Now is not the time. ”

"What?"

She understood the previous sentence, but she couldn't understand the words that Zhao Que suddenly said later, what is 'not the time yet'?

Zhao Que knew that he was speechless, and corrected: "The imperial court has suppressed the rebels on a large scale, it's not time, you see, the southern Xinjiang and the north are in a bitter battle, and only one Xisai can draw troops, however, Xisai is facing the Hanshan Dynasty, and it is by no means a soft persimmon, and the Hanshan Dynasty will have all the troops and attack Xisai, and Xisai will be more and less auspicious!"

Gongsun Qingfeng listened to Zhao Que's words and thought deeply: "You are worthy of being the general of the auxiliary country! Sir, your words made Gongsun Qingfeng's mouth open!"

"Haha...... What is this, if you are constantly dealing with these things, you can also see and understand. Zhao Que laughed.

Gongsun Qingfeng suddenly remembered Zhao Sui, and asked quietly: "Sir, is Miss Zhao okay?"

Zhao Sui stopped her to go to the Yinhan Dart Bureau, and she had been worried about Zhao Sui in her heart.

Zhao Que said: "How can anything happen to her?"

"Okay, I should have asked Mr. earlier, but now that I ask, it seems that Gongsun Qingfeng is pretentious. "She's embarrassed.

"It's okay, we are all sons and daughters of the rivers and lakes, just speak straightforwardly. Zhao Que looked at Gongsun Qingfeng and said.

This female sword immortal, walking the rivers and lakes, has indeed honed her sword heart, but she is sophisticated, and it is far from being as simple as killing demons with a sword and eliminating harm for the people.

The rivers and lakes are the sophistication of human feelings.

Xue Jian knocked on the door and said with a smile: "General, let's move?" ”

Zhao Que looked at the sun, it was almost noon.

"I'm tired of you. ”

"Don't bother, don't bother, the general can have a meal here in Xiaguan, it is a great honor for Xiaguan, the general may not know, you are in Xisai's monstrous martial arts, Xiaguan has heard people say clearly, there is a general in my Daxia, it is a blessing for Daxia, and it is a blessing for all the people!" Xue Jian patted up.

Zhao Que sneered and asked: "Xue Tingshi, you have done your job as an official and a feudal official, have you only learned to flattery?!"

"No, no, the general misunderstood, he will never flatter, he really speaks from the bottom of his heart!" Xue Jian's frightened forehead suddenly sweated.

"Let's go. Zhao Que laughed a few times and said.

Xue Jian led the way in front and turned to other houses.

Eating in the living room, it's not impossible, it's just a suitable talent, the general named it, and the living room is similar to the Qinde Palace of the Son of Heaven, Xue Jian's heart has an extra wall, and it's not good.

Even if he doesn't care about him, this mansion is owned by Huo Fengkang, who let the person who lives here now be him?

He really didn't know the slightest?

If you know, why don't you take measures and still let the living room exceed the Holy Qinde Palace?

These things, as long as Zhao Que took out the name of the general of the auxiliary country to investigate, Xue Jian was at a loss for words.

When he stabbed to the imperial court, the Xue family would definitely protect him, but Xue Jian's promotion would end there. The Xue family spent so much money that they finally picked up the history of the state assassination, and they were "cut in half".

Of course, Nanyang Mu Huo Fengkang must not end well, even with the Huo family, there must be a catastrophe.

Don't look at such a trivial matter as just decorating the house, behind it means that the etiquette is broken, Huo Fengkang has the intention of becoming an emperor!

Today's stormy Great Xia will never allow this kind of thing to happen, if there is one, one must be extinguished immediately, and the feudal officials of a large state have the heart of rebellion, which is worse than the people in the market who rise up.

Zhao Que said that it was okay to let Gongsun Qingfeng slow him by half a step, but she was a whole step slower than Zhao Que.

Going to the place of food, Gongsun Qingfeng secretly looked at the assassin of Nanyangzhou.

Even in front of Zhao Gouchen, Xue Jian has his own momentum that stands up to the sky, and this kind of momentum is not easy to cultivate. If you are the heir of the common people in the market, you have to go through a lot of ups and downs, and you have to climb above the power before you can have it.

Compared with Xue Jian's momentum, Gongsun Qingfeng prefers the elegance of Confucian scholars.

Of course, Xue Jian has it, but he may have held great power for many years, and some of his elegant temperament remains, not much, not as good as those real scholars.

Gongsun Qingfeng still remembers that after she went down the mountain, the first scholar she met was a Xiucai, Xiucai was very young, and he had the heroic righteousness in the sage classics, and the village where Xiucai was located was well organized by him, and the villagers were united, there were hardships to carry together, and there were harvests to share with everyone, and the villagers also respected the scholars very much.

Xiucai never thought that he had read a belly of books so great, so he was arrogant, and he racked his brains to do his best to do things well with the help of the villagers.

She got acquainted with Xiucai, or the village met the mountain bandits, and the mountain bandits received the village's belongings together, and felt that after they left, the villagers would definitely report to the government, planning to slaughter the village inside and out.

Xiucai stood in front of the frightened villagers.

Alone, facing the most vicious mountain bandits.

The mountain bandit held the weapon and asked him viciously: "Why do you still have a smile on the corner of your mouth when you are dying?"

Xiucai tidied up his clothes, and it seemed that the next moment he was going to enter the examination room and gain fame.

He smiled faintly and said, "The gentleman dies, and the crown is inevitable." ”

The mountain bandit laughed: "It's a big breath, just let you go to the underworld." Lao Tzu is most annoyed by the poor and sour talent who talks about it every day!"

Xiucai replied: "Folks, take the next step first." ”

Immediately, he calmly walked towards the mountain bandits.

He knew that even if he begged for mercy, according to the worries in the hearts of the mountain bandits, he would never let go of the villagers, so why not die generously and ask for a heroic righteousness?

However, fate was magical, and Gongsun Qingfeng happened to pass by the village.

The sword killed the more than 20 mountain bandits.

Xiucai took the villagers to thank Gongsun Qingfeng.

During this period, although Xiucai's gratitude was beyond words, he was still neither humble nor arrogant, and abided by the etiquette of men and women, giving Gongsun Qingfeng great respect.

Until now, she thinks of the talented man who is full of poems and books, and Gongsun Qingfeng is still like a spring breeze.

"General, the family is short of food and vegetables, the cook has done his best, and he still can't get on the table, the general must not be disgusted, Jin Lucheng is indeed difficult at this time. Xue Jian spoke with difficulty.

When I say something, I feel disgusting, but I can't help but say it, and if I don't say it, it's even more uncomfortable.

Zhao Que said with a smile: "Don't worry, the victims outside the city have changed their children and eaten, we have something to eat, thank God." ”

Here it comes!

That's it.

Xue Jianqiang endured the discomfort in his heart, supported a smiling face, and invited Zhao Gouchen into a side room.

The house is neatly organized and has few furniture.

In addition to the landscape paintings hanging on the wall, you can see that they are from everyone's hands, and other things are not impossible to say that they are in a well-off home.

"General, this room is a place for the lower officials to rest. Xue Jian stiffened his head and said, "It's really offended to invite the two of you here." ”

Zhao Que turned his head to look at Xue Jian amusedly.

Xue Jian's clothes are finely cared for, and the robe he wears is definitely not cheap clothes, and the two jade pendants hanging from his waist are crisp when he walks.

"Oh, the general, the two jade pendants were given to the lower officials by the elders of the Xue family, uh, this elder of the lower officials, the great general should know, the name is Xue He. Xue Jian followed Zhao Que's eyes, saw that he was looking at his two jade pendants, and quickly explained.

Zhao Que sighed: "Xue He, Zhao does know." ”

Although Xue He did not hold any official position, he enjoyed a good reputation in Great Xia, and was a well-known celebrity.

At the beginning, Xue He took 300 disciples to study in Xisai.

Zhao Gouchen, who was the general of Xisai, personally took some of the generals and received Xue He and his party.

Xue He inspected Xisai, and when he left, he sighed and said: "General, what should I do if the army of Xisai can't stop the army of Hanshan?"

At that time, Zhao Gouchen was full of spirits, and in front of a group of generals and Xue He's three hundred disciples, he said with a smile: "There are decapitated generals in Xisai, and there will never be generals!"

Xue He bowed to Zhao Gouchen: "The hero of the world, the lord should be the first of them." ”

Xue Jian waited for Zhao Que to sit down: "The elders often say that a gentleman is like a jade. ”

Xue He is indeed a celebrity, and Zhao admires him. Zhao Que looked at Xue Jian and said slowly.

In other words, are you Xue Jian a celebrity?

"Xiaguan, after entering the officialdom, he rarely did learning, and changed to often studying the survival of officialdom. Xue Jian sat opposite Zhao Que.

Gongsun Qingfeng stood.

Xue Jian thought she was Zhao Que's servant.

With the status of the general of the auxiliary country, let a newly rising female sword immortal act as a servant and look up to her.

Zhao Que turned his head to look at Gongsun Qingfeng, and said with a smile: "Xue Tingshi and I are not outsiders, you can also sit down." ”

"Oops, I'm sorry, I'm sorry. Xue Jian immediately smiled.

Zhao Que smiled: "It's okay. ”

The three of them sat down.

The dishes on the table are all home-cooked dishes, what meals the people usually eat, what meals are on the table, but the methods are exquisite, ordinary people can't do this, and they can't make such a table of dishes.

Ordinary people will think, there are so many dishes, you can't eat one meal, you can't eat two meals, what should you do if it's wasted?

"Don't dislike the general, now that there is a shortage of food in Jinlu City, just these meals, the lower officials still ask people to go to the homes of dignitaries and dignitaries to ask for them. Xue Jian smiled awkwardly.

Zhao Que nodded, and did not pursue Xue Jian's mansion as such, but still played a sad and bitter scene in front of him.

Seeing that the general did not speak, he did not move his chopsticks.

Xue Jian kept smiling and poured wine into Zhao Que's wine glass.

Sake is sake.

It can only be said that, in general, it is far from being a good wine.

As long as the people save money for a certain period of time, they can drink such wine.

"General, you said, the lower officials know everything, and they say everything!" Xue Jian put down the wine jug and said solemnly.

Zhao Que hummed softly: "The matter of the victims." ”

Xue Jian swallowed a mouthful of saliva and told all the typed abdominal drafts.

"This year's heavy snow in Nanyang exceeded everyone's expectations, how many victims there are, and now no one can say it, the first thing for the local government is to open the warehouse and release grain, and if there is no grain in the granary, you have to collect food everywhere and send it to the victims. ”

Zhao Que suddenly sneered: "The disaster relief methods are in order, in this case, why are there still so many disaster victims outside the city, and there is a tragedy of changing children and eating?"

Xue Jian sighed deeply: "General, that's what I said, it's just that the government's strategy is right, and it's the people below who are not right." ”

"Oh? ”

"Nanyang is a rich state, yes, the taxes collected in previous years are more than the surrounding states, the imperial court has a layer of taxes, and the local heroes have another layer of taxes, those who have fertile fields and fields, take advantage of this to loot the people, layer by layer, the people will not have no oil and water?"

Zhao Que nodded: "I know a little bit about this matter." ”

"General, what Xia Guan said is only on the surface, how much dirt is hidden in it, even the local families in Nanyangzhou, I guess they don't know either...... In the past, because of the prosperity of commerce and land harvest in Nanyangzhou, the people could live by tightening their belts, but it has changed in the past two years. ”

"The tax of the imperial court, not to mention the vast variety, the tax to be collected is heavier than three years ago, it just so happens that this year and last year, the harvest is not good, and the merchants are not enough to pay taxes because of heavy taxes, and the shops have closed down in large numbers, and the most worrying thing is that the families in all parts of Nanyang have gradually begun to adopt the people who have no land to plant, and train them to become the servants of the family. ”

Zhao Que's expression became serious.

"Xiaguan said this, the general should know a little bit about the situation in Nanyangzhou, but ah, general, what Xiaguan said is only the tip of the iceberg of Nanyangzhou, such a rich state, how many powerful people in Daxia intervened and waited to collect money. ”

Xue Jian paused slightly and glanced at Gongsun Qingfeng.

"For example, the Golden Buddha Temple of Joy that you eradicated in Jinlu City......" he said tentatively.

Seeing that Zhao Que was indifferent, he knew that the general expected him to know this.

"How many years has the Huanxi Golden Buddha Temple existed in Jinlu City? Why did the government turn a blind eye? The lower officials didn't pretend, the general's actions in Jinlu City, when the general entered the burrow, the officials understood that it turned out that the big master who killed Qin Shu, Bai Kanlin, and the three red-robed and black-robed Keqing of the Qi Palace, it was you!!"

"The big dart gate of the Yinhan Dart Bureau was wiped out in one day under the strangulation of all forces, the general, the complexity of Nanyangzhou, you should know a little bit. Xue Jian's tone trembled.

Zhao Que picked up the chopsticks and took a bite of the stir-fried Chinese cabbage, "Say about the victims." ”

"Okay, the lower officials are blunt, why the victims have no food for a long time, the reason is that the government opened a warehouse to release grain, the food is not enough, and the stomach of the victims is not satisfied, so they go to the families and dignitaries in Jinlu City to buy it, however, people don't sell, they hold the grain and wait for the price to rise, the price of food has skyrocketed in a short period of time, and now the government has no money to buy grain, so they can only stare dryly. ”

Zhao Que asked, "Where are your soldiers?"

"General, then you have to ask Huo Zhoumu, you have to go to the homes of those big families, dignitaries, and dignitaries, and ask, why are you not afraid ?!!of the government?