"Alas, no, ladies and gentlemen, may I ask what I did when I went to the Qinglou? Did you catch the wrong person? Lu Yugui was carried by two people, and his heart accelerated with fright.

The commander of the Praetorian Guard had a fierce look on his face: "You are blind when we are!" ”

Lu Yugui was about to cry in fright, and shook his head busily: "No, that's not what you mean, I mean that you are catching this name but not me?" ”

"What does this kid mean?" The Praetorian Guard holding him asked the other.

Another Praetorian Guard, who was holding him, rolled his eyes at his colleague: "His meaning is the same as the name, but the person is not him, saying that we have arrested the wrong person!" ”

"Hey, I think this kid is just dishonest!" As he spoke, he pinched the soft flesh on his arm.

"Oh~ The official is merciful, the small ones can't stand the pain!" Lu Yugui's eyes were warm and painful.

The Praetorian Commander turned back to him with a harmless smile and asked, "Do you know who I am?" ”

Lu Yugui nodded: "I know, you are the commander of the Praetorian Guard." ”

"It's good to know." The Commander of the Praetorian Guard was very satisfied with his answer, and then asked: "Since you know who I am, you should know that it is impossible to make a mistake by sending out the people I personally arrested, and once I make a move, it will be a big case, do you know what big crime you have committed?" ”

The tone and demeanor of his speech are not at all like the posture of handling a big case, but like a group of friends who drink and eat meat in a restaurant together.

But it was such a relaxed and casual tone, and what he said scared Lu Yugui almost incontinent.

"W-what the hell is going on?" Lu Yugui cried and mourned, "I haven't done anything during this time, at most I just go out to visit a green house, I can't go to a green house now, right?" ”

When it came to what he had done, none of the Praetorian Guards said a word, they were only responsible for arresting people, and it was not their duty to try them.

Besides, the Qinglou was so stirred up by the officers and soldiers, and the guests inside were all frightened and disinterested, and everyone began to care about what happened?

"Hey, what do you say the officers and soldiers are arresting Master Lu for? Or did Master Lu commit something and was caught by the government? ”

"Who knows, the officers and soldiers came to Qinglou to arrest people, obviously it happened suddenly, let's go and find out what happened."

"Alas, let's go, Master Lu has been arrested, and the next time we come to visit the Qinglou, no one will help us settle the bill."

"Yes, I'm still thinking about accompanying the new beauty next time, but now it seems that I can only wait for the next time, I really hope that Master Lu will release it soon."

In this way, when they visit the Qinglou, there is a big injustice for treats.

These people came out of the Qinglou, and on the way to inquire about the news, they found that there were many more officers and soldiers equipped with knives on the street, and from the military uniforms on their bodies, they could be distinguished from the officers and soldiers of the Forbidden Army and the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses.

"What's going on today, the officers and soldiers of the Forbidden Army and the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division are dispatched at the same time, what's the big deal?"

"I don't know, let's go after them and see where they go?"

Soon, the people of Jiankang found that the officers and soldiers had surrounded the mansions of the Great Salt Merchants and many officials.

Could it be that Jiankang is about to change again?

The people were so frightened that they hid at home and discussed, and if you pay close attention, you can still find them talking with a faint excitement in their eyes, which shows how happy the people are to see that some officials are unlucky.

Lu Yugui was taken into prison, and he didn't wait long before he saw a large family, regardless of men, women, and children, locked in.

When his family came in, he realized that it was the family's luxurious house and that the food and clothing were overdue.

"It's not just our Lu family in the whole world, I don't know how many Jiankang alone, if you want to investigate strictly, I'm afraid that the entire Jiankang rich area will fall!"

"Master, this is the case, but the official is going to take our family as a model, what should we do now?"

In addition to admitting that he is unlucky, it depends on how to deal with it.

Lu Yugui looked at his family and asked, "Why did the officers and soldiers arrive at our house, and what is the situation at home now?" ”

Hearing this, Mrs. Lu cried directly, "Our mansion is surrounded by officers and soldiers, I heard that we are going to raid our house, sir, do you think our family will be exiled?" ”

Lu Yugui's brows were tightened, his face was like earth, this matter was really uncertain, if they were convicted of exceeding the law, they might have beheaded their families, and exile might be regarded as opening the net, which was the lightest punishment.

In the palace.

Li Jingfu listened to Xiang Rongrang's words when he came to report on the situation of the raid, and asked in shock: "How much did you just say?" Just a big salt merchant copied out five million taels of silver? And countless gold, silver and jade? ”

Xiang Rongrang stood at the bottom and said amazingly: "Five million taels is just cash, and his house and industries in various parts of the Dayu Dynasty are not counted." If you roughly estimate, the minister thinks that there are at least tens of millions! ”

"Bang dang!"

The teacup in Li Jingfu's hand fell to the ground and shattered into two petals.

He recovered from the shock and asked, "What is the situation in the other officials' mansions?" ”

Xiang Rongrang replied: "The officials are not as good as the big salt merchants, and they have investigated and dealt with several official shops with a slightly larger amount, and the number of tax evasion and tax evasion is more than one million taels, and the few is hundreds of thousands of taels or hundreds of thousands of taels, as for the shops with tens of thousands of taels of silver, the minister has not spared time to deal with them for the time being." ”

Today, with a big salt merchant paving the road in front, and these relatively small shrimps in the back, Li Jingfu at least did not show a shocked expression.

It's just that his face was extremely dark, and he said with a hint of anger: "They are all Dayu's 'virtuous ministers'!" For the sake of the peace of the world, I conscripted 100,000 soldiers, but I didn't even have the money to raise soldiers, and the empty treasury could run horses, and these virtuous ministers in the court, who were full of benevolence and morality, were worth hundreds of thousands of millions at any time, but I, the lord of the world, was so poor that I had to sew and mend my pants! ”

Xiang Rongrang glanced at Li Jingfu's waist, wiped the sweat on his forehead, and asked, "The emperor is angry, but do you want the ministers to send officers and soldiers to copy the mansions of these people?" Fill your private treasury with all the proceeds? ”

Li Jingfu frowned, "I am really sorry for Mingxi's eldest nephew, when the rebels besieged the city, as long as the whole city was united, the rebels could not break through the city gate." And the strong city gate was delayed by these selfish and self-interested courtiers, if everyone had the money to contribute and the strength to contribute, how could the rebels be able to break through the city gate of Jiankang! ”

And in order to quell the rebellion as soon as possible in the world, he was almost delayed by these courtiers because of a little silver, but fortunately, he was influenced by Xia Jing and made up his mind to rectify it, and now the silver raised is enough for him to raise millions of soldiers and horses.

Now that there is money to do things, "100,000 recruits must strengthen their training, and they will go north to quell the rebellion after the snow melts next spring at the latest, so in the next few months, increase training in terms of food supply!" ”

"Also, I heard that the queen has built a lot of cement roads in the Gyeonggi area, shouldn't we also build this infrastructure in Jiankang?"

Xiang Rongrang had no objection to this, "Everything is subject to the emperor's orders." ”

The two were discussing what to do if they had money, and Anu came in to report: "Your Majesty, the princess asks to see!" ”

Li Jingfu looked puzzled and glanced at the hourglass next to him, "What is she doing in the palace at this time?" Please let her in! ”

Anu took the order, turned around and walked out of the main hall again.

Xiang Rongrang hesitated for a moment, but still said, "The princess may have come to intercede for the Marquis of Changping." ”

When Li Jingfu heard this, he asked with a cold face: "You mean that there is a Changpinghou family for tax evasion?" ”

Xiang Rongrang nodded, moved to the side, and when the princess entered the palace to meet him, he still stood aside and didn't get in the way.

Li Chengxian walked in with Anu and saluted Li Jingfu in a proper manner, "Erchen has seen my father!" ”

"Let's get up, tell me about the important matter for you to enter the palace at this hour?" Li Jingfu probably knew why she entered the palace, so he asked straight to the point.

"Father, he arrested everyone in the Changping Marquis Mansion except for his sons, and put them in prison." Li Chengxian pointed to Xiang Rongrang, who was standing aside.

She knew that this was the emperor's henchman and a military general who relied on him very much, and his words were quite restrained, if she had her previous temper, she might have scolded directly.

"Erchen entered the palace today to ask him, what heinous crime did the Marquis of Changping commit and use him to stew?"

Li Jingfu listened to her words, and the good mood of getting rich overnight just now disappeared in an instant.

He snorted coldly: "As my in-laws, the Marquis of Changping actually dug into the corner of Dayu and took the lead in tax evasion, what crime do you say they have committed?" ”

Xiang Rongrang raised his head and defended: "Princess, the minister didn't have a pot of stew, he just did what he wanted and invited the Marquis of Changping into the prison cell of the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses to drink tea, which is not as serious as you said." ”

Entering the cell in his mouth, he said lightly that he was drinking tea, and Li Chengxian listened to his words and almost spurted out a mouthful of old blood.

"Father, look at him. I didn't take this princess of mine in my eyes at all, let me arrest people when I came to the door, and I didn't leave any affection! ”

Li Jingfu coughed twice, and said lightly: "It's just a cup of tea in the cell, it's not a big deal, you go back and pay the taxes you owe, and the Marquis of Changping can go home." Instead of coming here to cry to me, you might as well go home and raise money quickly, so that Changping Hou will suffer less in his cell! ”

Li Chengxian stomped her feet angrily, with helplessness and a little anger on her face: "Father! ”

"Okay, it's not negotiable!" After Li Jingfu became the emperor, he realized how difficult it was to manage a country well.

Now that he has finally found a little way to make money, Dayu has a turnaround, and his good daughter has come to drag his feet again, how can Li Jingfu not be angry, "You don't want to be Dayu's sinner, right?" ”

Li Chengxian's heart sank, "Why did I become Dayu's sinner?" Could it be that the family is guilty of great evil? Made an unforgivable mistake? ”

Li Jingfu glared at her angrily: "Don't delay my time here, and don't mess around here, in short, you have to know that if you make up the taxes, he can go home, or wait for the old man to die in the cell!" ”

Some people in this world like foxes and fake tigers, and they want to be powerful and powerful by relying on power.

And some people no matter the ups and downs of life, they can treat it with a normal heart and keep their original intention.

Just like the Xia family!

Even if they raise a queen of a country, they are not squeamish, they are not shocked, they treat their daughters and sons-in-law with a normal heart, and live a low-key life in a city.

Li Chengxian was unwilling to leave the palace like this, and shouted with a sad face: "Father."

Li Jingfu was dumbfounded: "You want to be a sinner of the Li royal family!" ”

As soon as these words came out, it was like a heavy hammer that hit her chest, and she couldn't breathe for a long time.

She suppressed her crying and blessed her body: "Erchen will retire!" ”

Waiting for Li Chengxian to leave, Anu changed a cup of hot tea for Li Jingfu, "Is the emperor's words too heavy, the princess is crying." ”

Li Jingfu pinched the bridge of his nose and sighed: "She has been spoiled since she was a child, but she didn't want to grow into a person who does not distinguish between right and wrong and is extremely selfish. Now let her suffer a little grievance and suffer a little, which is good for her and the Cai family! ”

Anu said worriedly: "The princess didn't fish out the Marquis of Changping, and after she goes back, I'm afraid that she will be harassed by everyone in the Marquis of Changping's mansion." ”

When Li Jingfu heard this, his face instantly darkened, and he snorted coldly: "She is a princess, and I support her, what is she afraid of?" She can't stand up in her in-law's house herself, and even if I get her wish today, her life in her in-law's house will not be easy. ”

"When a woman marries, her mother's family is her dependence, if she is good at handling this relationship, who dares to bully her?"

A woman relies on her mother's family to support her mother-in-law's family, but what does the Li royal family rely on to support?

One is to rely on force or force, force in hand, and if the courtier wants to control the government, it depends on whether she agrees to the force in her hand!

The second is to rely on interests, everyone is a community of interests, and everyone will work hard to maintain this interest.

Moreover, there is great strength in numbers, and it depends on the clansmen. Dayu around the clan has cultivated how many talents, people, jinshi, after they get the will, everyone will spontaneously help the clansmen, so that over time, the clan will slowly become stronger.

In the same way, the Li royal family also wanted to maintain clan relations and strengthen the imperial power.

The Jiangshan Society of the Dayu Dynasty is eternal, and no one in the Changping Hou family dares to underestimate Li Chengxian, because without the support of the emperor, they may regress into a third-rate family.

The ministers who were imprisoned in the cell looked at each other and smiled bitterly.

"Your Majesty, is this really going to execute us?"

"Execution? The emperor is not afraid that all Confucian scholars in the world will rebel? ”

The military general on the side snorted: "Xiucai rebelled, and it won't be successful for three years." Now that the emperor has military power, will he be unaware of your rebellion? Don't be naïve, isn't it good to be honest? I have to toss, now it's okay, I tossed everyone into the cell! ”

"Shut up!" One of the representatives of the civil service opened his mouth to retort: "You teach people to be honest, and when you are running around for three meals a day, you will always follow the rules?" Even if a money-making project is right in front of you, and you can sign a contract as long as you agree to it, will you say no? ”

"If you don't toss, if you don't toss, you'll end up in a cell? And now you still have to go to jail with us? ”

The generals glared at them: "We are low-key, we are all affected by you, if you don't die, the emperor will remember the tax?" The emperor was forced by you, and if you don't force the emperor, you may not be able to think of taxes in another hundred years! ”

A group of silverfish who don't know the so-called can only talk about their abilities, and they will be instigated when they encounter something, if it weren't for the fence blocking, he really wants to rush over and beat them up!

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