"Will Your Majesty still go to practice martial arts today?"

The waiters brought the food, and Li Xu's diet was very simple, two meats and two vegetables plus a bowl of soup. Li Xu knew in his heart that compared to his arrogant and lascivious courtiers, he was actually more like a worker, and those who kowtowed to him were the masters.

"I'll go back later, I still haven't finished reading a few books. Li Xu served himself a bowl of soup, and the taste of radish and mutton meatballs was the most appetizing.

"The slave maid's family sent a message in, and several brothers wanted to ask about the property and the raid. ”

After Wen Minxing mysteriously disappeared, Li Xu had a string in his heart, always feeling that this father-in-law was calculating something in the shadows.

This hand turned light into darkness, which was a means, but Li Xu couldn't see what else Wen Minxing, who had given up power, could do.

Although Wen Minxing may still have a lot of wealth in hand, if there is money in this world to get things done, the most powerful people in the world are those Hu merchants who live in the west of Baiyu Jingcheng.

It's a pity that Li Xu didn't know that his worried old father-in-law was smashing stones in the Qinling Mountains at this time, otherwise he would definitely ask Du to stop drinking a few cups.

Although they don't know where Wen Minxing went, judging by the performance of his sons, they really believe that their father was killed by Manichaeism, or they pretend to believe that their father has died at the hands of gangsters.

These young masters are rushing to carve up the weaving houses, gambling houses and other industries under Wen Minxing's name.

According to the laws of the Yu Dynasty, the property left by the parents was to be divided equally among the sons, except for the mother's dowry, which was inherited by the biological sons.

Regardless of whether you are a concubine or a concubine, these assets will be divided equally.

As the prince of the country, Wen Minxing's title can be passed on to three generations, but each generation has to be demoted to one level.

The sons of the Wen family are breaking their heads for titles and silver, but they are worried about the opinions of their cheap brothers-in-law before they break their heads.

If the emperor is eyeing these floating fortunes of the Wen family, no matter how they rob them, they will be in vain. What's more, looking at Li Shen's appearance of sharpening his knife, those Wen Gongzi also estimated that it would be difficult to be good this time.

Fortunately, there is a younger sister in the palace, who is still the only person around the emperor, and these few people still ask their sister to explore the emperor's tone first.

"This is their family matter, as long as it doesn't make the Wen family disgraced. "Li Xu will not interfere with the Wen family's young masters fighting for property.

Those industries of the Wen family, such as brocades and casinos, are not suitable for taking over, not to mention how to make money, the emperor has his own plans.

"Your Majesty, Li Deyu is here and is waiting for you outside. Huang Shiliang walked in lightly and reported to the emperor.

Li Xu looked at the soup bowl in his hand and the food in front of him, threw the bowl back on the table, and then said to Huang Shiliang: "Please let him in." ”

Because Li Shen is now proud, the rest of the judges are faintly anxious. Although they were allowed to attend the meetings of the political affairs hall, their actual duties were only the emperor's written secretaries, and Li Shen went out to serve as a prison envoy to press the Dali Temple around his baton, which made the other five judges very envious.

However, Li Deyu is not in a hurry.

"Your Majesty, Wei Bojiedu envoy Tian Hongzheng asked to enter the court. Li Deyu took a booklet and handed it to Li Xu.

Li Xu took the booklet and read it hastily.

Tian Hongzheng, whose ancestor was the hero of the famous Yan Zhao, later joined the chaotic army when the Kanto Rebellion arose. has martial arts, connections, and skills, and eventually rises. Later, the imperial court was unable to clean up the Kanto, so it had to acquiesce to their autonomy.

As soon as this case is opened, the legacy is endless.

Tian Hongzheng is now the governor of the Metropolitan Prefecture of Weizhou, the envoy of Wei Bojiedu, the inspector of the school, and the king of Qinghe County. The rank of honor has reached the extreme, and Wei Bo has been like the private property of the Tian family a long time ago, so it is really intriguing to apply for admission at this time.

"Tian Hongzheng, what does he mean by this?" asked Li Xu.

Li Deyu is from the Li family of Zhao County, Zhao County is located in Hebei, although it is not under the jurisdiction of Weibo Town, but Li Jifu is good at summarizing information, and is very familiar with the people and sophistication of each town.

"It is rumored that Tian Hongzheng practiced his true qi three years ago, and his energy has declined in recent years, and he has taken care of things less. Li Deyu had already done his homework: "Wei Bozhen's former generation of Jiedu envoy Tian Ji'an has always been arrogant and unpopular with the military, and before his death, he appointed his youngest son Tian Hui as the queen of Jiedu, and then ordered his henchman Liang Siwen to act as the agent in charge of military affairs. ”

The Jiedu envoy is in charge of the military and political power, and the Jiedu is the heir of the Jiedu envoy after he stays.

This Tian Hongzheng has always won the hearts of the military, and Liang Siwen adjusted the military academy and rearranged personnel in order to protect Tian Hui. ”

"As a result, Wei Bojun's officers directly killed Liang Siwen, killed Tian Hui, and replaced Tian Hongzheng as the commander?"

"That's the case, the feudal towns tend to act aggressively, and the three towns of Hebei are the most domineering among the feudal towns. And Weibo Town is the most difficult of the three towns in Hebei to subdue, and there is a saying in the countryside that the so-called Chang'an Son of Heaven, Wei Mansion Tooth Soldier. ”

Bai Yujing was called Chang'an in ancient times, and the so-called Chang'an Heavenly Son is worthy of himself, and this Wei Fu Ya soldier can be as famous as himself, but he doesn't know how powerful it is.

"The Son of Heaven in Chang'an, the tooth soldier of the Wei Mansion. Li Xu smiled bitterly. "What is the explanation of this Wei Mansion Tooth Soldier?"

"Your Majesty, this is a country saying, which speaks of a soldier and horse in the town of Weibo. Li Deyu said: "The feudal town is not subject to Wang Hua, in order to divide the territory and enrich itself, in addition to recruiting the outlaws of the rivers and lakes as assassins, but also sweeping the ground as soldiers, and collecting soldiers and horses for the imperial court to fight, there are no less than 100,000 soldiers in Weibo Town alone, and the number of military horses in Chengde and Fan Yang is also about the same. ”

Li Xu couldn't help frowning when he heard this, 100,000 soldiers and horses, and the forbidden army of various names added up is such a number.

If the soldiers of the Yu Dynasty were separated according to the methods of later generations, they should belong to the mercenary system, and they did not produce in peacetime, and relied on the imperial court or feudal towns to provide them.

The 300,000 horses raised by the three towns of Hebei are not only a sharp weapon to resist the imperial court, but also a bottomless pit that devours social wealth. Hebei is rich, and it may be difficult to feed so many large troops, and it is conceivable how difficult the life of the people under the rule of the three towns is.

"The Jiedu envoy relied on the army to resist the imperial court, and there were various soldiers and horses under his banner, and regimental training envoys, which could be regarded as a small military leader. In order to suppress these small army leaders, the Jiedu envoy set up tooth soldiers, selected elites, and personally ruled the garrison. ”

"And invite the famous teacher to explain martial arts for the tooth soldiers, set up the tooth general to rule the tooth soldiers, the tooth soldiers are the essence of a town's armed forces, in order to maintain the loyalty of the tooth soldiers, the festival makes often use a thousand means to envelop, so the tooth soldiers are also the most domineering, and often abolish the festival degree envoy. As soon as the envoys did not obey the demands of the tooth soldiers, they mutinied and installed another officer who was willing to obey them as the envoys. ”

Liang Siwen didn't accept the meaning of these masters, so they chopped Liang Siwen alive, poured a cup of poisonous wine into Tian Hui, and then asked Li Run to be the envoy of the festival. ”

"Isn't it Tian Hongzheng?"

Li Run was the envoy of Weizhou at that time, but he knew that the position of the envoy of Jiedu was not right, and the imperial court would definitely not allow him. The Tian family had the strength to say nothing, so the tooth soldiers of the Wei Mansion also cut him off and prepared to set up Liu Huchen. ”

"Needless to say, this Liu Huchen also refused, so he was also chopped alive?"

Liu Huchen heard the wind, and before the soldiers came to the door, he committed suicide by hanging himself. Only then did the tooth soldiers of the Wei Mansion know that they still have to choose a Tian family member as a festival envoy, so they supported Tian Hongzheng. ”

Hearing this, Li Xu understood why these people were as famous as himself.

Just kidding, the emperor may not be able to kill the envoys, these uncles will kill if they say they will kill, and he, the son of Chang'an, can be ranked in front of the Wei Mansion soldiers, which can be regarded as taking advantage of them.

"This Tian Hongzheng is really a character. ”

has been working for so long to be the envoy of the Wei Mansion, and this Tian Hong is about to enter the court, so he has to let Li Xu take it seriously.