Emperor Zhenguan

Chapter 759
Zhang Xingcheng brought the cakes and gave them to the girl Xiaokui, not only did not win the other party's kindness, but also aroused the vigilance of the lame second child and the fourth child.

"We don't sell it!" Si'er said angrily.

Zhang Xingcheng was puzzled at first, then understood something, and explained: "Don't get me wrong, I didn't intend to buy a child, it was a reward from my son."

"Young Master?" Si'er looked at a man and two women who were eating cakes over there, "You didn't lie to me?"

"How could I lie to you?" Zhang Xingcheng smiled.

Seeing this, the lame second child hurriedly said, "Don't be angry, my lord. Although our family's livelihood is in danger, we will not sell our children."

"Flesh and blood relatives, there should be reason, I understand." Zhang Xingcheng said.

After this encounter, the relationship between the two parties finally eased a little.

Zhang Xingcheng asked: "Where are you from Guzhou?"

"Changshui people."

"Why do you have to travel all the way to Luozhou?"

The lame second child smiled wryly: "If there is a choice, who would want to leave their hometown."

"How to say?"

"In the past few years, many people in Luozhou have moved to Guzhou, buying fields and land everywhere, and our family's field has also been bought. Everyone doesn't want to be a tenant. I heard that it is good to be an official here in Luozhou. We are farming, and everyone wants to come and try it.”

"The rich people in Luozhou are all bastards!" Si'er said angrily, "Our family didn't sell the land, so they joined forces with the livestock in Guzhou to persecute our family. My second brother's leg was broken by the guards in Guzhou. of!"

"Sier!" The lame second child scolded, then smiled at Zhang Xingcheng: "This child is young, ignorant, talking nonsense."

Nonsense?

This is the ninth time I've heard it repeated.

Zhang Xingcheng remained silent, continuing to chat nonsense with his lame second and fourth children.

On the other side, Li Zhiyun gently wiped the pastry crumbs from the corner of his mouth, and looked at more and more people around him, feeling both scared and angry in his heart.

Fortunately, he didn't promote it on a large scale, otherwise he didn't know what big things would happen!

In the past few days, he has seen people who have migrated in many places in Luozhou.Their experiences are roughly the same. The rich people from Luozhou and Zhengzhou migrated to other counties and counties, joined forces with local officials, bought fields and land, and forced these people to survive.Either they become tenants of those people, or they can only leave their hometown and come to Luozhou.

Prior to this, things hadn't happened, but things hadn't fermented yet.In Luozheng and Zhengzhou, it has been implemented for several years, and a large number of rich people cannot accept the system of sharing their land with each other. They spread and migrated outwards, which finally triggered an avalanche of exodus.

As for the means of forcing the people to sell their land, there is no need to express it, everyone understands it.There are a series of missing persons cases, human trafficking and other evil things!
Previously, Li Zhiyun was not ignorant of this kind of thing, but he still had some confidence in the officials under his rule.It has not been more than [-] years since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, and the prosperity of the dynasty, no matter what, no one dares to be so rampant.

But the facts gave him a slap in the face, there are really people who dare, and there are many more!

Local officials colluded with rich people, bought fields and land, and recruited tenants.Those rich people can't stay in Luozhou and Zhengzhou, so they can only go to other states to continue buying land.

hateful!

Kill!

The most serious ones are the prefectures and counties around Luozhou and Zhengzhou.

"First, the official department neglected their duties and did not check the character of officials. Two, the Yushitai was incompetent and failed to detect evildoers. Third, it is my fault that I failed to seek truth from facts." Li Zhiyun said coldly.

Wei Puti looked at his lover who tended to be black, and said in a low voice: "My lord, this matter still needs to be verified in detail, and you can't cause trouble out of anger."

Originally thought that the lover took her out on a trip, but it was really uncomfortable to encounter such a thing.

"En." Li Zhiyun nodded lightly.

Soon after, Zhang Xingcheng came back and told Li Zhiyun the content of his conversation with the lame second child.

"Your Majesty, according to the minister, I'm afraid there will be people coming over later."

Li Zhiyun snorted coldly and said, "You passed on my oral order to tell Pei Shiqing to take care of these people."

"As ordered."

After Zhang Xingcheng left, Li Zhiyun did not linger, and took the people back to the carriage and returned to Chang'an.

The situation is urgent, he can't scare the snake, when he goes back to gather people, he must find out all the rubbish around him, and then kill them.

What happened this time was a wake-up call to him. If the original moths were not dealt with, and the direct implementation of the division into the mu, there would be big problems.Fortunately, the problem is only local, not large-scale.Fortunately, there is no direct promotion, otherwise it will be difficult to clean up.

The rich locals in these places dare to do this kind of thing, so what will the aristocratic family do?

Sure enough, don't worry.

Inside the car, looking at the preoccupied emperor, Wei Dante leaned on Wei Puti with some fear.The latter gently comforted his sister, but also worried.

"His Majesty."

"Huh?" Li Zhiyun asked, "What's wrong?"

"Don't worry, Your Majesty, it will be fine." Wei Dante said courageously.

Looking at his sister-in-law, Li Zhiyun smiled, put his arms around her, and said softly, "Are you afraid?"

"No." She whispered.

"Don't be afraid." Li Zhiyun said: "After returning to Chang'an, first go to the mansion I set up for you with Bodhi to have a good rest. After a while, I will visit you again."

"Hmm." Wei Dante blushed.

She also knew that after she came out this time, she would be Li Zhiyun's woman.

Two days later, Liangyi Hall.

Li Zhiyun directly approached Wei Zheng and Gao Jifu from Yushitai.

"Luozhou, Zhengzhou, Guzhou, and the surrounding states and counties, you all have to investigate, this time you must investigate thoroughly!

Remember, don't startle the snake, I want to catch them all! "

"Yes!"

Li Zhiyun went on to say: "The Ministry of officials rectifies, don't slack off, don't slack off!"

Repeating it twice means that the emperor is very angry, Wei Zheng immediately said: "Don't worry, Your Majesty, I will definitely check it out!"

"I will give you the right to do things cheaply. If anyone stops you, you will arrest them directly." Li Zhiyun ordered.

With Wei Zheng's loyalty, he can be trusted.

"Yes!"

This investigation is a joint investigation between the Ministry of Officials and Yushitai, which is a secret investigation.For this reason, Li Zhiyun didn't even tell Xiangguo of Zhengshitang.But he knew that there must be rumors in the Zhengshitang.

So, after sending Wei Zheng and Gao Jifu away, he summoned Du Ruhui and Xue Shou.

"What you said is correct. It is not allowed to use it on a large scale for the time being. This time is a lesson." Li Zhiyun sighed.

Du Ruhui read the memorabilia of Pei Shiqing, governor of Luozhou, and listened to the emperor's narration. He said, "Your Majesty, I have neglected my duties. This matter is of great importance. However, there is no news from the Political Affairs Hall. I did not investigate."

"The minister is too." Xue Shou bowed his head and cupped his hands.

"You really don't know?" Li Zhiyun narrowed his eyes.

Du Ruhui shook his head, looking at His Majesty the Emperor with clear eyes.

"I really didn't see the relevant memorial."

"In this way, someone intercepted the memorial." Li Zhiyun sneered, making people's hair go numb.

Xue Shou swallowed his saliva. If someone really intercepted the memorial, then this person must have a high status, and it is very likely that he is a member of the Zhengshitang.

Otherwise, it wouldn't be until His Majesty the Emperor inspected the place to discover such a thing.

Zhengshitang, is there an earthquake?
Li Zhiyun said: "Since you don't know, then don't worry about it, and continue to do your job well."

"Yes." Du Ruhui cupped his hands.

He really didn't know about this matter.The Six Ministers of the Political Affairs Hall assist the emperor in handling state affairs, and it is impossible for him to see every memorial.If someone intercepted the memorial in advance, it is not impossible that he could not see it.

However, he was curious as to who would have the guts to do such a thing.

(End of this chapter)