Step on a branch

Chapter 354 You might as well just say it
In the big tent, Tang Tiao trembled.

Cut off from the sun, it should have been much cooler, but his sweat couldn't stop coming out.

But the back of the neck was icy cold.

Uncomfortably hot and uncomfortably cold.

Tang Cho thought, he was still careless.

I was dubious about the eldest princess, but I still boarded this thief ship, and followed the eldest princess into the army, so that I was trapped here, and it was difficult to find a way out.

But what's the use of being cautious?

Unless it can be proved that the princess of Pingyang participated in the rebellion, he can only be led by the nose until the princess reveals the fox's tail.

Tang Cho remained silent, and Lin Fan was not in a hurry.

"It's not just Mr. He, there are so many co-prefects and judges who came with us today, are they all in the same boat as Tang Zhifu?" Lin Fan said slowly, "Someone is colluding with you, taking money, and seeing the boat capsize. Do you want to jump ship to survive, or sink with you?

There are people who didn't get on that boat, but were implicated by you, and somehow became a member of Da Zhou's corner. Do you think they are angry?
Angrily, will they hide the clues they feel every day, or will they tell them all?
Prefect Tang, they are all officials under your command, you must know their temper and character very well, why don't you introduce them to us? "

Tang Cho's facial features were wrinkled.

The dripping sweat wet the ground in front of him.

What does it mean to pick it up from the water?
That's what he is.

Obviously, Tang Cho was still puzzled and questioned by the leak of the news, and wanted to think about a countermeasure, but Lin Fan didn't let him concentrate on thinking.

That slow tone of voice led Tang Cho's thoughts to other directions.

It was as if Tang Cho was thinking about the couplets to be written on both sides of the round gate, and Lin Fan directly pulled him closer to the garden behind the gate, and told him that there was a lake in the east, a pavilion in the west, and seven or eight or nine kinds of flowers planted in the front. What is the origin.

Since you want to write couplets, use all these things.

Too much, too rich, too sudden, filling the already muddy head to the brim in an instant.

Once it's full, it won't move anymore.

Tang Cho froze there, wanted to open his mouth, but couldn't make a sound.

Seeing this, Lin Fan looked left and right.

Qin Luan knew that he was looking for a wooden stick, so he immediately handed him a handful of wooden sticks beside him.

Lin Fan thanked him, took it, and put it behind Tang Choi: "Prefect Tang, sit down and think slowly."

Tang Chou was pushed down by Lin Fan, and his butt was stained with sticks, and he suddenly realized that both legs were numb.

Outside, Feng Zhong came with freshly cooked vegetable soup.

Qin Luan went over and opened the curtain with him.

The curtain fell together, Tang Cho looked out, and before he had time to shout out, the curtain fell again, blocking it tightly.

He became more and more depressed.

As soon as Feng Zhong came in, he felt that the atmosphere inside was not right.

Tang Cho's cowering look is very much like a stupid student in the school who can't answer the questions and is surrounded by all the onlookers.

The eldest princess motioned Feng Zhong to put the vegetable soup on the table and thanked him.

Feng Zhongzi said a few words modestly, stepped aside, and quietly winked at An Beihou to ask.

An Beihou shook his head at him.

After all, the development of the matter was unexpected, and even a few sentences could not explain it clearly.

only……

An Beihou glanced at Lin Fan.

The offensive words just now belonged to Lin Fan, the commander of the Red Guards.

An Beihou is too familiar with it.

The most annoying person in the entire capital!
Lin Fan, who bravely killed the enemy on the battlefield, had a completely different temper.

An Beihou looked at the eldest princess again.

The Yamen of the Qiyang Prefecture cooperated with the Yan family to conceal the production of the mine. If this matter is confirmed, it will be enough to be used as "the side of the Qing emperor".

The monarch and his ministers can't go on, this path is actually predictable.

An Beihou also has to admit that Deng Guoshi is dead, but the entry in front of him can be completely replaced.

Even, the effect is better.

If it was just Qing and Deng Guoshi, when the Marquis of Yongning and the others raised their troops, even though he sympathized and felt deeply, as a general of the Great Zhou, he had no choice but to stand up and stop them.

But Qi Yang's matter is different.

General Da Zhou, can you watch Qi Yangyan's family conceal the report here for several years?

He wanted to dissuade him, but he didn't have the face to persuade him.

Instead, the empress dowager must give an explanation, and the emperor must punish the Yan family.

Feng Zhong didn't get an answer from An Beihou, so he could only wait patiently and stare at Tang Chip.

Tang Cho had a guilty conscience, and being looked at condescendingly by people, he almost wanted to reach out and hug his head.

"I, Xiaguan..." He said in a bumpy voice, "Xiaoguan really didn't..."

"In the 18th year of Qingyuan, there was a mine accident in Xishan mine, and the production of that year was reduced by a quarter," Princess Pingyang said, "Xishan is the largest mine in Qiyang Prefecture. Once its production was reduced, Qiyang's production for the whole year was stretched. The disadvantage is that there is no quota, otherwise it will not be completed at all.”

When Tang Cho heard this, he hurriedly said, "It's a mine disaster, and production will definitely be reduced, that's for sure."

Princess Pingyang said again: "The next year, it didn't recover either."

"The mine was buried, and it took two years to clean it up and down, so it didn't recover..."

"That year, there was a flood in the Central Plains, and the farmland output of several state capitals was affected. The government was busy dredging the waterways, trying to protect the fields, and barely recovered [-]% to [-]% of the normal years," the eldest princess sneered, "Only your Qiyang Mansion received less than [-]% of the income."

Tang Cho said "ah".

Are you talking about minerals?
How did it get to the farmland?

The eldest princess said: "It's less than [-]%, which means that you didn't spend any manpower on protecting the land! The flood in Guanzhou is much more serious than Qiyang, and you barely managed to keep [-]% of it."

"At that time..." Tang Cho subconsciously wanted to explain.

The eldest princess didn't listen to him, and continued: "The labor force of Qiyang Mansion is mainly from mining, and the rest is from agricultural products.

In that year, no manpower was invested to ensure agricultural production, and the mineral production did not recover. It took two years to clean up the Xishan mine road.

Then tell me, what are so many wealthy laborers in Qiyang doing?
Are they lying at home, waiting for you to open a warehouse to release food and have enough food and drink? "

Tang Cho faltered and stood up: "This..."

"The labor force that can be accommodated in each mine is also limited, but in recent years, the labor population in Qiyang has increased a lot," the eldest princess said in a deep voice, "how can we absorb so much labor? The answer is to open a new mine! There are several places in Qiyang For new mines that have not been reported to the imperial court, you might as well just say so."

Tang Cho was dumbfounded.

It turned out that the eldest princess has been pulling their braids in the government office these days.

Mr. He hid and hid all the documents related to minerals, not to mention the truth, even if they were fabricated documents, the princess didn't even let the eldest princess see them, for fear of being found out to be fake .

But the eldest princess got clues from the population and agricultural products, so he knew that even if he wanted to deny it, he knew it was untenable.

Thinking about what Duke Ding said, it seems that it is too late for him to pretend to be dead now...

　Thanks to the book friend 121030193845947 for the reward.Thank you, book friend Kai Xiaoli, for your reward.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)