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Chapter 63 Closing the Market
Qin Shima led a team of government soldiers to hide quietly around the pharmacy. When there was a riot on the street, the pharmacy shopkeeper and a few employees closed down without warning, but in fact they tried to sneak out through the back door.

But he never thought that he would be captured by a man in armor and with a knife as soon as he went out.

The Habayashi Army and the Bingma Division cooperated well, scraping the inside and outside of the capital like a scorpion, and carefully screened out all the places where people were active.That night, a total of more than 100 people were arrested, and 100 of them were 89% sure that they were Wu Yue's spies.

As time went by, this number was still rising, until another morning, Ji Qiang threw down the list of Wu Yue's spies, and the numbers on it were horrifying.

There are as many as 160 people, they are involved in all walks of life, men, women and children.

Most of these people have been lurking in Haojing for more than ten years and have always been on standby.Another small part mixed into the capital before and after His Majesty ascended the throne.

They act in an orderly manner, be careful in everything, organized and advance and retreat. The first two times when rumors spread in the capital, it was their handwriting.

Those unbelievable things one after another, looking at it now, are really shocking.

The officials were as quiet as a chicken, and they didn't even dare to vent their breath.

"Don't you have anything to say, sir?"

Standing on the tall golden ladder, Ji Qiang's tone was not only wrapped in suppressed anger, but also frighteningly cold.

"I am guilty!"

"You are indeed guilty. Both the border and the guards in Gyeonggi have become a sieve, allowing the enemy's spies to run rampant under their noses. What's more, they have been lurking for more than ten years. It is ridiculous to spread the word!"

Baiguan was so ashamed that he wished he could find a hole to get in on the spot.They are all self-proclaimed extraordinary, they think they are wily and resourceful, but they are not even as good as a child.

In the beginning, His Majesty allowed Zhao Kun to command the Bing Ma Si indiscriminately, wandering here today and wandering there tomorrow, they were all dissatisfied, thinking that Zhao Kun was not qualified to command Shi at all.

Then, Wang Shengjun and others openly set up a shed outside to give porridge. Their dissatisfaction reached the extreme.

However, they quickly realized that His Majesty used Wang Shengjun as "bait" to catch them poor "fish".No wonder that on the day when the porridge was given, Jiang Shangshu half-jokingly half-seriously said that His Majesty's porridge is not good.At that time, they thought that "not delicious" meant the taste of porridge.

So, they reluctantly gave up all their money, and if this porridge goes on, no one can even think about living a good year!

Unexpectedly, in the end, the fish His Majesty really wants to catch is not them, but also Wu Yue's spies.They were just caught by His Majesty when he was "fishing for big fish".

Using soldiers and horses as a blindfold, the clouds come and go, so that the enemy can't understand the tricks.At the same time, Wang Shengjun was used as a bait to make Wu Yue's agents mistakenly think that they encountered a golden opportunity.

In the middle of the ring, in the middle of the game, the spies were finally arrested, the officials were taught a lesson, and the victims of the disaster were rescued.

Such a mind, such an age.

God bless my girder!
……

Ji Qiang didn't lose her temper, instead she kept her calmness. This was the result of King Xia's domestication of her over the years.

Unlike most people, when anger is first shown, it will become a prairie fire if you are not careful, but she is different. Whenever such emotions arise, her first reaction is to restrain.

The first restraint failed, and I immediately tried it again until I digested all the emotions bit by bit.

Her father told her that if she really couldn't do it, she should pinch herself severely.

At this moment, the hands crossed into the sleeves almost sank into the flesh.

The reward of eating the king, the matter of being loyal to the king, who really did it?
In the previous life, Liang destroyed the country, who was the real innocent?
"Dali Temple."

Ji Qiang was silent for a long time this time, so long that the officials thought that His Majesty was brewing a storm, but who knew that when she spoke again, she had already returned to her usual tone.

"The minister is here." Wei Wujiang hurried out.

Ji Qiang asked him about the overnight interrogation, and Wei Wujiang listed everything in detail.

The spies of Wu Yue who had recently infiltrated into the capital all came from Wuye.

Speaking of the country of Wuye, it is very magical. It is surrounded by countries, Daliang, Beirong, Wanju, Wuyue, and the four countries are absolutely crushing in terms of size and population. However, Wuye is in the gap between the four countries. It has been preserved for nearly a hundred years.

What Wuye people are best at is the art of being able to use both sides. Whoever is strong will be attached to him, and he will do business with anyone in private. When he gets benefits, he does not forget to respect the "thigh" he holds. No one can say it is bad.

Recently, these Wuyue spies were able to successfully enter the border of Daliang because they bribed Wu Ye and pretended to be Wu Ye businessmen, and then sneaked in when the border between Daliang and Wu Ye was open for trade, and then changed their appearance. Sneak into Haojing quietly.

As for the purpose of their large-scale entry to Beijing this time, Wei Wujiang tried his best and still could not pry it out.

Daliang has been a neighbor for more than 70 years since the founding of the country, and has been neighbors with Wu Yue for more than [-] years. He has heard a little about the training of his spy team. A qualified spy must go through at least ten years of domestication and various tests before being used by the master. The owners are basically the nobles of the Wu Yue royal family.

Ji Qiang issued a killing order.

What other purpose does Wu Yue have?
It's nothing more than wanting Daliang to perish.

When she was young, she read "Historical Books" and read about Daliang and Wu Yue's feud, and she was very puzzled.Her father told her that a Jinlan sister of the holy ancestor betrayed the holy ancestor because she disagreed with the holy ancestor's political views after the founding of the country in Daliang.

Later, King Wu Yue died of illness, that person's youngest son inherited the throne, and she herself became the actual ruler of Wu Yue.

From that day on, she has been deliberately targeting Daliang, and she has focused on making Daliang subjugate the country.

This is the beginning of the hostility between the two countries.

……

However, Wu Yue's spies can't be killed endlessly. If they can sneak into Haojing today, they can go to other places tomorrow.

Therefore, the bottom line is the key.

Ji Qiang decided to close the market. As soon as he said this, he was immediately opposed by many ministers.

For example, Tang Chongjian, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, said: "According to the statistics, more than [-]% of the people in the six towns adjacent to the Wuye border live by exchanging trade with the Wuye people. Your Majesty closed the market rashly. How should the people on the border make a living? The annual tax revenue of Liucheng is not a small sum, so I think it is a pity to just throw it away for nothing."

"What are you talking about the common people? In the final analysis, they are still reluctant to part with money." Yin Qilei answered quickly, he fully agreed with Ji Qiang's decision.

Tang Chongjian was also quick to refute, "That's right, the people are important, and taxes are also important."

"But letting Wu Yue's spies go for hundreds of thousands of taxes, the gain outweighs the gain." Qin Guogong opened his mouth unprecedentedly. Since Ji Qiang came to the throne, he has always been the most silent one, regardless of the size of the dynasty.

(End of this chapter)