The Reborn Lao Tzu Is the Emperor

Chapter 73 Pirate Night Attack
However, it is obviously useless to blame Mu Kangxun for this matter.After all, this was an order from Concubine Yang Shu, and he dared not disobey.

At the moment, Zhao Dongting just held back his anger and said, "Don't forget to inform me of such things in the future!"

Seeing sweat on Mu Kangxun's forehead, he hastily responded obediently.

Zhao Dongting frowned slightly, and said again: "After the court is over, you should immediately release those nobles from prison, and you must comfort them with kind words, and don't let them feel resentment. Regardless of whether they have anything to do with the assassination , We can’t take people casually without conclusive evidence.”

Mu Kangxun was full of bitterness, but he could only nod in response.

Thinking that he is the magistrate of Leizhou Prefecture, but he has to apologize to those local nobles, he is also aggrieved.But what can he do when Zhao Dongting speaks?

After Zhao Dongting explained this sentence, he looked around at all the officials in the hall, "Do you have something to play?"

No one answered.

These days, the work of all ministries and departments has been on the right track, and those trivial matters are naturally not stupid enough to report to Zhao Dongting.

Zhao Dongting waited for a few seconds, and when no one spoke, he said to Xiang Dongyang: "Scholar Xiang, then please tell me your thoughts on the tax reduction and exemption of the land distribution system!"

"Yes."

Xiang Dongyang bowed to Zhao Dongting.

Then he faced the ministers and slowly expressed his idea of ​​tax reduction and exemption by level.

He is not in a hurry, has a calm demeanor, and has the style of a hermit.

The officials were a little disapproving at first, but as they listened, their faces became more and more surprised. In the end, many people showed amazement.

Xiang Dongyang's idea is absolutely beyond what ordinary people can come up with.

At the moment, they no longer dare to underestimate Xiang Dongyang in their hearts.

Tax cuts and exemptions at different levels, as well as subsidies, may really eliminate the resistance of the nobles to the land distribution system.

Lu Xiufu was full of surprises, and said: "Student Xiang really has unique insights, thinking of what I can't think about. If there is nothing wrong with Bachelor Xiang, can you sit at my house for a while? I am willing to listen to Bachelor Xiang's various government affairs. opinion."

Xiang Dongyang cupped his hands and said with a smile: "If you are invited by the state affairs decree, I would rather be respectful than obedient."

He deduced Lu Xiufu's identity from Lu Xiufu's official robe.He also has some admiration for Lu Xiufu, a well-known official among the people.

Later, several senior officials from the Ministry of State offered to visit Lu Xiufu's mansion to discuss political affairs.

Seeing this kind of scene, Zhao Dongting was naturally happy in his heart. What the court needs is such an atmosphere, not fighting each other like before.

Immediately afterwards, seeing that all the ministers were fine, he asked Li Yuanxiu to announce the dismissal of the court.

The overall situation of Leizhou Mansion was initially determined, and he, the emperor, could finally relax a little bit.

Back in the bedroom, Ying Er and Yue Wu are watering the flowers and plants in the courtyard.

Zhao Dongting originally wanted to go to Concubine Yang Shu's palace to talk to Concubine Yang about the detention of nobles, but after thinking about it, he decided to give up.He knew Concubine Yang Shu did this out of grief and anger, and he didn't want to make Concubine Yang Shu sad because of this matter.

With nothing to do, he asked Li Yuanxiu to teach him some basic martial arts in this courtyard.

The skills of Li Yuanxiu, Hong Wutian and Sha Wanli all made Zhao Dongting have a strong interest in ancient martial arts.

Although he is the emperor, he also wants to become a peerless master who never sees the end of the dragon.

Li Yuanxiu is definitely a martial arts genius, no one taught him in the palace, but he insisted on practicing martial arts to such a level.

With his teaching, Zhao Dongting felt that his path in martial arts might not necessarily lead to achievements.

Of course, Li Yuanxiu's martial arts is so superb, it also has something to do with his undivided attention.Those who are dedicated will achieve more in everything they do.

Zhao Dongting also knew in his heart that he had too many trivial matters, and it would be difficult for him to reach Li Yuanxiu's level.

But this does not diminish his determination to practice martial arts.

He was willing to learn, and Li Yuanxiu was willing to teach, and immediately the two of them performed it in the courtyard.

Zhao Dongting had only practiced internal skills before, and had never practiced martial arts. Now he is a beginner, and he is naturally lame, which made Ying Er and Yue Wu smile coquettishly.

In this way, Zhao Dongting didn't stop until he was a little hungry.

At noon, Zhao Dongting was taking a nap in the bedroom, when the guard outside the door suddenly reported, "Your Majesty, General Liu of the Huanglong Imperial Army is begging to see you!"

"Liu Hongyi is back now?"

Zhao Dongting was slightly puzzled, opened the door and walked out, only to see Liu Hongyi kneeling outside with a face full of shame, even his armor hadn't been taken off.

He obviously just came back from his class, and went straight to the palace before returning home.

Zhao Dongting had some bad feelings in his heart and said, "General Liu, get up first, what happened?"

Liu Hongyi knelt down and said, "The last general was unfavorable in his expedition and failed to wipe out the pirates. Please ask the emperor to punish him."

Zhao Dongting went up to pull him up, and said, "It's not good for the expedition? Please explain in detail what's going on."

Liu Hongyi's face was full of aggrieved and embarrassing, "The last general led the army to the islands near Leizhou Mansion to wipe out the pirates, but those thieves all fled. The last general... the last general led the army, but they couldn't find their whereabouts at all. Three days Since then, even...even the shadow of pirates has hardly been seen."

Zhao Dongting couldn't help being stunned, and then sighed: "The pirate is cunning and familiar with the sea, so I can't blame you, General Liu."

What he said made Liu Hongyi even more ashamed.I just feel that I have failed Zhao Dongting's trust.

Moreover, to his embarrassment, it was he himself who requested to exterminate the pirates in the Palace of Political Affairs.

At this time, Zhao Dongting said again: "Well, General Liu, go back and rest first, and come to my bedroom after dinner, call General Su, General Yue and the others, and I will discuss with you the matter of eradicating pirates Those pirates are extremely cunning, and they hurriedly encircled and suppressed them, even if all our soldiers went to sea, it would be of no avail."

Zhao Dongting had never fought against pirates before, but he could guess that those pirates had been wreaking havoc overseas in Leizhou Prefecture for so long, so they must be difficult to deal with.

At the beginning, I thought this matter was too simple.

Liu Hongyi nodded with shame on his face, "The general will obey."

After all, he was ready to leave.

"correct."

Zhao Dongting suddenly remembered something and asked, "General Liu, I asked you to investigate the matter of Xiulin Castle, what's the matter?"

Liu Hongyi said: "The general went to exterminate the pirates this time, but he hasn't contacted those spies yet. When he gets in touch with them, the general will report back to the Holy Majesty."

"it is good."

Zhao Dongting nodded.

At night, the coolness suddenly arrived.

Liu Hongyi called Su Quandang, Yue Peng, and Su Liuyi to Zhao Dongting's bedroom.

After seeing the ceremony, the monarchs and ministers began to discuss how to exterminate the pirates in Zhao Dongting's bedroom.

Now that the hierarchical tax reduction and exemption policy is about to be introduced, the general situation of the development of Leizhou Prefecture is initially determined, only these pirates are still in the way.

But what they didn't know was that that night, another pirate attacked Suixi County near the Leizhou Prefecture.

Hundreds of small boats drifted in from the sea at night and landed secretly, and hundreds of pirates went to a certain village outside Suixi County with ease.

These pirates are even more familiar with the geography of the offshore than the government.

And these villages are usually not guarded by soldiers.

Only this time, they touched the outside of the village, and before they had time to go in, burn, kill and loot, a group of people suddenly came out from the side mountain forest.

The pirates were shocked, and seeing that these people were not wearing military uniforms, they thought they were accomplices. The pirate leader asked, "Who are you?"

This group of people who came out of the forest was no more than a hundred, but all of them were holding weapons. The leader was a young man, handsome and quite suave.Holding a long sword with a cold light in his hand, he said with a sneer, "We are from Xiulin Castle, and we are here to take the lives of you thieves!"

"Shulin Castle?"

The faces of many pirates changed drastically. The rough-looking pirate leader held a steel fork and said fiercely: "We have nothing to do with you Xiulin Castle, why are you meddling in my own business? Could it be that you are a lackey of the imperial court?"

The young man said quietly: "It is because you have nothing to do with it that you deserve to die..."

As he spoke, he raised his arms and swung his sword, and without further ado, he rushed towards the pirate gang first.

Looking at his steps, he is brisk and elegant, his lightness kung fu attainments are obviously not trivial.

Nearly a hundred people behind him armed and dressed in coarse cloth also rushed towards the pirates, shouting loudly, all of them were full of spirit, they were all Lianjiazi.

Their shouts caused many lights to light up in the village immediately.

The pirate leader gritted his teeth in hatred, but he didn't have the guts to fight them, so he just shouted: "Let's go!"

In fact, it doesn't need to be said by him, the name of "Xiu Linbao" has scared many pirates out of their wits.

Xiulin Fort is indeed a leading power in the world in Leizhou Prefecture.

Seeing the pirates running away, the young people headed by Xiulinbao sneered, chased after them and stabbed a pirate to death, and shouted loudly: "Don't let these thieves go! Kill them!"

The people he brought were all outstanding in martial arts, and after chasing them, they chopped off the pirates like melons and vegetables.

There are also Lian Jiazi among the pirates, but in front of them, they can't resist a few moves at all.Occasionally, those who were slightly more powerful were also killed by the siege.

They couldn't kill, they couldn't run, and they screamed and screamed.

The villagers in the village heard the noise and ran out quickly. Men, women, children, old and weak women and children were all holding kitchen knives, hoes and other things. Although their faces were a little scared, their eyes were full of indignation.

The villages along the coast of Leizhou Prefecture are often harassed by pirates, which has long made them hate these pirates.

But before they rushed up, they heard the young man from Xiulin Castle shout: "It's dangerous to fight, don't come here."

While speaking, he also cut the throats of two pirates one after another with his long sword in a graceful manner.

Seeing his brothers being killed one after another, the pirate leader was so angry that he couldn't bear it any longer. He gritted his teeth and ran back holding the steel fork, "Brothers, fight them!"

The young man sneered, kicked over two pirates blocking the way, and headed towards the pirate leader.

Judging by his expression, he obviously didn't pay attention to these pirates.

(End of this chapter)