Tang Qi Tan

Chapter 595 Various
At the same time, in Yang's mansion in Xinyifang, in the private study of the privy envoy Yang Guoguan, he was silently looking at a stack of cipher texts, but he was playing with an old yellow and white flower with faintly exquisite patterns in his hand. The sachet, even the stitching and tassels on it have faded and unthreaded.

Although it seems that there are only a few thin pieces of paper, they represent the recent series of events in Beijing centered on the discovery of the Shangshanguan incident; as well as the interrogation records and copies of the confessions of relevant people; it also made him think it was over. The dust-laden past has once again caused waves.

There are Taoist sects of the Tang Dynasty, and the folks are mainly the Lingbao School and Louguan Taoism handed down from the Southern and Northern Dynasties; but the most respected by the Li and Tang royal families is the Maoshan Shangqing School, which has been conferred and supported by the imperial court in the past, such as Wang Yuanzhi, Pan Shizheng and Sima Chengzhen all came from the Maoshan School of the Shangqing School.

Among them, there are not only the prophecy that "Li's family will win the world" was created for Emperor Gaozu of Tang Dynasty in Taiyuan; Folk campaigns have the appearance of proclaiming the emperor, and they have been able to prosper the family from generation to generation.

In addition, there is the Nantian Shidao/Zhengyi School revitalized by the descendants of the Zhang family in Longhu Mountain, Jiangxi; there is also Deng Ziyang who taught the "Tianpeng Method" in Magu Mountain, and established new Taoism such as the Northern Emperor School branch.On the other hand, Lou Guan Dao uses weeds as a building, and it is famous for watching the stars and qi.

Generations respect Yin Xi, who was passed on by Lao Dan in the "Tao Te Ching" in the Spring and Autumn Period, as the patriarch, and it is also the founder and persistence of Lao Zi's nonsense.His works include "Lao Zi Hua Hu Jing", "Lao Zi Xisheng Jing", "Lao Zi Kai Tian Jing" and "Miao Zhen Jing", etc., and the name of Miao Zhen, the master of Shangshan, originated from this.

When it was passed down to the ancestor Yin Wencao, Emperor Gaozong of the Tang Dynasty conferred the honorary teacher of Doctor Yinqing Guanglu and the National Teacher; he ordered Haotian Temple to be built as a Taoist temple.Therefore, Miaozhen himself is the leader of the contemporary Louguan Taoism and the younger brother of the Lord Haotianguan; however, his private actions do not have the quiet and inaction style of the Taoist school.

If he just set up a torture hall privately, amassing money, hiding criminals and sheltering fugitives, and even using his own influence to communicate and entangle the scum in the judiciary, and seek to get rid of crimes for others through selfishness and fraud, that is nothing more than personal The issue of personal morality; it will definitely not cause such a big impact.

However, according to the current evidence provided by the Xijing Lixingyuan, he was not only secretly spying on and collecting the secrets of the court and officials in Beijing, but also secretly communicated with many princes and foreign vassals for many years. I don’t know how many illegal activities he has done; In the end, the late emperor's son-in-law was actually involved.

This made Yang Guoguan, who was the privy envoy and uncle of the dynasty, also have to avoid suspicion.Even the name of the Zhengshitang was bypassed, he, the internal privy envoy who supervised the various armies of the Beiya, directly mobilized a group of Youxiao guards stationed outside the capital, which belonged to the ten guards of the Nanya, to act.

This process also made Yang Guoguan feel a little uneasy; on the one hand, as the emperor who represents the ruler, he supervises the palace guards and the secret envoys of the Beiya army; Few will be isolated from the resolutions of the political affairs hall.

On the other hand, Feng Tingbi, who was the son-in-law of the late emperor and son of the prince, was also his acquaintance and old friend in the upper circles of the capital.It's hard to imagine that the other party was also an accomplice in that tragic incident; and after so many years, he has always remained calm in front of him without any flaws.

Therefore, the current arrest of Feng Tingbi; Yang Guoguan, who is neither able to stop nor participate in it, is undoubtedly a continuous torment.Then there was a sudden knock on the door, but Yang Suguan raised his head impatiently and said: "Didn't I say that, don't bother me now!"

"Why, it's you!" However, he unexpectedly saw his wife who had treated him like a guest in private for a long time, and was also quite harmonious on the surface.The rich and graceful woman said in a voice, "Aye asked me to pass a message to my husband."

"Madam, please tell me..." Yang Guoguan rubbed his swollen brows and sighed: Although he didn't have any real love for this wife, after all, he gave birth to three children for him, and provided a lot of money through the Yue family. Helping partners don't need to avoid suspicion in public or private.

"The right and wrong of that year have already been explained. I don't know how far my husband will continue to entangle me over this matter?" Mrs. Yang calmly recounted: "Could it be true that you really want to be obsessed with that year, even at the expense of the Tian Family? authority, and even jeopardize the future of the whole family?"

"I know!" Yang Guoguan sighed heavily: "What your lord said is true; but please tell lord Yuezhang that I can only secretly withdraw and restrain my subordinates within my duties, but I can't interfere with Xiantai and Nanya. The behavior of the guards; after all, I am in my position, and I have to avoid suspicion."

A moment later, under the silent gaze of Mrs. Yang, as the brazier was lit, wisps of green smoke from the burnt fabric continued to rise; it also represented Yang Guoguan's last nostalgia and memory of the past, and with this burning The embers and ashes completely disappeared together.

And in the courtyard of the Third Division Envoy in the Imperial City University, Liu Zhan, who looks thin and has clear eyes, is also reviewing the reports from various branches, transshipment divisions and household departments in the world; When he saw the end, he could only let out a long sigh.

If we say that the animal disasters that happened one after another in various places before, can only be regarded as man-made troubles for the size and surplus of the Tang Dynasty's prosperity and prosperity for many years; Due to internal causes and external effects, it was accelerated even further.

And the most intuitive manifestation is that the annual revenue of the imperial court is gradually shrinking along with the road blockage, transportation delay, and sharp increase in loss caused by this chaos.In particular, only one-third of the tribute, discretionary fees, and miscellaneous taxes on ships, which accounted for half of the country's revenue, were in place.

However, various additional expenditure items are increasing day by day; local governments often send troops to eliminate animal disasters, or suppress and deal with local changes, and even use a large number of civilians to deal with the aftermath; The remaining stock and wealth.

Therefore, after the autumn harvest, it is inevitable that there will be obvious deficits and deficits on the accounts of the third secretary who dominates the world's finances.Of course, the affected Gongtai Province and the Feudal Affairs Council are also having a hard time. It is said that the support of the clan and the expenses of the Ouchi will also be tightened.

For this reason, the five-year round of routine drafts in the palace has been announced to be postponed to the next round; and apart from the already announced World No. Xiang and Min had fun together, and Enjun's activities in the palace will be suspended for a while.

Reflected in the local area, it is the news that the Beast Worship/Kirin Society, which was originally wiped out and suppressed, has revived in many places.Not only are foolish men and women bewitched by them, believing that this is a celestial phenomenon; they can protect themselves from being harmed by these beast ghosts controlled by animal religion.

Even some low-level officials secretly believed in this kind of evil theory, and secretly reported it.Or the family of the rich is forced to bribe a lot of money in private to protect themselves; they even secretly buy and drive beasts and ghosts to commit crimes at night, thinking that the chaos of eradicating old enemies and enmity is frequent...

Fortunately, the Pingjing Donation promulgated not long ago not only passed quickly in the court, but also received wide response from all the state capitals in the world.After all, the world is so big, the more high-ranking, wealthy and powerful people are, the more they are afraid of death, and the more they are afraid of losing everything they have due to unprovoked death.

But how to manage such an extra income, and whether to turn it into a normalized taxation item; has become the most troublesome and troublesome thing for Liu Zhan, the third envoy/planner.For this reason, he attended three political affairs hall meetings and almost became the focus of disputes.

As the saying goes, money is used everywhere, and there are imminent reasons everywhere; therefore, the hall elders and privy secretaries who each represent their own regions and factions, have different angles and positions, when they argue with each other, they are even a little unmannered. Foam sprayed on each other's faces.

But as the oldest attendee, he remained relatively at ease in it.No matter what demands and bargaining conditions these ministers and ministers put forward; he only insists on the only bottom line.That is, the investment of the dark censor department not only cannot be moved, but will continue to increase.

This is also a kind of potential tacit understanding that Liu Zhan has reached with Xijing Lixingyuan or that "hermit immortal" after he came back to life on the edge of life and death and obtained a physique different from ordinary people.Thinking of this, he took another big sip of the special drink full of raw fishy sweetness.

As the only sequelae of the unknown foreign body embedded in the body, he became more and more fond of eating raw food, especially pork and mutton or marinated offal, and all kinds of uncooked blood that was directly seasoned with spices. products.You can stay energetic for a longer period of time.

This is also an important basis for him to continue to be in charge of the country's financial affairs at the age of 57 and maintain the smooth operation of the three divisions.However, the next moment he saw Du Zhisi, the head of the trial office responsible for supervising the issuance of official bonds, rushed in and shouted out of breath:
"Jixiang... Jixiang, the Luodu Official Securities Bureau sent an urgent report that the bond market in Baoquanfang... the bond market suddenly had a rush to redeem in advance. It is said that it was because the news of losing contact with some foreign vassals spread. There are nineteen vassal debts, so they are sealed!"

Immediately afterwards, when Liu Zhan arrived at Shangshu Province, he found that the chief officers on duty of the Secretary of General Affairs and the Privy Council had also arrived here first.Before he could open his mouth to ask, he saw Lian Gongzhi, Zuo Shen, the Secretary of the General Administration, and said in a low voice: "Master Ji, the four-way crusade against soldiers and horses who entered Yunmeng Daze was defeated again; this time, among the rebellious thieves, Strange beasts and ghosts appeared in the movie..."

(End of this chapter)