A Good Landlord in the Tang Dynasty: Emperor Yuan Cong

Chapter 309

Changan.

The emperor sat alone in the palace, contemplating for a long time, he put down Wu Huaiyu's secret book, picked up a pen, turned around on the screen behind him, and crossed out a line written by Xue Wanche, the governor of Lingzhou.

He paused while writing, and the emperor added a line next to it, and the chief minister Wu Huaiyu took pictures of the governor.

It has been less than three months since Xue Wanche took office, and such a bad situation in Lingzhou, in the eyes of the emperor, Xue Wanche has a lot of responsibility, which shows that he is not capable enough.

The emperor suppressed the anger in his heart, and Lingzhou assassinated the governor twice in half a year, which was against the sky.

Before sitting in the case, Li Shimin took up a pen and wrote another edict, dismissing Li Daozong from the position of Guangluqing.

Lingzhou.

The emperor's decree was delivered by eight hundred miles of fast horses, the governor Xue Wanche was recalled to Beijing to recuperate from his injuries, and the chief minister Wu Huaiyu acted as the governor.

Yang Gongren, the Guannei Taoist envoy, is also coming.

Da Tian listened to the situation in Lingzhou, and the emperor was furious. He demanded that the two assassinations be solved quickly and that the perpetrators must be arrested.

The emperor also gave Wu Huaiyu the privilege of acting cheaply, and those involved in the case can be killed first and then played.

Now that Wu Huaiyu holds the military talisman, all the soldiers and horses of the three states can be transferred directly. In addition, 2000 people from each of the three states of Qingxia will be transferred to Lingzhou, all of which will be controlled by Wu Huaiyu.

As long as the soldiers of the Lingfu do not leave the country, there is no need to submit an order to obtain military amulets from the imperial military department first, and Wu Huaiyu can directly deal with anyone related to this case.

This is enormous power.

It is also a great deterrent.

When Wu Huaiyu and the others received the order, Xue Wanche was a little dazed. He had only been in office for less than three months, but now he could only return to Beijing in despair.

"Lingzhou's matter, there is a long history of Lao Wu."

"Captain, please return to Beijing to recuperate with peace of mind. Leave the affairs here to us in advance."

Xue Wanche was recalled, but he was not directly dismissed, but the governor of Lingzhou who returned to Chang'an was still called a governor.

Officials of the Governor's Mansion, such as the Recorder Joining the Army and the Liucao Joining the Army, as well as the commanders, other generals, town generals, garrison masters, and school lieutenants, etc., all served together. number one.

Cao Xuan and others also felt a great threat.

Xue Wanche left disappointed.

Wu Huaiyu also directly discussed matters with everyone.

"Cao Canjun, three days have come, what's the result?"

If there is no explanation today, they will not be able to leave the lobby of the yamen.

Above the Yatang, Cao Xuan also came prepared.

Facing the question from the young boss, he stepped forward without haste, and took out a notebook, "Return to Wu Changshi, I will do my best to investigate these few days, and finally found the traces left by the traitors. The evidence we have is now presented to the Long History."

As Dou Lu Huairang said, they will launch a scapegoat.

Wu Huaiyu took it and looked through it carefully for a while.

Perhaps because of his fierceness this time, Cao Xuan and the others didn't dare to get a few kittens and puppies to replace them. Here is a list, including the son of the Peng family, one of the six major local families, and the son of the Lingzhou family. The school lieutenants in the Tutuan, as well as several military officers, governors, and historians from the Governor's Mansion and the Governor's Mansion,

There are even three fifth-rank generals in Lingzhou Township, Zhoubian, and Fubingli.

This list involves quite a lot, and there are dozens of people. There are local powerful families, such as the Peng family and several other families, as well as officials from the prefecture and county yamen of the governor's mansion, and even people from the military. Beside the city, there were Fubing, Zhouzhenbing, and even some of his mother's Fan Hu tribes were also involved.

Cao Xuan stood there, somewhat proud, waiting for Wu Huaiyu's disposal.

Cao Taigong was planning behind the scenes. They did not say that they would unite against the imperial court this time, nor did they randomly push a few people out to fool them. Instead, they seriously investigated the two assassinations.

All relevant people told Wu Huaiyu without any concealment.

Let's see how he handles it now.

There are many people involved here.

Cao Taigong's move is very powerful. It is wise to protect himself, but also implies that retreat is the only way to advance. By the way, it also kicked out the Peng family who had always been at odds this time.

The six major families in Lingzhou are not monolithic, and have always fought openly and secretly. The Cao family and the Peng family have always fought fiercely.

This time the assassination was planned and contacted by the second son of the Peng family behind the scenes. Peng Weizhong was about the same age as Cao Xuan, but he was not good at riding and shooting but was very resourceful.

Peng Laizi is a concubine born to Orchid. Because of his birth disability, he was almost drowned in the toilet by his father. He didn't love anyone since he was a child, but this guy was hard-working and even worked hard.

When this guy grew up, he used to eat, drink, prostitute and gamble, and was notorious for a while, but later changed his mind and started to participate in family affairs.
This is a ruthless man. His elder brother Peng Weizheng is as tall and handsome as Cao Xuan.

After the death of Mrs. Peng Zhu, the old man of the Peng family became an official in another place. The Peng family in Lingzhou gradually became the real power of Peng Weizhong, and his glamorous elder brother became only a facade.Especially the smuggling, smuggling, trading, slave arrest, lending and other affairs behind the scenes of the Peng family are basically controlled by Peng Weizhong.

Peng Weizhong was very dissatisfied when the imperial court wanted to ban private casting.

Even if the court wants to recover Shuofang, Peng Weizhong is not willing, because he has close contacts with Shuofang Liang Shidu and smuggling frequently. He even thinks that if the court recovers Shuofang, the current special situation in Lingzhou will no longer exist.

He hoped that Lingzhou could maintain the old situation.

It was this guy who took the initiative to contact Liang Shidu last time to provide information and inform Liang Shidu's assassins to assassinate Wu Huaiyu.

And now, he took action directly, contacted a group of cronies, and directly attacked the three heads of Lingzhou, but unfortunately it still failed.

Although their affairs were relatively secretive, Wu Huaiyu's four principals didn't even notice in advance, but Cao Taigong personally went out afterwards, and soon found some clues. home in series.

The five families reached an alliance to sell the Peng family.

It is not only abandoning pawns to save the car, but also removing an opponent.

The five local tycoons act together, and the efficiency is faster than that of the Shuofang Bureau of the Criminal and Constitutional Division. The six major families have been in Lingzhou for many years, but in fact, no one has planted some hidden stakes in the opponent's house.

"Warriot Chief Shi, we have investigated clearly that the two assassinations were planned by the Peng family. Please order Wu Changshi immediately to apprehend the Peng family rebels."

in the hall.

Peng Weizheng who was standing next to Cao Xuan didn't expect it to fall on his head.He has a good relationship with Cao Xuan. Although the Cao and Peng families are not on good terms, they are good friends.

"Cao Xuan, don't spout blood."

Peng Weizheng was in a hurry, and he really didn't know about these audacious things planned by the second brother. Peng Weizhong acted without discussing with the elder brother at all.

Cao Xuan looked at Wu Huaiyu, waiting for him to speak, with a bit of complacency on his lips.

Don't you want the result, the assassin and the mastermind? I'll give you all of it now, and it depends on whether you dare to arrest someone or not.

Wu Huaiyu glanced at the list again.

The list is long.

Not only the Peng family, but also many local small and medium-sized tycoons, and many officials and generals were implicated.

He was curious about who could make such a move. It must not be the rooster-like Cao Canjun in front of him. This person is an embroidered pillow.

Wu Huaiyu laughed out loud.

"Cao Canjun, Liu Canjun, you really acted quickly and successfully. Previously, I wrongly believed the slander of the traitor and wronged you.
To be honest, it is the Peng family who are now reporting you for treason and chaos. "

Peng Weizheng was panicked now, his face was pale, he kept saying that he was wronged, and even quarreled with Cao Xuan in court, and finally fought.

Seeing these guys punching and kicking there, Huaiyu was in a very happy mood.

This situation is exactly what he wants.

Divide them up and let them dog eat dog first.

After all, Peng Weizheng was no match for four hands. Cao Xuan and his brother-in-law Liu Xian led the rest of the family to surround and beat Peng Weizheng. They were usually called brothers and sisters, but at this time they all killed him. After a while, Peng Weizheng was beaten up. Lying there motionless like a dead dog.

"stop."

Huaiyu calmly stopped them.

"Push this rebel out and kill him,"

Huaiyu ordered the three participating fifth-rank generals on the list, and ordered them to be pushed out and beheaded.

"Cao Canjun, Liu Canjun, Han Canjun," Huaiyu named the sons of the other five families, and directly asked them to take the yamen servants to arrest the Peng family and other rebels.

"Su Sima, Niu Tongjun, you take Yanzhou soldiers and a few soldiers to arrest the rebels, count and confiscate their property, and confiscate their family members as officials."

Things did not end so simply.

Assassins want to be caught, but the most important thing is to create these privately, so naturally we can't let go of the opportunity now.

Cao Taigong and the others are also ruthless people, knowing that they can't beat Wu Huaiyu this time, so they simply pushed the Peng family and others as scapegoats, and pushed all the private casting on the Peng family and the others.

But Wu Huaiyu is not so easy to talk to, he needs to take this opportunity to fully and clearly express to various families, as well as the local officials and generals, that the matter of selling money to cast utensils, and privately casting bad money is over.

No matter how profitable these things were in the past, and no matter how the tacit agreement was reached in the past, from now on, it is over.

It was originally a good deal with various companies, but it is not necessary now.

Of course, everything is the crime of the Peng family and the rebels. The Cao family and others have never participated in these acts, and these things will not be investigated and liquidated in the future.

The premise is that each family can stop here and completely withdraw from these activities of selling money castings and privately casting coins.

The crimes committed by the Peng family include not only assassinating court officials, but also the two major crimes of selling money and casting utensils and privately minting coins.

"Since the four years of Wude's casting of Kaiyuan Tongbao coins, the imperial court has issued an edict that anyone who dares to steal the coin will die and his family will be lost. Peng Weizheng, Peng Weizhong and others have been selling money and casting wares, stealing and casting private money, and smuggling illegally over the years. It is a heinous crime to collude with false beams, and now because the Lingzhou Dudufu wants to crack down on illegal casting and smuggling, it has taken the risk and openly colluded with false beams to assassinate court officials, which is a heinous crime."

Wu Huaiyu took the list handed over by Cao and Liu's five families, which was also the vote they handed over, and directly announced the demise of the Peng family with the privilege of acting cheaply granted by the emperor.

Then all the civil servants and officials involved in the case, as well as the traders who participated in it, were all uprooted.

Even the three rank five generals, Wu Huaiyu ordered Su Lie to arrest them and execute them on the spot.

(End of this chapter)