People in the early Tang Dynasty: I compete with Wu Zhao for the throne

Chapter 288 The son Xiao is the father, the crime is aggravated

In the early morning, the county government office was dappled by sunlight and silent.

Li Xuan sat alone in the room and ate breakfast, rice porridge and pickles, simple and unadorned.

On the table on one side, there is a stack of files, and countless clear creases can be seen from the side.

At this moment, there was a sound of footsteps outside the door, Li Xuan raised her head subconsciously, and saw Qiu Zhenmu quickly walking in from the door.

He put a piece of paper on the side of the case files on the table, then took a step back, and cupped his hands towards Li Xuan: "Report to the lord, the news came back, that person has arrived in Liu's manor outside the city."

Li Xuan nodded. Last night they deliberately put a hook out, but they did not expect to gain something. The other party actually escaped to the Liu's Manor outside the city.

The Liu family, the largest wealthy family in Dongyang, and the Liu family that was rumored to be married to Liu Yizhi, a scholar from the North Gate, turned out to be members of the Tianyin Sect.

Although it is absurd, but compared with what Su Yu said, Li Xuan can already confirm that it is correct.

"He should be the head of Dongyang Hall in Tianyin today. He is skilled in pulling down the common people and picking up high-ranking officials." Li Xuan glanced at the note, and said with all his thoughts: "You said that the current Mr. Liu, Could his father have been like this when he was young?"

"My lord suspects that his father was a member of the Tianyin sect back then, all of them?" Qiu Zhenmu was a little shocked.

"Yeah!" Li Xuan looked at the dozen or so volumes on the side, nodded with a serious face, and said, "I checked the history of Liu's fortune last night, and Liu's fortune was 15 years ago, just when Chen Shuozhen was born. Five years after the failure, in just 15 years, the Liu family has changed from an ordinary peasant family to Dongyang's leading wealthy family."

"This..." Qiu Zhenmu bowed his hands to Li Xuan, and said seriously: "It is not uncommon in this world to finish all this in 15 years. Now that the Liu family can make the prince so suspicious, it must be suspicious. place."

From Luoyang to Dongyang, Qiu Zhenmu and Li Xuan had experienced too many things, and their ability to judge him was already certain.

"That's right!" Li Xuan nodded in satisfaction, and said, "In the past 15 years, Dongyang Liu's family property has not only accounted for more than [-]% of the entire Dongyang, but even his family's business has opened up all over the country. In Wuzhou and Hangzhou, many places in Huzhou, even Muzhou."

"Muzhou!" Qiu Zhenmu couldn't help raising his brows, other places may be prevaricated at will, but only Muzhou can't.

"Actually, this is not the most suspicious thing. What really makes me suspicious is that Liu's business has been in the business of silk and grain in these years, and occasionally buys and sells herbs. What people pay attention to is that most of the time, they do not use cash transactions, but use barter."

Li Xuan tapped lightly on the table, and with a single word, he directly pointed out the most suspicious place.

"Barter?" Qiu Zhenmu's face immediately became serious.

In the way of bartering, apart from the issue of mutual trust, the most important thing is that it is not easy to be investigated by the government, and the amount of mutual transactions cannot be detected.

Once the number is too large, it will immediately cause concern and suspicion.

"It's okay to use this method once or twice, but if it has been like this for nearly 20 years, there is a problem." A sneer appeared on the corner of Li Xuan's mouth.

"They are sending things to a certain place on purpose." Qiu Zhenmu has already figured out the core of the matter.

"That's right!" Li Xuan nodded, and said with a sneer at the corner of her mouth: "When Mrs. Liu started doing this, the young master of the Liu family was still a child. Although he is in the early stage now, there are always people behind the scenes to check and make up for the omissions... ...The reason why Hucao's Hao Canjun was killed was not because he noticed the hidden secrets of the Tianyin Sect in Dongyang Hucao, but because he noticed the Liu family's weird transactions... It's a pity They even killed Hao Canjun, but they ignored a little book boy who almost has the ability to never let him go."

"So that's it." Qiu Zhenmu nodded suddenly. Yesterday, Li Xuan was staying with Hao Canjun's book boy during his work. It turned out that they found out about this.

"There is another way to verify the authenticity of the Liu family's father and son." Li Xuan put down the bowl in his hand, looked out of the window, and said in a low voice: "If they are all Tianyin believers, then today the Liu family will only Come one person, if not, two people from the Liu family will come today."

"Indeed." Qiu Zhenmu nodded in agreement.

If these two father and son are members of Tianyin Sect, they are probably high-level members of Tianyin Sect.

With the upheaval in Dongyang last night, they naturally wouldn't put all their eggs in one basket.

"Don't talk about this!" Li Xuan looked at Qiu Zhenmu, and asked in a deep voice: "Have you arranged everything properly?"

"Don't worry, my lord, everything inside and outside the city has been properly arranged." Qiu Zhenmu clasped his hands, with a tired look on his face, and clearly told Li Xuan that Qiu Zhenmu hadn't slept all night.

"That's good. Now that the entire Dongyang City is under our control, I want to see what kind of disturbance they can cause."

Li Xuan picked up a wet towel on one side, washed her hands and face, then stood up, tidied up her clothes, and walked outside.

While walking, Li Xuan said, "Let's go and see how the county government's household tax books are arranged. The most important thing now is this year's summer harvest. Only by ensuring the summer harvest can we do other things with peace of mind. , if Xia Harvest cannot be guaranteed, then we already hope that our last step will not come in handy."

"Yes!" Qiu Zhenmu's expression froze immediately, and at the same time, he followed Li Xuan solemnly and walked towards the court together.

There were a few officials who came back and forth around, and when they saw Li Xuan, they all stood aside solemnly and bowed their hands in salute.

Li Xuan nodded gently to everyone, and at the same time glanced at each of them.

Although last night, Li Xuan and the others successively arrested Huang Ziming, who joined the judicial army, and Li Dingyi, the head secretary, at most, the people in the Dongyang county government only knew that Huang Ziming had made a big fuss about Hao Yuan, and they still retained the authority of the householder Cao before. , but has now been deprived of all.

As for Li Dingyi's matter, except for the arrested Tianyin Sect disciples who noticed something strange, no one else knew about it.

But they know a lot about things outside the county government.

Whether it was the surprise attack from the ancient pagoda or the officers and soldiers broke through the Lichun Courtyard, this is no secret.

As for the raids and arrests of Tianyin believers in various houses and workshops in the end, that is a well-known matter, and there was a lot of trouble last night.

They were filled with awe in their hearts for the King of Nanchang, who had been turned upside down just after he came to Dongyang.

……

In the duty room of the court, Li Xuan stepped in, and at a glance saw the county magistrate Gu Tan who was still busy, treasurer Lu Yuan who joined the army, Si Gong joined the army Xiong Hui and others.

In today's Dongyang county government, the county magistrate is absent, the chief secretary was arrested, Sihu joined the army and was killed, and the judiciary was arrested for joining the army. The only people who can do things are the county magistrate Gu Tan, the county lieutenant Kangyao, the Sibing joined the army Xi Ying, and the treasurer joined the army Lu Yuan , Si Gong joined the army Xiong Hui and Si Shi joined the army Gongsun Yun.

Si Bingjun Xi Ying and Si Shi Joining the Army Gongsun Yun, one is a rough man, and the other is an old man who is only slightly younger than Li Dingyi.

What's more, Hucao's side is in a mess, and Facao's side is also in a mess.

"What's the situation, has the list been sorted out?" Seeing that everyone was about to salute him, Li Xuan quickly waved his hand to stop everyone's movements.

Gu Tan, the county magistrate, cupped his hands slightly, and said with a serious expression: "Reporting to the lord, although Huang Canjun helped in this matter, he has only been in charge of Hucao for a few days. Before Hao joined the army, when his predecessor Hu Cao joined the army, there were a large number of forged certificates in Hu Cao's documents. In many places, it was difficult to distinguish the authenticity, frequent mistakes and omissions, and even conflicted with each other. It is also necessary to call both parties to the transaction together before it can be completely confirmed."

"As long as there is one person who repents and refuses to admit it, then there will be a lot of trouble." Treasurer Lu Yuan joined the army with a wry smile and cupped his hands.

"This king can't help much, so I met with some of the aristocratic families today to see if they are willing to take out the deed of the earlier transaction and record it first.

When the tax is collected, it will be compared with the land property. If the people have no objection, it will be considered as true. At a time like this, anyone who dares to cheat will be punished more severely. "

Li Xuan showed a ruthless look on his face.

At this time, to cause trouble for him in tax collection is tantamount to trouble for the emperor and the court.

At that time, as long as the report is made, none of the officials in the government and the public will question Li Xuan's heavy hand.

When this was all Li Xuan could do, he didn't let his subordinates, including Wang Bo, Yu Ze, and even Du Bing, get involved in this incident in Dongyang.

It's not because these things are too cumbersome, in fact, Li Xuan also wants to see what kind of trouble these officials of the Dongyang County Government can make with these matters.

As soon as Li Ding hooked up with the Liu family, the largest wealthy family in Dongyang, then who else did the others hook up with.

There are many things on Hucao's side, and Facao's side also has a big judge.

Last night and night, Si Bing joined the army Xi Ying, and Si Bing joined the army Gongsun Yun were both dealing with the affairs over there.

But fortunately, compared with Hucao, who will be harvesting in the next summer, Facao can take a break, and even wait until the state city sends people to assist, without delaying too much.

……

"There are also the Tianyin Sect members outside." Li Xuan waited until his expression became serious, and then asked directly: "Last night in the entire Dongyang City, how many faithful believers of the Tianyin Sect were arrested? Are there 30?"

"More than 30 people, about 40 people were arrested alive, and a dozen people were directly killed in the fight last night. Besides the family members of the same believers, many of them were neighbors. .” Kang Yao’s face was very solemn.

This is still based on Li Xuan's approach, they have further investigated thoroughly, and there are still many of them who have no time to screen overnight.

Li Xuan said indifferently: "It's okay, as long as you walk around Caishikou at noon today, you will immediately understand who is who in the entire Dongyang City."

Hearing what Li Xuan said, several people present were relieved at the same time.

Regarding today's plan, Li Xuan had already told them clearly in advance.

It was rare for them to agree with Li Xuan's plan all the time.

In fact, in Li Xuan's opinion, this is more of what he proposed, and it is probably the best solution at the moment.

At this moment, Hu Ji, the head catcher, came in and reported: "My lord, all the officials, the county school's sacrifice wine, the county's scholars, the officials of the county, and everyone from all families have gathered outside the Yunde Building to wait for the lord. Meet."

"It's so fast!" Li Xuan smiled faintly, and then looked at everyone: "Everyone, go pack up, today, we still have the most important battle to fight!"

"Here!"

(End of this chapter)