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

Chapter 290

In the leftmost room of Yunde Building, Li Xuan stared at Cheng Zipu with a solemn expression.

Up and down, inch by inch.

It wasn't until a moment later that Li Xuan went to the round stool and sat down.

Looking sideways out of the window, under the bright sky, light clouds floated in the sky.

"Cheng Jijiu, this king has to admit that you did give this king an unexpected surprise. Originally, this king wanted to persuade you to break off the engagement with Liu Jiazi after going back. That's all. I didn't expect you to give this king such a surprise." It was a big surprise, and this king was at a loss for a moment." Li Xuan laughed a little funny.

Li Xuan has already made up his mind about this idea since he knew that the County School Jijiu was engaged to the wealthy Liu family.

Last night, Li Xuan searched all the Liu family's relationship network in Dongyang.

Li Xuan's first target was Cheng Zipu, the county school's sacrificial wine. However, before Li Xuan made a move, Cheng Zipu had already come to the door and pleaded guilty.

No matter how true or false it is, this is a good thing after all. Although the original plan was disrupted, in the final analysis, Cheng Zipu is just a part of Li Xuanyi's whole plan.

A carefully calculated point.

At the critical moment, other weights are thrown out step by step, and Cheng Zipu will become the spiral of life and death that finally completely crushes Liu Ji's heart.

……

"Tell me, what's going on?" Li Xuan looked sideways at Cheng Zipu with a solemn expression.

"Xiaguan was transferred to Dongyang Ren County ten years ago to learn Jijiu. At that time, Liu Jiazi was still young, but he was intelligent and devoted to learning. Xiaguan also tried his best to teach. His generation was tireless in learning, and his learning was amazing. In a few years, he has already far surpassed his peers, and even has the appearance of catching up with his predecessors, so the lower officials began to teach him to compose poems..."

"But there is something wrong with his poems." Li Xuan asked lightly, but in fact he had already fully understood.

In dealing with people, there are always some things that you cannot fake, you must write poetry.

Words are the voice of the heart, poetry is the voice of the will.

Together with poetry, it is easiest to see human nature, especially the younger generation, especially since there are not many cities.

This is the reason why Li Xuan did not write many poems when he was young.

Under circumstances beyond his control, he would rather be a craftsman than a genius.

"My lord, please take a look." Cheng Zipu took out a folded paper from his body, and bowed towards Li Xuan.

When Li Xuan saw it, her complexion immediately sank.

Climb the city with enthusiasm and sincerity, and Gao Pai Ma Ya travels all over the city.

Random arrows shot out from the nose wings, and smoke and dust filled the air.

Draw the knife out of its sheath to kill the enemy generals, and the yellow flags all over the sky overturn the capital.

The white blades come out and no one can overcome them, and the willow branches dry up the blood of the world.

Poetry is not a good poem, but with a line of yellow flags flying over the capital, and a line of willow branches drying up the world's blood, it is clear what his heart is.

"Xiaguan thought that he was young and talented, and that he was a beginner in poetry. It is inevitable that there will be mistakes. Therefore, he hopes to restore his heart and cannot bear to fall, but the more he gets in touch with him, the lower official finds out how tough his heart is." Speaking of here , Cheng Zipu's face became more and more embarrassing: "After he was 14 years old, the officials suddenly discovered that he disappeared for a few months every year. His father said that he was going to study abroad, but at that time the officials asked all around the counties, but there was no one. People see him traveling and studying..."

"He shouldn't have lied to a teacher like you." Li Xuan nodded and stretched out her hand to ask: "Sir, please."

Then Cheng Zipu stood up and cupped his hands to Li Xuan: "Thank you, my lord, for your understanding. In fact, this is what I did because I had no choice. I don't know if he was aware of what I did, but suddenly he asked a matchmaker to ask my daughter for marriage." , almost full of dignitaries in the city, colleagues and powerful families all came to act as matchmakers, the lower official wanted to resist the refusal, but one day, he found that there was a sword outside... If there is only one lower official, the lower official will fight for life and death, but there are still old people in the family Wife, young son and daughter..."

As Cheng Zipu said, he bowed heavily at last, preventing Li Xuan from seeing his sobs.

Li Xuan waved his hand and said: "It's okay, this king will defend you in the court. Parents love their children, and it is normal to sacrifice their name and heart. Your Majesty and the Empress will only reward them if they know about it, especially if you dare to stand out……"

"I'm ashamed to be an official, and I haven't found much evidence to accuse me over the years."

"Fortunately, you didn't find out. If you found out, then I might not be able to see you today. I'm afraid there will be only one corpse left."

Li Xuan waved his hand lightly. The Liu family and his son had obviously sensed something, so they decided to attack Cheng Zipu decisively, hoping to bind Cheng Zipu firmly to his warship through the relationship of in-laws, but unexpectedly, Cheng Zipu I also have my own thoughts.

Back then, under the power of the Liu family, Cheng Zipu had no choice but to agree to this marriage, but he never swallowed the breath in his heart.

Although Cheng Zipu did not know the details of what the Liu family and his son did, he has noticed many clues over the years.

Now that the opportunity came, he immediately seized it.

In case something happens to Liu's family in the future, his own family will be affected again.

Although Li Xuan was a little surprised by Cheng Zipu's severance with the Liu family, he was not disgusted, and the effect would be better now.

"It's best for you to think like this. Right here now, write a letter of divorce, specify the place, time, and reason, and I will be your guarantor for you." Li Xuan waved his hand, and Yu Ze had already taken it from the side. I got a pen, ink, paper and inkstone.

"Follow the order." Cheng Zipu heaved a long sigh of relief, and then quickly started writing in front of Li Xuan.

He didn't say much, just a few dozen words, but he directly denounced the Liu family's father and son's wolf ambition and endangering the country. Today, his Cheng family broke with the Liu family completely, and the marriage contract will start from today, and it will no longer be counted.

"Thank you, my lord!" Cheng Zipu handed the wet paper to Li Xuan, Li Xuan glanced at it and nodded, Yu Ze had already picked up the paper from the side and put it on the back.

"That's it, I'll take my leave!" As for all of this, Cheng Zipu didn't hesitate, and said goodbye directly.

Li Xuan nodded slightly, and after Cheng Zipu left, Li Xuan said with emotion: "Who would have thought that there are so many intelligent people in this world."

Yu Ze stood behind Li Xuan, without saying a word, with a thoughtful look on his face.

At this moment, a voice sounded outside the door: "My lord, Bachelor Ying has arrived."

"Please!" Li Xuan immediately stood up and walked quickly to the door.

At this time, an elegant old man in black clothes who was nearly seventy years old appeared at the door.

Li Xuan immediately cupped his hands: "Boy Li Xuan, I met Ying Weng."

"My lord is so old." Xu Xu hurriedly cupped his hands to Li Xuan, but his expression revealed a look of satisfaction.

Xu Xu had retired as early as ten years ago, and his official position in the court was not high. He was a Bachelor of Hongwenguan, but before he retired, he gave a few lectures to Prince Li Hong.

If they were placed in the hubs of Chang'an and Luoyang, there would be a lot of people like this, but when they got to the place, they were already rare.

From the state capital to the county government, officials at all levels respect and respect them, lest they be wronged.

Now seeing Li Xuan, the king of Nanchang County, Wuzhou don't drive, there is even a little bit of arrogance.

Li Xuan didn't care, he would always be more tolerant towards elders.

"Sir, please come in!" Li Xuan helped Xu Xu in with her own hands, and then carefully helped him to sit down on the stool, and then asked in a friendly manner: "Sir, I have been in Dongyang's hometown for the past few years. , Is there anyone embarrassing the old man, if so, this king will vent his anger on the old man."

"That's not true. At this old age, no one dares to mess around, but..." Xu Xu suddenly became serious, and looked up at Li Xuan: "It's just that some things in Dongyang can't be delayed, and the prince doesn't know about it. In the past, the land income of Dongyang people has been decreasing day by day, but the taxation is as heavy as usual, if this continues, it will be a trivial matter, and it is not impossible for Chen Sheng and Wu Guang to repeat themselves."

The imperial court divided the people into nine grades according to their personal assets: upper-upper, upper-middle, upper-lower, middle-upper, middle-middle, middle-lower, lower-upper, lower-middle, and lower-lower. The higher the rank, the heavier the tax.

However, the higher the level, the higher the social status enjoyed, and all aspects of marriage education are touched.

Well-matched families, even commoner families, are very particular about it.

Maintaining a level that suits them is something every family must consider.

Once you fall behind, your social status will drop, and you may even lose your land and become a bad person.

Bad people go down...

"If it's just about the land, it's not about Dongyang. It's not like this anywhere in the world." Li Xuan knew the disadvantages of this, looked at Xu Ying, and said in a low voice: "Xiao Wang came to the southeast this time. , may be able to alleviate it a little bit, as for the long run, even saints and queens can hardly do anything; the only thing they can do now is the latter..."

"Yeah!" Xu Ying nodded slightly, and then said softly: "You and I already know what happened last night. The prince is decisive in killing and attacking, which is worthy of His Majesty's trust. It's just... I heard that the prince is going to kill the treacherous criminals at the entrance of Caishi today. Granted the prince the right to act cheaply?"

Li Xuan froze there, looked at Xu Ying, and whispered in amazement: "Xiao Wang doesn't know where Xu Weng guessed it, but what His Majesty said can only be used for some special things. Xiao Wang is not an important minister in the court, and his actions are limited to Judah."

"After all, there are still." Xu Ying nodded, his face showing a look of surprise, then looked up at Li Xuan, cupped his hands and said: "There are not many things that I can do now, but helping the prince to stand on the platform is still no problem."

"Then thank you Xu Weng." After a short pause, Li Xuan asked seriously: "I don't know when Xu Weng and Si Bing joined the army..."

"That's the son of a little girl." Xu Ying stood up and faced Li Xuan, cupping his hands slightly: "The boy is stubborn, please take care of him in the future."

"It must be so," Li Xuan then agreed.

Xu Ying stood up and said softly: "My lord, don't worry, I will do my best to help with Dongyang Xia Harvest today. I can't help Hu Cao's troubles, but let the people below be more honest, but I still do it." Arrived."

Now there are many deliberate errors and omissions in Dongyanghu Cao Huangchu, and it is very difficult and time-consuming to fully adjust it.

But just a few days later, the summer harvest will begin.

"Xiao Wang thanked Xu Weng again!" Li Xuan bowed his hand to Xu Ying again, this time it was really a big help.

Although there are mistakes and omissions in every family on Hucao's side, in fact, the Liu family, who is also a member of Tianyin sect, is really connected with Li Dingyi.

As for the other families, even if there is a little problem, it doesn't matter to the overall situation, as long as there is enough time to clean up slowly.

"My lord, there are some things that need to be rooted out!" Just as Li Xuan personally sent Xu Ying to the door, Xu Ying suddenly grabbed Li Xuan's arm and said something in a low voice.

Immediately, Xu Ying let go of Li Xuan's arm, and walked forward with a blank expression.

At this moment, Liu Ji happened to pass by the other side.

Xu Ying didn't even look at him, and just walked out.

Li Xuan didn't pay much attention to Liu Ji, and re-entered the room.

"Xiaguan Renyong, Lieutenant Liu Ji, met Nanchang County King."

Lieutenant Renyong is a ninth-rank martial official, although it is nothing, but Liu Ji spent a lot of effort to get this official.

Li Xuan slightly raised her eyes, looked at him and asked curiously: "How did you manage to make everyone hate you?"

(End of this chapter)