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

Chapter 303 Sharing profits with the people and officials

Gong Shengming, Lian Shengwei.

Under the familiar black background and gold lacquer plaque, Li Xuan sat on the county magistrate's main seat, looking at the people in the courtroom with rare and gentle eyes.

Dongyang County Prime Minister Gu Tan, County Wei Kangyao, Si Bing, Sicang, Si Gong, Si Shi Cao joined the army, the county school taught, and offered wine. All the people stood respectfully under it, with a hint of joy on their faces.

The other chief catchers were standing in the middle of the compound under the court hall, all of them were beaming with joy.

The three boxes were placed on the table in the courtroom, and Li Xuan's eyes kept moving on these three boxes.

Wuzhou Governor Lingjian, Wuzhou Biejia official seal, and Dongyang County Magistrate official seal.

"Since the day before yesterday, you have worked hard for two days and two nights." Li Xuan raised her head with mixed feelings.

This time, he managed to catch the gap in the rhythm of Tianyin Sect's actions, and immediately destroyed almost all their arrangements in Dongyang.

"My lord has worked hard." All the people present bowed their hands to Li Xuan at the same time.

"Everyone has worked hard!" Li Xuan breathed a sigh of relief, and said, "I have already recorded what happened this time. When the matter of Tianyin Sect is over, I will definitely go to the Zhongshuhui to ask everyone for their credit."

"Thank you, my lord!" Gu Tan, the magistrate of the county, and Kangyao, the magistrate of the county, held their hands together and were overjoyed at the same time.

The reason why they worked so hard to assist Li Xuan in Dongyang, apart from the fact that once the Tianyin Sect rebellion happened, it would be extremely unfavorable to them, and that assisting Li Xuan to put down the turmoil before it happened would also bring them a lot of benefits meritorious service.

Especially for Gu Tan, as long as Li Xuan reports everything in front of him, whether it is his position in Wuzhou, or Li Xuan's status as the county king...

Or he is the grandson-in-law of Liu Rengui, the left minister of the dynasty, which is enough to ensure that Gu Tan can securely sit on the county magistrate's position.

As soon as Gu Tan walked up, everyone present had a chance to go up.

"Dongyang's crisis is half over." Li Xuan looked at Gu Tan and said with a smile: "Gu Xiancheng, after going back, I will give you some small benefits for the time being. Liu's house was ransacked, and this king directly intervened, making everyone less rich." If there is no opportunity, let Gu Xiancheng make up for it for the time being, and when the summer harvest is completely over this time, how to reward, Gu Xiancheng writes a notebook in detail, and the king can approve as much as possible."

Only Gu Tan, Kang Yao and others were the only ones that Li Xuan could put in front of the imperial court. Even what he could write was only Gu Tan and others. He didn't even know the others.

Therefore, for the more Dongyang officials present, this memorial by Gu Xiancheng is the most authentic.

"Thank you, my lord!" The joy on the faces of everyone present was even heavier.

"But!" Li Xuan's expression turned serious, and then he looked at the crowd and said, "Okay, let's talk about business now. Lieutenant Kang."

"I'm here!" Kang Yao immediately stepped forward and bowed his hands in salute.

"After yesterday, how many believers are there in Tianyin Sect in Dongyang?" Li Xuan leaned forward slightly and his eyes were cold.

He wanted to know, after two days of intrigue and fighting, whether the Tianyin Sect in Dongyang had been completely wiped out.

"Reporting to the lord, after the Caishikou yesterday, the officials arrested a total of 36 Tianyin believers, only the others, all of them destroyed the Tianyin Goddess stone carvings, statues, portraits and other things in their homes. Today's Dongyang, except for those in prison Those who are imprisoned, there will be no other Tianyin thieves." Kang Yao's face revealed awe-inspiring meaning.

Li Xuan's mind-killing method is indeed ruthless, and there is almost no trace of a Tianyin cultist on the street today.

Even now, whenever a Tianyin believer appears, he will immediately be chased and beaten by those who abandoned the belief of the Tianyin Goddess.

Even Kang Yao hadn't thought of this situation before, and every time he thought of this scene, he shuddered.

Hearing Kang Yaoru's description, Li Xuan sighed with emotion and said, "This king never thought it would be like this."

After a word, the expressions of everyone in Zaicheng were different.

In today's world, Taoism is an explicit teaching.

From the end of the Han Dynasty and the Three Kingdoms, the Wei and Jin dynasties, to the chaos of the Five Dynasties, until the Tang Dynasty, Taoism became the largest religion in the world. For many years, I don’t know how many crooked ways I have dealt with, and I don’t know how many beliefs I have destroyed. Among them, the consideration of people's hearts has reached the extreme.

Li Xuan, the king of Nanchang County, is not like other clans and royal families who just hang their names in the Taoist sect, but actually become a disciple of the Taoist sect.

Obtained the orthodox Taoist inheritance.

At least everyone has seen the Taoist method of cutting down mountains and destroying temples, and prohibiting prostitution.

No one dares to worship.

For a moment, the entire courtroom was completely silent for a while.

Li Xuan nodded, and said: "Well, from this afternoon onwards, people can come and go from the county at will without further restrictions, and tell the village chiefs and village chiefs that from tomorrow onwards, the inheritance of all kinds of Tianyin Goddesses will be banned. Head, your people, go to the countryside, don't let those square chiefs bully the people."

"Follow the order." Hu Ji immediately stepped forward and respectfully agreed.

"The rest is to completely block all passages inside and outside the Shangxi Gold Mine. No one is allowed to go up the mountain. Anyone who comes down from the mountain will be immediately arrested and imprisoned. If they encounter resistance, they will be shot immediately and cut off from inside and outside. All the news." Li Xuan's eyes turned to Xi Ying, with a different meaning in his eyes.

Si Bing joined the army, Xi Ying immediately took a step forward, cupped his hands and said, "I will obey the order."

"The matter of the Tianyin Sect will end here for the time being." Li Xuan turned her head to look at Gu Tan who was on the side, and said in a deep voice, "Gu County Chancellor."

"I'm here." Gu Tan took a step forward with a respectful expression.

"My lord has issued an order yesterday to order people with more than [-] mu of land in Dongyang to report all the changes in their land property in the past two years, but has it been completed?" Li Xuan's expression began to turn cold.

He did so many movements on Tianyin's time, just for this year's summer harvest, and the basis of summer harvest is the white book and the yellow book.

If it was placed at other times, the white book and the yellow book had such a big problem that the entire county government would have to be scoured all over.

But now that the Tianyin Sect is responsible, these people in the county government have to pay much less.

If the matter of the white book and the yellow book can't be handled properly, then don't blame Li Xuan for being cruel.

Gu Tan cupped his hands and said, "My lord, after reporting the incident of Tianyin Sect yesterday, the Dongyang family exposed a large amount of evidence that the Liu family had embezzled land and properties. The copy of the loan deed is now compared with the old files kept by the county government three years ago, and everything is clear."

"That's good." Li Xuan breathed a sigh of relief, his eyes fell on a dozen boxes on the side of the court, and he said in a deep voice: "All the Liu family got in Dongyang over the past ten years All the property is here."

After Li Xuan finished speaking, everyone present immediately looked at the pile of boxes with green eyes.

You know, there are more than [-]% of Dongyang's land property in it. The number is so large that I don't know how many people are jealous.

"Cough!" Li Xuan coughed, drawing everyone's attention back, and then he continued: "Part of this is to be refunded to the ordinary people of the Liu family who have exceeded the loan, as long as they pay for the loan With the capital, the land can be taken back, but after taking it back, they will pay the summer tax on this part of the land this year."

As soon as Li Xuan mentioned this year's summer tax, the faces of everyone present immediately turned solemn.

In fact, they were somewhat dissatisfied with Li Xuan's return of the property to the common people according to the cost, because in this way, they would have less chance to profit from it, but when Li Xuan mentioned the summer tax, everyone immediately came to their senses.

The common people have to pay two shares of money at once. Although it is said that the subsequent harvest of the land can offset part of it, but in the middle, there is also the opportunity for Dongyang officials to play their hands.

"If Gu Xiancheng's words are meaningless, he will publish the announcement later, and implement accordingly." Li Xuan leaned back slightly, and looked at Gu Tan questioningly.

Gu Tan immediately cupped his hands: "It's meaningless to be an official, everything is done according to the order of the superior."

Li Xuan was immediately satisfied with the word Shangguan.

Gu Tan's meaning is very clear, this is a matter of the two levels of officials in Dongyang, Wuzhou, and has nothing to do with Nanchang King.

Li Xuan nodded in satisfaction, and then he said with a serious expression: "The most important thing right now is this year's summer harvest. Although the matter of Tianyin Sect has come to an end in Dongyang for the time being, it is still in the outside world. Counterattacks must be ruthless, if someone treats the people harshly and gives the Tianyin Sect an opportunity to take advantage of the situation, then don't blame me for treating them as a Tianyin traitor."

Li Xuan's last sentence was very cold.

With one sentence, everyone present was stunned.At the same time, he cupped his hands: "The next official obeys the order!"

"Yeah!" Li Xuan nodded, then his eyes fell on those boxes again, and he said in a deep voice: "Except for those returned to the common people, the rest will be put into the county treasury, and will be used as the Yongye and Kou subfields for next year. Some have to be included in the state government, and there are other district offices, and finally some have to be handed over to the central government, the Ministry of household affairs, the Minister of Shangshu, and His Majesty Tianhou, all of which must be accounted for."

"I will obey the prince's arrangement." Hearing what Li Xuan said, the last little thought in the hearts of everyone present was completely shattered.

They may indeed benefit from it, but don't forget that there are still state government officials watching over them.

In addition, the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of Finance need to manage.

The most important thing is the saint and queen.

If one of the details is not handled properly, they should be the ones who will be ransacked and wiped out.

They have experienced this kind of thing the most, so they naturally know how sophisticated Li Xuan's approach is.

Li Xuan handled it properly, and they were completely in admiration now.

"In the end, there is still a part of the deed loan released by the Liu family this year, which is still the same as before. For those below [-] guan, the people only need to return the principal, and then they can take back the deed loan. For more than [-] guan, Dongyang County Some interest can be collected appropriately, and the right to dispose of more than one hundred crowns belongs to the state government. If it is meaningless for you, Gu Xiancheng, let’s publish the list accordingly!"

As soon as Li Xuan's words fell, the county magistrate hadn't said anything yet, at this moment, a figure had already stood up.

An elder in green clothes with a gray beard who was nearly sixty years old stepped forward and stood beside Gu Tan, looking at Li Xuan fiercely: "Since the lord wants to be a good person, why don't you carry out all the good things to the end? All deeds are cancelled, so that the common people can achieve the greatest benefits."

Li Xuan sat upright, and lightly tapped the fingers of her right hand on the table, once and for all.

(End of this chapter)