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

Chapter 309 Four county magistrates, stabilizing the southeast

A flat boat sails alone on the river.

Mr. Pianpian is unparalleled in the world.

Huang Ziliu left alone in a boat, feeling lonely from a distance.

Standing on the deck, Li Xuan's expression turned slightly cold.

"It can be seen that you seem to be in a bad mood." A familiar clear voice sounded from behind Li Xuan.

"It's strange to be in a good mood to be treated as a fool." Li Xuan didn't even need to turn around to know that the person standing behind him must be Liang Fuling.

Wearing a Cui Liu Ru skirt, the petite Liang Fuling stepped forward and stood side by side with Li Xuan, her thin body completely covered by Li Xuan's tall figure.

Li Xuan still didn't look at her, but said indifferently: "Du Liu, Huang Ziliu, this pair of brothers-in-law are really afraid that others will not know their relationship with the Liu family."

All because of the word Liu, the Liu of the Liu family, the Liu of Liu Shi.

Liu Shi, the uncle of Empress Wang who Empress Wu hated the most in her life.

The Liu family was even more disgusting to Empress Wu than the Wang family.

"Come if you agree, go if you don't agree." Liang Fuling looked at Li Xuan in surprise, and asked a little puzzled: "Since you don't like them so much, just let them go."

"It's not that simple. They actually did it on purpose. For some things, I'm picking them, and they're also picking me. Each has the chips that the other needs, so cooperation becomes inevitable." Li Xuan turned. Turning around, the hesitation in the expression disappeared without a trace in an instant.

Looking at Liang Fuling, Li Xuan said calmly, "It's easier to be accepted by others if you express your emotions to the outside world once in a while."

"You did it on purpose." Liang Fuling looked at Li Xuan in surprise.

Li Xuan shook her head and said, "It's not intentional, it's just that I noticed something was wrong a long time ago."

When Huang Ziming's identity was exposed, the name Huang Ziliu had already appeared in front of Li Xuan.

At the beginning, he really didn't think much about it, but when he accidentally put the two names of Huang Ziliu and Du Liu together, he realized something was wrong instantly in his mind.

Both Du Bixing and Huang Jin's children have the word Liu in their names, and they are both brother-in-law, which only means that they are both sons-in-law of the Liu family.

Why did Du Bixing, who was born in the Jingzhao Du family, still linger around here after resigning from Wuzhou Sima.

The fundamental reason is not for the family inheritance and Tianyin religion, the real situation is that he has nowhere to go.

If an official of his level returns to Beijing, he will inevitably be noticed by the empress.

At that time, if someone accidentally reminded him of his relationship with the Liu family, he would just wait for his death.

So the easiest way is to live in the southeast and not to show up easily.

But they were not reconciled, they were not reconciled to continue lurking, and wanted to return to the court.

Today's Tianyin Sect's uprising is their best help.

But how dare they, aren't they afraid of the Queen of Heaven?
A trace of doubt rose in Li Xuan's heart.

Laijia, Laijia should know Du Bixing's identity, but they still chose to help. After all, in terms of blood, the Du family and the Huang family are far away from the Liu family after all.

"Yes, without the Liu family, as long as the Huang family and the Du family are willing to hibernate, they still have a place in this world, but they are unwilling." Li Xuan shook her head slightly, and said with a wry smile: "If they really use the help of this If the incident rises, it is inevitable that this king will be scolded by the Queen of Heaven."

"Then are you willing?" Liang Fuling looked sideways at Li Xuan, her eyes full of curiosity.

"Everything is done according to the rules." Li Xuan's face became serious, and he looked at the wide river in the distance and said: "If they really made great achievements in this matter, then why not recommend this king to the Queen of Heaven and His Majesty, but I hope that everyone will not take the current battle too simply."

The Du family and the Huang family are looking at the center of the court, and Li Xuan is just a springboard for them. If they really want to step on it, it depends on whether Li Xuan is willing or not.

Before, Huang Ziliu had revealed the idea of ​​working under Li Xuan's command, but Li Xuan didn't wait for him to bring it up, so he changed the topic.

With Du Liu, Li Xuan might be able to explain to Tianhou with ignorance, but if Huang Ziliu is added, then he has a hundred mouths and can't explain clearly.

This time the Tianyin Sect's uprising, I don't know how many people saw the opportunity inside, and Du Bixing and Huang Ziliu were not the only ones who did it.

The Tianyin sect is not a soft persimmon, even Wuzhou governor Wang Fanglin and the others dare to assassinate, what else they dare not do.

"Before, Huang Ziliu once said that after the attack that night, they ransacked the entire city without capturing the last trace, which is interesting." Li Xuan smiled slightly.

"Did you think of something?" Liang Fuling looked at Li Xuan in surprise.

"Don't say it, don't say it." Li Xuan waved her hand lightly, but there was a confident smile on her face.

……

"Flicking..." In mid-air, a carrier pigeon fell from the sky, and immediately landed on Li Zhu's arm.

Li Zhu quickly took down the secret letter inside, and handed it to Li Xuan without even reading it.

Li Xuanzhan took a look at the letter, heaved a sigh of relief, and said: "The person who should arrive has finally arrived, and the southeast of Wuzhou can rest assured from now on."

"Who should be here?" Liang Fuling looked at Li Xuan with some puzzlement.

Li Xuan sent and received countless secret messages all day long, and everyone knew what he was arranging every day.

"You'll see it right away!" Li Xuan glanced at the river in the distance, turned around to look at Cheng Yan who was standing behind him, nodded, and said in a deep voice: "Cheng Ji's office, go and prepare all the things that should be prepared." Alright, I'll use it later."

"Follow the order!" Cheng Yan, who was wearing a blue robe, immediately agreed with his hands.

Li Xuan looked sideways at Liang Fuling, and said with a smile: "My king is going to change clothes, is Xianmei going?"

"Get out!" Liang Fuling gave Li Xuan an angry look, and Li Xuan immediately smiled and turned to enter the cabin.

Liang Fuling stood on the deck, looking up, a small caravan finally appeared at the end of Liang Fuling's line of sight, they were another part of their business.

When Li Xuan arrived in Dongyang, two of the three official ships remained, one of Li Xuan's own, and one of the government soldiers led by Zhou Shen.

The rest of the official ships carrying Chen Ling, Meng Juan, Yin Sizhen, Qiqiao, Xu Wan'er and others arrived at Dongyiguan together with the two merchant ships of the Kai family.

In addition to taking Li Xuan's order to block the checkpoint, they were also protected under Guan Ding so that they would not be threatened by the Tianyin Sect.

Soon, several ships gathered together, and as Li Xuan and others arrived at Dongyi Pass, Qiu Zhenmu passed on Li Xuan's order.

Soon, the checkpoint was opened, and several giant river-locking iron chains dragging across the river were all pulled back in an instant.

As soon as he left Dongyi Pass, he immediately saw dozens of large and small merchant ships docked on one side of the river.

Seeing the sudden opening of Dongyi Pass, these people were a little dazed, but soon, the notification of the switch came.

Dozens of official ships finally started to move slowly, passed through Dongyi Pass, and headed towards Dongyang.

……

"Thousands of sails are exhausted, and hundreds of ships are fighting for the flow!"

On the hill not far away, Li Xuan stood and stopped, watching the merchant ships heading towards Dongyang, Hangzhou, and Yuezhou together, he nodded with all his thoughts, and at this moment, Qiu Zhenmu's voice sounded: "My lord, Dongyi Pavilion is here."

"En!" Li Xuan turned around, and saw a small and exquisite pavilion appearing not far away.

At this moment in the booth, there were already several people waiting, and further away, several teams of police officers in very similar clothes were waiting below.

Li Xuan strode towards Dongyi Pavilion. He had just entered the pavilion when several people who were waiting inside cupped their hands at the same time: "Xiaguan Feng Zhengyue, Magistrate of Yiwu County, Zhang Kui, Magistrate of Pujiang County, Liao Bo, Magistrate of Pan'an County, Yongkang County Magistrate Xi Yu, I have met the Shangguan!"

"Excuse me!" Li Xuan nodded, then walked into the Dongyi Pavilion, and finally sat down on the stone bench in front of everyone.

Raising his head, Li Xuan looked at the tall and thin Feng Zhengyue, the burly Zhang Kui, the fat Liao Bo, and the lean Xi Yu, nodded, and said with a serious face: "What happened in Dongyang recently, four You must have heard of it, right?"

Feng Zhengyue, the county magistrate of Yiwu, stepped forward first, cupped his hands at Li Xuan and said, "Although the officials and others have heard about it, they don't know much about it."

"No problem!" Li Xuan waved his hand, looked at the four people and said, "Actually, it's not a big deal, it's just that the Tianyin Sect's secret work hidden in the Dongyang government office was captured, and the case of Dongyang Sihu's joining the army was destroyed, and I killed another one." To approve the elites of Tianyin Sect who sneaked into Dongyang from the main altar, and slightly rectified the rules of this year's summer harvest, that's all, it seems that there is not much to do in three days."

"Shangguan is wise!" Feng Zhengyue, Zhang Kui, Liao Bo, and Xi Yu all stood in awe at the same time, clapping their hands solemnly!

"You don't need to be so polite." Li Xuan waved his hands and said, "Everyone is busy too, and I have to rush to Zhoucheng immediately, so I will make a long story short now."

Li Xuan stretched out her hand towards her side, and Cheng Yan, who was dressed as a man, had already put several official documents in Li Xuan.

Li Xuan put the first official document in front of the four of them, and then said calmly: "This official document was written by me and Dongyang county magistrate jointly. The report about what happened in Dongyang, after arriving in the city, my official It will be handed over to Inspector Wang, and after Inspector Wang has reviewed it, he will sign with the official and send it to the central center, the four of you will go through it first, and each of you will take a copy with you after a while."

Feng Zhengyue immediately picked up the official document and read it in detail. The information in it was much stronger than Li Xuan's simple few words before.

After Feng Zhengyue finished reading it, he said with a serious face: "Although I guessed that the Tianyin Sect is quite powerful, I didn't expect it to reach such a level."

Li Xuan nodded, and said: "It's enough for the four of you to know what's in your mind. Next, I will pass on this official order. After the counties go back, they will immediately check the interior of their respective government offices to see if they have been infiltrated by the Tianyin Sect. Clear, if you can, do it directly, if you can't, go to the Wenzhou Yamen, and the king will send people to support immediately."

"The next official takes orders!" None of the four of Feng Zhengyue dared to neglect in the slightest.

The Tianyin Sect obviously wanted to take advantage of the summer harvest season to make a big splash. If they really dared to ignore it, they wouldn't know how they died.

Li Xuan gently pushed a new official document in front of Feng Zhengyue, and what was written on it was exactly what Li Xuan just said.

"My second order." After a short pause, Li Xuan said with a serious face: "Order the counties, after returning, to strictly investigate the loan subsidy of the major wealthy families. If there is any violation of the system, it will be dealt with severely!"

"I will obey the order!" Feng Zhengyue and the others knew in their hearts that Li Xuan was worried that there would be a wealthy family in their county that was completely controlled by the Tianyin Sect like the Liu family.

"My third order!" Li Xuan raised his head, looked at the mountains and hills behind the three of them, and said in a cold voice: "From now on, in the entire Wuzhou territory, when collecting taxes, the matter of kicking dendrobium must be strictly enforced." Prohibition, I will not care about it in the future, this year, autumn harvest and summer harvest will not allow any harsh treatment of the people, if there is a civil uprising, everyone, prepare to commit suicide!"

The faces of Feng Zhengyue and the others were extremely embarrassing. The Tianyin Sect's rebellion was imminent, so they didn't know it.

Li Xuan's current methods are trying to avoid intensifying the conflict as much as possible and leaving room for relaxation.

In this way, the common people will not be forced into a desperate situation, and naturally He Tianyin will not easily teach that group of people to rise up alone.

"My lord, this order can be obeyed by the lower officials, but once the Tianyin Sect forces an incident, the lower officials and the others will have difficulty stopping them!" Feng Zhengyue had a bitter look on his face.

"This is the last order for today!" Li Xuan looked at the four of them, with a slight hint of coldness on the corner of his mouth: "This officer is now the captain of Guoyi, the inspector of Kuaiji Prefecture, and has the right to recruit soldiers. After you go back, choose ten The best and most powerful people from the local wealthy families come to the city, after that, you can recruit soldiers in the territory to defend your homeland."

When Li Xuan said those words, the eyes of the four present lit up.

Li Xuan's method was very delicate, and immediately bound the local wealthy families and the government in each county firmly.

Once the government has something to do, it is difficult for them to shirk, and with them assisting the government in handling affairs, the county government will be more relaxed after all.

"I will obey the order!" Feng Zhengyue and the others could no longer hide the joy on their faces.

Li Xuan stood up slowly, looked at the four of them and said: "Your Majesty once said to the king that there will be no problems with the autumn harvest in Wuzhou this year. This means that there are very few chances of mistakes during the summer harvest... Four Sir, keep in mind that once the summer harvest begins, you will only be able to rely on yourself. I am afraid it will be difficult for you to count on the prefectural government, so this king clearly stated in advance:

During the whole summer harvest period, no matter how many orders to transfer troops from the state city, you can ignore it, and the king will take responsibility for everything, can you understand? "

The four of Feng Zhengyue looked awe-inspiring at each other.

With just one sentence, Li Xuan expressed the enormous risk in the city of Wuzhou today.

But now, Li Xuan was about to go to Wuzhou City.

(End of this chapter)