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

Chapter 329 Two months of rations, the foundation is shaken

A restaurant in the northwest of Wuzhou City was already full of people at some point.

From a distance, you can see two large notices posted on the bulletin board across the street.

"If you want me to say, once the King of Nanchang's ban is implemented, every household can immediately save one-fifth of the annual tax they need to pay." A man in a short shirt and a headscarf looks like a scribe, but looks like A middle-aged farmer counted with his fingers.

If their annual rations were just enough for the whole family to survive the next year's harvest, then Li Xuan's ban immediately gave them nearly two and a half months more rations.

Two and a half months of rations can be added every year, which is something that many ordinary people dare not even think about.

"The king of Nanchang deserves to have the legacy of King Peng. Now we ordinary people will have a better life." Someone in the corner said something, and everyone in the wine shop immediately nodded in agreement.

The change in life is most obvious to ordinary people.

Once the days are good, everything will be a lot easier.

For Li Xuan who had done all this before, they were naturally extremely grateful.

At this moment, a graceful figure suddenly flashed by the window of the restaurant, and disappeared in a blink of an eye.

Someone saw it by chance, but at most they only remembered a black gauze hat.

A black figure quickly flashed past the corner of the street.

The prohibition order and recruitment order that had been posted on the wall disappeared in an instant.

A while later, in the Yang's other courtyard, Ye Wanwan slapped the two official documents on the table without taking off her bamboo hat.

"Look for yourself, since the King of Nanchang took office in the prefectural government, the whole Wuzhou has been operating quickly in a very short period of time. Now the streets and alleys are immediately filled with various notices, and the counties and townships below are also Same, if this continues, people's hearts will be shaken!"

Ye Wanwan's face was very scary. She just walked around outside and saw that under these two official documents, the people in the city were already talking about it, and there were smiles everywhere on their faces.

Fang Yunxiu, who was sitting in front of Ye Wanwan, didn't even look at her, but just read the two documents word by word.

It was not until a long time later that Fang Yunxiu said, "Do you think such an official document came from the King of Nanchang, or from his family's staff?"

Ye Wanwan couldn't help being taken aback, and subconsciously asked, "What about being from the King of Nanchang, and what about being from his family's staff."

"If it's from his family's staff, of course you can kill his family's staff. If it's from the King of Nanchang, you have to kill him completely." Fang Yunxiu's voice was not loud, but Ye Wanwan heard from his words, There was an extremely firm and awe-inspiring murderous intent.

This is rare in Fang Yunxiu. Even before the sect asked him to attack the King of Nanchang, he was very cautious in his secret layout. On the surface, he directly withdrew the entire Tianyin sect power in Wuzhou, leaving only Several people were hiding in the state city.

"At first, I thought that there would be an upheaval in the teaching. If I got caught in the battle with the King of Nanchang, it would inevitably affect the major events in the teaching. And I am waiting in Wuzhou not only as an opponent of the King of Nanchang, Wang Fanglin, but also in Wuzhou. The aristocratic family is secretly spying on us.

Originally, this seat was not in a hurry to deal with him, but just kept a secret around him, waiting for the opportunity.

Now it seems that this seat really underestimated him. "

Fang Yunxiu is a very sensible person, he pays more attention to the overall situation than personal grievances.

Ye Wanwan stood aside and sighed deeply: "You are not the only one who underestimated him. In Luoyang and Yangzhou, I have already been defeated by him twice, and I almost died there both times. .”

Fang Yunxiu didn't look up, nor did she look at Ye Wanwan.

Although Ye Wanwan is a saint of the Tianyin Sect, her status in the Tianyin Sect is really not as high as that of Fang Yunxiu, the head of the main altar.

"First, there was an assassination at the gate of the city, which immediately made the Wuzhou aristocratic family separate from my teaching; and then quickly took down the city gate guard and watchtower guard, so that even you and I have to be very careful when we go out now." Be careful; now that there is another ban on landing, the knife is slashed on the heart of my teacher!" Fang Yunxiu clenched her fists tightly, with murderous intent in her eyes.

"And this recruitment order, it's self-evident what he wants to do with the recruitment now." Ye Wanwan's expression became serious.

Of course they knew exactly what the conscripts in Wuzhou were.

If a group of new elite soldiers came out now, they would immediately feel as if a dagger was firmly stuck in their throats.

Don't think that because the number of fifty elite soldiers is small, they can be ignored.

If it is really fifty trained strong soldiers, and then equipped with the heavy armor unique to the government, plus strong crossbows, hard bows, and sharp blades, then these people can easily tear apart an army formation composed of three to four hundred people , is no exaggeration.

"It's still the question just now, do you think it's him or his family's staff behind the ban?" Fang Yunxiu finally raised her eyes to look at Ye Wanwan.

Ye Wanwan said solemnly: "Actually, if I say that the one who knows the most about the King of Nanchang in the church, it must be me. After all, I have dealt with him three or four times, and the others who have dealt with him Friends, they are all dead."

Taking a light breath, Ye Wanwan said seriously: "When I left Luoyang, the King of Nanchang was already famous in Luoyang. The phrase 'everyone has three autumns', although a bit fanciful, but as the king of his clan and county, , indeed brought him a huge reputation...

Fang Yunxiu, don't you think it's the same thing as the ban on landing for everyone now? "

Once Li Xuan's ban is implemented, every household can save one-fifth of the annual food rations of nearly two and a half months.

Although it is still far away from the three-autumn ration, the two and a half months of rations can also be seen that he is indeed practicing his ambition.

"If that's the case, then it's time to kill him." The murderous aura in Fang Yunxiu's heart instantly became stronger, he squinted his eyes, and said coldly: "Who knows what other methods he has in his hands, if there is such a similar If there is a method that can weaken the foundation of the religion, then we will be in real trouble."

"What do you want to do, I will fully cooperate!" Ye Wanwan directly expressed her attitude in one sentence.

"I need the saint to be the bait..."

……

As night fell, the sound of horseshoes sounded on the cold street.

Surrounded by a dozen red-clothed and gold-armored Qianniu Guards, Li Xuan rode slowly and returned to the gate of the courtyard prepared for him by the state government.

Suddenly, Li Xuan casually glanced at the roof on the right, and then moved to other places.

His eyes are downcast and cold.

【Ye Wanwan, the saint of Tianyin Sect, unparalleled in beauty, weird elf, coquettish in appearance, surly in heart】

At this moment, the middle door opened, and the butler Bai Lao quickly bowed and stood on both sides with a few servants.

Li Xuan rode in slowly, passing by Bailao's side.

Suddenly, Li Xuan's indifferent voice came: "Old Bai, please gather all the servants in the mansion, this king wants to give a lecture."

Bai Lao was taken aback for a moment, looked up at the dark night sky, but immediately cupped his hands and said, "Here."

Li Xuan rode a horse and stood in the center of the vestibule, beside him, immediately sat Qiu Zhenmu and Li Zhu respectively.

The two guarded Li Xuan's safety, one on the left and the other on the right.

The other Qianniuwei have silently occupied various positions in the yard.

There is no need for Li Xuan to say anything, everyone already knows what he wants to do with a few actions.

Just a moment later, all the servants and maids in the entire courtyard were gathered in the main courtyard.

"Reporting to the lord, 13 male servants and seven female servants, including the old man, are all here!" Elder Bai stood aside, looking at Li Xuan very respectfully.

Li Xuan nodded slightly, then looked at the small door in the inner courtyard, and said in a low voice to the darkness: "Xiong Yan, let's start now."

"Follow the order!" Xiong Yan, who was tall and tall and wearing a gray short jacket, came out of the darkness, and slightly cupped his hands at Li Xuan.

Then he took out a booklet in his hand and started calling names one by one: "Hu Ling'er, Xu Fei, Tang Yu, Zhu Ke, Liu Yong, Liu Sheng, Qi Yang... the nine of you follow me into the inner courtyard." middle."

The people who were called looked at Bai Lao, who nodded slightly, and then the others respectfully followed Xiong Yan into the inner courtyard.

"The rest of you, bring everything back to Shicao tomorrow." Li Xuan's eyes fell directly on Bai Lao.

As soon as Li Xuan's words fell, the whole courtyard suddenly burst into an uproar.

These people, in name, are official slaves.

Official slaves are inferior to others in terms of household registration and belong to sluts.

Originally, their origins were descendants of prisoners of war and criminals, and they were born with dwarves.

The official slaves are in Wuzhou, and they are under the jurisdiction of Shicao Canjun.

Compared with other people, Bai Lao who stood in front of everyone was calm and scary.

Li Xuan asked with great interest: "Won't Mr. Bai ask the reason for them? Why did the king send you back without an explanation?"

"Presumably the lord should know the relationship background behind us, so he dismissed us." Bai Lao said the reason very respectfully.

"Old Bai is very sensible. If it weren't for your son-in-law and his family all believing in Goddess Tianyin, I wouldn't have sent you away directly."

Li Xuan shook her head, turned her eyes to the crowd, and said coldly: "I know that there are not many of you who believe in Tianyin Goddess, and your family members don't actually have any, but if you go one level further away, there are many.

In addition, some of you are directly the eyeliner sent by other aristocratic families in Wuzhou. This king is not interested in talking nonsense with you. "

Old Bai's cheek twitched slightly, and then bowed heavily to Li Xuan.

He didn't know how Li Xuan figured out the origins and backgrounds of so many of them, but since Li Xuan had already figured out their details, there was no need for them to stay here anymore.

Li Xuan's eyes skipped over the respectful old Bai, and then looked at other people in the courtyard.

The original noisy sound stopped completely at this moment. At this moment, Li Xuan suddenly turned his head towards the inner courtyard, and at the same time said: "Tonight, you can connect as much as you want, but you must understand that if there is any change, you They will be killed immediately."

"Shua!" A whole team of Qianniuwei walked towards the inner courtyard behind Li Xuan.

In a blink of an eye, only a group of people headed by Bai Lao remained in the entire inner courtyard.

"Bai Lao." A middle-aged man in a short black robe walked up to Bai Lao, cupped his hands respectfully, and asked, "Bai Lao, shall I just leave it like this?"

"Otherwise?" Bai Lao looked at the other party coldly, and turned to the inner courtyard: "The first day the prince came here, he was already on guard against us. In the entire inner courtyard, except for the old man, who among you has ever entered, Isn't that enough for you to understand?"

"Bai Lao, why don't we just leave like this, I can't explain it." The faces of others were full of bitterness.

"Then, you go rush in and kill the King of Nanchang, so you can explain the past?" Bai Lao shook his head helplessly, and sighed, "I know your difficulties, and your fate after going back may be worse than staying here. It's even worse, so you don't want to go back, you want to stay here, but you don't even think about it, who dares to let you stay?"

"Please Bai Lao think of a way, I really can't help myself," the middle-aged man's face was full of bitterness.

"If you want to stay, there is only one way, and that is to tell the King of Nanchang what your identities are, and you are willing to help him accuse the person who instructed you to come here, and you are willing to surrender completely, and you are willing to abandon your wives and children who are threatened by others. Willing to dedicate yourself to the King of Nanchang, willing to help him, spread false news, confuse or destroy those who sent you here, this is the only way."

After Bai Lao said a word, he returned to his room directly.

However, the moment Bai Lao just entered the door, a faint voice sounded from behind the door: "Bai Jingye."

(End of this chapter)