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

Chapter 350

The afternoon sun shone in the spacious courtyard. It was obviously a hot summer, but for no reason, it made people feel chilly.

Qi Guang walked out of the courtyard slowly, with his right hand slanted to the ground, holding a knife in his hand, blood dripping from the knife.

Several soldiers with weapons walked past him, and then quickly rushed to other houses.

There was blood on everyone's blade, as if they had just experienced a bloody killing.

Qi Guang continued to walk forward as if he didn't notice it.

Until a gentle voice sounded from the front: "Okay, stop."

The voice directly penetrated Qi Guang's consciousness, pulling him back all of a sudden. .

Looking at Li Xuan who was wearing a black gold silk robe, Qi Guang hurriedly cupped his hands: "The villain has seen the prince."

"You're welcome." Li Xuan reached out and patted Qi Guang's shoulder, and said with satisfaction, "You did a good job this time."

Turning her head, Li Xuan looked at Xu Jian who was on the side, and asked, "How did you gain this time?"

"Reporting to the lord, this time, a total of seven Tianyin sect bandits were found, and now they are all executed. There are also several servants and guards who assist the rebels, and they are also executed... In addition, we seized a large amount of copper coins in the courtyard. And gold and silver, the most important thing is that a large amount of jewelry and land deeds were found in it."

Saying that, Xu Jian cupped his hands to Li Xuan: "Congratulations, my lord, now I can wait a little longer."

Xu Jian is now one of Li Xuan's trustworthy people, and he is well aware of the insufficiency of Tian Mu's eyes for this grant of land.

"Who would have thought that a mediocre altar owner would have [-] mu of fertile land at home." Li Xuan shook her head, with a hint of disdain at the corner of her mouth.

Corruption among officials in the imperial court is rampant, and the Tianyin Sect is also not a good bird.

"According to Qi Guang's account, the altar master surnamed Zhou, every month, uses various reasons and methods to ask his followers to honor a large amount of property, and he himself uses these properties to purchase a large amount of fertile land and wealth. Amazing." Xu Jian couldn't help shaking his head.

Even he didn't expect that people from Tianyin Sect would dare to be so bold.

Exploit believers and plunder wealth.

It's no wonder that Li Xuan just made an opening here, and thousands of immigrants from Muzhou immediately turned against him.

"Tianyin Sect was strangled several times by the imperial court 20 years ago, but they still survived tenaciously, but in the past 20 years, some old people occupied high positions. Such people, the older they get, the more greedy they are. The entire Tianyin Sect It's completely rotten." Li Xuan sighed with emotion.

There was Liu Ji before, and now there is this altar owner.

Although they are all doing their best to work for the Tianyin Sect, secretly, they are all cultivating their own human strength.

Secretly, the masses are amassing wealth.

Li Xuan can almost be sure that the altar master of Tianyin Sect will have other wealth hidden in a place like a cabinet.

But it's a pity, Li Xuan can basically be sure now that he won't be able to get those things.

Withdrawing her thoughts, Li Xuan looked at Qi Guang and said, "You have made a great contribution this time. This king is now in charge. The wasteland in your home can be exchanged for [-] mu of high-quality paddy fields. The [-] mu of paddy fields given by the Yang family From the [-] mu, another [-] mu will be drawn, making a total of [-] mu.”

Speaking of this, Li Xuan paused for a while, looked at Qi Guang and said, "It's not that this king is reluctant to give you more land, it's just that the land that this king can obviously mobilize is limited, and most of them need to be granted to other lands." Common people, so it is difficult to move, and secondly, this time, the king will grant land this time, there are absolutely not many more than [-] mu, and you are probably the only one with more than [-] mu."

Qi Guang was awed all of a sudden, then he cupped his hands to Li Xuan and said, "Thank you, my lord!"

"You don't need to say thank you. You got it. You should get it. In addition, you have to be very careful. Now you have become a thorn in the side of some caring people. You should know how jealous others are of the [-]-acre excellent paddy field. If you are really given a hundred acres, I'm afraid you won't survive tonight." Li Xuan was a little amused for a moment.

Today's Wuzhou, even the locals, will not grant more than [-] acres of land.

Qi Guang got the [-] mu of land grant all at once, and I don't know how many people envy and hate him for a while.

"Thank you for your generosity, Lord." Qi Guang hurriedly bowed deeply to the ground.

"My lord sees how good you are in the army. How about it? Are you interested in serving as a soldier under Xu Canjun?" Li Xuan turned her head to the side and looked at Xu Jian with a half-smile.

Xu Jian came over immediately, nodded in agreement and said, "That's true, and I also think that he does have this potential."

"Bing Cao?" Qi Guang's face was blank.

He just reported the Tianyin Sect Master who had been exploiting them all the time, so he became a member of the government.

But soon, Qi Guang came to his senses, as long as he is a member of the government, he is definitely better than ordinary people.

"My villain, thank you for the reward from the lord, and thank you for Xu Canjun's cultivation!" Qi Guang bowed his hands very skillfully to express his gratitude.

Li Xuan nodded, and said, "You fought for everything yourself, well, go get busy."

"Here!" Qi Guang bowed slightly to Li Xuan and Xu Jian, and then went to other places with the knife in his hand.

"It seems that in the future, such matters will probably be handed over to him." A wry smile appeared on Xu Jian's face, but there was something relaxed in this wry smile.

"Let him do it. He will dig more thoroughly by doing these things, and at the same time let more people recognize the hypocrisy of the Tianyin Sect." Li Xuan looked into the back room and said softly: "This time, search for it from here. A lot of information has come out, and if we follow the vine, we should be able to find a lot of Tianyin sects to participate, and the land in our hands is still a lot short, and now we just use them to fill in."

Although Fang Yunxiu had withdrawn most of the people from the Wuzhou branch of the Tianyin Sect before, there were some who he could not withdraw.

For example, those who are in charge of contacting the various altar masters in the sect, their existence is related to the connection between Tianyin sect and tens of thousands of sect members in Wuzhou.

Once these people were withdrawn, problems would immediately arise in the Tianyin Sect's control over the entire Wuzhou.

Li Xuan is too sensitive, once he seizes the opportunity, the foundation of Tianyin Sect will be cut off.

The tens of thousands of Tianyin sect members in Wuzhou are the foundation of the entire Tianyin sect uprising.

The hundreds of thousands of Tianyin sect members in the southeast are their greatest confidence in daring to carry out this uprising.

"One Qi Guang is not enough, we need more Qi Guang, but it must be Qi Guang." Li Xuan repeatedly emphasized heavily.

"Don't worry, my lord, I will strengthen the 'guidance' later." Xu Jian hurriedly cupped his hands to Li Xuan.

It wasn't that Qi Guang was filled with resentment for no reason, and turned into the killer he is now. This is more due to the intentional or unintentional guidance of Xu Jian and others.

"You handle it here, and the follow-up newcomers will be sent to you soon, so that they can form a team and perform tasks together."

"Here!" Xu Jian cupped his hands in agreement.

"En!" Li Xuan nodded, told Xu Jian to make good use of this group of people, and then led them back to the state office.

……

Sitting on the carriage, while staggering, Li Xuan showed a strange smile on his face.

The role that Qi Guang and his group can play is far beyond what a small Tianyin Sect can limit now.

If they are used well, they will become Li Xuan's most loyal subordinates, it depends on how they are arranged.

The carriage wobbled to a stop. At this moment, Li Zhu's voice came from outside: "My lord, the Qian family's truck has arrived."

"En!" Li Xuan lifted the curtain of the car, and saw a heavy carriage slowly driving into the state government office on the long street.

The people all around are looking around curiously.

"My lord!" A voice sounded from the side of the carriage, and Li Xuan turned around: "Zhang joined the army."

"Report to the lord." Zhang Yi stood on one side, followed by several officials, he cupped his hands to Li Xuan and said, "The first batch of [-] new sickles that the Qian family ordered has been delivered."

"Very good, please join the army now and post the notice. In the morning of the next day, my king will see these people and go to the ground with me." Li Xuan's eyes fell on the official documents in the hands of several officials. The huge words directly fell into Li Xuan's eyes.

conscription order.

Service, corvée.

Muzhou immigrants entered Wuzhou household registration, so in addition to paying taxes, they would naturally also have to serve corvee.

According to the law of the Tang Dynasty, common people serve twenty days of military service every year.

The total number of regular service, handy service, and sex service is definitely considerable.

What Li Xuan wants now is for these Muzhou immigrants who have just been naturalized in Wuzhou to serve in corvee. This is also the most critical step for him next.

Once it is successful, it will be difficult for Tianyin Sect to make any movement in the southeast of Wuzhou.

Even the idea of ​​some aristocratic families who want to use the Tianyin Sect to conspire against and embezzle the land will be completely shattered.

Li Xuan waved his hand and watched Zhang Yi step back and leave.

He is the senior official who has the closest connection with the aristocratic family in the entire Wuzhou. Now he has faintly noticed something, but he can't see through Li Xuan's real calculations.

"Keep going!" Li Xuan returned to the carriage, and a voice came from inside: "Go to Fa Cao's office."

"Here!" Li Zhu responded slightly, and then drove the carriage towards the state office.

When the people around saw the black carriage and the Qianniuwei guards, their eyes showed awe and hope at the same time.

In Facao, everyone is busy on footsteps.

Li Xuan took away many people from Facao before, making the people in Facao, who were already short-handed, even more flustered.

Li Xuan asked everyone to stop outside, and only took Li Zhu into the house.

In the official residence, Du Bixing was flipping through the case files, and unconsciously, his brows were already furrowed.

"Take a break when it's time to rest." Li Xuan pressed one hand on the case file, and Du Bixing, who had been concentrating on thinking, was awakened immediately.

Seeing Li Xuan, he quickly stood up and bowed his hands in salute: "My lord!"

"Well, sit down, how's the situation?"

"Three people have been circled, one is Gou Heng, the official of the wharf, the other is Wu Hu, the eldest son of the Wu family in the east of the city, and the third is the deputy head catcher Zuo Xiang. They colluded with each other, exploited the common people, oppressed the village, and were good at disguising. The previous governors failed to break through their evil deeds. The official documents of Dali Temple and the Ministry of Punishment mentioned that there might be such a situation in Wuzhou. Clue."

"You don't need to work too hard. As long as there is conclusive evidence in one case, countless evidence will come out immediately once you are promoted." Li Xuan raised a few words, and then said: "Get ready, my lord. Before Xia Shou goes to the ground, find three heads to sacrifice to the flag."

"Here!"

(End of this chapter)