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

Chapter 362 Come forward to stop, the mystery of Tian Mu

The summer wind is so hot that it blows ripples on the calm lake, and it is difficult to bring a trace of coolness.

There was a short easel in front of Li Xuan, and he sat sideways on the grass.

In front of him is a lake of charming green water, and the whole person is leisurely in the shade of the trees, lightly sketching against the lake.

In a very short period of time, the rippling lake covering an extremely vast area has already appeared in Li Xuan's pen.

At this time, a rush of horseshoes galloped from the avenue on the west side, instantly shattering all the tranquility.

After finishing the painting, Li Xuan immediately handed the fine brush to Cheng Yan who was on the side, and then turned to look at where the horseshoe came from.

The summer rice is floating, exuding the unique aroma of rice.

One after another, the strong men were quickly harvesting the large piece of fertile land in front of them.

In a short period of time, hundreds of acres of land have been pushed forward on a level basis.

More than 1000 big men, holding sharp sickles, quickly harvested an acre of rice.

The huge horse's hoof stomped heavily on the road, bringing up countless dust, but in an instant, it stopped in shock.

Immediately, a Tsing Yi mansion guard jumped off the horse, and then quickly walked in front of Li Xuan.

A bamboo envelope was handed up.

Cheng Yan immediately stepped forward to take it, then quickly opened the sealed tube, took out the tissue paper inside and handed it to Li Xuan.

Li Xuan spread the tissue paper in front of her eyes, carefully looked at every word on it, and unconsciously showed a sneer at the corner of her mouth.

"Sure enough, it's still moving. It seems that they finally understand what this king is doing here!" Li Zhu nodded in satisfaction, then took the fine pen from Cheng Yan's hand, and placed it on the thin paper. Write a few words on it, and then put it back into the bamboo tube.

"Tell Xiong Yan, everything is going according to the plan, don't worry, everything is under control." Li Xuan didn't look back, and then spread out a piece of rice paper again, and started to draw on it again.

Only this time, what he drew was a map of the entire Jinhua County field.

If someone who is knowledgeable is here, one can tell at a glance that the painting that Li Xuan is drawing now is absolutely not simple.

With just a few strokes, the entire area of ​​Jinhua County has been outlined in his pen.

The roads, villages, lakes, and even fields are all drawn, and then thin numbers are written on the corners.

No one knows what those numbers represent.

……

"What are you doing, what are you doing, this is the Xu family's land, and outsiders are not allowed to enter." A series of arrogant and unreasonable voices came not far away.

Then he shouted sharply: "What do you want to do, do you want to stop the imperial court's summer harvest, or do you want to rebel?"

Hearing this, Li Xuan put down his pen amusedly, and turned his head to look east.

Impressively, he saw Qi Guang, who was wearing a light blue robe, holding a spear, and carrying a crossbow, looking fiercely at the family guards who stood in front of them with a savage expression.

Li Xuan picked up a pen and rice paper, and walked out towards the place where the quarrel took place.

There, a group of family guards wearing ochre-colored robes were firmly blocking the Wuzhou soldiers headed by Qi Guang.

Even if they represent the government, even if they hold sharp knives, the family guards on the opposite side still don't give in at all.

"Three steps back, raise the shield, set up the crossbow, cross the spear, and stab forward!" Li Xuan's calm but extremely cold voice came from behind.

The two parties arguing with each other could not help but pause immediately, and the other party's family guard was about to start swearing.

At the same time, all the Wuzhou soldiers who were standing opposite them retreated like water.

Without hesitation, they raised their shields and set up their crossbows, and all the sharp crossbow arrows in the hands of the soldiers were aimed at them in an instant.

Behind these bows and crossbows, a handful of long spears have been directly thrown up, and the sharp blades of the spears have been aimed at the guards blocking the road, and a trace of blood flashed in their cold eyes.

The air became extremely chilling in an instant.

"Misunderstanding, it's all a misunderstanding!"

A mournful voice came from behind abruptly, and then a middle-aged man of medium stature, wearing the official uniform of Captain Renyong, the Imperial Nine-Pin Xun General, rushed towards Li Xuan's place at a fast pace.

Seeing the cold look on Li Xuan's face, endless fear had already flashed on the other party's face.

Immediately after rolling and crawling all over, he rushed to the sharp blade and shield.

Looking through the gap between the sharp blade and the shield, the visitor saw Li Xuan, and bowed his hands nervously: "Forgive me, my lord, because a lot of the rice in the house is not yet ripe, so I told them not to let outsiders in before leaving." Feel free to enter and step on it, don't want to accidentally bump into the prince."

"Forgive me, what kind of crime is forgiven!" Li Xuan walked forward with a sneer, and her eyes fell on the visitor.

With a chuckle, Li Xuan glanced at the ripe and fragrant rice farther away, shook her head uncontrollably, and said, "Do you want me to forgive their crime of collision, or forgive your nonsense? Disrespect?"

"Crime of disrespect, when did this lower official commit any crime of disrespect?" The other party opened his eyes wide and looked at Li Xuan in disbelief.

"Now, as the king of Nanchang County, this king is ordered to serve as a separate driver in Wuzhou and supervise Xiashou. I think you should know the official documents of the county. In this way, lying to the officials and the prince is a crime of disrespect."

Li Xuan looked at the visitor indifferently, and said coldly: "This is the land of Wuzhou, this king can definitely convict you of disrespect, and then directly imprison you for three hundred miles."

Speaking of this, Li Xuan smiled lightly and said: "This king knows that the local aristocratic family has a wide network, which may be able to eliminate the crime of disrespect. This king can let you come like this. The premise is that everything you have done can catch up with this king. The king sent you to Muzhou...the distance between Muzhou and Wuzhou is exactly three hundred miles."

"Muzhou!" The visitor suddenly opened his eyes wide, and his eyes suddenly filled with horror.

At this moment, he already understood what Li Xuan was going to do.

Li Xuan is trying to kill him.

The Muzhou Tianyin Sect uprising took place between ten and a month, and they were imprisoned to Muzhou for the whole time, which was equivalent to being sent to death directly.

Even if there are enough contacts to eliminate the guilt, but as long as Li Xuan sends people to Muzhou, it will be useless for anyone to speak.

"My lord, spare my life! Forgive my life!" The other party immediately knelt down in front of the shield, and then said with snot and tears: "My lord, I didn't mean to hinder my lord, but I really don't need it in this field. Everyone, please help to harvest, there are enough people in Xiaguan's family."

"This king never intended to forcibly enter your house to harvest, you don't need to be so hypocritical."

Li Xuan waved his hand, and the surrounding soldiers immediately put away the crossbow and long lance.

At this moment, Li Xuan pointed to the guards of the Xu family opposite and shouted: "Go, put down their weapons, and search carefully to see if there are any contraband on them, and if there is anything related to Tianyin Sect."

Hearing Li Xuan's order, Xu Ge was slightly relieved.

Don't fight head-on with a current county king, even he has been preparing for a long time.

But still a little trembling.

Li Xuan looked at Xu Ge again, and said softly: "If I remember correctly, you should be Xu Ge, Captain Chengxun Renyong."

"My subordinate Xu Ge pays respects to the county king Qianqiu." Xu Ge bowed deeply to Li Xuan.

Li Xuan nodded slightly, and then said: "You should have seen the official documents of Jinhua County. I don't ask you anything else. You are also an official. I believe you know the current situation in Wuzhou. .”

"I understand." Xu Ge's face twitched slightly, but even though he knelt down on the ground, he had no intention of admitting his mistake.

Li Xuan raised her head, looked at the countless acres of his family's fields, looked at the rice swaying in the wind among the countless acres, and said softly: "If you don't want my king's people to harvest for you, that's fine, but the problem now is , Tianyin Sect will not give you this time.

If you insist on harvesting at home, then three days later, the officials of the county yamen Cao will come to your house to copy the land tax, is it feasible? "

"It's feasible, please rest assured, my lord, I will definitely not delay the payment of the county government's summer tax." Xu Ge heaved a sigh of relief in his heart, he couldn't believe it, the matter in front of him that seemed extremely complicated to him, Since it is so easy to solve.

"That's good." Li Xuan nodded in satisfaction, then looked behind her: "Zhou Sili!"

"Your Majesty is here." Zhou Wei, a member of the Jinhua Household Cao's office, immediately stepped forward, clasping his hands in response: "What orders does the lord have?"

"Check, how much land tax does his family need to pay?" Li Xuan ordered lightly.

"Here!" Zhou Wei took out the household department that he carried with him, then cupped his hands to Li Xuan and said, "King Qibao, Lieutenant Xu Ge of Renyong has 67 acres of land under his name, and he collects 660 hu of grain according to the law, and 330 of seven dou. , eight thousand three hundred and thirty-three catties."

"Yes, the official's calculation is very accurate." Li Xuan nodded with satisfaction, then turned to look at Xu Ge, and said in a cold voice: "After three days, you need to prepare 330 three catties of new grain. Remember it is Xinliang, if there is a mistake, this king will directly imprison you to Muzhou."

"I will obey the order!" Chief Xu heaved a sigh of relief. More than 8000 catties of grain are only [-] mu of land, and all of them can be harvested in one day.

"Extend the picture, draw the bet." Li Xuan's expression changed suddenly, and then he looked at Zhou Wei.

Zhou Wei was taken aback for a moment, but quickly took out a drawing from the household tax account book and handed it to Xu Ge.

"My lord, what do you mean by that?" Xu Ge didn't take Zhou Wei's pen at all, but for a moment, his expression darkened, and he looked at Li Xuan coldly.

"It's recorded in the household register that the land under your name is [-] mu. What's wrong?" Li Xuan raised her right hand slightly upwards.

In an instant, the soldiers on the side raised their crossbows, shields, knives and guns again.

The sharp light stung Xu Ge's eyes, and he subconsciously looked at the family guard beside him.

At this time, he suddenly discovered that all the weapons of his guards had been confiscated just now.

"My lord, you understand what it means to be an official, why should you be so shameless?" Xu Ge's face suddenly darkened.

"What do you mean?" Li Xuan suddenly sneered, and said, "My king has been in Jinhua for the past few days, and my duty is to urge the townships in Jinhua to speed up the summer harvest, but you, you are here messing around with King Banben and delaying the harvest. Time, disturbing Xia tax, this king now has enough reasons to suspect that you are connected with the Tianyin rebels. Come, arrest people, and ransack the house!"

At the end of Li Xuan's speech, she was already gnashing her teeth.

Now he really thinks that he is a talkative person, and anyone dares to grin at him.

A nine-rank Renyong captain dared to stab him.

"Here!" Qi Guang at the side immediately smirked and rushed towards Xu Ge, and in a blink of an eye, he was firmly pressed to the ground.

A nine-rank honorary officer and military general of the imperial court can't beat Qi Guang who was an ordinary citizen a few days ago.

"My lord, I'm a member of Duke Shu's family, lord, you can't do this?" Xu Ge struggled and shouted.

"Then let Li Jingye come and talk to this king in person."

There was a disdainful sneer at the corner of Li Xuan's mouth, he reached out and patted his cheek, and said softly: "If anything related to Tianyin Sect is found in your home, then I would like to ask if he, Li Jingye, is Is it also related to Tianyin Sect?
Ben Wang Dao wants to ask, this is how the British Duke taught his people. Is his surname Li or Xu? "

Xu Gai, the Duke of Shu, is the father of the British Duke Li Ji, the father of the British Duke Li Zhen, and the ancestor of the British Duke Li Jingye.

A clan from Caozhou, Shandong, actually hoarded land in Wuzhou, thousands of miles away, it was really daring to the extreme.

Do you really think that the Xu family has a military god and prime minister, so you dare not take him as the current county king in your eyes, and dare you not take the court's taxation policy in your eyes?

Li Jingye is courting death.

(End of this chapter)