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

Chapter 364 The crime is obvious, and the fish is hooked

Sangu Villa's main hall, under the black background and gold lacquered dedication plaque.

Li Xuan sat on the left side of the middle hall, and Ning Yi sat on the right side of the middle hall.

Yu Ze, Wang Bo, and Qiu Zhenmu stood on the left side of Li Xuan's body, while Xu Jin was writing quickly on the desk sitting beside him.

Xu Ge knelt on the ground in front of the hall.

Under everyone's gaze, Xu Ge straightened his body, his face was indifferent, and said: "The villain is indeed from Caozhou, but he was separated from the Xu clan several generations ago... In the early years, he struggled to survive in Yangzhou, Later, when the imperial court conquered Goguryeo, the villain joined the army and went to Baekje."

"You went to Baekje?" Li Xuan interrupted Xu Ge suddenly, frowning and asked: "It was the British Duke who led the army to attack Goryeo?"

"Yes." Your Excellency Xu subconsciously looked to the northeast, and said with a trace of reverence in his eyes: "In the first year of Qianfeng, there was chaos in Korea, and His Majesty appointed the British Duke as the general manager of the Liaodong Road Army, and led [-] troops to attack the city and seize the territory." , fought all the way to the city of Pyongyang, and then took more than a month to conquer Pyongyang, captured the king of Koryo, Gaozang, and the kingdom of Koguryo was destroyed."

Li Xuan nodded and said: "I remember, after the army triumphantly returned, the sage ordered the British prince to present the Goguryeo king Gaozang in the Zhaoling Mausoleum of the first emperor, and then entered the capital to present the prisoners at the Taimiao."

"My lord's records are correct." Ning Yi, who was sitting on the right side, said with a livid face, "He has such a meritorious service, and he also has the honor of Ninth Rank Renyong School Captain awarded by the imperial court. Jinhua's successive county magistrates will recognize him. It is true what he said about being an Englishman."

Xu Ge's ability to bluff and cheat in Jinhua for so many years is inseparable from his resume.

"I guess you didn't get your honorary title of Captain Renyong on the East Island battlefield, did you?" Li Xuan suddenly looked at Xu Ge coldly.

Xu Ge nodded helplessly, and said with a wry smile: "That's true. Although Xiaguan participated in the battle against Goguryeo, and as the same surname of the British Duke, he also received preferential treatment in the army, but unfortunately, before the attack on Pyongyang, Xiaguan's chest He hit the arrow before and was sent back to Yangzhou..."

"Although you were physically injured, you were not able to participate in the battle to break Pyongyang, so your credit is not enough to be awarded... So at this time, when someone came to your door and offered to provide you with these, you were quickly moved , isn’t it?” Li Xuan told the truth about what happened to Xu Ge in just a few words.

The corners of Xu Ge's mouth twitched slightly, but in the end he nodded heavily, and said: "That's true, it was Qian Qilang who came to the door, and I want to take charge of Jinhua's thousand acres of fertile land for him. You don't have to do anything every year, and you don't have to think about anything. A lot of money, and even a honorary title of Lieutenant Ren Yong."

Speaking of this, Xu Ge showed a slight sneer at the corner of his mouth, and then said disdainfully: "Many people fight on the battlefield for things that they can't get for a lifetime, and some people just walk around a little bit, and they get it easily. The world is really absurd!"

Li Xuan ignored this, and asked directly: "Then what happened to the extra [-] mu of land? Did you send people to fill in the lake to expand your business secretly, or did Qian Qilang send people to fill in the lake?" , to hide the land and evade taxes?"

Li Xuan's body leaned forward slightly, and a strong sense of oppression hit her directly.

"Does the lord think that a villain can command so many people, fill so many lakes, and still remain unnoticed? How can a villain and an outsider do this?" Xu Ge shook his head with a wry smile, and said: "Even if the prince cuts the villain into pieces, the villain can't do that."

"So, everything was done by Qian Qilang." Li Xuan nodded knowingly, then looked at Ning Yi with a sullen face, and said, "Magistrate Ning, it is impossible for Jinhua County to be ignorant of such a thing, it must be Someone suppressed this matter, and this king sees that the Jinhua county government needs to be cleaned up, so you write the petition, and this king will approve it now."

According to the regulations of the imperial court, although Ning Yi is the magistrate of Jinhua County, Liu Cao's joining the army is only his subordinate, not a servant.

For these people, Ning Yi can only temporarily detain the other party. After the evidence is conclusive, it will be submitted to the state government. After the state government approves, they can be arrested and sent to prison.

Now that Li Xuan is not driving in this state, he is here, and this procedure can be approved immediately.

"Your officer obeys." Ning Yi immediately complied without any hesitation.

The problem now involves Jinhua County. If Ning Yi cannot find out the culprit, then he can only bear the responsibility for this crime.

Li Xuan looked at Xu Tu again, and her tone became cold at the first moment: "There is another question, was the girl in the backyard tied up by you or by Qian Qilang, to be honest."

"I need a woman, so I don't need to use such indecent means." Xu Ge sneered slightly, raised his head and said: "The reason for this matter, I only heard from Qian Qilang, it seems to be the grandfather of this woman's family. While fishing by the lake, I accidentally noticed something wrong with the lake surface, and started to investigate, but when he moved, Qian Qilang was immediately alerted, and this is what happened next."

Li Xuan waved his hands, looked at Xu Ge and said, "That is to say, after you captured him, he still hasn't moved?"

Xu Ge was taken aback, then nodded seriously, and said, "That's right, usually, Qian Qilang will come here soon..."

"That means you've done it many times!" Ning Yi, who was at the side, suddenly slapped the table with his palm, making a loud noise.

"It's useless for Ning county magistrate to tell me. These things, I can know, are the biggest standards given by Qian Qilang. As for participating in something, I think I'm not Qian Qilang's cronies," Xu Ge looked at now. Come out, if you really want to save your life, you still have to rely on Li Xuan.

Li Xuan held the confession recorded by Lu Jin in his hand, read it up and down briefly, then handed it to Ning Yi, and said: "If the Ning county magistrate has no objection, then I will ask the criminal to sign and sign, and then the king will issue this confession immediately. Send it to the capital of God... This case is very typical!"

Looking into Li Xuan's deep eyes, Ning Yi's words were suddenly completely suppressed.

Li Xuan smiled lightly.

Although this method of using other people's holdings to obtain acres of land is not uncommon in various places, the center of the imperial court may not know much about the truth.

If these things were exposed directly, offending the powerful families in the world would naturally be indispensable, but if they could be appreciated by the emperor and the empress, then it would definitely be a good deal.

The emperor is now wholeheartedly thinking about going west, but the supply of food and wages in the world is always insufficient.

If at this time, let him know that there is still such a large tax in the world that is hidden by others.

Li Xuan believed that Li Zhi's eyes would be bright green at this time.

"Moreover, the Yintian of the Qian family in Jinhua must not only be in this one place, there may be many hidden places in the entire Jinhua." After a short pause, Li Xuan suddenly looked at Ning Yi, and asked with deep eyes: "Ning County Ling, do you think this king waits for you to find these things before reporting them, or..."

"My lord, please wait a little longer." Ning Yi hurriedly stood up, cupped his hands to Li Xuan and said, "I hope that my lord will be merciful. How Jinhua's performance in the past three years will be at the lord's whim."

The imperial court conducts a performance appraisal every three years, and now two years have passed since the last performance appraisal.

Ning Yi, who might have taken a step forward, if this matter is not handled well, it will immediately affect his future.

"Well, I will wait a little longer." Li Xuan turned to look at Xu Ge who was kneeling on the ground, and said without hesitation: "Press him into the depths of the county prison without my warrant. , no one can visit... and the county government, Ning county magistrate, really needs to be cleaned up, I have been in Jinhua for several days, and I have not found a real Tianyin bandit, this is not a good thing."

Li Xuan never forgot the real purpose of her trip to Jinhua.

In addition to harvesting rice, the most important thing is to find the hidden traces of Tianyin Sect in Jinhua.

But up to now, ordinary Tianyin believers have indeed found quite a few, but none of the real Tianyin bandits have been found.

Ning Yi's face changed slightly, then he cupped his hands and said: "Perhaps what the prince said is indeed true, there is really something wrong in Jinhua."

"Then go and investigate." Li Xuan was very satisfied with Ning Yi's attitude, so she didn't want to continue entanglement on this matter, and said, "I will cut off all the [-] mu of land here this year to offset the tax amount... ...As for how to make up for it later, that is a matter for the future. The most important thing right now is that there should be no problems with the autumn tax.

With these [-] mu of grain, Jinhua's tax collection will be greatly advanced this year, which is a good thing. "

Ning Yi reacted quickly, he immediately understood the subtext in Li Xuan's words.

Using the grain from the [-] mu of land to offset the tax amount, the summer harvest will end early, and the threat to Jinhua will be greatly reduced if the Tianyin Sect can't react in time.

Ning Yi immediately cupped his hands and said gratefully: "My lord is wise."

"It's the county magistrate who is wise. If more hidden fields can be found this time, magistrate Ning may be able to take two steps up. Unlike this king, he has to wait for many years before he can take another step up." Li Xuan sighed lightly.

Although he is now a state governor, he still needs many years of hard work if he wants to be the governor.

This is not something that can be offset by just a few words of credit.

He is a prince, and credit is not that important to him.

In many cases, grasping the emperor's mind can make him go up more smoothly.

As for the credit, it's not a bad thing to share some of it.

"My lord's words are really embarrassing to others!" Ning Yi cupped his hands with a wry smile, and then said: "I will take my leave for the time being, and I will report to the lord after all the affairs of the county government are settled!"

Li Xuan stood up and waved his hands. Qian Niuwei at the side immediately grabbed Xu Ge and handed it to the Jinhua County policeman.

He watched them leave Sangu Villa together with Ning Yi and Lu Jin.

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Standing in front of the gate of the villa, Li Xuan turned sideways and ordered lightly: "Let everyone clean up the villa well, we will spend the night here in the next few days."

Yu Ze immediately bowed his hands in response.

At this time, Qiu Zhenmu stepped forward cautiously, and asked in a low voice: "My lord, are we really going to hand over Xu Ge to the county government like this? Do you want to send someone to watch, in case Xu Ge dies here?" County jail..."

"Who will kill him?" Li Xuan suddenly raised her head and looked at Qiu Zhenmu with deep eyes.

"Of course it's money... The subordinate understands that the prince is fishing."

"That's right, now it depends on which fish will be caught."

(End of this chapter)