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

Chapter 388

In the afternoon in Wuzhou Prefecture Yaguan, countless officials were running back and forth non-stop.

However, every time I passed by the gate, I saw three figures who were shackled and howled in pain. Everyone who saw them couldn't help but froze, and then quickly went to busy with their own affairs.

I'm afraid that if I take a slow step, I will fall into their fate.

Gou Heng, the official of the wharf, Wu Hu, the son of Wu's patriarch in the east of the city, and the former deputy head catcher, went to the left.

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In the main hall of the state government office, Li Xuan was sitting on the desk, flipping through the yellow book in his hand, as if he was looking at something at once.

Standing below, Hu Cao joined the army and Han Jiang immediately cupped his hands and said: "Reporting to the lord, Hu Cao has checked the white books and yellow books sent by the nine counties of Dongyang, Yiwu, Jinhua, Wuyi, Yongkang, Pan'an, Pujiang, Longyou and Lanxi. The copies have all been approved, and there is nothing wrong with it."

Every year before the summer harvest, the government has to make some revisions to the yellow book on hand.

During this year, the sale and purchase of Yongyetian, the assessment of the property levels of various companies, the granting of land and the division of households, etc., all have to be registered in the white book and yellow book, and then taxes will be collected.

There is a slight error in the middle, whoever pays less taxes will be punished by the household cao, and whoever pays more taxes may cause chaos.

Especially now, the Tianyin sect's uprising in Muzhou is imminent, and it will inevitably affect Wuzhou.

Although Li Xuan had dealt a huge blow to the influence of the Tianyin Sect in Wuzhou, no one dared to relax under the turmoil.

"Officials and servants, try to ensure that the summer tax from all over the country is completely stored in the warehouse. The grain ships of the capital water department and the storeroom of the treasury must be properly prepared, and the summer grain will be put into the warehouse quickly and correctly. After all the summer grain collection is completed , and then negotiate with the Governor's Mansion about the shipment."

As soon as Li Xuan finished speaking, Han Jiang, Li Yuanyi, and Feng Hua all agreed at the same time.

Gently whispering on the table, Li Xuan followed up and said: "I said it last night. From today onwards, the new household Ding Nan who started to serve corvee will start to gather in the spiritual cave, and then start harvesting grain from the spiritual cave to the north. Hu Cao drafted a document, and after this king stamped it, he sent it to Lanxi County immediately."

"The next official obeys the order." Han Jiang bowed slightly with a serious face.

Li Xuan pressed the center of his eyebrows, looked at Xu Jian in a blink of an eye, and said thoughtfully: "Today's summer tax harvesting focuses on two places, one is the three counties of Wuyi, Yongkang and Pan'an. After the harvesting of the servants in Jinhua is completed, immediately Started to rush to Wuyi, Bingcao side, pulled out a group of soldiers to support Wuyi.

Xu Jian immediately cupped his hands and said, "I will obey the order!"

"And there is Lanxi." Li Xuan's expression became serious.

Although there are still some hidden dangers in Zhoucheng, at this moment, Li Xuan has begun to focus on Lanxi, and even Muzhou.

What happened last night, Li Xuan did not completely block the news, but let the news spread.

At this time, the news of Elder He's beheading should have reached Ye Wanwan, and then through her to the Muzhou headquarters of the Tianyin Sect.

Muzhou is the foundational town of Tianyin Sect.

Among the Tianyin Sect immigrants in Wuzhou, there are at least one or two people in each household who are members of the Tianyin Sect. Only a few families whose families are extremely difficult have the entire family members of the Tianyin Sect.

But in Muzhou, for many years, the taxes were high, the officials were harsh, and the people struggled to survive.

Thinking about it, even aristocratic and powerful families have a hard time, let alone ordinary people.

Therefore, Tianyin Sect has a great influence in Muzhou. Almost every household is a loyal believer of Tianyin Sect.

Once the Tianyin Sect started an incident, it would immediately roar for thousands of miles.

As long as they successfully captured Muzhou, the next step would undoubtedly be Wuzhou.

This time may even be earlier than all of them expected.

The heavy pressure is on everyone. They not only have to prepare for taking down Lanxi, but also prepare for the future Tianyin Sect army going south.

Li Xuan's greatest attention now has been on Lan Xi.

After solving the biggest hidden danger in Dongyang and Zhoucheng, he began to focus on Lanxi.

"Here's an order to ask the Lanxi County Yamen to send messengers to catch up with all the Cao officials and go to the Lingdong." After a short pause, Li Xuan followed up and said: "Han Canjun, please go to the Lingdong yourself, not only to supervise the tax revenue , At the same time, we must also separate the policemen in Lanxi County."

After a short pause, Li Xuan followed up and said: "Even if those people have been identified as not followers of the Tianyin Sect, they must be careful. If you are bought, you have to be careful."

"The next officer obeys the order." Han Jiang's face became serious.

Li Xuan nodded. In his plan, Xianling Cave, then the county town, and finally Meiling.

As long as Meiling Pass is taken, the smoothest road from Muzhou to Wuzhou will be completely blocked.

As for the above Wujiang River.

It was easy for Tianyin Sect to block Hangzhou soldiers from entering Muzhou through Wujiang, and it was as easy for Li Xuan to block Tianyin Sect from entering Wuzhou through Wujiang.

Li Xuan turned to look at Xu Jian, and said in a deep voice: "Xu Bingcao, you must be prepared. Once the news of the Tianyin Sect's uprising in Muzhou comes, this king wants you to immediately expand the number of soldiers under your command. Thousands of people, these people, you have to give priority to selecting from Muzhou immigrants, be more strict, preferably like Qi Guang, and the rest are from Wuzhou locals, children from good families with land and acres."

"The next officer obeys the order." Xu Jian's face became serious.

The Tianyin Sect's rebellion in Wuzhou is almost certain to gather tens of thousands of horses in a very short period of time.

If these people concentrated on attacking Meiling Pass, even if Li Xuan regained Meiling Pass, without follow-up assistance, she would definitely not be able to defend it.

However, before the Tianyin Sect's uprising, the number of soldiers under Wuzhou Bing Cao Canjun's command was numerous, and they were not allowed to increase at will.

Qi Guang and the others were able to officially enter the ranks of soldiers before, thanks to the removal of a group of Tianyin believers from the ranks.

Therefore, it is necessary to recruit soldiers as quickly as possible after the Tianyin Sect officially rebelled, so as to be able to deal with the various changes that will follow.

This is what they most need to fight for.

Li Xuan turned to look at Li Yuanyi who was at the side, and said in a deep voice, "Li Canjun, is there enough armor and weapons in Kucao?"

"Reporting to my lord, there has always been a shortage of battle armor, and there is no shortage of knives and guns, but the number of bows and crossbows is insufficient, especially the number of crossbows. If there is a real war, the number of crossbows is far from enough." Li Yuan cupped his hands and said seriously: "Please The prince agreed on a strategy early."

Li Xuan nodded slightly, and then said: "Feng Canjun, the artisans under Commander Cao, began to speed up the production of crossbows, and the crossbows were given special priority."

"I obey the order!" Feng Hua took a step forward, cupped his hands and said, "My lord, although the soldiers can go all out, the officials are worried that even so, the bows and crossbows needed by the soldiers are still not enough."

"Then we have to find a way from the outside." Li Xuan paused for a moment, and then said: "Post up the list, buy qualified arrow shafts from the people in the city, write down the material size in advance, strictly inspect and accept them, and then send them to Shicao Build it, so it can be faster."

Arrow shafts are made of wood, birch is the best, followed by mulberry, orange, papaya and wattle, and bamboo is also acceptable.

The best length is two feet and three inches, and it can be left or right.

These are things that ordinary people can make by themselves, but the shapes and shapes of the arrows are various, so it is not suitable for ordinary people to take over.

Li Xuan suddenly seemed to think of something, smiled, looked at Xu Jian and Li Yuanyi and said, "I almost forgot about one thing, Xu Canjun and Li Canjun should go to the Qian family with this king. I will also give the money to the Qian family." Batch orders and let them finish quickly."

"Here!" Xu Jian and Li Yuanyi clapped their hands in response at the same time.

Eggs cannot be put in one basket, one hand when buying from the people, and the other hand when placing orders from the Qian family.

In this way, one party will not be overwhelmed.

What can be done has been done, and the rest is to watch the time.

Li Xuan looked at the crowd, smiled slightly, and said gently: "Although this king has not been in Wuzhou for a long time, you can also see that the crisis in Wuzhou is slowly dissipating. Please tell your servants , I hope they can do their best, and after the summer harvest is over, the king will give everyone an extra month's salary, and those who do the best will have more rewards."

"Thank you, my lord!" The expressions of everyone present immediately cheered up.

Although they are all one month's salary, the salary of ordinary officials and soldiers can't compare with them.

Although the money is not a lot, it is enough for them to be tempted.

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Li Xuan rode on a big black horse and walked slowly towards Xianglinfang.

Du Bixing, who was on the side, was paying attention to the crowd, and reported to Li Xuanhui: "All the arrest papers for the woman surnamed Zhang have been sent out, and all the workshops have dispatched their staff to search from door to door. I believe that soon, we will be able to gain something."

Seeing Du Bixing's determined expression, Li Xuan didn't open his mouth to hit him.

How could it be possible to find Zhang Wanyu just by relying on these official missions under Facao.

Xu Lu has already told Li Xuan that in today's Wuzhou, there is still a little-known hidden line.

Contact the main altar of Tianyin Sect alone.

The head of Wuzhou Hall also knew of their existence, but he didn't know their specific identities.

However, Zhang Wanyu, as the Empress Dowager's niece, knew the identity of this person.

He Qinger.

Since Zhang Wanyu came to Wuzhou, He Qing'er was transferred to his subordinates.

Although Xu Lu has cooperated with He Qing'er several times, she also knows her name, and she doesn't know much about her real background.

However, is there really only one He Qinger?
How can a girl who is only 17 years old obtain all kinds of information from Wuzhou's military and political leaders.

There are people behind her.

A figure with connections in Wuzhou's military and political ranks is hidden in his home. It is not easy for ordinary officials to find him out.

However, although Zhang Wanyu is hiding now, as soon as she makes a move, she will immediately fall into Li Xuan's sight.

Li Xuan's real plan was to find out who was behind her, as well as the relationship with each other, and wipe them all out.

After pondering for a while, Li Xuan said: "Let the brothers under Facao be more busy, and combine the Tianyin Sect conspiracy that the state government has destroyed for a while to carry out propaganda, and let more people know that the Tianyin Sect There is no longer any power in Wuzhou."

"I will obey the order." Du Bixing promised, but immediately, he reacted: "My lord is worried that the Tianyin sect is in the city, or will he take action?"

Li Xuan looked at Du Bixing in surprise, as expected of the emperor's trustworthy person, Li Xuan just mentioned the beginning, he had already thought of Li Xuan's real intention.

Li Xuan slowly pulled the horse rope, and said softly: "Although the power of the Tianyin Sect has suffered great setbacks after several blows, it is difficult for the belief of the Tianyin Saintess to win people's hearts all at once. Extinction, it is difficult to say when a spark ignites, it will directly erupt."

Du Bixing nodded in agreement: "What the prince said is true, it is right to be cautious."

"The matter of the Tianyin Sect is only one aspect, and there is also the Qian family." Li Xuan looked at Xianglinfang, which was getting closer and closer, and his face became serious in an instant.

Although it is said that Qian Zhuo's death made it impossible to further investigate the connection between the Qian family and the Tianyin sect, many people are well aware of this matter.

Even Li Xuan didn't plan to let this matter pass so easily.

Just kidding, if it is so easy to secretly fund the rebellion and plot to assassinate the governor of a state, then who will fear Datang in the future.

Maybe there is no actual evidence to do anything to the Qian family, but Li Xuan definitely doesn't mind explaining this matter clearly to Li Xian in a private letter.

As long as Li Xian sees it, Li Zhi can see it too.

For this kind of thing, even Li Xuan can think of countless ways to deal with the Qian family, let alone Li Zhi.

What Li Xuan has to do is to tell Li Zhi and make a record.

But before that, the Qian family has one last chance.

Now it depends on whether they can seize this opportunity.

(End of this chapter)