Lord Moyu was forced to open

"Your Majesty, that's not all."

After Zhao Jun's mood gradually calmed down, Wang Huaien continued:

"Your Majesty, in addition to more than 200,000 hectares of land, Mr. Zhang also found illegal money from these temples totaling 3.42 million taels of silver, 120,000 taels of gold, as well as various precious calligraphy and paintings. Calculate.

Those people sent by the Ministry of Hubu are acting like crazy. Now every time they arrive at the door of a temple, Li Dingguo’s soldiers have not had time to knock on the door. A group of people from the Ministry of Hubu will carry the car and knock it into the temple gate. Rush away! "

Zhao Jun suddenly got goosebumps all over when he thought of a group of household officials in official uniforms, who were usually gentle and gentle, and behaved like gentlemen, with their eyes red, rolling up their sleeves, shouting slogans, and carrying a car to hit the temple door. pimple.

"These guys..."

Zhao Jun shook his head speechlessly. This was obviously because he was afraid of poverty. Otherwise, how could a group of scholars be so disrespectful of dignity?

However, in the Great Song Dynasty, it was really difficult for the household department. A lot of money was passed through every year, but almost all of it was transferred out to make up for the shortfall without even letting the warehouses heat up. There were not even two mice in the treasury, and there was nothing. It's empty, and rats will starve to death wherever they stay!

Shaking his head to throw these things out of his head, Zhao Jun waved his hands and said:

"Ignore them, they are crazy because of their poverty. As long as they don't go too far, just let them go.

But you have to tell Cui Shangshu, who is also a dignified household official of the Song Dynasty, why does he look like he has never seen the world?

This is just a small scene. What if there is a bigger scene in the future?

Let him take care of those under him. "

Wang Huaien nodded in agreement with a smile.

"promise!"

……

At this time, Nanyang County, Shangshan Prefecture.

As the birthplace of Shang in ancient dynasties, Shangshan Mansion has the most temples in Nanyang County.

There are a total of sixteen counties under the control of Shangshan Prefecture, and there are three medium-sized temples with more than 500 people.

They all gathered near Shangshan Prefecture and controlled all the beliefs of the entire Shangshan Prefecture. Taoism originally had two temples here, but under the tacit agreement of the three Buddhist temples, they eventually destroyed people and became a thing of the past.

In addition to the prefectural city Shangshan City, there are more than 30 small temples with dozens to hundreds of people in the sixteen counties under Shangshan's rule, accounting for one-tenth of the total number of temples in Nanyang County.

It was only in the evening that Zhang Tang led his people to Shangshan City.

As soon as they arrived at the city, Liu Benhe, the prefect of Shangshan City, was waiting here early.

"Liu Benhe, the magistrate of Shangshan Prefecture in Xiaguan, has met Shangguan!"

At the gate of the city, Liu Benhe stopped Zhang Tang and his entourage and smiled and saluted.

As the saying goes, don't hit the smiling person. After hearing Liu Benhe's voice outside the carriage, Zhang Tang opened the curtain and walked out.

When he saw Liu Benhe, he also had a smile on his face and said with a smile:

"I was ordered here just to inspect the local temple, but it alarmed Magistrate Liu. If official duties are delayed because of this, it's Zhang's fault."

The meaning of Zhang Tang's words is already obvious. I came here just to inspect the temple. Why did you, a prefect, come to greet me when you have nothing to do? Is it possible that there is nothing else to do in the yamen, or do you have other motives?

Liu Benhe didn't know whether he really didn't understand or pretended not to understand, so he smiled and replied:

"Liu has already taken care of some official business today. Mr. Zhang is a superior official from the capital. As a landlord, the lower official naturally has to treat you well with the landlord's friendship.

After all, your lord is doing things for me, Da Song. The only thing I can do is to make your food, clothing, housing and transportation more comfortable. Please don't refuse me. "

"Oh? Mr. Liu's official business has actually been handled? This is something I didn't expect.

Anyway, since Mr. Liu kindly invited me, Zhang will not be pretentious. During his stay in Shangshan, Mr. Liu will take care of him! "

"It should, it should..."

Zhang Tang followed Liu Benhe into the city, and soon the group checked into the inn under Liu Benhe's arrangement. Of course, the army did not enter the city. Zhang Tang only brought in Li Dingguo, dozens of guards, and a group of officials from the household department. .

On the way back from dinner with Liu Benhe that day, Li Dingguo suddenly asked:

"Master Zhang, why do I always feel that Liu Benhe has evil intentions? But he didn't do anything. It's really strange!"

Hearing this, Zhang Tang smiled and said: "General Li is right. If he is right, this crane does have bad intentions, but in front of us, he still won't do anything. After all, we are entering the city. Many people have seen that if something happens to us when he is with us, he will not be able to escape.

So the general doesn't have to worry about what he might do to us during the day. "

Hearing his words, Li Dingguo narrowed his eyes and asked:

"Master Zhang, what you mean is that he won't do anything openly during the day, but secretly he will do something evil?"

Zhang Tang nodded, looked at the dark road ahead and said slowly:

"The high probability is..."

"Why would he do this? We have no grievances against him?"

Li Dingguo asked, but Zhang Tang shook his head and said:

“The absence of injustice and enmity now does not mean that there will be no injustice and enmity in the future.

Our purpose of coming to Nanyang County is now known to everyone, and our previous actions also caused heavy losses to many officials who cooperated with the local temple.

I heard that they went to the capital some time ago, but they seemed to be detained by His Majesty.

Faced with the pressure of our constant approach, there was nothing we could do about me from Bianjing. I guessed that the remaining people would take extreme measures to deal with me. "

Li Dingguo's eyes suddenly widened and he said: "Assassination?!"

Zhang Tang nodded: "This is the most likely. As long as I die, this investigation will be doomed to fail halfway.

And those temples that have not yet been discovered will definitely attack in order to protect themselves.

In fact, it is now equivalent to us joining forces to fight against the remaining half of the temples in Nanyang County. "

Hearing this, Li Dingguo's brows suddenly furrowed tightly and said:

"Since you know they have bad intentions, you still dare to follow them in? Isn't this just throwing yourself into a trap? I will immediately order the army to enter the city!"

Zhao Jun waved his hand and said:

"No, as the saying goes, if you don't enter the tiger's den, you won't get the tiger's cubs.

Since Liu Benhe cares so much about the temples in Shangshan Prefecture, it shows that he has a lot of involvement with these temples. Since entering Nanyang, he first used the White Horse Temple to establish a prestige for the temples in the entire Nanyang County.

Then I killed officials on the street who dared to speak for the temple.

But it is still impossible to deter these local officials with this alone. "

Hearing this, Li Dingguo's heart skipped a beat, and a guess came to his mind. He looked at Zhang Tang and asked in astonishment:

"Is it possible that you want to borrow this Liu Benhe..."

Before he finished speaking, Zhang Tang took over the words:

"That's right! I want to use Mr. Liu's head. With the head of a prefect in hand, those guys will know how much power I hold in my hands, and what should they, the ants, use it for?" Face me with an attitude!"

A ferocious smile appeared on Zhang Tang's face. The smile was extremely sinister and terrifying!

And Li Dingguo couldn't help but murmur to himself when he looked at him like this.

"Why do you feel like this guy named Zhang is a little bit mentally disturbed?

Your Majesty won't find a madman, right? "

...(End of chapter)