I seek economic hegemony in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 214 Li Heng: Let them chew their tongues, preferably chew them to bits!

Cautious Zhao Xiang asked: "Will these cause trouble and tell people the truth?"

"Tell me the truth?" Li Heng sneered.

When I was just the son of a young imperial doctor, I had to look forward and backward.

Now he is a general, with Liu Chan and Zhuge Liang's full support, and a considerable number of local wealthy families have been tied up by Taifu Temple.

Are you still afraid of telling people the truth?

Liu Chan and Zhuge Liang have already adopted that attitude, but are they still timid now?

"Let them chew their tongues, it's better to chew them to pieces!" Li Heng said, "I just want to take the person surnamed Lu back to Beijing immediately and seal up the Lu family! No one can escape!"

"Also, go to Da Sinong and tell him that whoever dares to gossip about this matter will have his family's tax checked! Anyone who dares to obstruct the tax check will be executed!"

Li Heng stood there, holding a sword in his hand. His whole person looked deep but sharp, with an indescribable aura.

Everyone was stunned.

This was the first time they saw Li Heng like this.

In the past, Li Heng was a very kind person. He did many things and always smiled. The only time he broke out was when he made trouble in the Capital University Hall.

And this time, it was obviously more serious than the riot in the Capital University Hall.

They all felt the resistance of the New Deal, and one person is now known to have died.

But was there really only one person dead?

It seems that this is an endless internal conflict!

"Here!" Zhao Xiang said immediately, "I will go and deal with it now."

"I took Ma Yong to find Guan Tong." Lu Zhi said, "But the general should tell His Majesty. After all, the general has no right to mobilize the imperial guards."

Li Heng nodded and immediately wrote a memorial to Liu Chan.

The next step is action.

At noon that day, a memorial requesting for the mobilization of a thousand Imperial Guards was sent to Liu Chan.

When Liu Chan heard that it was the general's memorial, he hugged his girl and ate grapes while waving his hand: "That's right!"

Without saying a word, Guan Tong gathered a thousand imperial guards and set off from the capital with Ma Yong.

Ma Yong himself led soldiers from the General's Mansion, about three hundred people.

On that day, the streets of Chengdu were as usual, and the people in the court were as usual.

There were only occasional rumors that there were murder cases on the streets today, but it didn't cause much trouble.

It wasn't until the evening that anyone in the court vaguely heard that a group of imperial guards had been dispatched, but they didn't know where they were going.

On February 11th, Ma Yong and Guantong entered the territory of Guanghan County.

Guanghan County and Qixian County are directly east of Chengdu. Many wealthy families have come from here.

Tan Cheng, whose house was confiscated by Li Heng before, was from Li County.

In addition, Wang Fu, an important minister in Liu Bei's era, also came from Li County. His son was Wangyou, the minister youxuanlang who opposed the land transfer and tax collection a few days ago.

Another example is Wang Peng, the governor of Bajun, who was also from Qixian. His son Wang Xun was the first to receive the new salt deal from Li Heng at a large price.

The Wang family is a wealthy family, and Wang Peng's eldest son, Wang Hua, is in charge of Guanglu Langzhong.

Wang Hua's younger brother Wang Zhen is also the magistrate of Pixian County.

Wang Hua's younger brother Wang Dai is also a rare Confucian celebrity.

Ma Yong and Guan Tong led their troops all the way to Guanghan County and went straight to Li County.

Such a big movement soon alerted Chang Bo, the magistrate of Qixian County.

Chang Bo immediately took people to meet him on the official road.

On the morning of the 12th, Chang Bo met Ma Yong and others.

As soon as he saw the opponent's posture, he knew it was someone from the capital.

"Chang Bo, the magistrate of Xiaguan County, has met two Shangguan officials."

Guan Tong said: "How did you know we were here?"

"Yesterday, the checkpoint official came to report. The lower official guessed that someone from the capital was coming, so he rushed to greet them and help them solve their problems."

"You're here to get it just right." Ma Yong said, "Do you know Lu Yunzhen?"

When Chang Bo heard that he was here to see Lu Yun, he immediately knew that the matter might have been exposed.

But he pretended to be calm and said: "I know each other personally. Speaking of which, Lu Yun's daughter is my wife."

"Oh, what a coincidence." Ma Yong immediately showed a playful expression on his face, "Do you know what Lu Yun did?"

"I don't know, my subordinate."

Ma Yong asked again: "Do you know that the imperial court ordered various counties and counties to recover tax evasion?"

"The lower official naturally knows this, and in the past half month, he has been carrying out the court's policies without any slack."

"Then how much has been recovered?"

"We have made three seizures and recorded them all in the Yamen. We also asked the two superior officials to go to the city immediately. The inferior officials will submit the records to the two for review."

"Is there Lu Yun?"

"There is Lu Yun."

"Have you paid taxes?"

"Made up."

"How much did you make up?"

"It made up for a thousand stones."

Based on the current harvest of fifty dan by a family through hard work in a year, it is equivalent to supplementing the family's income for twenty years. "Where is Qianshi now?"

"At the Yamen, we are already sorting it out and preparing to hand it over to the capital." Chang Bo said in a leisurely manner, "The two superior officials have been tired from traveling and traveling. Please go to the city to rest immediately. The inferior officials will prepare wine and food to cleanse the dust for you two."

"How many stones did the other two make up?"

"The other two made up 500 shi and 800 shi respectively."

"Two thousand three hundred stones in total, right?"

"Yes."

Ma Yong smiled and said: "Come on, let's go to the Yamen. I have brought 1,300 people here today. I want to count your 2,300 stones. They can be counted in one day."

Chang Bo's expression immediately changed, and sweat began to form on his forehead.

"Let's go!" Ma Yong waved his whip and rode away.

Chang Bo immediately changed his words and said: "Shangguan, we have made up for it, but there is still some food that has not been transported to the Yamen."

"It hasn't been shipped to the Yamen yet?"

"They shipped a small part, and they were also raising food because it was too hasty."

"Then you just told me that you have made up for it?"

"It's been made up, and it's still being made up for."

The smile on Ma Yong's face became even brighter, and his plump face looked very friendly: "I have no enmity with you, why do you think I am a fool?"

"I don't dare!"

Guan Tong on the other side couldn't listen anymore and said: "Do you want to go to the general and tell me what kind of bullshit tax you paid for? If you pay for it, you have paid for it. If you don't pay for it, you don't have to pay for it! What the hell did you pay for? But Still in transit!”

After saying that, Guan whipped Chang Bo's body with a whip.

Chang Bo screamed and said angrily: "Even if the superior official comes from the capital, he cannot beat the officials at will. The inferior official is also an official of the imperial court! The inferior official must report to the imperial court!"

"What's wrong with beating you!" Guan Tong said angrily, "Go ahead! If you don't go ahead, I will continue to beat you!"

"Junhou, you are too rude." Ma Yong smiled and said, "Magistrate Chang, we are also under orders to do something. Now we have to go to the Lu family. Lu Yun happens to be your relative. Why don't you show us the way?"

Chang Bo's mind suddenly changed. Anyway, today's account was settled there. He insisted that he would make up for it, but he was still making preparations.

"This way, you two, please."

At this time, Lu Shuo hurriedly came in: "Father, one of you ran away and went to the capital!"

"Failed to intercept halfway?"

"Escaped too fast, and was rescued when we were in the capital." Lu Shuo's face became solemn, "I'm afraid this incident will alarm the capital."

"So what if the capital is alerted? Who can prove that we killed him?" Lu Yun said calmly.

"This general has done the bidding before, but now he may be..." Lu Shuo became a little worried.

"That's because Tan Cheng was caught by him, and Tan Cheng was interested in papermaking, which was for the benefit of the court. Li Heng wanted to establish Tan Cheng, and there was not much resistance." Lu Yun half-opened his eyes, enjoying the rare spring scenery. "The situation is completely different now. General Li Heng and Li want to pursue local taxes. Do you know what he is doing?"

"I'm just worried. Li Heng has power in his hands now. If..."

"Authority?" Lu Yun's face immediately turned cold, and his tone became excited, "I tell you, even if he has the authority to reach heaven, he can't do this! Even the prime minister can't do it! It's up to him!"

"There are two royal families in Qixian County. The head of the Wang family is now Shangshu Youxuanlang, serving His Majesty. The head of the Wang family, Wang Peng, serves as the prefect of Ba County. Wang Peng's sons are all outstanding people. The magistrate of Qixian County, your brother-in-law Chang Bo is from the Chang family in Jiangyuan, a wealthy family in Yizhou, and there are countless officials in the court!"

"Go and ask them if the general wants to collect taxes and they will agree or not!"

"There are also various county magistrates, go and ask, who will agree!" Lu Yun laughed, "Don't worry, the county has already done the accounts, and we have paid the taxes. If that young general who doesn't know the heights of the world is like this? Send someone down and they will see a complete account!”

As soon as he finished speaking, the servants outside hurried over.

"Mr. Lu, there are many people outside, saying they are looking for..."

Before the servant finished speaking, footsteps could be heard outside.

Ma Yong and others walked in swaggeringly with the imperial guards.

Lu Shuo's expression changed drastically: "Father, is it someone from the capital?"

"Don't panic." Lu Yun straightened his clothes and said calmly, "Go out and meet the people from the capital."

Ma Yong and Guan Tong stood in the front hall. Every corner of the Lu family was occupied by the imperial guards, and the surrounding area was even more tightly surrounded.

Lu Yun took his son and walked to the front hall calmly. When he saw Ma Yong, Guan Tong and Chang Bo, he saluted: "I don't know how many of you came to my humble home. I'm sorry to hear you come from afar, but I hope you'll forgive me..."

Ma Yong looked at Chang Bo, pointed at Lu Yun, and interrupted Lu Yun: "Is he Lu Yun?"

Chang Bo said: "Yes."

"Oh." Ma Yong waved his hand and said, "Catch him first."

Lu Yun was slightly startled and said quickly: "I wonder what I have committed?"

Several imperial guards came forward and detained Lu Yun and his son.

Chang Bo said: "Why did Shangguan arrest people?"

Ma Yong looked at Chang Bo and said, "I was ordered to come and take the person. As for the reason for taking the person, I don't need to explain to you."

Chang Bo said: "I, a big man, have my own laws. If the superior wants to arrest someone, please provide evidence!"

"Evidence?" Ma Yong sneered, "Come here, search the entire Lu family for me, and bring out the evidence for Magistrate Chang to take a closer look!"

"Here!"

A group of troops and officials brought out from the General's Mansion immediately began to take action.

(End of this chapter)