Great Tang Broom Star

Vol 2 Chapter 509: The emperor is unexpectedly tough

Chapter 509 The Emperor's Unexpected Toughness

Today, during the rest, several officials were invited to Ma's house.

"It is said that Baiqi went to Saga Mountain, probably to find Mingfu."

This is the latest news, Ma Song said with a smile: "Thank you for letting me know."

The official smiled and said, "You're welcome."

Why did Baiqi go to Mount Saga?

Most of them are looking for the spring ceremony.

The official said with a low smile: "Baiqi went to look for Yao Yun at night, but returned without success. Jia Pingan was afraid that he would be in a mess this trip, and he would be punished when he returned to Chang'an. He went to find Mingfu in anger, probably It's coercion and temptation. But the Ming government is firm, he is wishful thinking."

Ma Song felt a little happy, got up and said: "The banquet is ready, please!"

The weather is cold outside, Wen Chunli has to go to Mount Saga, these people prefer to drink and have fun indoors.

Drinking half drunk, someone patted Ma Song on the shoulder and said: "Ma Langjun, you have to do things properly. Your brother is the governor of Fengzhou. You have a bright future, so you should be more cautious."

This kind of talk can't be said by non-best friends. The so-called friendship is shallow and deep, and that's it.

Seeing that he drank too much, Ma Song frowned and said, "Here's some hangover soup."

The man clapped the case, "I didn't drink too much!"

He hiccupped, "You must know that if you walk at night, you will end up in hell. If I were you, I would definitely live in seclusion at this moment and not go out for several years..."

If you don’t go out, what are you doing alive?

Ma Song felt that this person was pedantic, "Come here, help me to the guest room to rest!"

He stood up and said, "I'm going to change clothes."

He walked around to the back, and a maid had already prepared the horse, and brought it over shyly.

After urinating, he stood with his hands behind his back and ordered, "Keep an eye on the Baiqi people."

The housekeeper came in, "Most of the Baiqi people have gone to Mount Saga, so you don't need to worry."

"If Baiqi rushes in madly..." Ma Song thought more, "Then Jia Ping'an is young and energetic, maybe he dares to do so. Tell the people in the front yard, if Baiqi rushes in, stop him and then disperse." .”

"Lang Jun is wise." The housekeeper smiled and said, "It's a gesture to intercept, let people know that the Ma family is wronged, and then there will be a reason for Wen Ming's government to go to the public."

"You are smart."

Ma Song felt that his arrangement was correct, so he smiled loudly, "Today is a big drink!"

Before he reached the place where the banquet was held, he heard someone shouting outside, "Baiqi is here, Jia Ping'an is here!"

"Sure enough!" Ma Song sneered: "Get ready, let him fall into a tumble today!"

Outside, more than ten servants stopped Baiqi.

"Please wait a moment, Marquis Wuyang."

There are still some domineering landlords and rich people, interesting!

Choking!

In the eyes of these servants, interception is at best a beating, but Jia Pingan actually drew a knife.

Jia Ping'an narrowed his eyes, "Is Haonu so bold? It can be seen that it will not work if you don't clean it up, let's do it!"

Baiqi rushed up, several slaves were cut down, and the rest ran back crying.

"Killed! Killed!"

They ran all the way, Jia Pingan took the lead and followed behind.

"Why do you do it?" Ming Jing whispered: "It's not good to spread the word."

"Because it's the bane!"

"What bane?"

Jia Pingan shook his head, there is no time to explain this at the moment.

There are many reasons for the corruption of the military system of the government, one is land annexation, the other is hidden households...

And the rich and powerful are the biggest moths!

Since we are here today, it is natural to be terrified.

Ma Song was shocked when he heard the shout, turned around and ran away.

If there is no evidence, Jia Ping'an can only use fists and knives...

He ran away all the way.

There was a servant woman behind to avoid her, but Ma Song ran so fast that he didn't even look at her.

"Lang Jun, did you see the devil?"

Ma Song went all the way to the back door, opened it quietly, and then poked his head out to look around.

"no one!"

He went out quietly and closed the back door behind him.

"Jia Ping'an, it's inevitable that you'll keep everything secret!"

He hurried to the left.

The sound of horseshoes.

Ma Song raised his head, and two riders came out from the street.

It is Baiqi!

Masson turned and ran.

Two riders come out from the other side.

"Let me live!"

Panting, Ma Song suddenly rushed to the opposite side, jumping up and wanting to climb.

But his jumping was so bad that he couldn't reach the wall after several jumps.

He panted, took a few steps back, and jumped up again.

But this time it was even worse.

"Try again?"

Jia Ping'an's voice came from behind.

Ma Song turned around and backed away slowly until his back was against the earth wall. He forced a smile and said, "The Marquis of Wuyang came to Ma's house to kill people. Is this for looting?"

"Your temptation was clumsy, you should ask Wen Chunli how it is."

Wen Chunli...Jia Pingan mentioned Wen Chunli, which means Wen Chunli was taken down.

"You are so courageous!" Ma Song stood up straight against the wall, "Without orders from the court, you dared to take down the Wenming Mansion, Jia Pingan, you will definitely not escape punishment this time!"

"Where are those hermits?"

Jia Pingan asked.

Ma Song was still lucky, "There are no hidden households!"

"Bring a stick!"

Jia Pingan stretched out his hand, and Bao Dong handed over the stick.

Ma Song's cheeks were trembling, his legs were trembling, "You...what are you going to do? You dare to torture me without evidence. My brother is Ma You, the governor of Fengzhou. If you dare to do it, my brother will not spare you!"

Jia Ping'an swung his stick violently and smashed it down.

Boom!

Ma Song subconsciously stretched out his arms to block, only feeling severe pain, and couldn't help screaming.

"Say, where is the hermit?"

Jia Ping'an was holding a stick, and he almost had a cigarette in his mouth.

"My brother can't spare you!"

Boom!

"Aww!"

Ma Song's leg was broken, and he knelt on one knee and howled.

People around are listening to the movement here.

Jia Pingan scolded: "There are countless foreign enemies in the Tang Dynasty. How can we resist them? Fubing! How can the Tang Dynasty govern the world? Officials! What about natural and man-made disasters? All of these need money and food. But your mother took those people, Since then, Datang has lost taxpayers..."

Jia Pingan picked him up, and said viciously: "Taxes are related to the rise and fall of the Tang Dynasty, and the people are the foundation of the Tang Dynasty. You maggots are constantly digging the foundation of the Tang Dynasty. God will not punish you, come and punish me!"

He suddenly raised the wooden stick, and Ma Song shouted: "They are all in the Wang family, those hidden households are in the Wang family, please forgive me..."

Ming Jing raised her heart to her throat, and only now did it fall.

Jia Ping'an turned around, "Take him!"

Someone went with Ma Song, and Jia Pingan said with a relaxed face: "Actually, I can let him escape all the way, and then follow up and catch those tyrants..."

A family was listening to the wall. When he heard this, the male host's face changed greatly, "What a shady way!"

Later, those hermits were brought here, and Yao Yun was also called. Seeing these scenes, she couldn't help crying: "I said at the time that there were hermits in Ma's family, but no one responded. So I brought people to investigate, who knew that Hao Nu was so vicious that he dared to fight..."

"Bring it out!"

The slaves were brought out, and Jia Pingan ordered: "Identify them and bring them all back to Chang'an for disposal."

Yao Yun gritted his teeth and identified those slaves, and many people came around, many well-dressed.

"Marquis Wuyang, those are all local wealthy families."

Jia Pingan glanced at those people, and someone said: "This attack is so vicious, isn't Marquis Wuyang afraid of retribution?"

Jia Pingan glanced at that person, and said coldly: "Accepting hidden households, harming the public and private interests, why is there no retribution for such things?"

The man was silent.

"That's because the people in the world can still eat enough. When they don't have enough to eat, retribution will come!"

After the Anshi Rebellion, the world was in turmoil, swords and soldiers continued, the people suffered heavy casualties, and the wealthy family could not avoid it. Afterwards, under the sweep of Huang Chao's army, those aristocratic families, powerful and wealthy families all fell into bad luck.

He desperately sucked blood from Datang on weekdays, and in the end the retribution was on his descendants. This is the same in ancient and modern times, and the late Ming Dynasty in later generations looked like this. The group that sucked blood lying on top of Daming was regarded as fat pigs.

"Ma Song is here."

Everyone can't help tiptoeing to look.

Ma Song was thrown on the carriage, with one arm and one leg broken, and the angle was strange. At this moment, the screams were hoarse, making those people panic inwardly.

"What a vicious Jia Ping'an, he did this kind of murder without going to the court."

"Hurry up and get someone to send a message to Chang'an."

…

Baiqi returned all the way, and when he saw Chang'an City, Cheng Da went out to meet him.

"Old Cheng, it's too fake for you to do this!" Ming Jing said carelessly.

Cheng Da looked solemn, "Many people in Chang'an City said that Marquis Wuyang broke Ma Song's hands and feet to vent his anger."

"I just tortured the confession."

Jia Ping'an thought to himself, could someone stand up for Ma Song?

"They didn't say whether Baiqi was good or bad this time, they only said that you broke Ma Song's hands and feet without permission." Cheng Da lowered his voice, "Marquis Wuyang, there are so many hidden households, rich and powerful, and ...There are countless hidden households among the monks, this time you have dealt a cruel blow in Yunyang County, many monks couldn't sit still, and each of them found their own connections to speak."

Ming Jing said dumbly, "This is a big hornet's nest."

"Calm down!"

Jia Pingan said calmly, but felt a little guilty in his heart.

He only thought of the rich and powerful, but forgot about these monks.

Damn it! You won't let me go down the field, will you?

To this day, he can no longer be a common man. Once he steps down, those enemies will swarm him and bite him to pieces.

Back to Baiqi, Jia Ping'an just wanted to go to the palace to report, when Wang Zhongliang came.

"Your Majesty said that the Tang Dynasty is like a dam, and people like Ma Song are like ants eating the dam. This generation of greed should be severely punished."

Jia Pingan thought that Li Zhi would keep silent and put the matter aside, but he didn't expect him to have such an attitude.

"Hundred riders have worked **** this trip, and we will reward you with food and wine."

This is a positive sign.

"Your Majesty will never be like this in the past." Ming Jing said firmly.

"Do you want to say that Your Majesty drank too much?" Jia Pingan was inducing.

Is this **** trying to catch me?

Ming Jing sneered and said, "Your Majesty doesn't like drinking alcohol."

"Marquis of Wuyang, the British Duke is looking for you."

Li Ji looked refreshed again, which made Jia Pingan inexplicably think of the theory that sleeping women can be young.

Li Ji stared at him for a long while, and Jia Ping'an was terrified, and then said: "You are very bold."

There was something else in the warm eyes, "I thought you went to Yunyang County quietly, but unexpectedly, it was thunderous. Do you know that someone is clamoring to take your head?"

I've never heard of this, but when Lao Li mentioned this, he probably has a lot of background.

"I haven't heard of it yet."

Li Ji looked at his hands, smiled and said, "You need to know why there are hermits."

"Hermit... Be greedy."

Jia Ping'an thinks that greed is the reason for hermits.

Of course, later on, more and more common people could no longer survive and took the initiative to become hermits.

—The Great Tang expropriated and extorted money, and the common people had no means of living, so they sought the protection of the rich and powerful. The rich and powerful families gained population and even land, and their power grew stronger and stronger. The greater their power, the greater their influence on the government...

This is a vicious circle that eventually ruined countless dynasties.

Li Ji shook his head slightly, his gray beard and hair swayed slightly, and there was a little more sigh in his warm eyes, "Who doesn't know that the hermits will harm the Tang Dynasty? Who doesn't know that the more hermits, the weaker the Tang Dynasty will be? Taxes are getting less and less, and things are getting worse. more and more..."

"The rise and fall of a dynasty depends on whether the monarch is wise and the officials are clean... But if you look at the past dynasties, the more corrupt they get later? Why? Greed is one thing, but what is more important... Those people never put the dynasty Take it to heart, just take care of yourself..."

Yes, there is no concept of nation at the moment. The common people are spontaneously guarding this Tang Dynasty that can protect them, but the rich and powerful people regard this Tang Dynasty as their rice bowl, and food is flesh and blood... Jia Ping'an only felt his scalp go numb.

"Scared?"

Li Ji smiled slightly, "Do you know who your opponent is now?"

"yes."

The opponents are those who regard Datang as fat.

Li Ji looked very calm today, "You go to Yunyang County to investigate the matter of Ma Song. His Majesty will be happy if you find out... You must know that the emperor takes Datang seriously in this world. The so-called emperor This is what it means to be one with the country. Ma Song and the others take in hermits, which is digging out the emperor's flesh and blood, which emperor can bear it?"

Lao Li's words were in-depth and simple, which made Jia Pingan look at the matter from a higher perspective.

How about letting Lao Li teach a class called Emperor and Datang.

"How many hermits are there in the world? There are too many." Li Ji's words contained a warning, "Most of the rich and powerful have hermits and temples. The temples do not pay taxes, and those peasant households bring their fields to contribute. The tax paid will be divided between the two parties, and everyone is happy."

Why is Lao Li mentioning this?

Jia Ping'an was puzzled.

"Go."

Jia Pingan was driven out for no reason, so he went to the Ministry of Rites to talk to Lao Xu.

"here you go!"

Xu Jingzong praised: "The news came yesterday that Ma Song was lynched and tortured by you, and his hands and feet were interrupted. The old man said it, why didn't he interrupt it all? Li Yifu said it was too much...hahahaha!"

Xu Jingzong suddenly burst into laughter.

"You can't think of it anymore. Li Yifu said this, and then there were rumors in the palace that Wu Zhaoyi felt that Li Yifu had both ends, hahahaha!"

Li Yifu is Li Zhi's confidant, and he hasn't had much contact with Sister at the moment.

"Your Majesty also said that it doesn't matter if such people are killed. The gentlemen have nothing to say, but in private, many people say that you are too ruthless."

"The rabbit died and the fox was sad?"

Xu Jingzong smiled and said: "Exactly."

…

On the horse field, a group of women are shouting and chasing, and the horses either gallop or stop.

After a game, Gao Yang blushed, a maid handed him a towel, and she wiped it lightly.

"That Jia Pingan broke Ma Song's hands and feet like a mad dog, and tortured the hermit. It was too vicious."

"This kind of person is no different from a cruel official. If you let him gain power?"

"And those eminent Buddhist monks also said that this person is vicious."

"Then he probably won't end well."

Gao Yang looked over slowly, but there were several women muttering.

"Go and inquire." Gao Yang's eyes were angry.

Later, the servant inquired about the news, "It is said that the Marquis of Wuyang is investigating hidden households in Yunyang County, and his actions are vicious..."

Gao Yang snorted coldly and walked over.

Several noble ladies raised their heads, Gao Yang proudly said: "Speaking ill of others behind their backs, you don't want face?"

"What does the princess mean by this?"

Several ladies sneered, and one of them muttered: "I forgot, she was intimate with that broom star."

Gao Yang felt that this group of people were full, "What did you say?"

The noble lady raised her head, "I said that broom star is vicious, God will accept him!"

The little leather whip swung violently, and the lady had expected it a long time ago, and hurriedly backed away, but she didn't expect that the ground was uneven, and she fell down firmly.

"Ha ha ha ha!"

Gao Yang couldn't help laughing.

"Bitch, next time I hear you speak ill of others, I will beat you to death!"

Gao Yang triumphantly got on his horse and left.

"unacceptable."

Several noble ladies helped the man up, "Let your husband go to see His Majesty."

The noble lady's **** hurt from being thrown, she gritted her teeth and called the attendant to come, and told him to go to his own man to file a complaint.

"Let's drink and wait."

Several noble ladies got on their horses, and finally went to Chang'an cafeteria.

"Madam, Mr. Lang has already entered the palace."

Servants bring the latest developments.

The noble lady said with pride: "Your Majesty has praised my husband several times recently."

This is better than pretending, and the other ladies immediately became more cordial.

After making friends with the wife of this promising official, my husband can also have an extra helper at critical moments... This is wife diplomacy.

Even after the women make friends with each other, men will be brought in, gradually turning into a small group.

The lady listened to the flattery, and most of the humiliation dissipated, "Come, drink!"

The noble ladies drank fine wine and talked about the previous incident about Ma Yan, and later mentioned Gao Yang and Jia Ping'an.

"It is said that Gao Yang and Jia Ping'an have an affair."

"Gao Yang is too domineering, and Jia Ping'an is unparalleled in poetry. This kind of people are arrogant, I'm afraid they won't."

"That's true, and if Jia Ping'an wants a woman, it's not difficult, why bother to abuse himself?"

"However, Gao Yang actually spoke for him, which makes people curious."

The humiliated lady drank very quickly, and soon became a little overwhelmed. She patted the table to attract everyone's attention, and then said: "So what if that **** is a princess? Don't forget that His Majesty's respect for the imperial family She is quite vigilant. If she is domineering, let her be domineering, go towards others, who am I, and she can beat me?"

Falling down in front of everyone, this humiliation made her unforgettable.

"Your husband is highly valued by His Majesty. One is a highly valued courtier, and the other is a domineering princess. They are not born of the same mother. Naturally, His Majesty will choose to reprimand Gao Yang."

The lady was in a happy mood, raised her glass and said: "So, tomorrow I will hold a banquet at home, you can come later."

"Easy to say!"

Everyone toast...

Boom!

The door was pushed open.

Everyone was angry, and they turned around to shout and curse, but found that it was the lady's husband who came.

"go home!"

The man looked ugly.

The lady stood up, "Husband, why is this?"

The man gritted his teeth and said, "Let's go?"

The lady quickly followed out.

Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay.