Fuzhou Governor's Office.
After the Fuzhou governor was escorted to Chang'an by Li Chengqian, the entire Fuzhou was temporarily taken over by Li Chengqian.
As the prince of the Tang Dynasty, no one would say anything when taking over a state city.
Li Chengqian had just finished handling the Fuzhou matters at hand, and when he saw Xu Yunyan returning with a tired look on his face, he couldn't help but comfort him with words.
"Master, please don't feel too sad. I am lucky to have such loyal and courageous soldiers in the Tang Dynasty. I will definitely go to my father to bury him properly and grant him a posthumous title so that his heirs will not suffer any more." bitter."
But just as Li Chengqian finished speaking, Xu Yunyan shook his head.
"Your Highness, the Crown Prince, and the others made such a choice because of the long-term peace and stability of the Tang Dynasty. Your Highness, the Crown Prince, don't worry too much.
What's more, this one is still a loner. His family members were unfortunately killed in the Battle of Guanzhou a few years ago. "
Li Chengqian couldn't help but sigh when he heard this.
"Why should such a benevolent and righteous man be subjected to such hardship? God has not blessed me, a hero of the Tang Dynasty!"
As soon as Li Chengqian fell silent here, Xu Yunyan smiled.
"Your Highness, there is no need to worry too much. Our Tang Dynasty has no shortage of benevolent and righteous people. Our Tang Dynasty will definitely enjoy long-term peace and stability.
?????????????????? Their efforts are all worth it. It's just hateful. It's really hateful that Fuzhou Governor's Mansion and Fuzhou Zhechong Mansion jointly did such a thing.
It's just that the general has arranged to go out to investigate the place where the grain and grass taxes are stored and has not yet found it. I am really ashamed of the Tang Dynasty, the villagers who died, and even more ashamed of the benevolent people who sacrificed their lives for the Tang Dynasty. "
Xu Yunyan felt ashamed to face all the heroes of the Tang Dynasty here, and Li Chengqian sighed again.
"These people are causing such nonsense, I will never let go with them. Since the grain and grass were confiscated in Fuzhou, clues will be found sooner or later."
Xu Yunyan and Li Chengqian were discussing these matters in the lobby of Fuzhou Governor's Mansion, when suddenly some footsteps outside the door attracted their attention.
The two turned to look outside the hall. The Tang army generals they had arranged to lead the troops to take over the surrounding counties were back. Seeing their beaming faces, Li Chengqian and Xu Yunyan were a little unaware of what was happening.
what's the situation? What happened that made you so happy?
Just when the two of them were confused here, Li Chengcheng entered the main hall first. Because he was the prince of the county, a bandit general, and Xu Yunyan's uncle, he spoke a bit casually.
Even though there were several heirs of Wang Jue from the Li clan present, they were not familiar with Xu Yunyan.
In addition to Li Chengqian, the crown prince of the Tang Dynasty, there were also the leading generals, General Champion, who did not dare to act recklessly.
But as soon as Li Chengcheng came in, he was talking loudly.
"His Royal Highness, the good deed is a great deed."
Li Chengcheng's yelling made Xu Yunyan very dissatisfied. After glaring at him, Li Chengcheng, who was about to say it was a good thing, suddenly became silent and lowered his head. Don't look at me like that, I'll be scared.
However, Li Chengcheng's words made Li Chengqian very puzzled.
"As long as you say what you want, why do you say it half-way to whet my appetite? What do you mean?"
Li Chengqian asked Li Chengcheng, and Li Chengcheng carefully looked up at Xu Yunyan again. When he found that Xu Yunyan was not staring at him fiercely, he breathed a sigh of relief and watched Li Chengqian clasping his fists in a salute.
"Your Highness the Crown Prince, we know how they operate this money and food in other counties."
"oh?"
This moment made Li Chengqian stand up from his seat and became very happy.
"Tell me, tell me, how did they transport this grain and grass? We searched all over the county where the Fuzhou Governor's Office is located and couldn't find the whereabouts of this grain and grass, let alone where they transported it."
Li Chengqian couldn't wait to tell him about their current embarrassing situation, waiting for Li Chengcheng to give him an answer, and Li Chengcheng did not disappoint Li Chengqian.
Then he straightened his clothes to make himself look smarter and then looked at Li Chengqian and started talking here.
They soon discovered that some grain merchants under their control transported the collected grain and grass directly to other places for sale, and kept part of the money in some horse and carriage shops to transport it to other places at any time, and they had already obtained the grain that had not yet been transported. For the money and food that went out, a lot of money that had been realized was also seized, which made Li Chengqian couldn't help but be overjoyed.
With the money and food transferred by these misbehaving people, Li Chengqian can turn this money and food into food again, and distribute back to the suffering people the part of the food that they have defrauded.
Just after Li Chengqian knew the whereabouts of the money and grain, he directly issued an order for Li Chengcheng and others to rush to transport all the money and grain they collected to the governor's office, and then go to the county seat to register at ??????????????? The registered public office will ask them about the taxes they have paid in excess, and they will be refunded as much as they can.
But as soon as Li Chengqian finished making arrangements, Xu Yunyan hugged his fist next to him.
"Your Highness, this part of the food and grass is not enough to make up for them all. There will be a certain difference. If we only make up part of it, but the other people don't get it, something will happen again. What should we do?"
Li Chengqian also realized that what he had just thought was too idealistic. If he didn't have so much money to do so many things, he would definitely not be able to finish them.
Fortunately, Li Chengqian followed his advice and did not act like this in a moment of enthusiasm. Instead, he temporarily stopped the person who was about to go out to execute the order and looked at Xu Yunyan, waiting for Xu Yunyan's suggestion.
Xu Yunyan did not disappoint Li Chengqian and said directly, "Your Highness, I feel that I should explain the situation to everyone. Some of the money has been recovered, and some of it has not yet been recovered.
People can actively report where the money is. Only when all the money is collected can it be returned to them.
However, the money also needs to be counted urgently, and then temporarily distributed to them so that they will not have a hard time.
We can take this opportunity to thoroughly investigate the fields in Fuzhou. I guess the fertile fields in Fuzhou are not as scarce as it seems on the surface, right?
There must be some people hiding them all, and they just took this opportunity to carefully measure the fertile land to see how much land and population were controlled by the powerful families. Let's see if we can take this opportunity to rescue them from their misery.
Your Majesty's benevolent government will not put much pressure on any family, but what kind of life they will live in the hands of this aristocratic family. Although the general is not sure now, it will definitely be better than what they will live under His Majesty's benevolent government. Much different. "
As soon as Xu Yunyan finished speaking, it was like opening a door for Li Chengqian, letting Li Chengqian nod here.
"Master is so right, then just do what Master said."
In an instant, all the generals had a mission and prepared according to what Xu Yunyan said.
The money and grain should be thoroughly investigated and collected. The district has put out posters to appease the people. There are also some people who are already thinking about where to build a temporary square to distribute some money to the people.
Just after getting back to work in Fuzhou, Li Chengqian and Xu Yunyan once again transformed into ordinary young masters. They set foot on the fields with more than a dozen servant-like guards and began to conduct secret inspections in Fuzhou to see what Xu Yunyan said. What is the amount of land in the hands of aristocratic families?
In Chang'an, Li Shimin once again finished processing the letters in his hands in the main hall where he was. He looked at the people from all over the country who were sent by officials from various places to praise his merits. Li Shimin, who felt that his face was more honorable, had just read the dozen or so letters in front of him. Such a memorial was happily placed in a brocade box next to it, and he was going to keep it until he was buried together, and take the people's congratulations on his good deeds to meet their ancestors.
Although his father was still alive and had read these memorials, he looked ugly and said nothing in front of him. After leaving angrily, Li Shimin was very proud.
But just when Li Shimin was thinking about what his ancestors and the ancient emperors would look like when they saw this, although they did not have the status of emperors, he smiled proudly. Suddenly, an eunuch suddenly had an urgent conflict where Li Shimin was. The main hall knelt down and said.
"Your Majesty, His Royal Highness's envoy is here."
"What?"
Li Shimin, who was originally happy, was suddenly startled.
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's envoy is here? What's the fuss about?"
Li Shimin was a little confused. He had arranged for the imperial minister to go out to greet the prince Li Chengqian in a high-profile manner.
Li Chengqian's envoy arrived before he received the report from the imperial envoy Wei Zheng. What is going on?
Li Shimin, who couldn't figure out what was going on, waved his hand directly.
"Hurry up and let His Highness the Crown Prince's envoy come in. I, the prince, are good at everything. Why am I just playing tricks with my father?"
After Li Shimin smiled and said something that Li Chengqian shouldn't do, the eunuch hurriedly retreated, and soon a clan member came in.
Li Shimin was stunned when he saw the clan members coming in.
"Xiao Xiao Li, you have become Huang Er's messenger. What's going on? Tell me where Huang Er is now. I miss Huang Er so much!"
As soon as Li Shimin finished speaking, Xiao Li, a descendant of the Zong clan in front of him, started talking. However, as soon as he told Li Chengqian's whereabouts, Li Shimin was stunned.
"What? The emperor went to Fuzhou. Shouldn't he land in Chuzhou and return to Chang'an? I have arranged for his master Wei Zheng to go to Chuzhou to greet him. Why did he end up in Fuzhou?"
Although Li Shimin was very curious, he still looked at the messenger in front of him and spoke kindly.
"It's hard for you. Now that we have arrived in Fuzhou, I will send a message to the imperial envoy to meet you in Fuzhou. Let's talk about the situation and see what the reason is for my emperor to send you here?"
While Li Shimin was happily waiting for Xiao Li, a member of the clan, to introduce the situation to him, Xiao Li immediately told what they saw and heard in Fuzhou.
This made Li Shimin so angry that he suddenly stood up from his seat. Looking at the articles praising virtues placed in the brocade box, Li Shimin felt that it was a slap in the face.
Isn't the top one sent to me by Lin Shuo, the governor of Fuzhou? But now that Lin Shuo has been captured by his own prince, he is like an animal and doesn't care about life or death. He rushes six hundred miles to Chang'an, which makes him lose face.
Then Li Shimin said harshly here.
"Hateful! Really hateful!"
But after Li Shimin roared a few words, he looked at Xiao Li in front of him and spoke hurriedly.
"Now go back and tell the prince that you will let him do whatever comes easily and investigate these things thoroughly for me.
Then choose a suitable route from Fuzhou back to Chang'an and show me along the way. If this happens again, His Highness will do whatever it takes! "
