The two of them were walking at the foot of Lishan Mountain, listening to Li Yue's story. Shangshan Village was also the territory of Lantian County. It turned out that the magistrate of Lantian County had lied about the acres of land here. Sixty acres of land was reported as eighty acres of land.
Shangshan Village originally only had 60 acres of farmland, but after concealing the information, the land was concealed.
Sixty acres of terraced land, and a land tax of eighty acres of terraced land.
Although the number is not large, it is also an achievement for the local county magistrate.
In order to prevent the incident from being exposed, the magistrate of Lantian County even threatened to use the water source from upstream.
As he told this, Li Yue's expression became a little more angry.
Touching his wife's head, Zhang Yang said, "This county magistrate is really hateful."
Li Yue clenched her little hand into a fist, "Should we report him?"
Zhang Yang smiled and said: "Of course I will report him."
Li Yue whispered: "Father has repeatedly stressed that everything should be done with light corvee and low endowment, but this person actually did such a thing."
Things related to your own fiefdom must not be taken carelessly.
Regardless of whether it is an issue of taxes on acres of land, even if it is an extra inch of land or an inch of less land, it must be clearly accounted for.
Zhang Yang thought for a while and then said: "I know that there is a group of people in Chang'an City who often eliminate violence and bring peace to the good. They eradicate evil and uphold justice."
If you can try not to use the princess status as much as possible, you can do things without using this status.
Even if Li Shimin knew about this matter, he would still owe Li Shimin a favor.
Owing a favor to the emperor was a complicated matter.
And it’s not easy to pay back.
Before going home, Zhang Yang found Niu Chuang again, "This kind of thing happened in our village, why didn't you tell me?"
Niu Chuang bowed and lowered his head, "It's already very difficult for our village to have food to eat, so we don't dare to offend anyone."
"So you're pretending like nothing happened?"
Niu Chuang whispered: "You are the consort, you are different from us. Maybe nothing will happen to you if you offend someone, but if we commoners offend the officials, our lives may not be able to go on."
Life in the village was already difficult.
Is there any way they can survive if they offend people again?
Zhang Yang listened patiently to Niu Chuang's words. Life in the village was not easy, and it was already difficult to live cautiously.
Niu Chuang worked hard to support the village, at least not allowing his wife to sell his children.
Relying on his craftsmanship, Niu Chuang can also help the villagers eat more food.
On weekdays, when I feel wronged, I grit my teeth and swallow it.
There are old people, women, and children, and everyone cannot leave this village.
During the Zhenguan Dynasty, there was no such beauty in this world.
Zhang Yang stood up and said, "Don't worry, everyone's life will get better."
Looking at Zhang Yang's back, Niu Chuang felt warm in his heart. This person might be reliable. He shouted towards Zhang Yang's back: "Brother Zhang, don't worry! The village will be built for you!"
Listening to his shouting, Zhang Yang smiled lightly.
A few days later in Chang'an City, there were three or four stalls selling braised pork at the city gate. Today they closed the stalls early and left Chang'an City.
That night, a group of people broke into the Lantian County government office.
After entering Lantian County, this group of people started destroying people.
"who!"
"Bold! This is the county government office!"
"How dare you do it!"
…
Angry curses echoed in the government office.
The magistrate of Lantian County was old, leaning on a cane and holding an oil lamp. He didn't know what was happening and looked at it in confusion.
With his trembling hands on crutches, he said with blurry eyes: "Are the Turks coming?"
A group of government officials were knocked to the ground and tied up.
These people hold sticks in their hands and are so strong that they cannot be beaten!
The visitor put a sack on the head of the county magistrate and asked, "What's going on with Tian Fu!"
The old county magistrate whispered: "Guanzhong dialect? Not a Turk?"
"You don't deny that Lantian County lied about the land area and forcibly collected the land tax, right?"
The old county magistrate trembled and said, "I'm over eighty years old. I haven't been involved in it for a few days. It's all handled by Chief Lu."
"Master Lu?"
At this moment, Chief Lu looked at everyone angrily, "You are so brave, do you know who I am? There is someone behind me, I tell you, you are finished, I will kill you."
"die?"
The strong man kicked the chief clerk in the face and said coldly: "Tell me who your backer is."
"I……"
Realizing that something was wrong, Chief Lu stopped talking again. Can such a thing be said? Can the county magistrate's government investigate a bad debt?
"Why didn't you say anything again?"
"Why should I say that!"
"Look at you, who is already in your thirties, and you are so old! Do you know how hard life is for ordinary farmers outside? Are you saying we are brave? Today, His Majesty has repeatedly said that we should take corvee lightly and pay less in taxes. , you still dare to lie about the land area, we are very brave, I think your courage is also boundless."
After hearing this, the old county magistrate knocked on his crutch and said: "Mr. Lu! Thanks to me for relying on you so much, you did such a thing. No wonder people in the county dare not come to the government office recently. At first, they thought those rumors were false. Yes, I didn’t expect such a thing to happen.”
The old county magistrate was so angry that he coughed. He was really afraid that he would fall down before he could catch his breath.
"You guys, you're welcome! Give them a good fight! Interrogate them properly. I've already got half my foot in the coffin. If anything happens, I'll hold you back!"
The old county magistrate's muddy old eyes were full of anger, "I have been the county magistrate all my life, how could I expect that it would be ruined by your hands!"
Seeing that the strong men did not take action, the old county magistrate said: "If you don't take action, I will fight."
While he was talking, he was going to hit someone with his crutch. He swung it and hit someone empty.
At this age, I can't see anything clearly.
He swung the cane again and missed again...
The strong men hung the chief clerk up and beat him for more than half an hour. When he couldn't bear the beating, he confessed.
Everything before entering Lantian County Yamen was explained, including how to bribe people, and relying on the relationship with fellow villagers to find the backer of Concubine Yin.
"Tell me, what else have you done?" One of the slightly thin, strong men recorded his confession.
"No more, no more!" Master Lu said weakly.
He kicked Master Lu in the stomach again, and the strong man asked: "Before coming to Lantian County? What other dirty things did you do?"
"What does the past have to do with the present?"
"Just say it!"
After a night of interrogation, the walls of the county government office were covered with Mr. Lu’s confession, including how he got into the position of chief secretary.
Just before daybreak, a dozen strong men left with the bundled Master Lu on their shoulders.
One night passed, and the entire government office was in a mess. A gust of wind blew by, and the door plaque shook a few times, and finally fell to the ground.
Beside Qujiang Pool
Cheng Chumo and Zhang Yang were sitting on the waterside pavilion by the pool.
"The people were beaten and the government office was smashed. This is a bit troublesome." Cheng Chumo frowned.
"What's the trouble?"
Cheng Chumo took a sip of wine and said, "Do you know Concubine Yin?"
Zhang Yang nodded.
Cheng Chumo explained: "We also went to Lantian County and saw that the county magistrate of Lantian County was already dim. He was very old. He could hardly see the road clearly. He didn't know about Tian Fu."
"On the contrary, it was the chief registrar of Lantian County who made his own decisions. Now the county magistrate of Lantian County is about to retire. As expected, that registrar will be the next magistrate of Lantian County. This is why my people hanged that registrar and whipped him. After a while, the other party finally admitted that he said everything he shouldn't have said, and he said that the backer behind him was Concubine Yin."
The palace on Lishan Mountain can be regarded as half the emperor's feet. Those who dare to do such things in such a place have some background.
Moreover, there is currently a shortage of manpower in the court, and many people are introduced to officials, who are somewhat related to each other.
Cheng Chumo continued: "But don't worry, that guy won't cause you any trouble now. He has been kidnapped."
"Kidnapped?" Zhang Yang said in surprise.
"Yes."
Cheng Chumo nodded seriously.
I have to say that the people in Cheng Chumo's hands are a bit rough in handling things.
Zhang Yang held his forehead in distress and said: "Those who don't know would think that he was killed and silenced, and his body was destroyed and all traces were destroyed."
Cheng Chumo thought about it, "Anyway, I gave the brothers money. If they smashed the government office, they would definitely not be able to hang out in Guanzhong. By the way, they kidnapped them and took them away."
The chief clerk of a government office was kidnapped just like that.
Zhang Yang couldn't help but ask: "Where did the kidnapping go?"
"How do I know? If brothers do this kind of thing, they will naturally run away."
After speaking, Cheng Chumo patted Zhang Yang on the shoulder, with a serious look on his face, "Don't worry! Even I don't know where they are going, and no one can find them."
I have to say that letting Cheng Chumo do this is really a bit tricky.
Zhang Yang still said: "Thank you very much."
Cheng Chumo grinned and said, "We are all brothers, so what are you grateful for?"
What happened in Chang'an City and Lantian County was quickly known.
Li Tai also knew the news. Listening to the attendant's narration, the little fat man slapped the table and said, "What a great registrar of Lantian County! How brave. Did you know that he is my brother-in-law?"
The attendant said: "Now the whereabouts of the chief clerk are unknown. I don't know whether he ran away or... we found out that the chief clerk has a relationship with Concubine Yin."
"Yin Concubine?"
Li Tai sneered: "I don't care who his backer is, even if it's his concubine, if he offends my brother-in-law, he offends me."
As soon as he slapped the table, Li Tai said loudly: "Here comes someone!"
Several attendants came and knelt down on one knee in front of Li Tai, "His Royal Highness, King Wei!"
Li Tai said loudly: "Bring a message to Concubine Yin, saying that she has offended the king, and asking her to live a careful life. His son is Li You, right? Also send a message to Li You, and next time Li You will also Don’t even think about hanging around in Chang’an City!”
"Concubine Yin is an elder after all. Isn't it too rude to say this? Your Majesty, he..."
"You must send this message to me, father. At worst, I will just get scolded again."
On the other side of Chang'an City, Xu Jingzong, who was drinking in a wine shop, also learned the news. Xu Jingzong, one of the eighteen bachelors of the Prince of Qin's Mansion at the time, was still very well-informed, and he quickly understood the matter. Seven, seven, eight, eight.
The incident happened suddenly, just when Princess Runan was granted a fiefdom.
Xu Jingzong, who smelled the smell, found an opportunity.
He paid for the wine and left the wine shop, went to Pingkangfang, and asked the girl from Pingkangfang to hand over the bad things Li You did in Pingkangfang to Menxiasheng. The impeachment of Menxiasheng would soon be sent to Zhongshu Province.
This is a good opportunity to invite favors.
Xu Jingzong knew Li You's character. Li You would not have any big future, but Zhang Yang was worthy of friendship in this weak year.
Concubine Yin learned about the incident and was walking back and forth in the palace at the moment. She was one of Li Shimin's four concubines. His Majesty was currently rectifying the affairs of the officials.
Things like this happened to Princess Runan as soon as she had a fiefdom.
Concubine Yin's son, the nine-year-old King of Chu Li You, said: "Concubine, Princess Runan is just a concubine and is not a threat to the mother. Besides, there are so many of us in the court."
Concubine Yin also had a fierce look on her face. She originally wanted to cultivate her power, but she didn't expect that she would get lost in this trivial matter.
It doesn't matter if there is one less person in charge, as there is still uncle in the court.
A young eunuch in the palace hurriedly came to report, "Concubine Yin, please report to His Highness the King of Chu. His Highness the King of Wei has asked someone to bring the message."
Li You became interested again, "What message did King Wei send?"
The young eunuch lowered his head and said, "His Royal Highness the King of Wei sent someone to tell you that Concubine Yin has offended the King of Wei. Please be careful in the future."
After hearing this, Concubine Yin's face changed drastically, "What did you say! How could King Wei..."
Then she looked at Li You again.
Li You spread his hands and said, "I have never offended King Wei."
How dare a concubine's son offend his legitimate son? Even though King Wei's behavior has been bad recently, he is still His Majesty's legitimate son, and this status is incomparable.
The young eunuch added: "His Royal Highness King Wei also said that if there is a next time, His Highness King Chu will not want to hang out in Chang'an City in the future."
Concubine Yin's face was pale and her expression was flustered. It was too late to please the queen and please Li Tai. Now that something like this happened again, how could she offend King Wei.
Li You also fell into silence.
Another young eunuch hurriedly came to report, "It's not good, it's not good! Several civil servants in the court are impeaching His Royal Highness the King of Chu."
"How dare they!" Li You stood up with a fierce expression, which made the little eunuch tremble in fear.
Concubine Yin held her forehead and said, "What did they impeach?"
"They said a lot of things His Highness the King of Chu did in Pingkangfang, and they also said that His Highness the King of Chu did not abide by the law and made friends with the evil Zan Junmo, Liang Mengbiao and others."
Concubine Yin broke into cold sweat on her forehead.
Li You was also restless.
The palace maid came in a panic, "Taoist Master Li Chunfeng left the seclusion early and beat up the Minister of Civil Affairs. He also told Minister Yin to discipline the King of Chu. He will not be so polite next time."
"Li Chunfeng?" Li You gritted his teeth, "This old Taoist priest doesn't know how to live or die! How dare you hit my uncle!"
Yin Hongzhi is also Li You's biological uncle. He also has some status in the court and is also the most important person in Concubine Yin's power.
Concubine Yin really couldn't understand why so many people were involved.
Another eunuch came in a hurry and said, "His Royal Highness, someone has sent a message."
"Prince!"
Concubine Yin almost fainted on the spot. The background of this Princess Runan even alarmed the prince.
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince told Concubine Yin to pay more attention to her health, and King Chu Li You should correct her mistakes and admit her mistakes to His Majesty, otherwise..."
"Otherwise what..."
Li You also looked flustered.
"Otherwise, even if His Majesty does not teach His Highness the King of Chu, the Crown Prince, as the eldest brother, will come and teach the King of Chu himself."
One of the palace maids left again, and another one said in a panic: "Oh no, Minister Yin was just beaten up by Taoist Priest Li Chunfeng, and before he could walk out of the Chengtian Gate, he was stopped by General Cheng."
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