In the early morning, the county government office was dappled with sunshine and quiet.
Li Xuan was sitting alone in the room eating a simple breakfast of rice porridge and pickles.
On the table on one side, there is a stack of files, and countless clear creases can be seen from the side.
At this moment, a burst of footsteps sounded outside the door. Li Xuan subconsciously looked up and saw Qiu Zhenmu walking in quickly from the door.
He put a note on the side of the case file on the desk, then took a step back and raised his hand to Li Xuan: "Prince Qi, the news came back that the man has arrived at Liu's Manor outside the city."
Li Xuan nodded. They deliberately put a hook out last night. Unexpectedly, they got something. The other party actually escaped to Liu's Manor outside the city.
The Liu family, the largest wealthy family in Dongyang, was rumored to be married to Beimen scholar Liu Yizhi, but they were actually members of the Tianyin Sect.
Although it is a bit absurd, but comparing it with what Su Xuan said, Li Xuan can already confirm it.
"He should be the current master of Tianyin's Dongyang Hall. He can pull down the people and connect the police. He is very skillful." Li Xuan glanced at the note and said with all his thoughts: "What do you think of Liu now?" Young Master, was his father like this when he was young?"
"Your Majesty suspects that his father was a member of the Tianyin Sect back then, and so is their whole family?" Qiu Zhenmu was a little shocked.
"Well!" Li Xuan looked at the dozen or so volumes on the side, nodded with a solemn expression, and said, "I checked the history of the Liu family last night. The Liu family made its fortune fifteen years ago, which happened to be the year when Chen Shuozhen Five years after the uprising failed, in just fifteen years, the Liu family has transformed from an ordinary farmer into the leading wealthy family in Dongyang."
"This..." Qiu Zhenmu raised his hands to Li Xuan and said seriously: "It is not uncommon in this world to spend fifteen years to accomplish all this. Now that the Liu family can make the prince so suspicious, it must be surprising. Doubtful."
From Luoyang to Dongyang, Qiu Zhenmu and Li Xuan have experienced too many things, and their judgment ability has been confirmed.
"Not bad!" Li Xuan nodded with satisfaction and said: "In the past fifteen years, Liu's family's land in Dongyang has not only accounted for more than 20% of the entire Dongyang, but his family's business has also opened It’s all over Wuzhou and Hangzhou, many places in Huzhou, and even Muzhou.” Z.br>
"Muzhou!" Qiu Zhenmu couldn't help but raise his eyebrows. He might be able to prevaricate at will in other places, but only in Muzhou.
"Actually, this is not the most suspicious thing. What really makes me suspicious is that Liu's Trading Company has been engaged in silk and grain business in these years, and occasionally also engaged in the business of buying and selling medicinal herbs. Among them, the most interesting thing is that What people notice is that most of the time, they do not use cash for transactions, but use barter."
Li Xuan tapped his finger on the table, and with one sentence, he directly pointed out the most suspicious part.
"Barter?" Qiu Zhenmu's face immediately became serious.
In addition to the issue of mutual trust, the most important thing about bartering is that it is not easy to be investigated by the government, and the amount of mutual transactions cannot be detected.
Once the number is too large, it will immediately arouse concern and suspicion.
"It's okay if this happens once or twice, but if it has been like this for the past twenty years, there is a problem." A sneer appeared on Li Xuan's lips.
"They are sending things to a certain place on purpose." Qiu Zhenmu had already figured out the core of the matter.
"That's right!" Li Xuan nodded and said with a sneer: "When the Liu family started doing this, the young master of the Liu family was still a child. Now, although he is taking the lead, there are people behind the scenes who are always checking and filling in the gaps... ...The reason why Hao Canjun of Hucao was killed was not because he noticed the Tianyin Sect hiding in the secret room of Dongyang Hucao, but because he noticed the Liu family's strange transaction...Sigh They even killed Hao Canjun, but they ignored a little book boy who had an almost photographic memory."
"I see." Qiu Zhenmu nodded suddenly. Yesterday, when Li Xuan took action, he had been spending time with Hao Canjun's bookboy. It turned out that they had found this out.
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Verify the authenticity of the Liu family's father and son's identity. "Li Xuan put down the bowl in her hand, looked out the window, and whispered: "If they are all Tianyin believers, then only one person from the Liu family will come today. If not, both Liu family members will come today."
"Indeed." Qiu Zhenmu nodded in agreement.
If these two fathers and sons are both members of the Tianyin Sect, I am afraid they are both high-ranking members of the Tianyin Sect.
With the drastic changes that took place in Dongyang last night, they naturally would not put all their eggs in one basket.
"Let's not talk about this!" Li Xuan looked at Qiu Zhenmu and asked in a deep voice, "Have you arranged all the things I asked you to arrange?"
"Don't worry, Your Majesty, everything inside and outside the city has been arranged." Qiu Zhenmu cupped his hands, and the fatigue in his expression clearly told Li Xuan that Qiu Zhenmu had not slept all night.
"That's good. Now that the entire Dongyang City is under our control, I want to see what kind of disturbance they can cause."
Li Xuan picked up the wet towel on the side, washed her hands and face, then stood up, tidied her clothes, and walked outside.
As she walked, Li Xuan said, "Let's go and see how the household tax account books are being arranged at the county government. The most important thing now is this year's summer harvest. Only by ensuring the summer harvest can we do other things with peace of mind." , if the summer harvest cannot be guaranteed, then we already hope that our last resort will not be used."
"Yes!" Qiu Zhenmu's expression suddenly became awe-inspiring, and at the same time he followed Li Xuan with a solemn expression as they walked towards the court.
There were several officials walking around. When they saw Li Xuan, they all stood aside solemnly and bowed their hands.
Li Xuan nodded gently to everyone in return, and at the same time glanced at each of them.
Although Li Xuan and others arrested Huang Ziming, a member of the judicial army, and Li Dingyi, the chief clerk, last night, the people in Dongyang County government only knew that Huang Ziming caused a big trouble in the Hao Yuan incident, and that he still retained the power of a household officer. , but now it has all been stripped away.
As for Li Dingyi's matter, except for the captured Tianyin Cult members who noticed something strange, no one else knew anything about it.
However, they know a lot about things outside the county government.
Whether it was the raid from the ancient pagoda or the officers and soldiers breaching the Lichun Courtyard, this was no secret.
As for the final search and arrest of Tianyin cultists in various houses, that is a matter that everyone knows, and there was a big fuss last night.
Their hearts were full of awe for the King of Nanchang who had just arrived in Dongyang and turned everything upside down.
In the duty room of the court, Li Xuan stepped in and saw at a glance the county magistrate Gu Tan, the treasurer Lu Yuan and the Sigong army Xiong Hui who were still busy.
In today's Dongyang County Government, the county magistrate is not here, the chief clerk has been arrested, the sihu has joined the army and been killed, and the judicial officer has been arrested. The only ones who can do things are the county magistrate Gu Tan, the county lieutenant Kang Yao, the chief soldier joining the army Xi Ying, and the treasurer Lu Yuan joining the army. , Si Gong joined the army Xiong Hui and Si Shi joined the army Gongsun Yun.
Xi Ying, a military officer, and Gongsun Yun, a military officer, were both rough and rude, and the other was an old man only slightly younger than Li Dingyi. They were simply incapable of doing practical work like Hu Cao, which involved a lot of calculations.
Moreover, if something goes wrong on Hu Cao's side, Fa Cao's side is also in a mess.
"What's the situation? Have you compiled the list?" Li Xuan saw everyone about to salute him and quickly stopped everyone's movements with a wave of his hand.
County Magistrate Gu Tan slightly cupped his hands and said with a serious face: "Reporting to the prince, although Huang Canjun helped with this matter, he was only in charge of Hu Cao for a few days, and the tricks he did were not big, only on some key points, but in Before Hao joined the army, when his predecessor Hucao joined the army, there were a large number of forged certificates in Hucao's documents. In many places, it was difficult to distinguish the authenticity from the false, with frequent errors and omissions, and even conflicts and contradictions. To sort it out thoroughly would not only require a lot of time, but also We also need to call both parties to the transaction together before we can completely confirm it.”
"As long as there is one person here who regrets and refuses to admit it, there will be a lot of trouble again." Treasurer Lu Yuan smiled bitterly and handed over his hand.
"I can't help much. I'm meeting with some aristocratic families today to see if they are willing to take out the deeds from the previous transactions and record them accordingly.
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When the taxes are collected, they are compared with the property. If the people have no objection, they will be deemed to be true. If the people find it to be false and conflict with the documents in the hands of the people, they will be handed over to you. The punishment will be severe. At this time, anyone who dares to commit fraud will be punished with an additional penalty. "
There was a hint of cruelty on Li Xuan's face.
At this time, anyone who causes trouble for him in tax collection is tantamount to causing trouble for the emperor and the court.
At that time, as long as the report is reported, no one in the government or the public will question Li Xuan's excessive actions.
When this was all Li Xuan could do, he did not let his subordinates, including Wang Bo, Yu Ze, and even Du Bingying, get involved in the Dongyang incident.
It's not because these things are too complicated. In fact, Li Xuan also wants to see if these officials in Dongyang County can cause trouble in these matters.
Li Ding hooked up with the Liu family, the largest wealthy family in Dongyang, then whose family the others hooked up with.
Hu Cao has a lot of things going on here, and Fa Cao also has a large number of magistrates.
Last night, Xi Ying and Gongsun Yun, both of whom had joined the army, were dealing with matters over there.
But the good thing is that compared to Hucao, who is going to carry out the summer harvest next, Facao can still take a while, and even wait until the state city sends people to assist, without delaying too much.
"There are also the Tianyin cultists outside." Li Xuan waited until her expression became serious, and then asked directly: "How many loyal followers of the Tianyin cult were arrested in the entire Dongyang City last night? Are there thirty of them? "
"There were more than thirty people. There were about forty people who were captured alive. There were also a dozen people who were directly killed in the fight last night. In addition to the family members of the same believers, there were also many others. Neighbors." Kang Yao's face was very solemn.
This was based on Li Xuan's approach. They further investigated and found out, and there were many of them that they had no time to screen in one night.
Li Xuan said with an indifferent expression: "It doesn't matter, just walk around Caishikou at noon today, and you will immediately understand who is who in the entire Dongyang City."
Hearing what Li Xuan said, several people present breathed a sigh of relief at the same time.
Regarding today's plan, Li Xuan had already made it clear to them in advance.
It was rare for them to always agree with Li Xuan's plan.
In fact, in Li Xuan's opinion, this is more likely to be the best method he proposed at the moment.
At this moment, Hu Ji, the head catcher, came in and reported: "Prince Qi, all the officials, the county students offering wine, the county scholars, the township officials, and everyone from all the families have gathered outside Yunde Tower, waiting for the prince Receive."
"It came so fast!" Li Xuan smiled faintly, and then looked at everyone: "Everyone, go and clean up. Today, we have the most important battle to fight!"
"Here!"
