Standing in the central hall, everyone's eyes fell on Li Xuan.
Li Xuan looked at Duan Baoxuan, cupped his hands and said, "Captain, if you want to calm the people of Muzhou, my subordinates believe that the most thorough way is to capture the queen alive, or to take her head and parade it through the streets. In this way, the people will yearn for heaven." Only then will the Yin religion’s heart be completely cut off.”
Everyone's breathing suddenly stagnated to an extremely slight level.
Duan Baoxuan shook his head lightly, waved his hand and said: "It's still early, let's talk about the methods that can be implemented now."
"Here!" Li Xuan stood up straight, looked at Duan Baoxuan, and said, "Since we can't catch Empress Gu, let's find out the key members of the Tianyin Sect who are still hidden in the city one by one, and then kill them completely."
kill.
After winning over people's hearts, they then use murderous methods to frighten them.
So seasoned.
All the officials present bowed their heads slightly.
Seeing that everyone else was listening to him carefully, Li Xuan continued: "Twenty years ago, the rebel sect was suppressed once, but within a few years, the rebels reappeared. Therefore, my subordinates guessed that in There must be a group of secret backbones hidden among the people of Muzhou that are rarely known even among counter-sects. Once the Tianyin Sect is wiped out, these people will hide and reappear a few years later to rebuild the sect. .”
Yin Zong, this is called Yin Zong among Taoism, Buddhism, Soldiers and Confucianism.
He is only responsible for the inheritance of the sect and does not care about the life and death of the sect.
Duan Bao
Everyone present felt a panic in their hearts, and they immediately raised their hands and agreed: "It is indeed true, Tianyin Nijiao will definitely be completely wiped out."
Duan Baoxuan nodded slightly, then looked at Li Xuan and motioned for him to continue.
"As long as these people can be killed, even without their heads, the local people will know that the counter-religion will not come back like it has in the past twenty years, and they will naturally give up... Of course, it is best if they can get The head that reaches the queen’s head.”
Li Xuan paused for a moment, glanced at Huai Jin, sneered at the corner of his mouth, and then said respectfully: "Now Muzhou will be completely at peace."
"Captain Huai, for the sake of the overall situation, you have a heavy responsibility!" Before Duan Baoxuan finished speaking, Huai Jin felt that the pressure on his shoulders suddenly became much heavier.
How could he still not see that Duan Baoxuan was working with the King of Nanchang inside and outside to suppress him?
At this time, Huai Jin really regretted provoking Li Xuan so directly in the first place.
If he had slowed down a little, he wouldn't have been beaten by Li Xuan openly or secretly, directly or indirectly.
The most important thing is that he now feels that Li Xuan is really capable and capable, very difficult to deal with, and also holds a grudge.
"As long as people's delusions about rebelling against the religion are completely eradicated, Muzhou will no longer become a hidden danger to the government in the future." Li Xuan handed over his hand with a sincere look.
"But if there is solid evidence, the King of Nanchang can kill him first and then report." Duan Baoxuan's words directly gave Li Xuan the right to kill the remnants of the Tianyin Sect.
"Thank you, Commander!" Li Xuan bowed his hands respectfully, and then continued: "What I want to say next is the third party."
At this point, Li Xuan's face turned completely cold. He turned sideways, looked at everyone, and said in a deep voice: "The Tianyin Sect is just an external cause of the chaos in Muzhou. The real problem lies in the internal cause."
Internal causes.
With just two words, everyone present turned their attention. They all wanted to hear what Li Xuan would say next.
"The real cause of the Muzhou Rebellion was taxes and loans. Excessive taxes and excessive loans made the people miserable... As soon as there was a famine, they couldn't live anymore. Once the people couldn't live, they would... Come down and it’s ***.”
Speaking of this, Li Xuan looked at everyone, swept his eyes one by one, and said in a deep voice: "There is a saying in "Xunzi Duke Ai" that water can carry a boat, but it can also overturn it... At that time, the Prime Minister of Wei often used this saying to advise the late Emperor Taizong. Emperor Wen, but I am afraid that even Wei Xiang and the late emperor never thought that this scene actually happened in Mu
Therefore, if we want to fundamentally put down the chaos in Muzhou, we need to start from the foundation. "
"The prince is now the pacifier of Muzhou. Everything will be as per the prince's words." Duan Baoxuan seemed to have noticed something and directly interrupted Li Xuan with one sentence.
Li Xuan raised her hands to Duan Baoxuan and said, "Thank you very much, Governor, for your understanding, but there is something that needs to be approved by the Governor himself."
"Your Majesty, please speak." Duan Baoxuan knew in his heart that there was some trouble, and he would not be able to escape it after all.
"Come on, bring someone up." Li Xuan suddenly turned around.
With a sharp shout, four Qianniu Guards in red clothes and golden armor led two people directly in from outside the hall.
When the two people saw so many high officials, they immediately fell to their knees.
"Xu Si, a commoner, and Yang Xunsheng, have met all the officials."
Wearing a gray cloth robe and looking clean, it was Xu Si.
The one whose body was covered with filth and whose hair turned white was Yang Xunsheng.
Li Xuan walked up to the two of them, and their bodies immediately began to tremble involuntarily.
"Tell me, what's going on with you two?" Li Xuan stood sideways, but his eyes fell on Huai Jin.
His face was grim.
Huai Jin's breathing suddenly became heavy.
The incident at the city gate itself was used by Huai Jin to plot against Li Xuan, but if this incident was really exposed by Li Xuan on the spot, maybe he would only be scolded by Duan Baoxuan in person, but there is no doubt that once As soon as the war is over, there will be a series of memorials to attend to him.
By then, even if he takes the head of Queen Tianyin, I'm afraid he won't get much credit in the end.
If a sinister name falls on him, even if he is immortal, he will definitely not be any better.
"Old Yang Xunsheng lives in Liushu Town in the east of the city. His family owns a hundred acres of land. Because he is old, he lets Xu Si rent the land for farming. Who knows, the Tianyin Sect suddenly rebels, and the old land is confiscated and then directly divided. I gave it to Xu Si. The old man repeatedly confirmed that Xu Si would return the farmland, but Xu Si refused and said that he could not decide everything." Yang Xunsheng pitifully told the whole story.
Li Xuan walked up to Xu Si: "Xu Si, what do you say?"
"Back to Shangguan, Xu Si's land was granted by the goddess Tianyin. Before the goddess speaks, this land cannot be given to others." Xu Si said very firmly.
For an ordinary tenant like him, the field is his lifeblood. Taking the field from his hands is the same as taking his life.
Li Xuan nodded slightly, then looked at Yang Xunsheng and asked directly: "Yang Xunsheng, I want to ask you, you said that this hundred acres of land is yours, do you have any evidence, such as land deeds, to prove this? Is the field yours?"
"Reporting to Shangguan, the land deed at home has been taken away by the Tianyin Sect." Yang Xunsheng showed a trace of sadness on his face.
Li Xuan looked indifferent, standing beside Yang Xunsheng, and said coldly: "Are you lying about what I just asked?"
Yang Xunsheng immediately bowed and said, "I dare not make any false claims. If I do, I am willing to be punished by five thunders from heaven."
"Yes!" Li Xuan nodded, then walked to Xu Si, looked at him coldly and asked: "Xu Si, I am asking you, do you have anything to hide?"
"Ah?" Xu Si raised his eyebrows.
In an instant, he actually raised his head and looked at Huai Jin.
Li Xuan suddenly sneered and said, "Don't look, there are some things that even Captain Huai doesn't know. Someone."
Li Xuan raised her head and shouted, followed closely by several Qianniu guards and three old men walking in from outside.
"I've seen Shangguan!" The three old men immediately fell to their knees.
When he saw these three old men, Yang Xunsheng's face turned pale.
Li Xuan walked up to the three of them, looked at them calmly, and asked directly: "Do you know the two people in front of you?"
"We know each other!" Although the three of them were not sure what happened, they still answered honestly: "That's Yang Xunsheng, the owner of the land that Lao Chan and others rented. He owns 500 acres of land in Dongliu Shu Town. Then rent them all out.”
Five hundred acres, Yang Xunsheng has five hundred acres of land in his name. After saying these words, the faces of everyone present immediately darkened.
Hidden fields, evading taxes, in a very short period of time, these state and county officials have slapped a lot of hats on Yang Xunsheng's head.
Li Xuan walked up to Yang Xunsheng and asked coldly: "I want to ask you, do you have the title deeds for these 500 acres of land?"
Yang Xunsheng paused for a moment, then raised his head carefully, looked at Li Xuan and said, "These five hundred acres of land all have title deeds, but they have all been confiscated by the Tianyin Sect bandits. I don't have anything in my hands."
Li Xuan didn't care about the land deed at all. He asked the core question in one sentence: "How many Yongye fields are there in these 500 acres of land? How many subdivided fields are there? How did they come from?"
Yang Xunsheng's face suddenly turned ugly. He hesitated for a long time, and finally said: "Among them, there are 80 acres of Yongye field and more than 400 acres of Koufen field. Some of them were sold by others, and some were opened up by ourselves. In the end, we accumulated a large area of land. .”
"Yonghui Law, people's Yongye fields are not allowed to be sold unless they are relocated." Li Xuan's voice suddenly became serious.
He patted Yang Xunsheng on the shoulder and said word for word: "I would like to ask you, have all of your fields been registered with the prefecture and county government offices? If they are all registered at the prefecture and county government offices, then in addition to the extra The rest of the sixty acres of permanent land, I can decide to return to you."
Yang Xunsheng's face suddenly showed great surprise. At this moment, Li Xuan said coldly: "If you lie even half a sentence, I will drag you out and behead you immediately."
The smile on Yang Xunsheng's face suddenly froze, and he even trembled a little.
Li Xuan's cold fingers traced across the back of his neck, and Yang Xunsheng suddenly felt a biting coldness entering his body.
"The villain...The villain is registered with the government as having twenty Yongye fields and eighty Koufen fields." After Yang Xunsheng finished speaking, he lay directly on the ground.
Li Xuan couldn't help but raise her eyebrows, looked at Duan Baoxuan above, and said with cupped hands: "I never thought that this person would evade taxes to such an extent that he would not pay even a cent more."
"What does the King of Nanchang plan to do?" Duan Baoxuan looked at Li Xuan with a solemn expression.
Li Xuan smiled faintly and said: "Since he has registered with the government and has twenty Yongye fields and eighty Koufen fields, then a lot of the hundred acres will definitely be returned to him, but where it is will be decided in the end. .”
Duan Baoxuan nodded with satisfaction and said, "The King of Nanchang has handled it appropriately."
"What I want to ask you, actually, is if someone else registers with the government that they have more than a hundred acres of land, will we really return it in full as they say, or will we give it a slight discount?"
"Since the land belongs to others, it should be returned completely." Huai Jin couldn't help but jump out at this time, stood aside and looked at Duan Baoxuan with his hands raised.
Duan Baoxuan ignored him and looked at Li Xuan: "What does the King of Nanchang think?"
Li Xuan cupped his hands and said, "Captain, logically speaking, you should return everything registered with the government."
When it comes to government registration, Li Xuan closely associates it with government registration, so naturally the acres that are not included in the government registration do not need to be returned.
There was a sneer in Huai Jin's eyes. He had long expected that King Nanchang would do this.
Therefore, after entering the city, he immediately took away all the yellow household registration books. Now let's see what the King of Nanchang does.
Li Xuan didn't mention the fact that he didn't have the household registration book at all, and just continued to say to Duan Baoxuan: "But now that the governor has not arrived, those who want to return the land should first return the land to those with less than 100 acres, and at the same time, they will sort out the household registration and verify the land area." …As for those above a hundred acres?”
Li Xuan turned sideways and looked at everyone present, and everyone's eyes fell on Li Xuan.
In this world, most people's land does not exceed a hundred acres. Those who have more than a hundred acres are the real trouble for the court.
"If he is patient, he can wait until the new governor takes office. If he is considerate of the court's hard work and voluntarily reduces his land by 30%, and can take out all the land deeds, he will be given priority. If he is unwilling to reduce his land, then slowly Comb it up."
After Li Xuan finished speaking, he bowed heavily.
Duan Baoxuan looked at Li Xuan and nodded with satisfaction, and said: "The King of Nanchang has thought carefully and the governor agrees, so let's do it."
"Thank you, Commander." Li Xuan took a deep breath, then stepped aside solemnly, not looking at Huai Jin.
At this time, Duan Baoxuan spoke again: "I would like to add one last sentence: Anyone whose land does not decrease but increases when the Tianyin Sect takes over the city will be re-granted a hundred acres."
"The Governor is wise!" Everyone present raised their hands in shock at the same time.
Duan Baoxuan is still so cool!
