The man who spoke was about seventy years old. According to common sense, people shrink as they get older, but this man was as tall as Zhao Gao at this age. He had a scar on his face that extended from his right eye to the corner of his mouth. He looked very ferocious. .
Zhao Gao responded calmly: "Just now, Zhao Gao has ordered someone to prepare a small glass of wine to express his apology. If you have any dissatisfaction, you can discuss it in detail. If it is true that the Salt Service Department is not doing things well, Zhao Gao will do his best to repay the elders." A justice.”
The man folded his hands, stood slightly sideways, looked at Zhao Gao with a disdainful gesture, and said loudly: "No, today I will let you make it clear in front of everyone. If you don't make it clear to us, Don’t leave yet!”
The corner of Zhao Gao's mouth curled up secretly. When he straightened up, he suddenly put on a troubled expression and said in a deep voice: "This..."
Before he finished speaking, the horses that were originally dragging the carriage suddenly lowered their heads to pick up food or something. At first, there were only one or two horses, but then all the horses became a mess. This was not enough, and they started to carry the official office on their backs. He was walking in the same direction, but he was so stubborn that he couldn't pull him back even with a hand, and couldn't pull him back with a whip.
I don't know which driver's hand was careless, and suddenly the horse was whipped harder. It frightened the horse and caused it to neigh. The rest of the people who heard it also became frantic. Those who controlled the horses controlled the horses, and those who controlled the horses fled. The horses and carriages that had previously surrounded the door were moved, and several holes were opened, making people fall on their backs.
Zhao Gao felt calm in his heart, but when he saw his face, he suddenly became stunned. After a moment, he seemed to be "awakening from a dream" and hurriedly called for help. Although Zhao Zheng's elder uncles always felt that something was wrong, they didn't see anything unusual at all, and thought he was really worried about their safety.
Everyone's face turned dark. When he looked down carefully, he found that there were quite a few beans on the ground, extending in the direction away from the government office. They had all fought in the war and knew that horses like to eat cooked beans. Sometimes on the battlefield, for the sake of Zhi Sheng will use this method to interfere with the enemy's war horses. Although most of them are still strong and healthy now, and it is easy to comfort the horses, their identities are different after all, and no one can save the dignity to do it themselves.
"Hurry...stop these beasts!"
"What are you doing standing there in a daze? What's the use of raising you? Why don't you go and bring them back?"
They originally thought of using their momentum to win over people, but they didn't expect that now that there was such a commotion, the crowd dispersed and started laughing from a distance. The momentum they had just built up was completely gone. Not only that, they were pointed at and instantly They were still a little shorter, and each of them was so angry that they were out of breath. They pointed at the horses with stiff hands, looked at their own drivers and yelled at them.
The farce was finally calmed down with the help of someone sent by Zhao Gao. The faces of several people were darkened to the color of a pot, which looked vaguely funny when paired with their white hair.
Unexpectedly, he was even more angry later. This incident was actually caused by a baby who came to join in the fun. When the baby was brought back, he looked left and right and found that many people were looking at him angrily. Before he could do anything, Whatever he said, he was so frightened that he burst into tears.
The cry came unexpectedly and was very loud. The horse that was finally calmed down and led to the side showed signs of agitation. They were all old men, some of them quite old. Who dared to do anything to a little baby in full view of the public?
Seeing that no matter how he tried to persuade him, he couldn't stop it, Zhao Gao and Shi Shiran walked over, knelt down openly, and said a few words of comfort without looking away: "These are all young and virtuous elders. Don't worry." Don’t worry, if the old people ask you something, just answer it, they won’t hurt you.”
Just by looking at his clothes, you can tell that this is a baby who has no chance to read or write. What does he know about being "old and virtuous"? So this was actually what Zhao Gao said deliberately to the "young and virtuous" people, in order to stop them from embarrassing the children based on their status.
It's just that Zhao Gao gave people the impression that he was full of books and fresh air. At this moment, he was talking to the baby in a sophisticated manner, and no one discovered the mystery behind it.
Sure enough, when I heard these four words, I remembered that I was arguing with an ignorant child in front of so many people, and the old faces of the beard-blowing and staring venerables all turned red.
The Guan Neihou just now waved his hand, signaling his servant to let go of the baby who was still sobbing after crying. He looked at him condescendingly and asked, "Who instigated you to do this?"
The baby who just stopped crying looked up at the Marquis of Guannei with red eyes and tremblingly. When he heard what he said, he shivered with fear: "Listen...I don't understand."
After saying that, he looked left and right in fear, and after confirming that the gentle Zhao Gao was the safest place, he turned around, grabbed Zhao Gao's clothes tightly with both hands, and shrank into his arms. Feeling that this was not enough, he changed to another one. In a more reassuring position, he put his hands around Zhao Gao's neck and slapped him even more fiercely.
There was a suspicious black mark on Zhao Gao's white clothes. He looked down and happened to see it. He smiled helplessly and coaxed a few words softly.
The baby gradually calmed down and then sobbed: "Ah... my mother is sick, and asked me to get her to work in exchange for... the beans... to watch the fun... and then... boring... go out to bag... The bag is broken... ugh... go back to grandma..."
Yes, Zhao Zheng and the uncles from the tribe only felt a pain in their heads when they saw this scene. Seeing him like this, it was obvious that he couldn't ask any questions. Besides, it didn't seem like he was being hypocritical to be so pitiful. Even if he was unwilling to do so, he shouldn't do it again. He was restrained, so he waved his hand to let him go.
Unexpectedly, he looked at the beans scattered on the ground and wanted to pick them up. Zhao Gao "watched his words" and quickly touched himself. Without touching them, he turned around and borrowed some money from a sharp man Li Xun left for him. Mu looked at his doll's hand blankly, patted his head easily, and finally coaxed him away.
When this happened, Zhao Zheng's uncles looked at the surrounding people talking about this and hid their mouths and chuckled from time to time. Feeling that their faces were dull, they said to Zhao Gao, "This matter is not over yet" and left angrily.
Zhao Gaoli personally sent him off several weeks ago. When he came back to the back hall of the government office, there was no one around. He took out a bag of coins and threw it to Rui Shi. Rui Shi looked down at the money in his hand and was completely dumbfounded: Didn't you just talk about money? Well, this was obviously prepared early in the morning...
In fact, Zhao Gao had known for a long time that these clan uncles from Zhao Zheng had come to show off their prestige in front of him today, and he knew very well why.
As soon as these people came, they kept pointing out that the Salt Administration was at fault. They talked in circles for a long time without saying why. In their words, Zang Feng threatened and forced him to do a lot of things. In the end, they made it look like the Salt Administration had something to do with it. Let everyone be a witness here.
He will naturally use polite methods to treat polite people, but he doesn't mind being a rogue to those who are rude. Based on his early understanding of the temperament of these people, he found someone to arrange such an outing before going out.
Although he also knew that using this method to block people back would treat the symptoms but not the root cause. If the salt-inducing method affected their interests, they would not give up and would find him sooner or later. But he was also very sure that as long as dragging Li Si had results, they would no longer have the initiative...
The next day, many people knew that something big happened in Yueyang yesterday afternoon. A few days ago, Tingwei Li Si came to Yueyang on the order of the king to thoroughly investigate the salt scandal. After a series of open and covert investigations, he finally identified the culprit behind the scenes.
Because the Salt Introduction Law abolished the old system that had been implemented in the Qin State for a long time, and changed the official sale to official control, it ruined the interests of many people. Among them, the son of Yangquan Jun lost his previous control over Yueyang Salt Affairs, and he had a long-standing grudge in his heart. He sent people to assassinate two salt officials one after another. He also colluded with several salt officials and big businessmen to do everything possible to obstruct the implementation of the Salt Introduction Law, resulting in a large amount of unsalable salt.
Once verified, Li Si immediately divided his troops into two groups. He led people to surround Yangquan Jun's Mansion and capture the key criminals. He arrested several merchants along the way, and was imprisoned together with the salt official who had been detained early in the morning. He was sentenced on a different day.
Lord Yangquan took out the imperial edict of the late king and went to Yueyang Prison to harass and threaten Li Si for not respecting the imperial edict of the late king. However, Li Si refused sternly on the grounds that the imperial edict only protected the life of Lord Yangquan. The stalemate lasted for several hours to no avail. Yang Quanjun returned to his mansion, packed up and left overnight to go to Xianyang to meet the Queen Mother Huayang and ask her to come forward to intercede with the king.
However, as soon as Lord Yangquan left, this morning Li Si took out Tai'a, the personal sword given by the king, and ordered his son to be killed immediately in the city. Many people and merchants who had benefited from the salt introduction law left after hearing the news. They all clapped their hands and cheered when they saw that several people had been killed in succession, and that the other people who hindered the implementation of the salt introduction law were punished according to the severity of their crimes.
Later, Zhao Gao, the internal historian of Zhisu, came forward in person and reiterated his decision to implement the Salt Yin Law in front of the execution ground to warn the world. Invitations were also widely distributed, inviting merchants from all parties involved in salt affairs to attend the banquet held at the Salt Affairs Department in the afternoon.
In the Huayang Palace, the young Yangquan Jun looked at his sister, the Queen Mother Huayang, and burst into tears.
Seeing her brother who was exhausted after traveling all night and crying so hard that he couldn't breathe, the Queen Mother Huayang felt heartbroken and immediately took him to Zhao Zheng for an explanation.
At this time, the court meeting had just ended, and Zhao Zheng returned to Qutai Palace. Before he could sit down, he heard the visitor announcing loudly, curled his lips, and immediately straightened his expression and strode out to greet him.
As soon as he reached the door, Queen Mother Huayang had already brought Mr. Yangquan over, which showed how anxious she was. He snorted coldly in his heart, but remained calm on his face. He bowed respectfully to the Queen Mother Huayang: "My grandson has met his grandmother, the Queen Mother."
At this time, Yangquan Jun was so concerned about his son's safety that he was so obsessed with it that he even forgot the rules. He couldn't do it when he saw Zhao Zhengli. His sister Hua Yang was calm and careful, and pushed him secretly. Only then did he come back to his senses and fold his hands and bow. Shen said: "I have met the king."
"Oh, it's Mr. Yangquan." Zhao Zheng glanced at him and said in a nonchalant manner. After speaking, he turned to the Queen Mother Huayang and said with concern: "Grandma, please take a seat. If you have anything to do, sit down and talk slowly."
The Queen Mother Huayang was worried about her younger brother. She couldn't sit still. She raised her hand and said "no need", and then said anxiously: "What does your Majesty plan to do with my nephew?"
Zhao Zheng glanced at Mr. Yangquan again and asked in confusion: "He was already executed this morning. Didn't Mr. Yangquan know it when he came over?" After saying that, he saw Mr. Yangquan's expression changed greatly and he explained "kindly": "Li Si's The memorial was sent last night. Just before you left Yueyang, I thought you..."
