Liu Ziqiu knew that people like Wei Zheng knew how to choose good ministers, and only by acting like a wise king could he be willing to work for you, so he did not hide his secrets and said with a smile: "Yang Guang opened the Jinshi Department, and every time he took more than ten people
, there are only a few people, and they have to take care of the powerful and wealthy families. Not to mention the Xie family, even the prominent families in Jiangnan combined, how many can win at one time? Therefore, the Xie family's talk about participating in the imperial examination is just a cover. "
Wei Zheng smiled and said: "It turns out that my lord has noticed it a long time ago, but Wei is playing tricks on the class door. However, there is still something unknown about Wei."
"Brother Wei, please speak!"
"Wei saw that the lord's school was run very seriously, but it didn't look like it was a cover-up. He thought that the lord really wanted them to take part in the imperial examination."
"Brother Wei, you misunderstood. In fact, the imperial examination was indeed a great initiative, but Yang Guang did not do enough." Liu Ziqiu laughed and said, "Let's not talk about the imperial examination for now. In Brother Wei's opinion, thank you
What does the family want?"
In Wei Zheng's view, this was Liu Ziqiu testing his knowledge in turn. He couldn't help but cheer up and said seriously: "The Xie family wants to rebel!"
Liu Ziqiu was stunned and thought to himself, if you want to rebel with me, you can't think of others in this way.
But I heard Wei Zheng continue to say: "My lord has just said that the Jinshi Department can only recruit a few people each time. If the Xie family wants to take this road to return to the government, they wish that no one else would participate, so how could they come to win over the Xiao family?"
?Mr. Xiao is a martial artist, so what is there that the Xie family is interested in?"
Liu Ziqiu's face became solemn and he nodded repeatedly.
Wei Zheng asked again: "My lord, what do you think is the chance of winning if the Xie family rebels?"
Liu Ziqiu didn't know if the Xie family had rebelled in the original history. Anyway, he had no impression of it in his memory. But he knew that since the Tang Dynasty, the Xie family had completely declined. Perhaps the Xie family had been destroyed before they had time to rebel.
The imperial court was wiped out.
"It will take ten years for the scholars to rebel. The Xie family are all literati, so they don't even have a 10% chance of winning." Liu Ziqiu shook his head, suddenly remembering that Wei Zheng was also a literati, and hurriedly said clearly, "Brother Wei, I'm not talking about you."
Wei Zheng smiled and said: "Wei is not a scholar, he is just a Taoist priest."
Liu Ziqiu despised him in his heart. When he asked him his Dharma name that day, he said he was a teacher. Now he said he was a scholar, but he said he was a Taoist priest. It is true that people have two skins. He is right in both pros and cons.
But Wei Zheng asked again: "I wonder what my lord has planned?"
Liu Ziqiu pondered for a moment, then raised his hands and said, "I still need to ask Brother Wei for advice."
Wei Zheng said in a deep voice: "My lord, you can report it to the government!"
"Report?"
"Changshan Village is built like a camp, and soldiers are trained day and night in the village. Those who believe it say that the lord is here to prevent thieves, and those who don't believe it will just say that the lord is treason." Wei Zheng said slowly, "The lord has reported the Xie family, so it is okay.
If you seek an official position, everything will be justified."
This is an era where "the suspicion of guilt is always there", especially when it comes to rebellion, let alone human rights and the rule of law. As the head of a prominent family in the south of the Yangtze River, the Xie family may have been targeted by the court for a long time. Once someone accuses him of rebellion, he will only
He was afraid that the whole family would suffer disaster. In history, the decline of the Xie family may have been due to the fact that the matter was not kept secret and was suppressed by the imperial court.
But it's one thing for him to leak the secret himself, and it's another thing for Liu Ziqiu to report it. Most of the thousands of people in the Xie family should be innocent. Liu Ziqiu kills without blinking an eye, but he doesn't want to be stained with the blood of innocent people.
Liu Ziqiu shook his head without hesitation and said: "Brother Wei, climb up on the corpses of women and children. Please forgive me for not being able to do this!"
"Okay! Wei really got the right person!" Wei Zheng laughed and said, "My lord, it's not difficult to find an official position. Changshan Village used to make a living by fishing and was a pariah. The court didn't even bother to collect taxes.
It’s different now. The village has bought land and turned to farming. The lord can go to the government to ask for a job and come back."
In the system of the Sui Dynasty, one hundred households were divided into li, and each li was assigned the name of Zheng. Five li was called a township, and the name of Xiangzheng was assigned to it. Although Lizheng and Xiangzheng were not among the officials of the imperial court, they could be regarded as squires, no matter how big or small they were. They were better than ordinary people.
Much stronger.
Only then did Liu Ziqiu realize that Wei Zheng was still testing him. He cursed an old fox in his heart, but said: "Liu had a relationship with Mr. Ouyang Yu who was temporarily stationed in Yanguan County. It may not be difficult to keep him straight.
But how are the Xie family going to deal with this matter? Liu has promised them that he will visit them within ten days."
Wei Zheng thought for a while and said: "My lord, there are two options. One is to pretend not to know anything, and the other is to persuade the Xie family to give up their thoughts."
In fact, both Liu Ziqiu and Wei Zheng knew very well that the Xie family's rebellion was doomed to fail. Pretending to be ignorant was actually equivalent to sitting back and watching the Xie family's demise. In Liu Ziqiu's view, this was no different from reporting him.
Liu Ziqiu thought for a moment and said: "Although Liu has no friendship with the Xie family, thousands of lives are at stake, so we should try our best to persuade them."
…
There was a heavy snowfall in Luoyang City. Yang Guang went to Shanglin Xiyuan to enjoy the snow scenery. Today's court meeting had to be abandoned. Yang Xuangan shook his head and left Zetianmen, but saw Li Mi coming forward, cupping his hands and saying: "Brother Xuangan
, Long time no see, would you like to take advantage of me and go to my humble house for a drink?"
Yang Xuangan knew that he had something to say, so he quickly returned the greeting and said, "That's exactly what Yang meant."
After drinking for three rounds, the screen retreated, and Li Mi told Yang Xuangan what he heard in the palace last night. Yang Xuangan slapped the table and sighed: "What a great opportunity! If Yang Guang Yujia goes on a personal expedition, Lu Mingyue is in Shandong, and the Xie and Wang families start an attack in Jiangnan at the same time,
It is difficult for the imperial court to take care of its head and tail, so I must keep things in harmony! What a pity, what a pity!"
Li Mi said: "Yang Guang trusts Yu Wenshu the most. Brother Xuangan should be friends with him. Please ask him for advice, which may persuade Yang Guang to go to war personally."
Yang Xuan sighed and said: "My father and Yu Wenshu were in charge of the same government during his lifetime, so there were inevitably some overt and covert conflicts. How could he be willing to make friends with Yang?"
Li Mi smiled and said: "Yu Wenshu has three sons. The eldest son Huaji is the most favored. The second son Zhiji is naughty by nature. Brother Xuangan can start with these two."
Yang Xuangan touched his palm and said, "Thank you very much Mr. Pu for reminding me. I will hold a banquet tomorrow to invite his two brothers."
Li Mi shook his head and said: "Otherwise. Yu Wenhuaji is cruel by nature, greedy and arrogant, and Yu Wenzhiji spends all his time fighting chickens and lackeys. If Xuangan interacts with such people, his name will be ruined. Li followed Yang Guang on his northern tour.
When I was in Yulin, I got news that Brother Yuwen had violated the emperor's will and was trading secretly with the Turks."
Yang Xuangan suddenly said: "Pu Shanggong asked Yang to secretly reveal this news and spread it to Yang Guang's ears. Yang Guang was furious and must punish the two brothers. When the time comes, Yu Wenshu will inevitably be implicated. It is indeed a clever plan
!”
Li Mi smiled and said, "This is just the beginning. Someone has another plan to make Yu Wenshu work for me."
The two of them drank and talked until it was getting late, and then they finalized various matters.
Li Mi bid farewell to Yang Xuangan and walked to Zhuque Street. Suddenly he saw a noise coming from the front. Li Mi immediately looked around and saw two **-year-old children wrestling with each other outside a high gate. After a short fight, one child unexpectedly killed the other.
A child raised it into the air, and there were cheers all around.
Li Mi turned around and asked, "Whose child is this?"
The servant replied: "These are the twin sons of Mr. Li Yuan, the young eunuch in the palace. The elder brother is called Li Shimin, and the younger brother is called Li Xuanba. Li Xuanba is born with supernatural power, even if he is strong, he is invincible."
Li Mi was a waiter in front of the palace and was Li Yuan's direct subordinate. He couldn't help but stop and watch. Suddenly, there was a shout from inside the door, and two children ran in laughing. Li Mi frowned slightly, thoughtfully, and immediately raised his whip.
Pass by the front door of Li Mansion.
…
At this time, Liu Ziqiu also returned to Changshan Village from Yanguan County.
Ouyang Yu, who is temporarily in charge of the county affairs, still has an impression of Liu Ziqiu, and knows that he is a person that Yuan Tiangang values especially, which is naturally very convenient. In fact, setting up Lizheng in Changshan Village will only have advantages and no disadvantages for Yanguan County. It will facilitate management.
, secondly, it can increase tax revenue, and thirdly, it will be a labor force, not to mention that Liu Ziqiu also gave him a generous gift.
There are only seventy-eight households in Changshan Village, less than a hundred households. Ouyang Yu simply followed his kindness to the end and included a total of twenty-five households in a small village ten miles south of Changshan Village into Changshan Village, and ordered
Liu Ziqiu works hard and tries to find him a job next year. Of course Liu Ziqiu doesn't care about jobs, but in the face of Ouyang Yu's kindness, he still thanks Ouyang Yu again and again.
The villagers of Changshan Village were untouchables who made a living by fishing on the beach. In the past, they did not even have household registration and were classified as black households. Therefore, Yang Jishan only dared to think of massacring the village after long talks. Now Liu Ziqiu is doing it
After being straightened out and re-registered, the culprits have been cleared, so the worries in this regard have become much smaller.
When they learned that Liu Ziqiu had done something right, the villagers cheered. Liu Ziqiu waved his hand, steadied everyone, and ordered: "Er Zhuang, you pick five people, and they will go to the county government with you tomorrow to listen to them!"
What Li Zheng in other villages fear most is to draw people from his own village to do corvee work, because corvee labor is unpaid and is purely voluntary labor. The scope of corvee work is also very wide, from coolies digging canals to clerks and police officers in the yamen.
They all belong to corvées.
But Liu Ziqiu was very generous. He selected six young men from the village at once, which was far more than the quota that an ordinary village should afford. This was what he had promised Ouyang Yu in the county. In Ouyang Yu's view, this was Liu Ziqiu's love for him.
In return for the appointment of Li Zheng, Liu Ziqiu did not know that Liu Ziqiu was in order to put eyes and ears in the county government office so that he could detect all kinds of news in a timely manner.
Most of the villagers are illiterate and cannot work as scribes, so they can only serve as yamen servants and catchers. However, yamen servants and catchers all get some regular money, so Erzhuang and others are very happy. The only disadvantage is that they are far away from home.
No more freedom.
Liu Ziqiu added: "Tomorrow I will go to Moling. Mr. Wei will handle the affairs of the village for the time being. Shuanzi, keep an eye on the training. If anyone is lazy, I will not take it lightly when I come back!"
Xiao Dapeng asked: "Brother, what should I do? Should I accompany you to Xie's house?"
Liu Ziqiu shook his head and said: "Go and take a look at the twenty-five households newly assigned by Ouyang County Magistrate. It is up to them to decide whether they live in the same place or move to the village. But there is one thing, you must and
They made it clear that the corvee service may not be paid to them, but the taxes they should pay cannot be exempted.”
Xiao Dapeng was obviously reluctant. In fact, he didn't understand Liu Ziqiu's thoughts.