Chapter 62: The Inspector of Guozhou's Prisoner Car Enters Beijing
Did Li Zhiyun really not know about the interception of memorials?
He really didn't know at the beginning. After all, Prime Minister Guofu Zuo handled the government affairs by himself. It was not impossible for someone to bend the law and hide the memorial for personal gain. But it was impossible for Li Zhiyun not to know that there were a large number of people fleeing in Luozhou. His subordinates
The Xuanyiwei is not a man of low income.
He had not dealt with it before. The main reason was that he had to deal with Tuyuhun at that time and he could not be distracted, let alone cause internal discord. Therefore, he planned to wait until the Tuyuhun matter was resolved before dealing with the matter.
This was the reason why he secretly visited Luozhou. But he didn't expect that things would become so serious, and he couldn't accept it for a while.
Secondly, the existence of Xuanyi Guard has always been a mystery. At least to the ministers, including the former ministers of the Shence Mansion, they were unable to confirm the existence of an intelligence agency under the emperor. The main reason is actually very simple.
This is something Li Zhiyun has been avoiding. That is hiding the Xuanyi Guards.
In the final analysis, an intelligence agency like Xuanyiwei is too terrifying for ministers. Its all-pervasive exploration almost makes ministers feel insecure. Once its existence is completely exposed, not to mention its own functions will be greatly compromised, and it will even cause trouble among ministers.
be opposed to.
Therefore, Li Zhiyun's task for Xuan Yiwei is to detect intelligence.
They do not have the power to arrest people, only the power to collect intelligence. Moreover, the targets of the investigation include all subjects, and their scope covers the whole country.
At first, Li Zhiyun could not confirm that it was Yang Gongren who had intercepted the memorial. However, later, after investigation by Xuanyi Guards, he discovered that Guozhou Hongnong had been sheltering a large number of small aristocratic landlords from Luo and Zhengzhou. Following the clues, Li Zhiyun discovered that the Ministry of Personnel and the Ministry of Civil Affairs had
There were people from the Ministry of Industry who came up to discuss the situation in the Central Plains area, but the report went silent after entering the political hall.
At this point, the truth has come to light. Taking into account Yang Gongren’s opposition to the previous implementation of land allocation, and the basic situation that the Hongnong Yang family has a large number of fields in Guo, Shaanxi, Gu, Luo and other prefectures, Li Zhiyun can confirm that it is Hongnong.
Nong Yang is doing evil behind the scenes.
As for the purpose, he could also guess a thing or two. He just wanted to use this to make things worse, cause panic in the world, and then force himself to give up the implementation of this system. Because once this system continues to be implemented, the Hongnong Yang family will definitely not be able to escape in the next step.
However, this is impossible. Now he has time to deal with these pests.
Let's talk about Yang Gongren's resignation as prime minister and the news that the emperor agreed to it spread out, which immediately aroused the shock of the government and the public, and the discussion was as fierce as the sea.
Because this time Yang Gongren left the political hall, it was full of weirdness. In the past, when the Prime Minister asked for resignation, the emperor would pretend to refuse three times before agreeing. But this time, he actually agreed directly. Isn't this weird?
Many people speculated that Yang Gongren must have done evil to the emperor, causing the emperor to be furious and punished. Others speculated that the emperor was dissatisfied with Yang Gongren and was merciless this time. The remaining people had various opinions, but they did not
Not unified.
After all, the only people who really knew the inside story were a few ministers in the political hall and the emperor. Hundreds of officials took action one after another to inquire about the matter, but all failed, and few people knew the true inside story.
After the several prime ministers returned home, they saw no one and paid no attention to anyone. They also kept silent when they went to court every day, without revealing a single word.
But the more this happened, the more the officials below became anxious and eager to know what happened.
Of course, some smart officials have already thought that the imperial censors have been out in force in the past few days to thoroughly investigate the affairs of the Central Plains officialdom. However, such matters must not be discussed openly and can only be discussed in private while drinking.
Regarding those local, state and county officials who were arrested, the criminalization regulations issued by Dali Temple are very clear and clear. Those who accepted bribes and oppressed the people, causing the people to live in dire straits, must be punished for their crimes!
However, they have not been executed yet, because the censor and officials are still investigating thoroughly and are still sending people to Dali Temple.
Gulu gulu.
The wheels turned, and Yang Xu, the governor of Guozhou, who was sitting in the prison car, was also sent to Chang'an. The person who arrested him was the censor Zhongcheng Quan Wanji.
"May I ask, brother, the officer, who is this treacherous official and traitor?"
The officer escorting Yang Xu heard the people's questions and replied smoothly: "So that you can know something. This person is Yang Xu, the governor of Guozhou. He colluded with the local landlords, accepted bribes, and robbed the people of their fields. His crime cannot be punished."
Forgive me, so I became a prisoner."
"good!"
"Well done, corrupt officials like this should be killed!"
"Deserves to be killed!"
Yang Xu was speechless as he listened to the repeated calls for killing. He didn't want to make any more excuses. It was useless to talk about the matter at this point. With the size of the Hongnong Yang family, he didn't need to care about those acres, but then again, the family members
Not everyone is a descendant, so how can the direct descendants be willing to accept the system of sharing the land from one person to another?
There were many fields and vast land, and the taxes were heavy. The abolition of the head tax and the collection of taxes based on land were like a blow to the main artery of the aristocratic family.
Although the area where the system of allotment is implemented is not within the Yang family's land in Hongnong, once this system is successfully implemented, the Yang family in Hongnong will definitely bear the brunt one day.
The prison car headed towards Dali Temple, and on the other side, the young people following closely behind them rode horses towards the Guan Guogong Mansion.
This man's name was Yang Sijian, the eldest son of Yang Xu. This time he followed his father to Beijing, mainly to ask for help from his uncle Yang Gongren.
View of Guoguofu, study room.
The candle was extinguished and rekindled, lit and extinguished, and I don't know how many times it was changed. But Yang Gongren was always sitting on the chair, with a depressed expression. It was not until night fell that the housekeeper came in and lit the candle again, and then reminded: "Alang,
Can I use some food?"
"Ah?" The voice coming from his throat was slightly hoarse, "No need."
Seeing this, the housekeeper said again: "Alang, Mr. Sijian is here to visit."
"What happened?"
"I heard from him that the clan's successor has been captured by the imperial censor and brought to Chang'an."
"What!" Yang Gongren was shocked, "What's going on?"
"The villain doesn't know."
"Quickly, let Si Jian come to see me!"
"yes."
A moment later, Yang Sijian saw Yang Gongren and knelt on the ground asking for help.
"Uncle, save father!"
Yang Xunai is the third younger brother of Yang Gongren.
"Please come and tell me what is going on."
"yes."
After Yang Sijian told him, Yang Gongren knew what had happened. The people in Yushitai were like mad dogs in the Central Plains. All prefectures and counties involving the flow of people into Luozheng and Luozheng were thoroughly investigated, and batch after batch of local landlords and officials were arrested.
Take away.
Among them, Guozhou is included.
Yang Xu, the governor of Guozhou, was also brutally investigated and imprisoned in Chang'an.
After Yang Gongren listened, he was speechless for a long time.
"Uncle?" Yang Sijian saw that Yang Gongren was silent and said hurriedly: "Uncle, you have to save my father."
"Save?" Yang Gongren smiled bitterly and shook his head, "I can't save myself, how can I save your father."
Just by withholding a memorial, he would not be able to escape the blame. What's more, he has now been directly dismissed from office by the emperor.
This time, the Hongnong Yang family was in doom. Yang Xu was in Guozhou, so he must be unclean. As long as he had contact with the landlords who escaped from Luozhou and Zhengzhou, it would be a serious crime.
"What does uncle mean?" Yang Sijian was puzzled.
Yang Gongren said: "First, at your father's request, I suppressed the memorials submitted by officials in Guozhou and other places, which was noticed by your majesty. Now, I have been dismissed from office by your majesty."