While Chen Zhi was kneeling down in the living room, Su Shichang arrived in Anzhou.
Government office.
"This is information that Xiaguan and Wang Zuocheng found out not long ago." Yu Yongning handed the paper filled with the list of bribed officials to Su Shichang.
When Su Shichang heard Wang Zuocheng, he immediately understood that His Majesty the Emperor had indeed sent people to investigate. His group was just a cover-up, or a signal that it was about to end. He had also been a little strange before. If he wanted to conduct a thorough investigation, it should be
It's better to be quiet. How could His Majesty get so angry at the court meeting and attract attention.
Sure enough, he was the bait.
Thinking of this, he nodded with a wry smile, took the list and looked at it carefully. Looking at it, he almost spit out the tea he just drank in his mouth. Good guy, there are dozens of officials involved, no.
A few people even served as the governor of a state, the chief history officer, etc.
No wonder Yu Yongning took it out so simply instead of arresting him himself. Who would dare to do such a purely offending job without the endorsement of the imperial court?
"Yu Shijun has worked really hard, and so has Wang Zuocheng."
"I don't dare." Yu Yongning clasped his fists, and then sighed: "Actually, I have also experienced this. I was aware of it before, but I didn't dare to act rashly for fear of disturbing the situation. I couldn't catch all these traitors in one go, so I could only quietly go to His Majesty.
.Fortunately, the saints and saints are shining brightly, otherwise I would just lead the way but not send it out."
"Your Majesty did the right thing." Su Shichang said: "This case involves so many officials. If we act rashly, I'm afraid there will be endless troubles."
Yu Yongning said: "What I mean by lowering the official position is that you might as well take advantage of it."
"Please elaborate."
"Yes." Yu Yongning said slowly: "In my opinion, there are so many officials involved in this case. I am afraid that there are also people involved in the central court. Now that Su Shangshu has arrived in Anzhou, those officials who committed the crime may have also been involved."
After receiving the news, we were in panic all day long and tried our best to hide what we had committed. Therefore, we might as well take advantage of the plan and summon all the governors, chief ministers and other important officials from dozens of surrounding states in Anzhou. To the outside world,
That is, the imperial court must thoroughly investigate the illegal activities of the merchant clan. Only in this way can we have the opportunity to control them all and then catch them all in one fell swoop."
Su Shichang stroked his beard and said, "It's a good idea, but who should we hand over to the wealthy families who committed the crime?"
"Don't worry, Su Shangshu, Wang Zuocheng has already gone to handle it."
"Hmm." Su Shichang tilted his head slightly and asked, "What does General Yuchi think?"
"I think it's good." Yu Chigong's voice came from outside.
General Yuchi?
Yu Yongning was startled at first, and then his expression changed. Immediately afterwards, he saw the humanoid monster Yu Chigong walking in carelessly.
"Wu Guogong?"
"It's not me, who do you think it is?" Yu Chigong asked with a smile.
Yu Yongning's heart was filled with turmoil.
Yuchi Gong is here. Is the emperor going to kill someone?
Yu Yongning is not stupid. Yu Chigong is a big figure in the army, the emperor's absolute loyalist, and the minions of the eagle and dog. If the opponent appears here, there is only one possibility. The emperor wants to kill people this time, and he wants to kill many people.
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat. If he hadn't accepted the bribe, Wang Gui would not have taken the initiative to contact him, but would have waited to see him arrested by Yuchi Gong...
"Are you afraid?" Yu Chigong walked over, sat down, and looked at Yu Yongning with a smile. But this smile, in Yu Yongning's eyes, was particularly ferocious and bloody. He seemed to have seen countless wealthy families in the south of the Yangtze River being razed to the ground.
scene.
"Haha." He laughed dryly and said, "Seeing General Yuchi made me feel confident."
"You'd better think so, little guy." Yuchi Gong grinned and said with a ferocious smile: "Come here along the way, does Mr. Yu know how many thieves you have captured?"
"How many?"
"Not many, just seven hundred and thirty-one." Yu Chigong spit out a number that made Yu Yongning dizzy.
At first glance, it seems that the number of people is really small, but you have to understand that it is a peaceful and prosperous age. In the prosperous age, there are hundreds of thieves and bandits. Doesn't this mean that I, the governor of Anzhou, have no vision and cannot govern the place?
"The lower official is guilty." He said tremblingly.
Scared, really scared.
Even though he was born in Guanlong, he was still afraid. The current Guanlong people could not compete with the emperor at all. At the end of the Sui Dynasty, the world was in chaos. In order to support the Li family in power, the Guanlong people had exhausted all their energy and support. They had no confidence to dare to compete with the emperor again.
Be against.
What's more, where did they get the strength to go against the emperor?
The emperor suppressed the Guanlong people, didn't they know?
No, they know everything, but they can’t tell about their suffering.
Today's emperor is completely different from Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty. Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty did not treat the people as human beings, nor did he treat the Guanlong people as human beings. Eventually, he caused great chaos in the world and the people rebelled. This gave the Guanlong people a chance to rebel and change the world.
But now, he treats the people well everywhere, not to mention other places, it is Guanzhong, the base camp of the Guanlong people. As for the people in Guanzhong, who doesn't think about the emperor's kindness now, why do they want to rebel!
Without the common people to rebel, they could only rebel alone. However, you must know that the current emperor has swept across the Eight Wastelands, Liuhe, Turks, Tuguhun, Goguryeo, etc., and countless people have died at the hands of the emperor. Who among the armies of the Tang Dynasty who fought in hundreds of battles is not loyal to the emperor. The empire
All generals will die for the emperor. In this case, rebellion means sticking out your head for the emperor to chop off.
Winning over courtiers?
Dream on!
Yu Yongning knew very well that the emperor used various brands to win over different aristocratic families in Guanzhong, Shandong, the south and other places. It can be said clearly that the aristocratic families in various places are not of the same mind now, and they can no longer be divided.
As for making good military commanders?
I wouldn't even dream of it.
The humerus generals under the emperor, who are not the emperor humerus, who do not have one or two goods cards in their hands, they now want money, wealth, status and status, who has hit his head against the wall, tied his head to his belt and followed you in rebellion
?
More importantly, the emperor did not learn from Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty, who wanted to kill the people of Guanlong. Instead, he learned from Yang Jian, who cut his flesh with a soft knife for many years, and suppressed him whenever he saw the opportunity. He did not want to kill him with a stick at all. In this case
, when the Guanlong family is already divided, no one is willing to step forward and die.
Yuchi Gong waved his hand, "Don't worry, these people are not all bandits in Anzhou. You only have a few dozen people here. If you cooperate well with the investigation, you will have a chance to gain His Majesty's understanding."
"Yes, I understand." Yu Yongning pursed his lips and suppressed the nervousness in his heart.
It's really impossible not to be nervous. Emperor Zhenguan has controlled the empire too tightly. Now it's not that he can't do it without the Guanlong people, but he despises the Guanlong people for being redundant!
He had long heard that since the prefectures and counties in the Central Plains began to lay cement roads and spread the practice of selling small shares to acres, the local people spontaneously imitated the people in Guanzhong and regarded the emperor as a living saint. How could this be possible?
Using foreign slaves to replace the common people to perform labor services, paving roads and bridges, opening rivers and canals, teaching the common people farming techniques for free, popularizing waterwheels, wooden threshing machines, popularizing early and late rice, etc., the common people have already been fed and clothed, and all the people's hearts are drawn to the Tang Dynasty.
In this way, the world has been stabilized.
And the smooth transportation has led to the prosperity of commerce, salt tax, commercial tax and other taxes have increased sharply. Coupled with foreign trade, it has made the court extremely rich. It needs money, people and people, and the people's hearts.
What to fight against the imperial court?
Not to mention, those merchants in the north all enjoyed the convenience of the cement road and already regarded the emperor as their living ancestor.
Except for the gentry, the emperor had all the support from the peasants, industry and commerce. Even among the gentry themselves, many people followed the emperor's lead. Because those people had followed the emperor for a long time, and now their worth had skyrocketed dozens of times.