More than ten sergeants rushed into the store. The two old men were stunned, then subconsciously jumped up and wanted to run back. Bang!
The back door was kicked open.
Wang Laoer came in with someone.
"Wait... are you from Chang'an?" an old man asked.
"Exactly, I have something to ask you two!" The old thief came in. "The incident with Prince Xiang has happened." The old man felt relaxed, "I knew that such a day would come."
The sergeants stepped forward and captured the two men. The old man lowered his head and let the sergeants tie him up. He sighed: "I wanted to surrender, but... those people are so powerful that it doesn't matter whether I live or die.
But what about the family?"
"Of course we will protect you," the old thief said.
"Can't protect it, can't protect it!" The old man raised his head and said desolately: "They can change the dynasty, let alone kill a whole family." At this time, Xiao Lin and others arrived outside.
Seeing the sergeant and the two captured old men inside, the guard beside him whispered: "No, they got there first, do we want to take action?"
Several men in the store turned around and glanced at the crowd of people who had heard the news and watched the excitement.
"Don't lower your head, it's the Jin Yiwei!" Xiao Lin said, and then pretended to be watching the excitement. "Let's go!" Xiao Lin and his people quietly evacuated the county town.
"What should we do? Let's intercept them halfway!" Someone came up with an idea.
"They are accompanied by royal guards and fierce soldiers. Where can we intercept and kill them? Besides, those are the old thief and Wang Laoer. One is cunning and the other kills foreigners who are frightened by the news. Do you think we can intercept and kill them?"
"That's enough!" Xiao Lin waved his hand, his face ashen, "This matter cannot be done, go and report it to the king immediately!" "No need to ask." The two old guards took the initiative to explain before the two old thieves could speak.
"Then be more honest. You two can't get involved in such a big thing even if you think about it. The death penalty can be avoided. And I guarantee that as long as you two tell the truth, I will take your two families to Northern Xinjiang. There,
People from aristocratic families don’t dare to make mistakes!”
"Northern Xinjiang is your Majesty's land of Longxing. It is a good place. But why should I believe what you say?" "I, Jia Ren!"
"Who is Jia Ren?" Er! Pan Zheng lowered his head to hold back his laughter. "I am Wang Lao Er!"
"God, a murderer?"
"Yes! It's me!" "Then I believe it."
The two guards began to explain in the store.
"When the Emperor of Filial Piety announced his plan to abolish slavery in the Tang Dynasty, it caused an uproar. The rich and powerful, including the powerful and the clan, were furious. But the Emperor of Filial Piety won the trust of the empress..."
Emperor Xuande was very clever, and Empress Wu was even more like a woman. The two of them joined forces to make those people quite afraid.
"Originally, the two sides were just quarreling, but Emperor Xiaojing suddenly took people to Chang'an and Wannian counties to check the past household registrations. This hit the target of those people..."
"I know." Facing the questioning look of the old guard, the old thief said: "You can talk in vain about not allowing people in the Tang Dynasty to be slaves. This talk will last forever and will be useless. There must be evidence to prove that this matter is harmful to the Tang Dynasty.
Only when there is harm, and the harm is not small, can one occupy the position of great righteousness. With great righteousness in hand, if gods stand in the way, they will kill gods, and if Buddha stands in the way, they will kill Buddha."
"That's exactly the reason." The old guard looked at Wang Laoer and said, "Give me a cup of tea!"
"Give it to him!" Wang Laoer nodded. A sergeant brought tea. The old guard took a greedy sip and sighed: "I don't know how many more cups I can drink." "Talk about it!"
"Emperor Filial Piety has found a lot of evidence in Chang'an and Wannian counties. In the past ten years, those people have used usury, low rent, etc. to turn good people into slaves..."
"Wait!" Jin Yiwei looked up while recording, "Low rent?"
The old thief said: "The taxes in the Tang Dynasty are not low, but those people can evade taxes, and the emperor will turn a blind eye. If farmers take their own fields as slaves, they only need to pay half of the taxes..."
···That day was naturally different.”
"The fields and population belong to those people, and the taxes also belong to those people, but it is the Tang Dynasty that is losing money!" Jin Yiwei shook his head, lowered his head and continued.
Record.
"Who says it's not the case!" The old guard smiled bitterly, "Even I saw this at the time. If those people were allowed to annex the land and absorb the population, the Tang Dynasty would decline sooner or later. But who cares!"
"What happened next?" Jin Yiwei, who was recording, asked.
"Later, those people asked someone to give a message to the filial emperor, and he relented." Tsk!
The old guard praised: "Just thinking about that scene, I can think of the majestic figure of the Emperor. He is worthy of His Majesty's Aye!" "The Emperor flatly refused." The old guard lamented: "How many of those people are there?"
After trying many times to no avail, I found the clan."
imperial clan?
Wang Laoer said in confusion: "Let the clan persuade you to be filial to the emperor?" "No!" The old guard shook his head, "It's a stabbing!"
Another old guard coughed dryly, "I witnessed what happened next with my own eyes..." "Then, tell me."
"That year, someone found Lao Xiang and Wang Laofu standing guard outside the study, and heard them talking inside...
"The man said, Your Majesty is trying to break our foundation. Does the clan want to just sit back and watch? King Xiang just laughed. The man said, Your Majesty is your Majesty's younger brother. Your Majesty values it very much. If Your Majesty takes action, this matter will definitely be resolved.
reverse.
King Lao Xiang sneered and said, why should I take action? The man smiled very reservedly and asked King Lao Xiang, what does the king want? Fields? It is easy to say, one hundred hectares of fertile land, but without slaves, what will the king do with these fields?
use?"
This is inducement to gain!
Moreover, it happened to scratch the itch of Lao Xiang Wang Li Duo.
"The king wants money? It's easy to say, one million dollars. As long as the king nods, the money will be quietly sent to the treasury and then transferred to the name of the person designated by the king."
The vault can store money and can be exchanged for gold and silver.
"The king bargained with that man and finally settled on one hundred and thirty hectares of fertile land and one and a half million yuan." The man in Jinyiwei's record raised his head with a solemn gaze, "So, what did King Xiang do?"
"That day..." The old guard squinted his eyes, as if he was remembering something.
"That day, King Lao Xiang entered the palace and met Emperor Xiaojing. The two exchanged a few words, and then King Lao Xiang went to see the empress. After returning, King Lao Xiang was drinking in the study, and I was on duty outside.
Listen to him talking to his staff in the study..."
Everyone listened with bated breath.
The old guard probably had an itchy cheek, so he wanted to rub it with his shoulder. When he didn't touch it several times, he twisted his cheek to relieve the itching.
"King Lao Xiang said that your plan is quite good. The emperor and the empress are two strong men. Knowing that the prince is ambitious, even if they doubt whether this is true or not, power is so charming that they will involuntarily be suspicious of the prince. The staff said
"The important thing about this matter is not the emperor's suspicion, but the worry."
"Prince Lao Xiang asked, you said this... That's right. The prince said that after he ascends the throne, he will take action against the big families. The emperor and empress know that this matter is serious. If they could take action, the two of them would have done it.
If he takes action, where will he get the prince? Therefore, the emperor and empress must be worried. In this way, this matter should be suppressed. Not only should this matter be suppressed... but also, from now on, the emperor and empress will feel that the prince...
·Instability, this is the biggest gain."
The old thief felt a chill run down his spine.
"A few days later, the emperor and the empress came to court and jointly suppressed the matter. Later I learned that the filial emperor went to the empress to defend himself, but was scolded..."
The old guard said: "Old King Xiang entered the palace that day to find out what the empress said." "He stabbed the emperor in filial piety!" the old thief sighed.
"It hurts so much!" Wang Laoer stuffed a piece of dried meat into his mouth and chewed it.
····
When the old thief left Sanyuan County, people immediately stared at King Xiang and his entourage.
"We can't let them run away, but I'm afraid you won't dare to take action, second child! "Why me?"
"I have to rush back to Chang'an to report to Your Majesty, how about you go to Chang'an?" "No, no!"
The mother-in-law at home was nagging, so Wang Laoer wanted to hang out outside for a while longer.
"Then quickly go find King Xiang! Watch him and don't let him escape. If he
If you want to run, take it immediately!"
The old thief galloped all the way back to Chang'an, and immediately asked to see the emperor.
When he saw the emperor, he was reading the memorial, but the old thief felt a little impatient. "How?" The emperor threw away the memorial in his hand.
"Your Majesty, I and the second child..."
As the old thief told the story, the emperor's face gradually became cold.
········It was King Lao Xiang who made slanderous remarks to the emperor and empress and stabbed the filial emperor."
"Although Aye was dissatisfied with the clan back then, he was never mean and would drink with them from time to time. I didn't expect it!" The old thief said: "I have asked my second son to follow King Xiang. Your Majesty, do you want to do something?"
"Get King Xiang!" "Take the order!"
The emperor walked out of the hall and suddenly felt his shoulders relaxed.
When approaching Chang'an, Xiao Lin and others caught up with Prince Xiang's family. "How?" Prince Xiang asked.
Xiao Lin's face was flushed by the spring breeze, and he whispered: "Damn you, you villain, you are one step late."
"Idiot!" King Xiang whipped Xiao Lin in the face, and Xiao Lin howled miserably, "The villain deserves to die!" "Who took them away?" asked the crown prince Li Zhen.
"Jia Ren and Wang Laoer!" Xiao Lin said, covering his face.
"That's the emperor's confidant!" King Xiang's body shook, "Something is wrong!" Li Zhen looked pale, "He...how dare he... Aye, you are his
uncle!"
"Uncle? The one from Shu is still his cousin!" King Xiang sneered: "We can't just sit there and wait for death. Let's go now!" "Where are you going?"
"Sichuan!"
At this moment, what King Xiang regrets the most is to return to Guanzhong. If he had stayed in Shu, he would still be at ease at this moment. The group turned around...
After walking less than half a mile, dozens of riders in front blocked the way.
The leading man chewed the dried meat and said nonchalantly: "Where are you going, Your Majesty?" "Lao Er Wang!"
King Xiang said: "I have something urgent to go to Fengzhou... First go to Fengzhou, and then look for an opportunity to escape into Shu."
"Please, Your Majesty, wait for a few days." Wang Laoer said.
"What do you mean?" King Xiang was furious, "I am the elder of the clan, and your majesty is my nephew. Do you dare to stop me?" "How about going back to Chang'an first?" Wang Laoer pointed at Chang'an City.
said.
"Make way!" King Xiang said coldly.
"Why not?" Mr. Wang pressed the handle of the knife with both hands. "I will let you know what a clan elder is!" King Xiang raised his whip...
"Someone is coming."
Hundreds of horses galloped along the official road. The leader turned out to be...
"It's Lin Feibao!"
Lin Feibao rode over, and King Xiang forced a smile and said: "I am loyal to Your Majesty..."
"Your Majesty has come a long way to work hard. Your Majesty has been waiting in Chang'an for a long time." Lin Feibao sneered and said: "Take it!" In the first month of the first year of Yongde, the emperor ordered the Qiu Long Guard to capture Xiang Wang Li Chang who had just returned from Shu.