Chapter 194 Forced to Liangshan (For I Want to Live for Decades 1)
Yang Xuan returned to the reverse journey, a little excited because he drank some wine.
"Lang Jun, I went to inquire. Among the officials who support the closure of Taiping trade, the leader is Han Li, who joined the army." The old thief had worked hard all day, and there was something wrong with his eyes.
"How are your eyes?" Yang Xuan thought it was because of the flickering candlelight that his eyesight was dazzled.
"The villain pretended to be blind today and felt his bones. After pretending for a long time, his eyes couldn't roll down." The old thief said and rolled his eyes, then rolled his eyes down, but the pupils were a little out of center.
"Don't pretend to be blind in the future." Yang Xuan himself also tried to pretend to be blind, and his eyes were so painful, "Han Li is the leader... This person has never been very friendly to me. By the way, what is his relationship with the businessmen?"
"We got very close and said we often drank together..."
"For officials, businessmen are like rivers. If you often walk by the river, how can your shoes not get wet?" Yang Xuan sneered, "Write a letter of report and throw it into the state."
"Report for what?"
"Han Li joined the army and accepted huge bribes from businessmen."
As the old thief did this, he quietly went outside the house that night and threw the letter into the gate.
Yang Xuan lay on the bed and yawned.
"Don't reach out, otherwise you will be caught!"
On the second day, Yang Xuan had nothing to do, so he took people around the city.
As soon as the front door of the state house opened, the doorman lowered his head and said, "Hey! Why is there a letter?"
He picked up the letter and saw Han Li coming in, "Han Canjun is here just in time. Please bear witness to this villain."
"What's the matter?" Han Li looked pale and his eyes were bloodshot.
The doorman raised the letter and said, "The villain opened the door just now and saw this letter. He has never opened it and asked Han Canjun to testify."
Then more and more officials came in.
"Take it apart and take a look." Han Li held back a yawn.
Menzi then opened the letter and said, "I don't know who did it. Why can't I wait until daytime to deliver it in?"
When Han Li saw Liu Qing outside who was about to come in, he raised his voice and said, "I've seen the envoy."
Menzi had already opened the letter and said loudly: "The villain is reporting..."
It is indeed a report letter.
In the middle of the night, he secretly threw the letter into the gate of the state house. There was nothing else except the letter of accusation.
Liu Qing came over, and Han Li handed over his hand: "Your Majesty, someone happened to have a report letter, and I was thinking... This matter has not happened in Chenzhou for many years. I don't know who is reporting it."
Liu Qing hummed.
Menzi continued to read: "Recording events and joining the army, Han Li."
The smile on Han Li's face suddenly froze, and his lips trembled, "Your Majesty, this is a slander...a false accusation."
"Han Li had close contacts with wealthy merchants in Chenzhou. They had banquets together many times... and even privately accepted bribes from businessmen..."
"Your Majesty." Menzi didn't dare to say it anymore.
Han Liqiang smiled.
Liu Qing looked at him and said expressionlessly: "Have you accepted it?"
Han Li smiled and said: "I'm sorry... this is a false accusation."
Liu Qing said coldly: "I asked you whether you have received any money from businessmen? Yes, or not!"
Han Li trembled and said, "Xiaoguan... It was difficult to refuse the kindness of those merchants. I wanted to avoid offending anyone, so I took some money."
Liu Qing's expression changed.
Han Li hurriedly said: "But the money has been donated to the orphanage in the city."
Liu Qing said calmly: "Check!"
Then all the officials came out.
Yang Xuan wandered around the city and found a restaurant for dinner at noon.
There were only a few idle men drinking in the wine shop.
"What do guests eat?"
The guy came over.
The idle men glanced at Yang Xuan and others and continued to brag.
“Can we have mutton soup?”
"Yes, the bone soup I made from last night, and the chopped lamb, which is fat and tender."
"Come here, please."
This is considered a semi-high roller, the guy responded loudly.
Yang Xuan sat down, and the old thief looked at the indoor environment as a habit. Wang Laoer asked: "Old thief, what are you looking at?"
The old thief said: "Let me see if there is a separate room."
"Mezzanine?"
"Yeah." The old thief looked confident, "Some tombs seem to contain corpses and burials, but they are just fake. The real owner of the tomb is next door."
"It's time to eat! Stop talking about this." Yang Xuan felt a headache after hearing this.
Uda and others were waiting outside. According to the rules of the guards, they could only eat dry food.
The dry food is good, at least much richer and more delicious than when they were in the tribe.
The waiter came out with a plate with several bowls of steaming mutton soup.
"Hurry, one bowl per person."
Uda was surprised, "I don't want it."
The waiter said: "The people inside ordered it for you."
Wu Da glanced at Yang Xuan inside and silently served a bowl of mutton soup.
The others each took a bowl and squatted there, taking a mouthful of mutton soup and a mouthful of pancakes. Finally, they threw the pancakes in to soak them until soft, and then ate them with a slurp.
A guard touched his belly and said, "What we ate before is what we eat now. The master treats us well."
Uda shook his head, "It doesn't matter what you eat. Do you remember what the leader ate and what we ate?"
The guard said: "The leader used to make mutton and beef. We would be very grateful if we had meat to eat occasionally."
Uda said: "What now?"
After everyone thought about it, someone said: "Now... we will eat whatever the master eats."
Wu Da handed the empty bowl to his men and said seriously: "In the past, the leader treated us as cattle and horses, but now the master treats us as human beings, as his own people. What should we do?"
The guards were silent, but their eyes were bright.
Two idle men rushed into the wine shop
"Han Li is in trouble."
The idle men were feeling bored, and someone asked: "How is he?"
When someone came to look at the drinks they were drinking, one of the idle men said grandly: "Just drink."
The visitor then sat down, drank a bowl of wine first, and said happily: "Someone reported Han Li this morning, saying that he accepted bribes from businessmen."
The old thief glanced at Yang Xuan.
That happened.
"Then Han Li is in trouble, isn't he?"
"Han Li said that the money had already been donated, but when I checked later, it turned out that it was actually donated yesterday."
grass!
The old thief was a little annoyed.
"Calm down." Yang Xuan glanced at him, "He is not the only one who has accepted bribes from businessmen. If we really want to argue, Chenzhou officials may take half of it."
After capturing half of the government, how will the remaining officials support political operations?
"His reputation is already bad. It would be better to kill people and punish his heart." The old thief praised: "Lang Jun calmly set a trap for him."
Yang Xuan took a sip of the mutton soup and tasted it happily, "It doesn't matter whether I can get him or not, I still value those businessmen."
The old thief is puzzled.
Yang Xuan put down his chopsticks, "After Han Li escaped, he will definitely wonder who did it. Who could it be?"
The old thief became happy when he thought about it, "Businessman! He will definitely think that it was the businessmen who reported it."
Yang Xuan stood up and said, "Let's go."
Wang Laoer asked: "Old thief, what will happen to those businessmen?"
"Han Li will take revenge, and those merchants will suffer heavy losses, and then they will hate Han Li in turn. Haha! Lang Jun found opponents for each of them with a letter. How wonderful!"
But the important thing is that those businessmen offended Han Li, but Han Li did not fall...
"Before Han Li fell, those businessmen did not dare and would not return to Chenzhou. This method..." The old thief quickly took out a pamphlet and charcoal and recorded it with concentration.
After recording it, he went to ask for advice with salivation on his face, "Mr. Lang, what's this plan?"
"A plan to divorce."
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Han Li's face was pale at the moment, and only his confidants were in the room.
"Fortunately, the money was disposed of in time, otherwise..."
My heart sighed.
"Who did this?" After Han Li escaped, he immediately began to think about this matter.
The confidant said: "Mostly those businessmen."
That's right.
Han Li thought so too.
"Those bitchy dog slaves were worried about my revenge, so they struck first. What a cruel method!"
Han Li smiled evilly, "These bitch slaves have done a lot of tax evasion in the past. If you go and investigate, I will punish them and it will make them feel bad!"
Immediately, a wave of justice swept through Chenzhou.
When the tax evasion of those wealthy businessmen was discovered, Liu Qing was furious and immediately ordered them to pay the taxes and impose fines.
Not long after those businessmen arrived in Taiping, they received bad news.
"Lang Jun, Han Li was reported for accepting bribes." the person said.
"Hiss!" Jin Qiao took a breath, "Who reported it? What happened to Han Li?"
"Han Li donated all his money."
"What a decisive Han Li!"
"I'm afraid he did this himself!"
"Yes, in order to eliminate future troubles, he first donated the money and then reported himself. Who can use this matter to blackmail him in the future? How cruel!"
"Lang Jun, our shop has been sealed, and our goods have also been sealed. We are told that we have to pay back taxes and be punished."
Hong Yazhi's body shook, "Where are the officials who took our bribes? Han Li... why didn't anyone tell them in advance?"
The visitor said: "It was Han Li who reported it!"
"Old dog!" Wang Min's face was ashen. "He saw us coming to Taiping and thought that there would be less bribes in the future, so he took revenge. What an old dog."
"No!" Jin Qiao shook his head and calmed down, "After we come to Taiping, will we still give money to Han Li and others in the future?"
"Definitely not."
"Han Li still has to worry that we will report him for taking bribes in the future."
Jin Qiao nodded, "Although we don't know how to do it, high-ranking officials like Han Li are afraid of what may happen. So he first asked people to report him for taking bribes, and then retaliated against us. Such justice completely eliminated future troubles."
"..."
A group of businessmen hated Han Li to the core, and then discussed for a long time.
"We have no way out. We will bring peace to all our businesses when we turn back."
"That's fine, but weren't we a bit arrogant when we dealt with Yang Xuan before?"
"That's right, that's the case. Please ask to see you later."
Yang Xuan stayed in Lin'an for three days before returning.
"Yi Niang! Yi Niang!"
Wang Laoer rushed into the backyard and shouted happily.
"Shouting the soul!"
Yi Niang was making clothes and said angrily.
Zhang Siniang was helping, studying along the way, covering her mouth and snickering.
"Yiniang!"
Wang Laoer rushed in and placed a large baggage heavily on the table.
When I opened the bag, it was all dried meat.
Wang Laoer looked at Yi Niang like a treasure, "Look!"
Yi Niang smiled and said: "Then take it and put it away and eat slowly."
Wang Laoer pushed the baggage over and said, "Yiniang, here it is for you to eat."
Yi Niang shook her head, "How could I eat so much?"
"You put it aside and eat it slowly."
Wang Laoer is very stubborn.
"Okay, okay, Fourth Lady, put it away and I'll eat it slowly."
Only then did Wang Laoer go out satisfied.
Then his loud voice sounded in the yard again.
"The king is here, Yi Niang put away the dried meat."
King Wei who just came in had black lines all over his head.
Yang Xuan smiled and said: "The second one is honest."
King Wei sneered, "You want to say that I care about his dried meat?"
"Zitai." Li Han looked at the trees in the yard with his hands behind his hands, "The merchants are here, but the merchants are after profits. If Lin'an offers better conditions, they will also switch to Lin'an. We must be cautious about this matter. I
I think the best way is to support local businessmen to grow bigger."
"The main thing is to open up trade routes." King Wei seemed to have thought about this matter, "Those wealthy merchants have their own ways, and newcomers have to adapt step by step."
"Mr. Lang, some businessmen came outside and asked to see you for something."
Li Han said calmly: "I came here following the taste. This is to test Zitai's attitude. If he is cordial, they will take the next step. Your Majesty..."
"I said at the beginning that you shouldn't beg them. Businessmen are all cheap. If you beg them, they will crawl along the pole." King Wei sneered, "However, it is not a problem for me to kill a few businessmen."
Yang Xuan coughed dryly and said, "Let them in."
Businessmen came in.
Everyone stood with their hands tied.
This gesture is wrong! Li Han: "..."
King Wei pressed the hilt of his sword, sincerely wanting to kill a few businessmen for fun, but then he would accuse them of being agents of foreign tribes.
This reason doesn't seem very appropriate, but Zitai and Li Han are both smart people, so let them think of a reason.
"Everyone, this is..." Yang Xuan said with a smile: "Is it because Taiping did not treat us well?"
Jin Qiao raised her eyes and glanced at Yang Xuan. Yang Xuan just came back today and must have known about the grievances between Han Li and them. He was still smiling at this moment. This...
This is a smiling tiger!
I used to be too arrogant.
"Peace is great, but I don't know if I can sell some land to villains."
Yang Xuan said calmly: "Old Cao."
Cao Ying responded: "The official is here."
"Is there any?"
"Yes, but..." Cao Ying saw a hint of contempt in her husband's expression, so she followed suit.
"Selling is possible."
Selling land is also a source of wealth, but the land in Taiping is worthless, which is better than nothing. However, Cao Ying thought of Yang Xuan's attitude and planned to ask for the price later.
"It's easy to talk about, and the price is easy to talk about!" Jin Qiao felt like his chest was broken.
this……
Cao Ying seemed to hear the sound of a bamboo stick.
He smiled and said: "Don't force it."
"Don't force it, never force it."
Jin Qiao said respectfully: "After the house is built, I plan to move my family here. From now on, I will be considered a Taiping man, and I will ask the Ming government to take care of it."
"It's easy to say, just follow the rules and no one will make things difficult for you."
"yes."
Hong Yazhi suddenly said, "I see that the county house is quite dilapidated, which shows that the Ming Dynasty is clean. But this is the facade of Taiping after all. I want to donate some money for the repair of the county house."
King Wei glanced at Li Han.
Did these businessmen take the wrong medicine?
Since someone donates money, if you don’t take it, it will be free!
Everyone thinks so.
But Yang Xuan said calmly: "The appearance of Taiping is the clothes worn by Taiping people, the food in the bowl, and the expression on the face, but it is not an official office."
He actually refused.
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Thanks to the Silver League of "I Want to Live for Decades" for the reward, and wish you good health.