Chapter 864 Have you ever seen a father betray his son?
After Li Yuan ascended the throne, Jianyun Temple almost became the largest sect in the Tang Dynasty, and the temple's leader Chang Shengyin became the leader of Fangwai.
Of course, I'm talking about status here.
What followed was a large amount of land and population. The disciples who had previously concentrated on cultivation also became stewards and managed the huge profits.
Flowers decorate the brocade, and the fire cooks the oil!
With its huge power and influence on the court, even aristocratic families have to give Jianyun Temple some face.
But what I didn't expect was that in Northern Xinjiang, there was a person who slapped Jianyunguan's so-called face to the ground and stepped on him several times.
I say it is, then, it is!
When he said this, Yang Xuan held the sword with one hand and his eyes were contemptuous.
Come on, let's have a look.
The next moment, the head was cut off with a horizontal knife.
Li Zheng gritted his teeth and lowered his head.
The person in front of him is the Lord of Northern Xinjiang. According to the internal analysis of Jianyun Temple, Zuo Shao of the Tang Dynasty said that it will take several hundred years, and Yang Xuan will not dare to rebel no matter how courageous he is.
Therefore, when he, the royal family and the envoy of Jianyunguan, arrived in northern Xinjiang, Yang Xuan did not dare to do anything.
However, at this moment, Li Zheng knew that everyone had wrongly guessed Yang Xuan's courage.
This man is like a fierce tiger. Whenever he feels threatened, no matter who you are, he will dare to bite you.
Where is the emperor?
This thought flashed through Li Zheng's mind.
"take away!"
Yang Xuan waved his hand.
There is no point in killing Li Zheng. According to the previous analysis, the relationship between this man and Chang Sheng is very subtle. They are obviously a group of people, but they are secretly trying to undermine each other.
Therefore, Yang Xuan planned to imprison Li Zheng for a few days before driving him out of northern Xinjiang.
He Lianyan shouted: "According to the roster, arrest people and confiscate their homes!"
The powerful men looked pale, and someone shouted: "Deputy Envoy Yang, spare your life!"
Yang Xuan walked over, panting heavily and smiling fawningly. But his eyes were a little cold.
This is inertia. In their eyes, Yang Xuan is just a country boy who rises like a meteor. They have seen this kind of people many times, and their rise and fall are also sudden.
He can't stand it for a few years.
"I gave you a chance. Last time, I just lowered the price of food and didn't take action.
At that time, I was thinking that this was a beating and a warning.
I think you should know your priorities and take the overall situation into consideration.
But now it seems that I was wrong.
In your eyes, the so-called overall situation is your selfish desires.
This time, I still gave you the opportunity to wait. The refugees were crying for food, and even the beggars donated the pancakes they begged for, but you waited at home, drinking wine, eating delicious food, and watching the fun.
Okay! Don’t worry about watching the excitement, someone actually passed the news among the refugees, saying that northern Xinjiang is about to run out of food, and then they will drive you away..."
"No!" A strong man shouted in despair: "Deputy Envoy Yang, no, I was wrong!"
"It's okay to wait and see. After all, everyone has different choices. I'm not a god, so I can't interfere." Yang Xuan waved.
"Bring it here!"
Several big men with bruises and swollen faces were brought over.
"Deputy Commander Yang, spare your life!"
"These people were caught on the first day they spread the word, but I still didn't take action. I was thinking, if anyone can wake up, open their granary, cook some batter to satisfy the hunger of the refugees who are also from the Tang Dynasty, then I will
Let bygones be bygones."
Yang Xuan shook his head, "But I waited and waited, but what I waited for got worse.
The people from Jianyunguan are here. What are they here for? They are here to seduce you. They want to see my northern Xinjiang destroyed by drought.
Then you set off waves within Northern Xinjiang, cooperated with Chang'an, and cooperated with the Northern Liao people to completely destroy our Northern Xinjiang.
It's tolerable, but what can't be tolerated! Come on!"
"exist!"
Uda came forward with his guards.
"Owner!"
Yang Xuan pointed at these powerful men and said, "Kill them and hang their heads outside the gates of each house. If they want to show off their lintels, then hang their heads above the lintels and see what will happen to them!"
"Take your orders!"
Uda drew his sword.
"Deputy Commander Yang, spare your life!"
"Deputy Envoy Yang, I will open a position immediately!"
"Deputy Ambassador Yang, I am willing to donate the food at home!"
Yang Xuan smiled, "Repent?"
The powerful men nodded wildly.
"Sorry!"
"I swear, from now on I will go wherever Deputy Yang tells me. If I take even one step wrong, my whole family will die without a burial place."
"Deputy Envoy Yang, please spare your life! I will donate my family property when I return. I have a daughter, who is fifteen years old, and I would like to donate it to Deputy Envoy Yang. I'm sorry!"
Yang Xuan shook his head, "It's too late!"
The sword flashed and the head rolled to the ground.
There was still a look of astonishment on his face.
A strong man struggled and cursed: "Yang Gou, I curse you to die a good death! The gods are above, please send down thunder to kill this beast!"
Wu Da came over and raised his knife.
Whoosh!
Heads rolled down.
The surroundings were eerily quiet.
Sun Xian and Lin Qian stood together, feeling their hands and feet cold.
"He...he did it!"
Sun Xian murmured: "He's crazy, he's crazy!"
Lin Qian was trembling, "Fortunately, we are not dating Li Zheng. That person is just a bastard. Let's go, let's go quickly!"
Carts were going to the granary one after another. Yelvshu came, but he didn't dare to show his face.
When he saw Yang Xuan being escorted into the Jiedu Envoy's Mansion, he came to ask for an audience.
Seeing him bending down slightly, which was completely different from his previous high-spirited attitude, the attendant asked, "Alang, why is this happening?"
"I've always been a little arrogant, thinking that this food shortage is all thanks to me. But I'm wrong. Those powerful families have tons of food. He only needs to kill a group of powerful people to solve the problem."
"No crime!"
"He said that Jianyun Temple was crooked and evil, and used this as an excuse to kill those powerful people. Do you think this is a crime?"
Yelvshu was really scared, "He said yes, so it must be! Do you understand?"
"Then let's go back! Go back to Daliao!"
"Can Daliao serve as an official for me?"
Ye Lushu said coldly: "No! I said that whoever works for me as an official and makes me earn more money is my mother-in-law!"
If you have money, you are a father!
If you have breasts, you are a mother!
The minds of these people were firmly controlled by Yang Xuan.
When he saw Yang Xuan, he was drinking tea.
Different from the murderous look before, at this moment he looked like a young man sitting around with nothing to do.
But when he raised his eyebrows, Yelvshu's heart trembled, and he quickly knelt down and said, "I've met the master."
"Is the road difficult to walk?"
Yang Xuan asked lightly.
"Good going, good going!" Yelvshu said.
"I know it's not easy to walk." Yang Xuan took a glass of water, took a sip, and said comfortably: "We have to avoid the main roads along the way. We can only go to remote places. If we encounter deep pits, we have to take detours. If we encounter rough terrain, we have to take detours."
The ground still needs to slow down...
When you encounter scouts, you have to deal with them carefully, and even bribe them, or even... kill them."
Yang Xuan pointed to Yelvshu, "This journey is not easy!"
Ye Lushu thought it was a beating, but unexpectedly it was a heart-to-heart comfort. He couldn't help crying, "Master!"
He knelt there, crying with tears streaming down his face.
When he came to Taoxian County, he was very confident and felt that he was the savior of Beijiang and Yang Xuan. But when he saw the mighty motorcade, he was dumbfounded.
It turns out that without my smuggling, Northern Xinjiang could have overcome this difficulty.
His complacency was wiped out by a slap in the face.
The rest is panic and fear.
He looked up at Yang Xuan, his eyes filled with awe.
He is scared!
"Why!"
Yang Xuan came over and said, "Get up."
"Owner!"
Yelvshu hugged his ankles and lay on his feet crying, his tears and nose staining the uppers of his shoes.
have to!
This pair of shoes is scrapped.
In the eyes of the officials and nobles, businessmen are nothing but bitches. In the Northern Liao Dynasty, Yelvshu was a wealthy businessman, but in the eyes of the officials and nobles, he was just an idiot. If he had not been good at dancing in recent years, his property would have been embezzled long ago.
Already.
But Yang Xuan gave him dignity and respect.
How could this not move Yelüshu?
Later, Yelvshu resigned.
Jiang He'er said: "Is this person considered loyal?"
"Not really." Yang Xuan said: "It's not an exaggeration to say that this person is greedy for profit.
As for the so-called loyalty, it is based on my ability to satisfy his desires.
When I cannot satisfy his desires, he will not hesitate to find the next master for himself.
What is the bottom line of a wealthy businessman? Desire! Human desires are endless, so there is no lower limit to the bottom line..."
Jiang He'er said "oh" and glanced at Yang Xuan, thinking that Ye Lushu's performance was all in vain!
"But he was really crying!"
Jiang He'er watched Ye Lushu's cry with genuine affection.
"He was frightened by my ability to kill powerful people... Even powerful people can be killed, and a powerful businessman can be destroyed with just a flip of his hand. He thought I could beat him, but he didn't expect me to comfort him. The surprise came too quickly, and the fear was vented immediately.
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"Ah!" Jiang He'er didn't expect that there were such methods, "Lang Jun, what is this called?"
"Hit a stick and give me a date. Isn't it a good idea?" Yang Xuan was in a good mood and played tricks with Xiao He'er.
"good!"
Following this voice, Liu Qing walked in.
"Mr. Liu."
Yang Xuan stood up.
"Someone is frightened." Liu Qing said: "An official from the Jiedushi Mansion was crying loudly just now and said that he wanted to find you to confess his feelings..."
Confess your feelings... Yang Xuan: "..."
Liu Qing sat down and Jiang Heer said, "I'm going to make tea."
"No, let's go now." Liu Qing waved his hand, then looked at Yang Xuan, "If you move your hands, you won't be able to be as calm as before."
"You mean powerful people?"
Liu Qing nodded, "Last time you purged powerful people in Dengzhou, you could use the excuse that you were acting on orders, and the emperor would take the blame for you. But this time you killed the powerful people in Northern Xinjiang, and it will be difficult to cooperate with them in the future.
"
Yang Xuan said: "Actually, you also know that they and I are not from the same group."
Liu Qing sighed, "I know that, but I always hope that you can follow the path of your predecessors. After all, it's not easy. That's all."
He stood up from the desk, and Yang Xuan stood up and gave him a hand.
Liu Qing pressed his hand and said with a smile: "I could do this back then, old man!"
Yang Xuan pointed to his temple, "It is the body that is old. Here, you will always be young."
"No, I can still control three girls at night!"
Jiang Heer secretly despised Lao Liu for his shamelessness and boasting.
Liu Qing smiled and nodded to the officials along the way.
The old thief entered the duty room and said, "Lang Jun, there was a guest from Mr. Liu earlier. He is tired of traveling. The Jin Yiwei said that this person is from Chang'an."
"Why didn't Jin Yiwei tell you directly instead of telling you? I'm afraid there is some problem with that person's identity!"
Yang Xuan took a sip of tea seemingly casually.
"Yes." The old thief said, "That person is an official in Zhongshu, and he is an official of the emperor's faction."
"What else?" Yang Xuan looked at the water stains on the table.
"This person comes to see you as an old friend of Mr. Liu."
Yang Xuan was silent for a moment, "Let's go!"
"yes!"
The old thief resigned.
Outside, Jie Long was waiting. When he saw him coming out, he asked in a low voice: "How is it?"
Jin Yiwei discovered that this person's identity was wrong, but because of the relationship between Liu Qing and Yang Xuan, he did not dare to report it directly, so he entrusted an old thief to take action.
The old thief glanced at Liu Qing's room attendant and shook his head, "I don't care!"
Jielong sighed, "I know."
Liu Qing returned to his room.
In the check-in room, a middle-aged man wearing a green shirt and a messy beard was eating biscuits. When he saw him come back, because there was food in his mouth, he said vaguely: "I have been an old friend for many years, so you should invite me to go."
Have a meal, then go to a brothel to watch the singing and dancing, and find a gent to sleep with. Hey! This is the reunion after a long separation!"
Liu Qing came in with a smile, "If I go to a brothel, I will attract onlookers."
The man smiled and said, "Aren't you afraid that you won't be able to go home?"
The two smiled at each other.
The man's name is Qin Yue, and he and Liu Qing were colleagues back then.
"If you are not working in Zhongshu, what are you doing in Northern Xinjiang?" Liu Qing waved his hand and motioned for the junior official to leave.
Qin Yue waited for the minor official to go out, then said: "You are now... I look at it. In just a short while, many officials will come looking for you. Are you taking care of the affairs of Northern Xinjiang?"
Liu Qing smiled and said, "It's just a hard life."
There was something special in Qin Yue's eyes, "Many people say that Yang Xuan is the Lord of Northern Territory, but now it seems that the Lord of Northern Territory is your brother!"
"Just kidding." Liu Qing smiled.
Qin Yue coughed dryly, "We have been friends for many years, and I don't want to beat around the bush with you. To be honest, how loyal are you to the Tang Dynasty?"
This question was abrupt and excessive.
But Liu Qing said seriously: "Ten points."
Qin Yue breathed a sigh of relief, took out an oil paper bag from his arms, and opened it carefully.
"This is..." He pointed in the direction of Chang'an, "This is a secret order for your brother."
"Oh!" Liu Qing said with a smile, "What does this mean?"
Qin Yue looked at him carefully and found that there was no sarcasm or anger. He felt relieved and said: "Chang'an knows that your brother is loyal to the Tang Dynasty and to His Majesty. But Northern Xinjiang is in the hands of Yang Xuan, and you have to endure the humiliation and bear the heavy burden for the sake of the Tang Dynasty.
The Tang Dynasty still has the possibility of overthrow in northern Xinjiang."
This is treating me as a detail... Liu Qing coughed dryly, "Secret order?"
Qin Yue unfolded his will and said, "You see for yourself, Your Majesty will pardon your brother. The day Yang Xuan is defeated will be the day when you rise to prominence. Above the court, there is one of the six ministers! I am envious of you!"
He looked at Liu Qing, "Yang Xuan has gone against the grain, and now he is killing powerful people. You should know that once powerful people join forces, what will happen to Yang Xuan? As long as you nod your head now, what happens to Yang Xuan in the future has nothing to do with you."
No matter who it is, I will be tempted!
"Six Books."
"yes."
"I'm really tempted." Liu Qing smiled, "When I came to Northern Xinjiang, I was full of complaints. As long as someone speaks up, without a high official or a generous salary, a county lieutenant in Guanzhong can make me flock to you."
At that time, Northern Xinjiang was a pit!
"Even three years ago, as the governor of Chenzhou, I would have been willing to return to Guanzhong and be a county magistrate. Now I am the Minister of the Six Books!"
Liu Qing sighed, "But I can't!"
Qin Yue was startled, "Old Liu, are you confused?"
"I'm confused?"
Liu Qing stroked his beard and said with deep eyes, "Zitai never hesitates when he goes on an expedition or travels. He knows that I will take good care of Taoxian and Northern Xinjiang for him.
I think this is what it should be.
He didn't say anything even when he came back, still feeling that this was the right thing to do. Do you know why?"
Qin Yue felt lost, "I don't know."
"When I first met Zitai, I noticed that he looked a bit like my child who died in infancy, so I took more care of him.
Gradually, I feel that this kind of care has become a habit.
When I hear bad news about him, I will be worried and restless.
Hearing his good news, I was secretly happy. I went home later and drank some fine wine, clapping the table and singing. It was so refreshing! So refreshing!"
Qin Yue: "..."
Liu Qing said softly: "I treat him as my own son, and he also treats me as Aye...
Lao Qin, have you ever seen a father betray his son?"