At the same time, in the Yang family's mansion in Xinyi Fang, Yang Guoguan, the secret envoy of the Imperial Council, was alone in his study. He was silently looking at a pile of cc'ed cipher text, and in his hand he was playing with an old yellow and white handbag with a vaguely beautiful pattern.
Even the needlework and tassels on the sachet have faded and become threadless.
Although it seemed to be only a few thin pieces of paper, it represented with ease the recent series of events in Beijing centered on the seizure of the Shangshan Temple incident; as well as interrogation records and copies of confessions of relevant persons; it also made him think that it was over.
The dusty old events have stirred up trouble again.
There were Taoist sects of the Tang Dynasty, and among the people, the Lingbao sect and Louguan Taoism handed down from the Southern and Northern Dynasties were the main ones; but the most respected by the royal family of Li and Tang Dynasty was the Qing sect of Maoshan, and the high Taoists who had been canonized and supported by the imperial court in the past dynasties, such as Wang Yuanzhi,
Pan Shizheng, Sima Chengzhen and others all came from the Maoshan Sect of the Shangqing Sect.
Among them are the Louguan Taoist Qihui who raised troops in Taiyuan for Emperor Gaozu of the Tang Dynasty and created the prophecy that "Li's family will conquer the world", and the tenth generation leader of the Maoshan Sect Wang Zhiyuan. When Emperor Taizong was still the King of Qin,
The people built a momentum to claim the emperor's status, and were able to keep the palace prosperous for generations.
In addition, there is the Nantianshi Taoism/Zhengyi sect, which was revitalized by the descendants of the Zhang family in Longhu Mountain, Jiangxi; there are also emerging Taoist sects such as Deng Ziyang in Magu Mountain who teaches the "Tianpeng Method" and establishes the concept of Chuangbeidi Sect.
Branches. The Tower Viewing Road uses knotted grass as the building to observe the stars and the wind, so it is famous as the Tower Viewing.
Generations have respected Yin Xi, who was taught the Tao Te Ching by Lao Dan during the Spring and Autumn Period, as the founder and founder of Laozi's Hushu theory. His works include "Laozi Huahu Jing", "Laozi's Western Ascension Jing", "Laozi's Kaitian Jing" and "Laozi's Kaitian Jing".
"Miao Zhen Sutra" and other works have been handed down from generation to generation, and the name of Miao Zhen Dharma Master of Shangshan Temple originated from this.
When it was passed down to the founder Yin Wenchao, he was granted the honorary title of Master Yinqing Guanglu and the National Master by Emperor Gaozong of the Tang Dynasty. He also ordered the construction of Haotian Temple as a Taoist temple. Therefore, Miaozhen himself was the contemporary leader of Louguan Taoism and the junior disciple of the master of Haotian Temple. However, he
He behaves privately, but there is no Taoist style of quietness and inaction.
If he is just setting up a private execution hall, amassing money, hiding criminals and shielding fugitives, and even using his own influence and transportation to infiltrate the scum of the judiciary, and engaging in private fraud to seek escape from crime, then it is just a personal crime.
It is a matter of personal ethics; it will never have such a big impact.
However, according to the current evidence provided by Xijingli Xingyuan, he was not only secretly spying on and collecting court secrets in the capital, but also secretly communicated with many princes and foreign vassals for many years, and did many illegal activities in the middle.
In the end, the late emperor's consort was actually involved.
This forced Yang Guoguan, who was the secret envoy of the Internal Affairs Bureau and the uncle of the dynasty, to avoid suspicion. Even the political affairs hall was legitimately bypassed. He, the secret envoy of the Internal Affairs Bureau who was in charge of the armies in the North Government, directly mobilized the subordinates of the South Government Office.
Under the Ten Guards, there is a group of Youxiao guards stationed outside the capital.
This process also made Yang Guoguan feel a little uneasy; on the one hand, as the emperor who ruled from the top down, he supervised the imperial guards and the inner secret envoys of the Beiya armies; although he was not very active in taking care of things and was low-key and introverted, he was absolutely
The Junior Council was isolated from the decisions of the political hall.
On the other hand, Feng Tingbi, the late emperor's consort and the eldest son of the vassal, was also an acquaintance and old friend of his in the upper-class circles of the capital. It was hard to imagine that the other party was also an accomplice in that tragedy; and after so many years, in front of him
Always handle it calmly without any flaws.
Therefore, the current arrest of Feng Tingbi, and Yang Guoguan, who was neither able to stop nor participate in it, was undoubtedly a continuous torment. Then the sudden sound of pushing the door made Yang Suguan raise his head impatiently and said: "Didn't I say that?
Okay, don’t disturb me now!"
"Why, it's you!" However, he unexpectedly saw his wife, who had been respectful to him in private for a long time and was also very harmonious on the surface. The woman who was already over 40 years old but still vaguely remembered her former beauty, wealth and grace spoke up.
Said: "Aye asked me to pass a message to my husband."
"Madam, please tell me..." Yang Guoguan rubbed his swollen eyebrows and sighed: Although he has no true love for this wife, after all, she gave birth to three children for him and provided him with many things through his family.
A supportive partner has little need to avoid suspicion both in public and private matters.
"The rights and wrongs of that year have already been explained. I wonder how far Mr. Daofu will continue to struggle with this matter?" Mrs. Yang calmly relayed: "Is it true that for the sake of a little obsession back then, he would not hesitate to harm the Tian family?
Will the authority even endanger the family and the family’s future?”
"I know!" Yang Guoguan sighed heavily: "What you said is true; but please tell your father-in-law that I can only secretly stop and restrain my subordinates within my duties, but I cannot interfere with Xiantai, Nanya
The conduct of the guards; after all, I am in my position, and I have to avoid suspicion."
After a while, under Mrs. Yang's silent gaze, as the brazier was lit, wisps of green smoke from the burned fabric continued to rise; it also represented Yang Guoguan's last bit of nostalgia and memory for the past, and as the fire burned.
The embers and ashes completely disappeared together.
In the courtyard of the Third Secretary of the Imperial City, Liu Zhan, the Prime Minister of Planning, who seemed to have a pin-haired face and was lean but with clear eyes, was also reviewing reports from all over the world, including the Department of Transport and the Department of Household Affairs; however,
When he saw the end, he could only let out a long sigh.
If the previous animal disasters that occurred one after another in various places can only be regarded as man-made mustard troubles for the size and accumulation of the Tang Dynasty during the heyday of the Zhongxing Dynasty for many years; since that sudden change in the celestial phenomena, this drive of gradual collapse and decline has
Due to internal and external factors, it has been accelerated even further.
The most intuitive manifestation is that the imperial court's annual revenue is gradually shrinking due to this chaos, resulting in road blockage, transportation delays, sharp increases in losses, etc. Especially the tribute from the vassal, which accounts for half of the imperial court's income, and discretionary funds.
And shipping miscellaneous taxes, only one-third is paid.
However, various additional expenditure items are increasing day by day; every time the local government sends troops to exterminate animal disasters, or suppresses, handles changes in various places, and even uses a large number of civilians to deal with the aftermath; at the same time, it also continues to consume the central government's accumulated accumulated resources over the years.
The remaining inventory and wealth.
Therefore, after the autumn harvest, it is inevitable that there will be obvious shortfalls and deficits in the accounts of the three secretaries who control the world's financial planning. Of course, the affected Gongtai Province and the Domain Council will not have a hard time either.
It is said that the clan support and household expenses will also be tightened.
For this reason, the palace's routine draft, which was held every five years, has been postponed to the next round; and in addition to the announced World's No. 1 Martial Arts Tournament, which will have the scale and investment required, more than a dozen other major
Xiang and the people were enjoying themselves, and Pei Enjun's palace activities were temporarily suspended.
Reflected in the local area, there is the news that the animal worshiping/Qilin sect, which was originally wiped out and suppressed, has resurrected in many places. Not only are there foolish men and women bewitching them, they believe that it came into being according to the celestial phenomena; through these worships
The beast ghosts controlled by the beast cult to protect themselves from harm.
Even some lower-level officials secretly believed in this evil theory and secretly informed it. Or some wealthy families were forced to pay heavy bribes in private to protect themselves; they even secretly bribed beasts and ghosts to drive animals and ghosts at night.
He commits murders, thinking that he has eradicated old enemies and grudges, and chaos occurs frequently...
Fortunately, the Pingjing donation promulgated not long ago was not only passed quickly in the court, but also received widespread response from all states in the world. After all, the world is so big, the more senior, rich and powerful people are, the more they are afraid of death.
, and I am even more afraid of losing everything I have by dying unprovoked.
But how to manage such an extra amount of income, and whether to turn it into a normalized additional tax item, has become the most troublesome and troublesome thing for the current Third Secretary/Minister Liu Zhan. He attended this meeting three times.
He almost became the focus of disputes in political hall meetings.
As the saying goes, money must be used everywhere, and there are urgent reasons everywhere; therefore, the elders and privy councilors, each representing their own region and faction, with different angles and positions, started to argue, and some even had no manners.
Mouth sprayed on each other's faces.
But as the oldest attendee, he remained relatively calm and composed. No matter what demands and bargaining terms the ministers and ministers put forward, he only insisted on the only bottom line. That is, the secret investment of the Censorship Department was not only
Can't move, it will continue to increase.
This was also a potential tacit understanding that Liu Zhan had reached with Xijingli Xingyuan, or the "Hidden Immortal" after he survived on the verge of life and death and gained a body that was different from ordinary people. Thinking of this, he
I took another big sip of the special drink, which was full of fresh, fishy and sweet taste.
As the only sequelae of the unknown foreign body embedded in the body, he became more and more fond of eating raw food, especially pork and mutton dumplings or pickled offal, as well as various uncooked blood directly seasoned with spices.
products. You can stay energetic for a longer period of time.
This is also an important basis for him to continue to be in charge of the country's financial affairs at the age of 57 and to maintain the smooth operation of the three departments. However, the next moment he saw the Du Branch, responsible for supervising the trial and issuance of government bond issuance.
The director of the hall rushed in and shouted breathlessly:
"Ji Xiang...Ji Xiang, there is an urgent telegram from the Luodu Official Securities Bureau. The bond market in Baoquanfang...the bond market has a sudden rush to redeem money in advance. It is said that it is because the news of the loss of contact with several foreign vassals has spread.
Nineteen vassal debts have been closed!"
Immediately afterwards, when Liu Zhan arrived at Shangshu Province, he found that the chief officials on duty from the General Affairs Department and the Privy Council had also arrived here first. Before he could ask, Lian Gongzhi, the left counselor of the General Affairs Department, spoke first.
He whispered: "Prince Ji, the four-pronged crusade that entered Yunmeng Daze was defeated again; this time, strange beasts and ghosts appeared among the thieves..."