Chapter 325 Xiao's wonderful method, comforting the princes
The pungent smell of burning tung oil, together with the dim light of the fire, spread and released in the dungeon.
Wang Jin, the envoy of Taiwei Palace, was sitting on a high-backed chair in the execution chamber, looking at the inhuman-shaped Protector Zhang Songyue of the Sun and the dying Protector Jianmu, Master Bu Shan and others who were tied to a wooden frame, with their eyes full of depression and anger:
"Do you think that if you don't open your mouth, I, the Taiwei Palace, will be unable to do anything to Zoroastrianism?! Today I have taken off He Guini's head and sent it to your holy aunt as a meeting gift. If she still doesn't understand and surrender after seven days, I will take your head
I also picked them off and sent them to the fire altar of the Zoroastrian Temple to add some firewood to the sacred fire. Haha!"
Bu Shan sent Li Shaochen to vomit out a mouthful of bloody phlegm: "The leading lackey of the Yuan Party! How can you have the dignity to bark like a dog? Your brother, Wang Youcheng, is famous for his poems, and is admired by all officials and people. But you are so flattering.
Brothers who flatter their superiors and bully their subordinates. Haha! Ridiculous!"
Wang Jin suddenly stood up, raised his eyebrows and said with a glare: "There are still those who are tough-talking, please give me a good treat! Just take a breath. I am tired, so I will go back to the palace."
Wang Jin turned around and walked away, and screams and curses quickly came from behind him. Holding back the anger in his heart, he turned back along the secret passage to the Ginkgo Villa of Taiwei Palace. He saw a soldier wearing mail and wearing a hood.
The general stood outside the courtyard, his figure upright, his hand pressed on the handle of the knife, as if he had been waiting for him for a long time.
"Boshan, is everything going well?" Wang Jin casually sat on a high chair, took a mouthful of the cake scooped out by the maid, and said with a slight sigh of relief.
The general named Wang Boshan was as respectful as before and carefully replied: "The package of 'meeting gifts' has been delivered, and the meaning of the palace envoy has been conveyed to the holy aunt. As expected, the holy aunt is just bluffing and arrogant.
He yelled angrily, but he didn’t dare to kill me seriously. I guess he knew that Zoroastrianism’s vitality was severely damaged, so he didn’t dare to offend me, Taiweigong..."
"That's not necessarily the case. This holy lady is an unworldly demon cultivator. Her knowledge and abilities are far beyond those of ordinary people. Since she did not retaliate on the spot and had no clear words of surrender, it means that she has other plans. That Tianji
Can the protector Tan Xiangchu be captured?" Wang Jinpin asked casually as he licked the cake, the rich sweet fragrance flowing between his cheeks. He was calculating every move in his mind.
"This...he escaped. However, the general and others have followed the master's instructions and confiscated the Qin Mansion. The young and old of the He Mansion are being escorted here and paraded all the way to see if they can lure out the protector named Qin." The general said.
Wang Boshan did not dare to hide anything and kept his head down and spoke truthfully.
"I had known that this Protector Qin had been in business for many years and was very scheming, so it would not be so easy to catch him. What he did today was simply 'knocking on the mountain to shock the tiger', so there was no need to be too ostentatious. I will take care of his little good boy and wait for seven days before dealing with him."
Wang Jin rarely scolded him.
Wang Boshan broke into a cold sweat and hurriedly clasped his fists and responded: "Your Majesty, General! There is one more thing that must be reported to the Palace Envoy."
Wang Jin waved his hand to drive the maid away, pinched his brows, and seemed a little tired: "Say it!"
Wang Boshan thought for a while and said: "When we were doing things today, the young son of the Qin family also rushed back after hearing the news. They could have been captured together, but the monks of Chonghua Temple protected him and the Taoist nun of Linjiguan stopped him, so the young son of the Qin family was arrested.
Rescued by a demon."
Wang Jin immediately understood what he meant: "Whether the young son of the Qin family is captured or not is a trivial matter. But what Chonghua Temple and Linji Temple did, they did not take my Taiwei Palace seriously. Hum.
! After these few days of busy work, call them to be the abbot, and the master of the temple will come to receive the sin."
After Wang Boshan reported everything, he bowed and left.
Only Wang Jin was left sitting in the courtyard, looking at the cut sky between the eaves and tiles of the palace, smiling sinisterly, and murmuring to himself: "Ha! Holy aunt, I want to see what other tricks you can do.
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The hall is bright and clear, with double eaves and spreading wings.
In the Henan Mansion Hall, Henan Yin Xiaojing sat high in the middle. Looking at the noisy people in the hall, she couldn't help but put her hands on her forehead, feeling a splitting headache.
Dr. Yinqing Guanglu, Cui Luo, the head of the Cui family, was the first to point the finger at Xiao Jing: "Master Xiao! In the battle outside the city the day before yesterday, most of my Cui family's 'Shan Ling Guard' was lost! Everyone is very clear about the purpose of coming today.
It’s not that I want to raise an army to investigate and investigate the consequences of Commander Xiao Zhan. I just want to ask for some compensation money to settle the casualties. Why can Mr. Xiao sit high in the hall and pretend to be deaf and dumb? "
Yuan Kuan, the head of the Yuan family, also said in pain: "Not only have our Yuan clan's Mulan Guards lost a lot of people, but most of them were female guards. Many of these female guards were engaged to the children of the clan. Now that they have died, I am the head of the family."
, and it’s hard to explain to each branch of the clan!”
Not to be outdone, Yu Jianzong, the head of the Yu family, rubbed his nose and said, "I, the Yu family's 'Xuanyu Guard', suffered more than half of my casualties, and the captain was wandering around without a trace. I think it will be more difficult to come by. Since ancient times, it's easy to win a thousand armies, but only one general can do it."
It's hard to find, I hope Mr. Xiao will be considerate..."
"Fart! Who doesn't know that your captain defected while traveling around the battlefield, killed several people with 'Canglong Qisu' and walked away! If not for this, the Zoroastrianism would not have become so angry that they set up an ambush on the way back to kill the people behind.
Ambush and kill them all!" It was Shaoyin Chen Wanglu who spoke.
It was understandable that Cui and Yuan were noisy in the court, but Yu Jianzong also came to ask for favors, which was a bit shameless.
Sure enough, the Cui and Yuan families looked at Yu Jianzong with a bit of disgust and disdain. Most of the other tribes were lost at the hands of the Zoroastrian demons. Only their Shanling Guard, Mulan,
Many of the guards were killed by Zhou You and "Canglong Qisu". Although they came to Henan Mansion to put pressure today, they did not want this person to get a share of the pie.
"Wang Lu, you must not be rude!" Xiao Jing put on a smile and raised her eyes again and said, "All the princes are from Luoyang's big families. This time they responded to the call of the prince and showed their talents, which made the Zoroastrian no longer dare to underestimate me.
The power of the gate is really an act of courage and sacrifice for the public. However, since ancient times, conquests have inevitably led to premature death. How can we, the Henan Prefecture, sit back and watch the strong men die in vain and the heroic heroes only be injured? If you have any suggestions, I can comfort you in life and comfort in death.
For burial, you might as well speak up."
Cui Luo and Yuan Kuan looked at each other before restraining their anger and sorrow.
Cui Luo stood up slowly, cupped his hands to Xiao Jing and said: "It is not easy to raise Shan Ling Guards in the mansion. In more than ten years, more than one million taels of property, food and clothing have been wasted! Cui does not ask for Shan Ling Guards to be able to repay him.
All I ask for is fifty thousand taels of silver, so that I can seek medical treatment for the seriously injured and disabled, and provide food and clothing for the orphans and widows of the deceased. Only in this way can these brothers serve my Cui Mansion in vain!"
The corner of Xiao Jing's mouth twitched slightly: This is how big a lion's mouth is! The pension money given by Henan Prefecture to the hundreds of "Tiger Ben Guards" who died in Tongyuan Canal, totaled up to less than 10,000 taels. Cui Luo opened his mouth and saw five
Ten thousand taels, if other companies follow suit, they may tear down the government office and sell it, which will not be enough.
Fortunately, Xiao Jing has been an official for many years. Even if Mount Tai collapsed in front of him, he could still deal with it calmly. He just turned to Yuan Kuan and said, "I wonder what Duke Yuan wants?"
With Cui Luo's "beads and jade in front", Yuan Kuan himself was unceremonious: "My Yuan family's Mulan Guards are related to the succession of descendants in the clan, but they are not ordinary domestic servants and guardians. If I have 60,000 taels of silver, I can almost do it."
It can stop the mouths of all branches of the clan."
Before Xiao Jing could ask, Yu Jianzong also said with a smile: "Although I, the Yu family, have made some oversights, the dead and injured 'Xuanyu Guards' are also in urgent need of comfort. I don't ask for much, thirty thousand taels is enough!"
Immediately, Tan Lingde, the captain of Zhiguo School in the camp in Luocheng, Zen Master Lingzhen of Xiangshan Temple, Shi Xiaoren, the master of Jingyun Temple, Qu Bingyu, the master of Tongxuan Temple, Qiu Bumian, the Zhaojue martial monk, and others opened their mouths one after another, and they all
The pension required was converted into silver taels and each reported the amount. Among them, the Luocheng camp asked for the most, asking for one hundred thousand taels. Lingzhen Zen Master asked for the least, only two thousand taels of incense and incense. The rest may be eight thousand.
, or 20,000, each has its own calculation, and there are many.
Xiao Jing waited for everyone to talk, and then he cleared his throat and said: "Human life is of paramount importance, no more than a merchant's business. If I bargain, I will inevitably make everyone feel chilled. But I, Xiao, live in Henan.
Yin has been dredging rivers for several years, and rescuing plagues and eradicating locusts. Now the remaining treasure in the treasury is only one hundred thousand taels. And what you ask for, if my plan is correct, should be two hundred and sixty-four thousand taels.
Even if the treasury is emptied, it will still be less than 40%. I wonder how you want to divide it?"
When everyone heard this, they were dumbfounded: It turned out that Xiao Jing was sitting back and watching everyone talk loudly, but he threw back the problem of how to divide the money. Since everyone had reported the amount of money, naturally no one wanted to change their words, and they suddenly felt that it was difficult to get off the tiger. Ruofu
There are only one hundred thousand taels in the treasury, who will be divided first? Who will get it later? Who will take more? Who will take less? Everyone couldn't agree again. So the chickens and ducks talked, noisy and lively for more than half an hour, but still no result was achieved.
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At this time, Cui Luo suddenly remembered something, and then turned to Xiao Jing and said: "Master Xiao! You said that the treasury only has one hundred thousand taels, how can you convince us? We want to see the treasury's books!"
After hearing this, everyone responded one after another. Shaoyin Chen Wanglu was furious: "What nonsense! How can the dignified Henan government allow you to be so presumptuous! Someone..."
"No problem!" Xiao Jing waved her hand to stop the furious Chen Shaoyin, "Wanglu, just send someone to get it."
After a while, Chen Wanglu's face was gloomy, and he led two government servants, each carrying a stack of books. Everyone was satisfied, picked up the books and looked through them, and after a few cups of tea, everyone looked slumped. Sure enough,
What Mr. Xiao said is true. Their wishful thinking may all come to nothing.
Everyone looked at each other in confusion, hesitating to speak, not knowing whether to angrily or wailing. However, those convincing and convincing performances had already been shown when they first entered the Henan government office... If the same tricks were repeated at this time, the effect would be minimal.
, and very exaggerated.
Xiao Jing finally showed her long-lost smile: "Masters! Someone Xiao has a way, which may help you all have an explanation when you go back."
Everyone was trapped in a cocoon, and they were at a loss. Suddenly hearing what Xiao Jing said, they all said anxiously: "I would like to hear the details!"
Xiao Jing then stroked his beard and said calmly: "To be honest with you, the previous Tongyuan Canal was a disaster. One hundred and two Taiwei Palace Tiger Guards died, and the compensation for each person was only twenty taels.
In the battle the day before yesterday, there were more than three hundred people who died under the command of the princes. After thinking about it, Xiao decided to pay thirty taels of silver per person and take care of the funeral first..."
Before Xiao Jing finished speaking, everyone's angry expressions appeared again, and everyone felt that this Mr. Xiao, who had a kind face and a black heart, had really given everyone a hard time.
Xiao Jing saw this, but continued calmly: "Cui, Yuan, the three clans and their belongings, from this year until Xiao is transferred to another place, all "rent, yong, transfer"
All are exempted. The temple fields and Taoist fields run by Xiangshan Temple, Jingyun Temple, and Tongxuan Temple are all the same as those of the three tribes. As for the food and grass needed for the Luocheng camp this year, in addition to the imperial court opening a warehouse to allocate it, our Henan government will raise another one.
Thousands of stones of corn as a token of thanks for protecting the country and the people!"
Everyone pricked up their ears and listened carefully. Although they all felt that this method was unsatisfactory, they could not think of a more comprehensive method for the moment. Moreover, the condition of exemption from "rent, mediocrity, and adjustment" was indeed very tempting, as long as Xiao Jing did not
The benefits of rushing to become an official will increase with each passing year.
So everyone had their own thoughts and left one after another. Xiao Jingcai collapsed on the chair in the hall and let out a long breath.
At this moment, an official ran in in a panic, forgetting to salute, and said: "Xiao, Mr. Xiao! For two days in a row, all the shops, restaurants, and shops in Nan City and North City have been closed.
Cloth, spices, firewood and other goods have begun to be in short supply. Although Han merchants have stocks in their hands, there are signs of hoarding. If it is delayed for a long time, things may change..."
Xiao Jing was suddenly startled: "How could this be so?! Please tell me in detail!"