Jiang Anyi was shocked to the point that his heart was swaying and his soul was not possessed, and Mr. Zhang actually buried 3,000 dead soldiers for himself, which was discovered by Long Wei, which was the crime of raiding the house and destroying the door.

His eyes fell on the half-scorched face, Jiang Anyi sighed in his heart, Mr. Zhang was ill-fated, intolerable for his family and country, bereaved and widowed, and displaced, and his life was almost lost when he met him.

Zhang Keji guessed what Jiang Anyi was thinking, and said with a smile: "The Son of Heaven intends to go north, and it takes two taels of silver to build ordnance, buy war horses, pay military salaries, and store materials, and the treasury is not full. The tax revenue in Huazhou grew rapidly, and the Son of Heaven praised the lord and regarded him as a model for the history of the world, and he moved rapidly. ”

From the Ministry of Rites Wailang (from the sixth grade) to the Qingtian envoy (on the fourth grade), there are ten levels in between, and they are assessed every two years according to the step-by-step process, and the middle and upper grades can be promoted, and it will take 20 years to calculate, and Jiang Anyi only took 13 years, as an official with no background, it cannot but be said to be a miracle.

"The promotion of the lord has made many officials see clearly what the Son of Heaven likes, and the upper and lower will be pandered, and the officials in various places have changed their methods to pay more taxes, and the emperor is pleased", the corners of Zhang Keji's mouth curled, and his half-withered and half-glorious face showed an indescribable sarcasm, and continued: "The taxes of inland states and counties mostly rely on farmland, and the taxes have increased after the implementation of the combined tax, but it is not a fool's dream to double it within a few years. ”

Jiang Anyi asked in surprise, "How did they do it?" ”

"It's nothing more than a way to fill up the fields and increase the taxes, collect taxes in advance, sell public land, exploit traders, etc., Zhang heard that the taxes of some counties have been received for nine years since Jianwu."

Jiang Anyi said uneasily: "In this way, how can the people bear it, how can they not show it to the Son of Heaven if they are derelict in their duties?" ”

Zhang Keji said: "These county orders that overpaid taxes have been rewarded and promoted by the Son of Heaven, and the report of Guanfeng Yushi has been delayed and diluted, and the Son of Heaven deliberately pretended to be deaf and dumb in order to enrich the treasury and march north as soon as possible, and actually connived at these officials to exploit the people." ”

Jiang Anyi knew that the Son of Heaven was in a hurry to do things, and sighed: "Governing a big country is like cooking a small fresh, long live it is too hasty." ”

"The Son of Heaven is very clear, he knows this situation well, he thinks that after the victory of the Northern Expedition, the cattle and sheep materials sent back from the desert country will be able to calm the domestic contradictions, and he will punish those officials with the power of victory, and the people will be grateful to Dade, and the world will be governed, and the Son of Heaven is naturally the first emperor of the ages."

Zhang Keji's sarcastic smile became more and more obvious, and said: "But the Son of Heaven never expected that this Northern Expedition would fail, the troops would be lost, the treasury would be exhausted, and he would not be able to afford to fall ill in anger. The people of the Western Regions took the opportunity to invade, half of Huazhou was seized, and the hearts of the people in the world fluctuated. The crown prince of the court and the king of Chu'an competed again, and the courtiers had their own plans, and there were many dangers. ”

Jiang Anyi retorted: "The prestige of the Son of Heaven is extremely high, Kong Xiang and Ma Xiang are both old people who seek the country, and the six departments are in charge of winning people, even if there are some battles, they can't afford to turn up the big storms, Mr. is a little worried." ”

"If the Son of Heaven can live in peace for three years, with him

It is indeed possible to salvage the situation and hand over a relatively peaceful world to the crown prince. However, the letter sent by Tian Shoulou said that the government was still presided over by the crown prince, and if the personality of the Son of Heaven could be supported, such a critical situation would definitely have to be presided over in person, which showed that the Son of Heaven's condition was very serious. ”

Zhang Keji took a sip of tea and continued: "The prince is anxious to enrich the treasury, to compensate the casualties of the soldiers, to pay military salaries to build ordnance, in addition to confiscating the property of corrupt officials, at the same time ordering the taxes paid by the states this year to increase by 20%, rewarding officials who pay more taxes, and the people of the world are miserable. Once a natural disaster broke out, Zhang thought that when the Yuanhua River burst its embankment, the ** like Linhua County and Xingling County would definitely erupt. The people's grievances everywhere are like dry firewood, and the world will be in danger when there will be a response. ”

Jiang Anyi swallowed his saliva, Zhang Keji's words were a bit exaggerated in his opinion, but this possibility is not impossible, if Pingshan Town suffers a military disaster, and his two brothers are far away in Huazhou, what should the old lady, sister and uncle do at home, and whether the back village built by Mr. Zhang can protect his family and friends.

Zhang Keji smiled: "Zhang has built the Houzhai into an iron bucket over the years, except for the old and weak, there are still four or five hundred young and strong people in the family, not Zhang boasted, there are five thousand officers and soldiers to attack the Houzhai, there is no three months to break the village, the safety of the lord's family and friends do not have to worry." ”

Jiang Anyi breathed a sigh of relief and thanked: "Mr. has a long-term vision, relieves Jiang's worries, replaces wine with tea, and toasts Mr. with a glass." ”

Zhang Keji happily raised his glass and drank it all, then held a pot to pour tea for Jiang Anyi, and said: "The lord's brother-in-law Li Mingfeng is a great all-rounder in civil and military affairs, Zhang and his association with him admire his talent and learning, and Miss Yan'er is also a heroine among women, and there are the lord's sister-in-law and his wife in Pingshan Town, who are as safe as a rock." ”

Jiang Anyi frowned, he didn't have a good impression of this cheap brother-in-law, but his own sister-in-law liked it, and he had two children, Li Shuyi and Li Shuhui, and his brother-in-law didn't kiss his sister-in-law and his children, so he could only recognize this family. Li Mingfeng fought with him, Jiang Anyi knew that his martial arts were not inferior to An Yong, and after talking to him a few times, he could feel that this person was elegant and had something to say, no wonder the girl took a fancy to him.

Li Mingfeng went home with his sister-in-law, his mother was quite satisfied with Li Mingfeng, and she liked the two grandsons even more, Jiang Anyi's brother was not at home, so he let Yan'er and his wife live at home, Jiang Anyi also hoped that Yan'er could do her filial piety in front of her mother for herself.

But Jiang Anyi had a hidden worry in his heart, no one told him, he entered the rebellion in Huafu, and Zhang Tiangang of Weiyuan Dart Bureau was taken down by himself with the rebellion, Zhang Tiangang asked to see him in prison, and he wanted to exchange a confidential matter for peace. Zhang Tiangang told himself that he had accidentally learned from the Han Mansion that Jiang Anyi's brother-in-law Li Mingfeng was a disciple of Liu Ziwei of the Yuantian Sect, and that Li Mingfeng approached Yan'er for another purpose.

Jiang Anyi was upset when he learned about it, Li Mingfeng told Yan'er that he was a dart master, walking the rivers and lakes to find a master, how could a dart master have such a talent, Jiang Anyi was suspicious Li Mingfeng was full of flaws in his eyes, Jiang Anyi couldn't wait to fly to Pingshan Town, grabbed Li Mingfeng and asked him to understand.

But after thinking about it, what if it was broken, could it be that he killed him, made Yan'er lose her husband and two children, lost their fathers, hated herself, and the family was broken and became enemies. As long as Li Mingfeng stayed in Pingshan Town with peace of mind and broke off the relationship with Yuantian Sect, he only didn't know about it, so Jiang Anyi didn't even have An Yong

didn't tell him, he wanted to find an opportunity to tell Zhang Keji and let him pay attention to Li Mingfeng for himself.

Zhang Keji didn't know what Jiang Anyi was thinking, and said with a smile: "I have handed over the manpower of Pingshan Town to Li Mingfeng, and I have agreed with him to let him secretly recruit masters and adopt orphans in Zhangzhuang, Wuqing County (Li Mingfeng's pseudonym Zhang Tiansheng sells wine in Zhangzhuang), and there are two or three hundred people over the years. ”

Jiang Anyi smiled bitterly, Zhang Keji's approach was clearly to raise private soldiers, could it be that he wanted to encourage himself to rebel, 3,000 people plus 500 people in the old mansion plus more than 200 people in Zhangzhuang, there were almost 4,000 people, more than the guards of the Anyang Palace. Zhang Keji thought that Li Mingfeng was his brother-in-law, and let him be in charge of the house, if Li Mingfeng had a different heart, a big disaster would come.

Zhang Keji said: "Don't worry, the lord is not crazy, he wants to use this manpower to make the lord rebel, these people Zhang are all in the name of the Jiang family to form a friendship, and let them settle in various places, and they are not required to do anything, even Long Wei has no way to investigate, don't worry about safety." The reason why Zhang did this was because he thought that in case something happened, there would be someone available in the hands of the lord for emergency. ”

Jiang Anyi's heart was churning, and he couldn't distinguish the taste, so he only heard Zhang Keji continue: "There is something that Zhang Mou has made his own opinion, and he also asks the lord to forgive his sins." ”

"What else is Mr. hiding from Jiang?" Jiang Anyi was numb by the news that came one after another, and he was not afraid of itching with lice, so he simply itched enough at a time.

Zhang Keji said unhurriedly: "Zhang sent some silver taels and ordnance to Xuchanghua in Changwu County, Qi Prefecture, in the name of the lord and Mrs. Tong'er, and asked him to gather the mountain bandits in Qizhou. ”

"What?" Jiang Anyi stood up in fright and said in a lost voice: "How can Mr. do this?" This has to be found out by Long Wei. ”

"Don't worry, Zhang didn't send things openly, but sent a letter to Xuchanghua, asking him to take his brothers to disguise themselves as bandits to rob darts, these things were sent in the name of the Zhenyuan Dart Bureau, the only people who know are Xuchanghua and Zhenyuan Dart Bureau, and the dart masters who escorted the darts are all out of Jiangfu, I secretly told them that they don't have to resist when they encounter robbers, and they don't know what to escort."

Jiangfu has several old Longwei enshrined professors of young and strong martial arts, Zhang Keji selected people to be sent to the dart bureau as a dart master, Jiangfu is the big patron of Zhenyuan dart bureau, it can be said that the relationship between prosperity and loss, of course, gladly accepted, it is also a good thing for the dart bureau, and the strength has been enhanced, but I did not expect Zhang Keji to gradually infiltrate the manpower into the dart line.

Jiang Anyi was helpless, and sat back in the chair dejectedly, Zhang Keji said with a smile: "Xuchanghua got the letter, and led his brothers to subdue the mountain bandits in Qizhou one by one, and the power also extended to Bingzhou, Qingzhou, and Jiangzhou, and many mountain bandits came to form an alliance when they heard the news. Xuchanghua did not use his real name, but assumed the name of Qin Daguanren, commanded more than 100 cottages, became the chief scoop handle, and had more than 10,000 mountain bandits under his command. If the lord wants to use it, send people to Zhao'an, and most of these people can be included in the lord's command. ”

Cold sweat came out and dried, Jiang Anyi didn't know what to say, the three caves that Mr. Zhang built for him were a bit big, so big that his heart was empty and unsettled.

Zhang Keji said with a smile: "Very people do extraordinary things, the lord is a hero, and wait for the wind and clouds to achieve an earth-shattering career." ”