North of the Yellow River, near the junction of Wei County and Sili in Jizhou, there is Wolong Mountain, the mountain is high and dense, there are dozens of cold springs on the mountain, the spring water is cold and piercing all the year round, the spring water trickles down, converges into a stream, the local people call it cold water, Wolong Mountain is also called the cold mountain because of it, opposite to the small cold mountain in the south of the Yangtze River, this mountain is also called the big cold mountain. Hundreds of years ago, Taizong had traveled here, fell in love with this mountain, and built a summer resort here, after that, the emperor formed a convention, in summer, the emperor had to go here to escape the heat.

However, the emperor moved, must be a large group of people, the cost is very much, decades ago, Emperor An has not been to the summer resort again, after the Taiding Emperor ascended the throne, after defeating Xianbei, has been to the summer resort for three consecutive years, but in the last five or six years, the Taiding Emperor has not been to again.

Xue Mi smiled, and continued to pat himself on the back and said: "That relationship is good, I heard that this big cold mountain, the scenery is excellent, I have been longing for it for a long time, and when the time comes, I will thank the emperor." ”

"Hehe, you might think. The emperor smiled lightly, picked up the pen and prepared to draft the edict, and suddenly put the pen down again: "Do you owe any money?"

When Xue Mi heard this, his smile suddenly narrowed, and he looked at Gonggong Huang in embarrassment, and the emperor frowned slightly: "How much do you owe?"

"Back to the emperor, ministers, ministers, ministers owe 40,000 taels of silver," Xue Mi stammered and replied: "Your Majesty, a few years ago, the ministers acted absurdly and left a lot of deficits. ”

The emperor looked at him, as if to see if he was lying, Xue Mi's expression was very calm, but a layer of fine sweat broke out on his forehead. The emperor sighed softly: "The prodigal son will not change his money, but what he sows, there will be results, and this can be regarded as a lesson." ”

"The emperor can rest assured, the minister has sent a letter to his hometown in Hedong, let him send some silver over, more than a year, the minister has also saved some silver, about more than 10,000 taels, the next court, the minister will go to the branch Cao, first return this part. ”

The emperor nodded and sighed: "I have also suffered you all these years, but the silver still has to be returned, you are the younger brother of the queen, and the ministers of the court and the central government are staring at you. ”

"The emperor can rest assured," Xue Yutong knelt down: "The minister understands the emperor's painstaking efforts, and also understands the difficulties of the imperial court, and will never drag the imperial court back and never let the emperor down." ”

The emperor stood up, walked up to Xue Mi, pulled Xue Mi up, and patted him on the shoulder: "Very good, you didn't hide it from me, Lao Eleven didn't report the list, but I guess it's you, hum, I'm afraid there are other people, Lao Eleven has learned now, but, it's nothing, I don't care about it for now, let him do it, I want to know, sooner or later." ”

Xue Mi couldn't help but secretly call it a fluke when he heard this, if it wasn't for Liu Han reminding him last night, he wouldn't admit it no matter what, but the question is whether he can hide it?

No emperor likes a disloyal courtier! Although the emperor will not distrust himself because of this, it will definitely leave a shadow in his heart.

"You draft an edict to recover the arrears of the state treasury, and tomorrow the court will announce it!" said the emperor, Xue Mi was slightly stunned, and then hurriedly agreed.

The court meeting, usually there will be no court meeting, and the court meeting is a major event, obviously, the focus of tomorrow's court meeting is this edict.

"The tone must be tough and the attitude must be resolute," the emperor looked at Xue Mi and thought about it and said: "Make clear the position of the imperial court, tell those people, don't have a fluke mentality, this time I must recover all the arrears, not only the treasury of the imperial capital, but also the treasury of the prefecture and county." ”

The treasury of the Great Jin Dynasty was divided into two parts, one was the central treasury located in the imperial capital, and the other was the state treasury scattered in various states.

Xue Mi didn't have time to think about it, and quickly drafted the edict, and handed it to the emperor for a little drying.

The holy decree that covered the jade seal was handed over to the emperor for inspection, and the emperor nodded with satisfaction after seeing it, and ordered to send Shangshutai and hand it over to Pan Lian for sealing.

The Holy Decree must be attached to the Shangshu Decree in order to become the supreme Holy Decree in the world.

In the Taiqing Palace, the emperor was very excited, 1.2 million taels of silver, even if half of it was recovered, the military salary of the border army and the arsenal of Chang'an would be enough.

But in the imperial capital, since last night, the news has been circulating in the imperial capital officialdom, and the next day, the repayment strategy drawn up by the king of Yanping County was reported to Shangshutai not long after, and the entire imperial capital officialdom was spread.

The officialdom of the imperial capital became nervous, and those petty officials who did not owe debts or had repaid their debts hid in the corner and quietly discussed, on the contrary, the high-ranking officials who borrowed debts seemed to be calm and relaxed, and for a while, the heat of this matter quickly overshadowed the public security problem in the imperial capital, and the imperial historians forgot about the impeachment of Chen Xuan for a while.

At the court meeting, the emperor announced that he would continue to collect the arrears of the treasury, and at the same time ordered that Du Zhi Cao should no longer lend money to the treasury for any reason, otherwise, no matter whether it was borrowed or Du Zhi Cao's officials, they would be severely punished!

In the court, the emperor got up from the throne, stood on the white jade steps, looked at the ministers below, and said loudly with a cold expression: "Ridiculous, ridiculous! My Great Jin Dynasty's treasury has actually been borrowed, the border army cannot pay military salaries, and the arsenal has no ordnance, but the imperial court has 1.2 million taels of silver IOUs! 1.2 million taels! The imperial court treasury can't even take out 200,000 taels now! My Great Jin has been borrowed in this way! I have borrowed poor!"

The loyal ministers all bowed their heads in shame, and no one dared to stand up and question the emperor's decision.

"There is no reason! Within three months, we must pay off the arrears of the state treasury! Otherwise, don't blame me for not paying attention to the feelings of the monarch and the ministers!"

The emperor's roar resounded throughout the court, and Gonggong Mu stood silently in the corner, he never stood in the middle on this occasion, and Gonggong Huang stood on the edge of the throne, with the same calm expression, but his eyes looking at the emperor's back showed worry.

After the dispersal of the dynasty, Pan Lian invited the king of Yanping County to Shangshutai, and let people bring tea when he entered the door.

"The emperor has entrusted you with the important matter of recovering the arrears of the state treasury, which is a sign of trust in you. Pan Lian said with a pleasant face.

The king of Yanping nodded with a smile: "Yes, this king must live up to the emperor's trust and recover the arrears as soon as possible." ”

Pan Lian smiled bitterly in his heart, he smiled slightly, and still said gently: "The emperor is young and a little anxious, this recovery of arrears is a matter that should be done, but this arrears are left by the first emperor, and over time, the emperor wants to settle it completely within three months, but it is too urgent, and it is easy to mess up. ”

The king of Yanping County thought for a moment, and said with a smile: "Please also ask the master for advice." ”

"Don't dare to advise, it is to remind the prince, be cautious, be cautious, and be cautious. Pan Lian said.

The king of Yanping County was slightly contemplative and nodded: "Thank you for your guidance, this king understands that the court situation cannot be chaotic." After a slight pause, he said embarrassedly: "Go back, this king will send a notice, Taishi, you will also receive it." ”

Pan Lian smiled heartily: "Don't worry, the old man will repay the silver in the shortest possible time." ”

The king of Yanping County sighed: "It's not that Xiao Wang is unsympathetic, but, this list is not a secret, many people are staring at it, alas, Taishi won't blame Xiao Wang, right?"

"The prince is talking about it, it's all for the court, how can the old man blame the prince, to put it mildly, it's still the old minister who has no way to govern the family, and he has fallen into such a big deficit. Pan Lian sighed.

The king of Yanping didn't know what to say, so he bowed his hand to Pan Lian and said goodbye.

Out of the palace gate, the king of Yanping County was just about to get into the carriage, when he saw a young guard wearing the clothes of a guard of the Zhao Palace.

"Lord, my family asks the prince to come over and talk about it. The guard said respectfully.

The king of Yanping looked at Xiao Zhao's carriage, nodded slightly, and instructed the coachman and guards: "Wait for me for a while, go and go back." ”

As the guards arrived in front of Xiao Zhao's car, Xiao Zhao Wangye poked his head out of the car: "Brother Wang, get in the car, it's not far from Duzhicao, I'll send you over, get in the car." ”

The king of Yanping County hesitated, looked left and right, there were many ministers looking at him, so he showed a gentle smile to Xiao Zhao Wangye: "I know what you have to say, but I can't help it, you owe the most money, and the ministers are staring, if you don't pay it back, no one will pay it back, how can I do this errand." ”

"Brother Wang, it's not that I don't want to pay it back, I am at the bottom of this family, you don't know yet, you asked me to go there for a while to find more than 100,000 silver. Xiao Zhao's tone was slightly ruffian.

"Isn't Uncle Zhao either?" The king of Yanping County asked rhetorically: "Brother Wang is now the son, if your uncle doesn't give you the prince, who will you give it back?"

"Wang Jue?" Xiao Zhao Wang Ye pouted: "You don't know, my eldest brother is not dead, the son is still him, take 10,000 steps back, if my eldest brother is unlucky, to my generation, is there still a prince?" Brother Wang, you let go and let the little brother pass this level!!

The king of Yanping County looked resolute: "No, you must come to Duzhicao tomorrow, otherwise, I will impeach you." ”

Xiao Zhao's expression changed, and he sneered: "Brother Wang, don't do things too much." ”

"Do it?!" The king of Yanping County smiled bitterly: "Brother, you still don't understand, Brother Wang, I have no way out now, either to recover the debts, or to abolish the common people, or even to send out the army, it is possible, this world is the world of my Yan family, as a member of the Yan family, you should do your best for my Yan family." ”

Xiao Zhao Wang Ye was speechless for a moment, and the King of Yanping County sighed deeply, turned around and got into his carriage.

When I arrived at the gate of Cao Ya, I felt that Cao Nei was different today, there were a few more unfamiliar faces of the forbidden soldiers standing guard at the gate, and the atmosphere around the gate was also different, and it seemed to be much more tense.

The king of Yanping got out of the car at the door, and the team responsible for the guard of Duzhi Cao was running to report that Liu Han had come over with the forbidden army, and he was in the middle of the ya, and the strange soldiers at the door were Liu Han's soldiers.

Duzhi Cao is one of the heaviest departments of the imperial court, although there is no gold and silver in the yamen, but there are very important accounts, these income and expenditure accounts, must be kept for ten years, every year the accounts to be destroyed when due are reported to Shangshutai, and Shangshutai reports to the emperor, and the emperor approves before destroying.

The treasury of Duzhi Cao is full of such account books, and the treasury is usually guarded by soldiers, and these soldiers also belong to the forbidden army system, but they are different from the forbidden army guarding the palace, and they are not under the command of the marquis of the forbidden army, but only under the command of Cao Shangshu of Duzhi, and the soldiers are set at fifty people, and the officers in charge are also the team members.

The king of Yanping frowned, and ordered: "They are not here to stand guard, let them go back to rest, it is your business to stand guard, remember, your difference is still yours, don't push it to others." ”

"It's not what we want, it's what Team Liu is ordering, let his people stand at the door. The captain hurriedly argued, and when the king of Yanping County heard this, he immediately changed his words: "Then so be it, well, in the future, you will listen to Team Liu." ”

The team was slightly stunned, and then agreed. After the king of Yanping entered the door, he saw Liu Han standing in the corner of the outer courtyard, his brows furrowed very tightly, he couldn't help but be slightly stunned, and went over after a little thought.

"Is there anything difficult about Brother Liu?"

Liu Han heard him coming, turned around when he heard the words, and sighed slightly: "It's nothing." ”

"Brother Liu is worried about the recovery of arrears this time?" asked the king of Yanping.

Liu Han shook his head: "It's really nothing, it has nothing to do with the affairs of the imperial court, it is my own business." ”

The king of Yanping County understood after thinking about it for a while, and he frowned slightly: "Do you want me to make peace for you?" I still have some friendship with Tian Ning. "Tian Ning is afraid that he will not be able to be the master of this matter, forget it, let them go, whether it is war or peace, it will be up to them." Liu Han said.

Liu Han didn't tell the truth, what he was thinking about just now was not the dispute with Wang Xutian's three families, but the mysterious courtyard.

Since the ambush of Shilipu, Wang Xutian's three families have died down, neither fighting nor retreating, Liu Han and Lao Huang analyzed, at most one more blow to them, the three families are afraid that they will make peace, so he is not worried about Wang Xutian's three families.

With the passage of time, the power available to him will become more and more, and it will become stronger and stronger, Reina will rectify the rest of the Wind and Rain Building, and it will go very well, Liu Han has already passed the book to the bird, and asked him to transfer a group of strong hands to the Yanshi to prepare for the Cao operation.

Xiao Yu's injuries are also gradually improving, Chu Fei broke through the eight grades of martial arts, and now he is practicing diligently, trying to improve his cultivation, and after the last attack in the mansion, the enthusiasm for private soldier training in the mansion is high, and every day in the training ground in the mansion, the murderous spirit is high, and the core personnel of Liu Tong and Liu Gun are also practicing diligently, and Liu Tong is also facing a breakthrough and is about to step into the peak of martial arts.

It's just that the actions of that mysterious courtyard made him puzzled.

After the old servant died, he made all kinds of arrangements, preparing to confuse the opponent, guide the opponent's tracking direction to Zhou Yu, and save Brother Hu and Xiao Qi so that they could continue to monitor, but he didn't expect that the old man who suspected that he was the chief teacher didn't come back at all, but the coachman came back.

The coachman didn't make a sound, didn't even call the police, just quietly pulled the old servant out and buried it, and then hired a few people from outside, and after a day of busy work in the courtyard, the small courtyard hung up a sign that Jiwu was for sale.

Liu Han was puzzled, no matter how you describe the importance of vitality, the old man who chased him from Chang'an to the imperial capital, as soon as he heard that there was a place with strong vitality in the Western Regions, he could immediately go to the Western Regions to cultivate, but this "chief teaching" actually gave up???!!!

And without hesitation!

This decision surprised Liu Han very much!

He had an impulse to buy this courtyard and cultivate in that cave, so that within ten years, he could reach the peak of the Grandmaster, and within twenty years, it would be possible to cross that threshold.

But Lao Huang broke his illusion, Lao Huang told him that this may be the other party inviting you into the urn, yes, he laid all kinds of ** arrays, and even intended to lead the spearhead to the internal guard, but the other party may take two hands, on the one hand, send someone to track down Zhou Yu, and on the other hand set a trap, whoever buys the small courtyard is the mastermind behind Zhou Yu.

Liu Han could only sigh, Lao Huang was right, although the spiritual land is tempting, but the small life is more important, that place should be given up for the time being.

The king of Yanping asked again: "Your soldiers are standing guard at the door." ”

Liu Han nodded: "Since the emperor has decreed, then it is necessary to show its authority and deter the group!"

The king of Yanping County laughed: "Okay! Show it to deter the small group! Well said! Do it like this! Dong Liang!"

The team just now was immediately running over: "Lord Wang!"

"From today on, within three months, you will listen to Mr. Liu!" The king of Yanping County ordered, Dong Liang looked at Liu Han, hesitated and said, "Lord Wang, humble duty"

"I'm Duzhi Cao Shangshu, what's the matter, I'll take it!" The face of the king of Yanping County was pulled down, and Dong Liang immediately replied with his chest: "Obey orders!"

"There's no need for this, it's better to do your own thing, the debt collection belongs to us, and the guards of Cao Nei usually belong to Brother Dong, and everyone has clear responsibilities and rights. Liu Han said.

"You've got to listen to me. The king of Yanping County glanced at him, Liu Han nodded when he saw this, and then proposed: "Otherwise, the prince will transfer a few more palace guards." ”

"It's okay, I believe you can do it!" King Yanping looked around and sneered: "I don't think anyone dares to take a risk and secretly attack Duzhi Cao, this is a big crime of rebellion." ”

Liu Han smiled and didn't say anything, Dong Liang had been secretly observing Liu Han, just now Liu Han proposed to let the people he brought to stand guard at the door, which made him a little uncomfortable, but he didn't expect the king of Yanping County to value this person so much, and let himself listen to him, although, in the forbidden army, the forbidden army stationed in each yamen is lower than the forbidden army guarding the palace, but, this is his territory, this surname Liu came, and the king of Yanping actually let him listen to him, which made Dong Liang feel a little dissatisfied in his heart.

Liu Han glanced at him, Dong Liang's heart froze, and he quickly changed his expression and bowed: "My lord!"

Liu Han said casually: "You and I are both team leaders, there is no difference between big and small, Brother Dong, don't be polite." In this way, Brother Dong is very familiar with the security protection of Cao Nei, and Brother Dong's brother is still responsible for it, what about us, we will do the matter of collecting debts from others, if there are other things, let's discuss it again, do you think it's okay?"

Dong Liang breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this: "It's so good." ”

After finishing speaking, I looked at Liu Han again, and I felt that it was immediately different.

Seeing this, the king of Yanping County smiled slightly: "The matter of security guards, this king will hand it over to you, during the recovery of the treasury arrears, Cao Nei must strengthen security, the treasury is the top priority, and there can be no mistakes!"

"Don't worry, the prince understands!" Liu Han and Dong Liang agreed in unison.

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