When the husband is angry, blood is splashed five steps, the son of heaven is angry, and he bleeds thousands of miles, and when the ministers are angry, the government and the opposition change color.

Gonggong Lin is not the Son of Heaven, nor is he a powerful minister, but when he was angry, the internal guards of Jingzhao Mansion changed color, and their eyes were round, staring at passers-by.

The moon was bright and the stars were scarce, and in the field cemetery outside the city, a grave was dug up, and the dry bones in the tomb were carefully removed, and then quickly loaded into a carriage, which drove south of the city, and when it passed through a willow forest, two identical carriages were used in the forest, and when they passed the three-way intersection, the two carriages separated.

Behind the carriage, a dark figure appeared, he looked at the two carriages, hesitated for a moment, and chased down one of them.

After a few more seconds, another black shadow appeared, and this black shadow did not pause in the slightest, chasing after the black shadow in front of it.

The moonlight jumped out of the dark clouds and shone on the walls of the imperial capital, the tall walls were silent, silently waiting for this majestic city, in front of which all the darkness did not exist.

The same other city is much more charming, in the spring in the south of the Yangtze River, the purple and red, the warbler flies and the grass grows, the countryside, the river is longitudinal and horizontal, the bamboo forest on the distant hills is deep, sometimes revealing red and white plum blossoms, and the white sails pass through the fields paved with flowers.

The city of Yangzhou does not seem to be affected by the distant imperial capital, and the city is still bustling and lively, and the docks are full of ships from all over the country, and the ships are piled with towering goods.

Spring blooms, Gu Wei's illness is also cured, during his illness, Ju Yi independently operated the matter, convened officials from all over Yangzhou and Lu Yuzhang and other gate lords to hold several meetings, the results all ended in nothing, each meeting, the officials raised a lot of questions, the gate lord clan did not care, but in the end always disagreed.

The new captain of the Tiger Ben Guard, Liu Han, is an outlier in the eyes of the sentence, he seems to be here to play, usually does not appear in front of him at all, and the guards of the Qin Mission's camp have not seen any changes, the imperial court has reinforced more than 200 Tiger Ben Guards, and handed over the military affairs of Yangzhou to him, but he has not seen any measures.

But if you want to say that he is negligent, it can't be said, after the additional tiger guards sent by the imperial court arrived, Wu Qiang Wudu brought the imperial court edict, officially announcing that Liu Han was promoted to lieutenant, and at the same time took over the national soldiers and water divisions of Yangzhou County, and controlled all the military of Yangzhou Prefecture.

After the appointment of the imperial court, Liu Han immediately took over the military affairs of Yangzhou, summoned the generals of the water division and the generals of the national soldiers of Yangzhou counties and counties, and inspected the water divisions and the national soldiers of various counties.

Resolute and resolute, without the slightest bit of mud and water.

But I feel that this Liu Han is prevaricating.

The reason why I feel this way is because Liu Han never got involved in anything other than military affairs, and he didn't participate in several meetings, and he didn't even bother to listen to the briefing after the meeting.

For Liu Han, Ju Yu knew that he had never met him, and this was the first time he saw this character of the three earthquake emperors, this figure who was famous for his literary talents, but suddenly became a martial artist, and he also controlled a county of soldiers and horses, which made him a little confused, so he tested Liu Han a few times, but Liu Han coped very tactfully, which still made him scratch his head.

The news of the imperial capital reached Yangzhou in the shortest possible time, and Gu Wei was stunned, overnight, the situation changed greatly, Prime Minister Gan Tang Zhishi, Pengzhu worshiped the prime minister, and the subordinate officials of the Prime Minister's Mansion resigned one after another, Pengzhu was not afraid, introduced classmates and friends, and reorganized the Prime Minister's Mansion.

"This Tian family is finished. "I read the newspaper of the imperial court, and the imperial court issued an order to arrest Tian Wen, the head of the Tian family, and seize all the properties of the Tian family in the imperial capital and Jizhou.

"The court is violating the rules. Gu Wei said nonchalantly: "Taizu once ordered that the ancestral property should not be seized due to personal violations. ”

Ju Yi smiled and sighed softly: "Millennial family, this Tian Ning, alas. ”

"He deserves to die," Gu Wei said coldly, "He stole hundreds of thousands of stone grains from the imperial court, and the imperial court lost three million taels of silver for this." ”

"Yes, damn it, damn it, the Tian family has been implicated, and the Tian family has to make up for the shortfall. He replied with a smile, this time the Tian family is absolutely finished, the imperial court wants to put all the three million taels of silver on the Tian family, even if the Tian family is a thousand-year-old family, if they want to make up for the deficit of the three million taels of silver, I am afraid they will have to toss to the end.

Gu Wei didn't speak, he still looked carefully at the plan on the bookcase, this is the tax reform plan he drew up some time ago, this plan was originally born out of the plan of the imperial court, after he arrived in Yangzhou, he made some corrections according to the situation in Yangzhou, he planned to consider it at the end, make the final modifications, and then report to the imperial court as the final version of the tax system reform.

The reform of the tax system, the imperial court is concerned, but how to innovate, is the key, the imperial court first provided a version, involving a series of goods such as silk, grain, cotton, woodware, and a series of goods, as well as each production and sales link.

This version was resolutely opposed by the Yangzhou government and gate valves, and after Gu Wei studied it, made some revisions and reported it to the imperial court, which agreed to use this version as a blueprint to implement tax system reform.

Both Ju Yu and Gu Wei know that the purpose of the imperial court tax reform is to increase tax revenue, and if the tax revenue is reduced after the tax reform, the imperial court will never agree.

It can increase taxes, Sheng Huai and those officials in Yangzhou are all in the same mouth, compete with the people for profit, resolutely refuse, and look like a saint who loves the people like a son; as for those gate valves, they do not oppose it openly, but secretly encourage those businessmen to resolutely oppose it, what people's books, joint letters, and all tricks have been used, and in Shilin, these scholars do not understand any economic and people's livelihood at all, and are instructed by those scholars, and follow the nonsense.

Yangzhou up and down, one against the tax system innovation!

Hammer and tongs!

But there is no movement among the people, which is why Yangzhou is still quiet.

Ju Yi turned his head and glanced at Gu Wei, the corners of his mouth grinned, during Gu Wei's illness, he presided over several meetings, and there was constant opposition at the meeting, and he could hardly hear the voice of approval.

"Sheng Huai, this bastard," Ju Yi couldn't help but scold, Sheng Huai came to these meetings, and he didn't say anything at the meeting, but Ju Yi knew that those guys who opposed it were all secretly instructed by him.

Gu Wei hesitated and sighed softly: "The imperial court should take this opportunity to win Sheng Huai." ”

Although he is not in the imperial capital, he also knows that this time Shangshutai adjustment, Pan Lian has been hit hard, and the two new people who have entered the cabinet are clans and relatives, it is obvious that these two people are not Pan Lian's people.

What's even worse is that Peng Zhu's appointment as prime minister is equivalent to controlling the six Cao, which greatly restrains the power of Pan Chain, and it is conceivable that in the next few years, the people of Pan Chain in the Six Cao will be slowly squeezed out by Peng Zhu.

And Pan Lian's strength in the state and county is very weak, in this case, Pan Lian has to protect Sheng Huai, so, at this time, when Pan Lian is the weakest, take Sheng Huai, otherwise, when Pan Lian is relieved, it will be difficult to win Sheng Huai.

But for some reason, the emperor and Pengzhu did not take this action.

The affairs of Yangzhou are still frozen here.

"Who knows! The emperor may have other ideas, besides, there is still the queen mother in the palace. He looked left and right, fortunately only Gu Wei was there, and he quickly changed the topic: "What about Captain Liu?

Gu Wei lowered his head and didn't answer, Liu Han was in the camp in Qincha, fishing for three days and drying nets for two days, which was quite good, sometimes he disappeared for ten days and a half before appearing, and asked him not to say anything.

Gu Wei and Ju Yi are both old rivers and lakes, and they understood twice that Liu Han probably still had secret orders from the palace.

As for what, they don't want to know.

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Liu Han looked at the old Dao in front of him, the old Dao beard was black and white, looking like fifty or sixty, he didn't wear a Dao crown, his hair bun was a little loose, a bamboo stick was inserted on it at random, the Taoist robe on his body was clean but old, he was wearing a pair of straw sandals on his feet, the white socks had been yellowed, and the dust leaning on his arm had been some years, and the whisk rod was a little cracked.

This old Taoist priest who looked a little down, had a gentle expression, and had a faint smile, gave Liu Han a strong sense of oppression, and the sense of oppression that he had never had was stronger than when he faced the old manager.

"This Taoist chief, I don't know what is blocking the way of the official, if there is a grievance, you can go to the Yangzhou government to complain, if the Yangzhou government ignores it, the official can be transferred to the court. ”

Liu Han said solemnly, and the three tiger guards unfolded silently, staring at the old Taoist priest vigilantly.

"The poor Dao treasure vase has seen the adult," the old Taoist priest's eyes were cloudy, and he said with a smile, "I want to invite the adult to tea." ”

"What a gut!" The guard scolded sharply, Liu Han shook his head slightly, the guard was silent and retreated, Liu Han frowned slightly, thought for a moment and said: "The old immortal invited me to drink tea, that feeling is good, I am thirsty, and I ask the old immortal to lead the way." ”

The old Taoist nodded slightly, didn't say much, turned around and left, Liu Han followed behind him, and the old Taoist shuttled through the crowd slowly, not worrying about being knocked down at all.

After walking half a street, Lao Dao walked into a Taoist temple, Liu Han noticed that there was a Taoist temple here, during this time, he had already visited Yangzhou City, almost all the Taoist temples in Yangzhou City were in his memory, but this small Taoist temple did not.

Walking into the Taoist temple, Liu Han couldn't help but be dumbfounded, knowing why he ignored this small Taoist temple, this Taoist temple was too small, so he entered the front and back twice, the front hall was for the gods, and the back hall was inhabited.

There are not many Taoist priests in the Taoist temple, Liu Han only saw three all the way in, and when he saw the old Taoist coming in, all three of them put down their work, respectfully saluted the old Taoist, and turned a blind eye to Liu Han and others.

The Taoist chief pushed the door open and went in, Liu Han motioned for the guards to stay outside the door, and he followed in alone, Lao Dao did not speak, kneeling on the futon.

Liu Han was not polite, he sat directly on the futon opposite, and then stared at Lao Dao, Lao Dao closed his eyes, his hands overlapped, and he didn't move, Liu Han didn't speak, just looked at him quietly.

The door opened, the tea is not a good tea, just the most common on the market, two copper coins and half a catty of coarse tea, the water is also the well water in the view, Liu Han picked it up, took a small sip, stayed in the mouth slightly, and then swallowed.

"It's ok. ”

After the tea came in, Lao Dao opened his eyes, and the way he drank tea was exactly the same as Liu Han, and after putting down the teacup, he looked at Liu Han, and Liu Han looked at him without avoiding it.

Lao Dao began to be very clear in Liu Han's eyes, but it slowly became blurry, he was shocked in his heart, and hurriedly mobilized his internal breath, and his true qi entered his eyes, and Lao Dao became clear again.

"The top-grade grandmaster is really good. ”

"The Taoist claims to be a treasure bottle, I don't know if it's the Immortal Sect or the Taiping Dao?"

"This Taoist temple is called Taiyi Temple, and Poor Dao Gong is the elder of Taiping Dao. The Aquarius Daoist said calmly.

Liu Han bowed: "Liu Han has seen his predecessors. ”

The Aquarius Daoist stared at him, this old Dao is one of the six great masters of the Great Jin Dynasty, the Taishang Elder of the Taiping Dao, Liu Han was a little surprised, this old Dao actually behaved, a little Hong Qigong's taste.

In the eyes of the Aquarius Daoist, Liu Han was also calm and relaxed, and his demeanor was unpretentious, and it was rumored in the rivers and lakes that this person had the cultivation of a high-grade grandmaster at a young age, and a few months ago, the howling sound that shook Yangzhou was made by this person.

"A young top-grade grandmaster like you has never seen it before, may I ask, where does Mr. Liu come from?"

"My predecessors may not believe it, but the tutor didn't tell me his name, and the tutor taught me for half a year, and then left. Liu Han replied quietly.

"Oh, I taught a top-grade grandmaster in half a year, and the master is really a god. ”

"The master led me into the door, and the cultivation was personal, and most of my kung fu was figured out by myself. Liu Han smiled.

The Aquarius Daoist looked surprised, looked at Liu Han, looked at it carefully, and sighed softly: "Mr. Liu is very talented, in hundreds of years, I am afraid that Mr. Liu is the first person who can become a top-grade grandmaster by himself." ”

"Oh, the younger generation didn't feel anything, the master once said, the world's martial arts, a reason, just practice by yourself, but, I feel that the master's words are a bit perfunctory to me, his old man eats, drinks and has fun, a little irresponsible. ”

The Aquarius Daoist couldn't help but sigh when he heard this, but he didn't ask any more questions, just looked at Liu Han, and shook his head after half a sound: "What you said is a lie." ”

"How can you see it?" Liu Han didn't get angry, and asked calmly.

"As Mr. Liu said, Master Ling taught you for half a year, and then everything was figured out by you," the Aquarius Daoist shook his head slightly: "There are many geniuses in the world, and there are many amazing people, they can start a sect, but all of them are carrying forward their predecessors and bringing forth the new. ”

"Oh. "Liu Han is indispensable, there are not 10,000 but 800 people in the rivers and lakes who suspect his master, and the palace has always suspected his master, and even sent people to the Western Regions to investigate, but so what, walking on the rivers and lakes, I don't want to reveal that I have more teachers.

The Aquarius Daoist took a sip of tea, put down the teacup, and the two of them sat quietly like this, looking at each other.

"You're from the Hidden Immortal Sect, right? The Aquarius Daoist suddenly went straight in, and said calmly, as if he was calmly chatting about a trivial matter, and he didn't know how much turmoil this news would cause when it spread to the rivers and lakes.

"I didn't hear these four words until I went back to Dajin. Liu Han smiled.

The Aquarius Dao Master shook his head slightly: "Except for the Hidden Immortal Sect, I can't imagine that sect can cultivate a character like you." ”

"I'm the captain of the Tiger Ben Guard who works for the imperial court, Dao Chief, you have to be careful if you want to make a move. ”

After entering the ninth grade, Liu Han's sense was much sharper, when he was in the seventh rank, he could only run away when he met the old manager, but now, he sensed that the great master on the opposite side had the intention of making a move, which was completely different from the last time he could only be beaten, he was a little itchy in his heart, and he hoped that this old way would make a move, but he was also a little worried.

The shadow left by the Great Grandmaster on him is too heavy!

The Aquarius Dao Master was slightly surprised, he was noticed by Liu Han as soon as he thought about it, and he had to re-examine Liu Han's cultivation.

Liu Han was extremely cautious to cover up the Purple Mansion, during this time, he was still diligent in cultivating, although he couldn't go back to the ghost and see the worries, but he still had spirit stones in his hands, and it was the same with the help of spirit stones to cultivate.

He didn't know if he could stop it, but it was better to cover it than to do nothing.

Before entering the door, he slapped the iron armor talisman on his body, but he didn't know if the great master was aware of it, anyway, even if he did, he would not admit it.

"Old Immortal," Liu Han decided to turn defense into offense, he was not used to being led by the nose, and he wanted to take the initiative in his own hands: "You came to Yangzhou for me this time? I don't remember any conflict with Taiping Dao." ”

The Aquarius Daoist shook his head very calmly: "I came for Fang Zhenzhi's death. ”

Liu Han was slightly stunned, he remembered that when he was in Meiyuan, he was the Zongxing Daoist of Xiaohan Mountain and the Puji Zhenren of Changsheng Sect, this Xiaohan Mountain was only a few hundred miles, and no one from Xiaohan Mountain had come yet, but it was the Taishang Elder of Taiping Dao who came.

(End of chapter)