Li Jizong had just come out of the prison, and it seemed that his words with Wei Xian had an effect, although Qiu Yanbin was not well cared for, at least he did not suffer from flesh and skin.

The criminal general in the prison also seemed to feel the clue from his own situation, and he pulled the corner of Wuhou's clothes through the cell and pleaded: "The general promised me not to do anything for Yanbin. ”

Liu Jizong put his hand into his palm, patted the back of his hand lightly and said, "It's okay, I will find a way to save you." ”

"General, I'm not afraid of death. Qiu Yanbin dragged Liu Jizong's hand and didn't let go, "I'm afraid that Li Baisong and the brothers in Quanyang will die unwillingly." ”

Liu Jizong was half-collapsed in the sedan chair, and the conversation of Fang Cai was still vivid, and the sound of worship outside broke his thoughts: "Hanlin student, Yu Shenyan's old disciple has come to meet Wuhou." ”

The curtain of the sedan chair was lifted, and a Confucian student jumped into the field of vision of Wuhou, this person had a face like the moon of the Mid-Autumn Festival, his temples were like a knife, his eyebrows were like ink paintings, but there was no femininity at all, and a purple robe embroidered with green patterns on his body made him look like a scholar.

Yu Shenyan ......" Liu Jizong thought about it for a while and finally remembered this person: "Isn't that the old teacher of the former first assistant Yang Qinglian?

"Exactly. Li Yuzhang bowed his head and replied.

"So you're here to be a lobbyist?"

"Lobbyists have their own people to do, and the students have something for Wu Hou to look at today. The scholar said mysteriously.

"Oh, let's go with Ben. Liu Jizong was allowed to make an exception for hanging his temperament.

"No. Li Yuzhang retreated behind the sedan chair and followed it into the Wuhou Mansion.

In the study, the two stood one by one, and Liu Jizong spoke first: "What is it that needs to be so secretive." ”

"General, please look. Li Yuzhang took out a thick booklet from his arms, and when he took it in, he saw that it was the account book that Yang Qinglian had entrusted to Bai Luofeng Yanqin Mansion in prison.

After Wu Hou took it, he began to look at it carefully, and before he could turn the two pages, his color changed greatly, and he immediately raised his head and asked, "How can this kind of thing be in your hands!"

"Someone left it for the student, but it's just a transcript, and maybe that person isn't completely at ease with the student. Li Yuzhang said calmly.

Liu Jizong took a big breath, but the one-finger-thick ledger was a record of the gold mining in the Yanqin Mansion in the past six years, and less than one percent of them were handed over to the imperial court! As he looked at it, the faster his heartbeat became, and when he turned to the last page, two thin pieces of letter paper fell.

Wu Hou stretched out his hand and unfolded it, only to glance at the whole person who almost fell from his seat, and it was written that Yang Qinglian promised to give fifty percent of the profits to Wei Xian, and the other was Wei Xian's reply letter promising to help Yang Qinglian improve his rank.

"The ledger is a copy, but the letter is from the original hand. Li Yuzhang added, his face more frank, "Now I dare to give this thing to Wuhou first, then I am not afraid that Wuhou will leak it." Not to mention anything else, even if the embezzled silver taels are recorded in it, it is enough for ordinary officials to kill a few times. ”

"In that case, you handed it over directly to the saint, so why bother to show it to me. Liu Jizong suddenly let Li Yuzhang in, the account book in his hand is simply a hot potato, once it is known by the eunuchs, even if he is the opposite sex, he may not be able to stand up to their group attack in the future.

But Wei Xian is no ordinary official. Confucian Sheng did not have any taboos and went straight to the road: "Simply take the Northern Expedition to Yumeng as an example, the soldiers' food, grass and military salaries are barely enough, how can these things be solved by impeachment with a piece of paper?"

"With this account book, you can't win, what can you do with a martial artist?"

Li Yuzhang straightened up, regardless of his status, pressed his hands on the desk and said in a deep voice: "What Wuhou said is right, as long as the land tax, salt and iron tax, and canal and dam project are investigated, there are more people who are greedy for ink than the number of people recorded in the account book, and the money for ink is not only only 230,000 stones, not only Yanqin, but also more such people in the thirteen provinces of Kyoto!"

But the reason why they have been able to become more and more greedy for ink over the years is because there is a group of powerful people in their heads. The more Confucian said, the more angry he became, completely putting aside the image of the scholar Wen Xuan: "Since the rise of the eunuch party, don't say that the hundred officials of the court, even the prince, the county king, the royal family, and the clan relatives are either condescending to the authority or complicit. ”

"Li Hanlin, there are some things that I can't say. Liu Jizong wanted to stop it.

"Everyone knows, everyone doesn't speak!" Li Yuzhang stood up excitedly: "The eunuch party co-opts the royal family and nobles, promises personal interests through regulations, and the bribes are appalling, a prince provides 50,000 stone of rice a year, 20,000 yuan of banknotes, 60 brocade horses, 300 silk horses, 500 silk horses, 1,000 saros, 1,000 winter cloths, 1,000 summer cloths, and other expenses are even more numerous. ”

Seeing that Wuhou couldn't persuade his posture, he could only let him be indignant: "And the royal family, eunuchs in the palace, and officials at all levels annexed granges account for half of the world, and the small people can cultivate less than half of the world's land, but they have to pay the world's taxes!"

"Li Hanlin, don't forget that Ben Hou is also a high-ranking official and powerful person in your mouth. Liu Jizong smiled bitterly.

"That's right, Wuhou also accounted for one of them. There is no hypocrisy to evade, and there is no rudder to see the wind, some are just heartbroken: "Take Yanqin as an example, 436,000 stone of grain and rice are stored every year, but it costs 1.13 million stone to supply the rice of the government and Yalu, and the grain retained for two years is not enough to supply the royal family with one year of rice.

"You're right, if Ben Hou didn't get along with Gonggong Wei, how could he get such a high salary. Liu Jizong decisively admitted it, but the next moment his expression turned into anger that no one knew about himself: "But there is no such high salary, and the imperial court does not pay military salaries, how can I raise the Liu family! Without the Liu family, who will guard the North Pass! Are you or me?"

"Where is the military salary, Wuhou doesn't know in his heart?" In the face of anger, Confucian Sheng was not afraid at all: "To uproot the corrupt officials of the eunuch party, does Wuhou still need to use his private pocket to help public affairs!"

Liu Jizong fell down again after Bai Luofeng, and he covered his face with his palms in pain and sighed: "If you are an enemy with it, Yanbin will really be helpless... I didn't think that I wouldn't be able to keep the last person..."

This excuse used by Liu Jizong to excuse his resignation is not his sincere words?

The conversation ended unhappily, and Li Yuzhang left with reluctance.

In just two days, from Bai Luofeng to Li Yuzhang, and even Qiu Yanbin in prison seemed to be forcing Li Jizong to take a step, they knew that only the martial marquis who held the military power in the current court still had the strength to argue with Wei Xian.

But Liu Jizong just didn't want to take that step, because in front of him, countless people who had fought against the eunuch party had all fallen: Yu Shenyan, Yang Qinglian and countless members of the Dongshu Party all died in the end!

He doesn't want to take this risk, and there is no need to look at this risk, the bureaucracy's thinking has gradually corroded the heart of punishing and eliminating evil, Kang Jia's actions are also cold to the loyal and unswerving thoughts of the past, protecting the family and defending the country is his military position, in addition to this, the Zhu family's country is tossed by the surname Wei, what does it have to do with him!