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Volume 2: Li Er ascends the throne Volume 12: Complete conclusion Chapter 46: Let¡¯s do something big

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    Chang'an City is like a giant beast lying across the vast land. It is a capital city with a long history, but in the summer of this year.  But a disaster ushered in. It was unclear whether it was self-inflicted or imposed by someone else. This disaster befell this ancient city.  No one knows what the original cause of this incident was, and no one will pay attention to these things. It is just that during this period of time, the officials in the court were all in danger, and everyone lived in fear.  Because recently the officials in Chang'an City are being attacked by a force of unknown origin.  "Have you heard? Last night, Mr. Cao Yunshan, the Minister of War, suffered a disaster at his home!" A middle-aged man wearing a long gown was drinking by himself in a restaurant. The people at the table next to him were discussing quietly, but the two of them were discussing in a low voice.  The tables were so close that he could still hear their conversation.  "What's wrong? Could it be that that person took action again?" When the person next to him heard this, he immediately answered more carefully, as if he was afraid of being overheard, but he couldn't help the excitement in his heart.  But the big deal is, how many people are this this month?  None of them remember.  ¡°This is the fifth one I¡¯ve fallen into that person¡¯s hands this month!¡± The middle-aged man heard this sigh as he stuffed a Sixi meatball into his mouth.  "No, Mr. Zhang from the Ministry of Household Affairs, Mr. Hu from the Ministry of Rites, and Mr. Sun from the Ministry of Civil Affairs were all found out by that person this month! I can't believe that these officials are actually such people. They were  It¡¯s not like this when you are on official business in Chang¡¯an City! It¡¯s only been a few years!¡± These people lamented that they all know these officials in Chang¡¯an City very well, because these officials were promoted to the imperial court.  Before becoming senior officials, they all worked as minor officials in Chang'an City.  This is also an unspoken rule in the officialdom. Before being promoted, you must go to the emperor's feet to run errands, so that those above can test your abilities.  Therefore, most of the officials who were later promoted in Chang'an City had served as minor officials in Chang'an City.  "Hey don't talk about this. When was it? That was before they were promoted. If their performance was poor at that time, how could they climb up? So whether they were pretending at that time, none of us know, but  This mysterious person really makes me admire him!" At this moment, an old voice suddenly came out.  But it was an old man at another table who spoke up: "These officials are in their positions, but they don't care about politics. What are they doing? Are they just sitting there and eating nothing? Not only do they not think about doing things for the people, but they go even harder.  Thinking about how to take it away. Is this our parents' official? Bah! This mysterious person can actually find out these secrets of them, and let them willingly write a confession, and then kneel in front of Suzaku's door to plead guilty. This is really incredible.  "It's so exciting!" "Who is this mysterious person? He is so powerful that he knows everything! Look at this Master Cao. She even stole a pear from her neighbor's uncle when she was a child.  It¡¯s written down, it¡¯s almost better than Mr. Cao himself remembers it!¡± said one person.  "What Master Cao? He is a thief now. Have you not seen how much military pay he has deducted over the years? As the Minister of War, he has real power in his hands. The pay of the soldiers in various places must pass through his hands.  But look at what he wrote this time. He exchanged old rice for new rice and made a profit from it. New rice cost five cents per dou, and how much did old rice cost? Three cents per dou! He deducted two cents from this dou of rice.  How many of them are directly allocated to him as military pay? The money he has withheld in a year is probably enough to buy two luxury houses in Chang'an City!" A young man dressed as a scholar analyzed at this time.  : "Even if he allocates one million dou meters of military pay per year, that is two million Wen, one thousand Wen and one guan. It is also two thousand guan, two thousand taels of silver!" This amount is not unknown. After calculation,  Suddenly everyone was shocked.  What is the concept of two hundred taels?  A family of three spends only dozens of taels of silver in Chang'an City for a year. As a small minister of the Ministry of War, with an official rank of fourth rank, his annual salary is only dozens of taels.  But no matter what he does, the money he gets every year is enough for him to work for 180 years.  In the face of such interests, who can remain indifferent.  So even if these people are just discussing, they just hear this number.  Everyone's breathing became rapid.  "What is this? Mr. Zhang from the Ministry of Revenue, that is the real daily income! In this department that is in charge of the money bag of the Tang Dynasty, that is the mouse falling into the rice vat, and it is dead.  . A year's worth of less than ten thousand taels of snowflakes and silver! " In the past two months, the people of Chang'an City were all filled with resentment and resentment against the Tang Dynasty. They were all extremely angry at what these officials had done and asked the imperial court to give them answers.  A reasonable explanation.  This made all the officials in the court restless. None of them were clean. What would happen if something like this happened to them one day?I'm afraid it's the same.  Therefore, they have no choice. Even more than the common people, they hope that this matter can reach a consensus as soon as possible. After all, if an agreement is reached, the rest of the matter will be easier to handle. Otherwise, who would have known that after they just gave the explanation, they would be turned around.  When that mysterious man came to my door, I felt like crying without tears.  But when they were as anxious as ants on a hot pot, there was nothing they could do because no one knew who the mysterious man was or where he was. How could they satisfy that man?  There are no standards at all. Whatever you do if you can't find that person may be wrong, but if you don't do anything, the situation will get worse and worse.  Those ministers were so anxious that they could not sleep peacefully every day. After all, no one was clean, so no one should blame anyone. Those who were exposed would be punished, and those who were not exposed would be forgotten.  But everyone is wary of each other, because they are all guessing who is the mysterious person, because no one can guarantee that the mysterious person is not someone above the rising sun!  After all, such detailed information is absolutely impossible to complete without strong support.  But who has such strength?  No one can believe it. Everyone is wary of everyone around them. It can be said that the whole court is in trouble.  But at this time, the most anxious person is not these ministers, but Li Er, because this situation is not only shaking the people in the court, but also the fundamental people of the Tang Dynasty!  This was simply a matter of draining the firepower. When the barbarian families of the Tang Dynasty were colluding with each other and preparing for an uprising, something like this suddenly broke out that shook the foundation of the rule of the Tang Dynasty. The first thing Li Er thought of was the methods used by those enemies.  , but after a second thought, he gave up this idea, because all the things these people committed were recorded in detail. If those enemies had such abilities, then the country of Tang Dynasty would have been easily changed.  Lord.  But if it wasn't done by those enemies who were eyeing the Tang Dynasty, then who could it be?  No matter how hard Li Er thought about it, he would never have imagined that this was something Li Kuan did.  This guy Li Kuan is completely brave this time. The Tang Dynasty has just got on the right track. It has only been a few years of stable life. These officials of the Tang Dynasty have already learned to take bribes and bend the law and learn to be greedy. Could it be that the Tang Dynasty  Is this really what officialdom is like?  The last time Li Kuan saw the conspiracy between Li Chengqian and Changsun Wuji at Changsun Wuji's mansion, he felt cold in his heart.  As the crown prince of the Tang Dynasty, Li Chengqian actually betrayed the interests of the Tang Dynasty navy in order to gain the support of the people of the Japanese slave country. But what was left of the Japanese slave country?  There were only less than a thousand pirates on the two ships, but nearly four hundred passionate men of the Tang Dynasty were killed in vain.  Li Kuan felt chilled, and suddenly felt sad for the Tang Dynasty: How many officials in this court are sincerely serving the people of the world?  With this question, Li Kuan played a big game this time. He came back this time just to beat Li Chengqian, but now it has become that he wants to try whether there is anyone in the court who sincerely serves the people.  For the sake of the Tang Dynasty and the country, are these officials sincerely asking for orders for the people or are they just seeking their own interests and future?  He suppressed his nose that had become sensitive in Chang'an City, and wanted to comb through the court thoroughly to see if the mainstay of the Tang Dynasty could really support the Tang Dynasty.  The universe is clear.  He placed the three women in a small mountain village outside Chang'an City. The people here are simple and simple. Li Kuan claimed that he was the master and servant of a family and the four of them were going to live in seclusion in the mountains and forests. The villagers all accepted their temporary relationship sincerely.  They lived there and enthusiastically helped them build their own huts. This made Li Kuan more determined to do what he wanted to do this time, not for anything else but for these simple people of the Tang Dynasty. They might be considered important in this world.  They are not characters, not even the dust of history. They are just drops of water in an endless ocean, but they are also people of flesh and blood, with joy, anger, sorrow and joy. Whenever he succeeds in Chang'an City,  After interrogating an official, he needs a relaxing place to relax and not impulsively slap those officials directly for fear of death, he will come back here, stay with these simple mountain people, and listen to them  Telling the same story every day and recalling every bit of their ordinary life, his heart would always calm down in the shortest possible time.  During this period, he randomly selected some officials in the court for quiet interrogation. Under his hypnosis, these officials could tell everything they knew, and he gradually had a better understanding of the court of the Tang Dynasty.  A profound understanding is that many of these officials are officials for their own interests. In that position, they do things that are absolutely outrageous just for their own future and interests.  .  Such officials accounted for 10% of the court, but it was about 10% of the officials who committed nearly 80% of the most outrageous things in the Tang Dynasty. Compared with the Tang Dynasty,Those rebels and rebellions promoted by ?? are going to make people hate them.  But this time, Li Kuan did not directly kill these people. Instead, he asked them to write down their sins and then surrender outside the Suzaku Gate.  As for those officials who had not done much bad deeds, he made them forget the memory of this encounter.  (To be continued.)
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