Datang: Starting from Li Jiancheng

Chapter 120 Luo Bin wants to meddle in the affairs of the family

"That's the only way to go." Dou Yinger sighed deeply.

Luo Bin also pursed his lips, then went downstairs and called a waiter to come up and carry Xu Chen back to Wuhou Mansion.

After Xu Chen was settled, Luo Bin called a servant, "Go to the beggar gang to find out whether the people who are famous in the annual imperial examinations are really those clans, or there are other hidden secrets."

"Yes." The boy replied, and immediately went to do it.

Dou Yinger on the side frowned slightly when she saw this, "What are you going to do? The power of the clan family is too great, Li Shimin can't do anything to them, let alone you?"

"Then have you ever thought that once the things we planned succeed, I will be the one facing this dilemma?"

Luo Bin's eyes were a little complicated, and he stood in front of the window with his hands behind his back, "And if this is done properly, there may be some unexpected effects."

Dou Yinger frowned when she heard the words, "Yes, these aristocratic families do have some troubles. If we can clean up one or two now, it will definitely be beneficial and harmless to us in the future."

"But having said that, the foundation of the great family is too deep, so how can we shake it?"

"This is not something we have to worry about." Luo Bin raised his eyebrows, "Let Li Shimin worry about it."

Although Li Shimin is stupid, he is not weak, otherwise he would not enjoy a high reputation in later generations.

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And state.

"How about it, is there still someone going to buy Turkic things in the past few days?"

Hou Junji teased the bird in the cage, and said casually.

"Back to the general, since we caught a few disobedient people, the people in Bingzhou have become more honest, and no one has gone to the border recently."

"The merchants on the Turkic side also noticed that something was wrong. Now there are only a few sporadic people who go to the border to sell things every day, but I believe they won't last for a few days."

The soldier on the side leaned slightly towards Hou Junji, and answered respectfully.

Hou Junji nodded in satisfaction when he heard the words, raised his eyebrows and said with a smile: "That's right, continue to send people to guard there recently, and don't let others take advantage of the loopholes."

"Yes." The soldier nodded.

"By the way, what have the Beiwei army been doing recently? Did they secretly do something with the people of Bingzhou?" Hou Junji frowned slightly, then turned his eyes and asked.

"The Beiwei army has been patrolling Bingzhou as usual recently, and rarely has contact with ordinary people."

The soldier thought about it carefully, and then continued: "When we just raised taxes, the common people would complain to Beiwei Jun from time to time, but how dare they contend with the general?"

"After a long time, they seem to get annoyed, and they will take a detour whenever they meet ordinary people."

"According to my observations these days, the people of Bingzhou seem to have slowly accepted this fact, and no one discusses it anymore."

After hearing what the soldiers said, Hou Junji nodded reassuringly, "The Beiwei army is the number one army in the Tang Dynasty, and they should not be underestimated. Let me keep a close eye on them. If there is any violation of law and discipline, I will immediately Report it to me."

"Yes." The soldier leaned over and responded.

"Also, the city gates of Bingzhou must be strengthened, and the Beiwei army must not escape." Hou Junji reminded again.

After all, Beiwei's army was Luo Bin's soldier, so his heart naturally turned to Luo Bin.

If they couldn't stand his behavior and sneaked back to Chang'an to tell Luo Bin, things might be much more complicated.

It's not that he is afraid of Luo Bin, but that Luo Bin has too many ghost ideas, and he is extremely insidious, so it's hard to be hated by him.

"Don't worry, general. Without the general's permission, not a single fly can fly out of Bingzhou." The soldier immediately assured after hearing this.

"Well, you go down first." Hou Junji responded.

After the soldiers left, Hou Junji's eyes suddenly darkened a little, and there was a sneer on the corner of his lips.

So what if Luo Bin manages Bingzhou well?Didn't he make a wedding dress for him in the end?

After all, he has been with Li Shimin for so many years, and he understands Li Shimin's temperament more or less, and after so many trials, he can almost be sure that Li Shimin is jealous of Luo Bin, even dissatisfied.

So as long as there is no trouble in Bingzhou in his hands in the past few years, he believes that in order to keep Luo Bin by his side, Li Shimin will find a way to get Bingzhou back from Luo Bin and give it to him no matter what.

Thinking of this, Hou Junji felt refreshed.

On the other side, the beggar gang also found out what Luo Bin ordered, and they are coming to report.

"Master, you are right. The imperial examinations in the past few years do have other secrets."

Fang Tianci frowned, then pursed his lips and said: "After I got the task of the leader, I ordered several brothers to investigate separately, and finally found that the winners of the imperial examinations in the past few years were not the noble families announced last at all. , but a few unremarkable civilians."

"For the convenience of the leader's interrogation, we also brought someone here. This person is Fang Yuan. He claimed that he was the top of the list last year, but he was replaced by someone. Now he has no choice but to follow his father and sell pork for a living."

"Have you investigated? Is this person really the number one last year?" Luo Bin asked with a frown.

Fang Tianci shook his head when he heard the words, and then pursed his lips and said: "I can't find out, after all, what we saw was also the announcement of the list, and it has been corrected. The specific inside information is secretly manipulated by the aristocratic family and court officials, and the matter has passed. It's been too long, and I can't find it at all."

"Understood, let Fang Yuan in."

Luo Bin nodded, then waved.

Then a savage man entered the door, with a smell of meat on his body and a pile of wild stubble on his chin, which didn't really match the truth of a scholar.

"You are Fang Yuan?"

Luo Bin pursed his lips and asked, somewhat in disbelief.

"Exactly."

Although Fang Yuan looked wild, his voice was very gentle, which did not match his appearance.

"I heard that you were the number one in the scientific examination last year, and you were replaced by someone else. Is this true?" Luo Bin asked with a frown, with a bit of thoughtfulness in his eyes.

After Fang Yuan heard the words, he took out a piece of paper from his pocket and handed it to Luo Bin, and then said: "Please look, Lord Hou, this is what Caomin answered in the exam last year."

"At that time, Caomin was resentful that the place in the scientific examination was taken up by the Cui family son of Qinghe, so he used his memory to write down the test paper silently, and wanted to take this to sue, but the county magistrate didn't care."

Fang Yuan sighed deeply, and then said: "Although my father is a butcher, he has cultivated me carefully since I was a child, and hopes that I can become a literati when I grow up."

"Whenever I had some money at home, my father used it all to buy me a husband. Unexpectedly, he ended up making a wedding dress for someone else. My father was so angry that he argued with them, and one of his legs was broken in the end."

(End of this chapter)