Great Tang Southern Emperor

"Of course, I have entered the city once before, and when I came out, I had to go to the county government office to issue a road guide. I thought it might be troublesome, and I might have to spend some money. Who knew that the adult in charge just asked me. situation, I drove Luyin out, it took less than a stick of incense in total, it was too fast."

"Oh, so to speak, it will be more convenient for us to do things in the future. When 'Xu Guozhang' was here, if you wanted to do something, if you didn't pay, you wouldn't do it at all. Even if you gave money, you wouldn't be able to do it in a few days. .”

"Hey, you said, the new county magistrate's moral character is so good, isn't it to buy people's hearts? After a long time, don't be another 'Xu Guoshou'."

"You are just worrying about nothing, and you don't even think about it. Who is the new county magistrate? They are the subordinates of His Highness King Yue. They will take a fancy to our poor and remote place?"

"That's right, don't judge the heart of a gentleman with the heart of a villain. How much is the tax burden of our Zhenyang County in a year? I remember that the highest year was during the reign of Emperor Kaihuang, so it was a little more than [-] yuan in total. , last year it was less than [-] guan. Do you think His Royal Highness Yue Wang would like such a small amount of money? Don't forget his nickname."

"Yes, I think too much."

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Chapter 323 Self-defilement and rumors

Chapter 97 Self-defilement, rumors to stop rumors

Everyone in the tea shop discussed for a while, at this time someone rushed in again, urging: "Hey, why are you still here? Why don't you hurry up and watch the parade of 'Xu Guodirty'?"

Someone said slowly: "Why are you in a hurry? Didn't you say you paraded in the afternoon? It's just past early morning."

"Can you not be in a hurry?" The man yelled: "Now the news has spread all over the county, and many people have already left in advance. If you don't go, there will be no good seats."

"Good location?" Everyone in the tea shop looked at each other, and suddenly heard a strange cry: "Wo Cao, forget about this, hurry up and grab a good seat."

"Don't run, wait for me."

"I didn't even think of that."

"I must take a closer look at 'Xu Guoxuan'."

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In an instant, the half-popular tea shop was completely cleaned up. If it weren't for the teapots and snacks left on the table, those who didn't know would think the business of this tea shop was bad.

Seeing the scene of people leaving the building in an instant, the owner of the tea shop, father and son, looked bewildered.

"Father, do you want to continue to open the door?" the son of the owner of the tea shop asked softly.

"It's closed today." The owner of the tea shop gritted his teeth: "Your mother's revenge should be avenged."

"I have practiced martial arts for 13 years, and I have long been looking forward to this day." The son also had a look of hatred: "Today, I must kill the forest thief to comfort my mother's spirit in heaven."

"Okay, let's go." After finishing speaking, the father and son each put a knife in their bosoms, and walked out of the tea shop without even closing the door.

Because the sky is high and the emperor is far away, the officials in Zhenyang County are only concerned with making money, and they don't care about the lives of the people at all. As a result, the county town has not been repaired for more than ten years, and it looks very dilapidated.

The only advantage is that I don’t know why it was built. The streets in Zhenyang County are very vast, but they have not been repaired for many years. The stone slabs used for paving have long since disappeared, exposing the grayish-yellow ground. Dusty on sunny days and muddy on rainy days.

But today was an exception. The news that Xu Guozhang and others were arrested and prepared to parade spread throughout the county at the first time, so that the people in the county actually took the initiative to repair the road surface. By noon, the eight streets in the entire county had been completely repaired. Although it is not considered as a loess pad, and the water is poured on the street, it looks much smoother than before.

In a restaurant facing the street in Shizi Street, Zhenyang County, Zhu Yuming was wearing plain clothes and sitting by the window, looking at the bustling street below, he couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "This is the people's hearts, big brother's trick really gathered a lot People's hearts, Chanyang County will be much easier to manage in the future."

Zheng Yuan looked worried and said: "But it is already a big taboo to drag officials out to parade in the streets without permission. Xu Guozhang did commit a crime, but only the Ministry of Punishment and Dali Temple can convict him. Arrest them, and now they are parading them privately, this is more restrained. If this spreads to Chang'an, I'm afraid it will cause a huge disturbance, and it will bring a lot of trouble to His Highness. In addition, some people tried to discredit His Highness before. If we spread this matter again, the consequences will be unpredictable."

Liu Yi took out a letter: "This is the meaning of my grandfather and Mr. Cen. They both agreed. What are you talking about? They can't possibly harm His Highness, right?"

"But why is this?" Zheng Yuanming frowned and asked in doubt: "Your Highness is already on the cusp of the storm, and if you do something like this again, wouldn't it add fuel to the fire?"

Liu Yi handed the letter to Zheng Yuan: "Look at what the letter says first. At first I didn't understand the reason for this, but after reading the letter, I realized that the reason why we think arresting officials and parading the streets is a big deal, then It's because we look at things from our own point of view. But if we look at it from His Highness's point of view, what is a mere seventh-rank official?"

"You all know the recent situation of Your Highness. I am afraid that Chang'an has been shrouded in rumors. His Highness is already in trouble. But at this time, Lin Yi came to invade Datang again. The governor of Huanzhou couldn't resist. His Highness had no choice but to lead the army. , This is even more an excuse for people to slander His Highness. Do you believe it or not, once the news of His Highness leading the army is sent back to Chang'an, some people will definitely say that His Highness is self-respecting and disobedient?"

"That's for sure, those bastards will never let go of this opportunity." Zhu Yuming's worries became more serious: "But because of this, we can't arrest officials and parade through the streets at this time. Isn't this adding trouble to His Highness?"

"No, I kind of understand Master Liu's meaning." After reading the letter, Zheng Yuan also figured out the joints: "It is precisely because His Highness is in a bad situation at this time that we have to go too far."

Zhu Yuming was puzzled: "What's the point?"

Zheng Yuan handed over the letter and explained: "Rumors about Chang'an are flying all over the sky now, and we have lost the upper hand. At this time, any excuse is invalid, because the people of Tang Dynasty have already had preconceived ideas. In this case Now, if we forcefully explain but fail to produce enough evidence, that will only add fuel to the fire. Doing so will make people think that we are making sophistry, which will only deepen their suspicion and fall into the enemy's calculation middle."

Liu Yi added: "So, if you want people to doubt the authenticity of the rumors at this time, there are only two ways left. The first is self-defilement, that is, discrediting yourself to reduce the court's suspicion of His Highness. Mainly for the emperor to see; the second method is also self-defilement, taking the initiative to attack His Highness with more violent rumors."

"Oh, I see." Zhu Yuming is not an idiot either. After reading the letter and receiving Liu Yi's explanation, he suddenly understood: "That's right, when there is no way to explain the rumors, we use even more unreliable rumors to spread the truth." Submerge the original rumors and let the people understand that these words are all false."

Zheng Yuan continued: "And what we are doing now is what His Highness ordered. On the one hand, it is to stabilize Zhenyang's hearts and improve the prestige of the elder brother. On the other hand, it is helping His Highness to smear himself and give the emperor an explanation."

"But can the emperor believe it? This is too obvious."

"The emperor didn't doubt His Highness at all, so how could you believe it or not?" Liu Yi said with a smile: "Your Highness has not been in Yuezhou for more than a month, and there are already rumors in Chang'an City. Do you know that this is slandering His Highness? Do you think the Emperor can't see through it?"

"Since the emperor has already seen through it, why do you need to do anything extra? Isn't this just taking off your pants and farting?" Zhu Yuming was going crazy. Your words are so profound that I can't understand them at all.

"It's just an attitude." Zheng Yuan saw that Zhu Yuming was entangled in madness, and explained with a smile: "Someone framed His Highness, and the rumors spread all over the Tang Dynasty, but His Highness was indifferent. He neither wrote a letter to apologize, nor went to Chang'an to plead guilty, but The old god is here and let the rumors spread, what would you think if you were the emperor?

It's nothing more than two kinds of thoughts: this kid can't really have a problem, is he guilty?Or are you determined that I won't believe rumors?

No matter which of these two thoughts is, it may make the emperor feel dissatisfied with His Highness or directly become suspicious.

And when we smear ourselves at this time, we are telling the emperor that we have a clear conscience, and if His Highness sends an apology, it will be enough to offset the doubts in the emperor's heart. "

"Sure enough, I'm really not made for playing politics." Zhu Yuming was deeply shocked by Zheng Yuan's explanation, and sighed: "I can't even play with you two rookies in politics, and those old foxes in the court. If they play, why don’t they let them play to death? Or I’d better join the army, those stupid big guys should be easier to deal with.”

"Hahaha" Zheng Yun and Liu Yi burst out laughing after hearing this.

Chapter 324

Chapter 98

The afternoon came soon, and Zhenyang County was extremely lively at this time. In the words of Aunt Baiyun: "The gongs and drums are loud, the firecrackers are blasting, the red flags are flying, and there are huge crowds of people."

Such a description is really not an exaggeration at all. All the pollution in Zhenyang County has been sacked, and the mountains that are pressing on the people's heads have all been arrested. Therefore, the people in Zhenyang County are very happy now, even the beggars along the street The child is no longer lifeless as before, and smiles very brightly.

Not only people from Zhenyang County came to Zhenyang today, but people from Lin County and even Shaozhou in the north came to watch the fun.

Everyone was waiting and saying hello.

"Hey, Brother Li, you're here too? Aren't you from Shaozhou?"

"This is the biggest event in Zhenyang in the past 50 years. It's hard to justify not watching it."

"Third uncle, your old man is here too?"

"Of course I want to come. These dog officials have harmed our Zhenyang for more than ten years. I have to see how they died."

There are also discussions about the fate of Xu Guozhang and others.

"Everyone thinks what will happen to these corrupt officials in Chang'an?"