Datang romantic little landlord

Li Wangyou is said to be extravagant and desperate, why don't you go and see, what kind of life do those aristocratic families live?

In the main hall, all the people who were close to Li Wangyou showed hesitation. Regarding the impeachment of this censor, everyone felt that this person was full and was looking for trouble.

Ma Zhou, as a censor, naturally wanted to speak for his master, so he immediately stood up and retorted.

"Your Majesty, the founding son of Huxian County spent a lot of money to build the fighting field, but it was not for personal desires, but for the people of our Tang Dynasty."

Li Er pretended to be surprised, and asked cooperatively, "Oh? How do you say that?"

Ma Zhou bowed and saluted: "Your Majesty, Huxianzi is planning to build a batting field, which can accommodate tens of thousands of people to watch batting at the same time. People in the Tang Dynasty like to play bats, but they don't have the chance to see them on weekdays. If this batting field is built, it will be possible. Letting tens of thousands of people in the city of Chang'an have fun with His Majesty is a beautiful thing, how can it be called arrogant and extravagant?"

He glanced at the censor who came from a family, and said in a loud voice: "Huxian Zi spends a lot of money to benefit the people of Chang'an City. This action is to destroy the family and relieve difficulties. It should be rewarded by His Majesty."

Ma Zhou paused for a moment, then continued: "As for what you said about the redemption of the land in Hu County, people complained all over the place. Let me ask you, what kind of people are these people complaining about? Why have I never heard any complaints from the people in Zhaoxing and Da'an Fangs? On the contrary, you are very satisfied with the money given by Huxianzi to buy the land?"

"This..." Yu Shi was a little dumb, he couldn't say that Mr. Li from the Ministry of Civil Affairs had complaints, could he?For a moment, he was also speechless.

At Ma Zhou's words, all the officials in the hall also nodded, agreeing with Ma Zhou's words.

After all, no one could see the commercial value of the polo field. Even in Li Er's view, Li Wangyou burned a lot of money, so he used his own money to build such a huge polo field.

It is not an exaggeration to say that this kind of behavior is selfless, destroying the family and relieving difficulties.

Many courtiers even secretly called Li Wangyou a prodigal son in their hearts. What's wrong with 2 taels of gold? It's actually used to build some kind of batting field. I'm really full.

After being stunned by Ma Zhou, Yu Shi involuntarily looked at the heads of several aristocratic families, hesitated for a moment, and continued: "Your Majesty, a few months ago, Huxianzi still owed the county government of Huxian County 200 million yuan. Ju, how could he take out 2 taels of gold to build a battering field? There must be something strange about this matter, please order a strict investigation by His Majesty to see if there is any corruption or perverting the law."

Datang did not have any crimes involving huge amounts of property with unknown sources. Yushi's words were purely speculative, and he tried his best to put shit on Li Wangyou's head.

But Yu Shi's words made Li Er almost break out in a cold sweat.

He couldn't tell the officials that Li Wangyou's 2 taels of gold was a bet he made with Cheng Yaojin, and after winning it from all the officials, he distributed the spoils to Li Wangyou, right?

When Li Er was thinking about how to answer, he saw the old rascal Cheng Yaojin stand up, pointing at the censor and began to curse.

"Zhiniang thief, the 2 taels of gold from Huxianzi was given to him by Lao Tzu. Why, do you have an opinion?"

Sent?Cheng Yaojin's words made all the officials in the hall uncontrollably stunned, you old man, do you dare to be reliable in your words?

That's 2 taels of gold, not two hundred Wen, and it was said to be given to Huxianzi. Cheng Zhijie, are you guilty?Why don't you give it to me?

But Cheng Yaojin just said that, so what can they do?Can you still bite this old man?

"Why did Duke Lu give Huxian Zi so much gold?" Yu Shi still wanted to struggle.

Cheng Yaojin's saliva sprayed all over his face: "It's none of your business!"

The censor blushed at Cheng Yaojin's scolding, and didn't know how to answer.

Cheng Yaojin made a fuss about it, and Li Er couldn't help but heaved a sigh of relief. He didn't bother to continue to entangle this matter, so he opened his mouth: "Huxianzi is willing to build a fighting field for the people. It's a good story. I'm happy to see it come true. , don’t mention this matter again.”

Once Li Er opened his mouth, the tone was set.Although the aristocratic family was reluctant, there was nothing they could do. Li Ru snorted coldly in his heart, but he didn't say anything.

Anyway, he made up his mind, no matter what, he would not sell the Daanfang land to Li Wangyou.

The aristocratic family did not overthrow Li Wangyou in the court, but repeated the same tricks, and began to spread rumors in the public to slander Li Wangyou.

Originally it was just nonsense, but I didn't expect that the rumors against Li Wangyou this time turned out to be menacing, causing people in Chang'an City who didn't know the truth to talk about it.

"Dalang, have you heard? The Zhaoxing and Da'an squares in the south of the city are going to be bulldozed to build the battering field. I heard that the Huxianzi will spend 2 taels of gold to build the batting field."

"Tsk tsk, 2 taels of gold? How much is it? These damned dignitaries are so rich, they don't know how to give us some."

"At first, I thought that Huxianzi was a good person, but I didn't expect him to be so extravagant."

"Hey, how can there be any good people among these dignitaries? They should all be beheaded!"

"Shh, keep your voice down, don't you die?"

"I heard that the talents in Zhaoxing and Da'an are pitiful. They were directly driven out by people sent by Huxianzi, and they became beggars. Their good homes disappeared like this."

"This county is so young, so rich and heartless, really damn it!"

Rumors like this, because of the people's hatred of the rich, were fermented by the mouths of the people, but they aroused the anger of the people in Chang'an City.

Li Wangyou's name became a stink all of a sudden.

In this regard, Li Wangyou, who was thinking hard in Dingzhou Village, how to buy land from Li Ru, still didn't know anything...

348 Begging

In fact, how much Li Wangyou spends has nothing to do with the common people.But in the eyes of the generally illiterate people in Datang, being rich is itself a kind of original sin.

As the saying goes, "I am justified when I am poor, but you are not benevolent when you are rich." Most common people have such thoughts about the wealthy merchants and wealthy families.

This is also one of the reasons why the rebels in the past dynasties always attracted enough responders as long as they shouted the slogan "Equal the rich and the poor".

Of course, this is not to blame the people.

Even in the prosperous Tang Dynasty, under this feudal dynasty system, all kinds of injustice abounded, and it was quite normal for the common people to hate the powerful.

But Li Wangyou suffered an innocent disaster. After a wave of rumors were spread by the aristocratic family, coupled with the people's natural hatred for the powerful and the hatred of the rich, Li Wangyou was cheated like this.

Now in Chang'an City, they are either discussing how much money that Huxian son has to spend 2 taels of gold to build a polo field;

For this reason, Li Wangyou has been sneezing a lot at home these past few days, thinking he has a cold.

On this day, Li Wangyou was still worrying about Li Ru in the mansion, when he saw the old housekeeper Li Heng hurriedly leading Lao Cunzheng in.

"Old villager, is there something? Why are you in such a hurry?" Seeing the old man's nervous expression, Li Wangyou couldn't help asking curiously.

"Young man from the Li family, a lot of beggars suddenly came to the village today. Hulala a large group. The old man has asked the young and strong in the village to stop them at the entrance of the village. Do you want to drive them away?"

A beggar is a beggar.

Li Wangyou couldn't help being taken aback when he heard the words: "Has there been any disaster recently?"

Since the government ordered the extermination of locusts, the locust plague in the second year of Zhenguan has almost been wiped out. Although this year's grain production is certain, there should not be people fleeing and begging, right?

And even if you want to escape, shouldn't it be July and August, when the green is not picking up?Now it's only the end of April and the beginning of May, why are there groups of beggars?

Lao Cunzheng shook his head: "It doesn't look like they are fleeing, but they look like those beggars in Chang'an City, and they all speak with a Chang'an accent."

Li Wangyou couldn't help wondering: "The beggars in Chang'an City? Why do these people come to my Dingzhou Village to beg for food?"

Dingzhou Village is located in Chang'an, a hundred miles away from Chang'an City.Although it took only half an hour to ride a horse, it was obvious that these beggars could not have come here on horseback.

A [-]-kilometer road would take a day on foot. What attracted these beggars from Chang'an City to Dingzhou Village?