Don't be a prince

The eunuchs in the East Palace had been sent out by Li Chengqian long ago.

After lunch, the news came back.

Sure enough, after eating his fill, Wei Zheng applied to the emperor for a batch of imperial troops, and led the officials from Yushitai to set off.

At this time, as long as the refugees can be successfully brought out of the mountain, it will be a great achievement.As a speech officer, the better you do it, the more you offend people, but if you don't do it well, you can't even do it as a speech officer.Because of this, the speech officials raised their hands and feet to agree to the leader's request for the work of "recruiting refugees".

"Hehe, I don't want to go to the mountain to suffer. So what if you all go out together? Sooner or later, you won't be able to beat the lonely."

After waving his hand to make the eunuch who was inquiring about the news retreat, Li Chengqian put the work of "cultivating eyeliner" on the agenda.

Although there is an alliance of lowly people in the palace, he cannot control the huge city of Chang'an.

Look at the emperor's father, the reason why he was able to predict the enemy's opportunity and survived many conspiracy is because of Baiqisi.Baiqisi's intelligence network covers the land of the Tang Dynasty. Although there are inevitably blind spots, it is enough to make the emperor a "prophet".

No matter who it is, everyone needs information.It is estimated that those aristocratic families did not leave the clan land because they were bored, and bought many mansions in Chang'an.

As the No. [-] figure in the Tang Dynasty—the prince, how can he do without his own intelligence network!

After writing the word "ruffian" on the paper, Li Chengqian chuckled, tore the paper to shreds, and threw it into the wastebasket.

The Alliance of the Lowly Ones is absolutely powerful. This can be seen from the eunuch he met in the Legislative Hall.

The eunuchs who worked in the Lizheng Palace were undoubtedly selected through layers of selection.But even so, it was infiltrated by the Alliance of the Lowly.

If it weren't for that eunuch, Li Chengqian would not have been able to think of Li Lianying in the Nine Grade Sesame Officials. By the way, he would have thought of the phrase "You take the sword of the previous dynasty and kill the officials of this dynasty" and distorted it into "You take the law of this dynasty and manage the previous dynasty's law." The people of the court".Fastest update../ ../

After thinking about it, Li Chengqian clapped his hands three times, and Fang Sheng, who had been waiting outside the door, walked in.

Fang Sheng closed the door after making sure that there were no outsiders except himself.

After bowing and saluting, Fang Sheng asked, "Your Highness, do you have an order?"

Li Chengqian nodded and asked, "Fang Sheng, is there any eunuch with strong martial arts in the palace? I have a plan that needs to be carried out by him."

Fang Sheng thought for a while, then patted his head: "Returning to Your Highness, there is indeed one person. If you just talk about eunuchs in the palace, he is absolutely number one. This person is called Geng Buqu, and even His Majesty's personal servant is him. He was trained by himself. Coincidentally, he is also a member of the Alliance of the Lowly. Your Highness is looking for someone with strong martial arts, is he going to kill someone?"

Shaking his head, Li Chengqian said in a low voice: "Since there is, you can ask Wang Sheng to find a way to get him out of the palace, and give him the only task. Other than that, you don't need to ask any more questions."

Fang Sheng knew that he was overstepping, so he stopped asking, and turned to look for Wang Sheng.

But in the near future, there was an eunuch whom he had never met before, who sneaked into the study room without notifying him.

There is no doubt that he is the one Li Chengqian wants.

It's just that Geng Buqu is really a bit old, you can tell from his gray hair that he has already reached the age to be expelled from the palace.Those who are not expelled from the palace at the age of age can only show that he is indeed capable or has enough credit.

Kneeling down on the ground, Geng Buqu said: "Your Highness, slaves are just Geng Buqu. Wang Sheng has already arranged a plan for slaves to leave the palace by feigning death. After leaving the palace, what Your Highness needs slaves to do is straightforward."

Putting down the book, Li Chengqian looked at Geng Buqu's appearance, wondering why: "What Gu wants you to do will be extra bloody and labor-intensive. However, at your age, I'm afraid it will be difficult to help Gu. A capable person, at your age, since you can stay in the palace and enjoy the blessings, you should stop going out to fight and kill."

Geng Buqu was not angry because the prince looked down on him, instead he smiled: "His Royal Highness is looking down on people. Although this slave is getting old, her skill has not degraded too much. After working in the palace for so many years, the character of this slave is not good. Those children can be compared. No matter what His Highness wants the servant to do, the servant will guarantee that it will be absolutely perfect."

Shaking his head, Li Chengqian said: "Let's forget it, I can't bear to let you do it at such an old age."

Geng Buqu smiled even more happily, he could see that the prince really didn't dislike him, but really cared about him.

Since entering the palace in the Sui Dynasty, he is one of the only surviving veterans of the Alliance of the Lowly.Originally, he heard that Wang Sheng and the others had contacted an eight-year-old prince, but he still thought that Wang Sheng was messing around.Now that he really saw the prince, he knew how wise the decisions made by the younger generations were.

Standing up, Geng Buqu arched his hands and said: "Your Highness, I have offended you."

After speaking, Geng Buqu immediately stepped forward, and his skinny hands grabbed Li Chengqian's neck like eagle claws.

The training during this period was not for nothing. After seeing Geng Buqu's movements, Li Chengqian immediately prepared to attack.

However, as soon as the thought of confrontation appeared, he realized that he was finished.

Even though there were more than two meters away, the unyielding movements were as fast as if a booster was installed, making people unable to react at all.The seemingly skinny claws contained powerful strength. At least Li Chengqian, who was caught by the throat, did not think that his neck would not be crushed.

Letting go of his hand, Geng Buqu immediately stepped back and opened the distance again.

Having seen Li Jing's skills and Niu Jinda's back, but after seeing Geng Buqu's skills, Li Chengqian immediately had a greater discovery of martial arts.

Facts have proved that simply practicing speed and strength can indeed push people to a height that is easy to be martial arts.

"Cough cough."

After coughing twice, Li Chengqian took out the plan he had prepared and handed it to Geng Buqu.

After receiving the paper, he read it one by one, and after making sure that he remembered all the contents, Geng Buqu tore up the paper and opened his mouth to eat it.

Li Chengqian hurriedly stopped him: "Okay, okay, there's no need to do this, the lonely wastebasket is handled by Fang Sheng, and it won't leak the secret. Since you think it can be done, you should leave the palace as soon as possible. Your expenses during the period, I will ask Fang Sheng to bring it to you, and I will contact you through Fang Sheng if I have anything to do. Besides, it is better not to trust anyone."

Geng Buqu, who has read all the plans, naturally knows that these things must be kept secret.

After throwing the shredded paper into the wastebasket, Geng Buqu saluted again and left backwards.

After sending Geng Buqu away, Li Chengqian was full of confidence in his plan.

Although I don't know what Geng Buqu used to do, but judging from his action of eating paper, he will definitely be able to complete the task of establishing an intelligence network outside the palace.

Poor Chang'an, it has not yet reached its peak period. In the city, only the imperial palace and the surrounding areas of the eastern and western cities can be regarded as relatively prosperous areas. The rest of the places are mostly areas inhabited by civilians.What's more, there are still some dark corners, where the black market that officials can't completely eradicate is going on.

Smuggling salt, selling slaves, dealing with stolen goods, everything was a quick buck.

As for these dark corners, no one has integrated them so far. They have built a very powerful intelligence network in a mess. It is roughly estimated that it is no worse than Baiqisi. The only shortcoming is probably that there is no way to infiltrate it. Enter the official news channel.

What Li Chengqian wants to do is to unify these darkness and build a net in the hidden corners of Chang'an.

"The identity of the prince can be regarded as a white way, and if you add a black way, tsk tsk, don't we take black and white?"

Putting down his pen, Li Chengqian hummed a little tune and went to Li Gang's residence.

There are some things that cannot be done in front of the old man, such as the alliance of the humble, such as attacking the underworld, and...

People have been deeply rooted in their slavishness since ancient times.

- Qinling

After eating all the dry food, I opened the bamboo tube and drank a few sips of water.

Feeling the pleasure of water saving his dry throat, Wei Zheng felt very miserable in his heart.

He still knows a little about refugees.Although these people are hidden from the world, they cannot completely cut off contact with the outside world.

Following the guidance of the hunters outside the mountains, he encountered more than one refugee stronghold along the way.

After overcoming all kinds of difficulties and obstacles, after entering, he originally thought that he could lead a group of refugees out of the mountain before sunset.However, what was unexpected was that when they heard about the imperial policy introduced by him, the refugees who were already timid went completely crazy.

Of course, this madness does not refer to the madness of joy, but the madness that drove him out.

If the leaders in the refugee stronghold didn't know how terrible it is to kill officials, I'm afraid they would do it.

Two hundred guards, in front of nearly a thousand refugees, formed a limited deterrent.

Looking at the half-set sun, Wei Zheng sighed and led the imperial guards out of the mountain.

There was not much land left in Chang'an, so the emperor assigned him the land in Wannian County, and the prince designated Lantian County.

After leaving the mountain, Wei Zheng decided to rest at the post house in Wannian County for one night.

He didn't have the face to bring the refugees out of the mountains, so he returned to Chang'an just like that.

The posthouse in Wannian County was overcrowded.

Seeing the dejected and injured subordinates sitting around, Wei Zheng asked in surprise, "Could it be that you didn't make it?"

An official with a blood-stained sackcloth on his head raised his head, and said depressedly: "Duke Zheng, it's not because we are not doing our job well, but those criminals are really idiots! I heard that we are representing the imperial court and going to persuade them to come out of the mountain." , It’s quite easy to talk about. But when the policy is mentioned, they are anxious. There are two small refugee villages, after driving away the officials, they immediately abandoned the house and went deep into the Qinling Mountains to join others.”

The other official was better, but his body was covered with dust, and his face was red and swollen, so he should have been beaten.

After the colleague finished speaking, the beaten official also said: "The situation here is the same, I don't know why, it was a good thing, but for those refugees, it was particularly terrifying. He went in alone. As a result, when the guards rushed in to rescue the officials, those refugees had already escaped through the secret passage."

After speaking, he lowered his head.

The bet between Wei Zheng and the crown prince is now known all over the city, and they are extremely ashamed for not being able to contribute to their boss.

Sitting on the stool, Wei Zheng sighed, "It's the same here, old man. If they didn't take into account that they would bring revenge from the court after killing officials, I'm afraid it would be difficult for this old man to come back today."

Today's Wei Zheng was hit hard.

Although he never boasted, he knew that he still had a little reputation among the common people.It's just that this fame has no effect when dealing with refugees.

The waiter at the posthouse came in, brought out the cold tea and replaced it with hot tea.

After running for a whole day, the tired people didn't even bother to drink water.

After the sun had completely set, everyone finally came to the person they wanted to see.

He Changzong was sweating profusely. After entering the post house, he did not speak but drank a whole pot of tea first.

Riding a horse from Lantian County to Wannian County was not an easy job for him, a civil servant.

After drinking the water, He Changzong also knew what his colleagues were waiting for, and immediately reported: "I have been watching Lantian County for a long time. Since the beginning of time, Lantian County has received two full waves of refugees, almost a thousand!"

"what?"

Wei Zheng took the case, if it is a wave, he can still accept it.After all, the prince led the prince personally, and had a lot of contact with a group of refugees.

But two waves, it's too fake!

He Changzong continued: "The lower officials are also very curious, so they inquired about it. The first wave of people who came out of the mountain was indeed mentioned by the prince, the cottage managed by Liu Yang. But the second wave, it was only today that the prince came into contact with him personally. See The crown prince personally led the members, who kept swearing at those refugees, and the lower officials wondered, could it be that the crown prince personally led the refugees out of the mountain?"

Chapter 132 Shining Li Chengqian

Can't help but He Changzong didn't think so, the crown prince personally led the soldiers, and they were all civil servants with no power to restrain the chickens.Like Wei Zheng, who can wield a knife twice, most of the remaining officials have never practiced martial arts.

If the crown prince used force to coerce the refugees out of the mountains, it would make sense. There are 2000 of them, and they cannot be subdued, but it is still no problem to intimidate 1000 people.

When He Changzong said this, many officials immediately became suspicious.

The comparison of the bet is only the result, and there is no agreement that other means cannot be used.If the crown prince really uses this method for a bet, it would be too shameful!

Wei Zheng knocked on the table, and said sternly: "How did the old man warn you on weekdays, no matter what you say or give a memorial, you should have real evidence. Although the prince is only eight years old, do you think the prince can be bullied? "

The officials shook their heads again and again, and anyone with a discerning eye could see that the crown prince's position was as stable as Mount Tai, and almost [-]% of them were the heirs of the next emperor.Under such circumstances, a fool would go to provoke the prince.

After sighing, Wei Zheng picked up the warm teapot and prepared to go back to his room to rest.

The result of the day, is likely to be just a coincidence.He didn't believe it would be like this in the next few days.

Next day—Lantian County

Shen Shishen, magistrate of Lantian County, was so excited when he learned that the prince would visit Lantian County.

Originally, after hearing about the content of the bet between the Crown Prince and Doctor Wei, he still felt that he would be outnumbered by the Wannian County Magistrate, but he did not expect that on the first day, the Crown Prince personally sent two groups of refugees.

The refugees who entered Lantian County were very honest, received the simple living utensils and rations prepared for them by the county government, and dutifully lived in the empty villages set aside for them.No one ran away, and no one made trouble.

It was his idea to try to stay for one night.

Refugees, after all, are a group of restless elements, otherwise they would not have chosen to enter the mountains and be with wild beasts.Although they are all thin and weak, if someone makes trouble, it will not have a good influence on him.Try staying for one night and make sure that these refugees are honest before distributing the land, and it will not be too late to count the number.

Appeasing refugees and organizing production are the greatest achievements of a county magistrate.Although he was going to leave his hometown, Shen Shishen had almost fantasized about his dream of being promoted to a different position.

The crown prince gave him such a sour opportunity to earn political achievements, and Shen Shishen naturally understood, so he paid out of his own pocket early in the morning and ordered someone to go to Chang'an Restaurant to invite the cook over.

From Chang'an to Lantian County, the distance is not close.

An hour later, Li Chengqian appeared in Lantian County.

Shen gentry, who was over 40 years old, did not dare to slack off at the intersection, and waited at the intersection. After the convoy arrived, he even personally helped the prince's carriage lead the horses.

Lifting the curtain of the car and looking at the barren fields in Lantian County, Li Chengqian sighed and said to Shen Shishen: "Magistrate Shen, you should stop leading the horse for Gu Gu and come up and talk."

Shen Shigentle was only allowed to enter the prince's car after the inspection where his underwear was almost torn off.

Kneeling and sitting down obediently, Shen Shishen did not dare to underestimate the prince's age.Facts have proved that although the prince is only eight years old, it would be a big mistake to treat him as an ordinary eight-year-old child.

"In Guguan Lantian County, there is so much fertile soil, why are there so many barren places?"

Shen Shishen sighed: "There are so few people, you can't grow them! Your Highness doesn't know that the population in Lantian County was very small during the Wude period. Although the Supreme Emperor ordered births to be encouraged, but children are not weeds, how can they grow so quickly?" Grow up. In order to encourage childbearing, the lower officials even personally visited the countryside to persuade them to have children. If a man of seven feet talks about the benefits of having a child in front of a woman, he will laugh for thousands of years."

Li Chengqian smiled, and directly talked about having a baby in front of the woman. The county magistrate really put his face down, just for the sake of fertility.

Just looking at Lantian County, you can understand how few people are there.

The surrounding area of ​​Chang'an is still so desolate, so Shandong Road and other places with fewer people, isn't it a hundred miles without people?

200 million households, even if the big families are combined into one household, and some people in order to avoid taxation, the people in a large courtyard are also counted as one household, and the population is not tens of millions.War is really one of the fastest ways to reduce population.

"What's the last laugh? From Gu's point of view, you can do this, and you are a real people-friendly official. Before Gu came here, I heard that you are hardworking, and now I see that it is true. Do it well, father. The emperor placed the refugees in Lantian County, which is clearly a gift for you."

Why didn't Shen Shishen understand, tears welled up in his eyes, and he bowed respectfully in the direction of Chang'an.