But there are also some ignorant people who don't know what to do. They follow what others say, and three people become tigers.

Rumors spread and they believed them.

"Your Majesty, there have been rumors in Jinling City these days, saying that His Majesty amended the tax law in order to seek money for pleasure." "My servant believes that those who spread rumors are vicious and should be punished for their crimes. Please order a thorough investigation by Your Majesty!" In the vanity hall of the imperial palace, Shangguan Lin is playing chess with Gai Nie.

Cao Zhengchun knelt aside and reported the rumors about Jinling today to Shangguanlin.

Shangguan Lin clamped a black chess piece between his fingers, landed it on the chessboard, and said with a faint smile, "What are the rumors saying about me?" "I dare not say anything."

"If you tell me, just say it, I forgive you for your innocence." "No."

Cao Zhengchun lowered his head and replied anxiously: "Some say that His Majesty is to build a temporary palace; some say that His Majesty is to enrich the harem by drafting beautiful women, collecting people's hard-earned money in advance to build palaces for beautiful women; there are also saying that His Majesty is greedy in nature and seeks gold and silver to make gold. They sleep on the golden bed and silver couch day and night." "Oh, their imaginations are very rich."

Shangguan Lin sneered coldly, dropped another blow, and attacked like a fire.

Opposite him, Ge Nie dropped a white stone with a blank face, blocking Heizi's attacking posture, and turned from defense to offense. "I dare to ask Your Majesty, how to deal with this matter?" "Check."

Shangguan Lin's son fell like thunder, making a piercing loud noise.

This move not only landed on the chessboard, but also landed in Cao Zhengchun's heart, making his heart skip a beat. "promise!"

Cao Zhengchun obeyed, and then asked, "How should the people in Jinling City who are talking about rumors be dealt with?" If it was normal, Cao Zhengchun would never ask Shangguanlin for his opinion on such a matter.

Talking about the emperor behind his back is a capital offense in his eyes.

Dongchang will arrest all the people talking about it into Dongchang, torture them severely, and interrogate the people behind the scenes.

Even if he caught the wrong person, Cao Zhengchun wouldn't care.

Rather kill the wrong than let it go, this is Dongchang's way of doing things.

But Shangguan Lin was different, he was open-minded, and he would not kill his whole family just because a few foolish people said something bad about him.

If Cao Zhengchun arrests people wantonly, it will definitely create the image of the court killing innocent people indiscriminately.

This will only make it easier for the real culprit behind the scenes, and it will be harmful to the court. "Ding, the host triggers the task of quelling rumors."

"Slandering the emperor is a crime that should be punished. It is detected that the host has been maliciously spread rumors, which will damage the host Tianwei. Please ask the host to track down the person who spread the rumors and punish them severely." "Mission reward: the world loses color, five years of pure internal power." After reading the system rewards, Shangguan Lin smiled inwardly.

I didn't expect a small task to be rewarded quite generously.

The eclipse of heaven and earth is the unique skill of Tianzong of Taoism in the Qin Dynasty.

The operator releases his pure internal force to the surroundings, covering the space.

Things in this space will become infinitely slow, close to static.

Everything in the world loses its color and can only be slaughtered.

If you want to crack this trick, you can only use the rejuvenation of all things in the Taoist family.

Those with deep internal strength can forcibly resist the attack of Tiandi Huanhui, but they cannot break this trick.

(Wei Zhuang Gai Nie can move freely in the field of the eclipse of heaven and earth. Although he has not cracked the trick, he directly ignores the eclipse of heaven and earth.) Withdrawing his mind, Shangguan Lin said coldly, "Propagate the decree, declare it to the world, state the benefits and harms, and order the people Don't spread rumors anymore." "As for those who talk about the emperor behind their backs, the death penalty is inevitable, and the death penalty is inevitable."

Shangguan Lin lowered his voice lightly, and said calmly: "There is no need for torture. After being caught, he will be dragged directly to the street and beaten with 013 army sticks, so as to scare others." "No."

Cao Zhengchun was ordered to retreat, and Shangguanlin continued to play chess with Gai Nie. "Your Majesty has a broad heart and a broad mind, which I admire." Gai Nie bowed his hands to salute Shangguan Lin after he dropped his son. "Mr. is overrated."

Shangguanlin shook his head and smiled, and Heizi fell down and chopped off Gai Nie Dalong.

"As the Son of Heaven, how can I care about ignorant people, they are just being used by people with a heart." "The real guilty is the source of the rumors, and they are the ones who deserve to die!"

While speaking, Shangguan Lin clenched his fists tightly.

When he let go of his palm, the black chess piece had been crushed into a ball of powder.

The person who spread the rumors this time is none other than the powerful and wealthy businessmen.

It is self-evident what their purpose is.

It was nothing more than wanting to use fishing boats to make Shangguanlin unable to withstand the pressure and withdraw the new tax law.

There is a saying that people die for money, and birds die for food.

These people knew that slandering the emperor behind their backs was a serious crime of copying one's family and punishing the nine clans, but they still did it.

Shangguanlin had to lament that the temptation of money was too great.

It is so big that knowing it is a capital crime will make people take risks.

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Chapter 177 Shangguanlin, the tyrant of the heavenly law, gives both kindness and power (first update, please subscribe)

After the decree was issued, Cao Zhengchun led the people from Dongchang to act.

First, paste notices in the imperial city, explaining the benefits and harms, so that the people will not be used by those who want to.

Afterwards, Dongchang fanzi arrested people everywhere in the imperial city.

Dongchang was already feared by the people, but now they are arresting people everywhere, and the people are even more silent and terrified.

But then they discovered that Dongchang's arrests were not for killing people, but for minor punishments and major punishments.

In a restaurant, six people talking about the emperor were caught on the street, surrounded by people standing around.

A head of Dongchang looked around at the people around him, and said loudly: "Slander your Majesty by talking behind your back, spread rumors, according to the law, you should copy and behead the whole family, and exterminate the nine clans." Therefore, let the net be lenient, and pardon the capital crime and the crime of implicated people." "However, capital crimes can be forgiven, but living crimes cannot escape, so they will be beaten with thirty army sticks. You should take this as a warning." After finishing speaking, the head of Dongchang waved his hand, He said coldly: "Execution." As soon as the words fell, six civilians were pressed on chairs, twelve Dongchang fanzi were in groups of two, and a military stick was beaten on the buttocks.

Those who were beaten were only ordinary people, who couldn't bear such pain, and screamed on the spot.

But the people watching did not pity them, but applauded them instead.

Today's Shangguanlin has a high prestige in the hearts of the people, and most of the people turn to him.

These ignorant people slandered His Majesty, they naturally hated it.

Now that His Majesty has pardoned their capital crimes, it is already an extrajudicial mercy. What is it to beat a few times with army sticks? "I just said, Your Majesty is wise and mighty, how could he be a greedy and indulgent villain."

"The new tax law this time is not aimed at ordinary people like me, but only at the powerful and wealthy businessmen.

It must be that they are unwilling to pay taxes, so they spread such rumors, slander His Majesty, and use us and other people. ""Yes, it must be so, we should not be deceived and used by people with intentions. "

"If it weren't for His Majesty's kindness, to grant mercy outside the law, and to slander His Majesty behind the scenes, it would be a serious crime to punish the nine clans." "These people who spread rumors don't care about our lives at all, they are simply hateful!" Gritting teeth.

After the thirty army sticks were beaten, the six civilians were lying on their chairs and could not get up, their buttocks were bloody.

But this only looks serious, and the Dongchang fans are very measured.

What they suffered was only physical wounds, not their lives.

It only takes a month or two of self-cultivation to heal.

Before leaving, the Dongchang fanzi also left three taels of silver to each of the beaten, which was considered as soup and medicine for them.

Seeing the people in Dongchang return the money after beating someone, the people onlookers all said that His Majesty is merciful, and he is a benevolent and righteous king.

The first is to use torture to show power, punish those who spread rumors, and show the emperor Tianwei.

Then, at the end of the execution, benevolence was shown to show the emperor's grace.

Such a combination of kindness and power, in harmony with the way of heaven and in harmony with people's hearts, makes people speechless.

Shangguan Lin's way of the emperor has become more and more proficient in using it.

In a mansion in the east of Jinling City, in a secret room, there are four figures sitting around.

These four people are not ordinary people, but four well-known figures in Jinling City.One is named Xu Zhen, who is a tea merchant; one is named Song Lixin, and is a cloth merchant;

They are all Jinling wealthy businessmen with tens of thousands of wealth, tens of thousands of acres of fertile land, and their hands and eyes. "After the emperor's decree, the rumors of Jinling have stopped/~."

The tea merchant Xu Zhen glanced at the other three people, and said, "If this continues, the new tax law will never be stopped." "Can't we send someone to blow some wind in the dark?" Song Lixin, a cloth merchant, asked with a gloomy expression.

"No, the more you do, the easier it will be to expose, and we will be dragged out by then."

Zhao Hede, a grain merchant, shook his head and said: "Creating rumors behind the scenes and slandering the emperor is a serious crime of copying one's family and exterminating nine clans. We cannot afford it." "Then just watch the new tax law go into effect?"

The last jade merchant Qian came in and roared: "Once the new tax law is successfully implemented, can't you figure out how much silver taels we will lose?" With the newly implemented tax system, if the annual income exceeds 100 million taels, [-]% of the tax will be paid.

The three of them are wealthy businessmen with an income of more than 100 million taels.

That is to say, once the new tax law is implemented, they will have to hand over several 10 taels of silver to the court every year.

Among the four, jade merchant Qian came in with the highest income, and the annual income at the most was more than 500 million taels.

If he pays taxes according to the new tax law, he will have to pay more than 100 million taels of silver tax a year.

This is not paying taxes, but cutting meat.

Of course they don't want to.

"Little Emperor, bastard, what kind of business tax should be changed properly? Is he crazy about money?" Qian Jin slapped the table, knocked over the tea, and gritted his teeth with hatred.

"The priority now is not to talk about that, but to cut our tails off."

The tea merchant Xu Zhen looked at the three people in the room, and said coldly: "The emperor has sent people from Dongchang to track down the source of the rumors. We must keep ourselves out of the matter." They are plotting behind the scenes, even if the people from Dongchang investigate, what can they find out?" Cloth merchant Song Lixin sneered.

"It's not safe after all. It's better to completely eradicate the future troubles." Grain merchant Zhao Hede's face was gloomy, and a murderous intent flashed in his eyes. "Old Zhao is right."

The jade merchant Qian came in and echoed, "Those people who work on things can't stay!" "Okay, we can cut the weeds and root out the roots, so as to avoid future troubles forever!" The opinions of the four reached a consensus at this moment.

Although they are all businessmen, they are all ruthless characters.

If they didn't have some means, they wouldn't be able to get to where they are today.

The crouching tiger, hidden dragon above the shopping mall is full of dangers.

If his heart is not cruel and his hands are not poisonous, he will have been eaten long ago, and even the bones will not be left.

To the west of Jinling City, in a ruined temple.

The stone statues in the ruined temple have been dilapidated, their heads have fallen off, and the ground is full of dust.

Suddenly, the stone statue moved, and then slowly moved away.

Several beggars in tattered sackcloth crawled out from under the stone statue.

This ruined temple is a gathering place for beggars around. They dug holes under the stone statues to shelter them from wind and rain in winter.

After crawling out, the beggar patted the dust off his body and walked out towards the temple gate.

Suddenly, a cold light suddenly appeared, and it was fleeting.

A beggar fell to the ground in response, with black blood spurting out of his mouth continuously, and a flying needle was stuck in his neck.

Obviously, he was poisoned.

The poison is so strong that the blood seals the throat, and within three breaths, the beggar died.

The other beggars were trembling with fright, screaming and running away.

However, before they escaped from the temple gate, they fell down one by one.

In the blink of an eye (well done), all the beggars were killed.

A masked man jumped from the beam of the ruined temple and checked the pulses of the beggars one by one to confirm that they were all dead.

The four rich merchants are very smart. They know that slandering the emperor is a capital offense, so they didn't directly send their own men to spread rumors.

Instead, they used a group of beggars in the ruined temple.

Beggars are easy to bribe, just give them some money and food, and let them do whatever they want.

Now, in order to ensure that the secret is not leaked, they have sent their own followers to silence it.

As long as the beggars die, no one will be able to trace their heads to the factory.

After confirming that all the beggars were dead, the masked man turned around and left.

But at this moment, an accident happened suddenly!

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