Tang's dining table

Xue Rengui entered the city last night, and finally entered the imperial city overnight. The White Tiger Hall of the Sixteenth Guards was in the imperial city. If nothing else happened, Xue Rengui at this time had already obtained the command of the Sixteenth Guards by virtue of the military talisman in his hand. right.

Last night, Yun Chu slept very well, which meant that Xue Rengui did nothing else beyond his control last night. He only obtained military power in accordance with the rules.

Judging from Yunchu's understanding of the emperor, Li Zhi would never hand over fifty thousand soldiers to anyone.

Therefore, behind Xue Rengui's control of the Sixteenth Guards of Chang'an, there must be restraining power, surveillance power, and people responsible for executing the stop-loss regulations.

One layer is covered with another, one trap is within another trap, everyone is connected and restrained from each other, and finally forms a giant spider web whose power cannot be directed in one direction.

The local officials in Chang'an City must have been worried all night. In Chang'an today, it seems that the only person worthy of action by people like Xue Rengui is Hou Yunchu of Lantian.

As for the rest of the people, if the emperor wants to deal with anyone, Jiang Tong of Baiqisi has enough power.

In order to calm people's hearts, Yun Chu rarely wore armor to go to work, and the accompanying family members also naturally wore armor.

After the gate of the square was opened, Yun Chu left Jinchang Square on his bay red horse.

Today's Chang'an is different from before. There are very few pedestrians on the street and not a single person can be seen on the wide Zhuque Street.

However, when Yunchu appeared on Zhuque Street, some people gradually gathered there.

Yunchu was like a key to the city. Wherever he went, people appeared there. When Yunchu deliberately walked around the city, the city returned to its former prosperity.

When Yunchu returned to Wannian County Government Office, Director Liu and all the subordinate staff in the county office came out to greet him.

Yun Chu threw the maroon horse's reins to Chief Liu, looked at the crowd of subordinates and said, "Why are you all here? Don't you all need to sit in court?"

Seeing that the county magistrate was still as strict as ever, everyone dispersed and returned to their official residence noisily. There were already people and merchants who came to the county government for business, and they could not tolerate their neglect.

After returning to the main hall, Yun Chu took off his armor. Wearing armor when going out was to make the people of Chang'an angry, so there was no need to return to the county government office.

In April, Chang'an was already getting hot, especially after walking most of the city in armor, Yun Chu was covered in sweat. Just as he was washing his face, Zhang Jia came in, waiting for Yun Chu's orders.

Yun Chu washed his face with cold water and felt refreshed. He asked Zhang Jia, "Have you paid all the taxes and fees on both sides of Zhuque Street clearly?"

Zhang Jia bowed and said: "If you go back to the county, it will be collected within ten days after the county government festival this year."

Yun Chu waved his hand and said: "Then we will collect the ones from next year and the year after that and tell them clearly that no invoices will be issued and no invoices will be recorded."

Zhang Jia was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and immediately whispered: "County Lord, how much are the taxes and fees..."

Yun Chu took a sip of tea and said regretfully: "Rules have to be followed after all. Let's get some small money back and improve the treatment of the big guys. Robbery with open fire is not the behavior of the government."

Zhang Jia added: "There are only two hundred households on both sides of Zhuque Street, which is a bit missing. Why not expand it to include all wealthy households? Do you think it is okay?"

Yun Chu couldn't help laughing while holding the tea bowl, and said to Zhang Jia: "Only take money from two hundred households on Zhuque Street. The rest, even if you send it to me on your own initiative, return it to me. We don't want it. We will only exploit the people on both sides of Zhuque Street." Rich households.”

Zhang Jia still wanted to speak, but Chief Liu stepped in and scolded him: "Whatever the county magistrate wants you to do, just go and do it. Don't ask any more questions."

Zhang Jia immediately clasped his fists in salute and hurriedly went to do his work.

Chief Liu refilled the tea for Yun Chu, poured himself a cup of tea, sat down under Yun Chu and said, "Do you want to protect those wealthy households this time?"

Yun Chu nodded and said: "To be honest, whether a city can be prosperous and wealthy depends on the efforts of the wealthy households. Many, many common people actually rely on working for the wealthy households to survive.

We can exploit the rich, but we must not kill them all. If they all die, the task of feeding the people will fall on us. At that time, will I go into business to feed the people, or will I? go? "

Master Liu cupped his hands and said, "The county magistrate is wise."

Yun Chu smiled and said: "We have made the rules, and we must be the first to abide by these rules. Even if there is a deviation, it can only be a small deviation. Even if the family is broken, the scope of the broken family can only be within On a very small scale, it is absolutely impossible to cause a general blow to them.

When you work in the future, follow this purpose.

Another point is that we must never make things miserable and make people resentful. We must give others the minimum way to survive, lest we, Chang'an, snow in June and thunder in winter, we will be struck. "

After Master Liu wrote down the instructions from the county magistrate, he asked in a low voice: "Xue Rengui came to Chang'an this time. Does the county magistrate know why?"

Yun Chu sneered and said: "The beginning and end of the Yingzhou incident is that after the Liaodong War, the imperial court designated Yingzhou as a place of enlightenment for immigrants from all over the world. It was hoped that after those immigrants lived in Yingzhou for a generation, they would be Officially included in the category of common people of the Tang Dynasty.

As a result, some people took advantage of the fact that the people of Yingzhou were worthless and their lives were worthless, and they wantonly developed their own manpower among the immigrants in Yingzhou. Some of the bolder people even reached out to Liaodong Tieshan, ironware workshops, and armor-making workshops. In the crossbow workshop.

Xue Rengui killed people in Yingzhou like a mountain of corpses and a sea of ​​blood. Now that he has finished handling the affairs in Yingzhou, he came to Chang'an to clean up the mess, so as not to give some people an opportunity. "

After Master Liu got what he wanted to know from Yunchu, he drank the tea and left.

Yunchu knew that Chief Liu was asking these questions on behalf of Lu Zhaolin. Lu Zhaolin did not hide himself, so he stayed in the yard waiting for the chief to return.

Seeing Chief Secretary Liu come out, he followed him back to the Chief Secretary's house, poured tea for the Chief Secretary, and did not leave, waiting for the Chief Secretary to take the initiative to tell him.

Master Liu sat on the chair and closed his eyes slightly. After going through the county magistrate's words in his mind again, he made sure that he had not heard anything wrong or understood the county magistrate's words wrongly. Then he opened his eyes and said to Lu Zhaolin: "Go to Mr. Cao Hu." Please help me."

A smile appeared on Lu Zhaolin's face. After bowing and saying goodbye, he walked quickly to Hucao.

At noon, Xue Rengui's personal soldiers entered Chang'an City, with a total of two thousand personal guards. This was almost a configuration only available to the super general manager of the Tang Dynasty.

The last time Yunchu saw such a large-scale personal guard was from Li Ji during the expedition to Liaodong.

For a low-ranking commander like Liang Jianfang, having five hundred soldiers is already considered a great favor from the emperor.

After watching the personal guards enter the city, Yun Chu said to Zhang Jia: "Send the fines to these people. Bandits and robbers know how to put dung bags on their horses when they enter the city. Why don't these people ignore them?"

Zhang Jia turned around and looked at the bad guys under his command. They all had earth-colored faces, and he puffed out his chest and said, "My subordinates will go now."

Yun Chu looked at Zhang Jia with satisfaction and said: "Go and tell the leader, if you don't pay this fine, don't blame me for being stingy with their food rations. In short, this money must be there. If you don't pay it now, If you miss today, you will be punished a hundred times.”

Zhang Jia patted his chest and said, "I'll put on my armor and go."

Yun Chu became more and more satisfied. He patted Zhang Jia on the shoulder and said, "If there is an opportunity to get injured, don't miss it."

Yun Chu looked at the large baskets of copper coins that Zhang Jia and the others had just collected and said, "These money are all yours."

After that, he returned to Dongshi.

Zhang Jia looked at several large baskets of copper coins, swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and said fiercely: "As long as I don't die, I will make money."

When Wen Rou came, Yun Chu was putting on his armor. This time he put it on very seriously, even checking every armor leaf, every armor silk ribbon, and even carved out several pieces of armor under his cowhide boots with a knife. Anti-slip pattern.

The horizontal sword was pulled dozens of times to prevent the blade from being stuck by the spring. After the dagger in the boots, the throwing knife in the sleeves, the short crossbow on the waist, and the horizontal sword behind the waist were arranged one by one, Then he said to Wen Wen, who had been watching for a long time: "Xue Rengui is killing everyone in Chang'an City. As the herdsmen of Chang'an, we can't just stand by and watch, right?"

Wen Wen nodded solemnly and said: "It depends on how Xue Rengui kills people. If one person makes a mistake and implicates many people, we have to protect many people. After all, Chang'an is a reasonable place."

Yun Chu frowned and said, "If this trial fails, you know what to do."

Gentle said: "Don't worry, you will go to court once, go to jail once, and visit Luoyang."

Yun Chu sighed and said: "Anyway, I took some risks this time, but the gains are too great, so I have to take a risk."

Wen Wen said: "If this thing succeeds, the people of Chang'an City will have a chance to unite together. This risk is worth taking."

Yun Chu buckled on his helmet, tied the ribbon firmly around his head, and finally said to Wen Wen, "Tell Di Renjie that he should go to Luoyang to become an official."

Gentle said: "I will also tell Zhong Kui that if things go badly, he can take those swordsmen and get you out of prison."

Yun Chu stood at the door of the court and stared at the blazing sun in Chang'an City. He said to Wen Wen irritably, "The sun is really strong today."

Gentle said: "The red sun is rising, its path is bright."

Yunchu said in surprise: "The river flows out and flows into the ocean."

Wen Wen said awkwardly: "Go on."

Yunchu said proudly: "The eagle is testing its wings, and the wind and dust are flying."

Wen Wen said dissatisfied: "I think so too."

Yun Chu picked up the horse tree that was leaning against the door and said loudly as he walked: "The first-born of a strange flower, the emperor is shining brightly. The generals have their own hair, and they have their radiance. The sky wears its green, and the earth wears its yellow. Even though it lasts through the ages, it is horizontal. There are eight wastelands. The future is like the sea, and the future is long..."

Wen Wen looked at Yun Chu's retreating back and said loudly: "There's no need to say so much. It chills my heart. Be careful that I don't come forward to save you."

Zhang Jia felt that he had been very careful, and tried his best to use soft words to inform these proud soldiers that they needed to pay a fine.

He was still beaten badly.

It wasn't until he was tied up by his hands and hung on the flagpole in public by these Qiu Ba that he could overlook the tragic situation in the Cui family's mansion next to him.

Looking at the situation in Cui's mansion, even a person like Zhang Jia, who is accustomed to bloodshed, couldn't help but close his eyes.

If only the man had died, Zhang Jia would not have thought about how to plan the Cui family's property in Chang'an. After all, how could these Qiu Ba know how much hidden property the Cui family had, plan it, and contribute it to the county magistrate? A big share, a small share for myself and Director Liu, and finally some profits for the colleagues. That should be a windfall for the boss.

Unfortunately, after seeing the pile of human heads, including not only men, but also women, children, and five or six bloody white-haired heads, he immediately gave up the idea of ​​making a fortune.

These people were very methodical in their work. After surrounding a house, they started killing people from the front yard to the backyard. At this time, the Lu family next door to Cui's family was experiencing the scene that had just happened to Cui's family.

"Ah, ah - you can't do this in Chang'an..."

Zhang Jia was hung very high, so he could see farther and wider, so his screams became more and more shrill.

A school lieutenant standing under the flagpole looked at Zhang Jia who was shouting and said with a cruel smile: "To avenge the rebels, it will be your turn in a while."

Zhang Jia said loudly: "A certain family is the county captain of Wannian County and is in charge of the laws of Wannian County. Since you are killing people in Wannian County, why don't you know about this family?"

The captain laughed loudly, raised his crossbow and shot an arrow at Zhang Jia. The crossbow arrow penetrated Zhang Jia's boots with the sound of wind and came out from his instep.

"Ah——" The severe pain made Zhang Jia tremble like a fish caught by someone.

He really wanted to shout "My lord, help me," but when the words came to his lips, he swallowed them alive and turned them into a shrill scream.

In the flash of lightning, Zhang Jia suddenly thought that even if the county magistrate came, he would not be able to control the current situation. Rather than making things difficult for the county magistrate, it would be better to swallow it himself.

When the school captain saw Zhang Jia shouting loudly, he said to the subordinates around him: "People like pigs and dogs dare to collect any fines in front of grandpas.

Let's wait and see how grandpa deals with him when this happens. "

Lu's killings continued, the same killings regardless of reason, the same killings regardless of gender, age, and age, the same method of piling up heads.

Zhang Jia saw his blood flowing down the flagpole. In order to live a little longer, he stopped struggling. He knew very well that the harder he struggled at this time, the more blood would flow out.

As long as he can hold on long enough, maybe the county magistrate will come.

There has been no murder of a whole family in Chang'an City for many years. The thieves did not dare, the robbers did not dare, the swordsmen did not dare. Unexpectedly, after the officers and soldiers came, they dared!

At this time, Yunchu was still on Zhuque Street. In the mansions on both sides of the street, many people were standing on the second-floor windows and watching Yunchu, who was riding a horse slowly towards the mansion area near the imperial city.

Many people bent down to salute, and some even knelt down and kowtowed repeatedly.

Yunchu didn't take any government officials, soldiers, or delinquents with him, so he rode toward the imperial city alone.

If the other party has few people, Yun Chu doesn't mind bringing some people with him. Unfortunately, there are 50,000 soldiers in the city, and his own manpower is not enough for Xue Rengui to swallow him up.

Therefore, this time he was ready to talk to Xue Rengui about the truth about not killing innocent people indiscriminately.