A Good Landlord in the Tang Dynasty: Emperor Yuan Cong

Chapter 310

"Just let Cao and Liu's five families go like this?"

"The officials and generals in the Dudu's Mansion will not be held accountable?"

When Li Deju asked Huaiyu, he was still a little angry. They all knew that the smuggling and smuggling were not just the Peng family, but the whole Lingzhou.

Huaiyu smiled, "If we continue to investigate, there is no good person in Lingzhou. We have to kill them all? Or, in the end, even Li Daozong, the king of the city, will not be spared?"

This matter cannot be pursued in this way. You must know that Wu Huaiyu, Xue Wanche, and Dou Lu Huairang also took part in the private casting before.

Those are all issues left over from history, products left over from special circumstances.

It's not that the imperial court didn't know about it before, but it just didn't take care of it. Now that the imperial court wants to take care of it, Wu Huaiyu naturally has to prohibit it on behalf of the imperial court. If someone doesn't cooperate, they will take action.

Now that the Cao family and the others have handed over the Peng family and are willing to stop, then this matter will be settled like this, which is also the result that all parties are willing to see.

As far as the court is concerned, it is already very good that the policies and intentions of the court can be implemented, and the authority of the court can be guaranteed.For Cao Liu and other tyrants, they were satisfied with the escape of the Peng family as a scapegoat. As for withdrawing from private casting, although they would lose a lot of benefits, they did not dare to really confront the court.

If you want to blame it, you can blame Peng Weizhong, a cripple, who is so bold that he repeatedly kills and assassinates, which gives the court enough leverage to kill them.

They don't want to die, and they don't have the strength.

"Are they really willing to give up private casting?"

"At least they have expressed their withdrawal now. As for whether someone will secretly cast it in the future, that is another matter."

Now that they have reached an agreement, they will not continue to engage in private casting after they withdraw, and the court will no longer pursue their previous private casting behavior.

If someone wants to break the agreement, then the old and new scores will be settled together at that time.

This is toasting but not eating and eating fine wine.

Wu Huaiyu wanted to negotiate with them to stop the private casting industry, to persuade them to switch to mining, and to get them preferential policies, such as reducing or exempting some mining lessons, and even allowing them to cast copper coins jointly between the government and the private sector. Unfortunately, these People don't shed tears when they see the coffin, and no one is willing to give up the interests in their hands easily.

Well now, the imperial court decided to set up a Lingzhou money supervisor in Lingzhou, set up a money casting furnace here, and start the furnace to make money.The common people are allowed to mine minerals and prepare their own materials for cooking. The rate is [-]%.

The imperial court collects [-]% of taxation in kind, and the rest are not subject to official purchase.

This tax is actually not low, because in the past, for minerals, the imperial court generally carried out government-run mining and refining for those in need, and generally ignored the mining of civilians. One said.

Of course, in the actual situation, the imperial court or the local government will implement official purchases from the mines when necessary. When you mine copper mines, the imperial court needs copper, so you are required to sell the mined copper to the imperial court at the official price. Generally, the official price is natural. It is lower than the market price, so it is also a mining tax in disguise.

In this era, those who can open mines are actually local powerful forces, and they often have to have a good relationship with the local government and have certain benefits, otherwise it will be difficult to open the mine.

There is another change in the policy this time, that is, it is no longer mentioned to allow private minting in Lingzhou. Even if you have copper in your hand, you are not allowed to cast money, and the casting of copper wares is restricted. Only after obtaining permission can a certain amount of casting be cast. Copperware sales.

Now the imperial court directly set up a money supervisor, and set up a money casting furnace in Lingzhou to make money.

Xue Wanche set off to return to Chang'an on the same day. He actually wanted to stay in Lingzhou for a few more days, but the dedicated official told him directly that the emperor hoped that he could leave for Beijing immediately after receiving the order.

Wu Huaiyu and the others sent each other off outside the city. Xue Wanche still had injuries on his body, so he had to go back to Beijing in a carriage. Fortunately, the injury was not serious, but it was just that Huaiyu could not remove the stitches for him.

Wu Huaiyu gave him some pills, and Xue Wanche gave Huaiyu the two mouthfuls of Tonghai originally given to him by Li Daozong. He felt that he had no chance to return to Lingzhou.

"I'll come back when Dudu heals."

Xue Wanche looked at Cao Xuan and the others who came to see him off, "Wu Changshi, be careful of those people, there is no good thing." He really wanted to draw his sword and cut off all those dog slaves, finally gaining the emperor's trust, and Longzhou The governor was promoted to the governor of Lingzhou, but he returned to Beijing with a body injury before he had served for a hundred days.

At that time, it is estimated that everyone in Chang'an will laugh at him. As the governor of Lingzhou, he will almost lose his balls.

Now this has become the second humiliation of Xue Wanche's life. The first humiliation was when he fought against Luo Yi and Li Shentong against Liu Heitai. Tang Jun fought more and fought less, but was defeated. He and his brother Wanjun were even captured on the battlefield. , was also shaved into a bald head.

It's even worse now, the dignified governor was cut through the egg bag.

"That Peng Weizhong, I really wish I could kill him."

Xue Wanche wanted to kill Peng Weizhong with his own hands, but now he only has the name of governor and no power of governor. He has no right to intervene in Lingzhou's affairs.

With a bit of regret and shame, Xue Wanche didn't accept the gifts from Cao Xuan and other officials, and didn't say hello to them, got into the carriage and left.

Sitting in the carriage, Xue Wanche calmed down, and he couldn't help but lament that Wu Huaiyu was really capable. After the incident, he wanted to mobilize troops to arrest and slash people, but Wu Huaiyu, with just a slight move, could make Cao Liu's family and Peng Peng The family handed it over, and even implicated three fifth-rank generals.

Now Peng Weizheng and the heads of the three fifth-rank generals are all packed in a box and sent to Chang'an with him.

Lingzhou is bound to run wild.

Even Peng Weizhong wanted to kill the net, but unfortunately this time Cao Liu and the five gangs jointly sold out at the same time, and Wu Huaiyu also transferred two thousand soldiers from Yanzhou, Su Lie, Niu Jianwu, and even some soldiers from the three capitals of Qingzhou, Huizhou and Xiazhou. Also on the way.

Thick smoke billowed from the Peng family's mansion in the city.

The gate of the city was suddenly blocked, and Peng Weizhong could not escape after hearing the news. The cripple wanted to burn Peng's house with a torch, but the officers and soldiers quickly surrounded and broke in. The fire was quickly extinguished, and Peng cripple did not die.

In Lingzhou City, people are being arrested everywhere.

The three fifth-rank generals were captured and executed in court after the governor's mansion announced the decree, as well as Peng Weizheng.

Those on the rest of the list, no matter whether they are high-ranking or not, they will not escape this time.

Qinglong Temple in Lingzhou.

On the top of the seven-story Qinglong Pagoda in the temple, Cao Taigong and the other four old men stood here looking at the thick smoke over the Peng's house in the city, all silent.

Some of these old guys in their [-]s and [-]s have already experienced the Western Wei, Northern Zhou, Sui and Tang dynasties. As the old heads of several major local families, they were all people who stomped their feet and trembled three times when they returned to Lecheng in Lingzhou .

"Is this the end of the Peng family?"

"It's over."

The Peng family is the fourth among the six major families in Lingzhou. After the death of the old man of the Peng family, the Peng family has indeed deteriorated day by day. Although Peng Weizheng's father, Peng Yuxun, was the governor of the south of the Yangtze River and also had a magistrate, but his father After his death, his family actually fell into the hands of a cripple born from a concubine.

Cripple Peng acted to extremes. He acted out of line in order to be ruthless. He was disliked by the other families a long time ago. Now they finally don't have to put up with this cripple.

Together they sold the lame man.

Although Peng Yuxun was in the south of the Yangtze River, he would be locked up and taken to Beijing soon, and even hanged to death by a postman on the way.

This is the end of the century-old Peng family.

Committing such a serious crime as conspiracy and rebellion will never turn over again. If it is just stealing castings, there is still a chance of life.

It is unavoidable that there is a bit of sadness when the rabbit dies and the fox.

"That Wu Huaiyu is really ruthless."

"We can only blame Cripple Peng for his extreme behavior, which has implicated us all." Although Grandpa Cao said so, he still had to convince the young man in his heart that Wu Huaiyu was very skilled. Head bowed.

"Wu Huaiyu doesn't know what to say, doesn't he?"

"Will he turn around and attack us again? I heard that soldiers from the three prefectures of Qingxia are heading to Lingzhou. There are six thousand elite soldiers."

The six major families have always been tyrannical. In addition to being a century-old local family, they occupy a lot of land, have a large number of servants and tenants, and control the local industry and commerce. They also have an important capital, which is the land in their hands.

There are [-] united soldiers in Lingzhou in name, but in fact, each of the six major families controls two battalions of [-] native soldiers, plus [-] city-side soldiers, and they basically follow their lead.

Although these 1 horses are all militiamen, they are also soldiers.

The native soldiers they commanded before had of course made great contributions to the imperial court's defense against Liang Shidu and Turkic attacks, but such a force did indeed support their detached position in Lingzhou.

Seeing that [-] Yanzhou soldiers had already moved in, and [-] soldiers were still on the way, it was impossible to say that they should not panic.

Everyone knows that in the face of absolute power, one can only be slaughtered.

Cao Taigong leaned on his crutches and remained silent.

Standing on the six-story tower, you can have a panoramic view of the entire Lingzhou Huile City.

Lingzhou has sealed off the city gates, and the whole city is under martial law. The Yanzhou soldiers brought by Wu Huaiyu are searching and arresting the whole city. The Peng family and others on the list have been ransacked.

Anyone who resists will be killed on the spot.

In broad daylight, most of the people in Lingzhou City had already shut their doors and stayed at home obediently. At this time, they wandered around in the streets, and if they were hacked, they would be hacked for nothing.

Qingqi from Yanzhou patrolled the empty streets with a murderous look.

This Lingzhou City has truly changed.

Once, the Sui Dynasty turned into the Tang Dynasty, but in the nine years of the Wude Dynasty, Lingzhou has not changed much. No matter who becomes the general manager, the governor or the governor, this is still their home field.

a long time,

Grandpa Cao let out a long sigh, and said seriously to the other old buddies, "We are all people who are buried up to our necks in loess, and we have experienced things for so long, we will obey when we are old.

Don't have any thoughts that you shouldn't have, let alone have any contact with Tutuan at this time,
We just watched quietly, waited, and did nothing. "

Grandpa Liu couldn't help but ask, "But if the surname Wu really wants to attack, shall we just sit and wait for death?"

"If we really want to attack, what can we do?" Cao Taigong sighed, "Now it is the Zhenguan Dynasty, not the past."

"I believe Wu Huaiyu would not do that. We have already compromised and surrendered. You have no reason to kill them all. Wu Huaiyi is not Xue Wanche. If Xue Wanche is a dog slave, it is really possible."

The old men looked at the chilling Lingzhou City, and at the Yanzhou soldiers and horses they were not familiar with, they always felt flustered. This feeling of being difficult to control was really too bad.

"Should we go visit Wu Huaiyu together, have a good talk with him, or send him some money, fields and beauties, I heard that this surnamed Wu is greedy for money and lustful."

"Don't worry, we'll talk about it after a while."

(End of this chapter)