Long live Emperor Wu!

As soon as Shen San got on the carriage, when he turned his head, he was knocked unconscious by someone with a scabbard. When he woke up, he found himself tied up in a moving carriage.

He got up quietly and quietly, moved to the crack of the window and took a look outside. He saw that the street was completely deserted and desolate everywhere, and his heart suddenly skipped a beat.

Isn't this a good place to kill people and dump their bodies? !

What's going on? He wasn't disrespectful to those noble people, so why did he end up like this? !

Shen San'er almost cried and quickly thought of a way to untie the rope around her body.

Unexpectedly, the rope was tied very professionally. Judging from the technique, it was obvious that he had learned how to tie people seriously. He must be specialized in doing this. He was even more frightened and felt that his death was not far away.

Before he could struggle out of the rope, he heard voices outside.

When I got closer to the carriage door and took a look, I saw two rows of official guards standing in front of a very impressive courtyard gate, and there were the sounds of patrolling footsteps not far away.

He felt that the courtyard walls in this place looked familiar. He thought how could there be such a place near Luoyang, and suddenly remembered that this was the emperor's palace in Luoyang.

He was suddenly confused.

How...why were you tied here?

Could it be that that extraordinary-looking young master was a relative of the emperor? Which prince is it?

While I was guessing, the carriage stopped and a man opened the curtain. I was not surprised to see him awake and said:

"Hey, are you awake? Come down by yourself, or should I throw you down?"

Judging from what he was wearing, he was one of the people following the noble prince today.

Shen San's whole body was soaked with cold sweat, and he asked with a sad face:

"Uncle, can you...tell me what's going on? Where did I offend your master? I apologize, I repent, and I change my ways, isn't it enough?"

The man had a cold look on his face, lifted the curtain and said:

"I'm just following orders and can't answer your questions. Come down!"

In this way, Shen San was thrown into the prison cell of the palace.

In the evening, he was taken out and walked through the vast courtyard. He didn't know how many doors he entered and how long he walked in the corridor before he saw the young master in a pavilion.

The young master was wearing a bright yellow round-neck robe with dragons embroidered on his chest and arms. He lowered his eyes slightly and looked at him as calmly as water.

He knelt on the ground and opened his mouth slightly, completely stunned.

"You are still not polite when you see His Majesty?" Xu Huaien scolded.

Shen San shook his body, quickly lowered his head, and shouted loudly:

"Long live your Majesty! The common people have seen your Majesty."

Li Shan sat at the stone table and asked directly without asking him to get up:

"Do you know why you were captured?"

Shen San did not dare to raise his head, leaned over and shouted:

"The Cao Min must have done something wrong. The Cao Min... the Cao Min... offended His Majesty."

"Hmph, when did you offend me? Today on the street, your attitude towards that old woman was completely different from my attitude towards me. How did you know that I wasn't going to reward you?"

Shen San was startled for a moment, raised his face slightly, glanced at Li Shan, and saw that he looked at him gently and calmly with a pair of clear eyes, showing no emotion or anger.

He quickly lowered his head again, thought about it three times, thought about it carefully, and then said with a cry:

"The common people are wrong...the common people should not...should not be rude to that old woman and let His Majesty stain his eyes. The common people are guilty." Li Shan raised his eyes and said:

"I see that you are not confused, you are even smart. I will ask you a few questions and answer them honestly."

"Yes, yes, please ask, Your Majesty." Shen San said repeatedly while lying on the ground.

"You said that the county government allows you to collect taxes from the poor on the streets. Is it true or false?"

"It's true, Your Majesty. Without the support of the county government, how could we dare? The streets are already chaotic, and there are many petty thieves and fights. We are in charge of order on behalf of the county government, and the county government does not pay monthly money. We are allowed to collect some by ourselves, distribute some to the county government, and keep the rest ourselves.

In this way, the streets will not be so chaotic, everyone will listen, and the county government will have less trouble... The county government does not have many servants and cannot control it. We are mutually beneficial. "

He raised his head as he spoke, looked at the emperor's calm face and said:

"Your Majesty, I know that I went too far towards that old woman today. I shouldn't have kicked her. I will pay attention to my attitude in the future and do my job well."

Li Shan looked at his aggrieved and pitiful expression, turned his face slightly, and said strangely:

"I'm very curious. Do you really think so, or are you trying to deceive me because you haven't been out on the street before?"

Shen San raised his head suddenly, his eyes flashed violently, and said:

"No, no, yes...it's true, it's true."

"Oh, let me ask you, how much can you charge per day?"

Shen San rolled his eyes and finally said honestly:

"Sometimes it's more, sometimes it's less... sometimes it's more than tens of thousands, sometimes it's less than three or four thousand."

"Well, in the Tang Dynasty, the monthly salary of a junior government servant is 800 yuan. And when I went shopping today, I asked, and the price of a bowl of noodles was three cents.

This is still the selling price. You shouldn’t need so much to cook for yourself. The equivalent of the food price is enough for food and clothing, and there is still a balance.

Assuming that there are not enough government officials, the county government has the right to hire them themselves. If they take care of your street, they will only pay you 800 yuan a month.

Even if according to what you said, the county government needs you, the county government also has the right to impose additional taxes depending on the situation. If he can solve the problem by charging 800 yuan a month, should he charge at least 90,000 yuan a month?

Why are you so nice?

...It's obviously just trying to get money under the guise of needing governance. Why do you say it so innocently and pitifully? "

Shen San lowered his head and listened, the sweat on his head dripping down, the hands on the ground were shaking, and he cried:

"Your Majesty... Your Majesty... I just... everyone did it. The county government allowed it. I just fought for a leading position and didn't think too much. The common people don't understand the rules set by the county government. …”

When Li Shan heard this, he looked at the top of his head and was silent for a while, thinking about where to stop this phenomenon if it was very common.

During this period of silence, Shen San only thought that he was going to be beheaded for the crime of deceiving the emperor. His whole body felt chilly and he almost fainted.

At this time, I heard the emperor say:

"On the Turkic border in the northwest, troops have been deployed. We won the battle, but there are still turmoils and there is no time to calm down. I will give you a chance to make atonement and go there to be a soldier guarding the border. Are you willing?"

After hearing this, Shen San immediately raised his head and said excitedly:

"I do, I do, thank you Your Majesty."

Li Shan stood up, looked down at him and said:

"Use your eloquence and strength on the right path. Bullying the old, weak, women and children is not a person."

Shen San felt that he had just passed through the gate of hell, and he cried with gratitude. While kowtowing, he said:

"The common people know, thank you, your majesty, thank you, your majesty."