Thief Emperor

Chapter 718 Suppression
Su Zhan was immediately interested when he heard this. He was about to leave, but he immediately lowered his voice and said, "Is it... the elder brother in the rumors about the upper position?"

Du Qian was startled, then smiled and said, "You know more since you are close to the superior. I just found out about this not long ago."

Su Zhan was a little embarrassed and whispered, "I...overheard it by accident."

"Sir, this matter..."

Du Qian shook his head slightly and said, "We are all outsiders, so it's hard for us to say anything about this matter. Liu Sizheng happened to come back a few days ago, so let them handle it themselves."

"Neither you nor I should ask."

He patted Su Zhan on the shoulder and said softly, "Brother Su, go home and have a rest. You don't have to worry too much. This matter is not a big deal after all."

Du Qian chuckled and said, "No matter what the result is, it will not affect the future direction of Jiangdong."

"Yes."

Su Zhan clasped his fists and said, "Thank you for your hard work, sir. I will go home first."

"Ah."

Du Qian smiled and said, "I'll take you there."

"Don't dare, don't dare."

Su Zhan quickly shook his head and waved his hands, and retreated directly. Du Qian put his hands behind his back and watched Su Zhan leave. After Su Zhan left, he shook his head slightly and sighed: "Humble and polite, not arrogant or impatient, the Su family has produced a good young man."

Having said this, he returned to his seat and thought about his family.

The Du family has quite a few people in Jinling, and his eldest son is already thirteen or fourteen years old this year.

Moreover, his third brother Du He and his family had already moved to Jinling a long time ago. His eldest nephew is already seventeen or eighteen years old this year.

Soon...the next generation will enter the Jiangdong small court and serve as officials.

With the current status of the Du family, they will certainly provide these Du family children with the best stepping stone and the widest channel for advancement. But in the final analysis, a stepping stone is just a stepping stone, and the channel for advancement also requires people to climb.

If he is really unusable, not to mention Du Qian's son, even Li Yun's own son cannot be promoted.

"I don't know about the next generation of our Du family."

Du Qian rubbed his brows and murmured softly: "Can we produce a few decent characters?"

After saying this, his eyes fell on the letter that Li Yun had sent him. Du Qian closed his eyes, and all kinds of things were going through his mind. After a long time, the prime minister of Jiangdong finally opened his eyes and said, "Lu Ji, Bao Huan."

Two scholars in their twenties appeared in front of Du Qian not long after. They both lowered their heads and said respectfully, "Mr. Du."

Du Qian looked at them and said slowly: "I say, you write."

"Yes."

The two of them quickly sat in front of Du Qian, set out their writing brushes, ink, paper and inkstone, then looked up at Du Qian.

"Send a letter to all the prefectures and counties north of Jianzhou in the eastern part of Jiangnan, asking them to send all their surplus grain to Jingzhou after the new year."

Du Qian paused, and continued, "It is clearly written that whoever tries to profit from this will be killed by the king without mercy."

The two clerks immediately nodded their heads.

Du Qian thought for a moment and continued, "Send a letter to all the prefectures and counties in Huainan Road to send 70% of the remaining grain to Yuzhou and Yingzhou for transportation."

"All of them must be delivered before the middle of February next year. Those who disobey this order will be punished according to military law."

The two clerks nodded again.

At this time, it was certainly impossible for them to write out all the official documents for dozens of states and counties, but they just needed to write down Du Qian's words, make dozens of copies after returning, and send one to each state and county.

"Also, this year's imperial examination will be held as usual, and the notification to all prefectures and counties should not be delayed."

"Yes."

Du Qian spoke as he thought. It took him more than an hour to arrange everything. Only then did he stand up and walk outside to stretch his body.

As soon as he reached the door of Zhongshu, Du Laian approached and whispered, "Sir, a family member wants to see you."

Du Qian asked a few questions and nodded in agreement. Du Laian then went down to lead the people. Not long after, a middle-aged man in his thirties came up with a smile on his face: "Uncle Eleven, Uncle Eleven."

Du Qian glanced at him.

This is a relative of the Jingzhao Du family, and is a little distant from the main family. He did not come to Jinling with the two brothers Du Qian and Du He, so no one knows how he got here.

But after all, they had met in the capital. Du Qian glanced at him and sighed: "What's the matter?"

"Uncle Eleven."

Seeing Du Qian agreed, the man smiled and said, "Uncle Eleven, my family wants to buy a house in the new city recently, but the land has been sold. The remaining land belongs to the government. The government is also building houses everywhere. I heard that dozens of houses have been built now."

"Uncle Eleven, can you give one of the houses built by the Jinling government to my nephew's family?"

He looked at Du Qian cautiously, and when he saw that Du Qian's face was not right, he immediately said, "Uncle Eleven, I didn't ask for it for nothing. I paid for it, paid for it..."

"Nonsense!"

Du Qian glared at him and cursed, "Do you know who the government built those houses for? My third brother might not even be able to get one, and you actually set your sights on it!"

Du Qian scolded him several times and was about to send him away, but suddenly an idea came to his mind and he called out to him, "Stop."

The Du family member immediately smiled and said, "Uncle Eleven, you..."

"A house in the new city is out of the question, but in the old city..." "I can arrange one for you."

The Du family was overjoyed: "Uncle Eleven, you still love your nephew..."

Du Qian glanced at this "nephew" who was about the same age as him with a bad temper, and said indifferently: "But it costs money."

Mr. Du put his hands behind his back and walked away.

The Du family member thought about it and seemed to understand something. He lowered his head and said, "Nephew understands, nephew understands..."

…………

At the same time, at General Zhou Liangzhou’s mansion.

More than a dozen people of different appearances sat in the main hall of the Zhou family.

They are all old people from Cangshan Dazhai.

As the deputy envoy of Jiangdong, or Wu State, Zhou Liang was undoubtedly sitting in the main seat at this time. As for the seat next to him, there was controversy.

Some people want to push the second-in-command Yuan Zhengming to this position, while others want Li Dalang, who has been away from home for a long time, to sit in this position.

In the end, no one was able to sit on it.

Because, a fat man in a black robe walked into the main hall slowly. After entering the main hall, he first glanced at everyone, then bowed his head and saluted Zhou Liang: "Third Uncle."

Zhou Liang actually stood up and forced a smile at the little fat boy: "Old Nine is back."

It was Liu Bo.

Liu Bo nodded slightly, then turned around to look at everyone, his eyes fell on a middle-aged man who looked somewhat similar to Li Yun, but was not as tall as Li Yun.

He looked at Zhou Liang and asked, "Third Uncle..."

Zhou Liang was silent for a while, then nodded and said, "It is indeed Dalang."

Liu Bo nodded slightly and glanced at everyone. He did not sit down, but just stood there, his eyes falling on Yuan Zhengming, the second in command of Cangshan Village.

"Second Uncle, Big Brother Li, you are the one who found him, right?"

Yuan Zhengming's face turned pale, he stood up and said, "Old Nine, don't talk nonsense! Among us old guys, who hasn't been honest over the years?"

Liu Bo looked at Zhou Liang again and gave him a questioning look. Zhou Liang slowly exhaled: "Old Nine, you should handle this matter. I will only be a witness and will not get involved."

Liu Bo nodded and was about to speak when the middle-aged man who looked a bit like Li Yun looked at Liu Bo boldly and forced a smile on his face: "Isn't this Baidan? From childhood to adulthood, you are the whitest in the village. You have become even whiter as you grow up."

"Silence."

Liu Bo looked at him and said only these two words. The man's face turned a little strange and he really didn't dare to continue speaking.

Liu Bo stood up, put his hands in his sleeves, and then looked at the people sitting there, and said lightly: "Everyone, we are all from the old village. As the old saying goes, we are all one family."

"One family does not speak two languages."

"Today, on the surface, it's Uncle San who invited you all to come, but in fact, it's me who invited you all to come."

Having said that, Liu Bo sat down next to Zhou Liang and looked at everyone again, with no expression in his eyes.

"I asked you all to come here because I have a few words to say to you all."

"Everyone...behave yourself."

Liu Bo tapped the table with his hand and said slowly, "Don't act recklessly, and don't even think about causing any trouble. Especially, don't bring any trouble to my second brother."

"Not even enough to distract him."

At this point, Liu Bo said expressionlessly: "Third Uncle is here today, I will say whatever I want to say."

"Second brother has reached this point now, it is the most critical moment."

“And our Cangshan Dazhai is not a glorious experience.”

"I, Liu Bo, am going to say something unpleasant here. If someone were to be cruel, it would be hard to say whether we could survive."

"There are some things that my second brother can't be cruel about, but I, Liu Bo, can."

He stood up again, looked around at everyone, and said expressionlessly: "How you deal with it will have to wait until the second brother comes back to make specific arrangements. During this time, you all have to behave yourself."

"If anyone disobeys, I, Liu, can kill everyone in Cangshan Village except for Third Uncle's family and Shouhou's family. At that time, I can only give you my life in front of Second Brother."

Liu Bo sneered: "Believe it or not!"

In the past few years, the Jiusi has had more and more people and more power. Liu Bo is no longer the military strategist who followed Li Yun in the village.

Every word he spoke was full of dignity.

The entire main hall was in complete silence, and no one dared to speak.

Zhou Liang stood up, pressed Liu Bo's shoulders, pushed him back to sit on the chair, then looked at everyone and his eyes fell on Li Jiadalang.

"You and your family, just live in my house and don't go anywhere."

"other people…"

Zhou Liang took a deep breath and said, "Everyone go back home!"

(End of this chapter)