Thief Emperor

Chapter 918 Iron Book of Alchemy
Yu Huan, in the third year of Zhaoding, which was about five or six years ago, was the captain of the Jiangdong Army, guarding the southeast under the order of Li Yun.

At that time, it was Meng Qing, who was a captain.

People like Yu Ye and He Jun haven't even become captains yet.

If Yu Huan were alive today, it is hard to say whether he could be appointed as the general, but most likely he would have the same status as Chen Da, Yu Ye and others, or even be a level higher than Yu Ye.

However, in the third year of Zhaoding, Yu Huan was killed by Li Yun with a single knife because he broke military regulations, thus enforcing military law.

This incident spread throughout the entire Jiangdong Army and even throughout the entire anti-theft team.

It was also from that time that the military discipline of the Jiangdong Army was strictly enforced. No one dared to behave like the old army, and no one dared to violate Li Yun's military rules and discipline.

At this time, almost six years had passed, and Li Yun mentioned the name Yu Huan again.

Xue Cheng and Li Mo both trembled all over.

Of course they knew the name Yu Huan.

Because during the period of the anti-theft team, Yu Huan was already a "small leader" in the team. Back in the early days of the Jiangdong Army, Yu Huan had also been in charge of them.

In an instant, the two captains were both covered in cold sweat.

Li Yun looked at the two of them, tapped the table with his hand, and said coldly: "You two were both from the mountain strongholds. After I recruited you, I didn't kill you. Over the years, I have never reduced your salary. Up to now, your annual salary is about 2,000 strings of cash, right?"

"When I left Jinling, I wanted to send some troops to guard the southeast. The southeast is the richest place, so I sent you two there."

"Gusu City and Qiantang City are both the most prosperous places in the south of the Yangtze River, right?"

Li Yun looked at the two people and said slowly: "I didn't expect you to be clean when I assigned you here. Even if I knew that you took some money from the local government, I would turn a blind eye and pretend that I didn't see it."

"But what did you do?"

Li Yun reached out his hand, slammed the table hard, and shouted angrily: "Robber the women!"

"Suddenly kill people!"

He strode up to the two men and shouted, "Accepting bribes and occupying land!"

"He also started a massive construction project and built a huge house."

"is not it?"

Hearing this, the two men turned pale.

Li Mo was so frightened that he collapsed to the ground, trembling and unable to utter a word.

Xue Cheng's face turned pale: "Go up, go up..."

"Does the higher-ups know all about this?"

Li Yun took a deep breath and said in a hoarse voice: "Why, I shouldn't know?"

He looked up at Li Yun, then lowered his head again: "My Lord, I am indeed a bit lustful. During my time in Qiantang, I married several concubines, but, but..."

He looked up at Li Yun, and wanted to say something to Li Yun, but he didn't dare to say it, so he could only lower his head and said: "But not all men are like this..."

"As for the loss of life."

He lowered his head and said, "It was not my subordinates' intention. It was someone below who accidentally injured someone when he went down."

"I have already paid the money..."

Having said this, he swallowed and couldn't say any more.

Because even though he didn't look up, he could clearly feel Li Yun's murderous gaze.

Li Yun looked at him viciously, kicked him on the shoulder, and said angrily: "In one year, four or five lives have been lost. Were they all mistakes?"

Xue Cheng got up from the ground, his face pale with pain, and explained: "Sir, only three lives are related to my house, the rest, the rest..."

"It was all done by others."

Li Yun took a deep breath and didn't say much to him. Instead, he looked at Li Mo and asked, "What about you? What do you say?"

Li Mo had recovered by now, but after being yelled at by Li Yun, he was so frightened that his whole body trembled. After taking a deep breath, he said with a sad face: "Originally, I didn't dare to do it either. It was... my family hired a housekeeper to take care of things, and the housekeeper told me."

"It's said that the superior is already very far away, and it's said that the subordinate is close to the superior, and others dare not report the subordinate..."

"He also said, he also said..."

Li Mo said in a tearful voice: "He also said that his subordinates followed him to conquer the world, and after he conquered the world, he assigned his subordinates to Wu County, which means he gave Wu County to his subordinates..."

He said in a trembling voice: "I was confused for a moment." "Did I give it to you?"

Li Yun looked at him and laughed out of anger: "There are almost 100,000 households in Wu County, and they were allocated to you? You are really too proud. The court only gave you 1,000 households when conferring the title of Duke, but they granted you 100,000 households, right?"

"So should I make you the King of Wu?"

Li Mo collapsed on the ground, sweat oozing from his forehead.

After a long while, he collapsed on the ground, weeping and said, "Master, Master, I know I was wrong. I have several sons, and I don't want to die..."

He knelt down and begged for mercy: "Please, superior, for the sake of our past friendship, spare my life, spare my life!"

Li Yun returned to his seat, closed his eyes, and said slowly: "When I brought you out, I really hoped that you could turn over a new leaf and become a new person."

"You know in your heart that we are close."

He opened his eyes, full of disappointment: "When you were doing evil things in the local area, you didn't think that it was precisely because of our close relationship that everything you did was a disgrace to me!"

"It's like a piece of mud that can't be helped."

Li Yun scolded the two for a long time, then snorted angrily: "To tell you the truth, the old brothers of the anti-theft team, it's not just you two who were sent to Luoyang. Including you, there are already thirteen people."

"In the past, Yu Huan was convicted and I killed him with a single blow, but that was in the past, before the establishment of the country. Now that the country has been established, we must follow the laws and rules of the country."

Mr. Li said expressionlessly: "The court will sentence you as it deems fit. I will not give you a heavy sentence, nor will I protect you."

"Someone is coming."

Li Yun shouted and immediately walked into the hall to respond.

"Take them away and put them in jail."

"Yes."

Soon, someone took them away.

In the afternoon, Du Qian, Fei Xuan, Xue Song and Xu Ang were summoned to see the emperor. After seeing Li Yun, they all bowed their heads and saluted to Li Yun.

Li Yun looked at a few people, motioned them to sit down, and then said calmly: "Today, the new dynasty has been established for nearly half a year."

"In the past six months, the court has made great progress, but many of the old people have begun to show their teeth and claws."

He looked at a few people and said slowly: "I have already sent people to arrest those generals who came from the anti-theft team and committed crimes. It would be best to arrest those civil servants who have committed illegal acts as well."

"This year, we will arrest a group of them to serve as a warning to others."

The four of them bowed their heads and responded with a "yes".

After explaining things to these people, Li Yun called the person in charge of the Privy Council's Inspection Department and ordered the army to capture a few typical examples.

This round of catching typical cases will not involve a large-scale purge. After all, the current court is in a stage of overall shortage of people.

But Li Yun still wanted to give a warning to all parties.

At the same time, some of the scandals of the anti-theft team were covered up.

After all, it is shameful, and Li Yun cannot be the only one to be embarrassed. People in various systems have been convicted. Only the old members of the anti-theft team will not stand out so much.

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After this round of busy work, that afternoon, Li Zhen, the governor of Hedong in the old Zhou Dynasty, asked to see the emperor. After entering the Taiji Hall to pay his respects to the emperor, Li Zhen bowed his head and saluted, saying, "Your Majesty, I have learned a lot in the Ministry of War during this period. I am willing to serve as the assistant minister of the Ministry of War in the new dynasty, as Your Majesty does not abandon me."

At this point, he paused, then lowered his head and said, "My family is small, and we are all willing to move to Luoyang to settle down and serve the new dynasty for a long time."

"it is good."

Li Yun clapped his hands and said with a smile: "It's good that Minister Li is willing to serve as an official. I was planning to send someone to persuade you."

He smiled and said, "Since you are going to live in Luoyang, I will call Luoyang Prefecture and ask them to prepare a residence for Minister Li."

Li Zhen knelt down and kowtowed to thank the emperor for his grace.

Li Yun stood up, walked in front of him, helped him up, and said with a smile: "The Hedong Army is huge, and Li Qing is willing to turn hostility into friendship. This is a great merit. Not only did it avoid a fight, but it also brought the entire Hedong Road. It can be said that it has opened up thousands of miles of land for the new dynasty."

"I will remember this contribution in my heart."

He patted Li Zhen on the shoulder and said with a smile: "The court is preparing a red-lettered iron certificate to reward the meritorious officials to honor their achievements."

"When the time comes, I will definitely give one to Li Qing."

(End of this chapter)