Great Han Arrow God

Chapter 446 Counterattack
Liang Xiao twisted his fingers and looked at Dong Zhongshu with a half-smile, as if he was looking at a prey.

Dong Zhongshu brags that he doesn't make drafts, and asks for success once?If you really want to be so godlike, you are not a great Confucian, but a god.If you don't practice false moves, and don't poke your cowhide to pieces, I'm sorry for traveling this time.

The relationship between heaven and man is one of the three pillars in Dong Zhongshu's countermeasures, and it is also the weakest pillar.Don't look at his theory is sound, but the essence is vulnerable.Dong Zhongshu was unlucky in the end, because he spoke about disasters with full confidence, but when he turned around, he was slapped in the face by his disciples.

Liang Xiao advised King Huainan not to rush to confront Dong Zhongshu head-on, not because he was afraid of Dong Zhongshu, but because he didn't want to rush into the battle and make you die.If it is air-to-air, whether it is Confucianism or Taoism, in fact, everyone is similar, and no one has a clear advantage.When the emperor had a prejudice against Huang Lao, the king of Huainan would undoubtedly lose.

Temporarily giving in, stabilizing the foundation, and patiently waiting for Dong Zhongshu's flaws are the tactics Liang Xiao had planned long ago.He originally thought it would take a few years, but he didn't expect Dong Zhongshu to resort to the stupid trick of begging for rain less than half a year after he took office.

The gentleman sees the opportunity and makes it.Liang Xiao quickly bit Dong Zhongshu's opening and hit him with one blow.

Dong Zhongshu's complexion was pale and dripping with cold sweat.He knew very well that Liang Xiao was no ordinary opponent.In terms of learning, Liang Xiao may not be very good, not even an ordinary scholar, let alone a scholar at the level of him and King Huainan.But in terms of tactics, Liang Xiao is definitely a master, Huainan King is certainly not as good as him, Dong Zhongshu is also not sure of victory.

Pray for rain or not?
Dong Zhongshu believes in the connection between heaven and man, but he also knows that praying for rain is not effective, at least not as effective as he hoped.Talking about the spirit is nothing more than deception.However, if it is admitted that praying for rain is not effective, the human induction on that day becomes empty talk.Liang Xiao must have pursued and beat him fiercely, forcing him to slap himself.His countermeasures have also become nonsense, deceiving the king and lying.

Do not admit it, carry it to the end?That probably won't work either.Once Liang Xiao publicized his begging for rain, everyone in the world would stare at him.There have been frequent natural disasters in the past few years. If the emperor puts the hope of good weather on him, something will happen sooner or later.The crime of deceiving the emperor is enough to make him unable to stand up forever.

Whether you admit it or not, the crime of deceiving the emperor seems to have been confirmed.

No matter what it is, once it involves deceiving the emperor, it is not a trivial matter.

Liang Xiao stood up and flicked his sleeves slowly. "Dong Gong, don't worry. I still have a few days before I leave. You can think about it slowly. Before I leave, just give me an answer."

After finishing speaking, he walked out of the hall with a sway, and walked away, leaving Dong Zhongshu alone in a daze.

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When Dong Zhongshu was thinking about countermeasures, Liang Xiao was not idle.In addition to going back to Qingyunli to visit his old neighbors, he also did a few things.

First, he interviewed immigrants from Dongou.At that time, he suggested to move the border town, but the emperor did not accept it, and adopted Yan Zhu's suggestion, and moved the Dongou people to the Jianghuai area, and a large part of them were resettled in the territory of Jiangdu.He visited these immigrants to check their settlement situation.

The result was not optimistic, as he expected.The difference in customs and habits is only one of the reasons for the conflict between them and the local residents. The more important issue is the land.Jiangdu Kingdom does not have so much land to house them, and many people have not yet reached the minimum standard of living.

Secondly, Liang Xiao focused on investigating the situation in Yurou Township where the powerful invaded the land.

Why is the Tao of Huang Lao abandoned by history?While recuperating, his inaction policy also rapidly expanded the power of the tyrants, embezzled the interests that should have been shared by the court and the people, and became a cancer of the society.The tyrants invaded the imperial power upwards and harmed the common people downwards, and they could not lose their tails. While forcing the imperial court to resort to violent measures, they also caused countless common people to go bankrupt.

The Tu family was forced to sell the land, which is the epitome of the society where the tyrants run rampant in the countryside.

If this problem is not resolved, no matter how hard Liang Xiao tries, it will be very difficult for Huang Laozhi to reappear on the political stage.

These questions were not hidden questions, and Liang Xiao collected a lot of evidence without spending much time.It took him two days to write a memorial in his half-understandable characters and send it to Chang'an.

Dong Zhongshu and the others were busy with the funeral, and no one noticed that Liang Xiao had done such a big event quietly.

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The Son of Heaven received Liang Xiao's memorial, pondered for a while, and asked someone to call Yan Zhu over. "Go to the Prime Minister's Mansion and re-audit Jiangdu Kingdom's accounting books."

Yan Zhu laughed secretly in his heart when he heard it.The new year has just begun, last year's accounting document has just entered the file, and the emperor is going to re-audit it. Needless to say, this is a trouble for Prime Minister Tian Fu.

Yan Zhu led the edict, rushed to the prime minister's mansion, and conveyed the emperor's edict.

Seeing Yan Zhu, Prime Minister Shi Zhangtang didn't dare to neglect, and hurried out to greet him.After listening to the edict, Zhang Tang was very strange. "My lord, haven't last year's booklets been sent to the palace, have you read it, Your Majesty?"

Yan Zhu glanced at Zhang Tang with disdain.Zhang Tang was born as a petty official, and he was able to serve in the prime minister's mansion entirely because he pleased the Tian family brothers.He is proficient in law and has little knowledge. He is a standard grammarian and the kind of person Yan Zhu despises the most.

"Your Majesty wants to ask, so I'll check it out. I don't dare to ask why. Why don't you ask Mr. Zhang?"

Zhang Tang smiled, but was extremely annoyed in his heart.As the prime minister's long history, he has dealt with Yan Zhu a lot.Several times, Tian Fu was made very passive by Yan Zhu, and his face was greatly lost. Later, Zhang Tang was asked to come forward when something happened.Zhang Tang couldn't push it away, so he could only endure it.He didn't like these scholars either.

"I'm just asking, why go to the palace to see you."

Zhang Tang asked someone to fetch the relevant documents.Yan Zhu checked them one by one.He is eloquent and can speak well, but when it comes to specific accounts, he is not very good at it.Zhang Tang is by his side, ready for inquiries at any time.Seeing this, Yan Zhu became more and more aggressive and aggressive. He scolded Zhang Tang several times, which made Zhang Tang very embarrassed.

Zhang Tang was really angry.He cheered up, and cautiously tested Yan Zhu's tone.When he found out that Yan Zhu cared about Dong'ou immigrants, his heart moved and he realized that the opportunity had come.

He knew that it was Yan Zhu's idea that Dongou people moved to Jianghuai.

"Yan Jun, there is something that may be related to the Dongou immigrants."

Assistant Yan didn't lift his head. "What's up?"

"In the past two years, the household registration of Dongou immigrants in Jiangdu Kingdom has been decreasing year by year, leaving only about [-]% of the original immigrants."

Yan Zhu was startled, and subconsciously raised his vigilance.He thought of a question: Liang Xiao, who was his subordinate back then and had a different opinion from him, is now in Jiangdu.Did he discover something and write a letter to the emperor?

The more Yan Zhu thought about it, the more afraid he became.Sometimes people are not afraid of threats that are clearly visible, but they are afraid of opponents who cannot be seen or touched.Liang Xiao was undoubtedly a thorn in Yan Zhu's heart, and the Dongou immigration policy was also a bright spot in Yan Zhu's career. If Liang Xiao pierced through this bright spot and found it to be a stain, it would be a big trouble.

Yan Zhu put away his arrogance and asked Zhang Tang to call out the relevant documents for a closer inspection.Zhang Tang was very cooperative and dug out the documents from several years ago.Looking at the audit results of a certain year alone does not show much, but looking at the statistics of consecutive years together, it is immediately clear at a glance.

Eastern Ou immigration policy is a total failure.

Yan Zhu held his breath, his face pale.

Zhang Tang watched with cold eyes, secretly happy in his heart.He knew that he had finally grasped Yan Zhu's weakness.

Yan Zhu was so focused on guessing the possible content of Liang Xiao's letter that he didn't pay attention to Zhang Tang at all.In his eyes, Zhang Tang, a famous cruel official in later generations, is not worthy of attention at all.The prime minister, Tian Fu, is deflated, so what use is Zhang Tang, the long history of the prime minister?

Yan Zhu weighed and weighed for a long time, and left with a heavy heart.He didn't talk about the situation provided by Zhang Tang, but just notified the emperor of last year's audit results, and then quickly sent someone to send a message to Zhu Maichen, asking him to use the identity of the emperor's envoy to check the status of Dongou immigrants and see if there were any The problem of emigration.

Yan Zhu never expected that as soon as he left, Zhang Tang reported the incident to Prime Minister Tian Fu.When Tian Fu heard that there was a chance to fight back against Yan Zhu, he immediately got excited and asked Zhang Tang to sort out the relevant information, and brought Zhang Tang into the palace.

The emperor was very dissatisfied with Yan Zhu's answer.He asked Yan Zhu to review the audit data of Jiangdu State, one was worried that Liang Xiaogong would avenge his personal revenge, and the other was that he really wanted to find out the status quo of immigrants.He hoped that Yan Zhu could find out a result, whether it proved that Liang Xiao's letter was correct or not.But Yan Zhu gave him a report that had no practical significance at all. He just repeated the audit data from last year, and he couldn't see why.

He was very disappointed, at this moment, Tian Fu and Zhang Tang's report gave him a detailed report.He was very dissatisfied with Yan Zhu, especially when Zhang Tang told him that Yan Zhu had seen the data of previous years, he couldn't help being furious.

Needless to say, Yan Zhu deliberately concealed the situation of Jiangdu's Dongou immigrants in order to prove himself correct, so he did not hesitate to deceive the king.He is the tongue that the emperor trusts, if he is not trustworthy, who else can the emperor trust?
The emperor did not attack on the spot.After sending Tian Fu and Zhang Tang away, he found Yan Zhu and casually took out Liang Xiao's letter.

When Yan Zhu saw it, he immediately lost his footing.What he feared the most happened.

The emperor said calmly, "Tell me, did Liang Xiao do it on purpose?"

Upon hearing this, Yan Zhu nodded quickly. "I think this is a possibility. Not only has he had a feud with the prince of Jiangdu, but he has always been dissatisfied with Jiangdu Prime Minister Dong Zhongshu. If the citizens of Jiangdu flee, Dong Zhongshu's governance performance will definitely be greatly affected."

"If that's the case, then he's gone too far." The Son of Heaven sighed. "Go to Jiangdu and check."

Yan Zhu was right in his arms, and agreed without hesitation.

Seeing Yan Zhu leaving the palace, the emperor's face darkened.He has a feeling of being betrayed.Liang Xiao, who originally thought that he was rebellious, was doing things in a down-to-earth manner, but Yan Zhu, who was originally thought to be trustworthy, was lying to others. What did he become?Is it a stupid king who doesn't distinguish between loyalty and villainy, or a fool who allows others to play with him?
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