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Chapter 1220: Growing in Pain

Wu Chengsi saw clearly that Yun Chu basically beat up anyone who didn't agree with him.

This is exactly the same temper as the old coaches in the past.

Logically speaking, such people would end up being hated by everyone, but the Li emperors just fell for it. Whether it was Yuchi Gong, who blinded the eyes of Princess Wencheng's father Li Daozon, or Cheng Yaojin, who held two huge axes and was shirtless to challenge all the civil officials alone, and was finally beaten unconscious by Zhangsun Wuji and other civil officials, they all had a good ending.

In today's Tang Dynasty, Yun Chu is the only one who can beat people so wantonly without being blamed.

Others also want to do this, but unfortunately, they don't have the favor or the credit. If they were to learn from Yun Chu's stupid behavior, their heads would have been chopped off long ago.

Therefore, the Wu brothers did not really care about being beaten. As long as they could get rid of Prince Yong, being beaten twice would be a small matter.

This was a major matter concerning the Queen's inheritance, and neither Wu Chengsi nor Wu Sansi thought of giving up.

The Empress would never hand over her inheritance to Crown Prince Li Hong under any circumstances. The Wu brothers Chengsi were very sure of this. Although it was somewhat strange that their mother would not give her inheritance to her eldest son, the Wu brothers were so sure that the Empress would not do so.

Since it will not be handed over to Crown Prince Li Hong, then among the Queen's other sons, Prince Yong Xian is the most likely to receive the Queen's inheritance. As for Prince Ying Xian and Prince Yu Dan, neither of them has the ability to accept the Queen's inheritance...

The main purpose of the Wu brothers accepting Yun Chu's invitation to come to Chang'an was to deal with Prince Yong.

The servants who were sent out to gather information came back. When Wu Chengsi and Wu Sansi heard that Yun Chu had wiped out seven or eight unknown mountain villas, they did not speak but looked very disappointed.

After the servants left, Wu Sansi struggled to get off the bed, came to Wu Chengsi and said, "Yun Chu is being nosy."

Wu Chengsi shook his head and said, "Now that Eunuch Ruichun is here, there will be something fun to watch."

Wu Sansi said: "In fact, we should give Helan Minzhi a chance."

Wu Chengsi said with a smile: "Helan Minzhi was abandoned by Yong Wangxian. People like him must be resentful and can indeed be used to deal with Yong Wangxian. However, we brothers cannot be his backers. Doing so will ruin the Queen's opinion of us brothers. After all, Yong Wangxian is the Queen's own son and cannot be persecuted. At least, we brothers cannot persecute him."

Wu Sansi tightened his fur coat and said to Wu Chengsi, "Brother, I have some ideas that I want to try."

Wu Chengsi said: "Don't use anyone who has a relationship with the queen."

Wu Sansi said: "The people who came from Jinyang are very smart."

Wu Chengsi nodded and said, "It should be convenient to cut it off at any time. You can give more money, but don't make any promises about official titles."

Wu Sansi said: "I'll let the old man follow him."

After hearing that Wu Sansi had considered it all, Wu Chengsi stopped talking. The two brothers had depended on each other for these years, so there was nothing to worry about. Even if they made a mistake, they would bear the responsibility together.

There could not be too many extra people in the Imperial Hospital, so only one person could stay to take care of the patient. Wu Sansi left with two servants, and Wu Chengsi was the only one left in the room.

The cool breeze entered his body and Wu Chengsi coughed twice. His chest was still burning with pain. He was used to this kind of pain. Every time he was beaten by Yun Chu, his chest always felt uncomfortable.

Just like what the acupuncture genius Liang Taiyi said, Yun Chu was very measured in beating people. Every time he took away half of a person's life, his internal organs would definitely be displaced. Every time they were displaced and put back in place, the injured would have to endure tremendous pain. Whether beating someone into this state or saving them, it required extremely sophisticated means.

Finally, Doctor Liang also said that under normal circumstances, a person's internal organs cannot be easily moved. However, once displacement becomes commonplace, then doing it more often while ensuring that the internal organs are not injured will be very beneficial for strengthening them.

Now, as the pain gradually disappeared, Wu Chengsi felt that his internal organs had become much stronger.

The last time they were beaten by Yun Chu, they brothers had to stay in bed for almost two whole months before they could move a little. This time, after being beaten in the same way, they rested for twenty days and it seemed that nothing was wrong.

"You old thief Yunchu, you'd better not give me a chance to beat you up... I will definitely find someone who is good at beating people to strengthen your internal organs!"

Yun Chu yawned loudly in the government office.

Put the document in your hand on a pile of files.

There were red crosses drawn on the files with a red pen, and each red cross represented a life lost from the world.

Below the file were reports submitted by various departments of the Wannian County Government. He did not read these reports, which were all reports on the completion of Chang'an's economic construction. These were the things he had ordered before he went on an expedition to the southwest.

Compared with economic activities, political activities naturally take priority. It has been three years since I left Chang'an. With the departure of Liu Rengui, Wenrou and Di Renjie, the political ecology of Chang'an has changed a lot.

Before the political ecology of Chang'an was straightened out, Yun Chu did not feel the need to continue promoting the economic development of Chang'an.

It is necessary to establish authority.

So he beat up the Wu brothers and taught the chief clerk Lu Xiu a lesson.

It is also necessary to take a stand.

Therefore, he took the initiative to destroy Ji Wangshen and his group's Wangzhuang.

This move told all the nobles in Chang'an that Yun Chu was loyal to the emperor and had no intention of joining forces with them to overthrow the rule of the current emperor of the Tang Dynasty.

Finally, he hypocritically asked the emperor to pay attention to his own safety, and stated that as long as the emperor was in trouble, he, Yun Chu, would be the first to raise an army to support him.

In this way, the affairs of the upper, middle and lower classes have all been properly explained. As for whether the people being explained are satisfied or not, to be honest, Yun Chu doesn't care at all.

No one can give a 100% explanation. A 50% satisfaction is already considered attentive. A 70% to 80% satisfaction means that the person is very thoughtful. As for a satisfaction of more than 90%, it is usually an explanation to the wife.

It has been twenty-four years since he came to the Tang Dynasty. After twenty-four years of hard work, Yun Chu feels that he should be more willful. Otherwise, it would be too tiring to continue living like this.

The chief clerk Lu Xiu came in. She was very well behaved this time. However, she had lost a lot of weight since they hadn't seen each other for half a month.

Yes, of the people who entered Wannian County with him, seven died, all beaten to death by Zhou Xing. Four were dismissed, and were stripped of their official uniforms and became commoners.

The two who stayed were also assigned to thankless positions. If they fail to produce outstanding results this year, their end will still be dismissal.

Yun Chu's ruthless attack on the chief clerk Lu Xiu was extremely hurtful to her. If this position had not been arranged by the emperor himself, Lu Xiu would have thought of resigning and returning home.

Yun Chu looked at the document Lu Xiu brought, glanced at it, and frowned, "Have you discussed this matter with the head of the Ministry of Revenue?"

Lu Xiu said with a sullen face, "I am the chief clerk, and I do not need to ask the opinion of the head of the Ministry of Revenue before I do anything."

Yun Chu didn't care about Lu Xiu's expression, but patiently said: "There is a lot of open space in Xingqing Palace in Longqingfang in the south. As early as six years ago when Xingqing Palace was built, the county government allowed the people to grow fruits and vegetables on the open space of Xingqing Palace. It has become a routine now.

If you ask the person in charge of the Ministry of Revenue, you will know that Xingqing Palace was the southern palace built for His Majesty. No one has ever lived there for all these years. There is a lot of vacant land there. At first, the people planted cotton on the open land there. Later, due to the harm of cotton bollworms, cotton could not be planted, so they changed to planting fruits and vegetables.

Therefore, I will not allow your request that the people should not enter Xingqing Palace in the future."

Lu Xiu looked up at Yun Chu and said, "Since Xingqing Palace is vacant, why did the county magistrate go to such great lengths to build the palace, thus wasting the people's hard-earned money?"

Yun Chu laughed, stood up, poured Lu Xiu a cup of tea and said, "This is a long story, and I have some free time today, so I'll just talk about it."

Lu Xiu slowly moved to the chair with the teacup in her arms and sat down, saying, "I also have something to say to the county lord today. Let me tell you."

Yun Chu sat on the chair and said, "Since I am the superior, I will speak first."

Lu Xiu put down her teacup and said, "I am all ears."

Yun Chu smiled and said, "First of all, Chang'an is different for the chief clerk."

Lu Xiu said: "They are all under the rule of the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, what difference would there be?"

Yun Chu said: "Zhu Bu was born in a peasant family, and I was born in a wealthy family. This is the biggest difference between you and me."

Lu Xiu originally wanted to say that Yun Chu had fought his way out of a group of savages, but considering that his father was Master Xuanzang, it was reasonable for Yun Chu to brag about being born into a wealthy family.

So he bowed and said, "I am all ears."

Yun Chu continued, "When the Xingqing Palace was built, Chang'an had just received a large sum of money. This money must be spent as soon as possible so that it can be safely transferred to the pockets of the court and the people."

Lu Xiu sneered and said, "This is the first time I've heard of the court having too much money to spend."

Yun Chu looked at Lu Xiu and said, "If you had such a large sum of money, what would you do?"

Lu Xiu said: "Storing grain to prevent disasters can also be used to build water conservancy projects, construct roads, and repair city walls. We will never use it to build palaces and waste people's money."

Yun Chu said: "The large amount of grain stored will cause the grain price in Chang'an to soar. Chang'an has already completed the construction of water conservancy projects, roads and city walls. I have repaired more than 1,300 miles of large ditches in Chang'an and paved almost all the official roads in Chang'an. As for the Chang'an city wall, we originally wanted to demolish it instead of rebuilding it.

If we follow what the chief clerk said and spread the grain storage issue over a few years, that would be fine. However, if Chang'an does not use the money as soon as possible, Your Majesty will take it away.

Chang'an's money can only be used in Chang'an. This is the awareness that every local official should have. The chief clerk should have no objection to this, right?"

Lu Xiu nodded and said, "When serving as an official, one should benefit the people. This is what one should do. Even in front of Your Majesty, this can be said."

Yun Chu sighed and said, "It's hard to make money, but it's actually even harder to spend money, especially when you have to spend ten coins out of one coin and make sure that all of the ten coins go into the pockets of the people of Chang'an and into the taxes of the country. It's very difficult.

For this reason, I have specially written a book on how officials make money and spend money. The chief clerk must know this. "

Lu Xiu frowned and said, "If officials think about how to make money, aren't they competing with the people for profit?"

Yun Chu took a Tang edition of Political Economy from his bookshelf and placed it in front of Lu Xiu, saying, "It contains all the answers that the chief clerk needs. After the chief clerk has studied this book, your thinking will be at the same level as that of a certain family.

Otherwise, whatever we say now will be incomprehensible.”

Lu Xiu stroked the book that Yun Chu handed over, looked at the four words "Yun Chu Respectfully Written" on the cover, and asked in confusion: "Is this the Yun family's family tradition?"

Yun Chu nodded and said, "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince started studying this book when he was ten years old and continued to study it until he was sixteen. I heard that this book is still in the most prominent position on his desk."

Lu Xiu looked at Yun Chu suspiciously and said, "In that case, I will read it carefully."

Yun Chu smiled and said, "We will discuss it after reading it. Take back the document you submitted today. I will not approve it."

For a moment, Lu Xiu couldn't figure out the meaning of Yun Chu giving him the book. She said it was to win him over, but he could smell the contempt through his nose. As for saying that Yun Chu really looked down on him, Lu Xiu didn't think that was the case.

So, he decided to take a look at Yun's knowledge first, and after understanding some of the clues from Yun's family tradition, he would discuss the issue with him.

After seeing Lu Xiu off, Yun Chu smiled silently. He was very sure that as long as Lu Xiu was not a truly treacherous villain, he would sooner or later become a real Chang'an wine pot official.

Ruichun is coming soon, and Yunchu decides to go to the dungeon to check on Zhou Xing. At least, he cannot let him make things too bloody here while Ruichun is in Chang'an.

As a result, as soon as he entered the dungeon, he smelled a strong smell of blood.

(End of this chapter)