Great Tang Southern Emperor

Do you think your compromise can be exchanged for their friendship?You are too naive, the cysticercus in those countries will never be satisfied, your compromise will only breed greater ambitions for them.

This king will give you another chance now. Starting tomorrow, all ships entering Yuezhou Port, no matter how big or small, no matter who is behind them, should pay no less tax. If you dare to resist the tax and refuse to pay, the ship will be detained immediately , If there is any resistance, it will be punished as a crime of smuggling, and it will be shot to death.can you do it "

In ancient times, there was a crime of smuggling, mainly to crack down on smugglers who smuggled important military supplies to enemy countries-of course, salt smugglers were also within the scope of the crackdown.

"Your Highness, I..." Feng Zhibao knelt on the ground and looked up at Li Zhen.

"I just want to ask you a question, can you do it?" Li Zhen stared into his eyes, and said slowly: "If you think you can't do it, then this king will not force it, and this king will re-select the virtuous one. Someone will take your place."

"..." Feng Zhibao was horrified. Li Zhen's words were simple, but the meaning was self-evident. If you can't do it, then the king will be replaced. As for your fate - retire early.

"Subordinate, I can do it." Knowing that this matter is related to his own future, Feng Zhibao gritted his teeth and agreed: "Isn't it a noble family? Isn't it a wealthy family? Since His Highness is not afraid, what else is there to be afraid of? Fight."

Only then did Li Zhen turn his anger into joy: "You are right if you think so. What does it have to do with you when the sky falls and there is a tall man holding it up? In addition, you can set up another name to eliminate the influence of those who have not paid taxes during this period of time." List them all for me and tell them that the tax money of the family of [-] guan must be paid in full, otherwise the king will let them not even have a mouthful of soup."

Li Zhentai knew why these aristocratic families sent a large number of fleets to Lingnan, because he came to Lingnan...

Now everyone in the Tang Dynasty knows that King Yue is the reincarnation of the God of Wealth, known as the Little God of Wealth, and wherever he goes, he will basically develop quickly.Because he has countless ideas for making money, and now Yuezhou has become his fief, if he doesn't develop Yuezhou, wouldn't it be a waste of his title of God of Wealth?

These fleets came with such a purpose-following behind Li Zhen, even if they couldn't eat meat, it was still okay to drink some soup.

What's more, the Tang army is now fighting in Nanyang, so it must need a lot of supplies. Just transporting supplies and selling them to the army can make a lot of money.Moreover, there are countless trophies in the army. Although these trophies will be screened by the King's Bank, the missing ones are enough for the major forces to grab their heads.

Even if they didn't get any loot, there are countless aborigines in Nanyang. These are all high-class slaves. If they grab a few boats and go back, the money they sell will be enough to feed their power for a long time.

However, if you want to do business here, you can't avoid one person anyway, and that is Yue Wang Li Zhen.

It can be said that half of Nanyang was conquered by Li Zhen, so he has a strong voice in Nanyang. Almost all the Tang troops fighting in Nanyang are under the command of Li Zhen. If Li Zhen wants the army not to purchase or sell things to Some people, these armies will obey... that alone is enough to make some people lose their money.

What's more, Li Zhen now holds the largest port in Lingnan. Whether it is returning from Nanyang or going to Nanyang, the fleet needs to rest and replenish supplies at Yuezhou Port.

And Yuezhou is Li Zhen's territory. If Li Zhen is unhappy with someone, he may not even be able to buy saliva in Yuezhou. Let them go to Nanyang hungry.

And several big ports in Nanyang are also in the hands of Li Zhen. If he deliberately deals with you and refuses to let you go ashore, then you can only starve to death on the sea.

So Li Zhen is not afraid of them at all, because they dare not offend her, and her words are not just words. If someone makes her unhappy, she will not only make them unable to drink the soup, but even make them feel uncomfortable. Spit out a mouthful of blood.

"Yes, this subordinate understands." Hearing Li Zhen's words, Feng Zhibao immediately felt a lot more courageous, and responded repeatedly.

"Continue to lead the way."

"Yes."

"My lord, my lord..." Just as Feng Zhibao was taking Li Zhen to visit the office of the Shibo Secretary, suddenly a small official rushed in without any hesitation and yelled: "My lord, it's not good, we people were beaten."

Feng Zhibao was still sweating for him at the beginning, this is the king of Yue in front of him, if you bumped into him, will you still have good results in the future?Just when he was about to scold him and save him, he suddenly heard the content behind the little official, and immediately frowned: "What do you mean? Please speak clearly, what's going on?"

"It's like this." The little official still regarded Li Zhen as air, and said in a panic: "Aren't we a newcomer a few days ago? Who knows that the newcomer is a stunned young man who went out to collect taxes for the first time today. He dared to collect taxes from King Qi's fleet... For His Highness King Yue's face, he paid the tax in full, and we were all sweating, but luckily nothing happened..."

"Get to the point." Feng Zhibao's head was full of black lines, why was he so wordy?

"This subordinate has already touched on the key point, and the next point is the key point." The little official still didn't find Li Zhen, and continued: "That kid was lucky to collect taxes for the first time, so he thought that others were as easy-talking as King Qi. Just at this time, another fleet came, and before we could stop him, he rushed up..."

Li Zhen asked casually, "Then something happened."

"Yes, what His Royal Highness Yue said is correct." This time the little official finally recognized Li Zhen, but obviously hadn't reacted yet: "This time it was a merchant ship from Dou's family, and Leng Touqing not only didn't receive it. On the contrary, he was ridiculed. The kid was in a hurry and was about to go up to reason with others, but the impatient sailors rushed up and beat him up... Oh, that was a miserable Hey... I almost lost my life. Your Highness, this time it was the Dou family who made the first move, so you have to be the master for the brothers."

"How courageous." Li Zhen was furious. Because of Feng Zhibao's inaction, he had already accumulated a fire in his heart. Now, a dedicated official was performing his duties, but he was beaten up by someone violently resisting taxes. The anger in his heart rose to the extreme.

This time, he thought that killing a small monkey would not scare the big monkeys, and now the king kong of the Dou family came to him on his own initiative, just in time to attack them.

"Take me there quickly." With an angry snort, Li Zhen stepped out.

"Yes." Feng Zhibao glared at the confused little official, and quickly followed.

"By the way, why is Your Highness here?" After the two of them met for a long time, the little official finally came to his senses, and asked with a hint of confusion as before.

Suddenly, his eyes widened: "My God, His Highness King Yue was here just now?"

Someone next to him asked? "Brother Lin, you didn't realize it until now, did you?"

"What did I just say?" The little official was terrified, and quickly recalled what he had done before, and found that he didn't seem to have done anything too outrageous, but... seemed to offend His Highness a little...

"I...I bumped into Your Highness? I..." The little official felt his head jerk, and his whole body seemed to have no bones, and he collapsed to the ground.

"..." His actions immediately caused chaos, and everyone hurriedly pinched and watered him, and finally rescued him.

Li Zhen didn't know that he almost scared a person to death unintentionally, and he was now walking towards the pier angrily.

At Pier No. [-] of Yuezhou Port, a group of officers and soldiers of the patrol battalion were forming a circle with weapons in hand, surrounding a group of people dressed as men.

As the surrounded people, not only were these guys not afraid, but they winked and provoked the patrol officers and soldiers one by one.

In particular, the shopkeeper with the mustache in the head was even more domineering, and threatened and lured the captain of the patrol officers and soldiers confidently: "Bastard, you don't even look at whose goods it is, but dare to collect our taxes? Tell me You, our Dou family trades in the whole country, and no one dares to collect a penny of our taxes. How dare you ask us to collect taxes when we come to you? It’s really courageous—hmph, I’m in a good mood today, otherwise that kid It's not just a serious injury."

At this time, a voice floated over and took over the conversation: "Oh? So, if you are in a bad mood, would you still dare to kill officials?"

The steward replied casually: "Why don't you dare? Let me tell you, these officials may be high in your eyes, but in the eyes of our Dou family, they are not even a fart. Don't say anything else, just die in the The official in the hands of Grandpa, at least... who are you, dare to be an enemy of our Dou family? Don't you fear death?"

Halfway through the talk, the manager finally came to his senses, but it was too late. He said everything he should say, and said everything he shouldn’t have said. It would be impossible to turn over the account. Fortunately, the manager has a good psychological quality , Immediately took out his identity, trying to suppress the enemy with his identity.

"Who am I? You came to my territory to behave wildly, and you even asked me who I am?" Li Zhen came naturally, and her original angry mood suddenly improved a lot after hearing the steward's words, because the person opposite was A member of the Dou family can control a fleet. This person in charge must have a very high status in the Dou family, but now the person in charge has actually revealed that he once killed an official, which is interesting...

Chapter 543 The Arrogant Dou Family (2)

Chapter 8 The Arrogant Dou Family (2)

"Uncle, what did you say? What does this have to do with the emperor?" The Dou family is a descendant, with great power in the court, and they are their elders. It is better not to offend them as much as possible—at least in It is better to be polite in words.

So despite feeling uncomfortable, Li Zhen patiently explained: "It's just a manager, why are you so nervous? Uncle, don't worry, after I finish interrogating Manager Lin, as long as I make sure that he is not wrong, I will not only He will be released intact, and a big gift will be prepared to express his apology."

"Li Zhen...what are you?" Dou Tangmu was furious, pointing at Li Zhen and was about to curse: "Don't think that you can become the prince if you defeat Li Chengqian, without the support of our Dou family, let alone the prince , you can’t even sit on the throne. Do you think that you will be powerful after winning a few big battles and destroying a few small countries? Let me tell you, if you offend our family, you will immediately bear the infamy of a butcher. Just wait to be scolded by endless people."

"Can I take your words, uncle and grandpa, as your sincere words?" Li Zhen narrowed his eyes slightly, and anyone who knew him well knew that this was already an expression of extreme anger: "Just now my uncle and grandpa said that without you, I would Not to mention being a crown prince, even the throne is not stable—what does uncle and grandpa mean, do you hold the power to abolish and establish the crown prince? If it is true, then I will write to ask the emperor about it. Who is the owner of?"

"What? I've never said that before, don't frame me." Dou Tangmu woke up, and broke out in a cold sweat. He didn't admit a word of what he said just now: "I didn't say anything just now, I I came here to ask you a question, will you let him go or not?"

Apparently he has realized how terrifying his words are. Once they fall into Li Shimin's ears, it will definitely bring catastrophe to the Dou family, so he didn't care about his morals, so he quickly denied it, and then quickly changed the subject.

"Of course I let him go." Li Zhen said without hesitation: "But it's still the same sentence, the words of killing officials came out of his own mouth, since he said it directly, then he has to say it for himself If you are responsible, I have to ask clearly before deciding whether to let him go or not."

"Maybe he's getting old and confused." Dou Tangmu's arrogance had been weakened a lot after being hit by Li Zhen, but he was still defending the manager.

Li Zhen doubted: "Can you personally supervise the steward of a medium-sized fleet, would you be an idiot? Don't fool me, uncle and grandpa. Even if he is an idiot, I believe you should not be so idiotic as to let an idiot How about supervising a fleet of ships going thousands of miles away to do business?"

"That is to say, you are not willing to let him go?" Dou Tangmu's complexion has become extremely ugly.

"Uncle, you have misunderstood me. I never said that." Li Zhen repeatedly denied: "My words are very clear. After all, killing an official is a big matter. Regardless of whether it is true or not, I must treat it carefully and investigate it in detail. That's right, if it turns out that what he said was stupid, then that's all, if it's true, hmph... don't blame your nephew for being unkind."