Crown Tang emperor

He didn't have an official residence in Shendu, so he could only live in the cottage at the back of the county house. He walked all the way back to his room, dismissed the old servants from the two counties, closed the door heavily, and stood in the room with his hands behind his back. After a long time, he covered his face with his hands and began to weep: "How could the evil officials insult me ​​like this..."

Although in front of all the county officials, he is also a majestic master, but in the real officialdom, he does not bully the young and the humble, and does not respect the elders. Old and humble people like him are the most despised Kind of underestimated.

Even if he has already taken office in Chi County, Kinai, his future is close to nothing. Even if he works hard for one full term without making mistakes, he may die of old age and be selected in the next round.

If he still travels to other states, and at Fu Youyi's age, he is still so humble, his heart must be exhausted.

However, when he was about to serve his old age, he was awarded the Master Book of the Palace. Seeing that those poor and despicable people could be invited in by evil ways, and even directly awarded the fifth rank, he was naturally full of reluctance!

He had heard too much about the deeds of those villains, and he felt that these people were nothing special, and he could use those tricks, what was lacking was just a chance!

I was feeling sad in my heart, but the closed door was knocked, and the yamen servant called in a low voice: "Is Master Fu asleep? The servants have already found out..."

"Wait, wait!"

Hearing this voice, Fu Youyi's spirit was lifted immediately, he raised his hand and rubbed his face hard, his grief was gone, then he stepped forward to open the door and invited the person into the room.

The person who came was one of the yamen servants he had arranged in Luobei before, and he walked into the room with a mysterious face and said: "The two officials followed those pawns and went to a remote place for a little questioning. Sure enough, they confessed to Jidefang Wei There was a foreign object in a garden behind the National Temple, but it was unclear whether it was an auspicious object. Ma Shisan returned to the workshop to prepare for night inspection, and the officials came back to report..."

"Where are those pawns? Have you brought them back?"

When Fu Youyi heard this, his old eyes were already shining brightly, and he asked again in a hurry.

The yamen servant shook his head in embarrassment after hearing the words: "At that time, the street drum was about to sound, and those people fled in speeding cars. The officials were afraid of alarming the Luobei patrols, so they didn't dare to chase after them. But seeing that the traces of their charcoal carts were still fresh, they didn't enter Luo after a long journey. It must be a charcoal worker in Zuojin, and you can search for it in the future. It is only midsummer, and there is little charcoal in the city, so it should not be difficult to search."

Fu Youyi nodded after hearing the words, but he still had some worries in his heart. Even so, if those charcoal workers were from Luonan, they could search carefully, but they were in Luobei, and Luoyang County would naturally not allow them to go Check carefully.

"Let's do it for tonight, tomorrow..."

When Fu Youyi spoke up to this point, he recalled that the county magistrate Xiao Zhizhong gave him a slap in the face just now, so he hesitated in his heart, and after pondering for a moment, he finally gave up: "Tomorrow, we will meet today's class again, and follow me out of the city first, to go to school." Wait for Ma Shisan's news at the east gate, if this is true, let's do it immediately, yes, the mansion is He's house?"

"The official returned in a hurry, and I really didn't have time to ask more questions."

"Then let's talk about it tomorrow, go back, go to bed early and get up early, and keep your spirits up!"

Fu Youyi waved his hand to dismiss the yamen servant, and another old servant brought food. The beard cakes prepared in the afternoon had already cooled down, and the cold mutton had a strong smell, without any seasoning, and the vegetable soup boiled with celery It is even more bland and tasteless.

Fu Youyi was full of worries, so he reluctantly ate a few mouthfuls, but felt that the taste was chewy, waved his hand to repel the old slave and ate, just lying on the bed with an empty stomach and clothes, naturally tossing and turning, sleepless all night.

Before dawn the next day, Fu Youyi got up early with bloodshot eyes staring at him. He wandered around the county hall anxiously, and finally waited until the morning drum sounded, then hurried into the straight hall and asked someone to inform the county magistrate. He is going to tour the countryside outside the city today.

After a short record, he went into the class to summon the Yamen servants without waiting for the county magistrate to answer.But these yamen servants seemed to have also been taught a lesson, and there were very few people who responded, and more than ten people were reluctantly pulled out.

At this moment, Fu Youyi was full of big plans, and he was not in the mood to wrangle personnel matters in the county office, so he hurried out of the county office with the dozen or so yamen servants.Naturally, it is unavoidable to slander in my heart, if I really get something this time, it will be my bad luck if those government officials don't follow him.

Thinking that Jidefang is under the rule of Luoyang County after all, Fu Youyi also took a little care, and didn't directly put on the eye-catching official robes, just dressed in ordinary clothes.

A group of people detoured to Luonan Jianchun Gate to leave the city, then drove north along the outer wall, and when they arrived at Luobei and went to the east gate, it was already noon, and a long queue had already formed in front of the city gate.

Jidefang is next to the upper east gate, and after queuing anxiously to enter the city, Fu Youyi took a look around and found Ma Shisan, a yamen servant, waiting near the inner city gate.

Seeing Fu Youyi and his party, the yamen servant rushed up and said excitedly: "Yes, yes... really!"

"Slow down and talk in detail!"

Although Fu Youyi was in a hurry, but seeing the servant Ma Shisan like this, his mood became calm, and he even thoughtfully paid for some food out of his own pocket, and asked his followers to buy some food from the nearby workshop, which was in the pagoda tree on Heng Street. Under the shade, I eat with the servants of the subordinate government.

"The official returned to the workshop last night. He claimed that he was blocked on a business trip, and stayed overnight. The family also took him in. After dark, he searched the garden. There was a large orchard with vicious dogs and he dared not approach it, but he saw it from a distance. A white light drifts across the orchard, or a white deer, or..."

After Fu Youyi heard this, he was so surprised that he didn't know how to express it. The white deer, the red bear, and the black fox and jade turtle are all Shangrui listed in the history books!

He heard the rumors, so he naturally didn't believe it, but the yamen servants he personally sent were all convincing, and he also had a lot of expectations in his heart, so he naturally had no reason to doubt it.

He took a few deep breaths to calm down a bit, looked up at the tall stupa towering over the Weiguo Temple in Jidefang, and said with no lack of resentment: "The number of days is so different, we are in the same city, but Luobei can get it alone." So much magic!"

"That's right, whose house is that one? Why didn't you find out that there was such a miracle in the garden?"

After expressing his emotions, Fu Youyi still didn't forget to ask the most important question. Being able to enjoy such a large-scale garden next to Weiguo Temple is not an ordinary family.Even if he knew that there was a miracle in it, he couldn't rush to the door and search for it by force. The wound on his head that was smashed by the young king yesterday hadn't healed yet!

The yamen servant is a shrewd person, so of course he would not ignore such an important issue. After hearing the words, he said: "Although the garden villa is not small, there are not many residents. There are a group of guest slaves outside, who dare not elaborate on the identity of the owner. Fuliu, the officials inquired several times but could not answer. Before that, I arrested people to ask people in the workshop. They only said that there were many idle people in Yifu in daily contact. It was presumed that it should be a general's house in Nanya. He had a shrewd wife in his family and dared not publicize it. ..."

When the surrounding government servants heard this, they all laughed awkwardly, similar to the privacy of a wealthy family, they, the low-level officials, were most willing to inquire about the rumors.

After Fu Youyi heard the words, he couldn't help hesitating, more or less guilty, besides offending the wealthy family, he also had to consider the problems of Luoyang County.

Regarding the auspicious deeds of the pictures, the imperial court also has ritual rules and regulations, and the local prefecture and county must verify whether they are true or not before deciding whether to present them.This time he was considered a cross-border robbery. Once he rushed in, he would not only offend the owner of the garden, but also offend Luoyang County. It was really exciting to think about it.

But after several struggles, the desire to fight for power and wealth finally prevailed. After Xiaozuo pondered, he ordered the servants to say: "After rushing in, just say that the county is catching thieves, search quickly, and retreat as soon as you get it. Get entangled with the master! As long as you rush out of the upper east gate, you will have no scruples!"

Fortunately, Jidefang was next to the upper east gate, Fu Youyi secretly calculated, rushed in and searched, if everything went well, they would be able to escape the upper east gate in less than a quarter of an hour.

Even if the owner of the mansion sues the officials, Luoyang County is still far away from Yudefang, which is two squares away.

Whenever there is a major event, when there is a decision, Fu Youyi is also full of pride at this moment, and waved his big hand: "Go!"

Chapter 0141

Li Tong has no way of judging how well the monks of Weiguo Temple practice Buddhism, but he has to say that the atmosphere created is really good. The evening singing is soothing, the morning bell is melodious, and he sleeps until dawn. He sleeps soundly in his mansion It's not so smooth, after all, there are street gangsters from the Jinwu Guard making noise.

Facing the rising sun, Li Tong stood in front of the Buddhist hall and played the jiegu again, and he did not forget to order the little fan Shi Sizhen who was standing next to him to applaud and applaud: "The Buddhist incense used in the house is really helpful for sleeping, remember to ask the temple for a few later .”

At this time, Liu Youqiu also came to this place, and after hearing the words, he sighed and said: "Although the Buddha Dharma is vast, the monks are too stingy. If Your Majesty agrees with this, I'm afraid you will have to pay more money to worship the Buddha."

When Li Tong heard this, his eyebrows twitched unavoidably, and he waved his hand to signal for several people to go back to the room and discuss in detail.

Back in the room, Liu Youqiu unfolded the scroll and began to introduce what he had obtained from negotiating with the monks yesterday.When Li Tong came to visit this time, the value of the enshrined goods was more than [-] yuan. Although it was not a great deal, it was by no means shabby.

However, the feedback given by Weiguo Temple is not on the table. Two stone sutra pillars, a wooden sculpture of Wei Tuo Dharma protector, and some miscellaneous Buddhist utensils for town houses to ward off evil spirits are mostly wood and stone carvings, with some copper and iron objects. nothing.

What made Li Tong even more irritating was that there were still ten postcards for fasting rituals. In other words, these were meal coupons for some fasting parties held by Wei Guosi.How much he lacks this stutter, and he will come here for a meal!

In addition, there are many scriptures, but they are also not physical objects, but open scripture halls, so that the palace should bring its own pen, ink, paper and inkstone to copy scriptures in the temple.Li Tong suspected that these stinky monks offered such conditions because they fell in love with his Zhong Shaojing!

There are also two mages, one monk and one nun, who live in the king's mansion every day, chant scriptures, do homework, eat and drink, and have to be provided by the king's mansion.

After hearing Liu Youqiu finished speaking, Li Tong was so angry that his stomach hurt, and he felt that sooner or later this group of monks had to be dealt with, and the protection fees were too harsh!

Yes, he really came this time to pay the protection fee, and invited the monks and nuns of the Weiguo Temple to worship at home, which can greatly avoid being framed for crimes such as plotting prophecy and evil, and hating victory.

Including Li Xianzong, whom his grandmother Wu Zetian sent to the palace on his own initiative before, are all officially certified religious figures, have licenses, and don't drive fast cars. They are not comparable to those unlicensed alchemists outside.

Of course, this is just what can be said on the table.In addition to these, Liu Youqiu also introduced the private transaction. The Weiguo Temple gave ten quotas, not limited to monks and nuns, and twenty temple-registered clean people.

This falls under the category of Ye Luzi. Li Tong needs to use anyone who does not exist legally, and needs them to have a legal identity.

With these things, he can set up a farm outside the city and recruit dozens of guest slaves to settle here. The prefecture and county can't manage it, because these populations and land belong to the temple property of Weiguo Temple.

As for how Wei Guosi manages these industries, it is beyond the local government's ability to intervene. In fact, Wei Guosi itself does not know the specifics of these industries and population at all.

So even though Li Tong hated these monks so much, he still had to get together. This was almost the only way he could manage his personal power right now.After all, his own fields, fiefdoms, etc. are all managed by the imperial court and officials, and the affairs of the palace must always be prepared for investigation by the censor.

For example, Tian Dasheng and others work hard for him, Li Tong can't give them a bright future for the time being, but the minimum needs for food and clothing must be guaranteed.Therefore, for industries that are not exposed to light, we still need to prepare.

In front of his subordinates, Li Tong didn't care too much. He just nodded with a smile on his face, expressing his satisfaction with the result of the negotiation.

But I still couldn't help suggesting to Liu Youqiu, to get in touch with the monks in the monastery who are engaged in these gray industries, why not add dust to the dust, and get these things done outside, with a pen and a snake, Weiguo Temple is such a big industry, There is plenty of room to maneuver.It is cheaper to satisfy two or three monks than to pay for the whole temple.

He dared to engage in such small tricks in Weiguo Temple because of the darkness under the lamp.

Weiguo Temple was originally an extrajudicial place authorized by his grandma, and there would not be so many cruel censors staring at it. These monks themselves understand that this kind of thing cannot be brought to the table, and they themselves have not made that much progress politically. Space, naturally happy to make a fortune in silence.

In line with the principle of eating more and paying less, Li Tong dawdled around in the temple, had a good lunch, and then formally bid farewell.During the period, Zheng Jin asked to select a few pure maidservants from the monastery, and went out for a tour. When he came back, he was followed by five or six people, and the little lady of the Tang family was among them. Li Tong didn't bother to ask about the specific details of the operation.

Although these temple-registered servants will need to serve the palace later, it is not a gift. They are still registered in the Weiguo Temple, which is regarded as labor export. No matter how long the palace is used, the Weiguo Temple must be given a certain amount of money in return.

Their ownership is still in the Weiguo Temple. In other words, even if Li Tong commits a crime and his home is ransacked in the future, these people will not be confiscated as official slaves, but will be sent back to the Weiguo Temple.If they had any illness and died in the palace, the palace would also compensate Wei Guosi according to the market price of slaves.

Of course, Weiguo Temple has a special status. As for other temples, there are very few such powerful extrajudicial privileges at the moment, which can challenge the ancestors and nobles.

Although this kind of arrangement somewhat wronged the young lady of the Tang family, Li Tong had no better way to give her a better background at the moment, after all, Jin Wuwei looked down upon her too much.

So far, some small goals have been basically completed, but the most important goal still has to wait for the results to be tested.

In the morning, under the gift of several well-known monks, Hedong Wang Yijia left the Weiguo Temple.This time there was no need to deceive others, Li Tong simply rode his horse and walked slowly.

When the team moved out of Jishanfang, Li Tong saw that the atmosphere on the street was a little tense. The most obvious thing was that the number of Jinwuwei street disciples had increased several times, and at the same time, there were many whispers among passers-by.

Because he was isolated outside, Li Tong couldn't hear these discussions clearly, so he waved his hand to signal his attendants to go to the left to inquire, and then he reported that a noble man's mansion in Beiqu, Jishanfang, had been broken into and robbed by Qiang Liang, and the thief had been arrested. In the square, the Jin Wuwei street gangsters are currently checking whether the gangsters still have accomplices in Zhou Street.

"These thieves are really bold. They dare to rampage in the city in broad daylight! I'm afraid Jishanfang is close to the city gate, so they can escape far away after they win..."

"I also heard that the one who was taken captive was the family of a general from Zuojinwuwei. Haha, those thieves really chose a good target! Usually these street ghosts are fierce and lazy, look at how hardworking they are today, they want to come here after being robbed It's not an ordinary family in the military mansion!"

Li Tong looked sideways at Tian Dasheng in front of his mount, Tian Dasheng nodded imperceptibly.

But right now there is no conclusive news, Li Tong can still hold back from laughing out loud, and doesn't want to show off in Luobei anymore, after thinking about it, he left Shi Sizhen, the second official official, to inquire about the news, even if he is detained by the Jinwu Guard come out.

As for himself, he didn't want to ostentatiously pass through the market in Luobei, so he speeded up and passed the Xinzhong Bridge to return to Luonan.

Li Tong had just returned to the palace and hadn't settled down yet. Li Shouli was still complaining in his ears that he didn't bring him with him when he went out. Shi Sizhen, who stayed behind to inquire about the news, had returned with a wonderful look on his face.

"Does Your Majesty know? All of you, if I don't say anything, I'm afraid you won't be able to guess who the thief in Jidefang is!"

Shi Sizhen, a barbarian, looks young and old, with a beard on his face, he really lacks delicate expressions, so he can only dance and dance to add drama: "It's the master of the palace, Fu Youyi, who came to the mansion yesterday!"

"how come?"

"He's crazy?"

"Is there something wrong with it?"

Hearing what Shi Sizhen said, all the people in the hall couldn't believe it, and asked questions in a hurry.

Shi Sizhen took a sip of tea, then smiled and said: "There is one more surprising thing, do you know which family was robbed? Qiu Sicheng, the second son of General Zuojin Wuwei Qiu, you don't know what kind of kid he was at that time. Anxious, I wish I could kill the thief with a knife! In his other property, there are many rare flowers and trees. It is said that an old grape vine was moved from the east of the river, and the grapes it produced cost more than ten dollars in the market! In the end, the thief Uprooted……"

Li Tong was just listening silently at first, but he couldn't help laughing out loud when he heard this, he just thought this Fu Youyi was really wonderful.Not to mention the follow-up, just destroying Qiujiayuan's mansion in this way, he felt very happy to hear it.

During the Wu and Zhou Dynasties, there was a cruel official Wang Hongyi, who passed by the melon garden in the village and asked the owner for melons and fruits. The owner was stingy and refused to give it. The garden was completely destroyed.

The news that Shi Sizhen found out is too shocking and unbelievable, mainly because he can't figure out what sort of insanity this Fu Youyi is. Qiu Shenji's other business, this is not something that can be done with ordinary feelings of death!

As for Li Tong, who was behind the scenes, he was actually a little surprised at the moment, because Fu Youyi made such a move, which was not the script he envisioned at all.

His original plan was to ask Tian Dasheng to order the people who arranged around the Qiu's garden to deliberately disclose to Fu Youyi that there was auspicious news in that garden, so as to arouse Fu Youyi's negative emotions of hating heaven and injustice.

As for whether there are any auspicious things in Qiu's mansion, he didn't care at all, and he didn't let anyone take the risk of setting them up.He had witnessed Fu Youyi's aggrieved spirit of seeking nothing to get ahead, and he had no sense of auspicious things under his own control. As a result, Luoyang County, which was separated by a river, was endless, and no one would be happy to change it.

Then, there was no news of Xianrui in Luoyang County.This is the essence of Li Tong's calculation, what would Fu Youyi think?

Will he be curious, and then write a letter to ask: There is a rumor that this garden villa of the Qiu family has auspiciousness, why didn't Luoyang County report it?

Even if Fu Youyi forgot about it, Li Tong would remind him and keep fighting.

As long as Fu Youyi is willing to write a letter, things can go wrong: the head of Hegong County reported that Zuo Jinwuwei General Qiu Shen Jizhai gave birth to Ruiwu, but Luoyang ordered Gong Siming to hide it and not report it!What are you thinking?What are you doing?

If it is an ordinary period, if this kind of thing is reported to the public and checked, it will be nothing, and it may not even be checked.But Li Tong knew that his grandma was sharpening her sword and preparing to give the Gong family a ruthless blow, but this kind of thing happened, can she not think evilly?

Although Li Tong's idea was tortuous, it was also meticulous. He gradually added to Qiushen's frustration layer by layer, and tried to keep himself out of the matter as much as possible.But this Fu Youyi is lucky, even at a young age, he is quite reckless, he doesn't wait to make a small report, he directly kills him!

For this reason, Li Tong also had to sigh with emotion, those who left their names in the history books were really difficult to control, even if they wanted to die, they could do something wonderful.

Although as long as it is announced that Qiu Shenji has a definite connection with Gong Siming, in Wu Zetian's heart, he will lose points, but at least before the prime minister's downfall, Qiu Shenji's position is still as stable as a rock. Damn, that's really going to peel off the skin if you don't die!

Chapter 0142 is afraid of bad guys

The head of Hegong County led more than a dozen yamen servants to trespass into the residence of General Zuo Jinwuwei in Jidefang, Luobei, and was captured by the Luoyang Order and thrown into the Luoyang County Prison.

This incident caused a great commotion in the entire city of God, and there were many heated discussions among the people.Although the superficial context of things is like this, various interpretations derived from it emerge in endlessly.

Especially in the community, there are different opinions. Everyone has their own views on this, and they firmly believe that this matter is not simple, and it has almost reached the level of participation of the whole people.

The reason for this is that the Luoyang, Hegong counties and Jinwuwei involved in the incident are all government agencies that directly face the general public, and the public is far more familiar with and curious about them than other departments in Taiwan Province. , naturally keen to discuss.

In the next few days, although Li Tong stayed at home and did not go out, news related to this continued to spread to the mansion.Hearing all kinds of interpretations and speculations from various angles, as one of the few who knew the details, he really felt the pleasure of being the mastermind behind the scenes.

For example, some people say that the reason why the director of Hegong County went to Luobei to do things is because of the long-standing conflicts between Luoyang and Hegong counties, especially after the division of Yongchang County not long ago, the Shendu Chengneifang managed by Hegong County The area is much smaller than that of Luoyang County, so the whole Hegong County is suffocating to find trouble in Luoyang County.

Regarding this kind of rhetoric, the officials in Hegong County also felt like crying without tears. The two counties are in the same city, and friction is naturally inevitable, but if they are holding their breath and going to trouble Luoyang County It can't be said that there is no, but the problem is that they don't know why the old man Fu Youyi is so staunch, he just does what he says, and luckily he even messed with Jin Wuwei!

On the second day after this incident, Suifufang, where the Hegong county house was located, was blocked by Jinwuwei street gangsters.This is easy to operate, because Suifufang is just north of Luxinfang where the residence of the Three Kings is located, and there is only a Huijiefang in the middle.

And in just one night, hundreds of thieves and criminals were arrested between the Xiafang district of Hegong County and the others.Even several servants of Hegong county magistrate's family were arrested by Jinwuwei street gangsters for violating the night ban.

Hegong County, as Chi County in Ginei, has a better status than Xiazhou, but it is not a purely military organization after all, and it is naturally far inferior to Zuo Jinwuwei in terms of popularity.

Of course, it does not mean that they have no way to fight back. In just a few hours, hundreds of lawsuits have been filed in the county about the Jinwuwei Street envoys who ran rampant and oppressed the people.However, the entire county was blocked by the Jinwu Guards, and even if the case was filed, there were no government officials who came out to arrest and summon him.

Although the scene was chaotic, it was just the friction and confrontation at the bottom.Although Hegong County suffered a big loss, before finding a way to fight back, naturally, he had to figure out why Fu Youyi did this first.

But Fu Youyi did not leave many clues in the county, and the fact that he visited the Luxinfang Palace and followed the young king to the Weiguo Temple before, naturally attracted people's attention.

In order to quickly find out the cause of the matter, Xiao Zhizhong, the county magistrate, came to ask in person.

In fact, excluding the moral evaluation, Li Tong thinks that people like Fu Youyi are quite interesting, of course, when he is harmless.It has been more than two months since the three kings settled down in the workshop, but only the chief secretary Fu Youyi and a few county lieutenants came to visit Hegong County, and the higher-level county magistrates and county magistrates were all gone.