I'm playing tricks in Daqin

At the same time, a body burst out of the muddy water, throwing down a quick-reacting guard who rushed forward, and the other body also bounced up, and a short spear stabbed out in the palm of Li Wei's chest. .

The sharp tip of the spear pierced Li Wei's chest, but there was a clear sound, and was blocked by something, and he couldn't stab anymore.

Although Li Wei, who was wearing a self-made bulletproof vest, escaped, the force of the shot was so fierce that his internal organs were almost displaced, and he was so uncomfortable that he wanted to vomit blood.

"Xianggong (young lord)..."

Xiao Xiaoxiao and Xiaoliuzi were scared out of their wits, they screamed at the same time, and shot out the dagger and umbrella in their hands respectively.

The gun-wielding assassin hit him, but the iron spear failed to penetrate his body. He couldn't help being stunned for a moment. When he realized, Xiao Liuzi's umbrella and Xiao Xiaoxiao's dagger had pierced his chest and abdomen, killing him on the spot.

In response, the guards and the soldiers of the tiger and leopard cavalry swarmed down, and quickly dragged Li Wei, who was covered in mud, and left. Another group of people surrounded Mo Lin and other assassins, slashing fiercely with knives and swords. The six sons unscrewed one of Mo Lin's right arms, and the rest were chopped into minced meat.

"and many more……"

The assassin who called himself Mo Lin endured the pain of breaking his arm, looked at Little Six and asked, "How did you see through it?"

Little Six grinned, stretched out his hand to stop the bodyguards and tiger and leopard cavalry soldiers who wanted to swarm up and cut people up, and said two words in a dark voice, "Salutation."

The assassin froze for a moment, then nodded thoughtfully. The real Mo Lin was indeed a black-clothed guard. He accidentally discovered this group of assassins, and when he was following them, he was discovered and all of them died in battle.

Mo Lin was injured and captured. He couldn't bear the torment of his limbs and hands. He did all of them. But before he was stabbed to death, there was a strange look in his eyes. He didn't care at the time. Looking back now, that strange look The look clearly showed a bit of sarcasm and complacency. Before he died, he was able to kill the enemy, and he had avenged himself. Anyone would be proud, and die in peace.

Li Wei will be surrounded by Xiao Xiaoxiao and Qing'er, who are so frightened that their faces turn pale. The two women, regardless of their gaffe, checked him up and down to make sure that he is not injured. Then they breathed a sigh of relief. Dangerous.

Seeing the assassin's gaze, Li Wei grinned, reached out his hand to take out a large iron plate from his vest pocket, and shook it at him.

There is a little white dent on the iron plate, which was caused by that shot. If there is no bulletproof vest, it is really over. Looking back, my calf cramps.

The assassin let out a long sigh, the carefully arranged serial killings failed, maybe it was God's will?

He flipped his wrist, and there was a gleaming dagger in his palm, piercing his throat fortress, and fell on his back.

"Bury them all."

Li Wei sighed, this group of assassins must have been sent by Xuan Suju, the group of assassins who have been lurking in Chang'an City waiting for an opportunity to assassinate, but for some reason, they did not cooperate with Ou Cheng and others to act together, but set up a chain here The kill was almost successful, but fortunately, before getting out of the car, Xiao Xiao even put on a bulletproof vest for him, so he escaped the catastrophe.

Chapter 373 Continuing to Fool

The assassination this time can be described as extremely thrilling, it was just a little bit short, and everyone was frightened into a cold sweat. Fortunately, the young master was lucky enough to escape the catastrophe.

The assassin's cunning is of course one of the reasons, and the carelessness of the guards and others is also one of the reasons. In short, if it is really necessary to investigate, the guards including Qing'er are all responsible for the ineffectiveness of the guards.

Li Wei didn't want his father and the 13 aunts to worry, and strictly ordered everyone not to mention this matter again. The credit for killing Xuan Suju should be attributed to Mo Lin and other dozen black-clothed guards who had already died in battle. How dare there be any dissatisfaction, it is a blessing not to be held accountable.

The assassin's corpses were all buried on the spot. After searching, they found the corpses of Mo Lin and others in the dry woods beside the road, including the bodyguards who died in battle. They were all tied to horses and brought back. Honorary titles such as martyrs.

Li Wei went back to the carriage to change into clean clothes. Although Qing'er had changed into clean clothes, she still had a shocking expression on her pretty face. Li Wei took her into his arms and used both hands and words to comfort her.

Xiao Xiaoxiao's head was drooping and her cheeks were flushed. Although she was married and even acquiesced to some ridiculous demands made by someone, it was only between husband and wife, and no one else was present.

But now, Xianggong and Sister Qing'er are actually intimate in front of her, how can she feel so bad?

This specially-made carriage is very spacious, and it is no problem for three or four people to lie down. Xiao Xiaoxiao usually feels quite spacious, but now it feels so narrow that there is nowhere to hide.

She desperately lowered her head and didn't dare to look, her heart was beating violently, as if it was about to jump out of her chest, but a strange feeling surged from the depths of her body... Oh my god, how could it be like this?

Embarrassed and dazed, she seemed to have heard what Xianggong said to Qinger's sister, and then heard Qinger's chuckle, but before she could react, she suddenly felt a wolf's paw on her leg, Not at all restless.

Xiao Xiaoxiao was ashamed and dared not speak out, so she had to reach out and grab the wolf's paw to stop it from acting recklessly.

Still restless?

Xiao Xiaoxiao was ashamed and anxious, so she had no choice but to be ruthless and pinched her hard.

"Ouch……"

Hearing Sister Qinger's cry of pain, Xiao Xiaoxiao was stunned for a moment, then turned her head to look, she couldn't help being ashamed, the wolf paw that was not at all restless was not her husband's, but Sister Qinger's, she was so ashamed Find cracks all over the place.

Although there was no battle on the way back to the city, it was still intimate and warm.

When Li Wei returned to Chang'an City, the city was almost cleaned up. The black-clothed guards ransacked people's homes one by one according to the blacklist. More than 3000 people were beheaded, and those who were sent to Hongfeng Province to work hard Ten thousand people, all their wealth was confiscated and confiscated, the treasury was enriched at once, the fertile land was countless, and there were hundreds of thousands of refugees without naturalization.

Most of these fertile lands will be distributed equally to military households and innocent refugees. These refugees will get rid of their slave status, re-register and become naturalized, and become imperial citizens. They will also be allocated land that can support their families. I am grateful and grateful. As for the previous patriarchs, they were all villains who exploited and oppressed them, and the prime minister and Hussar General were their benefactors.

Although Li Wei was mentally prepared, he could only let out a helpless sigh when he heard that he was so innocent.

This time, there was a lot of commotion. Fortunately, the government appeased it properly, and with the imperial decree of the King of Qin, and the Imperial Times controlled by the Li family to guide public opinion, the people quickly dispelled the anxiety in their hearts and devoted themselves to their work with peace of mind. .

The prime minister thinks wholeheartedly about the people, and the various new policies implemented can make them live a better life. Ou Cheng and others actually want to overthrow the new policies and restore the old exploitation system that left them hungry and clothed. This is a heinous crime and deserves to be punished. In addition to nine ethnic groups.

Sweep away Ou Cheng and other factions of the Royalist Party, there will be no resistance in the court, and there will be no obstacles to the implementation of various decrees issued by the Prime Minister's Mansion.

However, Li Gang was still very busy, and there were a lot of vacancies for officials in various departments all of a sudden, so he had to re-appoint officials to ensure the normal operation of the government departments.

This is another big cake, and everyone wants to take a bite. It is inevitable that the elder faction and the young faction will compete secretly.

For example, Shen Shangde, the servant of the Ministry of Rites, endured humiliation and acted as an undercover agent. He made great contributions. Although he was not promoted, he received a lot of rewards and a lot of valuable things. .

The old servant of the trial is now very proud of his spring breeze, he seems to be 30 or [-] years younger, and he is as vigorous as a strong young man. Not only is Jixian's wife pregnant again, but even the concubine he just took in is also pregnant. I don't admire his majesty still, the sword is not old.

Shortly thereafter, Empress Dowager Concubine Wu Hui issued an edict to suspend the court on the grounds of being unwell, and appointed Prime Minister Li Gang to preside over all affairs of the empire on her behalf.

Since then, the Qin family and the Wang family have officially retreated behind the scenes. In a few years, they will be gradually forgotten by people and buried in the long river of history.

Everyone was busy, and Li Wei, who was acting as the hands-off shopkeeper, was also very busy. During this period of time, he basically lived in the palace, which was regarded as a comfort to Concubine Wu Hui's mother and child.

During this period, Kong Rong and Zhong Lisheng gave birth to two baby boys, named Li Bi and Li Su respectively. Even if Li Wei felt that the name was not good, it was useless. He was not even qualified to name his own son. It was arranged by cheap daddy.

The 13 aunts and daughters were so happy that they held them in the palms of their hands for fear of breaking them and holding them in their mouths for fear of melting. Li Wei had to wait a long time to get his turn if he wanted to hug them. If he spoils two little dudes, then it will be troublesome.

The Qin Empire had good weather and good weather this year, and it was a good year with a bumper harvest.

Although it was a bumper harvest, Li Wei still ordered the Universal Chamber of Commerce to desperately purchase a large amount of food and other materials from the Wei Empire.

The Wei Empire also had good weather this year, with a bumper harvest of grain and the prosperity of the people. Apart from paying enough official grain, those aristocratic families and country gentry sold their grain to the merchants of the Universal Chamber of Commerce.

There will be various losses such as mold and rats in grain storage, and a lot of people will be used to take care of it. There is no need to worry about any loss of white snowflake silver, and the price offered by others is fair and reasonable, and fools will not sell it.

The Four Seas Chamber of Commerce wantonly buys surplus grain from the people, and even dares to collect government grain. As long as you dare to sell it, I will dare to accept it. Everything is fake, and the white snowflake silver is full of real gold.

Of course, those who dare to sell the official food stored in the official warehouse are definitely not ordinary people. Without a strong backer behind them, who would dare to use their heads to make fun of it?

Everyone knew what they were paying for and delivering the goods. As for how those people settled the lack of official rations, that was their business.

The entire shipload of grain was transported back to Shuiyunguan, and it was moored at the port. The grain bags on the pier were piled up like a mountain.

In fact, there are also many merchant ships traveling between the Qin and Wei empires on the river, at least one or two times more than before the war. The coming wealth and prosperity made businessmen from other countries jealous.

In order not to irritate the Wei Empire, Li Wei strictly ordered Zhou Bo, the commander of the Red Maple Navy, that the cruising warships are not allowed to enter within one mile of the dividing line of the waters between the two countries before the war.

This is mainly to paralyze the defense empire. We have always abided by the agreement and have not crossed the border. You can rest assured that we are allies who have just signed a friendly agreement.

The missions also sent out lobbying one after another, sending heavy gifts to some ministers of the Wei Empire who could speak well, and asked them to help them say good things. We are neighbors. Although they are not a family, they are better than a family. You just need to make money with peace of mind, we are Brother, how could a brother beat a brother, our enemy is the Tang Empire.

In order to fool King Wei Gongsundu, Li Gang also proposed marriage between the two countries to strengthen the friendship.

King Wei Gongsundu has many daughters, but all of them are married, and the oldest one is only five years old. The Qin envoy said it doesn't matter, and our general Li Huanqi is only [-] years old. In the early stage, you can wait for the little princess to grow up before marrying. This is a betrothal gift given in advance, and there is also a gift for all the princesses. Your Majesty, please take it.

Chapter 374

For the Tang Empire, it was not as lucky as Qin Wei and other empires. Because of the civil strife, countless innocent people were killed and injured. In order to escape the war, they had to leave their homes. In addition, millions of refugees fled to the Qin Empire, and a lot of fertile land was abandoned. Grain production has been greatly reduced, and natural disasters such as drought and floods have occurred in some areas. There is no harvest, and the government is forced to pay official grain.

According to legend, after their former neighbors and villagers fled to the Qin Empire, not only were they allocated fields, but grain, labor tools, cattle, etc. were distributed by the government for free, and the benefits were so great that ten fingers could not count them.

That’s not to mention, tax exemption in the first year, half tax in the second year, and full tax in the third year. Such benefits can’t be found even after lighting the lanterns.

Even some gentry and landowners who still had some money in their hands were moved. They tried every means to become subjects of the Qin Empire. They tried every means to cross the border, so a new industry of taking people across the border was born.

In the name of buying goods, some caravans hid the wealthy families who could afford the price in specially modified trucks, mixed them with the caravans, swaggered through customs, and sent people to the Qin Empire.

Of course, the officers and soldiers guarding the checkpoint also turned a blind eye. As long as you can afford enough money, you can pass through the checkpoint as you please.

With the continuous influx of traffic, this matter naturally alarmed Li Wei. He ordered the border generals to do a good job of receiving refugees, and at the same time ordered the Universal Chamber of Commerce to come forward and spend money to collect people.

The Four Seas Chamber of Commerce already had entangled interests with the generals at the border gates of various empires. These generals naturally want to protect the benefits they have obtained out of thin air. Nowadays, entraining and sending people across the border is the easiest way to make money, and it is a huge profit. Buying and selling, rather than letting others make money, it is better to make money yourself, you just need to keep it from the top.

Therefore, the guards guarding the border simply started the trade of people. Old and weak women and Confucian scholars are all paid two taels of silver, and young and strong are ten taels. Officers and soldiers send people, and the Universal Chamber of Commerce pays. .

The common people heard about the various benefits of the Qin Empire, and they crossed the border for free. Naturally, they flocked desperately. The generals guarding the checkpoints were terrified, so they could only order the soldiers to escort the people to hide in the mountains and forests, and only do business after dark.

There was too much commotion, and in addition, some aristocratic families failed to get much benefit, so they revealed the matter. Tang Wangjili had to send imperial envoys to investigate. Naturally, this matter should not be settled, but this business cannot continue, and no one dares to make fun of the guy who eats on his neck.

The business of finding people could not be done, and the Four Seas Chamber of Commerce naturally withdrew, but more than 50 refugees had flooded into the Qin Empire. In order to properly resettle these refugees, the officials of various counties and counties were extremely busy.

Just looking at so many refugees fleeing is enough to prove that the Tang Empire is dying, and its overall national strength has been obviously weakened. However, the emaciated camel is still bigger than a horse. Since various deployments have been made against the Wei Empire, it is natural to swallow it first. This big fish belly.

The fish belly was just for fun. Li Wei didn't really regard the Wei Empire as a vulnerable fish belly. Although the Wei Empire was small and weak, and the army's combat power was low, dogs jumped over the wall in a hurry, and rabbits would bite people if they were anxious. Quickly wipe out the vital forces of the guards and control the overall situation. Once the war falls into a stalemate, changes will inevitably occur.

From the moment the empire's strategy was readjusted, Li Wei and his think tanks had already started various schemes. A large number of spies sneaked into the Empire of Wei in various identities and hid in secret, spied on and collected information, and bought some of the king of Wei. Gongsundu suppressed those who were dissatisfied.

It is a pity that the people of the Wei Empire are rich, and the currency war launched is difficult to hurt their bones, and it is impossible to replicate the Thunderbolt operation mode against the Tang Emperor. A few rebel armies were created to turn the Wei Empire upside down, and the hidden gentry and landlords could only secretly get some servants , when the time comes to assist in capturing the city fortress.

During this period, the letters between Li Wei and Ming Zhu never stopped. After the incident happened, they no longer concealed and suppressed their emotions in the letters.

The sending and receiving of the letters between the two had been changed to a very secret place. Although Prince Jin Hua Bin sent people to closely monitor the Marshal's Mansion, nothing was found.

After winter, Jin Wang Huazhao fell ill, the court was looming turbulent, and various forces began to fight openly and secretly.

In fact, it was just a few princes joining forces to fight for the throne with Prince Hua Zhao. This kind of thing has long been common in the emperor's family.

Prince Hua Zhao is the designated heir to the throne. He has the support of many civil officials in the court, and he also holds military power. In addition, he has the full support of Xuan Suju, and he has the upper hand.

One day, Mingzhu, who was enjoying the snow outside the city, met Master Wuwei, an ascetic monk. Avoid the entanglement of the prince Hua Zhao.

Traveling is also an indispensable way of practice, and Master Xuanyue knows the mind of the apprentice, so it is inconvenient to stop him.

Mingzhu only took her personal maid Zhener and six guards and quietly left Xijing, the capital of Jin. Before leaving, she wrote a letter to someone Li, telling her her plan and itinerary, starting from the Chu Empire, passing through the Han and Zhou dynasties. The Tang Empire, the last stop is the Qin Empire, and then naturally they will meet with Li and talk to each other.

When Li Wei received the letter, he couldn't help complaining in his heart. If you write in advance, my young master will definitely rush to accompany you to travel around the world, and also on your honeymoon. Stupid woman, I don't know how to arrange it.

He couldn't bear the longing and impulse in his heart, so he decided to rush to meet Mingzhu and give her a surprise. However, he had just prepared his luggage and hadn't set off yet. A piece of information from Yicheng, the capital of Tang Dynasty, made him tangled up for a while. , and finally chose to go to Yicheng, the capital of Tang Dynasty.

In fact, it was not a very important matter, he had to go out in person, and there were many capable people under his command, but this guy was so idle, Mingzhu traveled around the world, and Yicheng, the capital of the Tang Dynasty, would definitely have a look, so I planned to wait for her there.

After Zheng E entered the palace as the daughter of the Lu family, the largest family in the Tang Empire, she was canonized as a concubine by the old Tang King Ji Li. The favored concubine Han suddenly fell out of favor, inevitably jealous, and the two fought each other with their own abilities.

The Han family is also a century-old family in Guangnan County, but it is not as powerful as the first family Lu family. Tang Su'e, who taught the skills of the nine princesses in the palace, sneaked into Concubine Han's bedroom on a dark and windy night to secretly kill her. , Concubine Han suddenly became seriously ill and died a few days later.

Zheng E killed a few more threatening concubines, and finally favored the harem alone, even the empress Yu Shi was ignored.

Empress Yu was only born in a scholarly family, and her natal family could not give her any real support except for her name. It is a miracle that she has survived until now and was not torn off the queen's throne by other concubines. To the aggressive Concubine Lu Can only endure and give in.

Zheng E only favors the empress of the harem, and often blows the pillow. In addition to profiting for the Lu family, she also supports those ministers who are dissatisfied with the Qin Empire and clamoring to recover the three counties of Pingtang, Baimo and Changchuan, and the forces behind them. .

Ever since she learned that her father, Zheng Jing, was taken to prison and the whole family was sent into exile, she only wanted to take revenge. Fortunately, although the old Tang King Jili was so fascinated, he was not so confused as to dispatch the army to declare war on the Qin Empire again. the point.

The civil and military officials of the Tang court did not know why the newly favored Concubine Zheng hated the Qin Empire so much, but they could be sure that any minister who advocated being tough on the Qin Empire, or even using force to fight, and the forces behind them, this Concubine Zheng would Unconditional support.

After Concubine Han's death, her father, Han Shizhong, Minister of the Ministry of War, and some Han's children who held important positions were squeezed out by the Lu family and other forces. Han Shizhong resigned in anger and went back to his hometown in Guangnan to live in seclusion.

Affected by this, some ministers who had good relations with the Han family were also pushed out of the power center by the Lu family, and sent to other places to serve, which was actually tantamount to being exiled, which naturally aroused the dissatisfaction of these aristocratic families. Dare to say it.

Tian Ce, Wu You and other counselors believed that this was an excellent opportunity for the Lalonghan clan and other aristocratic families, and they had to take action.

Chapter 375 The Law of Survival

After Han Shizhong resigned, he returned to his hometown in Guangnan, and then closed the door to thank guests on the grounds that he was unwell.

Han Shi is the largest family in Guangnan, and his influence in Guangnan is very important. Even though Han Shizhong resigned from office, there is still an endless stream of people who come to see him, but Han Shizhong refuses to see him. He just wants to have a look. In this case, how many people will never give up? With a bang, a valuable teacup was thrown to the ground and shattered.

This is already the third teacup that was broken. Han Shizhong, who shut himself in the study, was in a bad mood at the moment. The reason why he resigned from office was only to advance by retreating, temporarily avoiding Lu's edge , and by the way, see if old Tang Wang Jili still has some old feelings in his heart?

The daughter suddenly fell ill and died suddenly, all fools knew the reason, and now Tang Wang Jili only favors Concubine Lu, so he can only bear it.

Over the years, the Han family has given Tang Wang Jili a lot of support, so much that he can't remember how much support he has.

But Tang Wang Jili's reaction made him both angry and desperate. He didn't want to miss old feelings, and he even allowed Lu Cheng to suppress him wantonly. , the power in the court is basically finished.

That's all, he endured it all, but Lu Cheng obviously didn't intend to give up at all, so he just found an excuse to remove Zhang Yi, the prefect of Guangnan County, and Wu Yunchang, the general of Zhenguan Zhonglang, and replaced them all with him People, are you trying to kill them all?

Han Shizhong was not reconciled, but he was very helpless. He couldn't think of any way to solve the current predicament except sitting and waiting for the opportunity. He could only wait for Lu's move, and goodbye.

"Master, outside the door..."

The old butler Han Fu's old voice sounded outside the door.

"I said I'm not seeing any customers!"

Han Shizhong was in an extremely bad mood at this time, and interrupted Han Fu roughly.

"Father, the guest claims to be the vice-chairman of the Universal Chamber of Commerce."