Golden Summoner

After hearing the news, people from Daozhou City hurried to Changyun Villa, and the scenes of those looted children meeting their relatives made people feel sad and happy.

What's more, the time has passed so long that those relatives who came here could no longer even recognize their own children, because those children, whom they hadn't seen for many years, were destroyed and turned into dwarfs, their physique and appearance changed drastically, and they could only slowly Get to know each other slowly.

Xia Pingan asked Zheng Ti to drive the child and the woman home in a carriage, and left the affairs of the villa to his subordinates.

Today, when he just came to Daozhou City, he settled the Changyun Villa, which was considered a victory, but Xia Pingan knew that this was just the beginning. Whether he could succeed in dismissing the tribute in Daozhou City this time would depend on the future and the court and official circles. Game, once the next game fails, the court and the people above may change to another governor at any time, so that Daozhou City can restore the tribute dwarf figurines again.

So, it's not over yet.

Xia Pingan recalled all kinds of recorded deeds after Yangcheng arrived in Daozhou in his head, and at the same time returned to the governor's mansion with the officials in the governor's mansion.

When they returned to the Governor's Mansion, the whole Daozhou City was in a commotion. People along the way greeted each other and said "Qingtian", which was completely different from the situation when Xia Ping'an first came here.

The Governor's Mansion in Daozhou City is not big, it is just an official office with several courtyards, divided into front hall and back hall.

After so much tossing in and out of the city for a long time, it was already evening when I returned to the governor's mansion.

The officials of the governor's mansion had already prepared the reception banquet, and Xia Ping'an returned to the back hall after hastily finished the reception banquet, went to the study and began to write a memorial to the emperor.

The current emperor of Chang'an City is Tang Dezong Li Shi. In all fairness, Li Shi is ambitious. He always wants to make some achievements, and he wants to work hard to create a prosperous era for the Tang Dynasty. It would be unfair to say that he is a faint king. It's just that Li Shi was born at an untimely time. There are feudal vassals fighting outside, and he doesn't know how to employ people inside. For some things, many loyal ministers were driven out of Chang'an by him, and in the end they even began to rely on eunuchs to rule, which is really amazing.

Xia Pingan knew that Yangcheng in history wrote a memorial to Li Shi because of the dismissal of tribute, but he had never seen and didn't know how the memorial was written. At this time, Xia Pingan could only write it by himself. up.

Xia Pingan thought for a long time in the study, and finally decided to start with emotion first, and then reason, to persuade Li Shi to give up the dwarf tribute in Daozhou.

With that in mind, Xia Pingan took a pen and began to write.

"... When I first arrived in Daozhou City, there was a woman who knelt down and cried for grievances. She said that her child was taken away, and that mother and child were separated from each other. , Its appearance is very miserable, Mencius said, the heart of compassion, the end of benevolence, everyone has it, and I can't bear to hear it.

Thinking about the past events in the second year of Qianyuan from the courtier of the civilian woman, the rebellious minister Shi Ziming led the army to capture Luoyang. His Majesty's birth mother, the Empress Dowager Ruizhen of the Tang Dynasty, disappeared in the chaos. The birth and death of the biological mother is really a tragedy in the world. It is a tragedy for the country that the descendants of the clan ascended the throne. The Empress Dowager Xun Ruizhen has not been able to find her for more than ten years. .

However, your majesty is the king of the world, how can it be seen that the mother of the world loses her son, and the son loses her mother?Animals in the mountains, separation of mother and child is also unethical and often violates the holy way, let alone human beings?I am a minister of Your Majesty, how can it be seen that this tragedy happened in Daozhou and turned a blind eye? After questioning, I found out that the woman's son had been taken away by cruel officials and evil gentry, and he was going to be put in an urn, and after more than ten years of raising him, he became a dwarf. As a tribute to His Majesty...

In the past, there was a traitor, Shi Siming, who separated His Majesty from his birth mother in Luoyang. Now, there are cruel officials and evil gentry in Daozhou who used the name of His Majesty to bid farewell to the mothers and children of countless people in Daozhou City. Compared with Shi Siming, this cruel official and evil gentry deceived the people. The subordinates are deceiving the emperor above, there is a violation of morals, against the holy way, if the Empress Dowager Ruizhen is in Daozhou, she will not bear to see..."

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Xia Ping'an's memorial was half written, and Xue Yue knocked on the door outside, saying that an official from the mansion asked to see him.

Xia Pingan put down the memorial and asked Xue Yue to call someone in. After a while, he saw Si Cang of the Governor's Mansion with his head down, walking in with a few books in hand.

Si Cang of the Governor's Mansion is a civil servant in his fifties, tall and thin, with a cautious appearance.

"The lower official is guilty, please punish the governor..." When that Si Cang saw Xia Ping'an, he knelt down and touched his forehead to the ground, not daring to raise his head.

"What's your crime, stand up and tell me!" Xia Pingan said calmly.

"Yes!" That Sicang stood up cautiously, but still lowered his head, bowed his waist, and handed several account books in his hand to Xia Ping'an, "The crimes of being a subordinate official are all in this account book. If you dare to hide it, please take a look at it!"

Xia Pingan took the account book, opened the account book and flipped through a few pages. Seeing this, Xia Pingan frowned, and almost couldn't help cursing again.

Putting down the account books, Xia Pingan's face sank like water.

"How long has this been going on?"

"My lord, it has been like this ever since I took charge of the Sicang of the Daozhou Governor's Mansion. I also questioned the lower officials at the beginning, and the lower officials also said that the Daozhou Governor's Mansion has always handled it like this. Although the lower officials feel that it is inappropriate, But I can't change it, I can only follow Si Cang's rules and dare not go beyond..." The Si Cang official replied cautiously.

Damn, Xia Ping'an was wondering why the officials in Daozhou City didn't compensate those common people at all after plundering their children. They had already been greedy for the compensation. It's not that those people don't know about Tang What is the supplementary amount of soil provided by the law, but they don't let the people of Daozhou City know.

Every time a child is robbed, those people will report to the treasurer for 50 quasi silk as compensation. The more children they rob, the more quasi silk they will receive here. Families with children, but not really.

For this amount alone, the "subsidy" that those people get from the treasurer every year is thousands of pieces of quasi-silk, which is not a small amount. You must know that in this era, a horse is only 40 silk, and the share of profit is only [-] pieces. The money comes from the relevant officials of the governor's office, which is called "tribute salary" by the euphemistic name...

And because they could claim the "compensation money" for this soil offering, the officials in Daozhou City were extremely enthusiastic about paying tribute to the dwarves, and they only arrested too few children, not too many.

"What else do you know, let's talk about it together!"

The treasurer gritted his teeth, "My lord, the imperial court only needs one dwarf every year, and there are so many dwarf figurines in Changyun Villa, most of them are captured from ordinary people's homes in the name of paying tribute, and they are trained to become dwarves." After the terracotta figurines, they were sold to Chang’an and rich families in various places, and many dwarf terracotta figurines were even sold to the Western Regions and other places. Every year, foreign merchants come to Daozhou to buy dwarf terracotta figurines!”

Xia Pingan took a deep breath, "How much do they get for selling a dwarf figurine?"

"A little less than 1000 taels of silver, and a lot of up to thousands of silver..."

"Does everyone in the Governor's Mansion know about this?"

"Basically know everything!"

"Why did Zhuang Chao come here, no one dares to control?"

"It is true that no one dares to take care of it, because this matter is related to the tribute. If there is no tribute, the governor will have nothing to do with it, so I can only turn a blind eye. Everyone in the governor's mansion, who has received the tribute , I won’t say much, and that Zhuang Chao often said that he knew the noble relatives in Chang’an City, and the rich and noble relatives often came here to buy and sell dwarf figurines for him. Everyone didn’t know how deep his background was. None of the officials in the city dared to offend him, and when Zhuang Chao said he was short of people, someone from here would help him go to the homes of poor people to arrest people..."

Chapter 200 Fukugami Boy

Xia Pingan asked people to convert the property and silver taels counted by Changyun Villa into silk, and all of them were distributed to those poor families whose children had been robbed over the years in accordance with the rules of local tribute. Each family had 50 pieces of quasi-silk.

In just a few days, inside and outside the city of Daozhou, it was like a big drama was staged. First, countless children who were robbed to Changyun Villa met their parents, with mixed feelings of sorrow and joy. , in front of the governor's mansion, almost every day there are chickens, ducks and fish sent by the people of Daozhou in gratitude.

As for the things sent by the common people, Xia Pingan asked people to accept them, and then asked the chefs in the governor's mansion to make broth to share with the officials of the governor's mansion.

After Xia Ping'an's memorial to the imperial court was written, it was sent out. Three days after the memorial was issued, a group of people came from afar. After entering Daozhou City, they came directly to the Governor's Mansion.

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"Yangcheng, you are so bold. This dwarf in Daozhou City is a tribute to His Majesty. He is clever and interesting. His Majesty likes it the most. The ladies in the palace are colorful and all the nobles also like it. When foreign envoys come to Chang'an, His Majesty often asks Daozhou The dwarf figurines paid tribute to the city are performing in public, this thing that has been tributed to the city of Daozhou for a hundred years, you stop as soon as you say, do you take the court and His Majesty seriously?"

In the lobby of the Inspector's Mansion, Xia Pingan sat at the first place. A white-faced eunuch dressed in eunuch clothing was sitting next to Xia Pingan.

This eunuch is Tang Dezong's tribute envoy, a eunuch who specializes in supervising and inspecting tributes to the court from various places. Although the official is not big, but because he is a person close to the emperor and works for the emperor, he can be regarded as the emperor's special envoy. General officials are comparable.

The native tribute envoy was originally in Hengzhou, supervising and urging the native tributes from all over Hengzhou. He lived a leisurely life, but after hearing what Yangcheng did in Daozhou City, he rushed to do it. When the man came to Daozhou City, he looked like he was provoking a teacher to ask a crime.

Xia Pingan drank his tea slowly, and waited until the native tribute envoy finished speaking, then said calmly, "Mr. Chen's words are wrong. The "Law of the Tang Dynasty" stipulates that the local tribute is only for what you have, not for nothing. There are only dwarves in my Daozhou, and there are no dwarf slaves. There is no reason for the local tribute to bring the people up. This is the first. Second, the people of Daozhou are short. Zhoucheng, why don't you take a good look at Daozhou City, what special products in my Daozhou can be used as local tributes, if there are, I will definitely pay tribute..."

For these two reasons, Xia Pingan also wrote in the memorial to Tang Dezong, which is reasonable.

The translation of these words means that according to the laws of the court, local tribute can only be paid for local products, such as local specialties, and cannot be used for things that are not available in the local area. Daozhou only has short people, and there are no short slaves. Treat the people as tribute.In addition, the people in Daozhou are poor and have poor real estate and no special products, so they can't pay anything.

The eunuch was choked by Xia Ping'an's two words, and he couldn't explain his words. He was shaking with anger, and pointed at Xia Ping'an, "Okay...ok...okay, everyone knows that your Yangkangzong is proficient in legal classics, I can't say You, you dare to give up, don't regret it..."

"I still have official documents to deal with. If Eunuch Chen is free, please come back..." Xia Pingan directly served tea to see off the guests.

Outside the hall, a group of officials from the Governor's Mansion watched in horror as Xia Pingan withstood the pressure and drove away all the tribute envoys around the emperor. When the eunuch Chen left with his entourage in a rage, the officials cautiously walked into the public hall. hall.

"My lord, that Eunuch Chen must return to Hengzhou to report to the Master of the Observation Office, and the Observation Office will definitely send someone..." An official reminded.

"I know, everyone should do their own thing!" Xia Pingan said calmly, the observation envoy sent someone, which was expected by Xia Pingan, and he had already prepared for it.

It's just that Judge Cui who came this time, although he didn't leave his name in the history books, is also a man of integrity, Xia Ping'an is not worried.

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Sure enough, within a few days, the judge surnamed Cui from Hengzhou came directly outside the city of Daozhou with his men and horses in the name of reminder.

To urge subjects is to urge local officials to hand over local money, food and taxes. Judges have the responsibility of urging them. If they encounter unjust officials, they can directly take them down.

All the officials in the governor's mansion went out of the city to meet him.

The judge who came to urge the department was a man in his 40s, with a Chinese character face, two thick eyebrows like ink, and a strong physique. He was riding on a tall horse, and he was accompanied by dozens of men in official clothes riding on the horse, with swords and bows. It was fierce, like coming to war.

The judge's sharp eyes swept over the officials in Daozhou City, and found that they were all familiar faces. He didn't see Yangcheng, and his face sank, "Why don't you see Yang Cishi?"

"Report to Master Cui, Inspector Yang is in prison!" An official from the Inspector's Mansion stepped forward and whispered.

"Inspector Yang is in prison, what's going on?" Judge Cui was shocked, he hadn't done anything yet, how could Yangcheng be in prison.

"Ahem, I heard that Master Cui is coming to urge the case. Master Yang felt that he was not good at urging the case, so he went to the prison, locked himself in the prison, and said that he would wait for Master Cui to come..."

"Take me to see..."

"Yes!"

The officials of the governor's office led Judge Cui and his men into the city.

As soon as he entered the city, Judge Cui felt that the atmosphere in the city was not right. In the past, wherever he went, the people he met would not dare to look at him directly. The people on both sides of the street, ranging from eighty-year-old men to young children, no matter men, women, old or young, all looked at them and their group with hatred on the side of the road.

Wherever they went, except for the sound of horseshoes, the streets were quiet, and everyone looked at them straight. It felt like entering an enemy country, not like Daozhou City in Hengzhou, Tang Dynasty.

Judge Cui and all his subordinates were like glowing lights on their backs, and cold sweat broke out.

Judge Cui came to the prison in Daozhou City and saw Xia Ping'an. There are only eight words written on the table, "to urge the poor in science and politics, and to work hard with the words".

Xia Pingan put down his pen and looked at Judge Cui calmly, "Master Cui is here, Yangcheng is incompetent, please kill or scratch..."

Judge Cui sighed. If he said anything to urge the court at this time, he would be insulting the IQ of both parties. He saluted Xia Ping'an and left the prison without saying a word. He took his men out of Yangcheng and returned to Heng State to return to the observation mission.

The observer was furious, and again ordered Judge Cui to arrest Yangcheng and take him to Hengzhou.

Judge Cui returned to his court and said to his subordinates, "Yangcheng, Daozhou, is really a sincere gentleman and the parents of the common people. If I arrest him, wouldn't he become a despicable villain like Zhou Xing and Lai Junchen? It's hard to be safe, I'm afraid it will be difficult to sleep peacefully in this life, I, Cui, can't do this job, you guys can do it yourself..." After speaking, Judge Cui took out his judge's seal and hung it on the lobby, and then left the lobby, That night, he took his wife and children and left Hengzhou without a trace.

The Hengzhou Observer knew that Judge Cui under him had actually hanged up his seal and went to put down the challenger, so he was also silent.

"Eunuch Liu, I can't do anything against Yangcheng if he refuses to be soft and hard. If he continues to make trouble, I'm afraid it will stir up civil uprisings in Daozhou. In my opinion, His Majesty should decide on the land tribute in Daozhou..." The observer Said helplessly to that Eunuch Liu.

"Okay, okay, okay, I'm going back to Chang'an to ask for an order, that Yangcheng dares to give up the tribute, I see how long that Yangcheng can jump around, I don't believe that His Majesty will let him do whatever he wants?" Eunuch Liu was furious again left.

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More than a month later, in the Daming Palace in Chang'an City...

After reading the memorial sent by Yangcheng from Daozhou, Li Shi felt overwhelmed. He left the Zichen Hall and walked leisurely. Before he knew it, he arrived at the altar and ancestral hall.

Seeing Li Shi's arrival, the eunuchs guarding the main hall of the ancestral hall quickly knelt on the ground.

Walking into the ancestral hall, looking at the "Empress Dowager Ruizhen" tablet in the ancestral hall, Li Shi's deep eyes softened rarely.

This is the memorial tablet of his birth mother Shen, and the honorary title of "Empress Ruizhen" was conferred by Miss Li Shi himself after he ascended the throne.

"That's all..." Li Shi sighed softly and shook his head.

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Li Shi in Chang'an City just said two words. At the same time, Xia Pingan, who was in the study of the Governor's Mansion in Daozhou City, was caught off guard, and the entire world of Jiezhu was turned into light and rain and shattered.

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The surging divine power began to wash and wash Xia Ping'an's body over and over again.

When the physical sensation disappeared, Xia Ping'an's consciousness had already appeared in the temple of the secret mandala.

The newly added divine power in the sky caisson in the mandala has reached a full 100 points.

This divine power seems to have exceeded the upper limit of what can be achieved by the perfect fusion of this boundary bead.

Zheng Ti was not dead, and Xue Yue was not demoted. The change in the fate of these two people really changed the result of fusing this boundary bead.

Xia Ping'an felt a little excited. At this time, his consciousness was in the secret mandala, and the experiences he had experienced in the Realm Bead became like a dream after waking up, hazy and no longer seemed so real.

Only the changes in the secret mandala are real.

In the temple, there is another golden sculpture. The content of the golden sculpture is that Yang Chuan is wearing a festive and auspicious fairy official robe, holding a jade ruyi, and then a boy with two cute braids, wearing a red apron , laughing and lying at Yangcheng's feet, naively grabbing Yangcheng's official uniform.

Yangcheng in the sculpture is no longer an official of the Tang Dynasty, but an image of the God of Fortune.

That boy is lifelike, a summoning bit, and can be summoned.

In addition to this sculpture, the sculpture of Bian Que that was integrated before is also in the temple.

The sculpture of the God of Fortune illuminates the word "Ba" in the golden text mountain in the temple, and the sculpture of Bian Que lights up the word "Healing".

Xia Pingan thought for a while, and immediately began to inject divine power into the sculpture of the God of Fortune, preparing to summon the Thousand Fantasy Boy out to have a look.

With the infusion of divine power, Xia Ping'an became more and more surprised. As far as he knew, it seemed that 60 points of divine power were enough to summon this boy, but he continued to inject divine power, and the Thousand Illusionary Boy never appeared. In the blink of an eye, he The divine power injected exceeded 100 points. After the divine power he injected reached 180 points, the boy in the sculpture walked out of the sculpture with a flash of light.

As the boy was summoned, Xia Ping'an suddenly had a message in his head. This is not the boy of Qianhuan, but the boy of Fushen.

The cute boy who was summoned had the word "Fu" written on his belly pocket, and he was extremely naughty, but as soon as he appeared, the boy's figure flashed, and then disappeared from the spot, shrinking in half, and crawled onto the sculpture of Suirenshi on his head, to touch Suirenshi’s face, to grab the fire beside Suirenshi, and in the next second, the figure of the boy of the Fushen became bigger again, appearing on the mountain of golden characters, stepping on those activated characters cheerfully jumping around...

Seeing what Cangjie was writing in the distance, the boy of good luck came to Cangjie's side in a blink of an eye, returned to his original body shape, and stretched out his hand to grab Cangjie's beard.

Cang Jie smiled, and with his jade pen, touched the brows of the boy of fortune, and there was a little round red cinnabar flower tin between the brows of the boy of fortune, which was even more lovely.

With a touch of flowers between the eyebrows, the boy of the god of fortune disappeared from the temple in an instant, and came directly to the real world from the secret mandala.

Xia Pingan was taken aback. When he opened his eyes, he saw that Fushen boy was crawling towards his head, stepping on his shoulders and grabbing his ears.

Seeing Xia Pingan opened his eyes, the child of the God of Fortune kissed Xia Pingan's cheek, laughed, "Dad, Dad..." and disappeared from the underground training room in an instant...

Xia Pingan touched his face, feeling like he was dreaming.

This child of good fortune calls himself father?What's happening here.

He looked at his secret mandala, Fukushin Boy was gone, he searched around in the basement, but there was no trace of Fushin Boy.

Will this boy of good luck run away by himself?

Xia Pingan felt that all of this was incredible.