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After Li Jingxuan handed over his errands, he seemed extremely relaxed.

This time, the results of Yanshi County's visit were better than his best expectations. He felt that the emperor's move was a truly wise move, which could eradicate the accumulated ills of the past and create a new world.

And this piece of sky is pure and has not been contaminated by any bad things.

The situation is even better than that faced by some officials who took office as county magistrates during the founding of the Tang Dynasty.

Because, without the selfless help from Princess An Ding, the officials at that time could only build new power structures on a land of poverty and poverty.

A group of people who took office as county magistrates during the founding of the Tang Dynasty had the worst official positions even at the state level. Therefore, Li Jingxuan can boldly look forward to his son's glorious future.

However, he still has some regrets, that is, he did not send his eldest son to Chang'an for training for a period of time. If he could gain experience in Chang'an for a long period of time and use real materials to become the chief clerk, the effect would definitely be better.

As a parent, there is nothing wrong with planning for your children. However, this time Li Jingxuan went too far and sent his son-in-law instead of his son, which resulted in a lot of regrets. The eldest son lost the opportunity to practice in Chang'an. , which means the loss of Chang'an's resources and connections that could have been used.

When Huang Tonglai, the current magistrate of Yanshi County, took office, he brought a lot of empty boxes. It seemed that he was ready for corruption. Li Jingxuan asked Mr. Meng to keep an eye on them for him. As long as a copper coin fell into those boxes , he was ready to close the net immediately.

In addition, when I was governing Yanshi County during this period, I would inevitably use some unscrupulous methods. Now, all these shameful things have been done by Huang Tong. Huang Tong has no room for argument, because every time One thing, every bad thing has Huang Tong's shadow, as well as his signature and seal.

After entering Zhengzhou from Yanshi County, Li Jingxuan keenly felt the tense atmosphere here, for no other reason than that the inspection department at the Zhengzhou border was extremely honest when collecting road taxes.

Li Jingxuan did not reveal his official identity, but entered Zhengzhou in the name of a caravan. After paying a hundred yuan in tolls, the people from the inspection department did not search their carriage and just let them pass. .

Just seeing that there were no guards beside the wicker basket containing the money, Li Jingxuan smiled. All this showed that Zhengzhou was in the process of rectifying the official administration at the moment, and the money received had nothing to do with the inspection department, so he behaved like this He is honest and doesn't care about the money he receives.

Yunchu's military camp was located just outside Zhengzhou City. The military camp stretched for more than two miles, occupying a river bend alone, and even blocked the road from Zhengzhou to Songyang County.

Shaolin Temple is located in Songyang County.

For Yunchu, neither Songyang County nor Shaolin Temple is the key point. The key point should be that his monk Aye Xuanzang is in Shaolin Temple.

This time the emperor is preparing to build a real line of defense that can prevent Shandong and Hebei from spreading dissatisfaction with the imperial court to the west and south. Shaolin Temple, a wealthy family, should also be among the targets, but I don't know how Yun Chu will deal with this.

Thinking that there would be fun to watch, Li Jingxuan came to the military camp, revealed his identity, and paid a visit to Yun Chu.

Yun Chu and Wen Wen came out to greet him, feeling that Li Jingxuan seemed a little arrogant.

After entering the military tent, Li Jingxuan felt that he had nothing to hide from Yun Chu and Wen Wen, so he took the initiative to show them some documents signed by Huang Tong, the magistrate of Yanshi County. At Yun Chu, Wen Wen and Wen Wen looked at each other in disbelief. In the middle, Li Jingxuan drank hot and sweet tea, feeling comfortable all over.

Wen Wenwen picked up a document, looked at Huang Tong's signature on it, then looked at Li Jingxuan and said, "Mr. Li, are you sure you didn't force Huang Tong to sign these things with a knife?"

Li Jingxuan glanced at the document held by Wen Wen and said with a smile: "No, everything is voluntary."

Yun Chu took out a document and said, "Is he also the one who killed Princess Dongyang's palace chief Shi?"

Li Jingxuan took a sip of hot tea, exhaled a breath of white air and said, "He signed the murder warrant. Is this still false?"

Wen Wen asked in confusion: "Does such a thing also have such a thing as a warrant?"

Li Jingxuan chuckled and said, "Maybe it's because he is a disciple of the Emperor."

Yun Chu collected the documents that Li Jingxuan brought, put them on the desk and said, "This is supposed to be a private matter, why did you tell me?"

Li Jingxuan said: "I am very worried that the people in your majesty's pocket are all like Huang Tong. If this is the case, it will be very difficult for your majesty to achieve his goal. As human ministers, we will naturally have to eat the emperor's salary. Share the worries for the king. You see, I will share the problems of Yanshi County with your majesty. The king can look forward to Zhengzhou. "

Yun Chu and Wen Wen looked at each other, and then said, "Mr. Li, are you sure that the people in your majesty's pocket are all as stupid as this Huang Tong?"

Li Jingxuan spread his hands and said: "Anyway, this Huang Tong is stupid beyond my expectation. Please remind me, this Huang Tong is from Shuzhong."

Wen Wen immediately said: "Did Mr. Li mean that most of the people your Majesty hired this time are from remote places?"

Li Jingxuan put his hands on his belly and laughed: "You can know autumn when a leaf falls. It's not impossible. Anyway, this is how I see it, and this is how I prepare. Since the fifth year of Yonghui, there have been countless people during the competition." I would not be surprised if your Majesty would use a large number of children from poor families at this time. "

Yun Chu said: "Is Liu Rengui from such a humble family?"

When Liu Rengui was mentioned, Li Jingxuan's face suddenly turned dark, and he held back his temper and said: "Liu Rengui is just a crane that suddenly appeared among the chickens of a poor family, and cannot be compared with him."

Yun Chu nodded and said, "Why don't we wait and see."

Li Jingxuan sighed and said: "After His Majesty swept across Liuhe and became invincible in the world, he began to look down upon this hero of the world."

Regarding what Li Jingxuan said, Yun Chu and Wen Wen also agreed. This time, the emperor wanted to win over the hearts of the people in Shandong and Hebei in one go, and also to attack the powerful. By the way, at the peak of his achievements, in Mount Tai It is indeed a bit too hasty to announce to the world that he is the emperor of heaven and earth.

However, it is the ancestral tradition of the Li family that they like to finish their work in one battle, so it is not surprising that they did this.

Li Jingxuan, with the power of pacifying Yanshi County, came to the military camp to delineate the sphere of influence between the two of them. Yun Chu did not dare to be surprised. If he did not do this, he would not be Li Jingxuan.

Li Jingxuan's goodwill was released, and it could even be said that he was sincere. Just like Yun Chu's previous deception about taking over Yanshi County, it was a routine operation. Anyone who believed his sincerity would definitely be a big fool.

Yunchu was even sure that Li Jingxuan would truthfully report to the emperor that Huang Tong, the magistrate of Yanshi County, was a fool, and the proud emperor's reaction would be to wait and see.

The consequence of this is that he can get the benefits openly and without causing the emperor's dissatisfaction when he kills Huang Tong afterwards.

When a good conspirator does something, he will definitely make it a perfect closed loop, one loop after another, and then extend his chain of tentacles indefinitely.

After sending away Li Jingxuan who was passing by, Yun Chu and Wen Wen began to read the list of Jinshi admitted since Yonghui five years ago. Wen Wen even started to send people from Chang'an to read the admission papers of these people. This thing, copper plates. There was one in his family's printing shop. After every competition, he would spend a lot of money to buy their test papers from those who passed the exam, and then publish them into books, which were sold at very high prices.

Di Renjie even planned to visit Yanshi County in person to formally meet with County Magistrate Huang Tong to see if this person was really as stupid as Li Jingxuan said.

If it is true, it is estimated that the emperor will cut the five horses of Li Yifu into corpses, because from the fifth year of Yonghui to the third year of Longshuo, Li Yifu was the examiner in four of them.

Di Renjie went and came back quickly. When he came back, the horse was exhausted. His heavy weight was a torture for the horse.

"In the name of Dali Temple, I asked him to cooperate with me in checking some things. As a result, he hinted that I should give him benefits. He also said that there are few people available in Yanshi County. Without benefits, the people below will be less willing to do things."

Wen Wen shook his head and said, "That's a very strong tone. It's a wonder that a county magistrate dares to ask a Dali Temple prime minister for a bribe."

Di Renjie added: "I deliberately said that someone in Yanshi County had offended me and needed his help. I would thank him profusely afterwards. Do you know what his answer was?"

Wenrou and Yunchu looked at Di Renjie together, because they couldn't guess it at all.

Di Renjie sighed and said, "He just said that the man was a villain who needed to be hunted down. However, he couldn't move just by talking. It took me a while to think about it, but I realized that what he was doing was for money and goods. Tong Sou Good deal without cheating."

Yun Chu got up, jumped on his horse and left with his guards.

When Di Renjie saw this, he said to Wen Wen, "What is he going to do?"

Wen Wen said: "Li Yifu is in Zhengzhou. It seems that he wants to ask Li Yifu what he thinks of Huang Tong in person."

Di Renjie shook his head and said, "That's not necessary. This is just a fool who is so greedy for money that he doesn't even want his life."

Wen Wen said: "If it's ordinary stupidity, we naturally don't have to go through so much trouble to prove it one by one. If it's extremely stupid, we have to face it seriously. Don't capsize in the gutter. Then the joke will be big."

Di Renjie shook his head and said: "I never thought that one day our brothers would break their legs just to prove that someone is a fool."

The air pressure in the city of Zhengzhou is very low. Although the sky is clear, the city of Zhengzhou is so oppressive that it makes people breathless. People are animals that seek advantages and avoid disadvantages. These days, the newly arrived Bianzhou Sima Zhou Xing has been here We conducted large-scale visits and interviews, and even took people into some homes to conduct thorough searches. Although no arrests have been made so far, many people have already felt a strong crisis.

Yun Chu's personal visit made Zhou Xing somewhat frightened. After welcoming Yun Chu into the lobby, he dismissed the servants and asked Yun Chu in a low voice: "Why are you here?"

Yun Chu said directly: "Given the meticulousness with which you examine cases, how much do you know about the new magistrate of Yanshi County, Huang Tong?"

Zhou Xing thought for a while and said: "Long Shuo is a Jinshi in miscellaneous subjects in the first year. This person has a deep understanding of minerals, so he is a good choice."

After he finished speaking, he saw that Yun Chu's brows were furrowed and he quickly said, "Is there something wrong with this person?"

Yun Chu smiled bitterly and said, "I'm trying hard to prove that this person is a fool, a big fool."

Zhou Xing smiled when he heard this, cupped his hands towards Yunchu and said: "Since Huang Tong was a Jinshi in the first year of Longshuo, he must have been selected by Li Yifu. Why don't you ask Li Yifu personally?"

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