The ace special forces of the Sui Dynasty

Liu Ziqiu knew that people like Wei Zheng knew how to choose a good minister, and only by acting like a wise king can he be willing to serve you, so he didn't hide his secrets, and said with a smile: "Yang Guang opens the Jinshi Department, and each time he recruits more than a dozen people. , at least a handful of people, and they still have to take care of those rich and powerful families. Not to mention the Xie family, how many of these prominent families in the south of the Yangtze River can be selected at one time? Therefore, the Xie family’s talk about participating in the imperial examination is just a cover."

Wei Zheng laughed and said, "It turns out that my lord has already seen it, but Wei is playing with an ax at the door of the class. However, Wei still has one thing that I don't know."

"Brother Wei, please speak!"

"Wei sees that the master's school is very serious, but it doesn't seem like a lie. He thinks that the master really wants them to take the imperial examination."

"Brother Wei, you misunderstood. In fact, the imperial examination is indeed a remarkable feat, but Yang Guang did not do enough." Liu Ziqiu said with a chuckle, "Let's not talk about the imperial examination for now. In Brother Wei's opinion, thank you What does the family want?"

From Wei Zheng's point of view, it was Liu Ziqiu's turn to study his knowledge, so he couldn't help cheering up, and said seriously: "The Xie family wants to plot a rebellion!"

Liu Ziqiu was stunned for a moment, and thought, if you want to rebel with me, you can't think of others in this way.

But Wei Zheng continued: "My lord also said just now that the Jinshi Division only takes a few people each time. If the Xie family wants to take this road and return to the government, they wish that no one else will participate. How can they come to win over the Xiao family?" ? Mr. Xiao is a warrior, so what should the Xie family look for?"

Liu Ziqiu's face turned serious, and he nodded repeatedly.

Wei Zheng asked again: "My lord, do you think the Xie family has a chance of winning if they rebel?"

Liu Ziqiu didn't know if the Xie family had rebelled in the original history, anyway, he had no impression of it in his memory.But he knew that since Tang Dynasty, the Xie family had completely declined.Perhaps the Xie family had been taken away by the imperial court before they had time to rebel.

"Scholars rebelling, it won't work in ten years. The Xie family are all literati, I'm afraid there is no chance of winning." Liu Ziqiu shook his head, suddenly remembered that Wei Zheng was also a literati, and hurriedly said, "Brother Wei, I'm not talking about you."

Wei Zheng laughed and said, "Wei is not a literati, but a Taoist priest."

Liu Ziqiu despised him all the time. When he asked him his Dharma name that day, he said he was a teacher. Now he said he was a literati, but he said he was a Taoist priest.

But Wei Zheng asked again: "I don't know what the lord's plan is?"

Liu Ziqiu pondered for a moment, then cupped his hands and said, "I have to ask Brother Wei for advice."

Wei Zheng said in a deep voice: "My lord, you can report to the government!"

"Report?"

"Changshan Village is built like a camp, and soldiers are trained day and night in the village. If you believe it, it is said that the lord is there to guard against thieves, but if you don't believe it, you may say that the lord has rebelled." Wei Zheng said slowly, "The lord has reported the Xie family. Find an official position, and all this will be justified."

This is an era of "suspiciousness", especially when it involves rebellion, let alone human rights and the legal system.As the head of a prominent family in the south of the Yangtze River, the Xie family may have been targeted by the court for a long time. Once someone sues him for treason, the whole family may suffer disaster.The decline of the Xie family in history may have been suppressed by the court because of the lack of confidentiality.

But it's one thing for him to leak the secret himself, but it's another for Liu Ziqiu to sue him.There are thousands of people in the Xie family, most of whom should be innocent.Liu Ziqiu killed without blinking an eye, but he didn't want to be stained with the blood of innocent people.

Liu Ziqiu shook his head without hesitation, and said, "Brother Wei, stepping on the corpses of women and children, please forgive Liu for not being able to do this kind of thing!"

"Okay! Wei is right!" Wei Zheng laughed and said, "My lord, it's not difficult to find an official position. Changshan Village used to fish for a living, and they belonged to the untouchables. The court didn't even bother to collect taxes. It’s different now, the village has bought land and turned to farming, the lord can go to the government to ask for Lizheng to come back.”

According to the system of the Sui Dynasty, one hundred households constituted a li, and one lizheng was set up, and five lis were counted as a township, and one township was set up as a township.Although Lizheng and Xiangzheng do not belong to the ranks of court officials, they can be regarded as squires in size, and they are much better than ordinary people in white.

Only then did Liu Ziqiu know that Wei Zheng was still testing himself, and he cursed the old fox in his heart, but he said: "Liu had a relationship with Mr. Ouyang Yu, who is temporarily in Yanguan County, so it may not be difficult to ask for Li Zheng. But how should the Xie family deal with this matter? Liu has already promised them to visit them within ten days."

Wei Zheng thought for a while and said, "My lord, there are two choices. One is to pretend not to know, and the other is to persuade Xie's family to give up their thoughts."

In fact, Liu Ziqiu and Wei Zheng knew very well that the Xie family's rebellion was doomed to fail.Pretending to be ignorant is actually tantamount to sitting back and watching the Xie family perish.From Liu Ziqiu's point of view, this is no different from his complaint.

Liu Ziqiu thought for a moment, and said: "Although Liu has no friendship with Xie's family, and thousands of lives are at stake, we should try our best to persuade them."

……

There was a heavy snowfall in the city of Luoyang, Yang Guang went to Shanglinxiyuan to enjoy the snow scene, so today's court meeting had no choice but to give up.Yang Xuangan shook his head and left Zetianmen, but saw Li Mi coming forward, cupped his hands and said: "Brother Xuangan, long time no see, would you like to give me the honor and go to the humble house for a drink?"

Knowing that he had something to say, Yang Xuangan quickly replied, "Yang has exactly that intention."

After drinking for three rounds, the screen retreated to the left and right, Li Mi told Yang Xuangan what he heard in the palace last night.Yang Xuangan slapped the table and sighed: "What a great opportunity! If Yang Guang's imperial conquest, Lu Mingyue's family in Shandong and Xie Wang's family in the south of the Yangtze River are at the same time, the court will be difficult to care about, and my affairs will be harmonious! It's a pity, a pity!"

Li Mi said: "Yang Guang trusts Yu Wenshu the most, brother Xuangan should make friends with him, ask him to speak, maybe you can persuade Yang Guang to personally conscript."

Yang Xuan sighed and said: "My father was in charge of the court with Yu Wenshu before he was alive, and there were inevitably some open and secret fights. How could he be willing to make friends with Yang."

Li Mi laughed and said: "Yu Wenshu has three sons, the eldest son Huaji is the most favored, and the second son Zhiji is stubborn by nature. Brother Xuangan can start with these two."

Yang Xuan clapped his hands and said: "Thank you Pu Shangong for reminding me, so I will invite his two brothers to a banquet tomorrow."

Li Mi shook his head and said: "No way. Yu Wenhuaji is cruel by nature, greedy and arrogant, and Yu Wenzhiji fights cocks and dogs all day long. If Xuangan gets in touch with such people, his reputation will be tarnished for nothing. Li followed Yang Guang on his northern tour, When I was in Yulin, I got the news that the Yuwen brothers violated the emperor's will and secretly traded with the Turkic people."

Yang Xuan felt stunned and said: "Pu Shangong asked Yang to disclose this news quietly and spread it to Yang Guang's ears. Yang Guang was furious and would definitely punish the two brothers. At that time, Yu Wenshu would inevitably be implicated. It really is a clever plan." !"

Li Mi smiled and said: "This is just the beginning, I have another plan, which can make Yu Wenshu work for me."

The two talked while drinking, until it was getting late, before finalizing various matters.

Li Mi bid farewell to Yang Xuangan, and walked to Zhuque Street, when he suddenly heard a commotion coming from ahead.Li Mi Lema watched, and saw two **-year-old children wrestling outside a high gate.Not long after the fight, a child actually lifted another child into the air, and there was applause from all around.

Li Mi turned his head and asked, "Whose child is this?"

The follower replied: "This is a pair of twin sons of Master Li Yuan, the young supervisor in the palace. The elder brother is called Li Shimin, and the younger brother is called Li Xuanba. Li Xuanba is born with supernatural power, even though he is strong, he is invincible."

Li Mi served as a servant in front of the hall, and was Li Yuan's direct subordinate, so he couldn't help but stop and watch.Suddenly, there was a shout from inside the door, and two children ran in laughing.Li Mi frowned slightly, thoughtfully, and immediately raised his whip and passed by the gate of Li's residence.

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At this time, Liu Ziqiu also returned to Changshan Village from Yanguan County.

Ouyang Yu, who was temporarily in charge of county affairs, still had an impression of Liu Ziqiu, knowing that he was someone Yuan Tiangang valued very much, it was naturally convenient.In fact, the establishment of Lizheng in Changshan Village has only advantages and no disadvantages for Yanguan County.Firstly, it is convenient for management, secondly, it can increase taxes, and thirdly, it is a collection of corvees, not to mention that Liu Ziqiu even gave him a generous gift.

There are only 78 households in Changshan Village, less than a hundred households.Ouyang Yu simply carried out his human feelings to the end, and included a small village ten miles south of Changshan Village, with a total of 25 households, into Changshan Village, and told Liu Ziqiu to work hard, and try to find a township for him next year.Of course Liu Ziqiu didn't care about Xiangzheng, but in the face of Ouyang Yu's kindness, he still thanked him again and again.

The villagers of Changshan Village are untouchables who make a living by fishing at the seaside. In the past, they didn't even have a household registration and belonged to the ranks of black households.That's why Yang Jishan dared to bring up the idea of ​​massacring the village after he had been unable to make a decision for a long time.Now that Liu Ziqiu has done the rectification and re-registered the book, the black households have been cleansed, so the worries in this regard are much less.

Knowing that Liu Ziqiu had become Li Zheng, the villagers cheered.Liu Ziqiu waved his hands, stabilized everyone, and ordered: "Er Zhuang, you choose five people, and they will go to the county government office with you tomorrow to listen to them!"

Lizheng in other villages is most afraid of taking people from their own village to serve in corvee, because corvee is not paid and is purely voluntary labor.The scope of corvee is also very wide, from the coolies digging canals, to the book office in the yamen, and fast arrest, all belong to corvee.

However, Liu Ziqiu was very generous. He drew six young men from the village at once, which was far more than what an ordinary village should afford. This was what he promised Ouyang Yu in the county.From Ouyang Yu's point of view, this was Liu Ziqiu's reward for his appointment of Lizheng, but he didn't know that Liu Ziqiu was trying to set up eyes and ears in the county government so as to find out all kinds of news in time.

Most of the villagers are illiterate, and they cannot be scribes, so they can only serve as yamen servants and catch fast.However, the yamen servants and the fast arresters have some regular money, and Er Zhuang and others are full of joy.The only downside is being far away from home and not being free.

Liu Ziqiu said again: "Tomorrow I'm going to Moling. Mr. Wei will take care of the affairs of the village. Shuanzi, you should pay close attention to the training. If anyone is lazy, wait until I come back, and I will never forgive you!"

Xiao Dapeng asked: "Brother, what am I doing? Should I accompany you to Xie's house?"

Liu Ziqiu shook his head and said, "The 25 households that the magistrate of Ouyang County has brought over, go and have a look. Whether they live in the same place or move to the village is up to them to decide. But there is one thing, you must tell them Clearly. The corvee may not be distributed to them, but the tax that should be paid cannot be exempted.”

Xiao Dapeng was obviously reluctant, but actually he didn't understand what Liu Ziqiu was thinking.