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Chapter 122 The Fall of Li Yang
Li Yizhi explained: "The Four Seas Bank has not been established yet, and it only took two days. Because I have some friendship with Tian Wen, the owner of the bank, I was able to borrow 30 taels of silver from him. As for Tian Wen, I believe you should You've heard of it."

Xue Zhen and Gao Shouyi looked at each other, nodded silently, and did not ask any further questions.

They have been in officialdom for many years and are the most sensitive.

At the beginning, Tian Wen was a wanted criminal by Yu Wenhuaji, and the whole city was searched.

Not long after that, Li Yizhi became the prefect, and immediately lifted the arrest of Tian Wen after he took control of the real power.

Among them, there was obviously a confrontation between Li Yizhi and Yu Wenhuaji.

But now, Tian Wen was originally a poor scholar, but he was able to open a bank, and he sold 30 taels of silver. Obviously, there was someone behind him.

And maybe, the person behind this is their prefect, otherwise, who would have such a big face, would be willing to borrow 30 taels of silver all at once.

"The 30 taels of silver was not lent to us all at once, it was just a quota, and I could only receive it with my handwriting. At the same time, for such a well-understood bank, I decided to support his development."

Li Yizhi tapped the table lightly with his fingers, and said: "In the future, all the taxes of Jiangdu County will be deposited in the Four Seas Bank. Our prefect's mansion needs money, and we can go to the bank to withdraw it after getting my approval. At the same time, in the future All officials and government soldiers in Jiangdu County must open an account in the Four Seas Bank, and everyone's monthly salary will be directly deposited into their respective accounts by the Taishou Mansion."

Xue Zhen and Gao Shouyi were startled, and they immediately thought of Li Yizhi's purpose, which was to use the Four Seas Bank to control Jiangdu County more closely.

Moreover, all officials and government soldiers have opened accounts in the Four Seas Bank, which also prevents the phenomenon of embezzling the salaries of lower levels, thus gaining the support of more low-level officials and government soldiers.

Although such an approach is against the rules, they dare not object. In this troubled world, there are no rules or irregularities.

The two of them could only whisper in their hearts, and said respectfully: "Yes, prefect."

"Although we have borrowed this sum of money from the Four Seas Bank to relieve our urgent needs, we still have to find a way to increase tax revenue."

Li Yizhi paused, and said: "Therefore, I decided to abolish various checkpoints in the territory, encourage business development, and increase business taxes. I don't know if you have any other solutions?"

Just as Xue Zhen was about to speak, there was a rush of footsteps outside.

Afterwards, a small official rushed in and hurriedly reported: "Report to the prefect that Du Fuwei has captured Li Yang. General Yuchi invites you to the barracks to discuss how to prevent Du Fuwei."

"What, Du Fuwei captured Li Yang!"

Xue Zhen and Gao Shouyi jumped up in horror, because further east of Li Yang was Jiangdu County.

In other words, Du Fuwei has already hit the door.

Li Yizhi's eyes froze, but his expression remained the same, but his thoughts turned quickly.

Because he knew that even if Du Fuwei captured Li Yang, he would not dare to go east, because there were more than 20 Xiaoguo troops stationed outside the Jiangdu Palace.

These Xiaoguo troops are mainly composed of Guanzhong Liangjiazi, brave and good at fighting, and they are the first-class elite army in the world.

Unless Du Fuwei's head was flooded, he dared to go east.

In the original book, Du Fuwei also did not choose to go east, but chose to go south, cross the Yangtze River, captured Danyang, and completely blocked the Yangtze River.

Since you don't have to worry about Du Fuwei calling in, then you don't have to worry about Yu Chisheng inviting him to the barracks.

Not to mention, he, the prefect, doesn't care about military affairs, and because of the conflict between him and Yu Wenhuaji, he might be pierced by thousands of arrows as soon as he enters the barracks, and they won't show mercy.

Therefore, Li Yizhi just shook his head lightly, and said: "The prefect's mansion is only in charge of political affairs, prevent Du Fuwei's affairs, and let General Yuchi make the decision on his own. You can reply to the person who reported it like this."

The little official was at a loss. The prefect was indifferent to such an important matter.

There was no other way, so he had no choice but to bite the bullet and respond, then turned around and went down.

Xue Zhen and Gao Shouyi were anxious. They really wanted to tell Li Yizhi the seriousness of this matter, but they didn't dare to persuade him. After all, the relationship between Li Yizhi and Yu Chisheng was very acute.

Li Yizhi chuckled lightly, and comforted the two of them: "You don't have to worry, you must know that the Jiangdu Palace has more than 20 Xiaoguo troops stationed there. Du Fuwei is not that stupid, he won't call here."

Xue Zhen and the two suddenly understood, and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, saying: "The eunuch is still calm, we are all panicked."

"Okay, let's go down. Li Yang has been captured, and I'm afraid there will be a large number of refugees coming in. You must make arrangements to avoid any trouble." Li Yizhi waved his hand.

"Yes, prefect."

After Xue Zhen and the two went down, Li Yizhi sat on the prefect's chair, quietly thinking about the impact of this incident.

After a long time, murderous intent flashed in his eyes.

It seems that his plan has to be accelerated, and he must take this opportunity to get rid of Yuchi Sheng and take control of the Yangzhou Army.

Otherwise, next year, when Yu Huaji rebelled, the situation that he could not bear to manage would be completely ruined.

Thinking of this, Li Yizhi stood up and walked outside.

It is not difficult to get rid of Yuchi Sheng, but the difficult thing is to take over the military power of the Yangzhou Army. Li Yizhi can only achieve it if he finds Yu Shiji and the other two.

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Yangzhou army barracks, in the commander's tent.

"General, Li Taishou sent someone to say that he is only in charge of political affairs, and military affairs are left to the general's own discretion," the messenger reported.

Yu Chisheng smiled disdainfully. He waved his hand to let the messenger go down, then turned to Yu Wenhuaji who was beside him and said, "Brother Yuwen, it seems that our painter Li is a bit timid, he didn't even dare to come to the barracks."

Yu Wenhuaji said: "He is not timid, but cautious. As long as he dares to come to the barracks, we dare to keep him."

"Actually, he didn't dare to come to the barracks. We had already expected it before. We just wanted to give him a try."

Yu Chisheng chuckled, and said: "I never thought that Du Fuwei's strength would expand so quickly, and he had captured Li Yang, forcing me to send troops."

"Brother Yuchi, don't worry too much. Although Du Fuwei was born recklessly, he is not an idiot after all. He dare not go east, lest he will be suppressed by the Xiaoguo army."

Yu Wenhua put his hands on his back, and said: "This time you send troops, you only need to garrison Quanjiao County to defend against Du Fuwei. Don't fight with him rashly, so as not to lose your soldiers in vain."

Yu Chisheng nodded. Now that the world is in chaos, military power is the foundation of his foundation. Naturally, he will not waste his military strength with others in vain.

"By the way, brother Yuwen. It is said that during this period, those two old thieves Yu Shiji spoke ill of you in front of His Majesty again, and you were punished?"

Yu Wenhuaji's complexion darkened, his eyes were dark, and he said, "That's right, they made an excuse about the assassins in Korea, and they somehow hooked up with Dugufeng. The two of them worked together to make me feel a little helpless in the court, really. hateful."

"Then the Goryeo assassin is so powerful that he hasn't been caught yet?" Yu Chisheng was surprised.

Yu Wenhuaji nodded, and said: "The other party is a disciple of Fu Cailin, and his martial arts are not much weaker than mine. Although I have fought several times, she has easily escaped each time. According to the current situation, I want to change the current situation. In a passive situation, we can only wait for Zhang Shihe to come back. As long as we get the account books of the Dongming Sect, we can easily defeat the Dugu Clan and the Li Clan."

"Boss, I'm back."

At this time, Zhang Shihe's voice sounded outside the tent.

(End of this chapter)