Struggle in the early Tang Dynasty

Zhang Xin paused for a moment, then continued: "With such an obvious balance of power, why would King Qi think that his plan to kill people with a knife can succeed?"

"what do you mean……"

"He has to create an opportunity for the rebel army to kill King Qin. King Qin has a lot of troops in his hands. Think about it, what kind of opportunity is there to kill King Qin?"

Guo Ye was startled, and said, "Let King Qin's army be defeated by the rebels!"

"Right. Therefore, the rebel army must have a great opportunity to kill the king of Qin and defeat the Tang army. At that time, who would want to recruit peace? It is better to be a chicken head than a cow queen, and work for the Li family. How can it matter?" Do you feel at ease when you come to be the emperor?"

Guo Ye said: "I understand, people count as tigers and tigers as humans. King Qi wants to borrow a sword to kill people, and you also want to use King Qi's sword to wipe out the army of the court!"

"That's right. There are many barriers around Jiannan Road, sincerity is the foundation of a king! As long as he defeats the imperial army and sends heavy troops to guard the pass, Lu Tianyou can establish himself as the king of Shu. My Zhang family can also earn a fortune. Great honor."

"Then how is King Qi planning to kill the imperial army?"

"This..." Zhang Xin shook his head and said, "Only Lu Tianyou knows about this matter, not even my clan brother, let alone this old man."

"You really don't know or are you fake?"

Zhang Xin said with a wry smile: "The old man has said so much, so what's the point of hiding such a little secret?"

"That's true." Guo Ye nodded and said, "Since you are so sincere, I won't treat you badly. Didn't you just say an equal exchange? Now I will keep my promise and tell you why I am not afraid of Zhang Boping suing King Qin. "

"What?"

Guo Ye smiled and said, "Because the King of Qin is me, and I am the King of Qin! Zhang Xin, Zhang Dudu, do you think I will let you go?"

Chapter 2079 Guo Limei is famous, Zhou Zhengcheng repays his favor

The evidence of Zhang Xin's rebellion is conclusive.Guo Ye ordered people to take him into a prison in Shiquan County and put him under strict supervision.

However, in order to avoid alarming the enemy, it is now impossible to announce his real crimes to the public.

In the end, the external explanation for this incident was that Zhang Xin went to Shiquan County in person to put pressure on Li Yifu for the case of his servant Zhang Fu.

However, the county magistrate Li is upright and not afraid of the powerful.He even detained him immediately, and impeached him to buy and sell by force to King Qin Qiansui, and condoned his family members to commit crimes.

King Qin Qiansui is extremely wise, and after learning about this, he immediately sent two groups of troops.One group went to Shiquan County, and the other group went to Maozhou Fucheng to find out what happened.

The evidence of Zhang Xin's embezzlement and breaking the law is simply a lice on a bald man's head—it's obvious, how can it stand up to investigation?

Within a few days, his cronies, including his son Zhang Boping, were wiped out.

Li Yifu made such great achievements that he was promoted to the governor of Maozhou by King Qin.In less than a month, the gorgeous turn from the county magistrate to the governor was completed.

As soon as this explanation came out, both Guo Ye and Li Yifu's reputation in Maozhou increased greatly.

Li Yi's mansion is not afraid of the rich and powerful, and the King of Qin knows every detail, and they are all first-class good officials, honest officials!More importantly, good officials are rewarded with good rewards, and corrupt officials are rewarded with evil, which is simply in line with the aesthetics of the general public!

No matter Liao Han, everyone rushed to tell each other and celebrate this event!

Then, Maozhou Commercial Bank reopened, but without the right to monopolize.On the one hand, the life of the people in the city returned to the original state, on the other hand, the exploitation of the Liao people suddenly eased a lot, and the world became more prosperous, and the people were happier.

Especially Liaoren, who suddenly realized that his income this year may have increased several times, and his desire to seek refuge in Yang Sheng's rebellion disappeared immediately.

To be honest, both Liao people and Han people yearn for peace in essence.Who wants to risk their lives to rebel if they can earn money steadily to support their family?

Maozhou ruled for a while.

Guo Ye found that, in a sense, Zhang Xin did a really good job.Although he took money that shouldn't be taken, he did a good job in his job - "educating" the Maozhou bureaucrats.

Under his organization, these bureaucrats hunted musk deer for incense, planted raw hemp and pepper, collected tooth nitrate, and established a whole export-oriented economic industrial chain.

If you trade normally, you will gain a lot, and your income is even higher than that of the Han people on the plains.

If Zhang Xin did not rely on Maozhou Commercial Bank to make money, but traded fairly, he could at least be called a capable official, and he was the kind of capable official that could be recorded in history books.It's a pity that he took a wrong step and ruined his family.

With the good foundation he has laid, Guo Ye and Li Yifu don't need to make any effort to make the Liao people on the mountain live a good life.

Of course, the Liao people would not credit this credit to Zhang Xin, but would only be grateful to Guo and Li, and some even set up longevity tablets for them.

However, there was one person who wasn't too happy with the situation.

On this day, Guo Ye was sitting idle in the county government office, when someone came to report suddenly, and three bureaucrats asked to see him, one of them was Zhou Zhengcheng.

Of course, Guo Ye remembered that when he made a private visit in a micro-service, the person who was knocked out by Guanshi Zhang and came to the county government with him to file a complaint was Zhou Zhengcheng.

After the trial of the case, he went back, why did he come to him now?Could it be that he saved a generation who climbed the dragon and attached the phoenix?

After answering his request, Guo Ye saw Zhou Zhengcheng's brother and sister in the living room, as well as an older Liao woman.

"Greetings!" Seeing Guo Ye, the three of them knelt down and saluted together.

"Get up, don't be too polite. Uh... May I ask who this is?"

The three stood up, and Zhou Zhengcheng introduced, "She is the villain's mother. Thanks to your ingot of gold, my mother was able to save herself from danger."

The woman said: "The lives of our family were saved by benefactor. Today we come together to thank you for your great kindness."

After finishing speaking, the three kowtowed again.

Guo Ye persuaded them with great difficulty, saying: "For Guo, this matter is nothing more than a little effort, and it is not worthy of such a big gift from you."

He didn't want to get entangled in this topic anymore, and said: "Apart from this, do you have anything else to do when you come to me today?"

Zhou Zhengcheng stretched out his hand, took out an ingot of gold from his sleeve pocket, and said: "The ingot of gold from you earlier helped our Zhou family to tide over the difficulties. Today we are paying back the money."

"It's rare that you have such a heart."

Guo Ye said: "The ancients said that the poor don't get cheap food. Although this ingot of gold can't be called cheap food, you didn't earn it with your own hands. It must be that you don't feel at ease when you spend it. Young man, you have the style of an ancient gentleman! Okay, then I I just took it."

This was not over yet, Zhou Zhengcheng opened his bag again, and said: "This is a blue horse, which was made by a villain himself. Although it is not worth much, but sending goose feathers from thousands of miles away is light and affectionate, so please be kind." Please don't be disgusted."

The so-called blue clipping refers to dyeing ordinary fabrics with blue patterns through special techniques.It's simple to say, but it was very precious during the Tang Dynasty.This is a special product of Maozhou, generally only appears as a tribute, and it is very rare among the people.

Guo Ye was taken aback, waved his hands again and again and said: "Good guy, a blue clipper can be sold for ten bucks in Chang'an City, and there is still a price but no market. This thing is too expensive, I can't accept it."

Zhou Zhengcheng said: "The ten guan qian is in Chang'an, but it is not worth that much in our Shiquan County, which is about three guan qian."

"That's quite a lot. As an ordinary mountain dweller, how long do you have to save three pennies? I'm not short of money, so why take advantage of you?"

Zhou Zhengcheng shook his head slightly, and said, "You're underestimating me. In fact, Sanguan money is really not a big money to me."

Kong Kong'er was on duty today, and he was standing behind Guo Ye at this time. Hearing this, he couldn't help but burst into laughter.

"What are you laughing at?" Zhou Zhengcheng asked.

Kong Kong'er said: "I'm laughing because you are bragging and swollen your face to pretend to be fat. Sanguan money is not a small amount? If you are really so rich, how can you make my mother sick and have no money to buy medicine?"