Reborn Houmenhufu

Chapter 120 The King of Yan Was Rebuked

An Tianyi was a little speechless by Wei Yan's words, and he said to Wei Yan helplessly.

"I don't have any friendship with him, but I don't think King Lian is the kind of person who would do such a thing."

Wei Yan rolled his eyes at him and pushed him away, jumped off the bed to get dressed, and then threw An Tianyi's clothes to him.

"Don't talk about this, can you get up first?"

"woman."

It was obvious that Wei Yan didn't want to listen to what he had to say anymore, and An Tianyi didn't intend to stand up for King Lian, so he got up and got dressed.

At this time, Qingmei just came in with a basin for washing, and after serving her young master and Lord Hou to wash up, she couldn't help but say something.

"Young master, what do you think the fifth lady wants to do? She dragged Master Gongsun out early this morning, saying that she wanted Master Gongsun to do her a favor."

Hearing Qingmei's words, Wei Yan knew what Wei Yao wanted to do, and thinking of what she told him, he told Qingmei.

"You don't care about her affairs, you should visit Lin Zhi more these days and help with some work."

"Yes, sir."

Qingmei was sent away, Wei Yan sent An Tianyi away, and then he sat alone in the study and thought about it. Finally, he called over the few people An Tianyi had left for him, and after giving them instructions, he let them Leave Heishui County and go to Nanzhou.

While Wei Yan was staying in Heishui County busy with official duties, in the imperial city, the emperor who was busy with state affairs received a memorial from Wei Yan. The emperor was still impressed, so he opened the booklet and read it. After a long time, he raised his head and said something to Eunuch Ma who was standing behind him and serving him.

"Do you think that one or two of these people feel that I am old, or that they can become kings and hegemons because the sky is high and the emperor is far away?"

"Returning to your majesty, your majesty is at the peak of spring and autumn, how can you say the word old? As for what your majesty said later, this old servant dare not answer casually."

"You slick!"

Knowing that Eunuch Ma is so cunning, the emperor smiled and wrote down the note of warning.

Not long after, the father-in-law who announced the decree took this booklet and set off for Nanzhou.

At the same time, the mansion of King Yan in Nanzhou consciously and successfully slapped Wei Yan in the face, letting Wei Yan know that the powerful King Yan is in a good mood, and the people below sent him several stunning beauties, this beauty In the arms, the enemy is not having a good time, there is nothing that makes him happier than this.

Oh, maybe there is, but that's definitely not achievable right now.

Just when Yan Wang Xuanyuanye enjoys the high sky and the emperor's distance, the emperor can't control him at all. He can freely accept the money that the people below give him, he can accept beauties, and he can train his subordinates and army. When the time is right, he can also snatch the throne.

For Xuanyuan Ye, this kind of life is undoubtedly much more comfortable than living in the capital.

Just when he was having a good life and people were very frightened, in the backyard of the palace, Wei Ning couldn't help laughing when he heard that Xuanyuan Ye treated the people sent by Wei Yan like this. Before, she thought that Xuanyuan Ye was so cruel and calm , now it seems that he was wrong, and he doesn't know how this person got the throne in his previous life, that's all, the other party is so stupid, so she can't watch him die like this, otherwise, how can she be the queen, how can she How about being a queen mother and then taking control of the country?

No one knows her ambition at this time, otherwise, someone will laugh at her as wishful thinking.

Just when Xuanyuan Ye was determined to protect Mrs. Zhang, the eunuch from the capital came to the Yan Palace with an imperial decree. Xuanyuan Ye was shocked when he heard that there was an imperial decree, and thought it might be a good thing. So he tidied himself up and rushed to receive the order in a graceful manner.

Announcing decrees is never a trivial matter, so when Xuanyuan Ye knelt respectfully in the main hall of the palace to receive the decree, the content of the decree made his face turn pale.

"My father-in-law, you are not joking with this king, how could this edict be like this."

The father actually reprimanded him, saying that he was doing nothing in Nanzhou and sheltering criminals, and ordered him to send the criminals to Wei Yan immediately.

Wei Yan, it's all Wei Yan!

How could that bitch Wei Yan have the ability to let the emperor know about this!

No, it's An Tianyi!

Thinking of An Tianyi's high status and more power than he is now, Xuanyuan Ye's heart was filled with jealousy and hatred.

Seeing Yan Wang Xuanyuanye's irritable and unbelievable appearance, the father-in-law who made the decree elongated his voice immediately.

"Your Highness, I didn't want to say anything more, but I was helped by a good concubine in the early years. I would like to say something boldly here. Your Highness, you are doing things right now. What the emperor hates most is that his sons strengthen themselves If you want to accumulate strength, you need to do it in private."

"Thank you for the reminder, father-in-law."

Xuanyuan Ye was originally in a very irritable mood, but at this moment, he was shocked to come back to his senses when he heard the words of the father-in-law who announced the decree.

That's right, I thought that the sky was high and the emperor was far away, and my father would definitely not notice his little movements, but he forgot that the whole world is full of my father's eyeliner, and what I did was so open and aboveboard, anyone who is not blind I can see his intentions.

Thinking of this, he thanked the father-in-law who announced the will again.

After the father-in-law who announced the decree left, Xuanyuan Ye, who had a normal expression just now, immediately smashed the decorations in the hall.

Damn Wei Yan, damn An Tianyi, you just wait for me, when this king ascends the throne, I will definitely let you live or die!

At this time, Xuanyuan Ye was full of hatred, and soon the plaque of King Yan's Mansion was changed. Xuanyuan Ye stood at the gate of the palace and watched his plaque being changed from King Yan's Mansion to Prince Yanjun's Mansion. He wished he could Rush to Heishui County and tear Wei Yan apart.

In the backyard of the county prince's mansion, when Wei Ning heard that their prince was reprimanded by His Majesty and lost his title of prince and was demoted to the county prince, Wei Ning was in a bad mood.

If she remembers correctly, Yan Wang Xuanyuanye had a smooth life in his previous life, and nothing like this happened at all. How could he be reprimanded and lose his title of prince all of a sudden?

Wei Ning is puzzled, she forgot, she has been reborn, can this life be compared with the previous one?

The news of Xuanyuanye being reprimanded soon reached Wei Yan's ears. This time, Wei Yan easily caught Mrs. Zhang from Xuanyuanye's side and threw him into prison.

For such a big case in Heishui County, no matter whether the other party has any difficulties or not, if he made a mistake, he made a mistake, and he should accept the punishment from the law.

The tragic case of Zhang Dahu’s family spread almost throughout Heishui County at that time. Just when the public thought that the case could not be solved, the criminal was suddenly caught and she was a woman. closed the case.

This is the second time that Wei Yan has opened a trial of such a major case since he became the county magistrate. On the day of the interrogation, a lot of onlookers surrounded the gate of the yamen.

Wei Yanduan sat on top of the courtroom, holding a gavel, and asked someone to push Mrs. Zhang up.

Mrs. Zhang is also a pretty woman. Although she is a bit older, she still has a charm.

So when the onlookers saw that the murderer was such a woman, they couldn't help discussing, Wei Yan patted the gavel to announce the opening of the hall.

When Mrs. Zhang was sent back to Heishui County by Yan Wang Xuanyuanye, she already knew that she could not escape. She hated, hated the heartless man who cheated her feelings, and even more hated, hated the county that brought her back. Ling, but this is not what she hates the most, what she hates the most is Xuanyuan Ye who promised to protect her and gave her hope and then sent her here.

At this time, Xuanyuan Ye didn't know that he was being hated. After his title was demoted, he finally tried what it means to be warm and cold.

The people of Nanzhou knew that Xuanyuan Ye, the king of Yan, did not have much power and was not favored because of a denunciation edict, so he could not give them any benefits at all. These businessmen and officials who originally wanted to take refuge in Xuanyuan Ye began to shrink back. , even some people who planned to serve as Xuanyuan Ye's staff almost left.

Seeing that the formerly bustling mansion became colder, this huge gap made Xuanyuan Ye somewhat unacceptable.

He drank heavily, and as soon as he came back, he went to Wei Ning to show off his power. Wei Ning hated Xuanyuan Ye almost to death, but thinking that Xuanyuan Ye was dead, she would not be much better, so he could only endure it forcefully.

Xuanyuanye's situation is very bad. At such a moment, someone suddenly came to seek refuge. For Xuanyuanye, the county king who had been neglected for a long time, it was a happy thing for him, so he received him very warmly. Scholars, people from the rivers and lakes, and businessmen who came to join him.

For a moment, Xuanyuan Ye felt that he had returned to the moment when he first came to Nanzhou and was fawned on, so he trusted the people who defected to him under such circumstances.

The situation on his side was like this, and Wei Yan ended the trial of Mrs. Zhang amidst a sigh of relief.

The emperor broke the law and committed the same crime as the common people. No matter how pitiful Madam Zhang is, it is a fact that she killed someone. It stands to reason that she should have been sentenced to death in such a situation, but the people outside shouted extrajudicial mercy, so Madam Zhang was eventually sentenced to death. Sent to the prison, it is estimated that she will spend the rest of her life in the prison.

After dealing with this matter, Wei Yan received news from Nanzhou. When he learned about Xuanyuan Ye's unlucky situation, he couldn't help but curled his lips, and then let the people there continue to lurk.

After explaining the matter, Wei Yan walked towards Lin Zhi's room, as if he wanted to find Lin Zhi for something.

One hundred and twelfth - Concubine Zhang Liang's success

After successfully scheming Xuanyuan Ye, Wei Yan was undoubtedly in a good mood. He came to Lin Zhi's side and told Lin Zhi this matter as a joke, and saw Lin Zhi frowning.

His appearance was really strange, Wei Yan couldn't help asking.

"Xiaozhi, what do you have to say?"

"Xiao Yan, I see that you have never forgotten to deal with the King Yan from the capital to Heishui County. Could it be that he was the enemy you mentioned earlier?"

Wei Yan only told Lin Zhi that he had an enemy, but he never said the identity and name of the enemy. At this time, Lin Zhi asked him this, but he didn't refute, but nodded.

"That's right, that's why I need to work hard, otherwise I won't even think about revenge in this life."

"Then what do you want your enemy to do? Do you want him to die, or something else?"

Suddenly asked such a question, Wei Yan stroked his chin lightly, and then said lightly: "Since it is an enemy, how can you let the other party die so easily, so naturally let him survive but not die."

Hearing Wei Yan's words, Lin Zhi fell into silence, couldn't he live but die?

After expressing his opinion, Wei Yan smiled and said to Lin Zhi: "Don't think too much, I can deal with my enemy naturally, you see the sun is just right outside, how about I take you out to bask in the sun ?”

"Then trouble you."

Wei Yan supported Lin Zhi and appeared together on the stone chair in the courtyard, Qingmei immediately served refreshments, they enjoyed the refreshments while basking in the sun, they seemed to be enjoying themselves leisurely.

Wei Yan and Lin Zhi were leisurely, while Xuanyuan Ye, who had been reprimanded and even downgraded his title, was writing a letter to his mother and concubine.

As a prince who was not very favored, Xuanyuan Ye was able to live well before because he had a good mother and concubine.His mother concubine, Concubine Liang, is one of the four concubines. Although she is not favored, she is also an old man who serves the emperor. She also gave birth to a prince, and her status in the harem is not low. Although she is not in charge of the palace, But ordinary people dare not offend her easily.

With such a mother and concubine planning for Xuanyuan Ye, even if Xuanyuan Ye is not very smart, he always has some advantages over others.

Originally, according to this rhythm, it must be that Concubine Liang's mother and son had accumulated enough bargaining chips to seize the throne in one fell swoop, just like the previous life, but in this life, there were a few oddities.

The reason why the odd number is an odd number is because they never play cards according to common sense, and being tricked like this, the good plan of Concubine Liang was almost ruined immediately.

When Xuanyuanye wrote a letter to Concubine Liang, the father-in-law who came to his mansion to preach the imperial decree had already returned to the palace. After passing through the locked door, the small door was opened, and the father-in-law entered the residence of the good concubine with ease.

Although the night was already dark, the concubine Liang, one of the four concubines, was not sleeping peacefully at this time. When she heard that Eunuch Chen, who had left the palace before, came to look for her, her eyes could not help but flicker.

At this time, Concubine Liang didn't know that her son's princely title had been downgraded, so her face was full of grace and luxury, maintaining her usual calm and self-possessed appearance.

After Eunuch Chen entered the palace, he slapped Concubine Liang a thousand times, and then told Concubine Liang about his mission this time and the situation at King Yan Xuanyuanye's side.

Concubine Liang never thought that the title she had so hard won for Xuanyuan Ye would be taken down because of a little slut's complaint. At this moment, she couldn't help but sweep all the decorations on the table to the ground.

After she got angry, she stared at Eunuch Chen. "You mean that this matter must have been done by Wei Yan, the fourth son of the prime minister's mansion in Heishui County at this time?"

"That's right, I heard from the people serving His Majesty that His Majesty did order to warn His Highness after reading the brochure sent by Mr. Wei."

"I see, you can step back."

The woman's heart was pierced, Liang Fei, who was furious before, calmed down after hearing what Eunuch Chen said, and sent Eunuch Chen away, her no longer young face was full of viciousness.

In her heart, all those who are unfavorable to her son are sluts, and the way she deals with sluts is to make him want to live or die!

Thinking of this, she recruited the servants around her to investigate Wei Yan.

Without Wei Yan's knowledge, all the information he could investigate was placed in front of Concubine Liang, and Concubine Liang sneered after reading it.

"It's just an unfavored bastard. How dare you plot against my emperor like this? It's a shame. Bitch, you are the magistrate of Heishui County now. The sky is as high as the emperor is far away. I want to There are many ways to kill you."

There was a cold smile on her lips, and the Concubine Liang found the servants around her, and after giving orders, the smile on the concubine Liang's lips became more and more obvious.

At this moment, Wei Yan didn't know that Concubine Liang had already planned to deal with him, but now he looked at Wei Yao standing in front of him very helplessly.

"I'll give you the silver if you want it, and I'll give it to you if you want the store, but now you want to leave my green plum, what do you want!"

"Fourth brother, you see that I came to this place alone, it is inevitable that I will be a little scared, and although I can make up, I am

You don't know how to do your hair, so you can lend me the green plum you serve by your side for a while, and I will definitely pay you back, really, I swear. "

Wei Yan couldn't guess how credible Wei Yao's words were, so he said.

"Really just borrow it for a while?"

"Of course."

"Then you might as well go out and buy a maid directly."

"Huh? That's okay too?"

"if not?"

Wei Yan asked back, Wei Yao only felt that her three views had been subverted, yes, she almost forgot that this is an ancient time without integrity, and this human trafficking is very normal.

Thinking of this, she scratched her head and said to Wei Yan: "Okay, then I'll buy one myself, hum."

After finishing speaking, Wei Yao left. Wei Yan shook his head and went back to his study. As soon as he approached, he saw a carrier pigeon standing by the window. Beside the carrier pigeon, his fat pigeon that could not even fly was pecking at it. Looking at the pigeon's feathers, it looks like envy and hatred.

Seeing this scene, Wei Yan couldn't help but chuckle, then walked to the window and took off the letter box on the carrier pigeon's leg, and after reading the letter An Tianyi wrote to him, his brows frowned involuntarily.

In the capital, Wei Yan is no better than An Tianyi, there are many forces there, and only Boss Qian has the eyes and ears of him who can get a lot of news. This time, An Tianyi brought him a piece of news that gave him a headache. The household department actually ordered him to pay the tax this year on the grounds that Heishui County had not paid taxes for several years, otherwise he would be held accountable.

After reading the above, Wei Yan suddenly felt that someone wanted to deal with him.

Wei Yan is not stupid, how could he not be aware of this, but if he is aware of it, he will be worried in his heart.

The harvest in Heishui County has been poor and the Blackwater bandits are rampant, so there is no year to pay enough taxes. This time he came at a bit of an unlucky time, and it happened that this kind of seedlings had only been planted for more than a month. Time, it is very difficult for the seedlings to grow to a certain extent in this certain period of time, how to pay the tax?

Naturally, it is impossible to pay this tax all at once, but if it is not paid, the higher authorities cannot justify it.

How can this be good?

Wei Yan has been thinking about this, so his face is full of worry for the next time.

Both Gongsun Heng and Lin Zhike in this yamen are smart people. Seeing Wei Yan's complexion, Gongsun Heng asked as a master.

"My lord, is there any trouble you can't solve? We are all here now, why don't you tell everyone to give advice, maybe you can come up with a solution?"

After something went wrong, Wei Yan had to carry it on his own subconsciously. He forgot that he was not the only one beside him now, so when he heard what Gongsun Heng said, his eyes suddenly lit up, and then he spoke.

"It's like this. I received news that the Ministry of Household Affairs will collect taxes from our Heishui County from now on, but our Heishui County is so poor that basically the people can't even afford food and clothing. How can we afford this tax? ?”

His voice echoed in the hall. At this moment, everyone who was eating put down their bowls and chopsticks, and then Wei Yao held his face and said.

"Does this cost a lot of tax?"

"Of course, Miss Wei Wu, let me tell you, do you know the current yield of one mu of land?"

"do not know."

"Then do you know how much tax you need to pay for an acre of land?"

Wei Yao continued to shake her head, how could she know.

Then she heard Gongsun Heng say meaningfully: "Now the yield of one mu of land is about 150 catties per mu, and a family can plant about 50.00 to [-] mu of land. If the harvest is good, it can earn several thousand catties of grain a year. But it takes [-]% of this grain production, that is to say, the common people need to pay half of the grain as tax.”

Living in a modern society where life is so rich, there is no agricultural tax at all, but the state still pays money to those who cultivate the land. Wei Yao just read the explanation of ancient taxation in the book, and at this time, she was stunned when she heard Gongsun Heng say this. Living.

If a total of [-] jin of grain is produced by planting [-] mu of land, [-] jin will be handed over to the country, and the rest will have to be eliminated. This family is considered to be four people. Is this grain enough for a year? ?

You must know that an adult must eat at least one catty for a meal, even if he eats two meals a day, it is far from enough, and it is not enough to count as a meal with only rice, so if you pay taxes After that, basically everyone will not even want to have a full meal.

How does it feel to be hungry?

Wei Yao, who had never felt it before, was silent, and then she looked at Wei Yan and said.