The once bustling White Horse Temple, regarded as the "No. 1 Temple in China", has long been dilapidated in the turmoil of the late Sui Dynasty, with crumbling walls, decaying buildings, and overgrown vegetation. In the middle of the night, the crescent moon is heavy, and the slightest movement will startle the birds perched on the beams, flap their wings and disappear into the night.
However, since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, Taoism has been highly praised, and the Li family even claimed to be descendants of Lao Tzu. As a result, Buddhism declined, and the White Horse Temple, which has a long history, has never been repaired. However, Xuanzang traveled thousands of miles from Tianzhu to obtain scriptures, which greatly shocked the reputation of Buddhism, and there was also a fierce struggle between Buddhism and Taoism.
In the middle of the night, in the deserted ancient temple, Li Tai suddenly became interested. He poured out the tea leaves in the teapot, brewed a new pot of tea, and sat under the moonlight by the window, sipping the fragrant tea leisurely. Unexpectedly, Very pleasant.
The White Horse Temple has been repeatedly destroyed in wars, and has risen from the scorched earth. How is its rise and fall different from the general trend of the world?
It's just a cycle of life, prosperity, and death.
Regardless of whether they are emperors, generals or ministers, or whether they are emperors and hegemons, aren't they just a piece of loess and a clump of weeds in the end?
It’s boring.
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Li Tai returned to the city under the moonlight, sat in an official mansion, and asked people to send famous invitations to Liu, Dai, Zhang, and Xu, inviting them to meet here.
It was close to midnight when the four of them arrived. Zhang Liang looked at Li Tai, who was sitting leisurely in the study drinking tea, and asked in confusion: "What are your orders, Your Highness?"
Being pulled out of bed in the middle of the night makes me a little angry...
Li Tai glanced at him and said calmly: "Your Majesty has a secret decree, and I will read it to you."
The four people quickly adjusted their clothes, then stood in a row, leaned forward, and bowed to the ground: "I am waiting for your Majesty's decree."
Li Tai took a sip of tea and waved his hand in the slightly surprised eyes of the four people: "The time has not come yet, let's drink tea first."
Four people: "..."
I woke up even more angry.
He came forward and sat down. Zhang Liang took the teapot and poured tea for everyone. Dai Zhou looked helpless: "What is going on?"
Li Tai said: "Your Majesty has other arrangements for you."
"Huh?!"
The four of them were all stunned, and Zhang Liang asked hurriedly: "What does this mean? Pei Huaijie is not being censored?"
Could it be that such a high-profile review of Pei Huaijie was actually just a false shot, and that the "Three Law Division" came to Luoyang for other purposes?
The "Three Law Divisions" are responsible for hearing cases. What case could be more serious than Pei Huaijie's case?
Li Tai refused to say any more, and asked someone to give him a few exquisite handicaps: "No need to ask, I will announce it when the time comes."
The four of them had to endure their doubts, drink tea and eat cakes, but they were too preoccupied to talk.
In this situation where the heart is concerned, time passes very slowly.
Finally, a retinue of the King of Wei came in from the door: "Your Highness, Yin Shi has arrived."
Li Tai put down the tea cup, stood up suddenly, looked at the four people, and said in a deep voice: "Please call the officials and scribes who are accompanying you immediately and set off with me."
Dai Zhou was stunned: "Where to go?"
Li Tai: "Hedong Saltworks!"
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The new moon is like a hook, and the river is surging.
On the river bank near the Mengjin Ferry, there were many boats connected with each other. The heavily armed soldiers silently boarded the boat quickly along the gangplank, then entered the cabin and sat on the ground. The captains of each ship waved small flags of different colors up and down, and kept sending out flag messages. Thousands of people moved in an orderly manner in the dark night.
Suddenly, a dull horn sound sounded melodiously, and more than a hundred warships raised sails, pulled anchors, and set sail almost at the same time. On the river, there were boats like clouds and warships running horizontally!
Among the grass on the shore, many figures suddenly jumped up and ran towards Luoyang City. Ever since Su Dingfang led the navy to arrive at Mengjin Ferry, countless people have been watching closely, fearing that Wei King Li Tai would command the navy to seal Luoyang City to eliminate dissidents and eliminate political enemies.
At this moment, seeing the navy suddenly pulling out the anchor, how could these men not be shocked?
Luoyang City is surrounded by water systems. Once a naval warship enters the city from the water gate and quickly controls all the city gates, something bad will happen...
Unexpectedly, before these people had even taken a few steps, some of them turned around with a look of surprise on their faces.
I saw countless warships on the Yellow River waterway under the moonlight, but they did not sail towards the mouth of the Luo River downstream to approach Luoyang City, but sailed neatly from the south bank to the north bank...
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"What did you say?"
In a mansion in Yanfufang, Pei Huaijie climbed up from the bed. While putting on his clothes, he asked Duan Baoyuan in surprise when he came in the middle of the night.
In the past few days, he was afraid that Wei King Li Tai would arrest him without following the rules, so he did not dare to show his face at all. South of Yanfufang is Nanshi. Once there is any disturbance, you can immediately escape into the rows of shops, warehouses, and warehouses in Nanshi, and you can escape calmly.
Luoyang City is his territory. If he wants to run away, Li Tai can't catch him.
Duan Baoyuan said quickly: "The men I sent outside the city to keep an eye on the navy's movements came back and reported that the navy's fleet had set sail half an hour ago. They did not seek the mouth of the Luo River and go upstream to Luoyang. Instead, they all sailed towards Luoyang. North Shore.”
"North Shore?"
Pei Huaijie put on his clothes, walked to the table, picked up the kettle and drank a few sips of water. His thoughts quickly became clear. After thinking about it carefully, his expression suddenly changed: "Hedong Saltworks?!"
Duan Baoyuan was worried: "Xiaoguan also thinks so. That Fang Er is too bold. Does he want to take over the salt farm directly?"
After thousands of troops landed, they directly crossed Zhongtiao Mountain and arrived at the salt field. They could completely take over the salt field. Isn't this what Fang Jun has always emphasized about "nationalizing" the salt field?
Pei Huaijie rubbed his temples, feeling that he couldn't keep up with his thoughts: "But in this case, how can the Hedong family be willing to give up? Since they have gone on strike and stopped production before, this time they simply evacuate the children from the salt field. Fang Jun has to face more than just How is it possible to not only resume production but also increase production to supply salt to Hedong, Henan, Guanzhong and other places?”
Duan Baoyuan followed this idea and said: "The salt field has been suspended for several days, but the consumption of salt reserves in various places has not stopped, and the stock is decreasing day by day. If Fang Jun takes over the salt field, he will resume production within a few days and increase the output. More than double, otherwise it will not be able to keep up with the salt consumption in various places, which will easily lead to huge social unrest, not to mention that there are countless people secretly waiting for such an opportunity to appear. How dare Fang Jun? "
The output of the Hedong Saltworks has been fixed for decades or hundreds of years. Without technological innovation, it is absolutely impossible to increase the output by that much. Does Fang Jun really have new technology?
Pei Huaijie sighed and said dejectedly: "Don't think about it. As long as Fang Jun dares to do this, there must be new salt production technology that can greatly increase production. From now on, the Hedong family will never be able to get involved in the salt field."
Fang Jun's current status was not only due to the favor of the late emperor and his father's connections. He was a man of great talent and talent, and was by no means an incompetent person.
Since you dare to send troops to take over the salt field, there must be a thorough solution.
Duan Baoyuan also understood, but there was still a trace of luck: "The Hedong Salt Farm has been in the hands of the Hedong Family for hundreds of years, how can it hand over the ownership so easily? There may be a fierce battle. Besides, the Salt Farm belongs to the Hedong Family and is owned by the Hedong Family. It is run by a family, and the positions of the sons of each family in the salt field are all awarded by the imperial court. Why does Fang Jun directly expel or imprison the officials of the imperial court? "
As the saying goes, "If the name is not right, the words will not be right." The imperial court wants to take back the ownership of the Hedong Salt Farm, which has attracted the attention of the entire world. It must give a reasonable and legal explanation, otherwise it will plunder the industry that the rich and powerful have been running for several lifetimes. Who can sit back and watch?
Everyone understands the truth behind dying lips and cold teeth.
The most direct way is to charge the officials at the Hedong Saltworks with a crime.
Uh, the crime... Duan Baoyuan blinked, thought of a possibility, and looked up at Pei Huaijie.
Pei Huaijie sighed and nodded: "The 'Three Law Division' is in Luoyang. With the empire's highest judicial body gathered together, what kind of crime can't you want?"
Why is he hiding?
It is because in a sense, Liu, Dai and Zhang can already represent "judicial justice". As long as the three of them jointly try the case, there is no room for others to question it.
It is not easy to accuse the officials in the Hedong Salt Farm...
Duan Baoyuan's eyes widened: "What Fu Yin means is that the so-called review of you for 'insulting the prince's concubine' is an excuse. The real intention is to paralyze the Hedong family, waiting for the flood season of the Yellow River and the water level to rise, and mobilize the navy to come and make a final decision?"< br>
Pei Huaijie said angrily: "I have never 'molested the prince's concubine' at all. How could they find out? I felt something was wrong when I started using rogue tricks. It was indeed the case."
Duan Baoyuan said: "What should we do now?"
Pei Huaijie didn't know how many times he sighed: "What else can I do? Go see His Royal Highness the King of Wei, and then submit a memorial to resign as an official, retire and return to his hometown. After Fang Jun finished tossing the Hedong Saltworks, Xu Jingzong will start tossing the Luoyang clan. , one wave comes after another, and if you are not careful, you will be in disaster. It is better to stay away from this whirlpool.”
He is also ambitious. Although he had no sense of presence in the former "Tiance Mansion" and his achievements were not obvious, he was the youngest in the group. He only had to endure it to gain qualifications. This is indeed the case. When he was more than 30 years old, he was appointed by Emperor Taizong as Henan Yin, the official and pastor of the border area.
But he is not satisfied with this. He is less than fifty years old this year, Henan Yin is already in the second rank, and is only one step away from becoming the leader of the Prime Minister. How can he not want to take one step further and rule the world?
Originally, it was a good opportunity to secretly push the Henan family to support King Jin. As long as King Jin succeeded in taking the throne, he would be able to enter the court with the recommendation of the Henan family, and at least become one of the prime ministers.
Unexpectedly, the King of Jin was defeated miserably. Not only did his wish come true, but it also caused heavy losses to the Henan family...
Without strong support, the dream of entering the dynasty and ruling the world has been cut off.
In this case, what is there to hold back from the official position of the Governor of Henan? The whole Henan is in turmoil, don’t be late and lose your security...