Chapter 99 National Scholar
In the following days, Zheng Yi sent people to observe the Dharma source of Tianlong Temple and keep track of his whereabouts.
After staying at Yanta Temple, Fayuan continued to explain Buddhism all day long.
In less than three days, more than 100 monks from Yanta Temple became his loyal supporters and performed discipleship rituals.
Later, he organized a water and land conference in Yanta Temple to promote Buddhism, which lasted for seven days.
Within these seven days, almost the entire capital was shaken.
Countless ordinary people, businessmen, people, and even officials all ran to listen to the Dharma.
It even forced Yanta Temple to demolish its walls to allow believers to gather.
This trend has even affected the suburbs of the capital, and countless faithful men and women have come from the suburbs of the capital just to see Master Fayuan.
Even in the court, many officials began to speak for Fa Yuan, striving for His Majesty to have an audience with Fa Yuan
As a result, Zheng Yi became more and more respectful of Master Fayuan.
The information Zhao Suling brought back undoubtedly proved this point.
When he brought the Blood Moon Gu to see Fa Yuan, he deliberately released the Blood Moon Gu, and Fa Yuan's behavior was also abnormal.
He actually called out the name of 'spiritual insect' and wanted to exchange other things for this thing, but Zhao Suling sternly refused.
From this we can see that the source of this law must be a monk!
But at the moment, it seems that this source of magic does not pose any danger to me, so I can only let it go for the time being.
His mind had already been attracted by another thing.
The refugees in Yongzhou actually rebelled again!
This time the momentum was even greater, even affecting surrounding Liangzhou, Shuzhou and other places.
And the location of the outbreak is also intriguing, at the Yongzhou Grand Canal!
Not only the refugees rebelled, but even the local county soldiers rebelled.
The former Yongzhou Commander-in-Chief, Li Zhishan, who was in trouble in suppressing the refugees, led his troops to rebel. He killed the Imperial Guards and Jinyi Guards stationed on both sides of the Grand Canal, seized a large amount of grain, grass and equipment, and set off a huge rebellion.
This time, the rebels were joined by officers and soldiers, and they were even more powerful. In an instant, they gathered hundreds of thousands of people to attack the city.
By the time Zheng Yi received the information, Chang'an Mansion had been defeated!
Among them, Lu Lian, a member of the Jinyi Guards, died in a fierce battle!
The Yong Wang Zheng Zonghong family who was stationed in Yongzhou was killed. Yong Wang Zheng Zonghong himself was put into a cauldron and cooked by the rebels, and was eaten by countless rebels!
Zheng Yi immediately issued an order, reprimanding Miao Xiu and others for their failure in the suppression, and at the same time ordered him to continue to lead the army to suppress the Yongzhou rebels.
At the same time, Jin Yiwei was dispatched to Yong to investigate the cause of the refugee rebellion.
The Yongzhou Grand Canal was Zheng Yi’s first work-for-relief project.
He invested nearly 20 million taels of silver, had a large amount of food and supplies, and treated the refugees very well. Why did he suddenly rebel after being surrendered?
In the sixth year of Zhengyong, it was June 10th.
Wang Anshi, who was seriously injured and fled by jumping into the river, was rescued by Jin Yiwei and secretly sent to Bai Yujing, the capital, as quickly as possible, where he was personally received by His Majesty.
"Wang Anshi."
"I, I am here, cough cough cough..."
Although Wang Anshi had changed into clean clothes at this moment, his face was still pale and his body was thin. It was obvious that he had not recovered from serious injuries.
"As the commander of the Yongzhou Army, Shi, tell me what happened to the refugees in Yongzhou?"
Wang Anshi's face was full of sorrow, and he finally knelt down helplessly, kowtowed to the ground with his head, and said sadly: "Your Majesty, please... kill and merge the two Yongzhou families!"
"If I go to nine houses ten times, it will not be an injustice!"
"Oh?"
Zheng Yi frowned and said: "What happened?"
"Your Majesty!"
Wang Anshi took a deep breath and said: "We carry the emperor's order to go to Yongbin and build the Grand Canal. We must conduct on-site surveys in the early stage to determine the location of the Grand Canal."
"At this moment, local officials and people from aristocratic families came forward to obstruct it in every possible way. After Mr. Lu asked for an imperial edict to kill the three officials, the matter was temporarily suppressed."
“When the refugees arrived and the construction officially started, the officials and clerks who managed the Grand Canal construction site began to obstruct the work secretly and deduct the daily supplies from the refugees.”
"Secretly, they also instigated the refugees to go on strike and cause chaos, causing the project to be stalled for several days."
"The reason is actually that the Grand Canal we are building requires excavation of their land, so we are obstructing it in every possible way!"
"Huh?"
Zheng Yi frowned and said: "Didn't I say that all the land occupied by the Grand Canal must be purchased with gold and silver, or replaced with land of the same area? Why are they still in trouble?"
"Your Majesty!"
Wang Anshidao: "It will take at least eight to ten years to build the Grand Canal. However, the gold and silver allocated to purchase the land were embezzled by local officials, and less than one-tenth of the money reached the hands of the property owners." .”
"If this goes on, the resentment of the refugees will become more and more intense. Mr. Lu has no choice but to use Shang Fang's sword again to kill the 17 officials who have been found to be embezzling money and money. Unexpectedly, they actually rebelled on the spot!"
"They have already colluded with the local county soldiers and directly besieged us while we were still there. At the same time, they continued to confuse the refugees, causing them to surrender and rebel again."
"Lord Lu died in battle, while the humble minister was attacked by the mob and saved his life by jumping into the Canglong River."
Zheng Yi asked: "Where is Tian Wenjing? Isn't he the commander-in-chief of the Yongzhou Grand Canal and the imperial minister? Where are the others?"
"Him?!"
At this point, Wang Anshi's eyes were filled with hatred, and he gritted his teeth and said: "This person is the culprit of the Yongzhou Grand Canal rebellion!"
"What?"
Zheng Yi was surprised and said: "He is the imperial envoy appointed by me, how could he..."
"Your Majesty, you have been deceived by Tian Wenjing!"
Wang Anshi cried: "As soon as Na Tian Wenjing arrived in Yongzhou, local officials and aristocratic families in Yongzhou would entertain him every day. He would hang out in the banquets and fireworks alley almost every day."
"Furthermore, Mr. Lu also discovered seven properties in Tian Wenjing in Chang'an Prefecture, Yanchang County, Datong County, Jinyang County and other places. Each property contains a large amount of gold and silver, and there are also young and beautiful women living there!"
"This person has regarded the entire Yongzhou Grand Canal as his private property..."
"Bold!"
With a "bang", Zheng Yi smashed the table in front of him with a slap. Wang Anshi also looked at Zheng Yi in shock.
Unexpectedly, His Majesty has such martial arts cultivation?
"Old Chen!"
"The old slave is here!"
An old man in black appeared silently in front of Wang Anshi, startling Wang Anshi.
"Tell Chen Zhong and Chen Yi who are still in Yongzhou to find out everything Wang Anshi just said, especially the several properties under Tian Wenjing's name!"
"Once it is found out, Tian Wenjing will be arrested and brought to justice immediately. If you want to see the person in life, you will see the body in death!"
"No!"
After Chen Liancang left, Wang Anshi said again: "Your Majesty, the civil unrest in Yongzhou was all caused by the persecution of local aristocratic families."
"The refugees are ignorant and deceived by the aristocratic family. Please bear with me, Your Majesty."
"Aristocratic family..."
Zheng Yi murmured: "Isn't building the Yongzhou Grand Canal a good thing for Yongzhou and merging the two states?"
"Once the Grand Canal is opened, water from the Canglong River can be diverted to irrigate thousands of miles of fertile farmland, turning Yongbin and Yongbin into granaries. Why do they want to stop it?" Wang Anshi shook his head and said: "Your Majesty, what you are looking at is the future of Dayu, and the entire country. Yu hundreds of millions of poor people.”
"But the aristocratic landowners in Yongbin and Yongbin only see their own current interests."
"During the construction of the Grand Canal, many fields were occupied, but many of the fields were not within the scope of the Grand Canal. The court will not compensate those properties."
"There are also factors such as food and salary assessments, land taxation, floods in the Canglong River, and the stability of the refugees, which are all things that undermine their interests."
“There are also illegal crossing and smuggling channels.”
Wang Anshi continued: "The two states of Yongbin are located on the border, and part of them connects Wu State, Xueyun State and several small countries in the Western Regions."
"These aristocratic families often smuggle salt, iron, tea, silk, etc. through the business routes they developed, making huge profits."
"If the imperial court successfully develops the Yongzhou Grand Canal, it will definitely attract the attention of the imperial court and build a tax office, manage the border, and even garrison here."
"At that time, their trade routes will be cut off and all privacy will be exposed to the eyes of the imperial court."
"That's why they joined forces to secretly corrupt Grand Canal officials, and even secretly funded the rebellion, just to protect their own interests."
"In order to defeat the armies of Miao Xiu and Shi Heilang, they even provided weapons and armor to the rebels!"
"Huh?"
Zheng Yi's voice suddenly rose: "Weapons and armor? Where did they come from!"
Wang Anshi said sadly and angrily: "Your Majesty! You have never doubted before why the Wu army easily broke through the Canglong River, broke through the border checkpoints and entered the hinterland of Dayu to plunder?"
"And how did they sell the gold, silver, cattle, horses, livestock, etc. they plundered?"
"In addition to some being released privately by the generals guarding the gate, it is also closely related to the Bingzhou family, especially Bingshang!"
"Merge?"
"Yes!"
Wang Anshidao: "Bingshang is a business organization spontaneously formed by Bingzhou aristocratic families and merchants. They have been traveling in Dayu, Wu, Xueyun and Wei for many years."
"Dayu's tea, refined salt, and even ironware, armor and other items are all the objects of their trade."
"They can even trade the border defense map of Dayu, the number of officers and soldiers at each pass, the drill status, etc.!"
"The Kingdom of Wu has been invading for many years and was able to contain hundreds of thousands of troops from Dayu. Behind them are the shadows of this group of traitorous businessmen!"
"Is this true?"
Zheng Yi said in a deep voice that he originally thought that this group of aristocratic families were just big families that had reproduced for hundreds of years, passed down their family fortunes through poems, books, etiquette, and maintained their family property through real estate and commercial organizations.
Now it seems that this is not the case at all.
They have already put the interests of their family before the interests of the country.
For the sake of family interests, he can even betray the country.
These aristocratic families really deserve to die!
Merger!
Zheng Yi closed his eyes and kept thinking about the real reason for the turmoil in the six states of Northland for so many years in his mind.
Behind the scenes, there are indeed shadows of these aristocratic families!
Zheng Yi asked: "Do you have any real evidence for what you said?"
Wang Anshi shook his head with a wry smile and said: "Your Majesty, when the aristocratic families were entrenched in various places, they already had inseparable relationships with officials and generals in various places."
"Even the DPRK and China are full of their personnel."
"I have submitted many petitions for my loyalty, but the memorials could not be delivered to Your Majesty because they would be intercepted halfway."
"If you don't believe it, you can send Jin Yiwei to investigate."
"At least more than 50% of the land in the six northern states is occupied by local landlords and aristocratic families, and the country cannot collect tax revenue at all."
"And their caravan has been lying on Dayu's body to suck blood..."
Listening to Wang Anshi's account, Zheng Yi also shook his head.
In the 300-year-old dynasty, land annexation has been serious, and it has already gone out of its way.
He already knew these things in his heart.
But I didn't expect it to be so heavy!
"My beloved, please wake up!"
Zheng Yi stepped forward and slowly helped him up: "What is the purpose of what Aiqing said?"
"My Lord, for the sake of the people of the world!"
"People all over the world..."
Zheng Yi murmured, a smile finally appeared in his eyes.
"Dayu has been raising scholars for more than three hundred and sixty years, but at last someone will die for justice!"
"Wang Anshi, are you willing to be the person who supports the court and mends the sky with one hand?"
Wang Anshi took a step back, straightened his clothes, knelt down and worshiped: "My lord, I am willing!"
"Okay!"
Zheng Yi clapped his hands and said: "I will trust you once and give you the greatest trust. As long as you don't let me down, I will never let you down!"
"The humble ministers are extremely frightened!"
"You are still young now. You need to practice for a few more years before you can unleash your revenge."
Zheng Yi said: "Within the six departments, you can choose wherever you want."
"Household Department."
Wang Anshiyan said concisely and comprehensively: "All the prosperity in the world is for profit. I am willing to work in the Ministry of Household Affairs and secretly investigate the land of the whole country!"
"As long as the land is stabilized, the tax revenue can be stabilized, and the great disaster can be determined!"
"Okay!"
Zheng Yi said: "Then you will first join the household department and be the head of the household department."
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
Wang Anshi left slowly. Zheng Yi looked at his back and said in a deep voice: "Cheng'en."
"The slave is here."
"Secretly protect Wang Anshi."
"No."
"One more thing."
"Your Majesty, please clarify."
"Pass my secret order to Xu Mu's army, and ask General Xu to search Heishanguan to see if there is any evidence of merger and collusion with Wu State."
"No!"
(End of chapter)