Across the Water Margin: Officials of Ximen

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Half an hour later, Li Shishi's face was flushed, his spring eyes were watery, and he leaned against Ximen Qing's chest, exhaling like blue and saying love words:

"Since the king's departure, there is no need to deal with residual opportunities.

Thinking of you is like a full moon, and every night is less clear. "

Ximen Qing stroked the black hair on Li Shishi's ear temples with his hand, and said softly in her ear: "Miss Shishi, I have wronged you. The time has not come yet, and I can't take you out of Bianliang City in Tokyo yet.

You wait for me for another five years, within five years, I will be able to bring you freedom.At that time, the world will be so big, you can go there as much as you want. "

Li Shishi heard the words, looked at Ximen Qing with a pair of spring eyes, and asked in disbelief: "Mr. Lang, can you really take the slave family away within five years? But, after five years, Hang'er is still underage and cannot leave the palace." .Do you have the heart to let my mother and child separate? Could it be that, Mr. Lang, you can take Hang'er away and fly away together?"

Ximenqing showed a mysterious smile, and said to Li Shishi: "Lady, I can predict the future. Within five years, the world will undergo great changes. At that time, I will take you and Hang'er away. It's really easy. I I will give you unexpected gifts for mother and child."

"Lang Jun, I trust you! I'm waiting for you to pick me up in the palace."

Li Shishi and Ximen Qing rubbed each other's ears and temples again, making each other love each other.

"My lady, it's getting late. It's time for you to leave Guanyin Temple and return to the imperial city. Don't make people suspicious."

Although Ximenqing was reluctant to give up on Li Shishi, he was still conscious and knew that he should not be greedy for momentary pleasure and miss the future big event.

"Lang Jun, don't you want to meet Hang'er? The slave family specially brought him to meet you."

Master Li asked hesitantly.

"I have just seen Hang'er secretly through the window. He is so cute and cute. It's just that Hang'er is too young to know how to keep a secret, so I won't show up. The relationship between you and him is not important for the time being." Tell him. It will not be too late to tell him after he is sensible."

Ximen Qing replied to Li Shishi.

During this meeting, Ximen Qing didn't even prepare gifts for Li Shishi and Zhao Hang in order not to show his flaws.

"Lang Jun, did you find Sister Yue'er?"

Li Shishi still cared about the sister Yue'er who Xu Shi had returned to Japan.

"Miss, Japan is currently closed to foreigners. The confidants I sent to Japan have not been able to reach Heian-kyo, Japan, so I have not found any news about Yue'er. However, I will not give up looking for her mother and child."

Ximen Qing also wanted to know if Yue'er gave birth to a fat child like Li Shishi.

"Lang Jun, I hope that when you come to pick me up with Hang'er in five years, Sister Yue'er will be there too. You must find her."

Li Shishi gave Ximen Qing thousands of advices.

"Don't worry, lady, as long as Yue'er returns to Japan, I will definitely find her. If it doesn't work, I will cross the sea to Japan myself."

Ximen Qing made a vow.

"Since that's the case, let's go to my slave's house. Please take care, sir."

Li Shishi tidied up his appearance and clothes, twisted his slender waist, and walked down the scripture pavilion gracefully.

The host of the Guanyin Institute had already been waiting outside the building, and when he saw this, he stepped forward to support Li Shishi, and walked away quietly.

Ximen Qing came to the window, pushed the window open again, quietly looked at the front yard, and watched Li Shishi, his mother and the palace maid Yue'er leave the Guanyin Temple together.

"Old Zhao Ji, obediently, I will raise Hang'er for the master, and give him the title of vassal king. Otherwise, even if you, the bird emperor, are captured in the Five Kingdoms City of the Kingdom of Jin, you will not be able to escape from the palm of me, Ximen Qing." Heart!"

Ximen Qing stared in the direction of the imperial city, threatening in his heart.

Now it is not difficult to obtain information on dozens of descendants and relatives of Song Huizong Zhao Ji and the Zhao clan, but it is not easy to fully grasp the whereabouts of these people.

Ximen Qing decided to keep Lu Xiaoyi in Bianliang City, Tokyo, and arrange more subordinates to infiltrate the palaces of various vassal kings and county kings, so as to be familiar with the movements of these Zhao family members.

While thinking about this matter, Lu Xiaoyi went up to the Sutra Pavilion alone, and said to Ximen Qing: "Brother Ximen, Concubine Ming's convoy has gone far, and there are no government officials on the street, I can leave later."

"Okay, I'll go out of town for a visit right away. Brother Xiaoyi, I have a new task for you, let's discuss it in detail after we go out of town."

Ximen Qing and Lu Xiaoyi did not go through the front door of the Guanyin Temple, but quietly left the Guanyin Temple through a side door in the backyard.

After Jiao Ting saw the two people appear, he also took back the brothers who had been thrown out.

Chapter 727 Envoys of the Kingdom of Jin Return to the North

After meeting Li Shishi's mother and son at the Guanyin Temple, Ximen Qingdai Lu Xiaoyi and Jiao Ting rode horses to the outside of Bianliang City, and walked along the banks of the Bian River, admiring the autumn scenery along the way.

At this time, on the Bian River, the Huashigang boats that had disappeared for a while lined up and headed for the city again.After quelling the Fangla Rebellion in the south of the Yangtze River, the Taoist Emperor Zhao Ji couldn't wait to resume the construction of Longevity Hill.

"This stupid king, does he want to stir up civil uprisings again?" Seeing this, Lu Xiaoyi cursed in a low voice.

When Ximenqing sent Lu Xiaoyi to Jiangnan to carry out a secret mission, Lu Xiaoyi knew why Fang La and others rebelled, and why the rebels in the Jiangnan area rallied to respond.In the final analysis, isn't the imperial court exploiting the common people in the states in the south of the Yangtze River too much?

The Jiangnan area was initially established. Not only did the imperial court not sympathize with the people, but let the states in the south of the Yangtze River recuperate. Instead, the Emperor Daojun restarted the "Zaozao Bureau" in Hangzhou and the "Yingfeng Bureau" in Suzhou, and resumed the wanton encroachment on the people in the south of the Yangtze River.

Not only the Jiangnan area suffered from the Taoist emperor, but also the people in Henan, Shandong, Huainan and other places near the capital were also exploited and squeezed by the imperial court.

In order to make money for the Emperor Daojun, the eunuch Yang Jian first established the "rice field affairs" and began to legislate in Ruzhou. For the land in Ruzhou where rice can be grown, the land deeds of private households were collected.The officials searched the ancestors for eighteen generations, and searched them until there was no certificate for these lands. They called the land beyond the original land leases public land, and ordered the farmers who cultivated these lands to become public tenants, and they had to pay the public land to the court. money.

The eunuch Yang Jian's violent expropriation in Ruzhou collected a lot of money for the Emperor Daojun. After tasting the sweetness, the Emperor Daojun asked Yang Jian to spread it to the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River and the Huaihe River Basin, setting up "camp repair offices" and confiscating public land.

Later, they were merged into the "Xichengsuo", and all the wasteland and abandoned fields in the states were used as public land, and the people were forced to take over the tenants and pay the public land money.

The imperial court's move to compete with the people for profit caused complaints from Henan, Shandong, Huainan and other places.When bandits such as Song Jiang and Chai Jin in Liangshanbo rebelled, they were able to coerce many mobs, partly because of the bad government of the court.

A few months ago, the eunuch Yang Jian died of illness, but the people did not get rid of the imperial court's exploitation.

The eunuch Li Yan, the confidant of Emperor Daojun, succeeded Yang Jian. He was more vicious and cruel than his predecessor.

Eunuch Li Yan didn't send people to check the land deeds of the [-]th generation of ancestors, what a bother!All the good folk fields he likes, he directly instigates others to falsely accuse them of being barren fields.

As long as someone makes a false accusation, even if the landowner has a title deed, it is useless, and the eunuch Li Yanqiang will classify it as public land.Under the effective plunder of the eunuch Li Yan, all the farmland in Lushan County, Ruzhou, Northwest Road, Jingbei Road, was turned into public land by him.It turned out that the farmers on those lands were forced to become tenants of the imperial court.The owners of many fields refused to accept their complaints. As a result, all the complainants were arrested and imprisoned by the eunuch Li Yan, where they were tortured to death.

Therefore, don't look at the scene of singing and dancing in Bianliang City, Tokyo. After leaving Bianliang City in Tokyo, it is on Beijing Northwest Road just west of Kaifeng Mansion.

It can be said that under the rule of the Taoist Emperor Zhao Ji, the prime minister of the Song Dynasty's subjugation has already seen the first signs.

Ximen Qing and Lu Xiaoyi rode together, and seeing no one around, he arranged for his men to sneak into the royal clan's mansion and entrusted Lu Xiaoyi with the task of collecting intelligence.

Ximenqing asked Lu Xiaoyi to live in Bianliang City, Tokyo for a long time in the near future. After completing this layout, he would return to Yanggu County to report to himself.

When Ximen Qing had a secret conversation with Lu Xiaoyi, Jiao Ting followed behind Ximen Qing with a group of guards.

Jiao Ting never participated in the secret intelligence mission Ximen Qing arranged for Lu Xiaoyi and Brother Qiao Yun.Spying on intelligence news is too complicated and troublesome for Jiao Ting.

As the leader of Ximen Qing's guards, Jiao Ting only knows how to do one thing well, that is to lead the guards and protect Ximen Qing's brother's personal safety.

Jiao Ting knew that as long as he did this well, he would be able to earn a lifetime of glory and wealth from brother Ximen Qing.