Prince of the Tang Dynasty: Signing in began with harming Li Shimin

Chapter 282

Two days later.

Yangzhou City.

Governor Yamen.

Cui Liang sat sullenly at the head of the back hall.

Sitting on the right side are Biejia Fangqian, Chief Shi Zengtai, Sima Weixuan, Lujun Counselor Lin Mu, and a group of junior officials of seventh and eighth rank.

On the left side, there are rich businessmen from Yangzhou headed by Guo Cheng.

Such scenes of officials and merchants sitting opposite to each other must have been the only one in Yangzhou throughout the ages.

In the Tang Dynasty with distinct classes, merchants and low-ranking merchants could sit at the same table with court officials, and the corruption of Yangzhou officials can be imagined.

Others, though, may be complacent about it.

Guo Cheng clearly understands that Cui Liang and others are like this only because of the wealth in the hands of Yangzhou merchants.

If it wasn't for the fact that the merchants donated enough money and silver on weekdays, it would be too ugly to steal by stealth.

Cui Liang and the others probably found a reason to ransack the homes of wealthy merchants in Yangzhou one by one.

Therefore, when encountering a greedy official like Cui Liang, Guo Cheng always has a sense of crisis that success is also Xiao He's failure.

He also doesn't know whether the corrupt official's power is the luck of the merchants or the beginning of bad luck.

"There has been no movement in the Gaomin Temple Palace for the past few days. I don't know what His Highness the Crown Prince wants to do?"

Cui Liang glanced coldly at everyone present, and muttered something casually.

Fang Qian squinted his eyes slightly, frowned and said: "It's not necessarily true that there is no movement.

King Wei was appointed as the governor of Huainan Road, and the warrior Xun was appointed as the governor of the governor's office.

The royal bank set up a general store in Yangzhou, and Xu Jingzong attended the opening ceremony in person.

The Queen's Empress spread the news that she would select the Eastern Palace Concubine for His Highness the Crown Prince.

The female official Fan Lihua also recruited fishermen on the Guangling River and was ordered to form the East Palace Navy...

These piles seem to have nothing to do with each other, but there is a potential for rain to come! "

"Ugh!

I just offered [-] shi of food, but the crown prince is still not satisfied! "

Guo Cheng sighed, shook his head and said, "It's fine if he only cares about money.

As long as he doesn't come to trouble me and other merchants, even if he gives up half of his family's wealth, we will definitely have no complaints.

But I'm afraid that what he wants is our life! "

"Humph!"

Chang Shi Zengtai looked righteous, and said with a cold snort: "Since you are willing to give up half of your wealth, why don't you offer it to him.

Could it be that when His Highness the Crown Prince sent troops to raid the house, did you just repent? "

"This……"

Guo Cheng and the others stopped talking for a while, and greeted Zeng Tai's eighteen generations of ancestors repeatedly in their hearts.

It's just that in the face of a history of the governor, everyone has nothing to do.

"Master Zeng, it's not that we are stingy and greedy for money.

It's just that if half of the family's wealth is really donated, the shops in this city may not be able to operate. "

Guo Cheng held back his anger, and said with a bitter face: "Your Excellency, I do not have much cash at home.

Once the money is collected and sent to the palace, it will definitely affect the transactions in the city.

If the people cause trouble because of this, it will give His Royal Highness an excuse to make trouble.

If it really comes to that time, I am afraid that all the adults will also..."

"Um?!

Guo Cheng, are you threatening me? "

Cui Liang was startled when he heard the words, and asked with wide eyes.

Guo Cheng waved his hands and shook his head again and again, and hurriedly replied: "Your Excellency misunderstood, how dare the grassroots threaten Your Excellency.

However, His Highness the Crown Prince acted in a very strange way, and it was definitely not good intentions. "

Cui Liang pursed his lips in disdain when he heard the words, and said with a sneer: "Everyone here does not know that His Highness the Crown Prince's visit this time is not kind.

But His Highness intends to rob you and other salt merchants of their wealth, so what can we officials do? "

asshole!

Depressed color!

Guo Cheng cursed secretly, but his face was full of flattering smiles.

"grown ups.

If that's the case, I'll admit it to the merchants.

But as far as Caomin knew, Fan Lihua recruited 6000 to [-] people by the Guangling River!

If these 6000 people form an army, Yangzhou City will never be able to resist even if the government soldiers are called!

If His Royal Highness really only came here for me and other merchants, why bother so much! "

"Is there such a thing?!"

Cui Liang and the others all stared blankly, their indifference instantly faded away.

This time Su Jing went south with three thousand prince guards, which was enough to deal with a group of merchant servants.

Now hastily recruited another 6000 people, obviously not to deal with Yangzhou salt merchants.

If so.

Even if everyone ordered the government soldiers to gather, they would certainly not be able to stop the experienced Prince Wei from leading the battle!

And the thousands of troops in Fan Lihua's hands were enough to take the opportunity to suppress the riots in the city.

"Guo Cheng!

So Fan Lihua really recruited 6000 people? "

Cui Liang gritted his teeth and asked word by word.

Guo Cheng nodded, and said in a deep voice: "Cao Min dares to guarantee the head of the project, this matter will definitely not be false!"

"Bold!

Gathering 6000 people in my Yangzhou privately, what does Fan Lihua want to do? ! "

Cui Liang shouted angrily, his hands trembling uncontrollably.

Seeing this, Zeng Tai curled his lips in disdain, and said with a frown: "Since it is the Donggong Navy, it will never be so simple.

See you below.

When the army is formed in the future, there will be more than [-] more than [-] people! "

"Only a thousand people?!"

Cui Liang smacked his lips and asked in surprise: "Zeng Changshi, this matter must not be taken carelessly.

You may guarantee that there are at most [-] people left among the more than [-] people? "

Zeng Tai closed his eyes and thought about it carefully, and said firmly: "When the official was working in Xiliang, he once had a relationship with Fan Lihua's father.

That Fan Hong has a well-organized way of training troops, and she will never let people who are just pretending to be numbers stay in the army.

Since Fan Lihua studied under her father, she wanted to recruit this time in order to discard the chaff and save the chaff. "

"That's good!

That's great! "

Cui Liang and the others breathed a sigh of relief, and glared at Guo Cheng with great dissatisfaction.

There are definitely not less than a thousand servants in the families of Yangzhou officials.

There are more than a thousand recruits in the area, how can everyone pay attention to them.

Guo Cheng's alarmist talk just now is clearly trying to mislead everyone to oppose Su Jing.

If the enemy was not present at this moment, the officials present would never let Guo Cheng go easily.

"Now it seems that His Highness the Crown Prince has no intention of using swords recklessly.

That being the case, we should not make random guesses here. "

Cui Liang stood up with a relaxed face and said.

Fang Qian nodded and echoed with a smile: "I heard that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince loves money.

Now it seems that His Highness went south to Yangzhou only for some things of gold, silver and Adu.

If you Patriarchs have the heart, you might as well entrust someone to offer a generous gift as soon as possible.

I think that after His Highness is satisfied, I won't embarrass you any more. "

"grown ups!"

Seeing Cui Liang and Fang Qian like this.

Guo Cheng stood up bravely, cupped his hands and said, "My lords!

How could His Royal Highness come to Yangzhou for a little money when he exterminated the Turks and descended to a noble family?

You adults must not be careless, don't..."

"Bastard!"

Cui Liang didn't wait for Guo Cheng to finish speaking, and angrily scolded: "Guo Cheng!

What kind of status are you, how dare you act presumptuously in my government office!

Could it be that you really think that you are me waiting for the Shangguan? "

"Grassmen dare not!

The grass people are just worried that His Highness the Crown Prince will deceive you, and intend to deceive you adults. "

Guo Cheng hurriedly knelt down and pleaded guilty.

Cui Liang glanced at him contemptuously, and said with a sneer: "You know what a merchant is!

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince went south this time because he shot and killed King Hengshan with a crossbow in the capital.

Not only did he not repent afterwards, but he contradicted His Majesty the Emperor in public.

His Highness wants to deal with you and others, but it is also an outside guess and it is not accurate.

Therefore, don't want all the plants and trees to be soldiers, just be careful and wait.

If you have any precious treasures in your family, it is better to send them to His Royal Highness as soon as possible.

I think His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will come to see Er Zhili, and maybe he will be lenient! "

After Cui Liang finished speaking, he glanced at everyone, and led the Yangzhou officials away.

Guo Cheng and the others looked at each other, their old faces flushed red.

But in their capacity, unless they rebel, how can they confront officials.

The only way for now is to go back and discuss on your own to see if there is any way to deal with it.