In the old days, Bianjing was bustling and noisy, with people coming and going on the streets, and there were busy traffic.
But today's Bianjing city seems particularly calm.
Except for the creaking of the carriage and the sound of iron armor colliding with gold and iron, there were no other sounds.
The farce that the officials set off in Bianjing City had not yet fully exerted its power and was suppressed by Kou Ji with a thunderous force.
The carriage moved forward slowly and arrived at the flat residence of Si Zhiqian, the director of the prison in Dali Temple.
The mansion is small, covering an area of about five acres. There are two majestic stone lions guarding the door, and a row of horses tied up at the door.
The gate of the mansion was closed, only the restless apricot tree stretched out its arms, jumped out of the room, and swayed in the wind.
Someone in the mansion crouched in the crack of the door to observe the movement outside, and saw Kou Ji's carriage and three thousand two hundred soldiers stopping at the door of the mansion, lying on the ground in shock.
A crackling sound came from behind the gate.
"Arrests!"
Kou Ji gave a faint command, and the tigers behind him swarmed up.
They violently smashed open the flat residence of the Secretary of the Dali Temple's prison and the straight money, and rushed in amidst a scream and howl.
Screams, wailing, cursing, and crying all instantly filled the entire mansion.
Two quarters of an hour later, the officers and men appeared outside the mansion, escorting the Dali Temple Secretary of the Prison Secretary, Zhi Qian Zhi, and the old and young at his mansion.
Except for the young children who were still crying and crying, the rest of them had already closed their mouths under the toss of the soldiers, kneeling and shaking on the ground one by one.
"I beg Kou Xiang to circumvent his official life!"
After Qian Ping was caught out of the mansion, he shouted in horror and wanted to beg for mercy from Kou Ji, but before he rushed to the side of Kou Ji’s carriage, he was kicked over by Yang's Mansion Trilogy who was guarding the side of the carriage. Rolled on the ground twice before stopping.
A mouthful of black blood spurted out.
Kou Ji opened the carriage curtain and glanced at this middle-aged man who had been in the position of Beijing official after more than 20 years. He whispered, "I knew today, why bother? You have to lie down." To behave in the face of officials, you must be prepared to bear the anger of the officials."
"Kou Xiang..."
"seal!"
"..."
A fishy black cloth was stuffed into Qian Ping's mouth and thrown into the crowd of Qian Mansion.
The leader of Yulinwei took out a volume of documents, unfolded it in public, and read out the crimes of Qian Pingzhi in detail, and also read out Zhao Zhen's verdict on Qian Pingzhi.
"All female family members will be filled into the Jiaofang Division, and males will be killed without pardon..."
When the leader of the Yulin Guard yelled these words, everyone in the Qian Mansion was ashamed.
Some people wanted to cry out for help, but they were kicked and shut their mouths before they even spoke.
Kou Ji took the soldiers, and everyone in and out of Qian Mansion, rushed to the next place.
Not far from the Qian Mansion is the mansion of Lang Chengyong, the chief and guest member of the Ministry of Rites.
When Kou Jilu was walking through the Yong's Mansion, the gate of Cheng's Mansion was open, and Cheng Yong stood at the door, sweating all over, standing bowed.
Kou Ji opened the carriage curtain and glanced at Cheng Yong, who shuddered.
"You have to thank your third concubine's room. If it weren't for her to persuade you over and over again and let you only keep the money and don't deceive the officials, your whole family will die.
Huahai has been ups and downs for more than ten years, but it is not as clear as a woman.
You can be considered stupid. You can be fined one year's salary and all the shops in the house are confiscated. Do you have any objections? "
"Xiaguan, thank the officials for not killing..."
Cheng Yong replied tremblingly.
Kou Ji nodded without saying more, lowered the carriage curtain, and ordered the groom to move on.
Cheng Yong kept bend and drove Kou Ji to the end of the street, and collapsed to the ground with a thump, his clothes already infiltrated by sweat.
"Master..."
The old butler quickly ran to Cheng Yong's side, wanted to help Cheng Yong, but was stopped by Cheng Yong's hand, and said with lingering fear: "Go, tell everyone in the house, from now on, the third lady will be the eldest lady in the house.
She had the final say on the affairs of the house, who would dare not follow her, wait on her with sticks. "
"That lady..."
"Let her pack up and go back to her natal home. When she turns back, the old man will send someone to send and leave the book... If she didn't force the old man to open his eyes for her brother, why did the old man come here?"
"Master..."
"The old man has lost a layer of skin! Keeping that scourge, the old man will have to pay for his life sooner or later!"
"Here!"
"..."
Kou Ji led the soldiers to visit one by one according to the list given by Zhao Zhen. Some were as straight as money and instantly became prisoners. Some were like Cheng Yong, who were fined and confiscated.
Kou Ji spent the whole night in Bianjing City before visiting all the people on the list.
More than 6,000 people were arrested, of which more than 4,700 servants were distributed on the spot.
More than 800 female family members were charged to the Jiaofang Division, and more than 400 officials, large and small, and males in their families were escorted to the execution ground.
When the sun was rising, Kou Ji invited all officials from Bianjing to the execution ground to observe the punishment.
"cut!"
Kou Ji gave an order, and more than 400 officials, large and small, and the males in his family were beheaded.
The blood stained the execution ground, and the officials watching the punishment became more frightened.
After the monsters are cleaned up.
The imperial army quietly withdrew from Bianjing.
However, Bianjing City did not return to its former prosperity.
Apart from the hunters who patrolled the streets, only the stewards of the official residences were running around on the streets.
They are quickly peddling the properties of the mansion.
They were afraid that after the early hours of this morning, the Forbidden Army who had just withdrawn from Bianjing City would enter Beijing again.
Through Kou Ji, Zhao Zhen showed his determination to kill.
No one dares to hope that the three-day deadline set by Zhao Zhen will be variable.
After Kou Ji finished killing people, he did not leave, and remained sitting in the execution ground.
Someone asked Kou Ji why he stayed in the execution ground and didn't leave. Kou Ji said lightly, maybe he will have to kill tomorrow.
After this word spread, it really scared everyone.
The speed at which officials peddled the industry has accelerated a lot.
Yang Wenguang flashed past Kou Ji's eyes unconsciously.
It didn't take long before Kou Ji dangled again.
Kou Ji put down the token in his hand and glanced at Yang Wenguang, "Okay, don't turn it, just say anything."
Yang Wenguang heard the words and hurriedly stopped and said to Kou Ji: "Kou Xiang, brothers are waiting for your help. Seeing that the third day is about to pass. I can't take the soldiers to kill the brothers, right?"
Kou Ji pondered.
Yang Wenguang hurriedly said, "You promised to give your brothers a way to survive. The brothers believed in you, so they didn't do anything."
Kou Ji rolled his eyes and said, "Send someone to tell them that they will be separated quickly, and all the family business will be thrown to the branch without officials and no judges, and then they will go to Kaifeng Mansion to write a good household letter. Things are nailed to the iron plate."
Yang Wenguang was taken aback for a moment, and then exclaimed: "How can I not expect such a simple method."
Kou Ji glanced at Yang Wenguang and said quietly: "The method is simple, but the court approves it or not. Is it yours?"
Yang Wenguang's expression was bitter.
Kou Ji is right, splitting is also a way.
It's just that the imperial court approves or does not approve this move. It is Zhao Zhen and Kou Ji who have the final say.
The two of them agreed that the separation was even a solution.
The two of them didn't recognize it, and after the separation, they would both die.
Taking such a simple method, Wuchen couldn't think of it, but Wenchen would definitely be able to think of it.
But why didn't the civil servants use a relatively extreme method to force Zhao Zhen to be soft
It's because the civil servants knew that the division of the family was not counted, and they said it was not counted.
Zhao Zhen only issued an iron law that officials are not allowed to engage in business, but he did not lay down specific rules.
So in terms of details, only Zhao Zhen and Kou Ji have the final say.
So they dare not bet.
Seeing that Yang Wenguang was still there, Kou Ji reminded Yang Wenguang, "It's not early..."
When Yang Wenguang heard the words, he returned to God, and immediately sent people to the various residences to spread the word.
After receiving Yang Wenguang's message, the military ministers moved quickly.
One by one, they squeezed all the business in the house under the names of their brothers or sons, and then kicked them out of the house and set up a new door.
And went to Kaifeng Mansion specially, set up a separate register, and completely nailed the matter.
Civil and military officials busy tossing day and night.
In a flash, three days have passed.
There were four officials whose industry was too large to deal with. They were taken to the execution ground by the Yulin Guards, and decapitated at Kou Ji, and went to the Palace of the King of Gods.
As the fourth day passed quietly, the civil and military officials breathed a sigh of relief.
It was just the huge changes in Bianjing's commerce that caused Bianjing's commerce to fall into a dilemma.
The breath of killing did not dissipate cleanly, and the streets were very few pedestrians.
Nearly 60% of shops have their doors closed.
A diary report quietly appeared at the door of each house.
Unfamiliar businessmen quietly appeared in the city of Bianjing.
Those shops that were copied into the treasury opened their doors one by one.
After another five days of depression, Bianjing City resumed its prosperity.
One by one, young officials wearing soap horn hats walked through the various merchants in Bianjing, and a yamen named Taxation Department appeared quietly in front of everyone.
After reading the contents of the young people at home, the common people let go of their hearts one by one, opened their doors, and walked onto the streets after learning the contents of the Di Bao.
The people originally thought that after experiencing an event, Bianjing's vitality would be greatly injured.
But when the people showed up on the street, they found out.
Everything is as usual, even better than before.
The various exorbitant taxes and levies in the market are gone, and the evil servants who are chasing the small merchants and hawkers are gone.
Instead, there were small officials wearing soap horn hats.
The small officials came to the small merchants and hawkers. According to the position of the small merchants and hawkers, they set the business tax, put down the tax receipts, and left after taking the money.
The small merchants and hawkers got the tax stamps, and they were a little frightened, thinking that the court had sent a villain to squeeze them.
But when they did business for a day, and they didn't see the evil servants who collected taxes on weekdays and the gangsters who searched them, they were completely relieved.
Although the court did not have a famous saying, they clearly felt that the court had already taken back the right of commercial taxation.
From now on, those wicked people who exploited them by collecting commercial taxes will never show up again.
As long as they have paid the imperial commercial tax, they can do business with confidence.
The small merchants and vendors are cheering and shouting.
The people were also driven.
Only those big merchants are full of sad faces.
When the little officials wearing soap horn hats entered their shop, they showed their identities and asked to check the accounts, and announced the new rules of the thirteen taxes and one tax set by the court, and the new rules of the court for tax collection, The big merchants wailed.
The big merchants know that it is too difficult to evade tax in the future.
The new tax law of 13 taxes and one tax will take away a large amount of huge profits from them.
Of course, some people cheered.
Such as those pure merchants.
Because the tax collectors clearly told them that as long as they pay taxes in accordance with the rules, no one will make it difficult for them to do business in the future, and they no longer need to trust anyone or give gifts.
Others remain indifferent.
It was the shopkeepers who came out of the shops that were confiscated by the court.
They are the retired stewards of Kou, Li and Gao.
Now he came out again, just to help the court stabilize the market, and also to earn a family business for himself.
The imperial court set a very simple rule for them. Shop surfaces and goods are all converted into money. They only need to pay off the money converted into shops and goods within 20 years, and pay a certain amount of interest. Later, everything in the shop belonged to them.
They signed a contract with the court, and the contract also stated that the sooner the money is paid off, the lower the interest will be.
They calculated it a little bit, saw that the facade was profitable, and decisively concluded a contract with the court.
Although the imperial court's new tax law of 13 taxes and one tax is higher, they don't like it very much.
But they will not object.
Because they are still members of the court so far, after they have paid off their debts, they can leave the court and become pure merchants with a business.
In order to pay off the arrears as soon as possible, people with enthusiasm will sell them hard.
The unmotivated people were also driven by them and started selling.
Bianjing City was a bit more lively than before.
The civil and military officials looked at the sudden change of Bianjing City and sighed up to the sky.
Kou Ji and Zhao Zhen had more smiles on their faces.
Inside Shishi Hall.
Zhao Zhen held a document in his hand and said: "Fan Zhongyan just sent a document, and the Taxation Department collected nearly 20,000 tax dollars for the court in just one day today.
I am afraid there will be more in the future.
In one year, there are nearly seven million yuan in tax dollars.
It should be understood that the imperial court’s annual total business tax only hovered between 9 million to 12 million yuan.
Every year, the tax rights of Bianjing city merchants are sold at around 700,000 guan.
The rules laid down by the predecessors are really stupid, and they will make such a large amount of revenue in vain and make the villains cheap. "
Speaking of this, the smile on Zhao Zhen's face was stiff again. He gritted his teeth and said: "Those chaotic courtiers and thieves know that business tax can collect money for the court, but they all pretend to be deaf and dumb. It's damned to make money from the house.
Just one Bianjing city can contribute seven million yuan in taxes to the imperial court every year. The other places add up to a huge figure.
I used to reluctant to drink mutton soup in order to save money for the treasury.
I thought it was the royal family who consumed the people's anointing, which caused the treasury to become empty.
Now it seems that the royal family's expenditure is only a fraction of a fraction, and the real big head has been swallowed by them. "
Kou Ji groaned without speaking.
Zhao Zhen put down the paperwork, looked at Kou Ji, and asked, "What is the fourth brother thinking?"
Kou Ji said frankly: "Now Bianjing City is completely stabilized, but the commercial activities in other places have just begun.
The official should send someone to stare carefully. "
Zhao Zhen nodded and said: "In order to clean up these chaotic officials and thieves in Bianjing, I suppressed the Di Bao from appearing early, nor did the taxation department rush to surface.
This is not the case for the folks. I have already asked people to take advantage of the situation to send the mansion newspaper to the people when conveying my iron law, and let the taxation department's people appear in front of the people early.
I believe that the people will not make such a big noise in Bianjing. "
Kou Ji pondered: "Some folks will do a lot of foolish things for money, and officials have to guard against it."
Zhao Zhen nodded and said: "I have ordered the people from Wu Desi to watch, and also ordered all local soldiers and horses to be ready to dispatch at any time. As long as anyone dares to make trouble, I will let them know how powerful the court is."
Kou Ji nodded and did not speak any more.
Zhao Zhen looked at Kou Ji and smiled and said, "Four brothers dispatched soldiers and horses to Beijing, scaring everyone in Bianjing to worship. Nowadays, some folks sing that fourth brother is my first tiger minister in the Song Dynasty."
Kou Ji smiled indifferently: "My officials at the top and bottom of Song Dynasty are too soft and need to add some power."
Zhao Zhen nodded in agreement.
Kou Ji put away the smile on his face and said to Zhao Zhen: "The prince really wants to beg for the bones?"
When Zhao Zhen heard the words, there was no smile on his face, and he sighed slightly, and said: "Wang Zeng has made up his mind. He handed him three books, and I returned them all.
But he still didn't stop.
I sent Chen Lin to visit the palace, and Chen Lin said that Wang Zeng was in a bad state.
I will visit the palace in person in a few days.
The fourth brother first took a trip to see if Wang Zeng had any room for recovery. "
Kou Ji pondered for a while and nodded.
After bidding farewell to Zhao Zhen, Kou Ji left the palace and ordered the groom to drive to the palace.
The palace looked a little angry, as if it was infected by Wang Zeng's mood. There were no smiling faces in the palace.
When Kou Ji arrived at the palace, he sent someone to tell him.
Wang Yi, Wang Zeng's stepson, hurried to the door to welcome him.
Wang had three wives and gave birth to four sons and three daughters, but either died prematurely or died prematurely.
Wang Yi is the son of Wang Zeng's younger brother, Wang Jun.
After Wang Zeng's sons and daughters died and died prematurely, they adopted the name of Wang Zeng.
The longer Kou Ji stayed in the Song Dynasty, the more he felt that Zhao Heng was not a good emperor.
Even if the heirs of his own drug use were difficult to prosper, he also let his close loyal ministers accompany him to take drugs, causing these loyal officials to also have difficulties in prospering their children, such as Kou Zhun and Wang Zeng.
Ding Wei's heirs are prosperous.
So Kou Ji suspected that Ding Wei might have known the problem in Zhao Heng's medicine a long time ago.
Zhao Heng gave him countless elixirs, and he probably never took it.
Otherwise, there is no way to explain that close officials like Kou Zhun and Wang Zeng are extinct, but Ding Wei has a prosperous heir.
Xue Juzheng, not Zhao Heng, was the first celebrity in the Song Dynasty to obey Dan and lead to extinction.
Obviously there was Xue Juzheng's example before, but Zhao Heng had to obey the pill, so that he almost died out.
Therefore, in the history books, Zhao Zhen died of heirs, and could not blame others, but could only blame his father.
Zhao Heng harmed others and harmed himself, and he was also enshrined in the Taimiao, where thousands of people visited him.
Kou Ji felt he was really unworthy.
Kou Ji entered the palace under the leadership of Wang Yi, and smelled the strong flavor of soup in the backyard of the palace.
Wang Zeng's old wife sat at the door of the backyard with a sad face.
Seeing Kou Ji, the sadness on his face became even thicker.
Kou Ji saluted Wang Zeng's wife. Wang Zeng's wife sighed and told Wang Yi to take Kou Ji into the backyard.
As soon as he entered the backyard and arrived at the yard where Wang Zeng's bedroom was located, Kou Ji understood why Wang Zeng's old wife looked sad after seeing him.
Wang was swearing, but his anger was not enough.
"I'm not the Son of Man! I'm not the Son of Man!"
Kou Ji entered Wang Zeng's bedroom amid Wang Zeng's cursing. Wang Zeng saw Kou Ji. Before Kou Ji could speak, he raised the newspaper in his hand and shouted angrily: "With this thing, why don't you take it sooner? Come out, killing so many people in vain?"
Kou Ji sighed and said, "The officials won't let you..."
Wang Zeng stared and said, "You are the ruler. You can't leave everything to the official's temper. If the official wants to do harm to the world, don't you just watch it?"
Kou Ji shook his head and said: "The officials don't know..."
Wang Zeng cursed, "The official family will not, and the successors will not? The official family is the Mingjun, but no one can guarantee that every official from the Zhao family is a Mingjun!
If you indulge in such an indulgent officialdom in the future, it will be a catastrophic disaster. "
Kou Ji questioned: "So your civil servants have been constantly suppressing the imperial power, just to avoid the birth of a faint emperor and bring disaster to the world?"
Wang Zeng did not answer Kou Ji's question, but said viciously: "No one can guarantee that what he does is always right."
Kou Ji bluntly said: "If you make your country flourish and suppress the imperial power by the way, I can understand. But you have put almost all your thoughts on suppressing the imperial power, and almost ignore the others.
North Korea and China even formed a trend of opposition for the sake of opposition.
Under such circumstances, the imperial power was suppressed by you, but the country did not benefit from it.
The people are getting poorer and poorer.
In the end, only you group will benefit.
Your goal may be good, but the final result runs counter to your goal.
You eventually became the worms of the country, and the greatest scourge of the country.
From the moment you met me in Liaoyang Mansion, you have become a person who opposes for the sake of opposition.
Although you told me that you want to support me and the officials.
But you have always jumped out to stop or set up obstacles when the officials and I are going to do things.
What are the benefits to the country in doing so
What good will it do for you
Is it just for me and the officials to kill fewer people
But you see, even if you stop them, the damn people will die. Neither I nor the officials will be able to do anything, and you will not be able to save their lives.
Don't tell me that your king once had a bodhisattva heart.
When your king mentioned killing people with a knife, he was more reluctant than me and the official.
When the officials asked you to check the world and always close positions, you killed a lot of people. "