Chapter 471
They, the generals, were fighting the Yellow Turbans to death, while Liu Bei was hiding behind and stealing corpses, which made everyone despise him for what he did.
Especially the two brothers, Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu, who had come here specifically to mix their seniority. Li Linfei had killed Zhang Liang and Zhang Bao and they had no way to say anything, after all, it was the two thieves' leaders who were not long-suffering and it was Li Linfei who killed them, while Liu Bei was red-handedly stealing their military achievements.
Although he stole Zhang Jiao's corpse, he was only made a county magistrate under the Yuan family's manipulation, and was not even qualified to enter the capital to face the sage.
Li Linfei was one of the few people in the imperial court who had a good reputation among the eunuchs and the family.
The only person who didn't like him was the butcher He Jin, but Li Linfei didn't bother with a pig killer.
This opened Dong Zhuo's eyes and his mind to the idea of slave trade. After this reward, he would return to Xiliang, where the population was sparse, but the border was a great place for the Hu people.
The same is the labour force, the same is the slaves, the Han Chinese can do it, the Hu people can also do it, the big deal is to sell them cheaper, from time to time go out to catch a few to supplement the family is also good.
After the people returned to Luoyang, Liu Hong summoned them to see him at the first opportunity.
The reward was just a process, which had been decided long before, and Li Linfei became the General of Yangzhou as he wished, but unfortunately, apart from the taxes of Huiji, other counties still had to pay taxes.
The other generals were also rewarded as in history, and after the court meeting, Liu Hong had Li Linfei invited to his study.
"I didn't expect that in just one year, you would have grown to this level." Liu Hong looked at Li Linfei for a while before he slowly said.
"Luck luck luck, if it wasn't for Your Majesty's discerning eye, I wouldn't have been able to beat this step." Li Lin^fei said.
"Well, count on your heart, but, just my agar jelly is a bit insufficient, can you supply a bit more." Liu Hong said.
Qiongju Yulu is the business that Li Linfei did in Huiji, the system gave the method of making wine, and after making it, he gave some to Liu Hong as tribute. ,
This is good to say, it is just wine, as much as you want, but what do you take in exchange?
He said with hesitation, "Your Majesty, this wine is very difficult to brew and consumes a lot of grain, so if you want to offer it in large quantities, I don't have so much money!
Liu Hong did not know about this, but when he heard Li Linfei's words, he instantly felt that it made sense, after all, only Li Linfei's Huaiji was sold in the whole world, so it must be extremely difficult to brew and the production was not high.
But again, he was so fond of fine wine that he had to ask, "How much does it cost?"
When Li Linfei heard Liu Hong ask this, his heart immediately burst with joy.
"I don't know how much fine wine Your Majesty wants." He asked.
Liu Hong frowned and thought for a moment, he was tempted to say the more the better, but when he thought about it, it wasn't too realistic, so he said, "The amount of two altars a day must be guaranteed."
Li Linfei nodded and pretended to calculate. Liu Hong did not rush when he saw Li Linfei pondering, and waited patiently, as it was after all about his own fine wine.
After a while, Li Linfei said with a difficult look on his face, "If we want to guarantee the supply of a thousand jars of fine wine every year, I am afraid that it will take half of Yangzhou's taxes, and the taxes here are the taxes that are paid to the court."
Liu Hong was shocked to hear Li Linfei's words, half of Yangzhou's tax, what a huge amount!
But when he thought of the current price of the wine on the market, he was relieved and said with a wave of his hand, "If you provide two thousand altars a year, I will waive the tax for the whole Yangzhou region."
In Liu Hong's opinion, if Li Linfei accepted the offer, he would still make a profit, because after all, the county of Huiji was also in Yangzhou, so he would have exempted the tax of Huiji.
Li Linfei looked at Liu Hong in amazement, he was still struggling to pay taxes in the future, but he didn't expect that Liu Hong would give him such a good opportunity to escape taxes, how could he let it go?
"Little Fei, have you taken a wife yet?" Liu Hong suddenly asked this.
Li Linfei first froze, then said, "At the moment, no."
"Oh, that's good." Liu Hong said.
Chapter 472
"I have a daughter, as you know, Xiao Fei." Liu Hong said.
Li Linfei nodded his head.
"Wannian has reached the age of ten, I also need to start looking for a husband for her, do you as her cousin have any interest in her?" Liu Hong said with a sudden turn of phrase.
Princess Wannian his cousin in this world was Liu Hong's first empress, Empress Song, who gave birth to Princess Wannian for Liu Hong, nominally Wannian was still his niece, he had met her a few times before when she lived in Luoyang, a very cute little girl.
He suddenly thought of the crimes of Dong Zhuo in history, and Wannian was the very princess who suffered, and, somewhat uncomfortable with the thought, decided to try to save her: "I wonder if Your Majesty has a candidate?"
"Actually, my candidate is you!" Liu Hong said with a burning gaze.
Li Linfei was dumbfounded! Liu Hong actually wanted to make himself his: son-in-law. Although Princess Wannian was not much related to Li Linfei, she was, after all, his nominal niece.
"Your Majesty, after all, Wannian is my niece, so I am afraid I do not have such a blessing." Li Linfei said.
Liu Hong nodded his head, although Li Linfei had refused his proposal, he had reasons and justifications, even though he could have used his power as emperor to force Li Linfei to marry Wannian, he did not do so, Liu Hong considered himself to be a reasonable and principled person.
"This time when you return to Yangzhou for your appointment, take Wannian with you. " Li Linfei was puzzled, did he want to cultivate a relationship with Wannian himself?
But looking at Liu Hong's expression seems to have unspeakable secrets ah, Liu Hong saw Li Linfei's doubts, silent half a long time or say the reason: "Wang Beauty's matter you should have heard, at first for the sake of discerning children, I endured"
"Although Wannian is a daughter, she is not happy in the palace, that bitch even instigated the palace maids to bully her at every turn, she still thinks I don't know.
"He Jin that butcher has now united with the lineage families in the court and is becoming more and more powerful, if something bad happens to Wannian in the future, it is not good for me to do anything with that bitch, but you are Wannian's uncle, if she goes to you, you are now in the limelight in the lineage families, I believe that He Jin will not dare to do anything to you."
Liu Hong's explanation made sense, Li Linfei was moved, Liu Hong wouldn't just take the matter of Wang Mei out and say something, Wannian, the little girl, wasn't easy either, not to mention that he and He Jin had actually made a bond.
When Liu Hong wanted to give himself the Yangzhou pastor, he came out and jumped up and down, saying he was recruiting stragglers with the intention of plotting against God, if not for his own good performance in front of Liu Hong.
If he hadn't done his homework in front of Liu Hong, the position of Yangzhou Shepherd might not have been available to him. Since he had already made an enemy, Li Linfei wasn't afraid of more and agreed after a moment's hesitation.
As for what will happen to Princess Wannian in the future, it is not something he needs to consider. When Liu Hong saw Li Linfei's agreement, he had Wannian picked up and invited Li Linfei for a meal, and then had him lead Wannian away.
Although Wannian was young, he had grown up in the palace and was not young at heart, so he followed Li Linfei and left without crying or making a fuss, looking very well behaved.
Li Linfei did not visit other ministers in the court afterwards, after all, his army was stationed outside the city and he needed to leave as soon as possible.
The next day, he said goodbye to Liu Hong and left Luoyang. Surprisingly, Qiao Xuan, the First Lieutenant, also resigned from his post and followed Li Linfei.
Qiao Xuan's hometown was in Yangzhou, under the rule of Li Linfei, and the famous Big and Little Qiao of later times was his daughter.
"Yun, I heard that you are running that Huijie academy with great success, how about Qiao, who is not talented, would like to teach there?" Qiao Xuan asked, stroking his white beard.
Li Linfei was stunned at his words. If even the First Lieutenant Qiao Xuan wanted to teach at his academy, then the reputation of his Huijie academy would be completely opened up, if it was famous in the whole Jiangnan region before, it would be famous in the whole of the Great Han.
Qiao Xuan's reputation among the scholars might be greater than Cai Yong's, but he definitely had more disciples than Cai Yong, and no one could ignore the influence of a lieutenant, even if he had resigned.
Qiao Xuan was then asked to be the vice-president of the Huijie Academy, on a par with Cai Yong, while the main director was Li Linfei himself.
It was the first time that little Wannian had ever been out of the palace. She was originally sitting in a carriage and insisted on coming out, but she couldn't ride a horse, so Li Linfei had no choice but to ride with her.
Finally, after a month's travel, they returned to Huiji. Unlike his first visit a year earlier, its population had now more than doubled and the city had expanded considerably, which still gave Li Linfei a sense of achievement.
Before the Sui Dynasty, the Jiangnan region was not well developed, and it was only after the opening of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal that the economy slowly rose.
Knowing the potential of Jiangnan, Li Linfei spent a great deal of energy developing the city of Huiji, and with the help of a few great sages, it would not be long before the economy of Huiji and Yangzhou as a whole was no worse than that of the central and northern regions.
Chapter 473
Back in Yangzhou less than a year ago, only an hour into the real world, after a year of development by Li Linfei, Yangzhou had a brand new look.
In order to develop intelligence, he secretly set up an intelligence organization, the Black Clothes Guards, which has developed over the year and is almost all over the southeast of the Great Han, more so in the central plain if the imperial capital, Luoyang.
Although there is the system as an external hang-up, but what should be there is still necessary, otherwise it is not clear where Li Linfei's intelligence is coming from.
One day, Guo Jia, who was in charge of intelligence, reported.
"Lord, not long ago, news came from Luoyang that He Jin had once again impeached you in front of the emperor, saying that you had embraced your own army, but fortunately, we kept bribing the Ten Permanent Servants and the patriarchs in the court before, and with their assurance, Liu Hong rejected He Jin's proposal." Guo Jia said to Li Linfei."
"Is it that butcher again?" Li Linfei said with disdain.
Ever since he came to this world and accepted the identity the system had assigned to him, He Jin the butcher had been targeting himself, this was not the first time, originally this kind of cricket he could care less, it was just that he was able to speak in front of Liu Hong, to a certain extent it would affect Liu Hong's judgment, he did not want to start a rebellion early, he was not ready for it, if not for fear of affecting his mission, he would have killed his way into Luoyang.
After all, without the brain-damaged He Jin, Dong Zhuo would not have entered the capital, and if Dong Zhuo did not enter the capital, the Great Han would not exist in name only, and he would not be able to start a rebellion.
At the moment, the Han Dynasty still had a very high status in the hearts of the common people and the scholarly clans. As to why He Jin was targeted at every turn, in Li Linfei's view it was a case of inferiority complex.
He is Liu Hong's former brother-in-law, but he is stronger than his current brother-in-law in every way, his life is getting better and better, and he is getting more and more inferior, which is the same reason why a hanger-on will be hostile to a rich and handsome man, and an ugly woman does not like a beautiful woman.
"Yes! We've lost a lot of money because of He Jin." Guo Jia said, he was currently running the Black Cloth Guards, and if he wanted to get help, he would inevitably have to go and give gifts.
"Let's let him have his fun for a while first." Li Linfei said.
"Yes, my lord." Guo Jia said.
But after he finished he didn't leave yet.
"Feng Xiao still has something to do? " Li Linfei asked.
"Lord, in accordance with your orders, the Black Cloth Guards have infiltrated the Wei family for almost a year now." Guo Jia said.
Hearing this, Li Linfei asked, "What have you found, say."
Wei Zhongdao's health was bar none, why did he suddenly die of illness, there must be something wrong here, he had to save the talented Miss Cai Wenji.
"After Miss Cai and Wei Zhongdao got married a year ago, somehow Wei Zhongdao became very sick and could not get up, to the extent that medicine and stones were difficult to cure, he died three months ago, the people of the Wei family said that she had killed Wei Zhongdao, the front end time Miss Cai then could not bear the cynicism of the Wei family so she ran back." Guo Jia said.
Li Linfei's brow couldn't help but frown, at first he had given Wei Zhongdao a full body checkup and could guarantee that he was healthy and definitely not physically ill, what was going on!
"My Lord, after the Black Cloth Guard's check-up, it's not really a big secret." Guo Jia said.
"What's the reason?" Li Linfei asked.
"There are many Wei family direct descendants, but there is only one future family head position, and Wei Zhongdao's position in the Wei family is not low, his death is good for the competitors, so there are three Wei family direct descendants involved in this matter." Guo Jia said.
"This kind of thing is really possible, the bigger the family the more nasty it is full of nastiness." Li Linfei sighed, he had watched too much of these things in the midst of TV dramas, fortunately he was not from any big family.
"Feng Xiao, just send something over in the name of my family to offer condolences." Li Linfei said.
Guo Jia nodded, after all, Cai Yan was no ordinary person, the daughter of the great Confucian Cai Yong, and if he married her, it would help Li Linfei's career.
In the next few days, Li Linfei took care of his official business for a few days and instantly felt a headache, and after very irresponsibly handing over his affairs to Xi Zhicai, he once again became the most irresponsible of state pastors.
When he had nothing else to do, Li Linfei went to see Xi Zhicai and the others to condole with them.
It was fortunate that Li Linfei had taken care of his health and sent him tonic medicine from time to time, otherwise his sickly body would have fallen ill.
He never complained about it, and he worked tirelessly on Li Linfei's behalf, and his loyalty was already overwhelming.
As for Guo Jia, he was the most idle person, usually going to Cai Yong's side to read and occasionally handle his own affairs, living a life of great leisure, but several people also knew that Guo Jia's most outstanding talent was in the military.
Now that there is no war, there is no use for his ghostly military talent, and it is a pity that it is used in politics. It's a bit of a pity that they didn't push him.
As for Cheng Yu, a few of the officials recruited by Li Lin Fei are now placed in the most suitable positions and are considered Li Lin Fei's inner circle, and can be brought up after some time.