Datang: Huchi served as a bodyguard, but refused to enter the court as an official

But within a few days, the extremely fierce local bandits broke into the city and destroyed it.

But Yueyang Tower is real.

In fact, the three famous buildings in the south of the Yangtze River that have been handed down from later generations can all be seen now.

The Yueyang Tower was built in the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Yellow Crane Tower was built in the Three Kingdoms period, and even the Tengwang Pavilion, which appeared at the latest, has begun to take shape.

Because Tengwang Pavilion was originally built by Tengwang Li Yuanying, the son of Li Yuan.

At noon the next day, Liu Bai came to the Yueyang Tower.

The Yueyang Tower of later generations was in a scenic area, but now it is in a barren area.

Basically, few people can be seen here all year round.

Standing at the gate of Yueyang Tower, there is a torrential river under your feet.

This is where the Yangtze River and Dongting Lake connect, and it is also the only way for water bandits in Dongting Lake.

After they plunder from upstream or downstream, they usually choose to rest here.

Looking inside Yueyang Tower, you can even see some daily necessities that have not been used for a long time.

Smoke was still rising from the fire in the middle of the room.

It was clear that someone left not long ago.

Liu Bai felt a little regretful.

"Unfortunately, I couldn't see the water bandit with my own eyes."

He really wanted to see how arrogant the water bandits in Dongting Lake could be.

Safety issues are not within his scope of consideration, but something that Xue Li should worry about.

If he was not fully sure, Xue Li would not agree to bring them here.

Although Liu Bai didn't know what preparations Xue Li had made in advance, he had sufficient confidence and 100% trust in Xue Li.

The two wives were at home, and a kid also came down, standing on the edge of Yueyang Tower, looking at the beautiful scenery in the distance.

In fact, where is there any beauty to speak of?

Except for the chaotic grass, it is still a chaotic grass, except for the lake water, it is still the lake water.

On the contrary, the small animals running around are rather wild, as if they were frightened by something.

It was a pity that Liu Bai couldn't feel the magnificence of Yueyang Tower in the poem.

He also lost interest in staying any longer, and returned to the carriage, intending to go directly to the place where the Money Printing Bureau was located.

The money printing bureau is not far from here.

Even a slow walk for two or three hours is enough.

After the four of them got into the carriage, Xue Li yawned big.

He took out a dagger from his pocket and carved several symbols on the door frame of Yueyang Tower.

The carriage continued to move forward, before going far, several figures suddenly appeared at the entrance of Yueyang Tower.

One of them, stretching his neck, carefully looked at the marks left by Xue Li.

He curled his lips and said, "Let everyone out!"

While speaking, a large group of people suddenly emerged from the surrounding grass.

The grass here is tall and dense, and there are seventy or eighty people hiding there, but there is no trace at all.

Half of them are dressed in the same way, and the rest of them have everything, but they can't hide their ferocity.

The leader touched his chin.

"Look at the meaning, the young master should go to the money printing bureau. If I knew it, I wouldn't have worked so hard to catch a group of water bandits for the young master to watch!"

He grunted a few times and waved his hand.

puff puff!

In an instant, the ground was covered with blood

Chapter 1612 Has the imperial court spent too much money in the past two years?

According to historical records, during the Kaiyuan period, Yuezhou had a total of 160 households, 21 townships, and less than 3 males.

For a state, this is already one of the best places in the Tang Dynasty with a small population.

However, there is a shocking fact that there are no less than [-] hidden water bandits in the eight hundred miles of Dongting Lake.

You must know that these 5 people are all young and middle-aged, and if you count the number of their family members, it will not be less than twice this number.

The only style here is chaos.

Chaos destroyed all order, and the common people had no life at all.

Almost every household is inextricably linked with water bandits. Some people are even ordinary people. Once they find a good way to make money, they immediately turn into water bandits.

As the saying goes, the wild fire is endless, and the spring breeze blows again. The court does not know how many times to suppress it, but still can't get any gains.

It's not because the imperial court is incompetent, but because it's so easy to hide people in Dongting Lake, which is eight hundred miles away.

One hundred thousand troops entered it, and they might not even find a single hair.

The last time Yuezhou City was destroyed was not long ago.

But now, on the former site of Yuezhou City, construction has begun again.

Liu Bai didn't think there would be such a stupid person, what's the point of repairing it today and breaking it tomorrow?

After he asked Xue Li to ask the workers, he realized that it was the court's arrangement.

I don't know which unlucky ghost was sent here by the emperor to build the city.

One look at the emperor shows no sincerity.

If he really wanted to build this city, he should at least send tens of thousands of troops to guard it.

Seeing thousands of craftsmen working in full swing, even the young Wang Chen couldn't help but be full of doubts.

"Brother Liu, has the imperial court spent too much money in the past two years? Even if you have money, there is no such way to spend it?"

Before Liu Bai spoke, Xue Li smiled.

"It's probably our emperor, so what's wrong with holding back, he never does useless work."

Liu Bai sneered and said, "You know him quite well."

Xue Li shrugged his shoulders.

"Master, you are not here, and you have left us in Chang'an City for the past few years, so you have a deep understanding of the emperor's abilities. Let me tell you the truth, don't be unhappy. If you really enter the court, I'm afraid you will be tricked by the emperor. "

Liu Bai waved his hand indifferently.

What Xue Li said was the truth, and this was one of the reasons why he never thought about entering the court as an official.

Liu Bai couldn't judge the emperors before the Tang Dynasty, but he can be sure that after the Tang Dynasty, any emperor in any dynasty would be far from being able to match Li Er.

Whether it is from a strategic height or a whimsical idea, Li Er can definitely rank among the first few emperors of all dynasties!

If Liu Bai entered the court, he would definitely be constrained by his status.

At that time, it will not be a question of being played around by the emperor, but a question of whether he can survive.

In fact, when Xue Li asked those craftsmen why they built the city, Liu Bai guessed what the emperor was thinking.

The purpose of building this city is to be attacked by others!

Everyone in the DPRK knows about the Money Printing Bureau.

Ever since the emperor announced that he would select young talents to serve as envoys to foreign countries, most people knew that the location of the Money Printing Bureau was in Yuezhou.

In fact, the existence of the Money Printing Bureau, although it cannot make all the senior officials above the court feel insecure, the reality is not much worse.

They will definitely do their best to prevent the emperor from interfering in the internal affairs of the money printing bureau.

This is also the reason why Liu Bai chose to let those royal family relatives become members of the money printing bureau.

Doing so can reduce a lot of resistance.

But now, the emperor needs a suitable reason to hold Yuezhou City firmly in his hands.

Well, the reason is now there.

If it was for the purpose of suppressing bandits, even if the imperial court sent millions of troops, the officials would have no reason to stop them.

Sometimes, things in court are so simple, as long as you have a suitable reason and enough evidence, then you can do anything within the rules.

The carriage entered the 'ruins' of Yuezhou City.

Pairs of eyes glanced back and forth at the carriage from the surrounding houses.

There is no lack of doubt, no fear, and no lack of hostility.

The expressions of the two wives and the kid all looked a little unnatural.

Liu Bai comforted them softly.

"Xue Li, go to the government office!"

Liu Bai gave up the idea of ​​going directly to the money printing bureau.

He needs to see Li Dunru, governor of Yuezhou, immediately.

Of course, seeing Li Dunru is not the main purpose.

It's because the unlucky ghost sent by the imperial court to oversee the construction of the city must be with Li Dunru.

He needed to give that hapless ghost enough warning.

In case that guy messes up the plans of the Liu family.

Different from other places, Yuezhou Governor's Mansion is not in the "ruins" of Yuezhou City, but in the barracks of Yuezhou Mansion Soldiers.

This is for security reasons, understandably.

What Liu Bai really couldn't understand was how cowardly Li Dunru, governor of Yuezhou, should be?

Even though the government office was in the barracks, he actually set up six crossbows at the entrance of the government office? !

In the current era, things like the eight-ox crossbow belonged to weapons such as primitive killers.

What was sent out was not a crossbow bolt, but a fucking siege chisel!

With one shot, seven or eight cavalrymen can be shot through in a row!

The most important thing is that this thing is expensive to make. I am afraid that Li Dunru has placed all the eight-ox crossbows he can find in Yuezhou at the door of his house.

Seeing this scene, Xue Li's jaw almost fell to the ground.

Being able to use a siege weapon as a defensive weapon is probably the only one in the world.

Liu Bai patted Xue Li on the back and asked him to send the greeting card.

On the carriage, there is a military mark posted by Xue Li, and it is unimpeded to enter the barracks.

Right now, Li Dunru probably doesn't know that someone has entered his 'dangerous range'.

After waiting for a long time, the gate of Yuezhou Governor's Mansion slowly opened.

A large number of people hurried out from inside.

The leader was a middle-aged fat man with a wretched appearance.

Li Dunru is also a royal family.

It's a pity that it's just a royal family out of five servers.

In terms of blood relationship, maybe the beggars in Chang'an City are closer to him and the emperor than him.

Basically, it was because of the surname Li that I leaned on it.

Anyone can see that this fellow is an out-and-out Han Chinese.

The Li royal family has a deep Xianbei bloodline.

Sometimes Liu Bai suspects that Li Er's hair itself is curly, and someone straightens it for him every night.