Chapter 576
"Have you met the Marquis!"
"Hello, Marquis!"
People in the martial arts world don’t say any auspicious words, but that’s not enough. At this time, facing unknown possibilities, all the big guys with a stinky face have learned auspicious words.
Li Mu got off the horse and Bai Naoer hurriedly came up. When outsiders were present, Li Mu always talked about Bai Naoer with great respect. In the social environment of the Tang Dynasty, he could only do this. This is an era of advocating filial piety and benevolence and righteousness. No matter what reason he has, Bai Naoer is his father-in-law after all. If he is disrespectful, he will be criticized.
Li Mu asked Bai Naoer to sit down and signaled everyone to sit down. For today's "game", Bai Naoer brought dozens of benches from somewhere, so there was no need to worry about not being able to sit down.
Li Mu did not sit down, but stood beside Bai Naoer, which made Bai Naoer very uncomfortable.
"I'll call you here today, and I'll notify you about a few things."
Everyone's ears suddenly stood up. Some slightly smart people noticed Li Mu's words. He was talking about notifications, not negotiations. The people present were at least big bosses from Yifang. How could they not understand the meaning of the difference in the word? It seems that the Hongmen Banquet was held today, and he never thought about discussing with anyone.
"Now the neighbors in Chang'an City are too messy." Li Mu waved his hand in disappointment and said, "It's so messy. For example, a few days ago, the urban management brigade under the Jinyiwei of the Inner Ministry of Justice had appeared in confrontation with the unruly people who appeared when they were cleaning up the road to operate!"
When many people heard the word "disobedient", they changed their faces. These people knew exactly what was going on. Because the "urban management brigade" that emerged suddenly disrupted their originally calm "looking at the venue" business. Some people were unhappy and instructed their subordinates to stumbling. But they also knew that the general situation was not contrary to each other, so they all resisted symbolically for a few times, and finally admitted their conscience.
Unexpectedly, Li Mu actually brought it up at the beginning.
"I, Qiu Zhen'er, just investigated it casually. The results of the investigation disappointed me very much." Li Mu waved his hand and heard uniform footsteps suddenly sounding around him. I don't know how many people stepped together to make such a loud sound. Everyone was frightened and stood up and looked around. Then they saw that at some point, Jingdong Ji had been surrounded by the imperial guards.
Although they are all known as 'one bosses', after all, they are just gangsters. Who has experienced this kind of formation? No matter how calm the person is, he has lost his soul at this time. Someone said in a frightened manner: "Marquis! What does this mean? I have never offended Marquis!"
"I know, I didn't say you offended me." Li Mu smiled and said, "If you offended me, your life would have been gone long ago. This is to let you have a better memory and teach you the truth. Don't be lucky. Things you shouldn't do. If you do it, you will come to your door sooner or later."
After the words came, the imperial guards surrounded him and gradually became unconscious. Several guards walked out of the queue, holding portraits in their hands, searched among the "big bosses", found the people in the portraits, and tied them up with their hands.
Someone was about to shout, and was punched, lost several teeth, and stuffed his mouth with a linen.
After all arrested, a lieutenant ran to Li Mu and said, "Marty, according to the people in the picture, he arrested a total of twelve people, and one of them was not there."
"Yeah." Li Mu nodded and grinned, "It's very good. I've sent a message to ask someone to come, but there are still people who dare not come. It seems that the foundation behind it is very strong. But I just like to fight head-on. The captain sent a team of people to catch all the people who didn't come. I just said that it was what I said. Whoever dared to protect me was against me, Li Mu. If you have the ability, you can think about it yourself!"
The captain took the order and left, and several tied "big guys" were pressed to kneel on the ground. Fang Yiai took his team members to come in from the road where the imperial guards made way out, replaced the imperial guards who tied the people and escorted these people.
Li Mu saw Li Chengqian at the end of the queue, and was still so dark and thin, but his temperament had quietly changed. Seeing such a scene, he was no longer panicked.
"Everyone, don't panic. Those arrested are all those who commit crimes. If you haven't committed crimes, don't worry." He walked to the tied people, looked at them, and said to Fang Yiai: "The Fang Team is the official, the Chang'an City Management Ordinance, what kind of sentencing law should the crime they committed?"
Fang Yiai said loudly: "When the Marquis returns to the Marquis, these people have violated the law by urging the public to violate the law to fight the Chang'an City plan. According to the management regulations, they should be detained for half a month and fined twenty cents!"
"Detention," Li Mu asked knowingly: "What does detention mean, explain."
"Detention, detention, detention, service, labor service. Half a month of detention means fifteen days of labor service, and you must be imprisoned in prison."
"Oh, then is there any alternative? You see, these people are all well-known, and the street corvee service may not match their identities."
Fang Yiai looked at her eyes and continued to answer: "Report to the Marquis, there is a solution to this problem in the law. Detention is less than three months, and it is considered a minor offender. Those who commit minor offenders can replace detention with silver and money. The standard is to calculate ten trump cards every day. For their crimes, only if no one pays 150 trump cards can be exempted from the crime. However, if they commit again within one year, they will be punished with both crimes, and the detention and fines will be doubled."
"Is there such a good thing?" Li Mu looked down at one of them and said, "Brother, what do you think? Are you planning to detain or pay the money?"
This man was so scared that he fought two people, but 170 stakes were not a small amount of money for him. Although he had a yard of land as his territory and had a lot of investments every year, he also needed to manage his own affairs. There was still a rogue under his command to expect him to have a meal, but in fact, not many of them fell into his pocket, 170 stakes, which really hurt.
"If you offend the Marquis, we will accept the punishment, but this one hundred and seventy-sixty stakes is too much. Can you lose it?"
“Less?”
"Hey, less."
"Bang!" A big mouth made the man stagger and spit out a mouthful of blood. Everyone was frightened, and they all staggered their sights and dared not speak.
"Lower? I can't afford it, so don't offend me. If I offend me, I still want to bargain? Are you doing business with you?" Li Mu spat and said, "I tell you that I can collect your money today because I am kind. I also think of your first offense. The next time I will offend me again, I will throw you under the Baqiao to feed the fish. I will say what I say. If I don't believe it, you can try it!"
No one dared to speak, Li Mu snorted and continued, "This is the first thing, the second thing is to tell you. From today on, there will be no territorial saying in the city of Chang'an City. Those who follow me will prosper, and those who go against me will perish. No matter who the power behind you is, you are the dragon, you are the tiger, and you are the bully, you are the bully, you are the bully, you are the bully, you are the bully, you are the bully, you are the bully, you are the whole thing to listen to me, and all the interests will be allocated by me."
Still no one said anything. When they first heard this, everyone thought Li Mu was crazy, but after thinking about it, he did have this strength. This is a person who had just promoted the new policy, which made the five surnames and Qiwang and all the officials of the court unable to do anything about him. Who can stop him? Even if there is someone behind him, who is his opponent?
"From now on, the 108 yards of Chang'an City need to be uniformly dispatched. What are the interests? They will also be uniformly divided to avoid internal consumption."
"You all know that I am from the Ministry of Works. The Ministry of Works is the yamen for building houses. Doing things is the same as building a house. The focus is on building a tall building on the ground. Whether the foundation is stable or not, how to build a house is just a knowledge."
"Most houses have three bays, meaning the heaven, earth, and man. Two beams are added in the middle, plus the front beam, and the back beam are four beams, with each beam having one column at both ends. In this way, eight columns also represent all four directions. Three bays, four beams, and eight columns form the foundation of a house, which is called "four beams and eight columns."
"In the future, the same is true for Chang'an City. The east and west cities are divided into half, two beams, four pillars, one beam, and two pillars, and are in charge of affairs. Above the four beams and eight pillars, there are three talents in heaven, earth, man and others, who are in charge of affairs. Above the three talents, there is a dragon leader, and everyone must be the main leader and not disobey. Those who violate the dragon head will be punished together."
"Today, I will meet with you brothers and I will inform you of this news. Three days later, I will gather again and recommend the four pillars. In the past three days, you can contact each other and fight for yourself. You can also find a way to get rid of me, so that you will still be the same as before and do not have to be controlled by me. I will give you time, but in three days, if I am still standing here, it is imperative. If you oppose me again, you will be dead and no one can save you!"
After saying that, Li Mu waved his hand and the imperial guards made way: "I'm done, you can go."
The bosses of the whole house stood up silently, and there was no one talking. They were already a little stupid because of the impact. Who can bear the sudden change? After eating for more than ten years, they smashed the rice bowl and broke the ground. They couldn't even pick it up. Who can accept this!
Everyone had the heart to kill Li Mu, but they were helpless, and they couldn't do it. This mixed sense of helplessness almost made them mentally collapse. Many people's feet became weak when they walked out of Jingdongji.
Fang Yiai begs the people tied up to collect the money. Li Mu also told them that those who did not come today would beat them up and fine them double the fine. It would be fined to destroy their power, and there is no need to kill them all. If they have brains and have accumulated money, they can still be rich, but if they don’t have brains and want to resist stubbornly, then throw them into the river to feed the fish, there is nothing to say.
Everyone dispersed, Bai Naoer welcomed Li Mu to the grocery store for tea, and Ergou was also with him. Bai Naoer felt itchy and couldn't help it. She watched Li Mu put down the teacup, rubbed his hands and asked, "Good son-in-law, you just said Longtou didn't know, do you have any arrangements?"
Li Mu looked at him and said deliberately: "I said everything, of course there is."
"Then I"
"Father-in-law, do you look in the mirror and feel like a faucet?"
"Uh," Bai Naoer choked and murmured: "No, no, no..."
"Why isn't it like this!" Li Mu suddenly laughed and said, "Father-in-law, you should be a little confident. You are my father-in-law, although you are not a good person, but you have to give birth to a good daughter. It doesn't matter whether you look like a dragon or not. I'll let you think of it, but you have to remember one thing: a dragon can be a dragon, but you can't pretend to understand and point fingers. If you can do this, it doesn't matter if you are the dragon."
"Can, can, can!" Bai Naoer didn't expect such a reversal, and she was so happy that her back teeth came out: "Son-in-law, I will definitely not talk nonsense. I will do whatever you ask me to do. I will say whatever you ask me to say. I will just be a decoration for you, and I will say nothing."
"Okay, that's it. White Dragon Head, congratulations first."
"Hey, thank you son-in-law."
Li Mu got up, Bai Naoer kept delivering it to the door, watching him get on the horse, and he refused to go back to the house. He kept watching Li Mu leave the door, and then he reluctantly retracted his gaze.
...
Because Li Mu mobilized the imperial guards, the news soon reached Li Shimin's ears. After hearing Eunuch Gao say the matter from beginning to end, Li Shimin frowned and said, "What is Li Mu doing again? Isn't he going to take a vacation? Why did he cause trouble again? This kid really can't calm down."
Eunuch Gao noticed Li Shimin's face. Although he was puzzled, he was not angry and said carefully: "Your Majesty, I think that Mr. Zhulu is determined this time."
Li Shimin looked at him and said, "Talk for that kid again?"
"How dare I? Just tell the truth." Seeing that Li Shimin was not angry, Eunuch Gao continued, "Your Majesty, you forgot that the last time you saw the prince being embarrassed by a few troublemakers? I later found out that someone was instructed by the unruly couple."
"Instruction?"
"Yes." Eunuch Gao explained: "It turns out that there are unwritten rules in this market. For example, if you can set up a stall in a street, it seems messy, but in fact it is in order. There are scoundrels and scoundrels. If you pay the protection fee, you can do business safely. If you don't pay, they will make trouble and make your business unable to complete. If you pay more money, the location will be good. If you pay less, the location will be bad."
"The Urban Management Brigade cleared the road and affected the investment of many people, so they instigated some troublemakers to make things difficult for them. The prince was so angry that he just heard about what Zhulu Hou was doing today, and the old slave thought, maybe Zhulu Hou was venting his anger for the prince."
"Haha," Li Shimin snorted and said, "I think you've been simple."
Eunuch Gao said strangely: "Does there still be a deep meaning?"
"Li Mu did things in one fell swoop. If he vented his anger for the prince, he would vent his anger even if he beat him up. Why should he be so troublesome?" Li Shimin said confidently: "Although I don't know what he planned, I can be sure that he has a purpose. Don't worry about it for now. You will know the difference in three days."
Chapter completed!