Wu Qiong's loud shout immediately made the atmosphere on the scene subtle.

Fang Yong stroked the hilt of the knife around his waist. As for King Zhou Jian of Qi, he half-kneeled up, spread his hands, and said with an innocent expression:

"This little brother should be Commander Wu, the commander of the Jinyiwei. Maybe Commander Wu has some misunderstandings about me. I have been in Qi and have never surpassed the situation for His Majesty to take care of Qi and never crossed the situation at all. How can I say that I am so brave?"

"King Qi, you also know that the emperor wants you to manage one party, but not only do you not fulfill your management responsibilities, but instead indulge your subordinates to plunder the people's wealth. My Great Zhou clearly stipulates that two taxes a year, and when you reach your Qi land, how come it will be five taxes a year and six taxes? What is the purpose of such a collection method?"

After Wu Qiong finished questioning, King Qi sighed and said silently:

"To be honest, I am not aware of this. Commander Wu also knows that these people are very greedy now. When I go back, I will definitely find out the truth and bring all these corrupt and perverted people to justice."

King Qi finished speaking in one breath and asked immediately:

"Commander Wu came from afar, so why not go to my palace and have a rest for a while. At that time, I will treat you with good wine and welcome you to Command Wu."

"No need for this. I came to Qi on the orders of the emperor and had the important matters. Since the King of Qi said that you don't know about the random tax collection, please ask the King of Qi to resolve the matter as soon as possible and give justice to the people. I can go back and explain to the emperor,"

After Wu Qiong said with his hands behind his back, King Qi hesitated a little and asked:

"I don't know what the emperor has asked, can I help a little?"

Wu Qiong looked at the fat King Qi in front of him and smiled:

"King of Qi, I can really help."

"Oh? Since I can help, I will definitely go through fire and water and die! I don't know what it is, let Commander Wu ask you to arrive in person?"

Wu Qiong laughed and said two words:

“Marine.”

"Sea, maritime?"

The King of Qi seemed to have not understood it all at once, and repeated it again, and Wu Qiong continued:

"Your Majesty asked me to come here to rectify the navy, build new ships, and leave them to sea in the future, and search for the use of the new continent."

"I see."

The King of Qi nodded, then grabbed Wu Qiong and flattered him. After hearing that what Wu Qiong said was for maritime affairs, he seemed much more relaxed.

But Wu Qiong followed:

"But in terms of finance, Your Majesty has very little funding. Just now, King Qi said that you are willing to die for Your Majesty's affairs. There is no need for King Qi to die. If the funds cannot keep up, I think it should be fine if you find King Qi to be more comfortable, right?"

The King of Qi immediately slapped the table and said with a trembling voice:

"It's outrageous! Do you need to ask me if I support it or not? Of course, I will support it even if I lose everything!"

"Okay! I thought it was King Qi who was plundering the people's wealth and ointment. Now when I saw King Qi who is so heroic, I realized that I was probably wrong, so don't have more. Let's have a thousand taels of silver first! I want to hire craftsmen to build new ships, and I just don't have these."

After Wu Qiong said that, King Qi hesitated and said:

"Hey, Commander Wu may not know anything. If you want three or five hundred taels, I can afford it, but this thousand taels of silver is really a bit of a strong man."

But as soon as he finished speaking, King Qi hurriedly said:

"But Commander Wu please rest assured. I will go back and prepare the silver. Even if I turn the palace to the sky, I will try my best to make up the money. I will say goodbye now."

After saying something, King Qi stood up and said goodbye.

Wu Qiong and Fang Yong naturally sent each other all the way, and left the camp. When they saw King Qi get on the carriage, they went back.

At this time, the King of Qi was sitting in the carriage, and a person dressed in a servant next to him was actually his dog-headed military advisor. The King of Qi thought for a while and asked:

"Military advisor, you heard it just now. Do you think Commander Wu is here to do maritime affairs, or are you secretly coming to deal with this king?"

"Your Highness, no need to worry."

The military advisor smiled and said:

"I have never heard of Commander Wu. As for the tax collection he had caught before, it was actually nothing serious. To put it bluntly, I just ran into it. Whose fiefdom is not taxed like this? Since it was granted to the prince, it was the prince's decision. As for whether he came to deal with the prince, I think it is unlikely."

"How do you say this?"

"First, Your Majesty has just dealt with the Hu barbarians, the King of Xiliang, and Guanzhong, Hebei and Henan. There are locust plagues. If you deal with you, the prince, it would be unwise. Not to mention that the treasury is empty, this kind of military force in Guanzhong is not used like this."

"Second, I just made an alliance with Goguryeo and took away ten cities from Liaodong. It is not so easy to save these ten cities in Liaodong. There must be a battle between the Great Zhou and the Huns."

"Third, Prince, you are kind-hearted and the people love you. Prince, you are a wise man or an adopted son of the late emperor. What reason does Your Majesty have to attack you?"

The military advisor said here, and the King of Qi frowned, as if he had some objections, but the military advisor quickly continued:

"Of course, it is also possible that Your Majesty is stupid, does not know the wise ministers, listens to villains' slander, and insists on reducing the vassals. Judging from the current situation, this should be true, but the prince only needs to follow my strategy and continue to accumulate strength. The court has a false relationship with other vassal kings, and she has no reason to attack the prince.

If she attacks you without reason, then her emperor is a perfect and foolish monarch. If other vassal kings do not agree, the people will not agree!”

The King of Qi said hesitantly:

"You said so before, King Xiliang, isn't King Xiliang cold now?"

"I'm sorry, the King of Xiliang is a sin that cannot be survived. He led the barbarians into the pass, which aroused the anger of heaven and the people. The people were all angry. The vassal kings avoided him and were eliminated by the emperor just now. But as long as you don't make such a mistake, it's fine."

King Xiliang nodded after hearing this, but asked:

"What should Commander Wu do?"

The military advisor touched his beard and asked with a smile:

"Prince, what should you do with him?"

"Me?" King Qi shook his fat body and said with hatred:

"This guy dared to let me wait for him for so long, and he looked arrogant just now. He was just an imperial envoy. I am the prince and the adopted son of the late emperor! I really want to cut him with one knife, but he is a close minister of the emperor and an imperial envoy. I can't cut him..."

"Yes, but he will give you a warning to the prince when he comes up. He looks ignorant and may not be a big threat to the prince. Such a mediocre person is also a good thing for the prince."

King Qi nodded and continued:

"It's the beautiful and beautiful lady beside him. I have never seen such a beautiful little lady in my life. I can't touch him. Why do I find someone to tie that beautiful lady?"

The military advisor thought for a while, shook his head and said:

"I still don't know the real identity of the woman. She looks good, but she is just a skinny after all. A little bit of tolerance will cause trouble. At this time, you must be patient and never act rashly. As long as you don't move, the emperor will not dare to do anything to you. Moreover, a woman will definitely not be able to sit steadily when the situation changes. When the situation changes, it will be a great opportunity for you! When you take the position of the emperor, what kind of woman do you want? "

What the military advisor analyzed was indeed very reasonable. Although King Qi was reluctant to leave, he still nodded and said:

"Okay, as the military advisor said, the king went back to get a thousand taels of silver and sent the commander Wu to the next day."

The military advisor smiled and bowed and said:

"The prince is wise."

At this moment, in the palace camp, Commander Wu, who had just said that he was here to handle maritime affairs, took Ouyang Xue back and rested.

At the same time, a secret letter to the emperor ran straight towards Chang'an under the secret escort of the Jinyiwei of Qidi.

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Fang Yong was also confused. He didn't think that Commander Wu's attitude was really here to handle maritime affairs. Besides, when did the court attach so much importance to maritime affairs? What is the new continent overseas? After thinking about it, there was only one thing, that is, Commander Wu's move was to retreat as an advance. Perhaps he saw that the King of Qi was powerful and said that he would claim to be doing maritime affairs. In fact, he was secretly searching for evidence of the King of Qi, which was probably like this.

But just as he was guessing, that night, Commander Wu pulled Fang Yong and talked in detail all night...

On the next day, the King of Qi sent over one thousand taels of silver, and also sent a letter telling him how loyal he was to the court, how difficult it was to get together for the thousand taels, etc. In short, it was nonsense and had no constructiveness.

Wu Qiong got the letter and burned it on the spot.

In the past two days, Ouyang Xue was also taken to stay in the palace army camp, constantly obtaining more information from the Jinyiwei.

In addition to the tax issues in Qi, the information obtained was also shocking, such as how the King of Qi bought and sold official positions, indulged his subordinates in business and made money, and occupied farmers' land.

In Qi, if the people dare to say that the word "Qi" is not, they will be arrested by the King of Qi. It is no exaggeration to be the literary inquisition of the Great Zhou version.

Some of them were things that Wu Qiong had heard of when he was in Chang'an, while others were the information they had just collected, but in short, these evidences would be a pity for anyone who was put on them.

But even if it is placed on the King of Qi, there is no way to cause any substantial damage to the King of Qi. It can be said that even if the King of Qi was discovered to be secretly harboring armor and the court wanted to reduce the vassal states, it might alarm other vassal kings and cause chaos.

After careful analysis, he found that he was really helpless. The King of Qi was really the same as his weight, as stable as Mount Tai.

The reason why the King of Qi was so calm and unscrupulous was because he had joined other vassal kings in this way!

The hidden dangers of the vassal kings of the Great Zhou Dynasty were not just talk about them.

But it doesn't matter. In Wu Qiong's opinion, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. He quickly ordered the Jinyiwei gathered in Qi and took action. On the other hand, the autumn harvest market in Qingzhou City is about to officially begin.

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There was a news about Commander Wu outside Qingzhou City, but it did not cause much trouble. It was just that there was a recent news that spread inside and outside Qingzhou City...

"Have you heard it? It seems that Xujia Village outside Qingzhou City, cooperated with Commander Wu a few days ago and sued King Qi for tax collection, which forced King Qi to refund the tax. Commander Wu also said he would report to the emperor!"

In a teahouse in Qingzhou City, a commoner said swearingly, while the other people around him were shocked and said:

"No way? Where is this Xujia Village? Why don't you seem to have heard of it? They dare to sue King Qi?"

"I don't know much, it seems that there is a small river, a hill, and that place in the northeast."

Some people described it in a decent way, but although others still had no impression, most of them said:

"Oh, it turns out to be that way, I have an impression."

"Oh, what happened to Xujia Village later?"

"You asked the point, oh, you don't know how miserable Xujia Village is. Later, I heard that they were liquidated by the King of Qi, not only would they have to pay three times the tax, but they would be like this every year from now on."
To be continued...