"I know! Haha... I know..."
Zhao Jun suddenly stood up, staring at the slumped Li Yi and constantly sneered, repeating the answers he gave as if to ridicule his inaction.
Li Yi lowered his head and said nothing.
But I heard Zhao Jun say coldly:
"You are the head of a county, the governor of Yunzhou County appointed by the imperial court, and the official who guards the border for the emperor!
Your appointment letter is stamped with the imperial seal of the Song Dynasty!
And your family is also honored because of you. Even if you worship your ancestors at home a hundred years later, your tablet will be placed in the top few of your Li family!
But now, haha...
As the head of a county, you are watching helplessly as the forces within the country violate the imperial ban and transport military supplies strictly prohibited by the imperial court, truck by truck, overseas to trade with the imperial court's enemies and strengthen the grassland tribes. You know, this is What behavior?
This is capitalizing on the enemy! This is treason! This is to ignore the imperial court. They are throwing the majesty of the imperial court to the ground, and even stepping on it with their feet!
But you, the county guard, are like the dead bones in the grave, a blind old man who turns a blind eye to this!
Li Yi, do you know your guilt? ? "
As the words from Zhao Jun's mouth came out one by one, Li Yi's head lowered lower and lower, and finally he was amidst Zhao Jun's deafening questioning roar.
Li Yi stood up straight away, knelt on the ground with a plop, and knocked his head heavily on the ground with a muffled sound. However, he seemed not to notice, and just said sadly with a trembling voice:
"My lord, I'm sorry! I'm sorry for the court, your Majesty, and the Song Dynasty, especially the people of the North!"
The official knew what the consequences would be if those materials fell into the hands of those tribes outside the grassland.
With ample food, the population of those tribes would increase.
With salt, they will have strength.
With iron, they can make sophisticated weapons and armor, so that they can better invade our Song Dynasty when they go south, and bring endless pain and suffering to the people of our Song Dynasty.
Can……
Your Majesty, it’s not that your subordinates don’t want to take care of it, it’s really that they can’t do anything about it!
The county governor of Xiaguan has long been ignored by them. In Yunzhou County, Xiaguan is the only one with the empty name of county governor.
I am really helpless and helpless about their behavior.
The lower official is incompetent and deserves death. Please punish him! "
Seeing Li Yi's appearance, Zhao Jun knew that the heat was enough, so he sat back down as if his anger was still there, took a big sip of the tea in the cup, and then said in a deep voice:
"That's right, you Li Yi are indeed incompetent. The governor of a county was actually ignored by local forces. You are not only incompetent, you are simply a waste!
However, the matter has come to this, so what if I punish you?
Will those who punish you stop?
Get out of here! "
"Your Majesty, you should be punished with death if you are a low-ranking official!"
Li Yi didn't move, continued to kneel on the ground, and answered with his head firmly pressed against the ground.
Zhao Jun immediately darkened his face: "What? It's not easy for me to speak to you, Commander Li?"
"I don't dare!"
Li Yi could only stand up after hearing this, but he still stood there with his head lowered and his hands lowered.
"Tell me, what happened to Cheng Cheng and Liu Xishan?
It's okay for Liu Xishan, but why did Cheng Cheng get involved with them? "
According to common sense, it is not impossible for Liu Xishan, the county magistrate, to be controlled by local forces, but this is not a cause for concern.
Under the Song Dynasty system, a garrison was stationed in each state. On weekdays, it was only responsible for drills and did not participate in the civil affairs of the state.
The county governor also had no authority to mobilize troops.
However, if there is a need to mobilize local garrison troops, the county guard can apply to the court for temporary troop deployment rights and mobilize troops for assistance.
However, it is also necessary to write down a detailed account of the troop deployment afterwards and submit it to the Privy Council for verification to see if it is true.
Therefore, in daily terms, those local forces have no influence on the army at all, because the army's salary is directly provided by the court. On weekdays, soldiers are not allowed to enter the city at will unless they have nothing to do. Soldiers can only enter the city during the rest period and must return to camp at sunset. , the rest can only come out during the holidays, and the control is extremely strict and there is no chance to contact the outside world.
But Zhao Jun saw clearly that Cheng Cheng, the defense commander of Yunzhou County, seemed to be involved with Chen Wangsun and Li Shijia. This was the main reason why Li Yi, the county guard, was helpless against their misdeeds.
The only hope for a comeback is in the hands of the other party, how can he fight against the four major families?
"Liu Xishan was promoted from Yunzhou County three years ago from Nanyang, but he himself is from Yunzhou County, but he was transferred to Nanyang as an official after the imperial examination.
I don't know if he got mixed up with these family members when he was in Nanyang. As soon as he came to Yunzhou County, he got their support and completely took control of the county governor's office.
As for Cheng Cheng, does the prince know about the plague that occurred in Liaobei County five years ago? "
"Are you talking about the plague that killed more than 200,000 people in Liaobei County five years ago?"
After hearing what he said, Zhao Jun immediately recalled something he had heard when he was still in the palace five years ago.
That was the plague that broke out in Liaobei County five years ago for unknown reasons. Even if the court went all out to provide disaster relief, nearly 200,000 people in Liaobei County still died from the epidemic in the end. This shocked the entire Song Dynasty and made people even more worried. Talking about the change of color of rats, a wave of rat eradication was launched throughout the Song Dynasty.
The rat really became a street rat, and everyone shouted to beat him!
Li Yi nodded:
"Exactly! Cheng Ben himself is from Liaobei County. His family has been in the army for generations. He may have offended someone in the army, so he was secretly transferred to Yunzhou County by Ming Sheng seven years ago and became the leader of Yunzhou County. Defense envoy.
Others came over, but his family members were left behind in Liaobei County. During the great epidemic five years ago, his only son unfortunately fell ill. When he was helpless, Chen Lixin suddenly appeared in front of him and gave him enough treatment. Thanks to his family's epidemic medicine, his only son survived.
Then the four families gave him some benefits from time to time, and Cheng Cheng slowly fell in love with the four families and became theirs.
Due to the remoteness of Yunzhou County, the garrison's supplies, except for salaries, should be purchased and supplemented locally under the supervision of the local government.
In this way, this business became the business of the four families, and Cheng Cheng also made a lot of benefits from it, and he got deeper and deeper from then on.
After Liu Xishan arrived, I accidentally discovered that the four major families were selling prohibited materials across the border, so I wanted to mobilize Cheng Cheng's garrison to clear out the four major families, but he refused.
Only then did I realize that he had already become one of theirs.
I was completely ignored. "
Zhao Jun felt a little strange when he heard this, and asked: "He blatantly resisted the imperial court's order to mobilize troops?"
"No! No." Li Yi shook his head.
Zhao Junchazi: "Didn't you mean..."
"The prince misunderstood. Xiaguan did send an application to the capital to mobilize troops, but none of them received a response. Later I found out that all the information sent by Xiaguan had been intercepted. The four major families were behind this. , I can’t even get the official’s discount to the capital, let alone get the troop deployment order.” Liu Xishan explained.
Zhao Jun became even more confused:
"I remember, if you want to mobilize the local garrison, you don't necessarily need a troop deployment order in an emergency, right? As long as the military chief confirms that the action will not cause damage to the court, he can temporarily mobilize troops to cooperate with the local administrative officials.
All that is required is to provide a detailed account of what happened afterwards and send it back to the Ministry of War, and the Ministry of War confirms that such a temporary troop transfer is necessary. "
Li Yi smiled bitterly: "Your Majesty, I have also thought about this, but Cheng Cheng didn't pay attention to my request to mobilize troops, and all the news that reached the capital was blocked. Therefore, when he was unwilling to cooperate, , the lower official has nothing to do with Cheng Cheng."
Zhao Jun suddenly realized that since Cheng Cheng had infiltrated into the camp of the four families of Chen, Li, Sun and Wang, he would naturally not assist Li Yi to touch their God of Wealth.
In the absence of a formal troop deployment order from the Ministry of War, Cheng Chengcheng had the right to refuse Li Yi's request for troop deployment assistance.
No one can blame him for this.
In this case, it's no wonder that Li Yi would be treated like this.
"Your Majesty, this is the reason why the official is so eager to join the prince. This Yunzhou County official is really powerless." Li Yi explained with a wry smile, leaving Zhao Jun speechless for a while.
This guy obviously wants to show off...
