After a thrilling anti-corruption and bribery operation in Yunzhou County, the remaining officials were frightened.
The atmosphere in the entire officialdom was in awe. If anyone dared to bribe them, the next moment those who bribed them would be arrested by the people they bribed, calling them assassins.
The positions of chief officers in most departments in Yunzhou County have almost been changed, and some who were suppressed before have been transferred back.
Some of them directly brought up the deputy of the department, but most of them were guilty and were temporarily replaced by a proxy.
At the same time, Zhao Jun also intensified his surveillance of officials at all levels.
The post of county guard was now replaced by Jiang He, and the position of county chief naturally fell to the former county lieutenant Zhu Tuo, but naturally a generation character was clearly displayed before Zhu Tuo's official title.
As for his original post of county captain, Zhao Jun directly promoted Chen You, an official whom no one had heard of before.
Although I have never heard of him, since he was promoted by King Yun himself, everyone knows that he is probably one of King Yun's own.
If the promotion qualifications were not enough to be selected as the third-in-command officials of Yunzhou County, hundreds of officials might have objections before, but now no one dares to raise objections. In this way, Yunzhou County's new three chief officials have been reorganized. forming.
Yunzhou County also suffered a heavy economic blow due to this anti-corruption campaign, because many wealthy businessmen were involved.
After the officialdom stabilized, the entire Yunzhou County quickly entered a period of stable development, and the market quickly recovered with the support of the government.
Countless little shrimps from all walks of life are devouring the leftovers left by their former bosses to strengthen themselves. I believe it won't be long before a new group of big businessmen begin to emerge.
Yunzhou County has entered a period of development, but a major event happened in Subei County thousands of miles away that shocked the government and the public!
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Bianjing, Imperial Palace.
"Your Majesty! Urgent report from Northern Jiangsu!"
Zhao Duan, who had just finished correcting today's memorial, frowned and announced the person.
The visitor was not the Xiao Huangmen who normally reported government affairs, but the Huangmen who contacted the Imperial City Department. Therefore, this urgent report from Northern Jiangsu did not come from an official document from the imperial court, but news from the Imperial City Department.
He waved all the palace people to leave. After contacting Huangmen and being taken to the study, the people in the imperial study were locked up tightly.
Zhao Duan continued to approve the official document in his hand and asked casually: "Tell me, what happened over there in North Jiangsu?"
(Why should I say another word?)
The Huangmen liaison envoy who came to report looked anxious and quickly took out a secret letter from his arms and raised it above his head and said loudly: "Your Majesty! Urgent report from Northern Jiangsu! Japanese pirates are lurking and Northern Jiangsu is in danger!"
Click!
Zhao Duan's hand paused while he was reviewing the memorial. The next moment he heard a click, and the cinnabar pen broke into two sections!
"what did you say?"
Zhao Duan's eyes were sharp and he looked coldly at the Huangmen liaison envoy who came to report the news, with a look of disbelief on his face.
After staring at him deeply for a moment, Zhao Duan ordered: "Cao Shuang! Bring it to me!"
"yes!"
The great eunuch Cao Shuang hurried forward, took the secret letter submitted by the Huangmen Liaison Envoy, and then carefully placed it on Zhao Duan's table.
"His Majesty!"
Zhao Duan nodded, picked up the secret letter and confirmed that the sealing paint was OK, then quickly opened the letter and carefully read the information reported on the letter.
The secret letter was not long, only a short page, but the content displayed on this page had already made Zhao Duan extremely angry!
According to the letter, today's Subei County and several counties near the coast have all become the territory of Japanese pirates!
They did not attack these places directly, but sent some people to sneak into these places. Then with the support of the Japanese pirates, these people who sneaked in quickly became the local wealthy families, occupying most of the local production. resource.
With the cooperation of Japanese pirates, these counties were soon filled with Japanese pirates disguised as Song people.
During the day, these people were like ordinary Song people. When the Japanese pirates attacked, they were their contacts.
They will inform the Japanese pirates of the specific local geographical conditions and defense conditions, so that the Japanese pirates can repeatedly attack the key points to obtain the materials they want.
No matter how hard the local government tried to hide it, it seemed like it was all in vain with the help of this gang of traitors.
Over time, these coastal counties have been occupied by a large number of Japanese people with the title of Song people.
However, the indigenous people in these counties were all massacred during the "invasion" of Japanese pirates.
Today, these counties appear to be counties of the Song Dynasty, and the people in the counties are also the people of the Song Dynasty.
But in fact it is already a fake Song County filled with Japanese people!
If they are allowed to continue to expand like this, I am afraid that in a few years, when the court reacts, Northern Jiangsu will become a veritable colony of Japan!
boom!
"How presumptuous! What do local officials do for a living? Why haven't I received a report on such a big matter until now!?"
Zhao Duan was extremely angry. Logically speaking, such a big move by the Japanese pirates would not be clear to others, but the local officials would definitely be able to detect it.
The Japanese pirates did not replace one person or two people, but a large number of people. With such a number of people, it was impossible to hide them.
But so far, there is indeed no relevant information at all through the official channels of the imperial court!
There is only one possibility. The local government officials are derelict in their duties! Inaction! Conceal the truth!
Zhao Duan was extremely angry. He waved his hand to let the Huangmen liaison envoy go, and then he immediately said to Wang Huaien: "Cao Shuang! Go! Give me Prime Minister Zhang He and enter the palace immediately!"
Tell him that if he doesn't arrive within an hour, I will hang his head on the railing in front of the imperial city gate tomorrow! "
Zhao Duan was as angry as a furious lion!
At this moment, it was as if a thief had snatched a large piece of meat from right under his nose in front of him!
He wants to kill someone!
"My slave obeys the order!"
When Cao Shuang saw his official family looking furious like he had never seen before, he immediately knew that the official family might be extremely angry.
Not daring to be negligent, he responded hurriedly and immediately headed outside the palace.
Due to the emperor's imperial edict, although the imperial city gate could not be opened at night, Cao Shuang was still let out.
Soon Cao Shuang arrived at the residence of Prime Minister Zhanghe.
Zhang He, who had just fallen asleep, suddenly heard a servant coming to report.
It was said that Eunuch Cao from the palace had come and brought the Holy Emperor's oral instructions. He immediately expressed his excitement, got up and dressed and went out to greet him.
"Ouch! Eunuch Cao! Why are you here in the middle of the night?"
When Zhang He came to the gate, he wanted to get close and ask about the situation.
However, Cao Shuang said with a straight face: "The Holy One has decreed that Prime Minister Zhang He will enter the palace immediately to meet the Holy One!
Tell Zhang He that if he doesn't arrive within an hour, I will hang his head on the railing in front of the imperial city gate tomorrow! "
After saying that, Cao Shuang said to Zhang He: "Prime Minister, Your Majesty is in a hurry. You two should leave now, otherwise we will be late. With His Majesty's current anger, Tomorrow His Majesty will definitely kill the Prime Minister's head at all costs." Hanging on the railing in front of the imperial city gate.
The Prime Minister doesn’t want this either, right? "
After listening to the verbal explanation conveyed by Cao Shuang, Zhang Heyi felt a shiver in his heart!
He thought to himself: "That's bad! What fool has provoked this master again? He is looking for me in the middle of the night. Is there something wrong somewhere in the southeast?"
(Eh? How can you describe your true identity in one word?)
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The previous one was blocked, so this is the only way.
(End of chapter)
