In Fuxian County, with the sudden arrest of Guo Chengyou, all the imperial guards of the Xiang Army defected, and the situation suddenly changed into a different situation.
Jiang Dalang, Huang Sanlang and others in the county government were arrogant and scolded many officials.
The officials were smiling and did not dare to take any action.
joke.
Their immediate boss, Magistrate Shi, was arrested, as was their immediate boss, Guo Zhizhou.
Now, no matter how big the dissatisfaction was, it has disappeared as Zhao Jun revealed his identity.
Jiang Dalang and others ordered the people in the yamen to publish notices, asking the people of Fuxian County to actively report and expose all the evidence of the Wang family's crimes one by one.
In just one morning, a large number of people came to the county government office to report the case, but there were no officials involved in the case to handle the matter.
Soon after Zhao Jun swept away all the resistance above, the efficiency of the government suddenly increased.
Everything the Wang family did came to light, not just drowning Fang Caixia and her daughter's bones. They also invaded people's farmland, oppressed local people, raped local women, occupied land deeds, etc.
If the tenants failed to pay rent, they were forced to sell their sons and daughters. When the Wang family walks on the street, they are all domineering, robbing things without giving them money. There are so many evil deeds to be described that even the scribes in Fuxian County cannot copy them all.
It turns out that the people of Fuxian County dared to be angry but dared not speak out.
Now that Zhao Jun has come over, even Shi County Magistrate, who just accepted a bribe from the Wang family and was not too closely involved in what the Wang family did, has been sacked, let alone others.
So everyone came over immediately, for fear that they would be late and not be able to sue the Wang family and get back their robbed properties, daughters, etc.
Fuxian County was busy all morning.
Zhao Jun did not stay in the county, but returned to the ship. He gave the instructions and ordered to go to Qiao County, the capital of Bozhou.
Then we slept on the boat.
It was a comfortable sleep.
After getting up, we have arrived in Qiao County.
Zhao Jun got off the boat.
It was already afternoon at the Woshui Wharf in Qiao County, and the large ship was parked at the port.
At noon, the canal was open to navigation. Zhao Jun returned to the boat to sleep, while the army escorted a group of people and others to go directly to Qiao County by land.
By the time Zhao Jun had had enough sleep, the ship had entered the vortex along the canal and arrived at the Qiao County pier.
However, Zhao Jun was still sleeping, so the Imperial Guards did not disturb him and stayed on the dock, waiting for him to wake up naturally.
At present, the soldiers are raiding the Bozhou government office, and all the Bozhou officials are waiting outside the dock tremblingly.
Bozhou Tongpan, signing letters to judge official affairs, judge, promotion official, secretary-general, recorder joining the army, manager joining the army, judicial joining the army, Sihu joining the army, regiment training envoy, and Qiaoxian County Magistrate, Chief Secretary, County Lieutenant, etc. 23 More than a dozen officials were waiting outside.
As soon as Zhao Jun arrived in Bozhou, he arrested their immediate boss Guo Chengyou. Moreover, Guo Chengyou's background is vast, he was born in the East Palace, and he has been with Zhao Zhen since he was a child. People like this are arrested, let alone them?
So everyone here is cautious. Even if Zhao Jun is fast asleep on the boat, even if they have been waiting here for more than an hour, none of them dare to complain at all.
When they saw Zhao Jun finally disembarking from the boat, they hurriedly approached him and saluted him with their hands in hand: "Your Majesty, please see the magistrate."
"Um."
Zhao Jun nodded, then ignored them and said, "Lead the way to Bozhou Mansion."
"yes."
The second most powerful man in Bozhou, Tong Mian, quickly led the way.
Zhao Jun also had more than a hundred Imperial City Imperial Guards on board. Under their protection, the group went straight into the city.
The people all over the city looked at this large army from a distance, and there were crowds of people inside and outside the city gate.
The people were talking a lot.
"Look, it's Zhiyuan who has disembarked."
"I've heard that the magistrate is known as the Qingtian Master for his thunderous tactics in Kaifeng Mansion. It's true."
"That corrupt official Guo Zhizhou should have been arrested long ago."
"Yes, the man named Guo is arrogant and domineering and deserves what he deserves. Now that the magistrate is here, he also deserves this end."
The people of Bozhou have been suffering from Guo Chengyou's misfortune for a long time. Now that they know that Guo Chengyou has been arrested, they are very happy and they rush to tell each other and pass the news on.
When Zhao Zhiyuan comes, there will be blue sky.
Zhao Jun's group went directly to the Bozhou government office.
The Bozhou government office was very busy at the moment, and the soldiers were exhausted. They had not slept all night, but they still performed their duties conscientiously. Those who ransacked homes, those who guarded Zhao Jun, those who guarded Zhao Jun, did not dare to slack off at all.
But people are not incorrigible, especially after two families were ransacked. The Wang family had a lot of stuff, so it took them an entire night to move it all to the boat. The rest were left in Fuxian County to watch.
Compared with the Wang family, Guo Chengyou is no less generous. There are countless stolen money and treasures piled up in the house, box after box.
When Zhao Jun came over, Huang Sanlang, who was in charge of searching the house, stepped forward to report: "The newspaper, the magistrate, has raided the Bozhou government office, and confiscated nine boxes of stolen goods. The various stolen money has not yet been counted, and the gold and silver alone are worth seventy or eighty thousand." Guan, as well as other valuable calligraphy and paintings, antiques, and treasures."
"alright."
Zhao Jun nodded and glanced around. After seeing the exhausted Forbidden Army soldiers, he muttered: "Seal up all the stolen goods and put them in the government office first. At that time, together with the Wang family's stolen goods, they will be checked and counted, and sent to The people will be transported back to Bianliang and handed over to the treasury. However, 20,000 guan will be intercepted and all soldiers in the battalion will be awarded 10 guan each!"
"yes."
Huang Sanlang and the surrounding Forbidden Army soldiers were overjoyed when they heard this.
Originally, they thought that following Zhao Jun out would be a hard job. Not only did they have to travel all the way, but they also had to travel overland along the way. The people and horses were exhausted and could not get any rest.
Unexpectedly, although he was a little tired, he had done a lot of work not long after leaving Yingtian Mansion, and the soldiers were all rewarded.
You must know that the "History of the Song Dynasty" records that the monthly salary of the upper-level imperial guards was consistent; the monthly salary of the middle-level soldiers ranged from 700 to 500 cash; and the monthly salary of the lower-level soldiers ranged from 300 to 500 cash. For local troops, monthly wages are reduced in descending order. The sergeants are stationed outside, and half of them have family members in the camp.
But this is pure salary. In addition to salary, there are also subsidies, allowances, etc. Added up, the annual income of the upper-level Imperial Guards is about 50 guan, the middle-level 30 guan, and the low-level 20 guan.
Those who follow Zhao Jun are naturally the best soldiers, so these ten strings are basically equivalent to more than two months of their wages. Even the group of forbidden troops who followed Fan Zhongyan to the northwest were rewarded before setting off. A person's fifty guan is equivalent to one year's salary.
And those people are going to fight in the northwest and go through life and death. Although they were a little tired and tired, at least they were not in danger of their lives. And if he continues to follow Zhao Jun and raid his homes in the future, he will receive even more rewards and rewards.
What a beautiful job.
With rewards, soldiers work harder.
It was already evening. Zhao Jun entered the Bozhou Zhizhou Yamen and ordered the soldiers to bring over the evidence they had searched and to capture the officials implicated in the case.
Until nightfall, the entire Bozhou Qiao County was in turmoil. The officials who committed the crime were caught and taken away, and there were almost no officials left.
The only good thing is that the Bozhou Tongpan is actually an honest official. His name is Shao Jingxian, and he is still friends with Ouyang Xiu.
With his help, the situation became much better.
So for the next half month, Zhao Jun sat in Bozhou, quickly investigated corruption, cleared up many cancers in Bozhou, and returned Bozhou to a bright and sunny day.
In addition, he sent someone to take his own order to mobilize troops from other places in Yingtian Mansion, and mobilized 3,000 Yingtian Mansion Xiang troops.
Because there were too many things confiscated, a rough count found that more than ten officials were arrested, and the gold and silver coins confiscated alone were worth more than 2 million guan. Many powerful landlords were also attacked, and the land was returned to the people. All matters were required. Take care of it.
Therefore, troops had to be mobilized from other places. Some were used to search the homes of prison officials and landlords across Bozhou, some were used to escort the seized stolen goods back to Bianliang, and some were responsible for detaining prisoners.
Zhao Jun himself also wrote a warrant and returned it to the Constitutional Yuan, asking the Constitutional Yuan to immediately arrest Wang Zai and other former Bozhou officials who served in various places involved in the case.
After all, judging from the evidence found, not only current Bozhou officials are involved, but also many former Bozhou officials.
The turnover of officials in the Song Dynasty was very high, and it was common for them to leave after serving for only a few months.
In the past, there were not many officials involved in the case, mainly because the former Bozhou magistrate was not as unscrupulous as Guo Chengyou is now. Most of the current Bozhou officials were led into trouble by Guo Chengyou, but it was not that there were no corrupt officials at that time.
Therefore, if we encounter someone, we should strike hard and arrest them all over the country first.
As the old saying goes, if a serious illness is treated with strong medicine, the disease will be cured.
Once this plan was implemented, Bozhou's officialdom was immediately purged. Corrupt officials were sacked one after another. There were also many who abandoned their posts and ran away due to bad circumstances, and wanted orders were widely issued.
And Zhao Jun's papers were also sent all the way to the palace along the water transport canal.
On February 11th, twenty-one days had passed since Zhao Jun left Bianliang. He left on January 20th and stayed in Yingtian Mansion for five or six days. Then he went south to Bozhou and stayed in Bozhou for half a day. Month, almost twenty days.
During these twenty days, Zhao Zhen was addicted to movies, movies, and games. He stayed in the study every day, like an Internet-addicted young man, playing Metal Slug with great joy.
Zhao Jun has played a lot of small stand-alone games, as well as several large-scale 3A games. Although Zhao Zhen didn't quite understand how to play them, he thought about them for several days and finally figured out a few of them.
Among them, the one he finds most interesting is Metal Slug, and he really likes to play with it.
If it hadn't been for the spring rain a few days ago, there was no sun, and the solar charging panel had run out of electricity, he would have been reluctant to come out.
At this moment, Zhao Zhen was outside Chongde Hall, raising his head and looking at the pouring rain.
In previous years, he would have been overjoyed and said to Wang Shouzhong next to him, "A drop of spring rain is as slippery as oil. The rain has come well this year and the crops can survive." But now he looked sad and said to Wang Shouzhong next to him: "I don't know when the rain will stop. I have been dealing with government affairs for a few days. The sun has not come out. I feel so bored and a little uncomfortable."
Wang Shouzhong secretly slandered that accompanying a king is like accompanying a tiger. In previous years, officials looked forward to the spring rain the most, but now they look forward to the sun all day long. A man's heart is like a needle in the sea, and it is indeed fickle.
However, he certainly did not dare to say it. He just bowed with a flattering smile and said: "What the officials said is that it is not a good thing if it rains too much. It is better to have yin and yang in harmony. It will rain for a while and the sun will shine for a while. If the officials are in a hurry, Why don't you ask Qin Tianjian when the rain will stop?"
"Oh, forget it."
Zhao Zhen waved his hand and said: "Dasun said before that the wind, rain, sun and moon are calculated according to the seasons. At least the current climate of heaven and earth cannot be changed by our human power. It is useless to ask. When the rain stops and the sun rises, it is a natural thing. , just wait patiently.”
Just saying that, he put his hands behind his back and walked up and down the corridor. When the solar charging panel and laptop were both out of power, he fell into the anxiety of running out of power.
Fortunately, someone broke this anxiety.
At this moment, Yan Shu appeared at the palace gate in the distance with an official document. He held an oil-paper umbrella and hurried to the corridor. He closed the umbrella and was about to go into the palace to report.
After closing the umbrella, he noticed Zhao Zhen standing next to the pillar on the right side of the door. Yan Shu hurriedly walked over and said, "The official's house."
"Uncle Tong, what happened?"
Zhao Zhen asked.
It has been raining these past few days, so he has to work. He can handle government affairs without any problems, but he can't play games and feels very uncomfortable.
Yan Shu raised the official document in his hand and said with a wry smile: "When Hanlong arrived in Bozhou, it was revealed that Guo Chengyou, the governor of Bozhou, was corrupt, perverted the law, and harmed the people. The evidence was conclusive. Hanlong planned to execute him as a warning, so he sent an official letter back."
"Tianxi."
Zhao Zhen frowned. Guo Chengyou was his old man in the East Palace, but his relationship was not too deep. Historically, he once said that Guo Chengyou was a mediocre person.
However, Zhao Zhen has always been nostalgic, so no matter how Guo Chengyou was impeached in history, he survived.
Now that it has fallen into Zhao Jun's hands, the matter is more difficult to handle.
Yan Shu naturally knew Guo Chengyou's identity, observed his words, and then asked: "From the official's perspective, how should this matter be handled?"
"Forehead"
Zhao Zhen hesitated.
Before, he would have protected Guo Chengyou without hesitation.
But now we have to weigh the consequences.
Zhao Jun got angry. If he was annoyed, he came over, smashed the computer, and punched himself twice, then something big would happen.
So after hesitating for a while, Zhao Zhen had no choice but to ask tentatively: "Are you sure that Dasun wants to be executed?"
"yes."
Yan Shu said: "The officials also know Han Long's character. When this official document is sent, it is probably a notification and report. Now it is hard to say whether Guo Chengyou is alive or not."
"All right."
Zhao Zhen had no choice but to say: "In that case, the Constitutional Yuan issued a document requiring all officials on Huainan Road to fully cooperate with Da Sun. How to deal with the offending officials will be handled by Da Sun. Everything will be arranged by Da Sun."
He pondered for a moment, and then said: "I will write another private letter to Tianxi to plead for mercy. I hope that the eldest grandson will be merciful. Even if he is sent to Lingnan, it is better than losing his life."
Write a letter to plead for mercy?
Yan Shu thought about it and it was probably in vain.
Guo Chengyou is dead.
But Zhao Zhen naturally knew what he knew well, so he didn't say anything, but just cupped his hands and said, "Yes."
After saying that, he turned around and left, returning to the Constitutional Yuan to issue official letters.
Zhao Zhen, on the other hand, had a wry smile and said to Wang Shouzhong: "I can't protect Tian Xi this time."
(End of chapter)
