Jia Chaochang seemed to have grasped Xia Song's fatal weakness. He sneered at what kind of rhetoric Xia Song would come up with. He believed that this loophole was caused by Xia Song's negligence, and that he had just caught this key point in the chaos.
It was obvious that the officials of Jeju Prefecture had exceeded the scope of their authority, and this was most likely Xia Song's way of attacking Jia Chaochang and liaising with local officials. The reason why Jeju government dares to be so bold is because there must be someone behind them to support them!
The atmosphere in Daqing Hall seemed to have solidified at this moment, and everyone fell silent. Any sound at this moment could easily be misunderstood. Once someone said something they shouldn't have said, their career might be ruined.
This level of competition is not something they can participate in. Of course, some tough guys are not afraid, but they just don't want to get involved in things that have nothing to do with them, such as Fan Zhongyan. Most people, such as Yan Shu, Ouyang Xiu and others, have always been good people, and their edges and corners are not as sharp as Fan Zhongyan.
Xia Song had known that this day would come, but he didn't expect it to come so quickly!
Jingdong Road is not monolithic, and some are obviously attached to Jia Chaochang's forces. He knew this from the first day Liang Chuan set out. He had also foreseen what kind of setbacks Liang Chuan would suffer on Jingdong Road. He just didn't expect Liang Chuan. He is also very courageous and dares to use his name to deceive people on Jingdong Road.
Liang Chuan accidentally hit and punched many old masters to death.
Important ministers in Jingdong Road, such as Hao Tong and Zhang Wen, originally only focused on their own local careers and did not think about taking a step forward. They suffered from "no way to serve the country" and no one recommended them, so they did not dare to hope to climb the high branches of Xia Song. With one operation, Liang Chuan forced them onto Xia Song's pirate ship.
Liang Chuan himself didn't know that during his return to Bianjing, Hao Tong and Zhang Wen took different ways to express their goodwill to Xia Song. Hao Tong not only privately reported the situation of Jingdong Road and the officialdom ecology in detail. He told Xia Song, and also gave Xia Song a lot of gold and silver by land route. He even gave Xia Song a few vaccinations in advance, and helped Xia Song plan for several difficulties that Liang Chuan might encounter when returning to Beijing.
Jia Chaochang's revolt is one of them.
This is his Hao Tong's certificate of surrender! Now Hao Tong has no way out. He is Xia Song's man in life, and he can only be Xia Song's ghost in death!
Hao Tongming's skills were quite good on the surface, and he was even more transparent behind his back. He had thought of everything Xia Song needed. This time, Xia Song came prepared. He wanted his future to be brighter and was eager to lead. That's a basic professional skill!
Xia Song said: "Because my family has been unable to distribute the regular money in recent months, the life of the servants has also been difficult. In order to make a living, many people have gone to outsiders to make a living. This servant Liang Chuan also has some ideas on weekdays. A escort agency has recently opened in Bianjing City!"
Everyone pricked up their ears. Most of the people in the court had heard about Liang Chuan's initiative. Not only were they curious, but quite a few people expressed strong interest!
I heard from Xia Song that the servants in his house couldn't even pay their monthly salary, and everyone was cursing. Either you, Xia Song, deducted their wages, or you were pretending to be poor and hunting with a dead rat in your waist. !
Everyone wanted to hear what Xia Song had to say about this matter!
Officials have been inseparable from the problem of corruption since the beginning of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors. If the water is too clear, there is no way for fish to survive. There are always a few people with unclean buttocks who suffer from the inability to transfer their 'trophies'. The emergence of Liang Chuan Bringing them light and a way out of the darkness!
What surprised them the most was the identity of Liang Chuan, who was said to be greedy for money! It is best to deal with people who are greedy for money. Money is the way to go. There is no moral justice to speak of. Everything is as long as money is in place.
"My servant Liang Chuan is a very up-to-date man, and he works hard and has a lot of energy in him. The original intention of setting up this escort agency is to protect the common people. Whoever has gold, silver, food, ancestral valuables or soft goods in his family Those who want to go hiking are accompanied by escorts, and they can earn some hard-earned money from it!"
What do you call hard-earned money? It is said that the charges of Shunfeng Escort Agency are no joke. They made 30,000 yuan just by sending someone from Jingdong Road to Bianjing! Grandma, this is an open grab, okay? However, although 30,000 guan is expensive for these court officials, if the people and goods can arrive safely, 30,000 guan is definitely worth the money!
Who doesn't have a millionaire, and wouldn't dare to eat anything but the tofu given by the common people?
Zhao Zhen heard this and felt warm in his heart. Xia Aiqing was really worried about her lifelong happiness. Naturally, he would not believe that Liang Chuan really regarded this escort agency as a career. He also did not expect that the charges of this escort agency were so expensive. , he was just wishful thinking that Xia Song was running such a big circle for him!
Xia Song said: "Under the rule of the Song Dynasty, I thought that escorting and sending escorts would be superfluous. Every inch of the Song Dynasty's imperial land was not at peace. Whose family did not live and work in peace and contentment? Who was willing to fall into the enemy's hands and block the road for robbery? Whose family would be the common people?" It is a disgrace to all the ministers here to worry about the gangsters on the road even when traveling far away!"
Jia Chaochang said stubbornly: "Thank God if your servants don't rob others, who else dares to rob him?"
Xia Song laughed at himself: "I thought that with my old face, my servants who went to the palace would go to places where I can travel, in big cities and small counties in the prefectures, but anyone with some knowledge should give my old face three points." Thin noodles.”
After saying this, Xia Song ignored his personal interests, and the other court officials also laughed, not at Xia Song, but at the dignity of the Song Dynasty officialdom. This is a system, and any of them would have laughed. Having such an idea is not against the rules, but a way of life that has not changed for thousands of years.
"Ridiculous! You are a role model for all officials, how can you be so presumptuous? How should the officials below follow your example and follow the example?"
Zhao Zhen waved his hand and said: "Xia Qing dares to say it, which means there is no selfish desire in this, and it is not anything excessive!"
Many people couldn't stand Jia Chaochang's attempt to make use of the topic. The superiority and inferiority of subordinates represents both rank and status. It is natural for those below to respect him. What else is there to say? If Jia Chaochang's people go down there by themselves. , others treat him like a fart, see if he can bear it?
The smile on Xia Song's face gradually disappeared and he said: "I have informed you that officials at all levels in Yunzhou Prefecture are in trouble with bandits. Bandits are infested within the jurisdiction. In Huangnigang alone, there have been more than 100 robbers in the past few decades. Including the murder of human lives, the Yunzhou government did nothing and sat idly by. Not only that, the local officials in Yunzhou actually dared to secretly collude with the bandits to murder Liang Chuan, a servant of our government. Such a dark government is simply unsightly, and the officials and the people are alienated from morality. What’s more, there have been many chivalrous and thieves in Shandong since ancient times, and the style of chivalry and martial arts is much better than other places. The common people gather in the mountains and forests at all times. If the government does not pay careful attention to the people’s livelihood and public opinion, but instead colludes with bandits to harm the people, I am afraid that it will surely trigger a civil uprising in the future!”
Shandong is in chaos before the ashes are cold. This is a cliché but the most common saying.
Zhao Zhen's face also dropped. Just because he wanted to be comfortable didn't mean he was stupid. Not only did he want to be comfortable, but he also wanted to be the kind of benevolent king who would have a good reputation throughout the ages. If his subordinates wanted to give him a bad impression, they just didn't want to give him good things for themselves. Live your life!
"Xia Qing! Lian's attitude has been very obvious just now. The same thing that Mr. Jia said without evidence is applicable to you! If there are such evil deeds in the world, where will the laws of the Song Dynasty be placed!"
Who can joke now?
Xia Song took out another document from his sleeve: "This is the testimony sent from Jeju. Of course, it is not the original manuscript. The content inside is the personal confession of Luo Yidao, the bandit leader of Huangnigang in Yunzhou, and the personal confession of Liang Chuan, a servant of the Laochen Mansion. It was Yunzhou professor Liu Ping who leaked his whereabouts to Luo Yidao. Luo Yidao even knew the law and broke the law. He colluded with the bandits and even engaged in shameless acts such as bribing the bandits. He asked Luo Yidao to kill his subordinate Liang Chuan. Liang Chuan fled in Huangnigang with all his strength. After leaving for heaven, Luo Yidao unexpectedly colluded with the Liangshan water thieves when he returned. Liang Chuan was, at best, a servant of my house, but at worst, he was just an ordinary citizen. Yunzhou had no grievances or grudges against him. He died, not to mention that my old face is not worth a lot of money. If some ordinary people with no power offend these officials in the future, they will not even have a way to survive!"
"That's unreasonable!"
After hearing Xia Song's narration, Zhao Zhen was furious. He jumped up from the dragon chair, paced left and right, and said angrily: "How dare these thieves be so audacious? Do they really dare not kill people? Don't think that the ancestors' laws are out of the ordinary." You can override the king's laws, how dare you be so arrogant, and join the first one to violate the ancestral system!"
The word "violating the ancestral system" means that the talisman of these civil servants is no longer there. Not killing the civil servants is a compromise to the civil servant group and sharing the fruits of victory with them, but this is not the talisman of their disobedience. If someone really takes this sentence as a talisman for lawlessness, it will only do a lot of harm to the century-old society of the Song Dynasty without any benefit!
"Bring up the testimony!"
Huangmen handed over another testimony. Zhao Zhen read it with a bloodless face and was so angry that he tore the confession into pieces.
"I just said that the Third Division formed a team to thoroughly investigate the Liu Ping case. There is no need to investigate now. Let me investigate what the Yunzhou gang is doing. Let me put down the harsh words here. No matter who is involved in this case, let me investigate to the end. ! The couplet is for you to carry, and you must not let go of a moth. You high-ranking ministers should also listen carefully to me. The couplet is kind enough to you on weekdays. It would be better if Liang Chuan didn't leave. He treated you like this as soon as he went out. The true colors of many people have been revealed! Lian Ping wants to see which of you pretend to be human on weekdays, but are actually a ghost behind your back!"
All the officials were panicked, and Xia Song sneered. Today was a big harvest. Things were developing exactly as he expected. Jia Chaochang's position seemed to be waving to him. He was afraid that he would get it soon!
