Wang Shizhong was a native of Liao.
To be precise, he was a Han from the Liao Kingdom, and he was originally the magistrate of Yingzhou in the Liao Kingdom.
There are always countless coincidences in history, especially in the history of the late Song Dynasty.
Generally speaking, in the vast land of China, the decline of a large unified dynasty often represents the rise of its opponent, another dynasty.
But at the end of the Song Dynasty, the Song and Liao dynasties, the feudal dynasties that had coexisted in the north and south for hundreds of years, coincidentally violated this historical law, and they fell into decline almost at the same time.
The decline of a dynasty often has a typical feature, that is, official corruption, and corrupt officials are rampant.
Nowadays, it is a common problem in Song and Liao that civilian officials love money and military attachés are afraid of death. Oh no, the Song State is naturally slightly better than the Liao State in terms of military attachés being afraid of death. At least the latter can still spawn a group of people who are not afraid of death when the latter is in ruins. The defeated general who will die, refuse to surrender, and will not cling to the civil servants will not care about anything. He will first give the enemy a beating and drive him out of the country.
Of course, this is something.
There is no doubt that Wang Shizhong is a corrupt official, but what is remarkable is that he is a rare one among the thousands of corrupt officials in the Liao Kingdom. He does not forget that he is a Han corrupt official, so after the incident, he I chose to go abroad.
From Yingzhou in the Liao Dynasty to Dengzhou in the Song Dynasty, Wang Shizhong's clothes and diet changed greatly, but his hobbies remained the same.
"Six thousand strings!"
"Buying the lives of two ordinary people?"
Perhaps because of his age, Wang Shizhong felt that he was a little deaf.
Although the family members who came to report were surprised, they repeated it again without hesitation. At the end, they also said, "The red guy named Sun is still waiting outside. Will you see me or not?"
Chilao, a contemptuous name for soldiers in the Song Dynasty, has roughly the same meaning as Qiu Bada in the Ming Dynasty.
In the Song Dynasty, the nobles were noble and the military was cheap, but from within the military attaché system, military attachés who had reached the rank could already be called noble. Probably because it was too difficult to become a military attache, Han Shizhong, who was famous in later generations, had made many meritorious deeds since he entered the army. He went through the Battle of Yinzhou and climbed to the top of the city to kill the enemy generals defending the city. In the battle of Haopingling, he killed the prince-in-law of the Xixia Supervisory Army. But he was just a rank-and-file squad leader who only managed twenty or thirty people.
Then, he beheaded several levels of people in the battles of the Chengde Army and Tianjiang Mountain, and three levels of beheadings in the Battle of Zangdihe City. After so many solid contributions, he was awarded the Deputy Lieutenant of the Jinwu... Well, the Deputy of the Jinwu Lieutenant sounds like a great name, but in fact there is still no rank, just a little salary increase...
Many years passed, during which Han Shizhong made countless military exploits. It was not until our General Han captured Fang La alive in the Battle of Jiangnan that he became Chengjielang in a serious manner... Well, from the ninth rank, to the current one Sun Li is just like a dime.
Taking Han Shizhong's resume as a reference, you can just say that Sun Li is awesome or not.
But such an awesome military attache was still a despicable red guy in the eyes of Zhizhou's family. If he hadn't stuffed an expensive door bag with him when he came up, and made an extremely serious promise of a sky-high price of 6,000 yuan, this family member would not even let Sun Li in through the back door.
Don't ask, just ask because Zhizhou's family is awesome.
Unlike the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the Song Dynasty strictly prohibited officials who did not reach the relevant grades from hiring staff without approval during their tenure. To put it bluntly, the Song Dynasty did not have the role of "master" that was common in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, but their "family members" The character will inevitably assume some of the functions of a master. Therefore, aristocratic families in the Song Dynasty often made great efforts to teach their servants how to write, so that when their sons and nephews became officials, they would have reliable people around to help them.
Therefore, Wang Shizhong readily accepted his family's advice and ordered his servants to light lamps to meet the guests.
This was the first time for Sun Li to see Zhizhou.
Three long beards, thin eyebrows and long eyes, and a straight-collared silk robe often worn by Yan after retiring from the government. This is a typical civil official dress in the officialdom of the Song Dynasty. It seems that this civil servant from the Liao Dynasty has completely integrated into the society. Song officialdom.
Sun Li, who looked majestic on the outside and was claimed to be the best in the Dengzhou army. He opened his mouth in an official manner and kept his mouth shut to show the dignity of the court. His originally calm and dignified face suddenly became paralyzed with his straight and broad waist.
When Sun Li just entered the living room, he couldn't wait to kneel on the ground, buried his head deeply, not daring to look directly at Wang Shizhong, who was still more than ten steps away from him, and spoke in a trembling tone and as moderate a volume as possible. , reported his official position and name.
Master Wang stroked his beard and nodded slightly.
After all, the Song Dynasty was a country of etiquette. Look, how sensible this military attaché is. Even though the court stipulated that military attachés only need to salute first when they see civil servants, this person knelt down immediately. How different is it from the Liao Dynasty? No, how different is it from the Liao Dynasty? In the foreign countries of Liao, those military men were very domineering and did not pay attention to the civil servants at all.
Um! The Song Dynasty is here to fight!
"Get up." Master Wang was very satisfied, so he said with a little doubt: "I heard that you want to pay 6,000 yuan to buy the lives of two ordinary people?"
Sun Li was Sun Li, and what stood out was that he was able to bend and stretch. Even though the superior officer had asked him to stand up, he only straightened his upper body and his lower body was still kneeling firmly on the ground to answer.
"To return to Xianggong, it's not that the humble position costs six thousand guan, but that the thief in Dengyun Mountain doesn't have that much cash and is willing to pay monthly and donate 300 shi of sea salt to Xianggong every month. The thief said that as long as Xianggong is in any If you pay for one month, you will not be in arrears.”
Corrupt officials often have some advantages, such as being pragmatic rather than pragmatic.
The pragmatic Wang Zhizhou did not worry about the thieves who climbed to Yunshan with their mouths open and kept silent about six thousand guan. For him, making money is the most important thing. After all, he ran all the way from Liao to Song. Although his personal safety and status were guaranteed, most of his possessions remained in Liao.
Without external possessions, an outsider like him who has no feet will definitely not be able to sit on the official chair under his butt. Therefore, making money is not shabby.
Similarly, he was not stupid enough to ask Sun Li what if he released the thief who climbed Yunshan Mountain, but the thief did not keep his promise.
There is really no need to talk about this issue.
First, who is among his masters? He is the magistrate of the state who holds the military and political power of a state! How dare a group of thieves disobey? Not to mention whether he still wants to start the private salt business, let’s just say that with a single order, thousands of troops can go up the mountain and wipe out this group of thieves. Therefore, he has the power in his hands. Even if he does not sign the contract, he is still afraid of others. Dare to break the contract?
Second, Wang Zhizhou has every reason to believe that the so-called exchange of money for the two prisoners was just rhetoric. The thief just wanted to use this to gain access to his relationship with Wang Dazhizhou, so that he could subsequently sell smuggling goods in Dengzhou. Salt just paves the way.
Besides, even if this group of thieves is really bold and dares to risk the disapproval of the world, there is still Qiu Ba kneeling underneath. Youdao can escape the monk, but he is afraid of losing the temple. Don't think that Wang Dazhizhou doesn't know about the relationship between Sun Li and the prisoner, and the illegal and forbidden business done by his younger brother. If he really lets the prisoner go, he will never look back. Money, this Sun Li's family property, is definitely worth the lives of two insignificant, ordinary people.
As a result, a deal that was both shady and common was concluded, with each person having their own agenda.
Wang Zhizhou obtained a long-term source of wealth, and he also achieved his original intention of killing chickens to scare monkeys and defeating all kinds of monsters and monsters. The reason why Sun Li was willing to go this way was to protect his relatives. It was a lie, but he wanted to use this to cling to Zhizhou.
As for Zou Run, he did not expect that a free hand of chess would bring such huge benefits.
It can be said to be the best of all three and everyone is satisfied.
