When there are people in the world who laugh, there will be people who cry.
Hidden behind this happy transaction is Wang Kongmu's deeply hurt heart.
You say, I originally turned my heart towards the bright moon, but the bright moon shines on the ditch.
Wang Zheng, who clings to Shangguan, is like wiping paper. Oh no, in the Song Dynasty, this thing was called a toilet chip. After being used, he was immediately treated as an abandoned son by the cunning Wang Shizhong.
Wang Zheng walked out of Zhizhou Yamen in a state of despair. He prided himself on understanding people's hearts and scheming others all his life, but how could he always walk by the river without getting his shoes wet? There would come a day when Wang Zheng would run out of tricks.
Wang Shizhong seems to be cunning and greedy, but he is still very capable. He has ups and downs in the officialdom, and is an official in two countries. Wang Zheng, who is full of power and tactics, is definitely not something that a mere official can see through.
Wang Zheng was calculating everything, but he failed to realize that from the very beginning, he was actually one of the targets of Wang Shizhong who was preparing to be liquidated. Killing chickens to scare monkeys, Sun Li is at least still a chicken, but Wang Zheng is not even a chicken.
The prefecture and county officials in the Song Dynasty were floating officials, but most of the officials were locals. The term of these prefecture and county officials was generally three years, and some even moved away within a year or even a few months, while the subordinate officials stayed in office for a long time and were responsible for each. He knew all the affairs well, and it was difficult for officials to be promoted and transferred. Over the years, he gradually gained real power.
At the end of the Northern Song Dynasty, a strange phenomenon appeared across the country. In many states and counties, if officials were not tough enough, or their term of office was too short, or their practical ability was too poor, in order to achieve political promotion or to avoid accidents during their term, they would inevitably have to report to the local government. The subordinate officials bowed their heads in order to gain their support, so the great power fell away.
Only a very small number of elite-level officials can stand out from the imperial examination, which is a single-plank bridge that thousands of troops rush to compete for, and rely on familiarity with the Four Books and Five Classics. After becoming officials, they can quickly master various political skills and persuade people. Subordinate officials, make achievements.
Such officials are often either ruthless and unscrupulous corrupt officials, or they are famous ministers who are capable of governing the world.
As for Wang Shizhong, it was naturally the former.
Therefore, if officers who dare to meddle in private affairs only need to be punished, then subordinate officials who deceive superiors and subordinates, harm the public and enrich private interests, and are daring must be severely punished.
The position of Kong Mu is one of the few high-ranking officials in a state who holds real power. Wang Shizhong must firmly control it in his own hands. He must personally identify and promote a candidate who can control it.
Wang Shizhong is a corrupt official, but he is not an ordinary corrupt official who just wants to make money. As a traitor who abandoned the Liao Dynasty and went to the Song Dynasty, he had no way out. The reason why he still had the same status and power as in the Liao Kingdom was that he now shouldered the mission of uniting with the Jin Dynasty to destroy the Liao Dynasty.
Serving as the magistrate of Dengzhou, restarting the sea route, bypassing the Liao Kingdom and Goryeo, and contacting the rising Jin Kingdom via the sea route, this is the value of his existence. This is what Song Huizong himself explained to him face to face, so he This mission must be accomplished. Therefore, he worked hard to make money and seize power in order to pave the way for exploring sea routes.
Other ordinary officials who failed to live up to the emperor's orders would at most be dismissed from their posts, but he would definitely be regarded as an outcast.
The only fate for an abandoned son is death.
Wang Zheng was the abandoned son. When he knew that Zhizhou ordered the release of Jie Zhen and Jie Bao, he realized that his death was not far away.
Sure enough, when Wang Zheng returned home, a group of soldiers surrounded his house at the east and west corners of Dengzhou City.
The leader was Sun Li, who had just become a disciple of Zhizhou.
"The Prime Minister of Zhizhou has issued an order. King Kong Mu of the state government is violating state laws, embezzling money and food, and creating unjust imprisonment. Now one of his servants has been exempted from his duties and thrown into prison to await his punishment!"
Sun Li declared Wang Zheng's crime loudly with a straight face, and then waved his hand, and a team of raiding squads composed of Xiang troops and state government officers rushed into the house.
The yard immediately resounded with the sound of banging and stern scolding, occasionally mixed with a few fierce and short screams from the female family members. Sun Li closed his eyes and listened silently to these movements. Slowly, a smile formed on the corner of his mouth.
He walked into the courtyard, followed by two soldiers, and immediately closed the courtyard door.
Not long after, the courtyard door reopened, and Sun Li, with a string of blood stains on his chest, walked out expressionlessly, and announced calmly to a large circle of people gathered in front of the door to watch the excitement:
"The criminal Wang Zheng resisted the government and resisted arrest with weapons. He was killed on the spot!"
There is a saying in the green forest about surrendering certificates, and it is not exempt from the custom in official circles. Sun Li, who killed Wang Zheng, did not stay here, but left a house of property to be packed and disposed of by the confidants of Zhizhou.
He took the soldiers who had already fished out some oil and water and continued to rush to the next place.
The county magistrate who destroyed his family, and the magistrate who destroyed his family. The governor of the state wants to rectify the government, control the power, and subdue the whole state. What can a mere head with holes in it do?
He, Sun Li, was the sharp sword in the king's army that destroyed the entire clan. The subordinate officials who usually dominated and pushed him aside, claiming to be locals, would tremble under Sun Li's bloody sword.
At the same time, in the pavilion beside the official road outside Dengzhou City.
Tie Ming Zi Lehe drove the donkey cart to deliver the scarred Jie Zhen Jie Bao all the way from the prison.
As soon as the donkey cart stopped, Sister-in-law Gu, who had been waiting for a long time, couldn't wait to grab the railing of the carriage and looked at the two brothers lying in the straw. She felt sad and burst into tears.
"God damn Wang Zheng! God damn Taigong Mao! God damn Baojie level! I swear I will never break up with them!"
Sister-in-law Gu stroked Jie Zhen's bloody back, looked at Jie Bao's pale cheeks due to excessive blood loss, gritted her teeth, and trembled all over.
Sun Xin hugged his wife distressedly, and said in a heart-wrenching voice: "If I don't take revenge, I will never be a human being!" After finishing the oath, Sun Xin turned to look at Zou Run, who was standing in the pavilion, filled with grief and anger.
"I beg the owner of the village to lend me dozens of minions. I am willing to personally lead the people to kill all of Taigong Mao's family! I won't take any money or grain from it, but will donate it all to the village as a gift to meet you!"
It turned out that just after parting ways with Sun Li, Zou Yuan and Deng Fei rushed back to the village and sat in the rear, while Zou Run and Yang Lin stayed behind to wait for the follow-up results. Sun Xin and his wife immediately expressed their intention to devote themselves to Dengyun Mountain. However, because they were concerned about the safety of Jie Zhen Jie Bao, they had not officially returned to the mountain village to accept the worship of the gangsters, and had been staying at the Shilipai Hotel.
"As for my brother, now that we have joined Dengyun Village, we are a family. Brother Xie Zhen Jie Bao's hatred is the village's hatred, and it is also my Zou Run's hatred. How can I let my brother take revenge alone? Borrowing soldiers and so on Don’t mention it again.”
Zou Run walked down from the pavilion, comforting Sun Xin and his wife, and said to Yang Lin behind him:
"Brother Yang Lin, please go back to the mountain. The first is to escort Xie Zhen Jie Bao up the mountain to rest and recuperate. Remember, use the best medicine. The second is to pass on my order to order a hundred infantrymen. There are twenty cavalry men, please go down the mountain and wait for orders. I will personally take them to Mao Taigong to investigate and take revenge!"
Yang Lin quickly clasped his fists in response. He knew the matter was urgent, so he immediately ordered two followers and wanted to get on his horse.
After hearing the words "Tai Gong Mao" and "revenge", Xie Zhen Jie Bao, who didn't know where he got the strength, actually struggled to sit up from the carriage. With his body covered with rotting flesh and blood, he insisted on paying homage to Zou Run and gritted his teeth and said:
"This time, the leader of Zou Village tried his best to rescue him, but his great kindness and kindness could not be repaid. Xie Zhen (Jie Bao) is willing to worship under the leader of Zou Village and listen to the orders of the leader's brother! But this time when he goes to Mao Taigong, he must take him with him. Come on, my two brothers! My brother will cut off that old thief’s head with his own hands to eliminate the hatred in our hearts!”
Among the original leaders in Dengyun Mountain, Zou Run was the youngest at only twenty-four years old, so even though he was the leader of the village, he insisted on treating Yang Lin, Deng Fei and others as elder brothers, while Jie Zhen Jie Bao was only in his early twenties. From now on, Zou Run will finally be called brother.
Seeing Xie Zhen Jie Bao's gnashing of teeth, Zou Run couldn't help but sigh, this is fate. He thought that if he didn't take the initiative to recruit these two young and simple mountain hunters, they would not follow their original trajectory.
But fate is so mysterious, like an antelope hanging its horns, there is no trace to be found. Although they avoided it in every possible way, it was still because of the tiger that it triggered a big change for these honest brothers.
The two young hunters, who originally only knew how to hunt, suddenly became bloodthirsty after this experience. They opened their mouths to kill people and take their heads.
