Hearing Zhang Shan's words, Changsheng's face instantly turned red. Zhang Mo beside him was also embarrassed and hurriedly pulled Changsheng away quickly.
Although it was already the beginning of autumn, it was still quite hot at noon, and it was inconvenient to walk around. Zhang Mo ordered two horses to be brought in, and they rode one each and left the camp side by side.
As soon as they left the camp, they saw dozens of local officials gathered outside the camp. The leader was a middle-aged man in his forties, wearing an official uniform of the third rank. The ranks of other officials ranged from the third rank to the seventh rank. wait.
These officials had obviously been waiting outside the camp for a long time. There was no shelter outside the camp. They sat on the ground one by one, sweating profusely from the heat. When they saw the immortal coming out, the middle-aged official at the head hurriedly called for everyone to stand up and come forward to see him.
Seeing the confusion on Chang Sheng's face, Zhang Mo said in a low voice, "In order to avoid telling the truth, the eldest brother did not take care of the people's livelihood and government affairs in Luoyang after regaining Luoyang. Luoyang has always been separated from the military and the government. If it is not really necessary, the eldest brother will not contact the local people." Government contacts."
When Zhang Mo spoke, a group of officials had already stepped forward quickly and knelt down to pay homage. Although Chang Sheng's trip was not an official tour, they did not dare to show any slightest indifference. Chang Sheng was famous for his selflessness and ruthlessness, and they could I don’t want to follow in the footsteps of Jeju and Liju officials.
The middle-aged man in charge was named Zhao Taihang. Changsheng had some impressions of this man. He seemed to be the Minister of Rites before. He asked about the consequences. Zhao Taihang was recently appointed as the governor of Luoyang by the imperial court.
Normally, the governors of Shangzhou are from the third rank, but Luoyang is more important than other Shangzhous. Therefore, the governors of Shangzhou are always from the third rank. The reason why Luoyang is more important than other Shangzhous is because the imperial court has always been a dual-capital system during the Sui and Tang Dynasties. As the name implies, There are two capitals. Before Xuanzong, the imperial court was always located in Luoyang. Even if the capital was moved to Chang'an later, Luoyang still existed as the companion capital.
Changsheng originally wanted to inspect the people's livelihood in Luoyang with Zhang Mo. To put it bluntly, they just went out for a walk, but these guys blocked the outside of the camp. He could only change the plan temporarily. He only said that he came here to inspect the Luoyang Palace and prepare for the future. The emperor made preparations for moving the capital to Luoyang.
As a result, the two of them could not go anywhere and had to rush to the palace in the east of the city accompanied by a group of officials.
Zhao Taihang was a civil servant and was riding in a sedan chair. On the way to the palace, Changsheng did not talk much with the officials. He turned over and dismounted outside the imperial city. Only then did Zhao Taihang and others surrounded them and walked into the palace. .
The emperor sent Zhao Taihang to Luoyang as governor. This person was naturally a supporter of moving the capital to Luoyang. When he saw Changsheng, he spared no effort to talk about the various benefits of Luoyang. He said that it was connected to the Jianghuai River in the east and Zhuojun in the north, and it was the center of the canal. , taxes are sufficient. It is also said that Luoyang is located in the hinterland of the Central Plains. Moving the capital here will not only better control the south of the Yangtze River, but also guard the key roads connecting the north and the south.
Zhao Taihang and others chatted endlessly, but Changsheng just listened and rarely answered. Compared with the situation in Luoyang, he was more concerned about the current situation of the palace. Since the Tang Dynasty has not been destroyed, the palace here cannot be called The Forbidden City still needs to be called the Imperial Palace.
It has been more than two hundred years since Xuanzong moved the capital to Chang'an. Since there have always been people guarding the palace and the best stones and wood were used to build the palace, the palace here is slightly old but has not collapsed or become dilapidated. And because Zhu Quanzhong had been living in the palace when he occupied Luoyang, he also painted and built the palace during this period, which also made the pavilions and pavilions in the palace more colorful and brighter.
Changsheng looked around and complained in his heart. The situation of the Luoyang Palace was far better than he had imagined before. Most of the palaces and pavilions were in good condition. Even repairs and reconstructions would not take long. In this way, he wanted to delay the emperor's move to the capital. It becomes more difficult to implement the plan.
Zhao Taixing and others didn't know what Chang Sheng was thinking. Some surrendered officials took the opportunity to flatter Zhang Shan. They only said that when the traitor Zhu Quanzhong withdrew, he originally wanted to set fire to the Luoyang Palace. However, Zhang Shan and others were humane and unstoppable. Calling for the wind and rain, heavy rain poured down in Luoyang, and then the Luoyang Palace was saved.
Changsheng followed everyone to inspect the palaces in various parts of the palace one by one. He wanted to delay time, but naturally he also had a way. One was to find faults as much as possible, and all palaces with safety risks would be rebuilt.
The second is to inspect the wells and lotus ponds where fish are raised, and pretend to be serious to inform everyone that there are souls of water ghosts in the wells and ponds, and then order everyone to drain the water and salvage the corpses.
Third, when he led everyone to inspect the palace, he activated pure Yin spiritual energy to envelope everyone. He only knew that there were ghosts and ghosts in these palaces, which made the cold wind biting and the Yin energy overwhelming.
The fourth is to severely reprimand the officials responsible for guarding the palace. The only thing is that there is such a strong evil atmosphere in the palace. If the guards guarding the palace patrol on time every night, they will definitely hear the news and see ghosts. But now there is no report from the government. It is bound to happen. It was a group of officers who slacked off on their duties and did not conduct inspections on time.
Seeing Chang Sheng reprimanding everyone seriously, Zhang Mo couldn't help but want to laugh. She naturally knew that Chang Sheng created something out of nothing and was bluffing.
What made Zhang Mo even more laughable was that the chief official, worried about being punished, actually lied and claimed that a police officer had indeed seen ghosts in the middle of the night, and there were many times. The government office had records of all hauntings, but he never had time to report them.
Zhao Taihang was new here. He didn't know that the senior official was lying. When he heard this, he broke into a cold sweat and asked, "Why don't you report such an important matter in time?"
"Your Excellency, you haven't asked me about it before?" the official retorted casually, because when it comes to the ownership of power, the relationship between the principal and deputy positions in a yamen is usually not very good.
"That's all, as long as it's recorded," Changsheng waved his hand and said, "After so many years, there must be a lot of relevant records."
After Changsheng finished speaking, he turned around and went elsewhere. After wandering around a few places, he casually asked about the situation of the officials in Luoyang. The reason was that Luoyang was once occupied by Zhu Quanzhong and he needed to be careful of officials who were attracted by him and looked for opportunities to assassinate the emperor.
The reason why Chang Sheng mentioned this was to find a valid reason for the chief official to leave early. He then used the excuse that after inspecting the palace, he would go to the Yamen to inspect the officials' deeds, and asked the chief official to go back with a few officials under his command to prepare.
As the deputy of the governor, the chief official has four major responsibilities. The first is to assist the governor in handling government affairs. The second is to manage various documents. The third is to record and convey the official documents of various ministries. The fourth is to supervise the officials of the state. The official behavior of Changsheng is naturally important. It was under the management of the chief official, but the reason why he sent the chief official back in advance was not to let the chief official go back to prepare the official statement, but to let this guy go back and fabricate how the palace was haunted.
In order to provide the chief official with enough time to commit the crime, Chang Sheng took everyone around the palace all afternoon. In fact, there was no need to deliberately delay the time, because the palace here was also very big. Even after walking all afternoon, there were still many places that he had not visited. arrive.
As night fell, Changsheng had just gone to the government office with everyone. When the prince arrived, a banquet was naturally inevitable. Changsheng did not refuse and had dinner with everyone. Then he went to the lobby to read the official records.
When Changsheng was looking through the officials' statements, Zhao Taixing ordered the chief official to get the files about the haunted palace. The reason why he was so nervous about this was because the emperor sent him to take charge of Luoyang mainly to prepare for the relocation of the capital. If he knew clearly that the palace was haunted, But not reporting it to the court is tantamount to dereliction of duty and deceiving the emperor.
The chief official and others have been busy all afternoon, and naturally everything that needs to be prepared is ready. Not only are the ink marks dark and light, but in order to strive for realism, the brought files are even hung with spider webs from unknown sources.
I'm worried that my boss will verify that the palace was haunted many years ago. It's been too long and there's no proof, so I can write whatever I want.
There have been many records of hauntings in recent times, and the officials did not forget to flatter them when they lied. They only said that the palace was not haunted in the days when the emperor came, and the trouble started again after the emperor left.
Seeing Zhao Taihang's face getting more and more ugly, and even breaking into a cold sweat, Zhang Mo walked over and picked up the file that the official had falsified and looked at it carefully.
When he saw it, he almost laughed out loud. He suppressed his laughter and handed the file to Changsheng.
At this time, the chief official was standing in the hall. Seeing Chang Sheng reading it in person, he was instantly frightened. However, what he didn't expect was that Chang Sheng just glanced at it and put the file down casually, "Although Yang Guifei died on horseback, Weipo, but he once lived in Luoyang Palace, and his ghost lingers after his death, so it is possible to revisit his old place..."
