The new general of Zhenbei is named Huo.
The eldest son of the Liu family heard someone mention the Huo family for hundreds of years, which was a legend in this dynasty.
He had heard it from a storyteller in a teahouse in the city. It was said that the Huo family could maintain prosperity for hundreds of years, and that there had been four times of trouble and prosperity.
Regardless of whether this was an exaggeration or not, just because the general's surname was Huo, the eldest son of the Liu family was excited and thought: With this surname, he is not short of money. This is money he has saved for a hundred years.
So maybe it will be really different from the previous generals stationed in the north.
In the past few terms, the eldest son of the Liu family concluded based on the gossip from all corners of the world that the real wealthy families in Fucheng should not take the border defense generals seriously, because the people behind the high-ranking families in Fucheng could not help but be uncles from the capital. Lord Marquis, no one is worse than anyone else. The border garrison and government offices have always kept their noses in the water. In many years, they have paid tribute to the border guards and blocked their mouths with real silver.
A few years ago, the war had just ended, and the border garrison was really poor. I heard that they didn't even have enough military supplies for cold protection.
In these days, a penny can kill a hero. If a general is not from a noble family and has no money, and the capital does not allocate supplies, if he wants to solve the life problems of the soldiers, he has to accept filial piety and pay the price of filial piety. It is natural to turn a blind eye to certain things, this is tacitly understood. Anyway, the mission of the border guards is to prevent invasion by foreign enemies and not to participate in local internal affairs. If the superiors are not happy with the management, they can't blame the border defense generals.
But someone named Huo came, and the eldest son of the Liu family was a little panicked.
This person has a strong background and is not short of money. People who are not short of money are straight-backed. If they are confident, they will easily be regarded as debtors. If they stretch out their hands, what can they do about everything they owe...
Liu Jingye recalled the letter his father wrote to him and the words he yelled at him in private this time:
My son, we can no longer mess around with the Wang family. We need to stay far away to avoid being stupid and choking. Your father and I have finally come to our senses.
Because once the sky changes to an upright place, the Wang family has done so many harmful things, and if you walk at night, you will always encounter ghosts. If anyone files a lawsuit with hatred in his heart, the upright God will really make the decision. You and I know what's behind the Wang family, so we can't help but investigate, and a lot of bad things can be revealed at a glance.
I won’t mention the big things, but I’ll just talk about the old man and the dog who bullied men and women in the countryside by taking advantage of the power of others. He slapped and kicked many boys who didn’t like him, hurt him a lot, flirted with the dog in the past, and raped many good girls. Pinned to the ground, leaning in with a nasty mouth to kiss, jumping into the river and hanging, gritting one's teeth and confessing in humiliation.
In the past, everyone pretended not to know, but they knew in their hearts that the confession was in vain. The Wang family knew people everywhere, and the road was blocked.
But once the common people know that this new general can beat the magistrate to death, and they are not afraid of the magistrate, crushing the town pavilion to death is more like crushing an ant to death. Do you dare to say that no one has the courage to risk his life and go to the general's mansion to beat the drum and complain?
In short, the right path in the world is subject to vicissitudes of life.
As for your father, I can only try my best to make up for the mistakes of the past. In the past, although I didn't have the eldest daughter to do great evil, that is, I just pretended to be blind when encountering evil things, and then I used to flatter the Wang family, but there were relatively few villains behind me. But if you are found guilty of pretending to serve in the military, you will die if you are caught by the Wang family.
Liu Jingye remembered that he was still talking back at that time, saying that the Wang family were mad dogs? If that day really happened, the investigation would also be about those serious evil things in his family. Just say whatever you want during the investigation. How could you cause trouble for yourself and bite others indiscriminately. His family has received gifts from us and has supported and acquiesced behind the scenes.
What did his father say at that time? Say you are wrong. The prisoner who has just been arrested confesses his crime, just like the woman who has just given birth to breastfeed, unable to get milk out without squeezing her arms tightly.
She had to go through a swaddling session, and the pain was so severe that she could release milk.
The process of pain is equivalent to the process of explaining insignificant matters.
Usually, the first things to be explained are trivial matters. This is called avoiding the important and minimizing the important, leading others to investigate, and making the situation as chaotic as possible, so as to gain a little more life for oneself.
The son named Wang Lizheng did not desert the military service, and he was also a relative who escaped. To that extent, it doesn’t matter if he gave up his relatives and confessed. Then he confessed us Li Zheng, which makes people think that the following people all have this kind of virtue. Even if he is in other places, The mistakes in some aspects are also due to the influence of this chaotic atmosphere.
What Liu Jingye didn't know was that actually these words were
Mrs. Xu analyzed it and gave it to his father.
Many high-ranking officials in modern times are like this. What they explain first is definitely not the real problem, but rather they would rather settle on some trivial matters, tell some small accounts, or even reveal who the mistress is in the relationship between a man and a woman, and then go and investigate. It will take a long time. .
This was especially true here in ancient times. It was easier to escape from prison than in modern times, even if it didn't sound good. You could also find loopholes to send messages inside, telling you what could and could not be said, and you were designated to grab other messy things first when you were caught.
Before the new general arrived, regardless of whether his words made sense or not, Liu Jingye never took his father's words into his heart.
But at this moment, he was a little panicked when he saw the city officials rushing out of the city to greet him as if they were faced with a formidable enemy, and based on his own analysis, it was easy for the family members named Huo to have enough confidence to stretch their hands and meddle in other people's business.
His father said that he could only try his best to make up for it now, and even if he spent all his family wealth, he would still do more good things for the village.
Only in this way can the villagers give a "joint umbrella" to a good official on the day when disaster strikes, and build momentum to make up for the mistake.
No matter what happens, as long as the whole family is not beheaded, they should be exiled. They are already in the far north. Where else can they go, to the Lei family nest? Don't worry, your Aunt Xu is a kind and righteous person that your father and I spent half our lives blind to find. One day, she and your fourth grandfather will think of our family and send them food and money. Our family's life will not be too difficult.
In addition, even if he was beheaded, someone would collect the body, so that our whole family would not be deprived of reincarnation in the next life, and the bones would be gnawed by wild dogs. I don’t say these words to discourage myself, I just want to say to you, son, for yourself and your son, once a general who is truly unafraid of power comes, we will only have this road left. You can help the village. How do people make money? Can you be more clear-minded?
Now that the man who is not afraid of power has really arrived, what has he done?
Liu Jingye's face turned red and purple, and his face was very complicated.
It didn't matter that he never took his father's words seriously, and he never went to find out where his father and the villagers lived these days. After all, father and son had no overnight feud, and they could just find an excuse to cover it up.
However, he went to the store where he usually bought goods and several other familiar shops to tell him that wholesale goods were not allowed to be sold to his father.
If you want to get the goods, don't give a very low price. It's best not to come back with a full load and not spend enough money, or spend less.
And if necessary, you can ask directly from an outsider’s perspective in front of the village boys, do you make money into your own pocket? If not, then we cannot give a low price. Bai helped the villagers carry goods. You villagers are quite thick-skinned. I heard that you lent a lot of money to the villagers and subsidized them in all aspects. These people who borrow money and ask you to advance money to purchase goods are quite shameless.
If you don't believe that these boys are still embarrassed, if this word cannot be spread back to the village, that Aunt Xu can still have the shamelessness to act as a big garlic elder in front of him after borrowing as much money from his Liu family.
Liu Jingye's head was buzzing when he thought about what he had done in the past two days.
He was no longer worried about his father. He was afraid that on the day he was arrested, no one in the village would say anything good to him. They even said that he was born with a dark heart and was different from the rest of his family. He should be arrested as soon as possible. .
Liu Jingye rushed into the house and took out a lot of money: "You go to the front to see the shop, I won't be back tonight."
His wife was stunned and asked you what you were doing.
"I have to go out to find my father and ask him which inn he's staying at. Then I'll take everyone out for a hot meal. I haven't received anyone since I've been here for several days."
