Huang Yaoshi took his wife and son to the post office of Zhou to have some food.
Zheng Yuanyi and Li Mujun personally cooked the pastries. After the two female relatives left, Huang Guinian took out a letter: "Forward the private message sent to the state hospital to immediately release the Qian and Sun prisoners."
Zhu Ming read the letter out of curiosity and sneered: "He has such a big face. He is just a transfer envoy who has just taken office. He interferes in the affairs of the Criminal Division and dares to write a letter to leave evidence."
"Who can make the holy family prosperous," Huang Guinian joked, "Your Majesty donated Ganoderma lucidum, and Li Wenzhong also donated Ganoderma lucidum. In terms of the total age of Ganoderma lucidum, your Majesty is only ten thousand years old, which is far behind him."
"That's right." Zhu Ming didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
Li Wenzhong, the newly appointed Jingdong Road transfer envoy, was only the prefect of Michigan last year.
The top leader at the municipal level was directly promoted to the top leader at the provincial level!
This promotion is not a violation of regulations, but according to past practice, it is usually promoted to transport judge first, then deputy transport envoy, and then to transport envoy.
Li Wenzhong was able to get it right in one step, purely because he contributed Ganoderma lucidum.
There are many officials across the country who donate Ganoderma lucidum, but Li Wenzhong stands out because he has large quantities and sufficient control.
This guy first increased taxes on counties in Michigan, and then stipulated that people could collect Ganoderma lucidum to deduct taxes. He also misappropriated public funds to purchase all the Ganoderma lucidum from pharmacies in the country, and even sent people to other places to purchase it.
After saving for several years, I saved 300,000 ganoderma pods. Using 10,000 pods as a link, I divided them into 30 units and presented them all to the emperor.
It was also said that while the Holy Emperor was still alive, Ganoderma lucidum appeared in large quantities in Mizhou, which was an auspicious sign from heaven.
Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty was well-informed and was surprised by the 300,000 Ganoderma lucidum. He thought Li Wenzhong was a loyal minister and immediately promoted him to Jingdong Road Transport Envoy.
This successful case has provided great inspiration to successors.
Even in the Jianyan period, Zhao Gou fled to Yangzhou to become emperor, several armies of the Jin Kingdom went south, and the governor of Mizhou was still offering Ganoderma lucidum.
Zhu Ming said: "The transfer envoy interfered in the affairs of the state council. I will impeach him on this!"
Huang Guinian said: "My impeachment memorial has been written."
"Then hand it over together." Zhu Ming didn't intend to get used to this kind of person.
After drinking tea in the pavilion for a while, Zhu Ming asked: "Zhu Shengfei, the academic envoy, will come to Puzhou for a study tour in two days. Does Brother De Shao recognize this person?"
Huang Guinian shook his head and said, "I don't know him."
"Let's go and greet him together." Zhu Ming smiled.
He also thought that Huang and Zhu were old acquaintances.
Historically, Zhu Shengfei and Huang Guinian both belonged to the warring faction. They caught Qin Hui and swore violently, which led to Qin Hui's first dismissal as prime minister. After Qin Hui's comeback, Zhu Shengfei was forced to resign, and Huang Guinian was also dismissed.
After chatting for a while, Bai Sheng and Deng Chun came in happily.
"My lord, the iron mace is ready," Bai Shenghui reported.
Three maces were struck, and Ju Ming kept one to match the original one.
The remaining two were given to Deng Chun for use.
Ju Ming said: "Let's have fun."
Deng Chun immediately danced with his maces and swung it out with ease. His strength was sufficient, but he had no skills at all.
Zhu Ming looked at it and shook his head: "There is a cavalry army in Yunzhou. When things get better here, we will go over there to find an instructor who can use the mace. It doesn't matter how smart you are, as long as you know how to use the mace, I will practice with you."
"That's great." Deng Chunxi said.
Zhu Ming asked again: "How did Huang Tingguan's investigation go?"
Bai Sheng said: "Yang Pu hasn't come back yet."
Yang Pu, the rooster and dog robber, no longer works as the gatekeeper of the state government's house, but is sent by Ju Ming to Huangtingguan to gather information.
Yang Pu had been a thief and was familiar with their habits.
This guy spent several days making inquiries, and the emissary was about to arrive, so he returned to the city to report the news.
"How?" Zhu Ming asked.
Yang Pu said: "With the help of the Zhang family, I went to many villages and found out clearly. The leader of the thieves taken in by Huang Tingguan is called Tao Kai. He is not a local, but escaped from Yanggu County. They were originally from
Zi Lu was a good citizen but could not pay the taxes, so he killed the tax collector and was ordered to be arrested by Yanggu County. He also fled to Shouzhang County to become a thief and killed local wealthy people. When he could no longer stand firm, he fled to Juan
The city took refuge with the Taoist priests."
A dam is a type of dam on the bank of the Yellow River.
The embankment needs to be maintained every year, and the people not only have to serve, but also provide straw, stones, branches and other materials.
Due to the bifurcation of the Yellow River, the eastern section has not been flooded for decades, and the ridges along the line have not been repaired for decades. However, the tax collection continues, and it is converted into money, which increases the burden on the people out of thin air.
The thieves who took refuge in Huang Tingguan were good citizens who were forced to go bankrupt by the law.
Ju Ming asked: "Do they usually live in Huangtingguan?"
Yang Pu said: "It's not in Huangtingguan, but in Zhaozhuang, northeast of the city and northwest of Huangtingguan. Zhaozhuang is close to the Li family's territory, and many of the good fields in the village have been occupied by the Li family. There are no big households in Zhaozhuang, so thieves will take over.
When I got there, I often robbed merchants coming and going."
"Is there a nursing home in Huangtingguan?" Zhu Ming asked again.
"Yes," Yang Pu said, "I climbed over the wall and went in at night. The guards also wore Taoist robes, and their weapons were sticks. There were not many people, only twenty or thirty. Taoist priests did not always live in the temple.
, they all have houses outside. After taking in the thieves and occupying the land, some of the land was turned into temple fields, and the rest was all distributed to Taoist priests. All the Taoist priests were landlords. There were also nearby landowners who donated their land to become Taoist priests.
I heard you don’t have to pay taxes.”
In the Song Dynasty, even officials had to pay taxes. How could Taoist priests be tax-free?
It's just that the emperor believed in Taoism, and the Taoist priests became prestigious, and the officials did not dare to tax them.
From what Yang Pu said, I'm afraid there are quite a few landowners who volunteered, and not all of the temple land in Huang Ting Guan was occupied.
Ju Ming did not completely trust the Zhang family, so he asked Yang Pu to inquire about the news.
After gathering the information, Ju Ming began to formulate a plan.
The main target of the attack is Zhaozhuang, and the thieves there must be hunted down quickly. The second is Huangtingguan, which must be captured as soon as possible. Then, the Taoist houses in each village must be swept away, and all the Taoist priests who have become landlords must be wiped out.
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Zhu Shengfei came from the direction of Yuncheng.
At the beginning of this year, he served as the Jingdong Luti Academic Envoy. He set out by boat from Nanjing (Shangqiu) to inspect the Xuzhou and Huaiyang armies. Then he took a boat to Yizhou and Mizhou, and also visited Li Qingzhao in Qingzhou.
It took four months to go around in a circle and finally came back to Puzhou.
Although Jingdong Road is divided into east and west roads, after many restructurings, there was only one transfer department, Changping department, and Tixue department. Perhaps because of the large number of thieves, the Tixing department retained two, which were in charge of Jingdong East Road and Jingdong East and West Road.
road.
Also to guard against thieves, when Zhu Shengfei inspected various state capitals, he actually brought a few horse soldiers with him.
As we were about to approach Puzhou City, we saw a welcoming team.
Zhu Ming personally led the officials out of the city and bowed: "Ju Ming, the governor of Puzhou, respectfully welcomes the official to inspect the school."
Zhu Shengfei returned the greeting with a smile: "Why should Governor Zhu be so polite? I am touring the various states to study, but unexpectedly I disturbed the place."
"I haven't disturbed you. Inspection is a big deal." As long as he doesn't cause trouble, Ju Ming is still very considerate.
Other officials also came forward to greet Zhu Shengfei.
Zhu Shengfei's resume is very similar to that of Zhu Ming. He was a Jinshi at the age of nineteen (graduated from Taixue) and also served as a Zhengzheng of Taixue. Similar experiences naturally bring them closer together.
I graduated from Taipei University at the age of nineteen. Haha, anyone with a discerning eye knows there is something fishy about it.
Zhu Shengfei's father-in-law was Cai Jing's confidant, Privy Councilor Deng Xunwu! (Zheng Juzhong became prime minister, Deng Xunwu took over the Privy Council, and Song Huizong was balancing the Cai and Zheng parties.)
In addition, Zhu Shengfei also has a brother-in-law named Zhang Bangchang, and their wives are cousins.
Yao Guangshu, who deliberately opposed Ju Ming, nodded and hunched like a dog at this moment, and deliberately asked for credit: "Today's banquet was prepared by the official himself. It includes Zhu Tixue's favorite roast lamb."
Zhu Shengfei frowned, he didn't like such flattering people.
It is true that his father-in-law is a core member of Cai Party, but this marriage was arranged by his grandfather in the early years. After the marriage, he deliberately alienated Cai Party and actively requested to stay away from the capital.
Later, Zhu Shengfei even wrote a poem, satirizing Cai Jing and Wang Fu's struggle for power, without saving face for his father-in-law. The poem said: The old fire is not willing to give up, and the young gold is fighting hard. The winner is determined by the heat and the cool, and the weather turns cloudy and sunny in an instant.
Lao Huo is Cai Jing, and Zhi Jin is Wang Fu. They are ridiculing that they will use any means to fight for power.
Zhu Shengfei leaned towards Ju Ming and kept his distance from Yao Guangshu.
Sihu Junjun and Judicial Junjun also moved closer to Zhu Shengfei. However, their ranks were too low and they couldn't get past each other, so they looked particularly funny - they were obviously four or five meters away from Zhu Shengfei, but they were hunched over and tilted their heads.
Smile to please, stick your butt out and walk forward.
Huang Guinian had a sneer on his face and looked at everyone's ugliness with cold eyes.
He was a serious Jinshi, and Zhu Shengfei was a Jinshi, and he became an official only one year later. He could only join the army as a manager, and his rank was similar to that of a county magistrate, but Zhu Shengfei was already a scholar.
There is someone in the court who likes to be an official!
Zhu Shengfei was helpless. His father-in-law was a traitor and an envoy to the Privy Council. This was not a choice he could make.
After entering the city, Zhu Shengfei said: "Everyone, please disperse, don't delay the official business."
The petty officials could only withdraw, looking back three times, just like saying goodbye to their lover. They really wanted to accompany the envoy throughout the whole process, maybe they could take this opportunity to get on the line of the privy envoy.
Zhu Shengfei looked at Yao Guangshu: "Why do you keep it?"
Yao Guangshu said with a shy face: "Xiaguan is not only the county magistrate of Juancheng, but also the observation judge of Puzhou. He is half a rank higher than those Cao Cao who joined the army. He should accompany the envoy to inspect the study."
Zhu Shengfei had no choice but to say nothing and took his entourage to the hotel to stay.
Zhu Ming greeted the Tixue envoy with courtesy and sent him to the hotel. He clasped his fists and said, "Zhu Tixue takes his leave. I have official business and will accompany him to the banquet tomorrow."
Zhu Shengfei said: "If the governor has something to do, just go and do it."
Bai Sheng brought the cornucopia and immediately hung a pair of maces.
Zhu Ming got on his horse and shouted: "Archers, follow me to fight against the thieves!"
The archers who opened the way to welcome the envoys into the city threw away their sticks, held their sabers and shouted excitedly: "Kill the thieves, kill the thieves!"
Although I don’t know who Zhizhou wants to beg, but there will definitely be a reward if I go!
Deng Chun also went to the county government office to gather archers and came to join them when they heard the news.
Zhu Shengfei watched Ju Ming riding away with his troops. He was stunned for a while and asked, "What's going on?"
Yao Guangshu was also a little confused and shook his head blankly: "I don't know."