That day Luo Kecheng parked his boat and rushed back to Luo Gongming's mansion. Only the sailors and boatmen were left on the boat. When they arrived at the prosperous place of Kaifeng, most of the boatmen and sailors went ashore to enjoy themselves. Only an old helmsman was left on the boat.
But that night, when several "relative soldiers" from Wude Division went to the dock to inspect an official ship that was reported to be involved in smuggling, they found that there were several vague figures on the ship, and they were acting very sneakily. When they noticed,
The figures on the boat seemed to have noticed it, and immediately disappeared.
Several relatives and soldiers found out that the ship was the ship of the deputy envoy of the Southeast East Route. They did not dare to act rashly, so they reported the matter to their superior "Gan Dangguan". The Wude Division was later the Imperial City Division, directly under the Imperial City Division.
The function of the official family is equivalent to that of the Jin Yiwei in the Ming Dynasty, but it does not have such huge energy. Its main scope of functions is limited to the vicinity of Kaifeng. It is their duty to inspect the officials in Beijing. The "official official" listens
Feeling something strange, he ordered these "marriage soldiers" to monitor the ship secretly, and reported the matter to Zhao Kuangyin early the next morning.
Zhao Kuangyin heard that the ship belonged to the son of Luo Gongming, the deputy envoy of the Third Division Envoy. He originally did not want to make a big move against such an important official in the DPRK, but Luo Kecheng was the transfer envoy. The financial power of the imperial court was in the hands of the Third Division Envoy, and the financial power along the way was in the transfer.
Envoy, the financial power of a state is controlled by the state magistrate, who is the god of wealth of the imperial court. If he really does something selfish and perverts the law...
Zhao Kuangyin then ordered the "official officer" to think of a way to search the ship in Luokecheng. The official officer followed the order and ordered a relative to disguise himself as a fugitive and escape to the ship, and then took the opportunity to lead people across the ship.
Searching for the "fugitive", unexpectedly, a large amount of spices, medicinal materials, furs and other items were found in the bottom cabin, as well as a box of gems and northern beads.
After returning the report to the palace, Zhao Kuangyin was furious. He did not object to the officials seeking wealth, and encouraged them to buy land and raise prostitutes. However, a gentleman loves money and gets it in a wise way. As an official, he cannot bend the law for personal gain.
Tolerable. The transshipment envoy is responsible for the finances along the way. The taxes collected are all paid in kind. When passing through customs, officials will collect points. The main exports of the Song Dynasty are ceramics, silk, and tea, and the main imports are spices.
, food, medicinal materials, furs and jewelry.
The property stored on Luo Kecheng's ship was clearly the goods that were intercepted privately during the tax collection. If the officials of the Wude Department had not accidentally discovered it, they would have just waited for Luo Kecheng to return home and then deliver the official duties to the company.
There is no evidence of selling these property in the shop.
Moreover, there is a box of jewelry on his ship, and he doesn’t know which officials it is for. These northern pearls and furs... can only come from the northern country... What if this is not an ordinary corruption and smuggling?
Not long ago, Fu Tinghan, the military supervisor of Dizhou, and the governor Mo Yan were lured by spies and sentenced to flee to the north. Zhou Wei, the magistrate of Dizhou and Youzanshan, discovered in time that he captured Fu Tinghan and escorted him to Beijing. He had just two days ago.
He was convicted and executed, but Mo Yan successfully escaped to the North, forcing him to make drastic adjustments to the military deployment near Dizhou. Luo Kecheng was the deputy envoy of the Southeast East Route, and Dizhou was under his jurisdiction. If Luo Kecheng
He also colluded with the Northerners...
The Luo family was a family of officials in the court. The eldest son, Luo Kecheng, held a local office. The second son did not enter the officialdom and did not take the scientific examination, but he was well-known among the scholars. The third son was an official in Nanya, and the fourth son was an official in Nanya.
As a general in the Forbidden Army, and with his two daughters married to officials in the court, the power of the Luo family can be said to be intertwined. Although it is not obvious, it cannot be underestimated.
Logically speaking, such a prominent family has no reason to take risks to communicate with the Northerners. However, with the signs and the lessons learned from Fu Tinghan and Mo Yan, Zhao Kuangyin did not dare to be careless and immediately ordered Luo Kecheng to be detained in Yushi Prison for investigation.
, and at the same time ordered the Imperial City Department to closely monitor all Luo Gongming's actions.
Luo Gongming is a high-ranking official in charge of the imperial court's finances. His son is in charge of the finances of Southeast Road. Now his son is not only suspected of corruption, but also has signs of having an affair with a northerner. Luo Gongming's position immediately becomes embarrassing. Luo Kecheng is detained in the imperial court.
On the day he was imprisoned, Luo Gongming reported his illness to the police and was recuperating behind closed doors. Some of his close colleagues in the officialdom were convinced that this was an unjust imprisonment and came to visit him without avoiding suspicion. The door of Old Man Luo was tightly closed and no one was seen, leaving them all alone.
Everyone was rejected and went back.
Suddenly the rumors spread, and the entire court was shocked...
Yang Hao knew nothing about this. He had been very busy these past two days, and rarely even went to "Ruxuefang". Zhao Guangyi came back after requesting the imperial edict, and started building fire watch towers and fire shops everywhere, starting from Kaifeng
He selects and transfers officials from the government, selects young, strong, and nimble men from the Xiang army to serve as soldiers, buys, and builds axes, saws, ropes, water bags, and water carts. He has to do all these things.
Moreover, Cheng Dexuan also encountered some troublesome households. Those who refused to demolish illegal buildings were all high-ranking officials. Cheng Dexuan was not stupid. No matter how loud the people scolded him, as long as he pleased the superiors, he would be as proud and prosperous as he had a bright future. However, he had offended these high-ranking officials.
But there was no good fruit for him to eat, and he immediately turned from a pioneer in the demolition to a coward, following Yang Hao every day to complain and complain, and the progress of the demolition was stopped.
Yang Hao didn't care about that. The more court officials he offended, the safer he would be. He was not afraid that many of those high-ranking officials could speak ill of him.
The softer he became, the more he wished for. At that moment, Yang Hao happily held the imperial edict invited by Zhao Guangyi, rolled up his arms and sleeves, and went into battle in person.
Those dignitaries actually don't care much about the illegal construction and expansion of firewood sheds and garbage sheds that occupy the road. They just feel that they have a respected status and it is too shameful to be manipulated by others, so they insist on taking this tone. Now Cheng Dexuan is gone.
But there came Yang Hao. This Yang Hao was the king of the Golden Palace at that time. He blatantly tampered with the "Departure List" and spoke shamelessly and grandly. He had long become a joke in the eyes of the officials. Behind his back, they called him a big stick and laughed at him for being uncultured.
He only knows a little about things in the officialdom.
But in the face of these tricky nail dealers, when even smart people can't do anything, the method that this big stick came up with is more effective than anyone else. Everywhere he goes, he directly delivers the imperial edict, and then orders people to clear out the firewood shed.
Pushing the rubbish house, the general manager of your house will not give you face when he comes. If you surrender your identity and come forward in person, you can use both soft and hard tactics. Before you can say anything that is neither negative nor positive, he will hold the imperial edict on his head, making these officials
Angry and funny.
Who is willing to fight with such a tough guy? Moreover, this stupid young man will not give you face no matter how high or low your position is, so the official who was demolished in the first house is still a little angry. Let's see him demolish the second house.
Even though he was older than his own official, he didn't give me any face, so he felt calm.
What people didn't expect was that Yang Hao now had a great reputation among the people. Even those people who were ordered to rebuild stoves or demolish the firewood shed outside their dwellings only scolded Cheng Dexuan and had a great impression of Yang Hao. Originally, they had a good impression of Yang Hao.
Well, out of hatred for the rich, they felt relieved when they saw those dignitaries being disgraced in front of Yang Hao. In addition, their own sheds were demolished. If those officials did not demolish them, they would be convinced.
What?
Cheng Dexuan has a prestige to these people who have no power and power. At this time ..., look, ah, there are people who have to be young ... Especially the illegal sheds of the former prime minister Wang Pu's family, this ravioli,
The houses have all been demolished. No matter officials or people, who is still unconvinced?
Wang Pu was the founding prime minister of the Song Dynasty and was highly regarded by Zhao Kuangyin. At first, a fool offended him. That fool was named Wang Yansheng. He was the founding general of the Song Dynasty. He was good at fencing and was nicknamed "Wang Jian'er". After the Chenqiao mutiny, he was
He took the lead in returning to the city and killed Han Tong, the deputy capital commander of the bodyguard and army who was loyal to the Zhou Emperor and who was patrolling the capital, and who was the great hero who stopped the armed resistance.
But this scoundrel killed Han Tong's whole family in one go, which violated Zhao Kuangyin's order of "no offense allowed." As a result, Zhao Kuangyin was furious and vowed not to punish Han Tong for the rest of his life. In other words, he would never be an official again.
, and it cannot be promoted to this position.
But in any case, he was one of Zhao Kuangyin's most trusted generals, and he was still reused. He was appointed as the commander of the left side of the cavalry, and also patrolled the capital to maintain public order in the capital. As a result, one night the patrol was completed.
, then ran to Wang Xianggong’s house.
Wang Pu was confused and quickly stood up to greet him. When asked why, he said: "It's too hard to patrol the city, so I came here to ask for a drink." In fact, he came to ask for a bribe, because Wang Pu's queen was the prime minister in the Zhou Dynasty, and his relationship was not comparable.
He was such an accomplished military commander. However, Wang Pu just didn't understand and drank a few glasses of wine with him before sending him out. The next morning, he reported the matter to the emperor.
Zhao Kuangyin was furious and dismissed him from the duty of patrolling the capital. He was relieved of his military post as commander of the left wing of the cavalry. He was promoted to an official and demoted to the governor of Tangzhou. The punishment was unprecedentedly severe. This shows that Zhao Kuangyin was serious about
Wang Pu's respect. In the past two years, Wang Yansheng has just been promoted again due to his meritorious service. He has become Yuanzhou defense envoy and border patrol, and is the general of the northwest border defense. However, his promotion has reached the end, because Zhao Kuangyin has said that in this life, he will never
The military commanders who did not promote him to the rank of Jiedushi were high-ranking officials.
Even for such a prime minister who was highly regarded by the government, Yang Hao was not polite and did everything that should be demolished. When Cheng Dexuan came back and told him, even Zhao Guangyi broke into a cold sweat for him. However, he didn't know this king.
The prime minister felt that he could hold a boat in his belly, but he was too embarrassed to be so knowledgeable as a little shrimp like him. The next day, Prime Minister Wang did not go to court to find the emperor to accuse him. What Zhao Kuangyin did to Yang Hao through the Wude Division was also
It's not that he didn't know, but since Wang Pu didn't come, Zhao Kuangyin pretended to be confused.
As a result, everyone thought that Yang Hao had stirred up a hornet's nest this time, and he would have to be skinned if he didn't die. But early the next morning, he was still wandering around Tokyo, holding an imperial edict in his left hand and a writing brush in his right hand. When others didn't dare
If you go to touch the place and write the word "Demolish", you will be ordered to demolish it without delay.
This kind of integrity that was not afraid of power made the civil servants who looked down on him at first, and the scholars looked at him with admiration. For a time, "In ancient times, there were strong orders, but today Yang is demolished by force" became a good talk in Bianliang.