"Mr. Hong is here not only to show off your achievements!"
Lu Heng put down his teacup, looked at Fatty Hong with a smile, and asked lightly. [High quality update]
"What a fucking record!" Hong Quan rolled his eyes speechlessly.
He said in a squeaky voice.
Who has ever seen someone show off his humiliating things as achievements? Hong Quan said speechlessly in his heart.
Seeing that Yongzheng was still looking at him with a smile, his clear eyes seemed as if nothing could escape him.
Hong Quan smiled bitterly in his heart, and suddenly felt a sense of powerlessness in his heart. Yongzheng, well, speaking of it, is really a terrible character.
As soon as I walked in, I started chatting with him and never said anything irrelevant. However, how could this man know that there were other reasons why he came today.
After putting down the tea cup, Hong Quan put away the playful expression on his face. Instead, he had a solemn look on his face.
He stood up and walked to the door of the inner room, closing the door tightly. Then he walked back to the table. He solemnly took out a letter from his sleeve and placed it on the table. He pressed the letter with his fingers and looked at Lu
Heng whispered: "He's from Yizhou!!"
"Oh, Yizhou?" Lu Heng frowned slightly, thought for a moment, turned his head and looked at Hong Quan, and said in surprise: "Mr. Zhang?"
"Well, it's Mr. Zhang!" Hong Quan nodded and said solemnly. At the same time, he pushed the letter on the table in front of Lu Heng.
Lu Heng took the letter, opened the envelope, took out the letter paper, and unfolded it. A very warm smile flashed across his indifferent face.
"Little friend Yongzheng." This is the first sentence at the beginning of this letter. The powerful writing style reflects the tough character of Mr. Zhang, a scholar. "Jiang Ning said goodbye, so it has been more than half a year. I don't know how my little friend is, I don't know.
Lord Ning Yuan, how are you? Have you gone to Tokyo?..."
Lu Heng held the letter with both hands, leaned on the chair, and looked at it quietly.
After looking down, Lu Heng's brows wrinkled slightly.
In addition to greetings to himself and Wu Ningyuan, the letter was a summary of what Zhang Wenshan had seen and learned in Duoyi Prefecture during the past six months.
Zhang Wenshan secretly revealed in his letter that the reason for the Miao people's rebellion was the exploitation and suppression by local Zhou officials. Moreover, there were also many aristocratic families involved.
Finally, Zhang Wenshan expressed his determination to destroy these black sheep of the Great Zhou Dynasty in a calm tone.
Although, in the letter, Zhang Wenshan's tone was so bland.
But Lu Heng could still feel Zhang Wenshan's huge indignation at what he saw and heard and his determination to make a decision from between the lines. [High-quality update]
After closing the letter, Lu Heng slowly stuffed the letter into the envelope, leaned on the chair, closed his eyes and remained silent.
Zhang Wenshan has lived in Jiangning for decades, and now he has been reactivated. Naturally, he has unlimited enthusiasm for serving the country in his heart.
However, it seems that the method is a bit too drastic!
Lu Heng leaned on the chair and remembered what the letter said about Zhang Wenshan's plan to wipe out all the aristocratic families that had been determined, and he couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart.
It was not because Zhang Wenshan was too ruthless. Rather, Lu Heng thought of the fate of those who were called cruel officials since ancient times.
There are many cruel officials recorded in history books. These people are either ruthless and selfless, or they are honest and honest and do not recognize their relatives.
They are often born in troubled times, but will eventually be overwhelmed by troubled times.
Although these officials are called cruel officials in history books, this is only because their cold tactics are incompatible with the Confucian concept of benevolence and virtue, so they are called cruel officials.
In fact, speaking of it, these people are often loved by the people because of their unselfishness. They shoulder the imperial edict, destroy the powerful, kill the traitors, and kill the officials who violate the law and discipline. But these cruel officials are very kind to the people.
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These cruel officials are like the swords, bows and arrows in the hands of the king. When they are unsheathed, they will inevitably flow into rivers of blood. However, as the old saying goes, if the birds are hidden by the bow, the rabbits will be cooked by the dogs.
After they have completed their duties, they will often be swallowed up by the counterattack of the aristocratic families they suppressed in the first place. And the king will abandon them in order to stabilize the country and the country.
It's not that the king is cold-blooded. This approach is actually, to put it bluntly, a way of sacrificing the slightest and the most important.
Therefore, all cruel officials recorded in history books often did not end well.
From Shang Yang in the Qin Dynasty, to Nephew in the Western Han Dynasty, to Zhang Tang in the later years. Each and every one of them died without a burial place.
After thinking about the turmoil that Mr. Zhang might cause if he adopted such ruthless methods, Lu Heng couldn't help but worry about him.
Seeing that Lu Heng's face changed slightly after reading the letter. Hong Quan on the side frowned, pointed at the letter paper with a puzzled look on his face and said: "Sir, this letter..."
Lu Heng picked up the tea cup, took a sip of tea, pushed the envelope in front of Hong Quan, and said calmly: "Master Hong, please take a look!"
Seeing Lu Heng's face as calm as water, Hong Quan also knew that the letter seemed to say something. He put away the smile on his face, opened the envelope solemnly, and took a look.
Hiss... After reading what Zhang Wenshan said in the letter that he planned to destroy dozens of powerful families in Yizhou, Hong Quan suddenly took a breath of cold air.
In the letter, ten of the dozen or so aristocratic families named by Zhang Wenshan were related to the aristocratic families of the Central Plains generation.
Some are even branches of the Central Plains families in Sichuan and Shu. And ten of these families have their heirs serving as officials in the court.
If Zhang Wenshan really wiped out all these dozens of aristocratic families, it would anger half of the courtiers usij in the Great Zhou Dynasty.
"Sir Zhang, what you are doing is quite harsh!" Thinking of the severe consequences that Mr. Zhang would face if this came true, Hong Quan forced out an ugly smile and said with a dry smile.
Even so, I was still shocked by Zhang Wenshan's skill.
Seeing Lu Heng turn around and look at him quietly. After Hong Quan laughed dryly, he finally put away the smile on his face, sighed with a wry smile, shook his head and said, "It's just that it seems a bit too harsh.
Got it!"
He held the tea cup and took a trembling sip of tea. He frowned and said, "It's just that the Sichuan-Sichuan area has been a place where the majesty of the Yao family has been difficult to affect since ancient times. There, officials and gangsters colluded, and officials forced the people to rebel.
It often happens. The former emperor also tried hard to rectify the situation, but the effect was not satisfactory! He often killed some officials who violated the law and discipline, but the officials who succeeded him still followed the old path! Alas, so it goes, until now,
The Yizhou generation is still like this!"
He put down the tea cup, with a look of helplessness in his eyes, shook his head and sighed: "So, it is understandable that Mr. Zhang behaves this way!"
Lu Heng leaned on the chair, closed his eyes, and shook the chair under him. He held the tea cup and gently smelled the tea, thinking about this matter in his mind.
"It's just that it's too harsh!" Lu Heng opened his eyes and sighed: "I'm afraid that some officials in the DPRK may not be able to figure out the relationship between the situation in Yizhou. Today's Yizhou is...
One shot moves the whole body!"
He held the tea cup in his hand, warmed his hands, and said: "Mr. Zhang's simple approach wiped out a thousand evil-doing families. I don't know how many courtiers he secretly offended!"
On the side, Hong Quan thought about Lu Heng's careful analysis, touched his bare chin, and nodded in agreement with a worried look on his face.
After sighing, Lu Heng straightened up, gently tapped the armrest of the chair with his fingers, and said with worry in his eyes: "Once these courtiers all come back to deal with Mr. Zhang, no one will be able to stop this force.
Can’t stop!”
After hearing Lu Heng's conclusion, Hong Quan nodded in agreement.
He has been an official for many years, so he can naturally see the stakes at this time.
However, he still felt that the consequences of this matter were not as severe as Lu Heng thought. After all, what Zhang Wenshan did was supported by His Majesty.
Thinking of this, Hong Quan lowered his voice, leaned forward slightly, and lowered his voice: "Your Majesty should be able to..."
Although Hong Quan was thrown into the sky prison and almost lost his head due to that incident back then, he could still feel the emperor's tolerance for him over the years. Otherwise, he would have repeatedly cheated and resisted the decree.
I'm afraid it has been chopped down a dozen times.
Therefore, he still felt grateful to the emperor in his heart.
Hearing that Mr. Zhang might be doomed in the future, Hong Quan was frightened and could only place his hope on the emperor.
Lu Heng looked calmly at the bright sunshine outside the window, squinted his eyes and thought for a while, then shook his head with a smile.
"Could it be that Your Majesty would..." Hong Quan's face changed slightly, his eyes looked unbelievable, and he asked in a loud voice.
Lu Heng held the tea cup, narrowed his eyes slightly, smiled and said: "At that time, the emperor will only follow the tide!"
Hong Quan's body trembled and his face changed. His eyes were full of surprise and uncertainty. He lowered his head, his expression a little erratic for a moment, and murmured in a low voice: "Could it be that your Majesty would really do this?"
"Now in the court, although His Majesty is vigorously supporting the rise of the common people, the strength formed by the aristocratic families over thousands of years cannot be changed overnight! Therefore, after the incident with the Wang family last time, the emperor just dealt with it
An insignificant official did not do anything too drastic. The emperor did this because he saw the current situation clearly. He was afraid that if he took too big a move, he would anger the huge power of the family and destabilize the country.
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Lu Heng sighed, shook his head with a wry smile, and looked at Zhang Wenshan's impassioned spirit in the letter even though he was about to die. He smiled helplessly, sighed, and said helplessly in his heart, this old man is really a stickler.
Muscle!
But... Lu Heng picked up the letter and took a look at it. This time he finally saw some clues.
What Zhang Wenshan said in this letter is also quite mysterious. In the letter, the old guy also said that he was planning to do this, but he hadn't done it yet.
Since it has not been done, at least until now, nothing has happened.
He secretly speculated on the meaning of Zhang Wenshan's words in this letter. After thinking for a moment, Lu Heng seemed to have grasped some of the key points.
After picking up the tea cup and tasting the fragrant Longjing, he smiled and said, "Oh, but I have to say that Mr. Zhang's courage is really as sharp as Mr. Hong said."
ah!"
Hong Quan, who was sitting across from him with a look of shock on his face, was listening intently to Lu Heng's analysis. When he heard the end, he never thought that Lu Heng would suddenly say such a sentence.
Suddenly, Fatty Hong raised his head, with a dull look in his eyes, and looked at Lu Heng in astonishment. His mouth was opened wide, and his two front teeth were emitting warm sunlight and flashing fluorescence!
"Why, Master Hong, don't you feel it?" Lu Heng picked up the teacup and took a sip, then turned his head and looked at Hong Quan, who had a dull look on his face, and asked with a smile while holding the teacup.