I don't want to be a saint

Chapter 122 Old?The old thief is almost the same!

The next morning, the sun rose as usual, and it was another sunny day.

His Royal Highness the King of Chu rushed to the government office after breakfast.Today is a regular government meeting held every ten days.

Because today is a big regular meeting, many government officials must be present, and the venue is chosen in the spacious and bright lobby of the government office.

By the time he arrived, a group of subordinate officials had already arrived at the scene, passing the judgment, signing the judgment, pushing the officials, and the subordinate officials, including the manager joining the army, the recorder joining the army and so on.

What's more, even Zhao Tixing and Zhao Yuzheng, who were not in frequent contact with each other, also came.

In order to centralize power, Emperor Taizu no longer repeated the lessons of the previous Tang Dynasty when the governors became powerful and became separatist regimes. They did not give local officials the power to rule one side, and deliberately decentralized the local officials.

Therefore, officials from all walks of life not only did not have the power of the Jiedushi in the Tang Dynasty, but also did not have a supreme officer at all, and there was no unified yamen.Instead, four agencies were set up in each branch, each with a chief in charge of one aspect of affairs.

The roads of the Great Zhou Dynasty were divided into "four divisions", collectively called "Shuai, Cao, Xian, and Cang".

Moreover, there is a special law that stipulates that the four yamen along the way must not be concentrated in the same state capital.

In other words, if the Appeasement Department is established in Jiangling Prefecture, then the other three departments must be established in other state capitals.

If it is normal, there will be very little contact with the Sisi yamen.But if something happens, I will write a letter in advance to support it.

And the person in charge of the Department of Penalties and Prisons is Zhao Yuzheng, with a dignified appearance, who is over fifty years old and in the prime of life. He used to be the young minister of Dali Temple, and has presided over countless large and small cases. He has rich experience and outstanding ability.

Moreover, to mention that the prison chief is at the same level as the appeasement secretary, so he also sits behind the case, on an equal footing with the king of Chu, the appeasement envoy.

However, King Chu, the appeasement envoy, is still His Royal Highness the Third Prince, so he took a step forward to show respect.

At this moment, seeing the arrival of the King of Chu, all the officials stood up and saluted: "Your Majesty, see His Highness the King of Chu!"

If it is an ordinary magistrate or prefect, the lower officials will respectfully call a certain magistrate, or an envoy.

But generally speaking, the rank with the highest status will be called.

The king of Chu nodded solemnly and responded: "Yes, everyone is very polite, please sit down!" Then, he smiled politely and said to Zhao Yuzheng: "Zhao Tixing, I haven't seen you for a long time, are you in good health?"

"Haha!" Zhao Yuzheng also hurriedly cupped his hands in return: "Your Majesty, please miss me! This old man's body is quite strong, but his eyes are getting blurred, old man! There is a definite number in the sky, you can't accept it!"

"You haven't yet reached the stage of knowing your destiny, but you are in good health, so don't dare to say you are old!

And count the entire Jinghu North Road, based on your qualifications and experience.

Thanks to you, Jinghu North Road is so smooth and safe! "

"Alas! Alas!" Zhao Yuzheng smiled and waved his hands again and again when he heard the words, "Your Highness is absurdly praised, I am ashamed to be an old man! It is because of His Highness's pioneering and enterprising that there is such a scene of living and working in Jinghu North Road now!"

The two complimented each other and boasted a lot before taking their seats.

"Your Highness, please sit up!"

"Please!"

And the subordinate officials below dared to sit down when they saw that the Shangguan was seated.

King Chu glanced at everyone, cleared his throat, and said, "Zhao Tixing, you come first!"

Zhao Yuzheng was not polite either, and bowed his hands politely to the King of Chu, before he said to the officials below: "My colleagues, you must have heard recently that there are many bandits and wild bandits on our Jinghu North Road. , rampant in the countryside, blocking roads and robbery.

Not only did they rob the people passing by, but even those merchants with nursing homes were not spared!
Its nature is very bad, outrageous! "

As soon as he finished speaking, a burly man with a hairy face sitting on the lower right stood up immediately, bowed his hands and saluted: "My lord, it is really abominable for these bandits and bandits to run amok and rob the road in the countryside. I would like to gather troops and horses. Go into the mountains to suppress the bandits!"

"Hey! Jinshi suppressing bandits? It's easy to say, the treasury of our Jiangling Mansion is empty enough to run away mice. What do you use to go into the mountains to fight bandits?"

This cynical person is none other than He Tongpan.He was sitting upright on the chair, stroking his beard with his right hand, his face full of disdain.

And this shaggy-faced man who was ridiculed was the training officer of the Jiangling Mansion regiment, that is, the general who led the troops. From the sixth-rank flying cavalry captain, he directly belonged to the comfort envoy.

According to the laws and regulations of the Great Zhou Dynasty, the number of soldiers and horses on Jinghu North Road was 1, and they were all Xiang troops with little combat effectiveness.

Moreover, this ten-thousand-box army is still scattered in various state capitals.Even if Jiangling Mansion is where the appeasement envoy is located, there are only more than 1000 troops.

And this Jiangling government regiment trainer, named He Pengfei, nicknamed Pengcheng, was originally a fifth-rank Fengjie army'Infantry Du Yuhou', who participated in the Xixia Conquest, with great skill and extraordinary bravery.

However, because of the failure of the Xixia Conquest, the Fengjie Army took part of the scapegoat and demoted and dismissed many officers.

And this He Pengfei was one of them.

Even though the Fengjie Army's Infantry Army Du Yuhou, and the Jiangling Mansion Regiment Training and Tuning Officer are both from the fifth-rank official position, the Fengjie Army is the Forbidden Army; and the Jiangling Mansion Regiment's training and pushing officer is located in the Xiang Army...

The difference is obvious at a glance.

But He Pengfei, a brawny man with a hairy face, is a man with a hot temper. Hearing He Tongpan's ridicule at this moment, he said bluntly and bluntly: "Then according to He Tongpan's words, we will not send troops to suppress the bandits, and let those Bandits and bandits are rampant in the village, blocking roads and robbing?"

Uh... He Tongpan choked, and he dug a trap silently...

As long as he dares to say yes, those people and merchants who were robbed can drown him with their saliva.

Although he was choked, his salt for so many years was not for nothing, he still said in a calm tone: "That's good, since your Excellency is willing to lead troops to suppress bandits hungry, then this old man will never object!"

I bother!

Still old?

The old thief is almost the same!

He Pengfei suppressed the anger in his heart and almost spat at him.

And Judicial Joining the Army, who was sitting on the left, also echoed: "Since the beginning of spring this year, the cases of these bandits blocking roads and robbery have become more and more frequent.

Passers-by people and merchants couldn't bear it, and they came to the government office to appeal.Today, there are so many cases piled up that they are as numerous as stars.

Please also check clearly, Your Highness! "

Before the king of Chu responded, He Tongpan continued, "In my opinion, those so-called bandits are ordinary people!

It is nothing more than because the family suffered hardships and life was unsustainable, and then they stepped forward to take risks, and had no choice but to enter the mountains and become a rogue! "

This is the truth!
Moreover, everyone sitting here is aware of it and understands the reason.However, if you understand it, you understand that a bandit is still a bandit after all.I won't let it go just because everyone understands it.

But He Tongpan saw that everyone was silent, and said again: "In my old opinion, we can't suppress bandits, recruiting them is the best way!"

(End of this chapter)