Guide to Traveling through the Northern Song Dynasty.

Chapter 190 0185 [Thieves everywhere]

By the Guangji River, friends from Beijing and China are seeing off Zhu Ming.

It rained heavily last night, and the Yellow River in the north swelled so much that it was no longer suitable for sailing.This is the case in summer, when the Yellow River often floods, otherwise it would be more convenient for Zhu Ming to walk along the Yellow River.

The Guangji River side is better, but you have to get off the boat halfway and go to Puzhou by land.

Branches of willows were broken off and delivered to Zhu Ming, along with more than ten farewell poems.

Dark clouds, thunder bursts, and the sky is raining lightly again.

Zhu Ming also picked up the brush and wrote Xin Qiji's "Partridge Sky": "Singing Cheyangguan, the tears are not dry, and the fame and fame are more than enough. The floating sky sends endless trees, and rain clouds bury half of the mountain. There are thousands of things, but separation and reunion are joys and sorrows? Jiangtou is not a storm, don’t be difficult for others to travel in the world!”

The same poem, written in different environments, has different meanings.

The difficult road here refers to the fact that the treacherous party in the court is rampant, and it is difficult for honest people to show their ambitions.

After reading this word, Bai Chongyan was deeply moved, and raised his glass: "Treasure all the way!"

Zhu Ming picked up his wine glass and said to the crowd, "Everyone cherishes it."

"Boom!"

The raindrops became heavier, and Zhu Ming turned and boarded the boat.

Wang Jie, the prefect of Xingren, stood on the deck, watching the bustling scene on the shore.The more people saw Zhu Ming off, the more lonely Wang Jie seemed to be, as he had no friends to see him off today.

"Why don't you get in the cabin?" Zhu Ming boarded the deck and saw that Zheng Yuanyi was drenched.

Zheng Yuanyi smiled and said, "Wait for Mr. Lang."

Wang Jie took the initiative to bow to greet him: "My humble prefect Wang Jie, the prefect of Xingren, has long admired Zhu Tanhua's name."

"To each other, to each other." Ju Ming handed over symbolically, his attitude neither salty nor weak.

Wang Jie curled his lips, didn't speak any more, and returned to the cabin silently.

This guy belongs to the Cai party. When Cai Jing was dismissed for the second time, Wang Jie and Zhao Ting were also dismissed-the two were not very lucky. In history, they cling to Cai Jing, and they were implicated and dismissed before they got any benefits. .Later, when he was finally restored to office, Wang Jie encountered the Song Jiang uprising, and Zhao Ting encountered the Fang La uprising.

A pair of unlucky ones!
In the evening, the official ship docked in the southern suburbs of Dongming County.

The sky is clear, the sunset glows like fire, and the smoke from cooking is curling up all around.

Zhu Ming stayed in a posthouse in the suburbs, and said to the postman: "Give me some food, no alcohol, just bring some meat."

The postman took care of him carefully, and gradually realized that Zhu Ming had no airs of an official, and he was able to do things much more quickly in an instant.

Zhu Ming asked, "Are you a job errand, or are you employed?"

The postman replied: "I hired it, and my family is near here. Although I am tired, my life is okay."

Guangji River is one of the four major rivers in the Northern Song Dynasty. The business of the post houses along the way is booming. They don't need government funding at all, and they can operate normally by earning extra money.

Liangshan Water Park is a large lake through which the Guangji River flows.

Song Jiang rebelled and fled to various places, marching along the Guangji River, making this Cao River restless.

Zhu Ming continued to ask about the local situation, and the postman answered seriously.

Wang Jie, who was on the same boat, did not stay in the post house outside the city, but went to live in a hotel in the city.

The county government hotel is much more advanced. I heard that there is a magistrate staying here. The magistrate of Dongming County came to receive him in person.

The next day, noon.

Zhu Ming urged, "Why don't you sail?"

The military officer in charge of the official ship said with a bitter face: "Wang Zhifu is still in the city, we have to wait for him to board the ship before leaving."

Zhu Ming asked, "If he stays in the city for a few days, we have to wait all the time?"

The military officer didn't know how to answer.

"You wait here, I will come as soon as I go!"

Zhu Ming got off the boat with the cornucopia and rode straight to the city gate.

When passing through the doorway, Zhu Ming showed his official card and asked, "Where is the County Government Hotel?"

The city guard quickly saluted and said, "Follow the main road to the north, and then go east when you see the county government."

"Thank you for showing me the way!" Zhu Ming rode away.

The doorman cheered up and showed off to his companions: "This is a magistrate, please tell me thank you."

The companion muttered: "I didn't give you any money, what's there to be happy about?"

"I have received the bounty, but I have not been thanked by the official." The doorman became more and more excited as he talked, and planned to go home from get off work and tell his wife and children that he would brag about it for the rest of his life.

Zhu Ming rushed to the door of the hotel, showed his official card and walked straight in, asking, "Is the prefect Wang Jie here?"

The hotel guard said: "The Prefect Wang is still resting."

"Take me there!" Zhu Ming scolded.

The guard hesitated to speak, so he could only bite the bullet and lead the way.

When he came outside the guest room, Zhu Ming didn't bother to knock on the door, so he kicked the door open.

The magistrate was lying naked on the bed, with two singers beside him.

The three of them were awakened in an instant, the singer hurriedly covered her body, and Wang Jie was looking for pants everywhere.

"You, you, you..." For a while, Wang Jie pointed at Zhu Ming and shouted, "Sweeping the floor in a gentle manner, sweeping the floor in a gentle manner, what kind of decent is this? Close the door quickly!"

Zhu Ming hooked his feet to close the door, but he himself stood inside.

Wang Jie didn't care about cursing, so he randomly pulled out a pair of pants, and after putting them on, he realized that they belonged to the diva.He could only wear Diva's obscene pants, crawled around on the bed, and finally found that his clothes were all on the floor.

At the beginning, there were many officials attached to Cai Jing, and Cai Jing was dismissed as prime minister, but he lived in Tokyo and refused to leave. The remaining prestige was still there, and there were very few Cai parties who were implicated in losing their officials.

When Wang Jie was dismissed from office, he left behind a handle—"Welcome the envoy to the North, and was convicted of adultery."That is, he privately entertained the envoys of the Liao Kingdom, and even played with women with the envoys.

A few years ago, Wang Jie was stuck in bed, but today it happened again.

Before the guy got fully dressed, Zhu Ming grabbed his belt and dragged it out.

Several of Wang Jie's followers had already received the news, and they all stood outside the door at this moment.I saw the door of the room opened, and my master was disheveled, being carried away by Zhu Zhizhou who was on the same boat.

"Let go, it's degrading!" Wang Jie yelled in panic.

But Zhu Ming turned a deaf ear, grabbed the man to the door of the hotel, put him on the horse's back very roughly, and then turned over and rode away.

Wang Jie's entourage were all dumbfounded, and ran after him wildly.

"Hahahaha!"

The hotel servants were stunned for a while, and then burst into laughter.

This is so interesting, the magistrate was taken away by the magistrate, and he was not dressed properly, so he could gossip for a whole year.

The horse's back was too bumpy and kept pushing against his stomach. Wang Jie wanted to vomit.He no longer dared to speak, and covered his face all the way, for fear of being recognized.

It wasn't until he came to the river that Zhu Ming put him down, and the guy lay on the spot and retched.

After waiting for a long time, Wang Jie was finally lifted up personally, but he saw that Ju Ming had already boarded the boat.

He put on his clothes and rushed up, angrily questioning: "Er'an dares to treat his colleagues like this, I will go to court to impeach this matter!"

Zhu Ming said: "It's past noon now, how long will the official ship wait for you? You just passed through Dongming County, and you were supposed to stay at the post house according to the regulations. Why did you go to the county government hotel in violation of the regulations and let the local singer accompany you? Who knows?" Mistakes come first, think about it yourself!"

Wang Jie blushed with anger, but he had nothing to do with Ju Ming.

He did break the rules, the county government hotel is where distinguished guests are entertained.He is not an official here, he is just passing by, and in principle he should not disturb the place.

"Start the boat!" Zhu Ming shouted.

The military officer in charge of the official ship immediately ordered the anchor to be lifted, and turned his back to snicker.He has long been displeased with Wang Jie, there are too many shits, and he is happy to see Zhu Ming take action to teach him a lesson.

The official ship continued sailing until it arrived at Wanting County. Wang Jie finally trembled again, because this place was under the jurisdiction of Xingren Prefecture.

As the magistrate of Xingren, Wang Jie swaggered to the county government hotel, deliberately asking the magistrate to call a bunch of singers.

Before disembarking, Wang Jie also said: "If it is too late tomorrow, you can leave by boat. I am the prefect of this place, and I will pay a private visit."

Zhu Ming didn't bother to pay attention, because it was still early, he put Zheng Yuanyi in the post house, and rode alone to visit nearby villages.

It was probably because he was wearing the Luo Yi given by the imperial government, which looked very expensive at first glance, and he was targeted as soon as he came out of the first village.

I saw more than a dozen men standing in front, holding various weapons in their hands, and the leader even rode a horse.

Zhu Ming was quite puzzled, and asked aloud: "This place is not far from the county seat. In broad daylight, you actually plan to rob the road? Didn't you see that I was carrying a weapon?"

"Leave some money and let you go without killing you!" the leader shouted.

Zhu Ming was speechless for a moment, as expected of Shandong in the Song Dynasty.

Throughout the Northern Song Dynasty, the number of rebellions in Shandong was far ahead in the country.

Song people's descriptions of Shandong, in addition to "plain" and "vulgar", are all "violent", "fierce", "strong beams" and "many robbers".

"There are gangs of bandits in the wild, but there are many arbitrary heroes in the wild." This means that there are bandits everywhere in the wild, and gangsters everywhere in urban and rural areas.

"Two thousand stones are not insulted", which means that there are very few prefects and prefects in Shandong who are not bullied by local tyrants.

In the final analysis, the business here in Shandong is underdeveloped, land mergers are very serious, and a large number of surplus laborers cannot find jobs.This place is very close to Kaifeng, and the Guangji River is used for water transportation. The exploitation from the government is very heavy, and the Kaifeng government has been sucking the blood of the people in Shandong.

A combination of factors, once a natural disaster occurs, a large number of refugees will be produced.

The imperial court could only recruit refugees to serve as soldiers, but the refugees still couldn't get enough to serve as the Xiang army. Instead, they learned the skills of the army, fled back to their hometown with weapons, and became more professional as thieves.

Zhu Ming took off the bow and arrow, put on the arrow, and shouted: "Get out!"

Those thieves were a little scared, but they were not willing to let the fat sheep go, and they didn't know whether to advance or retreat for a while.

Zhu Ming drew the bow half full, shot an arrow, and the bandit leader fell from the horse.

The group of thieves fled in panic, not only helping the seriously injured bandit leader, but also taking the horse with him.

Zhu Ming chased after him with his horse, and the bandits scattered and ran wildly.

The thief leading the horse panicked and climbed onto the horse, but because of his poor riding skills, he was soon caught up by Zhu Ming.

With a sword strike, the thief fell off the horse, and Zhu Ming snatched the horse back.

With the loot, I am too lazy to continue chasing, anyway, this is not his jurisdiction, so let Wang Jie have a headache.

Riding back for a stroll, I saw Deng Chun bringing someone over.

Shi Biao stayed in the capital to protect Zhu Guoxiang, and the remaining Bai Sheng, Deng Chun and others followed Zhu Ming to Puzhou.

"Why are you here?" Zhu Ming asked.

Deng Chun replied: "I heard from the postman at the posthouse that there are many robbers around here, so I asked Bai Sheng to protect my wife, and I will bring someone over to meet Mr. Lang."

"Let's go back," Zhu Ming said with a smile, "It's a good day to pick up a horse for nothing."

For future work, Ju Ming is not looking forward to it, and even has some headaches.

Puzhou is next door to Xingren Mansion, and there are also thieves everywhere.

Killing is endless, and the employment problem must be solved.However, the imperial court exploited Shandong excessively, and the land annexation was serious, and there would only be more and more unemployed people.

You have to find a breakthrough!

(End of this chapter)