Guide to Traveling through the Northern Song Dynasty.

Chapter 208 0203 [The Learning Envoy Arrives]

Huang Yaoshi brought his wife and son to the back house of the state government office to have a meal.

Zheng Yuanyi and Li Mujun cooked the cakes by themselves, and when the two female family members left, Huang Guinian took out a letter: "Transfer the private letter, and ask the state court to release the Qian and Sun prisoners immediately."

Zhu Ming read the letter curiously, and said with a sneer, "He has such a big face, a transfer envoy who just took office, messing around in the affairs of the criminal department, he dared to write a letter to leave a clue."

"Who will let the family members be prosperous?" Huang Guinian joked, "My father offered Ganoderma lucidum, and Li Wenzhong also offered Ganoderma lucidum. If you talk about the total age of Ganoderma lucidum, your father is only ten thousand years old, far behind him."

"That's right." Zhu Ming didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

Li Wenzhong, who just took office as the transfer envoy of Jingdong Road, was only the magistrate of Mizhou last year.

The top leader at the municipal level, directly promoted to the top leader at the provincial level!

This promotion is not considered a violation, but according to the past practice, it is generally promoted first to the transport judge, then to the deputy transfer envoy, and then to the transfer envoy.

Li Wenzhong can do it in one step, it is purely a meritorious contribution to Ganoderma lucidum.

There are many officials across the country who donate Ganoderma lucidum, and Li Wenzhong can stand out because he has a large amount and manages enough.

This buddy first increased taxes for the counties in Mizhou, and then stipulated that ordinary people can pick Ganoderma lucidum to offset taxes.They also embezzled public funds to buy all Ganoderma lucidum in domestic pharmacies, and even sent people to other places to buy them.

After saving for several years, I saved 30 ganoderma lucidum.Taking Wanduo as one outline, it is divided into thirty outlines, and dedicated to the emperor.

It is also said that the holy emperor is alive, and a large number of Ganoderma lucidum has emerged in Mizhou, which is auspicious from heaven.

Rao Huizong of the Song Dynasty was well-informed, and he was surprised by the 30 ganoderma lucidum. He thought Li Wenzhong was a loyal minister, and was immediately promoted to Jingdong Road Transit Envoy.

This successful case has brought great inspiration to the successor.

Even in the Jianyan period, Zhao Gou fled to Yangzhou to become the emperor, several troops from the Kingdom of Jin went south, and the magistrate of Mizhou was still offering Ganoderma lucidum.

Zhu Ming said: "The transfer envoy meddles in the affairs of the state court. I will impeach him for this!"

Huang Guinian said: "My impeachment memorial has been written."

"Then hand it in 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 envoy of learning, will come to Puzhou for a study tour in two days. Brother De Shao, can you recognize him?"

Huang Guinian shook his head and said, "I don't know."

"Let's go to meet them together." Zhu Ming smiled.

He thought that Huang Zhu and Huang Zhu were old acquaintances.

Historically, both Zhu Shengfei and Huang Guinian belonged to the war faction, and when they caught Qin Hui, they spouted wildly, which led to Qin Hui's dismissal for the first time.After Qin Hui came back, 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.

"Sir, the iron mace is ready." Bai Shenghui reported.

Three iron maces were played, and Zhu Ming kept one to make a pair with the original one.

The remaining two are handed over to Deng Chun for use.

Zhu Ming said, "Just play and watch."

Deng Chun immediately wielded the double mace and swung it out with ease. His strength was enough, but he didn't show any skill at all.

Zhu Ming looked at it and shook his head again and again: "There are horse troops in Yunzhou. After the matter here, go over there to find a mace instructor. It doesn't matter how good you are, as long as you know how to use mace, I will practice with you."

"That's great." Deng Chunxi said.

Zhu Ming asked again: "How is Huang Tingguan doing?"

Bai Sheng said, "Yang Pu hasn't come back yet."

Yang Pu, that gangster, no longer served as the security guard of the back house of the state government office, but was sent by Zhu Ming to Huang Tingguan to inquire about information.

Yang Pu was a thief before, so he is more familiar with the habits of thieves.

This guy has been inquiring for several days, and the envoy is coming soon, so he returns to the city to report.

"How?" Zhu Ming asked.

Yang Pu said: "With the help of Zhang's family, I ran to many villages and found out clearly. The bandits in Huang Tingguan, whose leader is Tao Kai, are not locals, but escaped from Yanggu County. They used to live in Zilu Xun was a good citizen, but he couldn't pay the taxes, so he killed the tax collector and was arrested by Yanggu County. He fled to Shouzhang County to be a thief and killed the local big family. He couldn't gain a foothold, so he fled to Juan The city relies on Taoist priests."

A dam is a kind 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 have to provide materials such as straw, stones, and branches.

Due to the bifurcation of the Yellow River, the eastern section has not been flooded for decades, and the water along the line has not been repaired for decades.However, the collection of class service is still continuing, and it is converted into money, which increases the burden on the common people out of thin air.

Those thieves who took refuge in Huang Tingguan were good people who were forced to go bankrupt by Shun Ke.

Zhu Ming asked, "Do they usually live in Huang Ting Guan?"

Yang Pu said: "It's not in Huangtingguan, but in Zhaozhuang in the northeast of Zhoucheng and northwest of Huangtingguan. Zhaozhuang is next to the land of the Li family, and most of the good fields in the village are occupied by the Li family. There are no big families in Zhaozhuang, so the thieves go to occupy it." Once there, they often rob merchants.”

"Is there a nursing home in Huangting Temple?" Zhu Ming asked again.

"Yes," Yang Pu said, "I climbed over the wall at night and went in to see that the guards were also wearing 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 have a house outside. After taking in the thieves and occupying the land, some of the land was used as temple land, and the rest was distributed to the Taoist priests. The Taoist priests are all landlords. There are also nearby landlords who donate their own land to become Taoist priests. I heard that you don’t have to pay taxes.”

In the Song Dynasty, even officials had to pay taxes. How could Taoist priests be exempted from taxes?

It's nothing more than the emperor's advocacy of Taoism, and the Taoist priests became prestige, and officials dared not tax them.

Hearing what Yang Pu said, I am afraid that there are quite a few landlords who volunteered to contribute, and not all the temple lands of Huang Tingguan were occupied.

Zhu Ming didn't completely trust the Zhang family, so he asked Yang Pu to find out the news.

After gathering the information, Ju Ming began to make a plan.

The main target is Zhaozhuang, and quickly hunt down the thieves there.The second is Huang Tingguan, which must be taken as soon as possible.Then sweep the Taoist houses in various villages, and wipe out those Taoist priests who have become landlords.

……

Zhu Shengfei came from the direction of Yuncheng.

At the beginning of this year, he served as a student envoy on Jingdong Road. He set off from Nanjing (Shangqiu) by boat, and first went to inspect Xuzhou and Huaiyang troops.Then he went to Yizhou and Mizhou by boat, and visited Li Qingzhao in Qingzhou.

It took four months to circle around and finally returned to Puzhou.

Although Jingdong Road is divided into east and west roads, after many restructurings, there is only one transfer department, Changping department, and Tixue department.Perhaps because of the large number of thieves, the criminal punishment department retained two, in charge of Jingdong East Road and Jingdong East Road.

Also in order to guard against thieves, when Zhu Shengfei inspected the state capitals, he actually brought a few horse soldiers with him.

When he was about to approach Puzhou City, he saw the welcoming team.

Zhu Ming personally led the officials out of the city, bowed to each other and said, "Ju Ming, the magistrate of Puzhou, welcomes you to inspect the school."

Zhu Shengfei returned the salute with a smile: "Why is Governor Zhu so polite? I am patrolling schools in various prefectures, but unexpectedly disturbed the place."

"I haven't been disturbed, and the inspection is a big deal." As long as he doesn't disturb himself, Ju Ming is still very face-saving.

The rest of the officials also stepped forward to greet Zhu Shengfei.

Zhu Shengfei's resume is very similar to Zhu Ming's. He was a 19-year-old Jinshi (graduated from Taixue University) and also worked as a Taixue Zheng. Similar experiences naturally shorten the distance between them.

Graduated from Taixue at the age of 19, hehe, anyone with a discerning eye knows that there are tricks.

Zhu Shengfei's father-in-law is none other than Cai Jing's confidant and privy envoy Deng Xunwu! (Zheng Juzhong became prime minister, Deng Xunwu took over the Privy Council, Song Huizong was balancing the Cai party and the Zheng party.)
In addition, Zhu Shengfei also has a brother-in-law named Zhang Bangchang, and their wives are cousins.

Yao Guangshu, who deliberately opposed Zhu Ming, nodded and bowed like a dog at this moment, intentionally asking for credit: "Today's banquet was prepared by the official himself, and there is Zhu Tixue's favorite roast lamb."

Zhu Shengfei frowned, he didn't like this kind of flattery.

It is true that his father-in-law is a core member of the Cai party, but this marriage was arranged by his grandfather in the early years.After getting married, he deliberately alienated Cai Dang and asked to stay away from the capital.

Later, Zhu Shengfei even wrote poems, satirizing Cai Jing and Wang Fu's struggle for power, without saving any face for his father-in-law.The poem said: The old fire is not willing to retreat, and the immature gold will fight hard.Yanliang wins and loses, and it turns cloudy and sunny in an instant.

Lao Huo is Cai Jing, and Zhi Jin is Wang Fu, ridiculing them for fighting for power by any means.

Zhu Shengfei leaned closer to Zhu Ming, keeping a distance from Yao Guangshu.

Sihu joined the army and Judiciary joined the army, and they also joined Zhu Shengfei.But they were too low-ranked and couldn't stand it, so they looked very funny-they were four or five meters away from Zhu Shengfei, but they bent over in the air, smiled flatteringly with their heads tilted, and walked forward with their buttocks pouted.

Huang Guinian had a sneer on his face, and looked coldly at everyone's ugliness.

He is a serious Jinshi, Zhu Shengfei was born as a Jinshi, and only one year later he became an official.He can only join the army as a manager, and his rank is about the same as that of a county magistrate, but Zhu Shengfei is already a student envoy.

There are people in the court who are good at being officials!

Zhu Shengfei was very helpless, his father-in-law was a traitor and a privy envoy, and this was not something he could choose.

After entering the city, Zhu Shengfei said: "Everyone, go away, don't delay business."

The petty officials had no choice but to withdraw, turning around every step of the way, just like saying goodbye to a lover.How much they want to accompany Ti Xueshi all the way, maybe they can take this opportunity to catch up with the privy envoy.

Zhu Shengfei looked at Yao Guangshu: "Why do you keep it?"

Yao Guangshu shyly said: "The lower officials are not only the magistrates of Juancheng, but also the observation judges of Puzhou. They are half a rank higher than those who joined the army with Cao Cao. They should accompany them to study and inspect."

Zhu Shengfei was helpless, said nothing more, and went to the hotel with his entourage to stay.

Ju Ming greeted the Tixue envoy politely, and it was enough to send him to the hotel. He clasped his fists and said, "Zhu Tixue will leave. I have business matters. I will accompany you to the banquet tomorrow."

Zhu Shengfei said: "If the prefect has something to do, just do it."

Bai Sheng led to the cornucopia, and immediately hung a pair of iron maces.

Zhu Ming got on his horse and shouted: "All archers, follow me to seek thieves!"

Those archers who cleared the way to welcome the envoy into the city threw away their sticks one after another, holding their sabers and shouted excitedly: "Kill the thief, kill the thief!"

Although I don't know who Zhizhou wants to beg, but there must be a reward for going there!
On Deng Chun's side, he also went to the county government to gather archers, and came to meet when he heard the news.

Zhu Shengfei stared at Zhu Ming leading the troops away on horseback, he was stunned for a moment, and asked, "What's going on here?"

Yao Guangshu was also a little confused, shaking his head blankly: "I don't know."

(End of this chapter)