Song Gexing

Chapter 70 The Dilemma of the Huyan Family
When he arrived at the Chongzheng Hall, Zhao Fang immediately said, "Father, I'm here to beg for mercy. Huyan Bixian, who wields the dragon crossbow straight, please show mercy to me."

Zhao Zhen's words were stuck in his throat, and he raised his forehead helplessly and said: "What happened again? What happened to Huyan Bixian? Do you want you to come and plead for mercy?"

When Wang Su of the Court of Justice heard this, he reminded him: "Officials, Hu Yanbixian is involved in the case of missing crossbows, and the list is on the case."

"Oh, I haven't looked at it yet."

After Zhao Zhen understood, he picked up the memorial from the trial court and looked through it. After seeing the result of Hu Yanbixian's case, he pondered for a moment and asked: "Why did the eldest brother plead for him? What is said here should be the truth. It is indeed his own soldier." Commitment.”

"My son didn't say that he was right. He can't escape from being lax in his duties. But please see that it's not him, and because his father had outstanding achievements and loyalty in the past, just give him a small punishment or a big warning."

After hearing this, Zhao Zhen nodded and said: "Forget it, since the eldest brother begs for mercy, let's demote him one level and serve him as a fine for half a year."

Wang Su frowned and disagreed: "This time we just take this opportunity to rectify the Forbidden Army and deal with others strictly. Isn't it right to let him go?"

Zhao Fang said quickly: "What Wang Qing said makes sense, but it depends on the person. Everyone knows that the Huyan family is die-hard, and his father had the demeanor of a great general. Otherwise, based on his military exploits, he would be just a general." His family was treated badly for the mere honor of serving as governor."

What he was talking about was Hu Yanzan. Old Hu Yan's biggest official position in his life was the governor, not the backer king in the novel.

But his military exploits are indeed worthy of more than one governor, and just one of them can reach Jinyang first, that is, Taiyuan City is enough to be promoted to three levels in a row.

But he refused the reward, which made all the generals feel ashamed. Moreover, his son's official position was not high, he was only a fifth-grade general.

Even though Enyin should be higher than this, he still didn't argue, which is why Zhao Fang came forward to plead for mercy.

Wang Su was still not reconciled to what he said, and retorted: "The merits of the predecessors have passed, and Huyan Bixian has not made great achievements. It is not good for Wei Wang to maintain like this."

Zhao Fang was a little annoyed and understood that the reason why these civil servants were unwilling to let go of the generals was because they looked down upon the generals in their hearts.

He snorted coldly and said: "Hu Yanzan's body is tattooed like a leopard, and he can't see an inch of good skin, but there are only four words that can be repeated over and over again, "Kill a thief with a heart", who in the world can do it?"

Without waiting for Wang Su to retort, he immediately went on to say: "The three sons, together with their soldiers and servants, all have ten words tattooed on their ears: "When you go out, you forget your home for the country; when you are in battle, you forget your death for your master." People who grow up in this way are , shouldn’t Wang Qingjue be pardoned?”

"When you go out, you forget your home for the sake of your country; when you are in battle, you forget your death for your lord."

Zhao Zhen recited these ten words softly, his eyes filled with mist, and he looked at Fu Bi and Han Qi and said, "How is the Huyan family doing now? Why did his soldiers resell crossbow machines? Let the Privy Council go and take a look."

How could Fu Bi know what was going on with the Huyan family now, but Han Qi had been in the army for a long time, and even if he had never met anyone from the Huyan family, he had heard about it.

Immediately he cupped his hands and said, "I don't know why the crossbow machine was sold, but I have heard about it because the Huyan family is living in a tight situation."

While talking about the introduction, it turned out that Hu Yanzan did not make any money in his life, and his official position was not high. He was doing well when he was alive, but after his death, only his eldest son Enyin took up the position, and the other two sons did not.

He was born into a military family and was educated that way since he was a child. He would not be able to do anything else but join the army. Without the support, he would only be a seventh- or eighth-grade military attaché for the rest of his life.

The children in the family had a difficult life for the rest of their lives. The salary in the Northern Song Dynasty was high, but they couldn't help but have many children. In addition, in the families of military generals, martial arts training required a lot of expenditures. Only those who could live well would have trouble.

"If that's the case, wouldn't the punishment make his family worse?"

Zhao Zhen hesitated. When Wang Su heard this, it was okay. He originally felt that it was too light. If the punishment was reduced, what punishment was there?

He immediately said loudly: "Not for officials! The law is ruthless, and even if you give me a favor, you can't be too light." "This..."

Zhao Zhen was in a dilemma, Zhao Fang looked at it and said quickly: "Don't worry, Dad, you still have to be punished. As for his family's livelihood, my son will figure out a way."

"Brother, what are you thinking of?"

Zhao Zhen was curious. His precious son was coming out again and again. He had just made cement. Maybe he had something good again.

"Dad, don't stare at me. My son is not a science student! He's not that talented, but it's easy to make a little money. It's not a major military matter anyway."

Zhao Zhen was not interested in making a little money when he heard about it. As for his slip of the tongue, he was a science student, so if he didn't understand it, he didn't need to pay attention to it.

He waved his hands and said, "Okay, then go ahead and stop running around. Do you know the danger?"

Zhao Fang originally wanted to come out this time, and let him get out of the ban by teasing him, but there was no room for negotiation at all, so he pouted and left helplessly.

When he returned to Yanning Palace, he immediately ordered: "Xiao Zhengzi, send someone to set up a shop near Zhouqiao. I want to open a food shop."

"Open... open a food shop!"

"Okay, it's not like I'm going to do it myself."

Knowing that he had not done it himself, Wang Zhongzheng felt relieved and went out to ask a few people to do things.

Zhao Fang was right. He was not a science student in his previous life. He basically couldn't do what the senior time travelers did.

Cement is too simple and does not require the support of physical and chemical knowledge. As for soap, forget about it. I only know that grease is one of the raw materials, and I don't know anything else.

Of course, there are also simple white sugar and alcohol, but white sugar actually existed in the Tang Dynasty. Li Longji sent people to India to learn it.

Alcohol is too much of a waste of food, don’t even think about it. As for liquor, hehe, liquor without chemical flavorings really tastes good.

Imagine mixing alcohol with water and drinking it, and you will know what it tastes like.

Simple perfume has no technical content, but it needs to be diluted with alcohol, otherwise it cannot be preserved.

After much deliberation, I can only eat. Although there were stir-fried dishes in the Song Dynasty, there were no kebabs, fried chicken, milk tea and the like.

Others are afraid that the emergence of new technologies will offend the business of high-ranking officials and dignitaries, so he is not worried. Is there anyone more dignified than him in Song Dynasty?

Huyan Bixian was released the next day. Knowing that he had been rescued by Zhao Fang, he quickly took his son to Yanning Palace to ask for an audience.

The old general in his 60s, with gray hair, knelt down to thank him. Zhao Fang grabbed him and said: "Xiao Wang respects the Huyan family for generations of loyalty, so he saved me. Now Xiao Wang wants to open a restaurant, and there is no one." Take care of it, I wonder if the old general would like his descendants to come forward and help me take care of it?"

Huyan Bixian didn't know that Zhao Fang said this just for his own sake. When he was released from prison, he went to thank him, and Zhao Zhen told him that the Huyan family's livelihood was something that King Wei said he had a solution for.

Suddenly his eyes filled with tears, he bowed his head and bowed again.

(End of this chapter)