Chapter 290 The price of arrogance
Wenxun heard this and leaned on the back of the chair, shook the rattan chair, and said with disapproval: "If Mr. Zhang is not satisfied, he will be exempted from my official position. I have earned enough money in the past few years and just happened to go back to my hometown to take a look."
Why did Guangnan East Road become a "pointing place" or a place where the officials live is because there are few places here and few people, and officials regard it as a punishment for the job here. If Wenxun really refuses to do so, the court will not find a replacement for a while. Then, local candidates in Guangdong are selected - hahaha, now Zhao Xing has strengthened education construction in various places, and those newly learned students are almost equivalent to his disciples. Let his disciples supervise him. Isn't this let the left hand monitor the right hand?
Wang Ying shook his head, skipped the topic, eased his tone, and blamed him: "Now, most of the imperial court's official documents are by sea, and it only takes one month to pass on the capital. Brother Wen is resentful, so he shouldn't pass on land to transmit information, right? You arrived in the capital after half a year of information transmitted by land, but Zhao Liren's handling report four months ago, and he saw your report after he had finished processing everything. Aren't you fooling the court?"
Wenxun grinned: "It has been more than a hundred years since my Song Dynasty passed the news of Guangnan by land. Am I wrong to pass the news on the post road? If it is really wrong, the court should issue an edict to correct it. As long as the court issued an edict, I would not allow me to go on land again - do you think I would be so troublesome, so I personally find the post station to submit it?
I see that the people in the court made Zhao Liren enjoy their appetite. Haven’t you noticed that all the documents related to Zhao Liren were taken by sea because the Transport Department, the Management Department, and the Maritime Department had a related delivery fee, but unfortunately this delivery fee did not cover me. Should I take the secret report submitted to the court and go to Zhao Liren to specially approve the postal fee, and then ask Zhao Liren to help me pass the report I made? Are the adults in the court stupid? Or am I stupid?"
Wang Ying was silent for a moment, and then grabbed another question and asked: "Mr. Wen, I also discovered a strange phenomenon. Guangnan East Road is not a border state, why can't I resist crossbows here? When I entered the city, I saw many people carrying crossbows, and some people were wearing weird clothes. Is it the legendary "Demon-Suspense Army"? They wore weird red clothes on the upper body and black pants on the lower body..."
Wenxun interrupted and said, "Are they wearing hats?... You met a hat army, which is the Guangdong 'gunmen', the rural brave men from all over the country I mentioned. These people are not the elites in Guangdong, but the elites in Guangdong are exactly what you call the "Demon-Subduing Army" and the "General Camp". It is these people who have only dispatched more than a thousand people to capture a Chameng Kingdom that has been established for thousands of years.
However, you are right. Guangdong really can't help but bow and crossbow. Since Guangdong was frequently harassed by pirates outside the sea, Zhao Liren has written to the court, asking the court to set Guangdong as a "Zhenzhou". Haha, I guess Zhao Liren's memorial was on land. The court has not received any reports yet. But Zhao Anfu has already been killed and then reported. As an excuse, the court must have not responded for a long time, so he made the decision first."
Wang Ying stood up, walked around the ground, begged Wenxun: "Sir Wen, as you say, it is too difficult to find a handle for Zhao Anfu in Guangnan. Now I just want to ask Brother Wen to help me and let me go to the demon army to see. I heard that a new weapon used by the demon army was like thunder. It sounded so powerful - Zhao Liren privately equipped the army, which is always a big mistake, right?"
Wenxun laughed dryly: "Ha, I advise you not to worry about that. The reason why I told you so much is to tell you: if you want to continue to be an official in Guangdong, hurry up and find Zhao Anfu to apologize, otherwise you won't stay long.
The imperial court also knows the new weapon you mentioned, but it is just an improved version of the Mizhou Lihua Gun. Mr. Zhang has known this for a long time. You don’t need to say it at all."
After Wenxun finished speaking, he added leisurely: "I heard that when Mr. Zhang was demoted to the countryside, he once took two improved versions of the pear blossom guns from Zhao Liren. So, it is useless to tell the court about this matter!"
Wang Ying wanted to say something else. Wenxun had lost the intention to talk to him. He called his servant to bring Erchen Tang to see him off, and Wang Ying had to say goodbye.
As soon as Wang Ying left, Wenxun immediately took a piece of paper, wrote it up quickly, recorded the content of his conversation with Wang Ying, and then put the record into an envelope and greeted his family: "Go quickly and send this letter to Zhao Jingluo, and said that Lord Wang Ying had already passed the memorial to the capital. I had already advised him just now, but unfortunately he went in or not, and it was difficult to judge."
Wenxun's doing this is equivalent to secretly cheating Wang Ying. Wang Ying walked out of Wenxun's mansion and was still thinking about Wenxun's introduction. The more he thought about him, the more he became more scared. Seeing the passing people looking at him, Wang Ying was suspicious. He could no longer stay in Guangzhou. He left overnight and ran back to Hong Kong, wandering around the door of Zhao Xing's house in Hong Kong every day, allowing everyone to see his existence...
Wang Ying was in a state of uneasy, and Dong Bi was not much better.
After landing in Guangzhou, this guy went to Guangxi by land to take over. Guangxi did not make things difficult for him and successfully exchanged official documents for him. Dong Bi couldn't stay idle, and immediately took a boat to Danzhou first after receiving the official documents to inspect Su Shi's residence.
After Dong Bi arrived in Danzhou, he rushed to the Changhua Army through great difficulty. The governor of the Changhua Army, who was in charge of a hundred households, greeted him. Dong Bi asked arrogantly: "Where is the demoted official Su Zizhan?"
Zhao Xing left behind the Changhua Army's small village to paralyze the imperial officials. This place seemed very dilapidated, mostly wooden houses. When the Changhua Army governor heard the question, hesitantly pointed to the best stone house in the county town, and hesitantly replied: "Here, here..."
Dong Bi rolled his eyes: "The best house in the county town should be an official house or an official office. How can a demoted official live in an official office? Drive him out quickly."
The stone house of Changhua Army was actually built by Zhao Xing. There was an official yard in front and an official house behind. This house was not as comfortable as the academy specially built by Zhao Xing at the wharf. Even so, it was too embarrassing to drive people out of the official yard like this.
After Dong Bi said this, the governor of Changhua Army looked at him, as if he was looking at a dead person. He stood there with his hands crossed. Dong Bi shouted: "What, do you want to be demoted too?"
The governor of Changhua Army laughed: "A certain family has arrived at the Changhua Army. Where can the court degrade me? Lord Dong. It is not easy for our court to violate the laws of the court, but we have to do it. Just go by yourself. Our family is afraid of the tiger behind Mr. Su."
Dong Bizhi replied arrogantly: "You said that it is Zhao Liren. This official is of the same rank as him. He cannot control Guangxi in Guangdong... OK, okay, you don't do it. I will go by myself."
After saying that, Dong Bida ordered his followers to drive Su Shi out of the official house. After hearing the news, the people of the Changhua Army came to help Su Shi carry the salute silently. Su Shi held his youngest son Su Guo's hand expressionlessly and walked towards the beach.
Dong Bicai didn't care where Su Shi was kicked out of the official residence.
There are no free houses in this hundred households, and according to normal circumstances, Su Shi, who was kicked out of the official residence, could only sleep in the beach...
After driving Su Shi away, the governor of Changhua Army lost his smile. He bowed coldly and returned to his own government office, all of which were considered as Dong Bi. Dong Bi was wandering around the Changhua Army and urged several people of the Changhua Army to send him back to Danzhou, but he saw that the Changhua soldiers were hiding from him like they were plague.
Dong Bi was furious and said furiously: "I came here from Danzhou. If I don't believe it, I won't go back."
An old army beside him kindly reminded: "Chajian. Before you walked from Danzhou to Changhua Army, you did not offend Zhao Laohu. Now you walk back, it will be difficult to protect yourself. Let me tell you the truth. Lord Zhao has a good relationship with the Li people in Qiongzhou. Those Li people owe him a lot of affection. Therefore, since Duke Su was demoted to Danzhou, the road to Danzhou has become much calmer. Otherwise, Chajian will inquire. Last year, they attacked the travelers on this road, cut off the scalp of the travelers, and cut off their heads as decorations in the house.
When I visited, the Li people did not attack the people along the way, I was worried that they would hurt Mr. Zhao, but now you drove Mr. Zhao’s teacher out. If the Li people saw him on the beach, they were not in language with us, and if they wanted to please Mr. Zhao and cut off other people’s heads, we would not be able to explain to them.”
Only then did Dong Bi understand why the Changhua Army Jieduan looked at him with pity. He hurriedly rushed into the county government of the Jieduan. The Jieduan was lazily lying on the rattan chair to cool off. Dong Bi shouted: "Hurry up, send some guards to me and escort me back to Danzhou."
The Jiedushi replied casually: "Do you still want to leave? There are many people in the Changhua Army who are greedy for Zhao Jingluo's money, and there are also many people who have been favored by Zhao Jingluo. Just now, you drove his teacher out, and someone must have reported it to him. Visiting the adults, there are only one people in the Changhua Army. If you want it, take them all, but there are tens of thousands of Li people along the way. If the Li people turn their faces on, can you walk out of this mountainous area?
Even if you investigate the enemy, what can you do if you walk out of this mountainous area? Have you never heard of it? Recently, pirates on the sea near Guangzhou are rampant, and even Zhao Jingluo's boat has been repeatedly attacked. The place responsible for this sea patrol is the Guangdong Coastal Control Department. The sea is vast. As long as the tiger in Guangdong turns a little open and closes his eyes, I think no one will know that the adult's ship sinks into the sea. - pirates frequently harasse it, it is normal for adults to die. Who can blame the tiger in Guangzhou?"
Dong Bi's legs became weak and collapsed on the ground. He already understood that the governor's words were secretly saying that the Guangdong Coastal Control Department was an official army above the sea, and pulling off the military flag would be a pirate. As long as Zhao Xing got angry, the official army sank his ship, which was a bandit suppression, and he had no place to cry.
After sitting on the ground and thinking for a long time, only the sound of the shaking rattan chair in the room was heard. Dong Bi had a cold sweat for a while and asked again: "From the master of Jiedu, what should I do?"
The Jiedushi replied: "The Changhua Army's food cannot be self-transported. In the past, it was all transported from Danzhou from land, and Danzhou's food was transported from Leizhou. From Duke Su to Changhua, no matter the wind and rain, a grain ship was sent here every day. Duke Su drove out of the official house, and our Changhua Army no longer enjoyed the subsidy for Zhao Laohu. After the soldiers learned the news, I was afraid that they would deliberately take the adults to the Li people's village as a guest...
Forget it, I see that the adults are endless and will give you an idea: please invite Mr. Su back quickly and apologize. Then apologize to Zhao Laohu - the news here is very fast. I just said that every day there is a grain ship here. Mr. Su will know that the other side will know tonight. Mr. Su wants to apologize, please as soon as possible."
The news on the other side was indeed spread very quickly. That night, the Leizhou grain ship sent a message, asking the visiting envoy Dong Bi to temporarily live in Danzhou, waiting for Zhao Xing's reply. Dong Bi, who was overjoyed, rushed to Danzhou under the escort of the Changhua Army, but he did not dare to return to the mainland from Danzhou, and insisted that the Guangnan East Road naval warship came to pick him up before he was willing to go back. For this reason, he sent letters of apologizing to Zhao Xing one by one.
In fact, Dong Bi didn't know that the Changhua Army were practicing with him, and there was a huge force hidden in the bay not far from the Changhua Army, which belonged to Zhao Xingdi.
The Changhua Army governor was already a member of Zhao Xing. Usually, the Changhua Army members would not stay in Changhua County. They all went to Zhaoxing's bay to live. They only returned to the old house when the government sent people to inspect. Because those old houses were uninhabited all year round, they seemed particularly dilapidated. The Changhua Army did not keep Dong Bi to stay and needed to force him to return immediately with various means, which was also worried that Dong Bi would accidentally discover the secret of the bay.
Dong Bi didn't know that when he was staying in the poor place in Danzhou and endured his life, the Changhua Army had returned to that bay, with a happy fish and meat...
Dong Bi was waiting for this, and he was waiting until the end of that year. Zhao Xing imprisoned him in Danzhou in disguise. Dong Bi, the visitor, lived a harder life in Danzhou than Su Shi's demotion. After the Winter Solstice Festival, Dong Bi couldn't help it. He climbed onto the warship that brought the New Year gifts to Danzhou. He held the mast and refused to let go. In desperation, the navy took him directly to Guangzhou and drove him into the Guangzhou Coastal Control Department.
The coastal system office is very large, and this naval army office has a large schoolyard. When Dong Bi came in, he found that more than 100 tribute tributes had stood on the schoolyard. From time to time, several of them were summoned to the inner hall. Then he left happily, and some people were also gray-faced and looked indescribable.
Dong Bi had only had time to glance at the tribute soldiers, and was wondering why all the tribute soldiers in Guangdong came here. You should know that there were few people in Guangdong, so it was not easy to get more than a thousand soldiers.
Although the Song Dynasty was rich, the family background of those who could afford to read must be above the middle and above. These scholars were admitted to the tribute scholars at a rate of 1 forty. The number was even smaller. In the whole of Guangdong, there were less than a thousand people who passed the exam. In this school, Dong Bi saw hundreds.
Dong Bi did not stop because the soldiers did not allow him to stop and observe. At this time, an old white-bearded man with a scholar was passing by him. He could not tell whether he was happy or sad on his face. His eyes stared at the distance blankly, and he murmured with staggering steps: "It's a learning edict, but he only got a learning edict."
Several tribute scholars on the school field heard his muttering and joked: "Ji Xiucai, it's already good to get a student order. Do you still want to be the county magistrate?"
Ji Xiucai complained dissatisfiedly: "With my talent and knowledge, why can't I become a county magistrate?"
Hearing this conversation, Dong Bi suddenly remembered that since last year, the court had delegated the power to assess all officials in Guangdong to the Guangnan Transportation Department. Then Zhao Xing impeached more than 20 county magistrates, and the court approved them one by one. From then on, after the "Autumn Department" of the court, some officials in Guangnan would be exempted, and the vacant seats left were reported by Zhao Xing to "shoot". Now is an official appointment meeting: Zhao Xing published all the vacant official positions in Guangnan and sent them to local government schools, so that the people from the government schools would recommend talents, and then Zhao Xing would conduct an assessment. Once the assessment was passed, they would be appointed on the spot.
Look at this time, it happened to be the end of the imperial court's "Autumn Session".
The soldiers led Dong Bi to turn around several alleys. Gradually, Dong Bi heard a piece of music coming from the backyard, which was a pipa song that described the fierce battle scene. The sound of the pipa was rapid and loud, and it made people excited.
The soldiers were walking towards the place where the music started, getting closer and closer, and the music became louder and louder. When they entered the backyard, under the shade of trees, there were several tribute men standing by the porch. They looked like they were watching the music with their ears and were intoxicated by the music, but their eyes were constantly rolling. When they found that Dong Bi came in, they immediately bowed to Dong Bi.
Dong Bi also wanted to keep the officials decent and give gifts to these sons, but the soldiers accompanying him tightened their hands and walked into the lobby without touching his feet.
In the lobby, a female keen girl was sweating profusely and playing the pipa. The pipa song had reached its final stage. The sound of the song gradually eased, but the tune gradually became heavier. Every time the strings were plucked, the female keen girl used all her strength, making people feel that every note was hit by a heavy hammer.
Dong Bi's eyes turned and found Zhao Xing sitting in the middle of the lobby. He closed his eyes and listened to the music intently, with an intoxicated expression on his face. It was really intoxicated.
Wang Ying, who was dark-faced, sat next to Zhao Xing. When he saw Dong Bi coming in, Wang Ying rolled his eyes viciously and turned his face aside. Dong Bi was puzzled why this former friend had changed his face. He followed the rules of the officialdom and saluted Zhao Xing first and then Wang Ying.
The music gradually stopped, and Zhao Xing seemed to be still immersed in the music, shaking his head. After a while, Wan Qi Yong approached Zhao Xing with a stack of files and whispered a few words. Zhao Xing opened his eyes, waved to call the Hu Ji to his side, took out his handkerchief, and gently wiped the sweat of Hu Ji. After the Hu Ji wiped the sweat, he whispered to Zhao Xing, put down the pipa in his hand, and said goodbye.
Chapter completed!