Chapter 182: Can’t Keep It

In the county of Lu, with Guo Chengyou suddenly arrested, the Xiang army and the imperial guards all turned against each other, and the situation suddenly changed.

Jiang Dalang, Huang Sanlang and others in the county government were arrogant and scolded many officials.

The officials smiled and did not dare to move.

Just kidding.

Their immediate superior, Shi County Magistrate, was arrested, and their immediate superior's immediate superior, Guo Zhizhou, was also arrested.

Now, no matter how big the dissatisfaction was, it had disappeared with Zhao Jun's identity.

Jiang Dalang and others ordered the people in the government to issue a notice, asking the people of Lu County to actively expose and expose all the evidence of the Wang family's crimes one by one.

In one morning, a large number of people came to the county government to report the case, and there were no officials involved in the case in the government to handle the matter.

Soon, after Zhao Jun cleared all the obstacles from above, the efficiency of the government suddenly increased.

What the Wang family did was revealed, not only to drown Fang Caixia and her daughter's bones. There was also occupation of the people's farmland, oppression of local people, robbing women, occupying land deeds, etc.

If the tenants did not pay rent, they would be forced to sell their children. The Wang family members were domineering and robbed things without paying when they walked on the street. The bad behaviors were too numerous to list, and the clerks of the county of Ling County could not finish copying them.

It turned out that the people of Ling County dared to be angry but did not dare to speak out.

Now that Zhao Jun came, even Shi County Magistrate, who only accepted bribes from the Wang family and was not too involved in the things done by the Wang family, was dismissed, not to mention others.

So everyone came immediately, fearing that they would be late and could not sue the Wang family and take back their stolen land, daughters, etc.

Ling County was very lively all morning.

Zhao Jun did not stay in the county, but returned to the boat. He gave orders for what he should do and ordered to go to Qiao County, the capital of Bozhou.

Then he slept on the boat.

This sleep was comfortable.

After getting up, he had already arrived in Qiao County.

Zhao Jun got off the boat.

It was already afternoon, at the Woshui Wharf in Qiao County, the big ship was parked at the port.

At noon, the canal was already open to navigation, Zhao Jun returned to the boat to sleep, and the army took a group of people to Qiao County by land.

When Zhao Jun had enough sleep, the ship had already entered the Woshui along the canal and arrived at the Qiao County Wharf.

But Zhao Jun was still sleeping, so the guards did not disturb him and stayed at the wharf, waiting for him to wake up naturally.

At present, the soldiers were raiding the Bozhou government office, and all the officials in Bozhou were waiting outside the wharf in fear.

More than 20 to 30 officials including the Bozhou Tongpan, the official of the signing judge's office, the judge, the prosecutor, the secretary, the recorder, the assistant general, the judicial assistant, the judicial assistant, the assistant general, the militia commander, as well as the Qiao County magistrate, the chief clerk, the county lieutenant, etc. were waiting outside.

As soon as Zhao Jun arrived in Bozhou, he arrested their immediate superior Guo Chengyou. Moreover, Guo Chengyou has a powerful background. He was born in the Eastern Palace and has been with Zhao Zhen since he was a child. If such a person is arrested, how much more so are they?

So everyone here is very cautious. Even if Zhao Jun is sleeping soundly on the boat, even if they have been waiting here for more than an hour, no one dares to complain.

Seeing Zhao Jun finally get off the boat, they hurried over and bowed and said, "Your subordinates pay their respects to the court."

"Yes."

Zhao Jun nodded, and then ignored them and said, "Lead the way to Bozhou Prefecture."

"Yes."

The second-in-command Tongpan of Bozhou hurriedly led the way.

There were more than a hundred imperial guards on Zhao Jun's boat. Under their protection, the group went straight into the city.

The people in the city watched this large army from a distance, and the city gates were crowded with people.

The people talked a lot.

"Look, the Magistrate has disembarked."

"I've heard that the Magistrate is a ruthless person in Kaifeng Prefecture and is known as the Honest Judge. It's true."

"The corrupt official, Magistrate Guo, should have been arrested long ago."

"Yes, Guo is arrogant and domineering, and he deserves his punishment. Now that the Magistrate is here, he deserves this fate."

The people of Bozhou have been harmed by Guo Chengyou for a long time. Now that they know that Guo Chengyou has been arrested, they are very happy and run around to tell each other and pass on the news.

Magistrate Zhao has come, and there is Honest Judge.

Zhao Jun and his group went straight to the Bozhou government office.

At this moment, the Bozhou government office is quite lively, and the soldiers are exhausted. They didn't sleep all night last night, but they still performed their duties. Those who searched the houses searched the houses, and those who guarded Zhao Jun guarded Zhao Jun, and they dared not slack off.

But people are not made of iron, especially after searching the two families. The Wang family had a lot of things, and it took a night to move them all to the boat. The rest were left in the county to watch.

Compared with the Wang family, Guo Chengyou was no less wealthy. There were all kinds of stolen money and treasures piled up in the mansion, one box after another, countless.

When Zhao Jun came over, Huang Sanlang, who was in charge of the house search, came forward to report: "Report, the court has searched the Bozhou government office and seized nine boxes of stolen goods. The various stolen money has not been counted yet, but the gold and silver alone are worth 70,000 to 80,000 strings of cash, and there are other valuable calligraphy and paintings, antiques, and treasures."

"Okay."

Zhao Jun nodded, looked around, and saw the exhausted soldiers of the imperial guards. He pondered and said: "Seal up all the stolen goods and put them in the government office first. When the time comes, we will check and count them together with the stolen goods of the Wang family, send people to transport them back to Bianliang, and hand them over to the national treasury. However, 20,000 strings of cash will be seized, and each soldier in the camp will be rewarded with 10 strings of cash!"

"Yes."

Huang Sanlang and the soldiers of the imperial guards who heard this were overjoyed.

Originally, they thought that following Zhao Jun out would be a hard job. Not only did they have to travel all the way, but they also had to travel overland along the way. The people and horses were exhausted and could not get any rest.

Unexpectedly, although he was a little tired, he had done a lot of work not long after leaving Yingtian Mansion, and the soldiers were all rewarded.

You must know that the "History of the Song Dynasty" records that the monthly salary of the upper-level imperial guards was consistent; the monthly salary of the middle-level soldiers ranged from 700 to 500 cash; and the monthly salary of the lower-level soldiers ranged from 300 to 500 cash. For local troops, monthly wages are reduced in sequence. The sergeants are stationed outside, and half of them have family members in the camp.

But this is pure salary. In addition to salary, there are also subsidies, allowances, etc. Added up, the annual income of the upper-level Imperial Guards is about 50 guan, the middle-level 30 guan, and the low-level 20 guan.

Those who followed Zhao Jun were naturally the best soldiers, so these ten strings were basically equivalent to more than two months of their wages. Even the group of forbidden troops who followed Fan Zhongyan to the northwest were rewarded before setting off. A person's fifty guan is equivalent to one year's salary.

And those people are going to fight in the northwest and go through life and death. Although they were a little tired and tired, at least their lives were not in danger. And if he continues to follow Zhao Jun and raid his homes in the future, he will receive even more rewards and rewards.

What a beautiful job.

With rewards, soldiers work harder.

It was already evening. Zhao Jun entered the Zhizhou Yamen of Bozhou and ordered the soldiers to bring over the evidence found during the search, and also captured the officials involved in the case.

Until nightfall, the entire Bozhou Qiao County was in turmoil. The officials who committed the crime were caught and taken away, and there were almost no officials left.

The only good thing is that the Bozhou Tongpan is actually an honest official. His name is Shao Jingxian, and he is still friends with Ouyang Xiu.

With his help, the situation became much better.

So for the next half month, Zhao Jun sat in Bozhou, quickly investigated corruption, eliminated many cancers in Bozhou, and returned Bozhou to a bright and sunny day.

In addition, he sent someone with his own warrant to mobilize troops from other places in Yingtian Mansion, and mobilized three thousand Yingtian Mansion Xiang troops.

Because there were too many things confiscated, a rough count found that more than ten officials were arrested, and the confiscated gold and silver coins alone were worth more than 2 million guan. Many powerful landlords were also attacked, and the land was returned to the people. All matters were required. Take care of it.

Therefore, troops had to be mobilized from other places. Some were used to search the homes of prisoners and landlords across Bozhou, some were used to escort the seized stolen goods back to Bianliang, and some were responsible for detaining prisoners.

Zhao Jun himself also wrote a warrant back to the Constitutional Yuan, asking the Constitutional Yuan to immediately arrest Wang Zai and other former Bozhou officials who served in various places involved in the case.

After all, judging from the evidence found, it is not only the current Bozhou officials involved, but also many former Bozhou officials.

Officials in the Song Dynasty were highly mobile, and it was common for them to leave after serving for only a few months.

In fact, there were not many officials involved in the case in the past, mainly because the former Bozhou magistrate was not as unscrupulous as Guo Chengyou is now. Most of the current Bozhou officials were led into trouble by Guo Chengyou, but it was not that there were no corrupt officials at that time.

Therefore, if we encounter someone, we should strike hard and arrest them all over the country first.

As the old saying goes, if a serious illness is treated with strong medicine, the disease will be cured.

Once this plan went down, Bozhou's officialdom was immediately purged. Corrupt officials were sacked one after another. There were also many who abandoned their posts and ran away due to bad circumstances, and wanted orders were widely issued.

And Zhao Jun's papers were also sent all the way to the palace along the water transport canal.

On February 11th, twenty-one days had passed since Zhao Jun left Bianliang. He left on January 20th and stayed in Yingtian Mansion for five or six days. Then he went south to Bozhou and stayed in Bozhou for half a day. Month, almost twenty days.

During the past twenty days, Zhao Zhen was addicted to movies, novels, and games. He stayed in the study every day, like an Internet-addicted young man, playing the Metal Slug with great joy.

Zhao Jun has played a lot of small stand-alone games, as well as several large-scale 3A games. Although Zhao Zhen didn't quite understand how to play them, he thought about them for several days and finally figured out a few of them.

Among them, the one he finds most interesting is Metal Slug, and he really likes to play with it.

If it hadn't been for the spring rain a few days ago, there was no sun, and the solar charging panel had run out of electricity, he would have been reluctant to come out.

At this moment, Zhao Zhen was outside Chongde Hall, raising his head and looking at the pouring rain.

In previous years, he would have been overjoyed and said to Wang Shouzhong next to him, "A drop of spring rain is as slippery as oil. The rain has come well this year and the crops can survive." But now he looked sad and said to Wang Shouzhong next to him: "I don't know when the rain will stop. I have been dealing with government affairs for a few days. Without the sun, I feel so bored and a little uncomfortable."

Wang Shouzhong secretly slandered that accompanying a king is like accompanying a tiger. In previous years, officials looked forward to the spring rain the most, but now they look forward to the sun all day long. A man's heart is like a needle in the sea, and it is indeed fickle.

However, he definitely didn't dare to say it. He just bowed with a flattering smile and said: "What the officials said is that it's not a good thing if it rains too much. It's better to have yin and yang in harmony. It rains for a while and the sun shines for a while. If the officials are in a hurry, Why don't you ask Qin Tianjian when the rain will stop?"

"Oh, forget it."

Zhao Zhen waved his hand and said: "Dasun said before that the wind, rain, sun and moon are calculated according to the seasons. At least the current climate of heaven and earth cannot be changed by our human power. It is useless to ask. When the rain stops and the sun rises, it is a natural thing. , just wait patiently.”

Just saying that, he put his hands behind his back and walked up and down the corridor. When the solar charging panel and laptop were both out of power, he fell into the anxiety of running out of power.

Fortunately, someone broke this anxiety.

At this moment, Yan Shu appeared at the palace gate in the distance with an official document. He held an oil-paper umbrella and hurried to the corridor. He closed the umbrella and was about to go into the palace to report.

After closing the umbrella, he noticed Zhao Zhen standing next to the pillar on the right side of the door. Yan Shu hurriedly walked over and said, "The official's house."

"Uncle Tong, what happened?"

Zhao Zhen asked.

It has been raining these past few days, so he has to work. He can handle government affairs without any problems, but he can't play games and feels very uncomfortable.

Yan Shu raised the official document in his hand and said with a wry smile: "When Hanlong arrived in Bozhou, it was revealed that Guo Chengyou, the governor of Bozhou, was corrupt, perverted the law, and harmed the people. The evidence was conclusive. Hanlong planned to execute him as a warning, so he sent an official letter back."

"Tianxi."

Zhao Zhen frowned. Guo Chengyou was his old man in the East Palace, but his relationship was not too deep. Historically, he once said that Guo Chengyou was a mediocre person.

However, Zhao Zhen has always been nostalgic, so no matter how Guo Chengyou was impeached in history, he survived.

Now that it has fallen into Zhao Jun's hands, the matter is more difficult to handle.

Yan Shu naturally knew Guo Chengyou's identity, observed his words, and then asked: "From the official's perspective, how should this matter be handled?"

"Forehead"

Zhao Zhen hesitated.

Before, he would have protected Guo Chengyou without hesitation.

But now we have to weigh the consequences.

Zhao Jun got angry. If he was annoyed, he came over, smashed the computer, and punched himself twice, then something big would happen.

So after hesitating for a while, Zhao Zhen had no choice but to ask tentatively: "Are you sure that Dasun wants to be executed?"

"yes."

Yan Shu said: "The officials also know Han Long's nature. When this official document is sent, it is probably a notification and report. Now it is hard to say whether Guo Chengyou is alive or not."

"All right."

Zhao Zhen had no choice but to say: "In that case, the Constitutional Yuan issued a document requiring all officials on Huainan Road to fully cooperate with Da Sun. How to deal with the offending officials will be handled by Da Sun. Everything will be arranged by Da Sun."

He pondered for a moment, and then said: "I will write another private letter to Tianxi to plead for mercy. I hope that the eldest grandson will be merciful. Even if he is sent to Lingnan, it is better than losing his life."

Write a letter to plead for mercy?

Yan Shu thought about it and it was probably in vain.

Guo Chengyou is dead.

But Zhao Zhen naturally knew what he knew well, so he didn't say anything, but just cupped his hands and said, "Yes."

After saying that, he turned around and left, returning to the Constitutional Yuan to issue official letters.

Zhao Zhen, on the other hand, had a wry smile and said to Wang Shouzhong: "I can't protect Tian Xi this time."