Chapter 180: The Minister
The hypocrisy of teenagers lies in the fact that they often stubbornly say that they can afford the consequences when they do something wrong, and they still stiffen their necks and say "it's a big deal" before they are about to face a strong crush.
They think they are tall and majestic, but they don't know that their lives are the only bargaining chips they have to bear the consequences.
Gu Qing didn't bother to pay attention to Song Gensheng's hypocrisy, anyway, after beating him, Gu Qing's mood was much better, there was no other purpose in beating him, and he didn't have the idea of educating him at all, just to be angry.
Song Gensheng sat slumped in the room, looking very depressed, and Gu Qing's unreasonable attitude towards him seemed to be more sad than beating him.
Gu Qing walked out of the room and stretched out refreshedly.
The two guards and the heroes brought from Chang'an have settled in the county government, in the different eyes of the officers, the heroes are sitting in the backyard of the county government to wipe weapons, sharpen knives, and drink, and the solemn county government is suddenly a miasma, which really expresses what it means to "dove occupies the magpie's nest".
Gu Qing invited Li Twelve Niang to come, and the two discussed it for a while, and decided to send several guards to different directions on the outskirts of Qingcheng County, find a hidden place to guard, and if they found traces of the dead soldiers in Jiwangfu, they would immediately return to the city to report.
After discussion, Gu Qing looked around the environment around the county office, looked at the officers and subordinates in the county government and frowned secretly, and finally took Song Gensheng out and asked him to order the officers to take a long vacation, and not to come to the county government until the matter was resolved.
If nothing else, the county government should be the next main battlefield, and irrelevant and unhelpful people must be dismissed.
Song Gensheng was furious, and said with a stiff neck that he could abolish the public because of his own interests, and the thieves would kill if they wanted to, but the official duties of the county government could not be stopped for a moment.
So Song Gensheng was beaten again. Gu Qing smiled and carried him into the room, closed the door and kicked him violently. This kid has a good temperament, and he has the face of a famous and decent young man, but he must properly correct the image of being too righteous, otherwise if he continues to develop, he will become a figure like a gossip officer in the court, and this kind of person is more hateful than a villain.
After being beaten, Song Gensheng walked out of the door, and announced with a cold face in front of the servants that the county government was on a long vacation, and the county government had all gone home to rest and return to the office after a few days.
Next, Gu Qing began to arrange organs in the county office.
With personal force basically equal to scum, Gu Qing had no choice but to rely on the organ to inflict casualties on the enemy to the greatest extent.
A row of sharpened bamboos was fixed to the pillars of the front yard of the county government, and the center of the courtyard was still dug pit, the pit was covered with upside-down sharp knives and spikes, the left and right sides were loaded with strong arrows, and several baskets of lime powder were hung upside down from the beams above the center of the front hall......
In just one day, the county government has been arranged by Gu Qing into a veritable Longtan tiger's den, which can be described as killing every step.
In the evening, Gu Qing and Zhang Huaiyu walked out of the county government and walked slowly along a straight street outside the county office. Gu Qing looked at the shops on both sides of the street as he walked, looking thoughtful.
Zhang Huaiyu's attention was on him, he hadn't seen him for more than half a year, and he always felt that Gu Qing had changed a little, and he had a charm that he didn't have before. Zhang Huaiyu didn't know much about what Gu Qing experienced in Chang'an, but she knew that it must be an extraordinary experience that would make this young man change so much.
"What are you thinking?" Zhang Huaiyu looked at Gu Qingdao, who was looking left and right.
Gu Qing looked at the shops on both sides and pondered: "If you also install mechanisms on both sides of the street, the dead soldiers of Jiwangfu will be equivalent to stepping into the ghost gate from the beginning of stepping on this street, if you arrange a dozen or so ambush soldiers who are good at shooting at the end of this street, the dead soldiers will finally break through the organs on both sides of the street, and when they have just relaxed psychologically, the ambush soldiers will use a few rounds of crossbow bows and arrows to fire a few salvos, and it is estimated that they can earn at least one or twenty ......."
Zhang Huaiyu smiled and said: "You have all this thought on the side door and left road, I don't know how you came up with these murderous things, no wonder you never want to practice well, it turns out that you are too lazy to do it." ”
Gu Qing said with a smile: "Killing people with your brains is more neat and safer than killing people with your hands, you people who go into battle in person and fight with others are called the anger of the puppet." ”
Zhang Huaiyu's expression was worried, and he said, "How many people have come to Jiwangfu?" ”
"It is said that there are more than a hundred, maybe more than that, if King Ji hears that I am no longer in Chang'an, he may send more dead soldiers over."
Zhang Huaiyu looked back in the direction of the county government and said with a wry smile: "Song Gensheng beheaded the gentry surnamed Cai, and later asked a few gentry, and after confiscating all their fields, he sent a messenger to intercept the homeless people on the outskirts of the county, invited them back, and distributed those lands to the homeless, and the land is still being distributed." ”
Gu Qingdao: "He has his hardships, nearly half of the land in the county is controlled by the gentry, if he doesn't make changes in this county order, he can only find a way to transfer out of Qingcheng County except for resigning, no matter which way, in the end, it is the peasant people under his rule who suffer, Song Gensheng is a person with a conscience, he can't do such a thing." ”
"He is a good man, but unfortunately he is not suitable to be an official. It's extremely difficult to change the status quo in this way. ”
Gu Qing's eyes became misty, and he said softly: "If you want to change the chaos, the problem of the powerful occupying land must be solved after all, thinking in a good direction, what Song Gensheng did may be a reference in the future, and I also want to see where the bottom line of those powerful is." ”
Zhang Huaiyu stared at his eyes impressively: "You also have the idea of changing the land being occupied?" ”
"Yes, but it's never like Song Gensheng, that's looking for death." Gu Qing smiled: "If I come to do it, maybe it will be gentle, or maybe it will be ...... It will be more intense, if there is absolute strength, simply drive out the world's elites, and redistribute the world's land to farmers equally, and the next prosperous era will not be far away. ”
Zhang Huaiyu smiled: "I really didn't misunderstand you, you have great ambitions, but you hide them deeply." ”
Gu Qing looked at her and said, "Don't you think my idea is very rebellious?" Do you understand the meaning of exterminating the powerful? ”
Zhang Huaiyu said deeply: "The country and the virtuous live in it." ”
Gu Qing suddenly smiled: "After the virtuous minister, why did he say this?" ”
The corners of Zhang Huaiyu's mouth showed a sneering smile: "The final outcome of the virtuous prime minister is still a chess piece, after using it, he is still blind to the fact that he is almost destroyed, do you think there is still a little loyalty left after the virtuous minister?" ”
Gu Qing waved his hand and said with a smile: "If you don't talk about this, you will really lose your head when outsiders hear about it." I didn't have the strength to talk about such a big and unorthodox topic before. ”
Zhang Huaiyu lowered his head and said softly: "Can we survive this hurdle?" ”
Gu Qing sighed: "Not necessarily, let's look at the creation." The dead soldiers raised by the palace must not be weak, and we have to work hard. 90 Literature Network
"You have great ambitions and abilities, you shouldn't have come this time. It would be a shame if you died here. Zhang Huaiyu sighed lightly.
Gu Qing smiled: "It's true that there are some regrets, but I don't regret it." I used to think that being a ruthless and unrighteous person can get more benefits, but now I feel that interests are not something that must be pursued in life, and it may be happier to be a loving and righteous person, I breathe the air of the world, and enjoy this happiness, if I die...... Then it's dead, it's not a big deal. ”
"Do you have the heart to die?"
"Every time I work hard, I have the heart of death, and only by not being afraid of death can I see life."
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The guards were sent out to guard the various suburban roads leading to the county seat.
In the county office, the guards and the heroes of the rivers and lakes waited for each other, everyone's nerves were tightly tensed like a bow, and they were arranged by Gu Qing in the shops on the street outside, as well as behind the pillars in the county office, in the garden bushes, roof beams, screens behind the hall, and so on.
Gu Qing looked around with a solemn expression, carefully checking the mechanism he had arranged over and over again.
According to Gu Qing's judgment, most of the other party may launch a surprise attack at night, and the location of the raid is the county office, and Song Gensheng is the only target they must kill.
During the day, there are scouts everywhere outside, and the county government is quite relaxed. After Gu Qing inspected a few times, he saw Song Gensheng, Chen Fufeng, Luo Fei and others sitting on the steps of the county yazheng hall, and everyone was talking and laughing.
Gu Qing came up curiously, Luo Fei had the most cheerful personality, hurriedly gave up a position, and said with a smile: "Brother Gu Xian, come on, this brother of yours is a good man, Luo admires it very much." ”
Gu Qing was secretly jealous, when did Song Gensheng have the aura of the protagonist and be so respected by everyone? He's just a supporting character.
Sitting opposite Song Gensheng, Gu Qingpi said with a smile: "Could it be that this Song Haohan has done something chivalrous and righteous?" ”
Song Gensheng blushed and coughed a few times in embarrassment.
Luo Fei shook his head and said with a straight face: "I have done too much chivalrous and righteous things, it is nothing." This Song County Commander can not be afraid of power, kill the gentry, and distribute the land to the landless farmers, which is more meaningful than doing a hundred chivalrous and righteous things, the suffering of the common people originates from the land, and the Song County Order has the courage to kill the gentry and divide the land, no matter what, he deserves a sentence of 'good man', just by virtue of this, Luo Mou has no regrets and no regrets about giving him his life this time. ”
Chen Fufeng also said on the side: "Gu Xian's nephew, this friend of yours is a good official, not only killing the gentry and dividing the land, less than half a year after taking office, he led the water of Dujiangyan into the county, let farmers reclaim wasteland to plant mulberry hemp, and encouraged women and children to raise silkworms and silk at home, and an extra street was also opened in the county to attract foreign businessmen to buy and sell local specialties, etc., these are all good governance, Song County Ling is indeed a good official, I am convinced." ”
Gu Qing was quite surprised, after coming to Qingcheng County, he was busy arranging organs, distributing manpower, judging the enemy's situation, and did not have much intersection with Song Gensheng, except for beating him twice, he basically didn't talk much, he didn't expect Song Gensheng to do so many things after taking office as the county commander.
"I know how to encourage the development of side hustles, yes, I am down-to-earth, but I am a bit of a failure to be an official." Gu Qing praised with a smile.
Song Gensheng said suspiciously: "What is a 'side hustle'?" ”
"A side hustle is a livelihood outside of farming, which can be exchanged for money and food." Gu Qing's words were concise and to the point.
Song Gensheng sighed, and said with a still somewhat regretful expression: "The side business is just a side business after all, it can only supplement a little family, and farming is the foundation." It's a pity that I didn't do a good job in the most fundamental thing. ”
Gu Qing shook his head: "I don't blame you, the government offices all over the world are like this, the roots are born, you should be more tactful as an official in the future, and don't do things with a tendon......"
Before he finished speaking, Chen Fufeng said: "What about a tendon? I don't think Song County Decree did anything wrong. The powerful forcibly buy the circle and occupy the land, how can they not care when they are the county magistrates? Isn't it still a good official? There are too many officials in the world who are wise enough to protect themselves, which fuels the arrogance of the magnates to unscrupulously occupy the land of the people, and someone always has to come out and slap them. ”
The heroes next to him nodded in agreement.
Gu Qing smiled bitterly, all the guys present were with a tendon in their brains, no wonder they chatted so speculatively.
In a trance, there was an illusion, Gu Qing felt that he was sitting in the righteous hall of Liangshanbo at the moment, surrounded by a group of lawless heroes, and the heroes hugged their fists at Gu Qing one after another, and said nonsense, "Brother Gu Qing, let's kill all the gentry, let's turn it back!" ”
Song Gensheng glanced at Gu Qing and said cautiously, "Gu Qing, I want to ...... Write a note. But, is that possible? ”
Gu Qing was stunned: "To whom?" Is there a history of Shuzhou thorns? Or is it the Jiannan Province Festival Envoy? ”
Song Gensheng shook his head, hesitated for a while, and gradually said with a firm expression: "I want to write a letter to the Son of Heaven." ”
Gu Qing said in surprise: "The county order is presented to the Son of Heaven? ”
Song Gensheng nodded: "Yes, I don't understand the rules of officialdom, I don't know if the county order is qualified to write a note to the Son of Heaven, but I still want to write it, I don't have to show it to others, I just want to write it to the Son of Heaven, let the Son of Heaven know that the people are suffering, the people are in danger, and the matter of land annexation is getting more and more serious. ”
Gu Qing was silent for a long time and said, "If this letter is handed to the Son of Heaven, have you thought about the consequences?" ”
Song Gensheng smiled: "Dismissal, exile, question...... Haha, anything goes, I'm not afraid. As long as these words of truth can be seen by the Son of Heaven, I don't care what happens to me. ”
"Even if the Son of Heaven sees it, I'm afraid he will just abandon it and ignore it anymore."
Song Gensheng sighed gloomily and said: "In this way, I have also fulfilled my responsibility as a courtier, I have done what I can, whether there is a result or not, it is no longer something I can control." ”
Chen Fufeng Luo Fei and the others next to him were silent for a long time, and suddenly patted Song Gensheng's shoulder left and right at the same time, Chen Fufeng said: "Song County Order, an official like you, Chen Mou has only seen it in his life, just with your loyal blood, I will definitely go to the soup for you." ”
Luo Fei also hurriedly hugged his fists and said: "I am the same!" ”
As soon as the words fell, a thrilling gong sounded outside the county office, and a guard sent out rushed in and shouted: "On the outskirts of the county, the enemy has appeared!" ”