Song Duzong blew his beard angrily, and roared: "At this moment, you two still want to talk nonsense? You don't cry when you don't see the coffin, don't you?"

"Zhou Zheng Wang Haizhen asked you, you wait for the two of you to come to Hulai in Lanzhu County, don't take the people seriously, don't take me seriously, I ask you today, can you be guilty?"

The two of them collapsed to the ground suddenly, now convicted, but also timid.

They never thought that this day would come so much, nor would they have thought that retribution would come so timely.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, I am now guilty, can the Emperor give us another chance, Your Majesty?"

Some ministers scolded angrily, "The two of you have made a mess of the entire Lanzhu County, the people are complaining, there are countless anti-thieves, it is almost difficult to clean up, and it is not an exaggeration for the two of you to be executed on the spot."

"The emperor's ministers suggested that they be immediately executed and beheaded, and then hung outside the city gate for three days, so that the people could see enough?"

Song Duzong also has this meaning, this is to kill chickens and set an example for monkeys, and at this moment he must be severely punished to shock the officialdom.

"Wang Hai Zhouzheng, you can't escape the blame, even if I kill you ten times and a hundred times, it will not be able to eliminate the anger in my heart, but I only need to kill you once, come on, pull these two people down immediately and cut them down, and then hang them outside the gate for all the ministers passing by to see.

"Look at how I punished corrupt officials and corrupt officials, and see how I protected the territory of the Great Song Dynasty under the attack of the Mongols."

The two were taken away, so frightened that their urine came out, and the screams continued.

Xuande Hall was silent for a few moments, and then Song Duzong set his eyes on Lord Ji below.

"Ji Aiqing, I came to ask you, do you have any clues about the murder of Song Ci's subordinates? It's been a few days, and I thought to myself, no matter what, I should have some eyebrows!"

Lord Ji knelt down and said: "Back to the emperor, the minister is incompetent, and I haven't found any news so far, this time the murderer has been all wiped out, and Weichen really doesn't know how to start." At the same time, the minister doesn't dare to take too big a step, in case there is a murderer in this court, or there is eyeliner, won't it be known at that time?"

"So the emperor. The minister asked the minister to continue the investigation, and once there was a clue, the minister would definitely tell the emperor. ”

Song Duzong nodded, "Now I can only wait like this, this case, I swear that it must be found out, how can my Great Song Dynasty's criminal officer die in vain?" Okay Aiqing, I don't have anything to say today, why don't you move with me to the south study, and we can continue to play crickets for a while?"

Master Ji's face changed, he wanted to say something, but he still chose to be silent at the moment, and another group of ministers responded with a lot of applause.

Only Lord Ji's body walked out slowly, and when he walked in the square, he looked at the three big characters of Xuande Hall written on the plaque in front of him.

In the south study, a large number of applause was soon applauded, and he was very happy, an emperor, a current emperor. It's embarrassing to be messing with his subordinates like this.

"Your Majesty, you lost this game, Your Majesty, you have to give your ministers fifty taels of silver." "Your Majesty, you lost again in this game, your cricket is not the opponent who was completely defeated by Weichen, oops... The emperor's cricket turned over and defeated us, and the emperor deserves to be the emperor. Come on. ”

In the south study, the noise continued for a long time, and even some palace maids were whispering.

The person concerned, Song Duzong, didn't care at all, and continued to fight with the ministers. It wasn't until night was completely dark that the ministers dragged their tired bodies to their homes.

In a certain house in Lin'an, Lord Ji sat in the room and began to be in a daze, and began to drink tea without a sip, and Mrs. You came over from the side.

"Grandpa, when has this been, why don't you sleep yet?"

Master Ji came back from his distraction and said, "What kind of sleep, Song Ci's subordinates were all killed, and none of them have been alive so far, so far you let me have the heart to sleep?" At the same time, I don't know if his wife and children will be okay. ”

You Shi looked at him, "Didn't the emperor send you to investigate?" Why, not the slightest clue? Besides, who is so bold? Dare to kill Song Ti's subordinates, it is estimated that it is Jia Nidao!"

"Jia Rudao? No, no, it's hard to say, anyway, madam, you just need to remember, this matter is definitely not simple, I think the mastermind of this matter is not an ordinary person, and he must have had a holiday with Song Ci. ”

"But, Jia Rudao is definitely the most suspicious, as for who it is, I don't know, there are no clues in this case, and at the same time I won't solve the case, it seems that it is not easy to uncover the truth of the matter."

"Okay, let's just take this matter as such, anyway, I can't control it, this Great Song Dynasty will be destroyed by Mongolia sooner or later, madam, hurry up and take the child with the silver taels, and then send all the subordinates, I will resign next time I go to the court."

"I have been completely disappointed in the Great Song Dynasty, two adults died in the Xuande Palace, Song Lizong and Song Duzong, which one of them is not a good emperor, they are all mediocre and incompetent, and there is no hope for the Great Song Dynasty.

"That's it, I can save my life if I leave earlier, now it's the world of corrupt officials and corrupt officials, grandpa, although I am not afraid of death, but I don't want my wife and children to suffer with me, just quit.

"Resigned? Grandpa, what if the emperor doesn't agree? Won't it make you very embarrassed then?"

Master Ji took a sip of tea, but he didn't take it seriously, and said slowly: "Don't let me resign?" Then pretend to be sick, anyway, grandpa, I have long wanted to leave the officialdom, since Song Ningzong died and Song Ci died, I knew that the world of the Great Song Dynasty could not be saved. "Being able to destroy the Jin people, this is simply the blessing of the ancestors and the ancestors, but the faint monarchs are one after another, and the ancestors also have time to polish their eyes, how can he protect corrupt officials again and again? Do you say?"

The two were silent for a long time, and finally returned to the house to rest.

At the same time, in Xiangyang City, at this moment, under the order of Jia Nidao, Jia Nidao is being praised everywhere at this moment as the first Qing official in the world.

Some people are happy and some are worried, such as these big dealers, they feel that this is Jia Yidao's conspiracy, a conspiracy against the rich people, fifty taels of silver a month, they quit.

So everyone gathered together, and then came to the outside of the barracks to ask Jia Yidao for an explanation.

Thousands of people gathered, and they shouted slogans in their mouths, and soon Jia Yidao in the house knew about it.

A guard walked in, "Back to Jia Ye, someone gathered outside the house to make trouble, do I need to send troops to suppress it?"

"Gathering a crowd to make trouble?" He was stunned for a moment, and continued: "These people are really bold, it's just the opposite, don't take Jia Ye and me in your eyes, come here, follow Jia Ye and I will go out to have a look."

They walked out of the barracks and came out of the house, and when the merchants saw Jia Rudao, they quarreled even more, and vowed to ask for an explanation for themselves.

"Lord Jia, as the saying goes, a bowl of water should be level, but Lord Jia, you are so excessive, treat us and others separately from which small businessmen, Lord Jia, you are right about this?

Everyone agreed, this matter was so weird, they wanted to find an explanation for themselves.

Jia Rudao looked at everyone, but he was not angry, and said with a smile: "Fellow villagers, this official knows that you have a lot of opinions on this matter, but this official is also forced to make this decision."

"Forced to do so? What does it mean to be forced to do so? Isn't this a matter stipulated by you, Lord Jia? You can change it at will, and we don't dare to disagree at all.

"It's Lord Jia, you are the uncle of the country, what to do about this matter is all up to you alone, even if I have the courage to wait, then I don't dare to confront you, Lord Jia!"

Jia Rudao looked at them, "Fellow villagers, you have heard from this official that my Xiangyang City has a population of one million, and my military camp also has more than 300,000 generals.

"These 300,000 people are stationed here, and in order to protect the Great Song Dynasty and the entire country, many of them even put their lives into it, everyone should know this, right?"

Everyone was silent, listening to Jia Yidao's instructions.

"These 300,000 people come from all provinces, states, counties, and villages in the Great Song Dynasty, but when they come to the barracks, the official will take care of their three meals a day, and not only that, but what will they do if they come out to protect the country and their families?"

"Therefore, this official not only has to take care of their food but also their income, after all, they have a family to support, right?"

Jia Rudao continued: "300,000 people, one tael of silver a month, then a month is 300,000 taels, folks, this is not a small number, in addition to the silver and grain allocated by the imperial court, the official also has to collect taxes."

"Why? Because the food of the imperial court is simply not enough to spend? Why not enough to spend? Because the country is in turmoil, the money is spent on the war, and you say that the official does not collect taxes, so what can you use to feed these people?"

Everyone was stunned in their hearts, Jia Rudao continued: "Taxation is also a last resort, you see, the official built the city wall, and built houses to move the people in, don't spend a penny of your money!"

These merchants finally understood at this moment, and they finally understood Jia Rudao, it turned out to be the case, and now these things can be explained.

But there were still some people who didn't understand, and he asked: "Master Jia, we all know about taxes, but why do I wait for fifty taels of silver a month, but the small merchants don't have it?" How about we just hope that Master Jia will have a bowl of water?"

"Yes, yes, my lord, this is not fair, you either have fifty taels, or you don't accept it, so it's fair."

Jia Rudao explained: "Fifty taels is nothing to you and others, but for these small merchants, they can earn a few taels of silver a month, everyone, do you think they can come up with so much money?" Can't!"