Chen Fei and He Xuantong accompanied Zhao Yue into the town left and right, Chen Fei had the heart to talk about the horse robbery at home, to be precise, it was the bad things in the government in Kouzhou in recent years.

The practical meaning of this kind of thing has been vividly staged in the world with class division, and it has become one of the topics of later generations to talk about nonsense and vent their unusualness.

At present, the most typical and vivid examples are the Cai family, the head of the civil officials, and the Gao family, the head of the military attaché. (The head of the Great Song Army, the privy envoy, was a civilian official.) ）

Cai Jing became the prime minister above tens of thousands of people under one person, and his sons basically became officials when they became adults, and they got iron rice bowls, plus at least nearly ten sons-in-law and various relatives have become feudal officials, not counting the huge number of protégés and former officials, Cai Jingquan leaned towards the government and the opposition.

And the Gao Yu family is roughly the same.

It's just that his family is small, there are few men, the nouveau riche background is too poor, the crooked talent is prominent, there is no talent in the serious aspect, he can't give birth to children himself, and he doesn't have Lao Cai's strong fecundity, so he can't compare to Lao Cai's gang.

Emperor Daojun's favor and affection for Gao Yu are long-lasting enough to make people marvel, take care of those who can take care of them, and try to take care of those who can't.

As a result, Gao Yu's more outstanding cousins Gao Lian and Gao Feng have become members of the prestige side.

The prefect of Kouzhou is called Gao Rang, is Gao Yu's brother of the same clan, greedy and despicable, and his skills are ordinary, if he is admitted to the Jinshi normally, it will be no fun to give him eight lifetimes, but it is also a rare talent to pull out a big one in the file of the Gao family, and the relationship with Gao Lian is good, Gao Yu saw that there was no one available in the family, so he also put Gao Rang on top and mixed it into an important member to do wings.

These three crooked melon and inferior jujube brothers can be the great officials of the frontier, and it is already the emperor's grace, and it is impossible for them to be embarrassed in the court. If the officials have done their best, the task at the local level is naturally not to govern the country, secure the people, and maintain peace. All that remains is wealth and pleasure.

Kouzhou's agriculture is not strong, and industry and commerce are underdeveloped. Ordinary people face the loess with their backs to the sky, sweat beads fall on the ground, and they are so poor that they are poor, no matter how much oil and water can they get by scraping?

A big business like Sujia has naturally become a big fat sheep in Gao Rang's eyes, and Gao Rang can't swallow it in one bite. I thought that I could bankrupt the Su family in minutes.

But Sujia is actually Cangzhao's agent.

Don't underestimate the meaning of the word agent.

The powerful family of the Great Song Dynasty was interested in business and wanted to resell Cangzhao products to make a windfall, and Zhao Gonglian didn't want to make enemies in the Manchu Dynasty, so he naturally couldn't help but give face. This kind of cattle coaxes merchants to take the most sought-after goods, and they must sell at a high price, facing a VIP customer base that is not bad for money, and the price can be sold as high as possible.

Cangzhao business needs this sales force to sell luxury goods to make huge profits. According to the political performance of the owners behind the scenes, the supply of cards can not control the terminal price, and there is no standardized management. For these related households, the argument that the agent does not act is not valid at all.

The agents originally established by Cangzhao and screened and identified year by year are all people with no official background and can adhere to Cangzhao's business rules.

These people sold a large number of low- and medium-priced goods in Cangzhao, benefiting themselves and the country and the people, spreading and maintaining the positive energy image of Cangzhao, and doing well was also maintained by the political forces of Cangzhao. To put it bluntly, this group of scattered forces is the peripheral force of Cangzhao.

Although the Su family never asked Cangzhao for help. But there is this layer of prickly background.

When Gao Rang became the local prefect, Zhao Gonglian was already in power, and he was definitely capable of breaking his wrists with Gao Rang's backer.

Gao Yu is a ruffian and a scoundrel, and he has something special about being a high-ranking official. Acting is slippery enough, relying on the grace of the official family to be a detachment faction in the court, as long as the court does not make things difficult for him. There is no great benefit, and he will not offend anyone. will not offend Wen Chenghou, who has risen strongly and has a promising future and a 'good' relationship.

Because of this relationship. Although Gao Rang was greedy and arrogant, he didn't dare to directly take care of the big households.

He does not directly swallow it, he wears a great and righteous official background, and is in charge of violent machines, and some of them are other shady means of rectifying people. If you want to live a stable life in Kouzhou, you have to be sensible.

A lot of filial piety is indispensable.

Su Dahu saw that Gao Rang's eyes were red and his desire was difficult to fill, so in order to keep the hard-earned wealth from being swallowed by various legitimate excuses, he had to make another decision.

Chen Fei was originally a deputy general of the Kouzhou Army, with strong martial arts, brave battles, and a bold personality.

However, when Gao Rang came, in order to strengthen his brother's power and security, Gao Yu went through the Privy Council and transferred He Wen, the general of the Beijing army, to Kouzhou as the commander.

Kouzhou is neither a frontier fortress, nor a place of vital interest related to the overall financial situation of the state, such as Lianghuai, and it is normal to say that there is only a military and horse superintendent, and there is no higher commander.

But, right. In this society, it is too common for political organs to set things up because of people.

Gao Yu's level is easy to do, and he can easily grasp the military power of Kouzhou in the hands of his brothers. In order to avoid He Wen's situation, he also transferred He Wen's friend Duan Qi to assist.

The former Kouzhou Soldiers and Horses Metropolitan Supervisor naturally became a nominal military chief. This guy knew that he couldn't fight it, so he immediately lowered his head and hugged Gao Rang's thighs, and he could still maintain his moisturization for the rest of his life.

Chen Fei has been in the army for many years and knows officialdom very well, and he is not so tall that he doesn't want to hug his thighs in order to survive steadily, but he is not like other officers who wantonly deduct the salaries of soldiers and soldiers.

Gao Rang was annoyed by his disrespect, and found an excuse to demote Chen Fei to Ti Zhi, and often scolded him as an ordinary general.

Chen Fei lost power, and his life became more and more difficult in the ruthless officialdom of high and low, and he was aggrieved and resentful but helpless.

Fortunately, although He Wen is a high-ranking person, he loyally defends Gao Rang, but he knows the soldiers, and also knows that Chen Feiyong's martial arts and loyalty are of great use in today's unquiet world, and he has the heart to appease and win over him so that he can be used as a right-hand man when it is critical, and it is okay to treat him in private. Only then did Chen Fei get a respite.

He Wenzhi is literate and capable of martial arts, making him a good sword, cool and fond of horses, and looks down on the so-called war horses made by farmers under the Great Song Dynasty's strange horse politics, and wants to form a real horse army, but he is suffering from nowhere to find war horses.

After Chen Fei learned about it, he was grateful for his care, and he was familiar with Su Dahu, and when he understood Su Dahu's troubles, he came up with the idea of offering a war horse, so that Su Dahu could establish a friendship with He Wen and relieve the pressure of Gao Rang's black hands.

The Great Song Dynasty lacked standard war horses, so it was in a difficult and disadvantageous situation when facing foreign enemies.

The Western Xia had extremely strict control over war horses and horse breeds, and the narrow border with the Great Song Dynasty, coupled with geographical advantages, could prevent the loss of horse breeds into the Great Song Dynasty. With Cangzhao's terrifying business ability, he could not get a large number of excellent horse breeds in Western Xia, which shows how well Western Xia has done in this regard. (To be continued.) )