The famous warning that prevailed in later generations had no effect on Zheng Juzhong, and it didn't even touch the heartstrings.

In their hearts, these words were as pale as the wronged people cursing and abusive officials, 'The sky is thundering and thundering and it is not good to die.'

The weak can only curse like this to vent their anger. The official has heard too much and seen too much, so he abuses you, what can you do to me?

If you are really powerful, you will not pay lip service at all, and if you have an injustice, you will immediately take revenge.

The heavens may have eyes for the public, but since I was born rich and rich, they will bless me with pride in my life, how can they repay me for the untouchables and the weak?

The more the wronged person curses viciously, the more it shows that he is not capable of damaging me, the more it can show that I am powerful and prestigious, and the more I can appreciate the beauty of being an official and in power.

The taste of extravagant pleasures and wanton indulgence is so addictive.

Even in this era of superstition and prosperity, believing that there are hellish Yama judges to judge, and eighteen layers of purgatory torture to punish crimes, many officials are fearless and desperately corrupt and degenerate, not to mention that there are many people who don't care about death for pleasure.

Don't look at the corruption and degeneration of the bureaucracy of the Great Song Dynasty, the country is running at the end of the road, and its system of supervision officials is actually very perfect.

The emperor has a secret spy department that monitors the world, and a Dengwen drum who petitions to express grievances;

The imperial court has a powerful imperial envoy who can overthrow the prime minister (similar to the synthesis of discipline inspection, anti-corruption petitions);

In the local area, there are general judges who supervise and contain the administration of the top leaders, and there are criminal yamen (procuratorates and higher courts);

There are officials such as Cangcao, who are directly under the central government in charge of supplying and controlling local and military money and food (financial control);

The army has eunuchs who oversee the army.

There is also a stacked bed structure with the characteristics of the Great Song Dynasty, an extremely complex bureaucratic system used to divide and contain power from each other.

This kind of system effectively prevents the monopoly of power and rebellion, but it cannot prevent the bureaucrats from colluding with each other and collectively corrupting and degenerating, nor can it prevent the local governments from acting in favor of the central government, deceiving the superiors and subordinates, and even not listening to the calls.

Under this system, the integrity of the country's political environment is highly dependent on the emperor's ability to be virtuous.

The emperor is capable and promising, and the bureaucracy is generally in power, but once the emperor is incompetent or corrupt, the bureaucracy will immediately degenerate collectively.

The nest case was a mess, and the result was only the first evil, and other criminal officials did not dare to be punished, but still let them become officials, so as not to paralyze the operation of state or local government affairs if they were all taken down, and the government decrees did not leave the capital, and so on, which was commonplace and normal in the feudal era.

Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang is a backward emperor who lacks a world view, a view of science and technology, and is full of closed and ignorant small peasant consciousness, but for the long-term existence of the Zhu dynasty, and because he was born poor, he knows the difficulties of the people, is very sympathetic to the people, and has extremely strict requirements for the bureaucracy, and is a rare good emperor in the eyes of the people.

Restricting bureaucratic privileges, embezzlement of a penny may also be stripped of skin and grass for the public, Zhu Yuanzhang is so cruel to manage officials, but he still can't stop the corruption and degeneration of the rule, the country is finished, and his grandson Emperor Chongzhen is so tired that no matter how diligent and thrifty Emperor Chongzhen is, he can only be full of resentment and hang himself on the coal mountain.

This shows that politics lacking civil rights has developed to the end, and even the emperor's upright and promising actions have no effect on stopping the bureaucracy from becoming corrupt and degenerate.

Zhao Yue knew very well that the three powers advocated by the West in later generations and democratic elections had no teeth for the corruption and degeneration of bureaucrats, so in the new country, he added the right of people to participate in politics and discuss politics and supervise and remove officials from punishing, and at the same time tried his best to abolish the clan and the society of human affection, forcibly split the big families and monopoly large economic groups, and avoid the political and economic power being kidnapped by the big civil forces and favors, and also tried his best to eradicate the distorted traditional moral systems such as filial piety and filial piety emphasized by Confucianism, so that parents could no longer have the final say on everything about their children, and promoted freedom of marriage and division of property, emphasizing human rights, and other reasonable rules of later civilization.

And Zheng Juzhong consciously saw through life, and even more through the officialdom, and knew very well that the Great Song Dynasty system could not punish people like them who could climb relationships and were proficient in playing power, and they had a good time.

Hei Yongkang was vengeful, his spirit was vigorous, and regardless of hunger and fatigue, he immediately ordered four commanders with a total of 2,000 people.

He knew that although Ji Xingliang and Wei Jianye wanted to harm Cangzhao with their own hands, they would not be willing to take the risk of forcibly seizing Cangzhao Wharf.

The brigade of men and horses rushed to the dock, and also carried more than a dozen siege ladders to prepare Cangzhao refused to give in and cooperated, so he stormed and seized the dock castle.

Zheng Juzhong is confident that this move will be successful. Cangzhao was arrogant and ferocious, but he never dared to really resist and kill the officers and soldiers.

He just wants to use the legal status of the government to blatantly infringe on the interests of Cangzhao, further tighten Cangzhao's neck, take revenge fiercely, and strive for benefits.

Mei Zizi finished enjoying the late sumptuous lunch, he pondered the Zhao Yue he saw today, his eyes gradually brightened, and he wanted to exaggerate the extraordinary, rampant, and courtless aspects of Cangzhao Xiao'er and report it to the emperor, first, in order to stimulate the emperor to become more and more jealous and suspicious of Cangzhao, and to disintegrate the emperor's trust in Zhao Gonglian; Second, in order to show that it was not easy for him to deal with Cangzhao, in order to crack down on Cangzhao and bring down Zhao Gonglian, he would do whatever it took to find an excuse for the emperor's convincing approval.

The stronger the opponent is praised, and when the task is completed, his credit will naturally be more extraordinary, and the benefits can be maximized. He knows this very well.

In the excitement, I wanted to immediately write a recital and send it to the capital, but I felt that I was very tired after running all morning, and I was afraid that the recital written in this bad state would not be exquisite and accessible, and the calligraphy would not be perfect enough, so that the emperor would not be satisfied with it and his purpose would be discounted.

In addition, he wanted to wait to see the result of seizing the dock, so he wanted to write this into it in the memorabilia, distorting and exaggerating it, so as to further prove the rebellious and bad situation of Cangzhao's eyes without a king and without a court.

So I didn't write for the time being.

Zheng Juzhong yawned, stretched his waist, and went to bed leisurely under the docile and considerate support of Yahuan, ready to sleep comfortably first, and then write.

Wang Baocheng and Li Baosen, two generals, were eager to seize the dock castle and make a fortune, and constantly urged the officers and soldiers to speed up their journey.

But no matter how much they promised to agitate, the 2,000 officers and men could not raise their spirits.

The feelings of these officers and soldiers who were laid off from Qingzhou and moved to Cangzhou were not as resentful as those of the officials, but complicated.

For these military ruffians who only pay attention to practical gains, wherever they are stationed, they are also oppressed by Shangguan who deducts military salaries.

They don't feel bad about Cangzhou.

The climate and natural environment alone are much stronger than Cheongju.

Cheongju is much colder than Cangzhou, sparsely populated, too desolate, and too dangerous. How can it be more warm and rich, prosperous, peaceful and comfortable than Cangzhou.

Transferred out of Qingzhou, there is no need to guard the border in large numbers at any time to be provoked and killed by the Liao army, from this point, they are grateful to Zhao Gonglian.

What they hated was that Zhao Gonglian did not keep them under his command and enjoyed the fair and even superior treatment of the army that only the subordinates of Marquis Wencheng could enjoy.

They were very envious of those who stayed, but they also knew that they were used to bad habits that were difficult to change, and they only played a bad role, and Hou Ye did not dare to stay.

Today, when they went to grab the dock of the Zhao family, they were afraid in their hearts and didn't want to go at all.

They have been stationed in Cangzhou for almost a year, and they already know very well that this place is different from Qingzhou, and the people are not only strong.

When they first arrived, they guarded the city gates, and they still habitually made it difficult to extort money from the people who entered and left the city. Who knows that the people here don't buy it at all, and they don't eat that set at all.

Cheongju is the border, and the people are also tough and stubborn.

If these officers and soldiers don't wear this uniform, it will be a good portrayal of the people of Qingzhou, but no matter how Diao is, they will have to be obedient and honest to the fierce officers and soldiers who are unreasonable.

And here, on the first day, they went to guard the city gate, and they were accustomed and skillful in making it difficult for a common man who entered the city, and the grass people actually glared at them and scolded angrily for resisting and resolutely not bowing their heads and suffering.

They snorted disdainfully, drew their knives and guns, and with mocking smiles on their faces, they pounced on this Diao people together to teach him a good lesson, let him know that he knew how to respect the soldiers, and honestly handed over filial piety, who knew that the people who came in and out around him had nothing to do with this Diao people and didn't even know each other, and when they saw their fellow villagers being bullied, they picked up stones together, and the guys who could find them surrounded and scolded the officers and soldiers to fight together.

The officers and soldiers from Qingzhou are used to bullying and suppressing the people, but they are not afraid of making trouble by gathering people to make trouble.

No matter how strong the people are, can they still fight the army?

Xiaomin, who was born to be bullied, do you have the courage to kill officers and soldiers to fight?

The people here did not dare to kill the officers and soldiers, but they dared to really fight.

Stones, sticks...... They smashed the door with no head or brain, and the officers and soldiers were beaten so badly that their heads were broken and bleeding.

These people have committed murder, and if they dare not leave, they will sue and punish them. And the more people who support it, the more they gather.

Diao people gathered to make trouble. Naturally, the army has to maintain its officers and men, and it is also customary to send heavy troops over to suppress it.

No, this is a hornet's nest.

The young people inside and outside the city put down what they were doing, and the copyists rushed over to prepare to fight with the officers and soldiers.

As far as the news spread, as many people gathered to confront the officers and soldiers.

The Township Yongmin Regiment even used Pu Dao, bow and arrow, and made their own shields, and formed a military formation under the leadership of the leader, fighting against the officers and soldiers as if they were dealing with Liao Kou.

When the yamen learned of the incident, not only did he not help the officers and soldiers who ate the emperor's food together, but instead confronted and blamed the officers and soldiers together.

The bureaucrats who should be facing the officers and soldiers, and the bureaucrats who support the suppression of the Diao people, are also unusual, they all retreat, do not show their faces at all, and do not care about this matter, and watch coldly with their arms crossed.

Cangzhou's second-in-command, Lao Tongju, came to the scene when he heard the news.

Hei Yongkang glared at Diao Min with vicious eyes, wanting to wave his army to kill and suppress him, but he didn't want to take responsibility, so he deliberately asked Lao Tong for a sentence.

Lao Tong said without saying anything: "In this matter, the old man can't make his own decisions." There's a new prefect there. ”

He looked at Hei Yongkang, who had a murderous face, and said with a smile: "I have heard for a long time that General Hei is brave in guarding the border, and all the soldiers under him are brave and not afraid of death." I must have the confidence to easily clean up the people who gathered to make trouble. The general has such a heart to kill the people and make meritorious contributions, he must not ask the prefect to ask for advice, but also dare to wave the army to wipe out the people of Cangzhou.

Hehe, the old man really wants to see how the general leads the army well. ”

These words are even more vicious than pointing at their noses and scolding Hei Yongkang and his subordinates for being a waste army that only dares to kill the people.

Hei Yongkang was furious and extremely angry, but he had no teeth to gnaw at the old general judgment of the powerful, so he could only suffer ridicule and sarcasm, and report to the prefect.

When Zheng Juzhong heard the news, he was immediately angry and scolded: "Diao people make trouble, just arrest and punish the lesson." The leader who dares to be reckless and rampant will be killed directly. This little thing also bothers the official. ”

But it wasn't until he heard the shouts and shouts of the people on the other side of the city gate and learned that tens of thousands of people had formed a team to fight the officers and soldiers, that he realized the seriousness of the matter, and no longer dared to despise the power and lives of the people, so he had to come forward to deal with it.

As soon as he came, Lao Tongju retreated early, didn't pay attention to his face at all, threw all this trouble to Zheng Juzhong to face himself, and wanted Zheng Juzhong to look good and learn a lesson.

The landlords and squires who were supposed to collude with the government to oppress the people also rushed to gather near the city gate, and when they saw Zheng Juzhong, they came forward to salute one after another, but what they said was not as respectful and humble as when they came to visit and make friends before.

"My lord, this is Cangzhou, not Qingzhou, where these bastards can cause trouble. If anyone dares to commit evil here, and there is a big incident of Cangzhou people and the army fighting, it is not up to the people to blame the crime.

Which official dares to cover up the truth of the civil unrest to the imperial court, and wants to wronged the people of Cangzhou, he doesn't want to think about it. The official family will never let his people suffer in vain.

If you think that our people are easy to bully, and whoever dares to harm the people for merit, you will use force to try.

The old man also wants to know whether these former Qingzhou troops are powerful, or the Cangzhou people who are fighting against Liao. ”

Many people shouted angrily: "After this battle, whoever wins or loses will not be finished."

Those who dare to do evil to our Cangzhou people with official skin and military uniforms, their relatives also have to pay for our deaths. I will definitely kill his whole family, destroy his whole family, whether your mother's home is in Tokyo or in Cheongju, this hatred of Cangzhou people will not die, and they will never rest. ”

In the face of tens of thousands of red-eyed people who were fierce and fierce against the orderly people, as well as the Cangzhou civilian armed forces that were constantly gathering, the officers and men had never encountered such a situation, and they were frightened by the momentum of this landslide and tsunami, and then they were frightened, and the brutal and arrogant momentum against the people in the past had long since flown away.

Hei Yongkang and the others were horrified and discolored, and their eyes were still fierce and cruel when they glanced at the people, but they didn't have the courage to wave the army to kill.

Zheng Juzhong was even more shocked by the two tremors, and with the support of his personal servant, he finally stabilized his mind, comforted the people with kind words, and punished the 20 officers and soldiers who extorted the people on the spot, and promised in public to strictly govern the army, and that there would never be such a thing in the future, and he would not settle accounts afterwards and investigate the responsibility of the parties and the leading troublemakers. Then the people dispersed under the leadership of the chief.

In this clashes, some civilians were injured and suffered losses, but the officers and soldiers were hit even more badly by stones and tiles.

Since then, there has been no need to be an official to straighten out the army, and officers and soldiers have not dared to make things difficult and oppress the people.

At a time when they were setting up cards everywhere to disrupt business, officers and men did not dare to use all kinds of excuses to forcibly occupy houses, food, lodging, and rob chickens, ducks, fish, and meat to eat against the people in the vicinity...... (To be continued.) )