When Zheng Juzhong learned that the city's residents were losing rapidly, he didn't care, and he didn't think there was anything wrong with what he was doing.

Officials all over the country in the Great Song Dynasty did this, and what he did was very much in line with the rules of officialdom. No one can say anything about him.

As for the lack of population, it will naturally make up for it.

Don't forget that Cangzhou is a region with a huge population movement. Don't worry about no one at all.

Sure enough, the wealthy Cangzhou is like a piece of extremely tempting fat, and the people of the city are busy moving away, but there are outsiders who smell the fishy smell and see the flies of the opportunity have poured in, filling various gaps in population and employment.

The formation of a new group of people, Zhao Gonglian suppressed or disappeared when he was in power, all kinds of evil deeds and bad karma appeared, and the evil forces of the local ruffians and gangsters who had been extinct for a long time in the city seemed to be filled with the streets and alleys overnight.

The capital city of Cangzhou has unknowingly become a city of sin.

Zheng Juzhong didn't feel this.

He has been in the court for a long time, and he has no experience in governing the city, and he knows that evil things happen in his city, but he thinks which city in the Great Song Dynasty is not like this? The same is true for the capital, Tokyo.

This is normal.

The former Cangzhou City was abnormal.

The grass people and actually dare to gang up against the government and the army?

It's worth it.

When Zhao Gonglian was in power, he only cared about telling the people in his hometown about his hometown, and he refused to use tough measures against the untouchables in his hometown, and made the untouchables habitually wrong. This official will not scruple about this and that, and he is used to these people being unruly and disrespectful.

He always thought so.

But today, he suddenly realized that without the peace and security situation maintained by the unity and mutual assistance of the original residents, the new residents all dreamed of coming to Cangzhou to make a windfall, and regarded Cangzhou City as a paradise for adventurers.

What's even more terrifying is that if the Liao invaders come to kill this autumn, and no matter how the people of Cangzhou suffer, what if the Liao army attacks Fucheng?

Relying on these greedy for life and fear of death, they will only harm the local rotten soldiers, how can they defend the city.

The inhabitants who dare to fight and can fight have been replaced by a group of opportunists who are mercenary and have no national interests and justice in their hearts, and officials who can only play power and profit and play tricks.

Although the Liao army generally does not raid the city and massacre the officials of the Great Song Dynasty, and make a bad thing about turning against the Great Song Dynasty, they are also afraid of what happens.

The Liao army suffered a big loss at the hands of Zhao Gonglian, and hated Cangzhao like bones, so he couldn't clear it, and he might not retaliate against Cangzhou.

Considering this, Zheng Juzhong did not reflect on his incompetence and greed, but couldn't help but hate Zhao Yue's family.

Zhao Gonglian, why do you want to be so capable? Why are you working so hard for the court? Why are you so tough on the Liao army?

Being an official is just a matter of striving for glory and wealth, enjoying life, and working is almost enough.

You work so hard, what fun is there in being an official, how can you have leisure to enjoy life?

I don't know how a person as smart as you could do such a stupid thing that costs your life with so much effort.

No matter how hard you work, can the Holy One still crown you as a prince?

really took back the sixteen states of Yanyun, but I am afraid that what you will get is not benefits, but losing your head, and you will suffer all over the house.

Our Da Song can tolerate everything, but it does not tolerate capable people whose prestige is too high and whose credit is too great.

As an official, if you can't see through this, then you Zhao Gonglian only have a little wisdom, and you will not die well if you are in the limelight for a while.

Viciously cursed Cangzhao for a while, and the crisis in front of him was what mattered. Zheng Juzhong turned his mind to kidnapping and ransom.

His subordinates are not useful. Zheng Juzhong was anxious to get out of trouble, and he wanted to ask Cangzhao for help in impulse.

He believed that with Cangzhao's strength and foundation in Cangzhou, if he was willing to help, he would definitely be able to find out the truth of the incident quickly, and it was very likely that he would quickly find the location where the kidnappers were hiding the hostages. In return, he couldn't let go of the hand that was clenching Cangzhao's neck.

But his ass was off his chair, and after thinking about it again, he forced himself to calm down and gave up on this plan.

Not to mention that I just turned my face with the women and children of the Cangzhao family today, I didn't have the face to ask for help, I was so cheeky to beg, and people might not pay attention to it, but I was laughed at. Speaking of the kidnapping incident alone, Cangzhao is also suspicious, so he can't ask for help.

If it was really Cangzhao's doing. Asking the kidnappers to deal with the kidnappers by himself has really become a big joke and a scandal.

There was really no recruitment, Zheng Juzhong ordered to quickly find the people involved in the kidnapping incident, and everyone discussed a solution.

The group of people who follow him may not have the ability to serve the country and the people, but they are all shrewd people, and they may be able to solve this difficulty.

One by one, Cangzhou's senior officials, generals, and wealthy businessmen came to work together when they heard the news.

When Hei Yongkang got the news, he was hugging women in the city's most famous green buildings with his old partner Zhu Xueren, the military supervisor of the soldiers and horses, Ji Xingliang, Wei Jianye, and other cronies. The first general was injured and recuperated at home.

Today in Cangzhao, I was discouraged, and I needed to relieve my depression.

Today, I sent troops to directly rob Cangzhao's interests, and I was able to retaliate fiercely, so I had to have fun venting my excitement.

In short, they are corrupt and depraved, and they have a reason to have fun in time.

When he heard that his favorite concubine, only son and housekeeper were all kidnapped and disappeared, Hei Yongkang was so shocked that he almost fell to the ground, and a cold sweat came down at that time, and his face was like ashes.

The concubine is gone, you can find it again.

The son dies and can be reborn.

He is only in his forties, in the prime of life, looking for more women, and he is not worried about not being able to have another son.

It doesn't matter if you don't have a son.

That shows that he has a life of wealth and glory in this life. The blessings of the black family cannot be extended to children and grandchildren, only for his generation to squander.

Anyway, if you are rich and powerful, you don't have to worry about being old and no one will take care of you. Don't worry about anything.

An official as big as Taiwei Gao Yu doesn't have a son.

But the housekeeper and a few cronies were kidnapped, and if they fell into the hands of Cangzhao, it would be fatal.

He has guarded Qingzhou for so many years, and the Liao army has been robbing and looting every year, harming the people outside Qingzhou, but he rarely attacks and damages the beacon tower of the border checkpoint, and there is nothing to do in the county seat of Fucheng.

In those years, he and his subordinate generals and relevant border officials did not know how much they betrayed the interests of the Great Song Dynasty.

Not to mention indulging the smuggling of capital and making profits from the border passes, just the mountains of weapons and equipment sent in batches in the treasury of Qingzhou were secretly sold to the local bandits and bullies of Liao and Qingzhou.

This is a felony of collaborating with the enemy and betraying the country. Once it leaks out, it is known by the imperial court that it will be killed.

In the past few years, the money obtained through various illegal means has been distributed to relevant personnel, and the money from bribes to officials and backers has been deducted, and the rest has accumulated to at least 780,000 yuan. Rare treasures are piled up in boxes at home.

It's his favorite and greatest pleasure.

Now that he is in Cangzhou, he has lost many power benefits, and he quickly found a new source of income - smuggling pirate products.

This business is a huge profit, taking advantage of the convenience of the army to control Cangzhou, taking over the contraband, and then a lot of money in hand.

The money is so easy and convenient, and the risk is much smaller, which makes people happy and don't know what to do. He's happily approaching his goal of a million-dollar fortune.

Speaking of which, this is thanks to Zhao Gonglian. But he just hated Zhao Gonglian very much, and just wanted to kill Zhao Manmen.

Anyone who violates his interests, he is so hateful and actively retaliates.

It was his butler who was responsible for taking care of many shady things on his behalf.

When the housekeeper was kidnapped, he felt an invisible rope strangled towards his neck, how could he not be shocked and panicked.

In a hurry, he arrived at Zheng Juzhong, and when he read the letter, and confirmed from the soldiers who went home to inquire that the housekeeper had not returned and disappeared, Hei Yongkang's heart was burning, his mouth was dry, and his stomach was panicked and angry, but he didn't know who to attack.

Zhu Xueren, Ji Xingliang, Wei Jianye and others were also frightened, and they were born to the side of the guts, but they didn't know who to cut when they drew their knives.

Other officials, wealthy businessmen, and relatives and friends who came to make a fortune and make a fortune were also shocked and angry, and all of them had no masters.

Who did the kidnapping? How can it be so wonderful?

Only by finding the right Lord can we come up with various means to solve this matter in a targeted manner.

The deputy general manager who participated in the discussion was an official in Cangzhou alone, and his relatives were not involved in the kidnapping case, so he was relatively calm, and wanted to show his ability in front of the prefect, and said: "Fuzun, my lords, I have discovered a secret. ”

"What's the secret?"

All eyes were on him.

The house is on fire, and there is no room for slow order, Zheng Juzhong can't care about the calm and unhurried demeanor of the past, and hurriedly shouted: "Tell me quickly, what have you discovered?" ”

The deputy general manager was startled by the yelling, and he didn't dare to drag it anymore, so he hurriedly said: "You adults don't know if you have found it, this list includes all the new high-ranking officials in Fucheng, but no one from the original high-ranking official Shi Tongzhi and the general judgment of the adults has been kidnapped." Isn't that strange? ”

When Zhu Xueren, the supervisor of the Soldiers and Horses, heard this, he immediately shouted: "By the way, the culprit in this case must be Cangzhao." ”

Ji Xingliang shouted: "Yes, it must be the damn Cangzhao." Tongju and Shi Tong were once subordinates of Zhao Gonglian. Both sides have the old, how can there be incense. That's why their family is safe. ”

Wei Jianye and Ji Caihou, who participated in the discussion with a strong fighting spirit, also shouted.

Hei Yongkang was anxious, for fear that his sin of collaborating with the enemy would leak into the hands of Cangzhao, and he glared at him and said murderously: "Fuzun, it's not too late, please allow the last general to lead his troops to quickly surround Zhaojiazhuang to rescue the hostages and set up the crime of Cangzhao." ”

At this time, he had the absolute courage to compete with Cangzhao.

Zheng Juzhong was also confused, he was not sure who did it, and hesitated to discuss the matter of sending troops.

At this time, a wealthy local merchant shouted: "The Emperor must not give orders arbitrarily. ”

"Huh?"

Hei Yongkang and the other generals stared at the rich merchant fiercely, "What do you mean by this?" ”

"Could it be that your heart is towards Cangzhao, and you are a secret accomplice to crime? A spy who broke into our interior? ”

They are all furious and ferocious, and they only want to kill people, and they cannot destroy the enemy and danger, but they also want to vent the panic in their chests.

This is a typical manifestation of a thug who only dares to act against his own people.

The rich merchant was taken aback, and he didn't dare to look at each other to respond to these crazy martial artists, so he only looked at Zheng Juzhong and hurriedly shouted: "The villain is the heart of Cangzhao." ”

"What the villain wants to say is that there is only one lady in Cangzhou, and he hardly goes out, his children are raised in the capital, and there is no housekeeper in the house. The family of the general judge is all in his hometown in other places, and there is only an old servant who serves him closely, and he has no money. Even if the kidnappers want to kidnap, they don't have a chance to run out of oil and water. The deputy head catcher is not a local, he came to Cangzhou for the first time, he doesn't know the truth, and what he said is not the basis for inferring that Cangzhao is the murderer.

Moreover, the old man knows the power of Cangzhao. The generals led their troops to the door to ask for the guilt based on speculation, and the old man was worried that not only would he not be cheap, but he would have to cough cough, and he would definitely be convicted by Wen Chenghou afterwards. That's not good. ”

"What matters now is how to save my family. Don't build a strong enemy and cause big trouble. The five sons and the only two grandsons were kidnapped, and if they were not rescued, they would be doomed. The villain is so old, what kind of spy is he, he just wants to save his family as soon as possible."

He is a businessman, and he cares about the inheritance of his children and grandchildren, and he doesn't know that what Hei Yongkang Zheng Juzhong is really worried about is his life and future rather than his children and grandchildren.

But Zheng Juzhong also felt that his words were reasonable.

The conversation turned back to how to free the hostages. It's not a good idea to discuss and discuss.

Zheng Juzhong sighed, knowing that he couldn't count on these people, he waved his hand to interrupt the discussion and quarrel, and said decisively: "There is no need to argue anymore." If you can't solve the case and rescue the hostages in time, you can only agree to pay a ransom and replace them. The kidnappers' next contact was timeless. From here to the agreed inn, it is almost necessary to have this vacancy. There can be no delay. ”

"You can discuss how to make money. The official went back to the back hall to be quiet, and wrote a letter to the prefect of Yingzhou, who had a friendship, and asked him to send troops to secretly track down and annihilate the gangsters. In this way, our relatives came back safely. The handed over silver can also be recovered, and everyone has no loss, and revenge has been taken. ”

After saying that, he left.

The prefect of Hejian is the emperor's own family, the in-laws of the king of Anqing, and the backer is definitely hard enough, if he is willing to help, he can indeed send troops to cross the border to the west road of Hebei to pursue the gangsters. It is believed that the governor of Hebei West Road will not participate in this performance for the prefect's unauthorized violation of the imperial court's regulations on troop transfer.

Besides, there are bandits who kidnap the families of the current court officials and many officials in the local area, and the governor of Hebei West Road has an unfavorable control area, and he is also guilty, and he will not leak it to the court to ask for trouble.

Zheng Juzhong said very reasonably. But everyone here is not stupid, they all know that the prefect doesn't want to pay for it, and wants everyone to pay for him.

Four hundred and twenty thousand taels. That's not a small amount.

Dissatisfied, unwilling.

Especially Hei Yongkang secretly scolded Zheng Juzhong in his heart: "As soon as you took office, Lao Tzu and a few brothers in the army honored you for 100,000 yuan in order to hug your thighs." Later, the money smuggled with pirates will be a lot of money. Right now, in order to save your son and woman, you can be cheeky and unscrupulous, and even ask us to pay for you with this money, your mother's hypocrisy and viciousness are not things. The big turbans are really ruthless, unrighteous and unreliable. ”

But the official is big, and he has the relationship and ability to ask the chief of Gaoyangguan Road to help, and he wants to be an official in the future, make a lot of money, and live a majestic life, all of which still need to rely on the prefect, so everyone has to pinch their noses and admit it.

The people here are either big corrupt officials or rich businessmen who have taken advantage of the money, and the weakest and poorest families also have 50,000 or 60,000 yuan, and it is really not a problem for the twenty or so families to contribute money according to the standard specified in the letter and make up the prefect's share. During the period, there was only some controversy in the prefect's share.

After all, the kidnappers looked at the bottom of the family, the bottom is thick and the bottom is thin, and this time they have also taken out the family foundation very lightly, and it is painful, at this juncture, no one wants to share the debt for the prefect.

Zheng Juzhong's insistence is indeed too much. (To be continued.) )