In Tanzhou Mansion on Jinghu South Road, the dense crowd surrounded the mansion, and the hustle and bustle shouted over and over again.

"The prefect Yu Jiyou is rebellious, and he is a chaotic minister and thief!"

"Traitors get out of Tanzhou!" "Kill the traitor!"

"King Jing and Cai Jing are traitorous and rebellious!" "Yu Jiyou is rebellious and rebellious, and his nine clans should be punished!"

More than a dozen officials did not dare to move, so they could only guard the door of the government with water and fire sticks, watching more and more people in fear. Most of the people in the crowd wore short brown straw sandals, and as long as these people did not really rebel, no matter how many officials they were, they were not afraid. But there are still a lot of gentry in white robes and soft hats in the crowd, and the servants are not allowed to eat.

The prefect Yu Jiyou's foundation in Tanzhou is shallow, and the reason why he was able to suppress the local gentry in the past was because of the mighty sky. Since the Han Dynasty, the prefectures and counties have been officials in foreign lands, and they are short-term officials. Not only the origin of the officials themselves, but also the place of origin of their wives must be avoided, even if the nine clans are punished, not a single local person can be implicated. However, behind every county and governor, there is the imperial power and the imperial court, if you are not satisfied, there is a state capital behind the county, and there is Bianliang behind the state capital. Although the Song Dynasty had more than 800,000 forbidden troops and 230,000 Xiang troops who could not necessarily deal with the Khitans, they still had the power to deal with the local gentry and common people. However, now that the official family has been taken captive by the Khitan, and then the two emperors are vying for the throne, the northern captives are about to move south, and many state and county officials have even abandoned their posts and fled, and the deterrent effect of the imperial court on the local area has been greatly reduced. After all, King Jing is only a prince, and the official family is still there, so he can supervise the country, and it is not right to establish himself as a king. At the beginning of this dynasty, there was a story of the rebellious king Zhao Jiong killing his brother and seizing the throne, so for more than 100 years, the court and Shilin have been very fierce. The brother and brother are not properly associated with the position, so that as soon as a similar situation occurs, the gentry and the common people of the world unconsciously think about the conspiracy and usurpation. The Science Society offered the crime of "conspiracy to rebel and usurp the throne", even many of Cai Jing's henchmen, during the day, they refuted it with "urgent obedience to power" and the righteousness of resisting Liao, and they were also uneasy at night, and even chatted with "the prince and the loser" to comfort him.

When a few officials saw someone greeting, they quietly threw away their sticks and iron rulers, blended into the crowd and slipped away. A family member of a servant chattered endlessly as he walked: "Stupidly raise an elephant pig, give Yu Jiyou, an outsider, his life, chop off his own brain, and the house will be burned by thunder." The official nodded again and again: "Brother taught me a lesson." The elder brother scolded again: "It's good to eat this bowl of rice from the public gate, and you can afford to compete for the position of the two officials?" In the future, it will be light to raid the house and destroy the door! The two of them spoke in a thick country accent and quietly walked farther and farther.

"The people from Yuelu Academy are here!" The crowd gathered outside the palace suddenly erupted in cheers.

Chen Dong's friend, Cao Liangshi, a professor at the academy, was at the forefront, followed by Wang Shirui, Liu Zhongao, Zhou Zhaoxue and other capable protégés, and then a large group of white-robed scholars also came in a hurry, except for someone who held a scroll of scriptures casually, and was unarmed. The people of Tanzhou consciously made way for them to make way and gave them reverent eyes. The officials of the state capital couldn't even raise their heads. The academy is the pride of Tanzhou and even the entire Jinghu South Road. Today's grandfather Zhao Ke, Zhuangzong Zhao Fang was in the dynasty for 54 years, he vigorously advocated culture, education, etiquette and music, and during his reign, the Great Song Dynasty was known as the peaceful and prosperous era. Since Zhao Fang personally wrote a plaque for Yuelu, the people of Jinghu South Road have even faintly regarded this academy at their doorstep as the first academy in the world, no matter where they go, when they mention Yuelu, they are all arrogant, as if Xia Guo talked about the Praetorian Guard Corps stationed in his hometown and county. The officials of Tanzhou Mansion are more clear, and the successive governors can be gentle and compassionate to the people, and the law is fair, which is not unrelated to the location of Yuelu Academy, and the magistrates have to cherish their feathers and be cautious, so as not to affect their careers.

Cao Liangshi asked the scholars to wait outside the door, and walked to the door of the mansion and said with a smile: "Visiting the Yu Governor's Mansion, I don't know if it's inconvenient?" ”

"Convenient, convenient," before the few officials standing at the door could answer, the curtain guest Yu Weicheng hurriedly grabbed a step from the door, and said with a smile, "Mr. Cao, please." He looked out with trepidation. The gentry and people outside seemed to suddenly appear from the flat ground, gathering more and more, and Zhizhou Yu Jiyou mobilized the box army to relieve the siege but never disappeared. At this time, most of the local officials in Tanzhou Mansion slipped away under the pretext of excuses, and now the situation is only maintained by a few team leaders brought by Yu Jiyou when he went to work, and the situation is extremely sinister.

Cao Liangshi smiled slightly, dusted off his robe, made a gesture to the crowd behind him, and stepped straight into the mansion.

The same thing happened in Jianghuai Guangnan Zhulu, Liangzhejiang and Fujian Zhulu, and even affected Jingdong and Jingdong Roads, Yuelu Academy, Wuling Academy, Bailudong Academy, Yingtian Academy, Songyang Academy, Maoshan Academy, and Culai Academy, these world-famous academies are frequently involved. There are also undercurrents surging in many places.

Jingdong East Road appeased the yamen, and Hou Huanyin gently took a sip of tea, the tea cup and the cup and plate touched, making a crisp bell chime, his eyes were slightly closed and opened, and his gaze was like a sharp knife, swept by.

Staff member Huang Yiming said that the scholars of Wuling Academy drove away several governors and counties. "These people thought that they had the support of King Jing and Cai Gongxiang, so they didn't put my Jingdong Road in their eyes, and took advantage of this time to clean up in one fell swoop," Huang Yiming said with a smile, "It's also thanks to Chen Shaoyang that he can figure out that this gentry is recommended to maintain the place, and he picks it clean." If according to Huangzhoushan, the school elected state and county officials, it should be the prime minister, right? ”

Hou Huanyin smiled slightly: "The younger generations are really making a lot of trouble. He paused, his face was slightly cold, and he said in a deep voice, "The two dragons grabbed the pearls, and it is not yet known who killed the deer." The top priority at the moment is to guard against the Khitan invasion in the east. It would be good to play the banner of respecting the king and swearing to protect the king of Zhao. But ,......" he originally wanted to say, "If you go outside, you must first settle inside", but this sentence was said by Zhao Pu, the prime minister of the Taizu Dynasty, and Zhao Pu was the biggest political enemy in the life of Wang Yu, the patriarch of Wuling Academy, Hou Huanyin frowned slightly, and changed his words, "If you don't sweep a house, how can you sweep the world." The half-hearted things in my Jingdong Road should indeed be cleaned up. ”

Including Hou Huanyin, the pacification envoy of Jingluo, many officials on Jingdong East Road came from Wuling Academy on Jingdong West Road. This academy is the Wuzong Dynasty in charge of the government hall for 20 years of the prime minister Wang Yu disciples founded, the disciples in the cemetery next to the three years of filial piety lectures, at that time it was passed on as a good story in the world, after the Wuling Academy in the center of the imperial court although the power is not strong, but in the Jingdong two road officialdom is the same breath, intertwined. Hou Huanyin is the head of many officials from Wuling. Cai Jing, Zhao Zhifu, Li Bangyan, Qin Hui and others all installed protégés on Jingdong East Road, hindering the prime minister's affection, Hou Huanyin originally had no choice but to them, but now he took advantage of the situation to expel him, so that the entire operation of Jingdong East Road could not be inserted, and it was difficult to enter, waiting for future changes.

"If there is chaos today, we can't be gentle and humble, and seize the opportunity to expand our strength as a priority. After having strength, no matter which official family it is, it will naturally have some weight. Hou Huanyin pondered for a moment and said slowly, "According to Mr. Zhoushan, since the school is used to promote magistrates. The key here is who can control the school. In other words, who can enter the school to exercise the right to do so? He has been in officialdom for a long time, and his eyes are vicious, so he saw the key to this, and asked, "What is the saying from the Lishe now?" ”

"Chen Shaoyang hasn't spoken yet," Huang Yiming said carefully, "However, I heard that there is a county on Jinghu South Road, where anyone who can write the four books of "Analects", "Mencius", "University", and "Zhongyong" word for word, and then the school will randomly extract ten upper half sentences from the Five Classics, and if Confucian students can match the second half of the sentence to the top six sentences, they can enter the school to exercise the right to deliberate and recommend." ”

"Silent book? Thessalonians? Hou Huanyin was slightly stunned, and then smiled, "Nonsense, I really don't know about world affairs." After a pause, he ordered, "It is better to be still than to be still, if the gentry want to implement the system of election in those vacant states and counties, the candidates will be determined by the pacification envoy yamen, and the Confucian scholars in each state and county will be promoted." "Confucianism in the prefecture is the Confucian students in the state and county who have a school status in the prefecture and county, these people are supported by the government, and some have to rely on the monthly Lu Milu money to support their families, and it is not easy to make a big mess.

After Huang Yiming wrote down the appeasement envoy Xiaoyu, he said: "The Chenghai Sea Division Battalion of Dengzhou Daoyu Village asked the adults for advice on the strategy of battle and defense. ”

"Han Shizhong is a general's talent, and I Jingdong has this person, like a tiger with wings." Hou Huanyin knocked lightly on the table and said with a smile, "Let Denglai Prefecture send wine and food to the army." Intensify the recruitment of the forbidden army units scattered between Qingyan and Huaisi. ”

No wonder he was happy. When Hou Huanyin and Wang Yan were deployed to meet with Hebei Xingying, Han Shizhong came to visit, and Wang Yan once pointed to Han Shizhong and said, this son can be a general. Hou Huanyin secretly wrote down his name at that time. The promotion of military generals is different from that of civilian officials, although the promotion is usually slow, but there are many events in the world, and maybe a big war will be promoted several levels in a row. After that, Han Shizhong was stationed in Dengzhou, and he also instructed the civil officials in Denglai to befriend Han Shizhong.

Hou Huanyin has been operating in Jingdong for a long time, and there are many henchmen among the civil officials, and there is no one to fight against on both sides of Jingdong. However, due to the ancestral system of the civil and military disciplines, there are no effective generals. The various departments of the forbidden army near Jingdong Road, including the Dengzhou Navy Battalion, were all under the jurisdiction of the Hebei Xing Battalion. After Wang Yan's death, soon after, the official family was captured by the Liaokou, and the Hebei armies left behind were leaderless, Hou Huanyin took the opportunity to vigorously recruit the forbidden army for the use of Jingdong Road, and at the same time asked the prefectures and counties to speed up the recruitment of regiments to train strong men, and prepare to deal with the upcoming attack of the Liao army.