"If you don't give these martial artists a little color, they will think that we are easy to bully."

"However, to exterminate the pirates, you have to rely on the sailors......"

"Jokes, even if you want to exterminate the pirates, who is the eagle dog and who is the hunter, you can't do it back."

"How can Mr. Zhao Da treat it as an eagle dog, when employing people now, even for ordinary martial artists, he shouldn't be too lazy, right?"

"Exactly, or ...... It is best to step up the collection of food and salaries and send the gods as soon as possible. ”

"It's easy to say, now that all industries are withering, the treasury is empty, and there is no more than half a month to raise, what can I give to the water master?"

In modern times, Guangzhou has been the first to gain popularity, and neither the yamen nor the people have too many scruples about discussing the government and government. This kind of situation often makes many officials who are sent to Guangzhou outside the imperial court quite unaccustomed, but over time, they are not surprised, and even unconsciously infected by the atmosphere here. As now, although the envoys of the prefecture and the city were sitting in the hall, the subordinate officials and scribes below were arguing with each other, and the voices were getting louder and louder, and if they were elsewhere, they would have been reprimanded by the superior officials for being rude. And here, Zhizhou Chen Gongju turned a deaf ear, only frowning to himself, not knowing what he was thinking.

"...... over there in Ezhou," Liu Yu asked in a low voice, "Is there any new movement?" ”

"Not yet." Chen Gongju shook his head, and Liu Yu sighed: "I don't know how to clean up this chicken feathers." ”

"These villains only know how to fight for power and profit. Wen Xunzhi and others still have the intention of falling in love with the stack, and some people persuaded Chen Shaoyang to insist on not retreating and compete with Deng Su, Lu Yunsun and others. Chen Gongju took a sip of tea and sneered, "Deng Su is the prime minister, Lu Yunsun is the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and the other positions, I'm afraid these people haven't figured out how to divide the fat yet, right?" I see that Deng Su appeased the Sixth Department and kept the old people of my management society, but it was just a show, and when he got through this difficult time, he was going to start promoting his henchmen and purging dissidents. In my opinion, instead of being in an awkward place and lingering, Shaoyang should retreat as an advance, simply hang up the crown and go away, concentrating on consolidating the situation. Let's see how Deng Su and Cao Di clean up this mess, right? ”

Just a few days ago, the household department sent a tax officer, and the imperial court mobilized the forbidden army to assist, and the treasury of Tingzhou was copied, and the income was used to offset the arrears of taxes in Tingzhou. Not only that, for the part of the tax shortfall, the household tax official sat in Tingzhou to supervise, and the state school and the state government had to make a temporary decision to collect the tax arrears. Within three days, almost three feet to the ground, all the taxes owed to the imperial court were finally collected. Tingzhou Xuezheng Zhang Ji was in Ezhou at this time, and he was furious when he heard the news, and immediately went to find Deng Su's theory, but Deng Su's attitude was surprisingly tough. In the end, this matter caused a public discussion on the academic government, and almost led to the impeachment of the prime minister for the second time. Fortunately, most of the states themselves are also disgusted with the state of defaulting on taxes and increasing the burden on other states, and Zhang Jinfei did not get enough support, so he gave up.

"That's good, too." Liu Yu nodded in agreement, "Nowadays, local officials are elected by state studies. The center of the imperial court can only send assassins to monitor, but it cannot appoint or dismiss other local officials, not to mention hypocrisy, and the authority of reality is not as heavy as in the past. Deng Su wanted this phase, so he asked him to clean up the chicken feathers on his own. We have a good situation of running Guangnan and the South China Sea, which is no worse than Ezhou. It's a pity that I don't know what Shaoyang plans to do? He sighed for a few sentences, and then frowned, "Zhao Yuanzhi's attitude is unclear, and it is indeed a great hidden danger for the foundation of the South China Sea." It's a pity that Shaoyang has never had an attitude, otherwise, with his friendship with Zhao Yuanzhi, Zhao Yuanzhi would at least not help each other, and he would never have made trouble with us to this point. ”

"Alas—" Chen Gongju sighed and shook his head again, with a complicated look on his face.

Most of the speculations of the two of them were the situation in Ezhou, and it seemed that it had nothing to do with the predicament in Guangzhou in front of them. The South China Sea Navy Division's stationing outside the port of Guangzhou is just a trivial matter, and the reason why the trouble is so unpleasant is that the pattern between the DPRK and China has changed drastically, and the forces of all sides have suddenly become acute. At this time, the eyes of the world's important ministers were all in Ezhou, for fear that there would be another big change, and one could not react in time, and fell behind.

Compared with Zhao Xingde and Chen Binghai, Chen Gongju and Liu Yu were most worried about Chen Dong's safety in Ezhou.

The means of party struggle between the DPRK and China are becoming more and more intense, and they are resorting to all kinds of extremes. The ancestral family law of the Great Song Dynasty not to kill scholars and doctors has long been crushed by the whirlpool of party disputes. In the past few years, Cai Jing and Li Bangyan were killed by the puppet, Zhao Zhifu and Qin Hui were beheaded in Bianliang, and four former prime ministers of the Great Song Dynasty have died. Therefore, when the news of Chen Dong's impeachment and removal from the throne reached Guangzhou, Chen Gongju's first thought was not to fight the trapped beast again, but to write a letter to persuade Chen Dong to go south and leave Ezhou as soon as possible. Chen Dong's protégés and former officials are all over the prefecture and county, and when he returns to Guangnan Road, he is as stable as Mount Tai, and it is not necessary to be the prime minister of the mountains.

The two were whispering, Chen Gongju's protégé, Qingyuan County Ling Luo Huan stepped forward and whispered: "Teacher, the force of the South China Sea Sailor, if you make good use of it, it will be a big help, if it is used by the enemy, it will be a big disaster for me to reclaim the South China Sea and even the entire Guangnan Road coast, so we must not let it go lightly, this matter is ...... the student thought " A trace of ruthlessness flashed in his eyes, and he stepped forward and whispered, and the words were only heard clearly by Chen Gongju and Liu Yu. Listening to this, the two of them had shocked looks on their faces.

"The matter...... It must not be neglected, and it remains to be considered in the long run. Chen Gongju glanced at Luo Huan strangely, and waved his hand to silence him.

The crowd talked about it for most of the hour, but to no avail. Chen Gongju ordered the officials to go back to take care of their own political affairs first, only Luo Huan and a few other confidants. Luo Huan looked at the few officials who stayed behind, but they didn't dare to speak, and the other people noticed that the atmosphere was not right, and they were also suspicious.

"Here are all people who can put their hearts in their hearts," Chen Gongju said lightly: "Zhongmou, you will repeat what you just said." ”

Zhongmou is Luo Huan's word, when the Liao army crossed the Yangtze River to invade, he admired the ancients Sun Zhongmou, not only changed the word to Zhongmou, but also sold property, recruited strong men, ready to once Hu Lu invaded Guangnan, he led the county regiment to practice and swear to the death with it, who knew that Liao cavalry had not come to Guangnan, it was driven back to Hebei by the imperial court, Qingyuan County did not make any preparations, but Luo Huan recruited the strong men did not disband, the original table was also on the court to prepare to go north to attack Liao, and later the invasion of the big food pirates, this elite regiment training remained.

"Yes, Master." Luo Huan replied respectfully, "The lower officials have a superficial opinion, and if it is not, I hope that you will be responsible." ”

Although he was valued by Chen Gongju and other seniors, and was faintly in the first place among the juniors, he did not fall short of all kinds of etiquette, and arched his hand to the surroundings, and said slowly: "The Nanhai Navy Division was built by the alliance between the imperial court and the Xia State, and with the sea ships of our dynasty and the heavy artillery of the Xia Kingdom, it has done its best in the armor of the two countries. The Marquis of Wuchang is also a famous general in the world, I heard that in just a few months, Zhao Yuanzhi has trained the South China Sea Navy Division like an arm, and the boat can enter the wall on the sea, and the array is no different from the land, and the thousands of cannons are bombarded, which is not something that can be resisted by manpower. My Guangnan soldiers are weak and the people are outnumbered, and all the important places are close to the sea, if you want not to be controlled by the sailors, it is really difficult to ascend to the sky. But ......"

"But what?"

"Although the sailor is strong, there is still a weakness. This weakness," Luo Huan's eyes darkened slightly, and he said in a deep voice, "It's the Marquis of Wuchang." ”

"Mr. Zhao Yuanzhi is a real sincere gentleman, and a gentleman can be bullied. In Bianliang a while ago, the imperial court easily changed the commander and seized the army, which is already a clear proof, today General Zhao is indecisive, for the stability of the Great Song Dynasty, why don't we repeat the old things? ......" Luo Huan's voice just fell, "Change the commander and win the army, not bad!" Liu Wei, the county lord of Dongguan, praised it: "Good plan!" While others hesitated, some with suspicious faces, others with solemn faces, and the hall was silent.

"Alas-" After a long time, Liu Yu sighed and asked, "Master Chen, what do you think of this plan?" ”

"The gentleman deceived him, alas," Chen Gongju sighed, "However, if this matter is not resolved for a long time, I am afraid that it will drag on, and the court will strike first." It's too late for us to regret it...... Although I'm a little sorry for Yuan Zhi, I still have to do it. Chen Gongju's tone was a little dignified, looking at everyone, his eyes were dark, and he said in a deep voice, "There are many preparations, you have to do it separately, but the opportunity for success or failure lies in keeping secrets, and you must not leak it out." ”

............

"It's really a wide sea, and the sky is free for birds to fly."

The sea is vast, the breeze is light, the sea area where the sailor is stationed is the place where the fish gather, such as the mast of the forest, countless seabirds hovering in the sky to feed, on the tall ship, Zhao Xingde accompanied a white-shirted scribe standing in the wind, this person is Guan Ming, the master of the Southern Opera.

"People in the world often envy the grass, trees, insects and fish," Zhao Xingde suddenly felt something, and sighed: "I don't know that the generation of birds and beasts also has to struggle for survival every day." ”

"When Yuan Zhi was in Bianliang, he didn't often make this kind of sad words," Guan Ming sighed when he saw him, and said with a smile: "Natural selection, survival of the fittest, this is the way of nature." Do you know that these birds and beasts don't enjoy the pleasure of swimming in the sky and the sea? ”

"Guan Fuzi," seeing that he sighed with emotion, Zhao Xingde pointed to those seabirds and smiled: "Zi is not a bird, how do you know the joy of birds?" ”

"Zhao Yuanzhi," Guan Ming also smiled: "The son is not me, how do you know that I don't know the joy of birds?" The two looked at each other and laughed together.

Guan Ming was involved in the exposé case in his early years, and he couldn't go out for life, so he made a living by writing southern opera scripts, and he was like a thunderous person in the southern opera industry. After that, although the Li Society was in power and the case was rehabilitated, he had no intention of being in the field, and he still stayed with Youling all day long, and Zhao Xingde wanted to ask Guan Ming to invite a few famous troupes near Guangzhou. The two met and talked very happily, and most of Zhao Xingde's depression in the past few days was swept away. Du Fujiao, Feng Mi and other cronies and generals saw it in their eyes, and they were very happy in their hearts, and secretly said that this is a person who is close to Youling every day, and he is really used to pleasing people. As everyone knows, Zhao Xingde and Guan knew each other when they were in Bianliang, and their friendship was not shallow.