Chapter 3236 The Price of Arrogance

When Wen Xun heard this, he leaned back on the chair, shook the rattan chair, and said with a disapproving smile: "If Master Zhang is not satisfied, then I will be relieved of my official position." I've earned enough money in the past few years, so I'm just going back to my hometown. ”

The reason why Quang Nam East Road has become a "place of fingering", or a place where degraded officials live, is because there is little land here and people are sparsely populated, and officials regard serving here as a punishment. If Wen Xun really doesn't pick and choose, the imperial court really can't find a replacement for a while. Then the local selection ---- in Guangdong hahaha, now Zhao Xing has strengthened the construction of education in various places, and those newly learned students are almost equivalent to his protégés, let his protégés supervise him, isn't this letting the left hand monitor the right hand?

Wang Ying shook her head, skipped the topic, softened her tone, and reproached: "Nowadays, most of the official documents of the imperial court are by sea, and it only takes a month to reach the capital when they are transmitted. Brother Wen has grievances, shouldn't he pass on information by land? The information you transmitted by land arrived in the capital half a year later, but four months ago, Zhao Liren's handling report arrived, and the people only saw your report after everything was handled, aren't you fooling the imperial court? ”

Wen Xun grinned: "It's been more than a hundred years since my Great Song Dynasty transmitted the news of Guangnan by land, could it be that I took the post road to deliver the news, was it wrong?" If it is really wrong, the imperial court should also issue an edict to correct it, as long as the imperial court decrees that I am not allowed to go by land again---- do you think I will be so troublesome and find a post station to deliver it in person?

I think that the people in the court let Zhao Liren raise his appetite. Didn't you find that all the official documents related to Zhao Liren took the sea route, because the Transshipment Division, the Economic Strategy Division, and the City Shipping Division have a related delivery fee, but unfortunately this delivery fee does not cover me. Shall I take the secret report that I have sent to the court? Go to Zhao Liren to approve the postage, and then ask Zhao Liren to help me deliver my small report? Is that group of adults in the court stupid, or am I stupid? ”

Wang Ying was silent for a moment, then grabbed a question and asked: "Master Wen, I also found a strange phenomenon, Guangnan East Road is not a frontier state, why can't you use crossbows here." I'll go into town. I saw that many people were carrying bows and crossbows, and some people were dressed strangely, was it the legendary Demon Army? They wore weird red clothes on the top and black pants on the bottom......"

Moon Hoon interjected: "They wear hats? …… What you met was the Dou Lijun Army, which was the Guangdong gunner, the local warrior I told you. These people are not the elite of Guangdong, the elite of Guangdong is exactly what you said about the demon army and the general's battalion. It was these people who dispatched more than 1,000 people. and conquered a thousand-year-old Champa state.

You're right, though. Guangdong really can't help but bow and crossbow. Since the sea off Guangdong has been frequently harassed by pirates. Zhao Liren has already gone to the imperial court and asked the imperial court to set up Guangdong as a Zhenzhou, haha, I estimate that Zhao Liren's recital is by land again. The imperial court has not yet received the report, but Zhao Anfu has already cut it down and then played here, and the excuse is that the imperial court must have not replied for a long time, so he made the decision first. ”

Wang Ying stood up and walked around the ground. He begged Wen Xun: "Lord Wen." According to what you say, in Guangnan, I want to find Zhao's appeasement. It's too difficult, now I just want to ask Brother Wen for help, let me go and serve the demon army. I heard someone persuade the demon army to use a new weapon, like a thunderbolt, the power is huge---- he Zhao Liren privately equipped the army, this is always a big mistake? ”

Wen Xun laughed dryly: "Ha, I advise you not to worry about that." ^^^^^^^^ first ^^ send ^^ The reason why I say so much to you is to tell you: If you want to continue to be an official in Guangdong, hurry up and go to Zhao An to apologize, otherwise you won't stay long.

The demon army and new weapons you are talking about, this court also knows, but it is an improved version of Mizhou Pear Flower Gun, and Zhang Xianggong has known about this for a long time, so you don't need to say it at all. ”

After Wen Xun finished speaking, he added idly: "I heard that when Zhang Xianggong was demoted to the countryside, he took two improved versions of pear flower guns from Zhao Liren, so it's useless for you to tell the court about this!" ”

Wang Ying wanted to say something more, Wen Xun had lost the mind to talk to him, he beckoned the servant to bring Erchen soup to see off the guests, and Wang Ying had to say goodbye.

As soon as Wang Ying left, Wen Xun immediately took a piece of paper, wrote hard, and recorded the content of the conversation he had just had with Wang Ying, and then put this record into an envelope and beckoned to his family: "Go quickly, send this letter to Zhao Jingluo, and say that Lord Wang Ying has passed the chapter to the capital." Master Ben had already persuaded him just now, but unfortunately he didn't listen to him, and it was difficult to judge. ”

Wen Xun did this, which is equivalent to secretly pitting Wang Ying, Wang Ying walked out of Wen Xun's mansion, still thinking about Wen Xun's introduction, the more he thought about him, the more afraid he was, seeing the eyes of the people passing by looking at him, Wang Ying was suspicious, he couldn't stay in Guangzhou anymore, he left for Hong Kong overnight and ran back to Hong Kong, hanging out at the door of Zhao Xing's house in Hong Kong every day, so that everyone could see his existence......

Wang Ying fell into a cramped and uneasy situation, and Dong Bi was no better.

After this guy landed in Guangzhou, he went to Guangxi by land to take over, but Guangxi did not embarrass him and smoothly exchanged official documents with him. Dong Bi couldn't stay idle, and immediately after getting the official document, he took a boat to Danzhou to inspect Su Shidi's living conditions.

After Dong Bi arrived in Danzhou, he rushed to the Changhua Army with great difficulty, and the Changhua Army Festival Envoy, who was in charge of a hundred households, greeted him, and Dong Bi asked proudly: "Where is Su Zhan, who is demoted?" ”

The small village of the Changhua army was specially left by Zhao Xing to paralyze the court officials, this place seems to be very dilapidated, most of them are wooden houses, the Changhua army festival envoy heard the question, hesitated to point to the most intact stone house in the county, and hesitated to answer: "In, in the ......"

Dong Bi rolled his eyes: "The best house in the county, it should be an official house or an official office, how can a degraded official live in an official office?" Get him out of here. ”

The stone house of the Changhua Army was actually built by Zhao Xing, with the official office in front and the official house in the back. This house is no more comfortable than the courtyard that Zhao Xing specially built for Su Shi at the dock, even so, it is really embarrassing for Dong Bi to drive people out of the official office like this.

After Dong Bi said this, the envoy of the Changhua Army looked at him like a dead man, he stood there with his hands crossed and did not move, Dong Bi shouted: "What." Do you want to be degraded too? ”

The envoy of the Changhua Army laughed: "A certain family has already arrived in the Changhua Army, where else can the court belittle me?" Lord Dong, it's not good for our family to violate the laws of the imperial court, but if you want to do it, you just have to go by yourself, our family is afraid of the tiger behind Su Gong. $$$$ first $ issue $"

Dong Bitoe replied arrogantly: "You said that the land is Zhao Liren, and this official is of the same grade as him." He can't control Guangxi in Guangdong...... Good. Okay, if you don't do it, the official will go by himself. ”

Dong Bi said, commanded his entourage to drive Su Shi out of the official house, and the people of the Changhua army who rushed to hear the news silently helped Su Shi carry the salute, Su Shi took the hand of the child Su Guo expressionlessly and walked towards the sea.

Su Shi was kicked out of the official residence, where did he live. Dong Bicai didn't care.

There are no vacant houses in this land of 100 households, according to the normal situation. was kicked out of the official residence, and Su Shi could only sleep on the beach......

After driving away Su Shi. The envoy of the Changhua military festival also lost his smiling face, he arched his hand coldly, and returned to his official office, all as if Dong Bi did not exist. Dong Bi shook around the Changhua army and urged a few people in the Changhua army to send him back to Danzhou, but saw that the Changhua soldiers were avoiding him like a plague.

Dong Bi was furious and said violently: "This official has come here from Danzhou, and he can't go back if he doesn't believe it." ”

An old soldier next to him kindly reminded: "Visit, you walked from Danzhou to the front of the Changhua Army." did not offend Zhao Laohu. Now that you go back, it's hard to keep it. I'll be honest with you. Lord Zhao has a very good relationship with the Li people in Qiongzhou, and those Li people owe him a lot of affection, so since Su Gong came to Danzhou, the road to Danzhou for my Changhua Army has been much calmer. Otherwise, visit and inquire, and last year they attacked the travelers on this road, cutting off the travelers' scalps and cutting off their heads to decorate their houses.

Visit, the Li people don't attack the people along the way, they are worried about hurting Teacher Zhao, but now you drive Teacher Zhao out, if the Li people see it on the beach, they don't understand the language with us, if they cut off other people's heads in order to please Zhao, we can't explain to them. ”

Dong Bi then understood why the Changhua military envoy looked at him with pity just now, and he hurriedly rushed into the county office of the envoy, and the envoy was lazily lying on the rattan chair to enjoy the coolness, Dong Bi shouted: "Hurry up, send some guards to the official, and escort the official back to Danzhou." ”

The festival envoy replied leisurely: "Do you still want to go?" There are many people in the Changhua army who covet Zhao Jingluo's money, and there are also many people who have received Zhao Jingluo's favor. Visiting my lord, my Changhua army has a total of these people, if you want to take them all, but there are tens of thousands of Li people along the way, if the Li people turn their faces, can you get out of this mountainous area?

What can you do when you get out of this mountainous area, haven't you heard of it, recently pirates have been rampant in the sea near Guangzhou, and even Zhao Jingluo's boat has been repeatedly attacked. In charge of patrolling this sea is the Guangdong Coastal Development Division. The sea is vast, as long as the tiger in Guangdong opens its eyes a little, I expect that the ship of the adults will sink into the sea, no one will know about the frequent harassment ----of the pirates, and it is normal for the adults to be killed, who can blame the tiger in Guangzhou? ”

Dong Bi's legs were weak and he collapsed to the ground, he already understood what this Jiedu envoy was secretly saying, above the sea, the Guangdong Coastal Control Division hung up the military flag is the official army, and tearing off the military flag is a pirate, as long as Zhao Xing is angry, the official army sinks his ship, it is a bandit, and he has no place to cry.

Sitting on the ground and thinking for a long time, only the sound of the rattan chair shaking was heard in the room, Dong Bi broke out in a cold sweat, and asked: "According to Lord Jiedu, what should this official do?" ”

Jie Du made a swaying and leisurely replied: "The food of the Changhua army can not be its own, it used to rely on Danzhou to transfer from the land, and the grain of Danzhou was transported from Leizhou, since Su Gong arrived in Changhua, Leizhou side regardless of wind and rain, every day to send a grain ship here." Su Gong drove out of the official residence, and my Changhua army no longer enjoyed Zhao Laohu's subsidy, and after the soldiers learned the news, I was afraid that they would deliberately take the adults to the Li people's village as guests......

That's it, I see that the adults are abandoned, so I will give you an idea: hurry up and invite Su Gong back and apologize. Then apologize to Zhao Laohu---- the news here spreads very quickly, I just said that every day a grain ship arrives here, Su Gong news, the other side will know tonight. Adults want to apologize, please as soon as possible. ”

The news from the other side of the strait really spread quickly, and that night, the grain ship from Leizhou sent a message asking the visiting envoy Dong Bi to temporarily reside in Danzhou and wait for Zhao Xing's reply. Dong Bi, who was overjoyed, rushed to Danzhou under the escort of the Changhua military land. But he did not dare to return to the mainland by boat from Danzhou, and he was willing to go back only if the Guangnan East Road naval warship came to pick him up, so he sent letters of apology to Zhao Xing one after another.

In fact, Dong Bi didn't know that those people in the Changhua Army were practicing with him, and the bay not far from the Changhua Army. There is a huge force hidden. This force belongs to Zhao Xing.

The envoy of the Changhua army was already a person from Zhao Xing, and the people of the Changhua army would not stay in Changhua County at all, they all went to live in the bay of Zhaoxingdi, and only when the government sent someone to inspect the place, they returned to the old house to make an example. Because those old houses are uninhabited all year round, they look particularly dilapidated, and the Changhua army does not keep Dong Bi to stay, and needs to use various means to force him to return immediately. is also worried that Dong Bi will inadvertently discover the secret of that bay.

Dong Bi didn't know that he was living in that poor place in Danzhou. The Changhua army has returned to the bay. Big fish and big meat appy...

Dong Bi's treatment, enough to stay until the end of the year, Zhao Xing is equivalent to imprisoning him in Danzhou in disguise, Dong Bi, the visiting envoy in Danzhou, is more bitter than Su Shi's degraded officials, and so on around the Winter Solstice Festival, Dong Bi really can't help it, he climbed on the ship that transported the New Year's gift to Danzhou, holding the mast and never letting go. In desperation. The navy took him directly to Guangzhou and drove him into the Guangzhou Coastal Establishment Division.

The Yamen of the Coastal Establishment Division is very large. When Dong Bi came in, he found that there were more than 100 tributes standing on the school field, and a few of them were summoned to the school from time to time, and then left happily, and some people came out with gray faces and indescribable frustration.

Dong Bi only had time to glance at those tributes, and wondered why all the tributes from Guangdong came here. You must know that there are few people in Guangdong, and it is not easy to gather more than 1,000 soldiers.

Although the Song Dynasty was wealthy, those who could afford to read must have a family background above the middle and upper levels, and these scholars were admitted to the Gongshi at the ratio of one out of forty, and the number was even rarer. Throughout Guangdong, there are less than 1,000 people who have passed the exam, but in this school field, Dong Bi has seen hundreds.

Dong Bi, who was puzzled, did not stop, because the soldiers did not allow him to stop and observe, at this time, there happened to be a white-bearded old man with a talented appearance passing by him, his face could not tell whether it was joy or sorrow, his eyes stared blankly into the distance, and he staggered and muttered: "It's a scholar, but I only got a scholar." ”

A few tributes on the school field listened to his muttering and joked: "Ji Xiucai, it's good to get a scholar, but you still want to be a county magistrate." ”

Ji Xiucai complained dissatisfiedly: "If you learn from the old man's talent, why can't you be a county order." ”

Hearing this conversation, Dong Bi suddenly remembered that since last year, the imperial court has delegated the authority to evaluate the 100 officials in Guangdong to the Guangnan Transit Division. Then Zhao Xing impeached more than 20 county orders, and the imperial court approved them one by one. From then on, after the "Autumn Division" of the imperial court, some Guangnan officials would be dismissed, leaving vacant seats to be reported by Zhao Xing for "finger shooting". What is going on now is a conference on the appointment of officials: Zhao Xing will publish all the vacant official positions in Guangnan and send them to the local government schools, so that the people from the government schools can recommend talents, and then Zhao Xing will conduct an assessment. Once the assessment is passed, they will be appointed on the spot.

Look at this time, it happens to be the end of the "Autumn Division" of the imperial court.

The soldiers led Dong Bi through a few alleys, and gradually, Dong Bi heard a piece of music coming from the backyard, which was a kind of pipa music describing the fierce battle scene, the pipa sound was rapid and loud, and it made people's blood boil to listen.

The soldiers' footsteps were walking towards the place where the music was playing, and the music was getting louder and louder as they got closer. Entering the backyard, under the shade of the trees, there were several tributes standing by the porch, they looked like they were listening to the music and were intoxicated by the music, but their two eyes were dripping and rolling, and as soon as they found Dong Bi coming in, they immediately bowed to Dong Bi.

Dong Bi still wanted to maintain the dignity of the officials and salute these people in return, but the accompanying soldiers tightened their hands and carried him into the big without touching his feet.

Ouchi, a female performer who looks like a bearded man is sweating like rain playing the pipa, the pipa music has reached the final stage, the sound of the song is gradually slowing down, but the tune is gradually getting heavier, every time the strings are plucked, the female singer exerts all her strength, making people's hearts surge, feeling that every note is like a heavy hammer strike.

Dong Bi rolled his eyes and found Zhao Xing sitting in the middle of the main body, he closed his eyes and listened to the music, with an intoxicated look on his face, it was really intoxicated.

Next to Zhao Xing sat Wang Ying, who had a gloomy face, and when she saw Dong Bi coming in, Wang Ying didn't say hello, she rolled her eyes viciously and twisted her face to the side. Dong Bi wondered how this former friend had changed his face, but he followed the rules of officialdom and saluted Zhao Xing first, and then Wang Ying.

The music gradually stopped, Zhao Xing seemed to be still intoxicated with the music, shaking his head, after a while, Wan Qiyong approached Zhao Xing with a stack of dossiers, and whispered a few words, Zhao Xing opened his eyes, beckoned the orchid to his side, took out a handkerchief, and gently wiped the sweat of the orchid. After wiping the sweat, the orchid talked to Zhao Xing in a low voice, put down the pipa in his hand, and left.

Dong Bizheng looked at the corner of the orchid's fluttering skirt and walked into the backyard, eavesdropping on Zhao Xing and asking, "Do you know what kind of song this is?" ”

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