Section 13 Zuo Feng solicited bribes

After briefly dealing with the affairs of Izumo Castle, I suddenly remembered something.

He then turned to Takayama and asked, "Is our fleet going to Japan again?"

Gao Shan replied: "The road is long, I'm afraid it will not be easy. ”

I nodded and asked Takayama, "Do you know why I went to Japan last time to buy a large number of Japanese women?" ”

Takayama replied: "It's not to retaliate for their forced recruitment of comfort women in our country. ”

I shook my head and said to him, "In this day and age, we will sail to Japan, and the journey will be long, but if we use Korea as a springboard to set up a supply point and build a city on the tip of the island closest to Japan, we will be able to tie Korea to our chariot of conquest of Japan." As for the purchase of Japanese women, it should be handled as a major matter. Because scientifically speaking, only young and strong women can survive when they give birth to offspring, and we can buy a large number of Japanese women, on the one hand, we can solve the problem of the improper ratio of men and women in Izumo City; On the other hand, we can raise the cost of marriage in Japan, so that only a few people in Japan can afford to marry a daughter-in-law. As for the third aspect, when Korea was unified ten years later, the strong people of Japan themselves were old, and the fertility rate was declining, resulting in the low quality of their next generation. At that time, if we had encouraged Korea to join us in an expedition to Japan, it would not have been difficult to kill all the Japanese men. ”

Raising my head and looking up in the direction of Japan, I said leisurely: "When we occupy all of Japan, we can call the Sea of Japan "our sea," and the islands of Japan will form an outer defense network in the northeast of our Pacific Ocean. To the south, we will take Indonesia and Malaysia again, so that the Pacific island chain of our Han nation will be complete. In this way, we can use this as a springboard to sail east and north to America, south and west to India and Rome.

I don't dare to hope that wherever the sun shines, there will be Chinese territory, but in this way, the take-off of the Han nation will have no external constraints. By doing so, we also want to let people know that the outside world is big and exciting. Chinese, don't always fight among themselves, go to conquer, go to plunder. ”

We decided to exchange the beautiful glass, porcelain, and so on, for the gold, silver, grain, and young women of Japan. When Japan's national strength is drained, we will see the opportunity to launch a conquest against it. Of course, at this stage we do not intend to give women human rights, so that we are not afraid of those women turning the sky. In this way, Japan, which is in a state of division, is like a delicious fish waiting for us to put off our chopsticks.

Subsequently, I took 50 attendants and immediately returned to Youzhou, and now that the major events of Izumo City have been decided, the government framework has been set up, and the rest of the work is to strive for the political status of Izumo City.

As soon as he arrived at the gate of the city, Pu Yu had already greeted him anxiously, "Lord Xuande, where have you been these days, Lord Jun (the honorific title of the state pastor) has asked many times", after speaking.

He stretched out his hand and grabbed my horse, "My lord, go to the governor's mansion, and the villain will lead the way for you." ”

It's really snobbish, maybe my appointment has already come down, that's why Puyu is so courteous. But I thought about it, appointing someone to engage, Liu Yu shouldn't be in such a hurry, maybe there is something to do with me. What could it be? While I was puzzled, I walked with Puyu, and came to the state governor's mansion with half joy and half sorrow.

As soon as Liu Yu saw me enter the hall, he immediately stood up from several cases and let out a long laugh of surprise: "Xuande, you came back, I heard that you went to the homeless village?" ”

Yes, I told Gongsun Mansion like this, at present, Gongsun Zhan's younger brothers Gongsun Yue and Gongsun Fan have followed him on the expedition, leaving only his son Gongsun Xu at home. In order not to arouse the suspicion of others, I only briefly told Gongsun Xu that he planned to go to the Tunmin Point to have a look, and there should be no problem with such a statement.

"Exactly", I replied.

"This cantonment site was attacked by Wuheng a month ago, the camp was completely destroyed, the soldiers and civilians were slaughtered, and the corpses were everywhere, which was unbearable."

I will make the situation a little more terrifying, lest any officer think it is fat, and be ready to go there and reap the fruit.

"On that day, I pursued the Wuheng thieves and recaptured some captured women and children, but at present, the camp is surrounded by thieves, and although it is the busy farming season, the farmers dare not work in the fields."

As I spoke, I looked at the people in the hall, a person who looked like a eunuch, two or three literati, and everyone seemed to be discussing things.

I went on to say, "Fortunately, the generosity of Lord Gongsun Du of Liaodong sent 500 soldiers to guard the people, so that the farmers dared to go down to the field. Hearing this, their expressions relaxed, and I trembled in my heart, what's the matter, there is really a master who wants money and does not want to die, or I am not enough to scare them.

I immediately said: "However, the thieves have a large army, and they have attacked the village several times, and more than half of the 500 soldiers have been killed and wounded, and the village cannot support it, so I sent someone to urgently tell me to return to the village to preside." ”

"Xuande has arrived here, presumably the thieves have retreated." It seems that Liu Yu is full of confidence in me, and his tone of voice is very relaxed, it seems that I still have to give him a boost.

"The thieves are powerful, and if they don't fight me at this moment, they will retreat and come back, which is really helpless."

Liu Yu smiled faintly, "Xuande bravely crowned the three armies, and only more than 200 people dared to conspire to fight with the thieves, so I was relieved." ”

Rest assured, it's broken, it's broken, it seems that the intimidation is too much and it's self-defeating.

I immediately defended: "If you make your lord pass the prize, there are thousands of thieves, and we must not be unguarded, and I am afraid that there will be a great disaster if we make a slight mistake." ”

Speaking of which, I thought that maybe I could organize a group of men and horses, pretending to be foreign bandits, and intimidating everywhere to block the road to Izumo City, and let the warriors of the Liu Hun tribe do the job, if they kill people and set fire in the intimidation action, they will have an excuse to exterminate them. Good idea, I must inform Takayama when I go back and let him plan this matter. Of course, this matter must be hidden from Guan Ning, Wang Lie, Gao Tanglong and others.

"Good, victory is not arrogant, brave and unremitting, Xuande can be described as the hegemon in the army, just look at Xuande to the tunzhai, the thieves quickly retreated, and the thieves also know that Xuande is invincible. There is Xuande sitting in Youzhou, and I am as safe as Mount Tai in Youzhou. Liu Yu exclaimed.

Hearing the word Mount Tai, I trembled again, as safe as Mount Tai, this word is not exact, when I came to the Three Kingdoms, Mount Tai was an earthquake.

However, Liu Yu praised me like this, what did he want to do? Although Liu Yu is a loyal elder, he has nothing to do, and he is either a traitor or a thief, but it is the truth that our nation has summed up for thousands of years. I became more and more vigilant in my heart, trembling as I waited for him to say what he said.

"Xuande, the will of the imperial court has been issued, in the future, the states will be filial piety, and the state pastor will decide by himself, so you are now filial piety, I appoint you to be engaged in Youzhou Bing Cao", he picked up a document from several cases and handed it to me, I took the document in shock, glanced at it casually, and looked up at Liu Yu waiting for his next step.

"Zhang Chun rebelled, the four fields were shaken, the state and county were ruined, and the displaced people poured into Youzhou, I wanted to appease the people in the Quartet, but there were too many displaced people, and I didn't know that the Xuande camp might house 20,000 displaced people. I know that this camp was built with the great help of Gongsun Du. However, if you can settle 30,000 displaced people, I will report to the imperial court and allow you to choose your own officials to manage the subject country." Liu Yu said generously.

"The cost of relocating these 30,000 people is too much, I don't know how many seeds, bricks, and farm tools will be allocated by Lord Jun?" , Great, it's really sleepy to come to the pillow, but if I can squeeze out more things, it will be more perfect, I unceremoniously asked Liu Yu for supplies.

"Youzhou is poor, and the grain and grass allocated by the imperial court are far from enough, if there are materials for you, these displaced people don't need to find you to resettle. In my opinion, Xuande has a very close relationship with Gongsun Du, and if he can allocate some grain and grass, it should not be difficult for the victims to survive the spring famine. Besides, Gongsun Du had already sent troops to guard the tunzhai, and it was not too difficult for him to provide some grain and grass. Liu Yu said quickly.

"This matter will be handed over to Xuande," he turned his head and said to the person who looked like a eunuch: "Zuo Gong, what do you think?" ”

"We don't have any other opinions, but what's the good stuff in your village?" The left public screamed in a duck-like voice.

Blatantly asking for bribes, I like it, in my modern concept, the other party dares to openly ask for bribes, which means that his backstage is very hard and dares to promise. I'm afraid that I will be a **** and set up a memorial arch, after such an official receives money, he often turns his face and does not recognize people, and he will harm you if he does not do anything for you. However, asking for a bribe in front of Liu Yu, he can ignore his reputation, and I still want to save face.

"I don't know what Lord Zuo is called?" I tried not to be arrogant or humble in my way of asking.

"Our family is Zhongguan Zuofeng, you kid have to remember." The shrill voice said.

Zuo Feng, isn't this Zuo Feng, the lieutenant who unsuccessfully solicited bribes from Lu Zhi after the Yellow Turban Rebellion and escorted Lu Zhi to the prison car? I came up in a fit of rage and killed him? I quickly took a step back, pressed my hand on the handle of the knife, and the murderous intent surged into my heart, I stared at his fleshy neck viciously, thinking in my heart, now is not a good opportunity to do it, and when he starts on the way back to Beijing, this knife must be very happy to cut on the neck. For the first time, I had the pleasure of being bloodthirsty.

Feeling my anger, Zuo Feng immediately raised his voice and shouted in a sharper voice: "What, boy, aren't you happy that our family calls you kid?" Brat? ”。

This person is not an ordinary annoyance, he actually provokes me so much, and he deceives me and does not dare to kill you.

#¥%%¥#*, even if you are ruthless, I really don't dare to kill you.

I was thinking about how to step down, a big hand slapped on my shoulder, and Liu Yu shook his head at me with concern.

I took advantage of the situation to let go of the hand holding the knife, "There, Zuo Gong Daimyo, I have admired it for a long time." "I saluted, said.

Who knew that Zuo Feng still said otherwise: "Boy, I don't think you have the courage to provoke me." I make you regret giving birth. ”

I hate this, I want to drink the sea dry, can I drink the sea dry? No. So I rushed forward and quickly stuffed a crystal glass rooster cup in his hand, the cup was not big, just enough for his fat palm to grasp.

I said in a low voice: "This thing is worth 10,000 gold, Zuo Gong cut and put it away, I still have one, and I will send it to Zuo Gong's mansion tonight." ”

Zuo Feng quickly glanced at the thing in his hand, which quickly disappeared into the sleeves of his robe like magic, and a greasy smile immediately appeared on his fat face.

"Xuande is so well-behaved, when you come to my house tonight, I have something to look for you. We'll quit first."

It seems that he was anxious to go back and admire the thing in his hand to judge whether it was worth ten thousand gold or not. Of course, if the value is not high, he will also ask me to make up for the missing value.

I watched the dead fat guy twist his hips and walk out of the door, and I unconsciously put my hand on the handle of the knife again, this fat ass must be very pleasant to cut it, I thought viciously.

"Xuande, I'm still worried that you can't help it, but it seems that you still survived." Liu Yu said with concern.

"The matter of resettlement of the displaced people is thus decided, you come back in a hurry, go down and rest first." is really a loyal elder, and he doesn't even ask me what gifts I give to Zuo Feng. I stepped back in silence.

That night, I went to Zuo Feng's apartment, and when I handed over another crystal glass hen cup, his fat face was full of smiles.

The little eyes narrowed and said to me, "Xuande, is this the crystal glass cup?" Chang Rang has a pair of crystal glass toad cups, and Chang Shi Zhao Zhong has a pair of crystal glass ice rabbit cups, this should be a crystal glass rooster bowl, how many pairs of such glass cups do you have. ”

I pressed the fire and said diligently: "This kind of treasure, there are as many as 3 pairs, I really don't know that there are other glass cups, this thing is I spent thousands of dollars to buy, I thought that the world is unparalleled, so I took it to honor Zuo Gong, I don't know that Zuo Gong can be satisfied." ”

"Alas, I don't know what the rest of the glass cups are like, I don't know if there are the same glass cups, Xuande must pay attention to it for me." Zuo Feng said with a smile, I hate it in my heart, this bastard, there is a couple that is not satisfied. And more.

Out of Zuofeng's apartment, I was secretly sad in my heart, the two pairs of glass cups were also in the hands of the eunuchs, it seems that the eunuchs' ability to loot is really different. I don't know how many joys and sorrows there are, and the family is ruined.

On the stage of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the emperor was mediocre and inactive; Clansmen face each other on the wall; The courtiers sit on the cold bench and are useless; I saw nobles and eunuchs jumping up and down, tossing in turn. The last scene at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty was simply terrible, and it was about to come to the end of the song and everyone would disperse.

Thinking of this, I can't help but feel sad about our original intentions, is this dynasty worth saving? No officials, no greed, no officials, no officials, the superiors regard the people of the world as the flowers of their own industry, and they are all happy with the remnants of the people, and they are not ashamed, but think that this is the way of heaven and earth, and all of them are full of words. It is better for such a society to be destroyed.

Heaven gives all things and people, and people have nothing to repay the sky, this heaven is the people, and this person is the official. I secretly made up my mind that since I came into this world, I must do my best to fight for the equal rights of the people, even if it is with blood and fire, I will use my sweat and toil to win the opportunity for the people to look down on officials.