Zhao Zhifu of Yanpyeong Mansion did not dare to slack off after getting the news, Jeju Mansion is not far from here, Jeju Mansion Yin and him are still classmates and friends, they are all worshipping under the door of Murong Zhizhou in Qingzhou, and he is also very clear about the fact that the thief patrol in Jeju was wiped out under Liangshan, and he immediately invited several staff members over to ask what to do about this matter.

There is a very powerful person in his staff, his name is Wei Jizhong, who has been in Taishi Cai's mansion for a few years, and can be regarded as Cai Jing's person, and was later sent here to do things for a few years to accumulate some experience and qualifications, and in the future, he will be released to a real power official position such as a magistrate.

It needs to be explained here that this magistrate seems to be only a seventh-rank official, and his rank seems to be much lower than that of a third- or fourth-grade Beijing official, and his title is also much worse, but when it comes to specific powers, the two sides are not at the same level at all.

You must know that the bureaucratic system of the Song Dynasty, especially the civil official system, is extremely large, and it is impossible to settle all of them, and the Song Dynasty treats officials very favorably, as long as they do not make big mistakes, they are generally only promoted and not demoted, and things like dismissal are even rarer, so the number of officials is increasing, so what should I do?

Therefore, the imperial court finally had to change the system, and came up with a number of famous and powerless deputy positions, for example, a commander often has more than ten or even twenty or thirty deputy commanders, and those deputy commanders have all the titles and titles, but they have no actual power, and the magistrates, prefects, and prefectures are completely different.

Therefore, most of the nominal Beijing officials are eager to be released to be a few local officials, especially if they can be sent to a fat shortage, they will die faster, such as Cai Jing's son Cai Jiu went to Jiangzhou, son-in-law Liang Zhongshu went to the Daimyo Mansion, Gao Yu's nephew Gao Lian went to Gaotang Prefecture, and the top boss of Zhao Governor's Mansion, Murong Zhizhou, is the elder brother of Murong Guifei, which can be seen.

Wei Jizhong coughed lightly and said: "Grace is above, and you colleagues, I hope you can listen to what the lower official has a word." ”

Of course, Governor Zhao knew his origins, and he never dared to hold it up in front of him, so he hurriedly said politely: "Mr. Wei, please speak, and the lower officials will listen to him." ”

Wei Jizhong leisurely stroked his beard and said: "My lord, this Liangshan is just a gang of grass cowards, but this time the matter has become a big problem, even Taishi Cai has heard about it, if you can catch them all, presumably Taishi Cai will be very happy, the promotion of the adult is just around the corner, and Lord Liang Zhongshu has also said before, as long as the thief who can intercept the birth gang, not only will he not get back the 100,000 guan, but there will be an additional 50,000 guan, and even I and others here can get a piece of the pie. This is a great opportunity that must not be missed. ”

Everyone was in good spirits when they heard this, and Governor Zhao also asked excitedly: "Mr. Gaojian, please continue." ”

Wei Jizhong was even more proud when he saw everyone's expressions, folded his fingers and said slowly: "Didn't the Tangshan County Commander ask the adults what to do with those hostages?" The people in Tangshan County are small and small, and they will definitely not be able to prevent thieves, so the adults should immediately send someone to bring them all to Yanping Mansion, and then lay a net here, as long as they wait for the thieves in Liangshan to come and vote for themselves. ”

Being able to achieve the position of the prefect, Governor Zhao is naturally not a fool, he asked worriedly: "What Mr. Wei said is very true, but all the people and horses sent out by Brother Liu Nian of Jeju Mansion were wiped out by that Liangshan, and they didn't even come back to catch thieves and patrols, we are equal in strength here and them, and the lower officials are worried that this net is laid out, but can they catch the other party?" Otherwise, let's send the hostages to Qingzhou, right? ”

Wei Jizhong shook his head and said: "Eun Xiang is too worried, this is naturally foolproof to be sent to Qingzhou, but Eun Xiang's credit must also be divided more than half, why did the people sent by Jeju lose before?" First of all, they committed the intention of underestimating the enemy, thinking that the opponent was only the dozen or so thieves who intercepted the birth gang, but they did not know that they had formed a group with the thieves on Liangshan, so they lost the time first; Secondly, Shijie Village is the hometown of thieves, and it is backed by 800 miles of water, and it loses its land advantage, so it is not surprising that it lost.

But now that we occupy the advantage of the home field, the soldiers and generals are all recuperating and morale, and the enemy has abandoned his old nest, the labor expedition, and there are hostages in our hands, this battle does not need to be fought to win the defeat, in addition, the lower officials have already made some preparations, and the grace is relieved. ”

After saying this, Wei Jizhong stepped forward and whispered softly to Zhao Zhifu for a moment, and said that Zhao Zhifu smiled, stroked his palms and laughed: "Gao, it is really high, Mr. Wei's wisdom is comparable to Kong Ming, if you don't lose Ziliang, why worry about the lower officials?" This matter will bother Mr. Lao a lot, and when the time comes, the lower officials will definitely give Mr. a lot of credit in the merit book. ”

Wei Ji Center was also very proud, and laughed loudly: "Then the lower official will thank the grace for cultivating first, and I also wish the adults prosperity and prosperity in advance." ”

The people present were all old foxes of officialdom, and when they saw that Shangguan was happy, they all flattered each other like a cloud, and then they praised and congratulated each other, and the atmosphere in the house was even more lively than the New Year.

Du Jia, who was far away in Liangshan, naturally couldn't know about these things they discussed, he just heard from the spies that Tangshan County was going to send Du Ping and his wife and the people captured by Du Jiazhuang to Yanping Mansion, which made him breathe a sigh of relief, what he was afraid of was that the other party would not let go, and the hostages would be firmly in his hands, so that he would be able to throw a mouse trap, just come out now, this road is a hundred miles away, and there are several small roads, he has ample opportunities to intercept the prisoner car.

Hearing that the prisoner car was about to depart, Du Jia immediately summoned everyone to arrange the carjacking, everyone was enthusiastic, Du Jia smiled: "Thank you brothers for your kindness, if you go to fight that Yanping Mansion, you will naturally need to send an army, now it is just to intercept the prisoner car and sweep Natangshan County by the way to take a bad breath, there is no need to work all the brothers, only Brother Shi Jin, Brother Liu Tang, plus Jiao Ting and the younger brother to bring a hundred elite infantry to go, it is enough to move." ”

Everyone couldn't persuade them once, and finally Wu Yong said with a smile: "Jia Shao's meaning Xiaosheng has already understood, then act according to Jia Shao's instructions, but let Bai Sheng bring a few more people to inquire about the news at any time in the back, if it goes smoothly, it is the best, if there is any change, we can have a response on the cottage." ”

Du Jia nodded and said: "What Mr. Pedant said is very true, then everything is arranged by Mr. Lao, and the younger brother will set off to save people first." ”

After speaking, he took Shi Jin, Liu Tang and a hundred strong minions quietly down the mountain, and Wu Yong arranged for the follow-up not to mention.