"Zhou Cong is a side branch of the Fengyang Zhou clan. In the past, when the emperor of Chen Hou Tianzi was in power, he was still the son of Fengyang Bo Zhou Zong who went up to Beijing as a hostage, and Zhou Cong's grandfather accompanied him, and later did not go back with Zhou Zongqi, but stayed in Tibet as a small official. Wang Li first, Zhou Cong took the exam first and continued to be a small official, but because his family was the former minister of Chen Hou Tianzi, he was no longer appointed. When Zhou Cong's father died of illness, the family moved back to Fengyang Kingdom. ”

"No wonder I have a bad background, but I also have some talents. Weizhong (Gongsun Fu Zi Weizhong), continued. King Zhao waved his hand again, and Lin Fang, the official of the Great House, brought rice wine and put it on the table, and then left.

After Lin Fang left, Gongsun Fu took a sip of rice wine and continued: "Zhou Cong's family returned to the township, the ancestral house has been dilapidated, the land has been distributed to other clansmen, the livelihood is difficult, and he has to treat his father's illness, and soon his mother also became ill from hard work, so the second elder died one after another. In order to make a living, Zhou Cong went to Fengyang Bofu several times to ask for errands, and his brother Zhou Boqin, the son of Fengyang, was a playboy who didn't care about his family, and he couldn't see anyone all day long, so he could only ask the housekeeper's sister-in-law Huang to give him an errand. The Huang family saw that Zhou Cong was a motivated person, so he gave him an errand to buy. When I came back to report, it was fifty percent lower than the budget, which shows that he is a sincere person. Huang thought to himself that this little uncle was not greedy for money and was loyal to his duties, which was much better than those who plucked their feathers. So the purchase was all handed over to Zhou Cong. Others couldn't get errands and couldn't get oil and water, so they slandered Zhou Cong and Huang for not being innocent. Zhou Boqin listened to a lot of gossip, although he didn't believe that the Huang family really had to be seen as a wooden and sloppy Zhou Cong, but he also wanted to have a clean ear. sent Zhou Cong to Han De's mansion to be a housekeeper for Han De's nephew. Han De later found out that Zhou Cong was a talent, so he recommended him to be the commander of Chunhua County. ”

"Then why do you say that Zhou Cong was kicked out of his family?"

"It was during the Chunhua County Order, during Zhou Cong's rule of the river, the county's subordinate officials were called water control, but in fact, they only cared about fishing for oil and water. As a result, more than half of those who were removed by Zhou Cong were killed, and a few who took the lead were directly killed. ”

King Zhao's eyes widened instantly: "Remove more than half of your subordinates? He doesn't have to run errands in the county? ”

"This naturally offended the families who were removed from their posts and killed. People are also strong in Chunhua. The family who dared to remove his post had already brought his family members to surround his mansion, not to mention murder? Who knew that Zhou Cong was even more ruthless, he recruited the heads and faces of the county's powerful families, and also called the local people. Count the charges of homicide in public. Then, taking advantage of the unpreparedness, he personally took the knife and cut off the head of the first criminal. When the family members of the beheaded man saw that he was really coming, they rushed to him. Who knew that he cut people in front of him, and shouted from behind: 'I am an official of the court, and if you want to rebel, come and move me!' You are a strong family, and there are many people in the family. Can you have more troops than the imperial court? I only ask the culprit today, and I don't want to be connected, and whoever prevents me from enforcing the law is a rebellion. Everyone thought to themselves, it's a big deal, go back and pull the relationship, and straighten out your county order. Zhou Cong seemed to know what they were thinking. After killing someone, he announced in public: 'The yamen recruits subordinate officials, who are willing to serve the imperial court, and who are willing to benefit the people of Chunhua can sign up here.' ’……”

King Zhao interrupted again: "This is not good, it is unfair to people who have not been derelict in their duties and have not been removed from their posts before." ”

"Your Majesty, Zhou Cong's new recruitment is only half of the last withdrawal, and he has already filled the high-level fat gap of those who were not removed before."

"In other words, the Chunhua officialdom has been reversed, and it has been reduced by two or three percent?"

"Exactly. Those who go from high to low hate him, but they can't help it. However, if he did not regain his job, he naturally wanted to sue for impeachment. The Yanmen County Guard sent people to investigate, and more than half of the officials in office were promoted, so they naturally wanted to help Zhou Cong speak. Besides, among the people who stayed and were promoted, there were close relatives of the county warden and the county magistrate. And so it went. ”

"I don't think so, right?"

"Your Majesty. This is in the past. But Zhou Cong reversed the situation after all, he committed public anger and broke the rules. Although everyone acquiesced in this incident, they also privately recognized him as a cool official. In particular, the people who were killed were naturally dissatisfied, and spread everywhere that Fenyang Bo's nephew was a cool official. Fengyang Bo naturally didn't want the reputation of the Zhou family to be damaged, so he removed him from the family tree. And said a famous sentence in Shanzhou. Speaking of which, Gongsun Fu deliberately only drank and did not speak.

King Zhao was hung and a little displeased: "Okay, don't pretend." Tell the widow quickly, tell me what Zhou Zongqi said? ”

"This kind of vertical son is also worthy of the surname Zhou? How can such a cool official be surnamed Zhou? How can such a villain be surnamed Zhou? ”

"Hahahaha......" King Zhao patted his thigh, glad that he didn't drink just now, otherwise he would have sprayed or choked.

relieved himself and asked again: "Then how can the world be removed from Zhou Fengyang for stealing his sister-in-law and stealing gold?" ”

"That's a joke made up for Zhou Boqin by the people of Fengyang who are disgusted with Zhou Boqin, a gangster and a villain. The people of Fengyang said that Zhou Cong was a talented man and a gentleman with excellent talent and appearance...... "Gongsun Fu stopped drinking again to moisten his throat.

King Zhao also interrupted again: "Just Zhou Cong, a bearded and sloppy guy?" ”

"There is no way, he is in Chunhua, in Fenyi, and in Xingxian County, he is a Qing official who loves the people like a son and is willing to do practical things. The people of Fengyang are proud of him, which beautifies him and his appearance. I estimate that if Zhou Cong returns to his hometown this time, except for the Zhou clan, others are afraid that they will not recognize him. Hahaha......"

King Zhao also laughed: "Go on, go on." ”

"Later, do you know that the children of the Zhou family didn't go around saying that Zhou Cong and the Huang family were not innocent? The common people of Fengyang do not think that the Huang family is not innocent. thought that the Huang family coveted Zhou Cong's beauty and wanted to seduce his uncle, but Zhou Cong refused. So Huang and Zhou Boqin cried, saying that Zhou Cong was a light sister-in-law. Then Zhou Boqin stole money from his sister-in-law, that is, he framed Zhou Boqin's own deficit to Zhou Cong. ”

"I'm afraid that people in other places will misunderstand when they hear that Zhou Cong stole his sister-in-law and stole gold."

"Not really. The people know what to do, and the people of Shanzhou passed on a sentence after the break: Zhou Cong stole his sister-in-law and stole gold - the thief shouted to catch the thief. ”

"Hahahaha. It's no wonder that Fengyang Bo has not participated in any other than the excerpts of greetings and congratulations in recent years. ”

The two of them were talking and laughing, and Lin Fang reported outside the door: "Lang Jun, the old man of the Second Auxiliary Wenge is here, and he is waiting outside the hall." ”