While hurrying, Cui Jiuming and Sima Xiangru's news were sent one after another. Su Ren was lying in the carriage, this woman is really not a good place, one person is already unbearable, and if she is unreasonable, she can't stay for a long time. Rushing out of the carriage, Su Ren felt that his ears were instantly clear. It is said that the emperor had seventy-two concubines in three palaces, six courtyards, and thousands of palace maids, and it is a miracle that a man living in such a place can live past sixty.

Leng Jun leaned up and asked, "How is Chengdu now?" ”

Su Ren shook his head: "Fortunately, Taishou listened to Brother Sima's suggestion and transferred the county soldiers into the city, there should be no problem for the time being, just waiting for the holy decree of the imperial court, and the holy decree will not be lifted in a day." ”

"What? Does the Empress Dowager really want to cure the sin of Taishou? ”

"I'm afraid so! This time our emperor provoked the Dou family, Cui Jiuming said in his father's letter that if it weren't for Xu Chang and Zhuang Qingzhai to find out, it should be the Dou family who was imprisoned in the palace at this time, it can be seen that the Empress Dowager Dou will be angry, not only imprisoning the emperor, but also putting Dong Zhongshu in prison, and even his nephew Dou Ying was dismissed! ”

"It's ruthless!"

Su Ren said with a smile: "How can anyone in the emperor's family not be ruthless, to tell you like this, killing one person is a murderer, killing 10,000 people is a general, killing millions of people is a hero, I am afraid it is not enough to be a hero of the emperor?" ”

Leng Jun sighed: "I hope Your Majesty will be fine, I heard that when Empress Lu came to the court, the world was almost in chaos, if you come again, those people will have another chance." ”

Su Ren looked at Leng Jun suspiciously: "You should also be a part of those people, how can you say such things?" ”

"Forget it, don't talk about this!" Leng Jun was touched by a sore foot, and immediately changed the topic: "You haven't said it yet, why did the old and the young let us go?" ”

Su Ren smiled: "You can see this?" However, it's not an old man and a young man, it's just a teenager! ”

"How so?"

"The young man claims to have the surname Win, how many can there be in the world with this surname? In addition, the pride in the bones of the young man is not something that ordinary people can pretend, when I handed over the wine, the old man tasted it first, and felt that there was no problem before handing it over to the young man. ”

"You mean ......?"

Su Ren nodded: "This young man is so interesting that he can make a friend." ”

Leng Jun shook his head: "Let us admit it, it's better to make friends, the means of killing Zhang Hu are too cruel, not only killed, but also hung the body on the city gate, and wrote his name, such people are too arrogant, arrogant people are generally reckless." ”

"Just like King Xiang back then?"

"You!"

Su Ren smiled and rode away, leaving Leng Jun alone to be angry.

After running on the road for a whole day, no one had water. The city wall of Chengdu can already be seen in the distance, and the person sent by Cui Jiuming to greet him is in front of him. I had nothing to say to these subordinates, so I ate what they brought and continued on my way. At the gate of the city, a large group of people such as Sima Xiangru, Cui Jiuming, Huo Laosi, and Chang Shi came to greet them.

Without waiting for Su Ren to get off the horse, Chang Shi grabbed the reins of the white horse and let out a long breath: "You are finally back, hurry up and follow me to see Taishou, during this time, the people of Chengdu are panicking, and they are about to make trouble!" "I didn't give anyone a chance at all, so Su Ren was dragged to the Taishou Mansion by Chang Shi.

Laifu was draped all over, with a sword hanging from his waist, a longbow behind his back, and a quiver full of them, looking like he was facing a great enemy. Under the leadership of Li Cheng, the men selected from the county soldiers surrounded the Taishou Mansion with three layers inside and three layers outside, and even the alleys on both sides were guarded by county soldiers.

Su Ren smiled: "What? Someone attacked Taishoufu? ”

"Well, that's not true." Chang Shi sighed: "These days, Chengdu is a little chaotic, miscellaneous people continue to provoke, many people come to the Taishou Mansion to ask for orders, let the Taishou report to the court, what to say to let the Empress Dowager return to His Majesty." ”

"Why don't they report it themselves?"

"You can't even see this? They're trying to frame the teacher! ”

Wen Dang sat in the lobby, buried in the case, and a large circle of Cao Rafter of his subordinates stood beside him, and several nearby county commanders and county magistrates were here. Everyone frowned, looking like a dead parent. A long slip of bamboo slips was piled up with the long case in front of the Wen Party. A subordinate official classified what the Wen Party had seen, and then picked out a volume from the pile that had not been read and put it in front of the Wen Party.

As an old man, I am surrounded by a bunch of people every day, and there are a lot of official documents that can't be handled. Wen Dang looked a lot older, his originally meticulous hair had turned gray, and a few strands of white hair drooped down his sideburns. The Wen Party only bent on reading and reviewing, and didn't even have time to drink water. Su Ren looked at it for a while, and didn't feel a little distressed about this old man.

Chang Shi shook his head: "It's been like this these days, Cao Rafter of all genera will bring a lot of official documents every day, originally these things should have been done by them, but now they are all pressed on the teacher." ”

Su Ren nodded and coughed loudly, attracting everyone's attention. Everyone only glanced at it, then turned their heads and continued to pile bamboo slips on the bookcase of the Wen Party.

"Oh! Ziheng is back! Wen Dang finally put down the pen in his hand and gently wiped the sweat from his forehead.

"Teacher!" Chang Shi hurriedly went to help Wen Dang up. I sat on my knees for too long, and my legs didn't obey me.

After Su Ren saluted the Wen Party, he glanced at those Cao Rafter and his subordinate officials, and said coldly: "Are you going to be tired to death?" ”

No one spoke. Su Ren grabbed a roll of bamboo slips, unfolded it, and threw it to the ground. I picked up another roll, looked at it and threw it away. There were three or five in a row, and the bamboo slips on the ground were scattered, and many of them were broken ropes, one by one, everywhere.

"You're going to take these things and let them be reviewed? Tocao said that there were two mice in the granary and asked to find a cat? Bing Cao said that some halberd rods were eaten by insects and should be thrown away? These things have to be Taishou himself, what do you want you to do? The more Su Ren said, the more angry he became, this kind of trick was seen a lot in the officialdom of later generations, and this is the most effective way to squeeze out the official: "Hu Cao, Bing Cao, and the rest of you, if you can't even deal with this kind of thing, what use do you want?" Today, I'll say a word on behalf of Taishou, who doesn't want to fuck off! ”

Those subordinate officials lowered their heads one by one and said nothing. Wen Dang wanted to say something, but was stopped by Chang Shi gently shaking his head.

Su Ren glanced at everyone: "Take what you brought and get out, if there is another next one, go home directly!" ”

Still no one moved. Su Ren roared angrily: "What? Want to stay and eat? ”

After sending everyone away, Wen Dang sat down with a wry smile. Someone hurriedly brought tea soup to the three of them, and Wen Dang sighed: "It's better for Ziheng to come back, as soon as he comes back, he will solve a problem for the old man." ”

Su Ren smiled: "That's the teacher's benevolence, and he doesn't want to deal with those guys." ”

Chang Shi nodded: "It's just that the teacher is too good to talk, so he will be bullied by those guys." ”

After taking a sip of tea, Su Ren told the situation of going out this time, and told the Wen Party and Chang Shi the news he got again: "If the imperial court does not have a clear attitude for a day, our Shu County will not be stable for a day, I just left Wenshui, Wenshui County ordered Zhang Hu to be killed, and left a name, what is it called Ying Guangji, on the way back, people are panicking everywhere, this is not a good thing!" ”

"There has been a report on the killing of the Wenshui County Commander, but this Ying Guangji really can't guess who it is, Ziheng is also a Wenshui person, can you know?"

"I've met once!"

"Oh?"

Su Ren did not hide it, and said about Ying Guangji: "According to my guess, this Ying Guangji is related to Qianqin, and he said that he was in Xianyang, so he was even more certain." ”

"Huainan sent people to encourage the people, the remnants of the former Qin killed officials in public, and such a big event happened in the imperial court, our Shu County is a border county, if you let those nearby Yelang, Qiang people, and Nanban know that Shu County is in turmoil, I don't know what chaos will happen." When Wen Dang said this, he hurriedly ordered someone to take a bamboo slip: "No, I must go to the court in this matter." ”

"What about Captain Tang? Shu County is now panicked, can he still sit still? ”

Chang Shi said: "Ziheng misunderstood, Tang Duwei had already gone to other counties, the situation in Shu County was so serious, as the Governor of Shu County, he didn't have the courage to stand by and watch at this stall." ”

"It's kind of open, hehe!" Su Ren smiled.

"Looking at Ziheng, what should we do about the current situation in Shu County?"

Su Ren thought for a while: "I have been thinking about this question on the way back, I think there are three points, the first is to immediately report to the court, let the court give a clear answer, even if it is not good, it can calm people's hearts; second, send troops to various important places to monitor the surrounding area in case the enemy army takes advantage of the opportunity; The third and most crucial thing is to appease the inside, arrest all those who spread rumors and cause trouble, and behead those who have committed the most heinous crimes, so as to deter troublemakers. ”

"The first one and two are easy to say, but isn't the third too much?" Chang Shi frowned.

Wen Dang also nodded: "My Han rules the country with tolerance, and I have never heard of it, and I will be punished for speaking." ”

"Yes, if the heat is not well grasped, it will arouse public anger, but it will not be beautiful."

Su Ren said: "As the so-called troubled times use heavy codes, the Han Dynasty has been recuperating for a hundred years, and the people are used to being scattered, and they have no ability to distinguish in the face of their incitement, they forget that the government is not only to take care of the world for the Son of Heaven, but more importantly, the herdsmen, I have seen how those herdsmen in Qiang deal with disobedient cattle and sheep." ”

"In case ......"

"There is no whatever, the people of today are not the past, no one will work hard when life is good, as long as they are too conservative and do not squeeze them, they will never rebel, if you want to stabilize Shu County as soon as possible, you have to cut through the chaos quickly."

"Is it really possible?" The Wen Party is old, and it is famous for its articles, and when it comes to governing places, it is not even as common as usual. Turning his head and glancing at Chang Shi, Chang Shi nodded slightly. Wen Dang took a deep breath: "Okay! Then do what Ziheng said, I will write a note and report to the imperial court, Tang Duwei has also gone to other counties, there will be no problem with the first two, and this third article Ziheng dares to take the order? ”

Su Ren hurriedly got up and saluted: "Wow! Subordinates receive orders! ”

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