There was nothing to eat at the online banquet, and Zhao Ziliang felt a little hungry at this time, so he grabbed a handful of peanuts from the snack plate on the desk and gnawed it.

There was a sound of clogs outside, this person is definitely not a rough man under his army, Zhao Ziliang thought in his heart, and sure enough, he heard a woman's delicate voice behind him: "Slave Pang Xiaoyu to meet the general!" ”

Zhao Ziliang chewed peanuts and turned around to look at the woman in front of him, this woman was really born to the whole country, at least among the women Zhao Ziliang has seen, this Pang Xiaoyu's appearance is definitely in the top three! If this woman has the opportunity to appear in front of Emperor Li Longji, Zhao Ziliang believes that her chance of being favored by Li Longji will not be lost to Yang Yuhuan.

Zhao Ziliang settled down, threw away the peanut shell in his hand, clapped his hands and asked, "The girl is the huge family from Taiyuan City?" ”

Pang Xiaoyu smiled: "'Everyone' doesn't dare to say it, it's just those literati who cheer on it, when the slave family is in Taiyuan City, I often hear that there is a new general in Hedong, who is a great figure, and when I see it today, it really deserves its name!" ”

Hearing this, Zhao Ziliang smiled and said, "Miss Pang came so late, I don't know what to see?" ”

Pang Xiaoyu was stunned for a moment, and then smiled again: "Why should the general be so serious, the slave family came to Shuozhou from Taiyuan City a few days ago, and today I heard that the general also came to Shuozhou, in order to satisfy his curiosity, so he came to visit, I hope the general will not be strange!" ”

Zhao Ziliang looked at Pang Xiaoyu, shook his head after a while and said, "No, doesn't Miss Pang think the reason you said is too far-fetched?" Well, even if you admire you very much and want to meet you next, you are not in a hurry, there is no reason to come to the door late at night to ask for a meeting, right? Doesn't the young lady know the truth of avoiding suspicion? ”

Pang Xiaoyu's face was embarrassed when he heard this, and he immediately became blushing, his expression was a little flustered, and he said without going through his brain: "It seems that the slave family is not thoughtful, and it is presumptuous, I am really sorry, the slave family will leave!" After saying that, he turned around and left.

"Wait!"

Pang Xiaoyu stopped, turned his attention and looked at Zhao Ziliang again.

Zhao Ziliang said: "Tonight I heard Taishou Cui Jinrong say that Miss Pang performed at the opening of Cuiyue Building, and he invited me to enjoy Miss's singing and dancing talents, but I refused, Miss should be in Cuiyue Building, but the fact is that Miss came to me, what is the reason why Miss left a large number of literati in Shuozhou and came here late at night?" If Miss just left, wouldn't it go against the original purpose of Miss coming here? ”

Pang Xiaoyu's face turned pale, and her body began to tremble, it was obvious that she was not an agent woman, just a talented Qinglou woman, both her psychological quality and acting skills were still too far behind, and she was forced to show her original form by Zhao Ziliang with a few words.

"Plop", Pang Xiaoyu knelt on the ground, and sobbed: "General, the slave family was forced, the slave family's biological father was arrested and put into the Shuozhou prison, in fact, the little woman came to Shuozhou this time to rescue my father······ Come to the general, if the slave family can make the general fall into the gentle countryside and don't want to wake up, he will agree to release my father, the slave family really has no choice but to ······".

Zhao Ziliang grabbed another handful of peanuts, peeled one and threw it into his mouth, and asked while chewing, "Why is your father being held in prison?" ”

"A few times ago, my father went to the mountain to hunt, hunted a big worm, and carried it to the city to sell it with the people in the village, but he didn't want to foresee Wang Shengdao's son, this person is a tyrant in Shuozhou City, he saw the big worm that my father hunted, and he wanted to buy it with ten yuan on the spot, how can a big insect only be worth ten dollars? Sell more than a thousand, of course my father refused, and he had a dispute, this person is quite unreasonable, my father was angry but beat him in a rage, the official soon came to arrest my father in prison, my mother learned the news and asked someone to run to Taiyuan to tell me, so I rushed from Taiyuan! ”

Zhao Ziliang asked again: "Was Wang Shengdao's son beaten badly?" ”

Pang Xiaoyu said: "The people in the village who were with my father said that it shouldn't be serious, but my father just punched him and was pulled away by his entourage."

"How does General Ben know that what you say is true?"

"Tonight, Wang Shengdao's son also came to Cuiyue Tower······."

Zhao Ziliang pondered for a moment, looked at Pang Xiaoyu and said, "Miss Pang, you can go!" ”

Pang Xiaoyu was frustrated, his expression became wooden, and he turned around weakly and walked out slowly, but heard Zhao Ziliang say behind him: "Before noon tomorrow, your father will be released, you can go and pick him up!" Someone, send off! ”

Pang Xiaoyu was stunned for a moment, then overjoyed, turned around and knelt on the ground and kowtowed respectfully three times, at this time a soldier came over and said, "Miss Pang, please!" ”

Miss Pang hurriedly got up, but found that Zhao Ziliang was gone, so she had to say to the soldier beside her: "It's hard work!" ”

In the early morning of the next day, Zhao Ziliang practiced martial arts in the courtyard for an hour, and after finishing some washing and breakfast, he came to the hall, and the accompanying officials and generals had already arrived, and everyone saw Zhao Ziliang, and they all stood up and saluted: "General!" ”

Zhao Ziliang nodded and asked, "Have you eaten it all?" ”

Chang Shi Shangshang replied on behalf of everyone: "I have eaten everything, thank you for the general's care!" ”

"Okay, then let's go to Taishou Mansion, don't let the officials in Shuozhou wait for a long time!" Zhao Ziliang walked outside as he spoke, and the officials followed behind and walked outside.

When he came to the Taishou Mansion, the Taishou Cui Jinrong had already taken Xia Guangyao, the commander of the county soldiers, Wang Shengdao, and a group of officials from the Taishou Mansion to wait in front of the Taishou Mansion.

"Greetings to the General!"

Zhao Ziliang jumped off the horse and said with a smile: "Let you wait for a long time, right?" ”

"No, no, the lower officials and the others just came out to greet them!" Cui Jinrong said with a smile.

Zhao Ziliang threw the reins of the war horse to the servant, and said with a smile: "Okay, then let's go in!" ”

"General, please, please!" Cui Jinrong said and made way for Zhao Ziliang and others to pass through with the other officials.

Zhao Ziliang convened this meeting and did nothing else, but got acquainted with the officials in Shuozhou, and then casually checked the case files and accounts of fiscal revenue and expenditure in Shuozhou in recent years. After the meeting, he walked out of the Taishou Mansion, stopped and thought about it and said to Brehan: "Let Cui Jinrong, Xia Guangyao and Wang Shengdao come to see me, and stagger the time!" ”

Brehan was stunned for a moment, and then agreed: "No! ”

Soon after returning to his residence, Brehan came to report that he was too protective of Cui Jinrong, and Zhao Ziliang stopped meditating and practiced, "Take him to the front hall and wait!" ”

When he came to the front hall, Cui Jinrong was drinking tea, and Zhao Ziliang smiled: "Let Cui Taishou wait for a long time!" ”

Cui Jinrong hurriedly put down the teacup and stood up and saluted: "The general is busy with official business, and the lower official is waiting for nothing, see the general!" ”

"Sit down and talk!" Zhao Ziliang made a gesture for Cui Jinrong to sit down, and said: "Just now, I will go over the files and financial revenues and expenditures of Shuozhou's large and small cases in the past few years, and Cui Taishou has no problem with the handling and judgment of the case, only a small part is still in doubt. The income and expenditure of the various accounts of the government are also clear at a glance, Ben Jiang has not found any problems for the time being, and Ben Jiang also believes that Master Cui, as a child of the Boling Cui family, still has his own ethics in terms of being an official! ”

Cui Jinrong was overjoyed when he heard Zhao Ziliang's comment, and hurriedly made a modest statement and said: "Xia Guan has not done a good enough job as a county guard, and he will have to mention a little more in the future!" ”

Zhao Ziliang's tone changed, and he suddenly asked: "Although Ben Jiang didn't see any problems in the case and accounts, it doesn't mean that there are no problems in Shuozhou, does Cui Da know where the problems in Shuozhou are?" ”

"Huh?" Cui Jinrong was stunned for a moment, then his heart tightened, and he hurriedly said: "I don't know, please ask the general to give you a hint!" ”

Zhao Ziliang took two sips of the teacup, put down the teacup and said: "The problem in Shuozhou is that the gap between the rich and the poor among the people is getting bigger and bigger, the rich are getting richer and richer, and the poor are getting poorer!" Ben will ask you, how much sweetness is there in the county? ”

Cui Jinrong was still very clear about this as a taishou, and he immediately said: "About 283,600 acres!" ”

Zhao Ziliang said: "This is the record of the county guard, I don't know how many years this record has existed?" ”

"This ······ It seems to ······ It's been about twenty years," Cui Jinrong said, and his voice became quieter and quieter.

"Then do you know how many acres of land are hidden by the big families in Shuozhou City? How many acres of land in the whole county are in the hands of the big families, and how many people do not have fields but cultivate other people's fields! And how many are yeoman farmers? ”

Beads of sweat appeared on Cui Jinrong's forehead, and he began to feel uneasy: "General, ·······."

Zhao Ziliang continued: "As far as the general knows, a cadre of officials led by Wang Shengdao, the commander of the county soldiers, and the Shuozhou family have mastered about sixty percent of the land in the whole army, what a terrible number, which means that at least sixty percent of the people in the county are their tenant farmers!" Choi Taishou, do you know what that means? Land is the foundation of human survival, farmers eat from the soil for food, once there is a natural and man-made disaster, those tenants have to starve the whole family, once the hungry people exceed a certain number, do you know what will happen? ”

Cui Jinrong swallowed his saliva, his face turned pale, and his whole body trembled, obviously, he thought of the consequences that Zhao Ziliang said.

"Shuozhou's current problem is also the problem of the entire Datang, Shuozhou is a typical representative of all the counties and counties in Datang, Master Cui is a rare sober person in the officialdom, presumably Lord Cui has seen the crisis in Shuozhou, and also seen the crisis in Datang, why don't you want to reverse this crisis?"

Cui Jinrong was silent for a long time before he sighed: "The general's words are thought-provoking, they really hit the nail on the head!" Yes, Xia Guan did see this kind of crisis, when there were too many fetters around him, he was really powerless, and he could only keep compromising and compromising, so that after spending years until now, Xia Guan is ashamed of his trust in the Holy God and the people of the world! ”

Zhao Ziliang said: "Lord Cui, it's not too late to make amends!" Since the beginning of the historical civilization records in China, how many people can leave their names in history? How many people have lived a mediocre life, done nothing, and have been annihilated in history without anyone knowing? Does Master Cui also want to be this kind of mediocre person who has been annihilated by history and no one knows about it? (To be continued.) )