Chapter 270 Discord Meter

"Lord Wang, what to do with him?" Li Shouzhong said with some apprehension.

Zhao Yu shook his head and said, "Hold it for the time being!" Let's talk about it tomorrow! ”

"Yes!" Li Shouzhong seemed to have some regret, but he seemed to feel a little relieved.

Zhao Yu said: "Just continue what you just said!" Where did the king just go? ”

"The prince said that Feng Changqi is not worried, he has been corrupted by beauty and power!" Li Shouzhong thought for a moment and replied.

Zhao Yu nodded and said, "If this king hadn't miscalculated, he would have gotten the news that Feng Changqi had been captured. Luo Bao, the righteous brother who stayed in Xia Anhua Prefecture, will definitely think that Feng Changqi will definitely die, what do you say in this situation? ”

"Stand up to the young master!" Li Shouzhong said without thinking.

Zhao Yu was stunned, and said with a smile: "This king has forgotten that you are a general of the Great Song Dynasty, so it's not wrong to think like this!" But who is Na Luo Baolan? Anhua barbarians! Barbarians, seeing petty profits and forgetting righteousness, vulgar and inhumane. It is often heard that when a chief dies, his wife and concubine, except for the old and decrepit and the biological mother, are all accepted by the new chief. But there are brothers and sisters-in-law who are beautiful, and they are even more blunt to ask for a night of joy. Such a person, how will you deal with the great cause of Anhua Prefecture! ”

"Hold the young lord hostage to order the princes!" Li Shouzhong thought about it and said: "Although Luo Baolan is Feng Changqi's righteous brother, no matter how you say it, he doesn't have a righteous reputation in the end. Moreover, the last general also heard that Feng Changqi's wife, who was of noble birth, was the daughter of Anhua Prefecture in the past, and was well-known in Anhua Prefecture. Luo Baonan wanted to ascend to the position of assassin in Anhua Prefecture, but he didn't have this righteousness. Second, the strength is afraid and not enough! Be a nominal assassin of Xia Anhua Prefecture. It's the best! ”

Zhao Yu shook his head. Said: "You are wrong! The king has said that the barbarians forget their righteousness when they see small profits. So how could Luo Baonan have this intelligence and patience? But just in case, this king will give him a divisive plan! ”

Li Shouzhong was surprised: "How is the prince going to separate?" ”

Zhao Yu smiled slightly, and said: "This matter can't be said, in addition, the matter that this king is willing to spare Feng Changqi's life, or even put him back, is up to you!" Let Feng Changqi come forward again. Pacify the brutes! At the same time, the food of the brute soldiers will be reduced to half a liter of rice a day! So they don't have enough physical strength to make trouble. ”

One liter of rice is 14 taels and 8 yuan, and there is a difference of 1 or 28 yuan and 1 Song catty. Equivalent to modern kilograms, about one catty and one tael. Half a liter of rice is actually a lot, there are five taels and a half (modern weight), and an adult can eat three or four taels of rice at a meal, and some can barely pass.

It's just that modern non-staple foods are abundant, in fact, in ancient times, the lower-class people who mainly used rice, wild vegetables and other oils and did not supplement them. It takes one and a half liters a day to eat! Or even two liters!

Such a little rice is actually enough for a brute soldier to hang his life!

"Such a little food, my lord, I'm afraid that those barbarians will make trouble!" Li Shouzhong said worriedly.

Zhao Yu said: "Don't be afraid. These brute soldiers were newly defeated, and Feng Shenji came forward to appease them. It's still relatively peaceful during the three or five days. After three or five days, these brutes are still hungry with their stomachs sticking to their backs? How much physical strength can you have? Sensei said that there are 13,000 barbarian soldiers, even if there are 130,000 barbarian soldiers, this king can slaughter them like pigs and dogs! ”

After a pause, Zhao Yu continued: "Of course, you can't stimulate those brute soldiers. It was ordered that the soldiers guarding the captives should not mistreat the barbarians, and that no one should be allowed to go in and abuse the barbarians! In order to prevent the barbarians from having nothing to do, they are cranky, and let some people who are proficient in barbarian language go in to tell stories, and if they don't have that ability, they don't want to, they can let the storyteller go, and they will be the translators. talked about some loyal and patriotic things, and also talked about some prosperous rumors of Bianliang City. ”

After listening, Li Shouzhong was convinced. "The prince's plan seems simple, but it is the key to it! These surrendered Anhua barbarians can't make trouble! ”

Zhao Yu was about to speak, when Zhao Yingwu outside came in and said angrily: "Lord Wang, Yizhou Zhizhou Meng Fang is here!" The old guy is still angry! It seems that Longshui City is guarded by him! ”

Zhao Yu knew that Zhao Yingwu must have eaten Meng Fang's sarcasm, Meng Fang is a traditional civil official, and he is better for generals, but for Zhao Yingwu and other junior officers, he is not polite at all. And Zhao Yingwu has just won a battle, so it is inevitable that he will be proud, and nine times out of ten it is to provoke Meng Fang to look at it and feel unpleasant.

Zhao Yu smiled a little helplessly and said, "Okay, you go out!" Let Meng Zhizhou come in! ”

Zhao Yingwu knew that Zhao Yu didn't want to be entangled in this matter, and he was helpless.

It didn't take long for Meng Fang, who was wearing a light green official uniform, to walk in, and when he faced Zhao Yu, Meng Fang didn't dare to play a fight. Honestly Shi Ran saluted and said, "The lower officials have seen the prince Chitose!" ”

"Excuse me! Have a seat! Zhao Yu pointed to the seat next to him and said with a smile: "Meng Zhizhou is a coincidence!" This king just wants people to find Meng Zhizhou, you! ”

"Thank you, Lord Wang!" Meng Zhizhou replied with a clear eye and sat down on the seat. Naturally, there were pro-soldiers who sent tea, and the pastries were gone, after all, there was just a big battle, and it was thanks to Feng Changqi that he had some there, which was captured by the Song army. Otherwise, Meng Fang really has to drink clean water.

Li Shouzhong bowed his hand to Zhao Yu and said, "Lord Wang, the last general has taken his leave!" ”

Li Shouzhong felt that since Zhao Yu and Meng Fang had something to say here, it would be too unsightly for him to leave without knowing and knowing.

Zhao Yu waved his hand and said, "It doesn't have to be like this, the following words, you can listen to the loyalty!" ”

Li Shouzhong was moved in his heart, it seems that his status in the eyes of the prince is not low! He nodded and sat back in his seat.

Meng Fang coughed lightly and said: "Lord Wang, Xia Guan came this time to send supplies to the labor army on behalf of the fathers and villagers of Yizhou, 50 fat pigs, 100 live chickens, 10 quintals of seasonal vegetables, 200 catties of seasonal fruits, and 50 stones of rice. In addition, there are one hundred taels of silver, 1,500 copper coins, and I hope that the prince will clear the rebels here, lest he harm the township! ”

Zhao Yu didn't understand the meaning of Meng Fang's words, and he was afraid that these soldiers would win the battle and take the opportunity to blackmail the nearby villages. Something like that. It is a natural and normal thing in the general army. It's okay to say in your own territory. If it is on the territory of the enemy. They often forcibly plundered grain, and those who were kind enough would leave food rations for the people for ten days. is ruthless, even if it is a piece of rice, it will be confiscated before giving up.

Zhao Yu nodded and said, "This Meng Zhizhou is relieved, this king will restrain the soldiers and horses!" ”

Meng Zhizhou was told that he was thinking, but his face was not red at all, and he said with a smile: "The prince is wise! Xiaguan is here, bringing 30,000 people in Yizhou, thank you for the great grace of the prince! ”

Zhao Yu was a little speechless. If you don't agree to your feelings, the follow-up words won't appear?

It's just that the things I want to talk about below need to borrow more from Meng Fang, the head snake, and Zhao Yu is not easy to attack. "Meng Zhizhou, this king wants to find someone who is proficient in barbarian language, has vertical and horizontal talents, and finally has to have some relationship with the barbarian leader in Xia Anhua Prefecture."

Meng Zhizhou frowned and said, "But the prince wants him to send an envoy to Anhua Prefecture?" ”

"That's right!" Zhao Yu readily admitted.

Meng Zhizhou said: "So the lower official knows one person, but it's just ......."

"Just what?" Zhao Yu asked.

Meng Zhizhou owed a debt in the seat and said, "The lower official has the audacity to offend!" If this person has no profits, it is not enough to make him willing to take risks! Even if it is the lower official who comes forward in person. It's unlikely that it will be moved! And it's not an ordinary profit! ”

Zhao Yu frowned and said, "Oh? What kind of benefits does Meng Zhizhou want to say? ”

"Officer!" Meng Zhizhou hesitated. Said a little stupidly.

Zhao Yu said happily: "If this matter is successful, this king will allow him to be a nine-rank Deng Shilang, and even a Chenglang from the eighth grade is not impossible!" ”

Meng Zhizhou was dumbfounded, and said, "Lord Wang, isn't this not very good?" Just an envoy to Anhua Prefecture, giving such heavy profits! ”

As we all know, Quang Nam West Road is a flood area for degrading officials, but there are not many officials on Quang Nam West Road. Therefore, even if it is a loose official who does not enter the stream (official position below the seventh grade), it is not easy to get. It's like Meng Zhizhou himself, who has been a Zhizhou for more than ten years, and he was just a straight man from Liupin. Because of the merits of the previous Yishan defense battle, coupled with the accumulation of the past, this was promoted by two ranks. It is the Cheng Naolang of the positive six products.

In particular, the rank of civil officials is not good, and the rank of civil officials in the Northern Song Dynasty is 27 levels, which are assessed every three years, and if they do a good job, they will be transferred to the next level. Sensei said how about the Tao here, just theoretically every three years, if you want to go from the lowest level to the highest level of Taishi and Taifu, it will take eighty-one years! If you don't live more than 100 years old, you can't survive it.

As a result, that guy was actually promoted to Deng Shilang all of a sudden! This is a twenty-fifth-order civil and prose official, and it has shortened the transfer evaluation by six years in a flash. If it is a twenty-third order undertaker, it is even more remarkable, twelve years!

I think that at the beginning, although I was born as a Jinshi, I also boiled up step by step. Even Meng Zhizhou, after hearing such an official as Zhao Yu, he couldn't help but be secretly jealous!

"To do this, just a Deng Shilang, how can it be enough?" Zhao Yu said disapprerovingly. "Okay, Meng Zhizhou, you haven't said who you're going to recommend?"

At this time, Meng Zhizhou had an impulse to recommend his sons and nephews. It's just that I thought that this time I was going to Anhua Prefecture, this trip was full of dangers, and if I didn't have that ability, wouldn't I kill my own children and nephews?

And if Zhao Yu's big event is delayed, looking at Zhao Yu's handwriting, it can also be expected that if he knows that he has messed things up, his revenge can be described as a thunderstorm!

Meng Zhizhou wanted to understand the power, and didn't dare to play any tricks, so he said honestly: "The one that Xia Guan wants to recommend is Xifan, a native of Si'enzhou in Yizhou, this person was born in the Si'enzhou clan and lives in Longshui City. And read poetry books to the fullest, and once passed the Ministry of Rites exam, but unfortunately was brushed off in the palace exam! ”

The imperial examination in the Northern Song Dynasty is different from the Ming and Qing dynasties, and the Ming and Qing dynasties passed the ritual examination, which is commonly known as the spring boudoir, and the so-called palace examination is just a passing scene. At this time, the palace examination is not the case, assuming that 500 people have passed the ritual examination, then when they go to the palace examination, Song Renzong is more benevolent and will generally admit 300 people. In the past, only half of the people were generally admitted!

When Zhao Yu heard this, he felt that Xifan in this district was not bad, and he was able to pass the Ministry of Rites Examination in Guangnan West Road, where literature was in the doldrums, and he was a talent. I have a little love in my heart.

"What is his official position now?" Zhao Yu asked.

"I don't have an official status now!" Meng Zhizhou said a little stupidly.

Zhao Yu asked in surprise, "How can this be?" ”

On the one hand, the reason why Guangnan West Road is a young official is because no one is willing to serve in Guangnan West Road. On the other hand, there are not many local scholars, otherwise there are some people who want to return to their hometowns.

Although Xifan in this district has only passed the Ministry of Rites exam, with this qualifications alone, it may be impossible to be a magistrate. But on Guangnan West Road, there is no problem in finding a county seat and a county lieutenant.

Meng Zhizhou lowered his head and said reluctantly: "Because of corruption and perversion of the law in office, I was dismissed!" ”

"Lord Wang, can such an unclean person be entrusted with a heavy responsibility? Let's change it! Li Shouzhong frowned on the side and interjected in objection.

Zhao Yu also moved the idea of changing people, and asked, "Are there other candidates?" ”

Meng Zhizhou said: "I'm afraid it's not so good, this Xifan was born as a barbarian, but he has this talent, and he has a high reputation among the barbarians in Yizhou. ”

Zhao Yu insisted: "Let's talk about the others!" ”

Meng Zhizhou saw that Zhao Yu was so persistent, so he said the three people in his mind who felt that he was reluctant to try.

After listening to the introduction of these three people, he said that Zhao Yu was wrong, and even Li Shouzhong, who had opinions about Ou Xifan, couldn't help frowning. Zhao Yu asked about the temperament and ability of these three people carefully, and after listening to Meng Zhizhou's answer, he couldn't help but shake his head slightly.

"It seems that only this Ou Xifan can be used!" Zhao Yu said reluctantly.

"Lord Wang, isn't this very good? It's really not good, let's find someone from other states and counties! Li Shouzhong still doesn't approve of this.

Meng Zhizhou looked at his nose and his nose and his heart and did not have any opinion on this.

Zhao Yu thought about it, but still shook his head and said, "Not to mention how troublesome it is to find people from other states and counties, and this matter is not suitable for taking too long. Although Xifan in that district is not moral, this king will also use it! After all, no one is perfect, and it's a big deal to throw him into an idle position this time. If he still dares to be a traitor, and this king can promote him, can't he be beaten back to his original form? ”

Li Shouzhong also felt that it made sense, nodded and said, "What the prince said is right!" ”

Zhao Yu looked sideways at Meng Zhizhou and asked, "Trouble Meng Zhizhou to send someone to send that area Xifan over, this king will summon him tomorrow!" ”

Meng Zhizhou said: "This doesn't have to be so troublesome, Ou Xifan is in the prince's army!" ”

"Oh?" Zhao Yu looked at Meng Zhizhou, his eyes revealing the meaning of inquiry.

Meng Zhizhou said seriously: "Since Ou Xifan was dismissed, he has always wanted to continue to return to officialdom. This time, he took his uncle Ou Zhengqi and the thirty-six people in the clan as the township brave. This time he went out of the city to kill the enemy, if the lower official hadn't forgotten it, his uncle and nephew would have gone out of the city! This matter, the prince looked for Ying's father to inquire, and he must know! ”

Do you need to ask? Zhao Yu naturally immediately asked Shen Qizong to come over for inquiry. (To be continued......)