The largest, richest, most civilized, and most prosperous of this era.... Almost all the good words, and can be called the 'most" one of the great cities, Bianliang City. At the moment, it is shrouded in the onslaught of a storm.

The downpour for three consecutive days filled all the canals in Bianliang City: the towering palaces and towers in the palace, the post houses and restaurants outside the Suzaku Gate, and the embroidered flags and bead curtains hanging high in the brothels were all looming in the heavy rain, losing their usual vigor and becoming depressed.

A bolt of lightning streaked across the sky, and the heavens and the earth were as bright as day, illuminating the Ouchi Imperial Palace, which was shrouded in a curtain of water, and also illuminating Han Xianggong's pale face.

Bianliang Imperial City, Privy Council envoy signing room.

Ever since he received the 'Fan Wenzheng Shinto Inscription' sent by Ouyang Xiu, Han Xianggong has been in a dry sitting posture, and the subordinates in the signing room dare not gasp, and they don't even dare to move.

After the lightning, a thunderclap sounded, which startled Han Xianggong, he withdrew his gaze from the top of the roof beam, calmed down, and went to read the letter again by candlelight.

It was not a Shinto inscription at all, but a shocking report letter, in which Ouyang Xiu wrote a shocking corruption case in his overwhelming writing, which had the lethal power to capture people's hearts and change the color of mountains and rivers.

To tell the truth, when Han Qi was still a privy deputy envoy, he had long known that the military in Lingnan was not clean, and he had also proposed to the imperial court to cut and reorganize the southern Xiang army in order to save money, but several times the book was lost in the sea and was over.

Soon after, he was also expelled from the Privy Council in a daze and transferred to the local governor. Later, he realized that he had cut off his money...... It is said that the civil officials of the Great Song Dynasty were treated well and rewarded, but that refers to the high-ranking officials, the lower the official rank, the lower the income, and the Beijing officials below the seventh rank are not much different from the cooks and tailors in Bianjing.

Not to mention the large number of officials, the income can only be described as meager, in Bianliang, a big city with high prices, that is, barely making ends meet.

The Great Song Dynasty has been very effective in preventing and controlling official corruption. Before an official can take office, he needs at least two officials to be promoted, and if there is a problem of corruption in the future, the guarantor and his immediate superiors will also be punished: and even if the officials who have been dealt with in the past are not expelled from the officialdom, they will have to stand aside for future promotions. What's more, there are so many 'redundant officials' waiting to take up their posts, staring, so there are very few corruption cases in the officialdom of the Song Dynasty.

But as long as the society is governed by man, you should not expect to eliminate corruption. The east is not bright, the west is bright, the political circles cannot be polluted, and the military circles are ......

Although the Great Song Dynasty was known for its emphasis on literature over military force, that meant the suppression of political status. Financially, more than seventy percent of the income is invested in the army. And within the army, it has always been self-contained, and even the emperor cannot be interrogated, so it has naturally become an area with a high incidence of corruption.

The western army and the elite forbidden army defending the Xia State are better, the generals just swallow two percent of the empty quota, and do not dare to eat too badly, the southern ......, the northern court has always regarded it as a weak and rich, arbitrarily squeezed big fat sheep, a big granary, a big silver bank, never believed that the southerners would rebel, their logic is very simple, even the weak Southern Tang and the brutal Northern Han can rule a group of people in peace, in the sunshine of the civilization of the Great Song Dynasty, it is too late to be grateful to Dade, how can they rebel?

Therefore, the army south of the Yangtze River, the further south it goes, the more unscrupulous and corrupt it becomes, and the southerners are extremely economically minded, they take advantage of the transcendent position of the army to monopolize trade, and the gold and silver they earn are much more than corruption, and although the generals have low political status, they are richer than princes and live a luxurious life that ordinary people can hardly imagine.

However, Emperor Taizu's strategy of collecting the world's elite soldiers in Gyeonggi made the southern generals dare not have ideas no matter how rich they are, so they can only obediently accept the control of the imperial court. For the civil officials who hold the power of life and death for them, it is natural to be filial piety in place, and every New Year's Day, there must be heavy gifts sent to the ...... of the yamen, of course, in the name of a certain businessman.

The Great Song Dynasty did not allow officials to embezzle, but it did not stipulate that the yamen could not accept gifts, so the civil officials took this money with peace of mind and without mercy.

As consideration, they acted as an umbrella for the generals, even if they were officials known for their integrity, they just didn't take this kind of filial piety, but felt that the army's ** should be lenient,..., because in the eyes of the officials of the Great Song Dynasty, the quality of the warriors was low, and it was strange if they were not corrupt. As long as you can be honest and obedient, be greedy.

It's just that I didn't expect that Lingnan was not chaotic, but there was a Nong Zhigao in the south of Lingnan.

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After the failure of the Qingli New Deal, all the gentlemen were reflecting on why they were defeated so quickly? Han Qi is no exception.......

Looking back at the beginning of the celebration, how strong is the New Deal? The attitude of the officials was resolute, there were a number of famous ministers who were united, and there were the support of the government and the opposition outside, but it only lasted less than a year, and it ended hastily...... The reason for this is simply that the New Deal hurt the interests of the bureaucracy. Therefore, countless bureaucrats stood on the opposite side of the New Deal, made the old party quickly strong, and seized Ouyang Xiu's stupid trick to drag the leaders of the New Deal into the quagmire of party struggle, making the officials feel frightened, and then retreated.

Summing up the lesson, Han Qi finally realized that throughout the ages, an individual or a few people would never be able to go against the huge officialdom, even if it was an emperor, he didn't have that ability.

After the rebellion, many people made a change. The first to change was the talented Han Xianggong. After that, he began to take advantage of the situation, and sure enough, he was the first to get out of defeat and return to the capital and become a privy envoy.

Soon. The hundred officials in the capital found that Han Xianggong had really changed. Although he is handsome and rich, he disdains to accept any gifts, but he has learned to turn a blind eye to the benefits of his subordinates.

After sitting in his seat, Han Qi began to bring his old comrades-in-arms ....... In addition to Yu Jing, he also wanted to revive Ouyang Xiu's love. In the Song Dynasty, winning love was nothing, and when Ouyang Xiu's reputation in the literary world was in full swing, this was also a trend.

Yu Jing's reaction made him very pleased, and said in his heart that even this sweaty man has changed, and your old Ouyang won't still be that-stirring stick, right?

Now the answer is, still.

What made Han Xianggong chat and masturbate was that Ouyang Xiu still remembered the comrade-in-arms of the year after all, or thanked his family for his recent support, in short, he did not stab the official family first, let alone directly announce the ...... of the world, with Ouyang Xiu's status as the leader of the literary circle, once his article was published, it could be spread all over the country within ten days, and women and children all knew that it was in the Great Song Dynasty, and compared with Ouyang Xiu's right to speak, no one could reach it.

This made Han Qi not too passive, and calmed down, he immediately realized that since Ouyang Xiu, who was far away in Jiangxi, knew about it, the affairs of Lingnan were obviously impossible to hide.

And Han Qi really didn't expect that the plot of ** would be so sensational. He thought that at most, it would be more serious than the Western Army, and he would eat a 30% empty salary...... In that case, the combat effectiveness should be restored.

But now, the army in Lingnan is obviously rotten to the roots, and how can I appease it if I hope that my broken shoes will pierce my feet?

Either don't do it, or do it absolutely, it is Han Xianggong's temperament, and the blood color gradually returned to his face, and the cold face full of maturity and charm showed a strong murderous aura. In that case, let's cut through the mess quickly and leave no one!

This is also a ...... to follow the trend.

"Change into court clothes." Han Qi glanced at his relatives and commanded in a deep voice: "I want to face the saint!" ”

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After just a stick of incense, the official family received his privy envoy in the vertical arch hall.

Zhao Zhen, the emperor of the Great Song Dynasty, who was known for his benevolence, was born with a compassionate appearance with small eyes and long eyebrows, although he still looks very young because of proper maintenance, he is forty-three years old this year, only two years younger than Han Qi. It is going through the best years of a man, and it is also the period when an emperor is most authoritative.

This year is also the 30th year of his ascension to the throne, and he has been in power for 20 years, he has experienced too much, and he has long learned how to master this faltering huge empire, so that it can move forward slowly and not fall. People are used to seeing the official family of the Great Song Dynasty in the spring breeze and rain, and all the troubles are settled.

It is very rare for the palace people to see an official family as angry as he is now. After listening to Han Qi's report, Zhao Zhen's brows jumped slightly, and his hands clenched tightly in his sleeves, forcibly suppressing his anger. After a while, he said slowly: "With only a letter from Ouyang Gong, the Qing family dares to come to such a conclusion?" ”

"Back to the official's house, Uncle Ouyang Yong, a nail is a rivet, and he will never spread rumors." Han Qi's categorical expression was very different from when he signed the detention room, and he only heard him say in a deep voice: "Your Majesty believes that even if you don't win, it's not far away!" ”

"How are the Privy Councillors and the Imperial Observatory regulated?" Zhao Zhen's voice was full of anger, which was already the greatest expression of anger for him: "This level of decay is not a day's cold, right?" ”

"That's what the officials said." Han Qi bowed deeply and said: "After this matter is dealt with, the minister should take the blame." ”

"Don't get in the way of the Qing family." Zhao Zhen suppressed his anger and said, "You have only been a privy envoy for a few days? Thinking that the former privy envoy was his teacher, he couldn't help but be a little irritable and said: "The matter of accountability, let's talk about it later, and deal with the affairs of Lingnan first." As he spoke, he exhaled a long breath of turbidity and reconfirmed: "The officers and soldiers in Lingnan are not useful at all? ”

"It's no problem to transport grain and grass." Han Qi said: "But if you fight, ......" said with a gloomy expression: "I'm afraid I'm going to hurt Yang Jin." ”

"Tell him to stand still at once!" The official said in a deep voice.

"Before facing the saint, His Majesty had already issued an order to stand by in place."

Han Qi said softly.

"Hopefully it's still too late."

(To be continued)