Chapter 002: Little Fish and Big Predator
. The Sizhou case, Yang Hao is also famous because of this, but at that time there were no newspapers and television to transmit sound and video, and people in the Jianghuai area only heard his name and did not know his person.
The short and fat official at the bow of the boat was busy and bowed his hand: "It turned out to be the envoy of the Yang Yuan in person, and the official Xuyi County Ling Yuntian smiled and saw the Yang Yuan envoy." ”
The official on the shore heard clearly, and he didn't care about the mud under his feet at the moment, so he hurriedly took two steps forward, stepped on the mud and bowed: "Li An, the commander of Huaiyin County, has seen the envoy of Qincha Yang. ”
Yang Hao was even more surprised when he heard it, these two places are now under the jurisdiction of the Great Song Dynasty, and they are both ministers of the Great Song Dynasty.
Yang Hao looked at these two county orders in surprise, and said: "It turned out that the Xuyi County Decree and the Huaiyin County Decree were face-to-face, disrespectful and disrespectful, why did the two adults gather to fight, but fortunately it is in this mountain wilderness, if it is seen by ordinary people, it will not be disrespectful." Why did the two adults fight, can you tell the official? ”
The slightly chubby Xuyi County Ling Yuntian smiled indignantly and raised his eyebrows with a festive nature, arched his hand and said loudly: "Yang Yuan envoy doesn't know, my Xuyi County has drought and then flooding this year, so the output of the town is not much, the imperial court issued an order, ordering all the state capitals and counties to raise grain as soon as possible, and the lower officials are anxious about this, so they have to raise official silver from many parties, and send people to the place where the grain and rice are abundant in Huaiyin to harvest.
I didn't want him to hear the news in Huaiyin County, so he led the county lieutenant to lead the archers and township soldiers armed with guns and sticks to intercept and expel them everywhere, and did not allow the subordinate officials to pretend to be rice in their territory. Xiaguan was so helpless that he had to rush to collect grain and rice from the people in person, and he had also sent someone to ask this Li County Commander with a letter written by Xiaguan himself in advance, hoping that he would be merciful and remember in the hearts of his colleagues, and not send people to obstruct him.
I don't want him Li An to learn that the county is coming, but he also personally went to the countryside to lead people to obstruct, intercept my ship and do not allow the county to carry grain back, the lower officials and him can not reason, do not want to have more entanglements, so he hurriedly fled here with the purchase of a batch of grain and rice, and finally he intercepted and could not escape, Huaiyin County did this, it is really unreasonable, since the court envoy arrived, I hope that the adult will be the master of the lower officials. ”
When the Huaiyin county commander on the shore heard the black state of Xuyi County's accusation to him in person, he couldn't help jumping to his feet in anger, when he jumped on a bamboo raft, the bamboo raft was supported by a wooden frame, carrying a lot of rice grain, and there were all the guards next to him, as soon as he jumped up, one side of the bamboo raft was weightless, and he tilted to one side, and he was so lost that he was quickly resisted with a penny, so it did not capsize.
Li An of Huaiyin County was filled with water on both boots, and as soon as he walked, water suddenly gushed out, and he didn't care about it, he just shouted with a white face: "Lord Envoy, Xuyi County's words are wrong. The imperial court issued an edict that the counties of Huaidong, Huainan and Huaixi must each raise 500,000 stone of grain, which is clearly a division of the territory.
It is not a secret to the lord, the imperial court hurriedly issued an order, the number of rice required is vast, the county government has limited grain storage, and the new rice has not yet been harvested, the county is also in a hurry, although the court suppressed the price, but the price of grain and rice still increased, and now Xuyi County comes to grab grain again, the price of grain and rice rises again and again, and the county has to spend a lot more to complete the number of purchases.
The lower officials thought that Xuyi County should purchase grain and rice within its rule, and should not cross the border to send it. Now Xuyi County crosses the border to send mail, and the loss is in front, but he comes to criticize the county, and he is also a scholar, so reversing black and white, pointing to the deer as a horse, it is really insulting, since the court envoy has arrived, please also make the decision for the lower officials. ”
"This ......" Yang Hao didn't expect that there were no profiteers coming out to make trouble, but the officials made such a thing again, and when he hesitated, Xuyi County Ling Zhenzhen had words, and he was also a good one, generous and reasonable, and Yang Hao nodded frequently.
Huaiyin County Commander saw Yang Hao's intentions, couldn't help but be anxious, and quickly poured out his difficulties one by one, what he said was really sad for the listeners, and tears for the hearers, especially he was the official of Huaiyin's parents, and it was even more reasonable to say it, Yang Hao listened to what he said, and there were really many difficulties, and what he said was also very reasonable.
Xuyi County Yuntian smiled when he saw it, climbed onto Yang Hao's boat in a very angry manner, pulled his sleeve and said that he had been wronged, and the spit he was talking about here splashed everywhere, and Huaiyin County ordered Li An to also climb up, and pulled Yang Hao's other sleeve to argue with him not to be outdone.
Yang Hao heard one head and two big, these two people said that the public was reasonable, and the mother-in-law said that the mother-in-law was reasonable, all for the sake of completing his mission to raise food for the imperial court, and wanted him to come up with a fair way, where could he get it for a while?
Yang Hao didn't know that there was no absolutely fair way to do this kind of thing, although the acquisition tasks issued by the imperial court to the local governments also took care of the scale of agriculture and the drought situation within their governance, but after all, it was impossible to be absolutely fair, and the prefectures and counties that had not received the harvest wanted to complete the task, unless they did their best to loot every grain of grain of the local people, they had to send it across the border. Officials in other prefectures and counties have to complete their own acquisition tasks and save as much as possible, so they can only prohibit other prefectures and counties from competing across the border, which is a difficult problem that cannot be both.
This problem has plagued the Great Song Dynasty for hundreds of years, from the Northern Song Dynasty to the Southern Song Dynasty, every year there are such Luo circle lawsuits between prefectures and counties to hit the imperial court, under the conditions of the level of productivity at that time, the imperial court has no better way, sometimes to allow the mail, sometimes to curb the mail, the policy is also wavering.
Later, when Su Shi and Zhu Xi were magistrates, they all fought this kind of pen and ink lawsuit with neighboring prefectures and counties, these two university scholars wrote well, and wrote the form reasonably, but the lawsuit reached the imperial court, and the imperial court could only settle with the mud in the end, how could Yang Hao come up with a good way?
"Two adults, two adults dissipate their anger, dissipate their anger," Seeing that the two county magistrates were getting more and more angry, and those who blew their beards and glared at them were about to do it again, Yang Hao had to smile bitterly to persuade him, he thought about it for a while, and helplessly got into the mud, and said: "This matter, the two adults have their own difficulties, and they are forced to make this decision, and they also have their own reasons." Not...... You guys are really out of character in this valley, so let's make a theory about this matter later, Huaiyin County, please look at the thin side of the official, and let Xuyi County go back......"
Li Xianling blushed and said with a thick neck: "The envoy of the court is ordered to patrol the Jianghuai and supervise the local officials to store and purchase grain and rice. But if I can't complete the amount of procurement in Huaiyin County, will the court make the adult take the place of the official? ”
"This ......" Yang Hao said stubbornly: "The grain and rice purchased by Yunxian County this time is not very much, is it difficult to ask him to unload the grain and rice?" Besides, he has already paid the money, and Li County ordered him to go and get the treasury money to repay him Xuyi County? ”
Yang Hao felt that these two officials were for official business, and it was not good to oppress people with power, so he put down his body and said with a smile: "Only this once, not as an example, not as an example." If it is really because of today's events that affect the acquisition of Huaiyin County, the King of Wei will have an explanation for Li County's order. ”
Li An glanced at Yun Tian with a smile and said: "That's it, since the envoy of the court said so, then the lower official will let them go, but if he Xuyi County goes to my Huaiyin County to grab grain, the lower official will never give up. ”
Yun Tian smiled and glared: "You Li An are not afraid of seeing the king, is this county afraid?" You are for the community, isn't this county for the court? Since they are all the territory of the Great Song Dynasty and the people of the Great Song Dynasty, this county is just going to buy grain with money, and it is not a robbery, who are you willing to sell it to is the people's business, what are you the official of the country? ”
The two county orders said that they were on fire, and they rolled up their arms and sleeves to fight again, Yang Hao straightened his face and said, "Enough!" It's really undecent, the king of Wei Chitose will arrive today, and it's not too late to wait for Chitose to arrive, the two adults are the ministers of the same dynasty, and they fight so much, no matter how justified they are, is there still a little bit of decency? Huaiyin County, take your people back to the government, Xuyi County ......, escort these grains and grass back to Xuyi, this official will go with you, the entanglement between you, it is not too late to make a theory when King Wei Chitose arrives. ”
Yang Hao was afraid that the Huaiyin County Commander would not be willing to give up, and the two sides would fight again as soon as he left, anyway, Zhao Dezhao patrolled south from the waterway, and when he turned back, he must first pass through Xuyi County, and now he had to escort this Xuyi County Commander all the way, and go to Xuyi to wait for Zhao Dezhao to arrive.
It is also a good thing that the local government is willing to make such a big move to raise food, Cheng Yu, Murong Qiudrunk and others have more experience in political affairs than themselves, and they discussed with these scheming people to think of a way that will not hurt their enthusiasm and not cause great harm to the local government and government.
When the two county magistrates saw that this good-tempered Qincha was finally on fire, they didn't dare to fight again, and Li An said goodbye to Yang Hao in a stupid manner, jumped off the boat, and left with his men and horses. Yunxian ordered Yang Hao to thank him, and asked someone to re-tie up the bamboo raft boats, and there were two boats of grain that had capsized, fortunately, the water was shallow here, so that the water was good to the bottom of the river, and then he poured it on the boat board to dry all the way, and Yang Hao's boat went with them to Xuyi.
※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※ this way down, it is not a wide and deep canal waterway, but a shortcut road, this shortcut waterway is narrow and shallow, and it is not possible to go on a big boat, Yang Hao only knew at this time why this Yunxian commander drove all small boats and bamboo rafts. Although Yang Hao's boat is not big on the canal, it is more difficult to travel here, fortunately, the load on the boat is not much, the draft is not deep, but it is barely possible, Xuyi County is located in the lower reaches of the Huai River, the south bank of Hongze Lake, the terrain is high in the southwest, and there are many hills; low and plain in Northeast China; Low mountains, hills, plains, rivers and lakes are dotted around, "two acres of cultivated land and one acre of mountains, one acre of water surface and one acre of beach", the scenery is also beautiful.
When this day is about to arrive in Xuyi County, the river has been connected with the Huai River, Yang Hao and Yun Tianxiao and other people's boats and bamboo rafts have just turned into the Huai River waterway, and they see countless thick wooden rafts composed of big trees rushing down from the upstream, some of the wooden rafts stand on a ** chest, feet firmly stand on the wooden rafts, and make a long penny with iron hoops at both ends in his hands, a little on the left and a little on the right, dexterously controlling the direction of the wooden rafts, and it is really chic.
However, those who rushed to the raft controlled many wooden rafts by themselves, and not every wooden raft was standing on it, and the speed of this rush down was fast, so it was not easy to control each wooden raft, and there was a bamboo raft that had just turned in from a tributary of the small river to eat a large wooden raft, and when it landed, it was torn apart, and the grain was scattered in the water, and the people on the boat also fell into the water in the screams.
A big man driving a wooden row laughed: "Don't you people have long eyes, so many giant wooden rows are going down the river, it is your boat, one of them will be smashed if you are not careful, and the small bamboo row will dare to argue with a certain family......" Before he finished speaking, the wooden raft he drove had already swayed down, far ahead of Yunxian Ling and the others.
Yun County Ling was furious, jumped up and said: "Where do you put the rough man in the row, dare to destroy my official food, don't you know that this county is here?" Come on, intercept their wooden rafts, and take down all these daring bastards to this county! ”
At that moment, someone made the boat to chase, the wooden raft had drifted far away, but there were countless wooden rafts down the river in an endless stream, and the next big man with a wooden raft was pulled by the hook of Yun County's subordinates, and dragged to the shore where the water was slowing down.
Yun Xiaotian paced on the bow of the boat with a pale face, and shouted: "Who are you Diao Min, who is the disciple, rampage on the river, destroy my bamboo felling, sink my official food, mistake me for a big thing, see this county and brazenly do not kneel, you are so big!" ”
The person who put the row rolled his eyes, and said loudly: "Xiaomin really doesn't know who this official master is, a certain family was sent by the prefect of Fengxiang, from the land of Qin and Shaanxi, and released along the Huai River, to be transferred from this Xuyi County to the canal to be transported to Beijing, this is the official of the imperial envoy of Beijing, Taihua Duxihua, the official of the imperial envoy of Beijing, to purchase timber for Zhao Xiangye of the current dynasty, if the time is delayed, the small people can not afford to eat, so they are in a hurry." ”
Yun Xiaotian heard that he brought out a prefect, an envoy, and a minister, his head was a little dizzy, how could he think that this wood was actually the thing of Zhao Pu, the prime minister of the court, the person who put the row glanced at him, and said with a smile: "Xiaomin is just a person who puts a row of people, earns two hard-earned money, if you lose something of this adult, you can't complain about Xiaomin, you can't complain about Xiaomin, you look at it...... How much food has you lost, either Xiaomin writes an IOU, stays in the capital, and asks Zhao Xiangye to pay you back. ”
Yun Xianling's face was red and white for a while, and he was speechless for a long time. The pai man became impatient and said: "My lord, don't leave Xiaomin like this, there is still a long way to go to the capital, Xiangye's family is waiting for a big house, if it is delayed in Xiaomin, Xiaomin can't afford to bear it."
Yun Xianling's face was extremely ugly, he waved his hand, and said weakly: "You...... Go ahead. ”
The person who put the row sneered, turned around and jumped on his wooden raft, made the penny into the water gently, and swung his wooden raft down the water, and walked away, he also wanted to cross the row and sang loudly: "Brother...... Put the row out of the mountain, the deep valley fog does not open, and the head row is gone...... Come in the second row, the spirit is charming...... Flash the ......"
Yun Xian Ling's lips trembled with anger when he heard this, but he dared to be angry but did not dare to speak. Yang Hao's ship had already arrived at the side of his ship, and he saw everything that had just happened, Wu Wa'er stood next to him and whispered: "Official, there are two major factions in the court, and the King of Jin has almost seven or eight tenths of the power of the entire Kaifeng City, but only Zhao Pu is respected in the place.
Speaking of Zhao Pu, Zhao Pu is more powerful, and the Manchu Dynasty is almost all under his door now, but a Kaifeng is worth half of the Great Song Dynasty, plus the King of Jin is the current emperor's brother, so he can compete with Zhao Pu, even if the official does not admit it now, others also agree that you are a faction of the Nanya, and the official went south this time because of Deng Zuyang's case and had a problem with Zhao Pu, so you must be careful in everything in the future. ”
Yang Hao smiled slightly and said, "What does the dispute between the kings and the prime minister have to do with me?" Hehe, don't worry, I won't recklessly drip into this troubled water. Yang Hao walked back to the cabin casually, and Wu Wa'er stared at his back, and her eyes couldn't help but show a thoughtful meaning.
Tang Yanyan ran over from the stern of the boat with a tow hook, and there was a big carp jumping around on the tow hook, and the carp kept flicking its tail, splashing her face: "Doll, what are you talking about?" ”
It's funny, Yanyan has a lively personality, easy to get along, and the doll is a clever and delicate mind, used to please, after these days of getting along, the relationship between the two people is getting better and better, and they are really like sisters, even when they arrive at the bed every night, they have to whisper for a long time, and they don't know how much they have to say.
But if Yang Hao whispered a few words to one of them in private, the other would get nervous. The doll also knew how to knock on the side of the foot when she turned around, but Yanyan couldn't hold back and asked directly. Yang Hao stared at the two little beauties by his side, but he never tasted the taste, and their kind of dripping monitoring of each other is not unrelated, the two girls more or less don't want Yang Hao to be intimate with other women more than themselves, although they don't feel it, but this subconscious performance is very obvious.
"The official didn't say anything," Wu Wa'er pursed her lips and said, "It's because the official didn't say anything that I feel puzzled......"
Yan Yan became nervous, seeing that he was about to enter the city to live, could it be that he saw that I had repeatedly prevaricated, and the officials couldn't hold it back, and they started the idea of a doll again, this big pervert, can't wait for a while? She threw the fish into Xing'er's arms and ordered, "Go make fish soup and drink it." After speaking, he pulled Wu Wa'er to the side and asked, "What do you feel puzzled?" ”
Wu Wa'er thought about it, looked around again, and then said: "Sister, the officials don't care about the affairs of the court now, and in my opinion, the officials have the idea of going to it." ”
Tang Yanyan said strangely: "Where to go?" ”
"Uh......" Wu Wa'er rolled her eyes at her: "Naturally, I left the court." ”
"Is it possible? Zhao Guan's family kept him as an official in the court, didn't they just want to watch him closely? How could he leave if he wanted to, how could the court agree? If you are suspicious because of this, isn't that going to kill him again? ”
"That's the problem, you say...... Is there any way for the officials to leave without arousing the suspicion of the court? ”
Tang Yanyan didn't think about it, and replied very simply: "I can't think of it!" ”
Wu Wa'er smiled bitterly: "With an open-minded mind like my sister, I must be immortal and youthful." ”
Tang Yanyan also rolled his eyes at her, and said, "You don't have to hurt me, if you can think of it, you won't ask me, since you can't think of it, just ask him, why bother in your heart?" After saying that, she turned around and left, Wu Wa'er hurriedly grabbed her and said: "The stakes are very high, the officials don't say it, naturally there is a reason for the officials, my sister doesn't have to worry." ”
She glanced at the cabin and said with a smile: "Now that I am about to return to Beijing, in my opinion, this stuffy gourd is about to be opened." ”