The middle-aged steward had a clearer mind, and when he heard Wu Wei speak like this, he knew that today's affairs would not be good, so his attitude suddenly softened, and he complained: "I don't know which adult is in person?" We are indeed servants of the Jin Palace, and today's incident is a misunderstanding, a misunderstanding. ”

He knew that what Wu Wei said was true, although there are all kinds of ways for vassal kings to collect money nowadays, and there are more than the king of Jin, but after all, this can't be put on the table, if the matter is big, attracting the impeachment of the imperial history, the king of Jin will be reprimanded by the court at most, but the unlucky one will be himself, and he will not hesitate at the moment, and he will not hesitate to ask Wu Wei for mercy.

He was so smart that he never mentioned the words "Shanxi General Soldier", only hoping that Wu Wei did not intend to come at the King of Jin, let them go gently, and ask Wu Wei about his origins, and he would not provoke him if he was killed in the future.

Li Chong and Ma Yicheng heard Wu Wei's words, and also understood, Li Chong was familiar with history books, and knew that Zhu Di, the king of Yan, and Zhu Chenhao, the king of Ning, were all vassal kings, but one succeeded and one failed. And Ma Yicheng is still worried, this year everyone is deeply constrained by feudal etiquette, pay attention to a heaven and earth monarch teacher, he is in Shanxi, the king of Jin has accumulated power for hundreds of years, and he has never questioned the idea at all.

Ma Yicheng pulled down the corner of Wu Weiyi's clothes and whispered: "It's better to drive them away, don't take them as an example." He also didn't mention the identity of these people, as long as Wu Wei made a big deal small to avoid trouble.

Li Chong also nodded slightly, agreeing, everyone knows this matter, even if it goes to the court, it is nothing more than a pen and ink lawsuit, and it is very meaningless. On the contrary, it will leave an eventful impression on the bigwigs of the DPRK and China.

Wu Wei actually didn't think about making a big deal at all, so he would send these dozen people to the official mansion, just kidding, Jizhou City is hundreds of miles away from here, and he is full of food to find this trouble.

But let him let these people go lightly, but he won't, could it be that he really just saw the unevenness of the road and broke the siege for Ma Yicheng?

Everyone looked at Wu Wei, only to see him muttering: "We have already arranged our itinerary, we must not stay here for long, if we send you to the government." One comes and goes. Will be delayed"

The steward listened to the words, and even more echoed without a word, just eager to say that he was a fart and let Wu Wei let him go.

"That's fine. You write down your arguments. for later witnesses. As for what to do," he paused. looked at Ma Yicheng and said, "It's bothering Master Laoma." But he gave this favor to Ma Yicheng.

The steward was embarrassed and silent. Wu Wei asked him to write down the experience in black and white, isn't this leaving evidence, just like a time bomb, I don't know when it will explode, so I can't say that I have to worry about it every day in the future.

Seeing his hesitation, Wu Wei knew that he was worried, and said warmly: "You don't need to worry too much, this argument is just to prevent accidents, so as not to be entangled in the future, and it will not be submitted to the government." ”

Seeing that the steward bowed his head and said nothing, he straightened his face and said sharply: "Since it is a toast and no food and drink, come on, tie these thieves to the pillar over there, and then dismiss the official with fifty lashes one by one, and Lao Tzu will be consumed with you today!" ”

Wu Wei turned to Li Chong and smiled: "My lord, let's go and rest first?" ”

The steward was picked up by a personal guard and left, seeing that Wu Wei did not look back, he walked to the post station with Li Chong and Ma Yicheng with a smile, and in a hurry, he shouted loudly: "I write, I write, my lord, I write a defense"

After getting two copies, after repeated revisions, all the wording met his own requirements, Wu Wei ordered the head steward to compensate the two injured post guards for the cost of the decoction and medicine, and then ordered the guards to hand over a group of royal slaves to the post station and hand them over to Ma Yicheng for disposal, and it was expected that he would quietly let them go without mentioning it. One of the two arguments was handed over to Ma Yicheng in front of them, and it was expected that these people would not dare to come here to provoke trouble.

This time, the field itself was found for them, but if the disadvantages of the post station are not removed, today's events will inevitably recur repeatedly, and the fundamental solution is to make the emperor decide to reform the post station.

Wu Wei took this defense not without reason, he not only let the steward explain the ins and outs in the defense, but also admitted the fact that the King of Jin fraudulently used the fire card of the Shanxi general army to serve as a post station, but also the fact that he was actually a businessman, as well as how they extorted the post stations in various places along the way, and even the fire card issued by the Shanxi general army was also handed over.

Of course, the names, places of origin, height and physical appearance, and any positions in the Jin Palace, all of them were explained in detail, and their fingerprints were pressed with their own hands.

In the words of later generations, this is a proper chain of evidence, Wu Wei doesn't want to use it to treat King Jin as well, it doesn't make sense.

It's just that if you want to convince the emperor, the evidence in black and white should be much more convincing than the empty words of the imperial history, right?

At least the emperor can understand at a glance what the people below are hiding from him

Hukou post is a land and water station, in addition to the groom, donkey groom, coachman, force and boatman, the whole post station scale is quite large, there are more than 60 horses, it is a big post station. The courtyard is surrounded by wings on all sides, and there is a large open space in the middle, which is used for stacking and unloading goods.

Ma Yi Cheng was very grateful to Wu Wei for helping him relieve the siege, and the two post guards who were released and got the soup money were also very grateful, and they came to kowtow to Wu Wei countless times.

The best rooms in the post station were originally occupied by the royal mansion slaves, but now they are just vacated, plus other houses, Li Chong's family, Wu Wei, and his entourage are all more than enough to settle down.

Ma Yicheng also wanted Zhang Luo to entertain Wu Wei and his party, Wu Wei saw that his post station was so withered, where was he willing to let him break the money, the silver was just a trivial matter for him, and the Hukou Town market here was very prosperous, and it was not difficult to purchase all kinds of ingredients.

He instructed his entourage and guards to take the silver and go to the market to buy wine, fat chickens, pigs and sheep, all kinds of fruits and vegetables, etc., and let the accompanying cooks and the post house men do it together, and invited everyone in the post station to share it, even the lowliest husband is also everyone has a share.

Everyone works hard all year round, and they are not as good as cattle and horses, where have they been treated like this, and the most rare thing is that Wu Wei's move reflects their respect, many people are in tears, and they come to Wu Wei's residence to thank them without mentioning.

After a few days, Wu Wei can be regarded as having deeply experienced the suffering of the post station, and the poverty of the post man is really appalling. And although the postman is hard, after all, he can still make a living, no matter how good or bad he is, there is a category of people who are in a much more miserable situation than him, and he struggles on the edge of life and death almost every day.

That is, there is no establishment, waiting outside the post station to carry the work, the number of these people is more than the post man, there is a name called "recruiting class". Wu Wei asked the wage, and ten copper coins can hire a person to carry two hundred pounds of heavy goods and walk more than ten miles!

Ten copper coins can buy two steamed buns, which can delay the life of one more day, and the monks have more porridge and less porridge, and they may not be able to get a job at the end of the day!

On the one hand, the officials ordered the post station to provide free wine and food, and if they were not satisfied, they would be beaten and scolded, and on the other hand, the small people were hungry and cold, and they had no way to make a living!

The small post station is also a microcosm of the sharp social contradictions in the Ming Dynasty (to be continued......