Chapter 35: Huang Wenbing
Ximenqing is determined to protect Huang Wenbing, in addition to wanting to lower Song Jiang's prestige, more importantly, he cherishes his talents.
The officials of the Northern Song Dynasty, in Ximenqing's view, can basically be divided into five types - the first type of officials, who are monks for a day and hit the clock for a day, are muddy, and eat and wait for death on the seat. The court promulgated good governance, and they worked for the benefit of the common people and earned some money that would not be poked in the back; Corrupt officials release bad policies, and they also go with the flow and make some leftovers of subsistence food. In short, they always hide their preferences and views on good and evil, and they just follow the trend, and do not be the first to be the first and not fall behind the others -- among the officials of the Celestial Empire, such people are the most numerous.
The second type of official, like Liangshan's old brother Lin Chong, "righteousness is Lin Chong, the most simple and loyal", outstanding ability, integrity, loyalty to the country, dedication to the king's affairs, even if they suffered a temporary setback, "life is sad and floating, fame and fame", but only think about "if he is young, Weizhen Taishan", not "if he is young to avenge wrongs, blood stained Xunyang estuary". Officials like this kind of bright-hearted officials will never tolerate the dark officialdom, and if they don't merge with the dirt, Zuihou will either be excluded, or eliminated by the reverse, or even forced to Liangshan.
The third type of officials are traitorous officials such as Song Jiang and Wu Yong. They "have studied history since childhood", but they are unlucky, so they can only succumb to their subordinates, and they are "grown up and have the right to plan", how can they be buried in their lives like this? Therefore, they play with the limited rights in their hands, unscrupulously find opportunities for themselves, create opportunities, and hope that one day they will rise to the top and leave a name in history, and they will not even be able to pass on through the ages, and they will simply be left behind for 10,000 years.
The fourth type of official is an authentic corrupt official like the prefect of Cai Jiu. Most of them are unlearned, incorruptible and shameless, and will only wander in the officialdom, Xiangshang flatters their superiors, and Xiangxia exploits and oppresses the people and subordinates. They collude with each other, one prospering and the other losing; They have stirred up monstrous resentment among the people, they have created all kinds of hatred for the Celestial Empire, and they have made the contradictions between various groups more and more acute. However, because their own father or godfather is powerful, and their own mother or godmother is beautiful, they are formatted to the roots, and many protective umbrellas make their perverse actions not only not violate the rules of heaven, but will rise to the top. This kind of corrupt person and a good official like Lin Chong are mortal enemies, and they must clean up clean officials like Lin Chong in order to cover the sky with one hand in the officialdom and do whatever they want. They and cunning officials like Song Jiang have both common interests and various contradictions caused by the uneven distribution of interests, and they use each other to be selfish sand, although they can be rabble, but a light touch is enough to collapse and disintegrate.
The fifth type of official is an orthodox official like Huang Wenbing, who was born on the road of the imperial examination. They not only have the ability of cunning officials like Song Jiang, but also have the knowledge and cultivation that Song Jiang and Cai Jiu do not have. But they don't have godfathers like Taishi Cai and Gao Taiwei, in the stormy officialdom, they are like trees without foundations, the bigger the tree, the faster it falls. In order to show their ambitions, they had to defile themselves and wrap themselves with Cai Jiu, an animal among the cadres, so as to seek a foundation for development. They have done all the good deeds, the infamy is exhausted, the sea is scattered, the lonely heart is ownerless, and when something happens, they are often the first to be thrown out of the victims.
Huang Wenbing is a typical example of the fifth type of official. Song Jiang and Wu Yong wanted to fail the imperial examination, but he was admitted and became a general judge of the imperial court, and later dismissed for some reason. In order to seek recovery, he had to come to infiltrate the immoral and incompetent prefect Cai Jiu. His knowledge and cultivation are superb, and when he watched the inscription on the wall on the Xunyang Tower, whether he was doing haode or talking crookedly, Huang Wenbing only sneered when he saw it - only in this sneer, it shows the talent and unyielding arrogance in Huang Wenbing's chest.
When he saw the anti-poems inscribed by Song Jiang, he borrowed pen, ink and paper from the bartender to copy them, and at the same time asked the bartender about the appearance of the person who wrote the poem, and then instructed the bartender not to scrape off the poems on the wall, so as not to annihilate the evidence - so orderly that he was able to sit firmly on the throne of the first capable member of Jiangzhou. Later, when he entered the government office, he heard Cai Jiu's prefect talk about the nursery rhymes circulating in Tokyo, and he immediately cracked the "consumption of the country is due to the family's wood, and the sword and soldiers are the water workers." Troubled Liangshanbo, disturbed in Shandong", and concluded that the person was the "Yuncheng Songjiang" who wrote an anti-poem!
Such a discerning talent, not to mention that it is the first in Jiangzhou, but looking at the Great Song Dynasty, how many people can there be? It's a pity that such a talented person who is generally discerning in Qin Jing was dismissed and idle at home, like Cai Jiu's prefect, but he lived in eight seats, opened a mansion and built a government, wouldn't it be Huang Zhong destroyed and the clay kettle thundered?
Later, Song Jiang rolled and urine, pretending to be crazy and stupid, and was recognized by Huang Wenbing; Zhiduoxing Wu used to forge Cai Jing's letters, and he also saw through it. He also suggested that the prefect of Cai Jiu's house should use heavy canons to re-enact the proverbs, and behead Song Jiang and Dai Zong of Liangshan in the city to prevent future troubles. This kind of sensitivity, this meticulous and sober and decisive style of doing things always amazes Ximen Qingjian Festival. Sometimes I think about it, if the prefect of Jiangzhou is not Cai Jiu but Huang Wenbing, the heroes of Liangshan want to crisscross the city of Jiangzhou, but I am afraid that it is not so easy!
Since ancient times, there have been many people who have used Chu Caijin, Huang Wenbing, the Song Dynasty does not want it, I want it! Therefore, Ximen Qing had already made up his mind, and he had to protect Huang Wenbing!
So when Ximen Qing robbed the Dharma Field on the Fourth Road in Jiangzhou, he sent Huang Xinhuarong and Zhang Henghou Jian to take Huang Wenbing's family in his hands first. In front of all the heroes, most of Huang Wenbing's five "sins" were shocking for a while.
Chao Gai is not a very vicious person, hearing that Song Jiang wants to destroy Huang Wenbing's full door, sin and women and children, he was a little hesitant in his heart, and then heard Ximen Qing's words of five crimes, and then remembered the eyes that Ximen Qing handed to him, Chao Gai's heart was bright, and he said: "Brother Siquan, what do you say?" Could it be that this Huang Wenbing can't be killed? ”
Ximenqing hugged his fists and said: "Brothers, Huang Wenbing can't be killed, so let's stop mentioning it for the time being." I'll tell you a story here, and after you listen to it, you will have your own opinions. ”
Jiang Jing, the god operator, said: "In this case, Brother Siquan, please speak, and the younger brother listens." Chao Gai, Mu Hong and others echoed one after another.
Song Jiang's face was uncertain for a while.
But he heard Ximen Qing clear his throat and said loudly: "In Jiangzhou City, there was a general judge, who was sentenced for ten years, won the Ding Jia, and achieved the position of deputy prefect, which can be regarded as a glorious ancestor." ”
All the heroes were smart, and they all looked at Huang Wenbing, it seems that the general judgment that Ximenqing said, nine out of ten is Huang Wenbing.
Ximenqing continued: "That year was the first year of Daguan, and due to the change of the year name, the imperial court minted a batch of new money. Huang Chengcheng's Daguan Tongbao is all pure copper with one article and one article together, which makes people's ears ringing and heartbeat when they look at it. I think, there are no people in this world who don't love money, but I'm afraid that there is no one, right? ”
When all the heroes heard this, they all burst into laughter. Although everyone is a man who fights for righteousness and squandering money, at least they must have money in their hands before they can "sparse"!
Ximen Qingyi said with a smile: "Every time the imperial court issues new money, it often encounters a problem. There are those who are unjust and unscrupulous, who will always collect new money, melt it, mix it with lead and tin, and then mint it into counterfeit money to use. In this way, one penny became two pennies, and the counterfeiters naturally made a windfall, but they made the prices in the market expensive, and it was the ordinary people of our Great Song Dynasty who suffered. ”
Mu Hong stood up with a red face and arched his hand: "Brother Siquan, the younger brother has also done this kind of gathering new money, but the younger brother does not want to cast fake money, but only melts the new money and casts it into bronze to preserve its value." Because our Great Song Dynasty market is like this, copper is expensive and cheap. The younger brother's family has a big business, if I don't want to find some tricks, even if I don't get rid of my family's fields by corrupt officials, I will already have a long time in the northwest wind! ”
Ximenqing nodded and said: "I don't hide that Mu Hong is not the kind of person who covets small profits, I can trust this." A gentleman loves money, if he doesn't take it in a good way, then take it from a knife! This kind of business of casting private money, the brothers here will disdain it! ”
All the heroes applauded when they heard this: "What a knife!" ”
Ximen Qing hurriedly said: "Brothers, what I said is a knife, and the target of the knife is corrupt officials and corrupt officials, local tyrants and inferior gentry, but they are not ordinary people, everyone must not make a mistake." For a while, some of the crowd still said yes, but some lowered their heads.
Huang Wenbing, who was next to him, looked at Ximenqing blankly, thoughtfully.
But I heard Ximenqing pull his words back to the topic: "That year, the new money arrived in Jiangzhou Mansion, and the prefect naturally issued a list of official documents as in previous years, in which the people were clearly instructed not to collect new money and mint it privately, otherwise once it was discovered, it would be severely punished." Everyone knows that this official document is just a false story, you must know that the biggest private money dealer in Jiangzhou is the prefect at that time! ”
The local heroes in Jiangzhou nodded again and again when they heard this.
Ximenqing continued: "According to the practice of previous years, after exchanging new money, with the prefect as the leader, Jiangzhou is about to rise again with a trend of private casting. But this year is different from previous years, because Jiangzhou has a new general judgment! ”
When everyone heard this, they all looked at Huang Wenbing, but they saw Huang Wenbing hanging his head, and the expression on his face seemed to be sad and happy.
Ximen Qing also glanced at Huang Wenbing, and then said: "At that time, when this new official was in office, he was young and vigorous and wanted to serve the country. So the general judge was stuck there, and they were not allowed to succeed. He is both upright, and his actions are above board, he has no handle to catch, and he is full of reason, although the corrupt officials in Jiangzhou hate him to the bone, but they can't do anything about him! "This is exactly what it is:
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