Chapter 224: Muddy Waters

"You don't have to worry about this, as long as you know that what I said is the truth, after all, I also have royal status, and it is not without channels to know some things." Wan Yanlan asked: "Can this information be exchanged for the condition I just mentioned?" ”

"On what terms?" Ouyang asked confusedly.

"Unless you really don't want to know, why did I guide you to Cha Jinsan."

After Yan Lan betrayed Jin San, Ouyang was still very curious. Maybe Jin Sanzhen is not Wan Yanlan's direct subordinate, but Jin San's lurking is only good for the Jurchens and there is no harm.

"En......" Ouyang pondered for a while and said, "Actually, you should know that it is impossible for me to restrain the attitude of so many businessmen towards Jurchen laborers. However, I can introduce you to the Chamber of Commerce, you are a princess after all, and if you can get any benefits to exchange with the merchants, maybe it will make a difference. ”

"What's the benefit?"

"For example...... Introduce some more laborers. Ouyang saw that Yan Lan was furious and hurriedly said, "For example, you can persuade the emperor to make some decisions." Many laborers are mining in Xiaoqinling, and if you can persuade the emperor to raise the equivalent of gold and iron, or reduce the tax on gold, they will naturally return the favor. ”

Wan Yanlan asked: "What is the return of a peach?" ”

"Well...... You smash me a peach, and I smash it back with a plum. Describe planting melons and getting melons, and planting beans and getting beans. ”

"Humph! You also told me that you were thinking about whether to buy clothes. Wan Yanlan smiled and despised Ouyang.

Ouyang's heart warmed, and he remembered the situation when he went to Jinguo. The sacrifice made by this cold man to protect himself. There is a Tao that loves deeply and hates deeply. She must not have thought that she saved herself, and she single-handedly caused the Jurchens and Khitans to enter an endless struggle. No wonder she hated herself so much. Thinking of this, Ouyang was a little relieved. Although his little affection for Yan Lan has long gone to the belly of the shark, he must at least be kind to this poor woman.

"Ahem!" Zhan Ming coughed, what are you doing. The woman's blushing little daughter's attitude is forgotten, and the adults seem to be confused. Huilan and Zhanming said that after Wanyan Lan was 'kidnapped' by Ouyang to come to Yangping, the two of them were a little interesting. It's a pity that when Yan Lan came to the Great Song Dynasty for the second time, it was an assassination mission. not only let a period of injustice end, but also sent a woman who had no chance to Ouyang's arms.

Ouyang hurriedly said: "Let's go back to the original question." ”

Wan Yanlan also realized the gaffe, and hurriedly sat upright and asked, "What was the problem just now?" ”

"......" Ouyang looked at Zhanming.

Zhan Ming said: "My lord said that Princess Wanyan can achieve her goal through the exchange of benefits. ”

Wan Yanlan nodded and said, "I need more." ”

"Which ones are more?"

"En......" Yan Lan said after thinking about it: "The Central Plains has a saying that thinks of relatives every festival. ”

Ouyang nodded: "I know this sentence." ”

"And the heaviest in the Central Plains is the Dragon Boat Festival and the New Year's Festival." Wan Yanlan said: "So I want to go and see them during the Dragon Boat Festival and the New Year." ”

"That's not too much to ask." Ouyang said: "It's just that I don't believe you just want to see them." ”

"You won't understand." Wan Yanlan sighed and said: "Let's spread it out and say, the ambition of the Great Song Dynasty is known to passers-by. In the future, my Jurchens will either die in battle, or surrender to the country. The most pitiful thing is, of course, these laborers in the Song Dynasty. The Jurchens became Han Chinese, and they were still treated well. But in the Jurchens of the Song ......"

There is some truth to that. Since Wan Yanlan came to the Song Dynasty for the second time, she has left the Jurchen management class. I met with Ouyang several times, hoping that Ouyang would not create another war tragedy. The starting point has always been people-oriented, not the power-based of the superiors. She really cares about the Jurchen people, not about defeating the enemy, the dignity of the Jurchens is the slogan he uses to buy the Jurchens, and the life of the Jurchens is the cornerstone of his throne. The direct reason why he raised troops was that Liao wanted to attack him, so he gave it a go. and the crying scene performed before the war of Hubu Gangda, which is comparable to Liu Bei of the Three Kingdoms.

Wan Yan Lan is innocent and thinks that Wan Yan Ah Gu is really thinking about the Jurchens. Every time Ouyang said it, Wan Yanlan would try her best to refute it for Ah Guda, and determined the *** nature of the Jurchen army. And the more she went to the back, the more she saw that those who were in high positions were just taking advantage of the national feelings of the Jurchens. As said in the red drama 'Yimeng', when the war was fought, it relied on the countryside, but after liberation, no one in the countryside paid attention to it. The red aristocrats who were treated by the rural people did not even come back to visit their saviors.

Ouyang Dao: "If you really have such a simple purpose, in fact, you don't need any quid pro quo, just talk to me, and I will help." ”

Wan Yanlan nodded: "If you have anything else to ask Jin Da, just ask." ”

There must be nothing to ask about being so generous. Ouyang Dao: "You send Zhang Jin'er to the Gyeonggi Punishment Yamen." ”

"Of course!"

The atmosphere between the two sides became friendly, and Ouyang wrote a letter asking Wan Yanlan to find Zhou An by herself. After sending Yan Lan to the door and leaving at the third watch.

"Don't blame me for being too talkative, my lord." Zhan Ming said: "Every time I see Yan Lan, I feel that she is not simple. ”

"There are some things that you can only choose to believe or not believe, and I owe her a favor. And what she said made sense. ”

"Yes!" Zhan Ming didn't say anything when he saw Ouyang's attitude, but quietly looked at the sedan chair in the distance. Zhan Ming reads, and has read a lot of books. The attainments of literature are definitely not under the champion of Ouyang. And the literary wisdom left by thousands of years of ancestors also has a little experience. He intuitively told himself that Wan Yanlan was not only not what she looked like on the surface, but also had other plans. Maybe Yangping was really her doing, maybe the sinking case was just a prelude to all the conspiracies. Maybe everything is because he thinks about it too much, but Zhan Ming knows that Wan Yanlan is definitely not just Wan Yanlan who came to Yangping for the first time. Zhan Ming feels that today's Ouyang is a bit of a woman's kindness. That also shows that Yan Lan is terrible, Ouyang actually forgot to ask Jin San about it, although he asked in vain.

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A few days later, the Royal newspaper reported on the process of Li Gang taking over Xiangyin. As for the vacancy left by Li Gang in the Northwest Military Road, he will be replaced by Yu Wenxuzhong, a scholar of the Senior Administration Palace. Ouyang knew that this Yuwen Xuzhong was also a talented person. Unlike Li Gang, he will not accuse anyone of being a traitor or who is doing something wrong, but concentrates on doing what he can do, and has a stoic temperament, which can not only bear physical suffering, but also spiritual suffering. It is a rare hard-working and patriotic minister with foresight and courage in the Great Song Dynasty.

A few days later, Li Gangzuo, who had just taken office, asked Zhao Yu to convict Wang Hao. During this period, a large number of human and material evidence were compiled into a book, and there were also pleadings of various sufferers. The wall fell down and everyone pushed it, and hundreds of officials also went to the table to impeach Wang Huang. Wang Hao's fate has been decided, it will not be heavy or light, and exile is inevitable. However, in an atmosphere of unanimous agreement within the DPRK to bring the case to justice, it was divided into two factions, one faction headed by Li Gang demanding the confiscation of family property, and the other faction headed by Li Bangyan held that the ancestral system should not confiscate the scholars and doctors unless they were rebellious or criminal.

In fact, the officials are not sympathetic to Wang Huang, but they are afraid that if this case is opened, things will fall on their heads in the future, and I am afraid that it will also end in the same way. However, Li Gang, who was the new prime minister, was very resolute and believed that Wang Hao was the head of all kinds of greed and must be severely punished. Only then did Zhao Yu know what side effects were there for Li Gang, a black and white person, to take the position.

Zhao Yu knows very well that there are many embezzlers among the hundred officials. If it weren't for the constant fighting, the irreconcilable contradictions within the court would have erupted long ago. Some people can be greedy, but not everyone can be greedy. For example, one is the Meteorological Bureau, and the other is the Tax Bureau. Which one has oil and water? As recorded in history, Chen Dong and others really couldn't stand it, and listed Cai Jing and others as the six thieves in the book, and demanded that they be dealt with strictly, and in the end, because of this incident, the six thieves did not end well.

Agree to copy it, there will be panic among the hundred officials, and Li Gang will intensify it. If you don't agree to copy, you are not responsible for the new prime minister. In such a dilemma, Zhao Yu announced: ***!

The time was half a month later, and Li Gang, reminded by his cronies, came to Yangping overnight to ask Ouyang for advice. He knew Ouyang's methods, he had read too many sage books, and he couldn't think of how to solve the problem with gentlemanly behavior, but he believed that Ouyang must have a way.

"Huh?" Ouyang was startled when he heard that Li Gang had come to Yangping in person. Please, this is not the time of the Northwest, I will be the Qincha, and you will be the subordinate. You are now the minister of the first grade, and I am just a sesame official from the sixth grade. Besides, you thank me for recommending you with such fanfare, don't you think it's inappropriate?

"What?" Ouyang was shocked again when he heard the purpose of Li Gang's coming. Since Li Gang drove the carriage to Yangping on the same day, Ouyang didn't even know what was happening in the court.

Li Gang said: "Since ancient times, evil cannot prevail over righteousness, eat the king's fortune, and share the worries for the king." Now that the court is full of dirty officials, it is rare for the emperor to seriously deal with Wang Huang. If we do not take this opportunity to take the government seriously, we will inevitably have endless troubles in the future. ”

Ouyang smiled bitterly: "Master Li, let's just talk directly in private." The emperor may not be unaware of the fact that there are dirty officials everywhere. And the disposal of Wang Hao was because of Cai Jing's incident, which made the people angry. You can't arrest Cai Jing, who has already died old, back for trial, right? ”

"A gentleman loves money and takes it in a good way. But whoever exploits the people's fat and anointing is the head of the evil country. The loss of the air force needs to fill one's own pockets as the worst of evils. I also know that the ministers are all evil, the officials can't be clear, and the emperor wants to govern but has no way. Now that the emperor is very sage, it is rare to open the way of government officials, so I think that we should strike while the iron is hot, even if it cannot eradicate the ills, it can warn the world. As the prime minister of the Great Song Dynasty, it is also the responsibility. ”

Ouyang also understands the truth. Illegal occupation of land and exploitation of the people will lead to civil unrest. In the first year of Xuanhe, that is, the year before he was usurped, Wang Hao set aside the Tai Bureau, and took the treasures of the Quartet and took them for himself. Wang Hao heard that the imperial court intended to join forces with Jin to fight against Liao, Wang Hao tried his best to instigate it, spared no effort, and wantonly searched for it, calculated and paid money, and obtained more than 60 million yuan, which is equivalent to Ouyang's windfall income for more than 20 years. If you lose the needs of the Air Force, it is even more fatal, once there is no logistics in the war, and even the weapons are not easy to use, then it will be a fart. But...... Ouyang really didn't want to get involved in this kind of thing.