Emperor Daojun was slightly stunned when he heard this, and then frowned.

The governors of the states of the Great Song Dynasty, he can barely remember it, but he can't remember the general judgment, but he knows Zong Ze.

Just a year later, this Zong Ze begged to return to his hometown, and he personally approved it.

Because he felt that his judge had made meritorious service in half his life, he was awarded the nominal envoy to promote the Hongqing Palace of Yingtianfu in Nanjing.

But then, Lin Lingsu accused Zong Ze of contempt for the Shenxiao Sect and that it was ungodly and improper to build the Shenxiao Dao Palace in Dengzhou.

Sent someone to investigate, and sure enough, Dengzhou's Shenxiao Palace was built crudely, but if this is the case, it will be enough, after all, Dengzhou is on the border of Haiphong, and money and silver are limited.

But the area of Dengzhou Shenxiao Palace is only about half of that of other places, so it is difficult to use more land? Indeed, this is the sin of ungodliness.

Therefore, it is natural that he is not allowed to be a minister, and he is deprived of his duties and degraded.

Emperor Daojun thought of this, rubbed his temples, he had forgotten a little bit about where this Zong Ze went, but judging from the time, that will may have just arrived in Dengzhou, and this Zong Ze may not have gotten up and left.

He said: "Why does the second brother want to use this Zongze? ”

Zhao Ta was calculating in his heart that if Zong Ze was not in Dengzhou at this time, he should have been cut down and detained in Zhenjiang.

If Zhenjiang has been detained, it will be normal to go to Song Jin Jialiao, Tong Guan spent money to buy Yanyun, and when Emperor Daojun held a sacrificial ceremony to implement amnesty, Zong Ze regained his freedom and was sent to supervise the liquor tax of Zhenjiang Mansion and Xuan Xuanjiaolang.

Of course, it is impossible to want to be a leader, this dynasty has this rule, and if you don't approve it, you can't even retire.

Zong Ze's later position in Zhenjiang was from the seventh grade, which was insignificant, but he still dedicated himself to public service, did his best, and did his best to do this petty official, which doubled the revenue of the local liquor tax.

Later, it was not until the first year of Jingkang, when he was in his sixties, that Zong Ze became the governor of Cizhou, and since then he has started a magnificent anti-gold career.

Zhao Ta wanted Zong Ze, in fact, there are two reasons, one is that outside the Western Army, on the side of the court, there are very few civilian officials who know military affairs, Zong Ze is, Zhang Shuye is, but Li Gang is not.

The second is that after Jingkang, Zong Ze recovered Tokyo, and connected the twenty-four "Begging Back to Luan Book" to Zhao Gou, imploring Zhao Gou to return to Luan Tokyo to boost morale, but he was ignored, and finally became ill with grief, died of depression, and said "cross the river" three times, which made people uneasy.

Zhao Ta replied: "Daddy, before the child entered the sea last year, he was stationed in Dengzhou, and I heard that although this person has a rigid and stubborn personality, he knows the army and understands the army, and these two points are suitable for being a deputy to supervise the army." ”

Emperor Daojun thought about it, it turned out to be a rigid and stubborn person, that is, otherwise, how could he even use the land of Shenxiao Palace so small? That's official land, not private land, this Zong Ze is the kind of person who strictly abides by the rules.

However, although this kind of person is rigid, he also has an advantage, he does not rub sand in the eyes of the army, not to mention that he knows the army, but he is a good candidate to supervise the army.

Emperor Daojun said: "This Zong Ze I have just made a derogatory will, and it has not yet arrived, so I will make a decree again, hurry over, and let him enter Beijing." ”

Zhao Ta said: "Thank you dad for making it perfect." ”

Jingdong East Road, Dengzhou.

Zong Ze was packing up in the courtyard of an old mansion, he was a Jinshi in the sixth year of Yuanyou, and he was fifty-nine years old this year.

Since the imperial examination, he has been an official in the border prefectures and counties of Hebei and Shandong for several years, and he is extremely familiar with both land affairs and maritime affairs.

At the beginning of the year, he begged to return to his hometown, and after he was approved, he was given the nominal messenger to promote the Hongqing Palace of Tianfu.

It was actually demoted to Zhenjiang to cut his post and detained, and when he asked, he found out that because of the Shenxiao Palace matter, he thought about it and knew that he had punished the Taoist priest Gao Yanzhao, and was sued by Gao Yanzhao's backer Lin Lingsu.

After Emperor Daojun was confident in Lin Lingsu, he ordered all prefectures and counties to build Shenxiao Palace, and the Taoist priests of Shenxiao Palace broke the law, seized a large number of peasant land, and displaced the people.

Gao Yanzhao is the host of Dengzhou Shenxiao Palace, Zong Ze counted several major crimes and punished him, and he was really powerless in the construction of Shenxiao Palace, so he had Lin Lingsu's complaint today.

Zong Ze's beard is half white at this moment, but his body is still strong, and even his waist is still straight.

He moved out of the General Judgment Mansion after the handover with the new general judgment, and planned to live in Dengzhou for another two months, meet old friends for many years, and then return to his hometown, but he didn't expect to be degraded, so he had to pack up his things and prepare to go south.

There are not too many complaints, for most of his life as an official, he has seen a lot of things clearly, but his original intention has not changed, a piece of ice is in the jade pot, and now he is old, he is in the country and politics, and he feels powerless, whether he is resigning from the government or derogatory, there is no difference between the flat boat and the bright moon in front of the bed.

Watching the old servants and scholars packing many books into boxes, and taking care of the scattered and forgotten poems and old study utensils, Zong Ze stood silently in the courtyard.

The family returned to their hometown early, and they didn't know that he was being degraded, and now that he is alone, it doesn't matter where he goes.

At this moment, suddenly the courtyard door opened, and it turned out to be the officers and soldiers of the state, and it was polite to enter the door, but he said: "Boss, haven't you cleaned it up yet?" ”

Zong Ze knew that after the derogation decree came down, there was a time limit to leave, and today was the last day, if he didn't leave, Lin Lingsu would have a new excuse to sue him again for the crime of disobeying the decree.

Zong Ze was just about to speak, when a yin and yang strange voice suddenly sounded outside the gate of the courtyard: "Ouch, Zong Tong's judgment seems to be reluctant to leave Dengzhou!" ”

As the words fell, several people walked in outside the courtyard gate, all of them were Taoist priests, the first one was wearing a feather crown and a bright Taoist robe, with a sneering and dark face.

Zong Ze looked at this person, it was Gao Yanzhao, the host of Dengzhou Shenxiao Palace, who was severely punished by him once because of his unscrupulous situation, forcibly occupying people's land and seizing people's good property.

It's just that now the Shenxiao Palaces everywhere have privileges, that is, the status is second only to the government, or even the same, the governor of Dengzhou cannot be directly convicted and tried, and if he wants to report to the imperial court, he can only detain this person for a while, and he can't cure the big crime and let it go.

Zong Ze was silent, his half-gray hair was a little messy, his hair was slightly scattered in the wind, and his expression was a little pathetic.

Gao Yanzhao walked closer with several Taoist priests behind him, glanced at the wooden box placed on the ground, opened one casually, and saw that it was full of books, so he couldn't help sneering: "Who is Zong Tong Judge putting these for?" I'm afraid that all the gold and silver goods have already been shipped back to my hometown, right? ”

Zong Ze was still silent when he heard this, he had nothing to say to this kind of person, and even if he looked at it more, he felt dirty.

Seeing this, Gao Yanzhao said to the Taoist priest behind him: "Open it all and take a look, there are no private goods in it, how can Zong Tong judge that he can go to Zhenjiang without any gold and silver, so how can he take care of it up and down over there, and live comfortably?" ”

The two Taoist priests came up and began to rummage through the boxes, and the little scholar next to them immediately rushed over and shouted, "What are you going to do?" ”

A Taoist priest stretched out his hand and pulled him aside: ", little thing, do you think your old man is a general judge?" Get out of the way. ”

At this time, the leader of the state soldiers was a little overwhelmed, and said, "Host Gao, isn't this good?" ”

Gao Yanzhao glanced at him and snorted: "What is it, you dare to talk to a real person like this, this is what Immortal Master Lin ordered to check, even if Qu Zhizhou is here, he doesn't dare to deny it!" ”

The face of the leader of the state soldiers was not good-looking, but he didn't dare to say anything, so he had to retreat and grit his teeth.

The Taoist priest rummaged through the box and scattered some books on the ground at random, and the little scholar immediately cried, and the old servant pulled him over, looked sad, and whispered to Zong Ze: "My lord......"

Zong Ze said lightly: "Just let them turn it." ”

But even so, his eyes always showed a distressed look when he looked at the books on the ground.

The Taoists rummaged through, not to mention gold and silver, even valuable things didn't find any of them, so they went back to Gao Yanzhao's side to resume their lives.

Gao Yanzhao swept the ground, looked at Zong Ze again, and the corners of his mouth moved: "I'm just afraid that Zong Tong will hide all the good things in the house, right?" Let's take a look inside the house! ”

Zong Ze frowned when he heard this, and said, "The old man was just deposed, not raided, what else do you have to wait?" ”

Gao Yanzhao said with a smile: "Zong Tongju, this is not what the real person meant, the real person is just a host of the Dengzhou Shenxiao Palace, no matter how bold he is, how dare he search the home of the imperial court official?" This is what Lin Immortal Master meant, and Zong Tong judged that if there is anything dissatisfied, go and talk to Lin Xian. ”

Zong Ze took a deep breath when he heard this: "If the sky wants it to die, it will make it crazy, Lin Lingsu dare!" ”

"Haha, why don't you dare!" Gao Yanzhao laughed and said: "I will also bring this sentence to Immortal Master Lin, and then I am afraid that Zong Tong's sentence will not be in Zhenjiang, and I can't say that I have to go to Lingnan for a walk, and enjoy my old age over there!" ”

After speaking, Gao Yanzhao commanded the two Taoist priests to enter the house, and the little scholar came up to stop him again, and the Taoist priest reached out and grabbed his shirt, and then threw it aside, and the little scholar fell to the ground and cried.

The old servant hurriedly ran over to help him up: "Yumo, did you break anything?" ”

Zong Ze said angrily: "Gao Yanzhao, what do you do to a child? ”

Gao Yanzhao snorted coldly: "What about doing it, why don't you go into the house for me to search and see what kind of goods this old thief has hidden!" ”

The two Taoist priests rushed to the door like wolves, but at this moment, the sound of horses' hooves suddenly came from outside the courtyard, and they came close in an instant.

Four horses, a red-clothed chamberlain, and a man in light armor with two soldiers.

The light-armored man was the first to enter, and when he saw the scene in front of him, he shouted: "What are you doing?" ”

Zong Ze seemed stunned, he recognized that the one in red was the inner servant, when the middle jinshi was called Donghuamen, he had seen the palace inner attendant eunuch wearing, but the light armor was dressed as a forbidden army officer.

Gao Yanzhao only recognized the clothes of the forbidden army, but he didn't know about the eunuchs, he said angrily: "Who dares to be wild in front of this real person? ”

The officer man didn't speak, and directly pulled the two Taoist priests who went to the house in the past, and the two wanted to struggle, but the officer man kicked one by one, and kicked them to the side like a gourd, and suddenly cried and screamed.

Gao Yanzhao was furious: "Where did you come from to match the army?" Dare to beat the real people of Shenxiao Palace? ”

The officer man smiled hideously, then thought for a while and said, "Your name is ...... Gao Yanzhao? ”

Gao Yanzhao thrust the dust behind his neck, stretched out his hand and pointed at the officer: "It's your real person, how are you doing?" ”

The officer came over and muttered: "Dare to scold me for being a thief and a soldier, and say how I will be treated......"

When he got closer, he slapped him violently, and hit Gao Yanzhao in the face: "What do you say I should do, Lao Tzu can't kill you!" ”

With a "snap" sound, Gao Yanzhao's face suddenly swollen, his body stumbled against the wooden box in the courtyard, and then sat in with his ass, opening his mouth and spitting out two big molars.

"You, you dare to fight the real people of Shenxiao Palace!" Gao Yanzhao was stunned, he has been a powerful man all these years, where anyone dares to come up, he will beat him, even if Zong Ze punishes him, he didn't say that he would come up and fight directly, he shouted: "You dare to beat a real person, I think you don't want to ......live as a thief with an army."

Before he finished speaking, the officer came over and pulled him out, slapped him repeatedly, and hit him until the corners of his mouth were bleeding, his eyes were swollen, and his mouth was no longer hard, and he began to say to him: "Grandpa, grandpa, stop, the little one doesn't dare, don't dare anymore!" ”

The scholar next to him got up from the ground, wiped away his tears, clapped his hands and said, "This person is the worst, and he will bully people when he comes." ”

Zong Ze was a little surprised on the side, although he knew that the person wearing the red robe behind him was the identity of the chamberlain, but this military man should not be of high grade in clothes, where did he come from so boldly to dare to beat the host of Shenxiao Palace?

He knew that the military man was coming out for his own family, but he was worried that this military man would not know the identity of the other party and cause trouble, and in the end, he was retaliated by Shenxiao Palace, so he hurriedly walked over and said: "This general, please stop, this person is the host of Shenxiao Palace, if something happens, it will not be good." ”

The officer glanced at him and said with a smile: "It's Master Zong, right?" It doesn't matter, even if you don't kill him today, you have to give him a long memory. ”

After saying that, he kicked it over again.

Gao Yanzhao was beaten and confused at this time, but he hated it in his heart, and he didn't dare to say it in his mouth, so he only thought about how to retaliate back, and at this moment he suddenly heard a person in a red robe say loudly: "Dengzhou Tong sentenced Zong Ze to take the order!" ”

Gao Yanzhao was suddenly shocked, these people were actually from Tokyo? Are you here to find Zong Ze? But how could there be a decree?

Over there, Zong Ze hurriedly knelt down, he guessed that this group of people was coming to him, but he didn't know what the specific thing was, and said, "The criminal minister Zong Ze took the order." ”

The etiquette of receiving decrees in this dynasty is different, some can stand, some need to kneel, and such a will sent from Gyeonggi to the local area is probably to be received by kneeling.

The red-robed attendant held the holy decree in his hand and read a bunch of prefix narratives, including what year Zong Ze was a jinshi, and what official positions he had done before, and then he went to the text: "Dengzhou Tong sentenced Zong Ze, bold and resolute, judged the side meritorious, not to be a minister, promoted to the doctor, Baowen Hall servant, moved the army to Langzhong, sealed the thief and supervised the army, and entered Beijing on the same day to obey the orders from the King of Qi!" ”

Zong Ze was stunned for a moment, Rao was he thought about it just now, this group of people protected their own side after entering the hospital, it may be that there was a change in the debasement, but he never expected it to be promoted!

Doctor Zhengfeng is a fourth-grade loose official, but the Baowen Palace's service system is a real fourth-rank official, as for the military department, Langzhong is suspended, as for what is this thief and supervising the army? There is also King Qi......

Gao Yanzhao next to him listened to the holy decree, and his head "buzzed", he didn't understand the official positions in front of him, the court officials were complicated, and no local official positions were simple and easy to understand, but the words of the prison army in the back were heard very clearly, this is a great official, as soon as the prison army came out on the stage, he killed Zhongliang, and Zhongliang killed all of them, not to mention that he was a traitor?

Thinking of this, Gao Yanzhao couldn't help but roll his eyes, and he was so frightened that he fainted.

At this time, Ouyang Bei, who was dressed as a forbidden army officer, said with a smile: "Master Zong, don't hurry up to receive the order and thank you, and then quickly go to serve under the command of King Qi." ”

Zong Ze came back to his senses and hurriedly thanked him for receiving the order, he didn't know where at the moment, this encounter must be related to the King of Qi, but the King of Qi ...... He didn't recognize him.

(End of chapter)