Luo Jiulang has met Zhen Shoulu since he was introduced to Princess Jin and felt that he could talk to him very well, and because of Zhen Shoulu's introduction, he met Meng Feidi, and the three of them quickly formed a "small group", drinking wine in their spare time, talking about current affairs, and recently often going to the prostitute of the Qinglou for recreation - for the people of the Great Zhou, no matter the nobles, they actually do not regard such places as obscene places, in fact, many righteous men and gentlemen often love to visit the Qinglou, not to mention that these three people are not stereotyped.

The really famous prostitutes are not mainly engaged in the leather and meat business, and the prostitutes who are often popular are actually geisha, the first to recommend those who are good at arguing and writing, followed by piano or singing, and maiko are even more inferior, but they are excellent in appearance and are mostly sought after by gentlemen.

The business of prostitutes does not flourish until night, and the seats are often full at lunchtime.

Today, the three of them came to this prostitute to hear the opinions of many scholars, gentlemen, and even rangers on the Taigu case.

The prostitutes of the Great Zhou Dynasty often have a separate courtyard, although there are also private rooms, more people still sit in the lobby and courtyard, so that it is difficult to avoid the eyes and ears of speech and behavior, and sometimes although they are not at the same table, they do not hinder conversation, and the atmosphere is very lively.

As soon as the three of them sat down, before they could order the wine and food, they heard a scholar talking loudly: "I heard that Ji Mingfu killed innocents indiscriminately for the hegemony of the people's land, so I was not surprised, but fortunately, it was clear that it was framed by the enemy in Northern Liao, and even Yangqu and Wenshui Erling were assassinated by the enemy, so I suddenly realized." ”

"I really didn't expect that Abbot Mingkong turned out to be a Buddha's mouth snake heart!" Another gentleman chimed in.

"It's just that this case was judged by Mao Dayin, which is always not so convincing, who knows if Dayin has shielded Taigu Ling."

Meng Feidi looked at the person who spoke, and found that it was his fifteenth brother, and couldn't help but hold his forehead: This kid almost suffered a loss last time, and now he doesn't know how to restrain himself when he speaks.

Only he had no intention of "recognizing" with the fifteenth brother, but hid on the edge of the pillar again.

I heard another gentleman retort: "Why did Mao Dayin shield Ji Lun?" Ji Lun is clearly the Jin king's line. ”

This man's remarks are obviously even more unrestrained.

"But this time, Xue Shaoyin has no objection, which shows that the case is really like this."

"I think that Ji Ming Mansion, as an official of the imperial court, will not take the risk of ruining his reputation for a little floating wealth, so I also agree that this case is indeed committed by the enemy, and the intention is to provoke the anger of the people!"

Luo Jiulang and the three of them listened silently, naturally did not express their opinions, and when they were full of wine and food, Meng Feidi invited the two friends to his residence to talk privately, and the three of them tasted tea before they really expressed their opinions.

"Ji Lun will commit a heinous crime, but I didn't expect the Queen Mother to ask the princess to release him, which really makes people feel unjust for the innocent who died." Luo Jiulang was greatly dissatisfied.

Meng Feidi also frowned: "Even if Ji Lun is released, he will inevitably die, only the corruption of the official system has led to such a vicious case, but it is not a blessing for the queen mother to ignore it." ”

"Zhen still has doubts in his heart, even if Ji Lun killed those households, causing them to abandon the land and flee to the illusion, the ownerless land will be recovered by the government, and it should be redistributed, Ji Lun is not a native person, and it is impossible to take the land away, how can he profit?"

Luo Jiulang couldn't help but smile bitterly: "Qilang is really simple and naïve, do you Dao Jilun really distribute those ownerless fields according to the law?" Could it be that the Zhen family in Taiyuan has never bought these ownerless fields from the government? ”

"It's really not, my family's purchase of land has always been introduced through the tooth people, and the people who support the land have negotiated directly." Zhen Shoulu said honestly.

It made Luo Jiulang ashamed: "Taiyuan Zhen abides by the law, no wonder Qilang doesn't know what to do...... Generally speaking, even if the peasant households are desperate and choose to flee, they will either take the land to protect the nobles, or simply sell the land, so that the government will have no interests, so Ji Lun will kill people, and the landlord will 'flee', so he can sell the ownerless land to the nobles privately and embezzle the land capital. ”

However, although the loophole has existed for a long time, in fact, there are not many local officials who are so mad, such as Ji Lun, who did not have such intentions at first, because of Mingkong's temptation and bewitchment, he was able to exonerate the demon named greed in his heart and commit such heinous crimes.

The reason why the Queen Mother was reluctant to justify her punishment was to cover up the officialdom ills caused by her, the ruler.

Imagine, if the official system is clear, people from poor families can be promoted by virtue of their political achievements, even if Ji Lun's family is not good, he will not take risks for selfish desires, listen to Mingkong's demagoguery, if the queen mother declares Ji Lun's crime, many scholars will inevitably question the official system, and dig out many people such as Mao Wei who form a party and run a private business, this is not an ordinary corruption and perversion of the law, a court official, has lost his conscience to such a point, only three years in office, he killed forty peasants, causing more than ten people to be wiped out!

It may seem like an isolated case, but it's shocking.

"But if the ills of officialdom cannot be cured, demons such as Ji Lun will inevitably cause evil in the future." Luo Jiulang said in a deep voice.

"But even the princess can't do anything, and for the queen mother, we are even more light-hearted." Although Zhen Shoulu is not as familiar with local government affairs as Luo Jiulang, he is well aware of the party struggle in the court, so he can understand the princess's compromise very well: "The current priority is to stabilize Jinshuo, the implementation of the new policy is very important, and this matter is inseparable from the support of the Queen Mother." ”

Luo Jiulang sighed: "What Qilang said is reasonable, and acting with ambiguity will not only not help, but will make the situation more chaotic, at least the fourteen counties of Taiyuan, with the princess presiding over at the moment, the people still have peace and contentment." ”

also said Ji Lun, he originally thought that he would definitely die, but he never thought that he would be acquitted suddenly, which was naturally a surprise, but he had just returned to Taigu County, but he was placed under house arrest by Taigu County.

Although the county is the deputy of the county order, in fact, most of them have no power, and they are generally degraded people, and their status is very embarrassing, such as this Quxian Cheng, a few years ago, because he offended the Mao Party, he was deposed from the Beijing official to this, and he didn't expect that Mao Wei would also be deposed soon, although he didn't know that Qu County Cheng was such a mere figure, Ji Lun knew his "old crime", and suppressed it even more, and Quxian Cheng even fell to the point of being bullied by officials.

I never thought that Feng Shui would take turns, although Ji Lun was acquitted this time, but Mao Wei issued an order to make him "worried", and Quxian Cheng was able to temporarily take over his position - Mao Wei never knew that Quxian Cheng's demotion was related to him, in fact, he couldn't care about these trivial matters at all now.

Quxian Cheng is already in his fifties, and he knows that there is no hope for recovery, and he has cut off his desire for a career, but seeing that there is still a chance to retaliate against Ji Lun, of course he will do his duty.

One sentence made Ji Lun's heart feel like ashes: "Mingfu has been ill for dozens of days, and he can pass away with peace of mind...... The Ming Mansion does not need to stare at the officials, this is the order of the Queen Mother, in fact, the Ming Mansion committed the evil of losing all conscience, and died of illness in office, which can be described as fortunate, died in the hands of the Ming Mansion Twelve innocent households, a total of 40 people, can wait for a long time in Huangquan! ”

Sure enough, soon after, Ji Lun died of illness in Taigu Ling, and his wife and concubines and children, on the way back to their hometowns, were killed by "thieves".

Empress Dowager Wei actually hated Ji Lun deeply, and was worried that his family would publicize his crimes, causing more discussions, from the very beginning, she made up her mind to cut the grass and eradicate the roots, I don't know if this is a reward for good and evil, but Ji Lun did deserve it.

He, a county magistrate with a very good official reputation, of course will not leave a name in history, although he will avoid being ruined, I believe that under Jiuquan, he will not feel so lucky.

With the subsidence of this accident, the edict to rebuild Yunzhou was officially issued, Yunzhou Assassin Wang Ji is still on the way to his post, Eleven Niang has officially started a new round of busyness, she specially invited Luo Jiulang to meet, ask if he is willing to serve as Wang Jizuo's subordinate, mainly responsible for agricultural and mulberry crops.

Taigu Luo intends to develop the world, originally had high hopes for Jiulang, a few years ago, he began to urge Jiulang to take the exam, but Jiulang himself is not willing to rely on flattery to get his birth, with various excuses to delay, Taigu Luo many elders also take him helplessly, if it is a matter of marriage, but can still be forced to force, only this imperial examination, even if Luo Jiulang is forced to participate, he hangs Lang Lang to deal with it, or simply handed over the blank paper, even if Taigu Luo means to the sky, I am afraid that there is no way to let Jiulang win.

But this time, Luo Jiulang knew that the reconstruction of Yunzhou was related to military affairs, so he did not refuse the princess's suggestion and agreed without hesitation.

When the news came back to Taigu Luo, the elders were overjoyed.

Although Luo Jiulang did not enter the official imperial examination, but took the road of recommendation, the starting point is not high, and he is only afraid that it will be difficult to worship the prime minister in the future, but Taigu Luo originally did not have such a great desire, there are so many officials in the world, and how many Jinshi are born, but there are only a few people who can be in the high phase, Taigu Luo knows that his foundation is insufficient, but he just hopes that among the disciples in this life, there is such a person who can enter the office, struggle for decades, and break through the five grades of the official rank is to glorify the ancestors.

There is also Meng Feidi, who heard about Luo Jiulang's "whereabouts", but also pondered going to Yunzhou to do some practical things, so he recommended himself, and Eleven Niang was naturally happy to be fulfilled.

Instead, Zhen Shoulu sighed: "I knew this was the case, I shouldn't have agreed to go to Zezhou in the first place, wouldn't it be better to go to Yunzhou with the two of you?" ”

But what he said can't be reversed, Zhen Shoulu is an honest person, so he had to be a friend first and go to Zezhou to take office.