By the Guangji River, friends in Beijing are bidding farewell to Zhu Ming.

Last night, it rained heavily overnight, and the water of the Yellow River in the north rose sharply, making it no longer suitable for boating. This is the case in summer, the Yellow River often floods, otherwise it is more convenient for Zhu Ming to walk all the way to the Yellow River.

This side of the Guangji River is better, but you have to get off the boat halfway and go to Puzhou by land.

A branch of willow was broken off and sent to Zhu Ming, along with more than a dozen farewell poems.

Dark clouds were thick, thunder was blowing, and the sky was raining lightly.

Zhu Ming also picked up the brush and wrote Xin Qiji's "Partridge Heaven": "Sing through the Yangguan tears have not dried, and the fame and fame will be added to the meal." Floating water sends infinite trees, and buries half of the mountain with rain clouds. Hate in the past and now, thousands of kinds, should only be separated from joy and sorrow? Jiangtou is not a storm, and it is difficult to walk in the world!"

The same poem is written in different environments, and the meaning is naturally different.

The difficulty of the road here refers to the rampant traitors in the DPRK and China, and it is difficult for upright people to display their ambitions.

Bai Chongyan read this word, was full of emotion, raised his glass and said: "Cherish all the way!" ”

Zhu Ming picked up the wine glass and said to everyone: "You are precious. ”

"Boom!"

The raindrops became heavier, and Ju Ming turned to board the boat.

Wang Jie, the prefect of Xingren, stood on the deck and watched the lively scene on the shore. The more people bid farewell to Zhu Ming, the more lonely Wang Jie became, and he had no friends to see him off today.

"Why don't you go into the cabin?" Zhu Ming boarded the deck and saw that Zheng Yuanyi was all wet.

Zheng Yuanyi smiled: "Wait for Lang Jun together." ”

Wang Jie took the initiative to greet him: "Wang Jie, the contemptible prefect of Xingren, has long admired the name of Zhu Tanhua." ”

"Each other, each other." Zhu Ming symbolically arched his hand, and his attitude was neither salty nor light.

Wang Jie pursed his lips, didn't speak again, and returned to the cabin silently.

This goods belong to the Cai Party, and when Cai Jing dismissed the prime minister for the second time, Wang Jie and Zhao Ting were also dismissed - neither of them was very lucky, in history, they climbed to Cai Jing, and they were implicated in the dismissal before they got any benefits. Later, when he was finally reinstated, Wang Jie encountered the Song Jiang Uprising, and Zhao Ting encountered the Fang La Uprising.

A pair of unlucky eggs!

In the evening, the official ship docked in the southern suburbs of Dongming County.

The sky is clear, the sunset is like fire, and the smoke curls in all directions.

Zhu Ming stayed in a post house in the suburbs and said to the post man: "Just give me some food, don't drink, just bring some meat." ”

The postman served carefully, and gradually felt that Zhu Ming had no official position, and he did things a lot more quickly in an instant.

Zhu Ming asked, "Are you on a rotational errand, or are you employed?" ”

The postman replied, "Hired, my family is near here, although I am tired, but my life is okay." ”

Guangji River is one of the four major Cao rivers in the Northern Song Dynasty, and the business of post houses along the way is booming, and there is no need for government appropriations at all, and it can operate normally by making extra money.

Liangshan Shuibo is a large lake through which the Guangji River flows.

The Song River rebelled and flowed all over the country, marching along the Guangji River, making this Cao River restless.

Zhu Ming continued to inquire about the local situation, and the postman answered seriously.

Wang Jie, who was on the same boat, did not stay at a post house outside the city, but went to live in a hotel in the city.

The county government hotel is much more advanced, I heard that there is a prefect to stay, the east knows that the county personally came to receive, the big fish and meat are not happy, and even called the singer to accompany the wine and have fun.

The next day, at noon.

Zhu Ming urged: "Why don't you start the boat yet?" ”

The soldier in charge of the official ship said with a bitter face: "The prefect of the king is still in the city, and he must wait for him to get on the ship before leaving." ”

Zhu Ming asked, "If he is delayed in the city for a few days, we will have to wait all the time?" ”

The military cha didn't know how to answer.

"You wait here, I'll come when I go!"

Zhu Ming led the cornucopia to get off the boat, rode straight to the city gate.

When passing through the doorway, Zhu Ming showed his official card and asked, "Where is the county government hotel?" ”

The guard of the city gate hurriedly saluted and said, "Follow the main road all the way to the north, and then go east when you see the county office." ”

"Thanks for the directions!" Zhu Ming hit the horse and left.

The doorman rejoiced and showed off to his companions: "This is a Zhizhou, say thank you to me." ”

The companion muttered, "I didn't give you any money, what should I be happy about?" ”

"I have received the reward, but I have not been thanked by the official." The more the doorman talked, the more excited he became, and he planned to go home from work and tell his wife and children that he could blow about this for the rest of his life.

Zhu Ming rushed to the door of the hotel quickly, showed his official card and walked straight in, and asked, "Governor Wang Jieke?" ”

The hotel officer said: "The prefect of the palace is still resting. ”

"Take me there!" Zhu Ming scolded.

The errand officer wanted to speak and stopped, so he could only lead the way.

Outside the guest room, Zhu Ming didn't bother to knock on the door and kicked the door open.

This prefect is lying on the bed barely, and there are two singers lying beside him.

The three of them were awakened instantly, the singer hurriedly covered her body, and Wang Jie also looked for pants everywhere.

"You ......" I didn't know where the pants were for a while, Wang Jie pointed at Zhu Ming and roared, "Sven sweeps the floor, Sven sweeps the floor, what kind of system is this?" Close the door! ”

Zhu Ming hooked his foot and closed the door, but he stood inside.

Wang Jie didn't care about scolding, so he pulled a pair of pants indiscriminately, and found that they were singers' after putting them on. He could only crawl around on the bed in the singer's dirty pants, and finally found that his clothes were all on the ground.

There were many officials who attached themselves to Cai Jing at the beginning, and Cai Jing was dismissed, but he lived in Tokyo and refused to leave, and the residual power still existed, and there were very few Cai Dang who were implicated in losing his office.

Wang Jie was dismissed, and it was he who left a handle - "welcoming the northern envoy and being convicted of adultery". That is, he entertained the envoy of the Liao State privately, and also played with the envoy to play with women.

A few years ago, Wang Jie was blocked in bed, but today it is again.

Before the goods were completely dressed, Zhu Ming grabbed his belt and dragged him out.

Several of Wang Jie's entourage had already gotten the news, and they were all standing outside the door at the moment. I saw the door open, and my old man was disheveled, and he was carried away by Zhu Zhizhou, who was on the same boat.

"Let go, it's insulting!" Wang Jie shouted in panic.

Zhu Ming turned a deaf ear, grabbed the person to the door of the hotel, put it on the horse's back very roughly, and then turned over and rode away.

Wang Jie's relatives were stupid, and they opened their legs and chased frantically.

"Hahahaha!"

The hotel attendants were stunned for a moment, and then burst into laughter.

This thing is so interesting, the prefect was arrested by the governor, and his clothes are not dressed, so he can gossip for a whole year.

The horse's back was too bumpy, and he kept pushing against his stomach, and Wang Jie wanted to vomit. He didn't dare to speak, covering his face all the way, for fear of being recognized.

It wasn't until he came to the river that Zhu Ming put him down, and the goods retched when he lay on the spot.

After a long time of delay, Wang Jie was finally helped up by his personal entourage, but saw that Zhu Ming had already boarded the ship.

He got dressed and rushed up, angrily questioning: "Er'an dares to treat his colleagues like this, I will definitely impeach this matter!" ”

Zhu Ming said: "It's past noon at this moment, how long do you have to wait for you?" You just passed by Dongming County and stayed in a post house according to the system, how did you go to the county government hotel in violation of the regulations, and let the local singer accompany you? Whoever is at fault first, think about it yourself! ”

Wang Jie was so angry that his face was flushed, but he couldn't do anything about Zhu Ming.

He did violate the rules, and the county government hotel was the place to entertain distinguished guests. He is not an official here, he is just passing by, and in principle, he should not disturb the place.

"Sail!" Zhu Ming yelled.

The military officer in charge of the official ship immediately ordered the anchor to be lifted, and turned his back to snicker. He had long seen that Wang Jie was unpleasant, there were too many, and he was happy to see Zhu Ming teach him a lesson.

The official ship continued to sail until it arrived in Wanting County, and Wang Jie finally trembled again, because this place belonged to the jurisdiction of Xingren Mansion.

As the prefect of Xingren, Wang Jie swaggered to the county yabin and deliberately asked the magistrate to call a bunch of singers.

Before getting off the boat, Wang Jie also left a sentence: "If it's too late tomorrow, you can leave the boat as soon as possible." I am too guarded here, and I should pay a private visit to Weifu. ”

Zhu Ming didn't bother to pay attention, because it was still early, he placed Zheng Yuanyi in the post house, and rode alone to visit the nearby villages.

It is estimated that because he was wearing the Luo clothes given by the emperor, he looked very valuable at first glance, and he was targeted from the first village.

I saw more than a dozen men blocking the front, still holding various weapons in their hands, and the leader was even riding a horse.

Zhu Ming was quite puzzled, and asked out loud: "This place is not far from the county seat, in broad daylight, you actually plan to rob the road?" Didn't you see that I had a weapon? ”

"Leave some money, and let you go, and it won't harm your life!" The leader shouted.

Zhu Ming was speechless for an instant, worthy of Shandong in the Song Dynasty.

The number of rebellions in the entire Northern Song Dynasty and Shandong is far ahead in the country.

The Song people's written descriptions of Shandong, in addition to "simple" and "ugly", are all "violent", "fierce", "strong" and "multi-thief".

"There are bandits in the wilderness, and there are arbitrary pride", which means that the wilderness is full of robbers, and the urban and rural areas are full of underworlds.

"Two thousand stones are rarely insulted", this is to say that the prefect of Shandong is not bullied by the local tyrants.

In the final analysis, it is the underdeveloped business in Shandong, and the land annexation is very serious, and a large number of surplus labor force cannot find jobs. This place is very close to Kaifeng, and there is the Guangji River for transportation, and the exploitation from the government is very heavy, and Kaifeng has been sucking the blood of the people of Shandong.

A combination of factors will cause a large number of displaced people to occur in the event of a natural disaster.

The imperial court could only recruit homeless people as soldiers, but the homeless people still couldn't eat enough to be a box army, but instead learned the skills in the army, fled back to their hometown with weapons, and became more professional as thieves.

Zhu Ming took off his bow and arrows, put them on the arrows, and shouted, "Get out!" ”

The thieves were a little scared, but they were reluctant to let go of the fat sheep, and they didn't know whether to advance or retreat for a while.

Zhu Ming drew the bow half-full, shot an arrow, and the bandit leader fell off his horse.

The thieves fled in panic, not only to pick up the seriously wounded bandit, but also to take the horse with them.

Zhu Ming chased and killed, and the group of thieves scattered and galloped.

The thief who led the horse climbed on the back of the horse in a panic, but because his riding skills were too bad, he was soon caught up by Zhu Ming.

A sword slashed out, the thief fell off his horse, and Zhu Ming snatched the horse over.

With the loot, he is too lazy to continue to catch up, anyway, this is not his jurisdiction, so let Wang Jie's goods have a headache.

rode back on horseback, but saw Deng Chun bringing people over.

Shi Biao stayed in the capital to protect Zhu Guoxiang, and the rest of Bai Sheng, Deng Chun and others followed Zhu Ming to Puzhou.

"Why are you here?" Zhu Ming asked.

Deng Chun replied: "I heard from the post man of the post house that there are many robbers in this vicinity, so I asked Bai Sheng to protect Mrs., and I brought someone to pick up Lang Jun." ”

"Let's go back," Zhu Ming said with a smile, "Pick up a horse for nothing, and you're lucky today." ”

For the future work, Zhu Ming is not looking forward to it, and even has a headache.

Puzhou is next door to Xingren Mansion, which is also full of thieves.

There is no end to killing, and the employment problem must be solved. However, the imperial court has excessively exploited Shandong, and the land annexation is serious, and the number of unemployed vagrants will only increase.

We have to find a breakthrough!

(End of chapter)