Chapter 50 No Reward or Punishment
A few days later, the team that went to Chongqing Mansion took Li Shuang and Wang Da back to Wanjiaping, but Yu Zhu, who led the team, did not come back together. Ouyang Xuan saw that Dong Hu, who had come back with the team, and stopped talking, so he hurriedly placed Li Shuang and Wang Da, and called Dong Hu to the inner room for questioning. It turned out that this trip went to Chongqing Mansion, and Yu Zhu originally led twenty people to go. When he was taking a boat in Hengyuan Village, he met Dong Hu, who was here to assist in the relocation of Hengyuan Town. Because of the rampant activities of the water bandits recently, he was afraid that Yu Zhu and his party with valuables would not be safe, so Dong Hu took another platoon to Chongqing Mansion with the boat.
Sure enough, the group was attacked by water bandits near Yongqu Township. These water bandits are well-informed, and they know that Yu Zhu and others have brought valuable gifts. Stimulated by the wealth, the bandits rushed forward like hungry wolves. Although there were more than 50 people in the Thunderbolt army, which was about the same number as the bandits, due to the unfamiliarity with the water and the proficiency of the bandits in controlling the boats, the Thunderbolts fell behind as soon as they engaged in the battle, and the sails of the ships they were riding were also burned by rockets. It's just that the bandits were not reconciled, and kept following and trying to dive into the water to gouge through the bottom of the ship, but under the fierce stabbing of the spears of the Perak soldiers, they couldn't get close to the ship at all, so they had to follow from a distance, and only left stupidly when they were about to reach the city.
When he arrived in Fucheng, Yu Zhu didn't care about resting and went to the government to report his merits, but Pan's reaction made the group confused. When Yu Zhu reported on the Xiong Ben bandits that had been a scourge in the Jiguan Mountains for many years, Pan was displeased and became furious. He loudly reprimanded Liulizhai for framing good people for killing good people and taking risks, and actually attacked Xiong Ben, who was loyal to the Great Song Dynasty. "If it weren't for Xiong Ben's guarding of the royal regime and suppressing the rampant Qiang and Tibetan barbarians in the mountains, not only would the countryside such as the Hengyuan under the mountains suffer from nuisance, but I am afraid that Yongkang City would not be peaceful. Ouyang Xuan's reckless behavior really chilled the hearts of the loyal and brave......."
Pan's sudden turn of face really made Yu Zhu dumbfounded, he really couldn't figure out how quickly the plot reversed. It's only been three months, how did Xiong Ben, who is known as a bandit, become the loyal and brave man in his mouth again? Exterminating the Xiong Ben Bandit Gang is obviously something he encourages and supports. After thinking about it, Yu Zhu found that he was in a hurry to repay his merits, and he hadn't given the gift to Pan Tong, so it was estimated that this reason made him angry. Since ancient times, "the fire is so bad that the pig's head is rotten, and the money is done on official business", and this is even more true in the officialdom of the Southern Song Dynasty, and Pan is a person who is extremely greedy for money. Thinking of this, Yu Zhu urgently ordered Dong Hu to give all the belongings he brought.
Seeing the large amount of valuables sent to the hall, Pan's eyes lit up, and his attitude also improved greatly, telling Yu Zhu that he was just acting on orders.
"Now Xiong Ben's complaint letter has been delivered to Genting City, and his boss has ordered the official to investigate the matter. In order to protect Ouyang Xuan, I tried my best to protect him, which caused my boss to be angry. Although I insisted that it was a misunderstanding, my boss would be skeptical. It's just that now Ouyang Xuan's inspection of Liuli Village can't be done. This official also knows that you have always been loyal, so you will still be retained as an escort for the Liulizhai Arrest Team. You're here just in time, don't go back for now. When the new inspector takes office, let's go back together. ”
Yu Zhu heard from Pan Tong that the new Liuli Village inspector was his nephew Pan Luohuan, and he thought that Li Shuang had said that some time ago someone had bribed Pan Tong and wanted to seize Ouyang Xuan's inspection position. Such an explicit approach made Yu Zhu, who has always been loyal and kind, understand that Pan's system is about to pick the fruits of victory. As for whether Xiong Ben is a loyal and good person, it doesn't matter, the important thing is that his villain sued first, so that Pan Tongzhi has an excuse to get rid of Ouyang Xuan.
Pan's system turned his face faster than turning a book, and it had to be related to Sichuan officialdom in the late Southern Song Dynasty. Sichuan is the four roads of Sichuan Gorge, namely Chengdu Fu Road, Tongchuan Fu Road, Kuizhou Road and Lizhou Road, which were originally listed as the most important wealth of the imperial court along with Jiangnan, but they have long been dilapidated under the repeated slaughter of the Mongolian army. Among them, most of Lizhou Road has been occupied by the Mongolian Wang Dechen, Chengdu Fulu Zhizhi moved to Jintang Genting City, one of the "Eight Pillars of Sichuan" to resist Mongolia, Tongchuan Fulu was first moved to Genting City and then moved to Luzhou, Lin'an Chaotang only has a strong control over Kuizhou Road. The officialdom of Chengdu Fulu is more complex and dark than other places, and the reason for this is not only that it is far from the center, but also because the three invasions of the former Mongols not only caused a sharp decline in the population and the withering of the people's livelihood, but also caused the destruction and corruption of the government governance institutions, and gave birth to a number of officials with military power. These warlords tend to be selective in the execution of the decrees of their superiors, actively pursuing those that are beneficial to them and resisting those who are not beneficial to themselves, as are the likes of Pan and Yao Shi'an in Genting City.
Yao Shi'an was entrenched in Genting City as early as when Yu Jue was the envoy of Sichuan, and some people in the court acted extremely arbitrarily, and his boss Yu Jue could not command him, but was unjustly killed by his defilement. After the Chengdu Fulu official office was moved to Genting City, the political powers of the 11 prefectures under its jurisdiction, including Chengdu Prefecture, Chongqing Prefecture, Jiading Prefecture and Qiongzhou, were all usurped by Yao Shi'an. Yongkang County Commander Cheng Jinyong also did the same, and even the Chongqing Mansion Pan Command was also disobeyed, of course, he would not pay attention to Li Shuang and others who went to collect grain. To say that Yongkang County is a subordinate county of Chongqing Mansion, and the rank of Pan's official rank is higher than Cheng Jinyong, is Cheng Jinyong not afraid? It is said that Cheng Jinyong is really not afraid, one of them is that he is Yao Shi'an's confidant. Second, the two Song Dynasty have always used civil law to control the military, and the status of civil officials is much higher than that of military attachés, and it is a violation of the law for Pan to act as a military attaché to act as an agent, and if it is argued in the court, it will definitely lose legally, so although Pan is so hateful, he is helpless.
However, this Pan system is not good, and he also has a backer in the court. Yao Shi'an also knows that neither side will force the other party to be anxious. As for Xiong Ben, the mountain bandit, Pan Tongzhi actually knew that he and Cheng Jinyong colluded together to kill people and steal goods, but he turned a blind eye until the power of Liulizhai suddenly emerged, and he had the idea of using the power of Liulizhai to fight Xiong Ben to prevent Cheng Jinyong's power from growing. Now that Ouyang Xuan had driven Xiong Ben away, he had the idea of taking the Cockscomb Mountain into his pocket. Therefore, when Yao Shi'an sent someone to reprimand Chongqing Mansion for conniving at Liulizhai to attack Xiong Ben, he never mentioned Xiong Ben's evil deeds as a bandit, but readily agreed to remove Ouyang Xuan's post of inspector, and promised to compensate Xiong Ben for entering Hengyuan Town and serving as the supervisor of Hengyuan Town, and promised to return the Wanjiazhai warehouse materials to Xiong Ben.
Yu Zhu really hated Pan's ruthlessness and greed in his heart, but he was helpless. Seeing that his face was ugly, Pan Tongzhi thought that Yu Zhu was unhappy because he failed to take over the post of inspector, so he put down his body and comforted him, and drew a lot of pies. He did this just to stabilize Yu Zhu so that he could properly assist his nephew in his inspection position. It's just that he doesn't know that Yu Zhu is not rare at all. It is said that with the size and strength of the Thunderbolt Army in the mountains, although it is not as good as Chongqing Mansion, it will never lose to Yongkang County. As the pillar of the upper echelons of the Thunderbolt Army, his power has long surpassed the position of inspection. Yu Zhu was just worried about Ouyang Xuan, and he was also worried about the Thunderbolt Army and the imperial court. The so-called hundred-legged insect is dead but not stiff, although the Southern Song Dynasty government is corrupt, it still occupies the position of Zhengshuo, and the Thunderbolt army is still very weak and does not dare to openly stand on the opposite side of the imperial court.