Zhao Jun has studied theoretical knowledge for many years, but in the early years of the Great Song Dynasty, he also understood that practice was the only criterion for testing truth.

Therefore, he did not object to Zhao Zhen, Lu Yi, and King Jian, and their arrangements for him.

If you enter the officialdom, you will enter the officialdom, who is afraid of whom?

But what he saw and heard today made him feel that things might not be as simple as he imagined.

But the specifics are not simple, and I can't say.

I should probably sort out the situation I am facing now after coming to the Great Song Dynasty.

In the middle of the night, there are still 18 days before the start of the township test.

Zhao Jun was in his room, lying on the bed.

Holding a laptop in his hand, next to a fully charged solar panel connected to the computer during the day.

He opened a document and recorded what he had seen and heard today.

Then I opened another document, put my hands on my keyboard, and began to think about what I should be doing now.

"According to Lu Yijian, if I want to change the Great Song Dynasty, I should enter the officialdom."

"There's nothing wrong with that, there must be a big problem in officialdom, I don't know the specific situation inside, and I can better understand the drawbacks by going in and taking a look."

"The problem is that they just gave me the same jinshi background, and I don't want it very much, which is not very smooth for me to go to officialdom in the future, so they let me go to the imperial examination, hoping to get a first- or second-class jinshi."

"Something is wrong, why did they give me the same Jinshi background, my first reaction was not to want it, and I wanted to be the champion? Instead of just giving a fellow jinshi background? Why don't you let me be regent? Are they trying to enslave me and make me a dog? ”

"Wait, this idea is not right, although I have crossed over, but that is, the theoretical knowledge is enough, and I will be the regent to reform when I get started, isn't that nonsense? Changing me to Zhao Zhen's position really directly allowed me to immediately start promoting the revolution, which is called brain disease. ”

"So what they said seems to make sense, Yan Shu told me at the beginning, let me follow their rules first, one is to follow the local customs, and the other is to understand clearly before making plans."

"The only problem is that I have to learn the Four Books and the Five Classics like them, which is a pure waste of my time."

"But they are too principled on this issue, so they can only do it first."

"Just as the teachers first joined the Guo Party, understood the internal situation of the Guo Party, and then went deep into the people to understand the people's suffering, so that they could launch a revolution and create a peaceful and prosperous era for future generations."

Therefore, only by "discovering problems, raising problems, analyzing problems, solving problems, and summarizing problems" can we find the shortcomings and then carry out reforms, which is right. ”

"Then it seems that I really want to go all the way through this, but the problem is that Fan Zhongyan and Wang Anshi also came this way, and they didn't promote the revolution in the same way?"

"There must be something I don't know, I still have to look at it first, and then understand it"

Zhao Jun recorded these words, his brows still furrowed.

Now he has actually seen the huge gap between the rich and the poor in the Great Song Dynasty, and it is only the first day to see it, and the leopard in the tube is just the tip of the iceberg.

It's not realistic to be able to make him feel a lot right away.

He must continue to dig deeper, know the problems of the people, know the problems of officialdom, know the problems of the army, and then he can carry out the reform.

Thinking of this, he closed the document, opened his data folder, found "Ma Zhe" and "Anthology", and read them carefully. As a history student, these are all regular classes and you must pass all of them.

However, at the moment, he still urgently needs to learn from the past, continue to consolidate theory, and then use theory to guide practice.

In the days that followed, Zhao Jun went to the outer city every day to see the situation in the outer city, he found a small street, a small restaurant, and often went there for breakfast.

Zhao Jun got acquainted with the boss when he went more, he was more generous, and the boss was willing to chat with him and talk about some things when no one was around.

But in the beginning, the boss was more cautious.

Zhao Jun asked him who the people who often came to the store to collect money were, and the boss just smiled and said haha.

Zhao Jun asked him again if the officials of Kaifeng Mansion were in charge? Why do they often take money from passing merchants. The boss still didn't answer, but said happily that the officials were all Qingtian masters.

After that, Zhao Jun also understood some things, and seven or eight days passed, and when there were about ten days before the township test, the boss saw that there were really no guests today, so he agreed to drink with Zhao Jun.

At this moment, Zhao Jun was sitting at the innermost table of the shop, Di Qing and they were sitting at the table at the door, about eight or nine meters away from them, it rained in Bianliang on this day, the water of the Bianhe River rose, and a layer of stagnant water spread out on the street, and there were almost no pedestrians.

That's why the boss is willing to drink with Zhao Jun.

The two of them drank for a while, and after they were slightly drunk, Zhao Jun smiled and said, "Boss, who are those people?" ”

Although the boss was a little drunk, he was not stupid, so he asked in a low voice: "Guest officer, you have been coming to my small shop for a few days, and the small shop promises your care, I can see that the guest officer is not an ordinary person, but there are some things, you should not ask." ”

"It's okay, I can actually guess."

Zhao Jun smiled.

Just by looking at it, you can see clearly that these people should be the scoundrels of the Great Song Dynasty, referred to as the underworld, who collect protection money everywhere.

As for what those officials and servants are doing, they can only say that they understand everything.

The boss said, "That's what the guest guessed." ”

"But I still want to know what's inside, doesn't Kaifeng Mansion care at all?"

Zhao Jun asked.

"Huh."

The boss sneered and didn't reply.

Zhao Jun understood.

He nodded, then asked who the people were.

The boss hesitated, but finally told him.

The security of the inner city of Bianliang is good because the foot of the Son of Heaven is next to the palace, so the security there must be good.

The pimples outside the city did not dare to put their ideas on the heads of the dignitaries, after all, most of the industries in the inner city had these people behind them.

But the outer city is different.

Most of the people living in the outer city were ordinary people, so there was a lot of evil.

There are many gangs and crimes run rampant here. The officials of the yamen either participated in it or colluded with them, forming many forces, large and small.

Since there was no curfew in the Great Song Dynasty, the night was where they haunted more frequently.

So sometimes in the middle of the night, they, the ordinary people who live in the outer city, can even often hear the sound of gangs fighting and slashing each other and grabbing territory.

This is also why when Zhao Jun came during the day, he saw that the order was barely passable, but when he didn't know the night, it was called chaos.

Zhao Jun finally got a lot of useful information from the boss, and he didn't come in vain during this time, and only after chatting for a while did he get up and leave.

He was going to take a look outside the city.

I heard that there are many official offices and royal palaces outside the city, so I went to see the specific situation.

When I came out of the shop, I saw that the street was empty.

Surrounded by dilapidated wooden houses, low rammed earth brick walls, even the street stalls have been taken away, and many shops are about to close.

Looking down at the ground, the water was so deep that it was up to his ankles.

Zhao Jun sighed and prepared to go back.

He himself held up the oil-paper umbrella he took out in the morning, stepped into the rain, Di Qing and others behind him followed him, and there seemed to be figures floating in the alleys on the street corners.

The sky was gray, and it was noon, but it was very dark. Turning a street corner, you could see four or five people in the distance.

It was a normal thing, Zhao Jun just glanced at it and didn't care, but after sweeping it, he suddenly felt that something was wrong, so he stopped and looked at it intently.

Then he saw the men dressed in robes, walking in a hurry, and one of them was holding a child in his arms, and the child seemed to be asleep and motionless.

Seeing someone at the corner of the street, those people were obviously stunned for a moment, then stopped in place, hesitated slightly, and walked into the alley on the right.

"Chase!"

Zhao Jun immediately realized that there was a problem and immediately ran.

Di Qing and a few of them followed.

Everyone quickly arrived at the entrance of the alley, and saw that the people were still walking unhurriedly, looking back from time to time.

When they suddenly saw Zhao Jun and a few of them chasing after them, they knew that someone was meddling, so they hurriedly stepped up their pace, wanting to get out of the alley as soon as possible and leave from the next street.

However, when they were holding people, their speed was naturally not as fast as Di Qing's, and Zhao Jun was young and strong, so he simply threw away his umbrella and chased after him, and approached him in a few steps.

"Who is Your Excellency?"

Those men had obviously been running for a while, lacking strength, and when they saw that the other party was rapidly approaching, they immediately stopped and turned back vigilantly.

Except for the man holding the child, the rest of the people put their hands into their arms, and they could vaguely see the silver light.

"You're stealing children, aren't you?"

Zhao Jun frowned.

"This is my child, my son is sick and wants to see a doctor, it has nothing to do with you."

The man holding the child scolded, "I hope you don't meddle in your business." ”

"You take the child to the doctor, but cover his mouth? Is it to suffocate him? ”

Zhao Jun turned his head to Di Qing and said, "Can you beat them?" ”

Di Qing grinned: "It's a small thing." ”

"Kill!"

Seeing that he couldn't be good, the man drank.

Several people immediately pulled out the sharp knives in their arms and ran over.

But where are they Di Qing's opponents?

The traffickers had sharp knives in their hands, which belonged to that kind of short knives, while Di Qing and they were all long knives, not only strong in martial arts, but also stronger in weapons than the other side, and they were cut off their hands and feet in a moment, and the weapons fell to the ground.

Seeing that his brothers couldn't hold on, the man holding the child hurriedly threw the child in the direction of Zhao Jun and them, and ran directly to the alley.

But a few people suddenly appeared at the entrance of the alley and blocked him.

The man hurriedly wanted to climb the wall, but before he could climb up, he was dragged down by Di Qing and fell heavily to the ground.

"Heroes, villains admit it, we are worry-free, give face."

The man fell into a rut, but he still gritted his teeth and replied, he knew that he had encountered a hard stubble today, and the only people who could go out with a long knife were people from the government, so he could only report his name and hope that the other party would let him go.

After all, Sanssouci Cave has to give coins to most of the officials in Kaifeng Mansion every year, and even some officials want to play some new tricks, and eleven or twelve-year-old chicks also need to find them, so they can always give some face.

"What is Sanssouci Cave? You deserve me to give face too? ”

Zhao Jun sneered.

The man was stunned for a moment, and then said, "Are you from out of town?" ”

"So what?"

Zhao Jun said.

"Hehe, look at you with long knives, probably thieves from other places with troops entering the city."

It wasn't until this time that the man noticed the tattoo on Di Qing's face, immediately changed his attitude, and said coldly: "I advise you to let us go, don't make trouble for yourself." ”

"What's the trouble?"

Zhao Jun frowned, he remembered that the local gangs in Bianliang were all in collusion with the government, but most of them were low-level officials, and the upper class should not be.

Send them directly to the Kaifeng Mansion and find the Kaifeng Mansion Yin, and they should be able to be brought to justice.

"Huh."

The man sneered and was about to speak.

At this time, only the whistle of "doodoo" was heard.

Immediately followed by "stop", "under the feet of the world, dare to commit murder", "you will stand in place for me"!

Then the Imperial City Division, which was blocking people at the entrance of the alley, was long gone, and several officials wearing official costumes ran over and quickly approached.

Seeing the scene of Di Qing and them holding long knives in their hands, those people were very vigilant and also put their hands on their waists.

The man immediately shouted: "A few dukes, come and see, someone is murdering." ”

"Are you guys doing murder?"

The official headed by him is about thirty years old, with a national character face, a beard, and looks righteous and awe-inspiring.

Zhao Jun said: "It was this person who was stealing children, and we bumped into him, and he also said that he was a carefree person." ”

He hadn't studied Song history and didn't know about Sanssouci Cave, but when he heard it, it wasn't a good place, it might be a local gang.

"It turned out to be the thieves of Sanssouci Cave, I have wanted to take them for a long time, thank you to a few strong men!"

The official bowed, and then waved his hand: "Take it away!" ”

"Duangong, Duangong!"

The man shouted, as if he didn't want to be taken away.

Seeing this, Zhao Jun felt that this servant was not bad, so he said to Di Qing and them: "Give it to them, let's take the child away, and send him home when he wakes up." ”

"Hmm."

Di Qing nodded.

Zhao Jun and the others let the other party take people away.

The rain was still falling, and the alley was a mess, with only a little red blood left.

The officials took the injured man away, and Zhao Jun and the others left with the child, and waited until the child woke up and helped him find his home.

When leaving, Zhao Jun always remembered the hostess who was about to cry crazy, and the male owner who had just returned from work when he learned the situation knelt on the ground and was grateful to himself.

At that time, Zhao Jun had a lot of insights.

Feel like you should need more power, more energy, to save more people.

It's just the road to the imperial examination, right?

He was thinking.

And so it went for a few more days, three days later.

Zhao Jun accepted Lu Yijian's lecture today, and he didn't want to memorize any scriptures tonight, he wanted to go to the night market and see what the nightlife of the people of the Great Song Dynasty was like at night.

Coming out of Liangmen, the night market was bustling and lively, but there were obviously more idle men, and the officials hardly saw their figures.

While crossing an alley, I don't know when there were more people at the entrance of the alley.

There must be at least twenty or thirty of them, slowly blocking the alleyway.

Zhao Jun turned his head and saw a scene that made his hair stand on end in anger at that moment.

The traffickers who were arrested a few days ago were jokingly walking towards them, and they scolded and scolded: "A few stinky thieves from other places have joined the army, and they dare to run rampant in Bianliang. ”

(End of chapter)