The autumn season is imminent, and there are obviously more Confucian scholars in Bianliang, and you can see scholars in long robes everywhere on the street.

The various restaurants, Goolan, Washe, and teahouses are also quite lively, and groups of scholars gather together, or chant poems against each other, or point out the country, so that Bianliang is full of literati atmosphere.

Because the Great Song Dynasty has examination rooms in various states, the scholars who come are basically people from Bianliang and the surrounding Gyeonggi Road, and they have come to Bianliang a lot in the past, and they are familiar with the road, and they can be seen everywhere in the streets and alleys.

At this moment, Zhao Jun was walking outside the East Temple on the cross street, and he had already walked all over the inner city of Bianliang.

He once went to the Da Liao Embassy on Chongming Gate Nei Street and saw the arrogance of the Da Liao people. I also once went to the outside of East Street and saw the prosperous scene at the entrance of Xiangguo Temple.

There are a lot of beautiful girls in the night market, the food outside the Fan Building is fragrant, standing on the Tianhan Bridge, you can see the Xuande Building at the entrance of the palace at a glance, the yamen mansions in the streets and alleys, and the green and white jade hands stretched out from the brothel of Goolan are swaying gently in the spring breeze by the Bianhe River.

The smell of the air here is full of sweetness and intoxication.

Only Zhao Jun occasionally looked at the huge drainage hole on the bank when he passed the bridge of the Bianhe River, and was slightly distracted.

The Bianliang waterway extends in all directions, connecting six or seven large rivers such as the Yellow River, the Bianhe River, and the Cai River, and it is easy to break out in the rainy season and flood the entire city, so it requires a very developed underground drainage system.

Since the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the construction of sewers has begun here, and now the Great Song Dynasty, the capital city is set behind Bianliang, on the basis of the original millennium, and after a hundred years of repair, the waterway system below has been criss-crossed, dense as a network.

It is said that about five or six zhang below Bianliang City, it has evolved into an underground city, and the ghost market, ghost fan building, and worry-free cave are all hidden here.

It rained a few days ago, and many corpses rushed out of the underground drainage pipes, all of which were taken away by the people of Kaifeng Prefecture. Zhao Jun also happened to be in the outer city at that time, and saw several mutilated children's corpses lined up on the shore.

Parents who lost their children rushed to hear the news, some recognized the child's crying and broke their liver sausage, some saw that there were no children of their own, their faces showed complicated luck, and there were more corpses that were not claimed, and the onlookers looked at them with sympathetic eyes.

Bianliang is so big that there are tens of millions of people living in the outer city, and losing dozens or hundreds of children is never a big deal.

Not only children, but also adults, especially young women.

According to the statistics of Kaifeng Prefecture, in recent years, there have been more than 100 families who have reported the case, and only a handful of them can be recovered. More are like stones thrown into the sea and disappear without a trace.

This made Zhao Jun sigh.

The underground city of Bianliang is prosperous, and the underground city is also prosperous, and they all have a bright future.

Zhao Jun found a teahouse opposite the East Temple where the flow of people shuttled, in addition to himself, it was Di Qing's five-person team around him to protect him, and not long after he entered, some people came in one after another, and soon the teahouse with few people was about to be full.

The window position on the second floor is a sought-after place, it has long been occupied, there are still five days before the spring festival, and the tea house is basically full of exam-taking candidates, chatting together, chatting about poetry and songs, and acupuncture.

From time to time, people from the public gate come and go downstairs, and soldiers patrol and shuttle through the streets, making the already bustling flow of people even more crowded.

"What's going on in the past two days, in the past, during the imperial examination, the Yamen of Kaifeng Prefecture would indeed send additional manpower to patrol the streets to maintain order. But basically there will be no army, why are there so many soldiers hanging around the streets now? ”

"You don't know, these are soldiers of the Imperial City Division."

"Aren't all the soldiers of the Imperial City Division standing guard outside the palace? Why did they all run out into the street? ”

"Now the soldiers standing guard outside the palace have been replaced by the people of the palace front division, and the soldiers of the imperial city division are all patrolling the streets, and all those who dare to make trouble have been arrested by the imperial city department."

"What's going on? The Imperial City Division has turned the sky upside down? When did they have the power to arrest people? Aren't you afraid of impeachment by the imperial history and the admonition? ”

When the next few soldiers saw the soldiers coming and going outside the window, some people who did not understand the situation asked.

There are more than 5,000 people in Bianliang, of which at least 3,000 are soldiers on the surface, and about 2,000 are spies, distributed in the streets and alleys, investigating all the information of the exchange.

Because the Imperial City Division essentially belongs to the army, and according to the order of Song Law Bianliang City, it belongs to Kaifeng Mansion, and the soldiers of the Imperial City Division only have the power to protect the Imperial Palace, and have no other powers to search, collect evidence, arrest, and judge, and the power can be said to be almost none.

Even if the secret agent provokes Kaifeng Mansion when collecting intelligence, he may be arrested by the people of Kaifeng Mansion, and the inspectors are like rats crossing the street, and they have never seen the light, so it is blatant and confusing to see this?

"You don't know yet, the official family ordered that from the day before yesterday, the Imperial City Division has the right to directly take people through Dali Temple and Kaifeng Mansion, and if you catch people, you don't have to go through Dali Temple and Kaifeng Mansion to try them, so the soldiers and horses of the Imperial City Division are now all arranged to patrol in various cities."

"The Imperial City Division has such power?"

"It is said that now the Imperial City Division has a new prefect, surnamed Zhao, and it is rumored that he is a son of the clan."

"Can the children of the clan take charge of the Imperial City Division? It's not that they are not allowed to enter the army as officials, and they are not allowed to join the army as generals, how can they have the power of an army like the Imperial City Division? ”

"Who knows this, maybe this person is not from the clan, but he just happens to be surnamed Zhao."

"But it sounds like a good thing, when I was in Bianliang in the past, a large number of scholars poured into the city every autumn and spring, and Kaifeng Mansion was not manpowered, and cases would occur everywhere, and now it seems that it is not bad to maintain order with the Imperial City Division."

"The scholars from Gyeonggi Road came to Bianliang for reference, and there were only a few thousand people, which would not have caused too many waves. If these people can maintain any order, they are afraid of arresting people at will, resulting in unjust cases. ”

As everyone talked about it, a scholar suddenly caught a glimpse of a young man surrounded by family members sitting on a chair next to him, dressed as if he was also a scholar who had come to take the exam.

Because the guards around Zhao Jun are all equipped with knives, this is very reminiscent of a certain ya, with the intention of befriending the powerful, a person got up and walked over, and said to Zhao Jun: "Is this brother also here to take the exam?" ”

"Sort of."

Zhao Jun smiled and didn't speak.

He came to see the actions of the Imperial City Division today, and it would definitely not work if he didn't do anything just after taking office, so he planned to take the initiative to attack, first, to find out the inner ghosts, and secondly, to provoke the authority of Kaifeng Mansion.

When Fan Zhongyan was in Kaifeng Mansion, the people below were quite restrained, and even many evil people like Han Yuan were driven away by him, and a few upright people came up.

As a result, only a few months have passed, and the Kaifeng Mansion has become dark and corrupt again, and the newly appointed Kaifeng Mansion Yin Zhangyi was transferred away after only one month, and Ding Du, who took office later, is a exegete, although he is honest and upright, but he is a rigid old Confucian who is very easy to be deceived by the people below.

Therefore, under his confused governance, the officials under the Kaifeng Mansion continued to work on their hands, especially the card system of the government office, at that time, if you want to go to Kaifeng Mansion to complain, you must register and queue up at the door of the government office, and even if you register it, you can't hold a court immediately, but wait for notice.

Basically, if you don't send money to the officials in charge of the brand, if you want to wait until the trial, you have to go to the Year of the Monkey. And once it involves the Kaifeng Mansion bending the law for personal gain, or implicating people related to them, it is impossible to see the Mansion Yin open a court in this life.

Therefore, in such a situation, the common people are still registering and queuing up outside when they encounter unjust cases, but the Kaifeng Mansion Yin in the government still thinks that the world is peaceful, reading every day, drinking wine, having leisure and having fun, and is very comfortable.

"Brother Tai, why don't you come and sit with us."

The gentleman invited.

Zhao Jun shook his head: "You guys sit down, I have something to do later." ”

"Then don't bother."

Shizi left with interest, but before leaving, he still said: "Recently, the Imperial City Division has been patrolling around, and Brother Tai should be careful with them. ”

"Hmm."

Zhao Jun couldn't cry or laugh, so he nodded in response.

After a while, a man staggered upstairs quickly, whispered a few words in Zhao Jun's ear, Zhao Jun nodded, and then left.

Looking at his departing figure, the scholar over there couldn't help but say with envy: "I don't know which Yanei it is." ”

"These Yanai are not something we can befriend, and the courage is really big, fortunately, that person's temperament seems to be good, if you meet some Yanai with a bad temper, you will be beaten up."

"So that's the case, thank you Brother Li for solving your doubts, it seems that we should stay out of the way when we encounter these Yanei in the future."

The man in the back whispered.

Zhao Jun couldn't hear what they were saying at this time, so he went downstairs and went directly to Nantang Street.

Nantang Street was in some chaos at this time, and the soldiers of the Imperial City Division encountered an incident on the street, an old woman was sewing people on the side of the street for a living, and suddenly saw a woman on the street, she exclaimed that it was her daughter-in-law, and went up to pull.

As a result, two strong men followed the woman, beat the old woman, alarmed the soldiers of the Imperial City Division, and went up to arrest them. Unexpectedly, the officials of Kaifeng Mansion also came, and the two sides were at a stalemate.

When Zhao Jun came over, he saw that the soldiers of the Imperial City Division had already come to two teams, and the officials of Kaifeng Mansion also called friends one after another, blew the whistle, and twenty or thirty came.

The middle of the street has been vacated, and countless heads have poked out from the upstairs on both sides, watching the lively crowds of people, and the stalls have basically run away.

The soldiers took control of the old woman, the woman, and the two strong men, and the officials of Kaifeng Prefecture were ordering them to hand them over.

"What's going on?"

At this time, several palanquin drivers carried a sedan chair to the scene, and a middle-aged man in a green official uniform came down, watching all this majestically.

Seeing that an official was present, the soldiers of the Imperial City Division looked at each other, all a little afraid.

After all, they used to have a low status, unlike the Kaifeng Prefecture Inspector, Confucius, Xingtou, Ya Gong and others, who had the support of civil officials, so they did not dare to act rashly.

Soon, a servant told the man about the matter, and the official shouted: "If there is a case, it should be under the management of Kaifeng Prefecture, what kind of thing is your Imperial City Division, don't get out of here." ”

"Who are you telling to get out?"

Zhao Jun stepped out of the crowd and looked at this person coldly.

He knows.

The information shows that this person's name is Liao Yu, who joined the army in Kaifeng Prefecture as a judicial officer, and has done a lot of corrupt things.

Liao Yu squinted his eyes and looked at Zhao Jun, and after looking up and down, he scolded: "Who are you, the government will handle the case, and the idle people will all leave." ”

"My name is Zhao Jun, and now I know the Imperial City Division, from today onwards, we will handle the cases that Kaifeng Mansion can't handle, and we will arrest the people who Kaifeng Mansion can't arrest, what questions do you have?"

Zhao Jun glanced at the other side, and suddenly noticed that there was a familiar face in the crowd on the other side, and he was angry in his heart at that time, that person was the official with the national character face who let go of the traffickers in the first place.

Liao Yu frowned.

Unlike ordinary people, they have many channels to become officials, and naturally there are many sources.

They naturally know a thing or two about what has happened in the past few days in the Imperial City Division.

Now that the official family has greatly increased the authority of the Imperial City Division, it is rumored that the official family really can't bear the chaos in Bianliang City, so they decided to rectify it.

Therefore, in the past few days, they have also greeted them, signaling them to keep a low profile, so as not to be caught by the Imperial City Division.

However, the Imperial City Division stretched out his hand too long, and even directly sent soldiers to patrol the streets, and snatched the cases that belonged to them, making it clear that he wanted to snatch the right to handle the case from Kaifeng Mansion.

Originally, this was nothing, anyway, there are so many cases in Kaifeng Mansion every day, and it is a good thing that someone helps them share them, but the problem is that there are many cases in Kaifeng Mansion that are done by their own people, if they are found out by the people of the Imperial City Division, then they will also suffer?

Thinking of this, Liao Yu asked left and right in a low voice, "Do you know these people?" ”

Shaking his head left and right: "I don't know." ”

It seemed that it had nothing to do with him, so Liao Yu looked at the old woman and said, "Where are you from?" ”

The old woman said, "Zhongmu people." ”

"Since you said that this person is your daughter-in-law, are you willing to go to Kaifeng Mansion to file a case?"

Liao Yu asked.

Zhao Jun said: "If you don't want to go to Kaifeng Mansion, our Imperial City Division will make the decision for you, from today on, the people of Kaifeng Mansion will also be under the control of the Imperial City Division, if you block it, you will not be killed!" ”

The old woman hurriedly shouted: "After my son's death, the family's money and property were swept away by this woman, and I was ignored by the Zhongmu newspaper official, and I came to Kaifeng Mansion to report to the official because he had no money to enter the yamen, and no one has accepted it until now, anyway, the old body has a life, and he is willing to go to the Imperial City Division."

Unexpectedly, before the old woman finished speaking, the woman shouted, "I have nothing to do with her, I don't know her." ”

"Since it's okay, I'll naturally find out, what are you afraid of?"

Zhao Jun drank and said: "Seal her mouth, block the mouths of those two people, and bring people back to the Imperial City Bureau." ”

"Yes."

When the surrounding soldiers heard the words of the Zhiji, they were so bold that they arrested the people and left.

Liao Yu didn't stop it.

This matter has nothing to do with him, as for maintaining the face of Kaifeng Mansion, it is Ding Du's business, as long as it does not involve his own corruption and perversion of the law, he really doesn't want to directly conflict with the Imperial City Division.

After all, Zhao Zhen gave a death order a few days ago, even if Kaifeng Mansion met the Imperial City Division, it would automatically be one level lower, and the Imperial City Division had a higher level of power.

Soon Liao Yu took people away, and when others saw this anticlimactic scene, they immediately booed.

When Liao Yu's sedan chair left the scene and returned to Kaifeng Mansion, a henchman came up and said to him: "Join the army, let's just leave, will it be a little degraded to the name of Kaifeng Mansion?" ”

"Huh."

Liao Yu smiled and said: "Now that the Imperial City Division has the support of the officials, and when it gets power, it will immediately inspect the whole city, and the momentum is booming, so it should not be carried head-on with them." ”

"That's right, I saw them even bring out the bows and crossbows of the forbidden army just now, they don't want to kill people in the street."

The henchman remembered that the end of the opponent's bow and crossbow arrows was flickering with coldness, and he couldn't help but feel palpitations.

Liao Yu shook his head and said: "Then Zhao Jun's mouth is rampant, it's just that there is an official family behind him." Let him be rampant for a while, and order the people below not to argue with them when they see the people of the Imperial City Division, unless it involves their own people, otherwise the case will be handed over to them. ”

"Huh?"

The henchman was surprised: "Will this make the people of Kaifeng Mansion only know about the Imperial City Division and forget about the Imperial Palace?" ”

"You."

Liao Yu glanced at his henchman, if it weren't for his henchman being his brother-in-law, he really wanted to slap him hard and ask him why he was so stupid.

At the same time, Nantang Street has returned to its former liveliness.

Zhao Jun looked at the backs of them leaving, staring at the Chinese-faced official in the crowd.

The other party didn't seem to recognize him, and there was nothing unusual on his face, maybe it was too dark that day, and the other party didn't take a few thieves from other places to heart.

"Zhisi is really a god, and even the Kaifeng Mansion can retreat."

On the way back, Shi Yu was elated and said to Zhao Jun: "Wouldn't the Imperial City Division be able to walk sideways in Tokyo in the future?" ”

"Huh."

Zhao Jun smiled and did not speak.

It was indeed not his expectation that the other party would retreat.

Because now that the Imperial City Division has the power to arrest and judge, it will collide with the power of Kaifeng Prefecture.

Zhao Jun deliberately sent people out in order to conflict with Kaifeng Mansion.

Only by taking the initiative can you catch the opponent's handle.

Unexpectedly, the other party didn't seem to accept the offer at all, and directly asked him to take people away, which was unexpected.

But if you think about it, there are two reasons.

First, Zhao Jun and Lu Yijian had a big quarrel, which made Lu Yijian and them jealous, so they greeted the people below and asked Kaifeng Mansion and the Imperial City Division to try not to conflict, lest Zhao Jun really cut people.

The second is that the other party may be brewing some conspiracy, such as deliberately conniving at the Imperial City Division, letting the Imperial City Division run rampant in Bianliang, once the Imperial City Division is out of the basket and arrests the wrong person and tries the wrong case, they will incite public resentment again, and I am afraid that there will be countless impeachments flying to Zhao Zhen's table immediately.

Therefore, the Kaifeng Mansion temporarily avoided the Imperial City Division, and Liao Yu left with people like this.

Although Zhao Jun has never mixed in officialdom, has he never eaten pork and never seen a pig run? After seeing so many ancient conspiracies, I can naturally guess a few points.

Therefore, he was not happy about this victory, but looked at Kaifeng Mansion a few points, and the other party seemed to have other plans.

(End of chapter)