After Zhao Jun arrived in Shouzhou, he first stopped the duties of Yang Riyan, the transfer envoy of Huainan West Road, and Zhou Ling, the transfer judge.

Then immediately dispatched the Imperial City Inspector to various places on Huainan Road to investigate the case.

At night, in Xiacai County, Shouzhou, in the backyard of the transfer embassy on Huainan West Road, Zhao Jun sat behind the desk in the study, writing something.

His brush writing is definitely not as good as the ancients, basically he can only stroke by stroke, and he can't talk about calligraphy to know this character.

There was no incense burner, no charcoal fire, only a bean-sized oil lamp lit up the room.

The curtains fluttered in the breeze, and the door curtains swayed slightly.

It's March, the temperature is rising, and standing outside the house, you can feel the gentleness of the subtle spring breeze.

The house was surrounded by guards who protected him, and even on the roof there were a few Imperial City masters, three layers inside and three layers outside, scanning the surroundings to prevent anyone from coming to assassinate.

No one would be stupid enough to assassinate a big man protected by thousands of elite armorers, just as no one would seek death for no reason.

At this time, Jiang Dalang came in at the door and said, "Zhiyuan, Yang Fayun envoy and Lin Zhizhou ask to meet." ”

"Did they come together?"

Zhao Jun asked without raising his head.

"It's not."

Jiang Dalang said: "Lin Zhizhou arrived first, and the Yang Dispatch Envoy also came. ”

"Let Yang sue in."

"Yes."

After a while, Yang Xuan entered the study and bowed his hand to Zhao Jun: "I've seen the Zhiyuan." ”

Zhao Jun stopped writing, put the brush on the pen stand, raised his head and looked at him and said, "Yang Xu, do you know why I didn't call your name today?" ”

Yang Xuan replied in a deep voice: "It's because the lower officials only came to Huainan at the end of last year, and they don't know anything about Huainan. ”

"Yes and no."

Zhao Jun said: "Before I left, the information of officials from all over the country has been ascertained, you have once captured thieves alone, and you have also pacified unjust prisons, and you have not yielded in the face of Zhao Yuanhao's rudeness, you are an honest and capable official, which is why I did not name you." ”

Yang Xue said solemnly: "As a courtier, you should be a public servant, even if you have a sea of swords and fires in front of you, you have no regrets." ”

"Good."

Zhao Jun nodded with satisfaction and said: "Ling once partnered with Hu Su to serve as the deputy envoy of Jingxi Road, Hu Su is now in charge of the Inquisition, he is meticulous and has always been strict, but when he was in office, he once wrote a book saying that you are talented, which shows that your character and ability have been recognized by him." ”

"It's all part of the business."

Yang Xuan said: "In his affairs, the lower officials have only fulfilled their duties as officials. ”

"Okay."

Zhao Jun sighed: "But many officials can't even do this most basic duty. ”

Yang Xuan did not speak.

After a while, Zhao Jun suddenly laughed: "Hu Su is an upright person, since he praised you and said your shortcomings, he reported to the Political Yuan, you are good at everything, except for one point, saying that you are happy to be powerful and want to enter." ”

"Amount"

Yang Xuan was immediately embarrassed.

What does it mean for the magnates to enter?

That is to say, he likes to cling to the powerful, flattering his superiors, and wants to go further in his career.

But was that really what he intended?

Naturally not.

No one is born with a penchant for flattering their bosses, especially when dealing with old men.

But what can Yang Sue do?

Because he is a classmate, he has to work ten times and a hundred times harder than those who are admitted to the Jinshi Department in order to get further possibilities.

Some people may not know how low the status of the classmates is.

How so?

If Tongjinshi is from a junior college, then this classmate's background is not as good as a secondary school, and it is estimated that he will rely on Chinese at the beginning of primary school.

Because the Song Dynasty was divided into more than ten subjects, such as the Jinshi Department, the Nine Classics, the Five Classics, the Kaiyuan Rites, the Three Rites, the Three History, the Three Transmission Courses, the Pedantic Subjects, the Ming Classics, and the Ming Law Subjects.

The one with the highest gold content is naturally Jinshi, and the rest of the subjects are similar, with different directions. The common denominator is that Jinshike has a high starting point and a high future growth. The rest of the subjects have a low starting point and limited careers.

Therefore, due to the limited education, it is basically the limit to do his transfer and delivery.

There are high-ranking officials in the three provinces, six departments, three divisions, the Privy Council, and the Political Affairs Hall of the Song Dynasty, basically all of whom are from Jinshi, and there are very few Jinshi backgrounds, not to mention that Yang Xue is not a pedantic background, but a classmate's background, the humble of the humble.

Therefore, although he is an honest official and has extremely outstanding ability, his academic qualifications, qualifications, and abilities are indispensable in the officialdom.

But from another point of view, Yang Xu's education is so low, but he can also be a four-product shipping envoy, doesn't it also show his ability?

Therefore, seeing Yang Xu's embarrassed face, Zhao Jun smiled: "It's not a shame to be from a humble background, and you can bend and stretch out your husband." I don't think you've done anything wrong, as long as you are capable, don't be corrupt, and govern the people well, in my opinion, that's the best official. ”

"Xie Zhiyuan praises!"

Yang sue bowed.

Zhao Jun said, "Sit down first." ”

"Yes."

Yang said goodbye again, and then sat down on the chair next to him.

Zhao Jun continued: "The background of the official is not important to me at least, the important thing is the ability, if you do well, I will definitely not be stingy with promotion." I can probably guess that you're going to come to me tonight, tell me, what do you think you can do? ”

Yang Xuan couldn't help but be overjoyed when he heard Zhao Jun's promise, and was glad that he had chosen the right path, and then hurriedly said: "Xia Guan thinks that since Yang Riyan is Huang Wei's successor, it is impossible not to know about these things. It is not difficult to investigate the fact that disaster relief funds were embezzled. As long as you look for local people, if there is any rice and grain to be distributed, don't they know? ”

"Hmm."

Zhao Jun nodded approvingly: "You are right." ”

With Zhao Jun's encouragement, Yang Xuan continued: "So Xia Guan feels that today Yang Riyan and Zhou Ling learned that the prefect was investigating this matter, and it is very likely that they will immediately contact Huang Wei and Sun Wei and ask them to destroy the evidence of the crime, and it will not be easy to catch them at that time." ”

As the saying goes, to catch thieves is to take stolen goods, and to investigate corruption, it is impossible to conclude that Huang Wei and Sun Wei are engaged in corruption with their hands just based on Lin Zhu's mouth.

After all, there are still very few officials like Guo Chengyou, who directly find criminal evidence such as letters in the landlord's house in collusion with him, and then have a reason to directly search his mansion to find more incriminating evidence.

Guo Chengyou is confident that he has the emperor as the backstage support, and he can be lawless. Other officials will be much more cautious in their work, and it will not be so easy to catch them.

Including Zhao Jun's temporary suspension of Yang Riyan and Zhou Ling's posts today, it is not that they are making money in it, but accusing them of clearly saying that many counties on Huainan Road have not implemented the disaster relief grain funds, and they have been on Huainan Road for two years without knowing anything, and they are suspended for their dereliction of duty.

In later generations, if an official encounters a sudden natural disaster, even if he is on the scene and does not fully deal with the problem in the disaster area, it may greatly affect his career, and there is even a danger of being demoted and punished.

In the Song Dynasty, the charges of dereliction of duty and dereliction of duty were relatively reluctant, and Zhao Jun almost forcibly used his power to suspend their positions.

It can be seen that in order to truly defeat corruption, it is necessary to rely on actual evidence.

So hearing that Yang Xuan quickly found the key problem, Zhao Jun was even more satisfied with his ability and said, "Then how can we prevent them from destroying the evidence of the crime?" ”

Yang Xuan said: "They are up and down, layer by layer, and they must involve a large number of relevant people. For example, the former Huoqiu County Commander Xiong Tao, and the current dead Huoqiu Wang County Commander. According to Lin Zhu, there are many officials on Huainan Road who colluded with them, and if they can catch some of them, they may be able to catch the evidence of their crimes. ”

"Very well, it looks like you've got an idea."

Zhao Jun smiled: "Then I'll leave this matter to you." I ordered you to take charge of Huainan Road, if you can find out this major corruption case, I will personally ask the official family for you, and in the future, you will be promoted to the central government, and it is not impossible to serve as a squire, a scholar and even a minister! ”

"Thank you to the prefect, the lower officials are willing to go to the soup for the prefect and His Majesty, and the liver and brain are smeared!"

Yang Xue was overjoyed, stood up and bowed again.

For a person from his background, being able to transfer and ship in one place is basically the limit.

Now he met a high-ranking official who appreciated him, promising that if he did well, he would not be promoted to the central government in the future, and this scene was as unreal as a dream.

"Go ahead."

Zhao Jun advised: "Be cautious, be sure not to let them destroy the evidence of the crime, if you want to transfer troops at any time, you can report to me, I will sign the transfer order, and at most allow you to lead a battalion of troops." ”

According to the Song system, the first battalion is 500 people, but except for the two battalions led by Zhao Jun himself, which are full or even exceeded, the rest of the forbidden army and the box army are not full at all, and the empty salary is very serious.

Therefore, the maximum number of troops in a battalion at the local level is three or four hundred, which is more than enough to deal with the local county orders and the yamen and the transfer of the state capital that has no military power.

"Yes."

Yang Xue bowed and retreated.

After he left, Zhao Jun did not immediately call Lin Zhu in, but continued to hang him.

You must know that this is a major matter related to the hundreds of thousands of victims in Huainan, and tens of thousands of victims died of starvation in this incident.

Lin Zhu may not have been involved, but there is still a problem with him not reporting it, and his attitude is very improper, it would be good if he was not dismissed, so it is naturally impossible to have a good face for him.

Half an hour has passed, Lin Zhu, who was waiting in the hall outside, was anxious, he saw Yang Xu, who was later than him, entered, and came out with joy not long after, obviously praised by the prefect.

Now that Yang Riyan and Zhou Ling have been suspended, he doesn't know what punishment he will receive, so after thinking about it at home, he hurriedly came to the prefect to come and submit his name, but he didn't know that the prefect didn't pay attention to him at all.

This made Lin Su panic.

It's just that he asked the guards repeatedly, and the guards said that the prefect was busy, and there was nothing he could do.

But fortunately, Zhao Jun was still willing to see him, and after a while, Zhao Jun finally called him in, and at this time Lin Zhu was already sweating and almost desperate.

"I've seen the Governor!"

After Lin Zhu came in, he wiped the sweat from his forehead, bowed over as soon as possible, and bowed down.

"Lin Zhizhou."

Zhao Jun stopped the pen in his hand again, raised his head and looked at him seriously, "Do you know what you are doing wrong?" ”

"Xiaguan. If the lower officials don't report it, they will lose the emperor's favor. ”

Lin Su said in the period.

"This is just one of them, and the second is that in the face of the inquiry of this intellectual hospital, squeak and squeak, and do not answer immediately."

Zhao Jun accused: "This shows that you still don't dare to say the truth, if it weren't for the fact that this Zhiyuan forced you, how could an official like you who are superficial and get by know that you really know repentance?" ”

It is impossible for Lin so to know nothing for a year after he arrives. But he pretended to be deaf and dumb, afraid of offending his superiors and colleagues, so he kept silent.

Even after Zhao Jun came, it was Zhao Jun who forced him to tell him all about it, which shows that Lin Zhu didn't want to seek justice for the people of Shouzhou from the beginning, and it was purely a corpse vegetarian meal, where he was used as a clay stone puppet, and both sides were not offended.

But he didn't know that this kind of wall grass was the most hated by others, Yang Riyan was angry that he betrayed his colleagues, and Zhao Jun was angry that he was submissive. It's better to be more simple at the beginning, Zhao Jun will report the situation as soon as he comes, and maybe he can still strive for meritorious service.

That is, Zhao Jun checked the details of this Lin Zhu and found that in addition to pretending to be deaf and dumb when encountering the problem of the powerful, he has done a good job in general litigation cases and people's livelihood governance.

Otherwise, I'm afraid that even if Lin Zhu waits until the next morning, Zhao Jun will not be able to see him today.

However, Lin Zhu smiled bitterly and said, "Yes, the prefect taught me." At that time, I was also enthusiastic, and when I first took office as the local county magistrate, I refused the gifts sent by the local squire. And he is ambitious, saying that he will be the master of the people. ”

"Oh?"

Zhao Jun asked in surprise: "Then why did it become like today?" ”

"It's ridiculous to say, the local Haoqiang colluded with the powerful people, and once offered auspicious rui for the first emperor, and the Haoqiang broke the law, I wanted to arrest it, but I was reprimanded by the powerful family."

Lin Zhu laughed at himself: "Does the prefect know what he said to his subordinates? He said that I don't know how to lift, I have a small Qipin county order, and if the lord of his family wants to clean me up, it is like pinching a bedbug to death. ”

"So you're threatened and degraded?"

Zhao Jun frowned.

Lin Zhu sighed: "At that time, the lower officials were still unyielding, but within a few days, the superior governor personally came to the county to hold me accountable. Saying that I am an official should respect the sages of the past, and I should not look at no one. Although the lower officials did not join them, they did not dare to say more since then, and they were confused for more than ten years, and in the end, they were just floating as a Zhizhou person. ”

"Huh."

Zhao Jun sneered: "Respect the former sage? It's a bit interesting, since it has been dedicated to auspiciousness, the so-called power must be Ding Wei. ”

"Yes."

Lin Su nodded.

Back then, Ding Wei and other five ghosts controlled the government and made the court into a miasma. In the final analysis, it is still the problem of Emperor Song Zhenzong.

"Everyone says that it is easy to be a corrupt official, but it is difficult to be a clean official. Therefore, most of the people who are unwilling to go along with corrupt officials will eventually become mediocre officials like you. If you want to be a clean official, you have to be more treacherous and cunning than a corrupt official, and in the final analysis, it is due to lack of ability. ”

Zhao Jun finally said: "Yang Xue is just a classmate, he has been honest all his life, and he can achieve the position of the current shipping envoy, which is his ability." Although you are from a Jinshi background, compared to Yang Xu, it is still too far behind. ”

"Yes."

Lin Su still smiled bitterly.

How many of these Great Song Dynasty can climb out like Yang Xu?

What's more, Yang Xue also fought with his life, when he was young, he was alone to capture thieves, and when he was in his prime, he went alone to Western Xia, and his face did not change in the face of Zhao Yuanhao's difficulties.

"Okay, although you are an official, at least you don't dare to hide it under the pressure of this governor's court, 1510 tell you what you know, and there is no harm to the people, I will not relieve you of your post for the time being, and let you find out the disaster relief situation in Shouzhou within ten days."

Zhao Jun finally said solemnly: "In the past, you could still use the excuse of being threatened by those corrupt officials and corrupt officials, and you didn't dare to report it. But now that the Honchiin is here, if you still can't do it, then you are a complete waste. The Great Song Dynasty doesn't need waste to be an official, what he wants is an official who can govern the people well, have you heard! ”

"Yes!"

Lin Zhu was overjoyed, and said again and again: "Xie Zhiyuan gave me this opportunity, and the lower officials will definitely go all out and dare not slack off." ”

"Go ahead."

Zhao Jun waved his hand.

"Yes, yes, yes."

Lin so left with great gratitude.

Looking at his departing back, Zhao Jun thought for a while, and then began to bury his head in writing again.

In the final analysis, Lin Zhu is a mediocre official, but at least he is not faint and can see it clearly.

Being able to judge the situation as soon as possible, first tell what he knows, and immediately come to him to make up for it, shows that he is still smart.

It's just that I used to be oppressed by my superiors, and I was timid and didn't dare to tell the truth.

And under the oppression of his superiors, he has been able to stick to his heart for so many years without colluding with him, which also proves that his nature is not bad.

Now that he has the heart of repentance, it is not impossible for Zhao Jun to give him a chance to see if he is capable of completing the task assigned by Zhao Jun.

If this task is completed, it means that he is passable, as long as he lifts the shackles of oppression from his boss, he may not be unable to become a good official on the governance side in the future.

Again, that's the same sentence.

You can be mediocre, but you must not faint.

As long as you have the ability and there is no corruption or harm to the people, then Zhao Jun is not unable to use you.

Now it's up to Lin Su to make his own choice.

The left side of the nose was blocked for a day, the snot ran for a day, the paper for wiping the nose was used three rolls, the whole person was delirious, and in the morning I drank a cup of two packs of cold medicine plus 2 capsules of amoxili. I ate a grain of Gankang and 1 cephalosporin at night.,It's a little more comfortable at the moment.,But it's not much.,I hope I can still code the second chapter today.,If you can't code it, there's really no way.。

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