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"As long as this person is not bad, he will help put out the fire all around Bianliang City. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info”

I didn't expect that the arrogant and inferior Shenzhu in his mind would do such a thing, which surprised the little emperor, so he asked, "Why is this?"

"Jianxian is a native of Mingzhou, and it is said that when he was sixteen years old, his parents took him to Wenzhou to visit his married sister. His brother-in-law was a wealthy businessman in Wenzhou, and the three of them were guests at his house and received a very warm reception, and the family was happy. Who knew that there was a fire in Wenzhou that night. The fire was burned from a private house, and that night a strong wind blew from the east, and after the fifth watch, the fire was all over the sky, and the sword was in a hurry, only to save his parents from the wing, and when he wanted to rush into the main house again, it was too late, and his sister and brother-in-law were killed in the fire. After the fire burned out, he went to find the bodies of the two of them, but they were already mixed with the charred ashes and could not be recognized. ”

"Wenzhou?" Zhao Ji suddenly remembered, "It shouldn't be the fire in the first month of the third year of Jiayou, right?" I have read it in the booklet of the treasury...... Because it was the Spring Festival, the fire caused by fireworks burned down 14,000 houses, killed 50 people, and injured countless others. ”

This incident left a deep scar in Jian Yan's heart, and he felt guilty for failing to save his sister and brother-in-law, so he often put out fires in Bianliang City! Probably in this way to make up for the regrets of the year! Wang Guangyuan said softly: "I heard that he once caught a criminal who deliberately set fire to the fire, and almost killed him on the spot! Therefore, as long as it is a case related to fire, he has committed his taboo! Such a person who is jealous and hateful to 'fire' is naturally a person who cannot tolerate the wrong thing with fire. If Lan Yuanxiao is really a straw bag, let alone supervising the fire fighting and fire fighting in Kaifeng Mansion and remediating the latent fire army, he won't be able to pass the sword shop first............! Then how will King Chang win over Lan Yuanxiao, who has a grudge in his heart?"

The original solemn expression on the emperor's face stretched out like a melting glacier, and in an instant, the room was full of spring. He laughed and said, "Wonderful! It's really wonderful!" This not only rectified Lan Yuanxiao, but also made King Chang and the Queen Mother feel guilty, it was really a plan to kill two birds with one stone!

There was a hearty laugh in the imperial study, and Li Xian, who was waiting outside, couldn't help but sigh in his heart, it was still Lord Wang who could make the master the most happy. A few days ago, I was worried, as if there was something wrong in the northwest, the prime minister and the master disagreed, and the master was so angry that the master stared at Prime Minister Han and scolded Prime Minister Han. But you see, now, I have long forgotten the things that I am angry about! There are only two people who can make the master so careless - Han Taifu and Lord Wang. It's just that Mrs. Han is too strict, don't talk about the master, I'm afraid even if I see it, or Lord Wang is more amiable.

Therefore, sometimes you really have to judge the situation and know who is the most worthy of hugging your thighs!

He turned his head to see that Zhang Ruixuan was no longer beside him, and said in his heart: This woman is really troublesome! However, since he has received the silver ticket from Lord Zeng, he naturally wants to handle this matter for him. Look at this, it won't be long before Maid Zhang becomes the hostess, and the benefits she has gained from herself will surely be repaid in the future!

In the imperial study, Zhao Ji remembered the recent fires in the capital, and couldn't help but turn from joy to worry, and sighed: "Recently, there have been frequent fires, and then look at the reports in the Gyeonggi area, I am also worried, and I can't sleep for this matter." In the past few months, it has not rained in the capital, and there is a song that the great drought is due to the lack of sacrifice to the god of fire, and I also ordered the ministers to go to the southern suburbs to give the fire De Zhenjun a great ceremony, praying for rain, in order to eliminate the drought, who knows that since the beginning of autumn, there are still fires. I have just read the report of Tokyo Prefecture Yin, and the hidden fire army is exhausted from running around every day in Kaifeng City to fight fires, but the people are still complaining......"

Wang Guangyuan said: "In autumn, the weather is dry and dry, and fires are most likely to occur, which is naturally the top priority of the people's concern. As for why there is so much dissatisfaction with the Submarine Fire Army, it is not without reason. The Hidden Fire Army has been accumulating disadvantages for a long time, and several Kaifeng Mansion Yin have not been able to solve this problem. There are three key points. First, there is a shortage of submariners; second, the subsidies are not generous enough; and third, the division of jurisdictions is not clear. ”

"Latent fire" means extinguishing fire, just like not saying "on fire", but "walking on water". There are many places in Bianliang City to set up "fire towers", there are a group of four people upstairs "fire probe soldiers", they peep into the fire alarm in four directions, if they can see the fire, they will ring the bell to warn, and at the same time there is a special person will notify the "hidden fire army" to rush to fight the fire. It should be said that in order to put an end to fires, the cities of the Northern Song Dynasty already had a set of fire prevention and fire extinguishing methods and facilities, and also established special institutions.

The Hidden Fire Army was selected from the "Royal Elite Army" - the commander of the embassy in front of the palace, the commander of the guards and the horse army, and the commander of the guards and infantry - the "Sanya" forbidden army. "Sanya" was originally the emperor's pro-army, stationed near the capital, its combat effectiveness is the leader of all armies, and it is also called "forbidden soldiers" by historians. To be able to enter this unit, the height and physique requirements are very strict, that is, the "human appearance" that Chris saw before, first of all, they must meet the standard of about 1.8 meters tall and the physique of "pipa legs and axle body", and secondly, after joining, they must undergo regular and irregular screening, and those who are brave and good at fighting can be promoted.

In other words, why did the emperor's personal soldiers, who had such vigorous combat effectiveness, become firefighting troops? This is inseparable from Song Taizu and Zhao Kuangyin. In the first year of Kaibao, Zhao Kuangyin set the capital of Bianjing and prepared to expand on the basis of the city of the Later Zhou Dynasty. The original drawings were modeled after the Tang Dynasty city wall structure, square and square, with doors on all sides, clear warp and weft, and well-organized streets. However, Zhao Kuangyin was furious when he saw it, and ordered the palace people to take Zhu pen and ink, wave a big pen, twists and turns, vertical and oblique distribution, and annotate four Zhu Pi big characters next to the drawings "Build according to this". When the Song Dynasty was established at the beginning of Kaibao and repaired the city, there were still Jingnan, Southern Tang, Southern Han, Wuyue, Xishu, Northern Han, Khitan on all sides...... There are many strong enemies, and Taizu thinks more about the need for cities to be easy to defend and difficult to attack, which has a certain reason. However, such a structure has a detrimental effect on fire protection. Different from the grid streets of Chang'an City in the Tang Dynasty, the streets of Bianliang City are all T-shaped or tic-tac-toe, and the road surface is narrower than that of the Tang Dynasty, resulting in a dense living environment such as "Jiadi Xingluo, Biwu Rows, Fangno Wide Alleys, and the City is not able to ride", which is also an important source of fire. All in all, the Song Dynasty averaged one tragic fire in less than two years, and the capital was particularly severe.

The Hidden Fire Army was originally an elite soldier personally selected by Taizu from the Sanya Forbidden Army, specializing in firefighting tasks. He attaches so much importance to the prevention of fire in the city, and naturally he does not dare to slack off, and he sends his cronies to supervise, and the high efficiency and power are not a problem. But with the passage of time, the quality of the current forbidden army can no longer be compared with the early Song Dynasty, let alone this "fire brigade".

The biggest crux of the Hidden Fire Army is the three points that Wang Guangyuan and the little emperor said.

"Lack of manpower?" Zhao Ji asked with some puzzlement, "There are so many personal soldiers in Sanya, just transfer them directly to the 'Hidden Fire Army'!"

Wang Guangyuan asked rhetorically: "If the Sanya is so reliable, it would be good if the imperial city guards of the official family and the guards around them were also deployed by the Sanya." Then we don't need to go to great lengths to win over Lord Lan, if we can get past the Imperial City Division, we will get out of the Queen Mother's containment, why worry so much now?"

Zhao Ji was stunned for a moment, and then frowned and thought about the deep meaning of his words.

Wang Guangyuan said: "At this time and that time, the current Sanya soldiers are no longer the elite soldiers under the command of Taizu. During the period of Taizong, the Taizu soldiers were renamed and expanded, and there were armies such as Zhuri, Tianwu, Gongsheng, Xiaocai, Xiaosheng, Longmeng, Shenyong, Xuanwu, and Tiger Wing, which were extremely brave. It's just that if you want to enter the above military formations now, in addition to meeting the standards of the year in size and posture, you must also have a relationship to join, and those who have no relationship will be brushed down in those regular screenings, or you will never get the opportunity to be promoted. Now among the forbidden army, there are either people who climb up the ranks and climb step by step, or the children of officials and eunuchs who have a deep background in the court, so they naturally don't have to worry about these things. In a word, the children of the army are not as good as the generation. Imagine that these pampered people would be willing to be thankless and risking their lives at any time?"

This kind of dark side of officialdom, Wang Guangyuan has never told the emperor so straightforwardly before. On the one hand, he felt that the little emperor's mind was not yet mature, and he did not necessarily know and understand all things; on the other hand, if he thought that in front of the Son of Heaven, he should "know everything and say everything" and could not grasp this measure, then he still did not want to be a royal staff member, and he might lose his head at any time.

Zhao Ji let out a long sigh and said in his heart: The accumulation of malpractices in officialdom is the biggest stubborn disease! He found that today's husband told him many things that he didn't often talk about on weekdays.

"The lack of subsidies has also contributed to a shortage of staff to some extent. To extinguish a fire in the palace, the troops of the submarine fire army received between 10 and 300 yuan, the seriously injured generals and lightly injured generals received 200 and 150 yuan of medical money respectively, and the seriously injured soldiers and lightly injured soldiers received 70 and 40 yuan of medical money respectively. ”

"That's not a lot!"

Wang Guangyuan smiled noncommittally, "The problem is, can this money be in their hands." The bounty and the medical money are all in the hands of the inspection, and he can tell who is seriously injured and who is lightly injured. Moreover, there are heavy penalties for heavy rewards. Those who do not do their best in fighting fires will be punished by 'military law' after investigation and punishment. Therefore, this errand is thankless, and it is risking their lives, and there are very few people who are willing to enlist. The most important thing is the last one, and the division of jurisdictions is not clear. ”

He stood up, walked slowly to the imperial case, pointed to the royal azure glazed string pattern tea bottle placed on it, and said, "It's like this is a prosperous fire building!" He pointed to the pen stand, "This is a 'flower building Huanmen' that is on fire." Upstairs, among the four fire-probing soldiers, someone found out, he rang the bell to warn, and downstairs there was a soldier from the military patrol shop, he would ride the 'fire horse' gallop to report the inspection of the capital, and then report to Kaifeng Mansion. The place where the fire broke out must wait for the inspection to arrive before it can be extinguished. This often delays the timing of extinguishing the fire, resulting in fires that destroy houses. Kaifeng Mansion also takes this problem into account, if the place where the fire is too far away from the inspection office, you can first notify the left and right military patrol envoys, the local branch boundary inspection of the fire, and the staff commander, any of the above parties arrive first, you can command soldiers and water pedestrians, and the owner of the house to fight together. ”

Zhao Ji looked at the pen holder, and then looked at his tea bottle, his fingers lightly tapped on the tabletop, his eyebrows furrowed tightly, as if a fire was happening in front of his eyes.

Wang Guangyuan picked up the white jade paperweight again, symbolizing a "fire horse". The horse stopped halfway through, and he said: "This is the junction of Kushui Lane and Sweet Water Lane, so am I going to report to the local owner, or to report to Kaifeng Mansion, or to other commanders? There are twenty-three places in Beijing where such jurisdictions overlap, and various departments shirk each other, who should go and who should not go? This is the hidden danger of quickly putting out the fire. The common people can't understand it, they just feel that the people of the Hidden Fire Army are grinding and not trying their best!"

"I see!" the emperor was silent for a long time, and finally understood the crux of the matter. He is a person with the talent to govern the world, if only he could return to the capital as soon as possible, and he can solve my worries and problems all the time, and I don't have to be so distressed.

In fact, Wang Guangyuan is also a little interested in this "special envoy". The game he laid out is to take a good look at whether he can solve it. I don't expect him to be able to see the crux of this fire fighting. What's more, how to solve it, even I don't have a good countermeasure.

Wang Guangyuan said: "It is a big difficulty to establish a good relationship with Kaifeng Mansion, the capital inspection, the owners of various places and the commanders. If he can handle this first step, at least it proves that he is not a waste. The official family can try to take this person for their own use! In any case, he is indeed an important chess piece in conquering the queen mother. You can use it, you can't use it, you can't use it! ”

Zhao Ji looked at Wang Guangyuan indifferently, but he was overjoyed in his heart, this was a good plan to kill multiple birds with one stone.

"In fact, there is another layer of purpose in this arrangement!" Wang Guangyuan said, "The Queen Mother and the official family rewarded Lan Yuanxiao with the identity of a 'special envoy', which may allow him to avoid the impeachment of the imperial historians, but it can't stop the mouths of all living beings! If he dares to neglect the matter of extinguishing the fire and handle it properly, the spearhead will be directly pointed at the Queen Mother in the future." People will say that the queen mother does not know people properly, listens to traitors and villains, and the criticism of the people is together, and there will naturally be people in the court. As for the Queen Mother, she also has to think about whether it is worth saving such a hot potato. (To be continued.) )