choke element

Hu Zhonggui's eyes suddenly became sharp, and half of his face seemed to have been melted by fire, which looked very terrifying.

  In the past six months, water transportation in the direction of Sanchakou has been frequently delayed. Hu Zhonggui, who was both on patrol and in charge of Gouhe Bridge, saw this situation and became very irritable. He sent out manpower to the scene several times and arrested some thorny ones. He killed those who made a lot of noise without mercy.

  Various laws and regulations of the Great Zhou Dynasty are still being formulated intensively. What is followed daily is still the same as that of the previous Jin Dynasty. In some places, it is even worse.

  For example, the system of the Jin Kingdom stipulated that state and county officials were allowed to make their own decisions in various conflicts and lawsuits. This was tantamount to allowing local officials to control the judiciary and even kill murderers. After arriving in Taihe, there were constant armies in the north and south, and Shangshu Province and Marshal's Mansion were set up in various places. Even those with the reputation of being cheap, convenient, and accused were able to kill people cheaply. The saying that human life is as cheap as grass is no lie.

  The Great Zhou Dynasty was founded on warriors, and the old soldiers who had not faded from murderous intent filled the government offices everywhere. They had meritorious service, and they had the people who had gone through life and death together to help each other. Many of them were in the emperor's heart, and they could even talk to the emperor.

  The way they act naturally follows the army's rule of killing if they don't agree. As long as they feel it is right, they will do it without hesitation.

  Hu Zhonggui has always used strict means to control rivers, water transportation and surrounding security, and he has never been afraid of being tough. To a certain extent, water transportation is so critical that it can only be in the hands of a loyal warrior like him. His actions are something that ordinary colleagues can only pretend to be deaf and dumb, and even if they are sentenced to punishment, the Procuratorate will not dare to criticize him easily.

  Why did Li Yun say that I had violated national law? It seems that I, Mr. Hu, am responsible for the commotion in the past few months? It seems that I, Mr. Hu, intend to cause trouble and be disloyal to the emperor?
  Hu Zhonggui was angry in his heart and stared at Li Yun fiercely.

  After staring at Li Yun for a long time, his face hurt. The smile on Li Yun's face did not change at all, and his expression seemed relaxed.

  Such a ferocious posture was of no use in front of Li Yun.

  Hu Zhonggui was Li Ting's disciple, like a personal minister. When I saw Li Yun back then, it was natural for me to call him "little master". Doesn’t it mean that just because we have done the inspection now, we can get it?

  Besides, Li Yun himself is also a ruthless character, as everyone knows!
  Hu Zhonggui snorted and relaxed slightly.

  He walked back and forth twice and said in a deep voice: "In the past two years, I have been training local soldiers here for Yousi. On any day, I am not allowed to pick out thorns or fools and give them a dozen whips? If you see me feeling unhappy, , it’s not impossible to kill a few people on the spot. As for killing a few people to calm down the chaos, is it too much? If you don’t kill, how can you scare them? How can you make them understand the rules? This is still the case after killing to shock. If you don’t kill, will the situation become better? ?”

  "Some things are worse than too much." Li Yun shook his head.

  "Strict military laws are used in the army. We old brothers have long been accustomed to it, and we can bear it as much as possible. Although you are more cruel to the local soldiers, archers, and soldiers, they understand that they will have enough to eat with us. The future is bright, so I can endure it. In the past few years, local governments have had money in their hands and have treated the local soldiers well. After the local soldiers you have trained are assigned to various government offices, they will first receive financial rewards for relaxation. Don’t you know?”

  Hu Zhonggui sneered twice.

  Li Yun continued: "You should be relaxed and relaxed when dealing with local soldiers, but do you really think it is right to treat those civilians harshly? They are all ordinary people! You know military law, but they don't. What's wrong with that? Appropriate? Do you think the delay in grain transportation is very important and they don’t care about it? Is this excessive?”

  He took two steps forward and asked: "Brother Hu, I remember when you were in the army, because your superiors wronged you and gave you a military stick, you fought to kill people and fled... Why are you now an official, right? Why are ordinary people's demands so high? Have you changed? Or are you..."

  Before Li Yun finished speaking, Hu Zhonggui shouted: "At this time, Your Majesty is leading the army to attack the Tatars! How important is the food transportation! Whoever dares to delay is a traitor! Rebels deserve to die! Kill a few rebels and count them all. fart!"

  He yelled too fiercely, spitting out his mouth, and bits and pieces of saliva hit Li Yun's face.

  Li Yun said "Hey", wiped his face, and took two steps forward. He was almost touching Hu Zhonggui's face, and his tone became more severe:

  "Who has the final say about who is a rebel? You? Who do you think is a rebel? Who is a rebel? What is your evidence? Do you think the people are complaining and being lazy? If you complain and are lazy, you are a rebel. Just now those idiots The soldiers are all complaining, do they have to be killed? As a local patrol inspector, your official position is high enough? If your official position is high enough, you can do whatever you want, then how can I, as a doctor on the left and right, be better than you, a patrol inspector? I If you are said to be a rebel, how will you treat me?"

  Hu Zhonggui shouted: "I am not a rebel!"

  "Citizens and leaders are dissatisfied. The completion of the Caohe Wharf has been delayed indefinitely. Many parties are involved, making the water muddy. Doesn't this have anything to do with you? Since you are responsible for the relationship, you must take responsibility. Since you are responsible for the delay in water transportation Responsibility, am I wrong to say you are a rebel?"

  Hu Zhonggui clenched his hands into fists: "I am doing it for the imperial court! To protect His Majesty's expedition!"

  He looks ferocious, is tall, and his roar is very scary.

  But Li Yun is someone who will not be afraid of him no matter what.

  Li Yun sneered repeatedly and poked his finger on Hu Zhonggui's forehead, using all his strength: "Then think about it, what will Your Majesty think of this matter? If Your Majesty were here and saw the reed marsh at Sanchakou, Will those civil servants who were framed and killed by you think that you are a traitor?"

  Hu Zhonggui's forehead suddenly fell back, and Li Yun pushed him again, causing him to stumble back.

  "Think about it, didn't we, the people in the early years, have the same muddy legs? Back then, when the officials of the imperial court shouted at us, didn't we all get furious! Do you think you are on the emperor's side by doing this? But have you ever thought about what kind of person our Emperor is? Which side will the Emperor stand on?"

  Hu Zhonggui was stunned.

  In an instant, all his arrogance disappeared, and his whole body seemed to shrink a few inches.

  In the army, he was Li Ting's sidekick. He was always at a disadvantage in terms of commanders and defense officers he saw. But the rules of the army are extremely strict, and in the final analysis, he is just a guard leader.

  After retiring from the army, he was responsible for patrolling important areas in Gyeonggi Province. Although his position was low, he had great authority. When he went in and out every day, he saw crowds of people bowing down, which made him feel spiritually swollen. This kind of pleasure of controlling power and killing ants was something he had never experienced before.

  So what he did these days was partly following the habits of the military, and partly driven forward by this feeling.

  Was what he did wrong? According to the law, that may be true. Even if it's a bit harsh, it's still within his authority. He uses tough measures to maintain rules and order, all out of public interest.

  But the result of these actions was to trigger a series of subsequent conflicts. Now it seems that the impact of all kinds of bad things is not small, so much so that even the ministers on the left and right have personally intervened.

  If Li Yunruo insists on being held accountable, what can Hu Zhonggui do?

  Li Yun felt that Hu Zhonggui was wrong, so what position did he have to argue?

  Hu Zhonggui has followed Li Ting for a long time and is also familiar with Guo Ning's character in private. He didn't need to think too much to be sure that Guo Ning would not like officials showing off their authority to the people, and hated officials from Da Zhou becoming like officials from Da Jin. The emperor can't tolerate it even more. Someone uses the wrong means to mess up things!
  Suddenly an idea flashed in Hu Zhonggui's mind.

  "No! No!" he shouted.

  "What's wrong!" Li Yun's voice was higher than his. Although he was half a head shorter, he almost looked down on him.

  Hu Zhonggui was so tyrannical just now, but now he is so shaken. He was sweating profusely and said repeatedly: "It was cold earlier, and the people were clamoring for more money and food. Some of the leaders really violated national and military laws! But although I am doing things, It’s a bit rough, so I don’t have to kill some civil servants! I finally decided to kill someone for another reason!”

  "what reason?"

  "Someone came to me for a drink at that time and told me that a few years ago the imperial court indulged the leaders of the sea, which resulted in a big incident, almost disturbing the emperor, and almost killing Marshal Wang Shixian... Therefore, we must not deal with such greedy people. Qingrao, you must kill the chicken to scare the monkey, take precautions and nip it in the bud!"

  "Are you going to listen to anyone who feeds you two ounces of yellow soup?" Li Yun couldn't help but curse.

  "I don't trust others gullibly, but firstly, what he said was reasonable; secondly, that person blew me away several times; thirdly, that person had an unusual identity and his words were quite weighty..."

  "Stop talking nonsense, who is that person?"

  "Yes Yes……"

  "Speak quickly!" Li Yun shouted violently.

  "Yes...ahem, yes, it belongs to our Marshal Li..."

  Hu Zhonggui said his name in a low voice, and Li Yun was stunned when the words came into his ears.

  After a while, he tapped Hu Zhonggui's chest: "Brother Hu, please be more restrained these days and don't worry about other things. If you have any official duties that you are still doing, think carefully about whether you can stand on your own."

  Hu Zhonggui had a bitter look on his face. When he was about to say more, Li Yun turned around and left.

  He strode to the door of the inspection department. Seeing his pale face, several soldiers guarding the door hurriedly stayed away.

  The old soldier Shang Qi patted the dust on his body, came up to him and asked, "Mr. Zhong, what do you want to ask me?"

  "He really got involved with my brother!"

  Li Yun gritted his teeth and got on his horse: "Everyone, don't spare your efforts and accompany me back to the city... let's go to the Qun Mu Division!"

  "Ah?" Shang Qi was shocked: "Qun Mu Si? Isn't that, ahem, Shi Sansao, that woman really didn't bite randomly?"

  When Ding Haijun was rising, its biggest source of wealth was the sale of horses from the northeastern hinterland to the Southern Dynasties, and the huge profits were at least a hundred times greater. The person who made the money was Guo Ning's official position from the Jin Dynasty, and Qunmu was charged with it. The person accused by Qunmu was Li Yun.

  In fact, Li Yun was not a horse-raising official, and Qunmu Station was not only engaged in horse business. However, many positions under Qun Mu's name had been sealed off one after another at this time to win over many foreign chiefs in the Northeast, so the priority could not be changed later.

  Under the Marshal's Mansion, which directly controls the army, there is a similar-named Group Animal Husbandry Department, which is the official official department for raising military horses. The commander of the Qunmu Department is also an old man from Ding Haijun, and his name is Wang Kou'er. This Siguan Wang also has another identity, that is, he is the father-in-law of Guanzhong Marshal Li Ting!
  Just as Li Yun was urging his horse, Shang Qi stepped forward and took the reins: "Mr. Zhong! Are you really going to go to Qun Mu Si in such a big way? If this matter gets serious, God knows what kind of chaos it will cause! Should we take a long-term plan..."

  "release!"

  Li Yun hit Shang Qi on the back of his hand with a whip: "You just come with me!"

  Several horses rushed away from Juechen. Dozens of subordinates from the left and right divisions did not dare to neglect, either riding horses or running to follow him. The last ones were the swordsmen from Japan. They wore wooden clogs and made a loud crackling sound as they ran. However, they couldn't move any faster, and each one of them was so anxious that their faces turned red and their necks thickened.

  Li Yun's purpose of coming to Tianjin Mansion this time is not a secret. His exploration and handling in Liukou and Sanchakou yesterday were also very smooth. But just one day later, he suddenly became so impatient that he led a large team of people from the west of the city to the east of the city, and from the east of the city to the Hekou Inspection Department outside the city. After leaving the inspection department, he hurried back to the city, going to nowhere. The relevant group animal husbandry department...

  This situation fell into the eyes of many people.

  When Li Yun came out of the Qun Mu Division not long after and ran towards the next target, people from different origins followed behind his team. There were even people on the other side of the Xin'an Sea parallel to the direction he was running. Decorated from a distance.

  In the Tianjin Mansion, which was running normally, people were asking each other and exchanging messages. There was obvious restlessness in some places. It was unclear whether they were convening, dismissing, appeasing or pressuring.

  It was getting late, and another dusk was approaching. The special movements seemed to bring about special interlacing of lights and shadows, so that the atmosphere of the entire Tianjin Mansion became weird.

  The commanding heights of Tianjin Prefecture are not far from Sanchakou, the convex-shaped Tufu highland where Zhigu Village was established. However, many warehouses and shops that were originally gathered on the highlands have now been scattered to newly opened urban areas near and far. The highlands themselves have become military fortresses and the palaces of the Zhou emperors.

  At this time, Guo Ning looked out from a tall pavilion in the palace and sighed deeply: "It's really a whirlwind of excitement!"

  The cold wind outside blew in through the half-opened window. Guo Ning was shirtless and suddenly got goosebumps all over his body. He immediately shrank down and completely immersed his body in the hot water of the bathtub.

  Lu Han rolled up his sleeves, closed the window with one hand, and slapped the steaming towel on Guo Ning's face with the other hand: "Don't move! The mud on your face has turned into a crust! You have to wipe it hard!" "

  The Ge scarf moved back and forth on Guo Ning's face, causing Guo Ning's head to shake, and his voice to speak suddenly louder and softer: "Ahan, I won the battle at Wushabao this time because I disrupted the Mongols' footsteps. A key move, worthy of gathering to celebrate! This battle made many Mongolians in awe. In order to properly recruit them, there should be a ceremony! Also, Ah Shu welcomed back the old man in our family. Between you and me, in Zhongdu Court In the eyes of the ministers, it is also a major event that should be celebrated, right? But you see, I didn’t care about anything and had to rush here to deal with the scattered people in the army!"

  "Don't move, don't move!"

  Lu Han grabbed Guo Ning's hair and wiped Guo Ning's ears with a scarf: "Both the Recording Department and the Left and Right Department are reliable, which is good, and worth celebrating! As for what distracts people's hearts... Hey, I don't necessarily see you. When you become the emperor, you can make everyone think the same as you? Dream on!"

  Guo Ning said dissatisfiedly: "The big enemy is Mongolia! How can this be shaken?"

  "In the early years, everyone was killed by the Mongolian army. The enemy is not Mongolia. Now you are the emperor, and you have the final say. You seem to have the final say as to who the enemy is. But how are people's hearts, can you have the final say? Now everyone has the final say. If you gain weight, your life will be better. Why is it surprising that some people think differently than before?"

  Lu Han threw the Ge scarf into the water and swung it: "Looking at Li Yun's anxious look, he was really afraid of implicating his brother, so he had to run all night to investigate. However, I know who he would ask. I know what those people did and what they were trying to do after all the back and forth efforts... Do you want to hear what I have to say?"

  Guo Ning suddenly raised his head: "Ahan, tell me!"

  A few days ago, unfortunately, the ship was hit head-on by H[-]N[-], and the ship was severely damaged. Now it has recovered and resumed updates.