Alien Summoning System

Chapter 298 Persecution
Zhuo Ao expected that the emperor didn't come to cause trouble. It doesn't mean that Zhao Ji was afraid. As an emperor, he has a strong desire to possess, that's for sure. Zhuo Ao is no exception. But now the entire Song Dynasty is focusing on the great cause of the Northern Expedition Above all, at this time, if Zhao Ji insists on going his own way, it is not impossible, but he will definitely be disappointed. Just a few days after sitting on the throne, he fought for a woman. In the industry of the emperor, it is definitely the performance of a foolish king .

At this time, Zhao Ji is naturally unwilling to lose the big because of small things, unless Zhuo Ao really rebelled and rebelled, otherwise even if Zhao Ji wanted to make things difficult for Zhuo Ao, the civil and military ministers who were ready to flex their muscles in the Northern Expedition would not Won't let him mess around.

But having said that, some small shoes are unavoidable. The officials of the Song Dynasty, the ability to do things needs to be discussed, but the ability to do bad things is really not weak. Even in the officialdom, they already have a set of how to suppress the gentry and merchants. Integrated routines.

On the third day after Zhuo Ao got married, the market he built in Hangzhou City was sealed up by the government on trumped-up charges. Among them, the belongings that could be taken away were taken away, and those that could not be taken away were smashed. On the day of the sealing-up, the entire market The sky was so bitter and the land was scrambling, many vendors knelt outside the magistrate's yamen and begged, but there was no effect. Some people came to beg Zhuo Ao, but they were told by the porter that Zhuo Ao was out and not in Hangzhou.

Of course Zhuo Ao is in Hangzhou, newlyweds are always the most lingering time, so how could he leave the love nest.

But Zhuo Ao couldn't show up because he didn't have enough face in Hangzhou, so he just took this opportunity to let the people of Hangzhou know his irreplaceable importance.

As for a market, not to mention one, Zhuo Ao would not feel bad even if Yunpengcheng hit a hundred, but because the market was closed, there were more beggars in Hangzhou City.

"Husband, it seems that the prefect of Hangzhou is not going to pay attention to these beggars. Are we really going to do nothing?" Xiao Zhao sent another group of traders away, and looked at Zhuo Ao helplessly when he returned.

Those beggars were originally beggars. Because of the establishment of the market, they had a livelihood. Now that the market is closed, their livelihood is gone. At worst, they can become beggars again. He made a fortune, but he sold the emperor's favor. This kind of business, no matter how you think about it, is a profit.

"Don't worry." Zhuo Ao shook his head, played with the folding fan in his hand and said with a smile: "People's hearts are already in chaos."

"People's hearts?" Xiao Zhao looked at Zhuo Ao suspiciously.

"Yes, people's hearts." Zhuo Ao nodded and asked, "When are people the scariest?"

"The scariest thing is probably despair, but those people were originally beggars, and now they are just beggars again." Xiao Zhao puzzled.

"No, it's not calculated like this." Zhuo Ao shook his head: "Why do people despair? When you let him see hope and rekindle his fighting spirit for life, but someone uses a basin of cold water to ignite you just now. Quench the flames of hope."

Looking at Xiao Zhao's surprised expression, he said: "Although there are beggars in the front and back, it seems that there is no change, but the process in the middle first gave hope, and then it was extinguished. The most unbearable thing for a person is to have hope in life, but suddenly all this hope is extinguished, the sin of our prefect is not light."

"Suddenly I have some sympathy for the prefect of Yun." Xiao Zhao sighed helplessly, it seemed that he was worrying for nothing, Zhuo Ao seldom does business that loses money, looked at Zhuo Ao and said: "I want to come to my lord Wouldn't it be as simple as just watching a show? If you say that you didn't use any means, I won't believe it."

"A little bit." Zhuo Ao chuckled and compared his fingers.

Yun Pengcheng naturally didn't know Zhuo Ao's plan. From the very beginning, Zhuo Ao's charitable deeds were to enhance his reputation on the one hand. If he wanted to win the world, he must have enough reputation. There must be enough prestige to let the people of Hangzhou City know that this Hangzhou City may not have a magistrate, but it must not be without itself.

At this moment, Yun Pengcheng is in a very good mood, not only because he seized a large amount of "dirty silver" from the market established by Zhuo Ao, but also received an award from the court not long ago.

Yun Pengcheng knew what to award, so he was very happy, sitting in his sedan chair thinking about his own affairs, the market was only the first step, and the next step would be bad luck for Zhuo Ao’s grain store, because of the existence of the grain store, It has reduced his income from those grain merchants a lot this year, and it is time to get rid of these grain stores.

Just as he was thinking about something, there was a sudden noise of shouting and cursing outside, followed by the violent shaking of the sedan chair a few times, before it fell to the ground, throwing him to pieces.

"What's going on?" Yun Pengcheng angrily climbed out of the sedan chair, and shouted at the servants beside him.

"My lord, it's all these troublemakers who blocked the road and threw stones at the sedan chair, disturbing my lord." A yamen servant pointed to several beggars with bloody heads and ragged clothes.

"Yunpengcheng, you set up a name so cleverly that you don't care about people's livelihood, you will surely die a bad life in the future!" Several beggars struggled and roared at Yunpengcheng without the slightest sign of fear.

"Bastard! Beat me up and send me to jail!" Yun Pengcheng snorted coldly, and shouted while looking at several beggars.

"Yes." A group of yamen servants waved water and fire sticks and rushed forward, beating a few beggars without realizing it. A lot of unkind eyes around them were staring at them.

This was just a small episode, and it didn't affect Yun Pengcheng's mood, but he never thought that this was the beginning of his disaster.

The next day, Yunpengcheng seized the eight grain stores in Zhuo Ao's hands according to the plan. Immediately afterwards, the price of rice in Hangzhou rose. , did not see any trouble, so Yunpengcheng was not worried at all.

But then, unlucky things happened one after another.

The magistrate's yamen was splashed with feces at night, and when he woke up the next morning, the whole magistrate's yamen was smelly. Yun Pengcheng was furious, and immediately asked the yamen servants to conduct a thorough investigation to see who was so bold as to dare to run into the magistrate's yamen. .

But immediately afterwards, bad news came back one after another. The servants who were sent out were beaten into shapes and thrown outside the magistrate's office, but this was not the worst, at least they were still alive, but following on, However, the three classes of yamen servants went missing for two days in a row, and three of them went missing, neither alive nor dead. At this time, Yunpengcheng knew something was wrong.

Some people want to investigate, but often the case has not yet started, and the person investigating the case disappears inexplicably.

Yamen servants must always be careful when walking on the street. They do not know from which direction UFOs may fly. If it is a rotten egg or rotten vegetable leaf or something, it is considered lucky.

In the past, these yachas were grandpas walking on the street, and it was very prestigious to eat and get cards, but now, the yachas are grandsons on the street, even if they meet a beggar, they have to go around, and now the whole Hangzhou city is crazy .

In less than half a month, half of the staff of the Yamen in Hangzhou Prefecture was reduced. Some of them disappeared for no reason, and some quit by themselves. This job is too dangerous, the salary is not high, and life is in danger, and most of them died It is also said that it deserves it.

Even the ones that are left are huddled in the yamen all day long, not daring to show their heads.

Although Yun Pengcheng was angry, he didn't dare to really tell them to leave. Without the protection of these yamen servants, who knows if those hungry, poor, and crazy people would directly rush into the prefect's yamen?

For several days in a row, Yun Pengcheng asked the servants to guard the government office, but did not dare to report to the court. Once this matter spread, he would never be able to escape the charge of forcing the people to rebel, even if he was actually working for the emperor. , but if this matter gets out, the emperor will probably be the first to kill him.

But guarding the yamen can avoid it for a while, but it can't avoid it forever. On the third day, a group of grain merchants came to the yamen crying and complained that their shop was robbed by a gang of unruly people, and asked Yunpengcheng to be the master for them.

Not only was the food gone, but all the money they had earned was also robbed overnight. A group of grain merchants not only lost their money, some even went bankrupt.

But the matter has come to this, what can Yunpengcheng do?He himself had to hide in the yamen, not daring to go out, so how could he protect them.

"My lord, this matter is quite weird!" After finally dismissing the group of grain merchants, Yun Pengcheng's master frowned.

"Of course it's weird." Yun Pengcheng sat on the chair and said a little tiredly: "It's not like this kind of thing happened in the past years. Even if those unruly people want to rebel, they can't rebel. A group of mobs dare to offend the government."

The master nodded and said: "That's right. Firstly, the yamen servants were arrested and frightened, and there was nothing to investigate. Then they came to attack the grain merchants. The law does not blame the public. I am afraid that half of the people in Hangzhou city will be involved this time." They all participated, even if they are investigated afterwards, there is no way to investigate, and now the government servants are frightened, and it is even less likely and courageous to go out and suppress."

"That's right. Although it's simple, it's interlocking and well-organized." Yun Pengcheng rubbed his temples with a headache: "But I can't do anything about it, and I dare not report it to the court, otherwise I will only be forced by the officials." The crime of civil rebellion!"

"It's not impossible." The master smiled.

"If you have any ideas, just tell me." Yun Pengcheng frowned.

"Yes." The master nodded: "The situation seems to be chaotic at the moment, but we only need to find the person behind the scenes, and it will be solved."

"In the entire city of Hangzhou, Zhuo Ao is the only one who has this ability." Yun Pengcheng shook his head and said: "But so what, there is no evidence, I sent someone to inquire secretly, don't say Zhuo Ao, it is the Zhuo Mansion The people who lived during this period of time were terribly peaceful, they didn’t even take a step towards the gate of the courtyard, so they couldn’t get a handle on it at all.”

"Why do you want to get hold of it?" The master sighed. He didn't know why Yun Pengcheng regarded Zhuo Ao as a thorn in his side. In his opinion, with Zhuo Ao around, Hangzhou would become more and more prosperous, and he would be able to add a lot to Yun Pengcheng He looked at Yun Pengcheng and said, "I don't know what your lord's grievances are with Master Zhuo, but if you don't bow your head to this matter, I'm afraid it won't take long. Even if there is no court conviction, Zhuo Ao will take action against you. At that time, as long as you use the name of the rioters, your lord will not only die in vain, but also bear the name of being forced by the officials to rebel! Therefore, the subordinates feel that at this time, your lord should bow to Master Zhuo instead of continuing to target him!"

"impossible!"

(End of this chapter)