I will never be Renzong

Chapter 141 Closing
Outside Yutou Nunnery, the imperial court's new army fought against these patchwork troops. It was as sharp as cutting leeks. The battle lasted less than half an hour and ended. Those who obediently put down their weapons and surrendered on their knees might be able to escape. After one life, those who fled around and resisted all fell under the long sword of the cavalry.

"The last general, Zhang Kang, came too late to rescue him! I hope the officials will forgive me!"

Zhang Kang led a group of generals to pay homage to Zhao Zhen.

"Get up! Pass on my decree and immediately seal off the entire territory of Jiezhou. No entry or exit is allowed. Anyone who resists will be killed!"

Zhao Zhen couldn't help but said angrily as he looked at the dozens of Jin Yiwei beside him who were covered in scars.

"Chongxun! Gather the bones of the fallen soldiers!"

Of the five hundred Jinyiwei who came with them, only a dozen were still alive, and Zhao Zhen couldn't help but sigh.

At the same time, the city of Jiezhou was in chaos. When many officials learned that the imperial army was coming, they immediately sat down on the ground, shouting loudly that it was over. Some officials immediately rushed home and packed their bags indiscriminately. Gold, silver and jewellery, they wanted to take advantage of the chaos to get out of the city, but the city gates in the southeast, northwest, and north were all blocked, and they were also allowed to enter and not to leave.

Seeing this, many officials had no choice but to return home, and some of them had already begun to write letters of pleading guilty, putting all the blame on Qian Weiguan. After all, Song Liguo had never killed civil servants so far. At most, they were demoted or relegated. , There is absolutely no fear of life.

At the magistrate's mansion, Qian Weiguan led several servants and ran back to the mansion in a hurry.

"Officials! Go and bring the young master with you, and go to the tunnel immediately."

Qian Weiguan said to the official on one side, then hurried to the study, turned an inconspicuous vase on the bookshelf, and then a hidden compartment popped up, Qian Weiguan hurriedly picked up the ledger inside, kicked it into his arms , and just as he was about to go out, he saw Qiu Ba blocking his way with a knife.

"Qiu Ba! I treat you well, what are you trying to do?"

Qian Wei asked Qiu Ba, who was looking at the hostile.

"Master! You can't go!"

Qiu Ba pulled out his saber and pointed it at Qian Weiguan's chest.

Su suddenly came in from the outside, glanced at Qian Weiguan, and said with a sneer, "Old thief! You also have today!"

"It's you? I didn't expect it to be you, a bitch, Qiu Ba, as long as you kill this bitch for me, I will give you half of the jewels hidden by me, no! I will give you all!"

Qiu Ba is bewitched by Qian Wei's official shares, because money is something outside his body, as long as he has the account book in his arms, sooner or later he will make a comeback.

Qiu Ba took the knife and walked towards Su Shi, walked in front of Su Shi, lowered his head to look at Su Shi's lower abdomen, then turned around and swung the knife to chop off Qian Weiguan's arms.

"Ah~"

Qian Weiguan screamed and fell to the ground.

"Kill you! Not only those treasures belong to me, Qiu Ba, but even the young mistress belongs to me, Qiu Ba!"

Qiu Ba hugged Su Shi's waist and smiled proudly.

"It's too cheap to let you, an old bastard, die like this. Give me Qiu Ba's knife, and I will make him unable to be a man in his next life!"

Su said to Qiu Ba.

"Here! Young Mistress!"

Qiu Ba is obviously not the slightest bit wary of Su Shi.

Su took the knife and slashed at the crotch of Qian Weiguan who was smiling miserably.

"Ah~"

Qian Weiguan screamed again, and then fell silent.

"Qiu Ba! Feed that thing to the dogs!"

Su said coldly.

Seeing Qian Weiguan on the ground, Mrs. Su felt angry. She raised the knife with both hands and slashed a few more times to vent her hatred.

"Young Mistress! Officers and soldiers are coming soon, let's go through the secret passage!"

Qiu Ba said hurriedly.

"Master! I brought the young master!"

Steward Qian walked in with Young Master Qian, but Qiu Ba covered his mouth suddenly, and directly broke Steward Qian's neck.

The eldest young master of the Qian family saw Qian Weiguan lying on the ground, squatted down and shook his body vigorously, and said, "Dad, don't pretend to be asleep, get up and play with me!"

"Young Mistress! How to deal with this fool?"

Qiu Ba pointed to Young Master Qian on the ground and said.

"One day husband and wife, one hundred days of grace, you go out and wait first, I will finish him personally."

Su said to Qiu Ba.

Su didn't want to kill this fool at first, but she didn't expect that the fool suddenly came forward to grab Su's hand and shouted: "Madam, go lie down on the bed and let daddy play with you!"

After hearing this, Mrs. Su's pretty face turned livid, and she directly picked up the knife and killed Qian Weiguan's son.

It turned out that the Su family was forced to marry Qian Weiguan's stupid son, thinking that the blue lamp and the ancient Buddha would always be with her for the rest of her life, as long as the family was safe, but she never expected that Qian Weiguan would come to defile her on the night of the bridal chamber. Innocence, she resisted to the death at first, and Qian Weiguan couldn't succeed for a while, so she had to call her stupid son and let him grab her hands before she succeeded.It wasn't until she was sure that she couldn't conceive that she turned to tormenting others, and during this period, Qian Weiguan's stupid son was always an accomplice.

So that humiliating past is something Su has never wanted to look back on.

After a long time, the door was opened, and Su Shi with disheveled hair came out with a jug of wine.

Qiu Ba hurriedly asked: "Young Mistress! What is this?"

Su Shi hurriedly laughed and said: "This is the top-quality medicinal wine that the old thief spent thousands of dollars to buy from the Western Regions. The old thief is relying on this to harm many women's families! Take this with you, maybe you can use it in the future!"

As he spoke, he gave Su Ba a flirtatious look.

As Su said, he opened the cork of the jug, and a strange smell of wine immediately filled the surroundings.

Qiu Ba is a good wine, and he heard that this wine is good for men, so he quickly took it, took a sip, and then said: "What do I think is a good wine? This wine smells good, but the taste is really average!"

"Gluck cluck~"

Su Shi suddenly laughed.

"What is young mistress laughing at?"

Qiu Ba asked puzzledly while holding the wine bottle.

"I framed you, this is actually ordinary wine, but I added a little spice to the wine!"

Su smiled.

"What? You."

Qiu Ba suddenly clutched his chest tightly, then fell to the ground and bled to death from his seven orifices.

Su Shi gave Qiu Ba a sip, the smile on his face had long since disappeared, replaced by a sad look in his eyes.

"How could I be pregnant with this kind of person's child? It's just an excuse to lie to you. Besides, I said that you, a scum like you, are not worthy of offspring, only worthy of death!"

Su Shi said calmly.

Zhao Zhen brought Shen Moran and others directly to the Yamen Office of Zhizhou Prefecture, but saw that Mrs. Su brought all the female relatives and servants in the backyard to kneel at the door, and the corpses of the Qian family, father and son and Qiu Ba were placed at the door.

"The convict woman, Mrs. Su, and Fan's mansion have been detained to ask the imperial envoy to punish her!"

Su Shi obviously regarded Zhao Zhen as an imperial envoy appointed by the emperor.

"You are the Su family?"

Zhao Zhen glanced at the mature and charming woman in front of him and asked.

"If you return to Xianggong, the servant's family is the Su family!"

Su Shi said without looking back.

"Chairman Shen and Ms. Liu have already told this official about your matter, and this official will definitely handle it impartially, and will never bend the law for personal gain!"

Zhao Zhen didn't want to be exposed, so he didn't directly reveal his identity.

The soldiers came in to confiscate the house, but the Su family had expected this a long time ago, and put all the valuable things in the mansion in the yard, and also told Zhao Zhen the location of Qian Weiguan's hidden gold, silver and jewelry. Someone went to search, but she didn't hand over the account book of Qian Weiguan, because she didn't trust the imperial envoy in front of her, because she had seen the things in the account book, and it recorded that Qian Weiguan bribed officials in court. The list of officials, she planned to give this list to Shen Moran in private.

The army poured into Xiezhou City, and the people in the city were all panicked. They locked the bolts tightly and hid at home, not daring to show their faces until some soldiers beat gongs and drums to say that Qian Weiguan, the magistrate of Xiezhou, had been defeated by the imperial envoy for his rebellion. Beheaded everywhere.

The people in Jiezhou heard that the overbearing Qian Weiguan had died, so they rushed to tell the news with gongs and drums, and even set off firecrackers, and the gambling houses and brothels in the city were also raided. Everyone applauded for a while, and some even He wrote a letter from Wanmin to thank Fan Zhongyan.

But in the Zhizhou Yamen, Fan Zhongyan looked at the piles of confessions in front of him, and couldn't help but frown, because there were too many people involved in this case, it can be said that almost all the officials of Xiezhou were dismissed, and the officialdom of the Song Dynasty has always been lawful. There are unwritten regulations, so how to deal with these officials, even the upright Fan Zhongyan can't make up his mind for a while.

In the backyard, Zhao Zhen was flipping through the ledgers of the confiscated house. If he didn’t read it, he didn’t know. 2000 million guan, if all the properties of other officials are added up, it is almost equivalent to the fiscal revenue of Song Dynasty for one year.

"Officials! Mr. Fan, please see me!"

A guard came in suddenly to report.

"pass!"

Zhao Zhen put down the ledger in his hand.

"My minister, Fan Zhongyan, pays his respects to the officials!"

Fan Zhongyan walked in and saluted respectfully.

Zhao Zhen personally stepped forward to help Fan Zhongyan up, and then said: "Sir, didn't I tell you that I am going on patrol incognito, so these red tapes can be saved to save energy."

Fan Zhongyan hurriedly replied: "Officials! Courtesy cannot be abandoned!"

"Okay! Sir, he came to see me in such a hurry, it must be because of how to punish these criminals?"

"Officials! I have investigated all the officials involved in this case. This is my opinion on how to deal with it. I hope the officials will take a look at it!"

Fan Zhongyan said and handed a book to Zhao Zhen.

Seeing this, Zhao Zhen took it over and looked at it carefully.

Leaning slightly, Zhao Zhen frowned and asked with the note: "Sir, what do you mean by the officials crossed out directly on this note? What do you mean by the circled officials? What do you mean by the uncircled officials?" ?”

Zhao Zhen thought to himself that Fan Xiang's shocking feat would not be so early!

Fan Zhongyan hurriedly replied: "Reporting to the official family, after investigation by the minister, those officials who were directly removed were involved in too serious cases, so they confiscated their family wealth and were demoted to the common people. Those officials who were circled were generally involved in the case. As for those who are not circled, they are not deeply involved in the case, so after returning the stolen money, they will stay in their original positions and be fined for one year, as a warning to others!"

Zhao Zhen thought about it for a while, and then said: "Mister's handling is well-organized, and he is quite measured, but I want to ask Mr., if any of these officials are involved in criminal cases, that is to say, officials who carelessly ignore human life!"

Fan Zhongyan hurriedly replied: "Go back to the official's house! Some of the officials who were directly crossed out are!"

"All officials who have been murdered, regardless of rank or origin, will be executed tomorrow at [-]:[-] noon!"

Zhao Zhen said lightly.

Fan Zhongyan hurriedly replied: "Officials! There is an old saying: the king caresses the style, and the doctor orders it; If it gets out, I'm afraid it will attract criticism from scholars all over the world!"

Zhao Zhen glanced at Fan Zhongyan, and then asked: "This time I am visiting in a low-level suit. Even if I kill these corrupt officials, my reputation will fall on my husband. Are you afraid, sir? If you are afraid, I will directly Issue an edict."

Seeing this, Fan Zhongyan knelt down and said excitedly: "Officials, my minister Fan Zhongyan is by no means a person who is greedy for life and fears death, and seeks fame and fame. What I say is all for the officials, and for the sake of the stability of the country and society of the Song Dynasty. I hope the officials will learn from you! "

"I know your loyalty, sir. The reason why our court treats literati preferentially is because governing the world cannot be done without literati. Taizu Taizong believed that under the governance of literati, the people would be more peaceful. But sir, you might as well take a look. In the past, When the late emperor was in power, the Liao Kingdom invaded and reached Tanzhou. Seeing that half of the country was about to be lost, the ministers in the court did not want to share the same hatred with the enemy and repel the enemy army. Instead, they thought of moving the capital to seek refuge, abandoning the people in the north. "

"In my eyes, Taizu Taizong gave preferential treatment to literati because he thought that when the country was in crisis, these literati could show their arrogance and help the country through the crisis, but in reality? When the real crisis came, most of the literati could not It’s all about being wise and protecting yourself, so it seems that the money for preferential treatment of these civil servants is not as good as raising soldiers, at least they still have the courage to fight against the invading enemy!”

Zhao Zhen glanced at Fan Zhongyan, and said: "To be honest, sir, in the near future, I will carry out a huge change in the Song Dynasty, and what I need right now is a strong general who can charge for me, and a thigh who can make suggestions. My lord, I want to know, can you become my right-hand man and contribute to the country of the Song Dynasty?"

"My minister Fan Zhongyan is willing to be the first official!"

In the early morning of the next day, more than [-] prison cars carrying prisoners set off from the prison cell, and they will be crushed to the intersection of the vegetable market for questioning and execution.Zhao Zhen finally decided to deal with it strictly, but he did not get involved.

Officials who were too involved in the case and were involved in murders were all executed, and all their property was confiscated. The male family members were demoted to Qiongzhou or Taiwan as slaves, and the female family members were demoted to official maids. The good ones were hired into the Jiaofang Division, and the bad ones were Become a rough servant.

All the ordinary officials involved in the case confiscated their family wealth, demoted to common people, and were never hired.

All officials involved in minor cases were demoted to three ranks. After returning the stolen money, half of their family property was confiscated, and their salaries were fined for three years, and they were not allowed to be promoted within three years.

In addition, the captured rebels and bandits in Heifengzhai, whoever had a murder case, were all executed, and the rest were demoted to slavery and sent to Taiwan to build a city.

No one expected that the punishment of the imperial envoy would be so severe. Many officials who were executed and dispatched to the frontier cried and wanted to go to Beijing to meet the court officials, but Fan Zhongyan ignored it and killed those who deserved to be killed. That's right, on the second day of their exile, they were sent to suppress them on the road.

A large number of officials were killed or removed from their positions, and there were inevitably vacancies in official positions. Fortunately, Fan Zhongyan made an exception and promoted many unsatisfactory officials, temporarily solving the situation of lack of officials in the understanding state.

(End of this chapter)