Chapter 49 Chapter 49: Small fish and predators
The case of Sizhou also made Yang Hao famous, but at that time there were no newspapers and TVs to broadcast audio and video, and people in the Jianghuai area only knew his name and did not know him. When Zhang Niuer sang his name, those people knew that the person in front of them was Yang Hao, the deputy imperial envoy.
The chunky official at the bow hurriedly cupped his hands and saluted: "It turned out that the envoy Yang Yuan was in person, and my subordinate Xuyi County Magistrate Yun Tianxiao met Yang Yuan Envoy."
The official on the bank could hear it clearly, he didn't care about the mud under his feet, he hurriedly stepped forward two steps, stepped on the mud and bowed and said: "My next official, Li An, magistrate of Huaiyin County, has seen the imperial envoy Yang Yuan."
Yang Hao was even more surprised when he heard that, these two places are now under the jurisdiction of the Great Song Dynasty, and they are both ministers of the Great Song Dynasty. What are these two county princes fighting openly?
Yang Hao looked at the two county magistrates in surprise, and said: "It turned out that the magistrate of Xuyi County and the magistrate of Huaiyin County were face to face, disrespectful and disrespectful. Why did the two adults gather to fight? Fortunately, it was in this mountain. Seeing this, wouldn't it be a disgrace to the official. Why did the two adults fight, can you tell this official?"
Yun Tianxiao, the chubby magistrate of Xuyi County at the bow of the boat, angrily raised his naturally festive eyebrows, arched his hands and said loudly: "The envoy Yang Yuan doesn't know something, I am Xuyi County this year. Drought first and then flood, so the output of the town was not much. The imperial court issued a decree ordering all prefectures and counties to raise grain as soon as possible. Harvest where you are familiar.
He didn't want Huaiyin County to hear the news, so the county captain led archers and township soldiers to intercept and expel them everywhere with guns and clubs, and the subordinate officials were not allowed to distribute rice dendrobium in its territory.The lower official had no choice but to come personally to collect grain and rice from the people. In advance, he had sent someone to hold a letter written by the lower official to appeal to the county magistrate Li. hinder.
I don't want him, Li An, to find out that his relatives from this county are coming, so he went to the countryside to lead people to stop me. He stopped my boat and forbade the county to carry grain back. Liang Mi fled here in a hurry, but he finally stopped him and could not escape. Huaiyin County's actions like this were really unreasonable. "
The magistrate of Huaiyin on the shore couldn't help jumping angrily when he heard the black complaint from the county magistrate of Xuyi. He even jumped onto a bamboo raft, which was supported by a wooden frame and loaded with a lot of rice. Min Zhuang, who was full of guards, jumped onto the bamboo raft and lost weight on one side, so he tilted to one side. Fortunately, he was quickly held up with a penny, so he didn't capsize.
Both of Li An's boots in Huaiyin County were filled with water, and when he walked, water gushed out suddenly. He didn't care about it, but hurriedly shouted: "Your Excellency, Xuyi County's words are wrong. The imperial court The decree was issued that the counties in Huaidong, Huainan and Huaixi each had to raise 500,000 shi for grain.
To be honest, my lord, the imperial court hastily issued a decree, and the amount of rice needed to be purchased is huge. The county government has limited grain storage, and the new rice has not yet been harvested. Grain rush, the price of grain and rice rises again and again, the county has to spend a lot more to complete the purchase amount.
The lower officials believed that Xuyi County should purchase grain and rice within its jurisdiction, and not send it across the border.Now that Xuyi County is crossing the border to send money, it is wrong to blame the county, but he is also a scholar. It is really insulting to the gentlemen to turn black and white and point a deer into a horse. "
"This..." Yang Hao didn't expect that no profiteers would come out to cause trouble, but the officials would come up with such a thing. Just after hesitating, the magistrate of Xuyi made plausible remarks, and he made a generous statement, justified It is said that Yang Hao nodded frequently.
The county magistrate of Huaiyin saw that Yang Hao was moved, he couldn't help being anxious, and quickly poured out his own difficulties one by one. What he said really made the listeners sad, and those who heard it shed tears, especially because he was the official of Huaiyin's parents, and he said it with confidence. Yang Hao listened What he said really had many difficulties, and what he said was very reasonable.
When Yun Tianxiao from Xuyi County saw it, he climbed onto Yang Hao's boat angrily, grabbed his sleeves, and began to talk about his grievances. What he was saying here was spitting everywhere, and Li An, the magistrate of Huaiyin County, also climbed up, grabbed him Not to be outdone, Yang Hao argued with him on the other sleeve.
Yang Hao heard that one was the first and the other two were big. These two people said that the public is right, and the mother-in-law said that the mother-in-law is right. They are all for the sake of fulfilling their mission and raising food for the court. He wants him to come up with a fair solution. come out?
But Yang Hao didn't know that there was no absolutely fair way to do this kind of thing. Although the acquisition tasks assigned by the imperial court to local governments also took into account the agricultural scale and drought conditions within their jurisdiction, it was impossible to be absolutely fair after all. If the prefectures and counties want to complete the task, unless they try their best to search for every grain of the local people's grain, they can only send it across the border.If the officials of other prefectures and counties want to complete their acquisition tasks and save money as much as possible, they can only prohibit other prefectures and counties from cross-border competition. This is a difficult problem that cannot satisfy both sides.
This problem has plagued the court of the Great Song Dynasty for hundreds of years. From the Northern Song Dynasty to the Southern Song Dynasty, this kind of lawsuit between prefectures and counties was brought to the court every year. Under the conditions of the productivity level at that time, the court had no better way, and sometimes allowed to send Buying, sometimes curbing send buying, the policy is also vacillating.
Later, when Su Shi and Zhu Xi were magistrates, they all fought this kind of pen and ink lawsuits with neighboring prefectures and counties. How could Yang Hao come up with a good solution if it was a mess?
"My lords, my lords calm down, calm down." Seeing that the two county magistrates became more and more angry, and the bearded and staring ones were about to strike again, Yang Hao could only persuade him with a wry smile. He thought for a while, and had no choice but to He made up the mud, and said: "What about this matter, the two adults each have their own difficulties, and they have their own reasons for making such a decision out of desperation. Um...you are also fighting in this valley. It's really inappropriate, so let's make a theory about this matter, Huaiyin County, please look at it on my own merits, and let Xuyi County go back..."
County magistrate Li blushed and said roughly: "The envoy is ordered to patrol the Jianghuai River and supervise the purchase of grain and rice by local officials. If the envoy orders the officials to let them go home, how dare the officials disobey? But if I Huaiyin County can’t complete the amount of purchases, is it possible that the court envoy will take over the responsibility of the next official?”
"This..." Yang Hao bite the bullet and said: "The grain and rice purchased by County Magistrate Yun is not a lot. Is it possible to ask him to unload the grain and rice? Besides, he has already paid for it. Li County Magistrate will go to fetch Kuyin to repay him to Xuyi County?"
Yang Hao felt that these two officials were for official business, and it was not good to use their power to suppress others, so he put down his body and said with a smile: "Only this time, I will not be an example, and I will not be an example. If today's incident really affects the acquisition of Huaiyin County , where the King of Wei is, I will explain to County Magistrate Li."
Li An angrily glanced at Yun Tian with a smile, and said, "Forget it, since the envoy said so, the subordinate officials will let them go, but if he from Xuyi County comes to our Huaiyin County to grab food again, the subordinate officials will never If you don't want to let it go, this case will go to the Jinluan Palace, this county is upright and confident, and I am not afraid to meet Mr. Jiamian."
Yun Tianxiao stared and said: "You, Li An, are not afraid of seeing you, but this county is afraid? You are for the country, isn't this county for the court? Since it is the territory of the Great Song Dynasty and the people of the Great Song Dynasty, this county is not afraid of it. Going to use money to buy food in a proper place, and not taking advantage of the situation to rob, whoever you want to sell to is a matter for the common people, what can you do to me?"
The two county magistrates got angry, rolled up their arms and sleeves and wanted to fight again. Yang Hao said with a straight face: "Enough! It's really disrespectful. Wei Wang Qiansui will arrive today. Let's wait for Qiansui to say no to this matter." Chi, the two adults who once belonged to the court fought so fiercely, no matter how righteous and confident they are, is there still a bit of dignity? Huaiyin County, take your people back to the government office, Xuyi County... Escort these food and grass back Go to Xuyi, I will go with you, the entanglement between you, it will not be too late to discuss the entanglement between you and Wei Wang when he is a thousand years old."
Yang Hao was afraid that the magistrate of Huaiyin would not give up, and the two sides would fight again once he left. Anyway, Zhao Dezhao went south from the waterway patrol, and when he turned back, he would have to pass through Xuyi County first. Now he had to escort the magistrate of Xuyi all the way Escort, and go to Xuyi to wait for Zhao Dezhao to arrive.
It is also a good thing that the local government is willing to make such a big move to raise food. Cheng Yu, Murong Qiuzui and others have more experience in political affairs than themselves, so they can discuss with these wily people and think about it without hurting them. It is the best way to maintain the enthusiasm of the local government without greatly hurting the harmony between the local governments.
Seeing that the good-tempered imperial envoy finally became angry, the two county magistrates did not dare to fight again. Li An saluted Yang Hao angrily and said goodbye, jumped off the boat, and took his men and horses away.County magistrate Yun thanked Yang Hao and asked people to re-lash the bamboo raft and boats, and there were two overturned grain boats. Drying all the way on the board of the boat, Yang Hao's boat followed them to Xuyi.
Going down this road, instead of taking the wide and deep canal waterway, it is a shortcut, which is narrow and shallow, and cannot be used by large ships. Only now did Yang Hao know why the county magistrate Yun came here Full of boats and bamboo rafts.Although Yang Hao's boat wasn't too big on the canal, it was difficult to navigate here. Fortunately, the boat didn't carry too much weight and the draft wasn't deep, so it barely managed it. Xuyi County is located in the lower reaches of the Huaihe River and the south bank of Hongze Lake. The terrain in the territory is high in the southwest and many hills; It is known as Mu Beach, but the scenery is beautiful. When the day was about to reach Xuyi County, the river was already connected to the Huaihe River. The bamboo rafts of Yang Hao, Yun Tianxiao and others had just turned into the Huaihe River when they saw countless rafts made of thick and huggable trees rushing down from the upper reaches. On some wooden rafts stood a big man with a bare chest and his feet firmly on the wooden raft. In his hand, he used a long penny with iron hoops on both ends, pointing to the left and pointing to the right, deftly controlling the movement of the raft. Direction, it looks really chic. But the people who drive the platoons control many rafts alone, and not every raft has a person standing on it. The rushing down is so fast that it is difficult to control every raft. The grain-carrying bamboo raft that had just turned in from a tributary of the small river was hit by a large wooden raft, and it immediately fell apart, all the grain was scattered in the water, and the people on the boat also fell into the water amidst screams. Fortunately, they all knew water and swam quickly Walk on the water and climb up other bamboo rafts. A big man driving a wooden raft laughed loudly: "Don't you people have eyes? There are so many giant wooden rafts going down the river. It is your boat. If you are not careful, it will be smashed to pieces. How dare a small bamboo raft compete with someone?" The family contends..." Before he finished speaking, the wooden raft he was driving swayed down, far ahead of Magistrate Yun and the others. County magistrate Yun was furious, jumped up and said: "Where are the rough men who are rowing, dare to destroy my official rations, don't you know that this county is here? Come, stop their rafts, and take these daring people Let the county take all the bastard things!" At that moment, someone sent a boat to chase after him. The raft had drifted far away, but there were still countless rafts flowing down the river behind him. Pulled and dragged to a place on the shore where the current slowed down. Yun Xiaotian walked up to the bow of the boat with a livid face, and shouted sharply: "Who are you, a scumbag? You rampage on the river, destroying my bamboo cuttings, sinking my official food, and misleading me. When you see this county, you don't kneel down!" , you are such a brave dog!" The person who released the row rolled his eyes and said sharply: "Xiaomin really doesn't know who you are, the official. A certain family was sent by the prefect of Fengxiang to come from the land of Qin and Shanxi to release discharges along the Huaihe River. From Xuyi County, turn into the canal and transport it to the capital. This is the timber purchased by the royal envoy of the capital, Mu Xihua, for the current Zhao Xiangye. Hurry up." When Yun Xiaotian heard that he brought out a magistrate, an imperial envoy, and a prime minister, his head became a little dizzy. Who would have thought that this wood belonged to Zhao Pu, the prime minister of the dynasty? He smiled and said: "Xiaomin is just a person who released the discharge, earning two hard-earned money, if something of this lord's property is damaged, you can't blame Xiaomin, lord, look...how much food was lost? , or Xiaomin writes an IOU and asks Mr. Zhao to pay you back when he arrives in the capital." Magistrate Yun's face turned red and white, and he was speechless for a while.The person who discharged the row became impatient and said, "My lord, don't leave Xiaomin alone like this. There is still a long way to go to the capital. The Xiangye's house is waiting for a big house. If you delay at Xiaomin's place , Xiaomin can't afford to suffer." County magistrate Yun's face was extremely ugly, he waved his hand, and said weakly: "You...you go." The rowman sneered, turned around and jumped onto his own wooden raft, let the penny dip into the water lightly, swung his own wooden raft and went down the water, and walked away, he still wanted to hang the pole on the row , Singing loudly: "Brother... let the row go outside the mountain, the deep valley is foggy, the first row is gone... the second row is coming, monsters and monsters... get out of the way..." County Magistrate Yun's lips trembled when he heard this, but he dared not speak out.Yang Hao's boat had already arrived at his side, and he saw all the scenes that happened just now. Wu Wa'er stood beside him and said quietly: "Officials, the two major factions in the court, King Jin has almost controlled Seventy-eight out of ten powers in the entire Kaifeng city, but Zhao Pu is the only local respected. Speaking of which, Zhao Pu is more powerful, almost all the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty are under his sect now, but one Kaifeng is worth half of the Song Dynasty, and the king of Jin is the younger brother of the current emperor, so he can compete with Zhao Pu. Even if you don't admit it yourself, everyone else agrees that you belong to the Nanya faction. The officials went south this time because of the Deng Zuyang case and had a quarrel with Zhao Pu. You must be careful in everything in the future. " Yang Hao smiled slightly, and said: "What does the dispute between kings and ministers have to do with me? Hehe, don't worry, I will not rush into this muddy water rashly." Yang Hao walked back to the cabin as if nothing had happened. Wa'er stared at his back, his eyes couldn't help showing deep thought. Tang Yanyan ran over from the stern of the boat with a tow hook, and a big lively carp was hanging on the tow hook. The carp kept flicking its tail, splashing water on her face: "Baby, what are you talking about?" It's funny to say that Yanyan has a lively personality and is easy to get along with. The doll has a delicate mind and is used to please. After these days of getting along, the relationship between the two is getting better and better. They are really like sisters. Even Every night when they arrive at the couch together, they have to whisper for a long time, and they don't know how much they have to say. But if Yang Hao whispered a few words to one of them in private, the other would get nervous.Wawa also knew how to turn around and wipe her feet, but Yanyan couldn't help but asked directly.Yang Hao looked helplessly at the two beauties by his side, but he still couldn't taste the ecstasy. It had nothing to do with their tight mutual surveillance. The two girls more or less didn't want Yang Hao to be with other women. Intimacy surpasses themselves, although they don't feel it themselves, but this subconscious expression is very obvious. "The official didn't say anything," Wu Wa'er pursed her lips, and said, "It's because the official didn't say anything that I feel puzzled..." Yanyan became nervous, seeing that he was going to live in the city, could it be that the officials couldn't hold back when they saw me prevaricating again and again, and thought of a baby again, this big satyr, can't wait for a moment?She threw the fish into Xing'er's arms, and ordered: "Make some fish soup to drink with." After speaking, she pulled Wu Wa'er aside and asked, "What's the matter?" Wu Wa'er stared at it for a while, then looked around, and then said: "Sister, the officials now seem to be indifferent to the affairs of the imperial court. In my opinion, the officials are germinating. I agree." Tang Yanyan wondered, "Where are you going?" "Uh..." Wu Wa'er rolled her pretty eyes at her: "Naturally, he left the court." "Is it possible? Zhao Guan's family kept him as an official in the court, didn't they just want to keep a close eye on him? How is it possible for him to leave, how could the court agree? If suspicion arises because of this, wouldn't it be that they will be tempted to kill him again?" ?” "That's the problem. Tell me...is there any way for the officials to leave without arousing the court's suspicion?" Tang Yanyan didn't even think about it, she simply replied: "I can't think of it!" Wu Wa'er smiled wryly and said: "With an open-minded mind like my sister, she must be immortal and youthful." Tang Yanyan also rolled her eyes at her, and said: "You don't have to hurt me, if you can figure it out, you won't ask me, since you can't figure it out, just ask him, why bother?" After finishing speaking, she turned around. As soon as she left, Wu Wa'er hurriedly held her back and said, "It's a very important matter. If the officials don't say anything, there are naturally officials' reasons. Sister, don't worry." She glanced into the cabin and said with a smile: "Now that I'm going back to Beijing soon, in my opinion, this stuffy gourd is about to be split open."
Going down this road, instead of taking the wide and deep canal waterway, it is a shortcut, which is narrow and shallow, and cannot be used by large ships. Only now did Yang Hao know why the county magistrate Yun came here Full of boats and bamboo rafts.Although Yang Hao's boat wasn't too big on the canal, it was difficult to navigate here. Fortunately, the boat didn't carry too much weight and the draft wasn't deep, so it barely managed it. Xuyi County is located in the lower reaches of the Huaihe River and the south bank of Hongze Lake. The terrain in the territory is high in the southwest and many hills; It is known as Mu Beach, but the scenery is beautiful. When the day was about to reach Xuyi County, the river was already connected to the Huaihe River. The bamboo rafts of Yang Hao, Yun Tianxiao and others had just turned into the Huaihe River when they saw countless rafts made of thick and huggable trees rushing down from the upper reaches. On some wooden rafts stood a big man with a bare chest and his feet firmly on the wooden raft. In his hand, he used a long penny with iron hoops on both ends, pointing to the left and pointing to the right, deftly controlling the movement of the raft. Direction, it looks really chic. But the people who drive the platoons control many rafts alone, and not every raft has a person standing on it. The rushing down is so fast that it is difficult to control every raft. The grain-carrying bamboo raft that had just turned in from a tributary of the small river was hit by a large wooden raft, and it immediately fell apart, all the grain was scattered in the water, and the people on the boat also fell into the water amidst screams. Fortunately, they all knew water and swam quickly Walk on the water and climb up other bamboo rafts. A big man driving a wooden raft laughed loudly: "Don't you people have eyes? There are so many giant wooden rafts going down the river. It is your boat. If you are not careful, it will be smashed to pieces. How dare a small bamboo raft compete with someone?" The family contends..." Before he finished speaking, the wooden raft he was driving swayed down, far ahead of Magistrate Yun and the others. County magistrate Yun was furious, jumped up and said: "Where are the rough men who are rowing, dare to destroy my official rations, don't you know that this county is here? Come, stop their rafts, and take these daring people Let the county take all the bastard things!" At that moment, someone sent a boat to chase after him. The raft had drifted far away, but there were still countless rafts flowing down the river behind him. Pulled and dragged to a place on the shore where the current slowed down. Yun Xiaotian walked up to the bow of the boat with a livid face, and shouted sharply: "Who are you, a scumbag? You rampage on the river, destroying my bamboo cuttings, sinking my official food, and misleading me. When you see this county, you don't kneel down!" , you are such a brave dog!" The person who released the row rolled his eyes and said sharply: "Xiaomin really doesn't know who you are, the official. A certain family was sent by the prefect of Fengxiang to come from the land of Qin and Shanxi to release discharges along the Huaihe River. From Xuyi County, turn into the canal and transport it to the capital. This is the timber purchased by the royal envoy of the capital, Mu Xihua, for the current Zhao Xiangye. Hurry up." When Yun Xiaotian heard that he brought out a magistrate, an imperial envoy, and a prime minister, his head became a little dizzy. Who would have thought that this wood belonged to Zhao Pu, the prime minister of the dynasty? He smiled and said: "Xiaomin is just a person who released the discharge, earning two hard-earned money, if something of this lord's property is damaged, you can't blame Xiaomin, lord, look...how much food was lost? , or Xiaomin writes an IOU and asks Mr. Zhao to pay you back when he arrives in the capital." Magistrate Yun's face turned red and white, and he was speechless for a while.The person who discharged the row became impatient and said, "My lord, don't leave Xiaomin alone like this. There is still a long way to go to the capital. The Xiangye's house is waiting for a big house. If you delay at Xiaomin's place , Xiaomin can't afford to suffer." County magistrate Yun's face was extremely ugly, he waved his hand, and said weakly: "You...you go." The rowman sneered, turned around and jumped onto his own wooden raft, let the penny dip into the water lightly, swung his own wooden raft and went down the water, and walked away, he still wanted to hang the pole on the row , Singing loudly: "Brother... let the row go outside the mountain, the deep valley is foggy, the first row is gone... the second row is coming, monsters and monsters... get out of the way..." County Magistrate Yun's lips trembled when he heard this, but he dared not speak out.Yang Hao's boat had already arrived at his side, and he saw all the scenes that happened just now. Wu Wa'er stood beside him and said quietly: "Officials, the two major factions in the court, King Jin has almost controlled Seventy-eight out of ten powers in the entire Kaifeng city, but Zhao Pu is the only local respected. Speaking of which, Zhao Pu is more powerful, almost all the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty are under his sect now, but one Kaifeng is worth half of the Song Dynasty, and the king of Jin is the younger brother of the current emperor, so he can compete with Zhao Pu. Even if you don't admit it yourself, everyone else agrees that you belong to the Nanya faction. The officials went south this time because of the Deng Zuyang case and had a quarrel with Zhao Pu. You must be careful in everything in the future. " Yang Hao smiled slightly, and said: "What does the dispute between kings and ministers have to do with me? Hehe, don't worry, I will not rush into this muddy water rashly." Yang Hao walked back to the cabin as if nothing had happened. Wa'er stared at his back, his eyes couldn't help showing deep thought. Tang Yanyan ran over from the stern of the boat with a tow hook, and a big lively carp was hanging on the tow hook. The carp kept flicking its tail, splashing water on her face: "Baby, what are you talking about?" It's funny to say that Yanyan has a lively personality and is easy to get along with. The doll has a delicate mind and is used to please. After these days of getting along, the relationship between the two is getting better and better. They are really like sisters. Even Every night when they arrive at the couch together, they have to whisper for a long time, and they don't know how much they have to say. But if Yang Hao whispered a few words to one of them in private, the other would get nervous.Wawa also knew how to turn around and wipe her feet, but Yanyan couldn't help but asked directly.Yang Hao looked helplessly at the two beauties by his side, but he still couldn't taste the ecstasy. It had nothing to do with their tight mutual surveillance. The two girls more or less didn't want Yang Hao to be with other women. Intimacy surpasses themselves, although they don't feel it themselves, but this subconscious expression is very obvious. "The official didn't say anything," Wu Wa'er pursed her lips, and said, "It's because the official didn't say anything that I feel puzzled..." Yanyan became nervous, seeing that he was going to live in the city, could it be that the officials couldn't hold back when they saw me prevaricating again and again, and thought of a baby again, this big satyr, can't wait for a moment?She threw the fish into Xing'er's arms, and ordered: "Make some fish soup to drink with." After speaking, she pulled Wu Wa'er aside and asked, "What's the matter?" Wu Wa'er stared at it for a while, then looked around, and then said: "Sister, the officials now seem to be indifferent to the affairs of the imperial court. In my opinion, the officials are germinating. I agree." Tang Yanyan wondered, "Where are you going?" "Uh..." Wu Wa'er rolled her pretty eyes at her: "Naturally, he left the court." "Is it possible? Zhao Guan's family kept him as an official in the court, didn't they just want to keep a close eye on him? How is it possible for him to leave, how could the court agree? If suspicion arises because of this, wouldn't it be that they will be tempted to kill him again?" ?” "That's the problem. Tell me...is there any way for the officials to leave without arousing the court's suspicion?" Tang Yanyan didn't even think about it, she simply replied: "I can't think of it!" Wu Wa'er smiled wryly and said: "With an open-minded mind like my sister, she must be immortal and youthful." Tang Yanyan also rolled her eyes at her, and said: "You don't have to hurt me, if you can figure it out, you won't ask me, since you can't figure it out, just ask him, why bother?" After finishing speaking, she turned around. As soon as she left, Wu Wa'er hurriedly held her back and said, "It's a very important matter. If the officials don't say anything, there are naturally officials' reasons. Sister, don't worry." She glanced into the cabin and said with a smile: "Now that I'm going back to Beijing soon, in my opinion, this stuffy gourd is about to be split open."