Chapter 534 Benevolence and righteousness are in the mouth, and the sword is in the hand (1)
As soon as Sishi arrived, the extremely heavy and extravagant door in front of Jing'an Square was pushed open by the official with the sound of a gong.
"The auspicious time has come!" An official's voice came from within the courtyard wall. Those who were familiar with this voice recognized it immediately.
That was the voice of promoting the people of Jia Zhong in the streets.
“Bianjing Academy is on sale!”
Following Jia Zhongmin's announcement, countless people were ready.
Naturally, there was more than one Sun Ci, and Huang Liang brought people here.
In Bianjing City, the wealthy and powerful Shezhe families began to take action.
When the door was opened, Sun Ci and Huang Lianggang, under the protection of the "heroes" they hired, rushed to the door, trying to be the first to enter, the first to draw the number, and the first to buy the house in Jing'anfang.
They discovered that the people they hired didn’t seem to be very good?
Because, from behind them, a group of real embryo-killers emerged!
Yes!
The moment those sturdy, short men appeared, both Sun Ci and Huang Liang felt as if their necks were cold.
Even those people didn't hold any weapons in their hands.
But that look in his eyes made people feel chilly.
As for Sun Ci and Huang Liang, they were the ‘heroes’ they hired.
When I saw these, my legs felt weak and I didn't dare to argue with them at all.
Wait until these people, surrounded by wealthy businessmen wearing silk and satin and wearing folded turbans, appear at the door.
Sun Ci immediately looked angrily at the "heroes" he hired with huge sums of money.
"Hey, what's going on?"
The heroes shrank their necks and looked at Sun Ci.
"Dr. Sun didn't know something...those people just now..."
"It's either a Shacai from the Yongxing Army or a private salt dealer from Hebei!"
Sun Ci listened and swallowed.
The embryo killer of the Yongxing Army? The private salt dealer in Hebei?
He subconsciously shrank his neck, touched the back of his neck, and made sure his head was still on his neck, before letting out a long breath.
Because these two groups had the ability to stop children from crying at night in the Song Dynasty!
Since Taizong, the Yongxing Army has been the hardest hit area by sergeant riots.
Countless sergeant riots and uprisings have occurred throughout the ages.
On a relatively large scale, there have been at least a dozen times.
Among them, there have been three or four sergeant uprisings that shocked the world and even caused the Song Dynasty to mobilize border troops for encirclement and suppression.
The most famous one is the Zhang Hai-Guo Miaoshan riot during the Renmiao era.
This team of rioting sergeants and landless farmers once roamed all over Shaanxi and even harassed Henan. Through Henan, they entered Jinghu North Road, Huainan Road and other places.
Wherever they passed, they attacked cities and strongholds, beheaded many local generals, and defeated more than a dozen invading government troops.
Finally, Duke Fan Wenzheng, Duke Ouyang Wenzhong and other important ministers wrote to the court, believing that these were no longer ordinary bandits, but rebels with the same potential as Chen Sheng and Wu Guang in the late Qin Dynasty, the Wagang Army in the late Sui Dynasty, and Huang Chao in the late Tang Dynasty.
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Must hit hard!
Under the personal deployment of Fan Wenzhenggong, the Song Dynasty mobilized the Eighth Route Army, with the elite Western Army from Shaanxi as the main force, and launched an eight-pronged attack, which finally eliminated this group of ruthless bandits.
However, in the following decades, sergeants and bandits from the Yongxing Army continued to cause trouble in an endless stream.
Last year, another group of fierce bandits emerged across the state and county—the Wang Chong Gang.
This group of thieves was finally wiped out by Xihe soldiers and horses led by Xiang Zonghui and Gao Gongji, who were sent to know Xihe.
However, large groups of bandits can be wiped out.
But the bandits entrenched in the mountains of Shang and Luo were constantly suppressed.
Throughout the ages, there have been eighty if not one hundred heroes who have been entrenched in the mountains of Shangzhou and Luozhou.
They are all murderers who kill without blinking an eye.
As for the private salt dealer on Hebei Road?
Just look at where Hebei is!
The composition of private salt dealers in Hebei, adjacent to Beilu, is extremely complex.
There were desperadoes from all over the country, as well as Han and Khitan people who had fled from the northern captives, Xi people and soldiers, and even broken soldiers who had escaped from the Dangxiang people.
These people and the local households in Hebei flirted with each other and flirted with each other.
Since the Song Dynasty, he has been a huge headache for the imperial court.
He was also the strongest man in the Song Dynasty, second only to the bandits of the Yongxing Army.
"How dare they enter Beijing?" Sun Ci asked in a trembling voice.
"Recruitment!"
The ‘heroes’ answered Sun Ci’s doubts with the most unpretentious answer.
Since last year, the current government has opened up the gold mine veins in Lai.
The 'heroes' who fell into the grass in Shang and Luo were already ready to make a move.
This year, when we arrived in Shangluo, the "heroes" in the mountains, encouraged by the "Bianjing New News" they got from who knows where, descended from the mountain one after another and flocked to Denglai to pursue gold.
How about robbing people's homes and digging for gold?
The local government was extremely considerate of these 'heroes' who came down the mountain.
Not only were they issued with "certificates" stamped by the local government, it proved that these were "countrymen who had never committed any crime and were innocent for three generations."
Some local officials even took out a sum of ministerial money from their own yamen and gave it to these 'heroes' as payment for their expenses.
The local gentry even beat gongs and drums to send them off to pursue their dream of getting rich with gold.
As a result, the number of "heroes" in the mountains of Shangzhou and Luozhou became increasingly rare.
The remaining bandit leaders saw that there were fewer and fewer brothers around them and that the village could no longer hold on, so they had no choice but to go down the mountain and accept the invitation.
As for the private salt dealers in Hebei?
That's even simpler.
Where is the place with the most private salt in the world now?
From the north, Dengzhou is the most recommended!
Therefore, heroes from Hebei went south to start their own businesses in Dengzhou.
Some continue to work in their old profession, while others see the gold rush in Denglai and can’t help but lead their brothers to go gold mining.
All in all, it’s very complicated!
Of course, only low-level people like them know these things.
How could you, these superior men, know that in less than a year, the pattern of heroes in the Song Dynasty had completely changed?
"Inviting peace?" Sun Ci frowned and thought about it. He seemed to have heard some legends about the roads in Shangzhou and Luozhou beginning to be peaceful.
But……
"Shouldn't those who recruit people be incorporated into the Forbidden Army and the Xiang Army?"
"What happened to those people?"
Sun Cixin's questions then arose.
The 'heroes' smiled bitterly and explained to the donor who had provided the money.
"Master, you still don't know?"
"Recruiting for peace, recruiting for peace, always the leader!"
"The people below are usually incorporated into the Xiang army by the government..."
"How many 'heroes' are willing to join the Xiang Army?"
Xiangjun has always been a shelter for disaster victims and refugees.
As long as possible, no one is willing to join the Xiang army and be used by the officials like cattle and horses.
Not only that, in the Song Dynasty, the social status of Xiang army sergeants was only slightly higher than that of a son-in-law.
People born in Xiangjun basically automatically lose the right to choose a spouse.
It may even affect the marriages of their children and grandchildren!
"Those who have no hope of going up the mountain and have nowhere to go after coming down..."
"They only have the last choice..."
"Enter Beijing!"
"As for those people in Hebei, they are basically separated, or have had accidents - people who have nowhere to go after fighting and losing..."
"They can only go to Beijing..."
This was a routine operation in the Song Dynasty.
Bianjing City will eventually become the final destination of those giant thieves and bandit gang members who have been recruited from all over the world.
Because here is rich enough, and because there are enough opportunities here!
So in the past few months, the underground structure of Bianjing City has undergone drastic changes.
A bunch of fierce dragons crossed the river and arrived in Bianjing to seek life.
Compared with these fierce men, the "heroes" in Bianjing City are like eggs, which break when touched.
He was pushed to the ground, rubbed and ravaged.
These people relied on their ruthlessness and quickly established a foothold in Bianjing City.
Then he was attracted by those really extravagant people in Bianjing City.
A set of procedures for treating guests, eating, and accepting the dog is completed.
These raptors crossing the river have successfully squeezed out the ecological niche of the "heroes" who originally lived in Bianjing City.
This is precisely why Sun Ci was able to hire these 'heroes' until now.
In other words, the 'heroes' who are now around Sun Ci are all people who have been severely rubbed and ravaged by these raptors.
That's why they can know the details of those people so clearly.
After hearing this, Sun Ci closed his eyes.
This was something he didn't notice.
"No wonder..." He looked at the 'heroes' he hired who looked strong and powerful.
He originally thought he was lucky.
Unexpectedly, he was still the Dr. Liquor of the old year.
You can only pick up the scraps that others don’t want.
but……
Sun Ci raised his head and looked at the gate in front of Jing'an Square.
Those wealthy businessmen surrounded by 'heroes'.
He recognized a few of them.
It is indeed a luxury to cover others!
They are all guild leaders or giants in Bianjing City.
For example, the owners behind the Sang family's tiles, the owners of the Thirteenth House of Fan House, and the owners of Pan House.
These people have one characteristic in common.
They are all people who have been wealthy for several generations and have close relationships with relatives, nobles and even clans in Bianjing City.
These are the families who worship their ancestors every year and kneel on the same ground as the county horse.
Some of these people even married princesses from close branches of the clan!
Their daughters would marry into children of either the Cao family, the Liu family, the Yang family, the Wang family, or even the Xiang family and the Gao family.
Therefore, these people are no longer the lackeys raised by their relatives and nobles.
But people who eat at the same table with those foreign relatives and nobles.
"I will definitely replace you!"
Sun Ci's eyes flashed with sparkle.
Although he is just a doctor of wine and comes from a humble background, he has now embraced the favor of the current officials and hopes to become their lackey.
Just hold firmly to the official's thigh and do things according to the official's will.
Then, Sun Ci believed that his descendants would definitely become one of these people.
As soon as he gritted his teeth, Sun Ci said to the heroes around him: "Let's go!"
"Enter with me!"
He can't rob those who have extravagant housing, but he must rob others.
So, surrounded by the heroes, he pushed aside the others and strode towards the door.
When he arrived at the door, Sun Ci discovered that it turned out that whoever rushed through the door first could advance.
Not everyone can enter.
In front of the gate, hundreds of heavily armed Imperial Guards formed a human wall.
Jia Zhongmin, the Tiji Street Secretary, stood in front of the crowd, wearing a green official uniform and a futou.
"Come one by one and enter in order according to the number plate you subscribed to..."
"Those who don't have the ID card will not be allowed to enter!"
"Who is number one?"
Jia Zhongmin opened the booklet in his hand.
"Me! Me!"
A fat businessman with a big belly, after hearing Jia Zhongmin's voice, immediately came from behind the crowd and waved the iron sign in his hand!
"I am number one, number two, and number three, too!"
It’s Huang Liang!
The current owner of Bianjing Qianyin Shop.
Huang Liang gasped and squeezed forward. Facing countless cannibalistic looks, he handed over the number plate in his hand.
He got these number plates from the Street Department through his clan brother Huang Lu - Huang Lu had a relationship with Jia Zhongmin.
He originally thought that these number plates were just going through the motions, but he didn't expect that they could actually determine the order of entry!
Sun Ci immediately took out the iron plate in his pocket.
I looked at the characters on it - number A, number thirty-two.
Not too far back.
Only then did he let out a sigh of relief.
However, Huang Liang, who was squeezing forward, was already surrounded by people.
"Huang Dongjia, can you give up your number plates with numbers A, 2 and 3?"
"If you wish, I will definitely accept my love!"
…
Kaifeng Mansion.
Zhao Xu was sitting in the Plum Blossom Hall, waiting for news from Jing'anfang, while looking at the documents sent by Kaifeng Mansion.
"How has the public security in Kaifeng Mansion been in the past two months?" Zhao Xu asked.
Cai Jing lowered his head and replied: "Your Majesty, the security situation in Kaifeng Mansion has been stable and improving in the past two months, and there have been no major cases..."
"Really?" Zhao Xu laughed.
He has more than two news channels: civil servants and military officials.
There were also the newspaper boys from the Detective Department and the Bianjing Newspaper. These two eyes were helping him keep an eye on the city of Bianjing.
Cai Jing shrank his neck. He naturally knew how capable his Majesty was, so he replied obediently: "Your Majesty, the public security in Bianjing has indeed not changed significantly..."
"There are just more murders..."
"But the dead are all scoundrels and scoundrels in Bianjing City..."
"Oh!" Zhao Xu nodded, quite satisfied with Cai Jing's answer.
Then he stood up and waved to Cai Jing.
Cai Jing quickly came to him, bending down as much as possible and listening docilely.
Zhao Xu looked down at Cai Jing in front of him.
He knew very well that a person like Cai Jing would be a good knife if he used it well.
But once he relaxes a little bit, he will think there is a loophole to exploit.
Well, such a person can do anything!
So, it needs to be hammered away from time to time.
Let him know the limits, and let him understand that my patience has its limits.
"I was in the palace recently, and in my free time, I read the "Book of Shang Jun"..."
"I also read "Shenzi" and "Hanfeizi"..."
"Cai Qing, Qing said, do you want me to study?"
"kindness?!"
As he said that, Zhao Xu looked at Cai Jing with interest, his eyes suddenly became sharp, and the power he had held in charge of the government in his previous life was released at this moment.
Cai Jing suddenly felt cold and trembling all over.
Although, he was mostly pretending.
However, he understood clearly the beatings and threats from the petty officials in front of him.
As a scholar-official with profound attainments in literature.
How could Cai Jing not understand the meaning of Zhao Xu’s words?
Since the time of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, emperors of all dynasties, whenever they want to achieve something, have followed Confucianism and Confucianism.
This is also what Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty meant when he said, "The Han family has its own system, which is based on the overlord's way."
In other words, Cai Jing knew very well that what the officials asked him was - does Aiqing want me to use the same attitude towards Confucian ministers to get along with you, or do you want me to use Legalist methods to get along with you?
This is really life-threatening!
Because the contemporary era is not like the past, because of Wang Anshi’s political reform.
Legalist thought during the Warring States Period re-entered the horizons of scholar-bureaucrats.
The study of Legalism has become a prominent subject.
Legalism is divided into three schools: Fa, Shu and Shi.
As long as you read "Han Feizi" for a while, you will know that if an emperor mixed the three schools of Legalist law, technique, and power, mixed them together, integrated them, and then used them on his ministers.
What will be the fate of these ministers?
At the same time, Cai Jing could also understand the threatening subtext of the officials in front of him - I still treat you with the same attitude as a Confucian official, treating you as a confidant and a minion.
I hope you will not be ignorant of good and evil and force me to use the magic power of Legalism to treat you!
This is really scary!
As a result, Cai Jing was in a trance, thinking that the little official standing in front of him seemed to have grown up all of a sudden.
He is no longer a young boy.
Rather, he is an extremely sophisticated king who has been in power for more than ten years or even decades!
The reason is very simple - those methods of Legalism require more than ten years of application and use of technology to master them and master them easily.
