The Sizhou case also made Yang Hao famous. However, there were no newspapers or televisions at that time to spread the audio and video. People in the Jianghuai area only heard of his name and did not know his person. Now, Yang Hao stood at the bow of the ship with his hat neatly dressed. When Zhang Niuer called him by name, those people realized that the man in front of them was Yang Hao, deputy imperial envoy.
The short and fat official on the bow of the boat hurriedly raised his hands and saluted: "It turns out that it was the envoy Yang Yuan who was in person. The magistrate of Xuyi County, Yun Tianxiao, met the envoy Yang Yuan."
The official on the shore heard clearly. He didn't care about the mud under his feet. He took two steps forward, stepped in the mud and saluted: "I am the magistrate of Huaiyin County, Li An. I have met the imperial envoy Yang Yuan."
When Yang Hao heard this, he was even more surprised. These two places were now under the jurisdiction of the Song Dynasty. They were both ministers of the Song Dynasty. What were these two county magistrates doing at open fire?
Yang Hao looked at the two county magistrates in surprise and said: "It turns out that the Xuyi County Magistrate and the Huaiyin County Magistrate were facing each other. They were disrespectful and disrespectful. Why did the two adults gather to fight? Fortunately, it was in this mountain and wilderness. If they were attacked by ordinary people, If you saw it, wouldn't it be disrespectful to the official? Why did the two adults get into a fight? Can you tell me?"
Yuntianxiao, the fat magistrate of Xuyi County on the bow of the boat, raised his eyebrows that were born with a festive look angrily, raised his hands and said loudly: "Mr. Yang Yuan doesn't know, our Xuyi County will be here this year." There was a drought first and then a flood, so the output of the city was not much. The imperial court issued a decree, ordering the prefectures and counties to raise grain as soon as possible. The lower officials were very anxious about this, so they had to raise official silver from various sources and send people to Huaiyin to ensure food supply. Harvest where it is ripe.
Huaiyin County did not want to know the news, so the county captain led the archers and soldiers with guns and sticks to intercept and drive them away, and did not allow Xiaguan's troops to distribute rice in their territory. Xiaguan had no choice but to come to collect the rice from the people in person. In advance, Liangmi had sent someone with a letter written by his subordinate to appeal to Magistrate Li, hoping that he would be compassionate and considerate of his colleagues and not send anyone to obstruct him again.
Unexpectedly, when Li An learned about the arrival of his relatives from the county, he personally went to the countryside and led his people to stop my ship. He stopped my ship and prevented the county from carrying grain back and forth. My subordinates couldn't argue with him. Not wanting to cause more disputes, he took a batch of purchased goods with him. The food and rice hurriedly fled here, but were eventually intercepted by him and unable to escape. It is really unreasonable for Huaiyin County to act like this. Since the envoy has arrived, I hope you will make the decision for me."
The Huaiyin County magistrate on the shore couldn't help but jumped up in anger when he heard the Xuyi County magistrate's accusation to his face. He immediately jumped onto a bamboo raft. The bamboo raft was supported by a wooden frame and carried a lot of rice grains. Minzhuang was all guarding him. As soon as he jumped up, one side of the bamboo raft lost weight and tilted to one side. Fortunately, someone quickly blocked it with a bamboo pole, so it didn't capsize.
Li An's boots from Huaiyin County were filled with water, and water spurted out when he walked. He didn't care, and just yelled with a pale face: "Your Majesty, Xuyi County is wrong. The imperial court An order was issued that each of the counties in Huaidong, Huainan and Huaixi must raise 500,000 dan of grain. This clearly divided the regions. How could Xuyi County come to Huaiyin County to buy grain?
To be honest, your lord, the imperial court hastily issued an order. The amount of rice required is huge, the county government has limited grain reserves, and the new rice has not yet been harvested. The county is also in a hurry. Although the imperial court lowered prices, the price of grain and rice has still increased. Now Xuyi County is here again Grain grabbing, if the price of grain and rice rises again and again, the county will have to spend a lot more to complete the purchase amount.
The lower official believes that Xuyi County should purchase grain and rice within its jurisdiction and not send it across the border. Since there are designated destinations, each industry must abide by it. Now Xuyi County is sending grain across the border and is in the wrong, but it comes to criticize this county and it is wrong for him.
I am also a scholar, so confusing right and wrong, referring to a deer as a horse, it is really insulting to gentlemen. Since the envoy has arrived, please make the decision for me."
"This..." Yang Hao didn't expect that no profiteers would come out to cause trouble, but the officials would do something like this again. Just as he hesitated, the Xuyi County Magistrate made a plausible statement, and he spoke generously and rationally.
According to this, Yang Hao nodded frequently.
When the Huaiyin County Magistrate saw Yang Hao's move, he couldn't help but became anxious and hurriedly confided his difficulties one by one. What he said really made the listeners sad and made them cry. Especially since he was the official of Huaiyin's parents, he spoke so righteously and confidently that Yang Hao listened.
What he said was indeed very difficult, and what he said was very reasonable.
When Xuyi County Yuntian smiled, he climbed onto Yang Hao's boat angrily, grabbed his sleeve and started talking about his grievances. As he was speaking, his saliva was flying, and Huaiyin County Magistrate Li An also climbed up and grabbed him.
Yang Hao used his other sleeve to argue with him not to be outdone.
Yang Hao heard that one was the first and the other was the elder. The two of them were talking about public opinion and the mother-in-law was right. They were all thinking about completing their mission and raising food for the court. They wanted him to come up with a fair solution. Where could they get it at the moment?
Must come out?
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 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 their tasks, they must do their best to plunder every grain of grain stored by the local people, otherwise they can only send it across the border. While the officials of other prefectures and counties want to complete their acquisition tasks, they must also save money as much as possible.
Then we can only prohibit cross-border competition from other prefectures and counties, which is a difficult problem that cannot have both ends.
This problem has troubled the Song Dynasty court for hundreds of years. From the Northern Song Dynasty to the Southern Song Dynasty, this kind of complicated lawsuits between prefectures and counties were 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 mailing
Buying goods, sometimes stopping buying goods, and the policy is also wavering.
Later, when Su Shi and Zhu Xi were local officials, they both had this kind of pen-and-ink lawsuit with neighboring prefectures and counties. These two university scholars were good at writing and their petitions were well-founded. However, when the lawsuit reached the imperial court, the imperial court finally had nothing to do with it.
How could Yang Hao come up with a good solution if he could just end things with Xini?
"Two adults, two adults, calm down, calm down." Seeing the two county magistrates getting more and more angry as they talked, and the ones blowing their beards and glaring, they started to take action again. Yang Hao had no choice but to persuade with a wry smile. After thinking about it for a while, he had no choice but to do it.
He got up with the mud and said: "What about this? The two adults each have their own difficulties. They are forced to take this approach. They also have their own reasons. Well... you are fighting in this valley.
It’s really unseemly, so let’s leave this matter to debate later. Huaiyin County, please take it for my own good and let Xuyi County go back…”
Magistrate Li blushed and said in a rough tone: "Your Majesty, the Imperial Envoy, is ordered to patrol the Yangtze and Huaihe Rivers and supervise the local officials' purchase of grain and rice. If the Imperial Envoy orders your subordinates to let them go, how dare you disobey me? But what if I
If Huaiyin County is unable to complete the purchase amount, will the imperial envoy take the responsibility for the lower officials?"
"This..." Yang Hao said bravely: "The grain and rice purchased by County Magistrate Yun this time are not very large. Is it possible that we still need to ask him to unload the grain and rice? Besides, he has already paid.
Can Magistrate Li go and get some treasury money to repay him to Xuyi County?"
Yang Hao felt that these two officials were only doing business and it was not good to use their power to suppress others, so he put down his dignity and said with a smile: "This is just this time, it won't be an example next time, and it won't be an example next time. If today's incident really affects the acquisition of Huaiyin County,
, I will give an explanation to the King of Wei for County Magistrate Li."
Li An glanced at Yuntianxiao angrily and said, "Well, since the envoy said so, I will let them go. But if he from Xuyi County comes to Huaiyin County to rob food, I will definitely do it."
If you are not willing to give up, this case will be brought to the Jinluan Palace. This county is confident and is not afraid of meeting you."
Yun Tianxiao stared and said: "You, Li An, are not afraid of meeting you, are you afraid of this county? You are doing it for the country, isn't this county doing it for the imperial court? Since they are all the territory of the Song Dynasty, and the people of the Song Dynasty, this county
You are just going to use money to buy grain at the right place, and you are not taking advantage of the situation to rob it. It is a matter of the people to whom you want to sell it, so what do you do to me?"
The two county magistrates got angry, rolled up their arms and sleeves, and started to fight again. Yang Hao said with a straight face: "That's enough! It's really unseemly. The thousand years old King of Wei will arrive today. We can't say anything until the thousand years old arrives."
Chi, two of you are ministers of the same dynasty. If you fight like this, no matter how confident you are, do you still have any dignity? Huaiyin County, take your people back to Fuya, Xuyi County... and escort these grains and grass back.
Go to Xuyi, I will go with you. It will not be too late to discuss the disputes between you when King Wei is a thousand years old."
Yang Hao was afraid that the Huaiyin County Magistrate would not give up and that the two sides would fight again as soon as he left. Anyway, Zhao Dezhao patrolled the waterway to the south and would have to pass through Xuyi County before turning back. Now he had no choice but to protect the Xuyi County Magistrate all the way.
Escort, and go to Xuyi to wait until Zhao Dezhao arrives.
It is a good thing that the local government is now willing to go to war to raise food. Cheng Yu, Murong Qiuzui and others have more experience in political affairs than themselves. They will discuss with these wily people to find a solution that will not hurt them.
This is the way to increase the enthusiasm of the government without causing serious harm to the harmony among the local officials.
When the two county magistrates saw that the good-tempered imperial envoy finally got angry, they did not dare to fight again. Li An angrily saluted Yang Hao and said goodbye, jumped off the boat, and left with his men. Magistrate Yun thanked him.
Yang Hao asked people to re-tie all the bamboo rafts and boats, and there were also two capsized boats of grain. Fortunately, the water was shallow here, so the water had good water properties. When you touched it at the bottom of the river, you poured it on the boat board to dry all the way.
, Yang Hao's boat followed them to Xuyi.
Along the way, we took a shortcut instead of the wide and deep canal. This shortcut was narrow and shallow and could not accommodate large ships. Only then did Yang Hao know why Magistrate Yun came here.
There were only small boats and bamboo rafts. Although Yang Hao's boat was not big on the canal, it was difficult to move here. Fortunately, the load on the boat was not much and the draft was not deep, so it could barely make it.
Xuyi County is located in the lower reaches of the Huaihe River and on the south bank of Hongze Lake. The terrain within the territory is high in the southwest and hilly; low in the northeast and mostly plains; low mountains, hills, plains, dotted with rivers and lakes, "two acres of cultivated land, one acre of mountains, one acre of water...
It is called "Mu Beach" and the scenery is beautiful.
When we arrived at Xuyi County on this day, the river was already connected to the Huai River. As soon as the bamboo rafts of Yang Hao, Yuntianxiao and others turned into the Huai River channel, they saw numerous rafts of huge trees that could be hugged rushing down from the upper reaches.
On some rafts stood a tall man with a bare chest and his feet firmly on the raft. In his hand, he used a long bamboo pole with iron hoops on both ends, one point on the left and one point on the right, to dexterously control the movement of the raft.
The direction looks really cool.
However, those who rushed to the platoon controlled many rafts alone, and not every raft had people standing on it. The speed of rushing down was so fast that it was difficult to control each raft.
The bamboo raft carrying grain that had just turned in from the tributary of the river was hit by a large wooden raft and immediately fell apart. All the grain was scattered in the water. The people on the boat also fell into the water with screams. Fortunately, they all knew the water and swam quickly.
He walked along the water and climbed up other bamboo rafts.
A big man driving a wooden raft laughed loudly: "Don't you people have eyes? There are so many huge wooden rafts flowing down the river, even your boats. If you are not careful, they will be smashed into pieces. Even a small bamboo raft dares to compete with someone."
Family disputes..." Before he could finish his words, the wooden raft he was driving had already drifted down, far ahead of Magistrate Yun and his party.
County magistrate Yun was furious, jumped up and said: "Where are these rough guys who dare to destroy my official food? Don't you know that this county is here? Come on, intercept their rafts and kill these daring people."
Let this county take all the damn stuff!"
At that moment, someone sent a boat to chase the raft. The raft had drifted far away, but there were countless rafts coming down the river. The next big man who set up the raft was hooked by Magistrate Yun's men.
He grabbed it and dragged it to the shore where the current slowed down.
Yun Xiaotian walked up to the bow of the boat with a pale face and shouted sternly: "Whose family are you this unruly citizen? You rampage on the river, destroy my bamboo cuttings, sink my official grain, miss my important events, and you don't kneel down when you see this county."
, you are so brave!"
The man who arranged the rows rolled his eyes and said harshly: "The common people really don't know who you are, this official. A certain family was sent by the prefect of Fengxiang from the land of Qin and Shaanxi to release rows along the Huaihe River.
From Xuyi County, it was transferred to the canal to be transported to the capital. This was the wood ordered by the imperial envoy Taihua Muxihua to purchase for the current Prime Minister Zhao. If the time was delayed, the common people could not afford to suffer, so they were on their way.
A bit anxious."
As soon as Yun Xiaotian heard that he brought out a prefect, an imperial envoy and a prime minister, his head felt a little dizzy. He never thought that this wood was actually the property of Zhao Pu, the prime minister of the dynasty.
He said with a smile: "Xiaomin is just a freeloader, earning hard-earned money. If you damage something of this adult, you, sir, can't blame Xiaomin. Look... how much food has been lost?"
, or Xiaomin can write an IOU and ask Prime Minister Zhao to pay you back when you get to the capital."
Magistrate Yun's face turned red and white, and he was speechless for a long time. The man who ordered the discharge became impatient and said: "Sir, don't leave the poor people like this. It's still a long way to the capital.
"The prime minister's family is waiting to build a big house. If we delay it here, the common people will not be able to bear the consequences."
Magistrate Yun's face was extremely ugly. He waved his hand and weakly said: "You... just go ahead."
The man who put the raft sneered, turned around and jumped on his raft, gently pushed his bamboo pole into the water, swung his stool down the water, and walked away, but he still insisted on hanging his pole across the raft.
, singing loudly: "Brother... let the platoon go to the outside of the mountain. The fog is not clearing in the deep valley. The front row is gone... The second row is coming, the demons and monsters... get out of the way..."
Magistrate Yun's lips trembled with anger when he heard this, but he dared to be angry but did not dare to speak. Yang Hao's boat had already arrived at the side of his boat, and he saw everything that had just happened. Wu Wa'er stood next to him
, whispered: "Officials, there are two major factions in the court. King Jin almost controls seventy-eight percent of the power of the entire Kaifeng City, but locally only Zhao Pu is respected.
Speaking of which, Zhao Pu is more powerful. Almost all the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty are now under his sect. However, one Kaifeng is worth half of the Song Dynasty. In addition, 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, others will agree that you are from the Nanya faction. The official went south this time because of the Deng Zuyang case and had a grudge against Zhao Pu. You should be careful in everything from now on."
Yang Hao smiled slightly and said: "What does the dispute between the king and the prime minister have to do with me? Haha, don't worry, I will not rush into this muddy water carelessly." Yang Hao walked back to the cabin as if nothing had happened, and Wu
Wa'er stared at his back with deep thought in her eyes.
Tang Yanyan ran over from the stern of the boat carrying a tow hook. There was a big, lively carp hanging on the tow hook. The carp kept swishing 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, and the doll has a clever mind and is always good at pleasing people. After these days of getting along, the relationship between the two of them is getting better and better. They are really like sisters.
Every night when we got to the bed together, we would whisper for a long time, and I didn't know they had so much to say.
But if Yang Hao whispered a few words to one of them in private, the other would become nervous. The baby also knew how to beat around the bush, but Yanyan couldn't help but asked directly. Yang Hao looked at the two little ones eagerly.
The beauty is around, but they still can't taste the feeling of ecstasy. It has something to do with their meticulous monitoring of each other. The two girls more or less don't want Yang Hao to be more intimate with other women than themselves, although they themselves don't
I think, but this subconscious manifestation 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 felt puzzled..."
Yanyan became nervous, seeing that she was going to live in the city. Could it be that after seeing my repeated prevarications, the officials couldn't hold it back and started thinking about the baby again. This big pervert couldn't wait for a moment? She took the fish
He threw it into Xing'er's arms and ordered: "Make some fish soup to go with the wine." After saying that, he pulled Wu Wa'er aside and asked, "What are you feeling confused about?"
Wu Wa'er thought for a while, then looked around, and then said: "Sister, the official seems to be indifferent to the affairs in the court. In my opinion, the official is determined to go there."
Got it."
Tang Yanyan asked curiously: "Where to go?"
"Uh..." Wu Wa'er rolled her eyes cutely at her: "Of course I'm leaving the court."
"Is it possible? The Zhao family kept him as an official in the court, didn't they just want to keep a close eye on him? How could it be possible that he wanted to leave? How could the court agree? If he became suspicious, wouldn't he be murderous again?
?”
"That's the problem. You said... is there any way for officials to leave without arousing the suspicion of the court?"
Tang Yanyan didn't even think about it and replied simply: "I can't think of it!"
Wu Wa'er smiled bitterly and said: "A person as open-minded as my sister will definitely live forever and stay young."
Tang Yanyan also rolled his eyes at her and said, "You don't have to hurt me. If you could figure it out, you wouldn't ask me. Since you can't figure it out, just ask him. Why bother with it?" After saying that, he turned back.
Just as she was about to leave, Wu Wa'er hurriedly grabbed her and said, "It's a very important matter. Officials won't talk about it. Of course they have their own reasons. Sister, there's no need to worry."
She glanced into the cabin and said with a smile: "Now that I am about to return to Beijing, I think this boring gourd is about to be cut open."