While they were on the road, news about Cui Jiuming and Sima Xiangru came one after another. Su Ren was lying in the carriage. This place was really not a good place for women. It was already unbearable for everyone to say a word. Plus, it was even more unreasonable.
The solution was to stay for a long time. After rushing out of the carriage, Su Ren felt that his ears were instantly clear. It is said that the emperor had three palaces, six courtyards, seventy-two concubines, and thousands of palace maids. How could a man survive living in such a place?
Sixty is truly a miracle.
Leng Jun came closer and asked, "How is Chengdu now?"
Su Ren shook his head: "Fortunately, the prefect listened to Brother Sima's suggestion and transferred the county soldiers into the city. There should be no problems for the time being. We are just waiting for the imperial edict. If the edict does not arrive for a day, the crisis in Chengdu will not be relieved.
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"What? The Empress Dowager really wants to punish the prefect?"
"I'm afraid so! This time our emperor made the Dou family angry. Cui Jiuming's father's letter said that if Xuchang and Zhuang Qingzhai hadn't discovered it, it would have been the Dou family who was imprisoned in the palace at this time. It can be seen that the Queen Mother Dou will
You are so angry that you not only put the emperor under house arrest, but also put Dong Zhongshu in prison, and even his nephew Dou Ying was dismissed from office!"
"How cruel!"
Su Ren smiled and said: "There are no people in the emperor's family who are not ruthless. To tell you this, killing one person is a murderer, killing ten thousand people is a general, and killing millions of people is a hero. To be an emperor and a hero is probably not enough.
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Leng Jun sighed: "I hope nothing will happen to your majesty. I heard that when Empress Lu came to the court, the world was almost in chaos. If it happens again, those people will have another chance."
Su Ren looked at Leng Jun in confusion: "You should be one of those people, why do you say such things?"
"Forget it, let's not talk about it anymore!" Leng Jun was touched on his sore foot and immediately changed the subject: "You haven't said anything yet, why did the old man and the young man let us go?"
Su Ren smiled: "Have you seen this? However, it is not an old man and a young man, but the young man!"
"How can I see it?"
"The young man claimed that his surname was Ying. How many people in the world can have this surname? In addition, the pride in that young man's bones is not something that ordinary people can pretend to be. When I handed over the wine, the old man took a sip first and felt that there was no problem before giving it to the young man.
Young man, if you are an ordinary person, you should show filial piety to the elderly."
"You mean...?"
Su Ren nodded: "This young man is interesting enough to make friends."
Lengjun shook his head: "Let us go, I admit, it's better to make friends. The method of killing Zhang Hu was too cruel. Not only did he kill him, but he also hung the body on the city gate and wrote his name on it. Such a person is too cruel.
Arrogant, arrogant people are generally reckless."
"Just like King Xiang back then?"
"you!"
Su Ren rode away with a smile on his face, leaving Leng Jun alone and angry.
After running on the road for a whole day, no one had eaten enough. The city walls of Chengdu could be seen in the distance, and the people Cui Jiuming sent to greet them were right in front of them. I had nothing to say to these servants, so I ate what they brought.
Things went on and we continued on our way. At the gate of the city, Sima Xiangru, Cui Jiuming, Huo Laosi, Changshi and a large group of people came to greet him.
Before Su Ren could dismount, Changshi grabbed the reins of the white horse and let out a long breath: "You are finally back. Come with me to see the prefect. During this time, people in Chengdu are in panic, and there is almost going to be trouble!" Not at all!
Giving anyone a chance, Su Ren was dragged to the prefect's mansion by Chang Shi.
Laifu was fully clothed, with a sword hanging at his waist, a long bow on his back, and an arrow pot full of arrows. He looked like he was facing a formidable enemy. Under the leadership of Li Cheng, men picked from the county soldiers surrounded the prefecture.
It has three floors inside and three floors outside, and even the alleys on both sides are guarded by county soldiers.
Su Ren smiled and said: "What? Someone attacked the prefect's mansion?"
"Hey, that's not the case." The chief executive sighed: "Chengdu is a bit chaotic these days. Various people are constantly instigating. Many people came to the prefect's house to ask for orders, and asked the prefect to report to the court, saying what they wanted the Queen Mother to return to power.
His Majesty."
"Why don't they report it themselves?"
"You can't even see this clearly? They are trying to frame the teacher!"
Wen Dang was sitting in the lobby, immersed in the papers. Beside him stood a large circle of Cao Rong from various clans, as well as several nearby county magistrates and county magistrates. Everyone was frowning, as if their father was dead.
He looked like a mother. A long row of bamboo slips was piled up on the long case in front of Wen Dang. An official classified the ones that Wen Dang had read into one place, and then picked out a scroll from the pile that Wen Dang had not read and placed it on Wen Dang.
before.
As an old man, he is surrounded by a lot of people every day, and there are a lot of official documents that he can never finish. Wen Dang looks much older. His originally meticulous hair has turned gray, with a few strands of white hair hanging down his temples.
In front of him, Wen Dang was immersed in reviewing and didn't even have time to drink water. Su Ren looked at it for a while and felt a little sorry for this old man.
Chang Shi shook his head: "It's been like this these past few days. Cao Rong from each branch will bring in a lot of official documents every day. Originally, these things should be done by them, but now they all fall on the teacher."
Su Ren nodded and coughed loudly, attracting everyone's attention. Everyone only glanced at it, then turned around and continued to pile bamboo slips on Wen Dang's desk.
"Oh! Zi Heng is back!" Wen Dang finally put down the pen in his hand and gently wiped the sweat from his forehead.
"Teacher!" Changshi hurriedly helped Wen Dang up. He had been sitting on his knees for too long, and his legs were no longer functioning.
After Su Ren saluted Wen Dang, he glanced at Cao Rong and his subordinate officials, and said coldly: "Are you trying to exhaust the prefect to death?"
No one spoke. Su Ren conveniently grabbed a roll of bamboo slips, unfolded it, and threw it to the ground with a bang. He picked up another roll, looked at it, and threw it away again. Three or five bamboo slips were scattered on the ground.
Many ropes were broken, and they were scattered everywhere.
"You are going to bring these things to the prefect for review? Hu Cao said that there are two mice in the granary and asked for a cat? Bing Cao said that some halberd poles are eaten by insects and need to be thrown away? These things need to be taken care of by the prefect personally. I want you to
What are you doing?" The more Su Ren talked, the angrier he became. This kind of subterfuge was seen a lot in the official circles of later generations. This is the most effective way to squeeze out the official: "Hu Cao, Bing Cao, and the rest of you, if you
If you can't even deal with this kind of thing, what use are you? Today I will tell you on behalf of the prefect, whoever doesn't want to do this can get out of here!"
The subordinate officials all lowered their heads and remained silent. Wen Dang wanted to say something, but Chang Shi gently shook his head to stop him.
Su Ren glanced at everyone: "Take the things you brought and get out. If you do this again, go home directly!"
Still no one moved. Su Ren roared: "What? Do you want to stay for dinner?"
After dismissing everyone, Wen Dang sat down with a wry smile. Someone quickly brought tea soup for the three of them. Wen Dang sighed: "It would be better if Ziheng comes back. As soon as he comes back, he has solved a problem for me."
Su Ren said with a smile: "That's the teacher's kindness. He doesn't want to compete with those homeboys."
Changshi nodded: "It's just that the teacher is so talkative that he gets bullied by those guys."
After taking a sip of tea, Su Ren recounted the circumstances of his trip, and then told Wen Dang and Chang Shi the news he had received: "If the court does not have a clear attitude, our Shu County will not be stable for a day. I just left.
Wenshui, Wenshui County Magistrate Zhang Hu was killed, and his name was left, Ying Guangji. On the way back, people were panicking everywhere, which is not a good thing!"
"There has been a report on the murder of the Wenshui County magistrate, but I really can't guess who Ying Guangji is. Zi Heng is also from Wenshui, do you know?"
"I have met him once!"
"oh?"
Su Ren did not hide anything and told the story about Ying Guangji: "According to my guess, this Ying Guangji is related to the former Qin Dynasty. He said he is in Xianyang, which makes it even more certain."
"Huainan sent people to incite the people, the remnants of the former Qin Dynasty killed officials in public, and such a big event happened in the court. Our Shu County is a border county. If the nearby Yelangs, Qiang people, and Nanman knew about the turmoil in Shu County, they would not know that they would cause trouble.
What trouble is going on?" After Wen Dang said this, he quickly ordered someone to get the bamboo slips: "No, I must report this to the court."
"Where is the Tang Captain? Now people in Shu County are in panic, how can he still sit still?"
Chang Shi said: "Zi Heng misunderstood. The Tang Captain had already gone to other counties. The situation in Shu County is so serious. As the Shu County Captain, he has no guts to stand by and watch at this stall."
"It's fair enough, haha!" Su Ren smiled.
"Looking at the current situation in Shu County from Ziheng's perspective, what should we do?"
Su Ren thought for a while: "I have been thinking about this issue on the way back. I think there are three points. First, report it to the court immediately and ask the court to give a clear answer. Even if it is not a good one, it can calm people's hearts;
Secondly, send troops to various important places to monitor the surrounding areas to prevent enemy troops from taking advantage of the opportunity; thirdly, the most important thing is to appease the internal affairs, arrest all those who spread rumors and cause trouble, and execute those who commit the most heinous crimes to deter the troublemakers."
"The first one and two are easy to say, but is the third one too much?" Chang Shi frowned.
Wen Dang also nodded: "I am a big man who governs the country with tolerance. I have never heard of anyone being punished for speaking out."
"Yes, if the heat is not controlled well and it arouses people's anger, it will not be beautiful."
Su Rendao: "As the saying goes, heavy rituals are used in troubled times, and the Han Dynasty has been resting and recuperating for hundreds of years. The Chinese people are used to being lax and have no ability to distinguish in the face of their incitement. They have forgotten that the government is not only looking after the world for the emperor, but more importantly, the herdsmen. I have seen that
How did the shepherds in the Qiang region deal with the disobedient cattle and sheep?"
"just in case……"
"There is nothing unforeseen. Today's people are not like in the past. When their lives are better, no one will risk their lives. As long as the prefect does not squeeze them, they will never rebel. If we want to stabilize Shu County as soon as possible, we must cut off the chaos quickly."
"Is it really feasible?" Wen Dang is old and famous for his articles. When it comes to governing the local area, he is not even as good as Chang Shi. He turned to look at Chang Shi, who nodded slightly. Wen Dang took a deep breath: "Okay! Then press
As Zi Heng said, I will write a memorial and report it to the court. The captain of the Tang Dynasty has also gone to another county. There will be no problem with the first two. Can Zi Heng dare to accept the third one?"
Su Ren quickly stood up and saluted: "Here! I take your orders!" (To be continued)
