Guide to traveling through the Northern Song Dynasty

Hengkou Town.

Zhu Ming walked into the Field Affairs Office. This was a local dispatched office of the Changping Division. The ninth-grade civil servants were responsible for various tasks. Logically speaking, they could just build a house at will.

It has been built with such grandeur, I am afraid Cai Dang has been running it for a long time.

Yang Pu moved the chair, Ju Ming and Da Ma Jin Dao sat down, and Li Bao and Zhang Bor stood behind him.

Ren Chong drooped his head, looking like his parents had died.

"This office building is very luxurious, almost as good as the county office in Shiquan County," Zhu Ming asked, "Did you ask someone to build it?"

Ren Chong sighed: "Hey, you don't want to amuse yourself, Grandmaster. I took office last summer, so how could I have time to build a house? The Hengkou Service Yamen has been built for almost ten years."

Ju Ming grasped the key point: "When you took office last summer, what were you doing before you took office?"

Ren Chong sighed: "Study hard in the cold window, get a title on the gold list, if there is no other choice, who would be willing to climb up to the powerful? I have never passed the examination, and I have been waiting to fill the vacancy. After waiting and waiting, I still can't wait for the appointment. I have to give People give gifts, and at least they get some business in the field."

"There's plenty of money here. How much did you pay for it?" Zhu Ming asked.

Ren Chong had broken the pot and became very frank: "I am from Jianping (Langxi) in Jiangdong. My family has fallen into decline and I can't make much money. There is still a strange stone in the ancestral house, which will be expropriated sooner or later. To be a flower and stone guide, it is better to take the initiative to send it out to find a real vacancy. He said that he would give it to Cai Gongxiang to celebrate his birthday, but the Jianping County Magistrate did not dare to stop him. He delivered it to the shop all the way and even sent it to the official ship for transportation."

Ju Ming commented: "This is a good idea. It's a crime to have a jade in your hands and recycle the waste."

Ren Chong said with emotion: "In the same subject, the prefect is already a court official and knows the state, but I am just a field official. The prefect should not think that there is enough oil and water. I can't make the decision here. The officials are all Li Dafan's people. I will sign A word, a seal, and then I was given a few small coins."

"Then why are you trying to stop me?" Zhu Ming asked.

Ren Chong laughed at himself: "I can't afford to offend Mr. Cai, and I can't afford to offend the prefect. I can't afford to offend even Li Dapuan. Since the prefect is so tough, I just try my best to cooperate. If Li Dapuan is sent to do anything in the future, I will We can only cooperate. When you gods fight, I, a mortal, just want to save my life."

"You are a Jinshi, how can you worry about your life?" Ju Ming said with a smile.

Ren Chong said: "Transferred to the wild land of Guangnan, the water and soil are not suitable and many people die."

"It's up to you," Ju Ming said, "I won't embarrass you. No matter what you do from now on, just send someone to report to me."

Ren Chong immediately bowed and said, "Thank you so much, Prefect, for your mercy."

Ren Chong has made it clear that he has nothing to pursue in this life.

One is Cai Dangtong's magistrate, and the other is a court official who knows the state. He doesn't want to offend anyone, and he will obey everyone's orders.

If there is a conflict between the orders of the magistrate and the general magistrate, he will give priority to the general magistrate. Because he is the field officer, and the general judge also serves as Jinzhou Tiju Changping, he is his direct superior in terms of position.

If he had to be forced to take sides, he would definitely take the side of the magistrate. After all, the county magistrate is not as good as the current one.

Ju Ming didn't force this, and just let Ren Chong inform him when something happened.

After saying hello in advance, Ju Ming would not blame him and would target Tong San. If you don't say hello, Ju Ming will kill Ren Chong first!

Ju Ming suddenly asked again: "What's going on with Chen Ge, the punishment envoy? It seems that he hasn't moved after five years of service."

"I don't know," Ren Chong shook his head to express his ignorance, and added, "Chen Xiansi can definitely share some of the gold in Jinzhou. In fact, the gold in Jinzhou is not that much, and Fangzhou next door is the big one. How much gold is there? A much larger gold deposit was discovered ten years ago.”

"I have no control over Fangzhou, only Jinzhou's affairs," Zhu Ming warned, "Remember, you must tell me in secret what Li Daochong asks you to do!"

Things are basically straightened out.

Cai You's brother-in-law Song Sheng, as the transfer envoy of Jingxi Road, has the greatest supervisory power, so he will definitely get a piece of the pie.

The gold mine used to be under the control of the Tixing Department. Although it was transferred to the Changping Department, the Tixing Envoy still retained some supervision rights, so the Tixing Envoy Chen Ge was probably involved.

There is also the general magistrate Li Daochong, who has direct jurisdiction over the gold mines in Jinzhou.

These three people joined forces to commit corruption and divide the gold, with Cai Jing and his son as their backers.

Except for impeachment, Ju Ming had no right to interfere.

"Give me the key to the warehouse." Zhu Ming said.

Ren Chong had already begun to mess up, so he threw the key to Ju Ming.

In order to show that he would not steal gold, Zhu Ming also called the officials from Hengguo Affairs Bureau and opened the warehouse in public to check the gold inside.

One small bag after another, after weighing them all, there were about 82 taels and 5 coins.

Ju Ming asked: "How many months does it take to transport?"

Ren Chong replied: "Once every three months, Li Dapuan will send someone to escort him."

Ju Ming turned around and looked at the officials: "Just you two?"

The official bowed his head immediately.

Ju Ming went to check the field account books again. The data was very interesting.

Last year, Hengkouwu's annual gold lesson was 26 taels, and it purchased 104 taels of gold from the private sector, with a total of 130 taels of gold obtained.

"How brave," Ju Ming sighed, and then ordered, "Take all the gold and account books away!"

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Zhu Ming took the gold and slowly headed to Zhoucheng to take office.

Ren Chong, on the other hand, took a boat and quickly headed to Jinzhou City, heading straight to the residence of Tongpan Li Daochong.

"Help me!" Ren Chong cried as soon as he saw him.

Li Daochong had received news from the officials and knew that Ju Ming had asked the farmers to go back to farming. He said angrily: "What is your name?"

Ren Chong seemed like a frustrated young daughter-in-law: "Ju Ming, the prefect of Jinzhou, suddenly led his men into Hengkouwu and detained me indiscriminately. He also sealed up the warehouse of Hengkouwu and took away the gold and account books. "

"That's unreasonable!"

Li Daochong was furious: "As a magistrate, where does he have the authority to seal up the affairs of the state?"

Ju Ming really didn't have that qualification. Hengkou Service was under Jinzhou Changping, Jinzhou Changping was under Jingnan Road Changping Division, and Jingnan Road Changping Division was directly under the central government. Even if Ju Ming is the chief official of Jinzhou, it is an act beyond his authority to seize the field affairs.

Ren Chong said nothing. He had already come to report the news, and the rest of the matter had nothing to do with him.

Li Daochong gathered a group of troops and rushed towards Hengkou Town, and bumped into Zhu Ming halfway.

Ju Ming stood on the boat, looked at the surrounding boats, and asked with a smile: "Are you planning to murder the prefect?"

Li Daochong directly broke his face and said: "As a prefect, you should know the law. Why did you overstep your authority and seal up the business? Taking away the gold without authorization is even more audacious!"

Ju Ming asked: "What was the golden class in Jinzhou last year?"

"No comment!" Li Daochong didn't want to say more.

Ju Ming said: "Since you don't want to talk about it, I will keep it and hand it over to Chang Ping's envoy for disposal."

Li Daochong said angrily: "You have no right to seize Hengkouwu's property account books!"

"So what if I just dunked it? You go to court to impeach me." Zhu Ming didn't care.

Li Daochong began to threaten: "Did you know that these golds are going to be delivered to Xianggong Cai!"

Ju Ming suddenly laughed: "I only know that the gold goes into the Changping Treasury and is then sent to the court. Mr. Cai also accepts gold? Come and come, but tell me that we will impeach Mr. Cai for corruption."

Li Daochong was speechless for a moment. Since he couldn't scare Ju Ming, there was really nothing he could do.

Because Ju Ming was completely unreasonable and did not even follow the court system, he blatantly exceeded his authority and seized and seized Chang Pingsi's belongings.

"Set the boat!" Ju Ming shouted.

Li Bao and Zhang Boring had already taken off their bows and arrows, and pointed them at the ships in front of them.

Li Daochong stared at Ju Ming, hesitated for a while, and finally waved his hand to let him go.

Zhizhou and Tongfan returned to the city together.

The state government of Jinzhou is Xicheng County, one lower county, which is quite poor. The state government is located here mainly because of its strategic position.

In the pre-Qin period, Qin and Chu fought repeatedly here.

During the Three Kingdoms period, the two countries Wei and Shu also started to see each other here.

During the Southern and Northern Dynasties, there were also constant wars.

This city is the east gate of Hanzhong.

Officials at the state and county levels had already gone out of the city to greet him. They saw Ju Ming with a smile on his face and Li Daochong with a gloomy face next to him.

Zhizhou hasn't gone through the handover procedures yet, and seems to be at odds with Tongpan.

The officials were in a bit of a dilemma. They could only greet Ju Ming politely, but they did not dare to show too much enthusiasm for fear of making Li Daochong angry.

Only the manager, Huang Gui, who joined the army, showed no regard for Li Daochong's face and expressed his goodwill in public: "I came from Hangzhou and listened to the teachings of Mr. Motang (Chen Yuan) last year."

"So that's it," Zhu Ming said, holding Huang Gui's hand, "we must be close to each other from now on."

Huang Gui used to be the principal of a private school in Hangzhou. Like Chen Yuan, they are both from Fujian.

When Chen Yuan returned home, he passed by Hangzhou and gave lectures for half a month. Huang Gui strongly agreed with the theory of Taoism.

Huang Gui himself is not well-known, but he taught two number one students: Shen Hui, the last number one scholar in the Northern Song Dynasty, and Zhang Jiucheng, the second number one scholar in the Southern Song Dynasty.

Zhu Ming and Huang Gui rode into the city in the same car.

Li Daochong's face became more and more ugly. This Huang Gui had been against him before, and now he was getting involved with Ju Ming.

Ju Ming opened the car curtain, looked at the city wall getting closer, and asked: "How long has it been since the Jinzhou City Wall was repaired?"

Huang Gui said: "Decades ago, the Han River surged and was repaired once."

Ju Ming added: "I came along the Yue River, and there are many water conservancy projects along the river that are in ruins."

"They are all busy digging for gold, so how can they bother to repair water conservancy?" Huang Gui couldn't help but said, "I also took care of it. I personally took a boat to Hengkou Town and ordered the farmers to be released back home to farm. Alas, it's a pity that no one listened, and they were still the governor. You have the means!"

Huang Gui belongs to the kind of civil servant who is very knowledgeable and upright, but has little ability to do things.

In fact, it is not that he is incapable, but he is in a big environment, and his immediate boss is Cai Dang. He really doesn't know how to break the situation, so he can only muddle along.

Huang Gui looked back and asked in a low voice: "The prefect has locked up the gold?"

Ju Ming said: "It's only a few kilograms."

Huang Gui reminded: "This is an act beyond the scope of authority. Be careful of being impeached by the traitorous party."

Ju Ming said solemnly: "If you ask for life for the people, why should you cherish your own body?"

Huang Gui was in awe, sat upright and cupped his hands and said, "I'm afraid that's what Mr. Mo'an said about the unity of knowledge and action. I'm ashamed. Although I understand this truth, I still dare not risk my life to fight against the traitors."

"It's good to have this intention." Zhu Ming comforted.