In the Song Dynasty, there was no law or order.

After Zhao Zhen thoroughly investigated Kaifeng Mansion and withdrew the preferential treatment given to corrupt officials starting from the late emperor Song Zhenzong, the news spread quickly throughout Bianliang.

In the streets, alleys, teahouses and restaurants, there were discussions everywhere, expressing their praise for the emperor's wisdom.

The people of Bianliang have been suffering from Kaifeng Prefecture for a long time.

Historically, it took them twenty years to wait for Bao Zheng, but now they have Zhao Jun, and they have saved twenty years of detours.

After Fan Zhongyan took office again in Kaifeng Mansion, he immediately rectified the administration of officials and investigated and dealt with the laws according to the decree.

Without the protection of Zhao Zhen and the backing of high-ranking officials and dignitaries behind him, Fan Zhongyan quickly took control of the entire situation and cooperated with the Imperial City Division to arrest a large number of lower-level government officials and officials in Kaifeng Prefecture.

The Imperial City Division was originally a huge organization, with more than 5,000 people, of which 3,000 were Imperial Guard soldiers and more than 2,000 were secret agents. Seven or eight hundred of them were cleared one after another.

The Kaifeng Mansion also has a large number of people, thousands of them, and their corruption level is even more serious. At least two-thirds of them have been corrupted. The remaining few people are still the team that Fan Zhongyan left behind a few months ago.

Relying on these teams, Fan Zhongyan and Zhao Jun cleaned up their respective subordinates. As a result, the Imperial City Department and Kaifeng Mansion were quite short of manpower, and there was a serious shortage of officials and servants working below.

Now the Kaifeng Mansion and the Dianqiansi Prison are almost overcrowded.

However, it is a good thing to clean up all this filth. The Kaifeng Mansion and the Imperial City Department are now much more efficient, and the security in various places in Bianliang City has also been significantly improved. Even Wuyou Cave and Guifan Tower are huddled underground and dare not come out.

At midnight on September 5th, Zhao Jun set out for Kaifeng Mansion to talk to Fan Zhongyan about something.

Different from the last time when he brought thousands of soldiers with him, this time Di Qing and the others were protected by more than a hundred spies around them. They still walked, which made Zhao Jun regret that he didn't have time to learn to ride a horse.

Xijiaolou Street is still as lively as ever. The difference is that the order on the street is much better. A group of people walking through the street can attract exclamations everywhere.

"Look, it's Imperial City Secretary Zhao Zhisi."

"Is this Zhao Zhisi? He's so young. I didn't expect him to be so talented."

"I heard that he is related to the clan. He is a clan talent specially selected by His Majesty to rectify the increasingly corrupt Kaifeng Mansion."

"Zhi Si is so handsome. The slave family is willing to marry Zhi Si."

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Zhao Jun ignored the excitement on the streets. The Imperial City Division became famous for wiping out the Kaifeng Mansion. Nowadays, not to mention those young men, even the playboys of the high-ranking officials in Bianliang and the high-level yamen would stay away from him when they saw him. Far away.

In fact, there are really no yamen in Bianliang who cause trouble at will, at least Zhao Jun hasn't encountered them in so many days. The two Ma family members and Han Zong from the Han family could also be considered as yamen, but they were all cleaned up.

Because the reputation of Yameni mainly comes from "Water Margin" and Yuan Zaju. In the real history of the Song Dynasty, the scholar-bureaucrats attached great importance to the character of their descendants. There were not so many "evil" Yameni in life, especially in the Renzong Dynasty, those scholar-bureaucrats The house rules are quite strict.

For example, Fan Zhongyan has "Yizhuang Rules", Sima Guang has "Family Model", Bao Zheng has "Family Instructions", Huang Tingjian has "Family Precepts", Yuan Cai has "Yuan Family Model" and so on. Unless those yamen are so knowledgeable that they can revise history books, there are indeed few records in official history of yamen's domineering and evil deeds.

Soon Zhao Jun arrived at the Kaifeng government office. When the officials at the government office saw him, they were first shocked. Then an official from the government hurriedly came up with a flattering smile and said, "I see the magistrate."

"Well, I'm looking for Mr. Xiwen."

Zhao Jun nodded.

The current government officials in Kaifeng Mansion are all leftovers from the catastrophe. They are basically Fan Zhongyan's team when he left Kaifeng Mansion. Relying on this group of people, Lao Fan should be able to rebuild Kaifeng Mansion soon.

The official from the government department nodded and bowed, stretched out his hand and said, "Please come in, the Chief Magistrate. The Governor is handling the case in the main hall. I will go and report it first."

"good."

Zhao Jun stepped in.

The guards behind him also followed.

The people in Kaifeng Mansion dared not speak out in anger, so they could only let them in.

Fortunately, Kaifeng Mansion is big enough, so it can't accommodate so many people.

Following the guidance of government officials, Zhao Jun first came to the east hall on the right side of the main hall to wait.

Not long after, Fan Zhongyan entered the hall with a tired look on his face. Without speaking to Zhao Jun, he sat directly on the chair, his body seemed to be hollowed out.

"Lao Fan, your health is not good. Do you want my Liuwei Dihuang Pills? If you have kidney yang deficiency, I also have Jingui Shenqi Pills."

Seeing his appearance, Zhao Jun made a joke.

Fan Zhongyan rolled his eyes at him and said, "Tell me, what's the matter?"

Zhao Jun said: "Both the Imperial City Department and Kaifeng Mansion are short of manpower now. I plan to recruit some people. What about you?"

"Um."

Fan Zhongyan nodded and said, "I also plan to recruit some people."

"I'm afraid that the Imperial City Department and Kaifeng Mansion are recruiting people on a large scale, and people from Wuyou Cave and Guifan Tower may sneak in, act as undercover agents, and pry for information."

Zhao Jun said.

Fan Zhongyan sighed: "Yes, the manpower gap is indeed too big this time. At least thousands of people must be recruited. Although their identities will inevitably be checked if they want to enter the government, it is not difficult for those people to forge their identities."

In this era, there was no nationally connected household registration system. It was too easy to fake a foreign identity in Bianliang. More importantly, even if all Bianliang locals are recruited, it does not mean that there are no insiders.

Wuyou Cave has a complicated relationship with Guifan Tower and a large number of underground gangs in Bianliang among the locals. Many Bianliang citizens are ordinary people on the surface, and they may be their people.

At present, the Kaifeng Mansion and the Imperial City Division are only clearing out the internal cancers. If they want to wipe out all the cancers below, they must increase their manpower, otherwise it will be impossible to attack by force.

But as long as those people are not stupid, they will definitely take this opportunity to send people to sneak into Kaifeng Mansion and the Imperial City Division. If there are insiders, it will be difficult to eliminate them.

"Moreover, there are a large number of evil forces such as Wuyou Cave and Guifan Tower entrenched underground. Even if we recruit enough manpower, it may not be easy to defeat them. Maybe we can only think of other ways."

Zhao Jun said thoughtfully.

"Is there anything you can do?"

Fan Zhongyan asked.

Zhao Jun said: "I have been thinking hard these days, and I have come up with some ways. However, if we want to completely eliminate them, we need the right time, place and people."

"you say."

Fan Zhongyan sat up straight.

Zhao Jun said: "This person is mobilizing the masses. It is difficult to clean up these people because they are entrenched among the people. If they can win the hearts of the people and have the government to support the people, I believe that most of the people who have been bullied by them will be willing to contribute to the government and provide us with information."

Fan Zhongyan thought deeply: "You mean the poster?"

"Um."

"I'm afraid it will be difficult."

"Why?"

Zhao Jun was puzzled.

Fan Zhongyan said: "Everyone is afraid of trouble. For most people, it is common sense to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages. The government will not take action against people who have not committed crimes, but those people are different. If you go to sue the government during the day, What to do if you get retaliated at night? So I think this method may have little effect.”

"Well"

Zhao Jun thought for a moment, then smiled suddenly and said: "There is a way."

"oh?"

Fan Zhongyan said: "Tell me and listen."

Zhao Jun said with a bad smile: "We put up notices during the day, and at night we have people tear them down, and then we post notices all over the city, threatening people in Wuyou Cave and Guifan Tower, saying that if anyone dares to The government provided them with information and immediately sent people to retaliate.”

Fan Zhongyan frowned and said, "Aren't the people even more afraid to report to the official?"

"It was definitely like that at first."

Zhao Jun said: "You just need to do it a few more times, and use the verbal threats from the Wuyou Cave and Guifan Tower people more often. Then from the prison cell in front of the palace, behead the people from the Wuyou Cave and Guifan Tower in public, and Promote more that the government will protect the people. It is best to strengthen the city's security and patrol every street at all times to give the people a sense of security."

"I don't understand how this can be used."

"We cannot solve them with our strength alone. We must rely on the people. But if the contradiction cannot be resolved simply, it will intensify the contradiction."

"Intensification of contradictions?"

Fan Zhongyan had heard explanations such as contradictions from Zhao Jun before, but he really didn't have a deep understanding of this thing.

"Yes."

Zhao Jun smiled and said: "The threats from Wuyou Cave and Guifan Tower will pick the bottom line of the people of Bianliang again and again. Putting the people of Bianliang in fear and uneasiness will make the people feel that only without those underground evil forces The day is a good day. If the government executes their people in public at this time, the people will feel that the government and the Imperial City will be their backers. "

"I see."

Fan Zhongyan understood immediately and said excitedly: "The people of Bianliang will definitely actively provide information in order to destroy those people."

"Exactly."

Zhao Jun laughed. Kaifeng Mansion and the Imperial City Division, directing and acting on their own, will only completely interrupt the hands and feet of Wuyou Cave and Guifan Tower on the ground, and the forces hidden among the people will also be uprooted.

"But the best this can do is make the rats underground disappear from the ground. What will happen once they all hide underground?"

Fan Zhongyan was still worried.

Zhao Jun's method is indeed feasible, but Wuyou Cave, Guifan Tower, and the headquarters of many evil forces are all hidden deep underground in Bianliang, which is dozens of square kilometers deep.

There are many pipelines there, it is dark and complicated, and even the Song Dynasty Palace does not have a map below.

Because the groundwater system in Bianliang had been constructed as early as the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, it only underwent large-scale expansion and repair work in the Song Dynasty.

Not to mention the Song Dynasty Palace, maybe even the gutter rats that live in it don’t know the complete road. At least when Zhao Jun tortured those people from the evil forces, they only knew the terrain of their own branch and didn’t know the complete terrain at all. .

"yes."

Zhao Jun sighed and said: "So the geographical advantage is not on our side, but we can only try our best. Do you know why I haven't taken action to clean up the gangs on the ground?"

"Why?"

Fan Zhongyan was also a little puzzled.

In addition to Wuyou Cave and Guifan Tower, there are actually many gangs on the ground in Bianliang.

These people formed groups of small and medium-sized groups, and more than ten people formed a club. Some even used the township party as a rallying cry, and dozens or even hundreds of people were tyrannical. There are even communities composed of foreigners, who stay together in a foreign country to stay warm.

Logically speaking, these people are also the target of attacks by Kaifeng Mansion and the Imperial City Division. However, these days, Kaifeng Mansion and the Imperial City Division have only wiped out the officialdom and some evil forces, and have not carried out a city-wide crackdown on gangs. Fan Zhongyan also I thought Zhao Jun never had time to do it, but it turned out that he had other intentions.

Then I heard Zhao Jun say: "I have sent people to win over some gangs that usually have a good style. Many of them are just township party members who stick together to prevent being bullied. They used to be law-abiding, so I have no plans to do it." Dead Hand, when the time comes, we can launch a crackdown throughout the city and drive a large number of gang members underground, and these people will become our internal agents."

"oh?"

Fan Zhongyan said happily: "Is there another way?"

"Um."

Zhao Jun nodded: "They will send people to lurk in Kaifeng Mansion and the Imperial City Division. Can't we send people down? I believe that many gangs in the city have colluded with those below, and many gangs are even those below. People are in gangs outside.”

Fan Zhongyan thought for a while and said: "If this is the case, we should be able to find out the details below, and maybe we can really send people to clear out the cancer that has been entrenched in Bianliang for nearly a hundred years."

Zhao Jun didn't look too happy, but said: "Don't be too happy too early. According to the people we captured in Wuyou Cave and Guifan Tower, the place below is more complicated than we imagined. It's not just Wuyou Cave. There are probably dozens of other forces, including Youdong and Guifanlou, with tens of thousands of people, most of whom are victims. If you want to completely destroy them, you still need to plan carefully. "

"Tianshi?"

Fan Zhongyan asked tentatively.

"Um."

Zhao Jun responded and said: "If we want to completely eradicate this cancer, we can only wait for Bianliang's water to rise again."

Fan Zhongyan said: "There are frequent floods in Bianliang, and it is easy for the water to rise. But even if the ground below is flooded, we will be flooded above. How can we have extra power to clean up the ground?"

Zhao Jun smiled and said: "With the combination of favorable location and people, we can control most of the entrance and exit channels below and control these channels. Once the weather comes, can't we just go out and catch them one by one? And don't the government have ships?"

Fan Zhongyan suddenly understood and said with deep understanding: "I understand. In the past, we couldn't use the sky to destroy those people because they could escape to the ground when the flood came. Their power is entrenched on the ground, and Kaifeng Mansion has them. With internal support, they can naturally avoid detection, but now that there is no internal support in Kaifeng Mansion and the forces on the ground have been wiped out, they have no place to survive outside!"

"Exactly."

Zhao Jun said: "If you want to deal with these people, it is unrealistic to rely solely on strong attacks. You still have to rely on outsmarting them."

Fan Zhongyan said in surprise: "I didn't expect you to be much smarter now, at least smarter than when we first met."

Zhao Jun also rolled his eyes at Fan Zhongyan and said, "I've always been smart, okay? And this is actually learning from the experience of predecessors, and it's not my own idea."

He learned how to stimulate conflicts by watching a movie before. Isn't Huang Silang in the film the same as the evil forces entrenched under the feet of the people of Bianliang?

I also learned from a movie about sending an undercover agent. I didn’t have a choice before, but now I just want to be a good person.

As for waiting for the flood.

He remembered that when he studied history, he saw that tunnels were dug during siege battles, and the tunnels were often flooded with water.

Moreover, Bianliang itself has such a situation. Every time the Yellow River overflows, it will bring a flood to Bianliang, so it is better to take advantage of this moment to strike hard at the following.

"alright."

After Zhao Jun chatted with Fan Zhongyan, he stood up and said, "Then I'll go back and make preparations. I'm still recruiting people. I'll put up notices everywhere in two days and prepare to attack below."

"Um."

Fan Zhongyan nodded and said, "Then I'll make the announcement in advance."

"gone."

Zhao Jun waved his hand and left Kaifeng Mansion.