Xianxia version of Water Margin

Chapter 149 Are golden scales something in the pool?

Sun Li, Jie Zhen, Jie Bao, Zou Yuan, Zou Run, Sun Xin, Gu Dasao, Le He and their families visited Jiang Hongfei.

The heroes of Liangshan were beating drums and playing flutes, and all the heroes from Dengzhou came to the village in horse sedans to welcome them.

Jiang Hongfei set up a banquet to take care of the banquet, and a group of Liangshan heroes, old and new, boasted and drank.

Early the next morning, Jiang Hongfei sent someone to call Lehe, Sun Xin, and Sister Gu to the wing on the left side of Juyi Hall, where Jiang Hongfei usually handled official business.

Here, in addition to Jiang Hongfei, Lehe and the other three also met Sun Jing, Zhu Wu, and a young woman they had not seen yesterday who had the look of a fish and a goose.

Sun Xin and Sister-in-law Gu didn't know who this beautiful young woman was, but Lehe guessed that she should be Jiang Hongfei's concubine and Zhuge Liu Huiniang, the third military counselor of Shuibo Liangshan.

After the three people came in, Jiang Hongfei got straight to the point and said, "We have discussed it and teach you and your wife to open a restaurant in the capital."

After hearing the arrangements Jiang Hongfei made for them, Sun Xin and Mrs. Gu couldn't help but beat their hearts: "Going to the capital to open a restaurant? Can my wife and I do that?"

It’s no wonder that Sun Xin and Sister Gu were feeling guilty.

In fact, although Sun Xin and Sister-in-law Gu were also in this business before, the small country hotel they opened could not be compared with the large restaurants in the capital. The two are not at the same level at all, and they should not even be opened at all. Put them together for comparison.

In addition, Sun Xin and Mrs. Gu just committed a major prison robbery in Dengzhou, and now they go to the capital to open a big restaurant. Isn't it too arrogant and crazy?

Seeing the worries of Sun Xin and Mrs. Gu, Jiang Hongfei smiled and said to them: "Just go to that restaurant and do the tasks I gave you. There will be professional people doing the operation and management of the restaurant. There is no need." You guys put a lot of effort into it.”

Zhu Wu helped Jiang Hongfei explain: "Although I have some shortage of talents by Shuibo Liangshan, there are a lot of talents to open hotels, and I won't teach you to worry about such small things."

Sun Jing said: "You don't have to worry about that case. People in the capital will never pay attention to a small case that happened in remote Dengzhou, and Kaifeng Mansion will not post your arrest documents, and the village owner has already Someone has been sent to get you a new identity. From now on, you will no longer be sinners."

After hearing what Zhu Wu and Sun Jing said, Sun Xin and Sister Gu felt relieved.

Jiang Hongfei continued:

"Your first mission is to find out the news."

"The capital is the center of the Zhao and Song dynasties. It must gather news from all over the world. The news you collected will be sent back in detail. As for whether it is useful or not, you don't have to worry about it. That is our business."

"I have sent people to instigate some officials and eunuchs who have access to important information. They have their own message transmission channels, but if there is a problem with their message transmission channels, you may be asked to help them pass the news back, but This is a backup method that will only be used as a last resort. As long as you know about it, there is probably no need for you to do it."

"Remember, searching for information is only a secondary task for you. Just do what you can. There is no need to force it. You can also leave it completely to the people who are going to the capital with you, that is, Zhu Guixian's brother."

Hearing what Jiang Hongfei said, Sun Xin and Sister Gu were a little confused. Since they were not required to open a restaurant or collect intelligence, why should they go to the capital?

Zhu Wu, who guessed what Sun Xin and Sister Gu were thinking, clarified their doubts and said: "My brother means that although Zhu Guixian's people can do these two things, all matters in the capital, big and small, are yours to coordinate and take charge of, including Brother Zhu Guixian’s people in the capital are also yours to dispatch and manage. Teaching you to open a restaurant in the capital is mainly to teach you to be responsible for the other two things, and the other two things need to be disguised as the restaurant owner."

Sun Xin and Sister-in-law Gu suddenly realized what Jiang Hongfei meant.

At the same time, Sun Xin and Mrs. Gu also figured out that they would be the heads of the Shuibo Liangshan Beijing Office.

This made Sun Xin and Mrs. Gu feel that Jiang Hongfei valued and valued them as a couple, and like other heroes in Dengzhou and Liangshan, they felt that they had come to the right place to invest in Liangshan.

Seeing that Sun Xin and Sister Gu understood, Jiang Hongfei continued: "Your second task is to recruit talents for me, Shuibo Liangshan..."

At the beginning of the Song Dynasty, there were only more than 200 officials in the Zhao and Song dynasties;

By the time of Song Zhenzong, there were more than 10,000 officials in the Zhao and Song dynasties;

By the time of Song Renzong, this number doubled again to more than 20,000 people;

During the reign of Song Yingzong, more than 4,000 people were added, reaching more than 24,000 people;

During the Song Shenzong period, Wang Anshi's Reform was implemented to reform officials. The overall number of officials dropped by more than 3,000 to more than 21,000;

But during the Zhezong period of the Song Dynasty, the number of officials began to increase by more than 10,000, reaching more than 31,000;

This number has now reached its peak, reaching more than 48,000 people.

And these are just officials. If generals are also included, the total number of officials in the Zhao and Song Dynasties is as high as 500,000!

As the number of officials in the Zhao and Song Dynasties increased, and the actual duties and work content of the Zhao and Song Dynasties were limited, many of these officials in the Zhao and Song Dynasties became empty positions.

As described in "History of Song Dynasty: Official Records": "Those who are in official positions but do not know their duties are the most common."

This means that eight or nine out of ten people hold official positions but have nothing to do all day long.

There were so many officials in the Zhao and Song dynasties who had no work to do, so there must be many who were depressed and frustrated.

There are many such people hanging out in Bianliang City. They either become private school teachers, continue to study hard, or work as staff for officials or even eunuchs. Some of them simply hang out in various restaurants and teahouses every day, talking and looking forward to it. In order to get the appreciation of a powerful person, and then get the opportunity to become an official.

Jiang Hongfei asked Sun Xin and Sister-in-law Gu to select some of them who were talented, ambitious, and dissatisfied with the Zhao and Song Dynasties, and recruited them to Shuibo Liangshan.

In addition, Taixue in the Song Dynasty formed a relatively complete academic system.

——Taiwan students are not only recruited from the children of high-ranking officials and powerful people, but also from the children of officials below the eighth rank and outstanding children of civilians.

Nowadays, Emperor Huizong and Cai Jing of the Song Dynasty even canceled the imperial examinations, established a large-scale Imperial College, and replaced the imperial examinations with Imperial College.

In the first year of Chongning, Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty, Piyong was founded in the south of the city and had a total of 3,800 students. Among them, 200 were born in Shangshe, 600 were born in Neishe, and they were educated in Taixue, and 3,000 were born in Waishe. Educated by Piyong.

Moreover, a large number of Taipei students graduate and a large number of Taipei students are recruited every year.

As a result, nowadays there are so many imperial students that they cannot become officials and even struggle to become petty officials. They can only gather in Bianliang City in Tokyo to work for official positions and hang out.

These imperial students were also recruited by Shuibo Liangshan.

Hearing Jiang Hongfei say that they were going to pick officials, imperial students and other literati for Shuibo Liangshan, Sun Xin and Mrs. Gu felt even more guilty. They all thought to themselves: "My husband and I don't even know a few words, how can we do such a thing?" Isn’t this a big deal a bit too childish?”

Seeing that Sun Xin and Sister-in-law Gu were not confident enough, Jiang Hongfei said with a smile: "Brother Wang Lun will arrange for the officials to go to Beijing with you, and they will give you suggestions. In addition, you are only the primary candidates, and Lehe will eventually Dear brother, whether you decide to recruit or not, you are not the first or last link, so don’t worry."

Sun Xin and Sister Gu came to their senses. Instead of asking Jiang Hongfei and his wife to take charge of the Beijing Office, Jiang Hongfei actually asked Le He to take charge of the Beijing Office. It was only because they could better cooperate with Le He that Jiang Hongfei let him. They went to the capital to open a restaurant.

really!

Jiang Hongfei's following words confirmed Sun Xin and Sister Gu's suspicions.

"Your third mission is to assist Brother Le Hexian in accomplishing whatever he wants to do, listen to his command, and deliver messages for him."

"this……"

Although Sun Xin and Sister-in-law Gu had already guessed this possibility, they were still extremely shocked when they actually heard these words coming from Jiang Hongfei's mouth.

yes.

Lehe is very smart and clever. He can learn all kinds of music and know the beginning and end of things.

However, in the final analysis, Lehe was just a prisoner in Dengzhou Prefecture, a small prisoner, and this was a position he only obtained through Sun Li's relationship.

Can such Lehe be qualified for the position of the top person in charge of Shuibo Liangshan Office in Beijing? !

Jiang Hongfei did not explain to Sun Xin and Sister Gu why he asked Le Helai to serve as the top person in charge of the Shuibo Liangshan Office in Beijing.

Jiang Hongfei turned to Le He and said, "In addition to what I just told him and his wife, you will be the general manager, you also have other tasks."

Lehe took a deep breath to calm himself down, and then said, "Brother, please give me your instructions."

"Those who achieve great things hide it in their hearts, act on it, and don't seek it out in public. That's right."

Nodding secretly in his heart, Jiang Hongfei went straight to the topic: "After you arrive in the capital, try to sneak in with Cai Jing's eldest son, Cai You. Whatever you lack, the village will provide you with whatever you need. As long as you ask for it, as long as the village can do it arrive."

Then, Jiang Hongfei explained this task:

"The person Emperor Daojun trusts the most is Cai You. Because of this, Cai You has access to all the secrets of the Zhao and Song dynasties. Furthermore, Cai You's power is overwhelming and will become bigger and bigger. If you can sneak into his side, you will be able to But I, Shuibo Liangshan, have heard some important news. Secondly, I, Shuibo Liangshan, have some personnel changes in the official circles of Zhao and Song Dynasties, and I need your mediation..."

When he was working for Hua Rong before, Jiang Hongfei discovered that after reaching a certain level, it was too difficult to start from the local level. He had to find a way from the power center of the Zhao Song Dynasty, that is, the Zhao Song court.

This is why, after so long, Huang Rang is still working in the Guangling Salt Service. Not to mention succeeding Murong Yanda as Qingzhou magistrate, he is still struggling to be transferred to the officialdom of Qingzhou.

Therefore, Jiang Hongfei plans to find a loyal, reliable, adaptable, smart, wise and courageous person to go to the capital to work for the Liangshan heroes.

In addition, as Jiang Hongfei said, if Le He can successfully get into the side of Cai You, who will even become the Privy Councilor in the future, it will be of great use to Shuibo Liangshan.

In fact, if Lehe can get into the side of people like Cai Jing, Tong Guan, Liang Shicheng, Wang Fu, Li Bangyan, and Gao Qiu, the same effect can be achieved.

But Cai Jing and others are cunning and cunning, and are far less easy to deal with than a fool like Cai You, so Jiang Hongfei helped Lehe choose Cai You.

Sun Xin and Mrs. Gu, two little people who had just come from the countryside, were shocked to see that Jiang Hongfei had made such a big deal and dared to place spies around the people closest to the emperor and control the officialdom of the Zhao and Song dynasties.

The key is that Jiang Hongfei wants to leave such a big thing to Lehe.

In the eyes of Sun Xin and Sister Gu, especially the latter, Lehe is still a child who needs care.

Therefore, Sister-in-law Gu, who has always been the most loyal person, stood up and said: "Zhao leader, Uncle Lehe can't do this big thing, why not find some good guy to do it?"

Jiang Hongfei smiled and said to Sister-in-law Gu: "There are many good men who are willing to do this. So far, no less than twenty good men have been recommended to me. Not long ago, Brother Zhu Fuxian came to recommend himself, but they all told me whether to do it, because I don’t think they can do this.”

Jiang Hongfei was not telling lies. Wang Lun and Zhu Gui had really recommended more than twenty people to Jiang Hongfei. Zhu Fu really took the initiative to come to Jiang Hongfei and expressed his willingness to do it himself.

High risk equals high reward.

If Wang Lun's people accomplish this, it will give Wang Lun greater authority in Shuibo Liangshan; and if Zhu Gui's people accomplish this, it will give Zhu Gui greater authority in Shuibo Liangshan. .

Therefore, both Wang Lun and Zhu Gui sincerely recommended their best talents to Jiang Hongfei.

But those people can't be said to be really incompetent. It can only be said that Jiang Hongfei is not sure that they can do it. Since the matter is serious, Jiang Hongfei still wants to find an insurance company.

In addition, this is definitely the best task to train Lehe, bar none.

Jiang Hongfei looked at Lehe and said to Sister-in-law Gu: "Sister-in-law, don't underestimate this brother of yours. He is not a mediocre person who needs your protection. Remember my words, one day you will be proud to have this brother."

Although Jiang Hongfei said so, Sister-in-law Gu was still unwilling to let Lehe take such a big risk.

Seeing this, Zhu Wu reminded Sister-in-law Gu: "Sister-in-law, I must have forgotten that my brother is famous in the world for his ability to discern people. If my brother says that he can do things with his brothers, he will definitely do it with his brothers."

Sister-in-law Gu refused to listen and wanted to stop Lehe from taking this huge risk, but Kelehe asked Jiang Hongfei: "Why did brother choose me?"

"I told you when I first met you, you are adaptable to changes, smart in every possible way, and you attach importance to both love and justice. You are a great talent."

After thinking about it, Jiang Hongfei simply made it clear: "You have eight heroes in Dengzhou this time. The one I am most optimistic about is your iron caller Zi Lehe."

Speaking of this, Jiang Hongfei looked directly into Lehe's eyes and said: "Golden scales are just like things in the pond. In my eyes, you have infinite possibilities..."

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