Qiming 1158

Chapter 525 This Su Yonglin, this Su Yonglin

On May [-]th, after Chen Kangbo led the team off, this year's imperial examinations were almost released.

A new batch of Heaven's Chosen people made their debut and entered the Southern Song Dynasty court to start their careers.

At the same time, Zhang Jun asked Zhao Gou to make some adjustments to the positions of court officials according to actual needs, and suggested to introduce a group of officials who have made achievements in the military in case of emergency.

Zhao Gou had no choice but to agree, because at the moment he really needed a group of officials who had made achievements in the military to help the court revise its military strategy, and to count on Tang Sihui's gang of office talkers, don't even think about it.

So Zhang Jun reviewed the list of former main combat faction officials who had been transferred out over the years, and selected more than 30 people to transfer them back to Lin'an to take up positions, so as to restore the momentum of the main combat faction and even the Northern Expedition faction, and lay the foundation for further northward travel.

One of them was named Bi Hongye.

Zhang Jun noticed that this person had prepared food and forage for the Yue family army during Yue Fei's Northern Expedition, and he had always been a staunch main fighting faction, or the Northern Expedition faction that restored the Central Plains.

Later, he was once transferred to Lin'an and held a position in the Privy Council, but because of his stance on the main battle, he offended Tang Situi's cronies and was demoted to Jiangxi.

So he immediately decided to transfer this person back to Lin'an.

Bi Hongye returned to Lin'an at the beginning of June. After returning to Lin'an, he went to thank Zhang Jun, who asked him to transfer him back to Lin'an as usual, and received Zhang Jun's encouragement.

"You used to handle the logistics for General Yue, and you have always insisted on advocating the Northern Expedition, and you have never changed your aspirations. This is what I admire about you. The situation in the Central Plains has changed abruptly, and the Song Dynasty is likely to face war. I hope you can make persistent efforts. Falling from the ambition of the past.”

Bi Hongye expressed his gratitude for this, and promised to make persistent efforts and never give up his previous ambitions.

Then, he told Zhang Jun something.

"When Xiaguan was still in Jiangxi, he heard that the Central Plains Gold Bandit was expelled by the Restoration Army. The Golden Bandit Army was defeated by the Restoration Army. One of the leaders of the Restoration Army was named Su Yonglin. I wonder if this is true?"

Zhang Jun frowned.

"That's what happened, what do you want to say?"

"Xianggong, do you know how old this General Su is? What is the name? Where is the person?"

"But I don't know. I only know his name, age table, and who knows nothing about him."

Zhang Jun seemed to realize something and hurriedly asked, "Do you know him?"

Bi Hongye hesitated for a while, then shook his head.

"No, I don't know the age, name and origin, and even the lower officials dare not confirm it. The world is so big and there are so many people? It's not uncommon to have the same name and surname. This Su Yonglin may not be Su Yonglin."

Zhang Jun nodded, feeling the same, but he was still interested, so he continued to ask.

"So, you know someone named Su Yonglin?"

"Yes, to be precise, Xiaguan and his grandfather were good friends."

"Tell me in detail."

"Here."

Bi Hongye sat on the chair and opened the chat box.

In the Jingkang year, Bi Hongye and his friend Su Dingguang also worked in Shandong. When the Jin people went south, they did not want to stay in the Central Plains and succumbed to the thieves. They followed the court southward and advocated counterattacking the Central Plains, and together they handled logistical affairs for Yue Fei.

After Yue Fei's death, the two were transferred from the front line together to serve as local officials.

The two families have always kept in touch, so Bi Hongye is relatively familiar with Su Dingguang's son Su Shengren and Su Dingguang's grandson Su Yonglin, and the children of the two families also had contacts with each other.

Speaking of which, Zhang Jun felt that it was no big deal.

"It can only be said that they have the same name and surname, and it really doesn't count."

Bi Hongye hesitated for a moment, slapped his thigh, and sighed.

"I didn't want to say it at first, but Xianggong is kind to the lower official, and some things have to be said."

So Bi Hongye told Zhang Jun that Su Dingguang was an official while selling illicit salt.

Zhang Jun was a little surprised, but not surprised at all.

"I've already heard that many officials are officials on the surface, but they secretly handle the business of selling illicit salt, swallowing state taxes, and filling their own pockets. It's very hateful. I never thought that Su Dingguang would be such a person, you bastard!"

"Not only did he personally manage the private salt business, but his son Su Shengren and grandson Su Yonglin also managed this business one after another. Later, his son was shot and killed by an arrow in a private fight at sea. Su Yonglin took over the private salt business of the Su family.

A few years ago, when Su Dingguang passed away, Xiaguan went to the funeral and saw Su Yonglin. The child was only 16 years old at the time, but he was relatively calm and restrained. Xiaguan knew that their family's private salt business was involved, so he didn't dare to talk to him. No more dealings. "

"What is involved in their private salt business?"

"Back then, the subordinate officials vaguely heard Su Dingguang say that it should be related to the Jinbu Division in Lin'an. It is said that someone is their backer. They rely on this person to sell private salt and have never been traced, and the other subordinate officials are also unclear.

It was not until a year ago that an old friend of Xiaguan came to Jiangxi from Qingyuan to meet. During the meeting, they talked about this matter. Only then did Xiaguan know that Su Yonglin had committed a crime. It is said that a court official died because of him, and someone went to celebrate the incident. Yuanfu arrested him, but he disappeared mysteriously, and there is no news so far, and this matter has become an unsolved case. "

"Is there such a thing?"

Zhang Jun's interest has been thoroughly aroused, and I feel that there may be some insider information here.

So after Bi Hongye left, Zhang Jun sent someone to check some files about the case, and then he came to know about it.

This incident happened two years ago, on the ninth day of March in the 28th year of Shaoxing, Sun Yuanqi, a doctor of the Ministry of Finance, was found dead in Xichun Building, a famous restaurant in Lin'an, because of Ma Feng.

Because the deceased was a court official, the person in charge of the investigation did not dare to perfunctory, and probed carefully, thus discovering the clues that he was drugged.

Sun Yuanqi's colleagues all said that this person is very lecherous, and the person who prescribed the medicine obviously knew that, so he took advantage of Sun Yuanqi's lewd characteristics, gave him the medicine of tiger and wolf, and arranged for two women to have fun with him, causing Sun Yuanqi to indulge himself, Die out of the sun.

After multiple investigations, the perpetrator, Su Yonglin, gradually surfaced.

However, when the court's arrest team arrived at Qingyuan Mansion, they found that Su Yonglin and the entire Su family had mysteriously disappeared without a trace, so the matter was settled and became an unsolved case.

After reading the dossier, Zhang Jun felt that there are still many problems in this matter that have not been explained clearly. The records in the dossier should only be the tip of the iceberg of this matter.

So he asked people to find the Lin'an government official who was in charge of investigating the case back then, and secretly asked him what happened back then.

How could a small official of this level ever see a big man like Zhang Jun, when he was slightly intimidated by Zhang Jun, he immediately revealed the inside story of the year.

There is a big man behind Sun Yuanqi, who uses Sun Yuanqi to develop the offline sales of illicit salt.

The rule is that private salt gangs earn less, and big men earn more, because big men provide political asylum, which is far more important than their own hard work and efforts, so they have to get more.

The big man earns a lot of money from this. As for who the big man is and what he does with so much money, he has no idea.

Official rules, the less involved, the less you know, the longer you live.

Regarding this matter, he only knew that Su Dingguang was one of the downlines, and a considerable part of the money he earned had to be given to big shots.

After Su Dingguang's death, Su Yonglin took over the family business and continued to cooperate with it, but because of some contradictions between Sun Yuanqi and Su Yonglin, Su Yonglin came to Lin'an to handle Sun Yuanqi.

When Sun Yuanqi died, the wealth of the big man behind him was affected, and he was very angry. He strictly ordered the Lin'an House to solve the case, so the Lin'an House found Su Yonglin.

However, because of Su Yonglin's special status as a smuggler of salt, the Lin'an government was worried that he had the power to resist and would rebel, making the matter so big that it would affect the career of the big man, so the big man decided to kill him with a knife.

He intends to use the power of other private salt dealers to stage a black-and-white show without the power of the imperial court.

Three private salt sales gangs took a fancy to this piece of fat and decided to unite with the forces of the Su family, but when they arrived at Qingyuan Mansion to prepare for action, they found that Su Yonglin had long since disappeared.

People went to the empty building, and no one knew where Su Yonglin went.

The big man was very angry, but there was nothing he could do about him.

So far, Su Yonglin is still on the wanted list of Qingyuan Mansion.

"So, when you arrived at Qingyuan Mansion, Su Yonglin had already disappeared?"

"The villain never went to Qingyuan Mansion. It was the news that I got later. Everything the villain knew was what I kept hearing from the people above during the investigation process. They were all secrets, and few people knew about them. Please don't take offense. "

"Of course I know this, but, do you really have no idea where Su Yonglin went?"

"There are also some rumors, some say that they went to Lingnan, some say that they went to the Japanese country, and some say that they went to the Jin country..."

"Golden State?"

Zhang Jun was taken aback: "Is there such a statement?"

The clerk shook his head.

"It's all hearsay. It can't be taken seriously. No one really thinks that he went to the Jin Kingdom or the Japanese Kingdom. Isn't that courting death? I think he fled to some place in Lingnan, changed his name and changed his name to become a rich man."

"In this case, you won't be able to find it at all? Or haven't you looked for it seriously?"

"Xianggong Mingjian, in the Great Song Dynasty, when he left Lin'an, many things could not be counted. If he really ran to the places where the emperor was so high in Lingnan, we really couldn't take him, and we couldn't reach out at all."

The clerk said with a wry smile.

It's not that Zhang Jun didn't understand the truth.

The rule of the Song Dynasty was centered on Lin'an. The closer it was to Lin'an, the stronger its ruling power, and the farther it was from Lin'an, the weaker its ruling power.

Lingbei is not bad. After Wuling to Lingnan, the dominance of the Southern Song Dynasty immediately plummeted. It only has a certain sense of presence in some important cities. In remote mountainous areas, it is almost equivalent to the existence of nothingness.

Up to now, many parts of the southern Song Dynasty are local indigenous self-government, such as some ethnic inhabited areas in the southwest.

The political action of reforming the land and returning to the current state, which requires great courage and execution, can also be traced back to the middle and late Ming Dynasty. As for the thorough promotion, it was not related to the Southern Song Dynasty.

A court with insufficient prestige like the small court of the Southern Song Dynasty was simply not strong enough to promote such a big political reform, neither had the strength nor the courage.

If Su Yonglin really fled to these places, and then spent some money to get the protection of the locals, and changed his face to hide his name, no matter how big the big man was, he would not be able to take him.

After thinking about this, Zhang Jun did not embarrass the little official, waved his hand to let him leave, and then found Chen Junqing, a disciple he admired.

(End of this chapter)