bastard seizes tang

Chapter 366 Fang Jichang

In the prefectures and counties of the Tang Dynasty, those with more than [-] households are Shangzhou, and Songzhou has [-] households. They are among the ten Wangzhous, and they belong to Shangzhou.

The governor of Shangzhou, the official residence is from the third grade, and the local officials, not to mention Songzhou is still a waterway fortress connecting the Central Plains and Huainan. Those who can be officials here are by no means ordinary people.

Fang Jichang came from a famous family in Danyang. After Fang Chu, a famous minister in the Eastern Han Dynasty, he abandoned darkness and turned to the Ming after the battle of Hulao in the past. It has been three years.

Fang Jichang was older than Li Ke imagined. The Tang Dynasty was only established for more than ten years. Most of the local officials had held important clerical positions in the army and then transferred to other posts. Therefore, most of them were not old. In the prime of life around forty, there are very few people who are over fifty, but when Li Ke looked at Fang Jichang, what he could see at a glance was his head full of silver and gray hair, probably over sixty.

Although Li Ke is the chief official in the southeast, because of the management of the Huai River, most of the local officials he knew were the local officials of the Huaibei and Shandong generations. As for Fang Jichang of Songzhou, he had only heard of one name. The half-white old man was somewhat surprised.

"Fang Jichang, the governor of Songzhou, pays his respects to His Royal Highness, King Chu. It is not surprising that His Royal Highness is not far away to greet you." In the main hall of Songzhou Governor's Mansion, Li Ke was waiting in the hall, and Fang Jichang walked in quickly. Li Ke bowed down and worshiped.

Li Ke raised his hand slightly, helped Fang Jichang up, and said: "This king came here rashly today, and has nothing to do with Fang Inspector, Fang Inspector please."

"Thank you, Your Highness." Fang Ji thanked him long and stood up.

After Fang Jichang got up, he sat down beside Li Ke, and asked Li Ke, "Your Highness is here today, but what orders do you have?"

Li Kedao: "I was ordered by my father to go south and pass through Songzhou. I originally wanted to go to the city to rest for a while, but I encountered an interesting thing, so I came here to ask the governor Fang for advice."

Fang Jichang has been an official for many years, and he also knows how to do it. When the word "asking for advice" came from Li Ke, Fang Jichang's heart skipped a beat, and he knew that something must have offended Li Ke. .

Fang Jichang hurriedly said: "Please enlighten me, Your Highness."

Li Ke laughed and asked: "This time when the king came to the city, in order to meet Fang Inspector, he paid [-] pennies. Do you think this matter is interesting?"

Li Kegui is a prince, so there is no reason why you have to pay money to see him, let alone Li Ke, Fang Jichang is the governor of Songzhou, even if ordinary people ask for an audience, this should not be the case, Fang Jichang Hearing Li Ke's words, I was shocked.

Hearing this, Fang Jichang thought at first that it was Li Ke who had come outside the governor's mansion and did not reveal his identity, and the door of the governor's mansion was honored as a grand master, so he asked quickly: "But the blind man in the mansion has despised His Highness?" , I will rectify immediately."

Li Ke shook his head and said: "The people in your mansion are pretty good at least. They have never slighted this king. What this king is talking about is Suiyang Ferry."

"Suiyang Ferry? I don't know what's going on at Suiyang Ferry, but I hope His Highness will tell you clearly." Fang Jichang asked in puzzlement.

Li Ke said: "This time the king went south, the ship he took was the official ship of the Governor's Mansion of Yangzhou. The king was at the Suiyang Ferry just now, but I heard that all Yangzhou ships that enter Suiyang Ferry and stop for half a day need to pay money. You have to enter the city at twenty guan, I don't know what the rules are, but thinking of going to the countryside to do as the Romans do, I accepted it."

As Li Ke said, he didn't get angry, but there was a slight smile on his face, but it was this slight smile that made Fang Jichang's heart chill.

Although Fang Jichang was in the local area, he was quite familiar with the situation in Beijing, especially His Royal Highness the King of Chu in front of him.

Li Ke can easily stir up the situation in the court, let alone a small Songzhou City.

Fang Ji Changsheng was afraid that Li Ke would be angry, so he hurriedly explained: "I really don't know about the payment of money. I immediately ordered someone to investigate and bring the culprit to justice. He will be severely punished and punished."

As a prince, Li Ke is a wealthy family, and he would never pay attention to mere twenties. Fang Jichang thought that Li Ke's visit was because of this troublemaker.

But how could Fang Jichang figure out Li Ke's thoughts? Li Ke's visit to the door in person was not for the purpose of punishing people. The most important is the Suiyang Ferry, which is the opportunity for Yangzhou Caoxing to open up the entire Henan water transport.

"Humph!"

Li Ke snorted softly, and the other party Ji Chang said: "I heard that the person at Suiyang Ferry accepting money did not do it without authorization, but on the order of the Song Prefecture Government. The governor of Fang does not know if this is possible or not." ?"

Hearing Li Ke's soft hum, Fang Jichang's heart trembled suddenly, and regardless of whether Fang Jichang knew about the confiscation of the money from the Yangzhou ship at the ferry, just listening to Li Ke's meaning, he would have to blame Fang Jichang the meaning of.

Fang Jichang hurriedly got up and said: "I am afraid, I don't know what Your Highness means."

Li Ke said: "Under the sky, is it the land of the king; on the shore of the land, is it the minister of the king. As the chief official of Songzhou, Fang Shishi, who was ordered by his father to guard one side, should also know the laws of the Tang Dynasty. This king also entered the court. For many years, I have never heard of any tax that is specially collected for the cost of stopping in Yangzhou. This king can enter and leave the palace freely, but it is not easy to enter this city of Suiyang, but I don’t know that Suiyang is still under my Tang rule?"

When Li Ke's words fell, Fang Jichang's face suddenly turned ugly. If Li Ke's words were just a little bit polite, what Li Ke said now is to punish his heart.If Li Ke's words were introduced into the court, he would have to be impeached by the Imperial History.

Fang Jichang explained: "Your Highness is serious, I have no intention of doing so, but I really don't know about this matter, and I have never heard of it before."

Li Ke laughed out loud when he heard the words, and asked: "Listening to Fang Inspector, do you think this king is lying to you?"

Fang Jichang replied: "I dare not."

Li Ke waved his hand, and Wang Xuance, who was behind Li Ke, knew what Li Ke meant, and took out a confession paper from his sleeve, and the other party Ji Chang said: "This is the confession that His Highness ordered someone to record just now, and the cause and effect of this matter are all explained, so that we can understand the truth." The governor just saw it."

Fang Jichang took the paper offering from Wang Xuance and looked at it carefully. After a while, his brows frowned slightly.

As Li Ke, if he doesn't want to pay the twenty guan, or thinks it's inappropriate, Li Ke can order someone to pass it on, even if he, the governor of Songzhou, goes there in person and leads the officials of the state to welcome Li Ke. Entering the city is also the meaning of what it should be.

But Li Ke didn't tell Fang Jichang to go out of the city to see him, but paid the money silently, then ordered someone to record a statement, and came to the state government to interrogate him.

Fang Jichang slowly realized that Li Ke's intentions in coming today were not good, and it seemed that he was deliberately looking for trouble for him.

Although Li Ke is a prince, he is still a young man. How could Fang Jichang be willing to be easily manipulated by Li Ke to die like this.

Fang Jichang handed the confession in Li Ke's hands, and replied: "Since this is the case, I should submit this matter to the Ministry of Officials, and ask the Ministry of Officials to decide. If this matter is true, it was done by the government officials. The minister should bear the crime of continuous responsibility."

(End of this chapter)