Lord Moyu was forced to open

Chapter 26 Secrets of the Past, Liu Xishan and Cheng Cheng
"I know! Hehe... I know..."

Zhao Jun suddenly got up, staring at Li Yi who was sitting slumped, and kept sneering, repeating the answer he gave as if mocking his inaction.

Li Yi bowed his head and remained silent.

But Zhao Jun said coldly:
"You are the head of a county, the governor of Yunzhou County appointed by the imperial court, and the chief official of the border guarding one side for the emperor!

Your letter of appointment is stamped with the Jade Seal of the Great Song Dynasty!
And your family is also honored because of you. After a hundred years, even if you worship your ancestors at home, your tablet will be placed in the top few of your Li family!

But now, huh...

As the head of a county, I watched helplessly as the forces in the territory violated the imperial court’s prohibition, and transported truckloads of military materials strictly prohibited by the imperial court to foreign countries to trade with the enemy of the imperial court, and strengthen the strength of the grassland tribes. You know, this is what behavior?

This is the enemy!This is treason!This is ignoring the imperial court, they have thrown the majesty of the imperial court to the ground, and even stomped a few times with their feet!

But you, the sheriff, are like a dry bone in a tomb, blind old man turning a blind eye to it!
Li Yi, you are guilty! ? "

As Zhao Jun spat out the words sentence by sentence, Li Yi lowered his head lower and lower, finally under Zhao Jun's deafening questioning roar.

Li Yi got up straight, knelt down on the ground with a plop, and made a muffled sound as he slammed his head heavily on the ground, but he didn't seem to notice it, and just said in a trembling voice:
"Your Majesty, I am guilty! I am sorry for the court, I am sorry for Your Majesty, I am sorry for Song Dynasty, especially the people of this northern land!

The lower officials naturally knew what the consequences would be if those supplies fell into the hands of those Huawai grassland tribes.

With sufficient food, the population of those tribes would increase.

With salt, they will have strength.

With iron, they can forge sophisticated weapons and armor, so that they can better invade our Great Song Dynasty when they go south, and bring endless pain and suffering to the people of our Great Song Dynasty.

Can……

Prince, it's not that the lower officials don't want to take care of it, it's that the lower officials can't do anything about it!

Xiaguan, the sheriff, has long been emptied by them. In this Yunzhou county, Xiaguan only has the empty name of the sheriff.

Their behavior is really powerless and helpless.

The inferior official is incompetent and deserves death. Please punish the prince! "

Seeing Li Yi's appearance, Zhao Jun knew that the heat was enough, so he sat back on his seat as if his anger had not subsided, took a big gulp of the tea in the cup, and then said in a deep voice:

"That's right, you, Li Yi, are indeed incompetent. The sheriff of a county was actually emptied by the local forces. You are not only incompetent, but also useless!
However, the matter has come to this point, so what if you are punished?

Will those people who punish you stop?

Get out of here! "

"My lord, I deserve death for being an official!"

Li Yi didn't move, he continued to kneel on the ground, and replied with his head firmly pressed against the ground.

Zhao Jun's face darkened immediately: "What's the matter? It's not easy for you, Li Junshou, to speak my words?"

"Understood dare not!"

Hearing this, Li Yi could only get up, but still stood there with his head down and hands down.

"Tell me, what's going on with Cheng Cheng and Liu Xishan?

It's okay for Liu Xishan to say, why did Cheng Cheng get mixed up with them? "

According to common sense, it is not uncommon for Liu Xishan, the county magistrate, to be controlled by local forces, but this is not a cause for concern.

In the Song Dynasty system, a garrison was permanently stationed in each state, and it was only responsible for drills on weekdays, and did not participate in civil affairs in the state.

The county guard also has no right to mobilize the army.

However, if there is a need to mobilize the local garrison, the county guard can apply to the imperial court for the right to temporarily deploy troops to assist.

But afterwards, it is also necessary to write a detailed account of the deployment of troops, and submit it to the Privy Council for verification and inspection.

So on a daily basis, those local forces have no influence on the army at all, because the army's military pay is directly provided by the imperial court, and they are not allowed to enter the city at will when they have nothing to do on weekdays. Soldiers can only enter the city during the rest period and must return to camp at sunset. , and the rest can only come out during the holidays to rest and take a bath. The management is extremely strict and there is no chance to contact the outside world.

But Zhao Jun could clearly see that Cheng Cheng, the defense envoy of Yunzhou County, seemed to have mixed up with Chen Wangsun and the Li family, and this was the main reason why Li Yi, the county guard, was helpless against their misconduct.

The only hope of a comeback is in the hands of the opponent, how can he fight against the four big families?
"Liu Xishan was promoted to Yunzhou County from Nanyang three years ago, but he is from Yunzhou County, but he was transferred to Nanyang as an official after the imperial examination.

I don't know if he mixed with these family members when he was in Nanyang, and he got their support as soon as he came to Yunzhou County, and completely controlled the county guard's office.

As for Cheng Cheng, does the prince know about the plague that occurred in Liaobei County five years ago? "

"You mean the plague that killed more than [-] people in Liaobei County five years ago?"

Hearing what he said, Zhao Jun immediately recalled an incident he heard five years ago when he was still in the palace.

That is, five years ago, the plague broke out in Liaobei County for some unknown reason. Even if the court tried its best to rescue the disaster, nearly [-] people in Liaobei County still died of the epidemic in the end. Talking about rats turned pale, and for a while there was a wave of rat eradication in the entire Song Dynasty.

The mouse really became a street mouse, and everyone shouted and beat it!
Li Yi nodded:

"Exactly! Cheng Cheng himself is from Liaobei County. His family has been in the army for generations. He may have offended someone in the army. Therefore, he was secretly transferred to this Yunzhou County seven years ago by Ming Sheng and became this Yunzhou County. Defensive.

He came over, but his family members were left in Liaobei County. During the great epidemic five years ago, his only son was unfortunately infected. When he was at a loss, Chen Lixin suddenly appeared in front of him and gave him enough treatment. Fortunately, his family's disease medicines allowed his only son to survive.

Immediately after adding some benefits from the four families from time to time, Cheng Cheng gradually turned to the four families and became theirs.

Due to the remoteness of Yunzhou County, the rest of the garrison's supplies except salaries should be purchased and supplemented locally under the supervision of the local government.

In this way, this business became the business of the four families, and Cheng Cheng also reaped a lot of benefits from it, and it has been getting deeper and deeper since then.

When Liu Xishan came, I accidentally found out that the four major families were selling prohibited materials across the border, so I wanted to mobilize Cheng Cheng's garrison to pay the four major families, but he refused.

It wasn't until then that I realized that he had already belonged to them.

I was also completely emptied. "

Zhao Jun was a little strange when he heard the words, so he asked: "He blatantly resisted the imperial court's order to transfer troops?"

"No! No." Li Yi shook his head.

Zhao Junchazi: "Didn't you say..."

"My lord misunderstood. The official sent an application to the capital to transfer troops, but none of them got a response. It was only later that I found out that all the papers sent by the official were intercepted. Behind this was the ghost of the four major families. , The official's papers can't be sent to the capital at all, let alone get the order to transfer troops." Liu Xishan explained.

Zhao Jun was even more puzzled:
"My lord remembers that if you want to mobilize the local garrison, you don't have to order it in an emergency, right? As long as the military chief confirms that the action will not cause damage to the court, he can temporarily mobilize troops to cooperate with the local officials in charge.

You only need to fill in the details of what happened afterwards and send it back to the Ministry of War, and the Ministry of War will confirm the need for such a temporary deployment of troops. "

Li Yi smiled wryly: "Your Majesty, I also thought about this, but Cheng Cheng didn't pay attention to my request to transfer troops, and all the papers passed on to the capital were blocked, so when he was unwilling to cooperate, , the lower officials have nothing to do with Cheng Cheng."

Zhao Jun suddenly realized that since Cheng Cheng had mixed into the camp of Chen, Li, Sun and Wang, he would naturally not assist Li Yi in moving their God of Wealth.

Without an official order from the Ministry of War, Cheng Chengcheng has the right to refuse Li Yi's request for assistance.

No one can tell him about it.

In this way, it's no wonder that Li Yi was made into this appearance.

"My lord, this is the reason why the subordinate officials are so eager to submit to the lord. The subordinate officials of Yunzhou County are really powerless." Li Yi explained with a wry smile, making Zhao Jun speechless for a while.

This guy is obviously trying to show off...

(End of this chapter)