After Shao Song

Chapter 188: Extra: Zhang Rong acts on behalf of Heaven

The former Liangshan hero Zhang Rong, who is now the king of Lu, applied for retirement from the Zhao Song official family in Jianyan 28. He was almost 60 years old at the time, and his son had just married the daughter of the handsome minister Li Shifu, and he was waiting to go home to hold his grandson.

And more importantly, as Zhao Guan's family continued to improve ships and sailboats, he also felt that he was lagging behind the times and was no longer suitable to lead the navy.

The Zhao Guan family came thousands of years later. Apart from Yue Fei, the one they liked the most was Zhang Rong, a simple ruralist with a little bit of nationalism. Although he was reluctant to part with it, he still approved it, and after Zhang Rong left Yan When he came to Beijing, he retained the title of King of Lu and the political treatment of Jiedushi, and went out of the city thirty miles to see him off.

Unexpectedly, Zhang Rong went back to prison after 30 years in less than six months after returning to his hometown in Jeju to fish.Fortunately, this time he didn't have to summon his old friends to rob the prison. Mrs. Lu cried and sent a message to her three sons-in-law, Deputy Privy Councilor Yu Yunwen, Changchun Magistrate Fan Chengda, and Huai Wang Zhao Dan, asking them to come and save her father-in-law.

Even You Xuexue, the river admiral of Zhang Rong's old ministry, wrote to ask the Jeju magistrate Shi Hao and his subordinate magistrates, what kind of royal law did King Lu commit to deserve to be imprisoned?
To put it bluntly, even if you have violated the king's law, it seems that you do not have the right to arrest, only the right to participate in the performance. You need to be verified by the censor and reviewed by the Ministry of Punishment!You are just joking when you call Jianyan 36 a hero!

God knows that Shi Hao was about to cry. Who knew that such a black-faced old man in rough clothes and short fights was actually one of the most meritorious ministers in the world. If you dare to care about King Lu's refusal to arrest, you will clean the cell three times a day, and there will be plenty of wine and meat, so I hope you will show mercy and go out, otherwise I will be able to resist your three sons-in-law!

But why did King Lu go to Liangshan?Isn’t it because I couldn’t bear to see the government transporting stones to oppress the people, so I sat on the kang and drank, humming: “Then the magistrate must tell me that according to the rules of the country, old people over sixty years old are entitled to half a tax for fishing and farming, and those over 65 years old are exempt from tax. Why? Is your place special? The fishermen finally caught a big carp with four nostrils, and they were waiting to buy it at a good price to support their families. Why did you all take it? I can't bear to ask you a question, and you actually said that I am causing trouble. I caught him. The last time I was imprisoned, it was Shi Wenbin who was the one who betrayed the country and surrendered to the enemy. If you can’t explain clearly, I have to wait for the officials to educate me!"

Poor Shi Hao, the imperial master who taught Song Xiaozong how to survive Qin Hui in his previous life, now faced with an old man who was born as a fisherman, he was about to cry without tears, so he quickly explained: "Your Majesty, you didn't bring a guard of honor when you went out. , blind and blind, they just bumped into you, why don't I give them a good beating to vent your anger?"

Zhang Rong proudly said, "Huh, if I hadn't been afraid of showing off my waist as I got older, how could your group of little soldiers and generals have done anything to defeat me? Back then, Xiaoyue couldn't even beat me by a little bit." Xiaoyue is the King of Wei, Yue Peng. Lift.

Shi Hao, a former civil servant and a younger generation, naturally didn't know how big his boast was. When faced with the most successful recruiter in the dynasty, he just admitted his mistake. However, Zhang Rong was a fisherman who got into possession of a big banner. , How can someone with a dark face and a bright heart be easily fooled?He put the wine glass down and said, "Reply me, or do you really want me to ask Xiao Yu?"

Shi Hao had no choice but to answer: "Going back to King Lu, you haven't been back to your hometown for a short time, maybe you don't know that there was a riot with Japanese slaves on our side some time ago, although it wasn't too big, it also caused chaos in several counties, and Surabaya was directly captured. Burned down the county government office. Of course this is a state matter. Of course there are officials and Honglu Temple negotiating with Japan. If you don’t believe me, you can ask King Huai. Just talk about our Jeju area. Because of this chaos, many old people were killed or couldn’t help it. Teng is dead, but many officials in the county died in order to defend the country. This also leads to the lack of household registration in many places. Some people look old and say they are seventy or eighty. Tax reduction is still a trivial matter. The food is another messy account, and it has only been four months since the next official took office that he has not been able to find out. We can only suspend these rules of respecting the elderly and make compensation after the investigation. , but it is a last resort." I thought I arrested you by mistake, because I thought you were an old man pretending to be old and wanted to reduce taxes.

Zhang Rong was taken aback for a moment, he really didn't expect this to be the reason, but he knew that there was a lot of trouble in the Wa Kingdom some time ago, they were slaughtered from Dengzhou and Runzhou, and many villages were even slaughtered.Even the always pampered son-in-law Huai Wang Zhao Dan angrily cursed in his letter that these things are not human beings.The officials were furious and threatened to launch a naval war if the Japanese emperor and the general who conquered the Japanese could not arrest all the Japanese pirates' families.After the destruction of the country by Jiaozhi, no one dared to underestimate the capabilities of the Song Dynasty navy.

No matter how low his educational level is, Zhang Rong knows that it has something to do with Li Bao's death last year, his retirement this year, and the lack of command prestige of the new officers of the Royal Navy and Navy. I want to kill people, kill all the short-footed bald people.”, or his wife exposed that he had rheumatism and could not sail for a long time, but in a depressed mood, he thought that there would always be peace and prosperity and he could resume his old business, but he did not expect to meet again. To such a thing?

However, "Huh, if you procrastinate here, in case someone is dragged to death while waiting for the rice to be cooked, it is also your dereliction of duty. You think that you are a good official if you don't corrupt." Afterwards, many things were difficult to put into perspective. After Shi Hao repeatedly promised to verify as soon as possible and reissue the money according to the policy, he became a little calmer.But Zhang Rong is Zhang Rong after all. How could he be so easy to be fooled by a person who has created wealth and fame in the sea of ​​blood in troubled times. As soon as he raised his buttocks, he sat down again, feeling uncomfortable and carrying one leg, and said: "OK Well, I will ask you about this later. You know, Xiao En, who is transferred to the Ministry of Finance, is my old subordinate. If you fool me, I can’t fool him. But there is one more thing, what about the big carp with four nostrils? ?”

It turns out that this carp, with four nostrils and a red tail and golden body, was produced only in Jezhou during the Song Dynasty. It was originally from Weishan Lake in the southwest. Later, a local official tried to release a few fish into Jishui, and it turned out that it was still there. It has been passed down that it does not damage the ecology. Therefore, every year during the fishing season, fishermen have to fish vigorously. Not only the surrounding restaurants buy it at high prices, but also some wealthy families try their luck. It is really marketable but priceless.

Speaking of this, Shi Hao was a little speechless, but Wu Fu, the promotion officer on the side, said: "Jeju has no specialties. This year it happened to be the time when the local officials came to Beijing to report on their work. I heard that Hu Hong and Hu Tianguan are the best fish eaters in Fujian, but they also He doesn't like people giving heavy gifts, so Zhizhou thought of marinating the fish and giving it to him as a prize, but it's not like he doesn't give money to the fishermen, so it's not a coincidence."

What he said was extremely correct, but Shi Hao knew that this bastard was trying to harm him. How could such unspoken rules of officialdom be told to someone like Zhang Rong who had been forced to rebel? As expected, Zhang Rong was furious when he heard this and threw a big leaf-leaf fan. With the palm of his hand, he swept all the wine and meat on the table to the ground, pointed at Shi Hao's nose and cursed: "You bastards, you don't want to manage the place well, you just want to curry favor with the officials. Bah, only Emperor Huangling of Song Dynasty did this The custom is that even if you pay money, a fish can be sold for [-] guan. If you give [-] guan, you are not bullying good people. Fortunately, I met an official. Otherwise, if I met an official like you and presided over the village, I would still be It’s going to be the other way around.”

Listen, listen, what are you talking about? You still want to rebel in the peaceful and prosperous times. The scholar-bureaucrat character in Shi Hao's heart made him very uncomfortable. "King Lu, lower officials have their own rights and wrongs, but this kind of thing has happened since ancient times."

Zhang Rong sneered and borrowed an official saying, "It has been around since ancient times, so it must be right?"

Shi Hao and all the officials and servants were stunned for a moment. They almost didn't realize whether he was an old, rough commander or a philosopher. They saw Zhang Rong striding out and calling the boy sent by his wife, "Get Zhang Qi." Call me, after so many years of reading, I will write a memorial to him, I want to impeach him."

Zhang Qi, his son who had a son in old age, had beaten away four gentlemen in three years, and he didn’t know what he could write.

Of course, this article was completed by the county school teaching edict funded by King Lu and sent to Yanjing overnight. Yu Yunwen and Fan Chengda, who came to report on the work, helped the father-in-law revise the wording and sent it to Zhao Guan's family through the censorship route.

After Zhao Guanjia read it, he informed the officials and said: "In the eyes of all the ministers, it may not be a big deal. But Zhang Rong knows that it is not easy for ordinary people, so he should do the right thing for heaven."

So, Shi Hao packed up and went back to his hometown to work as an editor for the Phoenix X-Day Magazine. His still young son Shi Miyuan still didn't know what happened?

　Zhang Rong is my favorite character besides Yue Fei, and I'm afraid he will be overshadowed.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)