The number one scholar of the Song Dynasty

He Tao stood up, knowing that he was going to die this time, and there was no way out, so he didn't beg for mercy, straightened his clothes and left.

Two arresters stepped forward, fighting with water, fire and sticks, wearing the shackles of half a man's body, shackling his hands and feet, and leading him away.

He Tao turned his neck with difficulty, looked back at his wife and daughter, and closed his eyes in despair.

When Lu Wang and Lu Yuhou led people to find He's house, there was only a broken wooden door and whimpering cries left in the dark courtyard.

"Where is He Tao?"

Lu Wang stepped forward with a torch, and saw a woman holding two children, and asked in a deep voice.

Mrs. He just cried and couldn't speak. Although this group of people had been specially trained, they were salt dealers after all. They were masters who licked blood with knives and killed people at every turn. How could they have the patience to watch the woman cry bitterly.

"Ms. Wu, I asked you where He Tao was, crying and cutting off your cub with a knife."

He Tao's eldest son got out of his mother's arms, wiped away his tears, and said, "Daddy was taken away by the officials."

Lu Yuhou frowned and said, "Fart, isn't your father just an official?"

Lu Wang saw it clearly during the day, his heart was like a mirror, and he held Lu Yuhou with a smile: "What can we do with orphans and widows, we just go to the Yamen to ask for someone."

A group of people went straight to the gate of the yamen. At this time, He Tao had been beaten beyond human form, hanging in the water cage, with whip marks all over his body.

Li Chongwen was naturally not in the mood to interrogate him in the middle of the night. In the eyes of the governor, this was just a small shrimp, and he ordered his subordinates to torture him to death.

Lu Wang and others came to the yamen, grabbed a few officials who were just about to go home, and punched down to know that He Tao was locked in prison, so they brought two unlucky arrests to the prison to ask for someone.

When they got to the door, the jailer saw that they were not kind, so he refused to open the door.

Lu Wang drew his sword and slashed at the door, and the men who concealed extravagance were really daring, and they broke into the door with a few blows.

Lu Yuhou untied He Tao, Lu Wang stepped forward to take off his coat, wrapped him up, and asked with a smile, "How is it, are you dead?"

He Tao shook his head, and Lu Yuhou said: "It's good if you don't die. If you die, we can't complete the order of promotion, and these guys will have to suffer for you."

Lu Wang and others removed a door panel and carried He Tao to the restaurant.

In Li Chongwen's mansion, Li Fuyin, who was tired all day, was sleeping soundly. There was a sound of hurried footsteps, and his concubine woke up first.

Shaking Li Chongwen's shoulders, he shouted, "Master, master, someone is here."

Li Chongwen got up in a daze, with a bad expression on his face: "Who is so bold to disturb this official's rest."

Outside the door was his confidant official, who said anxiously: "Master, it's not good, the people sent by Yang Qin made a big noise in the cell and snatched He Tao away."

Li Chongwen was so frightened that he lost all sleepiness, he groped to put on a piece of clothing, and shouted: "How can this be said, didn't this fellow take money?"

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Mountains can be moved to fill the sea, but desires can never be flattened.

When He Tao arrived at the restaurant, Yang Lin understood everything. He could only say that these people had lost all conscience.

This matter has to start with the diversion of the Yellow River.

At the end of the Western Han Dynasty, the Yellow River and Bianqu burst frequently, and the raging floods lasted for more than 60 years until the early Eastern Han Dynasty.During the period of Emperor Han Ming, Wang Jing Fengzhao and Wang Wu jointly presided over the comprehensive management of Bianqu and the Yellow River.Wang Jing built more than a thousand miles of embankments of the Yellow River and reorganized the Bianqu channel, so that the disaster of the Yellow River's overflow was quelled.Since then, the Yellow River overflow disaster has been significantly reduced, and it has not been diverted for 800 years.

The good times came to an abrupt end in the Northern Song Dynasty. During the Northern Song Dynasty, the Yellow River and its tributaries overflowed 150 times, with an average of one major breach every two to four years.

The literati and bureaucrats in the Northern Song Dynasty started a fierce debate over the direction of the Yellow River. Until the Northern Song Dynasty fell, this group of big turbans did not come up with a good solution.

Hebei Transshipment Envoy Li Zhongchang proposed to block the Shanghu Beiliu River and restore the old Henglong Road.As a result, on the night when the water from the Yellow River was diverted into Henglong's old road, the water flow failed to vent again and broke through again. Thousands of miles in Hebei were covered with ocean, and countless people were killed or injured.

Killed tens of 10 people, this group of scholar-bureaucrats has not yet awakened, and the scholar-bureaucrats who are concerned about the country and the people still forcefully let the Yellow River flow eastward without hesitation. The region is desolate for thousands of miles, and the people are in dire straits.

And the reason why this group of people are so stubborn, it is ironic to say that it is to divert the Yellow River to the north and resist the Liao people going south.

As the government office of Jingdong East Road, Jeju Prefecture also has a task, which is to provide soil to reinforce the river.

Li Chongwen took the opportunity to join forces with the gentry and local tyrants in the mansion to draw out a sand supply area, saying that the soil here is solid and suitable for embankment construction.

This grandson divided the area into the residential area of ​​the city, and the houses of countless people are in it. If you want to keep your own house, you have to pay a lot of money.

Countless people in Jeju went bankrupt, became homeless, and lived on the streets.

Later, it became an open robbery. With the acquiescence of Li Chongwen, the tax collectors beat the people, robbed the women of the people, and robbed the business travelers in the past. It was simply a place outside the law.

He Tao said that over the past few years, in order to seize the houses, more than a thousand good people have been killed.

Shandong has been a big rebel family since ancient times. Countless people have risen up and gathered people to rebel.It is also because this place is a flooded area, with constant natural and man-made disasters, and these officials are too rampant, forcing the Shandong Dahan, who is already a martial artist, intolerable.

Yang Lin was silent after listening, and after concentrating for a moment, he asked: "Where is Li Chongwen's background, do you know his backing?"

"Li Chongwen's younger brother, Li Yan, was born in Shiye Court, and now he is in charge of the Houyuan. He is No. 1 in the Ministry of Internal Affairs under Liang Shicheng."

"Don't be so damn vague, just say if he's from Liang Shicheng." Yang Lin asked with wrinkles.

He Tao whispered: "Yes."

He Tao knew who Liang Shicheng was, and this imperial envoy was not enough for others.So he didn't dare to speak out, for fear of scaring away the last straw.

Lu Wang said in a low voice: "A strong dragon will not overwhelm a local snake, this matter is so difficult, it is better to get out as soon as possible."

Yang Lin rolled his eyes: "I'm afraid it's too late."

Chapter 65 Desperate and Evil

In the summer of the third year of Chongning, the nights in Jeju were extremely hot. Many people moved mats and hammocks from their houses to sleep in the yard.

Li Chongwen's mansion was full of rich and powerful people who came and went in chariots or sedan chairs. Lazy soldiers with long guns were swinging around the mansion of Fu Yin, and the guards were heavily guarded.

"So, is this imperial envoy determined to oppose us?"

The one who spoke was a man with a big beard, hooked nose, red phoenix eyes, and unibrowed eyebrows. It was Zhou Hong, the trainer of the Jeju regiment.

When Jizhou Tongju Meng Jizong heard this, his face changed greatly with fright, he swallowed his saliva, and said with difficulty: "Fu Yin, this person is an imperial envoy on behalf of Tian Xunhun. No wonder he hid in a restaurant after entering the city. Our bottom line has been thoroughly explored. Alas, what did I say, I told you to restrain yourself, if you had listened to me earlier, you would have reached this point."

If Yang Lin knew that his unintentional actions would cause these bird people to misunderstand so deeply, he would come in to eat, drink and have fun no matter what he said.

Li Chongwen also became frightened: "This Yang Lin is a number one scholar, and he is from Yangzhou. He has no grudges with us in the past and has no grudges in the present. Why did he come here to embarrass you and me?"

Zhou Hong looked at a group of civil servants coldly, frowned and said, "He doesn't wear an imperial guard of honor in Shandong, and he travels through mountains and ridges. Who knows his whereabouts. If you want me to say, kill them and transport them out to be buried in the wilderness of other states and counties." Who knows that we did it, just push it to the strongman and the bandits. At worst, I will go and wipe out some scapegoats, and we will spend some money on Eunuch Liang, asking him to settle the matter. A boy of fifteen or sixteen years old, who Willing to offend Eunuch Liang for him."

Meng Jizong's face turned pale when he heard that, he stretched out his hand and grabbed Zhou Hong's collar, and said in a trembling voice, "Killing an imperial envoy? Can you deserve this crime?"

Zhou Hong saw that he looked so remorseful, and felt a little contemptuous in his heart, why didn't you regret it when you collected the money?Throwing Meng Jizong away, he said disdainfully: "The crime of being caught is the crime, otherwise it is an unsolved case."

Li Chongwen was just pacing back and forth, when suddenly a gentleman fell into the door, clasped his fists and said, "Fu Zun, Yang Qin sent him out of the city at night."