Reincarnation of the powerful minister

That night, Su Yan, accompanied by his bodyguards, fought at night with lights on. He wrote a long memorial to Emperor Jinglong and a letter of greeting to the East Palace, intending to take it to the post station at dawn.Stamped with the stamp of "delivery immediately", it will be expedited for four hundred miles, and it will arrive in the capital in six days.

That night, Gao Shuo came to the Jinyi Weiwei in Yan'an City, sealed a small roll of paper into a wax tube, tied it to the leg of a pigeon, and flew to Fusi, Beizhen, Beijing three days later.

That night, the disciples of the thieves and robbers brought a box of human heads, wore stars and wore the moon and rode fast, and arrived at Yingzui Mountain in two days.

This night, Jin Yiwei's commander Shen Qi's prison term has expired and he was released from prison.He stood alone in the empty and lonely courtyard of Su Mansion, looking at the waning moon in the sky.

King Yu's carriage passed by Huanghuafang with a stack of new college architectural drawings drawn by the Ministry of Industry.The carriage was ordered to stop at the gate of the Su Mansion, the prince raised the curtain and watched for a long time, but when the attendant respectfully asked if he wanted to get out of the carriage and enter, he shook his head and left.

Inside the Hall of Mental Cultivation, the lights were as bright as day, and the emperor lit the red stamps on the memorial and asked the prince what he thought.The prince was having a hard time answering, but when his father frowned, he had an idea and came up with a different idea.The emperor just commented on "If you don't follow the righteous way, where did you learn it", he suddenly fell silent.

The crown prince misses Su Yan, and misses him very much.

At the beginning of the next day, in the back hall of the government office, Lu Angao, who was known as the "iron-blooded censor" inside and outside, was sitting in an armchair, his spirits were so high that he was almost excited, and there was no sign of being frightened last night on his face.

Zhou Zhidao, the magistrate of Yan'an Prefecture, walked in, bowed his hands and saluted him politely, sat on the host seat, and chatted about what happened at the execution ground last night.

After two rounds of tea, another important party has not come yet, Lu Angao snorted coldly: "This Su Twelve is really arrogant, he made an appointment to discuss at Chenshi, why did he not arrive!"

Governor Zhou felt slighted, and felt a little unhappy, but he still smoothed things over: "He's just here, maybe he's not acclimatized. I sent a servant to the inn to check on the situation."

At this time, the servants came in and announced that Su Yushi had arrived.Su Yan then walked into the back hall, and said with a smile, "I'm sorry for the magistrate's concern. I'm fine. I even had breakfast on the street. The Shaanxi oil-splashed noodles and gourd tou are really well-deserved."

These two local dishes are Zhou Zhifu's favorite, and he immediately agreed: "Add some pepper and dogwood sauce, slightly numb and slightly spicy, and the flavor is even better."

Su Yan said: "Why is there no chili sauce in the store? Cornel is pungent and slightly bitter, not as spicy and sweet as chili, and the taste is much better."

"Chili? Where is the specialty? I have been immersed in the esophagus for many years, but I don't know about it."

Su Yan suddenly remembered that the American continent had just been discovered at this moment, and chili hadn't been introduced to China from Mexico yet, and it would take decades to eat it.Can't help regretting: "It's Xiyi spices. I heard about it in Quanzhou, but I haven't seen the real thing yet."

Zhou Zhidao also regretted it: "I want to ask relatives and friends in Quanzhou Port to pay more attention to Xiyi merchant ships. If there are pepper seeds, they will buy them and send them back to plant. I have ginger garlic, peppercorns, dogwood, and mustard in my back garden. There is a plot of land, which happens to be—"

"Hmm!" Lu Angao coughed heavily.

Zhou Zhidao came back to his senses immediately, and found that he couldn't help talking about food with others, he was a little embarrassed, so he drank tea to cover it up.

Lu Angao knew that the prefect of Zhou was a meek tempered man who was more than conservative but not aggressive, and sometimes even weak, otherwise the ruler would not be made to run wild by all kinds of thieves and bandits.If he hadn't been in Yan'an for the past year and killed decisively, the prefect of Zhou would have been eaten by bandits mixed with scorpion.The more I think about it, the more I feel that I have done a lot of hard work, and Su Yan who is intrusive and gesticulating is particularly hateful.

He said to Su Yan in a bad tone: "Everyone gathered together today, and I have something to say, I want to draw a line with Su Yushi—I think it is for the sake of the prefect Zhou that you behaved rudely last night. Let the past not be blamed. From now on, for any matters that fall within the scope of arresting thieves and bandits, I will be responsible and have full power to decide, and you, Su Qinghe, must not interfere. As for the matter of raising horses, you are in charge of it yourself, and I don’t care what you want to do.”

These words are really arrogant and powerful, and they can be rushed, and they also belittle Su Yan, the governor and censor, into a horse breeder.

Su Yan didn't get angry immediately, but instead asked Zhou Zhidao: "What do you think of Lu Yushi's opinion?"

Zhou Zhifu couldn't understand the details of the newcomer Su Yushi - he looked too young and had no hair to do things, but he spoke in a nonsensical manner, which made people unable to figure out the routine.

He is also related to the Beijing officials, and one of the words is sarcasm: this year, Enke has a new nobleman, who is quite popular, and the crown prince and Prince Yu also like him.He was very good at jumping and jumping, biting one and the other in the capital, and dropping chicken feathers all over the place. As a result, he not only took the life of the commander of Jin Yiwei, but also half-dead the Marquis, the relative of the country.If he goes to Shaanxi, Mr. Zhou, you have to be careful not to be bitten by him.

I heard another praise endlessly: this year, there is a talented man in Enke, who, as a young official, angrily beat the Dengwen drum, bravely broke through the Fengtian Gate, denounced the powerful and treacherous ministers, listed his twelve deadly crimes, and presented it as a mountain of iron evidence, In the end, he cleared his teacher's grievances and used power to rape him.He is indeed a loyal minister, a model of Qingliu!If he goes to Shaanxi, Mr. Zhou, you might as well make friends with him, the future of this son is limitless.

Faced with diametrically opposed evaluations, the prefect Zhou didn't know who to listen to, and finally decided to take one step at a time, listen more and speak less.

Seeing Su Yan asking himself, Zhou Zhifu Fuxu said a famous sentence through the ages: "Mmm... um... hey."

Annoyed secretly, Lu Angao glanced at the prefect Zhou, signaling him not to get along with each other, but to bravely stand up and cry out for the truth.Zhou Zhifu was forced to do nothing by him, and after considering it, he said: "Look, Su Yushi, what Lu Yushi said is quite reasonable..."

Su Yan interrupted: "The magistrate means to agree with him?"

Zhou Zhifu began to "hmmm" again, Lu Yushi used the lid of the cup to skim off the tea foam, and raised his chin high.

"Three people voted, and two people agreed. It stands to reason that it is useless for me to object." Su Yan sighed regretfully, and suddenly changed the subject, "However, there are more than three people here. Before I express my opinion, I'd better listen Just what that guy said."

Governor Zhou looked around: "Who is that?"

Lu Angao sneered coldly: "Playing mysteries!"

Su Yan pulled out a yellow silk scroll from the wide sleeve of his official uniform, and said solemnly, "This is the sacred decree, please listen to the sacred teaching, my lords!"

Lu Angao's hand trembled, the teacup almost fell to the ground, and the hot tea splashed on his lap, making him jump up, and hastily put the teacup on the table.

On the other side, Zhou Zhifu had expected this, adjusted the hem of the official uniform, and knelt down to the imperial edict in Su Yan's hand.

Lu Yushi had no choice but to kneel down.Su Yan kicked his knee with his toe: "Kneel crookedly, Brother Lu! This edict is not for you, but for me. I'm not a eunuch proclaiming the decree, so why do I kneel? Towards the Forbidden City in the northeast Kneel!"

Lu Yushi gritted his teeth, moved his knees, turned to the northeast, and said in a trembling voice: "My minister, Lu Angao, listen to the hadith!"

"The way of minister Zhou is to listen to the hadith."

"...Shaanxi has been deprived of officials recently, and the horse administration has been completely abolished. Today, I specially ordered you to go there to supervise the officials of Taipu Temple and Yuanjian Temple who are in charge of horse administration." Su Yan paused here for a while.

Lu Angao raised his eyes to look at him, and his face was quite smug: You see, the imperial court ordered you to specialize in horse affairs, who gave you such a long hand of power?

Su Yan smiled slightly, and continued to read: "In addition to Ma Zheng, government officials, frontier troops, security, agriculture and commerce, etc. should be involved. If there is something that cannot be dealt with, I will act at your own convenience and exercise full power. Governors, inspectors and other yamen are not allowed to Interfere with your duties. Officials below the three divisions of Shaanxi Du, Bu, and Press are under the command of you, and they are all subject to your restraint and commission. I respect this and obey."

Every time he read a sentence, Lu Angao's face turned pale by three points, and when he heard that "you are in charge, and you are in charge of the commission", his face turned pale, and he lost his composure and shouted: "If that's the case, why are you acting like a censor? Immediately make you the king of Shaanxi!"

"Lu Yushi's words are wrong." Su Yan said with a smile, "I'm just here to clean up the garden. Clean up the dead grass and leaves, and trim off all the slanting branches. When the garden is restored to order, I will return I want to return to Beijing to return to my life.

"Prefect Zhou, don't you mind if I rake the land in Yan'an Mansion and fertilize it to catch bugs? After I leave, you can grow cornel like cornel in the clean and fertile field. I love growing peppers and growing peppers.”

"I don't mind, I don't mind! Since it is clearly written in the imperial edict, no matter what Su Yushi does, I will fully cooperate!" Zhou Zhidao stood up and cupped his hands, and said inwardly: Fortunately, I have saved a hand just now, and now I can speak now. Room for turning around.

On the one hand, he was rejoicing, but on the other hand he was a little worried—although Lu Yushi acted arbitrarily and used severe punishments, but thanks to his deterrence, Yan'an City is still peaceful now.This new Su Yushi is young and powerful, so I don't know if he can succeed?If you can't hold back the scene and turn back in, won't the local area never have peace?

Su Yan turned to Lu Angao with a serious expression on his face: "After talking, it's my turn to make a statement.

"Lu Angao, you first don't care for the common people, and despise human life; second, you don't think about the law of governance, and act cruelly; third, you don't listen to good advice and advice, and you are self-willed. You are really unworthy of being an official! Now I take the emperor's decree and dismiss you" to specialize in arresting robbers. 'The responsibility is to get rid of your official position as the censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, reduce your nationality to the people, and order you to be escorted back to Beijing to wait for the order of the Holy Order.

"I have already written a memorial, and it will be reported to the imperial court. When you return to the capital, you will have the punishment you deserve."

Lu Angao's legs softened, he fell to the ground, and roared in disbelief: "I am an official of the imperial court! It is registered in the list of officials of the Ministry of Officials! You are a mere seventh-rank censor, and I am under the jurisdiction of the Metropolitan Procuratorate. What's the matter?" Are you qualified to dismiss me? It's ridiculous!"

Su Yan held the imperial decree in his hand and looked down: "This edict written by the emperor himself is my qualification. Since all officials below the third department are restrained and appointed by me, if they are really unusable, they will be dismissed on the spot. what is the problem?"

"I don't believe it!" Lu Angao yelled in despair, "You forged this edict! I have been an official for 11 years, and I have never seen such an imperial edict issued by the emperor!"

"It's nothing more than slandering me for forging the imperial decree, but you dare to say something wrong, you think I didn't cut off your head on the spot, it's a shame, right?" Su Yan said sharply, "Resisting the decree is not respectful, I want to see it first and then play it Shangfang Sword?"

"——Shangfang Sword! The emperor also gave you Shangfang Sword?" Lu Angao looked around him with fear in his eyes.

Su Yan sneered: "Do you really want to see the sword? I'm afraid that once the sword is unsheathed, your head will fall to the ground, just like the seven criminals last night."

Lu Angao was stunned, lost his mind and said: "I don't want to watch! I don't want to watch..."

Su Yan said to Zhou Zhifu: "Use the help of the servants of the noble government to escort Lu Angao to the capital."

Governor Zhou nodded sadly, ordered someone to come in, and took off Lu Angao's black yarn and official uniform on the spot.Lu Angao was half dragged by the guards, and he staggered out, still muttering in his mouth: "Shang Fangjian's exclusive right to kill, how can you give Xing Chen lightly, the emperor is confused..."

Su Yan thought in his heart, if you are so stubborn and still commit crimes, you will be a death sentence in the capital.

He threatened Lu Angao with Shangfang Sword, but he didn't plan to do it.No matter how you say it, Lu Angao is still a censor. Official Fengxian is noble, and if he commits a crime, he should be dealt with according to the law.Comparing with later generations, this is a colleague in a department who is in charge of discipline inspection. If he really kills people with his own hands, what do other colleagues think of him, and should he hang around in the unit?

Zhou Zhidao's mood gradually calmed down, he let out a long breath, and cupped his hands at Su Yan: "The next thing is to rely on Su Yushi."

Su Yan also saw that the magistrate could use it for work, but he couldn't make up his mind, so he said directly: "First, the Shiwulian sitting law is abolished. The government issued a notice to appease the people, calling for the return of their land and exempting this year's tax. All the refugees who lost their land and fled are allowed to surrender to the officials, so that they can be exempted from punishment, and they will be allocated grassland land according to their size."

"What about those thieves who refused to surrender and robbed their homes?"

"The thieves and bandits still need to be caught, but we must appease and divide them. Try to call back those who are willing to farm and turn bandits into civilians, which will weaken their strength. In fact, this is just the beginning. First, we must show the attitude of the government, and then we have to solve the problem." The most important thing is the issue of herdsmen. The Huma Law must be abolished, so that the people can really work with peace of mind."

Zhou Zhidao was amazed: "Abolish the 'Huma Law'? How can this be done! This law was promulgated by Emperor Taizu himself, and it has been in use for a hundred years, and there has never been any intention of abolishing it."

Su Yan thought to himself, if he doesn't try to abolish it now, is he going to let it become the fuse of the uprising?Anyway, the people and herdsmen will decline sooner or later. I forget that in a few decades, when the imperial court has to sell stallions on a large scale, they can only buy horses from Fanyi to serve as enemies. By then, they will really be powerless. .

But this cannot be told to Zhou Zhidao. Su Yan thought for a while and said: "Everything has a lifespan, and the policy of the imperial court is the same. It must keep pace with the times. The people and herdsmen have gradually exhausted their vitality for a hundred years, and the burden on the people is too heavy. The key is to establish official herdsmen. If the war horses raised by the guards are enough for the frontier, there will be no need for civilian herdsmen."

The more Zhou Zhidao listened, the more he felt that his head was as big as a fight—he also knew that serious illnesses were difficult to cure. According to Su Yan's thinking, drastic reforms and rectifications were necessary, and it would be difficult to implement them.

Fearing difficulties all his life, he subconsciously wanted to shirk, so he said: "I, the chief official of the palace, can't make the decision on this matter. Governor Wei adults must nod."

"It's the last memorial that wants to abolish most of Xingtaipu Temple and Yuanma Temple. Shaanxi Governor Wei Quan Wei Tangyuan." Su Yan thought about it, and gradually came up with an idea for the reform plan, "Sooner or later, I will also find That Master Tangyuan’s, but not now.”

He asked abruptly: "Does the magistrate know what happened in the execution ground last night?"

Zhou Zhifu was startled, nodded: "I know."

"When I was eating breakfast on the street today, I heard that Lu Yushi ordered the heads of the criminals who were hung on poles outside the city to disappear overnight."

"It's probably stolen by accomplices at night. This kind of thing has happened before. Under Lu Yushi's severe arrest and punishment, the thieves have disappeared recently. The main force is hidden somewhere, and only some minions are active outside."

"Then the bandit named Qi Meng in the big prison is said to be one of the leaders of the thieves. How will the magistrate plan to deal with it?"

Zhou Zhifu frowned and said: "This man is fierce and reckless. When he robbed a certain official last time, because of fierce resistance, he even killed his family's female family and servants. He also led the army to transport the military equipment and food to Ningxia Wei. If they were robbed and even delayed the border war, they should be executed according to the law."

Su Yan said: "Since he committed a capital crime, we will have a public trial at Caishikou, so that the whole city can see clearly and hear clearly."

Zhou Zhifu nodded and said, "Yes."

"In addition, it is necessary to prevent the accomplices from robbing the prison. Strengthen the security of the city gate and the prison, deploy more manpower, and instruct the soldiers to be vigilant and not be careless."

Zhou Zhifu agreed one by one, and seeing that Su Yan was a reliable person who managed well, most of the stones in his heart fell.

Su Yan spoke dryly, poured himself a cup of tea, drank it in one gulp, looked at the changing sky outside the window, and said, "It's too sweltering today, I'm afraid there will be a heavy rainstorm in the afternoon."

A lot of verbal confrontation and pondering seemed to overdraw his physical strength. "Your Majesty, don't forget my entrustment just now." Su Yan said goodbye to Zhou Zhidao lazily.

Walking out of the back hall, he said to Jing Hongzhui who was standing outside the door, "Achai, I want to go back to the inn to catch up on sleep. When I wake up, I want to eat mutton steamed buns and iced Huanggui thick wine."