There was nothing to eat at the online banquet.
Zhao Ziliang felt a little hungry at this time, so he grabbed a handful of peanuts from the snack plate on the table and ate them.
There was the sound of clogs outside.
This man was definitely not a rough soldier.
Zhao Zi thought in his conscience.
Sure enough, he heard a woman's delicate voice from behind: "Pang Xiaoyu from the slave family pays homage to the general."
Zhao Ziliang chewed the peanuts and turned around to look at the woman in front of him.
This woman was indeed born to charm the country.
At least among the women Zhao Ziliang had seen, Pang Xiaoyu's beauty would definitely be in the top three.
If this woman had a chance to appear before Emperor Li Longji In front of her, Zhao Ziliang believed that her chance of being favored by Li Longji would not be lost to Yang Yuhuan.
Zhao Ziliang calmed down, threw away the peanut shells in his hands, clapped his hands and asked, "The girl is the Pang family from Taiyuan City."
Pang Xiaoyu smiled sweetly: "Everyone says that they don't take it seriously.
They are just the literati.
When I was in Taiyuan City, I often heard people say that there was a new general from Hedong.
He was an extraordinary figure.
Today See, it really lives up to its reputation.”
After hearing this, Zhao Ziliang smiled and said seriously: "Miss Pang came so late, I don't know what to teach her."
Pang Xiaoyu was startled, and then smiled again: "Why should the general be so serious?
The Nu family came to Shuozhou from Taiyuan City a few days ago, and today I heard that the general is also coming to Shuozhou.
In order to satisfy his curiosity, he came to pay a visit. , I hope the general will not take offense."
Zhao Ziliang looked at Pang Xiaoyu, and after a while he shook his head and said: "No, Miss Pang, don't you think the reason you said is too far-fetched?
Well, even if you admire me very much and want to meet me, you can't If you are in a hurry, there is no reason to come to see you late at night, right?
Don’t you know how to avoid suspicion?"
Pang Xiaoyu's face was embarrassed when she heard that, and she immediately turned red with embarrassment.
She looked a little flustered, and said without thinking: "It seems that I was careless and presumptuous.
I'm really sorry.
I'll leave now."
After that, he turned and left. .
"etc" Pang Xiaoyu stopped and turned to look at Zhao Ziliang.
Zhao Ziliang said: "Tonight I heard from Cui Jinrong, the prefect, that Miss Pang was performing at Cuiyue Tower.
He invited me to come with him to appreciate Miss Pang's singing and dancing talents, but I refused.
Miss Pang should be at Cuiyue Tower this time, but in fact It’s the young lady who came to my place.
What is the reason why the young lady left the large number of literati in Shuozhou and came here late at night?
If the young lady just left like this, wouldn’t it violate the original intention of the young lady coming here?”
Pang Xiaoyu's face suddenly turned pale, and her body began to tremble.
It was obvious that she was not a secret agent, but just a brothel girl with some talents.
She was still far behind in terms of psychological quality and acting skills.
She was beaten by Zhao Ziliang.
A few words forced him to reveal his true colors.
With a "plop", Pang Xiaoyu knelt on the ground and cried: "General, the slave family was forced.
The slave family's biological father was arrested and sent to Shuozhou Prison.
In fact, the little girl came to Shuozhou this time to save my father.
"Come out, Wang Shengdao, the captain of the county army, just found the slave family and asked the slave family to come to find the general.
If the slave family can make the general fall into a gentle state and not want to wake up, he promised to let my father go.
The slave family really has no choice."
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Zhao Ziliang grabbed another handful of peanuts, peeled one and threw it into his mouth.
While chewing it, he asked, "Why is your father in prison?"
"A few days ago, my father went hunting in the mountains and caught a big insect.
He and the villagers brought it to the city to sell it.
However, he didn't expect that Wang Shengdao's son, a tyrant in Shuozhou City, saw the big insect my father hunted and wanted to use it on the spot.
I bought it for ten guan.
How come a big insect is only worth ten guan and sells it for a thousand guan?
Of course, my father refused and had a dispute with him.
This man was unreasonable.
My father was so angry that he beat him up.
The official came quickly and took my father to jail.
My mother After learning the news, he asked someone to go to Taiyuan to tell me, so I rushed here from Taiyuan."
Zhao Ziliang asked again: "Was Wang Shengdao's son beaten seriously?"
Pang Xiaoyu said: "The villagers who were with my father said it was not serious.
My father just punched him and was pulled away by his followers."
"How does this general know that what you say is true?"
"The young master from Wang Shengdao came to Cuiyue Tower tonight."
Zhao Ziliang pondered for a moment, looked at Pang Xiaoyu and said, "Miss Pang, you can go."
Pang Xiaoyu was frustrated, her expression became dull, she turned around weakly and walked slowly out, but she heard Zhao Ziliang say from behind: "Your father will be released before noon tomorrow, you can go pick him up and see off his guests."
Pang Xiaoyu was stunned for a moment, then overjoyed, turned around and knelt on the ground with a plop and kowtowed three times respectfully.
At this time, a soldier came over and said: "Miss Pang, please" Miss Pang quickly got up, only to find that Zhao Ziliang had disappeared, so she had to say to the soldier beside her: "Thank you."
In the early morning of the next day, Zhao Ziliang practiced martial arts in the yard for an hour.
After finishing, he washed up and had breakfast and came to the hall.
The accompanying officials and generals had already arrived.
When everyone saw Zhao Ziliang, they all stood up and saluted: "General"
Zhao Ziliang nodded and asked, "Have you eaten all of them?"
Chang Shi Gaoshang replied on behalf of everyone: "We have all eaten, thank you General for your concern."
"Okay, let's go to the prefect's mansion now.
Don't keep the Shuozhou officials waiting too long."
Zhao Ziliang said and walked out, and the officials followed him outside.
When they arrived at the Prefecture, Prefect Cui Jinrong was already waiting in front of the gate with his companion Xia Guangyao, Commander Wang Shengdao, and a group of officials from the Prefecture.
"Welcome General" Zhao Ziliang jumped off the horse and said with a smile: "I'll keep you guys waiting."
"No, no, the officials and others just came out to greet me," Cui Jinrong said with a smile.
Zhao Ziliang threw the reins of the war horse to his subordinates and said with a smile: "Okay, let's go in then."
"Please, my lord general, please, my lords," Cui Jinrong said as he and other officials made way for Zhao Ziliang and others to pass.
Zhao Ziliang convened this meeting for nothing else.
He just got to know the officials of Shuozhou, and then casually checked Shuozhou's case files and financial revenue and expenditure accounts in the past few years.
After the meeting, he walked out of the prefect's mansion, stopped and thought for a while and said to Bo Lihan: "Let Cui Jinrong, Xia Guangyao and Wang Shengdao come to see me, stagger the time."
Brahan was stunned for a moment, then agreed: "No" Not long after returning to his residence, Bo Lehan came to report that the prefect Cui Jinrong was here.
Zhao Ziliang stopped meditating and did the exercises and "took him to the front hall to wait."
When he came to the front hall, Cui Jinrong was drinking tea.
Zhao Ziliang smiled and said: "I kept Cui Taishou waiting for a long time."
Cui Jinrong quickly put down the tea cup and stood up and saluted: "The general is busy with official duties.
I am waiting for you.
I have nothing to do.
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See you, General."
"Sit down and talk."
Zhao Ziliang gestured for Cui Jinrong to sit down and said: "Just now, I have gone through the files and financial income and expenditures of Shuozhou's major and minor cases in the past few years.
Cui Taishou has mostly no problems in handling and judging the cases. , only a small part is still doubtful.
The income and expenditure of the government's various accounts are also clear at a glance.
I have not found any problems for the time being.
I also believe that Mr.
Cui, as a descendant of the Boling Cui family, still has his own ethics in officialdom. " Cui Jinrong was delighted after hearing Zhao Ziliang's comments, and he quickly made a modest gesture and said: "As a prefect of a county, I have not done a good enough job.
I need more advice from the general in the future."
Zhao Ziliang changed his tone and suddenly asked: "Although I don't see any problems in the case and accounts, it doesn't mean that Shuozhou doesn't have problems.
Does Cui Da know what the problems are in Shuozhou?"
"Uh."
Cui Jinrong was stunned for a moment, and then his heart tightened, and he quickly said: "I don't know, I would like to ask the general to give you a hint."
Zhao Ziliang picked up the tea cup and took a few sips, then put down the tea cup and said: "The problem in Shuozhou is that the gap between the rich and the poor is getting wider and wider.
The rich are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer.
I will ask you, what is the difference between the rich and the poor in Shuozhou?"
How much sweetness does the county have?”
Cui Jinrong, as the prefect, knew this very well.
He immediately said: "About two hundred and eighty-three thousand six hundred acres."
Zhao Ziliang said: "This is the record of the county governor's office.
I don't know how many years this record has existed."
"It seems like it's been about twenty years," Cui Jinrong said, his voice getting smaller and smaller.
"Then do you know how many acres of land have been hidden by the aristocratic families in Shuozhou City, how many acres of land in the county are in the hands of the aristocratic families, how many common people do not have land but cultivate other people's fields, and how many of them are homesteaders."
Sweat appeared on Cui Jinrong's forehead and he began to feel uneasy: "General."
Zhao Ziliang continued: "According to what I know, a group of officials headed by Wang Shengdao, the commander of the county army, and the powerful Shuozhou families have mastered about 60% of the entire army's land.
This is a terrifying figure, which means that the entire army has At least 60% of the people in the county are their tenant farmers Cui Prefect, do you know what this means?
Land is the basis of human survival.
What farmers eat is digged out of the soil.
Once there is a natural or man-made disaster, those tenants will have to go hungry as a family.
Once the hungry people Above a certain amount, do you know what will happen?”
Cui Jinrong swallowed, his face turned pale and his whole body was shaking.
It was obvious that he thought of the consequences that Zhao Ziliang said.
"The current problem in Shuozhou is also the problem of the entire Tang Dynasty.
Shuozhou is a typical representative among all counties in the Tang Dynasty.
Master Cui is a rare sober person in the officialdom.
Master Cui must have seen the crisis in Shuozhou and also After seeing the crisis in the Tang Dynasty, why don’t we think of ways to reverse this crisis?”
Cui Jinrong was silent for a long time before sighing: "The general's words are thought-provoking and really hit the nail on the head.
The official has indeed seen this crisis.
When there are too many fetters around him, he is really powerless and can only keep compromising and compromising.
So much so that after all these wasted years, I am ashamed of my trust in the Holy One and the common people of the world."
Zhao Ziliang said: "Master Cui, it's not too late to make up for it.
Since the beginning of our history and civilization in China, how many people can leave their names in history and how many people have lived a mediocre life without achieving anything, and have been annihilated in history without doing anything."
Do people know that Mr.
Cui also wants to be such a mediocre person who has been wiped out by history and no one knows about it?"
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