Brother Song Taizu

Chapter 122 Why are civil servants a bunch of people?

"I heard from people that my brother's territory is in Suzhou and Bozhou. It is said that the work-for-relief method is widely used. The other places in Huainan are Wangpu and Shen Yilun. If this is Taizhou, then what does this guy mean? Angels should be..."

"Wangpu"

"Oh~"

Zhao Guanglan breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this.

After all, Zhao Guangmei didn't do the bad thing.

Kind of embarrassing.

Then, Zhao Guanglan completely lost interest in Mr. Wang. He simply hit him on the temple with a stick and beat him to death. He didn't bother to take him to see the official, so he just walked away.

Returning the same way, they quickly returned to Yangzhou. Then they saw the wanted notices for the two of them, and said that the two of them were rebels. For a moment, they couldn't laugh or cry, so they went to find Wang Pu again.

As soon as he heard that they were coming, Wang Pu hurried over at a trot, bowed his hands repeatedly, and expressed a warm welcome to them. He then ran forward and back like a dog to greet them respectfully, but it made this Zhao Guanglan and Gao Huaide were a little confused.

You must know that Wang Pu is the former prime minister after all. He can give up his reputation but never lose his face. In fact, let alone the two of them, even in front of Zhao Kuangyin, it is impossible for Wang Pu to have such a low profile.

In the Song Dynasty, even in the early Song Dynasty, they still attached great importance to the power of the prime minister. Even Zhao Kuangyin had to put on a show to get rid of the disadvantages of the Five Dynasties. The prime ministers these days have more or less character, and they are far less likely to be like those in the Ming Dynasty. Qing Na put himself almost in the position of a slave.

When something goes wrong, there must be a monster. The two looked at each other, and then asked Wang Pu in unison: "Is the situation in Yangzhou, and even Huainan as a whole, very bad?"

Wang Pu smiled bitterly when he heard this: "It's like a powder keg. If there's a spark, it might explode. Hey~, just a few days ago, Wang Dashan of Hailing County was actually killed by two gangsters. Oh, hey~, people are panicking."

"Wang Dashanren?"

"Hailing County?"

Hearing this, Gao Huaide said calmly: "Where did Wang Dashan come from? He was beaten to death by gangsters, so what?"

"You two don't know something. This good man Wang is a model of rural virtuousness in this disaster relief. He purchased a large amount of food from other places to help the victims. He can also organize village team training to defend against bandits. The court has already discussed this. Those who think they are such an example should be given a knighthood. Alas, it's a pity that he was almost beaten to death by that gangster. It's a pity, it's a pity that good people can't live long."

"Rural sage... model? Then... Wang Xianggong, dare I ask the two rebels who killed this good man Wang, but they were a man and a woman, male and female thieves?"

When Wang Pu heard this, he slapped his thigh: "That's right! They are two strong men, a man and a woman. They... they... uh... um."

Then Wang Pu sat down.

This pair of male and female robbers are said to be extremely skilled in martial arts. Well, he seems to know who these male and female robbers are.

"If even such a scumbag can become a model, haha, then it's no wonder that the relief work for a flood in Huainan District has been so endless. First, 200% of the military rations were lost inexplicably, and then [-] million yuan in cash was lost. You can’t even hear a splash.”

Zhao Guanglan raised his eyebrows and stood up to question him without giving any face.

She wanted to see what Wang Pu had to say.
In fact, she couldn't help but want to beat him now. She even dared to beat Zhao Kuangyin, so what was there that she couldn't do?
Unexpectedly, when Wang Pu heard this, he was silent for a while, and then sighed: "I see, it seems that the truth has been deceived."

"Haha, just because you were deceived, do you want to shirk the responsibility?"

"Of course not. The chaos in Huainan is all due to my lack of ability. What's more, my health has been deteriorating in recent days. It is already extremely difficult to spare one or two hours a day to deal with government affairs. If it takes longer, , I will definitely have a splitting headache, I almost don’t want to live, I am old, I am really old, so I have written eight memorials in a row and sent them to the central government, asking myself to resign and step down, so that the court can quickly send a highly respected person to take over. As for me, this court has always refused to allow it. Princess, since you also think that the old man's corpse is a plain meal, and he is really a stupid and mediocre official, why don't you also submit a letter and ask the official to replace me? Even if it means demoting me. It’s easier to live in vain and endure the pain of doing paperwork every day, hey~”

But Zhao Guanglan couldn't fix it all at once.

"Oh, I can't, I can't, my head hurts again. Fortunately, Your Highness, you and Gao Shijun are here. Ah, my head really hurts too much. In this case, this Yangzhou, and even the whole Can I ask you two to help me with the government affairs in Huainan and take care of them for now? Ah~ I’m sorry to say goodbye.”

After saying that, he turned around and left, leaving the whole mess to the couple, and went back to his bedroom to fall asleep.

"........."

"..." "Brother Gao, he must be pretending."

"How can you say it should be? It must be pretending."

"This...this...isn't this too irresponsible?"

"The old guy is still like that, a loach, but this just shows that the situation in Yangzhou and even Huainan is very critical. Although this Wang Pu has no responsibility, I don't believe that he will not cling to power."

"Hey~, let's rest in Yangzhou for one night. Let's go to Suzhou tomorrow. I always feel that everything in Huainan ends in Suzhou, and all the abnormalities are caused by my younger brother."

"Ah."

Then when they were leaving the next day, they found that Wang Pu had stuck to him like a dog-skin plaster and insisted on following them to Suzhou to visit the King of Qin.

"Aren't you feeling ill and can't work hard anymore?"

"Yes, I just can't work, so I want to go to Suzhou to invite His Highness King Qin to come to Yangzhou to take charge of the overall situation. In any case, Yangzhou is much more important than Suzhou, right?"

Then, Wang Pu actually left Yangzhou with the two of them.

Just...ran away.

Moreover, before running away, he wrote an urgent memorial, asking Zhao Kuangyin sincerely to evacuate him no matter what, allowing him to retire and return to his hometown, and then quickly send someone to replace him.

In fact, thanks to Wang Pu's statement, the pressure on Zhao Kuangyin in Kaifeng was much less, and the pressure on Zhao Guangmei from the civil servants was also much less.

Everyone disdained Wang Pu's shamelessness, but they were indeed disgusted by him.

Everyone asked to withdraw Zhao Guangmei, and Zhao Kuangyin said, "Look, Wang Pu is also asking for retirement. If both of them withdraw, who will be responsible if something big happens in Huainan?"

After all, Wang Pu is the chief envoy, and Zhao Guangmei is just the deputy envoy.

Let's first discuss the topic of who can replace Wang Pu after he withdraws.

Then, everyone fell silent.

After all, the person who can replace Wang Pu must at least be at the level of those bachelors, prime ministers and deputy prime ministers, right?
As long as the place in Huainan can still be saved, as long as it is not completely corrupted and out of control, is it possible for Wang Pu to ruin it so completely?Now it is a powder keg that may explode at any time. No matter who succeeds Wang Pu, he will almost certainly take the blame and must explode.

Even Wang Pu can't handle things, who can be much better than Wang Pu?

To be honest, in terms of ability and experience, Zhao Pu, Lu Duoxun, Lu Yuqing, and Li Chongju are probably far behind Wang Pu.

Then everyone pushed and pushed, and finally they all recommended that Fan Zhi should go, so that Fan Zhi could do something about it. Even Zhao Kuangyin was so angry that he couldn't laugh or cry at the shamelessness of these literati.

This is a civil servant.

Simply, Zhao Kuangyin deliberately indulged the matter and ignored it. As for the [-] so-called scholars who complained, as long as he did not go out of the palace for a stroll and could not see it, he would treat it as if it did not exist. Anyone who mentioned it would be sent to Yangzhou. .

He also gave Zhao Guangyi a task, asking him to entertain more than 1 people with good food and drink, and at the same time comfort them on his behalf. Gao Huaide and Zhao Guanglan have already been sent out. If he is sure that the third child is guilty of something, he will definitely do it. Give them an explanation.

To put it bluntly, Zhao Kuangyin still believed in his family at the critical moment.

It was even believed from the very beginning that these more than 1 scholars must all be bad people.

"Lao San, Lao San, please don't let me down."

(End of this chapter)