Brother Song Taizu

Chapter 41
"Oh, Mr. Wang, it's all because of my negligence. It's because of my negligence that I made you frightened. It's my fault, my fault, it's all my fault. It's just a small gift to express my apology. You must accept it.”

At Wang Pu's house, looking at what Zhao Guangyi gave him, he looked confused.

"What do you mean by the second king?"

Wang Pu was a little stunned for a moment. After all, this was Zhao Guangyi. How could he be so good as to let him give him a gift?

"I have just heard about Wang Yansheng's matter. I blame the people below for not doing things right. I only know about such a big thing. Alas, it's my fault too. It's because of my own incompetence. As the governor of Kaifeng , I should be supervising the armies, and should be responsible for the security of Kaifeng City, but as a result, such an incident happened in our city of Kaifeng, and I was kept in the dark, alas~, I am ashamed, I am ashamed."

Wang Pu couldn't help but ask: "How dare I ask this Wang Yansheng...how is he doing now? I heard that there is someone behind him."

"There is someone behind him, how can he ignore the law of the country? Don't worry, Mr. Wang, I have captured him, detained him, and sent him to the Kaifeng Mansion Prison for interrogation overnight. By tomorrow morning, we will be able to find out all the evidence of his crime, and we will discuss it in court tomorrow morning. At that time, I must expose the evidence of this person’s crime in front of the civil and military ministers, and let my elder brother punish him!”

When Wang Pu heard this, he immediately felt as if a big stone had fallen to the ground in his heart. He felt much better, and his favorability towards Zhao Guangyi naturally increased.

This Wang Yansheng is the newly appointed Kaifeng City inspector by Zhao Kuangyin. He is temporarily responsible for the security of Kaifeng City. However, since this man took office, he has not caught many thieves and robbers, but he has been extorting money everywhere. Almost no wealthy businessman in the city dare not to protect him. It's free.

That's it. Officers and soldiers blackmailed merchants. This kind of thing has happened in all dynasties. However, Wang Yansheng was extremely courageous. Maybe he felt that the merchants were too weak, so he was bold enough to blackmail courtiers. He was not even a He even tried to blackmail ordinary courtiers, even prime ministers like Wang Pu.

Just a few days ago, Wang Pu was already asleep, but Wang Yansheng led his troops to break down the door in the middle of the night!

You must know that this was just a change of dynasty. The whole family was so frightened that they passed out. After knocking on the door, they didn’t say anything. They sat down in the living room of Wang Pu’s house and said that they were hungry and asked Wang Pu. He had to wake up the servants in the middle of the night and entertain him and his men with delicious food and drinks. Before leaving, he said that he was short of money and extorted more than 200 yuan from Wang Pu.

The money wasn't much, but he couldn't stand the situation. It was too scary. Besides, who knows if this kind of thing will happen a second time?Even though he was an old minister of the former dynasty, he was still a prime minister after all. Being so humiliated by a small inspection officer really broke his defense.

However, Wang Yansheng was Zhao Kuangyin's confidant after all, and half of the money he extorted was distributed to the soldiers below, and the other half was given to other generals in the Forbidden Army. For such a big thing and such arrogance, if there is something behind it It is absolutely impossible if no one supports him.

To put it bluntly, there was no military discipline at all in the troops during the Five Dynasties period. Everyone drove the commander and betrayed the emperor, naturally all for real rewards. However, Zhao Kuangyin’s change of dynasty was so smooth that he had no weapons at all. Although these soldiers were given a certain reward for moving, it was still a little less after all.

There was no chaos, and we couldn't let them take advantage of the chaos to make a little fortune. Everyone had the idea of ​​​​losing money without making any profit, so Wang Yansheng was actually robbing money for the entire Forbidden Army. Did Zhao Kuangyin himself know this? It's easy to say, but even if you know, you will probably choose to pretend to be confused.

After all, they were all former ministers of the previous dynasty. Zhao Kuangyin didn't like them very much.

Originally, in history, Wang Pu dared to mention this matter to Zhao Kuangyin because Zhao Kuangyin was about to personally raise troops to kill Li Jun. Otherwise, how could it be such a coincidence that this kind of thing would have happened sooner rather than later, but it happened before the army set off. Is this the case?At this time and space, Li Jun was persuaded by Zhao Guangmei early. Not only did he take over the military power of the three vassals without any blood, he even destroyed the Northern Han Dynasty, his life and death enemy, so that even though Wang Pu was miserably bullied by Wang Yansheng, he was still I have been struggling with whether to make a fuss about this matter or not, and I am not sure what Zhao Kuangyin's attitude will be towards this matter.

In the end, he never expected that Zhao Guangyi would actually make the decision for him!
All of a sudden, I felt as if I had been constipated for three days and suddenly pulled it out.

Especially when he thought that Zhao Guangyi could not have guessed that there was someone behind Wang Yansheng, but he stepped forward without hesitation and would rather offend the imperial army than uphold the laws of the court. He felt more and more that Zhao Guangyi looked pleasing to the eye.

I heard that this man had loved reading since he was a child and was a scholar. Watching him do things with courtesy and restraint, Wang Pu even felt that he had some hope of ending the military chaos.

The wise prince of the state!
"The ability of the two great kings to uphold the rules and regulations, understand the laws, be open-minded, and be so persevering and courageous is truly admirable. Having you as the crown prince of the country is truly a blessing to the country and a blessing to the people. Pu, I am here to represent the people of Kaifeng City. Millions of people, tens of thousands of people in the world, have thanked the two great kings."

Seeing this, Zhao Guangyi quickly turned aside, not daring to accept his gift, but he said with a wry smile: "I am a kind of state heir, in fact, I am just a transitional person. Maybe, if my third brother was in charge of Kaifeng Mansion, this matter would have happened a long time ago. Just deal with it, right? It makes you laugh, among our three brothers, I am the least capable, so I can only be cautious and diligent, which is still a bit of an advantage. "

Unexpectedly, Wang Pu was not happy after hearing what he said. He actually said seriously: "The words of the two kings are wrong. As the saying goes, a ruler is short and an inch is long. The three kings are indeed amazingly talented, wise and courageous." , Second King, you are so open-minded and humble, aren’t you worthy of praise? The way to govern a country lies in etiquette and law, and moral education. The so-called only virtuous and virtuous people can obey others. "

"In my opinion, although the three kings have outstanding abilities and will become good generals and even good ministers in time, they may not necessarily be a good prince. The so-called king must be virtuous, be able to follow the rules and regulations, and understand etiquette, so that everyone in the world can have their own affairs. Performing his duties can teach the literati to use their minds and the warriors to use their lives. Only in this way can we truly open up a prosperous age for thousands of years."

When Zhao Guangyi heard this, he couldn't help but feel happy. He secretly lamented that Wang Pu was indeed on the right path, but he acted modestly and said that he was not very talented and learned a lot, and did not dare to respond to anything he said.

Wang Pu wanted to stay with Zhao Guangyi for tea, but Zhao Guangyi did not stay, but insisted that he accept the gifts he brought.

In the end, before leaving, he just said something intentionally or unintentionally: "Ms. Wang will be responsible for this year's Enke. Collecting materials for the country is really a major national matter and cannot be careless at all. My ability is limited, but if there is another If there is a similar situation, or if there is any need for my help, Mr. Wang, I would like to ask you to stay away. As long as it is within our ability, we will do our best."

After he left the house, he ordered Shi Xizai to buy other gifts and went to visit another minister.

In just one day, Zhao Guangyi actually bought more than 60 gifts and visited more than 60 ministers. They were all people who had been harassed by Wang Yansheng and extorted money from him. His reasons for giving gifts were exactly the same. They all said It was his oversight as the governor of Kaifeng, so he sent something to express his apology.

The gift itself was not expensive, and he actually didn't spend much money in total. At least it was far from comparable to the money that Wang Yansheng extorted. But it was such a trivial thing, a small gift, that Zhao Guangyi was immediately impressed. In the hearts of the civil servants of the Manchu Dynasty, especially the old ministers of the previous dynasty, it became well-known.

No one lacks this thing, but the way the second king does things makes everyone feel warm in their hearts.

(End of this chapter)