After everyone retreated, Murong Yanchao's breathing gradually calmed down, and his anger finally calmed down, but there was still a trace of anger and murderous intent in his eyes, and he only stayed on Jing Yiming's body for a moment before saying, "Master Jing, haven't you always prided yourself on being resourceful?" Why is it a saw-beaked gourd today? ”

"Futai forgives, I'm just waiting for you to calm down. Although Sun Tu is indeed too presumptuous today, and it also makes you lose face, but this matter is actually not a big loss to you, if you use force on him because of this, it is really the most unwise choice. "Jing Yiming is different from others, he can talk eloquently in the face of Murong Yanchao, without the slightest nervousness.

Murong Yanchao can really listen to this now, and he knows that what he said is reasonable, but he still snorted: "Could it be that this official has suffered such a big loss?" Even if it is not damaged with me, once the matter is publicized, how the officials and people of this city will look at me, the prestige of this official will inevitably be damaged......"

"The prestige of Futai in Qingzhou was not established overnight, and naturally it is impossible to be affected too much by this small matter, as long as Futai still has great power in hand, it is not a problem, and there will be an opportunity to get rid of Sun Tu in the future. He is just a martial artist, and the court has always used literature to control martial arts, are you still afraid that he will be able to turn the sky upside down? Jing Yiming's face finally became solemn as he spoke: "There is only one thing I am worried about, that is, he has really completely seized the military power of Qingzhou, and he has discovered some inside information because of this, so he may really pose a threat to Futai." ”

Murong Yanchao's face had become solemn at this time, and he took a deep breath and said, "How could I ignore this." It is true that he cannot be allowed to completely control the military power in his hands, which is the top priority now. As he spoke, he looked at the other party: "You say, how should I deal with this?" ”

"Naturally, it's the old way. The noble status of Futai can't be hard with it, but those people in the army are different. Maybe taking advantage of this opportunity, Futai can also use a knife to kill people and solve this trouble once and for all. Jing Yiming smiled and said, "So what Futai has to do before that is to clear yourself and not let people suspect you in the end." ”

"Yes, yes, that's exactly how it should be. A rude and arrogant martial artist, this official really doesn't have to worry too much, let Du Heng and a few of them solve him! Murong Yanchao's anger finally dissipated completely, and at the same time, he had already decided on a strategy to deal with Sun Tu.

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Looking at the big mansion in front of him that belonged to his name, Sun Tu couldn't help but sigh Qingzhou is really sparsely populated and cheap. This mansion, which was bought for only a few dozen dollars, actually covers an area of two or three acres, although it is not comparable to the mansions of a few wealthy merchants on the side, but it is also much better than those ordinary houses that have been seen along the way.

This house is said to be divided into only three courtyards, but each courtyard is extremely wide, comparable to the two courtyards in Tokyo, and there are also scattered verandahs and various halls and pavilions, except for the old ones, it is completely a standard mansion of this era.

Therefore, after Sun Tu saw the environment here at the door, he asked again with some suspicion: "Is it true that it only cost us thirty or forty copper coins here?" Could it be that someone wants to befriend us and others, so they are half sold and half given? ”

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"Don't you know, there are only five or six thousand households in Qingzhou City now, and there are only twenty or thirty thousand people together, and most of the people are just barely making ends meet, and they have no money to buy houses and land, let alone a big house like this. It is only some big businessmen or officials who have the financial resources to buy a mansion to live in. Huang Wenbing, who was beside him, explained with a smile: "And this mansion was sold at a low price by a businessman who was in a hurry to leave this place, and I just happened to bump into it." ”

Sun Tu was slightly stunned, and then sighed: "When I came all the way, I felt that the people's livelihood here in Qingzhou was withering, and all industries were not prosperous. I thought that this would only be the case in the countryside far away from the prefecture, but now it seems that it is the case in the entire Qingzhou. That Murong Yanchao is really a good official, and he actually manages his subordinates like this! ”

Huang Wenbing and the others came a few days earlier, except for Yang Zhi, who has been dealing with people in the government, the others have already been ordered by Sun Tu to inquire more among the people, so at this time he took the opportunity to report: "Indeed, as the capital eunuch said, since Murong Yanchao came to this office, the situation of the people in the Qingzhou area, which is not very wealthy, has become more and more difficult. Every year, there are countless taxes alone, and in addition to the part that is handed over to the imperial court, more than half of them go into the pockets of the government officials, especially the Murong prefect...... I heard that his annual income was more than 200,000 yuan, and more than half of the property in the city had been put in his name, and the people, whether it was a merchant or a merchant, all had to live on his nose. ”

Hearing these words, Sun Tu, Luda and the others who had just come to Qingzhou were all dumbfounded, they really didn't expect that the arrogant and domineering Murong Prefect's courage and appetite could be so big, and they were about to make a mess under Qingzhou.

Huang Wenbing saw that they came back to their senses a little, and then said: "It is precisely because of the perverse actions of the government that many people can no longer live, so that bandits are rampant in the local area, and there are many bandits in the territory who occupy the mountains as kings, especially the bandits on the three mountains of Erlong Mountain, Baihu Mountain and Taohua Mountain are extremely powerful, making the lives of ordinary people more and more difficult." ”

Hearing him mention that the rogue bandits were in trouble everywhere, Sun Tu thought of the tragic situation of the village that he saw on the road when he came, and his heart was furious: "The officials are forced to rebel, and then the innocent people are still the innocent people who really suffer, this is really unreasonable!" By the way, does the government completely ignore such things? Then Murong Yanchao is not afraid that the matter will be impeached and questioned in the court? ”

"This is where he is powerful, as long as the local officials in Qingzhou have all been subdued by him, whether it is bribed with benefits, or suppressed by force, or even framed and killed, anyway, now the officialdom of Qingzhou is already the head of the Murong prefect, so the news can't be spread at all. Of course, this is also related to the remoteness of Qingzhou and the lack of roads. Huang Wenbing said with a wry smile.

Sun Tu frowned, but also thought of a point, I am afraid that this is also inseparable from Liang Shicheng, the backer behind Murong Yanchao. Even Liang Shicheng is the biggest beneficiary, and half of the money and food that Murong Yanchao snatched from the people here should have fallen into Liang Shicheng's pocket, so he will help cover it up in the imperial court.

And with the identity of Liang Shicheng Taifu, coupled with his deep heaven

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Zi Pet Xin, it is not too difficult to hide such a "trivial matter", after all, corruption has long been rampant in the Song Dynasty court, and no one is clean, so how can anyone expose these problems?

After thinking for a while, Sun Tucai asked the most critical point: "What about the situation of the Qingzhou garrison?" ”

"This ......" Huang Wenbing didn't dare to look at Sun Tu: "As far as I know, the combat strength of the Xiang army here is not even comparable to our Jiangzhou, otherwise those bandits would not dare to run rampant outside the city so unscrupulously." As for the reason, it should be inseparable from corruption, I heard that there are only five or six hundred people in the barracks now, and they can only be hired to do some handymen to make a living on weekdays, and they have not been trained at all. ”

After hearing this lot of bad news, Sun Tu was completely numb at this time, and he couldn't even get angry, but just sneered: "Okay, good wow!" This Qingzhou is really a good place! No wonder those guys will deliberately transfer me here to serve as the capital supervisor, no wonder ...... "No wonder the Great Song Society collapsed and completely destroyed the country in just one or two years, and the root cause of the curse has already been planted - but he can't say this in public."

And Ruda on the side was already darkened when he heard it, and finally couldn't help but pat the pillar next to him and shouted: "How can this really be true!" A dog official like this can still point fingers here, if the Sprinkle family had known that he was such a bastard, he should have been slashed with one palm just now, so as to remove a disaster for the people of Qingzhou! ”

Sun Tu, on the other hand, obviously noticed another question, and he looked at Yang Zhi, who also looked gloomy: "These are just hearsay, isn't there an exact statement about the affairs in the army?" Brother Yang, haven't you talked to those soldiers about anything? ”

"I ...... I'm ashamed that I haven't been able to enter the barracks at all these days. Yang Zhi smiled bitterly and hugged his fist.

"Why is that?" Ruda immediately asked.

"Because the barracks are not allowed to enter the camp without the permission of the Murong Prefect. And the prefect of Murong has been pestering San Lang why are you a few days late, so it was completely delayed. Yang Zhi hugged his fists with some guilt.

Luda immediately frowned deeply when he heard this, but Sun Tu still smiled at him in understanding. At the beginning, he asked Yang Zhi to bring his soldiers and horses first, thinking that he had been in the army for many years and knew how to negotiate with people in the government. But he still ignored a key point, that is, Yang Zhi was also more likely to retreat in case of trouble, especially when facing a court civil official like Murong Yanchao, he didn't dare to argue with him.

"That's it, the mess here in Qingzhou didn't happen overnight, and we don't need to rush it. Now that we're here, let's think of how to split a way out. As for the barracks, with me in prison, they can't keep their doors behind closed doors anymore. Tomorrow, we will go inside to see how degenerate the officials and soldiers of Qingzhou have become. Sun Tu said, and patted Yang Zhi's shoulder comfortingly, but there was a resolute look in his eyes.

Because from these words, he also found a place that was beneficial to himself, Qingzhou was semi-isolated from the outside world because of its geographical relationship, so as long as he could replace Murong Yanchao, would he be able to make something different here?

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