The main theme of the Great Dynasty is glorious and righteous, and it is not suitable to discuss such unseemly matters as Jiang Anyi. After the end of the dynasty in a hurry, Shi Fangzhen invited the three officials of the Political Affairs Hall, the heads of the six ministries and nine qing, and the two of the Li Kuan Supervisors to the Zichen Palace. More than 20 high-ranking officials except for Wei Xiangyou, everyone else had to stand, they had been standing for most of the morning, many people felt numb in their legs and feet, but no one dared to slack off, the face of the Son of Heaven was so gloomy that it could drip water.

deliberately snubbed everyone for a moment, Shi Fangzhen slapped the table and shouted: "What's going on with Jiang Anyi's dismissal?" Can any of you tell me? The tone of his speech was dissatisfied, and the implication was that someone was acting in concealment from the Son of Heaven, this crime was not light, Jiang Anyi was demoted because of the crime of bullying the king.

The appointment and dismissal of officials is a matter for the ministry, Pan Linfeng said: "Long live, just now I asked Shao Yuantu, who was the examiner, and it was an official document submitted by Lizhou, requesting that Jiang Anyi be removed from his official position. Jiang Anyi is currently from the county order under the seventh grade, and he has the right to dispose of it according to the system, so Shao Yuantu is approved according to the system. ”

After all, it is his own person, and at a critical time, the official has to take responsibility for his subordinates, and this matter is not Shao Yuantu's fault from the institutional point of view, if you want to say that it is wrong, it is Jiang Anyi's fault that he is not an ordinary small county order.

Shi Fangzhen was silent, indeed, if it weren't for Jiang Anyi, he wouldn't have known about changing someone else, the world is too big, and it is impossible for him to be the son of heaven, but are these ministers in front of him worthy of his trust? Shi Fangzhen saw Wang Kefu who was dodging his gaze at a glance, and he was bored for a while, there must be Wang Kefu making trouble after this incident.

There was a feeling of weakness in his heart, Shi Fang was really in a trance, he had always been a strong self-promise, how could he have this kind of tiredness, I am not old. The thought flashed, Shi Fangzhen sat up straight, and said firmly: "Since the matter has happened, I don't want to hold anyone responsible, although there is an official document in Lizhou, but the Ministry of Officials, the Supervisor of the Reason, and the Three Law Divisions do not need to be verified?" ”

Without waiting for everyone to argue, Shi Fangzhen continued: "Since you have already made a decision according to the system, I don't want you to take it back. However, I just read the official document submitted by Lizhou, saying that Jiang Anyi is still possible to ignore people's lives, and it is not a joke to say that he is corrupt and perverts the law. ”

The more Shi Fangzhen spoke, the more angry he became, and he tapped his fingers on the table, and his voice became higher and higher. Behind him, Liu Weiguo coughed softly, Shi Fangzhen came to his senses, suppressed his anger, and said in a slow tone: "Since this case is suspicious, I will instruct Lizhou to re-try it." Yan Aiqing, can the Yushitai have an observation envoy near Lizhou? ”

After receiving Yan Hualou's affirmative reply, Shi Fangzhen said: "Let the Yushitai Observation Envoy preside over the trial, and Lizhou Longwei will cooperate with this case and report the final results to me." ”

Seeing that the Son of Heaven was biased towards Jiang Anyi and intended to overturn the case, Wei Huaichao was dumbfounded, this speculation ended in failure, and he also offended his fellow disciple Jiang Anyi, and when the news spread, he was indirectly excluded in the Ze Party. What's more important is that the official document has been issued for three days, Wang Kefu is eager for revenge, and he has used it to expedite five hundred miles, and he has almost walked more than half of the distance, and the will of the Son of Heaven has only been passed down today, and I am afraid that it will be too late in time. Once Jiang Anyi is first dismissed from the official and beaten, then this grudge will be very big.

In desperation, Wei Huaichao had no choice but to say: "Long live, the supervisor has already sent the official document 500 miles expedited three days ago, and I am afraid that the will of Long Live will not be able to catch up." ”

"Hahahaha, the Supervisor of Likuang is so fast", Shi Fangzhen smiled sarcastically: "I received the official document on the 27th and sent it on the 28th. ”

Everyone blushed, especially Wu Huaren, who couldn't wait to hide their faces in their arms. Shi Fangzhen sneered: "Since you Aiqing are so diligent, I will make an exception this time to pass the decree of Long Wei, and I will probably be able to catch up with the official document you sent." ”

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2,700 miles away from Beijing, Lizhou Huangyang Village, the Juyi Hall is crowded, and the heroes of the cottage are arguing over the collection of grain and grass. Lizhou is mountainous and has little land, and the grain production is small, which is not only difficult for the common people to eat, but also for the heroes in the cottage.

Xu Mingyuan has defected to Huangyang Village for more than two months, and Lei Yihong, the owner of Huangyang Village, looked at his past friendship and gave him a fourth position, which made Xu Mingyuan, who thought highly of himself, very disappointed, and had the heart to leave, the government was arresting him, so he had to swallow his anger and temporarily avoid the limelight in the cottage.

Lei Yihong is one year older than Xu Mingyuan, he, like Xu Mingyuan, was originally a bully in Ningping County, and six years ago, the new county order of Ningping County took office and sent someone to arrest him. In a fit of rage, Lei Yihong took his brothers to kill the county government, the county order was so frightened that he hid, Lei Yihong robbed the tax warehouse and granary, and ran to Huangyang Village to become the king of the mountain.

The year of Lizhou is not good, there is a slight flood and drought, the people have no way to live, Lei Yihong took the opportunity to recruit troops and horses, accumulated more than 500 minions, the government sent troops to clear out, he led people to the mountains to drill, and waited for the officers and soldiers to retreat and come back. Lei Yihong restrained his subordinates to only rob the passing merchants and not intrude on the county seat, plus Huangyangzhai was at the junction of Fuluo, Ningping, and Jiang'an counties, so the government turned a blind eye and pretended not to see his existence.

Lei Yihong was so dizzy by the quarrel of his subordinates that he shouted: "Don't make noise, everyone, according to last year's rules, draw lots, and draw red lots to lead the team down the mountain to raise food." ”

More than 500 people want to eat and drink, and they also have to hoard some in case of emergency, and the cottage needs about 2,000 stone of food every year. The caravan that trafficked grain and grass knew that there were mountain bandits in Huangyangzhai and did not go up from the boundary at all, which made Huangyangzhai worry about grain every summer and autumn when the grain entered the warehouse.

robbing the granary of the government is equivalent to stabbing a hornet's nest, Lei Yihong knows that his hundreds of people are not enough to confront the government; Robbing ordinary people, no one has much food, and rabbits don't eat grass next to the nest, and the people and mountain bandits can sometimes communicate with each other and use each other. There are two ways to do the last way, one is to send people to disguise themselves as grain merchants to buy grain, and the other is to go to a farmplace farther away and rob the granary of the landlord's house living outside the county seat.

This distance should be grasped well, about 100 miles. There is no big farm to be found in the near future, and through the lessons of a few years ago, the landlords who have grain have moved the grain into the county seat; In the past two years, the team that went down the mountain to raise food has lost more than ten lives, so the leaders of the mountain are reluctant to go, and Lei Yihong has to use the method of drawing lots to decide who will go down the mountain.

There are two teams going down the mountain every time, each going in a different direction, Xu Mingyuan looked at the noisy crowd, his heart moved, he stood up and volunteered: "Brother Lei, the younger brother has not done anything for the mountain for so long, why don't you go down the mountain this time to raise food, and the younger brother will lead a team." ”

Lei Yihong smiled with satisfaction: "Brother Xu, it's really righteous, my brother didn't misunderstand you." You bunnies, don't thank you for the four masters. ”

The crowd clasped their fists in a hurry and thanked them. Lei Yihong asked, "Brother Xu, where are you going to raise food?" ”

"Brother Lei, the younger brother is from Fuluo County, and he knows the situation in Fuluo County very well, and knows that there is a big family surnamed Ding at the west gate of the county, and the family has eight grain hoards, and the grain in it should be no less than seven or eight hundred stones." Xu Mingyuan smiled.

Lei Yihong nodded, did not doubt him, and said with a smile: "When Brother Xu returns victoriously, I will set up wine for my brother to celebrate." Early tomorrow morning, I beg you to take the brothers in the village down the mountain. ”

Xu Mingyuan returned to his residence, followed by Scarface, and asked, "Big brother, how can there be a family surnamed Ding at the west gate of the county seat, why don't I know?" ”

Taking down his steel knife from the weapon rack, Xu Mingyuan gently wiped it with a silk scarf, the blade was shiny, and he saw Xu Mingyuan's hateful eyes.

"Scar, you said that the dog officer was suspended and lived at home, is the news unreliable?"

"Absolutely reliable, it was the brothers in our house who came to escape to the cottage and said that the dog official killed Zhang Putian and forced the people of the county government to repay the debt, I heard that Yan asked for money and paid a few thousand taels of silver, Su Guoxing was arrested, and Su Changhe died in front of the county government. I don't know who is behind the trouble, and I sued Fucheng, and Fucheng came to join the army, and suspended the dog official, and now Wang Xingren is in charge. ”

Xu Mingyuan put the knife into the sheath and said lightly: "Scar, we were driven out of Fuluo County, do you want to take revenge?" ”

"Why don't you want to, I want to kill that dog officer in my dreams." The scar on Scar's face glowed red, and he gritted his teeth and said, "Big brother, do you want to take the brothers to Fuluo County to kill that dog official." ”

Xu Mingyuan shook his head and said, "You have also seen the methods of the dog thief, our manpower is not necessarily his opponent, go and kill him, I don't know who will kill whom." ”

Scar shuddered, thinking of the brother who fell to the ground in the courtyard that day, and said with palpitations: "Yes, the surname Jiang is really powerful, big brother, what do you say?" ”

Xu Mingyuan got up and put the knife back on the shelf, and said slowly: "If you can't fight hard, you can only outwit." ”

Scar waited for a while, and when he saw that Xu Mingyuan had no follow-up, he asked anxiously, "Big brother, how to outwit?" ”

Xu Mingyuan thought silently, took people down the mountain tomorrow, scattered to Fuluo County, let people sneak into the county town in disguise first, and open the city gate at night to join the outside and loot. I went to the house to take out the property in the secret room, and with the money, the sky is high and the birds can fly, so why bother to live in Huangyang Village to be a bandit. When looting, Jiang Anyi sent someone to call out that Jiang Anyi sent someone to invite them, and it didn't matter if it was useful or not. Xu Mingyuan was a little proud, this is the plan of killing two birds with one stone as my husband used to say when he was studying, I, Xu Mingyuan, am not just a reckless man who can only fight and kill.

Scar asked next to him again and again, Xu Mingyuan was in a good mood, learned a sentence from the drama, and said with a smile: "Mountain people have their own clever plans." It's not that he can't believe Scar, Xu Mingyuan is afraid that Scar will be quick to talk, so he will tell his plan and attract Lei Yihong's attention.

Fuluo County, the wind and rain are overwhelming, and a big drama is about to be staged here.