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Noble words such as feelings, ambitions, and ideals are too heavy for Zhao Junchen. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Zhao Junchen admires those noble people with feelings, ambitions, and ideals, and will not belittle the other party as useless because of his own despicability, but Zhao Junchen also knows very well that if a person becomes noble, he will be bound by many rules and regulations, and once he encounters those opponents who do not compromise his means, he will definitely suffer a big loss.

Zhao Junchen was unwilling to suffer, so he took the initiative to give up noble.

But Zhao Junchen is not blindly despicable, if it does not harm his own interests, Zhao Junchen will often do some good deeds to benefit the world within his ability.

Many times, Zhao Junchen often chooses despicable means to achieve his goals, but this is only because despicable means are more effective, nothing more.

Therefore, in a way, Zhao Junchen is neither noble nor despicable, he is just very practical.

In fact, the vast majority of people in this world are not distinguishable between the words "good" and "evil", and the people of Nanguan Village are like this, and so is Zhao Junchen.

Obviously, because of the various experiences of this day, Bao Wenjie had some illusions about Zhao Junchen in his heart, thinking that Zhao Junchen "rotten wood can still be carved", so he said such words to Zhao Junchen, hoping that Zhao Junchen can "repent" and "turn back to the shore", but his good intentions are destined to be in vain.

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Zhao Junchen is a very practical person, and the plans he has made are also very practical.

The situation in the northwestern provinces is too weird, and there are many possibilities, so Zhao Junchen must first rule out some of the most dangerous possibilities before proceeding with the next step.

Therefore, Zhao Junchen did not immediately go to Lu'an Mansion to investigate, but "diverted the tiger from the mountain" and "invited the gentleman into the urn", and asked Zhou Taifu to find a way to invite Sun Miao, the prefect of Lu'an, to Nanguan Village, so that Zhao Junchen could ensure the secrecy of his whereabouts, and he could also control Sun Miao and get more detailed information from Sun Miao.

The next day, Chow Tai Fook left Nanguan Village early in the morning and went to Lu'an Fucheng.

After entering the city of Lu'an, Chow Tai Fook did not delay and immediately asked to see Sun Miao, the prefect of Lu'an.

Sun Miao is only in her early thirties now, and she can be regarded as young and promising. His appearance is fair, his temperament is elegant, and his ability is not bad, and his reputation in the government and the opposition has always been very good.

After getting the news, Sun Miao also quickly summoned Chow Tai Fook and did not slack off.

Don't look at Chow Tai Fook is always humble in front of Zhao Junchen, but in fact, he owns a lot of land around Lu'an Mansion City, and there are many relatives who are generations of servants in Lu'an Mansion, so Sun Miao does not dare to have any contempt.

Of course, the more important reason is that when Zhou Taifu asked to see Sun Miao, he also gave a generous gift, worth a total of three or five hundred taels of silver, even for the sake of this silver, Sun Miao would be extra close to the people.

After seeing Sun Miao, Chow Tai Fook quickly said his reason for asking to see Sun Miao, saying that his father was sick, and he happened to meet his 60th birthday, and the Zhou family wanted to rejoice for him, so it was naturally a big deal, but there was no distinguished guest witness in the house, which was inevitably a fly in the ointment, so Chow Tai Fook hoped that Sun Miao could go to Nanguan Village to participate in his father's birthday banquet, so that not only Chow Tai Fook's old father would be happy, but the effect of Chongxi would be stronger, and Sun Miao personally congratulated the Zhou family's old father on his birthday. The prestige of the Zhou family in Lu'an Mansion will also increase a lot.

Sun Miao, as the prefect of Lu'an, is in a sensitive period, so naturally there are many government affairs, and he has been very busy recently, but for the sake of generous gifts, Sun Miao is still happy to get out of his busy schedule.

In the end, Sun Miao agreed to Chow Tai Fook's request, just explained what he was doing a little, and went to Nanguan Village with Chow Tai Fook.

Nanguan Village and Lu'an Mansion are only twenty or thirty miles away, and the two of them arrived before noon.

However, after entering Nanguan Village, Sun Miao was keenly aware of something wrong.

According to Chow Tai Fook, today is the 60th birthday of his father, and the Zhou family also hosted a large number of guests, but after he entered Nanguan Village, he found that there was no trace of a birthday banquet in Nanguan Village, but occasionally saw some soldiers wearing mandarin duck robes.

When he saw Zhou's house from afar, he found that Zhou's house also didn't have any lanterns, it was not a big birthday banquet at all, and there were more and more soldiers nearby, Sun Miao's face changed slightly, and he immediately said to Zhou Dafu: "Mr. Zhou, this official suddenly remembered that there is an extremely important matter in the government that he forgot to deal with, and there must be no delay in this matter, so this official must go back immediately, and Mr. Zhou's father's birthday banquet may not be able to participate." ”

After speaking, Sun Miao didn't wait for Chow Tai Fook's answer, and turned around directly to leave.

However, after Sun Miao turned around, he found that more than ten soldiers were blocking his path, without any intention of dodging.

After seeing this scene, Sun Miao's heart sank, and she felt more and more that today's Nanguan Village is not simple.

These soldiers are all sturdy, and they are not afraid of Sun Miao's official authority at all, and they are by no means military households near Lu'an Mansion, and Zhou Taifu invited himself to Nanguan Village today, I am afraid that he is also uneasy and kind.

So, instead of reprimanding these soldiers, Sun Miao turned to Zhou Taifu and asked, "Mr. Zhou, what is going on?" Why are there so many soldiers in Nanguan Village? And why do you want to block the way of the official? This official is an official of the imperial court, and many people in Lu'an Mansion know about this official's coming to Nanguan Village! Mr. Zhou, if you want to do something, you'd better think about the consequences! ”

As he spoke, Sun Miao's tone implied a threat, but his voice was still soft, as if he didn't want to irritate Chow Tai Fook.

Seeing Sun Miao's reaction, a trace of admiration flashed in Zhou Dafu's eyes, thinking that Sun Miao's city government was very deep, and he was still able to stay calm, and he did not lose the due bearing of a court official.

However, Chow Tai Fook did not intend to let Sun Miao go, but said more and more respectfully: "Lord Sun, the grass people have no malicious intent!" Caomin invited you to Nanguan Village today, also because there is a distinguished guest in Nanguan Village who wants to see you, and this distinguished guest is now in Caomin's house, and you will understand everything after you see him. ”

Sun Miao glanced at Zhou Tai Fook deeply, and knew that it was inviolable, so he didn't continue to entangle, but just turned around and walked towards Zhou Tai Fook again, while Zhou Tai Fook hurriedly followed aside to lead the way.

When the two entered the main hall of Zhou's house, there were two people sitting on the main seat talking to each other, these two people were obviously the "distinguished guests" in Zhou Taifu's mouth!

After seeing these two people, Sun Miao's complexion changed again, but he quickly tidied up his clothes and appearance, and then saluted the two distinguished guests: "Sun Miao, the prefect of Lu'an, has seen Lord Zhao!" I've also met Master Bao! Unexpectedly, the two adults actually left the center of the capital and came to the territory of Lu'an Mansion, and the lower officials did not entertain the two adults in time, which is really a great sin. ”

Seeing Sun Miao's reaction, Zhao Junchen also stopped talking with Bao Wenjie and said with appreciation: "Lord Sun, I haven't seen you for a long time!" For some reason, the official didn't want his whereabouts to be exposed, so he could only meet with Master Sun by such means, and I hope that Lord Sun would be able to understand a thing or two...... However, after Master Sun encountered an unexpected situation, he was still calm and unchaotic, and he deserved to be Zhou Gelao's proud protégé. ”

It turned out that Sun Miao was the protégé of the old Zhou Shangjing, and he had always been valued by Zhou Shangjing, Zhao Junchen had heard that Zhou Shangjing was planning to further reuse Sun Miao, and in this regard, Sun Miao could be trusted, because he would not easily betray the center of the capital.

At this time, after hearing Zhao Junchen's praise, Sun Miao also hurriedly expressed his humility.

It can be seen that after seeing Zhao Junchen, Sun Miao is also secretly relieved.

Sun Miao originally thought that there had been a mutiny in Lu'an Mansion, and the rebel army had occupied Nanguan Village, and it was also a Hongmen banquet in Zhou's house.

But since all this was arranged by Zhao Junchen, it means that this matter is just a change in the temple and will not threaten his personal safety.

However, Zhao Junchen suddenly appeared here, and his whereabouts were still so secretive, obviously things were not simple, so Sun Miao was still vigilant.

Seeing the change in Sun Miao's expression, Zhao Junchen didn't say much, but after letting Sun Miao sit down, he began to ask Sun Miao about the situation of the imperial court's disaster relief.

"This official came to Shanxi this time because the imperial court got the news that there was a mistake in the disaster relief money and grain supported by the imperial court to the northwest provinces, and more than seventy percent of the money and grain disappeared, so His Majesty appointed me as the minister of the Qin mission to come to the northwest to investigate the matter......

After hearing Zhao Junchen's explanation, Sun Miao breathed a sigh of relief again, and hurriedly explained: "Lord Zhao, the lower officials have also heard about the disappearance of disaster relief money and grain, but they don't know the truth of the matter, so they didn't report it to the imperial court, but this matter has nothing to do with the lower officials, because the lower officials have not seen the disaster relief money and food from the imperial court from beginning to end, and only received a secret letter from the governor, saying that it is a difficult turnover of disaster relief money and grain, and the disaster situation in Lu'an Mansion is not serious. Therefore, the governor wanted to use the disaster relief money and food from the imperial court to support Lu'an Mansion in other places, and asked the lower official what he meant, and the lower official naturally understood the governor's difficulties, and the Lu'an Mansion was indeed barely maintained, so he agreed to this matter. ”

Zhao Junchen nodded lightly and said: "This kind of situation is similar to what I imagined, you have always been highly valued by Zhou Ge Lao, and you have great prospects in the future, and you will not be involved in this kind of thing in the future...... But after I came to Lu'an, I found something even stranger, that is, the local governments in the northwestern provinces have been intercepting and arresting the victims fleeing the famine. ”

Sun Miao nodded and said: "There is indeed this kind of thing, Lu'an Mansion is also intercepting and arresting the people fleeing the famine everywhere, all of this is also the order of the governor, saying that the imperial court has begun to help the victims, and the escape of the victims will cause the place to be empty, and it will also bring chaos to various places, once the matter hits the center of the imperial court, it will be blamed, so it is strictly ordered to intercept and arrest the victims who fled the famine." ”

Zhao Junchen frowned and asked, "So, what are the arrangements after the victims are arrested?" ”

Sun Miao replied: "All of them have been sent to Taiyuan Mansion, where the governor is stationed, and the governor will send them all back according to their origins." ”

Hearing Sun Miao's answer, Zhao Junchen couldn't help but sneer and asked, "Lord Sun, do you believe what the governor of Shanxi said?" Now that the fire is sifting into the Kou, and the disaster situation in the northern part of Shanxi is serious, just dealing with these two things is enough to make him anxious, where does he have any energy to investigate the origin of each disaster victim and repatriate the disaster victims to their original hometown? ”

Sun Miao lowered her head and replied: "The lower officials don't know, the lower officials are just doing things according to the orders of the governor, and they don't dare to ask more." ”

After hearing Sun Miao's answer, Zhao Junchen frowned.

Originally, seeing Sun Miao's unruly performance after entering Nanguan Village, Zhao Junchen still had some appreciation for him in his heart.

But at this time, hearing Sun Miao's answer, the appreciation in Zhao Junchen's heart disappeared immediately.

Obeying the orders of superiors and following the rules and regulations in everything seems to be commendable, but in fact it is a manifestation of evading responsibility.

The boss's orders may not be correct, and the rules and regulations may not be the truth, with Sun Miao's vision and wisdom, he may not be unaware of the problem, but he still only knows how to follow the orders of his superiors, even if he knows that what he does is wrong, and there is no doubt about it, because Sun Miao knows very well that even if he finally does something wrong, but because he just follows the orders of his superiors, there are tall people who are on top of the sky when the sky falls, and the responsibility will not be on his head anyway. But if he does not follow the orders of his superiors, even if he finally does good deeds, he will first be retaliated against and harassed by his superiors.

"The correct process is greater than the correct result", this sentence can be said to be the truth of officialdom in ancient and modern China and foreign countries, and officials have also acted according to this and protected themselves wisely.

Obviously, Sun Miao is also such an official, he doesn't care whether what he does is right or wrong, as long as no one can find out his mistakes, everything is easy to say.

Thinking of this, a hint of sarcasm flashed between Zhao Junchen's expressions, and he said with a smile: "I see, no wonder Elder Zhou Ge will value Lord Sun so much." ”

Sun Miao didn't seem to understand Zhao Junchen's sarcasm, but she just hung her head and didn't say anything.

And Zhao Junchen did not continue to ridicule Sun Miao, because when he faced Emperor Deqing, he often made such a choice, knowing that some of Emperor Deqing's orders were wrong, but Zhao Junchen would still act according to Emperor Deqing's will, so Zhao Junchen was actually not qualified to ridicule Sun Miao.

Therefore, Zhao Junchen just continued to ask Sun Miao: "Recently, what are the abnormal dynamics of Shanxi officialdom?" ”

After thinking for a moment, Sun Miao replied: "There is no abnormal dynamic, I just heard that this year's fire screening is much more serious than in previous years, because the Mongolian side has also suffered natural disasters year after year, so they are very determined to invade and plunder this time, it seems that many tribes have formed a coalition army, but because the imperial court has been prepared, they will not be able to break through the defense line in a short time, but the battle situation in the north has become more and more intense, and now everyone in Shanxi officialdom is paying attention to this matter, and there is no abnormal dynamic......"

Speaking of this, Sun Miao suddenly thought of something, and said: "If you say something abnormal, Xia Guan suddenly remembered something. ”

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PS: Why does everyone think that someone wants to rebel? In the environment of the Ming Dynasty, this kind of thing was absolutely impossible.

However, although rebellion and rebellion will not occur in the environment of the Ming Dynasty, many more bizarre things will happen.

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