"Zi'an, why did you resign?" Zhao said.

"Brother Gongcai, is the imperial court system not allowing officials to resign and return to their hometowns?"

That's not going to happen.

Fu Bi and they repeatedly asked for Zhishi, not because the system did not allow it, but because of Zhishi, the court would let them wear some high-level loose officials, and at the same time there was a lot of pension. But if Wang Ju resigns like this, there will be nothing.

"Your Majesty is very important to Zi'an."

"Majesty is very important to me, but I didn't repay Majesty? Brother Gongcai, I know Huachi County, and cooperate with Cai Gong's victory. His Majesty ascended the throne, and I offered three strategies, disarming and strengthening the army, gradually reducing officials, and the Fangchang River crossing system, including the current silt fields, which also attracted everyone's attention through me. Then major in Zheng Baiqu, Brother Gongcai, if there was no grain production from Zheng Baiqu, how much would the country have to spend on the Battle of Gyeongju last year? Later, he presided over the ordnance superintendent, not only introduced gunpowder, tiger cannons, new armor, improved the divine arm bow, and various knives and rattan shields, but also offered advice to let the imperial court initiate the post reform. ”

That is what Wang Ju said about the postal system.

Wang Anshi also adopted it, because there were not many shortcomings and there were not many interests involved, so it was also a change with less opposition.

Of course, at that time, Wang Ju came up with this method not to collect money, but for the Kapok Division, and behind the Kapok Division were immigrants to the south. The latter is what Wang Ju really values.

Although in the hands of Wang Anshi, some new clauses were added to collect money.

"Well, Kapok seems to be related to me as well, coming to Gyeongju. It was a great victory in Gyeongju. Brother Gongcai. Do you say I'm sorry for the court? ”

Zhao Di was also speechless. These feats, no matter which one they are taken out, are enough for any official to gnaw on his old roots for the rest of his life.

He had no choice but to say: "It is Zi'an who has such a great talent, and he should serve the court even more." ”

"Brother Gongcai, you really don't know that all the ministers of the court have scolded me as a national thief, villain, who will stand up for me to uphold justice? In this case. How do I serve the court? I'm not Xia Zhu, Brother Gongcai, don't lobby. ”

Speaking of which, Zhao Di had no choice but to leave.

Don't think that he is the governor of Yanzhou, although he will not be afraid of Wang Ju, but even if Wang Ju resigns, he will not be afraid of him holding him.

The concubine said: "Official, he is also kind. ”

"He may not be well-intentioned, for the time being, he is the person of Duke Wen, and I am resigning. Which one is the most embarrassing? ”

Wang Ju actually made a risky move, and he also explained the reason to Zhang Ji. Otherwise, even Zhang Ji is persuading him. It's too intense.

In the Song Dynasty, the punishment was not a sergeant doctor.

It's up, Dasu, look at the people who are crying out from top to bottom across the country.

Therefore, what can catch Wang Ju is nothing more than an official position. Now Wang Ju doesn't even care about his official position, so what else is used to card Wang Ju?

Then if someone wants to deal with Wang Ju in the future, they have to think about it. Wang Ju doesn't care about official positions, but how many people don't care about official positions? Even the capital is reluctant to leave, not to mention the official position in the capital.

And this statement is much more than that......

If this step is successful, Wang Ju will be able to do things with peace of mind in the future.

"Official, what does this have to do with Duke Wen?"

"Don't worry, it won't be long before the official's edict will reach me. If I had repented immediately, I would have become a laughing stock. ”

But having this person in your ears is not a thing. Wang Ju thought for a while and said, "It's better to go to Hengqu, meet with the teacher, and teach a student mathematics by the way." ”

Zheng Baiqu also has a house, but in addition to the main house, the rest of the houses were also used by Wang Ju as a private school. You can't drive those students out now, but if you don't, there are so many people around him, and there is no way to live.

However, the main reason is that his closest relatives went to Hangzhou one by one, and they will soon move to Quanzhou. Including Yanzhou, there are no acquaintances. So simply go to the horizontal ditch.

Thinking of this, he called Lu Ping: "Lu Ping, you immediately take some money and silk, ride to Hengqu, build a few rows of houses for me, and then we will go to Hengqu together." ”

"Okay."

Lu Ping went to Hengqu first.

Then Wang Ju stayed in Yanzhou City for two days, and took a large group of people to Hengqu slowly.

But the camp was blown up on the Gyeongju side.

Zhang Qi didn't say it, but Wang Ju received Hou Yuanli in the state government, and there were officials and officials on the side, and these people quickly leaked the news.

The people don't believe it, how could Wang Ju be forced to resign, it's not that he is old and sick, is it really a faint king?

So they came to the state government one by one to ask, and Zhang Qi only confirmed that Wang Ju had indeed resigned from his official position, and the others did not explain.

However, Wang Ju explained very clearly in the state government, Zhang Qi didn't say it, these officials and officials said it all.

When the soldiers and civilians of Gyeongju learned the truth, they were all confused.

The soldiers thought to themselves that they had defeated hundreds of thousands of Western Xia people who had come to invade, not only in vain, but in guilt.

The workshop owners thought to themselves, this kind of loan is harsh, oh my God, how many times it should be harsh.

The people are thinking to themselves, don't they say that loving the people like a son is a good official, how did they become buying the hearts of the people, or that now loving the people like a son is not doing right, and he has to be as corrupt and brutal as Sun Wei to be a good official of the Great Song Dynasty?

What is the truth of this?

Of course, it would be dangerous for the military and civilians to continue to think like this.

Especially that section of Hengshan, Xixia will never forget.

Zhang Ji had no choice but to explain to the people that it was not because the official family was mediocre, and the official family had always been very important to Wang Ju. It was only because some ministers in the court did not like Wang Ju, so they tried every means to frame Wang Ju, which forced Wang Ju to resign from his official position.

This statement is aimed at only one person.

When Wang Ju and Wen Yanbo clashed last year, they knew that Wen Yanbo would not be reconciled, so they secretly sent people to publicize all the truth, the ins and outs.

Although his power alone is limited, there is still a group of people who are also eager to smear Wen Yanbo's reputation. Therefore, under the clamor of these people, almost the entire people of the Song Dynasty knew Wen Yanbo's cowardly expression after the victory in Gyeongju, as well as his famous saying, rule the world with scholars. It is not to rule the world with the people.

At least in Gyeongju. Men, women and children all know that Wen Yanbo is suppressing Wang Ju.

Therefore, there is a lot of discussion in the whole Gyeongju. Including some past merchants have joined the discussion.

On this day, in a thriving tea shop in Gyeongju City, there were two merchants discussing. One of them said: "Actually, there is another way, maybe Wang Zhizhou can return to Gyeongju." ”

The two of them were just talking and playing, but they were foreign merchants and did not understand the mood of the local people. Ask what can be done.

The merchant said, "Go to the court." ”

And he also gave some examples, just like Zhang Shixun in Zhishehong County, the people were reluctant to let him go, so they desperately kept him, and even directly blocked him in the county seat, not letting him go out, and then sent a letter to the envoy, and the transfer envoy to the court, and successfully stayed.

Not only Zhang Shixun, but also dozens of similar deeds in the Song Dynasty.

Someone was brutally forced to leave the officials behind. Some people are staying and reading books at the same time.

Some of them succeeded, and some of them didn't.

The merchant told the story one by one.

It's not as easy as he says. Ordinary officials of the Song Dynasty came and went, where could the people care, and even some officials and ordinary people wished they would leave early.

Even if it is an excellent official, it may not be able to make the people block each other in the road, block each other in the city, and keep it again and again, such as Fan Zhongyan, the magistrate did a very good job, but how many people will forcibly keep him? If it weren't for this incident, Wang Ju would have left later, and the people of Gyeongju would definitely be reluctant, and maybe the people who sent each other would be blocked by each other, causing a sensation, but they might not have forcibly retained Wang Ju.

This is a product of special conditions, there is a great favor to the people, such as Zhang Kang, who has been blocked by the people in the way to retain.

Or the former was violent, forming a sharp contrast with the strictness, or some other similar circumstances, this phenomenon will occur.

But the people don't know, and they listen to it with relish.

Then his companion said, "What's the use? Wang Zhizhou resigned and left Gyeongju. ”

The man was unconvinced and said, "At least give Wang Zhizhou justice." Otherwise, the emperor really thought that Wang Zhizhou was preying on the people below, resigned from the official, and tarnished his reputation. ”

"You think that ordinary people can see the emperor, where you go, the officials protect each other, and it's not that you hide it."

"Not one person, ten people. Ten people can't do it, a hundred people, just like going to Dongming County, in the end, the emperor doesn't know. ”

"Dongmyung County, that's in the capital, what is here, Gyeongju, Biansai."

"What about the side plug, isn't it the side plug of the Song Dynasty?"

It seems that these two people like to raise the bar, but the people on the side scratched their ears and cheeks when they heard it, so they asked: "Two brothers, what is Dongming County?" ”

One of them said the Dongmyung County incident, but they were not Gyeongju natives, and then the two of them carried and carried the head of a Gyeongzhao brothel. One said it was beautiful, the other said it wasn't.

The head of Gyeongzhao Mansion has nothing to do with the people of Gyeongju, the two of them are raising the bar for the head of that line, and the rest of the tea customers are discussing whether it will work if it is written.

So under the "unintentional" lifting of the two merchants, the people of Gyeongju began to discuss the imperial court.

At this time, Tian Bingyi, the owner of the Gyeongju workshop, stood up and said to the others, Ming Gong once said to me, we are helping each other, I helped you, and you also helped me. Actually, we really didn't help Ming Gong, and now it's our turn to help Ming Gong! ”

He was one of the nine workshop owners.

Under his leadership, many people began to discuss how to help Wang Ju and how to go to school. Even some knowledgeable businessmen from other places joined the ranks and gave them ideas. After all, wherever Wang Ju went, his military achievements were impressive, but his political achievements were also remarkable, and most people still fell to Wang Ju.

There are many people with many ideas, and they gradually make up their minds. If you want to help Wang Ju, you must make a sensation, you must let the emperor see the real public opinion, and you can't let some "traitorous ministers" deceive the emperor.

Therefore, under the leadership of some prestigious squires, they organized their own arrangements.

Some people are connected to each village, they find white cloth, let the people in each village sign and draw, and those who can't write their own names let others do it for them, and they themselves bring their own family to put their handprints under the name.

Others organize the old people in the countryside, after all, it is the busy farming season, so they can only let the old people go to the capital to petition, and the old people go to the capital, which will be even more shocking, at least the government will not send people to arrest these old people.

Some people found the soldiers who had been seriously injured and disabled in the battle, and asked them to go to the capital with these old men.

Zuyang, who was deeply favored by Wang Ju, donated the travel expenses of the group on the way back and forth, as well as some pack horses and carriages.

In less than half a month, everyone was ready.

A total of nearly 2,000 elderly people took the initiative to participate in the petition in Beijing, and there were hundreds of disabled and seriously injured soldiers, but the most shocking thing was the petition.

In the Gyeongju Huanju household register, there are only more than 20,000 households in Gyeongju and less than 5,000 households in Huanju.

But how many households there are is a mystery, because many of them are not on the household register.

However, this time, the number of households with signatures and fingerprints has reached 31,000, and the number of households in Huanju has reached more than 16,000. Of course, there are also a very small number of people who have not petitioned, especially those who were suppressed by Wang Ju.

And even the number of mouths can be counted, because under each name, the head of the family has pressed the handprint with the whole family.

Some people sewed these white cloths together, twisted bamboo poles in the back, bought supplies for food, drink, shelter and transportation on the road, put them on horse-drawn carriages, and then waited for these old people to arrive in Gyeongju City.

In this matter, Wang Ju did a bit shamelessly.

But it's really critical, if this hurdle can't be passed, the Song Dynasty will continue to roll in the future, even if Wang Ju can't reverse it.

But because of the ingenious work, even Zhang Ji didn't notice it, and once gave advice to these people on the side......

Two days later, the old man assembled with the wounded soldiers, and the really long-lived, those who were not in good health, and the wounded soldiers who were seriously wounded in the legs and feet, got into the carriage together.

The rest of the old people, who were still in good health, were holding bamboo poles, and under the instructions of everyone, they left Gyeongju City and set off for the capital.

Zhang Qi also stood at the gate of the city to see him off, and he smiled for the first time in so many days.

Think about it, this petition signed by 50,000 households, pressed by more than 200,000 people's fingerprints, and dozens of meters long, was held by these old people, all the way to the east, which attracted more attention.

Anyway, as soon as this group of people arrived in Ningzhou, they shocked the officials of all sizes in Ningzhou, and they were stunned. (To be continued......)