Great Tang Broom Star

Xu Jingzong's experience is quite legendary, from the officials of the former Sui Dynasty to the rebellion in Wagangzhai, and then to one of the eighteen bachelors in the Qin Palace...

He has experienced enough and suffered a lot, and in the end he feels that it is better to stick to one's tendons, that is, to hold on to the boss's thighs, not to think about other things, and it is best to be a loyal and lonely minister.

But as a loyal and lonely minister, you'd better stay by the emperor's side. Otherwise, you will offend too many people, and if you serve as a foreign official, you will easily be tricked to death by your enemies.

So after being slapped in Huazhou by Changsun Wuji, what he worried most about was that he would not be able to return to Beijing and be dealt with by those enemies.

What do you need to return to Beijing? Achievements!

Without political achievements, Li Zhi wanted to transfer him back to Beijing, and those people would also object. At present, Li Zhi's authority is not enough to keep him as a loyal minister, so he can only save himself.

Thinking of this, he looked at Jia Pingan, and said lightly: "What do you want to say? If you want to fool the old man and escape punishment, it is wishful thinking! The old man has been an official for many years, and you have seen many cunning young people like you. You are the one who does not shed tears when he sees the coffin, today I want to see what you can do to make this old man stop!"

Although he is stupid and cute, he can tell at a glance that Jia Ping'an is dying and wants to escape the fate of being placed under house arrest in the temple.

The prince asked him to come to Huazhou to see how the broom star was doing. As a loyal dog, his first reaction was to remove the threat of the broom star for the prince. So after weighing the pros and cons, I felt that it would be best to send Jia Pingan to the temple to suppress him.

Now he is in the mentality of a cat catching a mouse, wanting to see what this young man has to say. If it is nonsense, send it to the temple. If there is something to be said, then consider it again.

Jia Ping'an said: "Do you know about the baskets of the Huazhou government's money lending?"

Xu Jingzong nodded, "Those two lowly dog ​​slaves dare to deceive the state government."

This incident was logically the fault of his predecessor, Liang Bo, but Liang Bo was seriously ill, so he became the blame man and had to plug the hole.

Thinking about his old Xu, who has always only taken the blame for the boss, this time he was unlucky, lying on the gun for a governor, how aggrieved!

Jia Pingan said: "Two money-hunters lent money to a businessman. The businessman bought goods and transported them in two ships. As a result, both ships sank. But recently, the weather has been calm. The students have an idea, since the weather is calm, Even if there is only one ship sinking, why are there two sinking ships?"

Xu Jingzong only felt a buzzing in his head.

"That's right! Why did two ships sink?" Xu Jingzong murmured, "However, Liang Bo checked the matter and said that it was hit by a storm and sank."

Liang Bo is quite famous, the kind of celebrity, so everyone has a good impression of him. The words of celebrities are naturally credible.

But Jia Pingan thought it was wrong. He smelled fraudulent loans from this incident, and he was well-informed about such things, and immediately formed a chain of reasoning.

It was common knowledge that Liang Bo wanted to be transferred to the capital. Whenever he was free, he would go to Chang'an. Some said he was asking for help. But it costs money to ask for help!

The lack of money made people cheat for loans, and then took the money to the capital to run for officials.

The biggest driving force supporting this chain of reasoning was Liang Bo's illness. Before he fell ill, he was still a normal director of the state government, and he said that he was seriously ill a day later.

But the doctor in Huazhou said that the cause of the governor's illness could not be found, which is puzzling. And after being seriously ill for more than ten days, he still looks like that. When the doctor was helpless, his condition did not worsen. If there is nothing wrong with this, Jia Pingan would be willing to be tied to a shelf by the villagers and burned to death.

"Shijun, I heard that Liang Shijun has always wanted to return to the capital to take up a job, so he asked some people to help him, but the students know that you can't ask for help with empty hands!"

You have to give benefits to the officials, otherwise who will help you?

After Jia Pingan finished speaking, he took a step back, and the rest was left to Lao Xu to weigh the pros and cons.

Xu Jingzong was taken aback. Although he said that Liang Bo was a traitor, that was just talking.

"That's right, the old man has always thought that Liang Bo is a gentleman, but a gentleman has to find his own life! He is looking for helpers in the capital, how can he get so little money? He has an ordinary family, how can he get so much money? And the old man heard that the investigation He was not among the people returning to Chang'an, hiss..."

This is the official failure!

If he failed to run for an official position, Liang Bo had to plug the loophole of the deficit.

Xu Jingzong couldn't help taking a breath, and then nodded gratefully to Jia Ping'an.

It's not that Old Xu is too stupid, but that he doesn't have such insight at all.

Many people in later generations know about fraudulent loans, but how many people in Datang know about it?

When Jia Pingan said this, all doubts emerged immediately. Xu Jingzong sneered at first, and said sinisterly: "Old Liang, how dare you deceive the old man?"

Huh!

Why is this old Xu so gentle?

Jia Ping'an felt that this kind of tone was not in line with Lao Xu's so... morality. According to his understanding, Lao Xu should be swearing.

"Slut dog slave!" The more Xu Jingzong thought about it, the more he felt that something was wrong, and he yelled: "You actually left this trouble for me, if I don't kill you, you won't be named Xu!"

Jia Pingan breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that this was the nature of the famous traitor Xu Jingzong.

Xu Jingzong turned around in a hurry and left, and the people accompanying him shouted: "Master, what should I do with the broom star?"

Xu Jingzong waved his hand without looking back, "Go back with the old man!"

A group of people glanced at Jia Pingan and hurriedly followed, but a question came to mind: Why did Shijun give up the plan to take him to the temple after talking with Jia Pingan?

This is very strange, and the villagers are even more puzzled.

Xu Jingzong hurried back to the state office, the first thing he did was to have people summon the two money thieves.

As soon as the money catcher came, Xu Jingzong said with a sullen face: "The property of the money catcher must be guaranteed to be able to repay the public money in his hand. The two of you said that you are in debt and can't repay the loan. This is cheating. Why?"

The two money-hunters knelt down and cried, probably because they were lucky, please forgive me.

This kind of thing is just copying the family property, there is no need to punish, otherwise the money grabbers in the world will be afraid and dare not take over the business of lending money from the company, then what will be done then? Should officials be allowed to lend money by themselves?

So the two looked very sad, but they didn't see despair.

"You actually cheated me to this old man!" Xu Jingzong thought of Jia Ping'an's analysis, and felt that there was a 60% possibility of this matter, so he gritted his teeth and said, "Fight!"

"Please forgive me!"

Liao Quan came out to persuade them: "Emissary, if you punish them seriously, I'm afraid that no one in Huazhou will dare to take over the loan from the public house. This matter is related to the salaries of the officials and the public kitchen, so don't be careless!"

This is a steady attitude, with some dissatisfaction.

If Xu Jingzong wants to investigate the case, you can just investigate it directly. What does torture mean?

You must know that although these money grabbers are not officials, they are working for the welfare of the officials, and everyone is quite polite to them on weekdays. You Xu Jingzong hit you when you come up, it's too much.

Others dare not say this, but as the deputy of the governor, Liao Quan can say it.

There was dissatisfaction in his eyes, if possible, he really wanted to impeach Old Xu.

Xu Jingzong glanced at him and shouted: "Hit!"

He is unambiguous in doing things, such as standing in line, since he is on Li Zhi's side, he will not hesitate even if he is going to deal with those aristocratic families.

Several subordinate officials held down two money-catching households and beat them.

Amidst the screams, a money grabber complained, Xu Jingzong sneered and said, "If you don't want to say it, you will be beaten to death. If something happens, I will bear it!"

This is very bold, very courageous, and very treacherous.

Hearing that they were beaten to death, the two money hunters persisted for a while, and then someone shouted: "The villain is guilty, the villain is guilty!"

Xu Jingzong was also very nervous. If he made a mistake in his judgment, then Chief Shi Liao Quan could write a letter to impeach him. Changsun Wuji and others were about to deal with him, the prince's loyal dog, so they might take advantage of the situation and drive him to the ends of the earth.

He clenched his fists tightly, secretly nervous. Hearing that someone was convicted, he couldn't help laughing.

The sky is immortal, old Xu, the sky is immortal, old Xu!

"Ha ha ha ha!"

Liao Quan was afraid that the torture would be a trick, so he asked, "What's your crime?"

Lao Xu immediately stopped laughing and stared at the money catcher.

"Little man... that money villain didn't give that merchant..."

Liao Quan was startled, and hurriedly asked: "Why?"

The money catcher cried and said: "Mr. Liang found the villains and said that he wanted to embezzle some public money. He asked the two of us to contact the businessman and asked him to lie about the sinking of the ship. Then the money was given to Liang Shi. Jun... the two of us will get the benefit of five pennies!"

Liao Quan was startled and stared at another money grabber.

The man said: "The envoy asked us to transfer the family property out in advance, and then he sent people to pretend to steal it."

Fuck!

This is a partnership to cheat money!

He didn't know that there is a word for such things in later generations: fraudulent loans!

"Emissary!"

Liao Quan turned around, and saw Xu Jingzong sitting there with a serious face, no, a dignified face, and immediately felt guilty, feeling that he had misunderstood Old Xu.

But Lao Xu is sighing at this moment, thinking that the broom star has such insight, which shows that he is a smart person. The key point is that this person actually helped me, Old Xu, so that the old man could gain a firm foothold in Huazhou in one fell swoop.

Thinking of how happy His Highness would be when the news reached Chang'an City, and how aggrieved Changsun Wuji and the others would be, Xu Jingzong was secretly pleased.

But in Liao Quan's eyes, his appearance was confident and calm.

Who said Lao Xu was a traitor?

Liao Quan is an upright person, so he couldn't help being filled with emotion at this moment. He cupped his hands and said, "I listened to those rumors, thinking that it must be a bad thing for the envoy to come to Huazhou, so I was disrespectful in my heart. I only found out today that the envoy's means It's so clever...that's right, the envoy asked the subordinate officials to borrow money to buy mutton, he must be paralyzing them, this method...the subordinate officials worship."

Xu Jingzong was taken aback. Thinking about him, Lao Xu was an official everywhere, because of the effects of those bad reputations, both the superiors and subordinates disdain him, but they just don't show it. At this moment, the governor of Huazhou actually expressed his admiration... reverence, this...

What a surprise!

He immediately humbly said a few words, and then scolded: "Liang Bo, that cheap dog slave, actually committed such a thing, and even pretended to be sick to deceive this old man. This old man will definitely impeach him!"

Liao Quan said in admiration: "The envoy said Liang Bo was a traitor earlier, and the subordinate officials have been slandering him for a long time. Today, I know how sharp the envoy's eyes are, and he can see through Liang Bo's nature at a glance."

Old Xu only felt light and light all over, but he really didn't think about it that way!

For example, eating mutton, where did it come from to paralyze Liang Bo? It's just that he likes to eat. As for saying that Liang Bo is a traitor, that's just his way of speaking harshly, saying whatever comes to mind.

But now these things turned out to be the wisdom of his old Xu, adding to his halo.

After the memorial was finished, he sent people to Chang'an immediately.

Then someone came to ask, "Your Majesty, someone from the temple came to ask, saying that they had prepared more than 30 monks, and they were going to suppress Sao Ba Xing, and asked when the Sao Ba Xing would arrive."

Old Xu pondered for a while, then patted the table, "The old broom star feels a little kind when he sees it, so let's take a look later."

Kindness?

The broom star is a fierce creature. You said that the meaning of fierceness is almost the same, but the meaning of kindness... Where is the meaning of kindness?

Liao Quan couldn't help looking at Xu Jingzong carefully, and said worriedly: "Could it be that Mr. Shi was confused by the broom star?"

Xu Jingzong's eyelids twitched, and he said: "It's okay, old man, that young man... I'm as good as I am, I'll take a look after I say it, then I'll take a look again..."

Though Xu Jingzong's reputation is discredited outside, but he is a good man, he promises a thousand gold.

Of course, being a good guy is just his own bragging, but the promise is true. Jia Pingan's words made him gain a firm foothold in Huazhou, which did not match the attributes of the broom star. Xu Jingzong felt that it was necessary to observe and observe again.

Liao Quan's temperament is quite extreme. He used to think that Lao Xu was a treacherous minister, but he was reversed. From then on, he felt that Lao Xu was enduring the humiliation, which was not easy.

So at this moment, in his eyes, there seemed to be four floating large characters shining golden on the top of Old Xu's head.

——One promise, one promise!