Chapter 008
The current city of Jiankang (Nanjing) is the capital of the Song Dynasty. Lin'an (Hangzhou) is the capital of the Song Dynasty. What about the capital of the country? The capital of the country was always Bianliang, and the north fell into the hands of others. The court was forced to move south, but the capital was not established. They still hoped to fight back.
However, in the era of cold weapons, whether the force is powerful or not sometimes has nothing to do with your economic development and civilization level. Before, people were in the process of momentum, they had to seek stability first and rush south to move south. How could they launch a counterattack immediately? It would be great if they could defend and stabilize it.
Later, the rulers in the north took the poverty plague wherever they ruled. The north of the Yangtze River was ruined, the south was rich, the north was poor, and people were determined. In fact, the emperor wanted to take back his hometown, and as for fear of the return of the two saints, it was purely a slander for future generations.
One of these two emperors did not want to be emperor at all. Later, the troops arrived at the city and rushed to pass the throne, and finally got liberated. The other one had only been emperor for a year and had no time to cultivate his own team. Even if he was trained, he was captured along with the two of them.
King Kang passed south and formed another team. Who is afraid that these two guys who lost power and humiliated the country will return? Furthermore, the Southern Song Dynasty lasted for more than 150 years, and the northern and southern Song dynasties combined had a longer national fortune than the Tang and Ming dynasties. Even if Zhao Gou was worried that his father and brother would come back, what did he do after they died? What were the emperors who later were worried about?
It is really external, internal, and many factors, and there is no way to make the situation come true. Including a surprising fact: that is, the scholars and the people do not like the Northern Expedition, and the people are facing great resistance. They live a good life, peace and prosperity. Who is willing to raise an army? If you really want to fight the north back, wouldn’t you still have to support the northerners?
These resistances are invisible and intangible, but they can have substantial effects in all aspects. How easy is it for the emperor to restore his former territory? But this is a later story. Since the transition to the south, the situation of the Song Dynasty's "emphasizing culture and neglecting military" has changed for a long time, because the threat of a strong enemy is right in front of him.
Taking Jiankang Prefecture as an example, most of the officials here bear military responsibilities, and they will all turn to military service during wartime. In order to be efficient, the government has also made many changes.
For example, Jiankang Prefecture is a centralized office. Many senior officials are in the same place, and they have things to communicate with, so as to avoid staff running around and asking for instructions from everywhere. Another thing is that even officials are responsible for civil affairs and judicial affairs, they are required to immediately change their functions as soon as the war approaches.
The Jiankang Prefecture is located in the southeast corner of the Emperor's Palace, north of the Qinhuai River. Senior military and political officials such as the Pacifier, the Commander-in-Chief, the Chief of the Emperor, the Transport Department, and the Guards and the Ma Jun Department all work here.
From this we can see that the official Tonggong is really ranked among the many senior officials, but the current Tonggong of Jiankang Mansion is already dead, died in a bizarre murder case. It can be imagined how much attention should Jiankang Mansion attach to this matter.
Li Gongfu brought his own people to the establishment hall. In front of the establishment hall was a stone pavilion, with a stone pavilion in the pavilion, with sixteen big words "Your salary and salary are the people who are rich, the people are easy to abuse, and the people are hard to deceive," to warn officials.
Behind the hall is Qingxin Hall, and to the south is the ritual gate, connected by a corridor. Behind the hall is the "Loyalty and Not Deceptive Hall". Li Gongfu and others arrived at the hall and waited there. The prefect was handling the matter there, so they had to wait for a while.
The Hall of Faithfulness and Undeception sounds a bit long and doesn't look like a hall, but this is the name of an important place in the government office of Jiankang Prefecture of the Southern Song Dynasty. In the hall, Captain Qiu, Captain Zheng, and Captain Luo stood in front of the hall in unison, sitting in the middle, with a deep report from the prefect who was as heavy as water.
Captain Zheng said, "Master, Yang Han was alert and cunning, and fled early. The villains have now blocked the two routes of water and drought, and the whole city is arrested. Don't worry, we have arranged it early and he can't escape."
The prefect Chen looked very strange on his face. He stretched out three fingers and said lightly: "Three days, including today, I have two roads of water and drought in Jiankang Mansion. Only three days are allowed to investigate strictly for three days. After three days, everything will return to normal."
Captain Qiu was a little anxious when he heard this, and hurriedly said, "Master, I have a million people in Jiankang. Where can I find that guy who is hiding and escaping among the people for a while? If you give the young people ten days and half a month..."
Prefect Chen laughed twice and said with a faint smile: "Ten days and half a month? Then how much harassment should I be from the people of Jiankang? Will the people's livelihood be affected?"
Captain Luo said: "The great master loves the people as much as his son, and his heart is in a bodhisattva. But the Tongzong Master was killed. What a big deal, so the people were not at ease for a few days. Who dared to have a complaint? The young man thought..."
The prefect Chen stepped up and saw that when Captain Luo saw it, he hurriedly stopped.
Prefect Chen bypassed the case, stepped in front of them, looked at the three of them with a smile, and asked kindly: "You also know what a big deal to kill the magistrate. Then, I want to catch a small servant to make excuses, huh?"
The words of the prefect Chen were not loud, with a smile on his face, a gentle tone, and a gentle tone of Jiangnan people. However, the three people seemed to have a thunder blew up their heads at the same time, which made their knees soft and they knelt down with a loud bang.
Prefect Chen slowly raised his index finger with his right hand, pointed to his head, and asked, "Do you know why I want to see you here?"
The three of them slowly raised their heads and looked at them tremblingly. The above of the red sunrise chart was the six big words "Love and Not Deceptive Hall".
Prefect Chen said slowly: "The case of Li Tong's murder is not that simple. You three, to give me some twelve points to the spirit of this official, and be sure to find out the real murderer! As for this Yang Han, it may be related to this case, but even if he is the real murderer, there must be another evildoer behind the scenes."
The corners of the priest Chen's lips curled up slightly, bringing out a little ridicule: "He offered the antique, and then he killed the magistrate and snatched the antique back, and did not escape. He pretended to be fainted and waited for you to come, trying to get away with it? Are you too stupid, or do you think this mansion is too stupid?"
The three headmasters lowered their bodies and shivered. They saw the throne of the prefect standing firmly in front of them. They were so worried that he would suddenly raise his legs and kick them hard in the face.
"Go, you're good at doing things! If you don't deceive me, I won't deceive you!"
"Yes! Master, please be kind to you!" The three captains kowtowed their heads and their foreheads were bruised. Then they crawled backwards and rushed out to the entrance of the lobby.
The prefect Chen shook his head and sighed, "The official is as slippery as oil..." After pausing, he ordered to the door loudly: "Go, let me tell you that the chief of Lin'an Prefecture, Li Gongfu, came in."
Under the hall, Li Gongfu and others were waiting. One of the constables suddenly said, "Hey, boss, I remember I heard you say that you have a nephew who lives in Jiankang Mansion. When we came, we went directly to the countryside to capture people. We didn't have time to meet each other. Now we have to change our writings and go back to Lin'an, and don't have time to meet your nephew."
When Li Gongfu was stunned, he immediately smiled bitterly and said, "It's not that you said, I forgot it." He patted his forehead and said, "That terrifying scene last night scared my husband's door. In addition, he didn't sleep all night, so he was just talking about what he saw to the locals, but he actually forgot. My nephew..., hey, I don't know..."
Li Gongfu was hesitant and seemed to have an unspeakable addiction.
At this moment, a young man with black shoes under his feet, wearing single-leg pants with a round neck robe, and a bent head, hurried over with a medicine box. The young man looked white, had handsome eyebrows and elegant temperament. He was going to bypass the hall and head to the side, but when he looked up, he saw Li Gongfu standing there.
The young man was stunned for a moment, as if he wanted to avoid it, but when his eyes met Li Gongfu, a trace of bitterness appeared on his face. He paused, but he still gritted his teeth and walked forward, bowed to Li Gongfu, and said, "Uncle, why... why are you here in Jiankang?"
When Li Gongfu saw the young man, he was stunned and said in surprise: "Ah, you... nephew, why are you here?"
The young man said ashamedly: "Oh, it's really hard to say. I... I will talk to my uncle in detail again." As the young man said, he quickly glanced at the several constables next to him.
Seeing this, Li Gongfu understood and knew that he would have something to hide. He quickly changed the topic and said, "Oh, these are all colleagues from my Lin'an Mansion. I will introduce you to you."
Li Gongfu introduced several of his subordinates, and the young man hurriedly bowed to them: "I have been born in Xu Xuan in the evening, and I have met all the officials." Then he turned to Li Gongfu and said: "I have been missing for ten years and I have met my uncle today. I am very happy to meet again. But I am just sending me to do it and I am here to wait for my uncle. I will gather with my uncle and all the officials who have come from afar."
As the few were talking, a man carrying a load in two pieces of clothes and bearded came over, glanced at them, pressed the bamboo hat on his head, and then carried two loads of meat and vegetables, and walked past them.
If someone who is very familiar with his eyebrows can see the clues vaguely. This man with a beard is somewhat similar to Yang Han, the suspect arrested everywhere in Jiankang Mansion. This man carrying the vegetables is Yang Han. Since he can't escape, he comes.
If he didn't enter the tiger's den, he was so embarrassed. The constables actually wanted to frame him. Is the death of Li Tongzong related to the officialdom? Li Tongzong and Youge's little wife's death so strange and miserable. However, before, he hoped to solve the case in the government, and the other, Yuge's little wife was a woman after all, and he was not easy to examine other people's bodies, so he didn't know much about the strange way of death. He needed to sneak into the coroner room and check it carefully, maybe it was also a clue.
The dog jumped over the wall in a hurry, and the rabbit bited people in a hurry. Yang Han was originally a very harmless person, but when he was forced, he was completely different from him.
Chapter completed!