Chapter 28 Whispers in the ear
"You are the chief official of the prefectural official, and the people from the street department are all sleeping in the dormitory in the backyard!"
A Kaifeng government yamen runner who was sent to the backyard to inquire about the situation quickly returned to the front yard to report to Kaifeng prefect Bao Zheng.
After hearing the report of the yamen runner, Bao Zheng was not angry. Instead, he waved his hand and ordered the yamen present to wait at the gate of the front yard of the street yamen. He wanted to wait here alone for a while.
At first, when Bao Zheng first entered the front yard of the street, he saw that there was no trace of his own in the huge front yard. He also heard snoring and snoring coming from the back yard, which immediately made him furious.
When he sent a accompanying yamen runner to the backyard to inquire about the situation, Bao Zheng himself wandered around the front yard. He found in the corner of the northwest of the front yard that there were many wooden barrels with a small amount of white paint and wooden sticks piled up next to him. Suddenly, all the anger in his heart disappeared.
After Bao Zheng saw the white paint and wooden sticks, he recalled that on the way to the morning court today, on the way from Kaifeng Prefecture to the right gate of the palace, he found that on both sides of the streets passing by, he found that the exterior walls of many buildings were written with the eye-catching "demolition" in white paint.
In addition, in today's court, Bao Zheng, Jia Changchao, Chen Zhizhong, Liu Yuanyu and Wang Gongchen spoke, learned that the people from the street department had begun to go to the streets and alleys in Tokyo in the second half of the night while people were sleeping. Once an illegal building that invaded the streets and occupied the roads was discovered, he used white paint to write a big word "demolition" as a mark.
It was also because overnight that many words "demolition" written by the streets and alleys in Tokyo were seen in the streets and alleys, and that they became the target of attack by Jia Changchao and four others, and even he, the prefect of Kaifeng, was implicated.
However, after Bao Zheng heard that Ouyang Xiu, who was the right-right verbal, stepped forward to refute Jia Changchao and the other four, as the prefect of Kaifeng, he did not act as a turtle, but took out his own life and a black hat to make a military order to serve, and made a promise to assist the street department in the city of Tokyo within ten days without any illegal buildings that invaded the streets and occupied the road.
Thinking of this, Bao Zheng went to the backyard of the street office alone to check. He first checked the sleeping situation of the street office workers, but found that almost all the dormitories in the backyard were locked inside, and they could open the door of the dormitory at will. Naturally, the door of the dormitory where Wang Hao and Zhang Sanmu lived together was no exception.
"Wang Sicheng, Wang Hao, please wake up. I am Bao Zheng, the prefect of Kaifeng. If you have any urgent matters, please ask you..." Bao Zheng pushed open the door of the dormitory where Wang Hao and Zhang Sanmu lived. He was on the side of Wang Hao's court, shaking Wang Hao's body, and attached himself to Wang Hao's ears, and said.
After a long time, Wang Hao, who was still snoring, was finally awakened by Bao Zheng. He opened his eyes slightly, but saw Bao Zheng's national face coming into his eyes. He immediately woke him up, who was originally half asleep and half awake.
"Bao... Bao Daguan, the officials are... they are missing and we still want to let us go!" Wang Hao, who woke up, had no time to think about it, and he quickly turned over and got out of bed, stood in front of the bed, bowed to Bao Zheng hesitantly and said.
When Bao Zheng saw Wang Hao's look as if he was shocked at this moment, he immediately made him feel a little unbearable. He waved his hand and comforted him: "Forget it, forgot, there is no need to be so polite in private!"
Speaking of this, Bao Zheng paused for a few moments, first patted Wang Hao standing opposite him with his hand, then changed the subject and said jokingly: "Wang Hao, you kid is really not simple! You have just been appointed as the official position of the street chief, and it has only been only two days. You have become a big figure in our Tokyo city!
"Do you know that for two consecutive days of morning court, you boy became the focus of the debate among the ministers attending the court meeting. In the past, I really invited you to see you! You first wrote more than 200 buildings in Hanlin Lane with white paint and marked them as illegal buildings. You also asked the officials in Beijing who lived in Hanlin Lane to demolish them by themselves within one day.
"Now, your kid is getting more and more unscrupulous. He actually took the people of the streets and departments, starting from the second half of last night, in the streets and alleys in Tokyo, using white paint to write the striking "demolition" to mark countless illegal buildings. Do you know that in order to save your kid's life and official position, and the 500 consignments from the streets, I, Bao, made a military order in front of the Chonggong officials and the Zhao official family.
"I am holding my own life and the position of Kaifeng Prefecture as a guarantee. Within ten days, I, Bao, will help your street department and must demolish all illegal buildings that invade the streets in Tokyo! I am very optimistic about you boy, I don't know if you boy has confidence?!"
What Wang Hao never expected was that he, a modern man, traveled to the reign of Renzong of the Northern Song Dynasty, in less than ten days, he went from a small tomb of the street department to become the Sicheng of the street department, and his subordinates were accustomed to about 500 people, but also became the focus of the morning court in the past two days.
Especially for his affairs, the Kaifeng Prefecture, who was portrayed as "broken black charcoal" by later generations, actually gave up his life and official position to protect him, which immediately moved him.
"Master Bao, since I have confidence in me, how can I have no confidence?" Wang Hao was extremely moved and immediately patted his chest and answered confidently.
Wang Hao, who was full of confidence, immediately lost his sleepiness. He was not worried about Bao Zheng’s military order, but asked with interest: “Master Bao, can you tell me who have complained to the imperial court in the past two days in front of the government, and who have spoken nice things for our street officials?”
Next, Wang Hao learned from Bao Zheng that in the past two days, the people who wanted to put Wang Hao to death were Jia Changchao, the chief censor Wang Gongchen, the right censor Chen Zhizhong and the right censor Liu Yuanyu.
The ministers who presided over justice were the minister Yan Shu and the ministers who were imprisoned by the Privy Councilor Fu Bi, and the ministers who upheld justice for the street officials were the prefect Bao Zheng of Kaifeng and the right-zhengyan Ouyang Xiu. Fortunately, the officials finally stood on the side of justice.
After listening to Bao Zheng's concise story, Wang Hao remembered that he wanted to kill him, Wang Hao. The four court ministers led by Jia Changchao will be stubborn opposition to the Qingli New Deal in the future.
Just as Wang Hao was thinking about how he, the small street chief, would make a big fortune in the future, and how to bring down Jia Changchao and others before the Qingli New Policy, he suddenly heard Bao Zheng’s inquiry: “Wang Hao, about 500 conscripts in your street chief are still sleeping. How do you patrol the streets during the day?”
Faced with Bao Zheng's inquiry, Wang Hao frowned and thought about it. He rushed to Bao Zheng with a quick step, with a smirk hanging on his mouth, and whispered in Bao Zheng's ear.
Chapter completed!