After being welcomed by Manager Liu from the restaurant, Wang Hao and Zhang Sanmu continued to patrol the street along Zibei Street in Wengshi towards the direction of Baihu Bridge.

At this time, it was already four o'clock, and the sky was already brighter and there were more and more pedestrians on the street, especially the shops and vendors on both sides of the street, which also started their business for the day.

They walked north about two miles along the street, and on the east side of Wengshizi North Street, there was a magnificent mansion, which attracted Wang Hao's attention.

Yesterday, when inspecting Zibei Street in Wengshi, Wang Hao was full of thoughts on how to resolve the conflicts and conflicts between him and his immediate superiors due to the tribute affairs, and he did not pay too much attention to the houses and shops on both sides of the street.

Not only that, during the whole day, Wang Hao inspected Zibei Street in Wengshi for more than twenty times, but he did not fine the shops and vendors who were arrested and occupied the streets and roads. He was more of accusation and fines, so the fines naturally fell into their own pockets.

Even when he met someone who took the initiative to pay the money, Wang Hao asked Zhang Sanmu to be alone. He felt that as a modern person, he traveled to ancient times, how could he use his power to collect money for personal gain?

According to the provisions of the "Song Zhengtong" promulgated at that time: "Those who invade the streets and alleys will have a pole of seventy."

In other words, any soldier who was in charge of the street patrol and wearing a "blue shirt" was found to have invaded the street and occupied the road, and he had to be punished by being beaten to seventy in public.

It is worth mentioning that after receiving the punishment of seventy, the street occupier must restore its original state. This is very different from the fine of urban management in modern society.

In addition, the "Song Xingtong" has more strict regulations on the act of littering: "There are 60-odd items in the streets and alleys that penetrate the cave walls and produce filthy objects in the streets and alleys. Those who are 60 straight out of the water are not guilty. The chief officer cannot help but be guilty of the same crime."

This means that if someone brings urine, shit and garbage on the street, it affects public health, not only will the person involved be in trouble, but he must be punished for being beaten to sixty, but even the secretary of the street department will be punished together.

The current Si Cheng of the Tokyo Street Department of the Northern Song Dynasty forced his subordinates to hand over the money every once in a while. If something went wrong with Zibei Street in Wengshi, even Si Cheng would be punished. Wang Hao and Zhang Sanmu, who are the direct person in charge of the street patrol, would probably be blamed and would definitely suffer.

Isn’t there a saying, “There are policies above and countermeasures below”, which has been the case throughout history.

As long as the invasion of the street and occupying the road is not particularly serious, the soldiers in charge of the street patrol shall be fined some money according to the severity of the situation, so that the invasion of the street and occupying the road will be restored to its original state, and will be free from the suffering of flesh and blood.

After all, soldiers like Wang Hao and Zhang Sanmu who are at the bottom of the street office receive 2,000 yuan a month, which is converted into two taels of silver. A person's daily expenses are naturally more than enough for a month.

However, if you support your family, even if you are a family of three, you will live a relatively short life with this monthly salary of 2,000 yuan. It is no wonder that the soldiers on the streets will privately fine those who invade the streets and occupy the road.

At this time, Wang Hao and Zhang Sanmu walked to the east side of Zibei Street in Wengshi. In front of the magnificent house, Wang Hao stopped for a moment, pointed to the plaque with the words "Xia Mansion" written on the gate of the house, and the stone lion squatting in front of both sides of the gate. He asked Zhang Sanmu, who was standing side by side with him, in a curious tone, in a curious tone: "Brothers Sanmu, do you know who the owner of this big house is?"

Suddenly being asked by Wang Hao, Zhang Sanmu was stunned for a moment, and then asked in a puzzled tone, "Brother Hao, you have been drunk once, may you have a very important situation of amnesia? The owner of this large mansion is now in power and is the residence of Xia Shu, the prime minister of our Song Dynasty."

It was not until this time that Wang Hao finally realized that scholars were not useless. Fortunately, he, a person who traveled through modern society, went to college. As a representative of high school history courses, he still had some impression of the name "Xia Shuo" mentioned by Zhang Sanmu.

After thinking for a while, Wang Hao was considered a famous minister in the Northern Song Dynasty by relying on the history textbooks he had learned in high school, about the relevant historical events and famous officials and treacherous officials during the Northern Song Dynasty.

A major stain on Xia Su's life in his official career was that as a representative figure of the opposition who initiated the "Qingli New Deal" by Fan Zhongyan, Ouyang Xiu and others, his methods were treacherous and insidious. He asked someone to slander Fu Bi in his attempt to do the Yihuo incident, and privately wrote and abolished the edicts, alienating the relationship between Song Renzong and the reformists, resulting in the "Qingli New Deal" ending for more than a year.

Thinking of this made Wang Hao feel a little angry because in his high school history class, he was heartbroken by Fan Zhongyan's failure to initiate the "experience the new policy".

If the "Qingli New Policy" could be implemented smoothly, within three to five years, the Northern Song Dynasty would have a new look and a great empire was created. At least the Western Xia Dangxiang, the Liao Khitan, and the subsequent Jin and Yuan dynasties were not necessarily opponents of the Northern Song Dynasty.

Especially Fan Zhongyan and Ouyang Xiu, two famous officials of the Northern Song Dynasty and literary masters, were idols that Wang Hao admired and admired. Naturally, he hated Xia Shu, who framed the reformists, from the bottom of his heart.

After inquiring about Zhang Sanmu, Wang Hao learned that it was the beginning of the third lunar month of the third year of Qingli, and the new Qingli policy began in August and September of the third year of Qingli, and it was almost five or six months away.

Therefore, Wang Hao felt that it was necessary to teach Xia Shu a lesson before the implementation of the Qingli New Policy. Even if it was a small lesson, it would be considered as doing his best.

After wandering around Xia Shun's mansion for a full moment, Wang Hao looked carefully at the closed door of the mansion and finally found a legitimate reason to use his position to cause trouble to Xia Shun.

"Brother Sanmu, do you think under the rule of our current official family, is it a prince who violated the law and was the same as the common people?" Wang Hao made up his mind and asked Zhang Sanmu who was standing next to him.

In the face of Wang Hao's inquiry, Zhang Sanmu nodded and replied in response: "Brother Hao, our current Zhao Guan family is a wise monarch. He has issued many edicts that all princes and ministers must be punished strictly. Especially Bao Gong, the prefect of our Kaifeng Prefecture, has previously sentenced many royal relatives, which has been highly praised by the Zhao Guan family."

Hearing this, Wang Hao couldn't help asking: "Brother Sanmu, is the Bao Gong you mentioned, his name is Bao Zheng?"

"Brother Hao, how can you call Bao Gong directly? We call him "Bao Xiren" in front of others. However, I have also heard that many people in Kaifeng call him "Bao Qingtian"! He is really a honest and good official who is upright and punishes corrupt officials." Zhang Sanmu was displeased when he heard Wang Hao calling Bao Zheng's name directly, and blamed him angrily.

Immediately afterwards, Wang Hao continued to induce, "Since that is the case, if our prime minister violates the law, should we be punished?"

Zhang Sanmu, who was standing aside, immediately replied without hesitation: "Of course. Although I heard that the Zhao official family has always been kind-hearted, they are not ruthless to corrupt officials. Even if the prime minister violates the law, the Zhao official family will definitely punish him."
Chapter completed!