Chapter 255 Don’t listen to the sound of the leaves hitting through the forest

Lin Xi's face changed because he was worried that the officials on Huanqing Road would seize the handle, accused him of beating Zhao Xing, and forced Zhao Xing away. He was anxious and hurriedly asked for help from all the officials: "My sirs, you just heard that Lord Zhao did not admit that Huanqing Road was detained. I did not say that Lord Zhao had detained him. You should testify."

Zhang Feng put down his hand that was covering his mouth, pointed at the yamen, and said, "Lin Hanlin, Lord Zhao is gone. If you want to save this matter, unless he accepts the seal of the prefect of Chuzhou, and his resignation form also needs to be taken back."

Lin Xi couldn't bear it and quickly grabbed the resignation form and said hurriedly: "The official will catch up with Lord Zhao now, so he will definitely take it back."

Lu Huiqing smiled bitterly, and he quickly directed the follower: "Hurry, hurry up, catch up with Lord Zhao, and I said that I had finished my official duties and was going to send him off to Lord Zhao in person. The kindness of taking care of Mizhou is unforgettable. I asked Lord Zhao to stay and wait for me to send him off."

The officials of the new party in the court were so frightened that they just wanted to find a sufficient reason to mobilize Zhao Xing. Unexpectedly, this reason was too sufficient, and they gave the Xixia people a big handle. Lu Huiqing was the one who took over Zhao Xing. If the Xixia people happily accepted this handle, he would bear the anger of the Xia people in the future. Think about it, Lu Huiqing felt that it was quite worthwhile. Anyway, he had taken over now, so the remaining reasons... let the court have a headache. All he could do was to try his best to recover and eliminate the impact.

Lu Huiqing, who had reminisced about the pile of books left by Zhao Xing, immediately accepted them in front of Zhang Qing and approved them. When he took over, he had no intention of staying for a while, and immediately rushed out of the government office to chase Zhao Xing.

Zhao Xing walked very quickly.

Previously, his move allowed the people of Qingzhou City to find out some inside information through the yamen runners, but Zhao Xing considered that the spring and autumn were the season for the invasion of the people of Xixia, and in order to prevent the news of his departure from the front line from causing shock, he tried his best to control the news of his left relocation in Qingzhou City. So as soon as he handed over his official position, he ran out of Qingzhou without stopping and waited until he left Qingzhou. At this time, Lin Xi chased him and begged him to take back his resignation order and accept the new official seal.

Zhao Xing did not agree, so Lin Xi did not dare to stay in Qingzhou anymore. He sent someone to Qingzhou City to recall his servants, followed Zhao Xing all the way, and nagged and begged Zhao Xing when he caught his spare time...

Lin Xi was in such a situation, and he was still lamenting that fate was unfair to him, but unexpectedly, Lu Huiqing, who was in Qingzhou City at this time, was so crying without tears.

After Lu Huiqing took over, he did not look at the treasury account books in detail. Anyway, he knew that the wealth of the people on Huanqing Road was outrageous, so he was secretly happy and hypocritically chased Zhao Xing, intending to see him off. The pursuit of the two minds naturally had no effect. When he returned from outside Qingzhou City, he found that the staff he brought were all frowning. Lu Huiqing smiled and joked: "They all have a bitter face. I see that everyone in Qingzhou is wearing more than a thousand green Tang armor, and even the little boy holds a crossbow of about three hundred. He is simply rich in the world.

It is rumored that Su Zizhan took over Zhao Liren's Yangzhou position last time. He did nothing that year. He was weak after receiving the money and easily got a good performance. Now we are taking over Zhao Liren, why are you so frowning?"

When he heard Lu Huiqing come back, the treasurer of Qingzhou, first, the prison, the law and other officials came to salute Lu Huiqing and met the new Shangguan again. After seeing his comforting words, his staff still wrinkled his face and looked like he wanted to speak but stopped. He knew something was wrong, his eyes turned around and made up his mind, and simply opened the matter in person. He spoke in a relaxed tone and said sarcastically: "Why, is the account left by Lord Zhao wrong? He said that there is no problem with this account!"

"There is no problem!" Before Lu Huiqing's aide answered, Huanqing's former treasurer and other officials emphasized in unison: "Mr. Zhao's accounts are clear - Lord Zhao's monthly accounts must be announced, and this move has never been precedent. In the lower class, they have participated in the review of accounts, and we know every account. If Lord Lu has any questions, just ask."

The staff member frowned, frowned, sighed, and said in a crying voice: "Sir, this account is indeed rigorous, and there are multiple people signing each income and expenditure, including the officers of Zhang Jingluo Department and the Jingzhao Mansion of Lord Fan... We also think there is no problem with the accounts entering and leaving, it is just..."

Lu Huiqing felt something bad in his heart, and he asked carefully: "But, just what?"

"But, Huanqing Road is consuming food for the first time. Lord, the account book is spending 831,367 stakes and 42 stakes in advance, and..."

The treasurer thrust his stomach and interrupted, "And this money was collected by the joint lending of three major bankers - sir, you have served as the husband (i.e. the prime minister), and everyone in the court is familiar with it. You should urge them more to let them allocate the funds for this year as soon as possible..."

Huanqing Treasurer paused for a moment and solemnly reminded: "Sir, the ticket bank requires interest to lend money. We have to pay them every day!"

Lu Huiqing just heard the huge amount, his eyes dazzled and almost fainted to the ground. His brain quickly turned around, looking for an excuse to fight back. When the treasurer said this, his eyes flashed and he asked sternly: "What? The imperial court has to take out a portion of the grants and pay the ticket shop for interest for free. How can this be the reason in the world?"

The treasury looked at the officials around him, and the officials replied in unison: "Sir, that's not what it means. Lord Zhao said that time is money, time is life. As long as we prepare for war in advance and prepare, the people of Xixia will definitely not be able to get a cheaper price when they come again this year. This may cost a little money, but it will make us pay less blood. In order to compete for time, it is worth our spending more money. Therefore, we use the grants of the imperial court as collateral and borrow money from the ticket bank in advance - it is very worth it!

As for the saying that the Lord said, "using the imperial court to repay interest" - it doesn't take the imperial court to pay the money. When we win the Xixia, the interest will be asked from the people of Xixia. You don't need to worry. Qingzhou offers a reward for the way to capture the evil people of Xixia. As long as you continue, the government will have an income - Lord Zhao said, this is called the 'war bonus'."

Lu Huiqing was so angry that he shivered. When the officials saw that Lu Huiqing had nothing to say, they saluted and retreated arrogantly.

Looking at their retreating backs, Lu Huiqing swears fiercely: "Zhao Liren, who is the thief, has left such a group of evil officials after he left. I think I, Lu Huiqing, actually called a group of evil officials to kidnap it. It's funny to say."

After scolding, Lu Huiqing turned to his aide and asked with red eyes: "Who will be my Zhang Guaiya?"

No one wants to be Zhang Guaiya of Lu Huiqing.

A staff member shook his head and said, "Sir, Fan Chuncui and Zhang Qing have signed up for loans with three ticket banks. We can't even make a debt. It's 830,000 yuan. The government's allocation is just right. Lord Zhao's heart is really dark."

Lu Huiqing himself is a shameless person. It would be strange if one of the people who followed him knew shame. Another aide immediately raised the question in his heart: "Sir, we will pay back the debt for Zhao Liren this first year. Now, we don't even know where to pay the debt from our salary, what should we do?"

What to do? Lu Huiqing just wants to cry.

Looking at the group of arrogant officials just now, Lu Huiqing knew that it would be difficult to squeeze out money from them. But if he didn't pay his staff from public funds, would he still have to pay for it? Well, if he paid for it himself, there were a few wastes who could only flatter him, and there was no need to support him - after all, finding an actor and listening to a big show for the whole month was cheaper than supporting a flatterer...

Lu Huiqing wanted to cry in Qingzhou City, and Lin Xi wanted to jump into the river outside Huanqing Road. He complained in his heart: Why do you say I'm fine and act like I'm scolding? It's all because Lu Huiqing is bewitching along the way, which is hateful.

Lin Xi was promoted from the position of governor of Huzhou (Wuxing, Zhejiang). He had a close relationship with Mi Fu. In modern times, we can see Mi Fu's "Shu Su Tie" and his contribution is Lin Xi. But Lin Xi is a typical new party member. He was about to rush back to the capital so soon, on the one hand because of Zhao Xing's difficulties, and on the other hand because he was also responsible for the mission of governing the tribute this year.

This Shaosheng Investigation was extremely conservative in the thoughts and indirectly laid the cause of the demise of the Song Dynasty, so Lin Xi was also one of the culprits of the demise of the Northern Song Dynasty.

Lin Xi was not in the capital before, and he was not clear about many inside stories in the palace compound. As Lu Dafang, Qian Xie and other old ministers left the capital, the incident of "Princess Lezhi" had been deliberately suppressed. Lin Xi only saw Zhao Xing sending gifts to the palace every year, and even some royal princes also received Zhao Xing's gifts. This strange phenomenon made him wonder. But why Zhao Xing could send the gifts directly to the palace, and those who knew it refused to say it. The rumors became more and more outrageous.

After Zhao Xing's "finding document" was issued, the officials who passed the document shook their heads. It is said that even the officials of the "one-giving job" in the six ministries were quite dissatisfied with this, and there were also complaining eunuchs and palace maids in the palace. Unfortunately, the Song Dynasty was in power in the cabinet, and the cabinet was determined to deal with someone, but even the emperor could not stop it.

When Lin Xi accepted this appointment, he felt this strange atmosphere. He had planned to see Zhao Xing pretending and fool things over. Unexpectedly, he was fooled by Lu Huiqing along the way and forgot his original plan. He actually wanted to disguise himself and observe the situation on the front line without showing any expression along the way. After returning, he reported it to the little emperor to please and flatter the new emperor.

Lin Xi was also a local official. Seeing Zhao Xing recovering his vitality after two years of governance, he couldn't help but feel a little jealous. Lu Huiqing fanned the flames again. When he saw Zhao Xing, he wanted to show his majesty and give the other party a warning...

He really didn't expect that Zhao Xing was a firecracker. He had not yet shown his mightyness. The other party had already voted with his feet. He ran away and he walked away without intending to continue playing with others. This time, there were attacks in the future. Lin Xi had to bear all the blame. Thinking of all the strange things he had left since he left the capital, Lin Xi regretted it. He regretted it so much that he wanted to jump into the river. Along the way, he persuaded Zhao Xing when he had the chance, but Zhao Xing always refused to comment.

Today, Lin Xi has talked about His Majesty from the Three Emperors and Five Emperors to the great emperor and the great emperor's kindness. He admired his eloquence. He kept talking for so long, but Zhao Xing didn't seem to hear it. He buried his head and went straight into Ganquan County and led him to the largest guest house in the county from the people.

If Zhao Xing admitted that he was an official, he should go to the official house station, where there were free hospitality. Moreover, Zhao Xing's group had more than 200 people, and the ordinary guest house could not stay at all. So when Lin Xi found out that the other party was walking towards the guest house, he sighed in his heart. Knowing that the other party had not changed his mind yet, he had to follow him step by step.

There is no way to stay in a row. Along the way, Lin Xi has found that this group of people is moving like a rabbit. Once they become erect, they can run a hundred miles a day. Lin Xi is afraid that if he turns around, these people will run without a trace, so he will bear the blame for angering Xixia. The emperor was angry and a gentle saying "causing trouble" could end his career. Lin Xi just learned about the tribute and a bright future is right in front of him. He doesn't want to ruin all this.

At the entrance of the inn, Liao Xiaoxiao brought Kasli out to greet him. Zhao Xing frowned and said dissatisfiedly: "Didn't you let you two go first? Why are you stranded here? Follow us, with smoke and dust, why bother?"

Liao Xiaoxiaoying bowed: "I caused trouble to the officials, but the officials did not punish them, but were favored as usual. I felt very uneasy. What are you afraid of in this storm? The officials are uncomfortable. I happened to be with me to relieve the worries of the officials."

After hearing this, Zhao Xing turned around, stared at the empty street with his hands behind his back, and chanted in a roar: "The flowers faded and the green apricots were small. When the swallows flew, the green water was surrounded by people. The willows on the branches were blowing less, and there was no fragrant grass everywhere in the world.

There are swings in the wall and outside the wall. There are pedestrians outside the wall, and the beautiful woman in the wall laughs. She gradually loses her laughter and becomes quieter, but she is passionate but is annoyed by ruthlessness."

This is Su Shi's poem "Butterfly Loves Flowers. Spring Scenery". The last two sentences in each paragraph are famous quotes that have been passed down through the ages. Zhao Xing's chanting is leisurely, as if the experience of walking with a crown is just a sneeze, and there is no need to care about it.

Liao Xiaoxiao made a blessing and stood up and sang another lyric of Su Shi: "Don't listen to the sound of striking leaves through the forest, why not sing and whistle and walk slowly. Bamboo sticks and straw shoes are lighter than horses, who is afraid? A raincoat can last for the rest of your life.

The chilly spring breeze sobered up, and the hills shone slightly, but they were greeted by the slanting hills. Looking back, when you are in a bleak place, you will be back, there will be no wind, rain or sunshine."

The man and the woman stood at the intersection of the street, chanting Su Dongpo's famous quotes. While looking at each other and smiling, all the dissatisfaction disappeared. The two of them held hands like this and immersed in that free and easy state of mind.

At this time, Su Dongpo, the hopeless optimist, was still full of happiness after his wife's death. The aide he summoned was Li Zhiyi. While he went to the post, the two were talking about the romantic and poetic experience. Su Shi didn't know that his generation of literary masters, who were desperate to this point, were embarrassed by the entire history of the Song Dynasty!

Zhao Xing and Liao Xiaoxiao stood in the long street with their hands in hand. Cheng Shuang hurriedly called Wan Qi Yong and Shuai Fan. Lin Xi entered the hotel. He couldn't stay in a hotel. There were a few nearby hotels arranged here, and a few houses were also stuffed. After a while, after everyone stayed, Lin Xi finished washing up and continued to look for Zhao Xing with a teacup.

Hu Ji Kasli was carrying a cloak on Zhao Xing. When she saw Lin Xi coming, she said to Zhao Xing in Hu language: "Master, it's still a little cold in spring. Go into the house. What's the nostalgia for this dilapidated land."

Lin Xi walked to Zhao Xing and stood up, and said with a wry smile: "Mr. Zhao, you suddenly rested at noon. Do you have any plans?"

Zhao Xing replied absent-mindedly: "This place belongs to Yan'an Prefecture. I plan to go to Yan'an Prefecture to meet Fan Jingluo (Fan Yu, whose courtesy name is Xunzhi). I have been here for so long and have not been staying at home for many days, nor have I met this Guan Xue master. Now I am leaving, so I will visit you."

Lin Xi had not answered yet, and a waiter was leading a horse by the way. He replied indifferently: "All have left. Xie Jinglue from Jingyuan Road last month left. I heard that he was demoted to Jingxiang; Fan Jinglue left this month, and heard that he was demoted to Mizhou. I also heard that Zhao Anfu on Huanqing Road was also going to be replaced - what kind of world is this? He won a victory against the people of Xixia, and all the heroes were demoted. Are the ministers of the court sent by the people of Xixia?"

Lin Xi smiled bitterly. He wanted to refute the waiter with confidence and told the other party that the interests of the party were above everything else. As long as the party had interests, whether the country would be destroyed or not was a trivial matter. They were one of the "five virtues" cycles, and they followed the Confucianism... But then he thought, he was a great scholar and fought with a waiter, and there was a bachelor full of resentment standing next to him. If he couldn't make a good deal, his reputation for the rest of his life was ruined.

So Lin Xi pretended not to know.

Zhao Xing could only pretend not to know. He held Liao Xiaoxiao's hand and walked into the yard. Kasli followed them closely. Lin Xi moved for a moment, and suddenly turned a thought. He did not move. He waved to the waiter and asked kindly: "Who is the new Wuyan Road Advisor now? I'm writing you a letter. If you send it, you will be rewarded."

Zhao Xing did not notice the little movement behind Lin Xi. He returned to the inn hall, and Wan Qi Yong and Shuai Fan were waiting for him to come in front of the table full of food. Zhao Xing sat slowly on the table. Cheng Shuang came over with a glass of wine and said attentively: "Uncle Qi, drink a glass of wine to warm your body."

Zhao Xing ended up drinking all the wine, but Cheng Shuang refused to leave. He waited for Zhao Xing to drink the glass of wine and plucked up the courage to say, "Uncle Qi just recited 'There is no grass everywhere in the world', and the brothers all shouted in unison. Uncle Qi, the court is unfair, and Uncle Qi often advised his master to "It's better to go back." Why don't we go back today?

Uncle Qi, I think our Cheng clan is rich, and it is enough to retire and become a rich man. Why should I suffer from this lust? Look at the past two years, Uncle Qi has been running around the prefectures and counties of Huanqing Road, personally teaching farmers to plant grass and trees, and wearing armor to fight to kill the enemy. Seven brothers were killed, more than one hundred servants were killed, and the Japanese soldiers lost 30% of them, but what are we going to get?

Uncle Qi, it’s better to go back - when we return to Hangzhou, even the local officials have to look at our eyes, why bother to struggle in this mud.”
Chapter completed!