Chapter 28 Bao Zheng was calculated
Bao Heizi blushed for the first time in his life. He really blushed, had a fever and was burning hot. When he was the county magistrate for the first time, he recruited the local wealthy businessman Gongsun Ce as a guest. With Gongsun Ce's help, Bao Zheng quickly got started and had outstanding political achievements. He has been transferred since then. Bao Zheng also looked for a lot of people, such as the Emperor Chao and Ma Han, who were the warriors who escorted him to the Great Liao envoy.
When he arrived in Cangzhou, Bao Zheng also wanted to use the same trick again, but he didn't know that he had a complete blow!
Wang Liangxun is a weird guy. Do you want to say he is not smart? But bullying his family, turning against him and turning against him, and being a master for two months, he has been a master for a long time. But if he wants to say he is smart, he doesn't know the right amount at all. After defecting to Bao Zheng, he thinks that he has a backer and can't even figure out how much he believes you, so he dares to do whatever he wants. He dares to take it as long as he has money, and he is not afraid of causing trouble. He has no idea what the consequences will be.
In addition, he didn't even need to torture, so he confessed directly, without even a bone.
To sum up, Wang Liangxun is a stupid, stupid, greedy, shameless, and boneless, and not enough to succeed! Bao Zheng regrets it too much.
Wang Liangjing, who was standing beside him, felt uncomfortable when he saw his second brother sank on the ground like mud and cried. After all, he was his own brother. He hated Wang Liangxun, hated him for being shameless, and hated him for being ignorant! But seeing him slimming on the ground like mud and snot and tears flowing, Wang Liangjing felt bad either.
"Sir, my second brother is greedy for more than a thousand stones of food. The villain is willing to find a way to repay it for him. He only hopes that the adult can give more kindness beyond the law, so he should be lenient!"
Bao Zheng was interested, looked at Wang Liangjing and chuckled, "Your second brother was still scolding you just now, and his wife asked someone to go to your restaurant to make trouble. Don't you feel resentful?"
"Can't you blame me? But there's no way for the villain. My mother is in poor health and she's almost cried a few years ago. My grandmother is in her seventies. If something happened to Wang Liangxun, what should the two old men do?" Wang Liangjing said emotionally.
There are many honest officials who dare not say that there are many. Bao Zheng can stand out in large part because of his filial piety. In order to take care of his elderly parents, Bao Zheng wasted ten years at home after he passed away and sent his two elders away before he became an official. Therefore, Bao Zheng's reputation of pure filial piety is well known.
In fact, unlike Bao Qingtian, who was like a god in later literary works, who was resourceful and good at making decisions, the real Bao Zheng was an official for only 20 years, and it took him a short time to be the prefect of Kaifeng.
Most of the time, Bao Zheng was a censor and a censor. To put it bluntly, he just counted mosquitoes and specialized in biting people!
Bao Zheng’s ability to become famous in later generations is more because of his character and ethics, but not his political achievements and abilities...
Seeing that Wang Liangjing could understand the situation of his mother and grandmother, he showed that he was a filial son. Bao Zheng felt moved that the two brothers were really different at all.
"Wang Liangjing, I admire your filial piety very much, but the national law is ruthless. Your second brother is not just greedy for food." Bao Zheng glanced at Gongsun Ce.
Gongsun Ce took out a confession, "This was confessed by a porter in the carriage and horse business. After the grain was transported from Changping Warehouse, it was sent to the Cui family in the west of the city."
Cui family?
Wang Liangjing's face changed. He had just entered Cangzhou to do business, but he could hear the name of the Cui family almost every day!
In addition to paying taxes to the court, the merchants outside Xiaonan Gate also had to give a copy of the filial piety to the Cui family, even the Haifeng Restaurant was no exception. If you dare not pay the money, you should not continue to manage it.
The Cui family is a big family in Cangzhou. It is said that they have lived here since the Tang Dynasty. The family has a great family and great strength. The Cui family has the final say that the name Cui Yu is Cui Yu. In private, people say that there are two magistrates in Cangzhou, one sitting in the East City - Bao Zheng and the other sitting in the West City - Cui Yu!
In the hearts of ordinary people, the prefect of Xicheng is even more powerful than the one in Dongcheng!
Bao Zheng is a strong dragon, and the Cui family is a local snake. If Bao Zheng wants to make a difference, he must attack the Cui family. Wang Liangxun is so happy that he is in a desperate situation. In front of Bao Zheng's master, he privately does business with the Cui family.
This is not the way to seek death!
It is said that money can cover your eyes, but Wang Liangxun's heart is blinded, and it is simply hopeless.
Bao Zheng said: "This case is of great importance. If the Cui family embezzled the imperial court's food, it would be really damn! However, their family is powerful and it is not easy to deal with it. Wang Liangjing, I have something to ask for, but I wonder if you are willing to help?"
He was taken to the yamen in a daze. Seeing his second brother appearing to be a fool, Wang Liangjing was mixed and took a wrong step and was ruined. He did not dare to be careless at all.
"The villain is naturally willing to serve the adults, but the villain has to discuss with his family after all."
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"I object!" Wang Ning'an listened to his father in the class room and refused without hesitation.
"Ning'an, Lord Bao values being a father, how can he be ungrateful? Besides, again..."
The father hesitated and Wang Ning'an pointed out: "Are you still thinking about your second uncle? You want to make some contributions to alleviate his sins?"
Wang Liangjing did not refute, but just sighed: "Even if it's not for him, your grandma and great grandma, can you watch the white-haired man send the black-haired man to the death?"
Wang Ning'an knew about his father's embarrassment, but he only had disgust with Wang Liangxun and had no sympathy at all.
"Dad, who is the Cui family? I heard Han Haoma say that Cui Yu is a businessman on the surface, but secretly he is the leader of the Tiger Society. On the street, there are hundreds of idle men thugs, and there are also desperate people and thieves in the family. How sure are we to fight with such people?" Wang Ning'an deliberately raised his voice and said loudly to the outside: "How many days can Lord Bao be in Cangzhou with the iron-killed soldiers? What's more, he is a court official, so no one dares to touch him. But if someone dares to touch us, I don't want to be worried every day. Dad, let's just sell noodles, soup cakes, don't go to the muddy water, and be used by others!"
Wang Ning'an said inside, and the people outside could hear it clearly.
"What a cunning boy, he is telling us!" Gongsun Ce angrily, Bao Zheng was also angry. He had mistakenly blamed Wang Ning'an before, feeling a little guilty, and wanted to support this smart young man, but he didn't know that he was so timid and afraid of things!
As soon as he pushed the door, Bao Zheng came in with a dark face.
"It's an old parent." Wang Liangjing hurriedly saluted, and Bai followed Piaopiao and Fu.
Bao Zheng took a deep breath and stared at Wang Ning'an, "A few days ago, I remembered correctly, Wang Erlang also said to me that respecting Liu and demoting Cao is a loyalty and serving the country with courage. Why did he become so cowardly today, and he is completely different?"
Damn it, it's a moral accusation again!
This is what Wang Ning'an hates most about literati. They always use some moral norms that are not dry and shabby to look at practical issues with flesh and blood. Bao Zheng is famous for his blunt words and dares to advise, and naturally he has a clear air. That is, he met the generous and weak Emperor Zhao Song, and was put in the Ming Dynasty and was crippled with a stick. If he reached the whip court, it would be light to destroy the nine clans, and he might even have to whip the corpse!
"Mr. Bao, based on Wang Liangxun's confession, he cannot directly take down the Cui family. He rashly searched, but he was afraid he would return without success. You just want to set up a trap for the Cui family to use as a person who purchased the grain, and lead the Cui family to take out the embezzled grain, and get all the stolen goods."
Bao Zheng snorted, obviously Wang Ning'an was right.
"Sir Bao, do you think this plan is seamless?"
Gongsun Ce spoke, "What, are there any loopholes? He took down Wang Liangxun because he instigated the thug to go to the restaurant to make trouble. As for the greed for infatuation, he had no mention of the matter of embezzling the grain in the warehouse, and the Cui family would not know."
"Wrong!" Wang Ning'an said flatly: "The Cui family has been in Cangzhou for hundreds of years, and there are people from the Cui family everywhere. There are hundreds of servants in the yamen, right? They usually don't speak, just like the wooden people. Who knows what they are thinking about? Will they reveal the news to the Cui family? And why did the Cui family choose someone who is not good enough to do anything but good? Are they blind? Could this be a trap?"
Bao Zheng's pupils tightened instantly, and his fists clenched unconsciously!
He misread Wang Liangxun. Did the Cui family also misread it? Although he was unwilling to admit that he was stupider than others, reason told Bao Zheng that the Cui family could have been rampant in Cangzhou for hundreds of years, and that there must be something extraordinary.
Could it be that it is really a trap as Wang Ning'an said?
The mantis stalks the cicada and the oriole are behind, thinking that they are a hunter, but they don’t know that you are also a prey?
Bao Zheng's head turned around a few times quickly. At this moment, suddenly, Wang Chao ran in from outside, panic. When he saw the Wang family, he opened his mouth.
Bao Zheng said angrily: "But it's okay to say it."
"Yes, just now Lord Yang caught a group of merchants. They privately sold grain in the warehouse and tried to send it to Liao Kingdom. Lord Yang had already rushed back with the prisoners."
"Grain, Liao Kingdom?"
Chapter completed!