surnamed Wang

In an inn on the border of Dusi in Tarigan, two strange guests came, a man and a woman.

Both of them were dressed in white. The man was in his early twenties, holding a sword and leading a horse. He was dressed as a standard ranger. At first glance, he looked a little handsome, but it was nothing special.

On the other hand, the woman on the side is a bit strange. She looks 35 or [-] years old and looks beautiful, but she is wearing an eye-catching pure white monk robe, which is spotless. The most striking thing is her head, which is bald.

The inn located in a small town does not have many guests on weekdays. Even if it is meal time at this moment, there are only two or three tables of guests sitting sporadically in the lobby, and the clothes are all locals.

For these two strangers who appeared to be from other places, the people present were unavoidably curious. Some of them looked and looked, obviously wanting to see something from this man and woman.

In the extremely strictly controlled Taliban capital, there is far less lucrative water than in the hinterland of the Central Plains. Even the officials and lords who come here to work here, it is difficult to get any benefits from this land of fierce folk customs.

People here do not believe in Buddhism, so there are very few monks who come here for alms, and there are not many decent temples in the entire Tarigandusi, and among the few temples, there is not even a single nunnery.

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The two sat down, Wang Gingquan didn't look at the strange eyes of the people around him, and said to each other directly:
"Auntie, the vegetarian dishes here are good, you can try them."

The female monk nodded, as a tacit consent to the title.She didn't have any ill feeling towards this glib kid, after all, that guy was much more out-of-the-box than the young man in front of him.

Taking advantage of the interval between serving dishes, the female monk rarely took the initiative to ask:

"From the Western Regions to the Eastern Han Dynasty, the poor monk walked at the junction of two dynasties or even three dynasties. Along the way, almost everywhere the folk customs were fierce, and there were bloody fights at every turn. But since he crossed the Lanjiang River, it seems that he has never encountered similar things. .

Since it is the same border, why is it so stable here? "

Wang Gangquan smiled slightly when he heard the words, poured a cup of tea for the female guru opposite, and explained:

"My aunt doesn't know that the most important official in the entire Taligan capital is not the governor of the state sent by the imperial court, but the general Zhenyuan who holds 30 troops.

There are laws in the dynasty, and those who dare to deduct military pay and food will be killed without mercy. This rule may be a display elsewhere, but it is a solid iron law in the Taliban capital.

Over the past 20 years since the establishment of the Taliban Capital, more than [-] troops have been stationed, and the salary alone is a considerable expenditure every year.

Therefore, even if the iron law is as strong as a mountain, there are still some people who are willing to take the risk of beheading to fill their own pockets.In the first year of the establishment of the Taligan Dusi alone, General Yan Jun of Zhenyuan beheaded more than ten officials, big and small, with his own hands.

After the incident spread to the capital, it shocked the entire court. Officials wrote letters one after another, angrily denouncing Yan Jun's lack of law, but in the end, without exception, they were all rejected by the emperor.

At that time, the father directly gave them eight words: cut first and play later, the imperial power franchise. "

The female monk frowned slightly upon hearing this, "But what does this have to do with the current stable environment?"

Wang Gangquan didn't mind being interrupted by the opponent, and continued to explain slowly:

"With such a painful lesson, there are still some people who don't know how to cherish their lives. In the following ten years, more than [-] people were executed by Yan Jun on the spot. Therefore, there was a heartbreaking speech in the court, saying that Yan Jun's ten The officials killed in the years were even more than the enemy soldiers killed in battle.

Yan Jun, who was thousands of miles away, naturally thought they were farting, and used the confiscated stolen money to repair the post road, and this post road was the reason for the stability of the entire Taliban capital.

The post road is wide, and as long as there is an accident, the guards in the city will arrive at the first time. Often, as soon as the two sides take out their hoes and sickles and want to fight, the guards will arrive on horseback.
Over time, no matter how aggressive the folk customs are, they had to restrain themselves. Later, there were even anecdotes that some people went to the mountains to make an appointment to fight in order not to be whipped. However, before reaching the place, the anger dissipated first, and finally they met again to go to the city drink here. "

The female monk nodded when she heard the words, and the doubts in her heart finally disappeared, while Wang Gangquan turned his head and looked out the window at the straight road.

Just now, Wang Gangquan had something to say, but now the Taliban capital is exchanging frequent messages, and it seems to be monolithic. Not only does Donghan feel a headache when he sees it, but those officials who want to be greedy for ink also have to weigh their own heads.

If there is any place in the entire dynasty that is the cleanest, it is probably here.

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Early in the morning, before dawn, the officials had already started to go to court one after another.

Yu Wen put on the official uniform with the help of his wife, and met the young "aunt" as soon as he went out.

Looking at this young woman who is old enough to be his own daughter, Yu Wenneng bowed his head and saluted the other party as a junior to save face. If he still wants him to respectfully call the other party "Auntie", then it is better to kill him directly.

The woman was obviously used to the attitude of this cold-faced man towards her, and said with a slight smile:

"Master asked me to send you the list."

After finishing speaking, he took out a piece of rice paper that was still warm from his sleeve, and handed it over.

Yu Wen took it with both hands, and made no other movements. Seeing this, the woman turned around and left with her waist twisted, not looking for trouble.

Yu Wen kept his eyes on the whole time, until the rice paper in his hand was completely cooled by the autumn wind, then put it in his sleeve, turned and walked towards the carriage at the door.

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On the long white marble steps in the palace, civil and military officials were automatically divided into left and right groups, with civil officials on the right and military officials on the left, and they climbed the steps silently.

When the sky was just dawn, all civil and military officials had already stood still in the hall, Emperor Shun looked down at all the officials with a gloomy face as usual.

Reporting was still done as usual, and several officials among them still did not give up and pleaded with their previous colleagues, but they were ignored without exception.

A few officials who could be regarded as important ministers could not afford to kneel, what should the rest of them do? They neither knelt nor got up, looking extremely embarrassed.

As Sheng Endi said that day, this group of people randomly pulled out one and cut it off. There is no fool in the room, how could they not understand this truth?But it's all pretending to be confused.

At the end of the court meeting, Yu Wen, the right servant of the Ministry of Officials, stood up first, and presented the list in his sleeve, saying:

"Your Majesty, I have drawn up the candidates for a hundred attendants and advisors."

Seeing this, Feng Lu, the left servant, also took a step to the side and said:

"Report to the sage, the minister has also drawn up."

"Bring it up." Emperor Shun ordered lightly.

The imperial eunuch presented the lists of the two, but Emperor Shun didn't open them on the spot, but left the hall first after saying "Scatter the court" as before.

The two servants first looked at each other, then moved their eyes away and walked outside the hall.

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Emperor Shun walked out of the main hall and walked slowly towards the imperial study, not forgetting to open one of the lists while walking.

After he took a rough look at the name above, he couldn't help but pause, and said without the slightest emotion in his words:

"This old fox."

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