I served as an admonisher in the Song Dynasty

Chapter 131 The southern suburbs market opens, Zhao Zhen pays a private visit incognito
Less than half a month.

Gao Ruona, who relied on his elders and betrayed them, almost impeached the officials who had remonstrated in Taiwan.

Impeachment matters are mostly trivial.

But there were two people he never dared to provoke.

One is Tang Jie, the censor Zhongcheng. He really can't find anything wrong with Tang Jie.

The other one is Ouyang Xiu of Zhijianyuan.

Ouyang Xiu had many impeachment points, but Gao Ruona seemed to be worried that Ouyang Xiu would write another article to scold him, so he never took action.

Most likely, he is holding back his ultimate move.

After the Taiwanese admonishers got used to Gao Ruona's routine, they also imitated Su Liang's example: just pay attention to him and then they would consider themselves defeated.

at the same time.

Prime Minister Chen Zhizhong and Privy Councilor Xia Song praised Gao Ruona at the court meeting.

The two said that after Gao Ruona served as the admonishing officer in Taiwan, he rectified the admonishing atmosphere in Taiwan and achieved great results, which enabled the admonishing officers in Taiwan to get rid of many bad habits.

All officials should learn from Gao Ruona's meticulous and conscientious official attitude.

Zhao Zhen was not in a position to refute the two of them, so he nodded immediately to express his approval.

This gave Gao Ruona a lot of confidence.

I even feel that I am the brightest light in Taiwan’s admonishment.

He had no idea.

Taiwan's admonishers all call him: a clown who finds fault with eggs, and an old pickle who looks for fleas in his hair.

……

June 27.

Bao Zheng reported that the southern suburbs market, which took nearly five months to complete, has been completed.

Thousands of vendors and farmers selected by Kaifeng Prefecture have moved in and goods are being transported.

The fifth day of July is an auspicious day.

A grand opening ceremony will be held in the southern suburbs market, which will be led by Runan County Prince Zhao Yunrang, Cao Guojiu Cao Yan and Bao Zheng.

Zhao Zhen was very happy.

Once this is completed, it will not only alleviate the congestion in Bianjing City, but also expand the power of Kaifeng Prefecture, the number one prefecture in the world.

It was of great benefit to the court and the people.

……

On the fifth day of July, the sky is bright.

The cicadas kept chirping and it was a bit hot.

Su Liang held a cattail leaf fan and fanned himself while reading the freshly released Jinzou Courtyard newspaper.

At this time, a chamberlain came to tell him.

The officials asked him to change into plain clothes, and they went to the southern suburbs market together.

After a while.

Su Liang got on Zhao Zhen's carriage.

It is worthy of being an official carriage today. It looks unremarkable from the outside, but there are a lot of ice cubes placed inside, which makes it very cool.

Zhao Zhen was wearing casual clothes, and he looked like he was rich or noble.

When the waiters in the inn see him, they will definitely call him: "Great official."

The market in the southern suburbs is bound to be crowded and bustling on market day.

If Zhao Zhen went there in a dragon chariot, arranging ceremonial guards, and wearing imperial uniform, he probably wouldn't be able to see anything.

Instead, it will become the center of attention for the people.

Therefore, private visit incognito is the correct answer.

Inside the carriage.

After Zhao Zhen and Su Liang chatted for a few words, they began to talk about their recent helplessness.

"Alas! The recent memorials are all about trivial matters. Officials impeaching each other are all trivial. After the Zhongshu was submitted, I still had to approve it, which gave me a headache!"

Being an official has the helplessness of being an official.

Officials also need to talk to others to relieve stress.

In the palace, Zhao Zhen usually talked about these troubles with Zhang Mei and Zhang Maoze, but outside the palace, he felt that only Su Liang could really understand him.

Su Liang was also tired of such trivial matters.

Su Liang said with a smile: "Officials can either stay in the middle without making any progress, or they can find a reason to scold an official to scare the monkeys, or they can scold me."

Su Liang had already come up with this idea of ​​"killing chickens to scare monkeys".

But Zhao Zhen was too kind and could not keep his mouth shut.

Hearing this, Zhao Zhen felt a little better and said, "Let me find a suitable time!"

Afterwards, Zhao Zhen knocked on the carriage window and said to Zhang Maoze outside: "Maoze, don't rush to the southern suburbs market. First, go to a drinking house and have a drink to cool off the heat."

Su Liang was taken aback.

"Guan family, if we go later, we might not be able to make it in time for the opening ceremony!"

Zhao Zhen looked out the window and said: "What's so interesting about the opening ceremony? I just want to miss the opening ceremony on purpose and just go inside for a stroll."

"The official sage!" Su Liang said with a smile and cupped his hands.

this moment.

Su Liang suddenly realized that officials are also ordinary people, and they have exactly the same joys, sorrows, and joys as ordinary people.

The opening ceremony was nothing more than Zhao Yunrang's speech, Cao Yi's speech, and Bao Zheng's speech.

Zhao Zhen could guess what these three people would say without even thinking.
Therefore, he found it very boring.

Immediately, the carriage turned a corner.

We came to a restaurant facing the street.

The two sat under the shed and ordered a bottle of red fruit drink with ice.

The so-called red fruit drink is green hawthorn water soaked in ice cubes. When you drink it at this time, it is very refreshing and relieves tiredness.

……

After half an hour.

The carriage drove to the southern suburbs market.

The southern suburbs market covers an area of ​​more than [-] acres.In addition to thousands of covered stalls, there are various warehouses.

It can be said that, except for food, all kinds of daily necessities are available.

All the stalls here are self-operated by the people without any middlemen.

The imperial court ordered the people to use it for free for one year before starting to collect rent, so that the people would not have any pressure in the first year.

Also.

At the entrance to the market, there is a large white wall with red paper pasted on it.

The prices of various items in the market are written on the red paper, which is clear and transparent.

In fact, this was all calculated by the Third Division.

It ensures that people can earn money and that shoppers who come here can buy the most cost-effective items.

Here, everyone can purchase.

You can buy one catty, one thousand catties, five thousand catties, or even tens of thousands of catties.

The prices are exactly the same.

In the middle of the southern suburbs market.

A house composed of three stalls has five words written on it: Southern Suburbs Market Division.

The Nanjiao Market Department is a position jointly established by the Third Department and Kaifeng Mansion.

Mainly responsible for supervising market prices, maintaining order, mediating conflicts, and rejecting the appearance of shortages and counterfeit goods.

Whether you are a stall owner or a shopper, if you have any questions, you can approach the Southern Suburb Market Department.

The road between the different stalls is also very wide.

In addition to being able to accommodate two carriages traveling opposite each other, there is nearly one foot of space on each side to accommodate pedestrians walking.

Clean, tidy and hygienic.

Zhao Zhen and Su Liang sat on both sides of the window, looking at the people's heartfelt smiles, feeling very satisfied.

After a while.

The carriage stopped suddenly.

Zhao Zhen and Su Liang took a look outside.

I found several men pulling flatbed trucks blocking the front of a pork shop.

The leading man held up a piece of pork and said, "Hey, pork seller, your pork is not fresh. Can you see? It's full of maggots and it stinks!"

"No...impossible! This is the pig that was killed last night. How could there be a problem? This...this is definitely not my pork!"

The pork vendor was a shirtless, fat middle-aged man with a white towel draped over his shoulders.

"boom!"

The man carrying the pork picked up the middle-aged stall owner's butcher's knife and slashed it on the chopping board, saying, "Tell me, how do you make up for it? Do you want me to knock down your stall, or do you want to close the door yourself?"

At this moment, several government officials came over.

There was a middle-aged man following behind him. Su Liang took a closer look and saw that it was Zhao Yunrang, the king of Runan County.

Zhao Yunrang strode up to the man and glared: "Fei Wu, what are you going to do? Don't think that I don't know who your master is. Whoever makes trouble here today will be arrested and sent to Kaifeng Mansion!"

"Oh, it's the county prince, you are so scary, kid!"

"Boy, I bought some stinky meat. Can't I exchange it with the store? Does this southern suburbs market belong to you, or does it belong to us common people?"

Zhao Yunrang glanced at the piece of smelly meat.

"Fei Wu, please don't cause trouble here. The southern suburbs market is open today and all the goods have been inspected this morning. How could there be smelly meat?"

Fei Wu lifted the meat and waved it towards the surrounding crowd.

"Everyone, come and smell it. Does this meat stink? It turns out that this southern suburbs market is a profit-making place for the king of Runan County. We can only praise this place, but can't we criticize its products?"

Inside the carriage.

Zhao Zhen and Su Liang smelled a putrid smell even though they were far away from each other.

What made the two of them even more puzzled was that a street man dared to speak to Zhao Yunrang like this.

At this time.

Zhang Maoze whispered: "Guan family, this Fei Wu is an errand boy at the back door of Boping County Prince Zhao Yunchu's house."

Hear this.

Zhao Zhen and Su Liang suddenly understood why Fei Wu was so courageous.

Zhao Yunchu, Prince of Boping County, was the son of the Eighth Prince Zhao Yuanyan.

He is the same generation as Zhao Yunrang, the king of Runan County.

The two never get along.

Zhao Yun's imprisonment in the southern suburbs market affected the interests of all the relatives of the clan.

Zhao Yunchu dared not cause trouble openly, but secretly, his subordinates did not want Zhao Yunrang to have a smooth life.

Moreover, since Queen Cao became pregnant.

Zhao Yunrang's status has dropped sharply, and he can no longer be regarded as the leader of the clan relatives.

A street idler like Fei Wu knew that all he wanted to do if he bumped into the prince was to be taken to Kaifeng Mansion and scolded, so he dared to be so arrogant.

He was obviously here to cause trouble.

At this moment, Bao Zheng strode over from behind.

"Fei Wu, do you really think that I don't know where you bought this piece of meat? Before you came to the market, you had this piece of smelly meat in the bamboo basket in the car!"

Bao Zheng is very careful and will send people to monitor those who may do evil.

After that, Bao Zheng waved his hand and said loudly: "Take it away!"

Immediately, Fei Wu was taken away by the Yamen of Kaifeng Mansion.

The onlookers dispersed again, and the road quickly became clear.

Although such an episode will not have any negative impact on the southern suburbs market, it is very disgusting.

Zhao Zhen murmured: "These dog slaves like to hit stones with eggs. Such despicable methods really make all my courtiers blind!"

At this time.

Su Liang said: "Guan, this matter is not over yet. If you don't believe it, you can take a look at the memorials submitted by the officials tomorrow. But taking this opportunity, you can also punish those officials who moan for no reason. .

Zhao Zhen thought thoughtfully and then nodded. Someone might make a fuss about this matter.

He understands that some people feel more uncomfortable when they see others succeed in their careers and receive praises than when they are punished.

(End of this chapter)