Chapter 548: Official Hat Lost
Before the man left the house, shouts were heard from the small pier overlooking the river at Zuixianlou. The waiter exclaimed: Oh no, Liao Heitan's mining protection team is here, run!
As they were talking, a group of thugs rushed out, and the sound of smashing and looting was endless.
Zuo Liangchen immediately ordered his guards to surround them.
It was simply too arrogant. Zhao Yulin was furious and ordered them to be destroyed.
The guards immediately released arrows from their Zhuge crossbows, and then there were continuous sounds of "ah, ah" and "ooh", and soon the gang of criminals were subdued.
Zuo Liangchen went over and whispered to him: The leader was actually Jiang Lishi, the former captain of Lu's guard. This man followed Lu in the battles, lost his right arm and returned home after being demobilized. He was originally a garrison commander in Hongya, but somehow he came to Qianwei to serve as Liao Heitan's henchman.
No wonder Liao Heitan is so arrogant, it must be because everyone in the mining area knows that he has such a powerful backer.
When Zhao Yulin thought of Lu Huacai, his heart ached. After a short pause, he said: Huacai's merits are not equal to Jiang Lishi's merits. A prince who breaks the law is subject to the same punishment as a commoner. He should be handed over to Shunfeng for strict trial and punishment according to the rules.
He asked Liang Chen not to leave either, and asked him to transfer troops from Jiading to help him, and work with the garrison of Jianwei to clean up the mines. He would never allow individuals to mine coal privately.
The people around cheered loudly.
They had long been bullied by the mine owner and had no place to seek redress. Today they finally found a place and went one by one to expose the mine owner's crimes.
Zhao Yulin took Guangchen to the dock and looking back at Yujin, the sky was full of morning glow. The two gentlemen headed towards Jiading facing the rising sun.
Seeing that he looked very tired, Guangchen said to his father with concern, "Daddy, please go and have a rest."
Zhao Yulin ordered them to go to Jiading to eat cross-legged beef and asked Guangchen to go and have a rest. He stood at the bow of the boat to enjoy the breeze, thinking that it was not an easy task to govern this country well.
It was already noon when the official ship arrived in Jiading. He took Guangchen ashore with great interest. A large number of garrison troops at the dock were boarding the ship to head south.
Guangchen asked him: Dad, are these soldiers going to wipe out the mining protection team? So majestic.
Zhao Yulin said: Not only the mining protection team, but also the hidden bad guys must be caught and killed to restore a clear sky to the coal mine.
He had already decided to build a town at the coal mine and take good care of the area that produced black gold .
Zhao Yulin watched Guangchen eat lovingly. The little girl was so happy that she kept picking up food for him. He kept saying, "Eat well," and Guangchen ate by himself.
Zhao Yulin felt that he owed the headmaster's daughter too much, and he seldom saw Guangchen. Now he put all his love on Guangchen. The two gentlemen visited the Giant Buddha before continuing their journey.
After returning to Chengdu, the prefect of Jiading rushed to Jinguan City to review his mistakes.
Chen Chen told him: Prefect Yang did not understand the situation, and met with Liao Heitan when he passed by Jianwei. That guy was used to bullying others, and after being summoned by the prefect, he was overconfident. He looked up at the sky, and of course he did not see our third young master arriving.
Zhao Yulin said angrily: It's not that he can't see me, Zhao Yulin, that guy thinks I am the best in the world, and he keeps calling our Guangchen a bitch and a slut, and he is now bullying our daughter.
When Chen Chen heard someone calling Guangchen a bitch, she was furious. Guangchen was the good daughter given to her by the headmaster's daughter. She yelled at Yangjin that she wanted to remove Yang Jicheng from his position.
Zhao Yulin said: It's none of his business. Tell him to go to the Central Council tomorrow and wait. We will discuss the business trip to Jiading alone.
When Zhao Feiyan heard that Zhao Yulin said he would go to the court to perform tasks the next day, she was delighted. She thought that Zhao Yulin wanted to avenge his good girl, so she simply said to him: Brother, do whatever you want. If anyone bullies our daughter, she will die an ugly death.
Zhao Yulin immediately stopped them, saying that the New Song Dynasty had its own laws, and he had no intention of bending the law for personal gain. Liao Heitan deserved to die, and I asked Guangchen to teach him a lesson, but he didn't kill him, so it wasn't against the law.
Ma Linger held Guangchen in her arms and praised him, saying that her daughter was capable and was working with her father to solve cases and catch bad guys. When she grows up, she will go to work at Shunfeng Division and specialize in catching bad guys.
The little girl was very happy, and boasted that those scoundrels had mediocre martial arts skills and could not withstand a single blow.
Zhao Yulin immediately said that we must be very careful, not every bad guy is vulnerable, some bad guys are so hidden that you can’t even see them, and their first move is a killing move.
The little girl smiled and stuck out her tongue at him.
The next day, the Central Council convened officials above the rank of minister from various ministries to discuss the Qianwei incident.
After the magistrate of Jianwei County and the prefect of Jiazhou entered and saw all the officials gathered together, the magistrate was so frightened that he fell to his knees and shouted: "Please forgive me, my Lord. It was his dereliction of duty and failure to govern Jianwei well. I beg you to punish me less."
Yangjin immediately asked him to stand up and speak, as kneeling was not a custom in the New Song Dynasty.
After the county magistrate described the chaos at the Qianwei coal mine, he praised the little princess for eliminating the evil and thanked the third young master for not punishing her.
Fan Zhong coughed twice and said: Jianwei is in the heart of New Song, with coal, salt and developed water transportation. The county magistrate cannot govern such a place well because he has no sense of responsibility. He dares not to manage it, so naturally he cannot manage it well. He is ordered to resign and return home.
Damn, he is really the deputy king of the Minister of Personnel, and he took away his official position as soon as he opened his mouth.
When the officials heard that a wicked person had bullied Zhao Yulin's daughter, they thought it was unacceptable and that they must stop this evil trend. Otherwise, such a thing would happen to their own children one day. The officials kept twirling their beards and nodding their heads, unanimously agreeing.
The county magistrate bowed with tears of gratitude and stepped back.
After the Jiazhou prefect reported on the cleanup of the coal mine, Zhao Yulin spoke.
He said: The court upgraded Xuzhou to a prefecture, so Yang the prefect would no longer be in office. This is actually a good thing. Officials all have ideas, and only our new Song Kingdom will have a solution, and the people's lives will get better and better.
Zhao Yulin's humorous speech made the officials feel much more relaxed, and the tense atmosphere in the conference room eased immediately.
Then, Zhao Yulin uttered a "but."
He said: "But we can't rush to seek medical help when we are in trouble. Qianwei has coal, Jiazhou has salt and tea, and any of these things can bring huge benefits if they are expanded and strengthened."
Liao Heitan has been dealing in coal in Qianwei for many years. The prefect should have heard of him. He is not a serious businessman. Why should we still associate with him?
Fan Zhong immediately spoke up, saying that Jiazhou had not governed its subordinates strictly and had failed to govern effectively, so he ordered the Censorate to send a special envoy to conduct a thorough investigation and the Ministry of Personnel to send an official to assist in investigating the Jianwei incident, which must be thoroughly investigated.
The officials were shocked. Fan Zhong had just made a move and ordered the magistrate of Jianwei to resign. Now he was trying to touch the butt of the prefect of Jiazhou. I'm afraid that the prefect's official hat would be lost.
Yangjin spoke immediately. She agreed with a thorough investigation, but at the same time believed that it was not a one-time investigation and that the Yujin Coal Mine should also be thoroughly managed. To fundamentally solve the problems in the coal mine, the mining area must be strictly managed.
Zhao Yulin said: This is what the prefect should do, he has this idea. After completely banning the illegal mining of small coal mines, they were gathered together to form the Jiading Coal Mine. Under the guidance and supervision of the official mine, careful mining can effectively prevent coal mine accidents, ensure the safety of miners, and greatly improve efficiency.
From now on, this place will be called Jiayang Village, Jiayang Coal Mine, a village mainly for mining areas and miners.
The gentlemen kept nodding their heads.
He said: Coal mines must also pay taxes to the government. In the future, both the official kiln and the Jiayang coal mine will be brought under the unified management of the Ministry of Industry, and taxes will be paid uniformly according to the amount of coal produced. Jiazhou will then survive.
Prefect Yang felt very disappointed after being reprimanded. When he heard that Zhao Yulin gave him Jiayang Town and tax revenues from two large coal mines, his heart pounded twice and he continued to hang his head and pretend to be dead. He thought that his official career was about to end and all these had nothing to do with him.
Zhao Yulin continued: Xinshi has already built a train. Once the tracks are laid, it can run very fast and can carry 200,000, or even 400,000 or 800,000 kilograms of coal at a time. We will build a railway to Jiayang, and then transport the coal there directly to Xinshi, and then to the dock and send it to all directions.
What? We actually have such a powerful god-level bull?
Everyone looked at him in surprise.
The Minister of Works, Mr. Qiu, said excitedly: A memorial has been submitted about the Hongmeng Valley in Xinshi, and the cost is huge. However, once the railway is completed, the benefits will be enormous and beyond imagination.
By then, our fine steel smelting will not be restricted by coal.
He said to Mr. Qiu: The Ministry of Industry should organize a special group to speed up the survey of the railway from Xinshi to Jiayang. We must build it no matter how much it costs.
Zhao Feiyan nodded frequently and told everyone: There are many benefits of building railways. It's not just the trains and railways you see, but also the large number of machines that have been improved due to the construction of railways and the large number of skilled craftsmen who have learned to build trains and railways. They can make more new tools and utensils to promote the better development of our Xin Song's handicraft workshops.
Hua Yue spoke and said: Regarding the Jianwei incident, not only Jiazhou should investigate, but all parts of the country should investigate the problem of illegal mining in coal mines, gold mines, silver mines and other mining areas.
Zhao Yulin nodded, believing that the Ministry of Revenue's management of farmland was the same as managing the country's territory, including rivers, lakes and seas, and that a separate Land Management Department should be established under it to manage all of the country's resources.
He said: All the treasures on the ground and underground belong to the country, how can they be privately possessed by individuals?
Everyone nodded and talked among themselves.
Seeing that the prefect of Jiading was sitting there very awkwardly, Yangjin said to Zhao Feiyan: There is nothing to do with Jiading anymore, let Prefect Yang go back quickly to take charge of the situation. It is not right for such a big case to happen in Jiading and no one is left to look after it.
Feiyan nodded and told Yang Jicheng to go back quickly and get the job done thoroughly without any more mistakes.
When the guy heard Zhao Feiyan's words, he stood up immediately, thanked everyone, and walked away quickly as if he had been pardoned.
After a brief summary, Zhao Feiyan asked everyone to perform their duties and work hard according to the order just decided.
At this time, Jianwei and Jiazhou had already become bustling.
Especially in Yujin of Jianwei, the garrison blocked the entrance and exit after arriving. Shunfengchu led Zhao Yulin's guards to arrest criminals everywhere. They had arrested all of Liao Heitan's men and began to clean up other small coal mines.
