Unexpectedly, although they were a little tired, they accomplished a great job not long after leaving Yingtian Prefecture, and the soldiers were all rewarded.

It's worth noting that the "History of the Song Dynasty" records that the monthly salary for high-ranking imperial guards was one string of coins; the middle-ranking soldiers received 700 or 500 coins; and the lower-ranking soldiers received between 300 and 500 coins. For local garrison troops, the monthly salary decreased accordingly. For soldiers stationed outside the city, their families remained in the camp and received half of their monthly salary.

However, this is pure salary. In addition to salary, there are also subsidies, allowances, etc. Adding up all the things, the annual income of the top-level imperial guards is about 50 strings of cash, the middle-level is 30 strings of cash, and the bottom-level is 20 strings of cash.

The soldiers following Zhao Jun were naturally the best, so these ten strings of cash were basically equivalent to more than two months' salary for them. Even the imperial guards who followed Fan Zhongyan to the northwest were only rewarded with fifty strings of cash each before departure, which was equivalent to one year's salary.

Those people were going to the northwest to fight, facing life and death. Although they were a little tired and exhausted, at least their lives were not in danger. And if they continued to follow Zhao Jun and continue to confiscate property, they would receive even greater rewards and incentives.

What a great job.

With the reward, the soldiers worked harder.

It was already evening at this time. Zhao Jun entered the Bozhou prefectural government office and ordered the soldiers to bring over the evidence they had found and to arrest the officials involved in the case.

Until nightfall, the entire Qiao County of Bozhou was in turmoil. The officials who committed crimes were arrested and captured, and there were almost no officials left.

The only thing to be thankful for was that the Tongpan of Bozhou was actually an honest official. His name was Shao Jingxian, and he was a friend of Ouyang Xiu.

With his help, the situation got much better.

So for the next half month, Zhao Jun stayed in Bozhou, quickly investigating and cracking down on corruption, clearing out many cancers in Bozhou and returning a bright and sunny day to Bozhou.

In addition, he sent someone with his own order to transfer troops from other places in Yingtian Prefecture, and transferred 3,000 troops from Yingtian Prefecture.

Because there were so many things confiscated, a rough count showed that more than ten officials were dismissed. The confiscated gold and silver coins alone were worth more than two million strings of cash. Many landlords and powerful people were also hit, and the land was returned to the people. All matters had to be handled properly.

Therefore, troops had to be transferred from other places. Some were used to search the homes of corrupt officials and landlords in various places in Bozhou, some were used to escort the confiscated stolen goods back to Bianliang, and some were responsible for detaining prisoners.

Zhao Jun also wrote a warrant and sent it back to the Constitutional Council, requesting that the Council immediately arrest Wang Zai and other former Bozhou officials involved in the case who were serving in various places.

After all, judging from the evidence found, not only current Bozhou officials are involved, but also many former Bozhou officials.

The official turnover rate in the Song Dynasty was very high, and sometimes it was common for officials to leave their posts after only a few months.

In the past, there were actually not many officials involved in the case. The main reason was that the former Bozhou prefect was not as unscrupulous as Guo Chengyou is today. A large number of Bozhou officials today were dragged into the case by Guo Chengyou, but there were also corrupt officials at that time.

Therefore, now that we have encountered it, we must strike hard and arrest people all over the country first.

As the old saying goes, strong medicine will cure a serious illness.

This drastic measure immediately cleaned up the Bozhou officialdom, and corrupt officials were brought down one after another. Many of them abandoned their posts and fled when they saw the situation was not good, and wanted warrants were issued for them.

Zhao Jun's letter was also transported all the way to the palace via the Grand Canal.

On February 11, twenty-one days had passed since Zhao Jun left Bianliang. He left on January 20, stayed in Yingtian Prefecture for five or six days, then went south to Bozhou and stayed in Bozhou for another half a month, which is almost twenty days.

During these twenty days, Zhao Zhen was addicted to movies and games. He stayed in the study every day, like an internet addict, playing Metal Slug with great pleasure.

Zhao Jun downloaded a lot of single-player games and a few large 3A games. Although Zhao Zhen didn't quite understand how to play them, he figured it out for several days and finally figured out a few of them.

Among them, he thinks the most interesting one is Metal Slug, and he likes to play it very much.

If it weren't for the spring rain a few days ago and the lack of sunshine, which had caused the solar charging panels to run out of power, he would have been reluctant to come out.

At this moment, Zhao Zhen was outside the Chongde Hall, looking up at the dripping rain.

In previous years, he would have been overjoyed and said to Wang Shouzhong beside him, "A drop of spring rain is as smooth as oil. It's a good rain this year. The crops will survive." But now he was frowning and said to Wang Shouzhong beside him, "I don't know when this rain will stop. I have been dealing with government affairs for several days. Without the sun, I feel so depressed and a little uncomfortable."

Wang Shouzhong secretly complained that living with the emperor was like living with a tiger. In previous years, the emperor was looking forward to the spring rain the most, but now he was looking forward to the sun all day long. A man's heart is like a needle in the sea, and it is indeed fickle.

However, he certainly didn't dare to say it. He just smiled flatteringly and bowed, saying, "Your Majesty is right. Too much rain isn't a good thing. We still need the balance of yin and yang, with periods of rain and periods of sunshine. If your Majesty is impatient, why not ask the Imperial Observatory when the rain will stop?"

"Oh, forget it."

Zhao Zhen waved his hand and said, "My eldest grandson once said that the weather, wind, rain, sun and moon are all determined by the seasons. At least the current climate is beyond our control. It's useless to ask. The rain will stop and the sun will rise. It's a natural thing. Just be patient and wait."

He said so, but walked back and forth in the corridor with his hands behind his back. When the solar charging panel and laptop ran out of power, he fell into anxiety about running out of power.

Fortunately, someone broke this anxiety.

At this moment, Yan Shu appeared at the distant palace gate with official documents. He was holding an oil-paper umbrella, and hurried on his way. He came to the corridor in a hurry, folded the umbrella and was about to go into the hall to report.

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