In March of the fourth year of Jingyou, a small boat sailed into Hangzhou City.
Yang Riyan was only temporarily dismissed from his post for dereliction of duty, and was not imprisoned by Zhao Jun.
So on the night he was dismissed, he sent his confidant to Hangzhou to report the news.
In March, the sun shines brightly over the West Lake, the sound of oars is melodious, and the innocent singing of young girls can be heard from afar, clear and beautiful.
There are green willows and pink peaches on the bank, and ancient temples in the surrounding areas.
With pink walls and black tiles and curling smoke from cooking fires, the most beautiful scenery of spring in the south of the Yangtze River is the West Lake.
On an exquisite pleasure boat, Sun Mian was taking a few women on a boat trip on the lake. He was about forty years old, thin, with a delicate face and a goatee on his chin.
At this moment, he was lying on his back in the arms of the beauty, hugging her waist, feeling the warmth, enjoying the spring and the beauty.
The beauties around Sun Mian were all former wives of several wealthy businessmen in Hangzhou.
Among them was Bai Mudan, who was once the most beautiful woman in West Lake. She was bought by a wealthy businessman. But one day, Sun Mian saw her while visiting West Lake and snatched her away.
There were also the daughter of the Jin family and the daughter of the Zhao family, both of whom were married women. He schemed them to move to the state residence and took them to eat, drink, sleep and do whatever he wanted.
Sun Mian often indulged in banquets and women, to the point of neglecting state affairs, causing complaints from local people.
But he has always been arrogant and never took these things to heart. He always did his own thing, with a bit of the style of Cao Cao.
The pleasure boat slowly passed by, causing faint ripples on the lake surface. The warm March sun shone on it, reflecting sparkling water.
The fragrance of peach blossoms blooming on the shore is tangy, and tourists passing by seem to be looking at a beautiful landscape painting.
The warm breeze makes the tourists intoxicated, and the beautiful scenery of West Lake is even more beautiful than that of Bianliang.
At this moment, a small boat approached quickly. A man on the boat climbed onto the pleasure boat and said with a flattering smile, "Brother-in-law, I'm here to see you."
Sun Mian kicked the man, almost knocking him off the boat, and shouted, "Why are you here to cause trouble to me again?"
This person was Sun Mian’s brother-in-law, Bian Xun.
When Sun Mian was an official in a foreign place, he never dared to bring his wife with him because he was always lustful and his wife was quite fierce. Her family was related to Bian Su, the Minister of War and Transport Commissioner of Fujian Road, and he was not easy to mess with.
Therefore, if Sun Mian wanted to marry many women while serving as an official in another place, he naturally had to stay away from his wife's family.
But Bian Xun was not a good person. He always lived a life of luxury around his brother-in-law. Therefore, he always told his family that he wanted to supervise his brother-in-law, but in fact he just came to join in the fun.
At the beginning of last year, when Sun Mian was just transferred to Hangzhou, Bian Xun followed him happily. He used his brother-in-law's power to forcibly purchase a hundred night pearls from the wealthy businessman Xu Ming for 33,000 coins.
In the future, when Sun Mian is transferred to the north and serves as the governor of Bingzhou, Qingzhou, Linzhou and other places, and is in charge of the supply of military supplies in the northern border, his brother-in-law will be his right-hand man, selling military supplies for him.
At this moment, Bian Xun had tumbled and crawled back to the pleasure boat, and said with a flattering smile, "Fujian Road is not as fun as here with my brother-in-law. It's much better to be with my brother-in-law than with my sister."
"go."
Sun Mian waved his hand, signaling the beauties around him to go into the inner room of the pleasure boat.
After everyone left, he stood up from the bow and scolded Bian Xun with a smile: "Last year, I helped you clean up the mess with Xu Ming, and you still come here to mess with me."
While asking, he shouted, "How can my brother-in-law say it's all my fault? Didn't he also covet the Eagle Painting by Guo Qianhui that Xu Ming had collected?"
"alright."
After his brother-in-law exposed his scandal, Sun Mian interrupted and asked, "Tell me, what do you want from me this time?"
Bian Xun immediately said, "Brother-in-law, do you know that the newly appointed Liangzhe Judicial Commissioner Li Jianzhi suddenly interrogated a prisoner today, and Xu Ming actually pulled out the bailiff's knife in the court and cut off his own arm."
"Is there such a thing?"
Sun Mian was shocked. He didn't expect Xu Ming to be so stubborn.
"yes."
Bian Xun said, "I just found out about it, and I came here right away to look for my brother-in-law."
"It's terrible! Xu Ming didn't banish him or execute him secretly earlier, but let him wait for the opportunity to interrogate the prisoner by the Liangzhe Judicial Commissioner."
Sun Mian immediately frowned and said, "The head of the Civil Service Bureau is on his southern tour and has already reached Huainan. It's said that he executed Guo Chengyou, the governor of Bozhou, for corruption and abuse of power. If this gets out of hand and Xu Ming or Li Jianzhi report it to the head of the bureau, it will be a disaster."
"What should I do then?"
When Bian Xun heard this, he immediately realized the seriousness of the problem.
Sun Mian thought for a moment and said, "Let's go back."
He immediately gave up the idea of continuing to cruise around West Lake and ordered the boatman to row the pleasure boat back to the shore.
The accompanying carriages and horses were already waiting on the shore. Sun Mian and Bian Xun got on the carriages and rode non-stop back to their Hangzhou prefectural residence.
After arriving home, Sun Mian immediately began to think of countermeasures.
He engages in corruption, and his methods are actually quite stereotyped, that is, to frame and wrongly convict people.
Historically, he served as the prefect of Hangzhou for three years and was responsible for more than a hundred cases of exile, many of which were fabricated with only one purpose - to embezzle the other party's property.
But in fact, these cases cannot stand scrutiny. Many of them are forced to frame others to achieve their goals. If the higher-level officials investigate, it will be easy to find out the truth.
In addition, there are forced purchases and sales and tampering of account books.
For example, he wanted to buy a batch of silk from Xiaoshan businessman Zheng Min, but Zheng Min refused to sell it.
So Sun Mian falsified Zheng Min's account books on the pretext of a tax inspection, saying that he had not paid taxes. He then exiled Zheng Min on the grounds of tax evasion and confiscated all of Zheng's family property (putting it into his own pocket).
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