On the first day of the first lunar month of a certain year, the Later Zhou Emperor Chai Zongxun was discussing the New Year with his courtiers, and Xiao Chai was still thinking about whether to worship the ancestors first or to set up a banquet first, when suddenly the palace people came to report that the Liao and Northern Han joint troops had invaded. The little emperor was only a few years old at this time, and when he heard that someone had invaded, he immediately panicked, and the group of ministers consulted for a while and decided to let the loyal minister Zhao Kuangyin lead the army to fight. Old Zhao was ambitious, so that the generals staged a protracted drama in Chen Qiao, and Xiao Chai was arranged clearly, and he was expelled from the throne before the end of the year. However, Lao Zhao may feel that this drama lacks emotional scenes, so he gave Xiao Chai a "Danshu Iron Coupon", which is in hand, he can make the Chai family have no worries about food and clothing, and even if they commit crimes, they will not increase the punishment, if the Chai family commits a capital crime, they will not be publicly executed, and the chai family's face will be enough to give death in prison.
So please note that this Danshu iron coupon is not a death-free gold medal, but just gives you a lot of permissions for a top VIP member, so as long as the Song Dynasty does not fall, the Chai family must be a local tycoon in the folk. In the huizong period, the Danshu iron coupon naturally spread to Chai Jin, and in Cangzhou, Xiao Whirlwind was also a famous official who was well-known. Therefore, when Lin Chong passed through Cangzhou, he took the initiative to ask to visit Chai Jin, which was also a manifestation of Chai Jin's identity.
Many readers feel that Chai Jin is the first good man in Liangshan, and his status as a descendant of the royal family is more qualified to be the lord of a mountain. However, in my opinion, Chai Jin did not recognize his position at all. Chai Jin is known as Meng Jinjun in the Water Margin world, and both of them are indeed doing the thing of sheltering "refugees", but Meng Jinjun does not have the kind of shelf that Chai Jin has, he treats everyone equally, while Chai Jin will please or snub some people according to his own preferences. And because of the different dynasties, the fundamental nature of the two people's practices is also different, Meng Taste Junyang
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At that time, it was allowed by default, after all, Kyushu had never been unified at that time, and all the forces needed the support of public opinion. The situation in the Northern Song Dynasty, where Chai Jin was located, was relatively stable, at least the overall security of the rich areas around the imperial city was OK, but 99% of the people that Chai Fu could take in were not righteous soldiers, but fugitives. The most arrogant thing was that when Song Jiang came to Chai Mansion later for fear of bringing trouble to Chai Jin, Chai Jin said this domineeringly:
Brother rest assured. He killed the officials of the imperial court and robbed the treasures of the treasury, and Chai Jin dared to hide in the village.
Not only did Song Jiang listen to these words like eating reassuring pills, but I also felt very reliable after listening to these words. But we turn it around, this Danshu iron coupon is more of a symbol of status, how can it make Chai Jin play a pure hegemonic tool. Therefore, the biggest question was whether the office staff at that time knew how big the skill range of Danshu iron coupons was, so the ignorant clerks would also tacitly accept that as long as they entered the Chai Mansion, they would be protected by the royal family, after all, the bosses of the Great Song Dynasty had to give face to the Chai family, and we such small people should not be mixed. Therefore, Chai Jin can use the money he spends to raise this death row prisoner without restrictions, plus Zhao Tuo generally ignores the government and politics, and Chai Jin also confiscates the S-class criminals who remain, so he has been at peace for so many years.
But the problem is that since Gao Li and many future liangshan good men have a grudge, Chai Jin's life is not good, so Yin Tianxi dares to casually find the stubble of Chai Imperial City, which also does not have to worry about whether Chai Jin has Danshu iron coupons, which is really confusing, this specific detail we will talk about later in the article. After Lin Chong was re-employed in the hay field, he suddenly learned that his good friend Lu Qian was also involved in framing himself, why Did Lu Qian have to harm Lin Chong, how should we evaluate his approach, let's talk about the next chapter.