Back to Daming to be a genius

Chapter 272
"I'm sorry, brother, if you brothers don't die and sell me out, then I will be in trouble." Yuan Chongyu whispered in Li Jiabin's ear, while pulling out the dagger that had been inserted into Li Jiabin's heart from behind.Li Jiabin turned his head back with difficulty, looked at Yuan Chongyu, who had a ferocious smile on his face, opened his mouth to say something, but his body slowly collapsed in disobedience, and fell into the semi-dark snow before dawn.Almost at the same time, there were six servants beside Li Jiabin who collapsed, and it was Yuan Chongyu's four servants who killed them silently, carefully selected from the mountain sect.

"Second Master, why did you kill the Li family?" Yuan Chongyu's captain asked the reason in a low voice after killing someone under the hint of Yuan Chongyu's eyes.Yuan Chongyu replied in a low voice: "We may have fallen for the trick. Be careful sailing for thousands of years. It is important to get rid of these two brothers first! Don't ask too many questions, go to the front and find a chance to kill Li Jiaguo. We must not leave anyone alive!" Four The Shanzong master agreed in a low voice, hid his dagger, and rushed into the chaotic crowd with a low body, while Yuan Chongyu quickly rushed to the hiding place he had long been optimistic about, and hid in a pile of messy goods.

"Tat-tat-tat!" Yuan Chongyu had just hid, and almost at the same time, there was a dense sound of horseshoes on the avenue leading to the pier. Countless slave-slaughter soldiers in white robes held high the vermilion banner. Under his leadership, he rushed towards Tongzhou Wharf like a whirlwind.What frightened Yuan Chongyu out of his wits was that not far from where he assassinated Li Jiabin, a group of people suddenly rushed out of a house surrounded by Young Master Zhang and merged with the slaughtering slave army—judging from the distance, It is absolutely possible that Young Master Zhang saw Yuan Chongyu assassinate Li Jiaguo with his own eyes.Under the shock, Yuan Chongyu couldn't help but his heart skipped a beat, "What should I do? If Zhang Haogu sees me with the Li family brothers and sees me killing Li Jiabin, then what should I do?"

"Rush up!" Young Master Zhang, who took over the command of the slave slaughtering army and hid like a tortoise all night, regained his vigor, waved his right hand, and ordered: "Let them put down their weapons and surrender, otherwise, they will be shot!"

"The officers and soldiers put down the rebellion, everyone, put down your weapons! Put down your weapons!" The soldiers of the slave slaughter army obeyed the order, brandishing sharp sabers and outflanking Li's family members in a semicircle, yelling, "The officers and soldiers are at peace! Betrayal, lay down your weapons, or you will be shot and killed!" Hundreds of members of the Li family were at a loss, and when they went to look for Li Jiaguo and Li Jiabin, they suddenly found that Li Jiabin was missing, and Li Jiaguo fell on the ground with a dagger in his heart. Among the rebellious army, the dead could no longer die.But the soldiers of the Slave Slaughter Army were unceremonious, and surrounded the servants of the Li family who were armed with weapons and swung their knives to kill them. They slashed at anyone they saw, and shouted even louder, "Surrender, don't kill! Surrender, don't kill!" !"

"Clang!" The first smart servant of Li's family took the lead in throwing down his weapon and knelt down. The other servants of Li's family also followed suit, throwing down their weapons and kneeling in the snow. There were sounds of falling weapons and begging for mercy and surrendering Also incessantly.Only a few confidantes of the Li Jiaguo brothers turned around and ran away, jumping up the canal to escape. The slave soldiers rushed to the bank, untied their rifled muskets and ping-pong-pong. One shot at a time killed the backbone of the Li family who jumped into the river and escaped in an instant, and the rest also chose to surrender wisely. They climbed to the bank and shouted to surrender, "Soldiers, don't shoot, we surrender! We are accomplices." , Brothers Li Jiaguo and Li Jiabin forced us to do it."

More than half an hour later, the backbone of the Li family on the pier was either killed or arrested by the slave army, and all the family members of the Li family were also arrested. It was not until this moment that Wei Yunzhong, the soldier of Tongzhou, and Zhou Zhirun, the magistrate of Tongzhou, brought Tongzhou The officers and the Tongzhou yamen came late, but Young Master Zhang unceremoniously tore off the black hats of Zhou Zhirun and Wei Yunzhong himself, and shouted: "Take it! From now on, all military affairs and civil affairs in Tongzhou will be temporarily represented by this official!" The National People's Congress called for injustice, but Young Master Zhang grinned grimly and said, "Injustice? The two brothers of the Li family gathered together to conspire against me and the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, Li Fengjie. Mr. Li, you Tongzhou officials, you ignored him overnight and caused Li Xiantai to die tragically. Have the face to cry out for injustice?"

"Tanhualang, the old man is not dead." Li Fengjie yelled with a crying sound. Young Master Zhang turned his head to look, but he saw Li Fengjie, whose face was blue and white from the cold, wrapped in a dirty blanket, covered by a few people. The wounded soldiers walked over with the help of them, and cried to Young Master Zhang with snot and tears: "Tan Hua Lang, you have to be the master of this old man, these thieves even set fire to the old man's boat, trying to burn the old man alive Die! Thanks to the loyalty of the old man's captain, he jumped into the river with his back on his back, and the old man saved his life."

"Hey, the old man's life is really big." Young Master Zhang was happy, and pointed to Wei Yunzhong and Zhou Zhirun, who had earthy faces, and shouted: "Did you see that? Li Xiantai was almost burned to death by thieves in the area you ruled, wait to hear Let's participate, although I don't like to participate, but this time, I have to seriously participate in both of you!" Li Fengjie also sneezed and cried: "Yes! Participate! I want to participate in you too! This old man Old life, I almost lost it in your Tongzhou!"

"Zhang Xiantai, Li Xiantai, please forgive me." Wei Yunzhong and Zhou Zhirun were completely dumbfounded. They dreamed that the Li family brothers wanted to kill two serving governors in one night, so they knelt down and kowtowed to beg for mercy.It's a pity that even if Young Master Zhang wanted to spare them, Governor Li of Guangdong and Guangxi would not do it. Li Fengjie jumped up and down and shouted, "Forgive you? Then where did you go last night? The old man suspects that you are probably with The rebels are colluding and intend to kill two high officials of the imperial court and raise the flag to rebel, this old man must report to the imperial court, and ask the imperial court to thoroughly investigate this matter! Thorough investigation, thorough investigation!"

The frightened soldiers of Tongzhou and the magistrate of Tongzhou were taken down. Young Master Zhang ordered to take over the city defense, closed the city gates and arrested the remaining members of the Li family. Please ask the imperial court to make a decree and make a decision. I am very busy.It was also at this time that Li Fengjie remembered to ask Young Master Zhang: "Zhang Tanhua, why were you not on board when the rebels attacked Miss Yang Wan's flower boat last night?"

"I found something was wrong, so I jumped into the water and escaped early." Young Master Zhang was talking nonsense.Li Fengjie then asked: "Then why didn't Tanhua Lang inform the old man? The old man was trapped on the boat by the rebels, and almost lost his old life."

"I sent someone to notify you? What happened?" Young Master Zhang pretended to be surprised, and turned to Zhang Shitou to ask the reason.Zhang Shitou understood and quickly explained: "Li Xiantai, we sent someone to tell you to leave quickly, but you drank too much alcohol and slept too deeply, so we couldn't wake you up."

"Didn't the old man drink much last night? And even if the old man slept too deeply, why didn't the old man's soldiers know about it?" Li Fengjie was even more puzzled.Young Master Zhang had nothing to say, so he could only change the subject and said: "Li Xiantai, don't worry, I will definitely find out the reason of this matter and give you an explanation. But now the subordinate officials must arrest the rebels and their family members. There is also interrogation of rebels, I am too busy for the time being, you have to wait for a few days." Speaking of this, Young Master Zhang threatened again: "Also, Li Xiantai, there is one thing you must be prepared for, the Li family brothers gathered a crowd to rebel, But you visited them beforehand for no reason, and when the court pursues it in the future, you have to think about how you should answer Li Xiantai."

"I have been wronged. The shopkeeper Yuan Da, the younger brother of the governor of Liaodong, forced me to go to Li's house last night. Tanhualang, you saw it with your own eyes, so you have to testify for this old man." Li Fengjie, who was afraid of being dragged into the conspiracy case, also Panicked, he hurriedly spoke up to defend himself.Young Master Zhang smiled slightly, and replied: "Don't worry, Li Xiantai, the officer will of course testify for you, but I just remind you first. Well, the officer has to go to work, Li Xiantai, take care of yourself, and talk about it later. "After that, Young Master Zhang left in a hurry, for fear that Li Fengjie would ask about what happened last night.

"Isn't that right?" Looking at the back of Young Master Zhang leaving, Li Fengjie had more and more doubts in his stomach, "Even if this kid found out that the thieves were approaching the flower boat and ran away early, why did that little bitch Yang Wan Not on the flower boat? Also, did he send someone to notify me...?"

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The two presidents of the Tongzhou Chamber of Commerce gathered a crowd to rebel and attempted to kill the Governor Xuanda and the Governor of Guangdong and Guangxi. Zhang Ruitu, the chief assistant of the cabinet, Feng Quan, the second assistant, and Cui Chengxiu, the governor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, personally led the team to Tongzhou for detailed investigation, and set a two-day deadline to find out the truth.After Zhang Ruitu, Feng Quanlai and Cui Chengxiu arrived in Tongzhou, they quickly figured out the ins and outs of the matter through interrogation of the arrested Li family brothers' confidantes, and with the help of Tianjin Governor Bi Ziyan, they successfully arrested Li, who had been in Tanggu Port, Tianjin. The housekeeper of the Li family, whose brothers were about to flee to Liaodong Seaship, found out the truth that the Li family brothers were planning to kill high-ranking officials and then flee to Liaodong and surrender to Jiannu after learning about the incident in their own family—it is indeed the truth that can no longer be true !
After Zhang Ruitu, Feng Quan, and Cui Chengxiu reported the case to the court, Ming Xizong and Wei Zhongxian, who were so angry, immediately classified the case as a case of treason and ordered to kill the nine families of the Li family. Brothers in the family were not allowed to enter the house, and their bones and ashes were smashed as punishment. Li Sancai, who had been dead for four years, was also opened up and slaughtered. Everyone in the Li family was beheaded!Young Master Zhang, who had avenged his vengeance, happily joined forces with Li Qinmeng, the third eunuch of the Sili Supervisor, to search the property of the Li family. Li Qinmeng and Li Qinmeng were stunned - all the family property was equivalent to silver, which exceeded 500 million taels, which was equivalent to the annual income of the Ming treasury!Of course, Young Master Zhang and Li Qinmeng will not be honest enough to hand over all 500 million taels to the state treasury, the last 200 million taels will be handed over to the imperial court, and the remaining 300 million taels will be negotiated and distributed between Young Master Zhang and Li Qinmeng. Wei Zhongxian got the big head, Young Master Zhang and Li Qinmeng got the middle head, the soldiers of the Slaughter Army and Jin Yiwei got the small head, and the eunuchs, cabinet members, six ministers and many key officials of the Eunuch Party also got quite generous rewards. It can be said that everyone is happy.

Compared with Young Master Zhang, who is rich and successful, Li Fengjie, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, and Li Xiantai are extremely useless. He was almost killed by the Li brothers and forced to jump into the river. After finding out that he took the initiative to pay Li Jiaguo's birthday, he was so angry that he was dragged out of the hospital bed, punched and kicked hard, and cursed at the same time, "You unworthy old bastard, your food looks so ugly, A majestic governor, for a few stinky money, has the audacity to pay birthday greetings to a businessman from the Donglin Party! I will lose my face too! Shameless old man, in my opinion, the Governor of Water Transport Stop doing it, go back to your hometown and grow dog potatoes, I can't afford to lose this man!"

"Mr. Feng Ge, I'm guilty of the crime." Li Fengjie, who was beaten up with a bruised nose and swollen face, kowtowed repeatedly, explaining with snot and tears: "Mr. Ge, that's what I thought at the time. Since it's rare for me to come to the capital , no matter what, I have to give you more filial piety, but I don’t have any money in my hand. Yuan Chonghuan’s younger brother Yuan Chongyu said that he could go to Li’s house to make a fortune. In order to show filial piety to you, I was tempted by the humble job, and this happened. I really didn't expect what would happen beforehand, Mr. Qiu Ge, you see that I am filial and that I was promoted by you, so please forgive me this time."

"Forgive you once?" Feng Quan, who was furious, kicked Li Fengjie's chest again, and roared: "I don't have any money for filial piety? Do you think I really don't know how much you have earned as the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi? How dare you waste fire?" I received five coins for suppressing pirates. How dare you allow my subordinates to take the heads of fishermen and pretend to be pirates to defraud me? How many times have I been scolded by Jiuqiantui? You are really blind, why did you recommend you as the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, and also want to help you to the position of governor of water transportation? If I knew this, I might as well let that bastard Cui Chengxiu grab these two positions!"

"Old man, godfather, I know I was wrong, and I don't dare to do it anymore." Li Fengjie kowtowed desperately, crying until the sky was dark and the sky was dark.Finally, after Feng Quan had vented enough, beaten and scolded enough, Feng Quan angrily sat beside the charcoal fire, knocked on Erlang's leg and asked viciously: "Also, why did you almost get burned to death on the flower boat?" Will it happen? The brothers of the Li family want to take Zhang Xiaomaidgou’s head to join Jiannu. It's not worth the money."

"It's also strange for a humble job." Li Fengjie kowtowed, honestly telling what happened that night and the explanation given by Young Master Zhang.When Feng Quan was furious, he couldn't help kicking him again, and roared: "Stupid pig! You can't even tell? This little mad dog Zhang Haogu is clearly trying to trick you. He must have discovered it in advance. If the brothers of the Li family wanted to do something, they deliberately tricked you into a flower boat as an arrow target. Regardless of whether you die or not, the brothers of the Li family will have to bear the crime of murdering the court officials. He can also ensure that he is safe and sound, so don’t worry Die!"

"No way? I have no grievances with him. How could he treat me like this?" Although Li Fengjie had already vaguely guessed this, but after Feng Quan pierced the window paper, Li Fengjie still couldn't believe it. Puzzled: "Besides, from his tone, he seems to have known for a long time that the inferior position belongs to Mr. Ge, and he also said that he has a very good relationship with Mr. Ge. Why...?"

"My relationship with him is very good - so good that I want to strangle him to death, and he wants to strangle me to death!" Feng Quan said darkly: "It's true that the little mad dog and that bastard Cui Chengxiu wear the same pair of pants. , if you stupid pig really died, he and that bastard Cui Chengxiu would laugh so hard that they couldn’t even close their mouths.” ——I have to admit that Master Zhang really did a very dishonest thing, but for those who were For the innocent Guangdong fishermen who killed them, they are very authentic.

"It turned out to be like this. I fucked the eighteenth generation of Zhang Haogu's ancestors! I tricked you and provoked you, and you managed to treat me like this?" Li Fengjie suddenly realized, cursed loudly, kowtowed to Feng Quan and cried : "Mr. Feng Ge, this little mad dog Zhang Haogu punished the lowly position for no reason, and almost gave away the old life of the lowly position. The lowly position was single-handedly promoted by you, Mr. Ge. He beat the dog without looking at his master, Mr. Feng Ge , you must be the master of your humble position."

"How can I help you decide? Do you have evidence to prove that he wants to kill you?" Feng Quan roared viciously, and then said angrily: "Besides, that little mad dog is not so easy to deal with, at least for now The imperial court cannot do without him leading troops to fight, even if you have evidence, Jiuqiantui and the imperial court will not deal with him to vent your anger."

"That lowly job, didn't he get punished for nothing?" Li Fengjie asked, wiping away tears.Feng Quan didn't answer, and after bowing his head and thinking for a long time, Feng Quan suddenly asked: "Wait a minute, you seem to have said just now that you were dragged by Yuan Chonghuan's younger brother Yuan Chongyu to Li's house to pay homage to his birthday? So, you and Yuan Chongyu Is your friendship not shallow?" Li Fengjie was timid and dared not answer, Feng Quan shouted impatiently: "What do you say, I don't mean to blame you."

"Yuan Chongyu is a big salt merchant in Guangdong and Guangxi, and the humble official has a good relationship with him." Li Fengjie said hesitantly: "Yuan Chongyu often pours some private salt that is not cited by the official, and often gives some filial piety to the humble official. The humble official wants to make his family great. , I also feel that his elder brother is the governor of Liaodong, and he has a very good relationship with Sun Ge, the governor of Shanxi and Gansu. Maybe he will be useful to you as a godfather, so I made friends with him. This time, the humble post is about to be transferred to the governor of water transport, Yuan Chongyu He told Beizhi that if he wants to do well in water transport, he must have a good relationship with the Li family in Tongzhou, so Beizhi..."

"To be more specific, how good is your relationship with him?" Feng Quan interrupted Li Fengjie, then lowered his voice and said, "Also, how is your relationship with Yuan Chonghuan? To be honest, don't hide anything."

"How good is it?" Li Fengjie was a little embarrassed. After hesitating for a long time, Li Fengjie said in a low voice: "It's so good. Once I went to Dongguan with a humble job, and I went to Yuan Chongyu's house as a guest. I thought Yuan Chongyu's concubine was good, so I went I boasted a few words, but at the end of the night, Yuan Chongyu sent his concubine into the room of the humble class. That concubine is now the sixth concubine of the humble class. As for Yuan Chonghuan, Yuan Chonghuan returned to Guangdong and Guangxi to recruit troops At that time, Beizhi met him once in Nanjing, and the chat was speculative, but there was no deep friendship."

"Oh, so that's how it is." Feng Quan nodded slowly, and after pondering for a long time, Feng Quan said again: "Well, it's my bad luck. If you bring some more money, I will get you some money. How can the water transportation The position of governor is for you. As for Yuan Chongyu, you can continue to communicate with him. It doesn’t matter if you take money or women, but please remember, don’t marry him...don’t ask why, I’m doing it for you Okay, you just have to remember it. Also, after you become the governor of the water transport, you can properly use some officers and generals recommended by Yuan Chongyu to control the army on the water transport."

"Army?" Li Fengjie was taken aback, and asked tremblingly, "Godfather, what are you trying to do?"

"Don't ask too much, I told you to do this, although it may not be useful, but maybe it will be useful." Feng Quan shook his head, and said in a low voice: "Well, I will let you know. Concubine Wei is pregnant. If he was born into the emperor's dragon species, if he was born a son, then Nine Thousand Years would definitely push Concubine Wei's son to the position of prince. Zhang Weixian and Zhu Chunchen's old stubborn gang would definitely not be happy, and the emperor's own brother Xin Wang Zhu Youjian will definitely not be happy..."

"Xin Wang? Wasn't he deprived of the king's title and sent to Gansu to be imprisoned forever?" Li Fengjie asked in surprise.Feng Quan nodded, and explained: "It was originally like this, but the thieves in Shaanxi and Gansu were too violent. The emperor felt sorry for his younger brother. He was afraid that his only younger brother would be sorry for the deceased emperor and empress, so he had already issued a decree. We are planning to escort King Xin from Gansu back to Baoding and confine him."

"Back to Baoding?" Li Fengjie became more and more confused, and asked in a low voice: "Even if King Xin returns to Baoding, what's the use? How much trouble can a prisoner who doesn't even have a king be able to cause?"

"That's not necessarily true." Feng Quan shook his head slowly, and said in a low voice: "As the saying goes, you can't seek eternal life, you can't seek for a while, who can guarantee that Xinwang is not the second Chong'er? What I am most worried about is that this will happen in the future. Situation—Concubine Wei gave birth to the prince, and the emperor's health has been bad. In order to allow Concubine Wei's prince to succeed to the throne smoothly, at the critical moment, the queen's eldest son may be born to the emperor... Do you understand? At that time, once Zhang Weixian and Zhu Chunchen, who are in control of the three major battalions of the capital, start a fight, they will lose both sides in the fight with Jiuqiantui. King Qin of the capital, you, the water transport army near Tongzhou, may become the key to the success or failure of the development of the situation, do you understand?"

"Son understands." Li Fengjie suddenly realized, and laughed in a low voice: "At that time, my son will definitely obey your godfather's orders. If godfather tells my son to go east, my son will never go west, and I will do whatever I say. Father helped me to the position of chief assistant, and by the way, those godfather's enemies..."

"Smart, do it well." A smile appeared on Feng Quan's thin face, and he said dejectedly: "Although I did this just in case, I don't want such a thing to happen, because at that time , I don’t know how to choose.” After that, Feng Quan sighed and smiled bitterly: “If I’m not wrong, Zhang Haogu’s little mad dog may also be difficult to choose at that time. I don’t know where to stand. off to one side."

"My son still doesn't understand something." Li Fengjie asked tentatively again: "Godfather, you want your son to reuse the generals recommended by Yuan Chongyu. What is the reason for this?"

"Can the soldiers brought out by you, a waste, be able to fight? Yuan Chonghuan, although he is definitely not as good as Zhang Haogu's little mad dog in fighting, but he is also a hundred times better than you!" He said in a low voice: "Besides, Yuan Chonghuan and Zhang Haogu's little mad dog are already in the same situation, and they are at the same level. Will definitely obey our orders and stand by our side."

(End of this chapter)