Back to Daming to be a genius

Chapter 275

"Brothers, we are going back to the Northwest to suppress thieves!" After leaving the capital and returning to the army, Young Master Zhang, who had been dejected and preoccupied for a long time, suddenly seemed to have received a new life, and he was full of vigor and high spirits, ready to line up The nearly thousand slave-slaughter soldiers who set off said in training: "Different from the previous few times, this time we no longer take the vast and sparsely populated Xuanda official road, but march from the hinterland of the Central Plains of the Ming Dynasty, from Gyeonggi to Henan, and then from the Henan diverted to Shaanxi to suppress the bandits! They were all on densely populated and bustling roads!"

"Originally, I shouldn't be wordy." Young Master Zhang continued: "You have done very well before. Although it is not as good as Yue's army who will not demolish houses to death from freezing, and will not rob food to death from starvation, you will still do it. No looting, no disturbance to the people. But this time, it is the first time that our slave-slaughter soldiers marched in the Central Plains, so I must emphasize the military and civilian discipline of the slave-slaughter army, and tell Laozi that in the military-civilian discipline of the slave-slaughter army, there is Three cuts?"

"My lord, the slave-slaughter army will be executed three times for disturbing the people!" Nearly a thousand soldiers of the slave-slaughter army replied in unison: "Anyone who kills a good citizen shall be executed once! A person who rapes a commoner's daughter shall be executed twice! A person who robs the people's property shall be executed three times!"

"Very good, I have memorized these three items well, and memorized them every day before going to bed, so as not to forget." Young Master Zhang nodded in satisfaction, raised his horsewhip, and shouted: "The whole army is dispatched!" After finishing speaking, Mr. Zhang The young master led the horse forward, followed closely by the soldiers of the slave slaughter army who were escorting the grain, grass and transport vehicles, and went southward in a mighty way, advancing in a detour to the front line of suppressing bandits.

In the first month of the first lunar month, the north of the Yellow River is still snow-white, the wind is blowing into the face, and the snowflakes are flying wildly, but the young master Zhang, whose handsome face is flushed from the cold, is getting more and more excited, and he can't help showing off with itch, and chanting loudly : "The scenery of the northern country is covered with ice for thousands of miles, and the snow is drifting for thousands of miles. Looking inside and outside the Great Wall, there is nothing left; Wrapped in red and plain, it is extraordinarily enchanting. There are so many beautiful mountains and rivers that attract countless heroes to bow down. I regret Qin Huang and Han Wu, who are slightly inferior in literary talent; In the past, count the romantic figures, and look at the present——!"

"Okay! What a romantic figure, let's look at the present!" Young Master Zhang had just finished showing off, and there was already a burst of applause and cheers around him. His two accomplices, Shi Kefa and Song Xiance, who rarely heard Young Master Zhang reciting poems and lyrics Applause, and loudly praise this domineering poem plagiarized by Young Master Zhang.Shi Kefa also said with sincere admiration: "Tanhualang is always Tanhualang, such poems, students will never want to make them in their whole life." Song Xiance asked strangely: "Boss, I seldom listen to your poems? Even if you meet When you go to any poetry competition, you can hide whenever you can, and the students think you are clumsy, but now it seems that your talent in poetry is not half as good as your ability to use soldiers?"

"Of course it depends on the interest. I really don't like these sloppy things. I only compose a song once in a while when I'm interested." Young Master Zhang boasted without blushing.Song Xiance believed it to be true, but Shi Kefa asked doubtfully, "The student is even more strange. A few days ago, Butang, when you had a rare reunion with your family in the capital, you took in a beautiful concubine. You were full of worries all day long. Frowning, why are you so energetic and elated just after you left the capital?"

"Do you want to hear the truth or lies?" Young Master Zhang wanted to make a fool of himself, but he couldn't help but say what was in his heart, "When I was in the capital a few days ago, I was like a fish out of water. Even breathing is very difficult, so I have always been in a bad mood. But now that I have left the capital and returned to the army, I feel like a fish in water again, and my breathing is easy, and my mood is of course better."

"Oh, so that's the case." The pure and honest Shi Kefa seemed to understand, nodded and stopped asking.Song Xiance, who just came back from Chahanhot, his eyes lit up, hurriedly pulled Zhang Shitou aside, and asked in a low voice: "Shitou, what happened when the master returned to the capital this time? Tell me everything you know, maybe I will I can share my worries with my boss and worry about it.” Zhang Shitou didn’t doubt that he was there, so he rode with Song Xiance, narrating the original story while marching...

The military situation was urgent, and Young Master Zhang marched very fast. It took only two days to arrive at Baoding City. After inquiring about the amount of food stored in Baoding, he asked Xie Jingzhuan to provide half a month of food and grass for the slaughtering slave army. Xie Jingzhuan followed the order. Shi Kefa, Song Xiance and others were puzzled and asked together: "Zhang Butang, our army is originally There is still half a month of grain and grass, and the imperial court has a decree that you can replenish grain and grass at any state capital along the way. Afterwards, the imperial court directly pays the account or allocates grain for supplementation. Why do you have to replenish grain and grass just after arriving in Baoding? It is not troublesome to carry on the road? "

"Of course I understand this truth, but I also have to think about it for the people in Henan." Young Master Zhang shook his head and explained: "Over the years, the disaster situation in Henan is actually not much worse than that in Shaanxi, but it is closer to the south of the Yangtze River, and the food transportation is convenient. , the cost of the relief is relatively small, and my father has been exempting Henan from taxes after he took power, so the victims in Henan have not made a fuss. But most of the official warehouses in Henan's prefectures and counties must be empty Now, when we arrived in Henan, we reached out to the magistrates for food, but the magistrates couldn’t get it out, so we had to reach out to the people. This not only increased the burden on the people, but also created a reputation for ourselves, so we can compare If you get more from the loose Baoding, you can get more, which can more or less reduce the burden on the people in Henan."

"Zhang Butang really has far-sightedness, loves the people like a son, and the students admire him." Shi Kefa suddenly realized, and hurriedly bowed to the young master Zhang.Song Xiance blinked his mung bean eyes, and smiled at Young Master Zhang: "Boss, if you really want to lighten the burden on the people in Henan, the students know a big fat sheep. If Boss can cut a piece of meat from him, that would be a big deal." You don’t need to take a piece of military rations from the people in Henan, and you can also provide a little subsidy for our military expenses for fighting the chaos.”

"Big fat sheep?" Young Master Zhang was stunned for a moment, then his eyes lit up, and he blurted out, "Master Song is referring to Zhu Changxun, the King of Fortune who is the only one in Luoyang?"

"The owner is brilliant!" Song Xiance applauded with great joy, and said with a wicked smile: "In the 42nd year of Wanli, when Zhu Changxun, the king of blessing, came to Luoyang, the first emperor gave him [-] yuan of fertile land, thousands of salt, and countless gold and silver treasures. This prince of blessing, Since then, the world has become rich. And when the rebellion in Shaanxi expanded and spread in the seventh year of the Apocalypse, the imperial court ordered the vassals from all over the country to donate money and food to help the country fight the rebellion. More than [-] vassals donated more or less— —Although there are not many, only the richest Lord Fu is a hairless man with a bow. If you can pluck a few hairs from him, my boss, you can give a big sigh of relief to the soldiers who are short of food and wages. "

Young Master Zhang didn't answer, but a sinister smile couldn't help showing on the corner of his mouth.Shi Kefa said worriedly: "Master Song, are you kidding too much? Prince Fu is the current emperor's uncle. You let Zhang Butang pluck his hair. If Prince Fu makes a fuss in the court, the emperor will scold him." , how does Zhang Butang take on the responsibility?"

"Xianzhi, stop talking stupid things. If the Master can really cut a piece of meat from King Fu, not only will the emperor and Jiuqiantui not be really angry, but they will definitely be secretly happy." Song Xiance smiled even more treacherously, "Xianzhi, you are too simple. You don't know anything about the court. When the current emperor's biological father, Emperor Guangzong, was the prince, he was almost deposed countless times. Instead, our Lord Fu was the prince. Mr. Guangzong Huanghe Jinlong lives in the shadow of Lord Fu all the time, saying that Wansui Jin does not hate his uncle to the core, it is a complete lie to the common people! If the owner can really cut a piece of fat from Lord Fu Come on, even if Long Live today scolds the boss in his will, he will praise the boss behind his back for doing a good job and doing a beautiful job!"

"What else is there? Zhang Butang, is this true?" Shi Kefa asked Young Master Zhang dumbfounded.Young Master Zhang showed his face, grinned and said, "Of course it's true. Master Song didn't lie to you, and what Master Song said was quite right. I went to the northwest to suppress bandits this time, passing through Luoyang, so I won't cut a piece from Lord Fu." Come on, I really feel sorry for Emperor Guangzong and Long Live Today, and I am sorry for the common people in Henan and the Ming soldiers on the front line."

Shi Kefa continued to be dumbfounded, and then murmured after a long while: "Okay, even if Mr. Song's words are right, but Mr. Song also said that Mr. Fu is a penny-pinching rooster. How do you cut meat from him, Zhang Butang? Just come to ask for alms, Will he give it?"

"It's too simple." Young Master Zhang and Song Xiance laughed in unison: "It's not easy to cut meat from a vassal who is suspected by the court? For example, it can be said that he contacted the rebels and prepared to raise the flag to rebel and force him to take You can buy the evidence back with silver! You can even pretend to be a kidnapper, tie up Lord Fu, and then force him to redeem the ticket with silver..." Speaking of this, Young Master Zhang and Song Xiance looked at each other, surprised Thoughts were exactly the same as his own, they stretched out their dirty hands at the same time, clenched them together and laughed loudly.Shi Kefa stared at the pair of master and servant partners in a panic, and murmured after a while, "I finally understand now, Zhang Butang, why did you pay such a high price to hire Mr. Song as a teacher..."

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Thinking about how to extort money from the emperor's uncle, Young Master Zhang, who had regained his former vigor, went south again with a smile. It took two days to leave Baoding Mansion and enter Zhending territory, and another four days to pass through Zhending. Shunde Mansion, which is adjacent to Linqing, which promoted dog potatoes earlier and was relatively affluent, extorted another batch of grain and grass. Young Master Zhang and his party finally arrived at the first destination on the battlefield—Handan County, Guangping Prefecture.However, the Zhang Dapao Department of the Slaughter Army, who was planning to join forces with Young Master Zhang in Handan, had just arrived in Linqingzhou, the hometown of Young Master Zhang, due to the long journey, and it would take more than a day to arrive in Handan to join forces with Young Master Zhang.After many consecutive battles of the Slave Slaughter Army, the total number of soldiers casualties was close to 500. Young Master Zhang, who was anxious to let the veterans bring new recruits to replenish their combat power, had no choice but to order the army to station on the spot and prepare to wait for Zhang Dapao to recruit new ones. The soldiers from Yiwu rushed to Handan to rendezvous, and then entered Henan.

The army has temporarily stationed outside Handan City, Young Master Zhang is also temporarily idle, and the thought of showing off after being promoted to the governor of the five provinces has gradually risen in his heart, and this picture has begun to appear in his mind-I am light and simple Private visits in microservices, encountering corrupt officials and bullies raging on the road, bullying beautiful women, and slashing at the injustice on the road, corrupt officials and bullies called countless dog legs to prepare for a big fight, attracting countless people to watch, and I took the opportunity to show my identity, scaring dirty officials and evil gentry to kowtow Begging for mercy, eliminating harm for the people, the beautiful girl's heart sprouted, and she promised her body. On this cold, windy and snowy night, the beautiful girl shyly unbuttoned her clothes, revealing her beautiful body......

"Zhang Butang, Zhang Butang, what's the matter with you? Why are you drooling?" Shi Kefa's voice woke up Young Master Zhang from his dream, and Young Master Zhang hurriedly wiped the saliva from the corners of his mouth, and said with an embarrassed smile: "Xianzhi is here, go and Handan county magistrate negotiated, how is the situation?"

"The county magistrate of Handan was on official business, so he couldn't come in person." Shi Kefa shook his head and said, "It was the magistrate of Handan county who came to negotiate with us. I have made a request that you strictly restrain the soldiers and do not disturb the people, otherwise, the Handan County Government will strictly enforce the Great Ming Code and punish the illegal soldiers for us."

"How courageous!" Young Master Zhang, who was used to being flattered by civil and military officials including his superiors, was furious, slapped the table and shouted: "It's fine if the county magistrate doesn't come to visit me, but you dare to threaten me? If I don’t show him some color, he won’t know that Lord Ma has three eyes!” After shouting, Young Master Zhang took the opportunity to wave his hand and ordered: “Shitou, Xianzhi, Master Song, you all change into casual clothes for me, accompany me I will go to Handan City to settle accounts with this county magistrate of Zhao or something."

"Butang, it's not necessary. Since the magistrate of Zhao dared to say such a thing, it proves that he must be a good official who loves the people like a son. Why do you need to be as knowledgeable as him, Butang?" Shi Kefa kindly persuaded.Young Master Zhang, who wanted to show off, shook his head like a rattle, and said, "Xianzhi, you are too simple. I know better than you what the virtues of these officials are. Some dog officials just like to commit crimes on purpose. Invite a straight name, but in the background, it is male robbers and female prostitutes, fish and meat people-for example, Li Sancai, the father of the Li family brothers who we just wiped out the nine clans, is a typical example. There are more treasuries!"

After a few arguments, Shi Kefa still couldn't hold back Young Master Zhang. At that moment, Young Master Zhang left the army to Wu Liuqi to take care of, while he changed into plain clothes, led Shi Kefa, Song Xiance, Zhang Shitou and a few skilled soldiers, and killed them all the way. Coming to Handan County.But what Young Master Zhang didn't expect was that as soon as he left, an old squire brought a large group of servants, carrying heavy gifts, to kowtow to Young Master Zhang, the new governor of the five provinces...

Handan Official Road is the main road leading to the capital from Henan, Hubei and Southwest. Handan City is also an important throat of this official road. It is not inferior to the capital cities of various states in the north. Before Master Zhang and his party reached the gate of the city, the road was already crowded with common people and businessmen entering and leaving the gate.What puzzled Young Master Zhang was that among the people entering and leaving the city gate, there were quite a few scholars dressed as Confucian scholars, carrying packages on their backs, holding the Four Books and Five Classics in their hands, reciting while walking. Those who follow are also.Seeing this scene, Young Master Zhang couldn't help but asked curiously: "Where are these scholars going? It seems that they will have a trial this year, right?"

"My lord, don't you know? This year the emperor opened Enke?" Shi Kefa looked at Young Master Zhang inexplicably and said, "If I remember correctly, I seem to have told you about this when I received the report from the mansion in the capital, right? Last year Zhengke Afterwards, my lord, you won three consecutive victories in Shaanxi, Xuanfu and Liaodong, and the emperor officially named the queen's son as the crown prince. In joy, the emperor promulgated an imperial decree. This year, an additional Keenke will be opened to celebrate .”

"Because it involved a lot of military and national affairs, so I didn't pay much attention." Young Master Zhang vaguely remembered that there seemed to be such a thing, and couldn't help but smiled awkwardly again.But at this moment, a sudden flash of lightning flashed in Young Master Zhang's mind, as if he remembered something, but Young Master Zhang himself couldn't say clearly what he remembered.After scratching his head, Young Master Zhang had no choice but to temporarily put this idea aside, and led Shi Kefa, Zhang Shitou and others to continue into the city.

It was very crowded in front of the city gate. Young Master Zhang and others waited in line for a long time before entering Handan City. It was only at this moment that Young Master Zhang and others discovered the reason why the city gate was extremely crowded - because there were too many people crowded in the city gate Looking at a notice posted by the Handan County Government, almost every commoner laughed while watching it, as if there was something particularly interesting.Young Master Zhang and the others squeezed in to take a look curiously, but they only took a closer look, including the well-informed Young Master Zhang, who were all dumbfounded...

"Zhao Zhenye, magistrate of Handan County, Guangping Prefecture, North Zhili Province of the Ming Dynasty, issued an edict to the people." Young Master Zhang, who suspected that he had misread his eyes, said: "Because the land in Handan has done evil, causing innocent people to suffer, this county is scheduled to be held in the first month of the ninth year of the Great Ming Dynasty. At noon on the [-]th, the public trial of the land will be held, and everyone is expected to listen—Xianzhi, Master Song, am I reading correctly?"

"That's right." Shi Kefa and Song Xiance nodded together.Young Master Zhang said doubtfully again: "If I remember correctly, in the Song Dynasty, people in some places called the local dibao land, but the official never said that. Later, dibao was dibao, and there was no place called land anymore. The land—who is this Handan land?"

"Young master, you made a mistake." A Handan citizen next to him interjected with a smile: "The magistrate of the county is either judging someone, or the land we are stepping on. I heard from the servant of the Gongmen that the magistrate has already asked them Handan's land master tablet is tied with a chain, pulled to the yamen for trial, and torture tools are prepared, ready to be tortured for the land master tablet. Just today, son, do you want to go and see it?"

"Yes, of course I want to." Young Master Zhang nodded dumbfounded, then said through gritted teeth: "Damn it, that idiot chose Zhao Zhenye, an idiot, to come to Handan as the county magistrate? If I don't give them something nice today, I'm sorry I am the official position of the governor of the five provinces!"

(End of this chapter)