I only asked Zhang Jin to cooperate, saying that Xin Er killed Pingluo, which is not safe, after all, this is a lie.

In a letter to Zhang Jin, Yuan Guang suggested that he tell Xin Er and Qu to rebel, so as to instigate Xin Er to kill Pingluo for good.

It was a two-pronged effort, and he must cause his brother to die, so as to determine the intention of making trouble.

"As long as I can ask my father to raise troops, stir up Lu Shui, scare away Ah Gua, and cut off the king's mind to collect Hu, so that my Lu Shuihu will not be bound and enslaved by the Tang people, brother, you are a great hero, and you will die a well-deserved death." He thought.

Zhang Jin didn't expect Yuanguang to be so ruthless, and said in his heart: "Hu Lu is Hu Lu, and half of the flesh and blood friendship is not counted." "Despise is contempt, but I still approve of Yuanguang's plan.

It's just that who should be used to instigate Xiner?

Don't say that Zhang Daojiang and Xin Er have a bad relationship, Xin Er may not believe him, but Xin Er will believe him, this kind of thing can't dirty the hands of the Zhang family's children. Then, there is only one of the county officials who are close to the Zhang family.

After thinking about it, Zhang Jin chose Shi Liang.

First, Shi Liang is a meritorious Cao, with a high status, and the credibility of what he says is high.

Second, the Shi family has been a businessman for generations, not only trading with the Western Regions, Longzhou, and Hu Mu in Lushui and other places, but also buying and selling a large number of lambskins and other things from the Qu and other departments every year.

So, Zhang Jin instructed Zhang Gui to wait for Shi Liang to rest and visit him and teach him to speak well.

On one side is the lord, on the other side is the local hero, Shi Liang is sandwiched in the middle, full of sorrow, sighing for a long time, and unable to sleep at night.

His wife, Michael, asked, "It's almost dawn, why don't you sleep, tossing and turning?" ”

"I have a problem." Shi Liang told Mi of Zhang Jin's instructions.

"What's so hard about that? Zhang Gong has instructions, you just follow them. What a sorrow. ”

"Pingluo is the eldest son of Ba Ruo Neng, Xiao is like his father, and Ba Ruo Neng loves him deeply. Zhang Gong asked me to kill him. And whether the canal is reversed or not, it is still uncertain; If you kill Pingluo, the ditch may really be reversed! ”

"What's the other way around?"

"The county may suffer."

"How could Zhang Gong be reckless? If you are told to do this, then surely he has a plan not to bring trouble to the county. ”

Shi Liang sighed and said, "Even if that's the case, I don't ......, alas." ”

"Sigh what?"

"You know, when Gong Xin arrived, I gave a heavy gift in private, but he refused to accept it, I thought he would change his skills, but he still used me. Last time, I borrowed our treasures, but I only used a scimitar, and afterwards I gave the money to me according to the price. Gong Xin is generous, and Gong Zhang wants me to lie and deceive, I am uneasy. ”

Mi sneered and said, "You have only been a minister of the government for a few days, and you have become loyal? ”

If you want to say that you haven't done it for a few days or two months, you can be lenient and benevolent, honest, diligent and love the people, and he is really a good official that Shi Liang has never seen.

Not to mention the daily life, only a few days ago, he wrote to the court, asking for a quarter of the "Ren Tu Henggong" (1), Chuanwen County, from the county guard as usual "special product patent" (2), minus part of the difficult picking, "miscellaneous supply" (3) Although not refused, but Shi Liang, as a close official of Gong Cao, clearly knew that this money, Xin Er did not use it for his own use, half of it bought cattle, grain seeds, etc., in the name of the county government, distributed to the poor people, and the rest was also reserved for military affairs, official business, begging and other money to collect Hu, which was derived from this.

Such a good official, although Shi Liang is a Hu man from the Western Regions, he can't bear to be framed.

Michaels said, "What is the use of generosity? How many years can Xin Fujun be a county guard? In Jiankang County, the county Shishu, Tang Hu near and far all look forward to Zhang Gong, and when it comes to opening mountains and building caves, even Jiuquan, Zhangye, several counties, thousands of people are vying to join the association, Gao and Koji families, have paid money, what a reputation! Our family is a foreigner, against the will of Zhang Gong, can we still gain a foothold in Jiankang in the future? ”

"If something is leaked, how is it good?"

"Zhang Jiazhi, do you know, where did the leak come from? is leaked, the Zhang family has deep roots and leaves, Zhang Gong's eldest brother is now the emperor, and the Zhang family serves as the county guard, the guard, and the captain of seven or eight people; I heard that Xin Fujun was originally a scholar, but now there is no one in the clan, only he is the only one, and there is no foreign aid, can he still fight them? If you really want to leak it, you just deduce that you heard the wrong news in Huzhong, isn't it? With the Zhang family on top, can you still be guilty? ”

"It's ......."

"Now that you know about the Zhang family's scheme, do you think you can still get rid of it? If you don't obey Zhang Gong's fatwa and provoke him to find you trouble, will you be able to deal with it? Besides, don't forget, the doctrine says, and those who don't listen to the teacher's teachings are guilty of death! ”

Eight or nine of the ten Sogdians believed in Zoroastrianism, and the word "doctrine" refers to the doctrine of Zoroastrianism. When Shi Liang was young, in order to get close to the Zhang family, he consulted Zhang Jin and studied "Poetry" for a few days.

Shi Liangxin said: "Using perjury to make the innocent to the dead is also a capital crime against the doctrine!" He thought so in his heart, but he knew that his wife was right.

The iron-clad official of the yamen and the flowing water. The Zhang family will not move, Xin Er is just a "rogue official". If you don't follow Zhang Jin now, it will be difficult to gain a foothold in Jiankang in the future.

stayed up until dawn, Shi Liang stopped dressing, called his wife and brother Mi Zang, explained in detail, ordered the slave to prepare the car, and went to the county government with him.

Xin Er is not in the house.

Although the letter to Linghu has not yet received a palindrome, in the past few days, Xin Er has been making preparations before the war.

On the one hand, Fu Qiao and Song Pian took the lead, using the pretext of planning to repair the canal to raise grain and people.

On the one hand, he spent most of his time in the military camp in the south of the city, making battle plans with Yang Fu, the cavalry general, the infantry general, Huang Rong, Xiang Kui, and Zhang Jingwei, who was called back from the southern pasture.

In the afternoon, Shi Liang heard the news that Xin Er was back.

He was busy with Zhang Dao and other officials to come out of the house to greet him.

Arrived at the church.

Xin Er saw a person standing on the side of the hall, curly hair and blue eyes, a Western Regions Hu, and asked, "Who is this?" ”

Shi Liang replied: "Hui Minggong, that is the wife and brother of the subordinate. The subordinates have a matter that urgently needs to be secreted. ”

Xin Er said "oh" and said, "Is it a secret?" Without further ado, he dismissed Huang Rong, Zhang Daojiang, etc., and asked him, "What do you need secrets?" ”

Shi Liang felt guilty in his heart, leaned over and bowed his head, and said forcefully: "Ming Gong, there are several businesses that the subordinates' families do every day, one of which is to buy and sell with Lu Shuihu, and the person in charge of this business is the subordinate minister's wife's brother Mi Zang. Yesterday, he learned about a big incident in Huzhong. ”

"What's the matter?"

Shi Liang couldn't open his mouth in the end, so he just pushed it to Mi Zang's body and said, "Ming Gong can summon Mi Zang to advance." ”

Xin Er glanced at him twice, and summoned Mi Zang in.

Mi has the same surnames as Shi and Kang, and it is also a big surname in the Western Regions. Mi Zang adheres to the family business, learns to do business since he was a child, speaks flexibly, and in a few words, he relayed what Shi Liang taught him to Xin Er.

After speaking, Mi Zang and Shi Liang bowed to the ground, waiting for Xin Er's answer.

The hall was silent for a while, and the two were uneasy, when they suddenly heard Xin Er's angry voice, and heard him say: "If I can treat each other with my heart, he wants to rebel?" Come on, call Huang Du Post! ”

Huang Rong didn't go far and came soon.

When Huang Rong came, Xin Er wrote a letter, asked him to come closer, put the letter with him, and said: "If you can rebel." You go and cut down Pingluo, and send someone to send its head to Hequ! And if the precipice is reined in, I am not to blame for the past; If you dare to rebel, the king will come to the day and destroy his clan! I have written these words in my letter, and I have them with him. ”

Huang Rongleng took it, took the letter, and wanted to wait for advice, but Xin Er was furious, and had no chance, so he had to be ordered to withdraw.

Xin Erwu was angry and said to Shi Liang: "If it weren't for Gong Cao's timely report, when I attacked Tutu in the future, and the canal became elbows and armpits, I might be defeated!" Gong Cao's work, I wrote it down for you! He added, "Since the rebellion is going to be reversed, I must return to the barracks at once and make another plan." Gong Cao is in the county government, supervising Zhu Cao, and doing his best to do his official duties! ”

Shi Liang's face was red, and he couldn't afford to worship the ground, but he only promised.

Xin Er strode down the hall, went out of the house, and went back to the barracks.

That night, the king's order arrived.

Linghu wrote the order in his own handwriting, with a thick ink pen, and the dragon flew and the phoenix danced, and wrote:

"If Hu Lu is disobedient, you will be destroyed. A little thing, but also use the book to ask for orders? Are you shown the holiday festival and the military governor of the three counties? The letter ordered that the time should be delayed; The soldiers are fast, don't you know? Zhangye County has issued an order to fully cooperate with your county. When you see the order, you will send troops. Tutu was captured, robbed and killed the envoys, and the dog was guts, and slaughtered the three clans of thieves and chieftains! The rest of the migration is inward. ”

Yang Fu and the others read the order, and felt that although Linghu Feng scolded fiercely, the bottom was his trust in Xin Er.

Xin Erxin said: "I'm also difficult. Do you want to give you a letter and ask for an order? I've read several books on soldiers in recent months, don't you know how fast soldiers are? It's not that I'm afraid that Xiao Jia will slander you and make you suspicious of me! ”

Anyway, it got the king's order.

Linghu Feng told him to send troops on the same day, and tonight, it must not work.

Xin Er ordered the cavalry generals, foot generals, and Lan Baozhang to return to the headquarters to prepare for tomorrow's troops; He took out the letter addressed to Ba Ruo Neng and the other three parts, and sent it overnight; The herald ordered the city gate to be opened and summoned Song Pian, Fu Qiao, and Gong Cao Shiliang.

At the second watch, Song Pian and others arrived by moonlight.

The royal decree has been passed on once, and everyone has seen it.

Xin Er asked: "Old Fu, old Song, how are the grain and grain and the people's affairs?" ”

Song Pian is not a director, but he should not hear of it.

Fu Qiao was grateful to Xin Er for not letting him be the main general, but he was diligent and replied: "In accordance with the general's order, twenty days of food have been prepared, and according to the general's orders, the cheese and Hu cakes that are easy to carry are the main." Eight hundred people have gathered in the suburbs. ”

Xin Er nodded and said, "I'll send troops tomorrow." Old Fu, Old Song, you two sit in the county. ”

Song Pian didn't know about Xin'er's military planning before, but when he heard about it, he said: "A small map department, general, do you want to go out in person?" Choose one or two, give a thousand soldiers, and ask for your life, which is enough. ”

"The Lord attaches great importance to the matter of collecting beards, and we as subordinates cannot take it lightly. Although the map department is small, it is related to the big thing. I have made up my mind, and I will personally lead the soldiers to ask for it! ”

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(1) Ren Tu Heng Supply: The magistrate presented local specialties to the imperial court during his tenure.

(2) Specialty patents: county magistrates occupy some local specialties and accumulate wealth. Some things grow on cliffs, driving the people to pick, or causing the people to die or maim them.

(3) Miscellaneous supply: income other than vocational fields. The income from this money is quite a lot.

At that time, the officials were not much, and the county guard's Tianlu for a year was only 800 stone meters, but all kinds of other incomes were added together, and the amount was very considerable. Wang Xiuzhi in the Liu Song Dynasty, who worked in Jinping County for a year, said to people, "My mountain is sufficient", and said, "How can I stay for a long time to hinder the virtuous road", the money has been earned, you can return home, and make room for the next one to make a fortune. Then it was praised by the people of the time.

The magistrates had a good income, so they went down to the officials to seek appointments, and when they went up to the imperial court, they used the counties and counties to show sympathy for the Beijing officials or to reward the lords. The so-called "small foreign county, when begging for the cold". During the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Luo Qisheng served as a writer, "to be poor and close to the elderly, and to make up for the Linru order". At the end of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, the ruler Liu Yu thought that Fu Liang was "industrious for a long time", and planned to let him go to Dongyang as a guard, Fu Liang said that "the family is poor and rich, and the private plan is lucky", and he did not want to go, Liu Yu was very happy and said: I thought you were short of money. You're on business, and of course it's the best.