Chapter 718: The Bird Chooses a Good Tree
Five days ago, he received a secret decree from Zhu Zhu, the son of heaven, asking him to cooperate with Zhu Jinqing to move the 120,000 wealthy households in Guanzhong to Luoyang via Shangluo Road.
This matter was to be implemented when the capital was moved, but it was oppressed by Guo Song and had to be suspended.
Du Wenxing is very clear about Zhu Jun's motives, and he also knows what this matter means, Zhu Jun wants to collect the wealth in Guanzhong, and these 120,000 rich families will inevitably face the end of family ruin.
This is the third time that Zhu Jun has made an order, and he has to send Yuan Xiu over to supervise the advancement, which really puts Du Wenxing under great pressure.
As soon as he leaked a little bit of news to Zhao Shu of Xinfeng County, Zhao Shu resigned, and Du Wenxing knew that he would not be able to do it for long.
Of course, it is impossible for him to do this for Zhu Jun, ruining the entire Guanzhong, the reputation of the Du family for hundreds of years will be completely ruined, and he will never have any good results.
Du Wenxing is about forty years old this year, tall and thin, fair-skinned, he is not Du's sister-in-law, nor is he from a professional class, so his highest official position is only a county order, and no one in the Du family wants to come out to do things for Zhu Jun, so he had to be pushed out in the end.
Du Wenxing can indeed do it, and he has managed Chang'an in an orderly manner in the past few years, but the infamy of doing things for Zhu Jun weighed on his back like a mountain, making him breathless.
Now he is finally about to face the final choice, but this matter is involuntary for him, and it must be decided by the Du family, but the head of the family has not refused, so his life is very difficult.
At the door of the official room, a practitioner whispered: "Envoy, King Qi is here!" ”
Du Wenxing was stunned, sighed for a while, and said, "Please let him in!" ”
At this time, a rough voice came from outside, "What are you stopping from, will Lao Du not see me?" ”
Du Wenxing's face showed a trace of helplessness, this Zhu Jinqing is indeed relatively rude, fortunately, there are not many evil deeds, except for drinking the wine in the palace, hunting the beasts in the Forbidden Garden, or going to Pingkangfang for the night, there seems to be no other evil deeds, the key is that he can still restrain the soldiers, and he is not overbearing in Chang'an, which Du Wenxing is still quite satisfied with.
But he didn't want to see Zhu Jinqing in the past two days, Zhu Jinqing would not have anything else to do except for the matter of moving rich households, Zhu Zhu was very anxious, he avoided it yesterday under the pretext of illness, but now that Zhu Jinqing bumped in, he couldn't avoid it.
The burly Zhu Jinqing broke in directly, and he laughed, "Great, Du Yuanjun seems to be sick." ”
"General, I'm sick of my heart." Du Wenxing said lightly.
Zhu Jinqing grinned and said: "As long as you can be promoted and make a fortune, there will be no heart problems." ”
Zhu Jinqing sat down with a big grin, he suddenly found that the chair was good, very comfortable, looked back and asked, "What kind of chair is this, damn it, it's comfortable to sit on!" ”
"This is called a brocade chair, it is the official chair of the Jin Palace, many people like this kind of chair, the general likes it, so he will give it to you."
"Good! Then I'll laugh it off. ”
Zhu Jinqing didn't forget the business, he said again: "The Son of Heaven said, if you do this, you will be named the king of Jingzhao County, appointed as the left minister, and rewarded a thousand hectares of manor." ”
Du Wenxing was just about to speak, Zhu Jinqing waved his hand and said: "Don't say anything first, I'm a rough person, I can only force people, I can't be reasonable, Yuan Xiangguo has already set off from Luoyang, if you really don't want to do it, you tell him, he is willing to agree, then it has nothing to do with me." ”
Du Wenxing nodded, "The general is a smart man. ”
Zhu Jinqing scratched his head and said: "I am embarrassed to make you praise you like this, in fact, the Son of Heaven just asked me to persuade you again, I have said everything I should have said, so make Jun think about it himself!" I remind the envoy that he came with Yuan Xiangguo, and there is no plum blossom guard! ”
After speaking, Zhu Jinqing got up and arched his hand, picked up the chair and walked away. 、
Du Wenxing was stunned, and Mei Blossom Wei came together, what do you mean, if you don't do it, will you attack the Du family?
Du Wenxing couldn't sit still, so he got into the carriage and hurried back to Du's mansion.
Du Mansion is located fifteen miles east of the city, is a small village by the mountains and rivers, most of the people in the small village are surnamed Du, Du Wenxing was also born here.
Although this is the old house of the Du family, the main house is in the city, but the head of the family, Du You, lived in the old house because of the death of his mother, and kept filial piety for his mother for three years.
The head of the family, Du You, was still an official in Chengdu the year before last, and served as the right man of Shangshu, but his mother died, and he resigned from his post and returned to his hometown to keep filial piety for his mother, living in the village.
Du Wenxing met the head of the family in the back house, Du You was more than fifty years old, his appearance was deep, the son of heaven Li Shi was originally going to appoint him as the prime minister, but his mother died, he resigned and returned to his hometown.
After listening to Du Wenxing's report, Du You pondered for a moment and said, "Do you know why I asked you to be Jing Zhaoyin?" ”
"Brother doesn't know, I hope my brother will advise!"
Du You said slowly: "Although it is said that if you are poor, you will be good alone, and if you are good, you will help the world, but our Du family is the Du family of Jingzhao, Zhu Zhu usurped the throne, we must stand up and protect the people of Jingzhao, although the reputation has an impact, but this is our responsibility, now Zhu Zhu wants to loot the wealth of Guanzhong, we must do everything possible to stop it, instead of not caring about ourselves and running away." ”
"But Plum Blossom Guard is coming."
"What if Meihuawei is here, do you think Zhu Jun can do whatever he wants in Guanzhong? Do you think Guo Song really doesn't care about Guanzhong's life or death? ”
Du Wenxing perked up and hurriedly asked, "But there is news of the Jin Army?" ”
"There is no news, but this is a clear thing, when Zhu Zhu moved the capital, Guo Song did not allow him to move the people of Guanzhong, and also captured Wuguan, Zhu Zhu was also forced to agree, do you think Guo Song will not know Zhu Jun's movements now?"
Du Wenxing rubbed his hands and asked, "What should I do?" ”
Du You said slowly: "If you can drag it out, I have a hunch that Guo Song's army will come to Chang'an soon." ”
.........
Night finally came, in a mansion covering an area of twenty acres in Changle Fang, 1,500 scouts of the Jin army were ready, they were wearing the armor of Zhu Zhu's army, the only difference was that their right arm was wrapped in a white cloth, and they carried a war knife at their waists.
Bows and shields on their backs, in the rooms of the mansion and in the open space, densely packed with soldiers, everyone waiting silently.
Next door to Changle Fang is the Daozheng Fang, during this time, the soldiers have dug a small hole between the two squares, through the small hole is the big mansion against the wall in the Daozheng Fang, there are a few evergreen trees on the side of the backyard wall, even in winter, it is lush, just enough to block them from going to the city on a large scale.
At this time, a soldier hurriedly ran to Zhang Yun and said, "Envoy Qi, Judge Shao has entered the empty mansion of Dao Zhengfang, and the general can bring people over at any time." ”
Zhang Yun nodded, "You go and tell Judge Shao that we will pass in two shifts, and it will alarm the people in the workshop early." ”
"Obey!"
The soldier turned and went back to report it.......
When the time gradually came to two o'clock, the back door of the mansion opened, and fifteen hundred scout soldiers ran in line, and the twenty or so soldiers at the front had already enlarged the hole in the wall to accommodate three people to enter side by side, and the soldiers drilled through the big hole in twos and entered the Daozheng Fang.
The mansion they were going to was dozens of steps away in front of the big hole, and the side door had been opened, and the soldiers quickened and rushed into the side door.
This mansion covering an area of more than ten acres is an empty house, it should be the private residence of a minister who went south, not an official residence, there are still many such mansions in Chang'an City, Zhu Jun did not confiscate it, after all, he is not a hardcore supporter of the Tang Dynasty like the Guanlong nobles, these ministers are objects that can be wooed, and Zhu Jun retains their interests to a certain extent.
The mansion was empty, and it had been borrowed by Judge Shao Jianzhi in advance.
Fifteen hundred scouts have moved to the empty mansion of the Dosho Workshop, and there is still more than half an hour before the time to act, and they need to wait patiently.
But in the inner hall, Zhang Yun gathered twelve brigade commanders, and this operation was not only to capture Xuande Gate and Danfeng Gate, but also to capture the gates of Chang'an City, so he would divide five hundred men to seize the other twelve city gates.
Zhang Yun hung the map of the Chang'an City Gate in front of everyone, and said to everyone: "I have repeatedly explained to you before, we only have to control the city gate, if Zhu Jun's army wants to take a ladder into the city, it has nothing to do with everyone, and the time will not be too long, at most half an hour, our army will enter the city to assist everyone in defending the city." ”
"General, have our reinforcements arrived?" A brigade commander asked.
Zhang Yun nodded, "It should have arrived, just outside the Chunming Gate." ”
At this time, Song Tian and two of his subordinates hurriedly came with a big bag, and he said to Zhang Yun apologetically: "The other party's new password has just been decided, it is called Dragon and Phoenix Chengxiang. ”
Zhang Yun immediately said to everyone: "Remember, the password is dragon and phoenix Chengxiang. ”
Two of Song Tian's subordinates 'Whoa!' With a bang, the contents of the cloth bag were dumped on the table, and it was hundreds of bronze medals.
Song Tian said to everyone: "This is the bronze medal of the discipline soldiers of the Chang'an Army, they often go back to the city gates at night to inspect, we have imitated five hundred pieces, it will be good for everyone." ”
Everyone picked up the bronze medals, they were very well prepared, and they were basically foolproof.