Chapter 217: Escort me to the Imperial Horse Prison
Guys, I'm sorry to update so late. Things are done, the old man has been buried, and tomorrow he can create with peace of mind. I'm begging for a hard time, for today's update, I'm stunned that I haven't touched a drop of wine. As you know, I, who have drunk, lie there with ten guests, and I don't even look at them. There is only a bright moon and countless melancholy in my heart.
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In the area of Shuangshantai, there are always horse bandits, which is very unsafe, so after knowing that Wei Liangchen was going to Shuangshantai, Chen Dadao hurriedly stopped him.
After Shen Lian learned that the destination of the Wei She people was Shuangshantai, he also tried his best to persuade him not to go. The year before last, the Mongolian barbarians in Hexi sneaked from Shuangshantai and captured Weijialing Pass and captured thousands of people.
So there are not only barbarians there, but also horse bandits, Shen Lian's duty is to escort Wei Liangchen, a scholar from Zhongshushe, to Fushun, if this Wei She person has an accident, then he can't go back to recover his life.
Chen Dadao didn't know what Wei Liangchen was going to Shuangshantai for, he had privately received a lot of filial piety from horse bandits, and even secretly had ulterior transactions with the Mongols on the Hexi side, so he was afraid that Wei Liangchen would go to Shuangshantai to find out the evidence of his collusion with the barbarian horse bandits.
If this is the case, wouldn't the three hundred taels of silver and the two Dongzhu be fed to the dogs?
For a few moments, Chen Dadao was murderous, and since this little sheren was not on the road, he would be sent on the road.
However, this idea is not daring to be realized, just a small person from the capital, the problem is that he still has the eunuchs of the inner court and two brocade guards by his side, if something really happens to his Chen Dadao's territory, I am afraid that even the fourth master Li Rubai will not be able to protect him.
The existence of Shen Lian and his subordinates is also Chen Dadao's concern. These people are the soldiers of the fifth master. The fifth master Li Rumei is like a monkey, no matter how clean he Chen Dadao is, I am afraid that he will not be able to hide it from him.
Recently, Chen Dadao has been active and wants to be transferred from Weijialing to Qinghe as a garrison, and Qinghe has more oil and water than Weijialing.
The fifth master, Li Rumei, has already relented, if he doesn't open his eyes at this juncture, he will cause trouble to the Li family, not to mention the Qinghe garrison, he can have the life to go back to his hometown Tieling to farm, even if he has accumulated virtue in his previous life.
Liangchen insisted on going, and he came all the way to Weijialing, isn't it just for Zhang Hu and the Flying Tiger Army of Shuangshantai.
This has come to the ground, and there is no reason to stop there.
"If the Weishe people really want to go, then the official will send some soldiers and horses to escort them." Chen Dadao retreated and asked for the second, if you want to go, Lao Tzu can't stop it, but Lao Tzu can send someone to follow you, so what you do, you can't hide it from Lao Tzu.
Of course, Liangchen didn't want Chen Dadao's people to follow, Zhang Hu and they were now frightened birds, and they were choked by the Ming army on Ningyuan's side a while ago, and they had no place to go, so they ran to Shuangshan Platform and fell into the grass. If the garrison of Weijialing followed him, he couldn't be sure if Zhang Hu thought that he was leading troops to suppress them.
In case he didn't dare to stay in Liaodong at all, and instead voted for the Hexi Mongols, or simply became a horse bandit, the good ministers would be busy in vain.
At his insistence, Wei Liangchen finally got rid of Chen Dadao and took Li Yongzhen and them to Shuangshantai.
Shen Lian and the others couldn't get rid of it, so Liangchen thought about it and took them with him. Otherwise, if he didn't even bring these people, maybe Chen Dadao would think to the extreme.
If you think that you are here to "handle" him, it will be too wronged.
Not to mention that people are garrisoned with hundreds of soldiers, even if there are only a few dozen soldiers, he will never have the idea of "being bullied" because of this.
With Shen Lian and a few people following, although it would still make Chen Dadao suspicious of Wei Liangchen's Shuangshantai and his party, at least, he would not immediately kill him Wei Liangchen.
After all, the interests represented by Shen Lian and several people were one with him Chen Dao.
They are all Liao troops.
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But then again, Liangchen felt that he was still quite worthy of Chen Dadao.
On the surface, it seems that he is not too kind, he received Chen Dadao's gift with his front foot, and sold Chen Dadao with his back foot, but Liangchen believes that his starting point is good.
Because, Chen Dadao's gift-giving, it is difficult to say whether Wanli will give birth to the idea that the generals and officials of Liaodong are very rich.
Once you have that idea, things will take a positive turn.
In the past, Wanli thought of a way to send eunuchs to various places to make money, but he was infamous all over the world.
Now there is no need to be scolded, this person will take the initiative to send the money.
The contrast is enormous.
If everyone is so interested, Wanli should be very happy when he thinks about it, and the emperor is very relieved.
As soon as the emperor is happy, the initiator ----- Weijialing Pass to guard Chen Dao, then he will be able to soar.
Of course, the premise is whether Chen Dadao will create a trend and create a trend in which officials all over the world compete to send money to the emperor.
As soon as this trend opens, Chen Dadao, it is difficult to think about it.
And as a small minister who collects money on behalf of the emperor, a good minister, it is difficult to be happy if you want to live.
As for what the consequences will be as soon as this trend starts, Liangchen feels that it is not something for him to consider.
Regarding the lottery, Liangchen didn't tell Wanli yesterday because he felt that he had to do a detailed investigation.
Without investigation, there is no voice.
If you want to do it, you have to get things done and get it done.
There are many ways to make money, and mining and tax revenue are crude and effective, and there are many direct, but after all, the reputation is not good.
There are feasible alternatives, which can not only alleviate the lack of national use, but also prevent Wanli from being scolded.
Now, all he has to do is to carefully and carefully get the plan ready, and it is best to have market verification.
And before that, the few things at hand have to be done with peace of mind and down-to-earth.
One bite, after all, you can't eat a fat man.
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Although Zhang Hu is a eunuch, he has been in Liaodong with Gao Huai for ten years, and he has been in charge of the Flying Tiger Army for six years.
He believes that Zhang Hu should be in control of his every move, just like Ye Hedongge.
Sure enough, not long after leaving Weijialing Pass, because there were almost no pedestrians on the road, gradually, Liangchen felt that there were always people hanging behind him.
Every half hour or so, there will always be woodcutters or hunters on the roadside. Although these people pretend to be very similar, they can't be deceived by their sudden appearance.
These people didn't seem to care about being discovered, they saw Wei Liangchen and others coming from a distance, and they didn't hide, they just watched straight there.
Shen Lian didn't know that Wei Liangchen and the people of the Flying Tiger Army had made an appointment to meet at Shuangshantai, and after finding out that those people were wrong, he immediately sent a horse over to remind Wei Liangchen, saying that these people might be the eyeliner of the left horse bandits.
"I see." Liangchen nodded slightly, with a face of fearlessness, and calmly continued to ride forward.
This made Shen Lian and the others very surprised and a little admired. Seeing that this Wei She person is not very old, his courage is extraordinary, and he is stronger than many officials sent by the imperial court.
They have all seen battles, fought with the Jurchens, and fought to the death with the Mongolian barbarians, Shen Lian couldn't let a guy younger than himself be overpowered.
At that moment, he also raised his spirit and led people to follow Wei Liangchen, looking around from time to time, always holding the hilt of the knife with one hand, so that he could draw the knife to meet the battle at any time.
Li Yongzhen knew that Wei Liangchen and Zhang Hu's people were on the line, and they came to Shuangshantai to see Zhang Hu this time, so they were not afraid.
But there is one point, Li Yongzhen has always been confused, because he thinks that the Flying Tiger Army, as Gao Huai's private army, has lost any value as Gao Huai loses power. And the Flying Tiger Army is "full of evil" in Liaodong, and it is impossible for Zhang Ye's father-in-law to keep this private army, whether it is public or private.
And Wei Liangchen is just a mere member of the two palaces, compared to Zhang Ye's weight in the emperor, it is simply incomparable, so Li Yongzhen does not think that Zhang Ye will listen to Wei Liangchen's words and keep the Flying Tiger Army.
In this case, what is the use of Wei Liangchen coming all the way?
Li Yongzhen couldn't figure it out, and he didn't know what Wei Liangchen wanted to do, but he admired this little guy very much now. However, no matter how confused he was, he never questioned it or dissuaded him, he really wanted to see what kind of medicine Wei Liangchen was selling in his gourd.
Wei Liangchen connected Zhang Hu's line through Kong Zhen, who was locked, and the specific ones who did the work were Tian Gang and Li Wei. Therefore, compared with Shen Lian and the others who didn't know, they were naturally confident, and they were as fearless as Wei Liangchen.
This made Shen Lian look at the people of Jinyi Wei with admiration, and he used to think that these horses in the capital were all fancy shows, good-looking, good-looking clothes, and arrogant, but they couldn't really do anything. Now it seems that the riders still have two brushes.
Thinking about it this way, I have a little good impression of Jinyi hygiene. However, he is ready, if he really has something, no matter what Wei Xiaoshe thinks, he will snatch people away first and get out of danger. As for the rest, he doesn't care.
When there were still ten miles away from Shuangshantai, two men rode over and directly stopped Liangchen and his party.
Shen Lian and the others were about to step forward with their knives, but Liangchen hurriedly waved his hand to signal them not to move, and then asked Tian Gang to pass.
After Tian Gang beat his horse and talked with the visitor for a few words, he came back and said: "The person who came claimed to be a person sent by Zhang Hu, and he took you into the mountain. ”
"Let them come."
"Good!"
Tian Gang turned his horse's head and ran over. Seeing this, Shen Lian and the others understood that Wei Liangchen had a connection with the visitor, and at the same time, they were puzzled. I don't understand how this Weishe man got in touch with the horse bandits.
Tian Gang led the two people over, and the first one of them clasped his fists on the horse and said to Wei Liangchen: "Little Zheng Duo has seen Lord Wei!" ”
Zheng Duo was the first time he met Wei Liangchen himself, and he was surprised by his youth. He has followed Zhang Hu all these years, but he has seen a lot of fathers-in-law from Beijing. Some of those fathers-in-law are not very old, and he has seen them all when they were teenagers and served as young eunuchs. But Zheng Duo, a teenage official, was seeing it for the first time, and it was inevitable that there was something strange in his heart.
Liangchen glanced at Zheng Duo and the person next to him, both of them looked ordinary, but they both had an aura on their bodies, which was a little similar to Shen Lian's. If I have to describe it, it is murderous. These two people should have a lot of lives in their hands.
Liangchen had no intention of thinking about the lives in the hands of these two people, he only asked Zheng Duo where Zhang Hu was. Zheng Duo said that he was waiting for the Hou at Shuangshantai, but Liangchen nodded, and didn't ask much, asking Zheng Duo to lead the way in front.
Zheng Duo didn't lead the way immediately, but looked at Shen Lian and the others with some concern. Shen Lian and the others wore military uniforms, and he Zheng Duo often dealt with the Liao army, which could be seen at a glance.
"It's okay, they're my guards." When Liangchen spoke, he looked very calm. Shen Lian listened, his mouth moved, and he didn't say anything.
Bodyguard?
Zheng Duo and his companions glanced at each other, each with shock in their eyes, and then silently beat their horses to lead the way.
Li Yongzhen met on the side, and admired Wei Liangchen's means of taking advantage of the situation more and more.
At first glance, Shen Lian and the others looked like the elite of the Liao army and the chief soldier, but Wei Liangchen said that they were his own guards, which naturally made Zheng Duo and the others look at him a few times, thinking that they were big people.
With Zheng Duo and them leading the way, the speed will be much faster. After half an hour, the road became narrow and overgrown. After carefully passing through this section, he dismounted and walked for a while, and finally arrived at his destination, the abandoned mine of the former Shuangshan Iron Mine.
"Lord Wei, please come with me!" Zheng Duo motioned for Wei Liangchen to go with him, but asked Li Yongzhen and Shen Lian to stay here.
"This won't work, we're going to go in with the sheren." Shen Lian disagreed.
"It's okay, you just stay here and wait for me." Liangchen waved his hand, walked to Li Yongzhen's side, and whispered a few words to him, who listened and nodded slightly.
Shen Lian still wanted to follow, but as soon as his body moved, several people blocked him from the front and back. Wei Liangchen shook his head at him, and then asked Zheng Duo to take him to see Zhang Hu.
Zhang Hu lived in a tent on the flat ground of the mine, and Liangchen came all the way and observed that there were about hundreds of people here.
"I've heard of Wei Sheren's name for a long time, and when I saw it today, sure enough..." Zhang Hu had already been transmitted, and when he heard the footsteps outside, he immediately greeted him, but the voice stopped abruptly, because he didn't expect that it was a teenager.
"Should I call you Grandpa Zhang, or should I call you General Zhang?" Liangchen looked at Zhang Hu with a smile, this current outfit really makes it impossible to connect with the eunuch.
"Our family came out of the palace, but we have been mixed with martial artists over the years." Zhang Hu put away his embarrassment and arched his hand towards Wei Liangchen, "Just call me by my name." ”
After entering the account with Zhang Hu, Liangchen glanced around, and then said directly to Zhang Hu: "Zhang Hu, I came all the way here, so I won't go around the bend with you." ”
"If you have something to say, I like to open the skylight and say bright things." Zhang Hu kept looking at Wei Liangchen.
Liangchen said: "I want you to follow your people, and listen to me in the future." ”
Zhang Hu chuckled: "If I'm not mistaken, it seems that the official who gave up the people can't keep us." ”
"I can't keep it, Your Majesty?" Liangchen also smiled slightly.
"How are the Sheren going to settle us?" Zhang Hu's gaze froze.
Liangchen said: "Gonggong Gao has opened a few mines in Liaodong from time to time, and I intend to protect your majesty as mine soldiers." ”
"Miners?" Zhang Hu was stunned.
"It's the Mine Guard."
"Since the formation of my Flying Tiger Army, I have never seen the door. Sheren now wants me to be a watchdog, but this is not to treat my Flying Tiger Army as a person. Zhang Hu obviously disagreed with this resettlement method and felt very ashamed.
"So what do you think?" Liangchen doesn't think that the first confrontation will have an effect, and Zhang Hu may not have a thorough understanding of his situation now.
Zhang Hu pondered for a moment and said, "I, Zhang Hu, don't want to be false, I want to be real." If the Sheren can make a statement to the emperor and ensure that we are admitted to the Imperial Horse Prison, this matter will be discussed. Otherwise, let's go back. ”