Chapter 332: The Four Generals of the Ghost Guard (2)
Qingwu City has a special geographical location, in addition to being adjacent to the Dongying Islands, Qingwu County is also an important grain route to ensure the logistics of Longmen Pass Longwei, so Dongying pirates often risk their lives to plunder the food of Longwei troops. In order to exterminate the pirates, Long Wei and the Qing military defenders repeatedly joined forces to expel them, but they were killed endlessly, and the two Qing military guards before and after were buried at the hands of the Dongying pirates.
The biggest problem in Youzhou is this Qingwu, so that when the imperial generals heard that they were going to Qingwu, they had to find a relationship in advance to transfer to another place or directly say that they were sick and refused to take office. If Xiao Kai and Hu Li went to a place to retire, this Shen Lindong went to the place of the four wars, to the place of death.
Imperial envoy Ji didn't wait for everyone to ask questions, and said directly: "The military department heard that Shen Junhou's martial arts are the second in Saibei, second only to General Zhang, and General Zhang needs to defend Saibei to defend against the dogs, so he can't be transferred, so he can only bother Shen Junhou to rush to Qingwu City." This Qingwu City, it has to be Shen Junhou to lead the army, and the rest of the people have neither the courage nor the ability. If Shen Junhou refuses, the people of Qingwu City will suffer every year. ”
"Minister, take the order." Shen Lindong immediately stepped forward to accept the reward without thinking, he held back the faint excitement in his heart, although it was dangerous to transfer to Qingwu City, but in Qingwu City, he was the guard and the city lord. Although Shen Lindong respects Zhang Xiaowu, he has always been reluctant to be the second in his heart, he is eager to fight alone and no longer be under Zhang Xiaowu's subordinates.
Zhang Xiaowu naturally understood that Shen Lindong was a goshawk, not a falcon, he patted Shen Lindong on the shoulder, nodded and said: "In the future, your opponent will be a pirate, if you have difficulties, send a message to the ghost guard, you will always be the ghost guard's person." ”
Shen Lindong was excited and said, "General, thank you." ”
Ruan Qingwen congratulated: "Lord Shen, the more dangerous the place, the more it is a place to gain fame. Here, we wish Lord Shen a victory in advance and kill Dongying Inuyi. ”
"Thank you." Shenlin East Road.
The imperial envoy Ji continued to proclaim: "Ghost Guard Zu Gongmao, not afraid of death, every battle will kill the enemy and the front of the battle, meritorious service to the country, reward a pair of black armor of Xuantie, a pair of double knives of Xuantie, three hundred and zero gold, one thousand taels of silver, and order him to be transferred to the 18th Regiment of the Suzaku Army as a military candidate, and form an ancestral battalion to assist in quelling the rebels in Jiangnan." ”
Zhang Xiaowu gasped, Jiangnan? It's Gangnam!
Zu Gongmao frowned and didn't come forward for a long time, neither speaking nor rebutting, just like his character, dull and resolute. Everyone was worried, the more silent people were, the easier it was to make radical speeches, Ruan Qingwen immediately gave Zhang Xiaowu a look, which meant that this holy decree had to be accepted, Zhang Xiaowu sighed in his heart, and said slowly: "Ancestral soldiers, accept the reward, you and I, as soldiers, should obey the national order." ”
"Whoa."
Zu Gongmao reluctantly stepped forward to accept the reward, and everyone could see his anger, not because he was transferred to Jiangnan to quell the rebellion, but because the imperial court suddenly transferred all the four generals of the ghost guard, and everyone was transferred to a dangerous place.
That Xiao Kai is facing political risks, Hu Li is facing the danger of Nanqiang, Shen Lindong is facing the danger of Dongying, and Zu Gongmao's place is the most dangerous, the Jiangnan rebellion.
The origin of the Jiangnan rebellion was just because of a trivial matter, a new county magistrate in Yuezhou fell in love with the daughter of a family and wanted to marry someone as a concubine. Unexpectedly, although the family is not rich, it is a family with backbone, and would rather have a daughter as a wife to the poor than a rich concubine, so the county commander was furious. The dog-legged house slave of the county order instigated people to deliberately provoke the woman's family and framed others for being related to the Tianhuo Sect thieves, so the county order threatened the woman to marry him as a concubine.
Unexpectedly, the woman's parents were upright and committed suicide in prison, and the jailer revealed the matter to the woman, and the woman died headlong at the gate of the county government. At this time, it caused a local uproar, and the people flocked to the door of the county government to ask for an explanation, and the county order was exhausted, and it was ordered to disperse the crowd, and a young child was trampled to death in the chaos, which caused the people to be restless.
At this time, the autumn grain was collected, and the government oppressed the people in the past, and today the people's anger broke out together, so the people rushed to the county government and killed the county order and several officials to arrest the fast. When the imperial court heard this, Emperor Taiqian mistakenly thought that the victims had rebelled, and ordered the Yuezhou garrison to order a suppression. The Yuezhou garrison then dispatched the former to suppress the anti-people, but the Yuezhou Township Army, like jackals, tigers and leopards, not only severely suppressed the victims, but also extorted and robbed the people, causing a greater backlash from the local people. At this time, the Tianhuo Sect rebelled, which caused a vendetta between the two sides, which in turn led to the Jiangnan Rebellion.
The Jiangnan rebellion lies in the fact that the imperial court has repeatedly made wrong decisions, and also lies in the confrontation between the government and the people, because Jiangnan rice is twice a year, known as the saying that Jiangnan is rich and the world is full, so the imperial court's taxes in Jiangnan have always been heavier than in the north, and the local people have been miserable for the government to oppress them.
Zu Gongmao disdained this, if he didn't have the courage to meet the difficulties, no one would have the courage anymore, he just thought that the four generals of the ghost guard were all transferred around, and it was obvious that the imperial court was suppressing the ghost guard.
But Zhang Xiaowu said with a smile: "Very good, very good, everyone is proud of it, which shows that the imperial court values everyone very much." I thought that the imperial court could only hide behind everyone's back, but I didn't expect that what we did was in the eyes of others, and it was in vain for everyone to sacrifice their lives. In the past, I was most worried about the fact that there were people who were greedy for merit, but now it seems that everyone in the military department is a person who knows right from wrong. ”
Everyone smiled bitterly, everyone was not stupid, and they could see why the four generals under Zhang Xiaowu were transferred, and the imperial court was just using this method to reduce the combat effectiveness of the ghost guards, which also meant that the imperial court began to be wary of them. Zhang Xiaowu thought that one day, the imperial court would use means to curb the development of the border army, but he didn't expect this day to come so quickly.
Imperial envoy Ji said: "General Zhang, take the order." ”
"Minister, thank you." Zhang Xiaowu stepped forward to accept the order, but seeing that Imperial Envoy Ji was still smiling, but his face was full of unbearable, he said: "Imperial Envoy Ji, I will prepare a thin wine, and please have a small gathering." ”
Imperial Envoy Ji shook his head, turned around and took out the second holy decree from the box, his face was full of bitterness, and he hesitated for a long time before saying: "General Zhang, to tell you the truth, the imperial court has not only issued a holy decree, but I also have a holy decree in my hand, but the content of this holy decree is annoying...... I'll pass it on to you. ”
Zhang Xiaowu was shocked and said, "This ......"
Ji Yu'an said: "Someone impeached you for abandoning the Qinglong soldiers, resulting in the death of thousands of Qinglong soldiers, and in addition, there are people who impeach you for supporting the army and disobeying the discipline of the imperial court. ”