Chapter 66: The soldiers plot to attack the walled city

"There is no joke in the army, we march and fight, relying on orders and prohibitions, so as to inspire the fighting spirit, adults, sergeants, you must convey this military order to the whole army."

The magistrates and their sergeants of Cangping County stepped forward and knelt down and said, "Yes." ”

"Ladies and gentlemen, you have to explain the benevolence and righteousness of your son to the people, because there are too many taxes, hard labor, and military service are too heavy, and the people are not well fed and clothed before they go up to the mountain to be thieves. Before leaving, Childe said something to me, "Go to the army to fight and plot, and attack the city." ”

"The lord said it well, and the officials did it."

In the dead of night, a person walked out of the dark night and entered the Prime Minister's Mansion, this person entered the lobby of the Prime Minister's Mansion and waited, and the Prime Minister Wang Rong walked out of the inner room and said, "What happened in Cangping County?" Is it an emergency? ”

This person saw Lord Xiangguo walk out, pounced on him, knelt down and said, "Lord Xiangguo, my lord was killed by Lord Qincha. ”

"What?" Xiang Wang Rong was suddenly surprised, took a few steps back and fainted to the ground, and was helped up by the subordinate next to him. After a while, Wang Rong woke up and said: "Luo Bin, the old man has no grudge against you, why did you kill my nephew, tomorrow morning the old man will definitely join you." ”

Above the court, Prime Minister Rong was crying. The king of Pakistan looked at Xiang Wang Rong, didn't know the reason, and asked, "Wang Aiqing, why are you sad?" ”

Prime Minister Wang Rong stood up and said: "King, Dongping General Luo Bin wants to support the army and respect himself, and my country is in danger." After he arrived in Cangping County, he killed Fan Zhong, the state pastor, which was the minister's transcript. The king, Fan Zhong is the nephew of the minister, he died unjustly, and the king is the master of the minister. ”

"Fan Zhong's political achievements in Cangping County are very good, and his reputation has spread all over my country, why did he kill Fan Zhong? Is he going to rebel? ”

"King, Luo Bin is planning against him, if you don't get rid of this as soon as possible, there will be endless troubles!"

"How can this be reasonable, summon Luo Bin back to Beijing, and those who disobey can be killed," At this time, the king of Pakistan was angry, stood up, and waved his long sleeves outward.

"Father, you are so suspicious of your own generals, the generals on the border will be chilled by this, who will guard the border against strong enemies in the future? Erchen has a story to tell you. When Qi Jinggong sent Yan Xiang to manage this place, three years later, it was a bad reputation, and the people of the country were peaceful, Jing Gong was furious after hearing the news, and recalled Yan Xiang angrily and said: "The widow thinks that Mr. is talented and virtuous, and it is not a problem to govern Dong'e, so he sent Mr. to govern, but now I know that Mr. is a waste of fame, but so, the governance of Dong'a Dong'a is not decent, and the widow will be punished by this, what crime should Mr. deserve?" Yan Xiang bowed and apologized: "Yan Ying knows his mistake, please give the king a chance to govern Dong'a, three years later, the reputation will definitely be resounding throughout the country, if it can't be cured, the minister is willing to die." After Qi Jinggong listened to Yan Xiang's words, he sent Yan Xiang to govern Dong'e again, after three years, Yan Xiang's reputation resounded throughout the country, when Yan Xiang presented the tax book, Qi Jinggong was very happy, and said: "Mr. will govern Dong'e really well!" He wanted to reward Yan Xiang for his political achievements, but Yan Xiang politely declined and refused to accept it, Qi Jinggong asked him strangely why he didn't accept his reward? Yan Xiang saluted and said: "In the past three years, when Yan Ying was governing Dong'a, he opened up transportation, built roads, tightened local administration, and prevented thieves, so he was disgusted by those who were lewd and indulgent; Diligence and thrift, reward diligence and thrift, punish stealing and laziness, so lazy people are disgusted; The judgment of lawsuits does not avoid the power of the aristocracy, so the power of the nobility is disgusted; The people on the left and right and those who are close to them have requested, the legal ones agree, and the lawbreakers refuse, and the people who are close to the left and right are displeased, and the nobles are careful to abide by etiquette and do not exceed the etiquette, so the nobles are displeased. Such a lewd and indulgent person, a lazy person, and a powerful nobleman, these three types of people are dissatisfied with Yan Ying, and the reputation of the ministers is ruined, and the people who are close to the left and right and their nobles have ruined the reputation of the ministers in the monarchy dynasty, so the ministers who have been made in the past three years are notorious, known to the country, and spread to the monarch. Now the ministers have changed their previous practices, handled it carefully, did not build roads, and delayed the construction of the army; No reward for thrift and filial piety, nor punish theft and adultery; The opinions of the powerful are respected in the judgment of lawsuits, so that the lewd, the lazy, the powerful and others are pleased, and the praise of the ministers is outward; Those who are close to the left and right have a request, all of them agree, and they do not refuse to bribe when they come, and they do not refuse to bribe, increase taxes but pay less warehouses, flatter the king, and sycophants and magnates, so that they are liked by the nobles, and praise the ministers in the dynasty, and the good name and reputation will be spread to the inside and outside. But in the past, Yan Ying governed Dong'a impartially and politely, relieved the poor, and none of the people starved or froze. But what the ministers have done now has left the people without savings, and the people have no food to eat, and they have been rewarded by the king. But the king was angry and wanted to punish him, and now you should have killed your head, but you yourself greeted him and congratulated his ministers. "Father, if the political achievements of Zhou Mu Fan Zhong are as good as the Song Zhang or what everyone has said, how can there be bandits rampant in Cangping County and the people are struggling to make a living?" Gongzi Qi stood up and saluted with both hands.

Gongsun Zichou, Meng Zhongzi, Zhang Ji and others stood up and said: "Please think carefully, the king!" ”

"Well, Qi'er's words make sense, and we will discuss it after Luo Bin Ping's bandit comes back," the king of Ba sat calmly on the top of the main hall, and after listening to Gongzi Qi's words, he was very relieved, and the anger in his heart naturally disappeared.

On the street, people came and went, and some people sat together and said: "I heard that Lord Qincha killed Fan Zhong, the state pastor, but this evil breath came out of our hearts, Fan Zhong can hurt us people, Lord Qincha is still a clear official." ”

At this time, Luo Bin was sitting next to him drinking tea, and when he heard this, he stepped forward and sat down and said, "Isn't Lord Fan your good official?" He thinks about the people in Cangping County, paves roads and bridges, and relieves the poor people, which is a good deed, why do you say that Lord Fan is an evil trouble in your hearts? ”

"This young man may be a foreigner, these are all touted by those noble scholars, because Lord Fan is the nephew of the Imperial Court, who doesn't want to slap him? There is no such thing as building bridges and paving roads, and helping the poor people. ”

"Oh, I don't know if you see the notice posted on the wall? The court exempts you from taxes, the prince is benevolent and righteous today, and he always dare not slack off on the affairs of the people, do you have relatives in the cottage, repair a letter and tell them all to come back, they are all the people are forced by the scoundrel prince will not blame them. ”

"Does the court speak and count?"

"Below is Luo Bin, the minister sent by the imperial court, please believe me, believe in the imperial court and its current crown prince."

The people around them stood up, knelt down and said, "Lord Chincha." ”

"Everyone, please."

"We can gather some villagers to follow you up the mountain and persuade them."

"Okay, then there's work."

Beneath the cottage are thousands of troops, and due to the uneven terrain, the army cannot deploy its formation, and they all stand in various places and line up with the terrain. An aunt stood in front of them and shouted, "Son, the court has reduced our taxes, you all go home, the court will not blame you." Lord Chincha has been very kind to our people, and has given us poor people food...," the aunt cried as she stood in front of the soldiers. In this way, the bandits on the gate of the village can be disturbed, and then some elite soldiers can be sent under the leadership of a local villager to make a detour from the back mountain and attack the cottage from the outside.

The bandits above the gate began to draw their bows and arrows, and they couldn't bear to release the arrows in their hands. At this time, the leader of a bandit stepped forward and said fiercely: "Why don't you shoot arrows?" ”

"Second village master, it's my mother who is shouting below, and I'm not going to be a bandit anymore."

"We're not bandits anymore, we're going home," the rest of the bandits said around us.

"You dare, Lao Tzu will kill you," the long sword in his waist was drawn and slashed through a person's neck, only to see blood spray out and fall to death. Then the shouts of killing behind him rang out, and the owner of the second village said in a panic: "Behind the cottage are the officers and soldiers from there, did they all fall from the sky?" ”

Outside the gate of the village heard the sound of shouting and killing, Luo Bin gathered thousands of troops outside the cottage to attack the cottage, the bandits above the gate of the village rushed forward, killed the two owners of the gate on the gate, opened the gate of the cottage, and attacked the Feiyun Village. Seeing that these officers and soldiers were so fast, they fled in all directions in fright like a god soldier descending from the sky, and some turned against each other to attack the cottage, captured the owner of Feiyun Village, Tianying, and distributed the grain and silver stolen from the village to the people.

Gathering with relatives, hugging each other, and reuniting, with tears in his eyes, Luo Bin couldn't help but cry when he saw this scene. The people all knelt in front of Luo Bin and said, "We are here to thank Master Qingtian." ”

"No need to say thanks, get up, the officials are the people's food and clothing, this is our duty."