Shu Guoxin was introduced to Zhu Pingjin by his father, Master Shu, during the plague, at the invitation of the prince, along with a cousin and a clan brother of his.

Master Shu was Zhu Pingjin's teacher, registered by the imperial court, and had an official name. After Zhu Pingjin is finished, Master Shu will be the first to be unlucky. Since it is the same qi and the roots, Zhu Pingjin wants to establish his own cadre team, and first of all, he will fight the idea of Shumen's disciples. Last year, Zhu Pingjin was elected secretary, except for Sun Hongmao, who recommended himself, the others were all Shumen's children. Even He Youyi, who later took refuge in the palace, was also a student of Master Shu. It can be said that the children of Shumen have supported half of the sky of Zhu Pingjin's cadre team.

At present, the New Army has expanded dramatically, there is a serious shortage of cadres at all levels, and many grassroots officers are still illiterate and semi-literate. Master Shu has been teaching and educating people for decades, and has a great influence in the Sichuan education circle. Master Shu took the lead in sending his children to the Shu Wangfu to seek work, which could not only alleviate Zhu Pingjin's current difficulties, but also set an example for the scholarly community in Sichuan, and also alleviate the serious confrontation between the gentry and the palace caused by the land donation policy. It's just a no-brainer.

But even so, the number of Shu family children who entered the palace to do things was still far from Zhu Pingjin's hope.

There was only one child of the Shu family who used to invest in the authenticity of the Shu Palace, and that was Shu Guoping, who had a deep blood feud with the sacrifice thief. The reason why other Shu family children are not enthusiastic about applying for the palace is that they feel that the palace officials have no future for development.

They are not hypocritical, and Master Shu himself is a living example. He has been Zhu Pingjian's master for seven or eight years, and he is still a white body, and he is far away from the goal of a scholar to rule the country and level the world. Fortunately, the prince has great respect for the master, and the annual shushu (XIU) and festival respect are delivered on time, and there is always a master for delicious food and drink and rare things.

What really stimulated the children of the Shu family was Shu Guoping's encounter.

Shu Guoping was originally not too conspicuous among the children of the Shu family, and he did not have much talent to praise. But since Shu Guoping arrived in the palace, it has been like a fish in water, and the sesame seeds are blooming highly.

He is nominally just a royal copywriter to the outside world, but the Shu family, who knows the inside story, knows it. Shu Guoping has achieved the high position of the deputy chief army of the caravan in the palace, and it is said that he is in charge of thousands of elite soldiers. In addition to being in a high position, he also receives a good salary every month. Even in a wealthy family like Master Shu, more than 300 taels of silver a year is not a small income.

Therefore, Master Shu was invited to the house to talk with the prince, and the few places that accompanied him became the focus of the Shu family's children's open and secret struggle.

In the end, it was Master Shu who made the final decision. He said that since he became the master of the prince, the Shu family has been convenient for the Shu Wangfu to share weal and woe. The country is in danger, and the family is unfortunate. When the son of the world is employed, Shu Guoxin is the son of the Shu family, and according to the law, he is the heir of the family. Shu Guoxin went, which can be regarded as completely opening the door for the children of the Shu family to enter the palace. But how the Shu family uses it, you must ask the prince to use it, and you must not suddenly rise to the top just because it is the Shu family. Their future achievements can only be achieved by their own efforts.

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Shu Guoxin smiled and shook his fan, leading a group of gentry behind the officials.

He's in a good mood right now. He took advantage of the opportunity of Gao Dengtai's arrival to get rid of Ma Yingxuan by surprise and completely seize Luzhou's plan, although Tan Sigui opposed it, but finally got Gao Dengtai's consent.

As things stand, the plan has been executed exceptionally smoothly, even more smoothly than expected.

Nama Yingshen led his son to greet him, as if he was not at all guarded. Ma Ying tried on the official robe of the military rank, without a sword or armor. Although his five sons had round shirts and arrow sleeves and swords at their waists, they did not wear armor. And because of their low status, they are still separated by several hereditary households and deputy thousands of households in Ma Yingjiao. Later, when they took their horses for the exam, they were easily intercepted by the soldiers of the caravan. As for the sergeants of Luzhou Wei, except for the three hundred soldiers who stood on the scene and raised the flag, the rest didn't see it, maybe they were still guarding the other city gates!

The gentry who followed closely behind Shu Guoxin was his classmate when he was a teenager, and Luzhou Xiucai was Ren Cai. In addition to this, there were more than a dozen local gentry, young and old. Shu Guoxin knows a few people, and most of the others don't know each other. But it doesn't matter, it's enough to have a Ren talent.

Ren Zhicai is a native of Naxi County, Luzhou, and it is said that his family's mountain goods business and winemaking business are very large, and there is a small and large-scale fleet. Ren Zhicai and several other gentry who had an old relationship with the Shu family took the initiative to see Shu Guoxin last night. In front of his old classmates, he denounced Ma Ying's behavior like a bandit for more than half a year, hoping that the new judge Gao Dengtai could administer justice for their gentry and find a way to win Ma Ying's examination. Several other gentry came with him, and they behaved as indignant as Ren Zhicai. Shu Guoxin felt that the people's support was available, so he suddenly put forward the idea of taking advantage of Gao Dengtai's appointment to win Ma Ying's test in one fell swoop.

The basic plot designed by Shu Guoxin is as follows:

Tan Sigui first led the caravan to take over the Ningguang Gate and the Ningguang Gate Wharf in the name of protecting the safety of the new judge Gao Dengtai, and controlled the gate in and out of Luzhou City. When Gordon Tai landed, Ma Yingjiao must lead officials and gentry of all sizes to greet him, which is a good opportunity to win Ma Cheng's examination.

When Ma Ying entered the city, Tan Sigui immediately closed the city gate and came to close the gate and beat the dog.

And then the climax arrived. Ren Zhicai appeared, he wanted to make a roadblock complaint, knelt in front of the new judge and cried. How Ma Yingjiao's father and son stopped the river and robbed, how they killed people and plundered goods, how they seized people's property, how they raped people's daughters and other illegal things, in short, Ma Yingxuan was a heinous bastard. All the squires echoed the accusation together, Gao Dengtai nodded, Shu Guoxin dropped the fan, and the surrounding sergeants immediately captured Ma Yingxian's father and son, and Tan Sigui and Tianquan Tusi led the army to wipe out the troops of Luzhou Guard outside the city.

According to Shu Guoxin, this is called the strategy of "capturing the thief and capturing the king, capturing the general and merging the army".

As a result, at the beginning of his tenure, Gao Dengtai fell into the reputation of a clean official who was the master of the people. The Shu Wangfu was bloodless and captured the entire Luzhou City. Of course, the beneficiary is Shu Guoxin himself. He gained not only fame, but also his future status in the royal palace.

According to Shu Guoxin's own idea, as long as Luzhou is taken and dedicated to the prince, the prince's reward will definitely make him and his cousin Shu Guoping equal.

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Gao Dengtai walked to the Ningguang door with a spring breeze, and while talking cordially with Ma Yingxue, he glanced behind him with his spare eyes.

What's going on!

Golden's heart sank. What about the two guards? Why aren't you there?

The Toast Soldiers were still messing around on the docks, not knowing what they were doing.

How did Gao Qingxi lead the troops! Gao Dengtai, who was angry in his heart, deliberately stopped and called Gao Qingxi to reprimand, but he was worried about the suspicion of Ma Ying's exam.

After a moment's hesitation, he saw the soldiers of the caravan standing straight under the hot sun in the city through the dark gate hole in front of him, and his nervous mood immediately calmed down.

With those caravans, it is more than enough to deal with these corrupt officials in front of you!

He no longer hesitated, and immediately followed Ma Yingxuan into the city gate cave of Ningguang Gate.

Seeing that the second son was alone, walking into the city gate cave with the Ma family's father and son and accompanying officials, Gao Qingxi, the commander of the Luzhou Independent Company of the Tusi Battalion of the caravan, had some doubts in his heart.

What about the second son's guards? Did you go ahead of the second son?

He was named the company commander of the Luzhou Independent Company of the Tusi Battalion of the Caravan, but he was also the head of the bodyguard of the second son. If something happens to the second son, not only will he not be able to live, but even his family in Tianquan will be implicated.

The boat delivering the letter sailed against the current, very slowly. The urgent letter jointly submitted by Shu Guoxin and Tan Sigui was just received by him and Gao Dengtai this morning. By the time the letter was received, their fleet had already left Syria a long way away. When Gao Dengtai received the letter, he immediately agreed to use his status as the new Luzhou judge to assist Shu Guoxin and Tan Sigui in the arrest of Ma Yingkao. He has always hoped that after he became a good official, he could be a good official who left his name in history, and in the past few days on the ship, he has heard all kinds of rumors in Luzhou. Since Luzhou guarantees that nothing goes wrong, he might as well do a great deed for the people by the way.

It's easy to make a decision, but it's hard to make the necessary arrangements. The entire fleet was scattered over the river and could not communicate with each other. At the same time, these ships are all requisitioned civilian ships. There are Yazhou, Jiading and Xufu. In order to prevent the news from leaking, Gao Dengtai, who was doing things safely, stopped Gao Qingxi, who was in a hurry to inform the soldiers. just let him get on the Luzhou wharf, and immediately entered the city with the whole team. Then, according to the order of the caravan, the Ma family father and son were arrested, and the whole city of Luzhou was indeed occupied.

However, both Gao Dengtai and Gao Qingxi overlooked an important matter. That is the organizational discipline of the Tusi soldiers.

When I got on the ship from Yazhou, because I couldn't find so many big ships for a while, there were both large and small ships in the fleet. The Yangtze River sails, the big boat is stable, and the small boat is bumpy. Many soldiers feared that their packages would not be safe in small boats, so most of their luggage was crammed into two or three large boats at the back.

After disembarking, the loose temper of these soldiers came out. Instead of following the officer's orders to quickly go ashore in a group, they scattered on the docks, waiting for the baggage boats to dock. Once on the shore, the soldiers swarmed up and jumped into the cabin to check their packages.

Gao Qingxi saw a big man with a smile on his face and dark and red skin walking by, carrying a cowhide satchel on his shoulder and two cotton bags in his hand, and hurriedly stopped him: "Gao Hanguo!" Where are the second son's guards? ”

"Pick up the baggage! I saw them all in the boat! ”

"Fuck!" Gao Qingxi was suddenly angry and anxious.

But Gao Qingxi understands that now is not the time to scold. He grabbed Gao Hanguo and asked anxiously, "How many people have you gathered?" ”

Gao Hanguo didn't understand why the company commander was in a hurry. He smiled and said, "There are more than a dozen of them that have been packed!" ”

"Don't wait for these bastards!" Gao Qingxi was categorical, "There are bastards who want to assassinate the second son." You throw away the things and bring someone to Lao Tzu to catch up quickly! ”

"What? Brother, what are you talking about? Gao Hanguo's eyes widened, and the things in his hand not only did not throw away, but grasped them tighter. The gongs, drums, suona, and blowing on the dock are blowing, and the atmosphere is so joyful and festive, who can assassinate the second son?

"You fucking bunch of idiots!" Gao Qingxi scolded angrily.

His waist knife was pulled out in half, and his eyes seemed to be about to erupt with fire: "Quick! Throw things away! I don't have time to talk nonsense with you! Hurry up and keep up! If something happens to the second son, Lao Tzu will kill your head first! ”

At this moment, Gao Dengtai walked into the city gate cave alone with the Ma family father and son, followed by Mr. Shu and a large group of officials and gentry who were sloppy and patting.

Tan Sigui, who was on the city tower, pushed the battlements, turned around and ran back to the side of the city.

Under the city, Wang Sanniu was facing the scorching sun, shirtless, looking at the city tower. He was waiting for Tan Sigui's signal.