Chapter 173: The Prince of Qingzhou Hengwang

What kind of demons and monsters on the mountain can cause such a kill, now not only the soldiers are unwilling to continue to move forward, even the officers are not moving forward, that Lord Hong looks quite brave, but when he sees this terrifying scene on the ground, he is also frightened, and his face is pale.

But now Yantai Mountain and the mountain road, is still quiet, more and more added to the strange atmosphere, suddenly, there is a muffled sound of "boom" on the mountain, I don't know who is below first "Mom" screamed, turned around and ran. The military camp of the Ming Dynasty strictly forbids loud noises at night, and the 'camp howling' generally brings chaos in the camp and soldiers killing each other.

Although it was daytime at this time, there was still a faint mist around, and the miserable situation and blood on the ground made people's spirits already in an extremely fragile state, and with a rumbling sound on the mountain, it completely collapsed, and a person ran towards the back, triggering an avalanche-like reaction.

All the soldiers are shouting and running towards the back, the bandits are still a little desperate and bloody, but these soldiers don't even have this, the two thousand households are desperately shouting on the horse, who will listen to them at this time. A hundred households took a knife and cut over a rout, and more than a dozen cronies also gathered around, but this did not stop the footsteps of the routs at all, and before the second knife was cut out, they were stabbed with many holes in their bodies by random guns.

The little officers saw that there was no way, so they ran together, Lord Hong, two thousand households, and more than a hundred sergeants on horseback were at the front of the formation, so they were not coerced, and the two thousand households looked at the soldiers who ran madly towards the back, and they forgot what they were afraid for a while.

just smiled bitterly and said to Lord Hong:

"Are we going up the hill again?"

That Lord Hong no longer has any shrewd and capable appearance on his face, his face is pale there, and now if he goes up the mountain to check, he no longer has the courage. I was just getting more and more frightened in my heart, and after a while, I turned my horse's head and galloped in the direction of Fucheng.

The thousands of households and those people behind naturally did not stay there, and left there, and the thousands of soldiers and horses who drove over did not even go up the mountain, and even the mountain road was not set foot on, and they were directly dispersed.

Later, there is a small paragraph in the local chronicles of Penglai that mentions this thing that makes people laugh and cry:

At the beginning of Jiajing, Shandong's guards collapsed, Dengzhou Zuowei rose three thousand soldiers to suppress bandits, before the bandits' nest, heard a strange sound in the mountains, three thousand people broke up in a moment, the foot soldiers entered the city instantly, the horse team returned, and the speed of running can be seen. The reason for this is that 'thieves have demon thunder', but no one has seen it in person, and if the discipline is lax, they will calm the place and claim to be a strong army, which is a joke

On the Thousand Households Office of Yantai Mountain, Jiang Feng pointed to a soldier there and scolded:

"What a bastard reason, hand trembling, hand trembling, why don't you throw the torch on the ground, but point it on the cannon, how can it be so coincidental, if it weren't for the uncle, I don't have enough manpower. What are you doing with waste like you, you three hurry up and clean up the cannon chamber, charge, hurry up!! ”

The scale of Qingzhou Mansion is medium among the six mansions in Shandong, but when it comes to prosperity, it is not inferior to Jinan Mansion in the center of Shandong, and the reason for such prosperity is largely due to the existence of Hengwang Mansion. The people up and down Qingzhou are praising the virtue of King Heng.

There were several kinds of vassal kings in the Ming Dynasty, one was ambitious, one was for the trouble, one was light and clear, and the last was wise and virtuous. The princes are all taking the offerings of the country and the food, and the prince who is ambitious can be the emperor, and now the rebellion is impossible, it depends on whether he has luck, such as the current emperor who started the king of Xingxian. Not everyone in the township is willing to do it, as a vassal king, there is almost everything, why bother to show off, if you encounter a sour magistrate, there will be no good fruit to eat.

Therefore, most people choose to be light and clear, take money and enjoy a comfortable life as a prince of peace. As for the wisdom and virtue, this thing was very rare in the Ming Dynasty, but there were exceptions, such as the King Jing in Linyi who is now building water conservancy in the local area, benefiting the people and being praised by everyone.

King Heng of Qingzhou and King Jing of Linyi were enshrined in Shandong at about the same time, compared to the efforts of his relatives to benefit the people, King Heng has always been known for his indifference to fame and fortune, and he has high attainments in calligraphy and painting. Moreover, this kind of attainment is a real artistic accomplishment, not because of noble blood and status.

Therefore, among the four evaluations of the vassal kings above, King Heng is considered to be a category of light and breezy winds, but in the past six or seven years, King Heng has slowly begun to have a reputation for virtue.

There are also water conservancy projects built by the county town around the city, and the official road is constantly being repaired and rectified, and the salt price is also flat because the government is under the advocacy of King Heng, and there are still some rumors in the market that the palace uses its own money to make up for it, so there is such a situation. According to reason, such a thing can be regarded as a favor of the city, and the magistrates and local Jinyi guards must take strict precautions. But the example of the complaint a few years ago is there, and no one wants to make trouble for themselves.

Hengwang Mansion is built by the imperial court with silver, and it doesn't seem to have the Yamen style of the Qingzhou prefect in the other direction, it looks very simple and unpretentious, and it seems that there are many places that need to be repaired, but the surrounding cleaning is quite clean, at the gate of Hengwang Mansion.

A mild-mannered young man was smiling and receiving many gentry dressed up, and the gentry around him bowed very respectfully, and said:

"King Heng's illness has recovered a bit, and he hasn't been out of the palace for almost half a year."

These people's faces were full of sincerity, obviously they were all genuinely concerned, the young man standing at the door first made a salute, and the people below were busy returning the salute, while saying in a loud voice:

"It's broken, it's broken, the son of the world needs it."

The young man said aloud:

"Thank you for your concern, my father only suffered from the wind cold last year, his body was weak, and he is recuperating, and he will naturally leave the palace when he is rested, please be relieved."

After another polite exchange between the two sides, the crowd dispersed, and while walking, they talked to each other and said:

"The prince treats people and things like a gentleman."

"Yes, yes, I heard that many of these virtues and politics in our Qingzhou are the ideas of the prince, which is really a blessing for our Qingzhou."

"The taxes of the imperial court have been increased again, and this world is ......"

The prince Zhu Houqian walked into the palace, the door was closed behind him, and a person who looked like a guard hurriedly ran over not far away, and he didn't shy away from coming forward, and whispered a few words directly in the ear of the prince. Shizi's handsome and gentle face instantly distorted, and the gentleness outside disappeared completely, and a heavy slap hit the face of the guard next to him, and said hatefully:

"A thousand households with a shortage of more than half of the quota can't be defeated by thousands of people, it's all waste! Rubbish! ”

The guards on the side were also cowardly and silent after being beaten, and the surrounding entourage and royal servants did not seem to be surprised when they saw this situation, and they dodged one after another, and the guard looked at the lack of people around, so he covered his face and whispered:

"Lao Hong said that the Yantai Mountain Thousand Households seem to know the demon law, and the horses in front of us were almost killed by some demon thunder, and you also know that those soldiers in the guard can still fight with the wind, and they are almost frightened when they encounter this, and there are still more than 500 soldiers under the command of Dengzhou Zuowei Zhang, who have not gathered up, saying that they dare not go out anyway."

Listening to the bitter faces of the people around him complaining, Shizi's face became more and more gloomy, and he muttered and scolded there:

"Did I feed all this money to the dogs, I didn't use it, I really didn't use it."

The guard looked at the prince Zhu Houqian's mood was already calmer, and said on the side:

"However, those copycats and forces with two hearts have basically been killed or dispersed this time, at least we have no worries."

Zhu Houqian, the prince of Hengwang, did not answer these words of his subordinates, and walked quickly to the corridor, the guard was stunned, and hurriedly followed a few steps, Zhu Houqian walked a few steps there, and began to give orders coldly:

"Let Lao Hong continue to wait in Dengzhou Mansion, and tell Zhang Wentao that he still has the handle in our hands, so that what he should do is better to be obedient and obedient, otherwise if he shakes things out, his nine clans will not be enough to kill." By the way, you send someone to find a place near Weixian to see if you can reopen the transaction, who will be obedient without silver. ”

The guards agreed one by one on the side, anyway, they are just doing a messenger's role, and they have a cadre to do these things, sometimes I think about whether I am following the wrong master, but now that the ship is on, it will be difficult to get off.

After saying this, Zhu Houqian, the prince of the world, walked towards the back by himself, and the guard hesitated for a moment, but still asked there:

"Prince, where is the prince......"

The prince Zhu Houqian suddenly turned his head and stared, his eyes were full of viciousness, and the guard stepped back and continued:

"Shang Shan came over and asked, it's been more than half a year, do you continue to circle in the yard?"

"If the old fool is still stubborn, continue to stay in the courtyard, and ask Lang Zhong to say that he needs to recuperate and it is inconvenient to see people!"

The city walls of Qingzhou Mansion are also tall and thick, and when the city gate is closed, it is difficult for anyone outside the city to attack and enter. On the edge of the city wall, there are more than a dozen young people with accents near Jingshi who have opened a trading house, specializing in selling some dry goods from the seaside, and the business house has only been open for more than ten days, and the men inside are kind to customers and neighbors.

So the wind review is very good, the shopkeeper in the store is not very old, and he is very mature and stable, saying that he is a person from Baoding Mansion, and his name is Luo Yi......