"In this case, I do have selfish motives."

Xu Bingzhong sighed: "The Meng family in Baini Town is rich and powerful, and the generations of official eunuchs are no less than your Wang family. The old lady of the Meng family did the political envoy of Huguang during the Wanli years, and the officialdom was full of protégés, and I had to present a greeting every New Year's Day, which I really couldn't afford to offend. ”

"In that case, why are you still putting Yu Po's family in prison?" Wang Kefan asked.

"Alas, that's also a wrong thing, and there's no way to do it." Xu Bingzhong said abruptly: "Yu Po made a big fuss in the court, hit the pillar and couldn't find death, and he had to take a family of three to hang himself in front of the county yamen, so he had to lock them in prison first and go to the fire ......, but don't worry, I have ordered someone to take care of them, and I won't suffer grievances in prison." ”

The origin of the matter is already very clear, Yu Po's family is innocent, it's just another cliché story of bullying people and protecting each other, but Xu Bingzhong does have a last resort, and he still guards the bottom line.

If it is replaced by a ruthless character, nine times out of ten they will hand over Yu Po's family to the Meng family to deal with, which will not only lose favors, but also silently settle this big trouble.

Wang Kefan proposed to ask for someone, Xu Bingzhong agreed after a little hesitation, for him, Yu Po's family of three is like a hot potato, and it is not a way to be locked up in prison.

"Okay, you take it away, I'll give them another twenty taels of silver, and start a small business in the future, don't go around complaining anymore." Xu Bingzhong was also afraid of Yu Po's family, if they really hanged themselves in front of the county yamen, it would inevitably arouse public anger, and he even had to resign and apologize and go home.

"Thank you for your generous gift. However, if this kind of thing happens again, will the teacher have to settle it with silver? ”

"This, take one step at a time, people in officialdom, most of them can't help it......"

Wang Kefan returned to Tongjiang Commercial Bank and handed over Yu Po's family to Yu Sanlang, and the other party thanked them for their kindness and instructed them to take good care of them, so as not to leak the news and attract the Meng family to kill people.

"San Lang, is there a Meng Zhengfa in the Meng family? Now it should be a lifter, or a showman. ”

"Yes, the second young master of the Meng family is a showman, but that person has to study, and he doesn't pay much attention to ordinary mundane affairs......"

It should be him!

Meng Zhengfa, one of the five tigers of the Yongli Chu Party in the Southern Ming Dynasty, known as the tiger claw, is also a figure who left a mark in history, I remember that he is the Chongyang people, but I didn't expect to really run into it.

……

Five days later, Zhang Kuang led his army to Chongyang.

Nearly 10,000 troops of the Dubiao Battalion and the Gongyi Battalion, as well as thousands of people who were temporarily recruited, all came by boat from the waterway, plus the grain and grass of the accompanying army, and used more than 200 ships of all sizes and sailors.

With so many ships landing together, it has exceeded the throughput capacity of Chongyang Wharf, and it took a whole day before the landing was completed, and the soldiers dragged and dragged, either forgetting to take things, or they could not find the leading generals, and they blocked the narrow wharf in groups.

The scene became more and more chaotic, even a small boat carrying only twenty or thirty people had to land for half an hour, but it was blocked by other ships in the back, and it was impossible to vacate the berth. The whole wharf is like a lively and chaotic bazaar, the soldiers can't find the generals, the generals can't find the soldiers, and everyone can't find the coach Zhang Kuang.

Zhang Kuang had already left first.

His handsome boat was the first to dock, and it was quite smooth when he landed, but it was chaotic when he saw that it was behind. These martial artists don't know how to be courteous and courteous, in order to abuse each other in order to speed and slow, and push each other's cattle, no one will let anyone pass first, if it weren't for the presence of Shangguan, maybe they would dare to pull out their knives and fire.

If he had witnessed such chaos in the past, Zhang Kuang would have taken the case and denounced the generals who led the troops for not governing the army strictly, wasting the country's money and food in vain, and the military discipline of the troops was so lax.

However, this time he himself is a handsome, and in the face of this chaotic scene, he no longer has the impassioned enthusiasm of the past, but has a heavy sense of powerlessness.

He didn't know what to do.

Zhang Kuang had the intention to cut off the heads of a few small soldiers, but these Qiu Ba were more slippery and slack than the other, as long as a general stepped forward to ask, he immediately scattered with a bang, and he couldn't catch it like a loach. Besides, the scene is so chaotic that even killing two people will not help, and it will leave a reputation for harshness and cruelty.

"These hills can't hold up the wall, so let them go."

Zhang Kuang comforted himself in his heart, he had vaguely realized that it was not an easy thing to lead troops.

The civil officials and military generals of the Ming Dynasty have always been two kinds of people who live in different shijie, Zhang Kuang looks down on those generals from the bottom of his bones, like Niu Zhongxiao, Zuo Liangyu and others, in his eyes are all vulgar martial artists who do not know etiquette and righteousness, and those soldiers with humble status are no different from stupid pigs and goosees.

What's going on in their heads? Zhang Kuang didn't know, and he didn't want to know.

"The soldier is also a murder weapon, and the brave is against morality, and he cannot use it." Zhang Kuang laughed self-deprecatingly, and said to Xu Bingzhong, who came to greet him: "Let Xu Xianjun see and smile, this handsome man only knows Zhou Yafu's ability today, and he can prohibit the orders of the soldiers' drills, which is really worthy of being a famous general through the ages!" ”

The famous general of the Han Dynasty, Zhou Yafu, had strict military discipline, he stationed troops in the Xiliu Battalion, and the emperor was not allowed to enter the door when he came, which is a very famous allusion in the history books.

"Hehe, Zhang has observed too much." Xu Bingzhong was reluctant to cater to Shangguan, so he only laughed dryly twice, and said dryly: "The observation has been hard all the way, please enter the county town Yin Hotel to rest, I have prepared a thin wine to wash the dust for observation." "Observation is an honorific title for Taoists, which is several levels higher than Xu Bingzhong's seven-grade county order.

Seeing that he refused to make fun, Zhang Kuang's face immediately sank.

Of course, what he said just now was to put gold on his face, but it was also to shorten the distance between him and Xu Bingzhong, as long as the other party scolded those martial artists along the way, everyone in the alliance would naturally become an ally who advanced and retreated together.

The atmosphere was a little awkward, but someone next to him interjected in time.

"What Zhang Weng said is really good, the warriors have to go into battle to fight, it is inevitable to fight bravely, it is difficult to educate without virtue, and there is no need to worry about them. From the humble point of view, although Zhang Gong's soldiers landed on the shore, they were busy but not chaotic, and they were already a rare strong army, and they would definitely be able to sweep away the water bandits in one fell swoop and return my peace......"

Using a certain Weng to call the four grade Taoists, similar to calling a general handsome, is no longer a simple exaltation and respect, but an almost flattering behavior, this person in order to shoot Zhang Kuang's sycophants, staring at his eyes and talking nonsense, also needs to be extremely thick-skinned. Everyone looked sideways together, and this person was wearing a seven-grade civil official uniform, which was the composition of Tongcheng County's Lingbu.

Tongcheng fell to the water bandits, Bu Zuowen escaped from the battle, it is difficult to blame, these days have been hiding in Chongyang, desperate, had to venture to Zhang Kuang's army to try his luck, hoping to help recover the lost territory, will atone for his crimes.

Zhang Kuang's face turned better, and he said with a kind smile: "Zhang Weng don't call it, Ben Shuai is nicknamed Ashan, I don't know how to call Bu County Juntaifu's alias?" Who is the master......

After the two talked, although they didn't have a relationship with each other in the imperial examination, they both participated in a local literati club in Huguang, so they called out as a brother and brother, and they had already separated from Xu Bingzhong.

Xu Bingzhong didn't mind, and invited Zhang Kuang into the city for dinner again, but Zhang Kuang waved his hand solemnly.

"If the military well is not dug, it will not be thirsty, and if the military stove is not opened, it will not be hungry! Tens of thousands of soldiers still don't know where to camp tonight, how can Ben Shuai go to eat first? ”

"Please observe and rest assured, the Wang garrison has built a military camp in the west of the city, and the army can directly enter the camp to rest." Xu Bingzhong replied.

"Huh? Which Wang garrison? Zhang Kuang rolled his eyes, looking inexplicable.

"The Gongyi battalion guards Wang Kefan, see Zhang Shuai." Wang Kefan took two steps forward and bowed.

He didn't know that Zhang Kuang had known him as early as the Yamen, the governor of Wuchang Mansion, and had a very bad impression of him, believing that he was a cunning man who was loyal and treacherous, even worse than those vulgar Wu Ben.

"Oh......, well, let's go to the barracks." Zhang Kuang nodded expressionlessly, turned his face and ignored Wang Kefan.

The people left the dock and came to the west gate.

In the open space outside the west gate, several military camps are scattered and connected, each of them is a towering earthen wall, the trench is deep and wide, at first glance it is a strong fortress that is easy to defend and difficult to attack, there are neat camp sheds in the camp, and even the huts and latrines are marked, as long as the tent is set up, you can move in.

These barracks were a favor from Wang Kefan to Xu Bingzhong, and the troops also happened to be conducting a civil engineering exercise.

"It's okay, the soldiers also have a place to rest."

Zhang Kuang stood on the wall and looked around, and couldn't help but be proud: "The army will rest here for a few days, and after the grain and straw are ready, they will go straight to the bandits' nest in the city!" ”