Chapter 155: The Tan Family
Three days later, 3,000 Kuizhou soldiers went out as a whole army, followed the official road from Wanshou Valley to Shizhu, and then crossed the river from Xituo Town to Fengjie.
When going out of the city, Wanshou City is empty, the people are crowded on both sides of the road, seeing off the soldiers, Wang Huan's military rules are strict, the salary is in place, and he has put three months' salary before going out, which is unique in the Ming army, most of the warlords do not delay a year and a half will not be silver, such as Wang Huan is simply a Bodhisattva who is compassionate to the home, plus the stone monument standing at the gate of the city, it is definitely a good job to be Wang Huan's soldier, and looking at the brand-new white robe, the bright weapons, the mighty military posture, all of them are full of fierce momentum, made those newcomers and displaced people hot-eyed, and asked Xu Tiezhu and Zhou Cheng, who were in charge of civil affairs, to enlist in the army.
But Wang Huan said first, the army would rather be lacking than excessive, not digging mines in Wanshou Valley for a year, and not thinking of joining the army.
When passing by the stone pillar, Wang Huan picked up Ma Wannian, Qin Liangyu really kept his promise, not only did not let Qin Yiming and Qin Gongming come out to participate, but even did not show up himself, only let Ma Wannian come out on behalf of the Xuanhui envoy to send some food, Wang Huan simply took Ma Wannian with him, this stout young man was very happy, he didn't even go back to pack his clothes, and rode a horse to follow.
Xituo Town crosses the river, to Fengjie County is only thirty miles, the Kuizhou soldiers who run half marathon every day have no problem at all, the sky has not been dark in the afternoon, and the dilapidated city wall of Fengjie County has entered Wang Huan's eyes.
The circumference of Fengjie County is less than five miles, belongs to a small county, the territory of the inhabitants is less than 50,000 people, successive years of military disasters, has already made this ancient city dilapidated, when Wang Huan's army appeared outside the city of Changting, the county order led a group of squires and elders to beat gongs and drums to greet them.
"Between the white emperor and the clouds, thousands of miles of Jiangling will be returned in one day. This White Emperor City was the lonely place of Liu Bei back then, and Fengjie County had this reason, which can be described as an outstanding person. Wang Huan first recited an ancient poem, teased it, and immediately made Meng Zhiyu, the county commander from a high background, feel good.
"Mr. Wang's writing is brilliant, his writing is brilliant, and he is guarded by Mr. Wang, so I can sit back and relax in the future." Meng Zhiyu patted his ass.
This Fengjie county order, it is pitiful to say, he was a native of Xuzhou, Shandong, ten years of hard study, finally won the lift, but also to the age of forty "advanced age", participated in the two examinations, no accident fell Sun Shan, since then the idea has been broken, to the Ministry of Rites to go a little eight poles can not beat the relationship between the villagers, a large bribe of silver, finally became the Fengjie county order, but never thought that just took office, the Ming Dynasty died.
Nanming moved to Nanjing, the rich land in Sichuan became Zhang Xianzhong's territory in a blink of an eye, Meng Zhiyu was trapped in Fengjie, he immediately decided, the peasant army ran into the mountains to avoid disaster before they arrived in Fengjie, until Zeng Ying came back did not dare to go down the mountain, but was pressed on the head by the indigenous Tan family, suffered a lot of wretchedness, so that Tan Wen as a housekeeper and other roles driven, in addition to collecting taxes and grain for the Tan family, there is no dignity at all, but he did not dare to leave, for fear that he would be caught and killed before he left the city gate, and his life was difficult.
Now that the Tan family has fallen, there is another Wang Huan, what kind of master is this master Meng Zhiyu has no bottom in his heart, but he heard that this person is very popular with the people in Shizhu, and he has managed a big situation by relying on tens of thousands of displaced people, and he is terrible.
Such a character, Meng Zhiyu didn't dare to offend, I heard that people were coming today, and I waited outside the city early in the morning to look at it, now the whole Kuizhou is empty, there is no half of the soldiers, Zeng Ying transferred everyone to Chongqing Mansion, Wang Huan is of course the lord of Kuizhou, and he will be the one who controls his own destiny in the future, and he must be stammered.
I thought that Wang Huan was a vulgar martial artist and not easy to get along with, but I didn't expect that people would come out of the way, although it was a masterpiece of the ancients, but at least it showed that this person was not a reckless man, literati, they were all able to speak, Meng Zhiyu fell to the ground with a stone in his heart.
Wang Huan smiled and met Meng Zhiyu, and then greeted a group of squire elders he brought one by one, with amiable faces, without a little arrogance, which surprised the village bosses, and they all squeezed their eyebrows and exchanged their heads, and whispered in private: This chief soldier does not look like such a fierce character, and everyone will have a better life in the future.
Meng Zhiyu waited for Wang Huan to make a full posture, bent over and said with a smile: "General soldier Wang, the county government has prepared a thin wine for the adults to catch the wind, please enter the city first, the army brought by the adults can be placed in the military camp in the city first, it is empty and very big." ”
Wang Huan laughed and said, "Okay, let the sons and daughters enter the city first, but the wine can be drunk later, do one thing first." ”
Meng Zhiyu was a little confused, and asked cautiously, "My lord, what do you want to do?" Do you need to prepare for the next official? ”
Wang Huan's smile did not change, and he said loudly: "It is true that you have to prepare first, I heard that the adjutants of your county, county lieutenants, and chief bookkeepers are all surnamed Tan?" ”
Meng Zhiyu let out a "groan" in his heart, became nervous, and hurriedly said: "Yes, that's right." ”
Wang Huan looked around and said with a smile: "Can you be here?" ”
Meng Zhiyu's face gradually turned pale, a burst of white sweat rose from his back, and he said in a trembling voice: "This...... Well, there's been a lot of business in the yamen lately, and they're ......"
Before he finished stammering, he saw Wang Huan's face change, and he coldly changed his expression to a chilling expression, and snorted: "I also know that they are very busy, so let's ask Meng Zhixian to send someone to guide the way, take my soldiers to their homes, and see what they are busy with, but I need Ben General's help!" ”
He waved his hand, and Zu Bian and Ma Xintian behind him stepped forward, clasped their fists at Meng Zhiyu and said loudly: "Please guide the way!" ”
The two of them were in fluttering white robes, with sharp blades hanging from their waists, and their faces were full of indifferent looks, like two white impermanence descending into the world, which frightened Meng Zhiyu and shuddered, and his brain stagnated for a moment before he reacted, and hurriedly bowed to Wang Huan and whispered: "Wang Zongbing, the Tan family has lived in Fengjie for generations, the tree has deep roots, and it is the first major clan in the county. ”
Wang Huan looked at him lightly, frowned, and said, "What's unstable?" ”
Meng Zhiyu licked his lips and said boldly: "My lord, the county's money and grain are taxed, and the lower officials can't touch it at all, such as mud puppets, which are all managed by the children of the Tan family. ”
When Wang Huan heard this, he looked at Meng Zhiyu with some sympathy, shook his head and didn't speak, but he looked up to the sky and laughed, laughing wildly, laughing happily, laughing so much that Meng Zhiyu stood still and didn't know why.
After a short break, the laughter stopped in vain, and Wang Huan said with a cold face: "Wasted? What is the difference between today's Fengjie and abolishing it? The general will enter the city, can't he take a few of the natives who jumped off the beam? Even if there are 10,000 people in his Tan family? Killing 10,000 people and killing 10,000 people is the same for Ben General! ”
He said sharply: "Don't talk nonsense, hurry up and bring someone to lead me into the city to get people!" ”
Meng Zhiyu's face was sweaty, and he came down with a "bang", killing 10,000 people? This is to uproot the Tan family, of course he wants to do this, and he has dreamed for a year, but he only dares to dream, he doesn't dare to think at all, the Tan family has tens of thousands of people, and the tentacles go deep into all corners of the county, from the county government to the elders, there are people from the Tan family, and it can even be said that the people of the Tan family stomp their feet, Fengjie County will jump, who dares to move it?
This Wang Zongbing has a kind face, but he is a smiling monk who dies King Kong, and he will be wiped out as soon as he comes, no matter what, in today's troubled times, he can do what he wants, anyway, he can't control this county order.
He didn't know that Wang Huan had already figured out the situation in Fengjie County, and now Fengjie County is the Tan family, if the Tan family is not pulled out and completely subdued, in the future, these grandsons will definitely give themselves bad medicine behind their backs.
So no matter what, we have to clean up these people first to get rid of future troubles.