Chapter 30: The Aftermath (Part II)

"That's nature," the drinkers nodded, both in long shirts and in short brown. The little official surnamed Wang said it well just now, if you mess up Gangchang, can you still save this world? The little people only need to take care of the affairs of the little people, and the big things are naturally mastered by the talented people, the lords of the people, and the officials at all levels of the county and the government.

"Then everyone continue to drink, there is something in the yamen, and a certain family has retired first..."The little official surnamed Wang smiled with satisfaction, turned around and walked out. While walking, he instructed the shopkeeper, "If anyone is short of money in his pocket, it will be counted on Wang's account today." Wait until the end of the month to get a knot... The key is to make everyone drink happily..."

"Uncle Wang, how can I ask you for a treat... Killed, really killed..."

"But isn't it, Uncle Wang, if you sit in the yamen for one day, our local area will be peaceful for one more day. I can't wait for a treat, how dare I ask Uncle Wang to give you wine..."

The drinkers turned sideways to make way for them. While saying polite words, he watched the little official surnamed Wang leave slowly with adoring eyes. The scholar who was holding a folding fan before picked up the copper coins left on the table and chased after them quickly, "Uncle Wang, Secretary Wang, wait, your money." Your old money, people really don't dare to eat your drinks"

But the little official surnamed Wang turned a deaf ear, and hurried away with his head down. It wasn't until he was chased two street corners that he secretly turned around, looked at the sweaty scholar, and scolded with a smile: "The scorpion stings all day long, and the books are read to the dog's belly?" Can't you be too ignorant? In that situation just now, once everyone was instigated by you to go to the trouble of Huaiyang Firm, how should you let the yamen deal with it? ”

"Wang, Lord Wang, you have taught you the right lesson. The younger, the junior, the younger generation is reckless, reckless..."The scholar changed his previous image in the tavern, and kept scolding at the little official surnamed Wang. "Junior, didn't the junior just take over this task? I'm not familiar with it, so I'm asking you to give me more advice..."

"Forget it, for your father's sake, I won't pursue it this time..."The little official surnamed Wang pursed his lips helplessly and said in a low voice. But next time, don't think about it so easily. In case it falls into the eyes of other people, I want to protect you, I'm afraid I won't be able to do it..."

"Thank you Uncle Wang, thank you Uncle Wang for carrying..."The scholar immediately made another long gesture, and then took out the copper coin that the little official surnamed Wang deliberately left on the table from his pocket, and held it to the other party with trembling hands, "Uncle Wang, your money"

"I've rewarded you..."The little official surnamed Wang rolled his eyelids and waved his hand pretending to be magnificent, "Remember, this is the reward of Master Sun in the east of the city." He likes to lift young people up to the rest of the world. If you can make up for the lack of the yamen in the future, don't forget to repay others..."

"Understood, understood... The little one understands in his heart..."The scholar held the copper coin in his palm and continued to keep moving, "The Sun family is the heaven of our Tongcheng." ”

"It's good if you understand..."The little official surnamed Wang put on a teachable appearance and nodded with satisfaction. Whether the Mongols are coming, or General Manager Zhu is coming, if they want to control the place, can they get away from the servants in the yamen? Master Sun, since the time of the Great Song Dynasty, has been a hereditary head catcher. He has always been very disciplined in doing things, and his insight is extraordinary. Is there something wrong with what people have explained? Even if I can't understand it, I'll do my best. ”

"Thank you, Uncle Wang, for your advice. Thank you, Uncle Wang, for your advice... The more the scholar listens, the brighter his eyes become, and the more energetic he becomes. It seems to have turned into a piece of bird feathers that ride the spring breeze, fluttering up to the clouds.

"You go back first, I have other things..."The little official surnamed Wang glanced at him, turned around and walked towards the next inspection point. There, he had to repeat what he had just said again, to build momentum for Zhu Chongba, and at the same time to spread his dislike for the Huaiyang people deep in the hearts of the locals.

This is not a simple task, but there are many yamen officials, alternate helpers, and local gentry like him who have quietly joined forces to promote it, and the effect is also very impressive. Almost in just half a month after the battle of Quarry Rock, the Huaiyang goods, which were very sought-after in the past, were unsalable in Hezhou, Luzhou and other places. Huaiyang's customers, who used to be the last to be welcomed at the wharf, were also inexplicably resisted by the batons, and the loading and unloading of goods had to pay much higher prices than the market to hire people, and the time spent at the port was also doubled.

In addition, some scholars who advocate Huaiyang Xinxue are inexplicably alienated by their peers. Some Huaiyang hawkers who walk the streets and alleys are also often attacked by ruffians. Throughout Hezhou and Luzhou, hostility towards Huaiyang spread rapidly. But it is impossible to find out who the specific initiator is.

When the news reached Huaiyang, the local peddlers and pawns naturally reacted. Since the two have come and gone, the gap has become deeper and wider, and even the passenger ships from Yangzhou to Hezhou have been greatly affected. Many passenger ships have to rush on the road without a few people at all, and whether it is back and forth, it is a discounted transaction.

However, no matter how high the hostility of the people. The exchanges between the Huaiyang Governor's Mansion and the Hezhou Governor's Mansion were unexpectedly normal. As early as the third day of the Quarshiji conflict, Zhu Chongba personally wrote a book to Zhu Chongjiu, the generalissimo of the Red Turban East Route Army, and took the initiative to show that everything was due to misunderstanding. He thought that the next target of the Huai'an army's attack was Jiqing, so he would send troops to quarry rocks. Otherwise, he would never dare to take the lead with the Huai'an army.

And the sailor generals under his command were born in Caokou and didn't know how to restrain the team at all. That's why when General Yu Tonghai ordered the ship to be stopped, he didn't respond in time. After the incident, the Hezhou Governor's Office had demoted Liao Yongzhong, the chief of the sailor who led the troops that day, and replaced him with his brother Liao Yongan. If the generalissimo still can't calm his anger, as long as he gives an order, Zhu Chongba is willing to go to Yangzhou in person to ask for guilt...

As for Chen Yexian's dedication of Fanchang to the Hezhou Army, Zhu Chongba also explained in the letter. He also solemnly promised that the direction of his future advance would be strictly controlled to the west of the Daqing River. In the next three years, whenever they encounter the Huai'an army, the Hezhou army will take the initiative to retreat

"This stinky loach, black and slippery, when I was in Huai'an, I should have chopped him with a knife..."Throwing Zhu Yuanzhang's handwritten letter and the information collected by the Military Intelligence Department in the recent period of time towards the corner of the table, Huai'an Army Commander Shi Su Mingzhe knocked on the ground with a gold-covered cane, and said through gritted teeth.

That was the most regrettable thing in his life. Because from that moment on, Zhu Chongba soared into the sky, and it was no longer possible to take the initiative to send his head to the door. And at the beginning, it was only because of his blind obedience to his own lord Zhu Chongjiu that he did not dare to secretly send someone to intercept and kill. Otherwise, it would be impossible for the Huai'an army to have such a big trouble on the side of the couch now.

"Kill him, and Zhang Shicheng, kill Zhang Shicheng, as well as Monk Peng, Xu Shouhui and Chen Youliang." Zhu Chongjiu raised his head from the official document like a mountain, glanced at Mr. Su, and explained in a low voice. "If we all kill according to your method, I'm afraid that if you don't wait to drive the Tartars away, the Huai'an army will only be left with the two of us. Then one of them held a grenade and went to die with the million-dollar army..."

"When did I ask you to kill Zhang Shicheng? Compared to Zhu Chongba, he is just a piece of cow..."Mr. Su refused to be convinced, knocked the ground with his cane again, and responded with a calm face. "As for Monk Peng and that Chen, Chen Youliang, didn't they take the initiative to grab territory with the Huai'an Army?"

"Sooner or later..."Zhu Chongjiu rolled his eyelids, lowered his head, and continued to review the official documents. He never took Mr. Su's faux pasas to heart. Because he knew that this person was loyal to him, but his ability and knowledge had been used to the limit, so he couldn't keep up with his own pace.

"And you still trade artillery with them?" Mr. Su muttered quietly, consciously put away his words, and sat next to him silently watching Zhu Chongjiu do things. However, after only a very short silence, he became irritable again. He cleared his throat and asked in a very low voice, "Then, then you really let him mess around?" … He, his ambitions have long been revealed... You, you have something to say. With our current strength, we can easily destroy him by transferring an army back!"

"What is the rationale? Shouldn't he accept Chen Yexian's surrender? Or was it not possible to load and unload the goods for the Huaiyang firm in time? Zhu Chongjiu was so annoyed that he couldn't work with peace of mind, so he had to raise his head again and ask angrily. After all, he is Guo Zixing's general, not mine. The two sides can only count as allies at best. If I send troops to fight him, what will other heroes think? Does Gaoyou's covenant still count? We were painstakingly trying to pull everyone to Gaoyou to make a contract, what was the picture? ”

"Guo, Guo Zixing is just a decoration now..."Mr. Su was red-faced when asked, and replied forcefully, "Although he didn't fight against you openly, he secretly made more troubles than anyone else." Then, when the Gaoyou covenant was signed, we, how big did we have? Now, now we have won half of Henan Jiangbei Province."

"This time, that time?" Zhu Chongba glanced at him again, sneered and shrugged, "If the covenant was signed to tear it up, then why don't we kill Mao Gui now." Look at him, he is closer to me than Zhu Yuanzhang, and his prestige is no less than that of Zhao Junyong, he has more soldiers and horses in his hands, and he has no defense at all..."

"Mao, Mr. Mao is, yes," Mr. Su's body stiffened visibly, and stammered to explain, "Mr. Mao has never been malicious to you. He's, he's, he's just"

"Next to the couch, how can you allow others to sleep soundly..."Zhu Chongjiu smiled, his face slowly becoming cold. With him for a day, the Eastern Route Army refused to completely get rid of the influence of Sesame Lee. And killing him will be more conducive to my unification of the decree. Anyway, there is no excuse for the crime that you want to add, after killing him, one day I will be happy and kill Xu Da again. His prestige is now getting higher and higher, and his ability to command troops and fight battles is much better than mine. Then, it's Hu Dahai, Lu Luzeng, by the way, and you. You are now more and more powerful, Liu Ziyun and they all have personal relations with you. You guys are all in charge of your own mess, what if you don't get rid of it? Kill it, how good it would be to replace it with a newcomer who graduated from the martial arts hall..."

When he spoke, he spoke loudly. Mr. Su was so frightened that cold sweat rolled on his forehead, and he couldn't hold the golden scepter in his hand anymore, and fell to the ground with a "dang bang". "Governor, I, I am loyal to the Governor. Xu Da, Xu Da them"

"Pick up the crutches, stand up straight, look at your little luck, and kill this and that all day long..." stepped forward and picked up the crutches for him with his own hands, "I don't really want to kill you." I'm just telling you that you have to follow the rules in everything. If you want me to behave badly with others, then maybe one day, I won't behave with you again. Anyway, I am the biggest in the world, whoever I want to kill, it is the king who makes the minister die, and the minister has to die..."

"The lord, the lord is not, not that kind of person." Like grasping a life-saving straw, Mr. Su held the crutches in his arms and responded with a trembling voice. "My lord, my lord is not. You, you knew that I wanted to use you, but you didn't kill me. Now"

"That was the time, and now is the present, I regret it, can't I? Zhu Chongjiu patted him on the shoulder, shook his head and repeated, "What if one day I remember what you bullied me in the past?" What if one day I'm confused? If you don't follow the rules, I'll order you to be pushed out and clicked. Can you die blindly? …”

"This" Mr. Su had never thought about things so far away, and was speechless when asked. But soon, he made up his mind, gritted his teeth, and knelt down very solemnly, "There is really a time, the minister, the minister died without regrets... If there is no lord, there will be no minister today. If the lord wants his ministers to die, the ministers are willing to do it..."

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