Chapter Seventy-Eight: Whitewashing Taiming
The master looked around, lowered his voice and said, "The person who came has already said that the rebels have fled and fled into the mountains, and the adults can use this to make a fuss!" β
"Tell me about it!" Shang Lixun's face looked a little better, and he grabbed the master and said, "Hurry up!" β
"Zhang Douyao is rampant in Chengcheng, these things are all rumors, as long as you check a little, there must be a lot of evidence. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biqugeγ info Not to mention other things, Zhang Douyao has been in office for two years, taking concubines three times a year, and collecting gifts from merchants in the city is a large sum. The master nodded and spoke.
"Even if there is no evidence of guilt, we can do a little, after all, Chengcheng has been ransacked, and the crime can be deducted from the heads of the mob."
"There are still a few accounts in the house that have not been settled, this time it is also put on Zhang Douyao's body, focusing on Zhang Douyao's rampant expropriation, and the people are not happy, which led to the mob rushing into CC County, and this aspect is handed over to me, there must be no problem."
"Now the things that adults have to do are also very simple, that is, to find Liu Qianhu and personally lead the people to Chengcheng to quell the chaos." The master stroked his beard and said proudly: "When the time comes, we will go up and say that the rebellion has been investigated, find a few death row prisoners in the prison and kill them, pretend to be the leader of the bandits, and maybe the adults will be rewarded." β
Shang Lixun was a little hesitant, looked at the master and said, "The method you said, can it work?" β
The master nodded and explained: "Of course it is possible, and the Chief Secretary does not want a mob to appear under his rule, otherwise it will be difficult to explain to the imperial court." As long as the lord says that the leader of the mob has been killed, and the rest of the mob has fled into the mountains, isn't that okay? β
"The rest of the matter is Liu Qianhu's, the adult can order Liu Qianhu to chase the mob, as for whether the recovery is effective, it has nothing to do with the adult. After learning of the rebellion of the mob in CC County, the adults immediately commanded the troops to quell the rebellion and surveyed the Chengcheng rebellion, and the political envoy would not say anything. β
"With the character of our political envoy, we will definitely not report to the imperial court, and now the movement of the imperial court is unknown, and the political envoy is also better than less. When the time comes, the adults will offset each other, and the matter will pass. is saying that those homeless people don't dare to come back, let Liu Qianhu use some force to drive the homeless people away, as long as they don't make trouble in the same state, I don't know if adults think so? β
Shang Lixun nodded, stretched out his hand and patted the master's shoulder, and said in appreciation: "Not bad, not bad, you are very good!" β
"Come on, change the clothes of the official, the official is going to Chengcheng!" Shang Lixun stood up, swept away the decadence just now, and said confidently: "Let someone go to Liu Qianhu, and order him to order all the people immediately, and wait for Lord Ben to go to Chengcheng to fight the chaos together." β
"Yes, sir!" The master replied respectfully, and walked out of the door with a happy face.
When Shang Lixun came to Chengcheng with his men, it was already the afternoon of the same day, and the mob had already fled. The army then marched into the city, Shang Lixun marched vigorously, and the military horses went out of the city gate in all directions, and began to chase the mob.
Shang Lixun himself was promoted to the church in CC County, and arrested a lot of street gangsters who made trouble in the city, and found a lot of things, the precious ones were kept by himself, and the rest were returned to those rich families. For a time, Shang Qingtian's reputation was a household name.
The gentry of Chengcheng also gave Shang Lixun the umbrella of the people, and also wrote a few poems and articles to praise Shang Lixun, and for a time Shang Lixun's official reputation in Chengcheng was rising.
The name of the thousand households in the garrison in the same state is Liu Shiyou, a grade in his fifties, and at this time he was eating flower wine in the largest green building in CC County. There are four or five girls around me, and some people specially sing songs for playing the piano, which is quite happy.
"My lord, the prefect of Shang sent someone to inquire about the situation of the bandits!" A man dressed as a scribe walked in, looked at Liu Shiyou with a smile and said.
This person is none other than Liu Shiyou's staff Zhao Xing, since the deeds of Xu Wei and Xu Wenchang came out, military attachΓ©s have also risen from time to time to find staff, just like the master of civil officials. Someone has come up with an idea, which makes these military attaches more willing to find staff.
Many down-and-out literati are willing to work as staff members for these military attachΓ©s, and the salary is good, and the status is not low, which is a good choice.
"Suppress bandits, fight chaos!" Liu Shiyou put the wine glass in his hand on the table, and said with a gloomy face: "He Shang Lixun is here to accept favors and sell well, I don't know how much benefit he has gained these days, everyone calls him Shang Qingtian, but he wants me to do the dirty work!" β
Zhao Xing looked at the thousands of households in his family, and said with a smile: "This is also a matter of no choice, in our Ming Dynasty, civil officials move their mouths, military attaches run and break their legs, it is not a matter of a day, adults don't have to mind." β
Liu Shiyou nodded, although he was a thousand households and was in charge of a thousand military households, there were actually only more than 600 people, and he was not full at all. It is said that these military households grow food for themselves on weekdays, and the military field is their own field, how can Liu Shiyou take them to fight with the mob, and they are full of food.
What is the combat effectiveness of his subordinates, Liu Shiyou knows very well, it is okay to bully the people, and it is not necessarily possible to win a war with bandits.
The entire military camp has basically never seen blood, and they only know how to farm on weekdays, and fighting is not their job at all.
It's not as good as the front line, and the soldiers on the front line may still have a chance to see blood, how can they have that opportunity here. Everyone knows that military households are not useful, and they also know that military households are not able to farm the land, and it is not possible at all.
What the whole world knows, Shang Lixun will not know? Liu Shiyou doesn't believe it, Shang Lixun just wants to take the blame and take responsibility. He is still smart and smart, and he is not stupid, Liu Shiyou has already made up his mind to let his subordinates circle Chengcheng a few times, and then come back.
"Tell my brothers, it won't be too long in Chengcheng, and we'll be back soon!" Liu Shiyou took a sip of wine and spoke.
Zhao Xing nodded, rolled his eyes, and said, "My lord, we can't send troops in vain!" This pass-by eats horses and feeds, that is in need of money and food, and the court has to give silver to fight a war, Shang Lixun came to this set, and we will also return him. β
"Tell me about it!" Liu Shiyou's eyes lit up, and when he heard that he had money to take, he was in a good mood and pushed away the beauties he was originally hugging.
"Look, my lord, we are fighting for Chengcheng, and the soldiers' pensions and the like are also taken by someone. Our soldiers fought bloody battles against the mob in the mountains, and although the soldiers were brave and resolute, they were also injured. β
"Not to mention the weight of the materials, the damage must be not small!" Zhao Xing held a glass of wine in his hand, played with the wine glass and said: "He is Shang Qingtian, isn't our brother for the people and the country?" Whether it's Lord Shang or the gentry of Chengcheng, shouldn't you show it to us, it's unreasonable, right? β
Liu Shiyou's eyes became brighter and brighter, and while touching his chin, he nodded and said: "Good idea, General Ben personally led his men and horses to fight a decisive battle with the mob, killing countless enemies, but he was hit by the loss and unfortunately injured, you said that this gentry of Chengcheng, should you come to see General Ben?" β
"Of course, the general was injured in battle to protect Chengcheng, so he naturally had to be loved by the people!" Zhao Xing also nodded, and drank the wine from the wine glass with a smile.
"I'll take people out of the city early tomorrow morning, and you can go with me then!" Liu Shiyou looked at Zhao Xing and said with a laugh.
Zhao Xing nodded, and then said with a smile: "When you are a person, your subordinates naturally want to take a look at the heroism of adults!" β
Liu Shiyou suddenly laughed, raised his wine glass and said, "Then we will go out of the city tomorrow to make contributions!" β
The common people have two words to describe the transit of large armies, that is, military disasters, and compare war and army transit with natural disasters. In an era when there was no resistance to natural disasters, the common people described the crossing of the army as a military disaster, which shows their fear of military disasters.
Although Liu Shiyou's people are not many, it is just as miserable for the people around Chengcheng.
Not giving money to buy things is a small problem, and even going directly into the village to grab food, grab things, and some even rob people, rampant like bandits. Compared with Wang Er, they are even better. Wang Er, they robbed the rich, and the people who couldn't afford to eat were given food.
In contrast, the common people hated the official army and the government to the core, which is why the common people later preferred to see the rebels rather than the official army.
SX Governor Qiao Yingjia sat in the governor's yamen, holding a tea cup in his hand, and listened to the report of the political envoy Zhao Zhengzhou with a blank face. Qiao Yingjia also heard about the mob in Chengcheng, and this time he listened to Zhao Zhengzhou's report.
"Zhang Douyao is stupid and incompetent!" After listening to Zhao Zhengzhou's words, Qiao Yingjia snorted coldly and said: "Corruption perverts the law, the crime is unforgivable!" β
"The imperial court used troops in Liaodong, the army lacked salaries, and the imperial court added new salaries and lost evenly, which was already helpless, but for the sake of the country's major affairs, the people had to suffer. But there is a person like Zhang Douyao, the official has said a long time ago, explain clearly to the people, explain clearly, don't be brutal, see what he does? β
"Not only was it powerless, but it also caused a mob, and he was killed, he deserved it!" Qiao Yingjia continued: "It's not bad that this Shang Lixun is not bad, since the matter in CC County has been calmed down, then continue to collect taxes and silver, this is the key." β
"To be appeased to Baixin, tell the people below not to use the sword lightly, and to explain clearly to the people. The court is in difficulty, and it is suffering, and when the past few years have passed, life will be better. β
"Yes, my lord, the lower officials understand!" Zhao Zhengzhou nodded and said, "Do you have any other instructions?" β
"Don't be verbose, collecting taxes and silver is the top priority, this official will send people to various places to supervise the payment, and must pay off this year's taxes and silver within a time limit, and the court can't wait." Qiao Yingjia took a sip of tea and said lightly.
Zhao Zhengzhou wanted to open his mouth several times, but in the end he didn't say anything, he knew that it was useless for him to say it.