Chapter 50: Cutting the Weeds and Eradicating the Roots

Now it is the spring ploughing season, the Tartar soldiers are pressing, the soldiers and civilians in the fort can not plow, not to mention, the seedlings that have just emerged have also been eaten by the Tartar war horses, and the gentry in the fort are worried about the harvest of the coming year. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 Seeing that Ziren was willing to come forward to ask Hao Xun to reduce or reduce taxes, Ding Sicai said: "General Ding has any difficulties, but it doesn't hurt to say it. ”

"Thank you, and as a token of respect, I would like to have a toast." Ziren raised the wine glass, drank it all, poured it over, and said: "Tartar has buckled the edge this time, and my Shenyang Wei has suffered a lot. Wei commanded Cao Xiyuan and Cao Xixuan, who prepared for the imperial palace, and withheld military salaries, resulting in weak soldiers who could not fight, and when they were about to fight, they were cowardly and afraid of war, which was difficult to shirk. Although the two died in battle, they are going to write a letter to impeach these two people in the next book, but I am a guest soldier who fights lightly, and I hope that you can join together to seek justice for the people who died in vain. ”

"What a ruthless method!" Fan Nan saw that Ziren was deliberately borrowing the power of the squire to cut the grass and eradicate the roots for himself to eliminate future troubles, and secretly screamed in his heart.

"Cao Xiyuan is dead?" Han Yuanshan screamed in surprise at this time, and the squires also had puzzled expressions on their faces.

As the old saying goes, "The emperor does not go to the countryside." Ziren knew that the squire was the backbone of the local force, and in the early years in Jiangnan, the Ding family had a large number of people, and the children of the family all served in the army. On the surface, he said that he understood the people's feelings, but in fact, he hoped that the Ding family would cooperate with him to govern the local area and not delay the payment of taxes, otherwise with the manpower of the county yamen, he would be exhausted to death just by going to the countryside to collect taxes every year.

In order to completely get rid of the Cao family, Ziren decided to use the power of the squire to jointly write a book, and the teacher became famous. When the time comes, he will go to Hao Jie to fan the fire again, and it will be difficult for the Cao family not to die. Seeing that everyone was skeptical about this matter, he added: "Before our army sent to help, we agreed with Cao Xiyuan that he would lead the horsemen to attract the attention of the Tartars, and we would take the opportunity to cross the Pu River into the city to help. It's a pity that this surnamed Cao is incompetent, not to mention the loss of troops, and he also exposed the intentions of our army prematurely, causing the Tartar dog to jump over the wall and send troops to attack the city. If we hadn't arrived in time, this Puhe place would have been more than auspicious today. With that, he shook his head pretending to be apprehensive.

Fan Nan now thought that he was under Ziren's door, and immediately fanned the fire on the side and said: "Cao Xiyuan's rescue is not good. Cao Xixuan escaped from the battle, these two people were afraid that I would not lose Puhe, which was really hateful. ”

In order to ensure the peace of the family, many of the squires present died in the city, and they were dissatisfied with the Cao family in their hearts. Ziren and Fan Nan's words. Like a spark falling into dry firewood, it instantly ignited the anger in everyone's hearts. Although there are shrewd people among them, although they have seen a little bit of the doorway, it can be seen that Ziren has the support of the Li family, and it must be nine out of ten to bring down the Cao family, and they have risen up to respond out of their own calculations.

Ding Sicai was the first to take the case and scolded: "The Cao family brothers, these sons have no eyes, and General Ding's joint name is counted as one of them." But in his heart, he was secretly thinking that the Cao family had collapsed, and Puhe only had one grain store after that, which was a good opportunity to make a fortune.

Zhao Bensen is not far behind. Stomped his feet and said: "This group of dogs, don't look at my Lao Li's usual silence, this matter is really unbearable, count me as one." "But I thought in my mind, Cao Xixuan, who has no eyesight, you shirked everything you could to let you marry my daughter, and now it's too late to regret it.

All of a sudden, the wall fell and everyone pushed it. Seeing this, Fan Nan asked people to bring pen and ink on the spot, and wrote a document to impeach the Cao family. After that, everyone stepped forward in turn and signed their names.

This will make Li Rumei's anger almost disappear. leaned into Ziren's ear and whispered, "Brother-in-law, your trick is really ruthless." After finishing speaking, he didn't bother to pick up the pen and pressed an oily handprint on the impeachment paper.

Only Sun Shoujing muttered in his heart, and Ziren made it clear that he wanted to cut the grass and eradicate the roots. Cao Xixuan's death was all his own fault, but Cao Xiyuan's death was very strange, according to his understanding of Ziren, there is a ninety percent chance that he killed Cao Xiyuan. Assassinating colleagues is a big crime, and it is also a big crime to investigate and not report what you know, and you can't help frowning when you think of this.

Ziren sensed the change in Sun Shoujing. He whispered beside him: "Third Brother Sun, you have contributed a lot in this battle, I got something when I searched the Cao family, it is useless to keep it, it is better for you to take it." While speaking, he secretly handed Sun Shoujing a piece of paper with a good texture.

Sun Shoujing looked down and saw that it was actually a land deed of 500 acres of paddy fields, and the land price of one acre of paddy fields around Puhe was about eight taels of silver. This is four thousand taels of silver, seeing that Ziren promised a lot of profits, after thinking for a while, he took a long breath and pressed his handprint on the impeachment document.

After the deed was completed, everyone exchanged pleasantries, and when they saw that it was not early, everyone got up and left the table.

On the way back to the camp with Li Rumei, Ziren saw that the future brother-in-law had been sullen, and knew that he must have minded that he had won far more than him, and said: "Brother Rumei, you are a guerrilla general in the pacesetter battalion, and we have worked together to kill countless enemies in this battle, you see how to report the victory." ”

Li Rumei was stunned for a moment, and then she realized that Ziren is now her subordinate, no matter how much he wins, he has a share of credit as a superior, and said with a smile: "How else can this be written, it is nothing more than that you and I are strategizing, and the soldiers kill as many enemies as they want, this kind of cliché." ”

"Not really." At this time, Ziren suddenly spoke, and said in the puzzlement on Li Rumei's face: "The two of us will work together to kill no less than five hundred enemies in this battle, if they are handed over together, it is a bit too eye-catching, and it is said that this stick will hit the first bird, and the bow will shoot the head swallow, and I have a system, and those who are officials can only be promoted to three levels at most, and it will be a bit wasteful to pay too much." ”

Li Rumei has been in the army for many years, and when she heard the doorway in Ziren's words, she asked anxiously: "Ziren, what good ideas do you have?" Come on. ”

Ziren touched his nose and said slowly: "In my opinion, this first level will be handed over three hundred pieces first, which is enough for you and me to be promoted to three levels in a row." The rest will be handed over later, and I am also going to take out fifty coins to give to Brother Runan, whether it is a little bit of my heart as a brother-in-law, or a dowry gift for Miss Li Ruliu, what do you think? ”

"You still have a lot of flowers! Just do as you say. Li Rumei felt that Ziren's words were reasonable, and her eyebrows curled up after she raised her voice, and she said with a laugh: "Such a thick dowry is enough for a small mallet to find a good position, and with such a good son-in-law as you, my uncle and aunt must be happy to blossom." With that, the two went back to their respective camps.

At this time, Li Chengcai, the deputy chief soldier of Jizhou Town, who was far away, was far from being as leisurely as the two of them. In addition to the reinforcements sent by Liaodong Town, the governor of Xuanda also sent the general soldiers of Xuanfu Town, and Li Chengliang's eldest son 'Li Rusong' led more than 10,000 troops to come to help. Coupled with the general soldier "Du Tong" and his brother Juniper in Jizhou Town, it can be said that there are many strong troops. Zhang Guoyan, the governor of Jiliao, was convening the generals to discuss the strategy of retreating from the enemy.

(Update the next chapter by 10 p.m. tomorrow night) (To be continued.) )