Chapter 195: The Last Stop
The small turmoil quickly subsided because of Luo Qing's departure, and the guard of honor was on the road again, with a few more big carriages with deep ruts and a reluctant face that could only follow the aftermath.
Due to the extra carriage of gold, silver and jewelry, the speed of the procession was much slower, and time passed little by little, and in the blink of an eye it was June, and Zhang Ru was anxious.
As soon as Guyuan left, the chief soldier Chen Tai behaved extremely humble, not only personally accompanied Zhang Ru to inspect the important passes, but also personally arrested all the people on the list given by Zhang Ru to Guyuan.
Chen Tai's position is not the general soldier holding the seal of the general, he is the Taoist of the Guyuan Soldier Preparation Road, in charge of more than 30,000 Guyuan soldiers and horses who have become a town but have not set up a general military office.
Of course, the inspection of the major passes is only a symbolic inspection, it is already June, according to the history of Zhang Ru's previous life, there are still two months, and Chenghua Emperor Zhu Jianshen is about to die. He had to hurry up and finish patrolling the nine sides, and then return to the capital to help Zhu Youjiao.
If no one helped Zhu Youzhu in the capital, the people of the 12th Regiment Battalion and the 3rd Battalion of Longxiang in Beijing would not necessarily help the prince ascend the throne. At that time, if Her Royal Highness the ambitious eldest princess comes out to give some benefits to those generals, I am afraid that Zhu Youzhu will face the danger of being imprisoned.
Once the crown prince falls, Zhang Ru, the nine-sided governor who rose by relying on the East Palace, will also completely lose his favor with the new monarch ascending the throne.
He had many enemies, and for the sake of Jinyiwei's brother and his own brother, he couldn't allow this to happen.
The list given by Yu Zijun and Lu Fei was very detailed, and it took some effort to arrest these people, but with the help of Guyuan Bingbeidao, it only took less than twenty days to punish those people.
Patrolling all the way, there were people's heads landing all the way, and Zhang Ru's image in the hearts of the border soldiers was getting closer and closer to Lord Yama. Many soldiers talked in private, not calling him the commander, but calling him King Zhang Yan like some gentlemen in the capital.
This is not a good name, when Zhang Ru accidentally heard the soldiers talking in the company of Chen Tai, Chen Tai, who was embarrassed, was angry and ordered the two old soldiers of the border town who were talking to be fifty military sticks. In this regard, Zhang Ru just laughed it off, not only did he not blame the two border troops, but he reprimanded Chen Tai without pain.
It is hard to imagine that the forty or fifty-year-old soldier Daoist was silent in front of the young Governor of the Nine Sides.
On June 28, the 23rd year of Chenghua, Zhang Ru inspected Guyuan, beheaded 74 people on the side of the army salary, and dozens of heads pickled in lime were added to the banner of the school field in Guyuan Town.
On the same day, Zhang Ru set off non-stop and went to the next stop - Ningxia Town.
Ningxia Town Chief Soldier Hashid is an authentic Hui person, and the Ming Dynasty in Ningxia, Gansu Province, basically used people from local ethnic minorities as generals. The Hui people have their own teachings, and although they have been influenced by the culture of the Central Plains to a certain extent, they have their own way of life.
This way of life still existed even in New China in Zhang Ru's previous life, and the national issue has always been the most troublesome problem for a big country.
After the Ming Dynasty abandoned the Hetao, the Mongols directly herded horses and sheep in the Hetao Plain, the northwest gate was opened, and a large number of soldiers retreated to Ningxia. Under such historical conditions, Ningxia became a region inhabited by Han and Hu.
Most of the border troops from all over the Ming Dynasty were singles, and the local soldiers in Ningxia were left with many women because they fought against the Tatars all year round.
Hashid was influenced by the culture of the Central Plains since he was a child, and in terms of blood, he was still a pure Hui, but in terms of ideology and spirit, he was already a Han Chinese.
Because of this important factor, and because of Hashid's Hui origin, his family had a very important position in Ningxia, and those Muslims obeyed him. Chenghua Emperor Zhu Jianshen handed over the position of the commander-in-chief of Ningxia Town to him in the eighteenth year of Chenghua.
At the same time, the Guyuan military preparation road that emerged in the sixth year of Chenghua also played a full role, on the one hand, it could support the Huihui army in Ningxia at any time; On the other hand, there is no meaning of looking at Hashed.
There is a way to be right and wrong, and the hearts of the people who are not of our race will be different, and the scholars and doctors above the court do not dare to hand over an important town to a foreign race, even if they have to hand over this important town to a foreign race, they also need to use other people to watch.
Hashid has a throne in his body, and although he is only a county king, he is much higher than Zhang Ru in terms of lordship.
So although it was the first time they met, after Hashed knelt and kowtowed to Zhang Ru's status as a messenger, it was Zhang Ru's turn to greet Hashed.
He still didn't choose to kneel, but just bowed.
Such a move caused the dissatisfaction of a group of Hui generals, but under the suppression of Hashid, those generals did not attack on the spot.
When Zhang Ru handed over the list of people who needed to be arrested to Hashid, the contradictions between them really broke out. Hashid tore the list to shreds in front of Zhang Ru, and said with a smile: "Lord Zhang, now that this list is gone, your task is completed." ”
In fact, the vast majority of the people on this list are Han Chinese officers, and there are only three Hui generals in a list of 94 people. There is no need for Hashid to embarrass Zhang Ru on this matter, because there is no need.
But Hashed, who is not big-eyed, is obsessed with that kneeling, so he is ready to embarrass Zhang Ru.
Zhang Ru said disapprerovingly: "Lord Wang, is it interesting to be embarrassed in such a trivial matter?" ”
"You think it's boring?" Hashed said coldly: "You don't think it's interesting, but this king thinks it's very interesting." ”
Zhang Ru was neither humble nor arrogant: "The last general was ordered to inspect the nine sides, and the prince is so embarrassed by the last general, I'm afraid it's not good!" ”
Hashed said lightly: "Otherwise? This king has heard of your Zhang Ru's name, and you are unscrupulous in the capital, because you have the support of His Royal Highness the Prince, and you are doing evil in the nine sides, because you have the title of the governor of the nine sides. But when you came to Ningxia, do you still want to have no one in your eyes, but there is still me in your eyes, the king of the Ming Dynasty? ”
A rhinoplasty ethnic minority, a pure-blooded Han Chinese, has a long speech, but this Han person is still speechless. Such a situation, whether in the past life or now, is rare.
Zhang Ru unfortunately became a party.
Clever and smart, he immediately realized that it was his attitude when he first met that invisibly offended the titular king of the Ming Dynasty.
After thinking about it, Zhang Ru pretended to say in a low voice: "The last general doesn't understand what the prince is talking about. But the last general has the insistence of the last general, in the capital to face the king, the last general can still not kneel, there is no reason to come to Ningxia to see the prince you kneel. Does the prince think that he is more wise than His Majesty?
The man has gold under his knees, and he insists that even if he takes off the head of the last general, the last general will not make any changes. The people on that list, the prince can help if he wants to, and if he doesn't want to help, the people at the Ningxia command post should be able to arrest these people.
As for the generals under the command of the prince, the last general has no intention of tracking down. ”
The meaning of his words is obvious enough, if you give me face, I will be able to give you three points of face, if you refuse to give me face and tear your face, in the end it will not benefit anyone.
Hashed is also a smart person, and said very wisely: "Since General Zhang feels that he has the ability to run rampant in Ningxia, this king will naturally not stop him." ”
For Zhang Ru, as long as the local natives do not obstruct him, it is not a big problem to take down the scum in the border army.
The list given by Zhu Yong, the Duke of Baoguo, is not unimportant, as long as all the people on the list can be taken down, then the nine sides of the Ming Dynasty will be clean for a long time.
There were a bunch of human heads hanging from the flagpole, and no brave person dared to commit a crime against the wind.
In the next few days, Hashed avoided Zhang Ru, and Zhang Ru didn't bother to use his hot face to stick to other people's cold butts, but Jinyiwei started quickly, and arrested all the criminal generals with lightning speed.
The Han generals had better deal with it, and after announcing the guilt, they chopped off the heads with a knife, then salted them with lime, and hung them on the flagpole.
The three returning generals gave Zhang Ru a headache.
He told Hashid that he would not move back to the generals, but there were three Hui generals on the list, if these people were moved, would Hashid be angry and surround the Qin Cha Xingyuan?
Zhang Ru is a little worried about these people, they are a group of crazy people, they never care about the means or the means, and they will not care about the consequences.
The rebellion at the end of the Qing Dynasty was carefully studied by Zhang Ru.
Before the heads of the three returning generals landed, trouble came to the door.
It was none other than Hami King Hashid, who had been respectful of Zhang Ru for a few days.
"General Zhang, I heard how many people you have arrested?" Hashed gets straight to the point.
Zhang Ru nodded and said, "Yes, the few generals who have been arrested are feeling a little tricky and don't know how to deal with them." ”
Hashed said coldly: "Let the people go." ”
The tone is firm and unmistakable.
Zhang Ru's tone also suddenly became cold: "The prince said that if he wants me to release people, I will release them, is it not that the prince will treat the royal law of the Ming Dynasty as a decoration!" The evidence of these three people's crimes is conclusive, if they are let go like this, how will you let Ben convince the public. ”
Hashid looked at Zhang Ru suspiciously: "General Zhang, I'm doing this for your own good, if you dare to kill them, you will cause disaster to the door." ”
Zhang Ru said angrily: "No matter what calamity, I, Zhang Ru, will follow." ”
Hashid stopped talking, turned his head and left: "I believe that one day you will come to me, and this day should not be too far away." ”
Zhang Ru didn't speak, and watched coldly as Hashed's back disappeared in front of him.
But he didn't take it lightly, because he knew that Hashid would never rest on his laurels.
Sure enough, only three days later, big trouble came.