Chapter 81: Questioning
For the place where Zeng Fang was executed, Jin Yiwei chose it very cleverly, and the location was chosen on Sifang Street, but tens of thousands of people in the entire Guangning City were notified to visit.
Zeng Fang's harm to the people of Guangning in just a few days is huge, so Zhang Ru needs to give an explanation to the people, and Jinyiwei needs to give an explanation to the people.
Water can carry a boat, but also can overturn a boat, such a simple truth, starting from Xunzi, until the Tang Dynasty from Wei Zheng's mouth to let the world really understand.
Whether it is Lao Tzu's rule of the country, or Xunzi's theory of the monarch and the people's boat, they are telling the people in power of all dynasties that the people are the best to be fooled and the least offended.
You can give the people a peaceful and peaceful environment, and the people will not have any resistance, but if you can't give them a good life, so that they don't have enough food and clothing, they will launch a critical attack.
Zhang Ru, who has hundreds of years of knowledge, naturally knows this very well, and when he was in college, he even had a period of in-depth research on the relationship between the monarch and the people.
Of the tens of thousands, only half of the people come to visit.
After all, Guangning City is not big, but it is not small, such a big Guangning City is a military fortress, and not all the people were harassed by the Jinyi Guards of the Thousand Households in Liaodong led by Zeng Fang.
Standing at the forefront is a hard-working Lord.
Among them, there are the people of Sifang Street, the old man whose son was killed by Jinyiwei, the grandmother whose daughter-in-law was ruined by Jinyiwei, and the children whose mother was ruined by Jinyiwei.
Almost everyone's eyes are full of hatred, and they can't wait for thousands of generals Zeng Fang to be slashed by thousands of knives.
Looking at the hateful faces below, Zeng Fang was thinking about the past with blank eyes, thinking that night, his wife was seriously ill in bed, but because he was square, he didn't even have the money to ask for his wife.
It was a man in white who appeared in front of him and gave him five taels of silver, and the five taels of life-saving silver made him make a promise that he should not make.
After the promise, the man in white disappeared, as if he had never appeared in his life. The wife is well, and the son will be born soon, but the pressure of life has made Zeng Fang transform unconsciously.
A penny is difficult to defeat a hero, this era is a very realistic era, if you don't have money, the vendor may give you something on credit once because of the government on your body, but you can't give you things on credit for the rest of your life.
For the sake of life, for the first time, he took a pair of bracelets after taking down a sub-training official, and he will never forget the expression of his daughter-in-law's eyes shining the moment she saw the bracelet.
There is a first time, there is a second time, and with a second time, it is difficult to stop.
Whenever tens of thousands of silver coins were found from the homes of those prisoners, he was always indignant, why did Lao Tzu bleed desperately on the battlefield, and worked hard for the court but couldn't even support his family. Why are you able to eat a vegetarian meal in one corpse position?
The three words unfairness filled Zeng Fang's heart, he did whatever it took to make crazy money, and most of that money went into the pocket of Huang Chan, the predecessor of Qianhu in Liaodong. It is precisely because of this that he was able to rise step by step, and in ten years he went from a small Jinyi Wei lieutenant to a later Jinyi Wei deputy Qianhu.
And he officially became Huang Chan's henchman.
Because of Huang Chan, he met many nobles, including nobles from the capital.
And the moment he saw that nobleman, he was completely stunned, because this nobleman was none other than the man in white who bought a promise to him for five taels of silver ten years ago.
Seeing each other again, the benefactor acted very politely as if he didn't know himself anymore, and he could see deep jealousy in the eyes of the boss Huang Chan.
Afterwards, he also asked about the origin of the man in white, but Huang Chan was secretive, and just told him that it was a noble man in the capital, and he would rather offend the chief soldier and the governor than offend that person.
It didn't take long for Zhang Ru to come.
The interception and killing of the Beizhen Fusi Jinyi Guard outside Guangning City was planned by Zeng Fang, but it was Huang Chan who did it. Because Huang Chan didn't want to give this credit to his deputy, and similarly, Zeng Fang didn't want to get involved.
The most important thing is that before this, Zhang Qianhu, who controlled the Fusi of Beizhen at a young age, had negotiated with him in advance.
At that time, Zeng Fang didn't know that Zhang Ru's identity was so sensitive, he only knew that this nine-sided patrol general was just a puppet pushed out by the people above and came to the border to take a look.
Huang Chan died, plotted rebellion, and the whole family was reinforced.
Zeng Fang naturally became one of the thousands of households in Liaodong, and that Lord Zhang seemed to value him very much.
In this environment, Zeng Fang feels very happy, because her family is safe and her children have grown up. Now in a high position, as soon as Zhang Ru leaves, he will be a person who can speak in front of the general soldiers.
However, before he could be happy, the creditor who had promised many years ago came, and the man in white appeared in his study like a ghost in the snowy night, and then asked him if he wanted to repay the favor.
From the man in white, Zeng Fang felt the pressure he had never felt before, that kind of pressure was not the pressure of the superior on Zhang Ru, it was the murderous aura of killing at the border.
The moment he felt that breath, Zeng Fang knew that he couldn't refuse, whether it was forced to pressure or repay the favor, he couldn't find a reason why he could refuse the other party.
Going against his will, he made a stumbling block for Zhang Ru, and used chicken feathers as an arrow, and even. Assassinate Zhu Wei.
Everything seemed so smooth, Zhang Ru still seemed to believe in him, and in Guangning City, no one seemed to suspect Jinyiwei.
As the days passed, the order to stop all movements was delayed, and Zeng Fang could no longer sit still. He endures the torment of conscience every day, but has to do what he is not willing to do for the sake of his family and a so-called commitment. It wasn't until Huang Kang, the eunuch of the town, was also involved that he deeply realized how powerful the man in white was.
But at this time, it was too late for him to quit.
There was only one path in front of him, and that was a path to the dark.
On the day of the incident, seeing Zhang Ru's frost-like face, he suddenly felt guilty, and when Zhang Ru asked him who instructed him, he really wanted to tell Zhang Ru everything he knew. But thinking of a pair of lovely children at home, he kept his mouth shut!
He is not Huang Kang's kind of person who has no descendants, he is a father, a husband, and a son.
"Is there anything else you want to say?" His thoughts were interrupted by Fan Tong, who was standing aside, Zeng Fang came back to his senses, glanced at the people below, closed his eyes, and said nothing.
After making sure that he had nothing to say, Fan Tong said loudly: "Fellow villagers, Zeng Fang, a thousand households in Liaodong, falsely passed on the general's order, and led his Jinyi guards to do evil and hurt the people of Liaodong. Fortunately, the governor was wise and saw through his wolf ambitions in time, and today, in this Guangning City, Jinyi Wei cleaned up the door, killed Zeng Fang, and was punished in the Ming Dynasty. ”
"Good!"
"Kill him! Kill him! ”
"Cut this **** with a thousand cuts!"
The crowd erupted in deafening cheers.
Fan Tong stretched out his hands and pressed down gently: "People, they must be killed, but not now." The marshal is still interrogating the town guard eunuch Huang Kang, and when the marshal finishes interrogation, he will personally watch the execution. ”
The people at the scene became silent in an instant, some people moved small Mazha, some people moved small bricks, and one by one they sat on the ground, waiting for Zhang Ru's arrival.
After about two pillars of incense, Zhang Rucai came to the square of Sifang Street surrounded by a group of brocade guards, he glanced at the people below, looked at Zeng Fang deeply, and said lightly: "Zeng Fang, if you have anything to say, stay, I will bring it to your family." ”
Hearing Zhang Ru's voice, Zeng Fang suddenly opened his eyes: "My lord, I."
Before the words came out, his throat seemed to be choked by something, and he remembered the scene when Zhang Ru patted him on the shoulder and spoke when he asked him to be a thousand households in Liaodong, his nose was sore, and the seven-foot man, tears actually fell out like this.
To be honest, Zhang Ru is really good to him, although there is not much communication, Zhang Ru gives him absolute trust. That kind of trust is something that Huang Chan never had when he was a thousand households.
Zhang Ru was able to ignore and hand over all the affairs of the Liaodong Thousand Households to him, and after he took down a few criminal officials, he even asked him if he had left some of his belongings. Even, after Zhu Wei was assassinated, he was able to hand over such an important matter to himself.
So after he saw Zhang Ru, he felt a deep sense of guilt in his heart.
"Don't cry, old man." Zhang Ru said in a low voice.
He really couldn't bear to see a seven-foot man crying in front of him, not to mention that this person used to be a subordinate he felt could cultivate.
Zeng Fang couldn't stop the tears that burst out of his eyes, and tears of remorse instantly covered his dark face.
"Don't worry, I won't be embarrassed about your family, after this incident, I will take care of your family. Your children are my children, and your family is my family. Zeng Fang didn't say anything, Zhang Ru said it for him.
Zeng Fang nodded vigorously: "My lord, in the next life, I will tie the grass ring, and then repay the grace of the encounter." ”
His expression became very indifferent, and without care, he could die peacefully.
With an order, the embroidered spring knife that only Jinyi Wei could wear was raised high, and Fan Tong took it upon himself to insert the knife into Zeng Fang's chest, stirring it hard, and directly asked for Zeng Fang's life, without letting him suffer too much.
Blood splattered out, staining Zhang Ru's bullfighting suit red, and also staining a large area of land.
The people celebrated with their hands, everyone felt that Zhang Ru was a person with clear grievances, and for a while, the resentment of the previous few days was swept away, and everyone shouted in their mouths.
Back at the General Soldier's Mansion, Zhang Ru ordered Fan Tong: "Send out some of the people trained by Mu Bin in the capital, and rectify the thousands of households in various places and prepare for battle!" ”