Chapter 64 Overt Investigation and Covert Investigation I
He is not as bold as Song Liansheng, thinking that it will not happen, although he is not very good at history, but he has the foundation of Peking Opera, and knows that there was a major event in the Zhengde Dynasty, that is, the rebellion of King Ning of Jiangxi. For this matter, he almost implicated a Tang Bohu to come in.
At present, King Ning has not rebelled, on the contrary, there is the name of King Xian, and the people in the court and the opposition have high expectations, that is to say, this thunder has not sounded yet, God knows when the rebellion of King Ning will break out?
Although this rebellion does not seem to have caused any trouble in terms of the overall pattern of the Ming Dynasty, after all, it has failed to change the dynasty. But from one place, that's hard to say. What if there is a spy of King Ning among these exiles and is preparing to raise troops in Henan? Even if they are destroyed in the end and their own family is involved, they will not be able to draw it.
He didn't know how King Ning raised troops in history, which cities he captured, and whether the soldiers had reached Henan, which was not enough, since the matter was related to his own net worth, it was always right to pay more attention. First of all, there are the inscriptions of the legends of the merchants, as well as the rumors that are unfavorable to the Son of Heaven, and the man-made refugee flows. Now he is a homeless again, and from the perspective of professional sensitivity, he also feels that something is wrong with the situation.
Fortunately, those victims have not yet entered the city, and they are all wandering in the villages outside the county seat.
On the whole, the people of this era were still afraid of the government, and if no one maliciously organized it, a few officials would be enough to disperse hundreds of victims.
After Yang Chengzu went out of the city, he touched the place where the brocade clothes said, and sure enough, he saw a large number of ragged people with yellow faces and thin muscles, sitting under the trees on the side of the road and in the fields. I kept talking to each other, and I was not wary of outsiders.
Relying on his ability, he easily blended into the crowd and set up his ears to listen to their accents, both from Huguang and Shaanxi. These people come from different regions and have different accents, even within a province, where the accents are often quite different due to the distance from their hometowns.
Fortunately, after Yang Chengzu crossed over, he found that he had an extra golden finger, that is, he could understand the words of people in various provinces, and what he said could be understood by others. This golden finger is too useful to him, otherwise even if he were thrown here, he would not know what people are talking about.
These people are refugees, and when they leave their hometowns, they rely on each other to increase their sense of security, and they talk more than usual. "This time, we have a disaster in Huguang, and then we say that we are going to fight, which is simply a way for no one to live. The immortal master said that he wanted us to flee to Henan, but it doesn't look like there is food in Henan, so it's wrong for us to come. In case the Yellow River in Henan bursts, won't we die ourselves? ”
"What's the solution, my hometown can't survive, so I have to come elsewhere to beg for a living. Even if you don't fight, the land is confiscated, and the rent of the government is so high, you have to run. Since it is Maitreya Buddha who said that there is food to eat in Henan, it must not be wrong to think about it. If you don't leave, you'll die. When there is a military disaster, beware of arresting you to become a soldier. Tell me, is the world going to change, why is this long live not born by the old master? ”
Plague? Long live not biological? Yang Chengzu is keenly aware that there is indeed a problem here, and I am afraid that these refugees are by no means as simple as ordinary refugees. He leaned over to probe a few words, but regretfully found that these people knew very little, belonged to the level of street talk, and could not provide any useful information.
I only know that there is a high-level person who pointed out that a major military disaster is about to occur in Huguang, and if you stay any longer, you will be implicated in the war, and there is a risk of family destruction and death. If you want to survive, you have to run to Henan and Beijing to have a chance of life.
This era is an era of overall superstition, even from the perspective of the princes of the imperial court, they are quite convinced of the theory of gods and ghosts, and ordinary people naturally believe in it. Moreover, Huguang has indeed suffered a disaster this year, there is no harvest in the field, and the government does not reduce or reduce taxes, so everyone has to run.
As for the so-called enlightenment of gods and men, and the guidance of immortal masters, it is also a common thing in the sect at this time. However, it is impossible to judge from these words what religion they believe in and what kind of gods and Buddhas they worship.
At this time, he heard the humanitarian again: "Fortunately, the rich man here has a conscience, and someone just said that the left members of the village pity our hardships and want to give up a few days of porridge, which is said to be full." With such good people, maybe we can still survive. As long as the relief from the imperial court comes down, we don't have to starve to death, and when the 100-day disaster is solved and the military disaster passes, we can all live a good life. ”
What the people said next was nothing more than which immortal master had great magical powers, which immortal master had high Taoist skills, and which girl was not optimistic.
Seeing that these victims are in a stable mood now, they have no intention of advocating chaos, but the news revealed by this makes Yang Chengzu feel more and more wrong. When he entered the city, he glanced at the bowl on the head of the city, and said to himself: I hope this thing is not used.
After he entered the city, he did not return to Weili, but went directly to the yamen to visit Zhang Jiayin. Zhang Jiayin's face was solemn, obviously he had something on his mind, and when he saw him coming, he hurriedly pulled him to the second hall of flowers, and only after sitting down did he say: "Brother Xian, you came just in time, if you don't come, I will also send someone to find you." I'm afraid that there will be a disaster this time, brother, I have to rely on your Jinyiwei to help. ”
"Big brother is it for that rumor?"
"You know that, too?" After Zhang Jiayin asked this sentence, he suddenly thought that this was nonsense, even the officials under his command knew something, how could Jinyiwei not know? He pulled out a piece of torn paper from his sleeve, "This time it's not just a rumor, I don't know who has already posted the exposé on the eight-character wall outside the county office." This is to be passed on, it is clear that someone is trying to rebel! ”
Yang Chengzu saw that on the broken paper, there were not only things written about the true blood of Zhengde, but also several major drawbacks of the government, saying that he abused the people and appointed traitors, which led to the government day and the rivers and rivers.
Zhang Jiayin said: "This is the method used by some people during the rebellion of the White Army. Before the soldiers arrived, they first sent the exposé stickers, so that people could mess up without a fight, and they were in chaos first. Besides, only he knows whether he will come or not, but with this exposé, you don't dare to take precautions and not invite troops to defend. The energy involved in this method is a little more powerful than the strength of the thief. Compared with the white-clothed army back then, we still knew who the enemy was, but now we don't even know who the enemy is, and our own hearts are afraid that they will be in chaos first. ”
Yang Chengzu knew that at this time, the role of the government should be long-term, otherwise if this kind of rumor is allowed to spread wantonly, it is likely to cause panic among the people. Coupled with the hardships of one's own life on weekdays, the contradictions between oneself and others, or simply looking at others unpleasantly, it may be stimulated by these rumors and turn into a civil unrest, and then the city will really be over.
He nodded and said, "Big brother, don't worry, my Jinyiwei is doing this, I must not allow these rumors to spread wantonly, and I must clean up these demons." ”