Chapter 161: It's All Potatoes
Suddenly, Zhu Youcheng heard a mournful neighing of a horse outside the door, followed by the sound of falling. He couldn't help frowning secretly, which soldier was this, who didn't care about the horse so much, and let the horse go down tired. The horse's physique has been irreversibly damaged, and even if it is well maintained, it can no longer be used as a war horse.
Zhu Youcheng frowned slightly, and said to Wei Liangqing next to him: "Captain Wei, go out to see who doesn't care about horsepower so much." It was found out that the soldier was confined to the room for two days, and he was in charge of 15 military sticks for his small banner, 10 military sticks for the general banner, and 5 military sticks for 100 households, and 1,000 households deducted half of this month's salary. ”
When Song Yingxing heard this, he couldn't help but secretly praise Zhu Youcheng's rigorous management of the army.
Wei Liangqing went out, immediately came in, and said, "I can't punish it, it's an angel who is coming." ”
This angel is not a winged birdman, but a messenger sent by the Son of Heaven.
Before he finished speaking, a brocade guard rushed in, handed him a holy decree, and said breathlessly: "Quick, emperor...... The emperor urgently summoned you to the palace. ”
This brocade guard is quite fresh, and it seems that he is not a soldier of the West Town Fusi.
Zhu Youcheng said secretly: "Oh no, did the emperor show up about skipping work to come to Huangzhuang and called me to the palace to reprimand?" No, the emperor has seen me leave the two houses many times, and he has never made a big fuss, why is he so anxious this time, and even the horses of the Jinyi guard who passed the decree are tired to death? ”
Zhu Youcheng hurriedly settled Song Yingxing, and explained the matter of Xizhen Fusi, and wanted to leave Huangzhuang and go to the capital.
Song Yingxing stopped him, his face was slightly angry, and said, "Lord Zhu, since I promised to keep my mouth shut, I will definitely do what I say, why do you want to send four people to spy on me?" ”
Zhu Youcheng pointed at Wei Liangqing and said, "I'm very busy." Captain Wei, you can help me explain. ”
After speaking, Zhu Youcheng put aside Song Yingxing and left.
Wei Liangqing hurriedly explained: "Mr. Song, you misunderstood. Xizhen Fusi stipulates that special talents are guarded by special personnel. Keep him safe. For example, King Shin had sixteen guards; Lord Zhu, twelve guards; Xu Guangqi, the left attendant of the Ministry of Works, Wanhu Langzhong, and Sun Yuanhua, a member of the Ministry of Labor, were all transferred from Huangzhuang to the Ministry of Works, and the Xizhen Fusi sent four guards to each person to protect them; Feng Menglong, who is also from Xizhen Fusi, is a propaganda talent. There were four guards. It is said that big officials, as long as they are talents, have special guards. You see Qin Ke, the deputy captain of the construction team in charge of construction, and there are only 100 households, and there are also two guards to protect him. Lord Zhu sent you four guards because you are a rare talent, so you will protect them. ”
Song Yingxing felt a little comforted in his heart, this feeling of being taken seriously. It has been a long time since his parents died. But listen, listen. He was stunned by the official positions of the people who went out from the West Town Fu Division, the West Town Fu Division is the army, and the officials in it are all military positions, although the grade is high, but the social status is not high. And the Ming officialdom, the civil and military are clearly distinguished. Civilian officials disdain to be transferred to military generals, and military generals basically have no hope of becoming civilian officials, but it is a miracle that so many military personnel have been transferred from Huangzhuang to the imperial court and become civil officials openly. Although Song Yingxing was attracted to the West Town Fusi by the position of a thousand households of Zhengliupin. But I was still a little unwilling in my heart, because although Qianhu was a sixth-grade, it was a martial arts after all, and it was not as majestic as the seventh-grade magistrate. Now seeing that there is hope for a transfer to a civil official, I can't help but have my eyes brighten, and I hurriedly asked how these people were transferred to the imperial court.
Not to mention the answer between Song Yingxing and Wei Liangqing, not to mention Zhu Youcheng, when he walked out of the door, he saw a horse lying outside, with four legs straight, and it was already dead, this is probably the horse that the angel rode on.
Zhu Youcheng called over a subordinate and quietly instructed him to find someone to drag the horse to the room, let the room clean up, and change the taste for everyone. Horse meat is coarse, but it's also a meat dish. However, he did not dare to let his subordinates drag the horse away with great fanfare, because the cavalry cherished the horse, and if he knew that the fate of the horse was the belly of the soldiers of the West Town, he might make a big fuss.
King Xin carried a large bag of things, chased after him from behind, and said, "Brother Cheng, let's go with me too." ”
Zhu Youcheng nodded, since King Xin is also going, and the angel has lost his horse, let's go in a carriage together. Anyway, he was trying to go to the military department to borrow artillery, so he simply brought a few more carriages.
The convoy left the Huangzhuang in a mighty way. Although the horse pulling the cart spread its hooves, the carriage was not as good as the war horse, and the angel was so anxious that his forehead sweated, and he urged the coachman to hurry up.
Zhu Youcheng said with a smile: "Don't worry, if you want it, you won't be able to reach it." You see, because you were in a hurry, you tired your war horse to death. It is only 2o miles from the capital to Huangzhuang, 4o miles back and forth, running back and forth, and it only takes an hour to ride a horse. But you have exhausted your horse in order to save a little time, and if you don't ride in our carriage, you will have to walk back. You do the math, how much time has been wasted. ”
King Xin nodded and said, "Brother Cheng is right, take your time, the sky won't fall." Come, let's eat cakes, it's noon now, and before I go, I went to the room and got a few pies. ”
As he spoke, King Shin opened the package he was carrying.
King Xin is modest, saying that it is a few sheets, but it is actually a thick stack. Everyone was indeed hungry, so one of them took a piece of bread and munched on it.
After eating the cake, the atmosphere in the carriage was much more harmonious, and Zhu Youcheng asked why the emperor urgently summoned him.
This brocade guard didn't know why, but he guessed that when he was on duty in front of the palace before, he heard an urgent report that there were rioters in Cangzhou, Hebei, who had captured Nanpi County and forced Cangzhou, and maybe the reason why the emperor urgently summoned him to the palace was related to this.
"Doesn't it get muddy? The purpose of his coming to Hebei should be to gather strength and respond to Wang Jiayin in Shaanxi. But now that Shaanxi is peaceful, he is in a hurry, and he is bound to fail. Why is that, is it the reason for that shipment? ”
Zhu Youcheng guessed correctly, it was the batch of potatoes and sweet potatoes that caused the trouble.
It turned out that he rebelled without mud and wealth, robbed a merchant ship, killed all the shipwrights and passengers, and moved all his belongings back to his old nest. They thought it was just an ordinary "deal", but they didn't want to see fifteen boxes with brocade seals in the goods. They were frightened, and hurried to check the corpses on the boat, but there was no one wearing a brocade shirt and a guard card, and they guessed that the escort had already fled. When I came back and opened the box, I was even more shocked, because it was neither gold nor silver, but just round, as if it had been dug out of the field.
Bu Mu was ordered to come to Hebei this time to instigate the poor people of Hebei to kill officials and rebel. Because his eldest brother Wang Jiayin was preparing to start an incident in a few years, he was worried that Shaanxi would be in turmoil, and the imperial court would focus its strategy on Shaanxi, so that they had no hope of success. So he sent his henchmen to all parts of Daming, and when the time was ripe, they would start things together everywhere, so that Daming could do whatever they wanted in Shaanxi.
As the saying goes, be a thief with a weak heart. Bu Mu has a ghost in his heart, mistakenly thinking that the Jinyi Guard has set his sights on him, designing for them to hijack the ship, and then finding an excuse to destroy them. In fact, as long as you think about it with your toes, do you still need an excuse for Jinyiwei to arrest people? Just kill the door. However, the courage not to touch the mud has been frightened, and he can't take care of a lot, so he raised things in advance, coerced the people, captured Nanpi County, and forced Cangzhou.
Cangzhou is only 5oo miles away from Beijing, which can be said to be the hinterland, and it does not get involved in the mud, and Gyeonggi is shaken, so the emperor urgently summoned Zhu Youcheng into the palace to discuss countermeasures.
Alas, this is really a tragedy caused by a few boxes of potatoes. (To be continued!)
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