"In this way, there is Brother Lao Xian, if you need manpower, the people in my yamen will fully cooperate with you, you can use as many people as you want, I will allocate it to you. It's just that you know what they're capable of, and they're not good at it at all. As for the military guards, they can't be counted on even more. I'm just afraid that if this article is true, there are really anti-thieves who raise troops to advocate chaos, and we are afraid that it will be difficult to resist the enemy's attack. ”

The military guard of the Ming Dynasty in Henan is not strong, not to mention that the military guard is now slack, that is, Hongwu, when the Yongle military guard is prosperous, Henan is also famous for its many people and poor land, and the property is not enough to raise soldiers. From the beginning of the establishment of the military guard, Henan's military guard strength was weak, and now it is completely unusable.

Although there are 100 households in the county, it is said that there should be 100 soldiers available, but when the white-clothed thieves were murderous a few years ago, the county could not even make up 20 sergeants. If you encounter a battle formation, you still have to rely on patrol archers, this kind of grassroots township soldiers as the main force, otherwise you have to sign the people and hire strong soldiers.

After the incident of the Xiangmanlou shelf ticket, Zhang Jiayin also made a lot of details, and he was always afraid that he would be plotted out, so he attached great importance to this revelation, and asked Yang Chengzu: "Do you want me to send an official letter to the Henan Governor Yamen, asking Futai to send a soldier and horse down." ”

"The question is, how do you write this letter? After all, we haven't even seen anyone, and this letter of request for help can't be passed. Yang Chengzu shook his head, "Big brother, this time the incident is full of evil, it is very common to fight in Huguang, dozens of toasts, you beat me and I beat you, I am not so strange to say that there is a military disaster in Huguang." But this time, it's obviously not as simple as a military disaster, the eldest brother is a scholar, and he has more knowledge than me, so he should be able to see the doorway inside. ”

He told the news he heard in the Ruxian Teahouse again, Zhang Jiayin nodded and said, "Indeed, I can really see a little bit of the doorway here." We have been quiet for a few years, and I'm afraid it's going to be chaotic again. A lot of the content on this involves palace bans, but it was not done by Zhao Sui and others recklessly, and in this matter, I am afraid that a few amazing characters will be involved. ”

The two looked at each other and didn't speak again, but they understood each other's meaning very well. In this matter, there must be some people with great backgrounds. And this Ming Dynasty, if it is orthodox at the moment, it must be counted from the line of King Yan. I think that when Yan Wang Jing was in trouble, why wasn't he a big man, and finally took the country into his hands?

Yang Chengzu has basically concluded that these methods are inseparable from King Ning, but how to say this kind of thing is a problem. He couldn't lift Zhang Jiayin's neck and say that we have definite evidence that King Ning is about to rebel, and we have to prepare early.

In fact, the current King Ning has a very good reputation in the court and the opposition, known as the virtuous king, and there are many close confidants among the courtiers, if he says that he rebelled, he will die faster than King Ning.

"Don't worry too much, brother, our Huaxian County is a small place, and the big people shouldn't have the heart to pay attention here. I think that whether it is the people or the rumors, the left is just doing it easily, and their goal must not be this. Let's grasp our own one-third of an acre, and we can't help but think about other things. ”

Zhang Jiayin smiled bitterly: "I also want to be as free and easy as you, but things are easier said than done, which you say you don't want to do." If nothing else, let's just say that these refugees have food, and now a few rich families are willing to open porridge sheds for relief, which is certainly a good thing. But if they stop giving money at any point, it will be difficult to open so many mouths. What's more, what I'm worried about now is the Yellow River, which is near us, and once the Yellow River bursts, the refugees won't be like that. ”

The officials of the Ming Dynasty are not easy to do, take the governor of Henan as an example, if you want to do a good job in the army of the eight provinces of Henan, you have to have a good friendship with the dragon king, otherwise you will not be able to hold the seal firmly. And this time I saw the season of water, which place can resist the flood, and which place wants the whole county to escape the famine, most of it depends on God's face.

Yang Chengzu said: "At this moment, if someone instigates it, it is most likely to cause problems. But don't worry, brother, let's two brothers join forces, I'm not afraid that we won't be able to deal with these juniors, I'll go and press down this rumor first. If you catch someone, send them to your yamen, and ask the old brother not to be polite, and reward them with a few hundred boards. ”

He said goodbye, first went to the teahouse, and learned that the merchants had already lived in the shop. The first one has not given up on Ruxian, not only did he keep three times more tea money, but he actually agreed to come back tomorrow, and asked Ruxian to take him to see the shop, and also left his inn name.

Ruxian said with a smile: "This goods, if he met me a few years ago, he would have used his entanglement here, and finally begged for food." She was afraid that Yang Chengzu would taste it, and explained: "Actually, I didn't even say a word to him, and somehow, he recognized me, but this is also a strange thing." ”

Yang Chengzu said: "This is not a strange thing, Sister Xian is so beautiful to pick out, if he is not tempted, it will be a strange thing." But my woman, if he dares to make up his mind, he deserves to be unlucky. Come on, the little ones and I will go to the store to get people. ”

He brought Wang Tietou and others, and more than a dozen Cao Gang soldiers shouted, and when they crashed into the shop, those Hunan merchants were looking for a few fans to laugh, they were hooked by the fire during the day, and they couldn't help but want to be happy, but they were beaten in by Jinyi. Those guests have dealt with officials at most on weekdays, and they have never interacted with Jinyiwei, and when they saw this group of wolf-like official schools, they were so frightened that they didn't even bother to put on their pants, so they knelt on the ground and begged for mercy in fright.

Yang Chengzu gave an order, pulled a few people with ropes into the Jinyi small banner, and ordered the fight without saying a word. The board here is the same as the bamboo board of the county yamen, and the people who are in charge of the punishment are all young and strong offspring, and the board is windy, and a few merchants cry wolf howl.

After dozens of boards, Yang Chengzu asked: "You are so bold that you dare to incite the people to make a rebellion, saying, is it a white-clothed thief or a White Lotus Sect, or a spy sent by the Beiyu?" Whoever dares not to tell the truth, I will let him see what official law is! ”

These merchants are all in business, and when have they seen this kind of battle, they only feel that the things they have encountered in their lives have not been as dangerous as this. Even if you encounter thieves on the way to business, it seems that it is easier to deal with than brocade. begged for mercy one after another: "Good man, spare my life, we are all good people, I have never entered any White Lotus Sect, nor have I interacted with white-clothed thieves." We pay, and we are willing to pay for our lives. ”

"Don't be in a hurry to ask for money, let's talk about it first, where did you hear those rebellious words in Ruxian Teahouse today? If there is a half-word that is not true, hum ......"

The merchants hurriedly said: "This official, those words are what we saw in our hometown. In the streets and alleys, this kind of exposé is posted everywhere, and there are words that say that they want to be widely advertised, expose the truth of the Ming Dynasty, and not let the people be fooled. We're just hearsay, but we didn't make it up ourselves. ”

In this way, does Huguang have spread this kind of news very quickly? Yang Chengzu frowned, this kind of spread is by no means a private act, there must be a powerful group behind it to promote this matter, otherwise it would never be so big. And perhaps, there are also people in the local government in Huguang who have gone into the water, otherwise this kind of transmission would have been cleaned up by the government a long time ago.

I'm afraid that there are a lot of people and things involved in this incident. Seeing that he didn't speak, the merchants hurriedly kowtowed and said, "Master, we are really wronged, please let us go, we still have to do business." ”

"Business? You don't need to do any business recently, the capital is temporarily confiscated, as for you, the official suspects that you are related to a major case of rebellion, so let me go to the cell for a few days to rest, and then I will talk about it. Dare to rob a woman with this official, it's just boring! ”