Chapter 68: What is an official and what is a thief?
"Brother, why didn't you run away this time?"
"Hehe, I can't outrun Ma Jun, and I may be stabbed in the back, so I don't dare to run. Or is it the old rule, armor and weapons? ”
"Well, if you don't get entangled, go to the back and get some money on the road, don't disturb the people along the way. There are soldiers and horses patrolling behind, catching the rebels and cutting off their heads. ”
"Thank you, big brother, for your advice."
This kind of dialogue is not uncommon on the battlefield, once born and twice cooked, not to mention that Liangshan and Jeju have fought three times, to be precise, Liangshan soldiers and horses have chased and captured the Jeju forbidden army three times, and there are always some familiar people.
After the increase in Liangshan's troops, he was also adjusting the battle plan.
This time, Lu Da, Zhou Tong, and Li Zhong took a naval boat and went around to the rear of the officers and soldiers scouting the horses, and were responsible for collecting the armor of the officers and soldiers who escaped and killing some of the rebellious soldiers who harassed the people.
After the first two battles, many of the Jeju forbidden troops who fled would go to the villages along the way to lead sheep and loot, and many villages were disturbed.
These forbidden troops did not dare to resist the soldiers and horses of Shangliangshan, but when they changed the people in the village, they were the same again.
Even when Huang An and the new regimental training envoy were reorganized, these forbidden troops also made trouble in the city several times, so that Huang An and the new regimental training envoy both made some compromises.
When Shi Jin proposed to divide the troops and horses into three divisions to patrol the rear to deter the rebellious soldiers, Lin Chong, Yang Zhi, and Luda were all a little puzzled about what an official was and what a thief was.
The thieves are protecting the people, but the officers and soldiers are doing looting.
There are also people in a radius of dozens of miles in Liangshan Shuibo, and this year, after the soldiers and horses of Liangshan patrolled everywhere, the public rarely walked around the countryside.
It can be said that the soldiers and horses of Liangshan maintain local order, and the imperial court only collects taxes until the time.
This situation has given many people the illusion that the court is the thief who robs.
Besides, the governor of Jeju learned that the forbidden army was defeated again, and the regimental training envoy was also killed by Lin Chong in front of the battle, so he hurriedly ordered the city gate to be closed to prevent the thieves from attacking the city, and at the same time asked people to invite the Taishi Mansion to do it.
When the Taishi Mansion officials heard that the forbidden army was defeated, they couldn't care about Cai Jing's order, so they immediately left Jeju and returned to Tokyo to report the news.
When he arrived at the Taishi's Mansion, he couldn't help but exaggerate, saying that Liangshan Xiao had gathered nearly 10,000 outlaws, among which there were 800,000 powerful people like Lin Chong, the head of the forbidden army, and Yang Zhi, the grandson of Yang Linggong.
Cai Jing had also seen the documents declared by Jeju before, but he didn't take it seriously.
It is the prosperous age of Mingjun, and there will be no grass in the world.
As long as there are people, there will be people who will fall into the grass, and after killing a stubble, there will be another stubble.
In Cai Jing's view, thieves everywhere are just scabies, although they can't be cured, but they don't matter.
However, the hundred officials need to be strictly guarded, and they can't be made without awe, otherwise there will be more people talking nonsense in front of the emperor, and he, the prince, will not be able to sit steadily.
Instead of bothering to catch the endless grass bandits, it is better to make an example of one hundred officials among the hundred officials, and let the rest of the officials do things with their hearts, even if they can't catch the thieves, they can always make the thieves unable to sit big.
The matter of Shengchengang has already made a lot of noise, and Cai Jing is also afraid that he will send a large army to attack Liangshan and spread it to the emperor's ears.
It was only on the grounds that there was no way to govern the government, resulting in local instability and a large number of thieves, so that the prefect of Jeju and the prefect of Yuncheng County returned to Beijing to listen to the crime, and a new prefect and prefect were selected to take up their posts.
The Privy Council also sent a new military general to serve as a training envoy to Jeju and guard the place.
The new prefect received Cai Jing'er's face-to-face order, and after his arrival, he discussed with the regimental training envoy about guarding the imperial city.
However, Gao Yu heard Lin Chong's words to kill him, and felt that the Liangshan thief Kou was a big trouble sooner or later, and wanted to cut it off as soon as possible, but he was also stopped by Cai Jing.
The two traitors discussed that they should wait for the criticism in Tokyo to be quiet before using troops.
Besides, Song Jiang was bedridden at home for many days, and when he heard that the Jeju Forbidden Army was defeated, Lin Chong killed the regimental training envoy, and he also shouted that he shouldn't be.
Although a lot of forbidden troops were killed in front, it didn't matter, and the forbidden troops who didn't kill were afraid, how could the imperial court issue an order to recruit peace. But killing the regimental training envoy is not a light crime, and it is difficult to recruit again.
The Liangshan spies also reported the news of Song Jiang's fall and injury to the mountain, and after repelling the Jeju Forbidden Army, Shi Jin also asked Yang Lin, a golden leopard, to visit Song Jiang once in the county seat, so naturally he would not write any letters.
Yang Lin is a person who is used to walking the rivers and lakes, and he is not as conspicuous as Liu Tang, so he is undoubtedly more suitable for this kind of appearance.
Song Jiang also told Yang Lin about the fraud, but he refused to accept the one hundred taels of gold sent by Yang Lin.
Yang Lin insisted that there was no shortage of gold and silver in the cottage, and the leaders of the cottage were also mindful.
Song Jiang only then accepted the one hundred taels of gold sent by Liangshan, and installed it at home for a few days, and heard that the county Shi Wenbin and the Jeju prefect were going back to Beijing to listen to the crime, knowing that no one would pursue the previous matter anymore, so he limped and the people of the county to send Shi Wenbin.
Although Shi Wenbin has not been in office for a long time, he is an honest official and has won the support of the people.
The people sent Shi Wenbin out of the city, and saw Shi Wenbin go away before returning to the city one after another.
When Song Jiang was about to return to his residence, he only heard someone shouting behind him: "Oshi! ”
When Song Jiang turned his head to look, it was the princess who was the matchmaker, leading a mother-in-law and a twenty-eight beauty, and couldn't help but wonder: "What do you have to say?" ”
Wang Po pointed to Yan Po and said to Song Jiang: "I don't know, this family, from Tokyo, is not from here, and there are three relatives. His Yan Gong, who used to be a good singer, taught this daughter to cherish since he was a child, and he can also sing all kinds of tricks, he is only eighteen years old, and he has also seen it, a good Peugeot person. The three of them came to Shandong to join an official and were exiled in Yuncheng County. People who don't want to be here don't like to have fun, so they can't live, and they have the right to live in a secluded alley behind this county. A few days ago, his father-in-law contracted a disease, and seeing that he had no money to buy medicine, he wanted to find some livelihood to do. I thought that these days Abshiro was sick in bed, and that there were only some servants in the house, and they did not know whether it was warm or cold, so I brought them over, and Abshiro hired them to go to the house, sew and mend, and serve them in the morning and evening, and they were always needed. ”
Song Jiang took out a piece of silver and said, "My injuries have healed most of them, and I don't need to be served by anyone on weekdays." I have ten taels of silver here, so take them and use them first. ”
Wang Po still wanted to make some money, and said with a smile: "Even if you don't need it in the future, you will always have to be served these days." This woman is a person who knows the warmth and cold, and no one in the county listens to the singing, so why not let her serve you for a few days. ”
Before Yan Po came, she heard that Song Jiang was the number one extravagant figure in the county, and now she saw that Song Jiang gave her ten taels of silver casually, and she also thought that after her husband's death, the two of them would be more difficult to live in this county, if her daughter can climb this Song River, she will not worry about life in the future. At the moment, he also said: "Oshiji also gives us a chance to repay the favor." ”
Song Jiang didn't want to have more than one person in the family, but the two were entangled in every way, so Song Jiang had no choice but to lead Yan Po back to his residence.
This Yan Poxi is also a ** character, seeing that Song Jiang spends money like dirt every day, she resorted to the means of the hospital to provoke Song Jiang.
Song Jiang rarely approached women on weekdays, and was teased by Yan Po for a few days, so he couldn't help but do that.
A few days later, Yan Gong died of illness, and Song Jiang asked people to take care of it, so he asked for a building in the west lane of the county, bought some family fires and other things, and settled Yan Po and her two children.