A holy decree flew to Beitongzhou, Liu Chengfeng and Zhou Tai received the decree, and the holy decree was praised by the university, which attracted the attention of countless people in Beitongzhou.

Everyone knows that this prefect Zhou Tai is only afraid that he is going to be promoted, so many people can't help but speculate that there are those who are envious and those who are jealous.

However, the matter quickly calmed down, although Liu Chengfeng and Zhou Tai had already attracted attention, but this week Zhou Tai worked as usual, and Liu Chengfeng seemed to be dormant all of a sudden, and it seemed that the investigation and handling of the chaotic party began to gradually become inadequate.

This guy actually paid attention to the matter of the Jubaolou branch in Beitongzhou.

At present, Jubaolou is expanding everywhere, and Beitongzhou, as the hub of the world, naturally has to open a branch.

The location of Tongzhou Jubaolou is in the north city, which is the place where businessmen gather, the façade has already been bought, repaired, you can open, all the settings and the Jingshi Jubaolou is no different, plus the Jubaolou has long been famous all over the world, more than half of the businessmen in the North Tongzhou are members of the Jubaolou, originally this member can only be used in the Jingshi, but after all, the businessmen are people who come and go from the south to the north, and the Jingshi is just a stop to rest, and now it is said that Suzhou, Hangzhou, Shuzhong, Xi'an, Liaodong, The treasure buildings in Tongzhou and other places in the north and south have begun to be built, which naturally provides them with a lot of convenience.

Liu Chengfeng was busy and seemed to be enjoying it, and in the blink of an eye, the snow began to melt, the weather became warmer, and even the trees gave birth to pink shoots.

The frozen layer of ice in the canal is gradually melting at this moment, and the spring water is rippling, and ships are beginning to be launched, and there is an endless stream of boats, merchant ships, and passenger ships.

In the Yamen of the Soldier Road.

A monk came suddenly, the monk was fat and oily, after throwing the famous thorn, the messenger inside immediately invited him in, and then introduced him to the flower hall in the back hall, in this flower hall, a table of wine banquet has already been prepared, chicken, duck, fish, fresh vegetables and fruits are dazzlingly set up a table.

There was no one in the flower hall, and the monk walked in, but he was not polite, he sat on this and ate unceremoniously.

Monks not only eat vegetables and fruits, but even chickens and ducks are not taboo. Holding a goose paw in his hand, he feasted on it, and in an instant, a table of wine and meat swept away.

The monk patted his pot-bellied belly, burped, and smiled pleasantly. He stood up, looked at the flower hall with his hands, and said loudly: "Since your lord is here, why don't you come out to meet the monk?" ”

Leaning on the flower hall is an ear room, separating the ear room from the flower hall with a bead curtain, a figure came out of the bead curtain, this person still has a winged hat on his head, wearing a crimson official robe, with a slight embarrassing smile on his face, and walks out of the bead curtain.

The monk smiled and saluted the official, clasped his hands and said, "The monk has seen Lord Huang." ”

Lord Huang is Huang Zhen, the soldier is the envoy of the Dao, the third rank of the imperial court, in the face of the monk's salute to him, Huang Zhen's face was obviously very unhappy, but he still had to make a gesture to the monk and said, "Master, please sit down and speak." ”

The monk sat down unceremoniously, and then said, "Don't come to harm, my lord?" ”

Huang Zhen glanced at the monk deeply, and in the depths of his eyes, there was both a little anger and some fear. He was silent for a moment and said, "Master, now that the rumor has not passed, the master is here, aren't you afraid that Liu Chengfeng will take you?" ”

The monk smiled and said, "Liu Chengfeng, what am I afraid of him?" With the protection of Lord Huang, the monk is in Beitongzhou, and there will be no hair less. ”

Huang Zhen's face suddenly became gloomy, and he said coldly: "This Beitongzhou is not the official alone, the master acts like this, not only misunderstands himself, but also misunderstands the official." ”

The monk didn't show any intention of backing down on Huang Zhen's annoyance, he coldly grabbed a glass of wine on the table, muttered a sip of wine, and sneered: "Huang Zhen, is this how you talk to the monk?" Don't forget, a monk can give you a command, and you will feel like you have no place to be buried. ”

Huang Zhen's face immediately became extremely strange, he sat down dejectedly, put his elbows on the table, and said: "I knew this was the case, why did I, Huang Zhen, bother in the first place, so that I am still being coerced by you now, you say, what is the matter with coming to me this time." ”

Although he looked unwilling, his tone had softened a lot.

Huang Zhen was indeed coerced, he originally had a bright future, a good background, and a smooth career, all the way up, which can be described as a spring breeze. It's just that when he was doing this military preparation, something happened in the family, and his father died.

According to the rules, after the death of parents, children must hold the funeral for three years according to the ceremony, during which they are not allowed to get married, and they must not pre-celebrate the ceremony, and those who serve as officials must resign, this rule is called "Ding worry". This system has been stipulated to serve in the imperial court for three years since the Western Han Dynasty, and by the time of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Ding Wei system had prevailed. Since then, there have been regulations in all dynasties, and the officials are worried, if they hide and do not report, once they are found, they will be punished. However, according to the needs of the imperial court, incumbent officials are not allowed to abide by the system and claim to be in love, or some are not yet in the system, but those who are called out to take office at the request of the imperial court are called revenge. By the Ming Dynasty, this rule had become a law, and no one could disobey it.

Huang Zhen had a bright future, he never thought that he had died of his father at this juncture, and if he really reported the funeral to the imperial court, it meant that within 27 months, he must be relieved of his official position and return to his hometown to guard filial piety. There are 27 months in his life, and over the years, he has made so many relationships and put in so much effort, isn't it all in vain because of this.

Of course, Huang Zhen didn't want to return to his hometown, but the security regulations stipulated that if an official dies his parents, if he wants to still be an official, the only way to take the road of winning love is to win love...... With Huang Zhen's qualifications, it is absolutely impossible, let alone him, even pavilion elders like Liu Jian and Li Dongyang may not be able to have this treatment.

After thinking about it, Huang Zhen thought of a way, not to report the funeral, he instructed his brother to quietly bury his father hastily and hide the matter.

Soon, a monk came to the door and threatened that if Huang Zhen did not obey his orders, he would immediately spread Huang Zhen's secrets.

Of course, Huang Zhen understands that if this matter spreads, it will inevitably be criticized by the people of the world, an official, a scholar, who does not report the funeral secretly, does not abide by the etiquette and law, in the eyes of the scholars, he is crazy, Huang Zhen will be spurned by all his colleagues, and will be dismissed from his official position, and he will not want to turn over for the rest of his life.

Huang Zhen naturally compromised, and now, he has done too many things for this monk that he shouldn't do, and he is getting deeper and deeper, if the incident happens, it is no longer as simple as dismissing the official, but I am afraid that it is enough to be beheaded.

The monk glanced at the frustrated Huang Zhen and said lightly: "Lord Huang thinks that what will happen to the monk here?" ”

Huang Zhen's face changed, and he said, "Why do you have to force each other hard, I ...... We can't do this anymore, if something happens, you and I are both capital offenses! ”

The monk smiled, smiled coldly, and said, "Really? What's so terrible about death, the thing is done, in the future, King Ming will ascend to the pole, you will be a great hero, but if you don't do anything, they will find out about the adults sooner or later, Lord Huang thinks that now, do you still want to get out of the matter? ”

Huang Zhen's body couldn't help but shiver, and said tremblingly: "I...... I ......"

He has long developed a temperament that is invisible, and he has been an official for so long, and he has long had his own majesty. But in the face of this monk, he was powerless, and sighed weakly: "Then dare to ask the master, what should we do next?" ”

The monk said lightly: "This matter, the most important thing is the grain, to the fifteenth day of the next month, the grain from all over the country will be turned around here, hundreds of granaries in Beicangzhou, will also be piled up, this is the best time, as long as these grains are burned, two percent of the imperial court's revenue will be burned to ashes, and then we will make a big fuss in Beitongzhou, which will inevitably cause the world to shake." Without food, the imperial court's military salaries will not be able to be paid, and the funds for disaster relief will be gone. Ming Dynasty ...... How long will it last? What's more, at this time, the disciples of my Ming Sect will also take the opportunity to rise, if the time is right, even the Ming King will climb the heights and shout, the last straw of the Ming Dynasty is enough to reduce this peaceful and prosperous era to thousands of miles of terracotta, and the opportunity for the Ming King to set the world will come. ”

The monk said these words are inspiring, but Huang Zhen is not at all to listen to the mind, in his opinion, the monk said simply terrifying and ridiculous, burning grain, uprising, they think carefully, Beitongzhou is the hub of the world, the grain in the south of the Yangtze River, at this time of year will be transported here by a boat, and then put into storage, and then transported to the Chaoyangmen grain depot by carriage and horse storage, just to burn grain, and how easy it is to say, there, is controlled by Cao Si, there is a team of military horses under Cao Si, the number of 2,000 people, day and night arch guard granary, Even Huang Zhen can't be mobilized.

Although he is a military envoy and can mobilize troops and horses at any time, if he really wants to let people burn grain and cause chaos, who will obey him?

And with Huang Zhen's shrewdness, how could he not know what kind of calculation this monk is making, burning some grain can cause chaos in the world? Although there will be a beacon fire, but to say that it can bend the Ming Dynasty, but it is wishful thinking, the current emperor is working hard, the world is peaceful, even if it suffers such a big blow, it may not be from now on, presumably these, this monk also knows that the reason why he made such a promise, and said that all parts of the country rose together, and it shows that Wang Denggao shouted, in fact, to put it bluntly, is to appease himself, tell himself, as long as he does things for them, he will be able to be a dragon hero in the future, this is a carrot, which is used to lure Huang Zhen for them to drive, And once he does this big thing, maybe these people have already slipped away and become their scapegoats.

He was silent, not uttering a word.

Seeing this, the monk said coldly: "Why didn't Lord Huang say a word?" ”

Huang Zhen smiled bitterly and said, "As long as this matter has to be considered in the long run......

The monk sneered: "If you think about it in the long run, you will miss the opportunity, at this time, does Lord Huang think he still has a choice?" ”

Wake up the person in the dream with a word, Huang Zhen couldn't help but feel excited, and suddenly understood his situation, even if he Huang Zhen knew the risks here, did he still have a choice? He had no other way to go than to do what the monk had told him to do? If you don't do it, you will die, and if you continue to do it, you may not be able to survive in death.

He gritted his teeth and said, "To do it, but there must be a perfect strategy, I only ask you, how to deal with the two thousand trough officials under Cao Si?" ”

The monk laughed: "Let's tell you the truth, among these trough officials, there are many people who are already Mingjiao, not to mention that there are many thousands of households on the six roads of Beitongzhou, and many of them have been infiltrated by us, as long as Lord Huang issues a military order as an envoy, and the order arrives at the guards, if anyone dares to question it, we have our own people to take care of it, and when the time comes, we will attack it unprepared, and take advantage of the chaos to burn food, isn't it wonderful?" ”

Huang Zhen knew in his heart that only God knows how much water this monk said, but since he said it so firmly, he must still be a little sure, after thinking about it, Huang Zhen continued: "Dongchang and Jinyiwei, how should they cook?" ”

Originally, this factory guard became an empty shelf, but since Liu Chengfeng and Zhang Ru took office, they have gradually stabilized their position, and now the streets are full of sleepless captains and fanzi scouting around, and it is impossible for them not to notice that they want to do such a big thing. For Huang Zhen, these people are also very tricky.

The monk smiled faintly: "Originally, our idea was to assassinate these thousands of households in order to disintegrate the factory guards, but now the imperial court has sent Liu Chengfeng and Zhang Ru down, these two people are really not easy to mess with, not to mention that now the time for our incident is getting closer and closer, if we assassinate them again, I am afraid that it will alarm the imperial court even more, and at that time, I am afraid that the guards of the Beijing division will be dispatched." Therefore, these two people can't die for the time being, so as not to cause more trouble, but if they don't die, they will indeed cause us a lot of small troubles, in this case, the monk has come up with a way to give it a try. ”

(To be continued)