When it was almost midday, Yuan Chonghuan left the boat and went ashore, Mao Wenlong greeted him into the big tent, and more than a dozen guards with knives followed him in. Ignore the order to enter the big tent of the Chinese army at will, and behead immediately! Remember your first offense, spare this suffering, and retreat! As he spoke, he took off the Shang Fang sword on his body and handed it to Han Runchang, who held it in both hands and stood outside the tent door. These dozen or so guards are all selected dead soldiers, excellent martial arts, loyal, and Mao Wenlong are inseparable on weekdays, this time when he came to Daoshan, Mao Wenlong repeatedly confessed, seeing that they were reprimanded by Yuan Chonghuan, he suddenly felt a big loss of face, and scolded angrily: "Mother, you bastards who don't have long eyes, I have a secret conversation with the supervisor, which one taught you to come in?" Don't get out yet! The guards did not dare to stay any longer, and withdrew from the tent in a hurry, but lingered not far away.

Yuan Chonghuan said with a smile: "Your town's laws and regulations are like mountains, and they are admirable!" Sitting down, he saw a game of chess on a few cases, and asked, "Your town is also very elegant!" Also good to talk to? ”

"When I was young in this town, I met a Taoist who taught some chess games, but the way of Go was unfathomable, and I couldn't become an expert with only a few chess games."

"Although the way of Go is deep, it is necessary to take the lead and occupy a territory in one word. This time, the headquarters inspected the Dongjiang River, but it was different from the way of Go, and yesterday it was discussed to decide on the business system and set up a Taoist hall, which did not mean to seize the Dongjiang River. After returning to the ship, I couldn't sleep, for fear that if I didn't know what I said, you would have a misunderstanding. When I saw Go today, I suddenly realized that the Dongjiang River is hundreds of miles away from Ning, and asking for instructions on some affairs is bound to delay the opportunity and is harmful to the overall situation of Liaodong. It's better that from now on, the east of Lushun will act with the seal of your town, and the west of Lushun will act with the seal of the headquarters, what does your town think? ”

"That's great!" Mao Wenlong was overjoyed.

Yuan Chonghuan got up and walked a few steps around the big tent, and said: "The headquarters originally wanted to go to Phi Island with Guizhen to inspect it, but it was delayed for a few days on the road, and after leaving Ningyuan for a long time, I can't rest assured, so I will leave it next time!" This time I didn't see the prosperity of the Dongjiang army, and I felt very sorry, and the headquarters planned to order Ning Yuan to compete with the Dongjiang soldiers in archery skills to strengthen the army, and then reward and reissue 100,000 taels of silver on the spot. ”

After a while, the tent curtain was erected on the hillside, and the handsome case was placed, Yuan Chonghuan led the generals to gather in front of the tent to climb high and watch, only to see Ningyuan and Dongjiang soldiers lining up on the island together, placing more than a dozen arrow stacks, and the soldiers shuttled back and forth, all of them were brave, and they all wanted to win and win in front of the superintendent. Yuan Chonghuan recalled: "When the dynasty was founded, Xu Da, the king of Zhongshan, Chang Yuchun, the king of Kaiping, and others led the sailors to fight in Poyang Lake and Quarry Rock, and later fought all the way to Mobei, swept away Hu Yuan, and created our Ming foundation. In fact, water battles alone can be won for a while, but horse archery and land battles should not be taken lightly. Now the Dongjiang sailors can only defend themselves on the water with red boats, and Dongyi does not go to the sea, do you want to drive them into the sea first and then fight a water war? Therefore, the sailors must also be able to fight on land, and they must not be abandoned. ”

Mao Wenlong was displeased, thinking that he looked down on the Dongjiang Water Master, where was he convinced? sneered secretly: I haven't heard of any amphibious soldiers in ancient times, this person is so open-mouthed, but it's just grandstanding, and there may not be much real talent. But he said with a smile on his face: "The superintendent has excellent knowledge and is very true." The town has lived in the corner of the sea for many years, only operating on the water, which is really tantamount to tying up one's hands and feet, and also wants to have a place to stand on the coast, and to supervise the success. ”

Yuan Chonghuan stretched out his hand to the north and pointed: "You and I will kill the enemy and drive out the Tartars, so we don't have to worry about having no place to stay." ”

Mao Wenlong said angrily: "Rest assured, the governor can rest assured, this town should be brave and expand its territory." ”

Lin Xiangfeng caught a glimpse of Mao Yongyi standing aside, and said respectfully: "I have long heard that the soldiers of the Dongjiang River are brave and good at fighting, and they also want to shoot a few arrows to win the supervisor and Mao Shuai with a smile." Is Mao's guerrilla willing to accompany him? ”

Mao Yongyi looked at his cold gaze and wanted to excuse himself, but when he saw that Mao Wenlong had already nodded, he had no choice but to give his hand and say: "The last general's shooting skills are slight, I didn't dare to show ugliness, General Lin was gracious, but he was disrespectful, fortunately don't laugh." ”

Xie Shangzheng said: "I reported the number with the two referees. As he spoke, he took out two small red and white flags from his arms and asked, "How to compete?" ”

Lin Xiangfeng said: "There are only rocks on the mountain, and there is a lack of other shootable things. Back then, Li Guang shot the tiger, a good story through the ages, and we also followed suit, how about shooting stones? As he spoke, he strode out of the tent, found a smooth big bluestone, raised his hands, came to the tent and gently put it down, and said, "Please ask the superintendent to order the hoof." Yuan Chonghuan took a red pen, drew a circle on the boulder, and dotted the red heart. Lin Xiangfeng picked up the big bluestone again, the mountain road is rugged, ordinary people feel difficult to walk empty-handed, Lin Xiangfeng hugged more than 200 catties of boulder, not very hard, walked forward a hundred steps up and down, bent down and lowered his arm down, a loud bang, the big bluestone stood up steadily, smashed the scattered rocks below into sparks, everyone cheered in unison. "Trespassing!" Mao Yongyi shouted, took the bow and arrow in his hand, deliberately played tricks, glanced at it, and fired three arrows in a row like a meteor. When everyone saw Xie Shangzheng waving the red flag, they knew that they had all won the red heart, and there was another burst of applause. Mao Yongyi looked left and right, looking very proud. Lin Xiangfeng hugged his fists and smiled, first took two arrows in his hand, first fired an arrow, and then turned sideways with an arrow with a superior hidden weapon kung fu, the arrow went very quickly, hitting the tail of the arrow in front, the previous arrow turned its head, and flew straight towards Mao Yongyi's face door unbelievably, and the change was prominent, and everyone exclaimed. The arrow was like lightning, Mao Yongyi couldn't dodge, he stretched out his right hand like lightning, secretly used his internal force, and caught the arrow with two fingers.

Lin Xiangfeng came over and said, "I lost." Lin is not good at archery, he missed for a while, and almost hurt people, and he is ashamed. Fortunately, Mao's guerrilla kung fu is really handsome, and his finger strength is so good, it is really hidden! ”

"If you are in a hurry and catch it by luck, where is it worth any kung fu!" Mao Yongyi knew that he had fallen into Lin Xiangfeng's way, and he was tempted by him to have martial arts, and hurriedly covered it up. Everyone had a false alarm, but they ignored him, and the two of them asked and answered, each with their own concerns.

On the shore, the Dongjiang soldiers were fighting and archery, Yuan Chonghuan quietly glanced at Xie Shangzheng, Xie Shangzheng waved the red flag in his hand up and down, left and right several times, Ning Yuan's soldiers saw it, and they all stopped and gathered together, surrounding the Dongjiang soldiers who were competing with arrows in the core. Seeing this, Yuan Chonghuan nodded and said: "Mao's guerrilla skills are extraordinary, and the military power of the Dongjiang River can be seen, look at it!" He personally rewarded Mao Yongyi with fifty taels of silver, and instructed: "The officers and soldiers of the Dongjiang River, regardless of size, will be rewarded." The officers were three to five taels each, and the soldiers were each one penny. "Let's go into the big tent.

Mao Wenlong was happy when he saw that he had won the arrow, and when he saw Yuan Chonghuan rewarding the sergeant, he thought that the 100,000 taels of silver would be reissued in an instant. Yuan Chonghuan stopped: "You don't need to be polite, if you want to thank you, teach the generals to thank you." Mao Wenlong shouted out of the tent, and more than 100 generals lined up to kneel and thank him. Yuan Chonghuan asked for his name one by one, but unexpectedly replied that his surname was Mao, Mao Kegong, Mao Kehou, Mao Kejiang, Mao Kexiang, Mao Kexi, Mao Youde, Mao Zhongming...... Without exception. He gasped and said secretly: No wonder Mao Wenlong does not allow others to interfere, the Dongjiang River is owned by the imperial court, but in fact, it is already the world of the Mao family.

"Why do they all have the same surname as your town?"

Mao Wenlong said: "These generals are all the righteous sons and grandsons of this town, and they have been getting along for many years, and their love is more than flesh and blood, so they are willing to change their surnames to Mao." ”

Yuan Chonghuan snorted coldly and asked rhetorically: "Love is more than flesh and blood?" The headquarters and the courtyard see that these generals are all heroic and martial, and they are all heroes, but I heard that your town only gives them five buckets of rice per person every month, and it is enough for one person to eat, but which of these people has no wives and children, and which one has no brothers and sisters? If a family eats this little bit of rice in a few mouthfuls, where can they be satisfied? Guizhen treats people like this, but he has five meals a day, fifty or sixty dishes, eight or nine concubines, full of pearls and emeralds, and many maids, how can it be regarded as more than flesh and blood? A few words made the Dongjiang generals stunned and looked at Yuan Chonghuan gratefully, but Mao Wenlong was stunned all of a sudden, never expecting Yuan Chonghuan to speak for the Dongjiang generals.

Yuan Chonghuan glanced at everyone, and then said: "The generals of Ningyuan and Jinzhou have paid their salaries in full, and the rations of the soldiers have never been deducted, but they are barely fed and clothed, so that they will not freeze and starve. The Dongjiang soldiers stuck to the isolated island, and the overseas labor far exceeded that of the defenders of Ningyuan and Jinzhou. You have suffered so much from the withholding, and this ministry and the institute cannot escape the blame, please accept the worship of the ministry. Yuan Chonghuan bowed down, got up and saluted with fists around him. The Dongjiang generals wept with gratitude, knelt on the ground, and kowtowed with tears.

"Hurry up, hurry up! They all got up and spoke, so the headquarters felt more and more sorry for everyone. Yuan Chonghuan pulled up the generals in front of him one by one, but some generals couldn't choke up when they saw him so heartbroken, and they burst into tears when they boarded the big tent.

Yuan Chonghuan said: "The ministry knows that you have to change your surname to Mao, and your surname is passed down from your ancestors. Your net worth and life are hanging in the hands of others, and you have no way out, so you have to betray your ancestors and humiliate your ancestors, which is also helpless! Now that the emperor is determined to prosper, as long as you contribute to the country, the ministry can ensure that you don't have to worry about any food and salary in the future, and you can also recognize your ancestors and return to your ancestors. When the Dongjiang general heard this, his face was happy, and his heart gradually calmed down, and he secretly hated Mao Wenlong for being vicious and mean.

Mao Yongyi said loudly: "Brothers, my father-in-law treats us well!" If it weren't for his old man. We don't know if we're dead or alive! There is a great grace of life, that is, what is the matter with deducting some food? In the end, it's still the kindness of life! You say don't you? ”

The Dongjiang generals were silent, bowing their heads one by one and no one responded. Mao Yongyi scolded: "You ungrateful bastards, feed the unfamiliar dogs......"

"Presumptuous! Where in the big tent is your place to speak, step aside! As soon as Yuan Chonghuan patted the handsome case, Mao Yongyi was unwilling, and retreated to the side with a grunt.

Yuan Chonghuan looked at Mao Wenlong, who was at a loss on the spot, and asked: "Mao Wenlong, the imperial court distributes Dongjiang grain and salary every year with the number of 100,000 horses, but in fact, Dongjiang is only more than 28,000 people, where is the extra food?" Where did the tax on merchant ships to and from Phi Dao and the imports of trade with Korea, Japan, and Siam not less than 100,000 taels of silver per month? The ministry asked Ning Yuan to verify and distribute the money and grain to the Dongjiang River, but you insisted on going to Deng and Lai Prefectures to buy grain on your own, buying low and selling high, and filling your pockets. I consulted with you to determine the camp system, set up a provincial hall, and inspect the actual amount of money and food for soldiers and horses, but you still refused to obey the order. What kind of heart is it to spend money and food on the imperial court, but to teach the Dongjiang soldiers to starve? ”

Mao Wenlong said: "It costs money to repair ships and build cities, and the superintendent's account has not been settled, so it is sensational to come here." ”

Yuan Chonghuan sneered: "Seeing how dilapidated your warships are, you know that they have been in disrepair for a long time, where is the silver for repairing ships?" A few years ago, the red-coated cannon was used a lot, and you still relied on bows and arrows to fight on the water, which was inferior to the sailors at the time of the founding of the country. Today, I will show you how sharp the warships of the Ministry are. Firecrackers! Xie Shangzheng waved the red order flag three times in a row, drawing a circle, and in an instant he saw a few tongues of fire spit out from the boat on the shore, and several earth-shattering loud noises came one after another, and several large craters were blown up on the hillside not far away.

Yuan Chonghuan pointed down the mountain and said, "It's only a few thousand taels of silver to build such a warship, how did you spend hundreds of thousands of taels to repair the ship?" Are you still arguing? Then he looked at Mao Wenlong and said sharply: "How much business does Ning Yuan have?" The headquarters was willing to brave the wind and waves, condescended to come sincerely, talked with you for three days, and kindly pulled you back and went ashore. How do you know that your wolf ambition is always a deception, you don't have the ministry in your eyes, it's just that, when today's son is heroic and martial, but you privately change other people's surnames, call yourself kings, and secretly have a heart of disobedience, how can the national law be compatible! ”

Mao Wenlong shouted: "Where in this town dare to defy the superintendent? ”

"Is it more than contempt? You're going to put the headquarters to death as soon as possible. This thing is going to be changed to you today. Yuan Chonghuan took out the iron chisel from his underwear and threw it at his feet, "If it weren't for the fact that the Ministry had been on guard, I was afraid that I would have been wronged at the bottom of the sea." "The assassination of Yuan Chonghuan was a secret, and few officers and soldiers in Dongjiang knew about it, and suddenly saw the supervisor throw an iron chisel, and I don't know what it meant. Lin Xiangfeng picked up the iron chisel and handed it to everyone to watch, and briefly explained the whole story of Mao Wenlong's assassination of the superintendent.

"You're spewing blood! Ning Yuan has a lot of skilled craftsmen, and it is very easy to imitate an iron chisel, why is it strange? Mao Wenlong saw that the assassination had been leaked, and his forehead was covered with sweat.

"If you say it's a fake without even looking at it, isn't it because there's a ghost in your heart? If it is said to be imitated, where did the Ministry know the style of Phi Dao's homemade weapons? ”

"Yuan Chonghuan, this town has heard of your prestige for a long time, and said that you are a fair and honest husband, but I didn't expect you to find an iron chisel to frame me today, and your behavior is despicable, which is really chilling. Saying that this town is guilty, is it a sin to keep the Dongjiang River alone and save the territory? When the first emperor was there, he named me as the governor of the left army and the governor of the left army, hung the seal of the general of the front line, and gave Shang Fang the sword and python clothes, how could the first emperor easily erase it? As a superintendent and prime minister of Liaodong, you don't think about expelling Yi slaves, but you always want to cut off my Mao Wenlong, and in the same room, I, I will not accept it even if I die! ”。

Yuan Chonghuan's voice was full of emotion, and he shouted: "You are a scholar in the Ministry of Dao, you haven't gone through many battle formations, you can't control the fierce generals, look down on me, how many generals are in charge of the Ministry and Academy?" You deceived the king, risked the army to pay money, slaughtered the Liao people, destroyed Goryeo, harassed Denglai, deceived the merchants, plundered the people's ships, changed people's names, and prostituted the children of adultery, and said that you were not guilty? Thou shalt thou shalt be beheaded twelve great sins, and thou shalt be innumerable for many lesser sins. ”

"What twelve? Presumably it was all fabricated and imposed by you! Mao Wenlong's voice was hoarse, and a resentful light shot out of his eyes.

"I am the ancestral system, the general is outside, and it must be supervised by the ministers, you are a tyrannical party, and the money and food of the army and horses are not to be nuclear, and this one should be beheaded. The sin of the courtiers is nothing more than bullying the king, you kill the refugees, but you claim that you killed the Houjin Yi soldiers, lying about the merits, and these two should be beheaded. The wolf's ambition is to claim that it is easy to attack Dengzhou and Nanjing in the south, and it is a big rebellion, and these three should be killed. Deducting self-fattening, hundreds of thousands of silver every year, only three and a half buckets of food and salary per month for soldiers, and the rest are invaded and stolen as much as possible. In Phi Island, he opened a horse market and fornicated with overseas countries. forced the subordinate generals to change their surnames to follow Mao, and under the deputy generals, they sealed the officials without authorization and gave rewards indiscriminately, and these six should be beheaded. Relying on the benefits of Phi Dao to live in and out of the important areas, plundering merchant ships, indiscriminately taxing silver, corrupting military discipline, and insulting the prestige of our army, these seven should be beheaded. Robbing women from good families, subordinates follow suit, and these eight should be beheaded. Drove the refugees to the deep mountains of Liaodong to dig ginseng, refused to give food, and even put them in prison, allowing them to freeze and starve to death. Send a huge amount of gold and silver to Jingshi, bribe the minister, worship Wei Zhongxian as his father, and statue the island for the reverse eunuch, this ten should be beheaded. In the battle of Tieshan, he was defeated and lost his division, but he lied about his merits, and this eleven should be beheaded. Eight years after the town was opened, he couldn't restore an inch of land, and he waited and saw to raise the enemy. The facts are all there, which one is to defile you in vain? Liaodong is restored, the power must be one, you act arbitrarily, do not listen to moderation, and drive out Dongyi to get rid of you first. Please, King! ”

Han Runchang raised Shang Fang's sword high, Mao Wenlong's heart was shocked, but he gritted his teeth and said: "Shang Fang's sword also has a bite in this town, what is rare!" According to the laws of the Ming Dynasty, the deputy general can ask the king to order the law on the spot, and the chief military officer will be dismissed from his post to listen to the investigation, although you are the supervisor, but you only have the right to temperance, you can't kill me! ”

"You don't need to worry about this, the ministry can't be killed, only the emperor can be sentenced, if the emperor is to blame, take my head and pay for your life, and the ministry has no complaints. Come! Take off Mao Wenlong's crown suit and tie it up! ”

"Wait!" Someone shouted, jumped in front of Mao Wenlong, stretched out his hand and said: "The twelve crimes that the superintendent said are mostly unbelievable, how many can be counted?" Is the official university justified? ”

"Mao Yongyi, if you have something to say, you can speak directly."

Mao Yongyi's face was gloomy, and he smiled: "Don't mention anything else for the time being, just talk about this Jiansheng Temple, I remember that the superintendent also had this move back then, and he can't be guilty of others, but it makes sense to do it himself, right?" ”

Yuan Chonghuan didn't want him to ask this question, so he secretly felt embarrassed and argued: "That was just the act of the eunuch who supervised the army Ning Yuan at that time, and it had little to do with the main department. ”

"Whether it has anything to do with it or not, the overseer understands it in his heart. What the last general understands is that Mao Shuai has been born and died for so many years, and he has made miraculous achievements, and the first emperor and the current emperor have repeatedly rewarded him. Taking a step back, even if there is no merit and hard work, fabricate a few crimes at will, and kill the general, the superintendent is not afraid of chilling everyone's hearts? ”

Yuan Chonghuan said: "Mao Wenlong was originally just an ordinary person, but now the official residence is the best, and the door is full of shade, which is enough to reward him for his hard work, why don't you want to serve the court, behave recklessly, and be so rebellious?" Mao Wenlong is forgivable, who is unforgivable for the wicked in the world? After speaking, he kowtowed to the west and said: "Your Majesty, the minister today punishes Mao Wenlong to clean up military discipline, and if any of the generals behave like Mao Wenlong, they will also be executed." If the ministers can't restore Liaodong in five years, please ask the emperor to execute the ministers like Mao Wenlong! ”

Mao Wenlong's soul was not possessed, he kowtowed and begged for mercy, crying: "If you know that you are wrong, you will ask the superintendent to open up and allow your humble duty to be guilty of meritorious service." Yuan Chonghuan turned his face to the side, didn't look at it, and couldn't stop sneering.

Mao Yongyi knew that it was irretrievable, and said sadly: "Daddy, what do you ask them to do?" Can't we afford to provoke and hide? Reaching out and grabbing his belt, he lifted it and leaned on it, but Mao Wenlong's huge body was gently carried by him, and his body swept up and jumped out of the tent. Lin Xiangfeng and the others were startled, shouting and chasing after them.

Yuan Chonghuan Huo Ran got up and shouted, "Stop them!" Xie Shangzheng whistled, and dozens of burly soldiers rushed out from behind the rocks, fan-shaped surrounded, holding a five-foot-long Western bird gun in their hands, and designated Mao Wenlong and Mao Yongyi together.

Yuan Chonghuan laughed: "Let's see if your legs are fast, or the Western musket in the headquarters is fast." Tied up! Push back the big tent! ”