Guangxin Fucheng (Shangrao City).

Fei Yinghuan handed over the greeting note at the mansion, and then returned to the inn to wait.

He followed the soldiers to fight, exterminated the Taihu Lake bandits, and gave silver on the occasion of meritorious service, and finally got promoted again. Now it is Funing Zhizhou, which governs five counties of Xiapu, Fu'an, Shouning, Fuding and Ningde, and is a poor and rich continent.

Poverty is due to the lack of food, and the people's lives are miserable.

Rich because smuggling is rampant at sea, as long as you honestly cooperate with the gentry and pirates, then there will definitely be silver to be fished.

Fei Yinghuan went to Fujian to take up his post, just passing by his hometown. In fact, he had long wanted to go home to see, and he heard that there were anti-thieves in Jiangxi, and even his hometown was making trouble to suppress bandits, and he was always afraid that something would go wrong.

When passing through Guangxin Mansion City, Fei Yinghuan came to visit the prefect and wanted to ask the prefect to take care of the Fei family.

At this moment, Zhang Yinghe, the prefect of Guangxin, is relying on the remains of Jiaxuan Manor, which has abandoned his illness.

Hearing that Funing Zhizhou visited him, and he was still a child of the Fei family, Zhang Yinghe immediately returned to the mansion and sent someone to invite Fei Yinghuan to be a guest the next day.

Zhang Yinghe is a native of Beizhili and has nothing to do with the Donglin Party. Li Ruolian, the Jiangxi general soldier who had just been demoted and transferred, and his younger brother was a good friend of Zhang Yinghe, and the two of them studied under Zhu Zhengse at the same time.

Zhu Zhengse is also very interesting, he was promoted by Zhang Juzheng, but when he was a magistrate, he strictly investigated Zhang Juzheng's brother for corruption and perversion of the law. The officials were frightened and wanted to take Zhu Zhengshi away, but Zhang Juzheng said that the investigation was good and let Zhu Zhengse continue to stay there as an official.

Actually, it was Zhang Juzheng who knew that his clan was messing around, so he specially sent Zhu Zhengse to govern his hometown!

Guangxin prefect Zhang Yinghe, why can he quickly exterminate the lead mountain bandits? His ability is to learn from Zhu Zhengse. Zhu Zhengse has governed the Yellow River, served as a border minister, and even innovated weapons and tactics.

Today, Guangxin Mansion has 5,000 villagers, and its combat effectiveness far exceeds that of the Jiangxi governor's pacesetter.

"Late born Fei Yinghuan, meet Yu Rugong!" Fei Yinghuan's attitude was very respectful, after all, the other party was the parent official of his hometown.

Zhang Yinghe smiled and said: "Zhao doesn't have to be formal. ”

Fei Yinghuan said: "The lead mountain bandits can be quickly extinguished, thanks to the fact that they are like public soldiers like gods. ”

Zhang Yinghe said: "Thanks to Fei's help, otherwise how can I have money to feed my soldiers to fight?" ”

The two sides complimented each other, and suddenly the guests and hosts were harmonious, and the atmosphere was in place at once.

After talking for a long time, Zhang Yinghe suddenly said: "Now, although the lead mountain bandits have been exterminated, the Nanfeng bandits are still there. Luling Zhao thief, even more stealing from the three provinces and fifteen counties, the township of Guangxin Mansion can not be dispersed, this matter still needs to be persuaded by the Zhao clan. ”

What sweeping king, what Sai Lu Bu, these anti-thieves are all regarded by the imperial court as Zhao Han's subordinates.

Therefore, in the eyes of the imperial court, the territory of the Zhao thief in Luling already has three prefectures and fifteen counties.

As for Zhang Yinghe, the prefect of Guangxin, the current situation is also very embarrassing, and he wants to continue to train troops to fight across the government. But the local gentry disagreed, because the lead mountain bandits had been wiped out, and Guangxin Mansion had been stabilized, so why did they ask them to donate money and food to raise soldiers and go to other state capitals to recruit the thieves?

The gentry were short-sighted and only stared at their own one-third of an acre.

Zhang Yinghe also said: "Anti-thieves and chaos are not the business of one government and one county. If the Zhao thief is allowed to become bigger, how can Guangxin Mansion be spared? ”

Fei Ying hugged his fists and said: "Don't worry, I will tell the elders of the clan and persuade them to support Fuzun's military training." ”

"Thank you very much." Zhang Yinghe said with a smile.

Fei Yinghuan asked: "Then Luling Zhao thief, isn't there only three counties?" How can there be three provinces and fifteen counties? ”

"Alas," Zhang Yinghe sighed, "in May this year, the governor led an army of nearly 20,000 land and water to fight the Zhao thief in Linjiang Mansion. The two sides confronted each other for more than a month, and by mid-June, the official army was defeated. Fifteen thousand land divisions were almost wiped out. Of the more than 2,000 sailors, only half fled back to Nanchang. ”

Fei Yinghuan was shocked: "That Luling Zhao thief, is he so good? ”

"If this were not the case, how could the imperial court let Liangguang and Fujian encircle and suppress together?" Zhang Yinghe said, "The guest soldiers of Liangguang and Fujian are now suppressing bandits in southern Jiangxi. If the Zhao thief cannot be pacified quickly, and the guests from other provinces enter in a big way, the people of Jiangxi will be miserable again. ”

Fei Yinghuan finally paid attention to it, and arched his hand: "The younger generation will definitely lobby the elders of the Fei clan and let them contribute money and help." If the thief is not destroyed, how can Jiangxi be stable? ”

The two chatted more and more harmoniously, and Zhang Yinghe invited Fei Yinghuan to a banquet.

Although there is wine and meat, it is not extravagant, and Fei Yinghuan admires its incorruptibility even more.

In comparison, Fei Yinghuan is really a corrupt official, he has made a lot of money in office, and he usually likes to enjoy luxury.

The next day, Fei Yinghuan took a boat home, and Mo Xiang, who was following by her side, was still holding a two-year-old child in her arms.

Well, Fei Yinghuan has another son, named Fei Rugao.

He went home this time, and he also gave Moxiang the title of mother and son, officially accepted Moxiang as a concubine, and named his young son on the family tree.

The Lou family will not object, and has promised Mo Xiang a concubine.

Fei Yinghuan went home this time, and the battle became bigger, after all, he is now Zhizhou. Old man Fei ordered the whole family to go out, let the second son and the third son go directly to the dock to greet them, the team was more than 200 people, except for the servants who chopped wood and burned the fire, and the big maid beside the master, the rest of the slaves all went to the dock.

talked with his parents and brothers for a long time, and it wasn't until the evening that Fei Yinghuan had time to talk to his wife about business.

Mo Xiang handed over her son to the wet nurse, and she seemed to have become a maid again, respectfully serving Lou's side.

Lou Shi was not harsh, only smiled and asked Mo Xiang to sit down, and even affectionately called his sister. The wife and concubine are harmonious, and the scene is very beautiful, but they are all trained by the Lou family.

After Fei Yinghuan came in, he immediately withdrew from the maid and took the ink fragrance away.

There were only two husbands and wives left in the room, Fei Yinghuan suddenly had a serious expression and asked, "I urged you many times in the letter to send Rulan to Huzhou to get married, why do you keep shirking it?" ”

Lou smiled and said, "Husband, Rulan is already married, and the letter says that she is pregnant. ”

"Who's the husband?" Fei Yinghuan was very unhappy, as a father, he didn't even know who his daughter was marrying.

"You bring the one back home." Lou replied.

"Zhao Han?" Fei Yinghuan said in a daze, "Isn't he canceled his fame?" ”

The matter about Zhao Han also made Fei Yinghuan very unhappy, but after all, it was his father who did it, and he couldn't directly make the father and son turn against each other because of an outsider.

"Alas!"

Lou Shi sighed and said, "Does the husband know about the Luling Zhao thief?" ”

Fei Yinghuan nodded and said, "Since I heard that this thief has been based in three prefectures and fifteen counties. ”

Lou corrected: "There are no three prefectures and fifteen counties, only two prefectures and eight counties. The rest of the thieves only respected his name, and were not in his group. ”

"How do you know that?" Fei Yinghuan wondered.

Lou Shi smiled and said, "Luling Zhao thief is Zhao Han." ”

"What?"

Fei Yinghuan jumped up in shock: "How is it possible, he is only eighteen years old (imaginary age)!" ”

Lou put away his smile and said with a straight face: "It's really him." ”

Fei Yinghuan was stunned, relieved for a while, and said angrily: "This guy is a thief, how can you marry your daughter to him?" ”

Lou sighed: "It's not that you have raised a good son. ”

"Like a crane?"

Fei Yinghuan suddenly had a great fear, and his eyes widened: "Ruhe won't be a thief, right?" ”

Lou said: "Zhao Yaonian, the number one general under the Luling Zhao thief, is your good son Ruhe. ”

"Boom!"

Fei Yinghuan suddenly sat down in the chair, as if his soul had been drained, and he completely lost his ability to think.

"Husband, husband!"

After a long time, Fei Yinghuan was awakened by his wife, his mouth was dry, he gritted his teeth and said: "They have done a great job, this is to make the Lou clan exterminate!" ”

Lou said: "Since your son's rebellion, I have read the Tang newspaper every month. I think that this Ming Dynasty is definitely coming to an end, and Zhao Han and Ruhe may be able to do it. It is Jishui Li Mengyan, who has already been a thief. There is also the prefect of Yuanzhou, who has also been a thief this year. The officers and soldiers of Jiangxi are not their opponents at all. ”

"Let me meditate."

Fei Yinghuan gradually regained his senses and began to think seriously, his son had rebelled, and he had to think about the pros and cons.

He is the father-in-law of the anti-thief leader, even if he is not the real father-in-law, he will definitely be confirmed in the future. His son is the No. 2 thief in Jiangxi. His daughter, who is married to the leader of the anti-thieves, and seems to be pregnant.

How is this different from his own rebellion?

Suddenly, Fei Yinghuan's breathing became a little short, and while he was afraid, he was a little excited.

If Zhao Han can really succeed, wouldn't he be the ruler of the country?

His son, at least the founding minister!

Can't think like this, can't think like this, Fei Yinghuan warned himself to be loyal to the king.

But the more he thought about it, the more he couldn't stop, because the reality was already like this, he couldn't be loyal to the king anymore, he only had one way to rebel from thieves!

Lou Shi suddenly said again: "Your fourth brother is also in Brother Han's army. Fei Chun is in charge of money and food. Fei Yuanjian on the Henglin side is now an anti-thief county. Even Fei Yuanjian's scholar is already Han Ge'er's secretary, which is equivalent to the middle scholar of the imperial court. ”

Fei Yinghuan was already numb to listening, and said with a wry smile: "The Fei family is really talented." ”

"The husband must make a decision." Lou reminded.

After thinking about it carefully, Fei Yinghuan said: "I'll go to Ji'an Mansion first, how can I make the specific situation clear in the letter?" ”

The husband and wife reunited, tired of it for a few days, and completed the names of Moxiang's mother and son, and Fei Yinghuan took Wei Jianxiong to set off.

The young son stayed at home, and Mo Xiang and a maid followed.

Taking advantage of this time, Wei Jianxiong also went to have a tryst with his old lover, but he had a very comfortable time.

On board, in the cabin.

Fei Yinghuan asked, "Jianxiong, do you think this court can still be saved?" ”

"I don't know," Wei Jianxiong said, "if the thieves in the northwest can't be destroyed, this court won't be fine." ”

The heaviest burden on the people is not Shanxi, Shaanxi, and Jiangxi, but the provinces in the south of the Yangtze River! According to the statistics of Zhang Juzheng's reform, the fields of Nanzhili and Zhejiang together accounted for one-third of the country's field endowments.

Of course, only in terms of the taxes that need to be paid per mu, Guizhou is the first, Sichuan is the second, Yunnan is the third, and Nanzhili is the fourth.

Nanzhili has always been stable, and it has developed industry and commerce purely by relying on it.

And Yunguichuan has been revolting constantly.

The reason for the emergence of thieves in Shanxi and Shaanxi is purely because of the severe drought for several consecutive years, and at the same time, the agricultural yield per mu is very low.

Anyway, after staying in Jiangnan for a few years, Wei Jianxiong saw that the people were miserable.

Fei Yinghuan paced out of the cabin, looking at the scenery on both sides of the strait in a daze, he never dreamed of being involved in rebellion.