November 18, 44th year of Taiqing

Yan Zhi took the lead in Panlong Ridge and Peng Cao, and then Wu Yue and Wu Jian led the army to cover up from the west and the north, so that Yan Zhi's troops and Peng Cao's remnants were even more caught off guard, and after an hour of fighting between the two sides, Yan Zhi was defeated and led the remnants to flee westward.

Peng Cao, the Yanshan bandit, was killed, and a total of four or five thousand people were captured and wounded, and Yanshan was flattened.

After the battle of Yanshan, the guards came to the Yanmen Station camp to comfort the soldiers of the county army, and they also came with the marshal of the Yue Sect and the deputy marshal Kuang, the battle of Yanshan made the two understand one thing, that is, the power of the government is not declining and cannot be collided with it.

However, in addition to the joy, problems also arise, counting the last time Chengxian repelled Yan Zhi and this capture, there have been five or six thousand more captives in the past half a month, and there are mixed women, children, old and weak, which is really head-catching.

For these people, Wei Ze's attitude is also different, Wu Jian means that women and children can be incorporated into the household, but those mountain bandits and young people must not be forgiven. Wu Yue's meaning is similar, these mountain bandits are so bad that they are difficult to integrate into the army, if they stay in the local area and are afraid of chaos, it is better to punish them in the Ming Dynasty to deter Xiaoxiao. This kind of murder, especially the killing of many people, Zhang Jian didn't want to express his position, but he couldn't stand Wei Ze's expectant eyes, Zhang Jian didn't say anything clearly, just muttered: "Do more than 2,000 people want to be killed all?" ’。

Wei Ze thought for a while and muttered: "When we arrive in Ren Jin'an, we have repeatedly raised troops, if we kill two thousand people this time, the blood will flow into a river, and the people will inevitably be afraid, but if we don't severely punish these mountain bandits and thieves, it is difficult to justify the law, I think it is better to break it." What do you think of the leaders of these people, who are punished by the canonical punishment and the others who are sent to various places along the coast to be sentenced to imprisonment? ”

Several people saw that Wei Ze said this, so why should they insist, so they praised Wei Ze's kindness and agreed. Seeing that there were no objections, Wei Ze began to draft a submission and sent it to Linchuan.

Following

Outside the Yanmen Yi camp, more than 300 important criminals were escorted up one after another on the temporary execution ground, these people were all big and small leaders in the mountain bandits, and they were all stained with blood debts, and the public execution of these people was not only to show the people of Jin'an, but also to show the people present. The area around the execution ground was full of people who came to watch the execution, but it was difficult to hide the cold light and autumn wind.

With Wei Ze's order, the heads of people in the execution ground rolled, and this moment announced the annexation and extinction of two military forces in Jin'an that were independent of the government.

Not long after the Battle of Yanshan and the submission of the Yue people returned to Linchuan, Wei Ji's fatwa arrived in Feng County. This is an appointment and dismissal order, which can also be said to be a reward order, and the content is very simple: Wei Zezhi has meritorious political achievements and has been promoted to the history of Yuezhou, don't drive; Wu Yue was promoted to Linchuan County Guard; Wu Jian was promoted to the governor of Linchuan County, and the rest of the rewards such as Fang Zhi and others will not be detailed.

However, Zhang Jian was not mentioned in the fatwa, since Zhang Jian came to Ren Jin'an with Wei Ze, he made suggestions to eradicate several salt tyrants who were attached to Cheng Hong, and even reached a reconciliation with Cheng to expel Cheng Hong.

In the face of the indignation of Wei Ze and the Wu brothers, Zhang Jian was relatively calm. Whether it's your own salt making method, or dividing and eradicating the five forces, there is a lot of luck in this, and it's actually quite comfortable to be a doorman by yourself, if you really give yourself an official, you're really a little afraid that you can't do it well, you must know that this era is not a joke.

Half a month later, the new county chiefs have arrived one after another, and there is an old acquaintance in it who is the previous Fuzhou Taishou He Ju, this time He Ju was re-activated to serve in the county Cheng can be said to be Wei Ji's recognition of his ability, although he is a person who has a little less responsibility, but he can shepherd one side to protect the territory and the people, which is enough for the current situation.

Wei Ze led everyone to set off, He Juqin led officials of all sizes out of the city for ten miles to see each other, this time the people of Feng County were like Wei Ze when he first arrived, but the faces of the people were a little less cramped and a little more natural.

The cavalry of the brigade roared on the Yishan Mountain Road, just like they came to Jin'an a few months ago, but this time there were two more people in the team who were the brothers and sisters of Ji Chi and Ji Qing. The reason why the two returned to Linchuan with Wei Ze and others was actually ordered by Wei Ji, and the reason for this was tacitly understood by everyone. Ji Kuang was appointed as the general of Yue Zhonglang, and Ji Chi was appointed as Wu Jian's deputy Linchuan Weishi, as for Ji Qing, the reason Wei Ji found was that the princess wanted to see this little girl.

In short, everything in Jin'an has come to an end, but Zhang Jian's good days have not come. More than 500 guards rode two horses side by side, and Zhang Jian was responsible for the delay because of his rusty riding skills, but there was a small oil bottle beside him. Since the last time Zhang Jian bragged in front of Ji Qing, this little girl was like a bee discovering honey, chattering and listening to Zhang Jian's side.

In this way, along the way, Wu Jianxiao was in front, Wei Ze and Wu Yue were in the middle, and Zhang Jian was 'annoyed' by Ji Qing's twitter from Jin'an to Linchuan in the end.

The sunset was reflected on the tall city wall, and after half a year, Wei Ze and a few people finally returned to this Linchuan City. Shi Renlian, the right head of the Wei Ji faction, who had already learned the news, was waiting outside the Wenchang Gate, and Wei Ze saw Ren Lian stationed at the Wenchang Bridge, how dare a few people dismount together.

"Uncle Ren isn't waiting for us here, is he?" Wei Ze walked across the bridge and bowed.

Ren Lian also dismounted and saluted: "Welcome the prince back!" The prince has given the prince a long face this time, so the prince's special ministers are here to greet him. ”

As he spoke, he couldn't help but look at a few people carefully, and walked to Wu Yue and Wu Jian, and patted the arms of the two of them heavily.

Wei Ze's face showed a little smugness, and he said with a smile: "What kind of face can I give my father, I just hope that my father won't blame me for acting Meng Lang." ”

Ren Lian said: "Okay, the prince is waiting in the mansion, let's not waste time here." ”

Then a few people followed Ren Lian to the palace, Zhang Jian, the temporary chief bookkeeper, naturally did not count after leaving Jin'an, and now the white body is not among the audience, and others are expected to be depressed and secretly sad, but Zhang Jian is happy to see that he went home first.

I don't know how Wei Ji's house was taken care of by Feng Si after half a year, although he didn't live in it for long, but it was also the first property he bought in this world, with the expectation of returning home, Zhang Jian unconsciously accelerated the speed of sitting down the horse.

Seeing that he was about to arrive home, the scene in front of the door couldn't help but make Zhang Jian wonder. I saw a sedan chair parked in front of his house, four sedan chair men standing in place and a person in temple costume standing in front of the door.

Zhang Jian turned over and dismounted in front of the door, and before he could speak, the temple man took the first step to greet him.

"Dare to ask you, but you are Zhang Jian?"

Zhang Jian was puzzled: "I'm Zhang Jian, who are you looking for me?" ”

The temple man smiled: "That's right, my master invites you to come to the house to meet, please get on the sedan chair." ”

Zhang Jian did not refuse, but asked rhetorically: "Are you from the palace?"

There was no answer, the man just smiled and said nothing.

"Okay, I'll go with you."