One hundred and sixty-six chapters of checks and balances

Zhang Hu, who stayed in the dam, knew that the southwest was not far away, and he would return to Guangyuan in northern Sichuan after Ningqiang Prefecture, but he definitely did not dare to go in this direction. Although he went around such a big circle in Shaanxi and captured a lot, and his subordinates also claimed to have 100,000 people, whether it was being chased and cut by Yan Minwang or the defeat in Gongchang Mansion, everyone knew that these cheap ones were all picked up, and their own gang was a rogue, and they did not have the ability to fight with the official army at all. At present, the core is more than a dozen war battalions, a small half of which is the Sichuan army led by Fang Ge. Needless to say, Sichuan Province is likely to have been prepared for battle, and the Chaotian Pass is definitely more difficult to fight than the Dasan Pass, and it will definitely not work if you follow the old road. Now I am not a hundred battles and morale is like a rainbow, the Sichuan army is homesick, if one is not careful, it is likely that there will be a group of people who will flee to the official army, even if they don't tie themselves up to change the way out, as long as this kind of thing has a beginning, it is a high probability that it will be scattered in a hurry.

On the side of Hanzhong Prefecture near Sichuan is Daba Mountain, and if you go all the way east along the border between the two provinces, it will not work: barren mountains and wild mountains, it is absolutely impossible to provide enough materials for so many people to survive, and many places do not even have roads, and it is a matter of time before they are trapped in the wilderness.

Therefore, the only feasible way was to march eastward along the Han River, and the only way to march on the south bank of the Han River was to march on the south bank of the Han River—Wenshui, Yishui, Luogushui, Youshui, and Meridian...... It all flows from north to south, endlessly flowing into the east-west Han River. There are endless rivers to cross, that is, countless obstacles and dangers. Then the question arises: these situations can neither be concealed from Hanzhong Mansion nor the Third Division of Shaanxi Province, and their own marching routes are placed here, can those dog officials cooperate to make themselves obedient to the past?

I really can.

In order to bypass the Hutou Pass, Zhang Hu crossed the Han River to the southwest along the Fushui River without much effort, and when he entered the east, the officers and soldiers on the wall of the county just watched each other across the river without making the slightest reaction. Then Xixiang, Hanyin, and Pingli, there will be hundreds of stone grains seized in every place more or less, not much, but invisibly outlining a route, so that Zhang Hu's group can walk to the eastern boundary of Hanzhong Mansion without any danger, and then move forward, and cross Nuwa Mountain is the rich Huguang!

The Son of Heaven waved the good news of Gongchang Mansion with a pale face and shouted at Li Shizhong: "Great victory! What a victory! If it weren't for the news from Dongchang, I would have been deceived by Shaanxi Sansi again! Am I so virtuous? How dare they deceive the king so blatantly! ”

"Your Majesty is angry." Li Shizhong was also angry, "The old slave is thinking, Xi Junyu is so bold that Zhang Thief has recruited so many homeless people in Gansu Town, will it be the same in Shaanxi?" The previous Guan Shengyun gang was the local people who kept reporting 'big victories' all the way, the more victorious the thieves became, and they ran to Huguang and almost caused a big disaster, but fortunately they were finally appeased. Therefore, after the old slave sent Chu Jingwu out, he sent a group of people to Shaanxi. The old slave never expected that the three divisions of Shaanxi would dare to collude with the thieves! ”

"Take them all down! I will ask them for myself where their conscience is! ”

"Your Majesty is angry, don't do it at this time!" It was Ma Quan who spoke, and he was also sent by the attendant, and he was specially left behind by the Son of Heaven after he entered the duty today. Seeing that the Son of Heaven was furious, he hurriedly admonished, "The minister implores Your Majesty to think twice. Shaanxi Xingdu Division has been eroded, Shaanxi Province is also three feet of ice, if the axe is chiseled, there will be chaos. For example, a person who has been sick for a long time, his body is weak, and he needs to be slowly adjusted, and he can't resist the fierce medicine, Your Majesty. ”

The Son of Heaven let out a long sigh: "Alas. If you don't say it, I know it. Didn't I follow Ma Aiqing's suggestion, in order to avoid Zhu Lianguang from being too wide, and asked the Criminal Department to change the "Da Ming Law"? I was just angry for a moment, and I just said it casually. I can't help but wonder now, are all officials everywhere like this? It should be about the same, at best, it's the difference between fifty steps and a hundred steps, right? This is the case in the place, but what about the Asari? ”

Deathly silence. No one dared to answer the question of the Son of Heaven.

"Now that the thief is out of the way, Dongchang sent someone to arrest Xi Junyu back to me! I guess, that guy should not just be as simple as a troubled place, there should also be a lot of melons and vines in the court, don't hand it over to the three law divisions, just let Dongchang and Jinyiwei judge it! Shaanxi also has to make some preparations, go back and let the officials select a few loyal and capable people to send over first, and after a while, when they have a foothold, they will be properly rectified. ”

"Yes. The old slave obeyed. Li Shizhong replied respectfully.

When everyone retreated, the Son of Heaven was still sullen, and casually picked up a book on several cases and flipped through it. Looking at it, I gradually fell into a trance, and slowly, I realized some truths, and my eyes lit up.

The same clan of golden branches and jade leaves, Taizu appointed two completely different textbooks: the reading materials of the princes and disciples of the feudal domain were the same as the textbooks of all scholars, all of which were Confucian classics such as the Four Books and the Five Classics, and in addition to these traditional textbooks, the prince had to focus more on the study of monographs such as "Zhenguan Zhiyao" and "Zizhi Tongjian". Zhu Yuanzhang's move can be described as well-intentioned: whether it is a vassal king or an imperial elite, you only need to be cultivated by the patriotic thought of loyalty from an early age, and the prince of the Ming Dynasty must study the art of the emperor from an early age.

What the Son of Heaven inadvertently picked up at this time was the "Emperor Jian Illustrated Narrative" compiled by Zhang Juzheng, the first assistant of the previous dynasty, for the young Wanli Emperor. Wanli was only ten years old at the right time, and considering that most of the tomes were obscure, Zhang Juzheng presided over the compilation of this illustrated and easy-to-understand special textbook, which was full of vivid stories, with the purpose of teaching the young monarch to "regard those who are good as teachers and those who regard evil as warnings." The book is divided into two parts, the upper part is entitled "Sage Fang Gui", a total of 81 imperial cases of "his good are lawful"; The second part is called "The Foolish Mistake", which contains 36 negative deeds of "evil can be a precept". The Son of Heaven picked up the lower part and flipped through it hastily, just saw the two articles "Five Marquis Unauthorized Power" and "Appointment of Six Thieves", and couldn't help but feel moved in his heart, so he closed his eyes and thought for a long time: The troubles of the Han Dynasty are in the eunuchs' relatives, the Tang Dynasty is in the feudal town, and the Song Dynasty is in the traitors...... So, what about the troubles of this dynasty?

Eunuchs? Wang Zhen and Liu Jin of the previous dynasty did seem to be in power, however, Wang Zhen died in the chaos of the army*, that Liu Jin was even more of a saint and the Son of Heaven was tied up with a thousand knives with a word, where is there a little hand to cover the sky?

Domain? Forget it. Those military leaders were about to be tossed to death by the civilian officials, and the third-rank military commander was sentenced by the six-rank general and didn't dare to wipe his face with spittle, and even the palace heard of this kind of thing from time to time.

Traitor? Who is a traitor? That Xi Junyu must be one! What about the people of the Shaanxi Third Division? What about officials elsewhere? What about Asari? Don't talk about traitors, those civil officials are really too disagreeable!

What to do? There has to be another force to counterbalance them - well, this counterbalancing force has to be held tightly in their own hands!

In fact, the Son of Heaven had already faintly had an answer in his heart before, until this moment, he suddenly opened his mouth, and finally realized a solution that he thought was perfect, and said: "Where is the factory minister?" ”

"The old slave is here." Li Shizhong, who was standing outside the door, responded.

Morning meeting.

When discussing Zhang Hu's trouble, Zuo Yizhi jumped out again to accuse Yan Minwang of failing to recover and disappointing the holy grace, but he didn't expect that the Holy Son of Heaven would be angry that day, and he was the first to be dragged down on the spot. Qiao Nanxing went out to defend him again, but before he could finish speaking, he was also taken down by Jinyiwei. Everyone was dumbfounded at this moment, they had never seen the Son of Heaven lose his temper so much. Wang Qingyuan, the imperial history of Zuo Yidu, relied on his position as the leader of the official position, and moved out of the ancestral system to turn the tide, but he didn't expect the Son of Heaven to throw Xi Junyu's corruption case and the previous imperial history's baoju chapter directly on Lord Wang's face...... So the three of them were pressed side by side outside the noon gate and waited for the board.

The court staff is not uncommon, and there have always been before, and even some people just deliberately provoke the emperor to find a fight themselves - however, most of the time it is a process: wear special cotton pants in advance, and the court clothes are also padded with thick pads, and the brocade guards are not really beaten, and the board has been smashed to the ground before it falls on the buttocks. It is said that several kung fu people who are in charge of punishment are also practiced superbly, and it is rumored that it is also a beating, which has three effects:

First, the skin is not hurt. You can make the skin blurry with flesh and blood, but there is nothing to do with the bones, and you can walk as usual that night - wrap a piece of tofu in straw paper, and after a few boards of straw paper, the grass paper is sparsely crushed, and the tofu is as good as ever.

Second, the bones are not hurt. On the surface, there is nothing abnormal, but the inner leg bone has been broken, and the lifelong disability is quite light, and it is not unusual for people to die in a few days - the soft cloth is wrapped in green bricks, the soft cloth is as usual, and the green bricks have been beaten into powder.

Third, the skin and bones are not injured, go through the form. That's what it is now.

The three who didn't know that the catastrophe was coming, shouting "the minister is not guilty", Li Shizhong walked over to the prison with a smile, and as soon as he opened his mouth, several people were all stupid: "Come on, I took off the pants of a few adults for our family and beat them up!" ”

Flesh and blood flying.

The worst Zuo Yizhi, of course Li Shizhong wanted to be angry for his godson, and under special care, the meat on the two buttocks of the old left was slapped away, until he saw Bai Sensen's leg bones, and then he stopped.

This signal is too obvious. That night, several groups of people knocked on the door of Master Ma Quan's courtyard one after another.

*According to the History of the Ming Dynasty, Wang Zhen was killed by the Wara rebel army during the Tumubao Rebellion. "The Chronicle of the History of the Ming Dynasty" said, "The person who guarded the general Fan Zhong beat him to death from the emperor's side, saying: 'I am the world's condemnation of this thief'." Moreover, the responsibility for the defeat of Tumubao was all put on Wang Zhen's head - provoking the conflict between Wara, instigating Yingzong's personal expedition, and diverting Wei County to delay the withdrawal of troops directly led to Yingzong's capture...... This statement has been widely circulated and is still believed to be true by the vast majority of people. However, is it true?

Hehe, of course not.

Look at a simple fact.

Yingzong was also put back first, and after the restoration of Nangong, he immediately did one thing: "Yingzong was restored, Gu Nianzhen did not say anything (no one cares about the future), gave Zhen sacrifice, summoned the soul to be buried, worshiped Zhihua Temple, and gave the shrine 'Jingzhong'!" ”

See, at the first time of the restoration and re-enthronement of the emperor - the first year of Tianshun (to change the name of the country when he re-ascended the throne), he issued an edict to correct the name of Wang Zhen, use fragrant wood as his statue, and build a shrine to summon the soul! Yingzong was a first-hand witness to the Tumubao Change, first captured by Ye, and then imprisoned by Emperor Jingtai for seven years, fearing that he would be killed at any time, and his son was deposed, and the crown prince almost lost his life...... If you were really pitted so badly by Wang Zhen, can you do this?!

Let's take a look at a few more records: Wang Zhen was raided from his home, with countless treasures and treasures, Liu Jin was raided from his home, with countless treasures and treasures, and Wei Zhongxian was raided from his home, with countless treasures and treasures...... Right? Just one small question: Where have all these mountains of gold and silver gone?

There is only one conclusion: the civil servants poured dirty water and made it up.