Shandong, at the beginning of the country, more than 720,000 hectares of land. By the fifteenth year of Hongzhi, there were more than 200,000 hectares missing. More than 20 years later, there were not even 500,000 hectares left.

So where does Shandong get the money and grain?

Zhang Fujing came, and the money and food were available.

After the baptism in Guangdong, he has a clear understanding of how the gentry hide their fields and avoid taxes, and has rich experience in dealing with them.

At this moment, the Confucius ceremony was changed, Yan Shenggong and Qufu Zhixian were handled, and Zhang Fujing sat in Qufu Shengtang to ask about the case, which was to kill chickens and make an example of monkeys.

At present, the rebellion of the two kings and three guards of Huguang is present, and Shandong has not suffered a disaster. What should I do at this moment?

How to deal with Yan Shenggong was handed over to the Three Law Divisions.

How to deal with Kong Wenfang was handed over to the Shandong Prosecution Department.

But how many grievances and feuds has the Kong family formed in Qufu?

This is the Qingtian lord who has arrested Yan Shenggong, and in the case that Zhang Fujing sits in the county hall every day without moving and only does this one thing, there are a few examples at the beginning, and more and more people from Qufu and even the entire Yanzhou Mansion come to complain.

"Sven sweeps the floor! Kill them all! ”

The slamming voice was muffled, revealing horror.

The people who said this were also the people of Qufu. The influence of the Yansheng Mansion has existed for so many years, and there is also a large group of people in Qufu who rely on the Yansheng Gong to obtain the little benefits that belong to them.

But now the whole of Shandong may have to be reshuffled.

And then what do they do?

Impotent rage, and quietly rage.

The reputation of the official gentry is Zhang Killing, but among the people, it is Zhang Qingtian.

Zhang Fujing listened to the report sent by Gao Zhong and just smiled: "Now that the situation is clear, these people either have the courage or know the general situation. Some grievances, no need to pay attention. ”

After that, he arched his hand to the northwest: "Those who have achieved great things, who is not discredited?" His Majesty's words are very right: if you are bound by fame, that is, everything is disciplined by your predecessors; If you want to reform the malpractice and strive for the new, then you only want merit to achieve the original intention. His Majesty and the Governor did not care what they thought, but only where they went. ”

He was bold and heroic, and now he felt more and more that the emperor had the same temperament as him.

Sending him to Shandong, I thought that he would have a long and laborious dispute in Shandong over the matter of worshipping Confucius and ceremonies.

However, Zhu Houxi and the counselors planned and arranged for three years, but the fact that he Zhang Fujing received special grace to Shandong itself, coupled with a will to let the kings of the world's vassal kings and relatives enter Beijing to celebrate the Wanshou Holy Day, Huguang has a situation of rebellion.

Although Huguang was in trouble, the rest of the provinces were relieved.

Now, the Emperor is about to embark on his southern tour.

Zhang Fujing was about to leave Qufu for the time being, preparing to meet the driver on the bank of the canal flowing through Shandong.

Qufu needs someone to take care of it, and Zhang Fujing is waiting, waiting for new news from the imperial court.

When the emperor arrived in Shandong, the matter between Yan Shenggong and the Kong clan had to have a result.

On September 23, seven days after Halloween, news came from Beijing.

The investigation team of the Criminal Department, the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the Yan Shenggong case of Dali Temple, and a commander sent by the Fusi of Jinyi Weibei Town all gathered in the Qufu County Ya.

"One of the rebels, the former prefect of Changsha, Fu Rongzhong, confessed that Kong Wenshao, the Holy Father, had many correspondences. It is the same as what Yin Mengchun said in the letter of Yin Mengchun of Tianfu, "The power is traitorous and misleads the country, the Yansheng Mansion is loyal to the monarch and worships the courtesy, and he should go to the emperor to worry about it and set things right", Fu Rongzhong also saw it in Kong Wenshao's letter. In order to gather more party henchmen, Fu Rongzhong often used this letter to show people, so he stayed. The Marquis of Zhenyuan confiscated many official documents and letters obtained by Changsha Mansion and sent to Beijing, and found ironclad evidence of Yansheng Gongtong. ”

The three legal divisions and the special envoy of Jinyiwei only went through the "legal procedure" and came to Qufu to investigate whether the crimes impeached by Zhang Fujing were true.

Now hearing Zhang Fujing say this, they asked intently, "Does Your Majesty have a will?" ”

Zhang Fujing said lightly: "Dacheng Wenxuan ancestor is called the king's title is against the etiquette system, what credit does the first teacher and descendants have to call the country public?" Enjoying the grace and glory of Daming for more than 100 years, but rebelling against him, it is for disloyalty! Ruining the reputation of the ancestors and not learning and not knowing how to do it is for the sake of unfilial piety! It is unkind to seek fame and profit and harm the township! It is unjust to learn new laws and benefit the people and the country, but they wantonly obstruct it in tandem! ”

As soon as a few big hats of disloyalty, filial piety, benevolence and injustice were buttoned, Zhang Fujing said lightly: "Your Majesty has made a will, except for the Holy Prince, the Qufu Kong clan is rebellious and rebellious, and the crime is unforgivable." In the future, the Dacheng Wenxuan Ancestor Temple will be the main priest of the Shandong School Museum, the Yansheng Mansion will be changed to the college, and the Qufu Zhixian will be selected by the Ministry of Officials! ”

“…… Who to take? ”

Since he is already a rebel and rebel, does the Kong family only take some important people, or is it ...... Clan punishment?

Zhang Fujing said with a smile: "In the past, Taizong did not punish the ten clans of Fang Xiaoru, how did it pass on later? It has been nearly a month since the Governor was promoted to the court, and how to handle this matter will be handed over to the Governor. ”

In the final analysis, the handling of the Kong case before the emperor left Beijing should also play a role in shocking the world and transmitting signals.

The Imperial Mansion has been wiped out, who wants to challenge the emperor's determination to implement new learning and new laws?

What about the other people who were terrified because Fu Rongzhong was captured?

If you can't stand it and jump out, the rest of the provinces are now blushing when they see that the people in Huguang, Guangdong, Guangxi, and Jiangxi provinces have merit!

But at the same time, they are also very clear that the reason why Yan Shenggong must be done is not because of Xinxue, not because of the worship of Confucius, but because of the more than 200,000 hectares of fertile land that has disappeared in Shandong in the past hundred years.

The rations and salaries of the emperor's southern patrol guards are now busy under Zhang Fujing's "ferociousness", and the political envoys of Shandong, who have made meritorious contributions, are urging Shandong to give nearly half of the extra grain - in the golden autumn of October, the autumn grain is collected.

Zhang Fujing's attitude in Shandong will represent the emperor's attitude.

Do you want money, or do you want your life?

……

"Don't you want to die?"

In Ganzhou Mansion, Wang Shouren is still seizing the time to complete the task. was personally supervised by him, and the officials of the five counties under the Nan'an Mansion and the Ganzhou Prefecture were all respected in each county, but they had to rush to the remote villages in person under the pressure of being questioned for fear of being ineffective now.

"There are 100,000 mountains in Nanling, and it is not good for the Guangdong army to defeat Chenzhou Mansion! Although the thief army will definitely be defeated, it is most likely to flee this way! The official shook the official document in his hand, "Read it again, and listen carefully and carefully!" ”

This is an official document drafted by Wang Shouren himself, in the vernacular.

The meaning is also simple and clear: the war is nearby. In order to avoid the looting of the rebels, the villagers of some remote villages should temporarily avoid the military disaster after receiving the autumn grain.

There is no need to worry about leaving the village and can only sit and eat empty, Nan'an Mansion and Ganzhou Mansion have built city walls and camps in a total of nine counties, and you can earn food by working. As long as the rebels are wiped out, they can return to their hometowns, so as not to miss the agricultural affairs of next spring.

"Wang Dutai, can't you still believe it? A few years ago, King Ning was in turmoil, but his old man's house was pacified in a month! It's just that this time there are three princes making trouble together, and the place is mainly in Huguang, not under the control of Wang Dutai, so that Huguang can't be pacified, and the chaotic army runs to our Jiangxi! In black and white, you can't trust me, you can always trust your old clan, right? ”

"I listen to the master's arrangement, which is also for everyone's wife and children. Stay in the green mountains, don't worry about no firewood. If the life is lost, there will be nothing, not to mention that the county is really working, the county respecter said, first follow us to the county seat to avoid the disaster, each household uses at least one strong man, food is provided, every ten days to receive food! ”

Wang Shouren listened to the steady stream of news from the two prefectures and nine counties, and beside him were the concubine Duwei who obeyed the order and did not need to enter Beijing to celebrate his birthday, and Yu Chengye, the imperial historian of Jiangxi who patrolled the water and the disaster.

In front of the two of them is a map of Jiangxi.

"With Your Majesty's intentions, Ganzhou, Jianchang, and Guangxin will all need to be operated in the future. The transportation of grain and grass, the counties and passes on the first line of Wuyi Mountain, the amount of work is not small. Wang Shouren looked at him, "Jiangxi is full of rivers, and the most convenient way to transport is the waterway." Yu Yushi cleaned up the water conservancy, and then explored the waterway wharves in various places. ”

Yu Chengye nodded: "Xia Guan understands." ”

Wang Shouren also summoned Jiangxi Chengxuan, the political envoy Si Zuo, who was with him to listen to the order, to discuss: "Although the new law has not yet been implemented outside Guangdong, this time in order to prevent rebels, everything must not harm the people." The Governor has petitioned His Majesty to be granted permission to try out the law of procurement in Kiangsi for military needs. ”

“…… Please rest assured that the lower officials will definitely report to the feudal station and handle this matter well. ”

Looking at the nine counties of Nan'an and Ganzhou on the map, the defenders only retreated to the county seat and some large towns, clearly giving up a direct passage to the Wuyi Mountains.

What the imperial court wants to do, Jiangxi, the left senator, does not know.

However, it is clear that the imperial court does not have the primary goal of completely exterminating the rebels.

Now Wang Shouren and Yu Chengye are planning the entire Jiangxi water and land transfer network, and the scale of the newly built battalions in the counties of Ganzhou is obviously beyond the current number of local troops.

The troops of Huguang, Jiangxi, Guangdong, and Guangxi provinces surrounded Hengzhou Mansion in a crowd, could it be that the strength of the rebels was so strong that the imperial court was worried that they could hold it, and there would be new chaos in Fujian?

It looks like it's going to drive them together and then annihilate them in one fell swoop.

But at this time, these things are not his concern.

King Yi dismissed the heirs without a trace, he has been guilty of entering Beijing, Jiangxi within ten years of the first King Ning rebellion, and the king of Yi is not clear, although Wang Shouren is far away from Nanchang Mansion, but the main force of the Yangtze River Water Division has moved to Jiujiang.

The Jiangxi gentry must stand in line!

……

On the side of Hengzhou Mansion, Hengzhou Wei is indeed not as easy to deal with as Changsha Wei.

However, after all, the strength of the imperial court is far more than that of Hengshan County, and Hengshan County is not large.

On September 16, the day of Halloween, after resisting for five days, the defenders of Hengshan abandoned Hengshan City and fled south along the west bank of Xiangshui to the vicinity of Hengyang City.

The reason: Tang Peiyu backstabbed the defenders of Hengshan from the south.

After he led his troops down from the peak, he was not afraid of death, as if he had a deep hatred with the rebels.

The defection of the rebels' "former military governor" dealt a great blow to the morale of the rebels in Hengzhou.

Regardless of the grievances between Pu Zitong and Tang Peiyu, ordinary soldiers don't know about these "high-level struggles", they only know that Tang Peiyu, who is sitting in the peak of the mountain, is the commander of the defenders of the northern front.

In the following days, Changning County was breached, Hengshan, Youxian, and Anren ...... The defense line outside Hengyang City only has three circles left.

The five camps distributed outside Hengyang City along the Haoshui, Xiangshui and Leishui and the newly emerged Chengchengfeng Walled City are the outermost defense line, and the cottages on the Huishui Bank, Xiangshui Bank and Huiyan Peak outside Hengyang City are the second line of defense, and the Hengyang City Wall is the third line of defense.

At present, the only relatively safe place is the Leishui coast between Hengzhou and Chenzhou.

On September 24, Gu Shilong ordered to pull out the outermost four camps: two in the north of Hengyang City, one in the west of the city, and one in the east of the city, except for the one on the shore of Yanhu Lake, where the water flows into Hunan Province.

Pu Zitong stood on the Zhanyue Gate in the north of Hengyang City, his face was not very good-looking.

Tang Peiyu was doing cannon fodder again, attacking the Haoyang camp guarded by Yan Daniu like the most brave trapped army.

"Since he fled to Hengzhou, how can he be recruited by Gu Shilong again?"

Zhan Huabi couldn't answer him, but stared at the black military formation in the northeast: "Since Tang Peiyu has betrayed, Yan Daniu has to guard against it." If they had made an appointment to surrender before they came to Hengzhou, I'm afraid it would just be a show now. If they don't make a decision, if they suddenly join forces to capture Aoba Bridge, it will be troublesome! ”

Pu Zitong frowned.

If the Aoba Bridge is destroyed now, it will be tantamount to cutting off the back road of the Great Bull. But now, because Tang Peiyu did not rely on the town of Chengfeng to guard the passage on the west bank of Xiangshui from Hengshan City to Hengyang City, Gu Shilong's army is steadily coming south along both sides of Xiangshui.

For the time being, only Tang Peiyu has started to attack the village.

"Well, I didn't count on them in the first place!"

Pu Zitong gave the order, and a quarter of an hour later, two huge explosions roared one after another at the bottom of the Aoba Bridge, and then the stone bridge that had been standing here for an unknown number of years collapsed into the water.

The people outside Hengyang City have long been moved into the city to avoid trouble, and now there are garrison ordnance on the city wall, and the river under the city wall is also full of defenders. The empty river surface in the north and east is not only the natural moat of Hengyang City, but also the best line of defense.

The movement here obviously had an impact on the side of the Haoyang Water Village, Pu Zitong squinted slightly, and only heard the sound of guns and shouts over there.

It's a real knife and a real gun.

After a while, a small group of figures rushed out of the camp and went straight to the enemy formation. The courage made Tang Peiyu's department panic for a while.

Then more people from the camp rushed out, and the scene there was extremely chaotic.

But the army arranged by Gu Shilong on the west bank of Xiangshui had no intention of sending reinforcements there.

"It seems that after Gu Shilong was surrendered, he gave Tang Peiyu a death order, asking him to make meritorious contributions to uproot the Haoyang camp." Pu Zitong gave his own judgment, "Either die in battle, or make meritorious service, so as to avoid the disaster of extermination." ”

Zhan Huabi sneered: "The Metropolitan Governor also believes this? It's been two months since the text was sent, where did his family go, and most of the governors don't know what to do? As for the relatives, since the flag has been raised, how can they take care of those? ”

Pu Zitong just couldn't figure out why Tang Peiyu rebelled and surrendered, he was a famous character in the text, Gu Shilong didn't dare to accept his surrender without authorization, so he could only be captured!

And...... Yan Da Niu is really fighting with his life.

These days, with the Guangxi army and Ning Yuanwei's joint army pushing eastward, the Guangdong army advancing, and the previous "surrender and bestowal" of the three caves and Jiuzhai on Hengshan Mountain, Yangmingshan at the junction of Hengzhou Mansion and Yongzhou Mansion, as well as many bandits in Nanling Mountain, did have a total of more than 1,000 people to vote, and they were all assigned to Yan Daniu's command.

Now, in just over ten days, Yan Daniu has relied on these unruly bandits to disperse more than 1,000 people under Tang Peiyu's command under Pu Zitong's nose - Pu Zitong has done what he says, and he really didn't short Tang Peiyu's food and military supply. After all, he feels that he is cornered, and if he wants to gain a firm foothold on his side, he must help defend Hengzhou Mansion, make great achievements, and establish prestige.

Pu Zitong really has some love for talents, since he is already the leader of the rebel army in substance, whether it is himself or his Wenchen team, they all think that the pattern should be opened up and credit talents should not be eclectic.

Therefore, even if he listened to the provocation of the Jinyi Wei Huguang that day, although he knew that there were still Jinyi Wei in the city, Pu Zitong did not go to inquire about it, so as not to make the people in the city uneasy.

At this moment, the defenders of the river in the north of the city galloped from the west, and when they arrived at the city, they shouted loudly: "Governor of the capital, General Luo of the Haoyang Battalion has good news, and General Yan has beheaded the rebel general Tang Peiyu!" General Luo asked for his life, the big victory was imminent, but Hengshan had been lost, the Qingye Bridge had been destroyed, could the camp in Haoyang abandon the village and cross the river to reinforce the camp in the west of the city south of Haoshui? ”

"Tang Peiyu died in battle?"

"General Yan was hit by three bullets, and in front of everyone, he first shot and killed Tang Peiyu's personal guards, and then rushed into the enemy formation and cut off Tang Peiyu's head!"

Pu Zitong looked at Zhan Huabi, but saw that Zhan Huabi didn't say anything.

And now, it was Luo Maogui, a guerrilla general sent by Pu Zitong to supervise the army in the Yingyang battalion, to ask for his life. The first to report the victory was to boost morale, but the Qingye Bridge had been destroyed, and if the Haoyang camp could not cross the river to the south, it would be killed sooner or later.

If you want to cross the river, you have to agree to Pu Zitong and send a boat to pick it up.

Luo Maogui was born in the Luo clan, a local clan in Hengzhou Mansion, and was the object that Pu Zitong could not easily give up. What's more, now the Haoyang battalion has proved its loyalty with its military exploits.

In front of the eyes of the subordinates above and below the city wall in the north of the city, Pu Zitong said in a deep voice: "Accurate! ”

If Yan Daniu helped the camp in the west of the city to defend the attack from the Guangxi army and Ning Yuanwei, then there was nothing to be trusted.

By dusk, Gu Shilong's army had finally approached the opposite bank of Haoshui and Xiangshui, and the battle between the two large battalions east of Xiangshui had begun.

Luo Maogui entered the city with Tang Peiyu's head, and he still had blood stains on his body: "Governor Dadu, although General Yan was hit by three bullets in his body, there was no major problem, but an arrow was shot in his right leg through the gap in the skirt armor and shin armor. The camp in the west of the city was besieged but not attacked, and there were 6,000 people! ”

Pu Zitong looked at the familiar face in front of him who was still staring but was already dead, and just asked softly: "Why is this?" ”

Could it be because the "Guiyi Army" that he collected was stripped out separately? Is it not enough to give him the former military governor?

But what can you get if you die on the spot?

"What about the remnants of the Changsha Guard?" He asked later.

Luo Maogui reported back: "It's all gone! The Guiyi army also suffered heavy casualties, and now retreated to the camp in the west of the city, and General Gu arranged for the Haoyang camp to guard the first position. General Yan fainted in a fever, none of them were convinced, I'm afraid there will be chaos! ”

His expression was urgent.

For him, it has already made a great achievement. The Guiyi Army has proven itself, and the remnants of the Changsha Guard Army have been defeated. After seeing the more than 6,000 people outside the camp in the west of the city, Luo Maogui not only wanted to enter the city to rest and recuperate, but also felt that this was the best choice.

"The Metropolitan Governor, defending the city can deplete the morale of the enemy's troops even more. There is no water danger in the west of the city! ”

Zhan Huabi also opened his mouth: "In your opinion, will Yan Shen be credible?" ”

In the camp in the west of the city, there is Zhan Huabi's Changde Wei lineage.

The newly annexed bandits were in the same battalion with them, and the guards there took advantage of the fact that the leader of the rebel army was unconscious and engaged them continuously, which was very inappropriate.

Luo Maogui was stunned for a moment, and then said with some anger: "Go to the enemy in person, take the lead!" The Grand Governor, if you want to make the righteous army attached, you must not be suspicious! ”

Zhan Huabi recalled the heroic character of Yan Daniu, and then looked at Luo Maogui's great anger for him, thinking about the fact that those new bandits were also respectful of Yan Daniu, and nodded: "Whether it is to prevent him from really playing with Tang Peiyu, or to avoid the worries of the camp in the west of the city, he should be allowed to enter the city first." Since the Haoyang camp no longer exists, it can be reorganized into the guards of each gate and stationed outside the city. After Yan Shen is healed, he will make arrangements. ”

He didn't mention that the camp in the west of the city was directly abandoned, but first dispersed those surrendered bandits and let them rest for a while, which was no problem.

The important thing is that Yan Da Niu. As long as he enters the city, he can observe one or two more while he is recuperating, and it will not let him and the bandits who have been scattered to cause any chaos in the city.

Pu Zitong glanced at Tang Peiyu's head again, and then said to Zhan Huabi: "That's it." ”

He also wanted to ask Yan Daniu if Tang Peiyu had said anything before attacking and killing there, and why he had descended to the imperial court again and risked dying in battle before the battle to be a pioneer.

What's the picture?

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