"The eunuch is back!"

As soon as there was a shout from the upper floor, Yuchuan Town was in chaos.

The officers guarding the place, and the tax collectors at the head of the bar, all complained bitterly, and completely stopped what they were doing, and organized everyone to go to meet them.

The front line is fighting, and the senior officers of the two roads in Shaanxi are busy collecting military supplies.

Fang Mao, the dead eunuch, of course did not dare to blackmail Shaanxi's transfer envoy and Chang Ping's envoy, once he made a mess and delayed the military plane, Tong Guan was very likely to kill him directly.

As a result, Shaanxi's local petty officials and tax towns are unlucky!

Take Yuchuan Town as an example, it was asked by Fang Mao for 500 yuan, nearly one-seventh of the total tax amount for the year.

Jia Zhongfu and Cao Shu, one was responsible for guarding the customs and the other was responsible for collecting taxes, and they were both kneeling beside the road at the moment, waiting to welcome the eunuch passing by.

The team in front of him was getting closer and closer, and Cao Shu gradually opened his mouth wide: "Hurry up...... Look! ”

Jia Zhongfu originally knelt on the ground, buried his head to greet the ancestor of the eunuch, and when he heard this, he also looked up and looked forward: "Who is so bold that he actually tied up the eunuch?" ”

But it was Deng Chun who carried a stick and walked in the front to open the way.

Several security guards from Daming Village escorted Fang Mao to urge him to hurry. The eunuch was still tied, only his legs could move, and he walked crookedly.

Cao Shu observed carefully: "Except for Fang Mao, the rest of the eunuchs are not bound, and the sergeants in front of the palace are all there. The person at the head should be the cloth-clothed man in front, who not only captured the Qincha, but also commanded the eunuchs and the forbidden army! ”

Jia Zhongfu was shocked and said: "Fang Mao was ordered by the emperor to conquer the stranger, and I heard that the stranger is the father of Tanhualang. The man in cloth clothes should be Tanhualang's father, right? ”

Cao Shu exclaimed: "It's worthy of being an alien, and he really has the means!" ”

Zhu Guoxiang took out the confession to check it, walked to the front and asked, "Is the head of Yuchuan Town at the fence?" ”

Cao Shu hurriedly knelt forward and replied, "The little one is here." ”

Zhu Guoxiang said: "What are you doing when you kneel to me? Quickly stand up and speak. ”

Everyone hurriedly got up, and Jia Zhongfu asked, "Dare to ask sir, what's going on?" ”

Zhu Guoxiang said: "The eunuch official is guilty of bullying the king, and I have arrested him." This person extorted 500 yuan in Yuchuan Town, can it be a fact? ”

Cao Shu rolled his eyes and replied, "There is no such thing, Mr. must think about it." ”

Zhu Guoxiang sneered: "When I want to be greedy for those five hundred guan? You can take the money back and sign the deed. ”

The security team members of Daming Village took out gold and silver worth 500 yuan.

Cao Shu couldn't believe it, he could get this money back, and there were still people in the world who didn't love money?

Cao Shu said: "Dare to ask Mr. Honorable Name." ”

Zhu Guoxiang said: "The surname is Zhu, and the name is Guoxiang." ”

Cao Shu asked again: "But the father of Tanhualang?" ”

"Exactly." Zhu Guoxiang nodded.

Cao Shu confirmed that Zhu Guoxiang was a stranger that the emperor wanted to recruit, and hurriedly said: "Five hundred guan is not worth anything, Zhu Xianggong can take it." ”

Zhu Guoxiang scolded: "This is a tax of the imperial court, how can it be used privately?" Sign up and take the money! ”

Cao Shu saw that Zhu Guoxiang didn't seem to be a fake, and his appearance was majestic and upright, so he couldn't help but feel ashamed of himself, and shrunk back to flatter: "Zhu Xianggong is selfless, and he is really ashamed." Wait a minute. ”

The tax collector took pen and ink, wrote a receipt, and then got the money back.

Zhu Guoxiang took everyone to the town to rest, lined up for the business trip with the tax card, and began to discuss various speculations.

A few small businessmen from Yangzhou quickly became the director of the information center, and they bragged: "This Zhu Xianggong is Tanhualang's father, and we all call him Yuan Zhanggong." In the three counties of Yangzhou, who doesn't know the name of Yuanzhang Gong? He created Junzi tea for the old man, and taught it to the people fairy food, and now many large households are growing sweet potatoes and corn. By the time it comes next year, even the small people will be able to plant, and the mountains will be able to harvest a few stones. ”

Another small businessman in Yangzhou said: "The father and son of the Zhu family are both Zhengjun, Tanhualang was recruited last year, but he didn't want to be the lucky official, so he insisted on relying on his ability to take the imperial examination, and he was admitted to Tanhua in one fell swoop." Yuan Zhanggong also resigned from the official family and did not go to Tokyo to be an official, preferring to stay in Yangzhou to teach the method of farming. ”

"Isn't it stupid to be an official and not do it?"

"What do you know? This is called treating wealth as dung! They are all true gentlemen. ”

"If they become officials, they will have two good officials, and it is better than all corrupt officials."

"That's right......"

Jia Zhongfu and Cao Shu Ma followed and asked their men to prepare wine and food.

But I heard Zhu Guoxiang say: "You don't need wine, just a little meat, and I will pay for the meal." ”

Jia Zhongfu hurriedly said: "A little food, it's not worth a few dollars." ”

While it was time to deliver food, they sent someone to inquire about the specific situation.

Those eunuchs and forbidden soldiers began to talk nonsense one by one.

What has long been seen Fang Mao is not used to, and how Zhu Xianggong was bullied.

Besides, Fang Mao provoked Zhu Xianggong to be very angry, and Zhu Xianggong shouted angrily, which frightened Fang Mao to kneel and beg for mercy. They were also sobered up by drinking, and felt that they had done something wrong before, so they joined forces to tie up Fang Mao.

In the evening, Jia Zhongfu and Cao Shu looked at each other in surprise when they got this information.

Jia Zhongfu was shocked and said: "Zhu Xianggong must be a master of Taoism, I'm afraid he really knows the Dao Law." Otherwise, how could he make the eunuch kneel with a loud shout? Can you still wake up the emperor and let them tie up the officials? ”

Cao Shu nodded and said: "It must be so, the official family knows that Zhu Xiang's justice and law are mysterious, so they sent someone to conquer it." Fang Mao didn't know anything, he dared to offend Coats, he deserved to be unlucky! ”

That night, they helped contact the ship and sent Zhu Guoxiang to board the ship and leave the next day.

Zhu Guoxiang left some food money, and gave it casually, but it was not enough.

Regardless of whether the food money is enough or not, it is still admirable.

Cao Shu said: "It is also a blessing for us to meet such an honest master. ”

Jia Zhongfu looked at the ship and sighed in his heart.

The two of them are usually greedy and will blackmail businessmen, but it does not prevent them from admiring honest people.

Yuchuan Town is an important commercial hub, and various deeds about Zhu Guoxiang spread rapidly with business travel, and even spread to Guanzhong and Hehuang.

And the more it spreads, the more mysterious it becomes, Zhu Guoxiang seems to be able to call the wind and rain, and a loud shout can make the bad guys change their ways.

The same thing happened again in the town of Slope Valley.

Since then, the stories of the eunuchs and the forbidden soldiers have been repeated more and more, and they have made up for each other's loopholes.

Talking so much that even they themselves began to believe it...... Who wants to admit that they were taken captive by peasants with hoes?

was scolded by a master and changed his past, and at least he had more face when he passed it out.

When he came to Guanzhong, Zhu Guoxiang's route was slightly different from Zhu Ming's beginning, and he went to Chang'an.

Because of the officials of Chang'an, they were also blackmailed by eunuchs.

In addition to the transfer envoys, Changping envoys and other local officials, only Yongxing Zhijun has not given money.

I heard that Zhu Guoxiang tied up the eunuch and returned the gold and silver all the way, and Yongxing Zhijun Xi Dan took the initiative to visit.

The large area in Guanzhong is sometimes called Yongxing Military Road, and sometimes it is called Jingzhaofu Road.

Chang'an and its surroundings are sometimes called Yongxing Army, sometimes called Jingzhao Mansion.

Yongxing Zhijun can be understood as the prefect of Chang'an.

Xi Dan came to condolence with wine and food, and when they met, he said: "Mr. is really a master, and he tied up the eunuch in anger!" ”

Zhu Guoxiang said with a smile: "If you do too much injustice, you will kill yourself, and the eunuchs who betrayed their relatives and left their relatives were actually caught by their own subordinates." ”

Xi Dan laughed, not believing Zhu Guoxiang's nonsense at all.

He was also blackmailed by Fang Mao, and he was angrily reprimanded at that time, how could he not see the eunuch's subordinates suddenly wake up?

Zhu Guoxiang must have used some means.

Xi Dan not only governs the local area effectively, but also has a strategic vision, when he was young, he was able to write in the palace trial strategy: "It is easy to win, it is difficult to win, and it is necessary to know so to keep it." "Please Song Shenzong be cautious in waging war, and if you don't think about how to end it, you can't easily use troops.

When he was an official in the central government, he not only impeached the eunuchs, but also prevented Song Huizong from changing the empress dowager.

was demoted to Chengdu as an official, and used Huairou means to improve the economy and people's livelihood, and completely quelled the Sichuan rebellion without spending a single soldier.

Then, he continued to be demoted......

For this campaign against Western Xia, Xi Dan was not optimistic, because the Song army was not well prepared.

When he was an official in Sichuan, someone induced the two states of Dali to annex it.

Xi Dan knew very well what the situation was on his side, and once he accepted the land of the two states, he would inevitably start a war with Dali. It is very difficult to win a war, and even if it does, the people's livelihood in the southwest will inevitably wither, and they will also fall into a long-term war. The simultaneous war in the southwest and northwest will inevitably drag the Great Song Dynasty into a financial black hole.

As a result, Xi Dan decisively refused to attach it, and offended all the civil and military generals who were eager to make meritorious contributions to death.

Cai Jing also felt that he had lost his efforts to expand the territory, and he wanted to kill Xi Dan.

That night, Xi Dan and Zhu Guoxiang had a long talk.

First talked about the people's livelihood economy, I heard that Zhu Guoxiang brought some new crop seeds, so he asked to buy a few catties of corn and sweet potatoes, and he wanted to promote them in Guanzhong.

Chatting and chatting, we talked about the Battle of the Northwest again.

Xi Dan worried: "Judging from the current battle situation, it is impossible to destroy Western Xia quickly. The best outcome is to occupy a few important places. It is naturally important to expand the territory and win the battle. But after winning the battle, how to hold the new land is more important. It is nothing more than building cities, immigrating, real borders, and opening up wasteland, but in recent years, the people of real borders regard the government as enemies. There are those who flee back to their hometowns, and there are those who defect to Western Xia, how can they hold their territory? ”

Zhu Guoxiang said: "There is still a mistake in civil affairs. ”

Xi Dan said: "I have been hated by the officials, and the officials don't listen to half a word of what they say. Sir has been conscripted by the official family, if you have the holy favor, please remember to advise Your Majesty. It is easy to open up the territory, but it is not easy to defend the territory, so it is necessary to send ministers who are skilled in civil affairs to carefully navigate the newly acquired lands before making long-term plans. Otherwise, it will inevitably be sudden gains and losses, loss of troops, and waste of money and food, and it will only be an empty joy. ”

Zhu Guoxiang said: "I will definitely advise the officials, but as for whether the officials listen or not, there is no way to make a promise." ”

Xi Dan said: "It would be good if I could advise, alas, let us do our best to obey the destiny of heaven." ”

This old minister was worried, but there was nothing he could do about the situation, and it was difficult for him to even keep his current official position.

The next day, Xi Dan personally sent Zhu Guoxiang on board, and when he couldn't see the shadow of the official ship, he coughed and trembled back to the carriage.

(End of chapter)