Hanyuan County, flying over the ridge.

Alpine meadows, hounds galloping, horses galloping.

Zhu Ming, with a few relatives and a scholar with horses at home, was hunting on the grassland. Stuck with the troop transfer system, nine van troops rode horses to participate, and the rest were all barbarians.

"Woo woo~~~~"

"Knock knock!"

Drums and trumpets sounded everywhere, and several green deer fled in panic.

"Drive!"

The cornucopia instantly accelerated, leading several horses, and the rest followed.

Zhu Ming's riding and archery skills have improved significantly, and between the galloping horses, he holds his bow and arrows thirty steps away, and hits Qinglu who fled for his life with one arrow.

"Good!"

"The county honors the divine shot!"

The Han and Qiang ethnic groups cheered in unison.

Half a year ago, Zhu Ming mobilized the township soldiers and went to Feiyue Lingxia, but before he could cut down trees to make leveling cannons, the five tribes surrendered urgently.

First, Zhu Mingwei is notorious, and second, Zhu Ming does not ask much.

The five tribes barbarians presented their household registration lists one after another, and agreed that the government would go into the mountains to measure the land.

Zhu Ming didn't go too far, acquiescing to the five barbarians to hide the land population, and at the same time promising them to halve their taxes.

In fact, it is a symbolic collection of taxes, and the real purpose is to nominalize the five barbarians under the management of the government, and to compile and select Lizheng.

Originally, there were only five leaders of the five tribes, and Zhu Ming arranged twenty lizheng and fifteen armor guards in one go.

Li Zheng was in charge of mutual trade, and the chief of armor was in charge of collecting taxes and recruiting troops.

Although these grassroots officials are not even counted, all of them are barbarians, and they are still governed by five leaders, but in the long run, they will definitely be able to decentralize power, at least from the inside.

"Mountain donkey, mountain donkey!"

A herd of serows was driven out of the forest by the barbarians, and the crowd shouted and rode in pursuit.

The hunters of the Han and Qiang tribes did not take action without authorization. They scattered and surrounded and drove the prey to Zhu Ming's side, and today's task was to make the county zun have a good time.

Zhu Ming shot the strongest one with an arrow, and several hounds rushed out to chase the injured serow.

Zhu Ming added another arrow and said with a smile: "Don't just watch. ”

Only then did everyone show their powers and began to hunt to their heart's content.

More than 20 young people from the five barbarians behaved extremely positively, and they all wanted to show their hands in front of the county honor.

The barbarians are afraid of power but not virtue, and the tougher Zhu Ming's methods are, the more they obey. Before and after half a year, Zhu Ming rode into the mountains many times to communicate with the barbarians.

Bring corn and sweet potato seeds to the five barbarians and teach them how to farm. At the same time, he also learned martial arts, Zhu Ming personally competed with the barbarians, and many Qiang youths actually became worshipping him.

In the evening, a bonfire was lit, and the Han and Qiang tribes gathered together to skin and roast the prey they had hunted today.

"Prefectural honor, please enjoy!"

A Qiang teenager held the antelope leg and knelt on one knee in front of Zhu Ming.

This young Qiang's name is Yang Damu, the son of the leader of the Yang tribe of the five barbarians, and his name is also called Yang Yun in the literal translation.

Zhu Ming took the barbecue and said with a smile: "Come and sit next to me." ”

"Yes!" Yang Yun was elated.

Zhu Ming cut a large piece of meat for him: "Is this year's harvest good?" ”

Yang Yun said: "The corn in the village has been harvested, and there is a lot of grain this year. ”

Last year, Zhu Ming forced the Han Chinese to plant corn and sweet potatoes, causing a lot of complaints among the Han mountain people. But in the autumn and winter, with the harvest of corn and sweet potatoes, the mountain people were jubilant, and they all said that Zhu Zhixian was a good official.

This year, the planting area has expanded, and Zhu Ming has also brought seeds to Wubuman.

Most of the five tribes lived in the mountains, and before the Song Dynasty was established, they were already familiar with Yi, and they had already learned the Chinese language and farming.

In the past, corn and sorghum were grown everywhere, and most of the land was relatively poor, and corn and sweet potatoes were just right for them.

Pure force deterrence, unable to bring the barbarians to their hearts.

Coupled with the benefits of force, Zhu Ming quickly gained the respect of the five barbarians.

After taking a few bites, Zhu Ming smiled and said: "No matter the Han and Qiang warriors, they can all play with horns, and the winner will reward the prey fur!" ”

The atmosphere suddenly became more lively, and everyone began to wrestle with the bonfire.

"Dada-da-da!"

A former official came on horseback, walked to Zhu Ming's side and whispered: "County Zun, there are eunuchs who came with the forbidden army, and they went to the county government in the afternoon, saying that they were ordered by the emperor to arrest the county Zun and go to Dali Temple." ”

Zhu Ming's face did not change: "Let them wait." ”

That night, Zhu Ming lived in a barbarian village in the mountains, and made an appointment to go hunting in another mountain tomorrow.

Setting off at dawn, Zhu Ming just acted as if nothing had happened.

After noon, the emperor finally came, and the leader was Yang Jian's henchman Li Yan.

Historically, this person has only been in power for three or four years, and he has become one of the six thieves with his strength.

He was ordered to raise the Xicheng Office, and under the pretext of establishing the Huangzhuang, he enclosed more than 30,000 hectares of land around the capital and killed thousands of peasants who tried to resist. Moreover, Xicheng is still enclosing land in Shandong, which has exacerbated the contradictions in Shandong, and various factors have superimposed, brewing hundreds of thousands of thieves!

After Zhao Huan of Song Qinzong succeeded to the throne, he immediately abolished the Xicheng Office, returned the land of Huangzhuang to the peasants, and killed Li Yan to vent his anger.

When it comes to Song Qinzong, it is generally only said that he is mediocre and cowardly, but he really ordered the abolition of a large number of maladministrations.

In terms of internal affairs, Song Qinzong did a good job.

"Where is Zhu Ming?" Li Yan shouted at the throat of the male duck.

Zhu Ming was hunting, and after getting the news, he immediately rode over.

Li Yan was originally arrogant, but he saw that Zhu Ming was followed by a large number of entourages, and dozens of barbarians with bows and guns.

He swallowed his saliva and tried to be polite: "We are here on the emperor's order to arrest the undertaker Zhu Ming and return to Dali Temple for trial." Zhu Dalang, please come with me. ”

Zhu Ming was only removed from his position as the magistrate, and his status as an undertaker Lang Jingguan is still there.

Yang Yun is a little fan of Zhu Ming's Qiang nationality, pointed at Li Yan and said: "You don't know what to do, what kind of person is the county, that's what you said to arrest?" ”

Seeing many barbarians coming around, Li Yan smiled and said, "We are also ordered to do things." ”

Yu Dian, the commander of the Lizhou Xiang Army, had an extremely ugly face.

He led the army to conquer the barbarians, made many military exploits, and watched Yu Wenchang and Zhu Ming write the documents for success. His name is prominently listed, but when the court rewarded him, it had nothing to do with him at all.

Yu Dian was indignant in his heart, and at the same time he was aggrieved for Zhu Ming.

Zhu Zhixian has the greatest credit, and the court actually didn't reward him, and the faint monarch and traitorous ministers are really shameless!

Finally couldn't help it today, Yu Dian asked: "Zhu Zhixian has made meritorious contributions to the barbarians, why hasn't he rewarded him for a long time, but he still has to be arrested and put on trial?" ”

Li Yan saw that he was dressed as a Han Chinese, and he was no longer so afraid, so he asked, "Who are you?" What is your job? ”

Yu Dian said: "The commander of the Lizhou Xiang Army is Yu Dian! ”

"A small conductor dares to talk nonsense in front of our family? What a guts! Li Yan decided to take revenge when he returned to Beijing, and asked someone to take Yu Dian's military position.

Boom!

Zhang Bo couldn't stand it anymore, drew his sword and shouted angrily: "Emasculation!" ”

Li Yan was so frightened that he took two steps back and hid behind the forbidden army: "Which one is it?" ”

Zhang Bo reported his name: "Puzhou Zhang's son, Zhang Bo is also!" ”

Li Yan sneered: "But it's a white body." ”

"Okay," Zhu Ming raised his hand to stop, "Today's hunting will be over, I'm going to the capital." He also said to those Qiang youths, "Wait for a good life to cultivate, don't rob the Han people's livelihood again." ”

"Yes!"

The Qiang youths responded in unison.

Zhu Ming lectured in Lizhou for more than half a year, and when the scholars heard about this, they had already gathered at the county government to wait.

When he returned to the city, dozens of scholars surrounded him and asked the emperor why he wanted to arrest Zhixian.

Zhu Ming said with a smile: "Don't think too much about all beings, go home and study." I just wrote a letter to advise Your Majesty to be diligent in government and love the people, and by the way, to denounce the traitorous ministers. It's not much of a disaster, and it will soon be clear when I go to the capital. ”

The scholars were even more angry when they heard this, and they all complained about the county.

Zhu Ming persuaded the scholars with good words and persuaded them to leave.

Zhang Jinping had already packed his luggage and stood at the gate of the back house waiting anxiously.

Zhu Ming was escorted in by the forbidden army and said with relief: "Madam, don't panic, you go back to Yangzhou first, it's not a big deal." ”

"Xianggong ......" Zhang Jinping wanted to speak and stopped.

Li Yan actually went to the county jail and took a pair of shackles.

This time, Li Bao was also enraged, and he drew his sword almost at the same time as Deng Chun and Bai Sheng.

Zhu Ming stared at Li Yan: "Do you really want to shackle me?" ”

This is the official mansion of the Han family, but Li Yan is not afraid, he is getting bolder and bolder, and said: "If you are ordered to act, the prisoner should wear a flail." ”

Zhu Ming sneered: "If I dare to be on "Public Security", I have put life and death out of the way. If you persecute too much, and you have to be humiliated, I will only kill myself. I die on the road, can you afford it? ”

After thinking about it carefully, Li Yan found that he really couldn't afford it.

Inside and outside the court, there were many people who interceded for Zhu Ming, and the emperor did not dare to kill him casually.

Once Zhu Ming dies halfway, the responsibility will have to be borne by him Li Yan, even Yang Jian will not protect him.

Moreover, as the prime minister, Wang Huang will be the first to impeach him in order to clear up the relationship!

What's more, Zhu Ming cried out for the prince in "Public Security", which seemed to be extremely dangerous, but he put a life talisman on himself.

Unless Song Huizong really ordered the abolition of the crown prince, whoever dared to murder Zhu Ming would be suspected of clinging to King Yun and murdering loyal ministers, and would inevitably be attacked by the ministers of the court and the central government.

Zhao Kai, the king of Yun, also had to save Zhu Ming's life.

If Zhu Ming dies unexpectedly, Zhao Kai belongs to the first suspect, and he will never have the hope of being the prince.

The six thieves and King Yun, there is no need to provoke this commotion.

They have almost reached a consensus now, that is, to assassinate Zhu Ming with Qiongzhou, and at the same time chase down the origin of the text.

Li Yan took a sulk and asked people to return the shackles to the prison, and arched his hand: "Zhu Dalang, please go on the road." ”

Zhu Ming said to his entourage: "Wait for your wife to escort back to Yangzhou." ”

Li Bao said: "For the matter of escorting the lady, it is enough to have Brother Bai and Brother Deng, and I will accompany Xianggong into Beijing together." If there is an accident on the road, it is good to take care of it. ”

"I'll go too!" Zeng Xiaoduan said.

Wei Yingshi said: "When the disciple returns to Xiangzhou, ask my grandfather to write a letter to the old man, maybe he can exonerate his husband." ”

Zhang Bo said: "I also went to Beijing with the prime minister. ”

Guan Sheng said: "I am from Tokyo, and I am more familiar with Tokyo. ”

Li Yan took the forbidden army to escort Zhu Ming on the road, and the people in the city learned the news and came to see him off.

After sending Zhu Ming out of the city, a lot of people outside the city also gathered, and they were sent all the way for more than ten miles.

The corn in Lizhou has been harvested, and there are disasters everywhere this year, but the wind and rain are good here in Sichuan.

The further you go into the mountains, the larger the area under corn cultivation.

Walking in the countryside, even in the mountains, there are also people who know Zhu Ming and take the initiative to come over to salute and greet.

Li Yan looked panicked, and it was not until he left the boundary of Lizhou that he finally breathed a sigh of relief.

(End of chapter)