The most pressing question in front of Zhang Wen is how to escape from being trapped in this dead-end dungeon. There is an enemy with absolute superiority outside the tunnels; Outside the courtyard, there were two thousand Hangzhou garrisons, blocking Xuan Yuewei's response. It is completely impossible for more than 100 Jianghu figures who know martial arts to break through the defense line of the 2,000 garrison army, or as soon as they appear in front of the army, they will immediately be beaten into a hornet's nest.

Zhang Wen and the other five people were trapped inside, and there was almost nothing they could do. But Zhang Wen has never been a person who gives up easily, and the more hopeful he is, the more he will do his best. The so-called plan is in people, and success is in heaven, if you don't do it yourself, it is naturally no wonder that the sky is amazing.

"The garden covers a wide area, many rocky paths, and there are no less than 100 large and small houses, and it is very secret, so it will take them a lot of time to find out this place." Zhang Wen calmed down and analyzed the others, "Ying'er's subordinates see that there is a garrison, they should go to Suzhou to find Mr. Huang, who is in charge of the daily affairs of the Governor's Palace, and Mr. Huang will definitely find a way to solve our difficulties." Since Ye Feng is taking the official road and mobilizing the garrison, Mr. Huang will definitely be able to think of a way. So we need to delay as much as we can. ”

The tunnel is narrow, and if the assassin discovers the tunnel and uses people to attack, he can only fight one-on-one alone, and Zhang Wen has two very skilled people around him; There are only two other methods that the enemy is most likely to use: water attack and smoke.

The house where the tunnel is located is not near the lake, and Qian Yiqian said that there are no wells around. So it's too stupid to attack with water, and I don't know what year or month I want to fill the tunnel with water, and this tunnel seems to be leaking. Therefore, the most likely way is to smoke it.

Zhang Wen thought about it for a while, and then asked everyone to vacate the cabinet containing gold and silver, tear it apart and prepare. In case the Assassins used the smoke, the passage was sealed with wooden planks.

Zhang Wen and the others stayed in the tunnel, waiting for rescue outside. As he expected, Xuanyi Wei saw that there was a garrison, and immediately hurried to the governor's mansion to find Huang Renzhi. Huang Renzhi learned of the situation and hurriedly found Shen Jing to discuss countermeasures.

The Governor of Zhejiang used a silver seal with nine stacks of willow leaves, which is currently in the Governor's Palace, and is in charge of Huang Renzhi, who is in charge of the daily affairs of the Governor's Palace. Zhang Wen was the governor of Zhejiang and the military affairs of several southeastern provinces, and the civil and military officials of the southeastern provinces were subject to this great seal. Under normal circumstances, only one official document needs to be issued with a seal, and the Hangzhou garrison can be dispatched.

But it was obvious that Chen Suoxue was the other party's group, and after discussing with Shen Jing, Huang Renzhi thought that it was necessary to be on the safe side, and he couldn't just issue an official document. They went their separate ways, Huang Renzhi went to Hangzhou first, and Shen Jing took the order to Wenzhou to mobilize the Wenzhou garrison to go north to Hangzhou. Shen Jing knew that Xue Keshou, the prefect of Wenzhou, had taken refuge in Zhang Wen, and the garrison had just fought with Zhang Wen, so it was more reliable to dispatch the Wenzhou army.

When Xue Keshou saw the official document covered with a big seal, and what else did he have to say, he immediately agreed to obey the dispatch. The general of the Wenzhou garrison is also surnamed Xue, called Xue Dayou, and Xue Keshou has the same surname, the relationship is very good, and it saves a lot of trouble. It is important to know that in many places, magistrates and local generals are at odds, and civil and military officials have always lacked a common language.

Xue Keshou immediately ordered a horse team of more than 1,000 people, led by Xue Dayou, and followed Shen Jing to Hangzhou. The horse team marched in a hurry, and there was an order from the Governor's Palace, and the green light was given all the way. When I arrived in Hangzhou, although it was late and the city gate of Hangzhou was already under martial law, there was not much difficulty in entering the city. There were all kinds of official formalities, as well as the seal letter of the general of the garrison, which belonged to official business, and the garrison officer of Hangzhou gave the order to let the army into the city.

After Shen Jing and Huang Renzhi met, they led the army to the Qian family garden, but saw that obstacles had been set up at various traffic intersections around the garden, and they were surrounded by water. The roads around the garden were brightly lit, but there were no pedestrians, all martial law troops. The Wenzhou Mansion horse team marched to the intersection and was blocked.

A large number of sergeants blocked in front of the horse team, the Hangzhou army held firearms, bows and arrows, and the generals shouted: "The lead arrows don't recognize people, all stand for me!" Shen Jing stepped forward from the horse team, raised the official document in his hand, and shouted: "Call the leader here to come out, open your eyes and see clearly!" This is the order of the Governor's Office of Zhejiang, and the Hangzhou garrison will withdraw immediately! ”

Someone from the Hangzhou army shouted: "What Governor's Palace? We are under martial law under the order of Lord Chen, who is commanding the capital, and we are not allowed to approach the idle people, we only recognize the people of the command division! ”

Shen Jing said angrily: "Which onion Chen has learned, the commander of the department also has to listen to the order of the governor of Zhejiang, and those who know each other will immediately carry out the order, and the violator will be punished for the crime of treason." ”

There was a commotion over there, and then a general said, "You wait, I will go to report to Lord Chen." ”

A horse galloped out of the intersection, and the people on both sides were still facing each other. The general of the Hangzhou army shouted again: "What kind of place are you?" Shen Jing said: "The garrison of Wenzhou Mansion was ordered by the Governor's Office of Zhejiang to come here on business. ”

Someone on the other side scolded: "What local soldiers from Wenzhou Mansion also came to Hangzhou to spread wild, and they didn't look at what kind of place this is, does the Zhejiang Provincial Government understand?" ”

When Wenzhou soldiers heard this, they were furious and scolded, and the other party's grandmother, mother, and sisters were all affected.

Shen Jing saw that there was a commotion on both sides, and hurriedly said to General Xue Dayou: "Hurry up and let everyone maintain military discipline, otherwise there will be a big mess!" ”

Xue Dayou's face turned red, and instead of persuasion, he shouted, "Do you know what we're here for?" The bottom coaxed with anger: "Come and teach these eggs in Hangzhou a lesson!" ”

Xue Dayou patted his belly and said, "Lord Zhang, the governor of Zhejiang, is in the courtyard, and these bastards surround Lord Zhang inside, what do you want to do?" ”

Xue Dayou revealed the inside story to the army, and everyone was immediately angry and scolded, everyone won the battle not long ago, and won many rewards, so they naturally asked Zhang in their hearts. Seeing this, Xue Dayou immediately burst into tears and said: "Lord Zhang serves the country with sincerity, in my heart Xue Dayou, he is the hero in my heart and my mentor...... I even treated him like a father...... But these shameless villains actually surrounded Master Zhang inside and committed crimes! We will all have a reward for rescuing Master Zhang......"

Shen Jing saw that Xue Da was inciting, and the sergeants under his command were already so angry that they approached the nose of the Hangzhou army, waving their fists, and the situation was very critical. Shen Jing grabbed Xue Dayou and said hurriedly: "You have to show loyalty to your lordship, but it depends on the time!" ”

Shen Jing couldn't cry or laugh, Xue Dayou had a beard on his face, it seems that he is at least thirty or forty years old, Zhang Wen can be his father?

At this moment, I heard someone shouting: "Lord Chen, Lord Chen is here, come and see what is going on...... As soon as the words fell, I only heard a "bang" gunshot, and then I heard an angry voice: "They are going to rebel and kill people!" Immediately, the Wenzhou soldiers squeezed over, only to hear the chaotic sound of ping-pong, miserable screams and shouts, and the two sides fought and became a mess.

Shen Jing shouted desperately: "Lord Chen, can Lord Chen be behind?" Don't stop your soldiers yet! Want to cause a mutiny? ”

A round-faced man on horseback on the opposite side shouted, "Spread it all out for Lao Tzu!" General Liao, is it your soldier, get it out of the way for Lao Tzu! After some commotion, a group of fights finally subsided, and the sergeants were still lying on the ground, screaming in pain, and it was a mess.

Shen Jing rode over with an angry face and asked, "You are what Chen learned?" ”

The round-faced man said: "It's this official, why did the Wenzhou soldiers come to Hangzhou?" What do you want to do? ”

Shen Jing threw the official document in his hand and said angrily: "I can see it clearly!" The order of the Governor's Palace, the Governor's Temperance of the Three Divisions, do you want to disobey the order? ”

Huang Ren, who was behind, pointed directly at the army behind him and said, "The Wenzhou soldiers have also received an order from the Governor's Palace, and now they are taking over the control of this place." If you dare to disobey, you are plotting rebellion! There is a bloody conflict, and you are waiting to be reviewed by the Jinyi Guard! ”

Chen Suoxue dismounted and picked up the official document, read it again, turned around and shouted: "The whole army is evacuated!" ”

The Wenzhou soldiers then moved forward and took control of the territory. Seeing this, Shen Jing snorted and said to Chen Suxue: "Master Zhang and Master Qian are both inside, you actually sent troops to besiege it, think about how to explain it yourself!" ”

Chen Suoxue was stunned and said: "It was the political envoy Qian who informed the command department that there was a chaotic party in the garden, so I asked me to transfer troops to surround the garden and help take people." ”

The Hangzhou garrison had withdrawn, and the Wenzhou soldiers took control of the Qian family's garden, and then transferred troops into the garden to search, and a group of assassins were also trapped inside and were all captured.

At this time, Zhang Wen and the others were still staying in the tunnel, and they didn't know the situation outside. It took two whole days for the tunnel to be found by outsiders. Later, Zhang Wen learned that it was Shen Jing and Huang Ren who brought people here, and when they heard their voices, Zhang Wen and the others came out of the tunnel.

Seeing Zhang Wen's embarrassed appearance, Shen Jing and Huang Renzhi could guess what was wrong, and they bowed down and stood aside, saying nothing, waiting for Zhang Wen's order. And Xue Dayou was a little more exaggerated, fell to his knees with a thud, and cried bitterly, as if he had met his long-lost father and mother.

"Your Excellency the Governor, the last general is too late to save the driver, and the last general deserves death...... These brutes are simply lawless! ”

Zhang Wen was holding a bright long sword in his right hand, and his face was blue, and everyone thought that he was very angry and was about to make some big move. Unexpectedly, Zhang Wen said coldly: "Ying'er, Mr. Shen, and Mr. Huang came into the house with me." ”

The four of them walked back to the study where they had just come out, while the others waited outside.

Zhang Wen found a chair and sat down, stood on the spot with his sword, lowered his head and pondered for a while, and said: "There is a lot of silver in the tunnel, you find some reliable people, move them out, and divide them into two parts." One is for military expenses, and Mr. Shen immediately arranged the affairs of the army in Wenzhou Mansion; The other silver ticket was exchanged for a big money bank, ready to be sent to the hands of Liu Chao, the celebrant of ceremonies. I will write a letter in a while, and I must find someone who can be relied on, and deliver it to Jingshi and Gonggong Wei as soon as possible...... Give it to Liu Chao first. Officials involved in this case in Zhejiang should not be taken care of for the time being. We will immediately go to Wenzhou Mansion, establish a governor's office, take Qian Yiqian with us, and we must protect his safety and beware of extermination. ”

After arranging these things, Zhang Wen did not care about the affairs of Hangzhou, let alone asked about the sins of the commander Chen, but immediately took the Wenzhou soldiers south to Wenzhou, and at the same time signed an official document and transferred the officials of the Suzhou Governor's Mansion to the south to the Wenzhou Governor's Office.

Zhang Wen wrote a letter to Liu Chao, the eunuch of the ceremonial eunuch, on the way, which was originally written to Wei Zhongxian, but Wei Zhongxian was illiterate, and Zhang Wen was afraid that he would show it to Wang Tiqian, the big eunuch next to him, who was also a person who shared interests in the "chess hall".

In the letter, he recounted all the events of Hangzhou's birth and the "West Lake Chess Hall", and also said that Qian Yiqian had defected to the battlefield and was willing to be a witness to support the Wei Party.

This letter was very important, Zhang Ying personally went out and escorted it with more than a dozen masters, and sent it to Jingshi urgently for 800 miles. Zhang Wen led people to start building military camps in Wenzhou, recruiting strong men, purchasing grain, grass and ordnance, and starting to form an army.

To say that as the prime minister's military governor, the more conventional way is to transfer troops from various provinces and prefectures to form a mixed army, and then find a way to ask the imperial court for military salaries, and finally lead the army into Fujian to suppress the rebellion...... Therefore, the governor's three-rank seal is larger than the second-rank official seal.

The Governor's nine-fold willow leaf seal silver seal, its size is only slightly smaller than that of the first-rank officer, but it is more fruitful than the second-grade officer, and the nose button is a crouching tiger. In the past two hundred years of the Ming Empire, anyone who holds this seal, as long as he wins the battle, can be promoted to Jiuqing immediately!

Zhang Wen did not choose to transfer troops around, but chose to recruit troops by himself, and there is a reason. One is that the imperial court does not pay military salaries, and the finances at this time are really difficult, and if the troops are transferred and gathered together, it is a big trouble to have no food...... If you think of a way to get money, in today's troubled times, why bother to transfer the army of the imperial court? Making a team by yourself is basically equivalent to Zhang Wen's private soldiers, which can increase confidence.

For example, Qi Jiguang in the Jiajing period, his subordinates were recruiters, known as the "Qi Family Army", called the army of the imperial court, which was actually similar to Qi Jiguang's private soldiers. At that time, the Ming Empire was still very strong, and once the war was over, the Qi family army could only become a legend, and only stories remained.

But now it's different, the Ming Empire is on fire on all sides, and soldiers must be used everywhere, if Zhang Wen has an army that can fight as well as Qi Jiguang, it will be of great use to the Ming court, and it will be quite weighty to speak in the court.

So Zhang Wen did this, he worked very hard, only slept two hours a day, ate two meals, and was busy with various affairs. There are only two main tasks: making plans; Employing people for money. For example, recruiting and selecting strong men, Zhang Wen thought that Ye Qingcheng was competent, so he let Ye Qingcheng do it; Huang Renzhi can do it when he buys grain and horses, so Zhang Wen gave Huang Renzhi the right to extract military expenses and let him buy it.

Rao is like this, Zhang Wen is also very busy, after all, a person only has twelve hours a day.

However, although Zhang Wen was very tired, he was very energetic. For example, if someone does a very tiring job and the pay is very high, of course he will do it. As long as Zhang Wen can do this, the reward is immeasurable! If you win a battle, you can be promoted to Jiuqing, and you can have an elite descendant army, in this world, everyone has to think a few points high.

In a large courtyard in the city of Wenzhou, there are many officials and soap officials, and no less than a thousand people are doing things, but there are actually only three people in charge of decision-making: Zhang Wen, Huang Renzhi, and Shen Jing. All the plans and steps were worked out from the hands of the three of them.

Wenzhou Mansion located in southern Zhejiang, at the junction of Zhejiang and Fujian, in the location of Zhejiang Province in the Ming Dynasty, was originally a place where grandfathers did not kiss grandparents and did not hurt. Since Zhang Wen set up the governor's office here, it has immediately been revitalized, a large number of materials have been transported to Wenzhou, a large number of people have flowed to Wenzhou, and more importantly, many officials who have no background and cannot turn over have seen opportunities here.

Zhang Wen is a general official of the airborne faction who was transferred to the local area from Beijing, and he must lack manpower and henchmen in Zhejiang, and he is thirsty for talent, which is worthy of his name; Because if he wants to do things, he needs people.

If you want to say what is the least valuable in officialdom, it probably belongs to talent. There are so many promising pits, but there are countless radishes that want to occupy those pits, so it doesn't matter whether the radish is a good radish or not, only the background and relationship are useful. And Zhang Wen needs a lot of radishes now, so everyone wants to occupy a place next to Zhang Wen through various means. In the future, Zhang Wen will be promoted, of course, he will think about his henchmen, and everyone will have a support and camp, and only then will someone pull it.

Zhang Wen's daily work includes existing talents and uses them in the right places. If you do well, you will naturally be able to meet Zhang Wen often and establish a good relationship.

The people who benefited the most were of course the first batch of people who took refuge in Zhang Wen. Huang Renzhi and Shen Jing were originally a talent and fame, not even a lifter, and they were also old, they were simply people with no future, and now Zhang Wen appointed them as Tongzhi and reported to the Ministry of Officials; Zhang Zhao, the old general of Liaodong, made a name for himself, and used to be a seven-rank official in the frontier, what future does such a person have, and now he has become the commander of the Wenzhou battalion; Ye Qingcheng, Xiucai's fame is not, because he has committed a personal murder case and has been stripped of his fame, the general manager of the Liaodong Army, a small person at the level of cannon fodder, was appointed as a general of the forward battalion, and he was promoted several levels in a row.

Loyalty and confidants, first reused, then talented. Those officials who are outstanding in certain aspects can be used for their ability as long as they show their ability, and they will have the opportunity to display their talents. The new yamen, the new camp, everything has just been established, and of course there are many more opportunities than those places in the old yamen where all positions have been secured.

In mid-April, the Wenzhou camp was in full swing, and Zhang Wen had another talent, this person was named Yu Yuji, who had participated in the Korean War against Toyotomi Hideyoshi before, and was very good at building cities and building walls. Zhang Wen asked Yu Ji to supervise the construction of the camp castle, which was impregnable and could defend against the attack of various weapons.

But problems followed, and in less than a month, military spending was almost exhausted. Zhang Wen looked forward to the news of Jingshi every day, and only when Wei Zhongxian did something to the old party in Zhejiang, Zhang Wen had a way to install cronies in Zhejiang officialdom and boldly collect money.