Prime Minister

Chapter 849 Tongguan Road

After getting the desired news, Zhang Mao said to Zhang Yue: "Jinglue, do you know that there are quite rumors about you in Beijing recently?"

Zhang Yue said, "I don't know."

Zhang Mao said: "Although I am in Yongxing Mansion, I still have better information than you. There have been a lot of rumors in Beijing recently! The same is true for the imperial court. Whenever there is a big celebration, there are idle words."

Zhang Yue was taken aback, isn't he going to transfer himself to Yingzhou?
Zhang Mao said with a little deep meaning: "It's like writing the Ma Suo Yuan. When the imperial court issued an amnesty order, why did it order the Hanlin scholar who wrote the Ma Edict to lock the Yuan? Because confidential matters cannot be leaked."

"So our family advises Jing in private, no matter what you say, don't take it to heart, you might as well go straight to Bianjing, the boat will naturally go straight when it reaches the bridge."

Listening to Zhang Maoze's words, Zhang Yue thought to himself, could it be that the court wanted to use him, but he was afraid of being blocked by outsiders, so he deliberately released the news to let him know Yingzhou?
Zhang Yue cupped his hands and said, "Thank you!"

After bidding farewell to Zhang Maoze, Zhang Yue set off from Yongxing Mansion. At this time, the new law had been fully restored.

He was resting by a road pavilion, and saw that the official was leading a group of people in shackles, walking slowly while the official was shouting, cursing and shoving.

When Zhang Yue saw it, he ordered someone to call the official messenger to inquire.

Seeing that Zhang Yue was wearing a two-legged cape on his head, the officials knew that it was an official and immediately responded respectfully.

Zhang Yue first asked these people why they were questioned?

The officials replied that they were all ordinary people who couldn't pay back the young crop money.

Zhang Yue went to the people and asked them one by one. These people all admitted that they owed Qingmiao money, and asked why they owed Qingmiao money. Didn't they think about it when they borrowed it?
A few commoners were a little embarrassed, so the official said, these people are rascals, they thought that the young crops money from the court was easy to borrow, and they didn't even think about paying it back.

As soon as the young crop money is in hand, these people will eat and spend it, and when the debt is due, they will wait to be escorted to the Yamen, and it will be paid off by the servants for a few months.

Zhang Yue looked slightly relieved and thought, the fifth-class households can borrow up to three loans, so how many loans have these people borrowed?

Zhang Yue took this question to the common people, and all the common people answered one by one that they borrowed Sanguan.

Hearing that he didn't borrow much, Zhang Yue nodded, and some of the others owed money to the court young crops because of other means.

Zhang Yue saw that they were not forced by the court, so he didn't investigate the matter any more, but asked the officials to stop beating and scolding the people, and let them take them away.

Zhang Yue thought that just now he almost blamed the officials by mistake, and sometimes seeing is not necessarily believing, and he had to get involved to understand.

Now that the new law is in effect, what I see and what others hear is different.It's no wonder that the Son of Heaven can't reach a conclusion even after breaking a case against Shiyi Division.

Zhang Yue continued to move forward and finally arrived at Tongguan Road, three hundred miles away, where he saw countless refugees along the way.

Zhang Yue passed a post house where he was going to stay, but saw that the post house was broken into by thieves and burned to the ground.

Zhang Yue heard from the passing merchants that a group of robbers had sprung up outside Tongguan Road, almost cutting off the official road.

The businessman sighed: "This is all caused by the imperial court's reform!"

Zhang Yue asked, "Dare you see it with your own eyes?"

The businessman smiled and said, "I have heard but not seen."

Zhang Yue said with a smile: "This is just spreading rumors."

The more he wanted to leave after finishing speaking, the businessman suddenly stopped Zhang Yue and said, "This official, I think your followers are all heroes, and the villain also has to go to Guanzhong via Tongguan Road, why don't we go all the way together."

Zhang Yue said: "It's not convenient!"

After finishing speaking, the more he continued to move forward, the businessman caught up and said, "I wonder if I can be a companion, and I would like to give you fifty strings in return!"

Zhang Yue heard that the other party had a lot of money, but he still shook his head and said: "If I meet a thief, I won't be able to protect you if I'm too busy to take care of myself. Let me go!"

It's not that Zhang Yue doesn't want to take care of him, because the other party's background is unknown, and he can't easily take him in.Besides, if you encounter a powerful group of thieves, you can protect yourself.

But since you promised others, you must help them to the end, if you can't help them to the end, don't delay the other party.

So Zhang Yue refused.

In fact, there were many thieves in Tongguan Road. When Xiang Bao, the general of Qin Feng Road, passed through Tongguan, he met the giant thief Guo Miaoshan who plundered gold and silk and beautiful women from Guanzhong and passed Tongguan Road.

Xiang Bao immediately defeated the bandit and got all his loot.

From this we can see how rampant the thieves are. After looting in Guanzhong, they dare to walk out of Tongguan Road guarded by officers and soldiers in broad daylight.

Because the post house was burned down, Zhang Yue picked up a place on Tongguan Road to stay.

A soil fence was built around this Nilv, and there were more than a dozen people who looked like Zhuang Ding guarding it.

Zhang Yue saw that there were several caravans resting in Nilu that were preparing to cross Tongguan Road, so he also planned to stay here.

Unexpectedly, the shop assistant glanced at Zhang Yue, but the lion opened his mouth and asked for a night's rest.

Zhang Yue said: "There is no problem with Shi Guan, but I have a dozen good Kansai horses here, you need to feed them carefully!"

The shop assistant smiled and said, "That's all right."

Then the group of people lived in a small courtyard, and there was a stable behind the courtyard. The shop assistant brought horse feed to feed, and when he saw the dozen or so tall horses, he exclaimed: "It's really a good horse, even if it is a thousand-mile horse, it's nothing more than that, wait a minute." Could it be officers and soldiers?"

Tang Jiu said: "Feed the horse, feed the horse, don't talk too much."

After being choked by Tang Jiu, the shop partner muttered, "What a majesty."

Tang Jiu immediately went out of the store with a whistle stick and inspected around, then turned to Zhang Yue and said, "I see there are thieves poking around outside."

Zhang Yue heard that there were thieves looting, so he didn't care and said with a smile: "Then be more careful at night."

Tang Jiu and Zhang Gong who were accompanying him naturally knew that the dozen or so attendants were ready, put their weapons beside them and closed their clothes to sleep.

These dozens of followers are all Xihe Road elite soldiers. In their eyes, the 10,000+ Qiang soldiers have all been defeated, and they are afraid that a few thieves will fail.

When night fell, Zhang Yue had dinner, but he saw that the courtyard next door was very lively.

When Zhang Yue walked out of the yard, he saw that the businessman he had bumped into on Bairi Road was actually living next door to him. It was obvious that he had found a guard.

The businessman saluted Zhang Yue with a smile all over his face, and Zhang Yue could see from the other party's smile that the other party seemed to be ridiculing him for missing the fifty guan reward.

Zhang Yue said nothing, and returned a gift.

At this time, a carriage stopped at the gate of the courtyard, but a young woman was seen getting off the carriage slowly with the help of two maids.

Zhang Yue just glanced at it, but when the businessman saw this scene, he couldn't help being furious and scolded the girl for not wearing a mask, so that the strange man could see her face.

After speaking, the businessman gave Zhang Yue a sideways glance, as if he felt that the other party was the prodigal son he called.

Zhang Yue shook his head and returned to the courtyard.

Knowing that he might be attacked in the middle of the night, Zhang Yue also fell asleep on the bed.

If it were the previous time, he would definitely not be able to sleep this night, but Zhang Yue has also experienced a lot of battles, killed people, and been wounded. He knows what fighting is like, so he fell asleep soon after he fell asleep. caught.

When I slept until dawn, the sound of horseshoes really came from around Nilu.

Someone shouted outside: "I don't want human life, I only want gold, silver and women!"

Everyone in Nilv panicked.

(End of this chapter)