Delong

Chapter 201 Raising Arms (14)

Chief Wei's mind seems to be easy to understand.

What else?This guy is also in a hurry.

Hulala defeated half of the county, and then Hulala won half of the county again. That Zhishiro was so famous, he was defeated by Hulala, which shocked people, and then Hulala won half of the county for no reason. The territory is getting bigger... What do you make the people sitting behind you think?
Do we have to wait for Shan Tonghai Dan Dalang to come back one day, bring 10,000+ soldiers, and then smirk in the city, saying that it is cold today, can we change the chief?Don't set up the faucet, don't do any big boss... Then these people in the rear can only stand aside?

So not to mention Daoist Wei, Xu Dalang and his group flocked here, isn't that the same thing?

As for Zhang Xing, I did have a clear idea or statement before, that is, the Kinki counties will not be touched if they can’t be touched. , Run away honestly, keep a spark of revolutionary destiny, wait for the general situation to turn around again, and then do great things.

But hasn't the situation changed?

First of all, time is passing, and it has been more than two months since the September Uprising. You have tried your best to hide what you can, and the time to come is probably coming. At this time, you still continue to pretend to be low and small for what?

Isn't it you who occupy the territory of almost five counties?Aren't you the biggest rebels in the East?Do you really think that the imperial court is full of fools, who is the biggest traitor only based on the number of people coerced?

Maybe some kind of knowledgeable General Yiwei will come at that time, and seeing that the land is being granted here, it's okay, it's a deep-seated trouble for you to dethrone the Dragon Gang, let's kill you first.

Therefore, continuing to exercise restraint may not be able to stop Wei's hammer from falling from the sky.

Secondly, from the September uprising to the present, all the situations point to the fact that this stage is indeed a stage where people's hearts grow... and if you want to improve your ability to resist blows, low-key and deep cultivation is certainly a way, but you can take advantage of the situation Isn't it a good idea?

Finally, the most important point is that at this time, the world is erupting, and everyone is against Wei. If you don't do some things, others will naturally do them. If others do, it will only make your family complain that you missed the opportunity.

People's hearts are scattered, and the team is not easy to lead, so what is called putting the cart before the horse?
Don't forget, why Zhang Li and Zhang Li agreed to raise righteousness that day... whether to do it or not, is it the turn of the two leaders to speak?

Therefore, we can only divert, and we can only take advantage of the situation.

Everyone had their own thoughts and followed Zhang Xing and Zhang Dalongtou into the back hall of the county mansion. Zhang Longtou and Chief Wei took their seats naturally, Xu Dalang was on the left, Zhou Xingfan was on the right, and the Lu brothers and several local leaders from Jiyin lined up in turn. .

Then, fish soup with a lot of ginger was served. It is said that Zhang Longtou caught it from Jishui himself.

Everyone held their temper and drank a bowl of soup each to warm up their bodies, and then they came to see Zhang Longtou, who was behaving strangely before.

"I'm not afraid to move because people like the queen, princess, and Mr. Zhang are too important, nor is it because Liang County's position is too important to dare to move." Zhang Xing got straight to the point, dispelling some of the doubts of many people. "Among Heji, there are eight counties in total, from Dongjun to Dengzhou. Now we are heading towards five or six counties. How can we still be as cautious as we were at the beginning of Juyi? The reason why I hesitate is because Because I really can't decide... Zhang Shizhao's going to Jiangdu is good or bad for us?"

"Of course it's bad!" Wei Xuanding, who was seated with Zhang Xing, put down the fish soup and wiped his mouth in a hurry, feeling a bit forced to interrupt. "He was in Xingyang, staring at our reality, and when he really arrived in Jiangdu, he would remember us from time to time, wouldn't it be a big trouble?"

"Is it good or bad for the Queen and Princess to go to Jiangdu?" Zhang Xing continued to ask.

"It's neither good nor bad." Wei Xuanding remained calm. "I've said it all. The root of this matter is that we are rebels. They are members of the Great Wei royal family. How can we watch them when they walk in front of us? Zhang Longtou, after you have released the grain and burned the debt, you have burned the debt and granted the land. After granting the land, do we still need to condolence to the orphans and widows? Even if we want to condolence to the orphans and widows, we also need money and food. There is still a war ahead. Although we did not continue to ask for food from the rear after taking Dongping County, shouldn’t we prepare? This time in the palace When moving, there will inevitably be countless money and silk, and there will be a lot of money and food."

"Extremely true." Zhang Xing nodded slightly, but he didn't know what he agreed with.

"But Mr. Zhang's reputation is not bad." At this moment, Zhou Xingfan proposed a new idea on the right... There are actually quite a lot of leaders present, but Xiao Zhou's qualifications and reputation are unexpectedly only behind Xu Shiying. "It's different from Zhang Thief, another Nanya minister before."

"It's a foolish master's think tank!" Daoist Wei retorted without hesitation. "So what if I cut this bag for the faint king?"

"It makes sense." Zhang Xing nodded, and then asked again seriously. "So, the empress is going to be killed too? Those princesses and concubines are also going to be killed? Get rid of a wife for the faint king, how many young girls?"

Taoist Wei choked on the spot.

The rest of Xu Shiying and others were also silent for a moment.

After a while, Xu Dalang, another tycoon actually here, said seriously: "The empress does not have a bad name, but she has a rank. If she is damaged, it will have no other benefits except to offend the world and invite the imperial court to retaliate... If you really want to In this matter, instead of killing the empress, she must treat each other with courtesy."

"How to treat each other with courtesy?" Zhang Xing continued to ask. "Should we raise it up, or give it away after a good life? If we donate it, to what extent? Didn't we say that we want to rob money, food and treasure to enrich ourselves? If we rob it, we will use it on them? And if it's good to give it away, why do we have to give it away?" To rob?"

"Then I'll just say it straight." Wei Daoshi also reacted at this time, and simply spoke up. "What I mean is, let's kill Zhang Shizhao to gain prestige, rob the accompanying wealth and gold pillars to enrich ourselves, and take the empress and all the palaces to power!"

"Just talk about what is Tuqiang?" Zhang Xing didn't show any surprise, as if he had thought about these things a long time ago, he just kept asking.

"When dealing with the queen and the palaces, one must treat them with respect, so as to show that they are different from ordinary bandits. , and threatened them with the safety of the empress and the palaces, so that they would not dare to act rashly!" Wei Xuanding really had ideas. "This is called serving the palace to order the land, coercing the queen to resist rape, and making a difference in the court."

When everyone heard this, they all looked at each other in blank dismay.

Obviously, the words and plans of Daoist Wei made them feel that both the local tyrants in the hometown of the Eastern Qi Dynasty and some surrendered officials, including Xu Dalang and Xiao Zhou who had different backgrounds and talents, felt that Taoist Wei's words and plans were not the same. Aside from a trace of fear, they are also a little eager to try.

These are queens, serious concubines, and princesses...but on the other hand, doesn't manipulating the fate of these nobles just show our strength?
Of course, after thinking about it for a while, everyone naturally focused their attention on Zhang Sanlang, the former deputy chief inspector of Fulongwei, and now the leader of the Dragon Clan.

But Zhang Sanlang did not have the consciousness of taking historical responsibility at all. Instead, he continued to ask like a bully: "So, if we follow this way of thinking, why do we have to kill Zhang Shizhao?"

Chief Wei remained silent.

"I see." Unexpectedly, Zhang Xing nodded instead, suddenly dropped this question, and continued to ask other questions. "Wei Gong, have you ever thought that if things come to fruition, these ideas of yours are risky... For example, treating the palaces with courtesy, showing a different posture from other rebels, the advantage is that people like Qinghe Cui said Maybe he will come to vote, but is there no harm? Will he lose the approval of the reckless hero in turn? It is right to want to be the leader of the rebel army in the world, but who are the fundamentals of the rebel army? As for the so-called Fengzhong Palace Yiling There are similar counter-arguments about holding the queen to resist rape in other places, right?"

Wei Xuanding remained silent, as if he was persuaded by Zhang Xing.

"So, we don't get involved in this matter?" Xiao Zhou looked at the other leaders and asked.

"Let's make a plan." Zhang Xing thought for a while and gave an unexpected answer. "If conditions permit, it's okay to give it a try... After all, although there are no great benefits, there are also no great disadvantages. Things are at this point, grabbing something, and sending a pen to buy money is always feasible... ...Everyone is idle, so they are idle."

Everyone was stunned for a moment, and Daoist Wei even flicked his sleeves. The meaning was obvious—so, why are you talking nonsense for a long time?
Of course, even Daoist Wei knew in his heart that Zhang Xing's words must be valuable, at least he had roughly laid out the pros and cons, so that the people below could understand... and he also forced himself, the empty chief, to accept it out of thin air. The other party has great favor.

To put it bluntly, in such a situation, why did Zhang Shizhao have to be killed instead of surrendering?

Isn't this blackmailing the queen to order the place?

The queen is valuable, but the prime minister is not?Is this Zhang Xianggong lacking in talent or prestige, or lacking in protégés and old officials?And the queen can be the step of the magistrate, but not the step of the prime minister?
It's nothing more than Zhang Shizhao's surrender. It's hard to say for the rest. It's impossible for the chief to be named Wei anyway?
Only if Zhang Xianggong really became the chief, with his family background and reputation, I am afraid that he is the real chief, and Li Shu and Zhang Xing would not be happy to see it.

"That being the case, let's lay out the information along the way in Liangjun." After digesting his emotions, Wei Xuanding tapped his knuckles on the chopping board to speak. "If there are tens of thousands of soldiers, famous generals in custody, and more than a dozen alchemy masters accompanying us, we will naturally pretend not to know...but if there are thousands of Jinwu guards, one or two alchemy...then why not do it?"

At this point, Wei Xuanding turned his head to look at Zhang Xing: "I mean, please bring Xiong Tianwang back."

"Yes." Zhang Xing was completely calm.

"Jin Wuwei..."

"The Jinwu guards are all useless..." Zhang Xing sneered. "At the very least, the Jinwu guards who escaped the Three Crusades that day were all useless... And I think that, according to the current embarrassing situation in the Eastern Capital, I am afraid that Uncle Cao will probably let the troops from Xingyang and Liang counties accompany him, and guards from various counties along the way. ...The key is how many masters are there? Will there be a grandmaster?"

"If there is a master, naturally he will watch him honestly..."

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In this way, everyone discussed a lot and made a lot of arrangements. They simply stayed in the vicinity of Jiyin County Mansion that night, and they didn't go back directly.

Then, around two o'clock, it suddenly started snowing outside again.

That is, shortly after the snowflakes began to fall, Xu Shiying suddenly came to visit in private.

"It's not what you think." Zhang Xing seemed to have expected the other party to come, and he was straightforward. "Don't really think that I have something to say to King Qi. What I said on the river before was just an opportunity to disturb the other party's heart... Besides, although King Qi is the only remaining adult prince, he is a concubine and has nothing to do with the queen. .”

Xu Dalang nodded immediately, and asked again as a matter of course: "So, there is really something to do about this?"

"Of course." Zhang Xing nodded.

"Where can it be?"

"As far as the Chulong Gang is concerned, it is natural to achieve success and become a blockbuster; as far as I am concerned, it is also a little selfish..." Zhang Xingyi said. "Longyou was caught in a shrimp scene in shallow water. I have some selfish opinions on Zhang Shizhao, and I want to see if I can really step on the dragon's head."

Xu Dalang was stunned for a moment, then nodded, but walked away peacefully.

After Xu Dalang left, Zhang Xing undressed and got on the couch. After hearing the sound of snow falling outside in the middle of the night, it was not surprising that he lost sleep. He was a little restless and even wanted to get up, and took out the compass that had not been used for a long time. some.

However, the future is uncertain, even if he doesn't know what to care about for a while, he can only give up.

The next day, the sky was bright, the snow was quite thick, and the snowflakes were still there. All the leaders went back, and even Taoist Wei went to Chengwu. For a while, only Xiao Zhou was left, Jia Yue, and several officers accompanied Zhang. Walking in the back hall of the county mansion to warm up and talk... When it was noon, because of the snowfall and snow accumulation, even Yan Qing, who had left to do an investigation before, came back from Lin County, and they chatted together by the fire.

And about shortly thereafter, seeing the snowflakes still there, Zhang Xing suddenly stopped, thoughtful, and then laughed: "At this time, the original so-called big things are basically impossible to do. Generally speaking, it is not to clean up the prison files. , I should go to condolences to the orphans and widows, but I don’t know what to do.”

Yan Qing laughed immediately: "With all due respect, other people must be sleeping... because even those who know some allusions don't care about these things now that they rebelled."

"Don't blame them. If you think about clearing up the criminal case, but don't delay the immediate battle with countless casualties, condolences to the widows, and don't delay that there will be more orphans and widows next year, people will always slack off." Xiao Zhou said seriously.

"That's the way it is." Jia Yue couldn't help muttering.

"I actually have a similar mentality." Zhang Xing didn't try to hide it. "It's just as the saying goes, don't do good because it's small, don't do evil because it's small... Now that you've thought about it, just do it... You go and call the local Deputy Chief Shang, that is, Shang Huaizhi and his younger brother. , Check the government treasury, compare the files of the previous land grants, and see what kind of relief can be saved, and if I can do a little, I will clear up the old criminal and prison cases in the past."

Zhou and Yan immediately got up and cupped their hands.

Jia Yue was dumbfounded, thought for a while, and reluctantly stood up to remind seriously: "Soldiers should also be treated better, otherwise there will be resentment."

"Very well, you can do this." Zhang Xing was also calm.

As he said that, he directly left the three of them aside and came to the front yard, looking for the courthouse where the criminal case files were stored. At the same time, he also sent someone to send the files from the Hei Ribbon Office and the county government office where the county is stationed.

In all fairness, the prisons in these counties and counties did not have much to say in front of Zhang Xing, who is considered an old criminal name to some extent. In addition, the fact that the previous process of burning debts and granting land was equivalent to pardoning There were a lot of civil disputes, so, in just one afternoon, he skimmed through the files of Jiyin County and Jiyin County, but only found four or five suspicious cases.

Then, the leader summoned people who had previously served as the local county law cao and Jing Jiehu under the Hei Shou Ya Office, and asked about the recent situation of the parties involved in these cases.

It can only be said that, as expected, most of the people are gone.

"So, the parties involved in these four or five cases were all lost because of the corvee turmoil during the three campaigns, right?" Zhang Xing did the calculations, but also sighed. "In the later acts of righteousness, not many people died because of this?"

"Da Longtou was joking, how can this be compared?" The county Facao hurriedly laughed. "Righteousness is what the people want. It is our own family who kicked out the court to make their own decisions. You can know that people who work in the two counties are still acquaintances from the past... and the one who ruined the world is the Great Wei court."

Zhang Xing nodded, then let a few people go back, and then flipped through the files again... This time, it was just a boring story.

And after reading for a long time, when the sky was getting dark, he finally put down these files and went out, but as soon as he went out, he froze in place.

Without him, on a piece of white snow, except for the messy rows of footprints in the middle, there is actually a pair of extremely deep and independent footprints under the window outside Facao's room, as if appearing out of thin air.

Looking up again, I saw some traces of snow and slippery on the eaves above the footprints.

Obviously, someone just stopped here for a long time... This person's cultivation base is obviously a step higher than his own, but his cultivation base should not reach the level of a master, otherwise why would he leave footprints and leave by pointing at the eaves?

Who is this person?

It can't be an assassin, can it?Or is it the power of the local hermit?

Zhang Xing thought about it for a long time, but he couldn't get any results. Anyway, he had a big heart, so he didn't struggle for too long, so he went directly to the back kitchen to find food.

After another seven or eight days, the rain and snow passed again, and the time came to the end of the first ten days of the twelfth lunar month. As expected, the news came that the troops in Xingyang and Liangjun were closely dispatched, and it seemed that they were about to take some action.

And in the past few days, Zhang Xuguo, the county magistrate in Qi County, received two heavy New Year's gifts in advance one after another.

First, the sage delivered an edict from Jiangdu, praising Zhang Xuguo's practice of opening granaries and expanding the army, and appointed Zhang Xuguo as the governor of Qi County without knowing anything about the previous war... It is a new invention of the sage in his official position. He always has new inventions... His status is slightly lower than that of the prefect, but he has a certain degree of exclusive military power.

Zhang Xuguo is the first official Tongshou in the world.

Second, a masked young master of Chengdan came from the Eastern Capital, bringing Uncle Cao's recognition and awards, and at the same time he will serve as a military officer under Zhang Xuguo's command to make up for Zhang Xuguo's shortcomings in the army.

Zhang Xuguo was very grateful to the two, not just because his actions were recognized and he was promoted.More importantly, he was keenly aware that neither the sage of Jiangdu nor the emperor of Dongdu had given up on the world, and no matter how difficult the situation was, they all took the initiative to look towards the Eastern Territory, which was almost completely wiped out. And gave positive feedback on his rise.

At this time, as a minister of the Great Wei, it is time to work hard to serve the country.

So, in the middle of the twelfth lunar month, Zhang Xuguo ordered the slaughter of 1 livestock and rewarded the soldiers and officials. Then he mobilized [-] soldiers from Qi County, who had already rested, to cross the mountainous area and head south to Lu County. But at the risk of crossing the border, he wanted to hunt down Zhishiro to the end.

At the same time, a huge team also appeared in the territory of Xingyang, braved the severe winter rain and snow, and came to the southeast along the frozen Huan River.

The one in the middle is the queen's guard of honor.

As the saying goes:
Whose family is the white horse, the frontier fortress of Huanglong.

Three feet of snow in the Tianshan Mountains, is it when you travel far?
PS: I wish all the seniors in high school a good luck in the college entrance examination.

(End of this chapter)