Han Hai Tang Ergui

Chapter 587 Sir, times have changed

Zhang Xiaobao's legs were a little limping, it was too difficult for him, who aspired to follow the saint to conquer the world and look like Qifeng Pavilion.

What's even more aggrieved is that he was not injured by the enemy's leg during the battle, but that the horse stumbled and threw him off during the pursuit and injured his leg.

Before he was injured, Zhang Xiaobao had already achieved the position of Yuhou Zuoyulin Wei, and his subordinates were in charge of the most elite hundred fine cavalry of the Great Zhou. It can be said that the future is boundless.

After he was injured, his superior Zuo Yulin Weilang transferred Yue Saonu, who had already applied for Zhang Xiaobao to become a magistrate, and planned to let him serve as the magistrate of Gongyi County in Luoyang, the eastern capital, but Zhang Xiaobao refused because he was in a panic.

Zhang Xiaobao is not without heels. His father was Yi Cong Xiaoqi who was the first to follow the saint to the battlefield. He has accumulated military exploits all the way from the auxiliary army to the imperial army. Now he is the battalion commander of Wuwei Town.

The elder brother Zhang Xiaobiao is even more terrible. He created a terrifying record of shooting and killing 20 people in Lu Gong's car alone during the siege of Xiazhou. No one has been able to break it until now.

Now that the officials have accumulated to the fourteenth rank of Youwu Doctor, he is actually the confidant of the saint and the pro-army of Zuodu Yuhou in Regret Mountain Capital. This is basically the ceiling that the Feiyuan Cong faction can reach in Regret Mountain Capital.

When the sage officially proclaimed himself emperor, Zhang Xiaobiao also received the title of earl. The emperor personally decreed that Zhang Xiaobiao was given the word Cheng, which has now been renamed Zhang Cheng.

With such a background, it is inevitable for Zhang Xiaobao to be arrogant, and he also has this capital. He is good at riding and shooting, and he is superb at dancing with a horse. He can also treat his subordinates kindly, and he has begun to understand the formation experience.

It's just luck, so I won't mention it. My father and brother have experienced hundreds of battles in the army, and they were almost killed several times, but they all recovered in the end.

And he just fell off his horse and was immediately disabled.

So after moving divisions, Zhang Xiaobao refused the invitation of his comrades in Guiyi Building, and took only two Liangzhou soldiers who also retired due to injuries, and set foot on the road back to the west.

This journey is not difficult, because although Zhang Xiaobao is lame, it does not affect his riding, but he can no longer wear armor on the horse, nor can he steer the horse as if commanded by his arm.

When passing by Luoyang, Zhang Xiaobao saw that the population of Luoyang, the capital of gods, had become prosperous again, and they were still showing joy inside and out.

This year, the emperor exempted the agricultural tax and Dingkou silver around Luoyang, and the food shortage in Luoyang also quickly eased with the news that the rice grain in the south of the Yangtze River was about to arrive.

In fact, Luoyang is not very short of food. After all, after three years of natural disasters and man-made disasters in the land of Henan, the people who survived, I don’t know if there are [-]% of the people who survived.

In the past, there was a shortage of food because the food had to be transported from Guanzhong or even Hexi, but Guanzhong itself was short of food, and it was shipped thousands of miles, so the price was naturally high.

But now that a large amount of rice grain from the south of the Yangtze River is about to arrive, and the military rations have been released after the Southern Expedition, the market has immediately returned to normal levels.

But Zhang Xiaobao doesn't like Luoyang very much, because Cao Yanming, the construction envoy of God's Capital, is building a large-scale construction project in Luoyang.

The Yiluo River, Yangqu and other water transport are being dredged outside the city, the Li Palace is being built in Yanshi and Jinshan (Beimang Mountain), and the Ziwei City is being repaired inside the city, making Luoyang like a large construction site, causing idle labor from all over the country to come to Luoyang Earn money.

These people were really happy, because the imperial court did not collect labor, let alone raise taxes, for such a large project.

Although their wages are pitifully low, they can basically eat three meals a day.

If these strong laborers ate out one more meal, the women and children at home would be able to eat two more full meals.

Everyone said that this was the grace of Emperor Shaotian, because the money for building the palace in the capital of God was paid by the emperor himself.

"It's very noisy!" A veteran with a broken left wrist snorted coldly.

But Zhang Xiaobao could tell that although he was snorting coldly, there was some pride mixed in, because they were the ones who fought to the death for such a prosperous situation.

"You son of a bitch, yeah, I must beat you to death today!"

A few people were carrying a sense of superiority that was almost revealed on the surface. When they were about to leave after eating a bowl of mutton soup cakes, there was an immediate noise outside, and a large number of people surrounded them.

Zhang Xiaobao and the others also surrounded him, only to see a swollen-faced, thick-bodied man lift up a stick, and hit a few cowering farmers, who fell to the ground after three or two blows.

Most of the people around were also farmers, but they even showed gloating expressions on their faces, let alone going up to help with the same hatred.

The stronger the man, the more he beat, the more he became crazy, and the whistling of the stick dance.

Zhang Xiaobao was originally angry and was about to knock the strong man to the ground, but seeing that the strong man was still very measured, he only hit the meaty butt, so he didn't rush up quickly.

He is a little inferior to his legs and feet now, and he doesn't want to show that his legs and feet are inconvenient in front of others.

However, the hot-tempered soldiers with severed wrists couldn't bear it any longer. He roared up and kicked the strong man to the ground with one kick.

The strong man was caught off guard and fell to the ground, but when he got up and saw that it was a short man with only one hand, he immediately felt contemptuous. He threw away the stick in his hand and rushed forward with his bare hands.

Then he was gone. A soldier with a severed wrist was born in Wuwei Town. Before he was injured, he was a jumping soldier. Even if he only has one hand, it is not comparable to a strong man.

And even though his left hand was broken down to the wrist, it wasn't completely missing. It was also very painful to hit someone with his bare wrist.

Zhang Xiaobao is very envious of soldiers with severed arms, who can be heartless and not treat themselves as disabled.

When the onlookers saw someone beating the strong man, they cheered in unison, not to cheer for one side, but for both sides.

Zhang Xiaobao could tell that this was a group of fun people, looking for fun when they had nothing to do, and they had no idea of ​​right or wrong at all.

But this made Zhang Xiaobao even more surprised. These farmers should be very united when they come out to work. Otherwise, as a foreigner, it is easy to be bullied by the locals.

But why are they indifferent to the beating of those who work with them?

So Zhang Xiaobao looked at the soldier with the broken arm and screamed as he beat the strong man with one arm, and approached a few farmers who were the most excited to watch the excitement and asked.

"Why is this person so unreasonable? He hit people when he came up?"

Zhang Xiaobao was referring to the turn of the situation, asked the screaming strong man who was being beaten.

A few farmers were disturbed to watch the excitement, and they were a little upset, but when they saw Zhang Xiaobao's figure and the horse he was leading, they immediately realized that they couldn't be offended, so they could only reply in a low voice.

"So that Mr. Xiaolang can find out that Wang Huzi is a rascal from Baibodu. Heqing county magistrate recruited them to supervise the construction of Jinshan Palace. These people were beaten for stealing food."

Zhang Xiaobao understood that it was the farmer who stole the food, but there was no need to beat him like this!

There are rules for everything. If you take food, you will be punished as you want. How can you beat someone at will?
And just when Zhang Xiaobao figured out what was going on, the situation on the court should have changed. This Wang Huzi is always a local rogue, and since he is a rogue, there must be a group of brothers who ran over in an instant.

The farmers who had been chatting with Zhang Xiaobao just now, when they saw a large number of rascals coming, they immediately dispersed.

But Zhang Xiaobao and the others didn't panic. Seeing more than [-] Popis rushing over under the leadership of a leading brawny man, Zhang Xiaobao and another soldier didn't even lift their eyelids.

The soldier with the broken wrist stepped on the yelling Wang Huzi, and tapped the exposed corner of the horse's back with his palmless left hand.

Hua Arm rushed forward and before he could speak, he was stunned when he saw the hem of a set of chain mail exposed from the corner of the horse's back.

Wang Huzi on the ground also saw it, and immediately stopped shouting.

According to the law of the Great Zhou Dynasty, it is not forbidden for the people to hold knives, guns and sticks, but they are not allowed to make them privately.

All standard knives, guns and sticks must be registered in the county government. Those in the county town are managed by the county captain, and those in the countryside are managed by the patrol inspection that will be established soon.

But armor is not acceptable. Although the imperial court allows private ownership of armor, the crowd is strictly restricted.

Ordinary soldiers, removing their armor after a battle is the real removal of their armor, and the armor must be returned to the army.

Only those who have rank officials and have been rewarded with armor can carry their own armor with them.

In other words, if you see a person wearing or carrying armor on the road at this time, then he must be a warrior who has made meritorious service in the army and has ranks.

Huayiwei and Wang Huzi, etc., immediately died down. The aggressiveness when they came disappeared without a trace.

"I don't know which town's officials are face to face? If you offend me, look at Haihan."

The corner of the soldier's mouth twitched, "You are such a salty thing, are you worthy of asking about Yeye's background?"

Huawei was scolded, but he didn't get angry, instead he became more respectful.

Because daring to say this proves that they are indeed warriors in the army, and they are not the guards of the Central Plains, but the town army or even the pro-army from Hexi.

"The villain was originally a Heyang soldier under the command of Li Gongjianchong. During the battle in Yanshi City, he also followed the officials to kill the northern captives. Now he is working under the command of Heqing County Lieutenant Li."

Who is Li Gong Jianchong?What does Li Xianwei of Heqing County represent?
Although the soldier with the broken arm was from Hexi, he had always been a small soldier. He didn't understand these things, so he was stunned immediately.

When Hua Armui saw it, there was a different look in his eyes. He didn't know all of this, but he was a pure leader!

Although he can't offend him, that doesn't make him beat people for nothing, at least... Well, he beat Wang Huzi so badly, so at least he has to apologize to himself.

"The general is loyal and honest, and you haven't learned anything? Just hide some food and beat him to death?
Bring Li County Lieutenant out, do you think you can scare us off? "

Zhang Xiaobao stood up, Li Jianchong of course knew that when he followed Zhao Kuangyin into Luoyang, Li Jianchong directly took refuge in Zhang Zhao's Jiedushi of Heyang Three Towns.

However, this man was old and didn't want to continue licking blood from the knife edge, so he got the false title of General Zuo Longxiangwei, and went home to spend his old age peacefully with his salary.

Li Xianwei of Heqing County was Li Jianchong's general at the time. After the old leader retired, he stopped working in the army and found a job as a county lieutenant.

Just looking at Zhang Xiaobao's downplaying attitude, he could tell that there was something tough on the other side, and his attitude changed again, so he hurriedly bowed to Zhang Xiaobao.

"I would like to ask the officials to forgive me. Cao Gong, the envoy of the construction of the God's Capital, said that people are not allowed to store food privately, because the construction of the God's Capital is a heavy task. If you don't have enough food, you will be exhausted. It will hurt the saint's benevolence. The servants really have no choice but to make such a bad move."

Zhang Xiaobao also figured out the reason for this. It turns out that this is not a matter of food, but there are also disadvantages.

Many recruited civilian husbands often choose to hide food in order to save a little food to take home or sell it for money.

They think that two meals a day is the norm, and they can be full by eating only two meals.

But Zhang Zhao is not a saint without bottom line, he chooses to feed the peasants three meals, naturally there is a reason.

Because it is not easy to build the capital of God, the palaces in Jinshan and Yanshi, and the project of dredging the waterway from Luoyang to Kaifeng, and they often have to work overtime after sunset.

If only two meals are given, many civilian husbands will be exhausted due to excessive labor intensity. In the past few months, even civilian husbands were so tired that they vomited blood and died.

A good benevolent government resulted in many deaths. After Zhang Zhao came back, he called Cao Yanming to Kaifeng, Tokyo to scold him.

So Cao Yanming had no choice but to let the people below start to supervise the peasants and prevent them from hiding food.

And the people below are even more rude and simple. It is impossible to reason or something. The only option is to use force to deter.

All right!Zhang Xiaobao was also a little stunned. He thought he was here to seek justice, but this turned out to be the case.

Although from the perspective of later generations, these flamboyant "law enforcement" must be too rough and suspected of crimes.

But in this era, it is actually a very common situation, and it can even be said that it seems so gentle, that's what Zhang Xiaobao thinks.

Bang Bang Bang!The sound of the gong sounded. This was a critical moment for the construction of the capital of the gods. All officials, big and small, in Luoyang were working hard.

Because after the construction of the capital of the gods, Luoyang will become the capital again, and their status will rise in a straight line.

Therefore, the staff member of the construction department who was beaten was immediately reported to the county magistrate of Heqing County.

The county magistrate, surnamed Liu, was one of the first to pass the Ming Jing imperial examination after Zhang Zhao proclaimed himself emperor.

Zhang Zhao has not yet decided on the four directions, and has not had time to adjust the imperial examination, so he can only follow the previous system on the basis of the Hexi imperial examination.

What's more, Jinshi course is still too difficult for most people in this era of cultural decline. Now even if you pass the Mingjing course, you can get an official job.

Although County Magistrate Liu brought over a dozen Marquis Wu and dozens of helpers, his heart was still relatively empty.

Because he heard that the troublemakers were military warriors in armor, but he was purely a poor literati who passed the exam.

As long as it was in the past, let alone a poor county magistrate like him, it was a central official, as long as you were not at the level of a prime minister, and you met a warrior, especially this kind of fierce one, it can be said that there is no dignity at all.

That's why County Magistrate Liu felt a little cramp in his calf when he saw Zhang Xiaobao. After so many years of military power, even if he only faced three people, he felt as if he was facing thousands of troops.

However, County Magistrate Liu remembered the words of his superior, Shendu Construction Envoy and Shendu Yin Cao Yanming, that the saint has been committed to implementing the strategy of civil officials governing the local area and taking back administrative power from the hands of the soldiers.

Just looking at the dozen or so states and counties around Kaifeng Prefecture in Tokyo and Luoyang, the capital of the gods, you can see that the chief officer is either not a soldier, or a retired person who has no longer served in the army.

He managed to climb to the position of Heqing county magistrate, if he hesitated so much, he might be sent home immediately to eat wild vegetables, he was really unwilling.

Not only County Magistrate Liu was counseled, but Marquis Wu, under Magistrate Liu, was also counseled.

According to the previous posture, whoever dares to go up at this time will be killed by these 'tooth soldiers' in the street, and then the tooth soldiers ride on their horses and run, turning into bandits and bandits on the road, and finally recruited by a certain section commander with a lot of money If they come out to continue their glory, they will die in vain.

Although the soldier with the broken arm came from Hexi, he was actually the tooth soldier of Fengxiang Li Congzhen.

After Li Congxuan couldn't keep his family business in Fengxiang Mansion, he went to Hexi to seek refuge with Zhang Zhao, so the aura of a soldier in his body still existed.

He saw dozens of people, including County Magistrate Liu, dare not come forward, and hundreds of onlookers all looked a little scared, and he felt even more complacent, pointing to Zhang Xiaobao.

"This is the army of the sage, Zuo Yulin Wei Yuhou, a heroic Conglong from Liangzhou, who dares to disrespect?"

When the hundreds of onlookers heard this, they were all in an uproar, and they didn't even dare to go forward.

The county magistrate's face was flushed, and his mind was buzzing. On the one hand, it was the oppression of reality, and on the other hand, it was Cao Yanming's words that kept echoing in his heart.

Of course, there was also a small voice, chanting in his mind the great truths of the sages such as "Benevolence is righteousness, power cannot be subdued".

Zhang Xiaobao suddenly realized that things had suddenly entered an uncontrollable situation.

The Zhang family is one of the best Yicong Xiaoqi families in Liangzhou. Zhang Xiaobao has also read some books, so of course he knows what Zhang Zhao is thinking.

He kept cheering up that magistrate Liu in his heart, if the fucking county magistrate didn't dare to come forward, Zhang Xiaobao would have to wear a big hat of a domineering warrior, and he might be killed by the saint as an example.

The pressure came to the two focus figures. Finally, under the eyes of everyone's expectation, County Magistrate Liu walked forward with heavy steps, with cold sweat dripping down his face, while Zhang Xiaobao breathed a sigh of relief, not daring to move at all. .

Because he found that magistrate Liu had been looking at his waist, where a horizontal knife was hanging.

Zhang Xiaobao believes that as long as he touches the horizontal knife at his waist with his hand, County Magistrate Liu will definitely run away like a frightened rabbit.

Then it's over, both of them are over!
"This Marquis Yu, why did you beat me up as a member of the Ministry of Construction and Construction?" County Magistrate Liu was still intimidated, and even took out the name of the Office of Construction and Construction.

Because the Construction and Construction Office is not a local official, its positioning is somewhat vague. You can regard it as a Jiedushi, so the official office is no problem.

Zhang Xiaobao gritted his teeth, and could only ask word by word: "Are you the county magistrate of Heqing, or an official of the government office?"

Magistrate Liu gritted his teeth when he saw the unkind eyes cast by the long horizontal knife and the horse.

When Yang Guangyuan and his son were in Luoyang in the past, they often beat and killed all the officials in Luoyang because of a wrong sentence. Du Chongwei was similar after he arrived in Luoyang.

However, County Magistrate Liu mustered up his courage and raised his hand, "Ms. Cheng is the county magistrate of Heqing, a brave general of everyone in Marquis Yu, why did he beat others?"

That's right, Zhang Xiaobao heaved a long sigh of relief, seeing Magistrate Liu's question, he quickly explained the matter clearly.

"Although this person is a helper of the Construction and Construction Department, he beat the common people wantonly because of a small mistake. A certain family didn't see it, so they just taught him a lesson."

At this time, County Magistrate Liu also felt some taste. Seeing that Zhang Xiaobao was not arrogant and gradually entered the role, he clasped his hands and said.

"Even so, it should be punished by the yamen of the construction department or the county yamen according to the law. How can it be lynched by Marquis Yu."

After County Magistrate Liu finished speaking, Marquis Wu behind him and Huayiwu in front of Zhang Xiaobao all stared wide-eyed, and many of them even had weak calves.

This is the sage's confidant, Yuhou of Zuo Yulin Wei!If it was released, at least it was started by the governor and military envoy. How dare magistrate Liu speak like that?

It's over, Marquis Wu of Heqing County groaned in his heart. Although Marquis Wu was originally developed from the Jinwu Guard, by now, he was no longer the same as a pro-army like the Jinwu Guard.

At that time, Zuo Yulin Wei Yuhou on the opposite side became angry, did he run away?Or run away?
However, contrary to everyone's expectations, Zhang Xiaobao stood very neatly at the moment, he also arched his hand towards County Magistrate Liu, and said while bending slightly.

"When the sage was in Hexi, he paid attention to laws and regulations. It is true that a certain warrior under his command was reckless today. Since County Magistrate Liu wants to enforce the law impartially, please judge according to the law!"

As soon as this statement came out, not only did everyone feel that it was untrue, but even the soldier with a severed wrist widened his eyes. Just as he was about to say something, Zhang Xiaobao immediately turned his head and warned him with stern eyes.

At this moment, County Magistrate Liu finally relaxed. He vaguely felt that he might already be in a scene that is estimated to be passed down through the ages.

Maybe not only will he not be stabbed to death by the guards on the opposite side, but he will also get a blessing in disguise, and his reputation will reach heaven.

Immediately, his waist straightened, and his voice became louder. Looking around, he was afraid that thousands of people would speak loudly.

"Wang Huzi was punished too severely. He beat civilian husbands and common people at will. He was sentenced to [-] qian for soup and medicine, and hard labor for ten days.

Zhang Yuhou's warriors beat and injured others, and they were sentenced to [-] yuan in compensation for soup and medicine. They thought they had made great contributions to the country and could be exempted from other punishments. "

Zhang Xiaobao also understood at this moment. Although the county magistrate opposite was a little timid, he was still a sensible person.

This enforced the law impartially, but it didn't cause much actual harm to them. It was just five hundred yuan in compensation, which was nothing to Zhang Xiaobao.

"This penalty is reasonable, and we have lost the five hundred dollars."

After Zhang Xiaobao finished speaking, he threw a small money bag on the ground, and then cupped his hands at the people around him.

"Although XX is the Son of Heaven's own army, the Son of Heaven always teaches us not to be proud of our achievements, but to treat the people kindly and obey the law.

I also ask all the elders to be a witness that a certain family has been punished today and has indeed followed the teachings of the saints. "

The Luoyang people who were watching the excitement and the folk husbands from all over the place felt a sense of participation, and they all bowed their hands to Zhang Xiaobao.

"The general obeys the law. We have seen it with our own eyes. It is absolutely true."

County magistrate Liu was dumbfounded. He stood on the spot in a daze, thinking about it for a long time, as if he had been robbed of the show.

Zhang Xiaobao suddenly felt that besides getting on a horse and killing the enemy, this is also quite interesting, so he saluted again, then waved at the soldier with the broken arm and said, "Why don't you come to help a certain family get on a horse?"

This is Zhang Xiaobao's brilliance. Surrounded by so many people, this can almost be said to be the first scene where a civil servant can punish the personal guard Yajiang since the restoration of the god capital Luoyang.

He was afraid that others would see that he had a disabled leg and retired from the army, which would affect the deterrent effect of this matter, so he was going to get on the horse and leave.

However, there was another sound of gongs, and more than a dozen people who opened the way wore blue narrow-sleeved strong clothes, blue headdresses on their heads, and short horizontal knives on their waists. Wuhou, who was obviously one level higher than Wuhou of Heqing County, appeared.

Immediately afterwards, several large banners were raised, and a letter was written to hereditary Wang for the Duke of Ziting County, ordering the construction of the capital of the gods, and ordering Yin and others of the capital of the gods.

Everyone stepped aside one after another, and everyone quickly saluted. This is the arrival of Cao Yanming, the supreme official of Luoyang, the capital of the gods.

"Zhang Sanlang, if you pass by the gods, you don't come to see me and don't tell me. You are still beating others here. Be careful of your elder brother, Dong Anbo, and the family will deal with you!"

Zhang Xiaobao was slightly taken aback because he was not close to Cao Yanming.

Although the Duke of Ziting County and the construction envoy of Shendu Camp started out with military merits, he mostly did technical things, and he also managed technical arms such as Shenji Battalion and Fenjindu.

In addition, Cao Yanming had an extraordinary background, married the second princess of Khotan, and was also a big shot in the Yuan Cong sect. Although Zhang Xiaobao had met him with his elder brother, he was never so familiar with him.

"Hiss!" As soon as Cao Yanming's words fell, everyone gasped in unison, County Magistrate Liu was standing behind him with a few Marquis Wu, almost fell to the ground.

Only then did everyone know that the Marquis Yu in front of him had such a profound background!
Hearing everyone's hissing, Zhang Xiaobao came to his senses. People said Cao Jungong was a second generation who relied on his birth to get to a high position.

But today Zhang Xiaobao realized that to be able to get to this position, he definitely has his abilities.

Duke Cao, he might have gotten the news a long time ago, and he endured it until now, before he came out to give a boost.

Zhang Xiaobao bowed to the bottom, "I have nothing to say, I made a mistake today, I really have no face to see Cao Gong, and I will definitely come to the mansion to plead guilty in the future."

Cao Yanming chuckled, "If you are His Majesty's confidant and can be punished according to the law, that's good, go!"

After talking about Zhang Xiaobao, Cao Yanming turned his head to look at County Magistrate Liu, "You have done a good job! But we must prevent officials from beating people at will, and remember the virtue of a saint."

At this time, County Magistrate Liu actually had the illusion that all hardships are rewarding, and he knelt down and shouted, "Sage is benevolent!"

The surrounding people also cheered there, which directly overwhelmed the buzzing discussion.

A gust of wind blew the loose soil on the ground, and Zhang Xiaobao rode his horse away gradually.

And behind them, the cheering crowd were all discussing the famous scene in which Liu County Magistrate dealt with the saint's personal guard Zuo Yulin and Wei Yuhou impartially today.

Everyone can vaguely feel in their hearts, is the era when people can kill people randomly with a horizontal knife in their hands, is it going to be far away?
(End of this chapter)