Han Zuo Gaomen

Chapter 439
At nightfall, Shen Zhezi led the crowd to Yutan in Dunan.

Yu Tan's return to the capital this time is also very useful. Although the imperial edict has already been issued, arranging the affairs of Wuxing County, and recruiting the attendants and disciples who came with him to the capital have been delayed for a few days.

All the way to the north, there were hundreds of followers alone, and quite a few of them were children of better families.The Central Guard Army is also an important minister of the founding government. Although all parties here in Taichung must deploy some personnel, the main body naturally depends on Yu Tan's wishes.

The so-called Shizuo Two Thousand Stones is a standard for the gentry. In addition to the power brought by the position itself, what is more important is the network of contacts woven by the promotion and recommendation supported by the position.

Yutan returned to the capital Xianyong, and a large number of people in the village sent their children to accompany them to seek a future.When he is gone in the future, other families will do the same to support his descendants and family members.This is the human relationship guarantee for the gentry's long-term political prosperity, coupled with the legal basis of the Ninth Rank Official Human Law, it has occupied most of the upward channels.

Originally, it would take a few days for Yu Tan to arrive in the capital, but because Shen Zhezi sent a message that the situation in the capital had changed, he left the entourage after entering Danyang territory, and sailed fast, day and night, for more than a day They drove for three or four days.Of course, this is also due to the mastery of the waterway, otherwise Yutan would not be able to reach it until tomorrow afternoon at the earliest.

As soon as they met, Shen Zhezi bowed to Yu Tan on horseback and said, "It's inconvenient to complete the ceremony with the army armor, but I hope Duke Yu will not blame you. The situation is urgent, and there are no people in the city, so I can only ask Duke Yu to go quickly."

"Your Majesty, you don't have to be polite."

Yu Tan is an old man in his seventies, he came here day and night, and his spirit is quite tired, but when he saw Shen Zhezi in full armor, and the soldiers behind him were also heavily armored, showing a chilling look, he endured it. Can't help frowning slightly: "The situation in the capital is already so bad?"

"The current situation has not yet collapsed, but people are unpredictable!"

Shen Zhezi signaled his personal guards to help Yu Tan into a carriage that had been prepared, and then boarded the carriage himself, and then ordered people to drive along the Dunan Avenue: "Now many courtiers have been summoned in Taichung, Wang Wen Er For the time being, there should be no chaos in Taichung. But the courtiers are all from their own families, and it is absolutely impossible to completely isolate the inside and outside."

Shen Zhezi has his own news channels, and of course others must have them too.Wang Dao and Wen Qiao thought that if they could control Taicheng, they would be able to suppress the overall situation in the capital. This idea was somewhat optimistic, and they underestimated the courage that people can breed under the drive of interests.

Moreover, because a large number of officials are trapped in Taicheng, the remaining clansmen of each family can't be sensitive to the current situation.

Although Yu Tan also kept an eye on the current situation, after all, he had not been in the capital for many years, so he asked in detail about the reasons for the chaos this time, and when he heard that Xue Gu was beaten because of court discussions in order to slander Shen Zhezi, he couldn't bear it. Zhu Zhu sighed and said: "In the past years, although the capital was chaotic, it was only limited to the theory of a gentleman. It seems that this kind of insidious behavior today is really a collapse of the world!"

Shen Zhezi couldn't help but smile when he heard the words, but didn't comment.Political struggles have never been clean and pure. The so-called war between gentlemen is just nonsense. When it comes to critical moments, even mothers and fathers can abandon them, so there is no need to talk about grace.

The cause of this incident was nothing more than a trivial matter in the final analysis. It was only because it was placed in a more complicated environment, and Shen Zhezi did not intend to bear the burden of humiliation, so it expanded again.If the situation is stable and there are not too many people contributing to the flames, even if there is some disturbance, they will laugh it off afterwards and there will not be much repercussions.

No matter how chaotic it is, if you have soldiers in your hands, you don't need to panic.When Yu Liang was in power, Shen Zhezi was deliberately cultivating his family's strength near Gyeonggi, and when he took back Jiankang, he would inevitably make even bigger moves.

Now he can mobilize more than 2000 formed troops at any time inside and outside Jiankang City.Although there is not much increase in the number of people, these more than 2000 people have sufficient and complete armaments, which is not inferior to a strong army, which is a bit scary.

Of course, now is not an era of great chaos where there are no legal constraints, so this part of the power cannot be directly displayed.Therefore, he had to wait until Yu Tan, the new Central Guard, arrived in Jiankang before he had a legitimate reason to use troops.

"Right now, there is a huge shortfall in the Sixth Suwei Army in Duzhong, but only seven thousand. There is about one army in Taichung, and there are more than two thousand Suwei soldiers in Jianpingyuan. Most of the rest are in Stone City."

Right now, the guards in the capital are far from comparable to those when Yu Liang was alive. At that time, Yu Liang had prepared tens of thousands of guards to defend against Su Jun.After the rebellion, these guards were scattered and died in battle, and most of them were missing. In addition, the capital was insufficient and the local towns deliberately suppressed the scale of guards.

If it was just to maintain stability, these soldiers would naturally be enough, or even surpassed, because Jiangbei was no longer safe to defend, in order to prevent the enemy from intruding and harassing the north.However, if there is a slight change in the capital, these troops will be a little stretched, such as right now.

The capital can only be used for key defenses, and Jianpingyuan and Taicheng account for more than half of the troops.Outside the capital, there is only one defense point in Stone City. In other places, there may be officials from the county government and county offices to maintain order, but the combat effectiveness is weak, which is basically equivalent to no defense.

Of course, the current chaos in the capital is still just a political struggle, not a strong enemy, so there will be no problem with such a defense.But don't forget that besides ordinary people in the capital, there are more than [-] refugees under centralized control.

Small people are nothing to worry about. The first is that they are scattered and difficult to organize.The second is short-sightedness. In the event of an accident, there is no clear goal of struggle.

However, the refugees in the capital are currently gathered in several places, and with the distribution of labor and the supply of food and clothing, a prototype of an organizational structure has been formed.

Moreover, with half a year of rebellion and a whole winter of famine, the endurance and tolerance of these ordinary people have almost collapsed. If there is any too strong stimulus, how will they explode? It was unpredictable.

Shen Zhezi wasn't worried about what would happen in Taichung. He was most worried about these refugees working hard.

Due to the investment of cost, several wide and flat avenues have been repaired in the area of ​​Dunan, which cooperate with the waterway to transfer various materials.Although the horse-drawn carriage was faster, it was far less stable than the ox cart, but it was not too bumpy when driving on a flat road.

After Shen Zhezi introduced the latest situation in the capital to Yu Tan, he switched to war horses and led more than a hundred knights to escort Yu Tan to the west.

The night was getting dark, and after walking for more than half an hour, Shen Zhezi and the others arrived at the first destination.In the tall bamboo pavilion, there are already nearly a hundred people waiting here, and many lanterns and torches around the bamboo pavilion illuminate this place very eye-catchingly.

When they heard the sound of horseshoes approaching from far to near, everyone came out one after another. After a while, Shen Zhezi in military uniform appeared in their field of vision.

"Consort!"

Everyone came forward to pay respects, Shen Zhezi got off his horse, waved his hands and said, "You don't need to be too polite, follow me to see Duke Yu."

Hearing this, everyone's eyes lit up. They already knew that Yu Tan's return to the capital would be of great use this time, and they all depended on him for the future return of many investments in the capital.

Yu Tan was taking a nap in the car, when he heard the commotion outside, he poked his head out, and immediately saw many eager smiling faces.

After bowing to each other, everyone welcomed Shen Zhezi and Yu Tan into the bamboo pavilion, where food and drink had already been prepared, and everyone used them hastily.While eating, Shen Zhezi asked, "Is there any change happening right now?"

"Not yet, but since this morning, many officials have come to ask when the supplies will be distributed, and the words have been very fierce. There are also some disturbances in the labor camps in many small camps, and there are many people who cross the camps."

Shen Zhezi nodded slightly after hearing the words, which was already in his expectation.The Danyang family has no political advantages to speak of, but the popularity of the local people is not as good as others.

They are not fools either. No matter how loud Taichung is, it is difficult to overthrow the government orders that have been officially implemented. If you want to carry out effective sniping, you can only use your own strengths, which is to incite the people to riot and cause trouble.

Without enough labor, no matter how powerful the people of Wuzhong are, no matter how much money and food they have, the project of building a new capital will be unsustainable.And once the people are incited to make noise, these people who have been prepared for a long time will definitely encroach on the population.Even if there is further investigation after the incident, it will be difficult for the law to blame the public.

Shen Zhezi asked the villagers to curb the supply of various materials, on the one hand to avoid being impacted by the turmoil and causing unnecessary losses, and on the other hand to aggravate the panic of these ordinary people.

Danyang people's hometown prestige is an innate advantage, passed down from generation to generation.Shen Zhezi's great efforts in disaster relief, although he has also gained a lot of prestige in the hearts of the people, but when those local people incite him, these people are still not very restrained.

Under normal circumstances, Shen Zhezi can't do anything about it. He can pick out some thorns and kill them to form a short-term deterrence.But this kind of entanglement cannot be completely cut off.Once something happens, the counterattack that was originally suppressed will be more violent.

The Danyang family needs an opportunity to incite the people, and Shen Zhezi also needs a more violent turmoil. Even if it can't be completely cut off, at least this connection must be hit to the point where it is not dangerous.

"There is bound to be turmoil tonight, but you have already seen that Duke Yu has returned to the capital, and we and the villagers can have no worries. Later, everyone will return to their respective places and guard the door, and everything will be fine tomorrow."

Let Yu Tan stop by to meet the villagers, just to reassure them.Next, he told Lu Yong, who had already led the crowd here to wait for orders, to guard the place where materials and personnel gathered in Xiadu.There are more than a thousand people under Lu Yong's army, all of whom are fierce soldiers from the original Liyang.

After appeasing the villagers, the group set out on the road again.The manpower owned by the Shen family is not easy to show clearly, and Zhou Mo's troops in Stone City are the forces that Shen Zhezi wants to fight for.Whether to use it or not is a second matter, at least temporarily borrow the tiger skin.

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"Xue Gu killed himself in the front hall of Taiji. Before he died, he often spoke highly of the son-in-law, implying that other people used him to attack the son-in-law. He was implicated innocently, and he didn't want to live..."

In the Zhang family mansion in the south of the city, Zhang Hun, the eldest son of Zhang Kai, described the scene in Taichung to several elders in the family.He is now one of the few members of his family who work in Taichung. Naturally, when such a thing happened, he had to report back to his family as soon as possible.

Although Shang Shu ordered Wen Qiao to order the Taiwan officials to wait in Taicheng, but how can everyone feel at ease in such a season.A humble and inconspicuous person like Zhang Hun tried his best to leave Taicheng and report back home.

After listening to Zhang Hun's description, the atmosphere in the room was a little silent, and after a long time, Zhang Kai sighed: "This little raccoon son has a rich family, he dominates Wuzhong, he has a high honor and a good reputation, he has become a climate! Xue Gu is also a pitiful person, involved in this kind of thing, both sides are rare and good, and it is a helpless choice to sacrifice his life to gain some fame and give it to future generations."

"A few murderers died earlier, that was just a trivial matter. But now the courtiers have killed themselves in the Tai Chi Palace, it is so sensational that if you want to cover it up, you can't cover it up. Isn't this the negligence of the center? In the future, the guards around the world will hear the news. The center will be held accountable, then that will be the real excitement!"

Probably because he has no status and no power to cover his eyes, Zhang Kai's wait and see of the current situation is more thorough.He is also concerned about the current situation. At the beginning of the incident, although he sent his son to Shen's house to prove his innocence, in fact, seeing Shen Zhezi facing such a predicament, he felt a sense of evil pleasure in his heart.After all, his current loneliness is all caused by the opponent's suppression.

However, Xue Gu died in the front hall of Tai Chi, regardless of whether he was threatened or lured behind him, the situation was suddenly raised to a new height.The conflict between Fang Zhen and the center has been going on for a long time, and it was only aggravated when Yu Liang was alive. Even if Su Jun has been wiped out, this conflict still exists.

Given such a rare opportunity to be held accountable, how could the local towns give up this opportunity.Therefore, the future development of the situation can no longer be limited to the center, but anyone who is qualified must intervene.At that time, in order to stabilize all parties, the center will be very busy. Whoever instigates the attack on Xue Gu and who forces Xue Gu to death will no longer be decided by these naughty ministers in Taichung!

"I don't know what the future will be like. It's just that on the way home from Taicheng, the Tao family, Tao Yin, walked with my son for a while, and asked me what my plan was when I returned home. I didn't dare answer him, but said that I would ask my father to make up his mind." .”

Zhang Hun said again.

Zhang Kai pondered for a while after hearing the words, then nodded and said: "You did a good job on this point. The current situation is chaotic, and each family is fighting for advancement. There is no old friendship with each other. Even if the family is good, don't trust too much. Talk less."

When he said this, Zhang Kai felt complicated.It is true that his current decline is mainly due to the suppression of the Shen family, but if those villagers did not bite back, he would not have fallen so badly!

"Tao San asked you this. I think he must have planned to come to his house. This is normal. Now that all the families in the county are suffering from disasters, the Ji family is the master of the little raccoon dog, and they made it clear that they will advance and retreat together. The rest If each family has hope, it depends on what Dow will do. They want to compete for the town capital, and the sooner they start, the better. They have to grab a foregone conclusion before there is a reaction from all over the country, so that they can swallow the income and not spit it out. .”

The Tao family in Danyang is also Wang Zong, similar to the original Wu Xing Shen family, and they are all used in martial arts.Because they lived in Gyeonggi, they were more courageous than the Shen family at first, but after the Shen family got lucky with Emperor Zong, they were left far behind.Tao Hui of the Tao family is now serving as the middle marshal of the Northern Army, and he is in the same position as the Ji family.

Speaking of this, Zhang Kai saw that the people of the Zuozhong tribe were not lacking in emotion, so he immediately said with a downcast face: "I don't care what other people do, but if any of you dare to go out tonight, go to the ancestral hall first and change your name from the old one." Check off the genealogy, don't blame my family! That little raccoon dared to rush into Jiankang, which was guarded by the rebels, without even caring about his own life. He would be soft? It may not be the only one who wins, and dies or takes the lead! "

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"My family in Danyang suffered the most from the previous chaos! Those Wu Xing raccoons were able to survive for a while by hiding in the village, but now they are taking advantage of their wealth and wealth to come north. Killing! Such a deep humiliation and great enmity, how can you still live in peace? You are willing to wrong Gou An, but you don’t know what kind of family will be established in this town in the future!”

In the dark room, a person roared fiercely, and the expression of the hearer was either sad or angry.

"When Xue Gu dies, Jiangdong will be shaken, and all parties will speak out! No one can say for sure what the situation will be. But no matter what, no one will speak for the people of my country! Are you willing to hand over the country to others?"

"The only way out now is to save yourself! Right now, many villagers are trapped in the camp, working hard all day long! Don't you just have the heart to sit and watch?"

"What we have done is not disobedience. Save the people of my country and guard my country!"

"The old guards are all old people from my hometown. Could it be that they just watched the old friends of the hometown die out? Every family has their own strength, and when the villagers are exhausted, who can stop it! After the overall situation is settled, everyone will gather again and win the battle Congratulations!"

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After nightfall, the working craftsmen returned to their camps, drank a few bowls of vegetable soup that suddenly became thin, and then returned to their tents with their own thoughts.

"I heard that Stone City has suddenly added more guards to protect it. Could it be that another military incident is about to happen?"

"It seems that an envoy in Taiwan was beaten to death on the street the day before yesterday, and the whole city is not at peace right now..."

"How could anyone dare to commit such evil? Could it be that the slaves from the north crossed the river to commit the crime?"

"Ha, how dare Jie Nu take it lightly! Not to mention Tao Gong of Jingzhou and Xi Gong of Guangling, the son-in-law Shen Hou alone is an invincible general!"

"But some people say that Marquis Shen was blamed for something and has been sent back to his hometown! Look at those warehouses full of goods. It is said that Wu Xing's traitors used Marquis Shen's power to blackmail us in Danyang Township..."

"Marquis Shen has been dismissed, and those Wuxing people are still not panicking? They have already prepared their boats, and they are going to transport the property from our homeland back to Wuxing!"

"Stop talking nonsense, Marquis Shen Gaoyi is alive, if not for the help of the son-in-law, you would have starved to death in the rat hole, why didn't you have money to be blackmailed by then?"

"I don't have it, so don't others? Who would kindly give rice grains to others for nothing? Isn't that a conspiracy!"

"What do you know! Earlier, Marquis Shen promised that everyone who worked in the army would have farm income. But how could the court get so many farm houses? The Shanggong of Taichung wanted to go back on his word. He dismissed Marquis Shen and sent his servants to guard in Jiangbei. !"

Many discussions quietly spread in the night. Many people tossed and turned, unable to sleep at night. Occasionally, when they heard some movement in the barracks, they suddenly turned around and saw a few dark shadows in the night groping for their few belongings. Bundle it up and tie it on your body, then tiptoe out the door.

Outside the barracks, there were more and more figures swaying like ghosts. Suddenly, a shrill scream broke the silence of the night. Everyone looked in the direction of the sound as if awakened from a nightmare. Under the blazing fire, the person in charge The officials of the counties and counties who organized their work have been found out, and they are panic-stricken.

"What happened in the capital? If you dare to lie again, you will be killed immediately!"

Many people with hideous faces rushed up, holding bricks or sticks.

"You, you thieves..."

The officer had just yelled halfway, when a sharp blade suddenly appeared from his chest, and it already penetrated the whole body!
"When such a big event happens, the dog thief will still lie!"

A strong man drew out a sharp blade, shook off the blood on it, and then shouted: "The world is unkind, no one will kill me! I will no longer accompany you, I will go to fend for myself!"

As he said that, the strong man put the sharp blade into his arms and strode towards the gate of the camp.When the others saw this, their minds were in chaos, and they didn't know what to do.Until someone took a step like sleepwalking, the people next to him subconsciously followed.At the beginning, it seemed to be wandering aimlessly, but after a while, someone howled and ran wildly.

At this time, the strong man who was the first to move had already walked near the gate of the camp, and behind him, dozens of people had already been lifted up, and they were aggressively trying to smash the gate open.

The successors ran there one after another, each with a desperate madness on their faces, but before they got close, they saw that the front row of people seemed to be swept up by the strong wind, and their entire bodies were suddenly thrown backwards and landed on the ground. At that time, two or three feather arrows were inserted into the vital points of the body!
"After three drums, those who have not returned to the camp will be shot immediately!"

A murderous sound sounded outside the gate of the camp, and then there was a rapid drumbeat, and accompanied by the drumbeat, there were screams from all over the world, it was the rangers shooting and killing over the wall fugitive.

A quarter of an hour later, Shen Zhezi appeared from the opened gate of the camp. Looking at the noisy camp before but now silent, he ordered a soldier beside him to say: "Enter the camp according to the registration. Temporarily imprisoned. If you dare to resist, kill him immediately!"

Hundreds of soldiers rushed into the camp, while Shen Zhezi rushed into the night again surrounded by hundreds of horsemen.With the construction of fortifications everywhere, not all similar barracks are located in the south. This is the case here, and other places should be worrying.

　It's another big chapter, I've been waiting for a long time. . .

　　
　
(End of this chapter)