Great Warriors of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 5 Another God of War

The person on the opposite side came very quickly, and in a blink of an eye they were already close.

Seeing the carriage among the crowd, one of the riders accelerated and galloped forward.

"Bold thief, let him go!"

The man on the horse was over forty years old, wearing a flat scarf on his head, and a green robe, with a horizontal knife on his waist.A red square face is now frowning.

Qin Qiong saw that this person was dressed in an official robe, stepped forward neither humble nor overbearing, and cupped his hands, "I'm here, Qin Qiong, a soldier from the Youyiwei Mansion, pays homage to the superior. The eighteen blue-faced ghosts who blocked the road and robbed you just now have been captured by someone."

Only then did the man on the horse realize that the thieves behind Qin Qiong had been tied up in a long line.

"Caught it?" He couldn't help but asked in surprise. "What about my daughter?"

Luo Feng had already recognized from memory that the man on horseback was Zhang Yichen, their parent and magistrate of Zhangqiu County, and immediately took a step forward, "Caomin Nanshan villager Luo Wu paid a visit to County Magistrate Zhang, just now the thief came suddenly Thanks to the guards of Qin who drew their swords to help, my fellow countrymen and I also desperately helped to take down the thief, and the county magistrate's daughter was not injured at all, and is now in the carriage."

Hearing that his daughter was fine, County Magistrate Zhang heaved a sigh of relief. He heard the fleeing policeman Zhao report that his daughter's carriage had encountered a thief here, but he rushed over immediately.

"Runniang!" Magistrate Zhang jumped off his horse and ran to the carriage.

The curtains of the carriage are opened,

First came down a maid, wearing a small-sleeved blouse, a high-waisted long skirt with a sagging belt, a silk covering her shoulders, and a double bun on her head.

Immediately afterwards, a slightly older girl came down. She was dressed in a blue long-sleeved gown and a yellow skirt, she was slim, delicate and beautiful.

She looked only twenty-eight years old.

"Aye!"

The county magistrate's daughter called out excitedly, her voice was very moving, and Miss Zhang's beauty surprised him even more. He never thought that there was such a beautiful girl in the Sui Dynasty thousands of years ago.

To be more specific, it’s not about how to overwhelm the country. In terms of pure appearance, it doesn’t feel particularly amazing, but there is a sense of purity that will not be seen in later generations. , a natural face, plain and clean but exquisite features are very attractive, coupled with her clothes from the Sui Dynasty, this Luo Feng, who is used to seeing the women of later generations, couldn't help but shine.

"Miss Run, are you alright?"

County Magistrate Zhang looked at her daughter up and down, Runniang hurriedly told her father, speaking in a very low voice, as if she vaguely mentioned Qin Qiong and Luo Wu, Luo Feng looked at Runniang father and daughter boldly and a little impolitely, Qin Qiong on the other side was very polite and kept his eyes fixed.

"Hahaha!"

Zhang Yichen laughed loudly, "I really didn't expect to meet a blue-faced ghost here. Fortunately, a few righteous men helped me, otherwise the consequences would be disastrous."

He turned around and looked at Qin Qiong and Luo Feng again. Just now, his daughter had almost told the story of encountering the thief. If his daughter hadn't told him personally, he could hardly believe that the group of people in front of him were so powerful, especially that Qin Qiong.

"Qin Qiong, Luo Wu?"

Qin Qiong cupped his hands, "Under Qin Qiong's name is Shubao, he is the second in his family, and he is from Licheng County, Qi County. This is my aunt's cousin, from Zhangqiu South Village. His surname is Luo, and he is the fifth in his family."

At this time, the large group of people behind had also approached, and several knights came over with a middle-aged knight in their arms.

He glanced at the bound blue-faced ghosts, and looked at Qin Qiong and Luo Feng with some curiosity, "Mr. Zhang, it looks like it was a false alarm!"

County magistrate Zhang bowed his hands to the man on horseback, "It was originally a catastrophe, but thanks to the help of these strong men, the little girl was saved from danger, and the eighteen blue-faced ghosts that the government had been keeping tabs on were taken down in one go. .”

"Good thing, these are the ones who took down the blue-faced Eighteen Ghosts?"

"Zhang Juncheng, the little girl said by herself that the eighteen blue-faced ghosts were captured by them, especially the two cousins ​​of Qin Luo who were so brave and unstoppable. Qin guards killed two with a pair of double maces and captured three alive. , this Luo Wulang also defeated three thieves, it's really amazing."

"Oh, although Zhang is a newcomer and hasn't officially taken office yet, he has heard a little about the eighteen blue-faced ghosts that are rampant in Shandong. They are hard-to-handle gangsters, and he unexpectedly fell here."

At this moment, Zhang Yichen hurriedly said to Qin Qiong and Luo Feng, "This is our newly-appointed Zhang Juncheng in Qi County, why don't you hurry up and pay a visit."

The magistrate of the county, the magistrate of a county.

Counties have county magistrates, and counties also have magistrates.

When Luo Feng heard that the other party was the magistrate, he immediately knew that he was a big boss.

In a county with a radius of a hundred miles, the county magistrate and county magistrate are generally called the three heads, while in the county, they are generally ranked in this order by the prefect, the general guard, and the county magistrate.

Before Yang Guang succeeded to the throne, when the Sui Dynasty was first established, the whole country inherited the administrative divisions of the Northern and Southern Dynasties at that time, and the divisions were very chaotic. There were states, counties and counties, and often there were only two or three counties in a state, and only a few counties in a county, resulting in ten sheep and nine shepherds. .Emperor Wen later reformed the division of divisions and abolished the county level uniformly, leaving only the prefectures, making the whole country a two-level system of prefectures and counties.

After Yang Guang succeeded to the throne and proclaimed himself emperor, he made another reform, withdrawing prefectures and setting up counties, and implementing a two-level system of prefectures and counties.Although it sounds like a bit of nonsense, changing the state and county system to the county and county system actually has a lot of profound meaning.The number of counties has decreased, and at the same time, the ranks of local county officials have also been reduced, and the central government's control over the localities has increased.

At first, Zanzhi was set up in the county, and it was changed to the county's prime minister soon after.

Unlike the county yamen, the county magistrate, who is equivalent to the duties of an office director, Yang Guang has made great adjustments to the county level.For example, the prefects and magistrates of prefectures and counties were deprived of the power to enlist subordinate officials and appointed by the imperial court.For another example, in the past, the prefect of the prefect had great power and was in charge of both civil and military affairs. Yang Guang took away the military power of the prefect, and the prefect only managed the people.

The prefect governs the people, and the general guard controls the county soldiers.

However, only some large counties have to set up general guards, and most counties do not have the official position of general guards. Therefore, the commander of the general guards is the responsibility of the county magistrate.

The three most famous magistrates at the end of the Sui Dynasty should be Li Jing, the magistrate of Yanmen, Wang Shichong, the magistrate of Jiangdu, and Zhang Xutuo, the magistrate of Qi.

Luo Feng looked at the burly man in his forties, he was the new governor of Qi County, and his surname was Zhang, so it seemed that this was Zhang Xutuo.

As soon as Zhang Xutuo's name was mentioned, he was named in the history books and was known as the person who held the Tianzhu in the late Sui Dynasty.

Qin Qiongcheng, Jin Luoshixin and other strong generals were all under his command. Li Mi, Zhai Rang, Shan Xiongxin, Xu Shiji, etc., who were against the king at the end of the Sui Dynasty, Caomang, were all his defeated generals.

It is said that Zhang Xutuo fought with the two famous generals Shi Wansui and Yang Su in his early years. He has rich battle experience, excellent military skills, and outstanding martial arts. All of them change color.

Unexpectedly, he actually met here.

(End of this chapter)