Great Leaving the Night's Watch

Chapter 183 Wu Song: Let the villain empathize

It was the early autumn of another year, and under the leadership of Shi Bin, the Dali Dynasty gradually regained its vitality.

More and more food was saved, and in the past five years, the number of soldiers had increased by [-], which was enough to launch a large-scale war.

Shi Bin originally waited for the autumn harvest before launching a campaign to attack Luoyang.

This level of water and land important town has been a battleground for military strategists since ancient times.

The terrain of Luoyang is Bingzhou after Luoshui in the north, and Puyang after Wulao Pass in the east.

Above Puyang is Yecheng, an important town in Hebei.

The top of Yecheng is full of Yanyun-shaped places that produce horses and grain. Whoever controls this place controls a major resource area.

It's still a bit far away to say these things now, that's for later.

The first step is to attack Luoyang and occupy Wulao Pass.

In fact, this pass was originally called Hulao Pass, and the ancestor of Emperor Li Shimin was named Li Hu. In order to avoid the taboo, it was changed to Wulao Pass.

It is also an ancient bad habit to shy away from important people.

Han Yu wrote an article to satirize this phenomenon. If the name of the ancestor has the word "benevolence", is it true that the descendants will not be human?Avoidance makes no sense at all.

After reading it, the emperor replied that it was well said, and I will consider it.

It turns out that what the emperor said was like farting, business as usual.

The taboo has to be taboo.

Now Shi Bin and others are looking at a map in the southern suburbs of Chang'an.

Everyone sat cross-legged in the wild.

He discussed with Di Gong, Lu Jingxuan and others: "Is it enough to invest [-] troops? Can we win in one battle?"

Lu Jingxuan said: "I don't know military affairs, I don't know military tactics, so I don't dare to speak nonsense. Your Majesty should ask Duke Di."

Shi Bin said, "Di Qing, what's your opinion?"

Di Gong thought for a while, and said: "I dare not pour cold water on your majesty, and you can't lie to deceive your majesty. Luoyang city is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the city wall is high and thick. For the British lords of the level of Liu Bang and Liu Xiu, Luoyang is even more powerful. It is the most difficult city to fight..."

Shi Bin knew what he meant, it was to save face for himself, so he asked: "Then tell me, how should we march?"

"There are hundreds of thousands of guards in Luoyang, and the enemy can come to help at any time. I'm afraid it will take a long time. The court spends money, food and soldiers and horses, but they return without success, which ruins your majesty's reputation." Di Gong thought for a long time before saying this sentence talk.

Shi Bin pointed to the map and said: "Then if we shrink Huainan's defense line, march from Xuchang, attack Chenliu first, and cut off Luoyang's wings..."

Duke Di clasped his fists to salute, and said solemnly: "I have this intention, but I have never dared to speak to your majesty, because in this way, the military rations will be spent at least ten times more! If you can't win, Dali Dynasty has managed to save for several years. The family fortune will be completely ruined. So I have been thinking of other ways, and dare not easily persuade His Majesty to do this."

Shi Bin closed his eyes, concentrating on meditation, his stomach was unbearably hungry.

"Let's go, first find a place to make some connections."

This place is too remote, there are no restaurants or inns.

I can only learn from Tang Monk for alms.

Almsgiving is actually a decent way of saying it.

An eminent monk can never disregard his status like a stinky beggar.

So he started with a bowl, took the broken rice decently and said: "Almsgiver, the poor monk wants to have some vegetarian rice."

To put it bluntly, it is to take advantage of ordinary people's trust and respect for monks and Taoists to complete the behavior of begging for nothing and not giving money.

If it is a beggar doing this, you have to change your style of painting, kneel down and kowtow, and then say piously: "I beg the kind-hearted grandpa and grandma to give me some food. Thank you, villain. All the gods will bless you to make a fortune and be healthy." Blessed!"

I wanted to go hunting, but I didn't bring much money. The emperor himself didn't bring any money. Di Gong is such a great hunter, he is much better than an archer. As long as he has prey, he doesn't need to bring money, let alone worry about food.

Lu Jingxuan was responsible for bringing the money, but when they traveled all the way, they found that no matter how good the harvest was, there were still hungry people, so he gave them all the money.Let them buy food to eat, and use the money to support until the autumn harvest.

In this way they themselves are penniless.

And this poor place is too poor, even the prey are not willing to come here.

All the adults can only go with the emperor for alms.

After walking for a long time, I finally found a broken thatched cottage.

There was smoke from cooking at home, it seemed that he was not someone who couldn't even afford to eat.

Everyone was walking, and if there was no more stuttering in this place, everyone could only walk back hungry.

The door was open, and when Lu Jingxuan came to the door, a woman was pounding rice with tears on her face.

There are pumpkins, potatoes, sweet potatoes and other things at home, it seems that there will be no shortage of food.

"Sister-in-law, we are passers-by and are unbearably hungry. Can you give me something to eat?" Lu Jingxuan called.

The woman wiped her tears, came out to look at Shi Bin and the others, and said, "Come in, although there is no wine or meat, there are enough potatoes and sweet potatoes."

The woman wiped her hands on her apron and continued cooking.

After everyone went in, they found that there was another man, who was her husband.

The man was seriously injured, and the elders were lying on the bed, unable to help their daughter-in-law with work, crying secretly.

The woman said: "Third brother, they are passing guests and want to order something to eat with us."

The man said: "Then give them some potatoes, sweet potatoes or something. Anyway, these things are high-yield, and we have no shortage of food. This is all the merit of the emperor!"

The woman burst into tears: "Yes, the emperor is an old man, he has done a lot of good deeds, and solved the problem of eating for the common people. We farmers should thank the emperor. It's just hateful. The emperor ruled, but they are all scumbags." Be an official! Refuse to make decisions for the people!"

As she said that, she covered her face and cried even more fiercely.

The man also cried, and then said to Shi Bin and others: "Guests, don't laugh, my wife is missing a daughter. The two of us only have one precious daughter, which is our lifeblood. When I see my daughter smiling, it's like seeing her smile." It’s like sunshine! We two, we’re so dazed thinking about our daughter!”

Wu Song's temper was like a fire, and he asked, "What's wrong with your daughter?"

The man cried: "There is an official from the laborer who asked, walking a hundred miles to the west, there is a poor mountain pass, they drowned after giving birth to their daughters, they didn't want to raise wives for other people's families, but they gave birth to too many sons, so they couldn't marry a wife , so I went outside to tie up the girl.”

The woman cried bitterly: "I kidnapped my daughter. She was only 14 years old that year. We were so anxious that we wanted to die. We searched like crazy. It took a year to believe me! Where is the child's father going?" The important person was chased out by the whole village and beaten, they limped him and injured him all over..."

She couldn't continue, and cried for a long time before she said: "Our heart hurts like a knife when we think about our daughter."

Shi Bin's blood surged with anger: "Then why didn't you report to the officials?"

The man said: "I went to report to the officials, but the subordinates of the county magistrate Chang asked us for regular money, saying that we had to pay for doing things for us, how could we have money. But he said, leading troops to such a far place, I can’t go in vain, but he asked for 100 taels, and if we were fried out of oil, it wouldn’t be 100 taels. Poor my precious girl is tied up like an animal every day, and I have to take turns to serve the two of them every day. son!"

The woman cried bitterly: "I can't live! How much my daughter has to suffer! If we can't save her for a day, we don't even dare to commit suicide. We can't sleep thinking about her every day!"

Shi Bin slapped the table angrily, and cursed: "This county magistrate, damn it! He deserves to be killed! He deserves to be cut!"

With a wave of his hand, he took Wu Song and others out.

The woman chased after her and said, "How did the guests leave? Let's go after dinner."

"I'm not in the mood to eat, and I don't have the face to eat." Shi Bin didn't turn his head.

"When the little girl is at home, she has the kindest heart. She feeds pheasants and ducks. She doesn't even want to hurt an ant. If she knows that the guests passing by are hungry and come to the house, but her parents don't even give her a bite of food, she will be very angry. Blame us," said the woman.

Shi Bin didn't even look back: "If you don't smash the dog official surnamed Chang into thousands of pieces, I won't have the face to eat you! If you beat Luoyang, take it easy beforehand, if you don't save your daughter, I won't be the emperor!"

The woman was stunned.

After Shi Bin and others walked a long way, she realized what she had just heard to her husband.

They returned hungry.

When he came to the county government office, he asked Lu Jingxuan to negotiate without disclosing his identity, and let's see how good the county magistrate is.

Lu Jingxuan called to open the door and said to the steward, "Our master has something to talk to your county magistrate."

The butler smiled and stretched out his hand, "Give me the regular money first."

Lu Jingxuan said: "When we talk about business, do you want to send money to your family first?"

The housekeeper accused: "You are so ignorant, so what about official business? My lord is the parent official of a county. No matter how rich and background you are, you are just ordinary people. If you want to ask my lord, you must give money."

Sure enough, it costs money to meet each other, and the couple didn't lie.

Lu Jingxuan kept his composure, kicked him away, then waved to everyone, and they came to the inner mansion.

Now, if you don't give money, the county magistrate has to welcome it.

"What do you do?" the county magistrate asked when he saw that they were dressed in plain clothes.

"I'm begging my lord to uphold justice. My relative's daughter was snatched away by people in the poor mountains hundreds of miles away. I beg my lord to follow the law of great separation and perform your due duties." Shi Bin said.

Mr. Chang put on the airs of an official: "It is my job to be the master for the people. But in such a far place, it is definitely not enough to have fewer soldiers, but the court will not pay for the food, drink, housing and transportation expenses of so many soldiers."

Di Gong said calmly, "If it weren't for my relatives who are officials in the court, I would really believe your nonsense."

Wu Song suppressed the fire: "Soldiers have their own salaries. You are clearly treating people as fools by saying this."

Seeing that they couldn't be fooled by the county magistrate Chang, he simply said, "So what! If you ask someone to do something, you can't let them suffer in vain! If you are really anxious, don't let that little girl be ravaged by the wicked there, and come out quickly." Money. Once the money is in place, we will send troops here.”

Shi Bin endured the last of his patience and asked, "How much do we need to give you to let the county magistrate do this job?"

The county magistrate Chang said: "100 taels. If there is less, there is no need to talk about it."

He noticed that Shi Bin's eyes were extremely sharp.

There is a strong sense of oppression.

This is the look that can only be seen by those who have been in the position for a long time.

He was afraid that the other party had a big background, but he thought again, how could there be such a big shot in such a small, remote county that doesn't want to shit?

The big shots in the capital all like to go to rich and prosperous places to play, wherever there are more brothels.

Who would come to this shitty place with nothing to do?
At least it’s a 100-year-old place that hasn’t been visited by a big person.

But he still said some soft words: "If it's something that I can solve by myself, of course I can't charge money. But to go to that poor mountain valley, at least a few hundred soldiers have to be brought along. It's really not a decimal..."

At the moment his soldiers are standing guard.

Shi Bin took out two things.

One is the imperial seal of the emperor.

One is the decree of heaven.

Seeing this, all the soldiers hurriedly bowed down.

Those inside and outside got the news, and hurried out to pay homage.

Shi Bin glanced at Wu Song and said, "I'll give you twenty soldiers, and you take this dog official to Caishikou and execute him in public!"

Then he said to all the soldiers: "Everyone prepare food and grass, and follow me to the mountain pass to save people! I will give you half an hour to prepare, and anyone who dares to delay will be killed immediately!"

All the soldiers led away.

Shi Bin and others sat in the county government office and drank the good wine from the county magistrate's collection, and ate the ready-made roast chicken, snacks and other food as soon as they were brought.

Wu Song also gave him the share.

The emperor asked Wu Song to execute the county magistrate, that is, he had to personally lead the troops to fight the mountain col, and Wu Song had full power to decide the execution of the county magistrate.

Wu Song said: "Your Majesty, this dog official is unwilling to make decisions for the people, and he doesn't care about what the couple's daughter lives in the devil's cave every day. I suggest that all the female family members of his family be assigned to Jiaofang Secretary! Let him also Empathize with me, what is it like!"

"Zoo!" Shi Bin didn't even think about it.

"In addition, my minister, please execute this thief Ling Chi and make it known to the world!"

"Prelude!"

The county magistrate fainted from fright.

(End of this chapter)