Guide to Traveling through the Northern Song Dynasty.

Chapter 333 0328【Forced into the water】

Ju Ming was extremely angry when he received the news from Pingli County.

He was annoyed at Yang Anshi's disobedience, but also unbearable for Zhang Jin to kill the lieutenant without authorization.

What does Zhang Jin mean? Ju Ming is very clear. It has four purposes——

First, show your loyalty to Zhu Ming, show that you are not greedy for money, and do what Zhu Ming says.

Second, take the opportunity to gain prestige and completely control the newly recruited troops under his command.

Third, clean up military discipline and kill monkeys to make an example to chickens.

Fourth, stabilize the hearts of the people and demonstrate benevolence and righteousness.

Zhu Ming called Guan Sheng over: "You go to Pingli County to be the deputy general. On my own behalf, I personally reward the soldiers and give rewards to every soldier. As for Zhang Jin, he has made great achievements in capturing the county and restraining the troops. He is named Bao Yilang and the commander of Jinzhou Fifth Army."

The army was initially created and temporarily organized and trained. There was not even a military law team, and the logistics establishment was empty.

This is to expand the territory quickly and give the generals the greatest power. Everything will wait until the entire Golden State is occupied.

Zhu Ming never expected that someone would be so bold.

After talking about the reward, Zhu Ming said the punishment: "Zhang Jin killed the deputy general without permission, demoted him to Cheng Xinlang, changed his power (agent) to command, and punished the thirty army sticks!"

Guan Sheng expressed his concern: "Will it make him feel dissatisfied?"

Zhu Ming said: "Privately tell Zhang Jin to expand the army to 3000. When he builds the Jinzhou Fifth Army in Pingli County, he will be able to atone for his crimes and resume his official post. I will also give him a treasured sword, which is a personal gift from me. Let him not think too much about it."

"Msanggong is thoughtful." Guan Sheng said sincerely.

The administrative and military systems have not been innovated for the time being, and everything has been inherited from the Song Dynasty.

Even the salary of the subordinate staff is the same, and they have to rely on gray income to eat.

Changing the system is a big project, which will cause short-term chaos and is not conducive to rapid development.On the contrary, it is the flaws of the old system that can be covered up during expansion.

Both Zhu Guoxiang and Zhu Ming have not opened their houses yet, and all orders are issued in their own names.

These are extremely abnormal, and we have to occupy the entire Hanzhong and consolidate the territory before we can talk about it.

At that time, Zhu Guoxiang will open a government to manage civil affairs, and Zhu Ming will open a government to manage military affairs.Take advantage of the situation to adjust the official system and salary system, improve the army establishment and military law, and only after these are done can we go to Bashu.

Guan Sheng set off quickly, met Zhang Jin in private, and conveyed Ju Ming's meaning.

But Zhang Jin said with a smile: "I know that killing a lieutenant without permission is a serious crime, so let's hit the army stick with the army stick."

Several of his goals have been achieved, and before the establishment of the system, there is no need to worry about severe punishment, and it does not matter if he is temporarily demoted or beaten with a military stick.

The only surprise was that Zhu Ming sent Guan Sheng here as his deputy.

The implication that Guan Sheng was supervised by Ju Ming's personal leader was too obvious, which made Zhang Jin feel a little scared.Let him choose again, he would definitely not dare to kill directly, but instead escort Yang Anshi to Jinzhou and hand it over to Zhu Ming.

At the same time, Zhu Ming ordered all the troops to strictly prohibit similar incidents from happening again.

If you do it again next time, your head will be cut off!

……

But it was said that Yang Zhi took the elite soldiers from Tiemao Village and headed towards Xunyang County by boat on the afternoon when Zhu Ming raised his troops.

Arriving in the evening, Xunyang County is about to close the city gate, and the officials here don't know what happened in the city.

One soldier was not damaged, occupied the city, grabbed the county magistrate and chopped it down directly.

Zeng Xiaoduan, who set off with the army, took over the post of county magistrate, and after controlling the county government, he posted a list to calm the people.

On the second day, Yang Zhi expanded his army to 1500 in Xunyang County and asked Sun Li to divide his troops to attack Fuyang Town.

One of the inspectors in the town surrendered without saying a word.

In the border area between Xunyang County and Junzhou, there are several groups of water bandits.Hearing that Zhu Ming raised an army in Jinzhou, water bandits came to seek refuge one after another. Yang Zhi asked to organize a water army, and soon got Zhu Ming's consent.

However, in Shiquan and Hanyin counties, due to the late dispatch of troops, all the officials in the two counties abandoned the city and fled.

The entire Golden State was like paper. In six days, all five counties were in hand.

The biggest casualty of the rebel army was that more than 20 people were executed by Zhang Jin.

If it were an ordinary peasant uprising, it is estimated that the rebel leaders would have drifted away, and it is completely unclear how dangerous this would be.

Time back to six days ago.

Zhu Guoxiang divided his troops into three groups and pointed directly at the three counties of Yangzhou.

Sun Lan and Hua Rong led the army to attack Xixiang County.

Deng Chun and Xu Ning led troops to attack Zhenfu County.

Zhu Guoxiang and Zhang Guangdao led [-] soldiers to join Li Jinyi's Jintan village army and went to attack Yangzhou City in person.

Zhu Guoxiang swaggered ashore just like that, and people greeted him along the way.

The people on the pier came to watch this strange army in rattan armor.The soldiers were already approaching the city, and no one thought that Zhu Xianggong was rebelling, and the guards still nodded and bowed to please.

"Take it."

Zhu Guoxiang gave the order softly.

A group of rattan armored soldiers rushed forward and quickly controlled the South City Gate. The guards who were pinned to the ground hadn't reacted yet.

what's the situation?
The guards at the city gate looked confused and shouted for injustice: "Mr. Zhu, we guard the city gate and only charge a few pennies, but we haven't committed any serious crimes!"

Zhu Guoxiang ignored it, and led his troops straight to the state and county government offices.

"Prefect, Mr. Zhu has rebelled, Mr. Zhu has rebelled!"

"what?"

Zhizhou Cao Zao thought his ears were wrong: "Who is wrong?"

The subordinate official exclaimed: "Mr. Zhu has turned his back on him, and he has brought troops into the city to kill him!"

"Don't talk nonsense." Cao Zao still couldn't believe it.

"It's really killing me!" the petty official said in a panic.

Cao Zao's first reaction was not to run away, nor to organize the yamen servants and archers to resist, but to go out with his entourage to confirm the news.

Before stepping out of the gate of the state government, he bumped into Zhu Guoxiang face to face.

"Mr. Yuanzhang, what is the meaning of this?" Cao Zao stared at Zhu Guoxiang dumbfounded as if he had fallen into an ice cave.

Zhu Guoxiang said: "You are not too greedy, you can avoid death. When I capture Xingyuan Mansion, I will let you leave Hanzhong, but you need to keep your money."

Cao Zao was startled, angry and terrified: "Mr. Yuanzhang, the officials have treated you well!"

Zhu Guoxiang said: "The officials treat the common people so poorly."

"This is rebellion, Lord Yuanzhang, please think twice!" Cao Zao begged.

Zhu Guoxiang didn't say anything, and ordered: "Immediately occupy the state government offices and warehouses. Zhang Guangdao, you send people to appease the people, and call all the gentry and merchants inside and outside the city."

……

Zheng family.

Zheng Lan looked at the children and grandchildren, already confused: "It's a disaster, it's a disaster, it's a disaster to destroy the family! It shouldn't be..."

Zheng Hong was also in a panic, mainly because of the rebellion, which was a bit beyond his imagination.

The family discussed over and over again, but they couldn't come up with a result.

Zheng Yuanyi married Zhu Ming as a concubine, and also gave birth to Zhu Ming's eldest son. The Zheng family is definitely an anti-thief in-law.

After arguing for a long time, Zheng Hong finally regained his ability to think: "Grandfather, the Zhu family rebelled, and the Zheng family will rebel if they don't. Send all the children in the clan to serve under Mr. Zhu's command, and send some money, food, wine and food to the army. If our family can't get rid of the responsibility, we can only work with the Zhu family. The Zhu family rebelled, and the Zheng family rebelled. The Zhu family recruited, and the Zheng family recruited."

The Zheng family is different from the Zhang family.

Although Zhang Gen married his daughter to Zhu Ming as his official wife, Zhang's family has numerous former officials and married many officials and eunuchs.The imperial court punished Zhang Gen himself at most, and would never punish the entire family.

As for the Zheng family, it was a disaster to destroy their family properly, so they could only go to the dark one by one.

Fatty Zheng led the children of the clan and brought a lot of money, and hurried to the state government office to meet Zhu Guoxiang.

Zhu Guoxiang was quite pleased and immediately gave the appointment: "You are going to be the county magistrate of Xixiang, and you must appease the hearts of the people!"

"Yes."

Fatty Zheng was a little excited after the panic.

Although he studied since he was a child, he couldn't even pass the exam, and now he is a county magistrate for no reason.

The county magistrate appointed by the rebels is also the county magistrate!
……

In the waste gold mine.

When Gong Xiu learned that Zhu Guoxiang had rebelled, he was stunned for a while, and then he was overjoyed: "I've thought about it for a long time, Mr. Zhu has done a great job. Call five hundred young men, and follow me to Yangzhou City to join the army!"

This fellow has six sons, four of whom have grown up, and they are all heroes with superb martial arts skills.

……

Shangbai Village.

"I knew it, I knew it!"

The old white member whose legs were completely paralyzed, leaned on the top chair and kept muttering: "His father and son just came to the village, and I knew they were not good people. Sure enough, wolves are plotting to make trouble."

Bai Dalang asked: "What should my family do?"

The old Bai member said: "Your third brother is an official of the imperial court, and he was finally admitted to Jinshi. Could it be that the Bai family can still become a thief?"

"But...but..." Bai Dalang was about to cry.

"Let me think about it, let me think about it again." The old white member was a little out of his mind, and Zhu Guoxiang's rebellion was too unexpected for him.

Although Bai Chongyan was admitted as a Jinshi, his first official position was recommended by Zhu Ming.The second appointment was recommended by Zhu Guoxiang.

Zhu's father and son rebelled, can this official continue?
To be a fart official, at least you have to be dismissed, and if you don't pay attention, you will be removed from the editor!

The old white member wanted to cry but had no tears. The Bai family finally produced a Jinshi, so why did such an outrageous thing happen?

"It's not good, Gu Ye brought Gu San down the mountain and is recruiting soldiers to rebel in the village!" A servant rushed in in panic.

The old white member said: "Quickly carry me out."

Bai Dalang quickly followed, and the father and son hurried to the village.

I saw Lao Gu with a full head of white hair, holding a big knife in his hand, followed by more than a dozen tea workers.

Gu Shusheng (Gu San) held up a spear and said to the villagers who came one after another: "The government taxation is getting heavier and heavier, and you owe more and more rent to the Bai family. How can you live on this day? Zhu Xianggong and Zhu Dalang are both very righteous. If you simply go to the army with me, you might even be a high-ranking official. If you trust me, pick up the spear stick and follow me!"

Many young people, who heard Ju Ming talk about "Journey to the West" back then, have grown up and become teenagers now.

They are naturally close to Zhu's father and son, even if it is a beheading business, some people are willing to follow along.

Especially those young people who are at the age of doing things recklessly.

When the Bai family father and son arrived, there were already more than 40 people gathered around Gu San with sticks in their hands, even though their parents begged to stop them, they were indifferent.

Old Gu cupped his hands and said: "Besides the Bai members, the kindness I owe to the Bai family has almost been repaid in these years. Please don't stop me from recruiting soldiers in the village."

The old white member sighed: "Oh, you are already old, why bother to go into that muddy water?"

Old Gu said: "I have a sworn feud with the government, and I thought I would live my whole life. But I didn't realize that Mr. Zhu is also doing great things. If I don't go to the army to rebel, I will feel sorry for my dead parents."

The old white member was silent for a while, and said to his son: "You take some people from your tribe, and go with them, the Bai family can't hide. Either they will prosper, or their family will be ruined, and they can only gamble with Mr. Zhu!"

(End of this chapter)