Guide to Traveling through the Northern Song Dynasty.

Chapter 62 0059 [Xixiang County is really black]

I wish the house.

The bearded man who went to Heifengzhai that day to persuade Yang Jun to plunder is now reporting the news: "There are more than [-] archers recruited in each township. Officials, responsible for training those archers, I am afraid it will not be easy to break through the bandits."

"Let the civil servants practice archers?" Zhu Zongdao laughed.

The bearded man said again: "The county government hasn't seen any changes, and our people haven't been made things difficult. The county magistrate only drank with that old official yesterday."

Zhu Zongdao frowned and said, "The post I appointed was not made things difficult by Bai Chongwu?"

"No." said the bearded man.

Zhu Zongdao shook his head and said: "It's not right, it's too abnormal. He should take the opportunity to tease my people. If he doesn't do anything, there may be ghosts."

The bearded man guessed: "Could it be that the magistrate is going to attack the elder brother?"

Zhu Zongdao sneered: "I am the director, and I am an official. So Yang Jun and Yang Ying were arrested and confessed that I sent you to spread the word. We can also push it clean, saying that it is a bandit spouting blood."

"But the gentleman of Li Tongpan's family was injured by bandits," the bearded man reminded, "If Tongpan colluded with the county magistrate, and he charged Brother with a crime, I'm afraid..."

Zhu Zongdao was silent for a moment.

He was a rebel who went ashore with a clean slate, tasted the sweetness of being an official, and would not easily abandon his official position and run away, and he always had a little bit of luck in his heart.

It's not like before, barefoot people are not afraid of wearing shoes, and a bachelor can do whatever he wants.

Once you put on your shoes, you have to take extra care of them, not to mention taking them off and throwing them away, even if they get dirty, you will feel distressed.

The big beard said: "If you really want to attack us, I'm afraid that after the archers are trained, they will not attack Heifengzhai, but will first come to surround the big brother's house."

Zhu Zongdao still refused to believe it, and kept shaking his head: "If you want to arrest me, how can you use military training?"

It's really so lucrative, Zhu Zongdao is reluctant to bear the official hat, and his IQ has almost dropped to a negative number.

He knew that the bearded man was right, but he refused to believe it.

Even if you don't believe it, you have to guard against it.

Zhu Zongdao ordered: "During this time, brothers, don't wander around, and come to my house with weapons."

This guy's former subordinates were all dispersed when they recruited security. The weak ones were placed in various villages to work as farmers, and the strong ones were sent to Yangzhou to serve as Xiangjun.

The Xiang army worked hard, and escaped one after another, and came back to join Zhu Zongdao.

Zhu Zongdao happened to be short of confidantes, so he started to mess around, the gentle ones became clerks, the reckless ones became soap officials, and the incompetent ones became county captains as archers.

It is also because of breaking the rules and randomly stuffing people that the conflicts with the old white members have intensified, resulting in such a mess.

……

County government, inner courtyard.

Asked the county magistrate: "He is not afraid of crime and absconded, is it because I am not obvious enough?"

"Why don't you send a few strong hands to monitor Zhu's house and let him find out?" Bai Chongwu suggested.

Xiang Zhixian nodded and said, "Yes."

The plan of the two was to scare Zhu Zongdao away.

Once you escape, it can be deemed as absconding in fear of crime, which is much easier than forcibly accusing.After all, the chief bookkeeper is also an official, so it is not good to go too far, and direct arrest is the last resort.

Therefore, Zhu Zongdao was ordered to stay at home and not to wander around. While keeping Zhu Zongdao's cronies and officials at bay, he also repelled Zhu Zongdao's confidant archers and prevented them from participating in the bandit suppression operation.

The three-pronged approach is almost unexplained.

The sinister and ruthless Master Zhu actually looked incomprehensible, which was far beyond the expectations of Xiang Zhixian and Bai Chongwu.

"Master, Mr. Lu is asking to see you." The old slave came to report.

Asked the county magistrate, "Which officer is from Lu?"

The old slave replied: "The one in the west of the city who does business."

"A businessman who buys money, dares to call me an official," Xiang Zhixian sneered, "let him wait first!"

Bai Chongwu said: "Since the county lord has a visitor, he will leave first."

Xiang magistrate said: "Also."

Bai Chongwu left the inner courtyard with a bow, and met that official Lu on the way.The two looked at each other, Bai Chongwu nodded slightly, and Lu Guanren bowed his hands in greeting.

Lu Guanren is the richest man in Xixiang County!

The stolen goods from Heifengzhai were sold through the officials Lu.

At the same time, a portion of the tea from the old Baiyuan's family is smuggled into the market through Lu Guanren every year.

Let's put it this way, with the current Sichuan tea prohibition system, coupled with the exploitation of tea and horse bureaucrats, the tea growers would have gone bankrupt if they hadn't engaged in smuggling.

Lu Guanren walked into the inner courtyard calmly, and when he saw the magistrate, he became panic instantly: "Please forgive me, the magistrate!"

Xiang magistrate smiled all over his face and said kindly, "Why should Mr. Lu be like this, sit down and talk quickly."

How could it be possible to become the richest man in a county without an official background?

What's more, Lu Guanren is still a buyer (contractor), and it is impossible to win the bid without the cover of an official.

This kind of wealthy businessman, Xiangzhi County, does not want to offend.

Lu Guanren bowed and bowed: "Honor Rong Bing, I wish the master colluded with the bandit and forced me to sell the stolen goods for the bandit. I am a law-abiding businessman, and I dare not do such things, but I can't resist being persecuted." .”

"Is there such a thing?"

Xiang Zhixian looked surprised, but he was wondering what the other party's purpose was.

Lu Guanren said again: "The stolen goods in Heifengzhai were sold to me by Master Zhu through the hands of Bai Zongmin of Xiabai Village."

"Okay, Bai Zongmin actually colluded with the thieves!" Xiang Zhixian finally understood that the old white member had a really big appetite, and he wanted to do nothing but turn over Zhu Zhu, and planned to kill the young white member.

This is one fish and three meals?
Officer Lu continued: "Bai Zongmin also smuggled tea, and was forced to give it to me by Master Zhu. The surname Zhu took too much money, so I sold the forbidden goods privately, but there was no profit. I also ask the county lord to make the decision! "

Xiang Zhixian began to meditate, and felt itchy in his heart, that he was about to be wooed and corrupted.

It feels so good!
There are policies at the top and countermeasures at the bottom. Facing the harsh ban on tea, a smuggling system has already been formed in various roads in Sichuan and Shaanxi.

Zhu Zongdao also served as the county captain, not only responsible for arresting robbers, but also for anti-smuggling.

According to the usual practice, when local businessmen smuggle tea, they must secretly honor the county captain.

Unexpectedly, Zhu Zongdao stretched his hand too long, and was not satisfied with the little filial money, so he actually ended up taking a cut of it himself.

Although he didn't smoke much and was within acceptable limits, Officer Lu was extremely dissatisfied.

This time, he was persuaded by the old Bai Yuanwai that he didn't mind going along with the flow and giving Zhu Zongdao a ride.Then help the old Bai Yuanwai and kill the enemy Xiaobai Yuanwai.

He can also express his anger for Li Hanzhang, and take the opportunity to catch up with Li Tongpan's line, and when the smuggled goods cross Yangzhou, he can easily pass through the customs-this is the point!

At the same time, the future smuggling will also contribute to the magistrate, so that the magistrate can get along with the gentry and merchants in harmony.

Smuggling tea, the ones who lose profits are the Tea Horse Division, Guan Li Tongpan and Xiang Zhixian, they wish they could pick up filial piety money for nothing.

Xiang Zhixian stroked his beard and pretended to be angry: "I already know about this matter. Officer Lu was persecuted, and he didn't earn half a penny. Heifengzhai will be suppressed, and Zhu Zongdao and Bai Zongmin will also be arrested!"

Officer Lu reminded: "These two colluded with bandits to rebel and stubbornly refused to be arrested. They deserved to die! They deserved...to die!"

"really."

Xiang Zhixian suddenly felt that his vest was cold, it was too dark in Xixiang County.

One or two would kill people at every turn. He was afraid that he would be killed one day too!
In fact, everyone is still very polite. If the master Zhu broke the rules first, then don't blame others for completely tearing the face.

Whether it is a wealthy businessman in the county or a country gentry, they all want to seek stability, and they are the ones who obey the rules the most.

Isn't it good to make money in peace?
Xiang Zhixian sent the richest man away, and went to the archer's school in person. He decided not to wait for Zhu Zongdao to abscond in fear of crime, and directly took the archer to surround the house and kill him.

"Gather soldiers!"

"Dang Dang Dang Dang!"

The gong sounded for a long time, but the archers couldn't get together. Both Zhu Ming and Zhang Guangdao were absent.

Xiang magistrate was a little angry, and reprimanded sharply: "This county gathers troops, three of them are leaders, and two are absent. Is there any military discipline?"

Chen Ziyi stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, the weapons issued by the yamen are unusable. Zhu and Zhang are leaders, and they took people to make weapons themselves."

Xiang Zhixian had nothing to say for a moment. He also saw it yesterday, and it was all a bunch of junk.

After waiting for two full hours, Zhu Ming finally brought someone back.

There are more than 100 archers, some of them are carrying bamboo, some are holding pot lids, they are more like gang leaders busy cooking.

"Is this your weapon?" Xiang Zhixian asked.

Ju Ming cupped his hands and said, "We can only make do with it. Cutting bamboo and buying pot lids are all paid by ourselves. Can the county lord allocate some money to make up for it?"

The county magistrate had seen Ju Ming's knowledge before, and he already regarded him as a kindred spirit in his heart, so he nodded and promised, "I'll send someone to send the money later. You three are heads, come over and discuss important matters carefully."

Zhu Ming, Zhang Guangdao, and Chen Ziyi immediately gathered around Xiang Zhixian, and the rest of the archers were sent away.

Xiang magistrate whispered: "I have found out that Zhu Zongdao, the head of the county, secretly colluded with bandits and hidden soldiers in order to rebel. You can follow me to arrest people. If you resist arrest, you must be killed!"

"Follow orders, be sure to kill!" Zhu Ming said first, and the word "kill" was specially accentuated.

Xiang Zhixian smiled and nodded: "You can teach a child."

Sure enough, you are a scholar, you are with us all the way, and you don't need to say anything clearly.

(End of this chapter)