Early Ming Dynasty: Turning Clouds and Rains into New Learning Saints

Chapter 146

Ordinary new county magistrates really can't do anything to that big fat man.That is to say, he is the consort, not only has a great background, but also has more power than all county magistrates.

Therefore, it is not difficult for Zhang Yifan to rule this classic history.

But at this time, after Zhang San finished speaking, Zhang Yifan asked Zhu Wu to drag the two government servants who were beaten half to death.

Looking at the two government officials who were complaining about their grievances, Zhang Yifan said coldly: "I'll give you a chance to tell everything you know about Dian Shi's evil deeds, and you can be given leniency."

Having said this, he paused and emphasized: "There is only one chance!"

Hearing what the prince-in-law said, the two yamen servants didn't care about the pain on their bodies, but they didn't say anything. You looked at me and I looked at you, they both seemed to have concerns.

When Zhang Yifan saw it, he waved his hand and said: "Interrogate the two of them separately. If they haven't confessed before we finish eating, or if they don't confess truthfully, we don't need to worry about these two people."

After Zhu Wu heard this, he immediately agreed and took the people down.

Zhang Yifan saw that the two yamen servants didn't whine and complain, but just looked at each other, looking a little scrupulous.Looking at it like this, it is estimated that if they leave each other's sight, they will say everything.

According to Zhang San, this Dianshi had great power in Xiangshan County, and all the people in the government should be his.

With this in mind, he called a sergeant and asked him to immediately go to Guangdong Dusi to find Qi Xiang and ask him to borrow troops and come to Xiangshan County as soon as possible.

Of course, this was not dictated, but written in letters and stamped with seals.

When he finished all these tasks, the smell of meat was fragrant, but it was Qiu Ju who brought the people up, carrying plates of various meats on large plates.

When Zhang Yifan saw it, his interest suddenly came to him, and he immediately ordered: "Let's set up a running water table here to celebrate the upcoming elimination of the bullies in Xiangshan County!"

When everyone heard this, everyone was very happy.Especially those children, whose eyes are staring at the plates of meat, and they don't even know they are crying.

Even during the holidays, they have never seen so much meat.

However, some adults, especially some old people, although in this festive atmosphere, peeked at the prince consort and princess under the banyan tree from time to time. They still looked a little worried when they looked so young.

No, an old man who was tanned by the sun and was very thin secretly grabbed Zhang San who was busy and said to him: "Master Dianshi is so powerful, will this consort be unable to deal with him? Look, Everyone knows the evil deeds of Mr. Dianshi, but he is still eating and drinking here, this..."

When Zhang San heard this, he felt a little funny, so he comforted him: "Second uncle, don't worry. No matter how powerful Dian Shi is, can he be more powerful than Marquis Yongjia? When Marquis Yongjia meets his consort, he is always respectful. When meeting the prefect of Guangzhou, The same goes for marrying a consort. So who is Dianshi? Don’t worry, Dianshi’s good days are over!”

Although he said this, the old man was still obviously not at ease. Compared with other people who were happy, he was obviously in a bad mood.

Although Zhang Yifan was talking to Zhu Jingjing, he would also raise his head and scan the square, so he could naturally see it.

He could also guess what the situation was.

Whether it is about punishing criminals or implementing new policies, trust is a very important thing, and it cannot be done just by talking.

This classic history has done a lot of evil, just to use him to establish prestige in Xiangshan County, so that it will be much easier to implement the New Deal later.

While he was thinking about it, he heard Qiu Ju, who was already beside Zhu Jingjing, say: "Princess, does this meat taste a little astringent? It's a problem with coarse salt. No one in the whole village has refined salt. Well, over there. …”

As he spoke, he pointed with his hand to the row in the distance where a group of children had started eating first and said: "Over there, all the coarse salt has been used up, and there is no salt."

"Is it true?" Zhu Jingjing listened, her eyes widened in disbelief, "There is no salt, so how come they eat it so deliciously?"

After hearing this, Zhang Yifan immediately smiled and said: "If you can't eat meat all year round, you can still eat it deliciously without adding any condiments!"

When he talked about this, he remembered his childhood in later generations.

At that time, I was also poor.Therefore, sometimes if there is no other dish, just soy sauce bibimbap, which is equally delicious.

When I grew up, I missed the taste of my childhood. I also ate soy sauce bibimbap once, but I couldn't eat it and it didn't have the same taste as I remembered.

Some people say that the quality of soy sauce in the past was good, but Zhang Yifan believes that it was actually due to the lack of supplies at that time and the lack of good food.Just like these children in front of me, it is their first time to eat big fish and meat, and it is delicious no matter what they eat.

Thinking about this, Zhang San happened to come over and he asked casually: "Why don't you even have enough salt in your village?"

Logically speaking, how could there be a shortage of salt in a village by the sea?

No, Zhu Jingjing and Qiu Ju were very curious, they looked at Zhang San together, wondering why?
When Zhang San heard this, he immediately said angrily: "All the salt in the county belongs to Mr. Dianshi. He is the only one who can sell salt. Anyone who dares to cook salt in private, even if it is just for his own consumption, will be ruined if he finds out." End."

Zhang Yifan listened and nodded, understanding it very well.

Salt is a necessity, and being monopolized by that fat man from Dianshi is like a constant cornucopia, using it to plunder every penny of the people of Xiangshan.

Thinking about this, he said to Zhang San: "So, the smell of rotten fish and shrimp in your village is very strong, because there is no time to process the seafood, there is no way to salt it, and the weather is hot, so it smells bad?"

"The Prince Consort is absolutely right!" Zhang San nodded and said, "The extra fish and shrimp in the village can only be preserved longer by drying them in the sun."

At this point, he said bitterly: "Even coarse salt is ridiculously expensive. We are ordinary people here, so we are not willing to use salt to pickle it!"

After Zhang Yifan heard this, a thought immediately flashed through his mind.Since Xiangshan County is a special zone and all affairs are directly under the jurisdiction of Zhu Yuanzhang and not under local control, the salt field within the territory can also be taken over.

Regarding this salt matter, should I write a memorial to my father-in-law?
While thinking about this matter, he became distracted.

After Zhang San brought over two chickens, he saw that the consort seemed to be thinking about something, so he went to work again.

On the official road, two more horses came galloping over. They were surprised to see the situation in the village.

These two people were Ma Ruhai's servants, and they came after them after inquiring about the whereabouts of the county magistrate's consort.

Of course they knew that two government officials had already come to look for someone, but they never saw anything in return, so they came over to have a look.

However, here in the village, looking at it from a distance, it is quite lively.The laughter and laughter could be heard from afar.And there is smoke from cooking in the village. Logically speaking, there should be no smoke at this point.

"Is the Prince Consort having fun with the people? Eating and drinking together?"

"It looks like, from such a distance, I can smell the aroma of meat!"

"Damn it, we worked so hard and were still scared, and then we ended up eating and drinking here?"

"That's no wonder. I said those two people didn't reciprocate, but Ganqing also had food and drink?"

"Could it be that the Prince Consort and the Princess are really on an autumn outing? The life of a rich man is just different!"

"How about we go in and check. If the Prince Consort and the princess are eating and drinking here, then it's not too late for us to repay the master?"

"I can see it!"

The two Ma family servants were drooling and after discussing it, they also came to the village.

However, the two of them did not rush in on horseback like the previous two government officials. When they saw that the villagers were really eating on the flowing water mat, they couldn't help it and their mouths watered.

In this day and age, let alone servants like them, even ordinary landowners cannot afford to eat and drink every day.Generally speaking, it is still an era of scarcity of materials.

Not to mention productivity, wars were fought in the southwest, northwest, north, and Liaodong of the Ming Dynasty, and materials from various places had to be continuously transported to these warring places.

So, under the temptation of delicious food and without the imagined scene of complaining, the two Ma family servants relaxed their vigilance.As a result, he became a prisoner even before he could eat the big fish and meat.

Zhu Wu happened to show Zhang Yifan the confessions of two yamen servants. When he saw that they were coming again, he dragged them down and interrogated them again.

Zhang Yifan had almost eaten. After reading the confessions of the two government servants, he said to Zhu Jingjing: "Zhang San is absolutely right. This big fat man is the local emperor of Xiangshan County. He does all kinds of evil!"

Zhu Jingjing took it and looked at it, and found that the two government officials knew about no less than three lives, let alone others.

Seeing this, she couldn't help but look at Zhang Yifan and said with admiration: "Brother Fan is still awesome, you can tell at a glance that he is a bad guy!"

Zhang Yifan just smiled lightly after hearing this.

The information of later generations is developed, and all kinds of evil people and evil deeds can be seen in the news, movies and television.Even though Zhang Yifan is less than 17 years old, he definitely has more experience than most people of this era.

Not only him, but also other people who traveled through time in later generations.The only difference is how sensitive it is when theory is connected with practice.

Later, Zhu Wu learned the latest news about Ma Ruhai from two Ma family servants and reported to Zhang Yifan.

"My son-in-law, that Dian Shi still took chances, thinking that we really had to go out for an autumn tour, so he wanted to coax us back to the county first."

After Zhang Yifan heard this, he smiled lightly and said, "Then don't worry about it, we'll talk about it when the reinforcements arrive!"

You definitely can't go back to the county town. There are people from Dianshi there. Even if you are protected by sergeants like Zhu Wu, they can't stop possible open and covert attacks.

Therefore, if you want to return to the county seat, you can first wait for reinforcements and capture Na Dianshi.

It will take about an hour to report to Guangdong Dusi quickly, and then mobilize troops to rush for reinforcements. It will take at least half a day, and we may have to spend the night here today.

With this in mind, he ordered Zhu Wudao: "Go and prepare. You still need to take necessary precautions."

Regarding the safety of the consort and the princess, Zhu Wu hesitated and suggested: "Consort, princess, why don't we leave quickly? Even if we go to Panyu County next door first, it will be safer than staying here!"

After hearing this, Zhang Yifan turned around and scanned the square, looking at the laughing children eating and drinking, as well as some worried old people hiding in the corner, and finally shook his head and said: "If we leave quickly, then Dianshi will definitely know what happened. It's very likely that they will send people to retaliate against this village. We can't take them away, is it possible to watch them being retaliated against?"

If he really wants to do this, his conscience will make him feel uncomfortable, and he will have resistance to implementing the New Deal in the future.However, if this village is well protected, it will be able to spread from this village to the entire Xiangshan County and win the trust of most people.

In this way, the implementation of the New Deal, which ordinary people have never seen before, will go much smoother.

With such a measure in his heart, he looked at Zhu Jingjing and said again: "That classic history has not yet reached the point of jumping over the wall, and I probably dare not tear it apart with me, so we should have enough time."

Speaking of this, he changed the subject and said: "But just in case, it should be useful to let the villagers take my letter to Panyu County to find the magistrate of Daotong County, and ask him to bring the Panyu County Yamen over. .”

After hearing this, Zhu Wu still seemed a little hesitant and didn't know whether to persuade him again.

When Zhang Yifan saw it, he said again: "Even in the end, if the situation goes bad, we are about to leave on horseback. Who can stop us? Do you think so?"

After hearing this, Zhu Wu finally stopped hesitating and immediately replied: "Then I'll go get ready."

But before he could leave, Zhang Yifan stopped him and said with a serious face: "By the way, I actually don't want to end up abandoning the village and leaving. That's a deserter! Do you understand?"

It's not like there are no reinforcements from outside. If Zhu Jingjing hadn't been there, he wouldn't have said this last resort at all.

At this time, Zhang Yifan emphasized that Zhu Wu should prepare seriously, instead of being careless because there is a way out.

Zhu Wu felt a bit harsh after hearing this.He is a soldier, and he is a soldier who has won successive battles on the battlefield. Only a brave man will be selected as the guard of King Yan.The word deserter is really an insult.

Therefore, after hearing Zhang Yifan's words, Zhu Wu held his head high and said firmly: "Consort, princess, don't worry, if these local thieves dare to come, I won't let them come back!"

Zhang Yifan was satisfied with this performance and nodded to let him go about his business.

Afterwards, he wrote another letter, sealed it with a seal, and called Zhang Sandao: "I have sent people to Guangdong Dusi to ask for help. Just in case, I am also preparing to ask the Panyu County magistrate to send troops to assist. What do you see? If the person is suitable, send someone to deliver this letter!"

There are ten guards under him, including Zhu Wu. They are either guards of Prince Yan's Palace or personal guards of Emperor Hongwu.In addition to one sent to Guangdong Dusi to deliver the message, there are nine others with him.

If one of them is sent to Panyu County, although it is safe, there will be one less useful combat force here.

Therefore, after Zhang Yifan thought about it, he felt that it would be better to let the villagers deliver the goods, so that the road would be more familiar, and it would not necessarily take the official road.

Zhang Sanyi was overjoyed when he heard that the prince-in-law had such an arrangement. He quickly said that it was no problem and pulled his brother-in-law over. He praised him all the time, saying that he walked very fast and knew the road well.

In short, this task was finally handed over to his wife's brother.No matter whether you work for the consort or show your face in front of the county magistrate, it is worth grabbing the job.

Zhang Yifan thought about it carefully and felt that it was almost the same.Anyway, everything that can be arranged has been arranged. Of course, it would be best if Dianshi would continue to wishfully think that he was on an autumn outing because he wanted to hug his thigh.

But obviously, if a person thinks about the good side, he will definitely suffer.

After all, you are not really a god, there are always unexpected things happening.

No, Ma Ruhai, who was almost like an ant on a hot pot, was thinking about the good at the beginning, just as Zhang Yifan expected.

The best thing is that Princess Concubine really went on an autumn outing. Even if he finds out that the disaster relief is fraudulent, it's no big deal. He will explain and make amends later, saying that he doesn't want the concubine to work hard, and that he will clean up the disaster himself later, so that he can cover up the past.

What he was worried about was that someone would sue the son-in-law and tell all the things he had done.

Ma Ruhai knew very well that once these things were exposed, the problem would be huge.In particular, he estimated that this prince-in-law still wanted to achieve something when he came to the place, but he just had high ambitions and low intentions.But if his affairs were put into his hands, would he let him go?It seems difficult!

But Ma Ruhai also thought that he had already dealt with those who were dissatisfied with his rule over Xiangshan County over the years.Who would have the guts to complain to the consort? If the complaint fails to kill him, he will definitely wipe out the family.

I hope no one will sue me, right?
However, as there was no news about the consort, he began to worry.

As a result, the more you worry about something, the more it will come.

"Sir, it's not good!" The housekeeper came in a hurry and reported to Ma Ruhai, "Someone saw the consort and headed towards Guangzhou!"

When Ma Ruhai heard this, he was so startled that the flesh on his body trembled: "Are you going to deliver a letter?"

"It looks like I'm delivering a message!" the butler replied worriedly, "Just ride a fast horse!"

Ma Ruhai's expression suddenly became ugly, and he asked again: "Where is the Princess Consort? Haven't you found her yet?"

"It seems to be over there in Tangjiacun." After hearing this, the housekeeper immediately replied, "Kuai Ma also came from that direction. Two other groups of people were sent there, but there was no return."

After hearing this, Ma Ruhai's expression changed several times, and he suddenly made a decision. He immediately ordered the housekeeper: "Immediately gather the reliable brothers and send a message to Wugui Mountain. If you want them all to come down from the mountain, you must capture the Princess Consort. Let's talk about it." If it’s good, it’s the best. If we can’t negotiate, we’ll have no choice but to go to Nanyang!”

He had already thought of an escape route, but Nanyang was a wild land and he didn't want to go there if possible.

"Master, is this really the case?" After hearing this, the housekeeper felt a little reluctant and quickly confirmed.

Ma Ruhai is where he is today. Don't look at him because he is fat. He obviously has a decisive side.

After he made the decision, he shouted sternly: "Master, when did I miss it? Do it as soon as possible. We must capture the consort and the princess before anyone comes from Guangzhou City!"

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(End of this chapter)