Ping An Biography

"I can't surrender, or I'll fall into the tricks of those old thieves." Wang Yu, the county magistrate, couldn't help shaking his head, the thin bloodshot eyes in his eyes made him look in a bad state of mind, "After you leave, there must be someone from above Pursue the crime, but no one will punish all the officials in Shimen County. At that time, I will be betrayed by the gang below to take the blame!"

For a moment, Zhang Ning didn't know how to persuade him, so he picked up the teacup and looked at the leaves floating on the water.The tea is not brewed well, so there are tea leaves floating on it.

Wang Yu shook his head complacently: "I'd rather die than take the blame for a bunch of duplicity hypocrites... Left and right are dead. If you behead me to the public, at least I can get a reputation. Hmph, those old thieves are greedy for their own lives. If you die, don't try to pull others into the bag."

Zhang Ning sighed and said, "Only if you are in the same boat, everyone can feel at ease."

After hearing this, Wang Yu looked up at Zhang Ning in surprise, as if he didn't quite understand what he said.

Zhang Ning stopped talking, stood up, opened the door and walked out.As soon as he went out, he saw several people coming over from outside, and Lao Xu said: "Master, the Anmin list has been posted, and the officials and subordinates are working very hard. They are reciting while beating the gong on the street. I guess it will take a day or two." The market will be restored.”

Standing behind Wang Dianshi hastily said: "Here are the accounts of the treasury, Your Highness, please have a look. The autumn tax has already been collected, and the tax has been very heavy in recent years. If the tax is collected from the people again, I'm afraid... maybe there are other ways .”

Zhang Ning took the book, handed it to Lao Xu without looking at it, and said, "What does Wang Dianshi mean, all the big landlords and gentry in the county live in the city?"

Wang Dianshi's complexion suddenly became very ugly, and he hurriedly said: "This... this is definitely not what I said."

Zhang Ning patted Wang Dianshi on the shoulder "kindly": "More than 100 soldiers under my command risked their lives to take down this city, and they needed rewards and military expenses. I believe Wang Dianshi can think of a way."

"Master Tang Zun still doesn't want to come out to preside over official affairs?" Wang Dianshi asked cautiously.Zhang Ning said kindly: "I will convince him, you just need to do your job well, we won't let everyone live."

"Yes Yes……"

Zhang Ning turned around and asked Old Xu, "Where are the magistrate's family members?" Old Xu pointed, "It's in the wing room, and there are people watching at the door all the time, so they can't escape." Zhang Ning said, "You can't treat them badly, and treat them well. "

After he finished speaking, he walked over, opened the door and walked in. There were four people inside, an old lady, a little girl, and a young woman, and the woman held a baby in her arms.Zhang Ning was stunned for a moment, because the little baby was sucking milk in the woman's arms, the young woman's blouse was lifted up, revealing a white breast, and the little baby was sucking happily.

Seeing a man suddenly barging in, the young woman hurriedly opened the child's mouth and pulled her own clothes with a blushing face.The child immediately cried "wow".

Zhang Ning said awkwardly: "You let him continue eating."

The young woman hesitated for a moment, and gave Zhang Ning a resentful look, then lowered her head and slowly lifted the satin dress, revealing her naked body again.Only then did Zhang Ning realize that he seemed to have said something wrong. The woman didn't dare to resist, thinking that she was lustful and wanted to see it on purpose.

"Uh... that's not what I meant." Zhang Ning's face flushed slightly, his eyes were still fixed on that white penis. It had to be said that the shape was very good-looking, and the penis was also very firm after being sucked by that child.

Zhang Ning turned his head to look at the old woman next to him, bowed and said, "I'm afraid I'm not coming at the right time, I'll come back later and take my leave."

The young woman feeding the nai looked up at Zhang Ning, Zhang Ning hurriedly avoided her gaze, turned around and left.

He came to the yard and took a deep breath, finally suppressing the evil thoughts in his heart.At this time, he had to admit that people instinctively want to do whatever they want after gaining power, even if they only have a small amount of power.Another scene of threatening the young woman to take off her clothes and being humiliated appeared in his mind... It seems that there is no need to be punished for doing this bad thing, at worst, the county magistrate will be killed.

After taking a few steps in the yard, the sound of boots stepping on fallen leaves caught his attention.He raised his head, only to see that the tops of several maple trees had sparse red leaves, and crimson maple leaves were slowly falling down.

He reached out to catch a leaf, held it in his hand to admire it for a while, then threw it on the ground casually, and left the door where the magistrate's family members were detained.Looking up, Xu Wenjun was standing on the steps at the door of the upper room.

"Why are you looking at me like that?" Zhang Ning blurted out a little surprised.

Wen Jun glanced down at the red leaves on the ground, and said: "Master, this room has everything, tidy it up, how do you like living here? All the files you want are put in it."

After Zhang Ning heard this, he walked up the steps and entered the upper room, and saw that the bed curtain inside was made of silk, there were bookshelves, large cases, and porcelain, and the decoration was not bad, which was quite different from the appearance of the old county government house. Maybe it was the house where the magistrate originally lived.Few of the officials in the Ming Dynasty were officials in their hometowns, and they usually lived in public houses behind the yamen when they took office in other places.

Seeing a large stack of books on the desk, he walked over and sat down to look through them. The above were all local criminal law files. Zhang Ning was not interested. Look at the household registration booklet below, as well as the file on tax arrears.These things can be understood, but it is also difficult for him to handle them. It is really not easy to handle without relevant work experience; he has never been a magistrate.

After looking at it for a while, he felt his head was big. At this time, a map-like thing on the next bookshelf caught his attention. He picked it up and opened it. It was indeed a hand-painted map of Shimen County. Although the drawing was rough, the scale was definitely not accurate. , but the mountains and rivers are marked, which makes Zhang Ning feel that it is an unexpected harvest.It is very intuitive on the map. This Shimen County is on the north bank of the Lishui River. Lizhou County is located along the downstream (east) of the Lishui River, Cili County is located upstream (west), and Yongdingwei is located upstream... As you can see from the map, this Shimen The county is actually a dangerous place. There are two guards and two guards nearby. In theory, more than 1 guards can be mobilized.

However, it is impossible for the current inland guards to organize a full combat force, and it is very rare to have half of them. Even so, Zhang Ning feels that the thin 100 people under his command are still very dangerous.After collecting the money and grain from Shimen County, run away?Now that the army has been raised, or how to further expand the territory, in which direction to fight?Zhang Ning looked to the west along the map. It only marked Sichuan as that side, but it was not drawn.How he wanted to expand the source of troops was hard to figure out for a while.

He dropped the things in his hands, stood up and went out, and saw Xu Wenjun silently tidying up the messy book case he had made.

Things had to be done one by one, Zhang Ning walked to the door of the wing room again, knocked on the door, and pushed it away after a while.This time the young woman did not open her breast to feed her baby, and the child seemed to be asleep.When they saw Zhang Ning coming in, they all looked at him with fear in their eyes, only the young woman blushed slightly.

Zhang Ning kept calm and cupped his hands to the old woman, "Are you Lord Wang's disciple?"

"Wang Zhi County is the dog, sir, please sit down." The old woman said carefully.

Zhang Ning pulled up a chair and sat down, and said, "It was my subordinates who captured the county before. My surname is Zhu... Sit down, don't worry, Wangzhi County is safe, don't worry."

The old woman immediately wiped away her tears: "Gou Zi did nothing bad when he was an official in Shimen County. The king let him go. I only have this son, and the whole family depends on him..."

"It's easy to say, I'm not the king of the mountain, do you think I look like a mountain bandit?" Zhang Ning said nicely.Seeing that the old woman was still crying, he said unhurriedly, "Even if I let Mr. Wang go, the imperial court will not spare him. Since ancient times, officials who lost their cities and lands are serious crimes. You look like you are from a scholarly family. Those who are educated and reasonable should understand."

The old woman choked up and said, "What should we do?"

Zhang Ning touched his forehead and said: "I haven't finished talking just now. My surname is Zhu. To tell you the truth, the Emperor Jianwen was my father... Please get up and talk... There are some things in the past, old man People of this age should have heard of it. Emperor Jianwen lost his throne. It was not because of injustice, but because he failed to win the war. Now we are going to fight back. The real emperor of the Ming Dynasty should be the eldest grandson of Taizu Emperor Jianwen. Mr. Wang read the sages' books to understand loyalty and filial piety, but why didn't he understand the righteousness? I hope the old lady persuades him to turn his prodigal son back. As long as he understands the righteousness of loyalty and filial piety, and renews his loyalty to the emperor, we promise not to blame the past. You must know that betraying the king is stubborn It's to ransack the family and exterminate the family..."

The old woman was startled, and knelt on the ground again: "The dog was confused for a while, please forgive him first, and the old man will definitely persuade him."

Zhang Ning hurriedly stepped forward to help him up again, and said "gentlely": "The old lady understands righteousness so well, please get up, please get up, I will ask someone to send Wang Zhi County here in a while, you have to explain it to him carefully." Make sense."

Seeing that it was so easy to "persuade" the old woman, much easier than Wang Yu, he was very satisfied at the moment, and didn't say any more.

When Lao Xu was found, Zhang Ning ordered: "You first ask someone to send Wang Yu and his family together, and then go to inform Wei Bin and Hou Tanzhu to go to the second hall to discuss matters, as well as Yao Erlang and Song Hu. Call them together."

Old Xu answered with clasped fists.

After Zhang Ning finished speaking, he left the backyard and walked a few steps forward to the second hall of the county government office.This place is also called Tuisi Hall or Qin Hall. It seems to mean that the county magistrate finishes his duties in the lobby every day and retreats to the second hall to reflect on himself. Cao cultivates one's morality and maintains a clean and honest moral cultivation.

He walked in and looked around. Although it was a bit old-fashioned, the calligraphy and paintings on the wall did have an antique and elegant feeling.