The purpose of Hong Shixing's visit was simple, and it suited Jia Cong's ambitions.
It can be said that the Yanzhou Prefecture is in a terrible state. From the government office to the level of the Secretary, almost the entire army was wiped out, and everyone was involved in corruption and malfeasance.
After a brief interrogation by the accompanying Dragon Guard, Liu Ke became angry and asked for the Emperor's Sword to kill these national thieves in prison.
If it hadn't been for the persuasion of Jia Cong and Lu Xiaozu, all the officials in the Yanzhou Prefecture would have gone to the Palace of Hell to report.
Of course, Jia Cong and Lu Xiaozu are not interceding for these national thieves. The money and food that disappeared from the government treasury have not yet been traced. There must be someone behind them, and the banditry in Yanzhou may be related to the government officials. Everything is related, everything is inextricably linked.
If they just cut it off like this, wouldn't it be too cheap for them?
Jia Cong didn't even consider giving this group of people a chance to perform meritorious service. Of course, this also resulted in Lu Xiaozu almost doing the work of ten people by himself in the past two days. If Guo Lindong hadn't brought someone to help, he would have collapsed from exhaustion. .
Although the Qianhu Office of the Longjing Guard in Yanzhou also followed the government officials, the local information is still complete.
Hong Shixing had been an official for twenty years, probably because he was in his hometown and worried about his reputation, but his official reputation and reputation were not bad.
The reason for his resignation is also somewhat subtle. It seems that he offended the former magistrate of Ziyang County and the current Yanzhou Tongzhi Mu'e.
As for Mu'e's father-in-law, he is now Kong Renxun, the political envoy of Chengxuan County in Shandong Province.
Kong Renyun, a direct descendant of Yanshenggong Mansion, was the cousin of contemporary Yanshenggong Kong Renxuan, and one of the few people from the Kong family who served as an official in the court.
The government offices and the county offices of Ziyang County, where the government is located, from the prefect level down, the tongzhi, tong magistrates, officials, county magistrates, county magistrates, etc. were all imprisoned.
The biggest problem facing Liu Ke and others is no longer money and food, but a lack of people, and there are many shortages.
No one dared to say when he would receive a response to the urgent report sent to the capital. Liu Ke was impatient and left all these matters to Jia Cong and Lu Xiaozu. He arranged his troops every day and began to suppress bandits.
"To be honest with Yuan Wai, since Yuan Wai is not coming today, I have to go to Yuan Wai's house in person. You should have heard about the matter between the government office and the Ziyang County government office. I am in urgent need of manpower right now, and Yuan Wai can come, which can be regarded as a help. I’m very busy.”
Jia Cong did not beat around the bush and raised his hand to invite Hong Shixing to sit down.
A cup of tea calmed down Hong Shixing's excitement a little, and then he heard Jia Cong continue: "Your Majesty is busy suppressing bandits, and most of the government affairs in the mansion fall on me and Langzhong Lu. I am worried that I have no one to support me." .”
Hong Shixing immediately raised his hands and responded, "My lord, I have an assignment, so I don't dare to disobey you. Please just go ahead and tell me."
Being able to serve as a county magistrate in Yanzhou for more than 20 years, with good official reputation and good reputation, it can be seen that Hong Shixing is a very capable person.
Jia Cong took the initiative and obtained several official certificates stamped with the seal of the imperial envoy from Liu Ke. He temporarily proposed the magistrate of Ziyang County in the Hong Dynasty and was responsible for taking charge of all affairs of Ziyang County.
Moreover, Jia Cong didn't even let go of Hong Shixing's son who was at home. Hearing that he was good at managing money, he transferred him to Lu Xiaozu's subordinates with a written order and gave him the title of imperial envoy counselor from the seventh rank.
With Hong Shixing as an example of the city gate pillars, the gentry in Fucheng who were still waiting to see it were more or less interested.
For three days in a row, Jia Cong sat firmly in the government office, and the heads of more than a dozen families visited him one after another.
With the recommendation of Hong Shixing and the private investigation by Long Jinwei's spies, Jia Cong drafted the candidates for the temporary government offices, county offices and imperial envoy offices. After reporting to Liu Ke, he sent the appointment documents to Liu Ke on the afternoon of the third day. Each family.
Finally, on the morning of the sixth day when the imperial envoy was stationed in Yanzhou Prefecture, the Yanzhou Prefectural Government Office and the Ziyang County Government Office Office, which had almost been suspended, officially resumed operations.
Dang Dang Dang...
The bell rang loudly, and Jia Cong, who had his head buried in his papers, suddenly raised his head.
The heavy snowfall in recent days has finally stopped. I had originally planned to go out of the city to inspect disaster relief work this afternoon, but I didn't want the alarm bell to sound suddenly.
Jia Cong stood up and pushed the door open and walked out of the duty room, only to see a captain of the imperial army walking in quickly.
"Sir, the scouts are about ten miles away from the city.
Approximately 10,000 unidentified troops were found everywhere, heading towards Fucheng! "
"Where is the prince now?"
Jia Cong was shocked by the captain's report. To the north of Yanzhou City was Ningyang County, and Liu Ke had just led his troops to Ningyang to suppress the bandits yesterday.
Because the surrounding area of Fucheng was relatively stable, Rencheng Guards was ordered to divide his troops into two groups, and went to Qufu County and Jining Prefecture in the east respectively. At the moment, Fucheng only had 1,500 forbidden troops and 2,000 Rencheng Guards.
The captain clasped his fists and replied, "The messenger just left this morning, and no news has come back yet."
"Send an order to the Rencheng Guard Camp and transfer all the remaining troops from the Rencheng Guard Camp into the city. Then send an order to Guo Lindong to suspend the river management and ask him to take his people to Jining Prefecture and stay away from the Fucheng area. All the victims outside the city must enter. The four gates of the city are closed, and no one is allowed to enter the city without an order from the official."
"Beat the drum and gather the generals!"
Dong dong dong dong...
The sound of drums was loud, and two quarters of an hour later, civil and military officials from the imperial envoy's office, the Yanzhou government office, and the Ziyang county government office gathered in the lobby of the Yanzhou government office.
After everyone sat down, Jia Cong took out the scout report he had just received.
"Everyone should have received the news that more than ten thousand bandits from the White Lotus Sect have bypassed Qufu and headed straight for Fucheng along the Surabaya River. According to the scouts' investigation, this group of bandits came well prepared. Not only were they large in number, but they also carried There are siege engines..."
boom!
Everyone in the lobby immediately exploded. Most of the people in Fucheng went out to suppress the bandits. It was a well-known fact that the city was empty of troops.
Now thousands of bandits carrying equipment attacked, and they all felt some inexplicable fear.
Everyone has seen the tragic situation of the Yan family. The group of White Lotus sect gangsters who shouted to help the people and save the world did everything they could to burn, kill, loot and torture. It is said that the nine-year-old girl of the Yan family was stripped naked and died. I don’t know how many sins I have suffered.
The mud comes from the beginning of chaos, and the white lotus appears and flourishes.
The slogan is so majestic and upright, but in fact, the White Lotus Sect has long lost its original appearance. It is simply burning, killing, robbing, and having female gangsters abuse and abuse every evil.
The Yan family has a reputation for benevolence in Yanzhou Prefecture and even throughout Shandong. The head of the Yan family, Yan Hui, is a great scholar in Shandong. He has devoted his life to teaching and educating people, and there has been no evil son in the family for decades.
The land that tenants in Yanzhou Prefecture most want to rent from is definitely the Yan family's land, because the Yan family's land only charges 30% of the rent.
For such a good family, the old house was burned down, and all the nephews and family left behind in the family died. Even the nine-year-old girl was humiliated to death.
The servants of the family and the tenants who rented the fields of the Yan family killed more than ten people in order to protect the master's family.
Such a tragic situation made everyone present extremely frightened.
This is true for the Yan family, let alone them. If the White Lotus Sect really invades the city, everyone here will probably be skinned and stuffed into grass.
Boom, boom, boom!
Jia Cong knocked on the table, and the noisy lobby finally became quiet.
"Everyone, the most important thing for us at the moment is to ensure that the city is not breached by the bandits. The prince and the army of City Guards will definitely come back for rescue after receiving the news."
Hong Shixing is still calm, and the city of Fucheng is strong. If he just holds on and waits for help, he should be able to hold on. Of course, this depends on whether there is sufficient food and grass in the city and whether the people support the government's plan to defend the city.
He put forward his own opinion and stated that the Hong family was willing to send young men to the city to help in the battle.
Some people raised their heads, and the rest naturally understood that this group of people was the number one target of the White Lotus Sect rebels, and they all expressed their opinions that Master Yumao would follow his lead.
There is plenty of food and grass in the city, but the only thing missing now is the men and horses to defend the city. Jia Cong did not hesitate and directly ordered Hong Shixing, the magistrate of Ziyang County, to recruit troops on the spot to recruit young men in the city to supplement the shortage of defenders.
At the same time, Lu Xiaozu was ordered to collect food in the city and implement a temporary rationing system. The guards of the houses of gentry and wealthy merchants were all recruited into the army, and a wartime curfew system was implemented in the city.
Then order the scouts to set out in the four directions of southeast, northwest, and notify the villages and towns along the way, approaching the city and entering the city, approaching the mountains and entering the mountains to avoid bandits...
In a hurry, the White Lotus Sect's bandits finally arrived outside the north gate of Yanzhou Fucheng.
Jia Cong wears silver armor, left tie
Yan Ling Dao, with the golden sword and gold medal given by the emperor hanging on his right, with a calm expression, stood on the north city tower surrounded by his own soldiers.
Lu Xiaozu looked at the black bandits under the city, opened the pamphlet he carried with him, read it, and said to Jia Cong: "Sir, look at this flag, it is Han Tong, the Ming Dynasty king of the White Lotus Sect in Tai'an Prefecture."
"King Ming, does he deserve the title of King Ming? He is just a rebellious traitor who tramples on the flesh and blood of the people!"
Jia Cong spat at the people under the banner of Mingzi in the city. This Han Tong was also a person who often came to the residence to report. The imperial court's reward for him had accumulated to a high price of 50,000 taels of silver.
In the 49th year of Zhaowu, this man took advantage of the drought in Qingzhou to rebel, causing chaos in the entire Qingzhou Prefecture. As a result, the court's disaster relief food was delayed in the hands of the people, causing tens of thousands of people in Qingzhou to starve to death in porridge sheds. outside.
Such a person actually took a boat to escape into the vast sea after the imperial army wiped out most of the bandits. And what disappeared with him was the nearly one million taels of silver he had collected into his arms.
Only a figure like Emperor Hongwu in the previous life can be called a bright character. With Han Tong's condition, is he worthy? Ah!
To talk about the White Lotus Sect, Jia Cong is really disgusting.
During the previous dynasty, the White Lotus Sect took advantage of the uprisings of rebel armies in various places in the name of expelling the Tartars. Later, due to the internal fighting between the factions, their strength was greatly reduced, and they were defeated by Taizu. They lay dormant for more than ten years and were almost completely wiped out by Emperor Taizong.
During the Taiping and Xingguo years, Emperor Taizu worked hard to attack the wealthy families. At a time when the weather was good and the people had lived a stable life for more than ten years, the White Lotus Sect entered its lowest period.
Until Emperor Taizong became seriously ill, the central government was in chaos, natural disasters occurred, and the people were starved of food, the White Lotus Sect once again raised the slogan of equalizing land and reassuring the people, causing millions of people in Shandong and Henan provinces to be displaced.
During the Zhaowu period, the Supreme Emperor's civil and martial arts suppressed the great families and made them unwilling to take the lead. The country was strong and the people were prosperous, and the world was at peace. The White Lotus Sect once again shrank until the center changed drastically, various disciples seized the throne, and the White Lotus Sect emerged again...
It can be said that every time there is an uprising in the White Lotus Sect, it is a time when the people do not have enough to eat and clothing to keep warm.
If they really want to keep the people full, even if the officials and bandits have different stances, Jia Cong will respect them as good men.
But in fact, the teachings of the White Lotus Sect are doomed that these people only take the opportunity to provoke conflicts between the government and the people, deceiving the people and stepping on their flesh and blood to satisfy their selfish desires.
When Taizu designated the White Lotus Sect as a cult, it was not actually that they had ever competed with the imperial court.
But the White Lotus Sect is really evil. Where is the evil?
The most terrifying thing is the teachings of the White Lotus Sect: believe in gods and Buddhas, and gods and Buddhas can protect them in everything!
This bizarre teaching causes the members of the White Lotus Sect to stop working on production and gather together to worship gods and Buddhas, which seriously affects the production order and stability of society.
Moreover, once they get sick, they do not advocate seeing a doctor and rely on the "Wusheng Old Mother" for treatment, which is often just a cup of talisman water.
It is through this kind of teaching that the White Lotus Sect was able to quickly gather many rogues and even deceive a large number of low-level people.
What they deceive is not only the people's beliefs, but also the poor people's money, and even their wives and daughters.
Besides, their purpose is even more complicated. In other words, each sect has a different attitude towards the imperial court. Some want to be recruited and submit to the imperial court, but they have some conscience and know how to restrain themselves.
But most of them just want to make money, crazily bewitching the people and wealthy businessmen to support them, and some want to overthrow the court, so they run around and contact forces. However, they have no unified thinking and no formal military force, so they can only be nothing in the water. , it will break as soon as you poke it.
Just imagine, facing the regular army of the imperial court, can the common people resist? So more often than not, they become chips in the imperial court's games and a tool for interested people to make money.
For example, the Sanyang Sect spread widely in the inner court. When the former prince suddenly raised an army to force the palace, there was the shadow of the Sanyang Sect, also known as the White Lotus Sect, behind it...
That's too far!
When the world is at peace, the White Lotus Sect secretly stirs up troubles and troubles everywhere. Whenever there is a natural disaster, the White Lotus Sect will try their best to cause man-made disasters.
From the perspective of the White Lotus Sect, the court's disaster relief efforts are cutting off their foundation, and they are trying every means to attack the officialdom.
government, disrupting the court's disaster relief plan.
If it hadn't been for the White Lotus Sect's attack on the city, Jia Cong would have been patrolling the porridge shed outside the city for disaster relief work.
Poor victims who are already suffering from cold and hunger, now they can't even eat hot porridge! ..
Whoosh!
"Third Master, be careful!"
Buzz! Snapped!
Jia Shiyi swung his sword down, and an arrow struck Jia Cong's ear and pierced into the pillar behind him.
The tail of the arrow was still buzzing, and the arrow penetrated a few inches into the pillar, showing how strong the shooter was.
"Sir, there is a message on the arrow!"
The soldiers protected Jia Cong behind him, but Jia Cong pushed him away. He wears silver armor, a silver helmet, and a sword to let the enemies and the soldiers and civilians in the city see that Jia Cong of the Rongguo Mansion is here!
Deterring enemy invaders and boosting the morale of the army and the people are the responsibilities of the commander-in-chief of an army and the commander-in-chief of a city.
Jia Cong took the piece of cloth carried by Fei Jian, looked at it, and laughed.
"I am of the blood of Rongguo. My ancestor, Duke Rongguo, and my father, Marquis Rongguo, have surrendered to the White Lotus Sect? What can the White Lotus Sect give me? Can your White Lotus Virgin come down to earth and be my concubine?"
The soldiers at the top of the city suddenly burst into laughter after a brief moment of confusion.
Are these people from the White Lotus Sect really stupid? My (coach) general is the son of a dignified Marquis of Rongguo. The emperor personally gave him a royal cat. A person who is in the heart of the emperor. Will he surrender to you White Lotus Sect rebels?
"Come here, bring me refreshments. Today I am sitting on the top of the city, waiting for the White Lotus bandits to send their Holy Mother of White Lotus to make tea for me and massage my shoulders!"
Jia Cong's golden sword horse sat down on the Grand Master's chair and ordered: "Come here with a few loud voices and spread my words in unison. Tell the bandits below the city that Jia Cong of the Rongguo Mansion is waiting for Han Tong, the Ming Dynasty king of the White Lotus Sect. , Send the Holy Mother of White Lotus down to earth to be my concubine!”
The guards quickly shouted towards the city: "My general said that he is waiting at the top of the city for the Ming Dynasty King Han Tong of the White Lotus Sect to send the Holy Mother of the White Lotus down to earth to be my general's concubine!"
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