Zhang Jingxian went crazy. He felt that the feng shui of Hailing was a flaw for him.
Last time when thieves attacked the city, he could use the fact that he had just taken office to get rid of responsibility, but today he received a tip early in the morning.
It is said that the Zao Ding of the ten battles in Huaizhong rebelled by killing officials. All the ambassadors and deputy envoys in the ten battles, except those who were not present, were all killed by this mob.
Originally, this matter was a matter of the Salt Division Yamen, but now the transfer envoys, co-presidents, and judges of the two Huaihe Salt Divisions have not been appointed due to party disputes in the court.
At this juncture, the report also said that this group of cooks were gathering people at various locations to contact Lei Jun, the bandit from Jiangyan Pu earlier.
Zhang Jingxian was completely panicked when he heard the news. If Lei Jun was allowed to resurrect, once the court found out about it, he would inevitably be labeled as a bandit suppressor who was in charge of organizing the coastal defense forces.
Not long after Zhang Jingxian received the news, several fast horses with hundreds of thousands of urgent flags rushed into Hailing City.
Hailing County Magistrate Chen Hua took the letter from the messenger and looked at it, his dark face became even darker.
It turned out that these letters were sent by the magistrates of Yancheng, Rugao and Tongzhou. They all used 100,000 urgent letters to deliver the letters because the surrounding salt fields were in chaos. They were in complete chaos.
From Linhongchang near Haizhou to Jinshachang in Haimen County, kitchen workers destroyed brine ponds, destroyed salt dishes, and cooked stoves. Even in places such as Dongtai, Anfeng, Fuan, and Kuancha, the ambassadors of the field and As soon as Zao Tou came, he killed all the stewards.
Chen Hua thought of what Xu He said when he came to the county government a few days ago, and cursed bitterly: "These bastard country squires who are colluding with the eunuchs!"
Although he was cursing, he quickly walked out of the second hall and started gathering people.
In the Kong Huai Hall of the Xu family, the formerly solemn courtyard was now enjoying themselves. Because the eldest brother Xu Song was not happy, the Jiale Opera Troupe, which had not performed for a long time, also appeared again, standing under the eaves of the three-character Kong Huai Hall and singing babblingly. Quer.
The elders of the Xu family present here shook their heads leisurely and tapped their legs with their fingers to the beat of the snare drum.
"Chang Yue has been working hard these days. Please stop listening to music. Come and toast Chang Yue together!" One of the clan elders, who was over seventy years old, stood up tremblingly with the help of the maid, raised his glass and said to him. Xu Daijing went.
Seeing this, Xu Dai laughed, stood up and said: "Mr. Sheng Yuan, you're welcome, our tribe should help each other, and if we have money, let's make money together!"
Duke Shengyuan's name was Xu Wen, and he was from the generation of Xu Dai's grandfather, Xu Kui. In the past, even when he saw Xu Song's father, Xu Fan, he would carelessly call him "Xuanzhi".
When everyone heard this, they all stood up and said with a flattering smile on their faces: "Chang Yue, you have been taking care of the clan affairs these years, you have really worked hard!"
"That's right, this time someone from our Xu family is going to be an official, and the family has made money again. This is really a double blessing!"
"Let me tell you, the eldest brother is not in very good health, and the second brother is so capable. In the future, the position of clan leader should be given to Chang Yue!" someone suggested.
As soon as this was said, everyone nodded, except for a few people who were busy drinking and eating vegetables.
"That's right, if you ask me to say that Dafang should have given up his position long ago!"
"Isn't that right? Earlier I wanted to ask for a post from the boss to go to Nanjing Taipu Temple in Jinling to buy some horses. The boss didn't even want to see me and kicked me out. Hey, what's the matter? Am I still part of the Xu family?"
Seeing that everyone was talking more and more outrageously, Xu Dai coughed twice and said: "Elders of the clan, everyone..."
When everyone saw him speaking, their voices gradually calmed down.
Xu Dai continued: "Everyone, my eldest brother is sick in bed, and I have no choice but to take on the important responsibility of the Xu family. Thanks to you for not giving up, we are united and have completed the things arranged by the palace well. I will wait for my eldest brother to recover in the future. I hope everyone will still listen to my elder brother and continue to inherit and develop the Xu family!"
Everyone nodded after hearing this, but everyone present knew that what they heard from Xu Song was pure bullshit. Anyone with a discerning eye could see that Xu Song's life was short, and his son was hiding from an official outside. Sooner or later, things would break out in this family. If it falls on Xu Dai, even if he becomes an official and goes out in the future, most of the family affairs will fall on Xu Luan.
At this moment, the door was pushed open with a bang, and a person walked in from the outside. It turned out that the person was the person Xu Dai arranged to be in charge of liaison with the Dou family in Guancha Chang.
Xu Dai's face changed drastically when he saw this, and he stood up in a hurry to greet the man into the hall.
The sound of Jia Le's gongs and drums was still noisy, but everyone had lost interest in listening to the music at this moment and looked into the hall with their heads raised.
Xu Luan followed his father to Kong Huai Hall and saw the man kneeling under the hall talking to his father.
"Sir, Director Dou has been killed by Zao Ding, and all the Zao leaders and armor commanders have been killed. Their bodies were planted upside down on the beach, one by one, like a fence, for a whole mile. Corpse!"
Xu Dai was shocked when he heard this: "What did you say?"
Unexpectedly, his son was even more excited than Xu Dai. Xu Luan grabbed the visitor and asked sharply: "Where is the government? Did the government send troops to suppress it?"
The visitor shook his head and said, "I haven't seen any officers or soldiers suppressing me before I came here!"
Xu Luan was dumbfounded, his eyes blank and he didn't know what he was thinking.
Xu Dai sat slumped on the chair and murmured: "What should I do? What should I do?"
I don't know how long it took, Xu Luan gritted his teeth and turned around to go out: "I'm going to find Mr. Tingyang."
Xu Dai looked at his son blankly, wondering whether he should stop him.
He knew that a eunuch had a secret order, and if things went smoothly, everything would be okay.
But if things go wrong, the eunuchs, who have no soldiers, no power, and are marginalized by local civil servants, will feel unable to suppress the uprising of these untouchables.
In fact, if the civil servants get into trouble, he, the second master of the Xu family, who is running for the emperor, is likely to be the one the emperor and You Xiao take out to avenge them.
As for the Lianghuai Salt Industry and millions of lives, if he messed up, his head would not be enough to be chopped off by the court ten times.
Thinking of this, he felt a chill in Xiang Shang and couldn't help but regret why he didn't listen to Xu He's words.
Thinking about it this way, the eldest brother has long known that this young man Xu He is very scheming and decisive...
"Yes, yes! Brother, hurry up and find him at this time. Only brother can resolve this matter!" Xu Dai stood up from his chair with a groan and hurried out.
As soon as he walked out of Konghuaitang, the clan elders in the courtyard were still eating and drinking. The scene where they were enjoying themselves just now turned out to be so ridiculous in Xu Dai's eyes.
Xu Wen, the elder of the clan, said with a smile: "Chang Yue, come, sit down and have a drink with me. Where is the drum music? Don't stop!"
Xu Dai couldn't help but feel sick in his heart when he saw this old man's withered arms wrapped around the maid as if stretched out from a grave.
I am hanging out with this group of people, I am really looking for death!
