Chapter 185 Inference
"What happened next, the student could only figure out by himself through clues and rumors. However, although there is no real evidence, it can be concluded that although it may not be perfect, it must be close to ten. Our ancestral temple determines It was destroyed by the collusion of the dog officials."
Zhang Hu blinked: "Mr. Wen, Zhang will give you reassurance first: Mr. Zhang's great hatred should be on Zhang! There are always dozens or hundreds of dog officers who have died in the hands of Zhang Hu. If they are If the government seizes it, I will definitely be cut into pieces by a thousand cuts, so I will continue to kill in the future. It doesn’t matter how many more I kill, I will make money anyway. Whatever the sir says, I will cut him to pieces for him. We will cut down whatever you mean, sir. I, Lao Zhang, will leave the words here first. However, if the dog officials teamed up to destroy the ancestral halls of the nobles... then Geng Gou is just a county magistrate, and he is purely coveting that geomantic treasure land. For him, things have reached the point of drawing a lot to die, can other dog officials make a deadly enmity against him?"
"The student has thanked the commander in advance. In order to repay the commander's great kindness, if he will not give up, Wen is willing to serve the commander-in-chief until death without regrets. Wen will swear an oath to the sky!" Wen Huangci left his seat and solemnly said: He bowed to Zhang Hu again.
"Hahaha, good! Zhang Hu got the husband, this is God's help given to me! Come on, pass it on, prepare to start the banquet, call Lao Niu and Lao Fang, let's help the husband together! The husband is me, Lao Zhang The military advisor, there is the Luo family father and son in Laoguan, and it turns out that they are getting along like wind and rain, and now our old Zhang also has Mr. Wen! Hahahahaha, after drinking and resting for the night, we will kill for the military advisor tomorrow morning The dog officer is going to take revenge, hahahaha."
"Thank you, Commander-in-Chief. The students should finish their speculations first. Firstly, to clear up Commander-in-Chief's confusion. Secondly, students think that knowing more about official habits and behavior styles will be beneficial to Commander-in-Chief's future decisions and actions." Before this moment, although Wen Huangci had already made up his mind to do whatever it took for revenge, years of education still left him with some inner struggle with "submissiveness and being a thief". By now the escape route had been completely cut off, so I simply felt relieved and spoke calmly.
"Okay, okay. Please tell me, sir. I also want to know what happened next."
"What happened next is simple to say. After a few months of calm, a small group of soldiers came one day and planted some flags on the mountain. Li Zheng informed that the Yingchuan Guards (stationed in Yingzhou, South Zhili) That is today's Fuyang, Anhui. As we have said before, Zhu Yuanzhang deliberately made the jurisdiction of the provincial capitals and the administrative areas of the chief envoys intertwined. Although the Yingchuan Guards were stationed in Nanzhili, they were under the jurisdiction of the Henan Dusi Prefecture) A big exercise was held, and each family was asked to keep an eye on their children and not run up the mountain. The idlers were also asked to avoid the area with small flags to avoid being accidentally injured by bows and arrows. Two days later, large groups of soldiers came one after another, and Yingshui Li We also anchored hundreds of boats from Shuiying.”
"At first, some tribesmen were slightly worried, fearing that it would be detrimental to the ancestral hall, but then they thought about it. Yingchuan Guards are not in Yu Province, so it is impossible for them to come all the way to this muddy water. After watching for a few days, the soldiers Guns were fired, cannons were fired, cavalry were placed in formation, and archery skills were tested. It was indeed like that, and everyone felt relieved. There were also cavalry patrolling, chasing away idlers, and everyone lost their vigilance. Unexpectedly, on the last day, suddenly, Soldiers gathered together and rushed to the ancestral hall. They shouted to catch the deserters and rushed in. When the tribesmen saw the fireworks coming one after another, the fire was no longer saved..." As he spoke, Wen Xiucai's tears fell again, "Poor The gods of all ancestors were burned to the ground, and the tribesmen who arrived were blocked by military formations. With the sound of a cannon, the soldiers lined up and drove away, and the ancestral hall had turned into a white field. Wuwuwu..."
"Well, it seems that the gang of dog officials are colluding with each other!" Zhang Hu said angrily.
"Yes. This matter did start with that Geng Gou official, but in the end this tragedy had nothing to do with him." Wen Huangci responded.
"Oh? Tell me, military advisor." Unknowingly, Zhang Hu had already used a new title.
"Commander Rong Geng. There are many people in my clan named Wen, and I have connections everywhere. That Geng Libin was originally seeking personal gain. If he does this kind of thing seriously and manages it from top to bottom, and the officials protect each other, there will be no big deal. If he is stillborn, , at most, he is the butt of private laughter in the official circles, and no one would risk the lives of his family and children to stand up for a seventh-grade magistrate; however, if he apologizes in public and makes a fuss and everyone knows, the nature is different. !”
"What do you mean by different natures?" Zhang Hu was a little confused.
"Commander, let me give you an example." Wen Huangci also changed his name, "Suppose a county is hit by a disaster and the people are in dire straits, but the county magistrate still imposes excessive taxes, and everyone is miserable. In the end, they can't even sell their children to pay for the royal food. , someone finally came forward to organize the villagers to get together and kill the officials who were collecting grain. What do you think the final result will be?"
"The government must suppress them!" Zhang Hu replied without thinking - no matter what the reason, if anyone dares to cause chaos, he must suppress it. This is common sense.
"That's right. But what if there are too many hungry people, and several groups of officers and soldiers come, but they can't suppress them?"
"Then we have to wipe out! Continue to mobilize troops. If one thousand is not enough, just two thousand, five thousand, ten thousand. We must wipe out no matter what!" Zhang Hu answered decisively.
"Indeed, this is the case in most cases. But in fact, the government has a better way. For example, change the new magistrate's county and come to the villagers alone to tell everyone that it was the original guy who failed the Holy Spirit. Trust me, now that the imperial court is aware of everyone's difficulties and has already put the guy in jail for his crime, everyone will go back to their homes. The imperial court will not ask everyone to force them to pay land tax. On the contrary, each household will be given a hundred jins of grain... The commander-in-chief thinks it will be. how?"
Zhang Hu's eyes widened: "With such a good thing? Then a lot of people should just disperse, right?"
Wen Huangci nodded and said: "That's right. Good things may happen, but the government will also impose a small condition. This new county magistrate will tell everyone sincerely that you made the matter so big that you even attacked the government and soldiers. , killed a lot of people, how do you ask the court to end it? Let's do this, hand over the two leaders, and I will go back to the prefect to talk about it, forget it, and give the court an explanation - otherwise, the things mentioned above will If we don’t pursue the case, distribute food, etc., it won’t count! Tens of thousands of officers and soldiers are surrounding this place now. When they arrive, you know, all men, women, and children may be dead..."
"What a vicious strategy!" Zhang Hu said in shock.
"It's indeed vicious and effective. In fact, it's more than that - Commander, think about it, this time the leader was kidnapped by his own people and beheaded by the government. If it happens again, will anyone dare to come forward? Even if there are still If you are not afraid of death, what about the next time? What about the next time? It doesn’t take much, you only need to come here a few times. From now on, you can knock the bones and suck the marrow as you like, and no one will dare to lead the resistance again! Everyone will only think: again If it wasn't me who was unlucky, why would everyone get the wheat in the end and I would be beheaded? I'd better endure it and wait for some fool to jump out and take advantage..." Wen Huangci calmly recounted, "Besides, it turns out that the county magistrate Will he really be convicted? Not necessarily! Who is he collecting the imperial grain for? For the court! How could the court blame him for urging grain? If he is convicted, he will also be asked, "He failed to control the people and provoked a civil uprising." The crime has nothing to do with urging food."
"This, how can this be broken?" Zhang Hu thought of his situation and was obviously a little worried.
"There is no way to break it. The government will only do whatever they want because there is no leader. A bunch of scattered villagers can do whatever they want. Even if you have 10,000 or 100,000 people, the officials only need to come with 20 or 30 people. The situation is always one against twenty or thirty! The official can tie up one person and then the next one calmly, just like a butcher entering a pigsty to pick fat pigs. Dozens of pigs can beat a butcher with a knife. Turn over, and then run to the mountains to be free, but they huddled aside and prayed in their hearts that they would not be picked on this time. Don't you know that as long as you are in the circle, you will be stabbed sooner or later, and it will only take a few days!" Wen Huangci said something a little bit! He was excited, "Let's go back to the Wen family ancestral hall, the truth is the same. A county magistrate's selfishness and dignity are not worth a penny, but our family's gathering in crowds will never be tolerated. Otherwise, if everyone follows the same example, the government will not be able to do anything Yes! A friend of the tribe was working as an errand in the provincial government, and later secretly spread the news that this matter was done by the three divisions of Henan. The commander must have just entered Henan at that time. According to what the provincial government said, the group of people who sealed the border The officials are worried that all the clans from all over the country will follow suit, so they don’t hesitate to mobilize a guard to clean up this matter for our clan!”
"Hmph! These dog officials! Sooner or later, Zhang will destroy Kaifeng Mansion and kill all those dog officials!" Zhang Hu gritted his teeth.
"The commander-in-chief asked just now how to break it. Actually, there is a way." Wen Huangci said slowly, and it could be seen that he was making his final determination.
Zhang Hu looked into Wen Xiucai's eyes and asked, "Military advisor, please speak."
"Keep going all the way! As long as you set foot on this road, you can't look back. A real man will either eat five tripods or cook five tripods, nothing else! If the government sends someone over, kill them with a knife outside the camp gate and send the head back. Which one How dare you come again! Well, just like they used the same method to kill the person who was the leader, they will treat him in his own way!" Wen Huangci said word by word.
At this moment, Niu Youtian and Fang Ge entered the door together.
"Brother Hu, how did you find a military advisor? Please introduce him to me!"
"Congratulations, Commander, this is Mr. Military Advisor? I am Fang Ge. I have met Mr. Military Advisor!"
"Haha, come on, two brothers, this Mr. Wen is the military advisor invited by my old man Zhang. I just had a conversation with the military advisor and he made me obedient. I feel indescribably comfortable! Humph, that surnamed Guan Ever since he had a military advisor, he has been able to call the shots, but I don’t obey him. Military advisor Wen is a scholar!"
Wen Huangci saluted the two of them and said, "Hello, two deputy commanders." Then he straightened his back and turned to Zhang Hu, "Commander, I'll forgive you. Wen was a little uneasy when he came, so he hid something. Now it's gone." If you are determined to follow the commander-in-chief, you should tell the truth. I heard the commander-in-chief repeatedly talk about Commander Guan and Military Advisor Luo, and Wen is not talented, so that the commander-in-chief and deputy commander can know that I was indeed a scholar, but he was seventeen Among those who were in the middle of the year, and those who passed the provincial examination at the age of twenty-nine, there was also a person who was famous for being a civil servant."
"Hahahaha! The military advisor is actually a filial and honest man!" Zhang Hu was overjoyed.
On the second day, Zhang Hu ordered the scattered soldiers to return to the army and reorganize his troops. Military Advisor Wen wrote a secret letter and sealed it with wax pills. Zhang Hu sent two personal guards to hide the wax pills in their hair, found a small boat, and asked the boatman to take them disguised as fishermen and go down the Yingshui to the south first. The Dunwen family sent a letter. The Shangshui County Government already knew that Zhang Hu was close at hand, and the four doors were closed tightly. They saw the boat passing by in the distance on the wall. They knew that something was fishy, but where did the soldiers dare to go out of the city to intercept it?
Three days later, the south gate of Xihua opened wide, and Zhang Hu led the crowd toward Shangshui. At the front are still the middle-aged people whose homes have been destroyed. Their wives, children, and children are all detained by Zhang Hu in the old Chinese army camp. Many of them have entered a countdown to their lives, and their end is under the wall or in the trench outside Shangshui City. There was a long line of small boats in Yingshui. Zhang Hu captured all the boatmen. The most convenient way to transport food, grass and baggage was by water.
