Chapter 13 The distressing local snake

Style: Historical Author: Wan Yanchen.Words: 5072Update Time: 24/01/12 14:38:13
Boss Chen actually refused to tell the truth. Yang Jian was inconvenient to ask and just told him.

"I'm not only full of wine and food tonight, but I also want to thank you for reminding me. Is there any reason to not charge for food?"

Yang Jian put the money in Boss Chen's hand and said sincerely.

"To be honest, I am the governor of Suizhou appointed by the emperor. How can I just leave before I officially take office."

"ah?"

Boss Chen didn't drink much, but he seemed drunk.

"Okay, boss Chen, please give me some pointers on where the government office is. How to get there? We're new here and we still can't figure it out."

"It's really hard to find a place in the state government that's secluded. Let's ask a guy to take the governor there."

As he spoke, Boss Chen called to a waiter in the store.

"Xiao Lezi, take the governor to the state government office."

The young man who was called walked up to Yang Jian, knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Yang Jian.

"Master Gongbo, do you still know Xiao Lezi?"

"A little fun?"

Yang Jian was surprised at first and then overjoyed.

"Oh, what a little fun. How did you get to this place?"

"Didn't you tell me to run as far away as possible? So I ran back to my hometown and found a job as a waiter in this restaurant."

Yang Jian said with a smile.

"Oh, yes, yes, but Xiaolezi, you don't hate our family, do you? After all, it was us who made you lose your job in the palace."

"My young uncle has been so kind to me since he entered the palace. It's too late for me to repay you. How can I hate you? If you want to say you hate me, you can only say that you hate Yu Wenhu, that traitor."

Everyone present was confused. Only Li Shun understood what was going on. On the way to the Yamen of the state capital, Yang Jian walked and listened to Xiao Lezi's story about his lucky escape from the palace.

At that time, Xiao Lezi, the eunuch in the palace, was ordered by Yang Jian, the young uncle on the right, to find Li An who sent sweet cookies to poison Emperor Ming. He chased him to the guard at the harem gate and told him.

"We saw Li An hurriedly walked to the gate of the palace, someone brought a horse for him to ride on, and then he ran away like a flying horse and disappeared."

Xiao Lezi was about to turn around and return to the Yanshou Palace of Emperor Ming to report the situation to Yang Jian. At this moment, the Grand Chief Yu Wenhu led a large group of people to rush into the palace gate and surrounded the Yanshou Palace.

At this time, Xiao Lezi suddenly remembered Yang Jian's instructions from the young uncle on the right.

"If you can't find Li An, don't go back to the palace and run as far away as possible."

So Xiao Lezi took advantage of the chaos and ran away. At that time, he was penniless and borrowed some money from fellow villagers in Chang'an City and fled back to his hometown.

Yang Jian asked again after hearing this.

"How could that Lu Erze be so unscrupulous tonight?"

Xiao Lezi said.

"Sir, Lu Er is just one of the minor leaders. There is a hussar general named Shan Yutong in Suizhou. He is good at using two tiger-headed sledgehammers. He is a person who is feared by others. I heard that that person is named Shan Yu. When he was young, Tong's lame man was one of the overlords of Suizhou. He assembled a team of several thousand people and was later recruited by the imperial army. He fought bravely. I don't know that he served as a hussar general in the general's team, but he lost one of his legs during the battle. The Hsing General who returned to Suizhou was still very powerful. Anyone who committed crimes in the city would not be pursued as long as he took refuge with the local government. At present, he was involved in all walks of life in Suizhou City, so that the state government could not receive it. The former governor had no choice but to swallow his anger and dismiss from office."

After hearing this, Yang Jian felt heavy in his heart. The group of them arrived in the dark at the gate of the state capital. There was a pair of copper rings hanging on the thick door with copper nails. Li Shun walked up and patted the copper ring twice, but there was no movement.

After a few more forceful pats, I heard someone asking from inside the door.

"Who?"

Li Shunli said.

"We are coming from Chang'an, the capital. Please open the door."

Xiaolezi added in the local dialect.

"Uncle Zhu, the new governor has arrived. Please open the door."

"Cough, cough, here we come."

Zhu Bo said after a cough.

"Please wait a moment, we are already asleep."

After a while, there was only the sound of rustling footsteps, followed by the sound of the door bolt being pulled out and the door lock being pulled, and then there was a sound of branches, and the door was finally opened. There was a skinny old man in a robe standing at the dark door.

He said hurriedly while looking at the formation outside the door.

"There is a post station behind the house. Cars and horses go around the back."

Xiao Lezi said to Zhu Bo.

"Let's take them around. Uncle Zhu, go and open the back door."

The large group of people walked around the wall and walked toward the back. Yang Jian went straight up the steps, crossed the threshold, and went straight into the gate. Inside the gate was a garden-style courtyard in the middle. There was a screen wall in the middle. On both sides of the screen wall, there was a tall emerald cypress tree. Behind it was the governor's hall. The hall where bills are discussed.

Although it was night and the yard was dimly lit, it was still neat and tidy. After a while, Zhu Bo came over from the backyard with Li Shun holding a lamp.

Before leaving, Zhu Bo led the way and led Yang Jian into a room in the yard and lit the lights in the room. It was a suite. The outer room was a study and the inner room was a bedroom. No one had lived in the room for a long time, but it still looked very clean.

There is a complete set of the four treasures of the study on the desk in the study.

Early the next morning, Yang Jian still followed his usual habit of punching two different sets of punches at the hard boulder in the yard. When he stopped, he saw Zhu Bo standing in a corner of the yard holding a broom and watching. Hold yourself.

"Young man, what kind of punch are you doing?"

The huge stone in the courtyard that had stood for hundreds of years suddenly split apart with a crack, and the stones fell in pieces.

"Uncle Zhu, we used 50% different strength in these punches. We use softness to overcome hardness, hardness with softness, softness with hardness, hardness with strength, strength with strength. If we hit a human body, it only takes half an hour and he will look like This stone is the same."

Yang Jian asked again.

"Uncle Zhu, when you took office as governor and left office, didn't you say you had any official duties to handle?"

"Didn't he take office as governor in a hurry?"

"Okay, we took a quick look last night. There were only a few insignificant books in the bookcase and he left them too cleanly."

Zhu Bo said.

"After the former governor and his subordinates left, we tidied up every room and went there every now and then to sweep and mop."

"That is, that is."

Yang Jian smiled and said what he said was clean. Zhu Bo obviously didn't understand that Li Shun came to report at this time.

"Most of them were rejected when they went out to buy things. They either refused to sell or raised the price very high. As a result, they only caught a vegetable seller buying a load of vegetables."

"Oh, that Lu Er is so mean-spirited, can he scare us just like this?"

Yang Jian asked with a nonchalant smile.

"How much food are left for us to take with us on the road?"

Li Shundao.

"I can probably eat it for 3.5 days."

"Well, that's fine."

Yi and Fan Wei, the governor of Suizhou who had heard the news in the morning, came to visit the newly appointed governor and general Yang Jian, who also served as the chief steward of the governor's office.

"I respectfully welcome the governor of Xinzhou."

"Old man, please get up quickly. Your worship has really ruined our family."

Yi and Fan Wei were nearly young and destined to be Yang Zhong's old subordinate. In terms of age, he was Yang Jian's elder. In Yang Jian's study, Fan Wei, who was mature and serious, refused to take the lead because he was subordinate to him in terms of official position.

After a while of pleasantries, Yang Jian cut the topic straight to the subject of the hussar general Shan Yutong.

"General Yang, have you heard about this person since you first arrived?"

Fan Wei was surprised and pondered for a moment before saying.

"This person is difficult to deal with. He is a local tyrant."

Yang Jian said.

"Why does Master Yitong speak like this even though he has experienced hundreds of battles and holds military power?"

"Master Governor, please don't underestimate this lame man. He has dominated Suizhou for many years and has 12 Vajras under his control. Once we kill this lame man, another one of the 12 Vajras will appear to replace him. If we can't kill them all, we can throw them away." He is a demon whose position is far inferior to that of your father. He was once a general under Taizu, and there are still people above him supporting him, so the locals are afraid of him no matter who they are."

Yang Jian asked again.

"Then do you know who is supporting him?"

"The current Holy Emperor's younger brother, Duke Yu Wenzhi of Wei State, has been in close contact with him recently, and Yu Chijiong, the general of the Zhu Kingdom who lives in the capital, is also protecting him."

Fan Wei lowered his voice deliberately.

"Not long ago, the Duke of Wei went to Xiangzhou to serve as the general manager. The hussar general came to visit with a limp leg. He offered a whole box of gold and silver treasures. In the early years, due to drought, our soldiers were short of food and the Duke of Wei gave it to Shan Yu. Tong said hello, and the lame man gave Suizhou soldiers 300,000 catties of grain at once."

"How can a little five-guarantor like him produce so much food at one time?"

Fan Wei took the words and said.

"You can imagine how many good fields he occupied in Suizhou."

"Oh, it's really hateful."

Yang Jian sighed.

"If this cancer is not eliminated, how can there be peace in Suizhou?"

"It's difficult. In fact, the previous governor was also a man with a sense of justice and wanted to exorcise evil spirits from his own people. However, the result was that he couldn't defeat the fox and got into trouble. In the end, he could only leave out of hatred."

Yi Tong and Fan Wei shook their heads and suddenly looked directly at Yang Jian and asked.

"Listen to me, it seems that you are full of blood and want to eliminate harm for the people."

"Actually, I don't want to keep a low profile and get by, but this is the way the world is. If I follow you, you will think that I am easy to bully."

Yang Jian said solemnly.

"Our master Zhixian has repeatedly warned me not to act out of emotion when encountering problems. The Holy Father has placed us in the position of parent and official, so we can't go around the corner when encountering problems, right?"

"Alas, your temperament at this time is the same as that of my father back then, but Fan Wei is too old to do anything for you."

"oh?"

Yang Jian never expected that his father, whom he had met for the first time, would say such words to him. He asked Fan Wei in turn.

"We haven't really worked together yet, and you're planning to part ways?"

"There is no need to doubt this matter."

Fan Wei said.

"Well, we are your father's subordinates, and now we are the governor's subordinates. These soldiers and Fan Wei are at your disposal. We can do this without hesitation."

"Okay, what our family wants is your words. With an uncle here to help, our family still has to worry about becoming a hegemon?"

Yang Jian held Yi Tong's hand tightly and said.

"Actually, we, a foreigner, don't want to compete with the local snake, but when we first arrived, we were so intimidated by that guy, and after hearing the introduction from the wine shop boss Chen, Xiao Lezi, and you just now, we can't join in with him, so we are bound to be incompatible with each other."

While talking, Yang Jian heard a sound outside the room and asked.

"who?"

"It's us."

The door of the study room was pushed open with a sound of branches, and Zhu Bo walked into the room carrying a clay pot.

"Jianyi, the little one, came with the adults. They made a pot of plum wine and added this big cake. It's time to eat."

"Thank you, Uncle Zhu. It's getting late. You can go and have some rest. Old people can't stay up late."

Yang Jian took the pottery pot and saw that the arm was no longer very hot. He couldn't help but glance at the old man's hunched back.

In the afternoon of the next day, Fan Wei sent someone to deliver grain, oil, rape and rice. The next day, Yang Jian and Li Shun paid a return visit to the Governor's Mansion. They met with Fan Wei and met with the officers in the mansion. After having a meal in the Governor's Mansion, they also went to Suizhou City for a walk. .

A few days later, Yang Jian and Li Shun went to the countryside to inspect the people's situation. When they saw an elderly woman driving only a duck, they stepped forward and asked.

"Old mother, why are you just chasing a duck? The world is currently in a period of peace, and there are no wars or epidemics. Why is this?"

"well."

The old woman sighed.

"Young man, you don't know something. The city of Suizhou is not at peace now. There are some bandits who specialize in robbing people of their supplies. My family is reluctant to eat a duck like this. We reported it to the government and ignored it."

After hearing this, Yang Jian walked around again. He found that wherever he went, all the poor farmland and withered farmland belonged to the farmers, and all the good and fertile land owned by the farmers belonged to the hussar general Shan Yutong.

Li Shun couldn't help but said after seeing this scene.

"This General Sledgehammer is so unreasonable. Even if he bullies men and dominates women, he actually plunders the people's fields and ignores the people. I don't think he is Shan Yutong's own family. How could he do this if he is his own family?"

"Okay Li Shun, don't be upset. We'll have plenty of opportunities to fix him when we go to court."

It turns out that as long as Shan Yutong likes a certain piece of land, he will forcibly bring it into his household protection jurisdiction along with the owner of the land and farm it for him every day and night. The problem is that the farmers who have been deprived of their land are also willing to do so.

Because they relied on the hussar generals, they handed over their original land and became household guardians. From then on, they only paid rent like the household guardians instead of serving the court's heavy corvee, paying taxes and serving as militia.

As a result, Shan Yutong's team expanded uncontrollably, and the labor and military resources used by the royal family and the royal family suddenly decreased.

The imperial court heard about this and sent a force of 5,000 people to Suizhou to suppress it.

After Shan Yutong intercepted the information, he put on his shirt and armor early and went to the gate of Suizhou City, waiting for Zhu Guoda Xiwu to come towards him.

"Brother Shan, what you did today is against the imperial court. If you go out to fight alone, aren't you afraid that I will capture you and hand you over to the imperial court?"

Shan Yutong said angrily.

"Stop talking nonsense. Today's emperor is fatuous and incompetent. Why can't we replace him? Capture me? This pair of steel hammers in our family are not vegetarians. Look at the hammers."

The arrow was on the string and had to be fired. Both sides reined in their horses and their weapons collided with each other. Shan Yu made a muffled sound and made a fortune and smashed it with his hammer.

Da Xiwu raised his arms and felt a numbness in his arms. Now he was confused and didn't know what to do.

Da Xiwu looked for another flaw and was about to go back. Then Shan Yutong did a dragon leap flip. Seeing the opportunity, he smashed the Bagua Taiji ax in his hand with another hammer.

"Oh, this guy is so lucky."

In terms of meritorious service, Da Xiwu failed to enter the city and was unable to defeat Shan Yutong, so he could only use thirty-six strategies.

Yang Jian was deep in thought when the Suizhou government office quickly came to report.

"Pang Huang, the general manager of Xiangzhou, is visiting."

When Yang Jian returned to the government office, he asked people to bring the wine and food into the study and told Li Shun not to let anyone come and disturb him. After the third round of drinking, Yang Jian turned the conversation to the hussar general Shan Yutong.

"It's probably because of him that we came to Suizhou to see you and you were able to take shape so quickly."

Pang Huang smiled.

"You don't know, brother, just a few days after taking office, someone reported you to Wei Guogong for your unfaithfulness. We are here to mediate between you two."

"Brother Pang, tell me, isn't this the first time a bad person files a complaint?"

Yang Jian told in detail what happened in the wine shop when he came to Suizhou that night.

"A strong dragon won't fight a local snake. You have to be careful. Even our general Da Xiwu can't defeat him, let alone you."

Yang Jian said.

"The problem is that it is hard to prevent. If we are not willing to go along with it, the bridge will never be undone."

Pang Huang took a bite of the food and said.

"Then what do you say? He is a cripple and a ruffian, and you are an outsider. You should try to avoid conflicts with other people and don't be on the same level with him. This is what Wei Guogong means."

Yang Jian continued.

"Suizhou is such a fist-sized place. Can you get around it without looking up?"

Pang Huang saw Yang Jian's stubbornness and said.

"We know what you are thinking in your mind. We are classmates of Taixue. How can you fool me with your little thoughts?"

After hearing this, Yang Jian just ate and drank without responding.

Shan Yutong once spent a lot of money to build a royal-style manor hall in Shanxi. Lianyungu Shan Yutong has towering trees and high walls, forming a natural natural scene.

Shan Yutong is also called by the locals [the greatest refugee in the world]