It is said that when one person attains enlightenment, chickens and dogs ascend to heaven.
It can be said that it is most vividly reflected in Sun Cheng, the flag officer of the pro-army Yulinwei half a year ago.
He left the Yulin Guards with him and went to the East Palace. He was escorted by ten Yulin Guards officers and soldiers of Zhu Yunxi, who was only the grandson of the emperor at the time.
Now they have all entered the Jinyiwei Yamen, and each of them has been promoted.
The lowest one is also the chief flag officer of the Imperial Guard, leading fifty people.
Tian Mai was the worst offender among the ten people at the beginning, and was the general flag officer of Fusi in Jinyiwei North Town.
This time the supervisor came ashore from Taizhou Prefecture and escorted the imperial court's 500,000 stone relief grain and grass to Taizhou Prefecture and Jinhua Prefecture. It was Tian Mai who carried him.
At this moment, his cheeks were turning an unhealthy red color from the surrounding ice and snow. His chapped lips showed that he had not drank water for a long time.
Behind him were the Taizhou Prefecture Haimen Guards officers and soldiers with three thousand households and three thousand troops.
Under the ice and snow, this army marching on the snow was as silent as the Wuzhi Mountain located in the distance at the junction of Shaoxing Prefecture and Jinhua Prefecture, on the Puyang River, blocking Pujiang County's direct connection to the north with Hangzhou Prefecture (this is the one on my map) name).
To the northwest of Wuzhi Mountain are the mountains of Zhejiang Province such as Wuxie Mountain and Jiuling Mountain.
These mountains are connected together, so that the entire Jinhua Prefecture can only enter Hangzhou Prefecture by detouring southward to Yanzhou Prefecture in the west. Or go east to Taizhou Prefecture, Ningbo Prefecture, and then cross Shaoxing Prefecture to reach Hangzhou Prefecture.
There is no official road leading from Jinhua Mansion to Hangzhou Mansion in the north. Without these, only pedestrians can pass, but no large armies or large caravans can be allowed to pass.
In front of them was Pujiang County, and behind them were three thousand Haimen Guards officers and soldiers.
However, Tian Mai's attention and eyes were always on the man who was at the front, the guide and the real commander behind the team, who was wrapped in a black robe.
Men had no official positions.
At least in the imperial court, no one could find any information about him in the official document library.
But Tian Mai, the chief flag officer of the Imperial Guard, did not dare to offend this man in the slightest.
"Sir...sir...may I ask what we should do now?"
Tian Mai thought for a long time, but still didn't expect that he couldn't decide what to call the person in front of him.
The man frowned. This place was a shady slope outside Pujiang County.
Only ten miles away was Pujiang County, where countless disaster victims gathered outside the city.
Under Tian Mai's nervous gaze, the man's hand had already been placed on the handle of a sword that was not a Ming Dynasty standard saber.
ever.
A sound of gold and flint.
The man wielded a long knife, the blade cut through the wind and chopped up the snowflakes in the sky. He pressed forward with the knife.
"In Pujiang County, all officials, gentry, and merchants will be punished!"
There was a bang.
Under the entire Wuzhi Mountain, it was really like the stone monkey that was pressed on the Wuzhi Mountain in the book was born. In an instant, thunder rolled from the sky and the ground shook.
The hundreds of cavalrymen who had been hiding at the bottom of the shady slope had already circled out from both sides of the army.
When they reached the top of the slope, they pressed down their spears, their red tassels curled up in the flying snow, and they let out bursts of dragon roars in an incomprehensible style.
The cavalry began to charge from the top of the slope.
For these most elite soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, ten miles of land was just a blink of an eye.
Then, Tian Mai followed closely behind the man, commanding the remaining infantry to speed up and rush down the shady slope.
The cavalry at the front rushed to the front of Pujiang County, swept by a gust of snow and cold wind.
The officials and gentry in Pujiang County are very respectable.
No matter how many disaster victims gathered around the county seat, there was always enough road left for dozens of riders to ride in parallel on the road leading to the county seat.
And these more than five hundred Haimen Guards cavalry rushed into this road.
The people around him were probably really numb. They saw these menacing officers and soldiers in vain and did not react.
They just watched quietly as the officers and soldiers rushed to the county seat with their swords in their hands.
But the officers and soldiers on horseback were already shouting.
"The imperial court has decreed that the General-in-Chief of the King of Qin will supervise the disaster relief work in Zhejiang Province, and the Emperor's Grandson of the Supervisory State and the Commander-in-Chief of the Chinese Army will assist in the organization."
"The officials of Pujiang County, Jinhua Prefecture, have embezzled money to provide food and grass for disaster relief. It is intolerable to the laws of heaven and the imperial envoy will punish them!"
"The officials and gentry of Pujiang County colluded. The gentry and merchants withheld grain and fodder, raised the price of grain, and bought wives and children. As a result, the people's families were ruined, and the imperial envoys brought them to justice!"
"We were ordered to kill officials and punish thieves!"
"Kill officials and seek thieves!"
"Kill officials and seek thieves!"
By the end, more than five hundred riders had shouted out their purpose this time.
The numb and cold eyes of the victims outside Pujiang County gradually gained something different.
The cold eyes began to gradually turn red.
Before they could respond, the cavalry in front had already rushed into the county town.
On the snowfield behind, more officers and soldiers rushed over.
They also shouted in unison to kill officials and punish thieves.
Outside Pujiang County, the victims gradually calmed down.
Within the county town, several plumes of thick black smoke were already rising.
There were faint sounds of begging for mercy and the sound of swords without response.
…
This is the Lantern Festival in the 25th year of Hongwu.
Probably because of the road disaster in Zhejiang, the lively atmosphere in Hangzhou's capital city this year is less than in previous years. Few houses in the streets and alleys hang red lanterns at their doors.
Every household is tightening their belts, and no one knows whether the surplus grain in their granary pockets can last until the day the disaster is over.
"The Romance of Fairy Wood"
However, the world is always unequal.
Some people are going through hardships, while others are enjoying luxury.
This is the real world.
Outside the Zhejiang Daozuo Liu Mansion with plain white walls.
Zhu Yunxi was only wearing a woolen cloak, with a sash underneath, and a wild goose feather knife hanging from his belt.
Dressed up like this, it was convenient for him to kill someone today.
Behind him, in the entire alleyway in front of the Liu Mansion, were no less than a hundred people of Jinyi Guards Cavalry, led by Deputy Qianhu Sun Cheng.
Farther away, with the Liu Mansion as the core, were the guards of the Hangzhou Prefecture of Zhejiang Province led by Tang Li after more than half a month of integration.
According to the court's practice, Zhu Yunxi has given annual leave to officials in Hangzhou since the 30th of the New Year.
Today is the day of harvest.
When he set out from Yingtian City's Longwan Pier years ago, Zhu Yunxi did not expect that the prince's father would actually be in a wheelchair. He set off from the Imperial City all the way through Yingtian City and rushed to the pier outside Waijinchuan Gate to chase the secret guard. Leave it to yourself.
These people either accompanied them or quietly lurked into Zhejiang Road. Now, after they have been covered with stars and moons and suffered from the frost, all their efforts have come to be reaped.
He glanced at the Liu Mansion, which was standing alone.
Inside the courtyard wall, the sound of silk and bamboo could be heard constantly.
Zhu Yunxi sneered silently.
Is this how gold and jade are corrupted on the outside?
On the surface, he pretends to share the suffering of the people, but secretly he is enjoying a life of wealth and wealth.
Going against the grain seems to be what these people are most passionate about.
Zhu Yunxi couldn't understand why they always had such courage.
Can't figure it out.
Then the only solution is to use swords.
"kill!"
Zhu Yunxi gave the order.
Zhejiang Province Chief Minister Si Yamen left the gate of Liu Man's residence and fell down with a crash.
