Zhou Yi learned from Wei Zhongxian that Wang Hao reported to Emperor Li Xuanji that the number of Li Feiyu's men was about 3,000.
Only then did Zhou Yi realize that the Zhuangzis in Pingjiang County had exaggerated their power so much.
I only brought more than 200 numbered people at the beginning, but I didn't expect that they would blow up the number of people more than ten times.
"As for the good people, Ye, Wang, Li and other major villagers in Pingjiang County are all good people. I will definitely go and thank them someday!"
The treacherous Prime Minister Yan Song wanted Zhou Yi to recruit "Li Feiyu" just by talking. As for the conditions offered by the court, he didn't say anything. When Zhou Yi negotiated the conditions and the court couldn't honor them, wouldn't it be a waste of money? , it is clear that he wants Zhou Yi to die.
But what Yan Song, the old thief, never calculated was that Zhou Yi was Li Feiyu, and Li Feiyu was Zhou Yi.
And this extremely vicious "Li Feiyu" has not to mention three thousand men. Even though many people have come to Pingliang County now, and Zhou Yi has recruited many soldiers, the total number of city guards and city management under his command does not exceed a thousand.
The old thief Yan Song asked Zhou Yi to recruit "Li Feiyu". In the eyes of others, it seemed that he was asking Zhou Yi to die, but in Zhou Yi's eyes, this was clearly the old thief Yan Song giving away thousands of his own military personnel. !
You must know that although the city guards and urban management brigades currently recruited by Zhou Yi are apparently rural warriors, they are actually private soldiers supported by Zhou Yi himself with money and food.
If someone wants to falsely accuse Zhou Yi of raising private soldiers with the intention of treason through this matter, then he will definitely be punished.
This is the political correctness of the feudal dynasty. The emperor doesn't care whether you are true or false, just kill them all first.
Not only Zhouyi, but also the city guards and urban management brigades, every one of them, would be caught in Caishikou to perform the art of separating human head tissue.
If it weren't for the fact that Pingliang County is too far away, too remote, and too poor, no official would be willing to pay attention to it and not know the situation here.
Even the last time when Wang Hao, the censor, came to investigate the case, Zhou Yi temporarily pulled his city guards and urban management team to the construction site to move bricks without being discovered by Wang Hao and his party.
Fortunately, it was also because Pingliang County was too far away, too remote, and too poor that Zhou Yi had enough time to slowly develop.
But it's different now. Yan Song gave himself three thousand military personnel for nothing, so he could legitimately train troops.
Besides, the official establishment of the Eight Classics can have 3,000 people, so the number of non-staff members is not up to "Li Feiyu" himself!
What's more, with the establishment, there will be a monthly salary. Although Zhou Yi doesn't know how much money Chen Guo's soldiers have per month, there is still an amount here.
When Wei Zhongxian went back, Bai Sheng happened to come back with Yang Xiu.
Zhou Yi gave Bai Sheng an important task, which was to go to the capital with Wei Zhongxian, open a shop in the capital, contact Wei Zhongxian, and develop an intelligence organization in the capital.
As for recruiting "Li Feiyu", Zhou Yi didn't have to worry at all.
After all, things like negotiation cannot be settled in a short time. Zhou Yi must first complain and complain about difficulties in the early stage. Otherwise, if the work goes too smoothly, the emperor will think that what you do is not difficult or challenging at all.
After Wei Zhongxian left for about a week, Zhou Yi remembered to write a memorial to Emperor Chen to report on the progress of his recruitment of "Li Feiyu".
Zhouyi wrote in the memorial:
Your Majesty, the evil thief Li Feiyu led his troops to more than 5,000 people. They traveled across the land of Longbei and galloped between Liang and Jiang counties. They were invincible and their ferocity became more and more fierce.
Wei Chen visited the leader of the thieves Li Feiyu several times to discuss recruitment matters, but unexpectedly he almost died under his butcher's knife. Fortunately, the dragon's kindness was so great that he protected the minister unharmed. I sincerely request your Majesty to send the heavenly troops of the imperial court to suppress this beast in order to protect the face of the imperial court and to calm the hearts of the people.
This memorial was originally not in the hands of the emperor Li Xuanji, but Yan Song specially asked someone to report it to the emperor in order to attack Taishi Wen and his group of ministers.
When Zhou Yi came into contact with the murderous thief Li Feiyu, he was not killed immediately, but was instead left in a state of embarrassment. This situation was something Yan Song and his party liked to see. In this way, we can kill the chicken and scare the monkey.
Although the word "danger" was never written in Zhou Yi's memorial, the censor Wang Hao himself figured out the dangers in the recruitment negotiations from Zhou Yi's memorial.
So Wang Hao hurriedly stepped forward to ask for instructions: "Your Majesty, Li Feiyu, a poor bandit, is arrogant and domineering and has no court. Please ask your Majesty to send the Pingyang City Wuwei Guard army to conquer Feiyu Village and restore peace to the people of Longbei."
Young Zaifu Yan Kuan was the first to stand up and object: "Reporting to Your Majesty, from the memorial reported by Zhou Tanhua, it can be seen that he has been in contact with the bandit leader many times and is still safe and sound. The bandit leader Li Feiyu did not kill Zhou Tanhua immediately. They are also afraid of the power of God and have the intention of seeking peace."
Li Xuanji, who was sitting on the dragon throne, also felt that what Yan Song's son Yan Kuan said was very reasonable, and nodded slightly in agreement.
"Your Majesty, why not let Zhou Tanhua recruit An Li Feiyu as the county magistrate, and the soldiers under Li Feiyu's command will give him three thousand military memberships and let him form an army to guard the previously destroyed Pingliang County. Wouldn't it be the best of both worlds?"
"What should we do with the extra two thousand bandits? By offering such unreasonable conditions, isn't it obvious that they want to anger the evil thief Li Feiyu and then kill the pillars of the imperial court!" Wang Hao asked anxiously.
However, Emperor Li Xuanji felt that there was nothing wrong with Yan Kuan's arrangement, so he said coldly: "Just follow Yan Aiqing's method to draft the decree!"
"Your Majesty, think twice. If this happens, Your Majesty will definitely lose a pillar of the imperial court!" Wang Hao, the imperial censor, quickly begged for mercy, hoping that the emperor could send troops to suppress Li Feiyu first.
Li Xuanji, who was already cruel and violent, scolded Wang Hao for talking back twice: "Bold Wang Hao, don't you think that I am stupid and incompetent, and that I can't even judge such a trivial matter? You have contradicted me again and again. "
"Come here! Drag this disrespectful Wang Hao out and beat him with fifty big sticks!"
When Li Xuanji was in a rage, no one dared to take advantage of the situation and admonish him, because many stupid people had been implicated and killed for admonishing him in the past.
Fifty big boards, Zhou Yi, the real Tanhua Lang, was beaten to the west, not to mention Wang Hao, the imperial envoy who was nearly fifty years old.
As expected, the imperial emissary Wang Hao couldn't hold on after the twenty-seventh blow and died.
When the news reached the emperor's ears by the eunuch Wei Zhongxian, Li Xuanji felt no discomfort at all, as if he had killed a fly casually.
Li Xuanji even lamented that Wang Hao's health was not as good as Zhou Yi's, and Zhou Yi was beaten fifty times and was still alive and well. But Wang Hao, the imperial emissary, couldn't even stand thirty boards. He really couldn't help it!
