Seeing that he stopped talking, Zhang Mingwei sneered and asked, "Why, don't you want to continue talking? Go on, I'm listening!"
Only fools will continue to talk, and they can only keep their heads down and be scolded.
Seeing this, Zhang Mingwei suddenly slapped the case and shouted: "This is a hometown of saints and sages, and the literary style is flourishing, so it won't commit crimes? Do you dare to use your head as a guarantee?"
When the inspector heard this, he was so frightened that he asked him to use his head as a guarantee. How could this be possible?
"Come on, come on, whoever pledges his head as a guarantee, I will give you face!" Seeing him flinching, Zhang Mingwei looked at other Shandong officials and shouted coldly.
Naturally, who dares to joke with his own life?
The person in front of me had been fighting in the north and south. He was used to fighting and had great power. Killing someone was probably a common thing. Seeing that none of them spoke, and even Zuo Maodi lowered his head, Zhang Mingwei sneered and continued to say sternly: "The reason why Eunuch Bingbi, the eunuch of the Bureau of Ceremony, came to Shandong on the emperor's order is that the emperor has seen the evidence. They converted their private fields into sacrificial fields to evade taxes, and the amount was very large. Now, the popular uprising that started in Qufu, do you dare to say that it was a rebellion forced by the government and the people?"
Inside the big tent, there was silence.
Every official present knew that it was the most common thing to convert private land into sacrificial land to avoid taxes. There must be some from the Kong family.
Therefore, no one dares to vouch for their own lives for the Kong family.
Who didn’t study hard for many years in Hanchuang and cross the single-plank bridge with thousands of troops and horses, and then achieved today’s glory and wealth? Are they crazy to vouch for the Kong family?
Zhang Mingwei glanced at the faces of each of them. After waiting for a while, no one spoke, and then continued to sneer and asked: "Now the rebels are killing officials and rebelling, and they are also besieging Yanzhou Prefecture with great momentum. Do you think the court will just let it go?"
The silence continued, with no one speaking.
But this time, Zhang Mingwei did not let them go, and began to call them by name, starting with the officials from the Third Envoys Division, who had the highest official position in Shandong, and asked them one by one.
The name of rebellion is given. In fact, the popular uprising is a kind of rebellion. Who dares to deny it? In this case, who dares to say forget it?
After getting the unanimous answer, Zhang Mingwei stopped caring about them and called out their names loudly: "Li Guo, Gao Yigong, Hao Yaoqi, where is Yuan Zongdi?"
They lined up on both sides and immediately came out with fists clasped in response, loudly responding: "The general is here!"
"Immediately lead your troops south to Yanzhou. If you don't surrender, you will be killed without mercy!" Zhang Mingwei ordered loudly, with murderous intent in his tone.
After hearing this, the local officials in Shandong became completely silent, and no one dared to speak out.
"General, I obey!" Li Guo and others roared in response again, and a murderous aura filled the tent.
Zhang Mingwei glanced at these Shandong local officials, and then continued to order: "After the siege of Yanzhou is relieved, before I arrive, follow the orders of the eunuch Wang Erbiao, the eunuch Bingbi, and make no mistakes!"
"I will obey your orders!"
In response to this, Zuo Maodi looked up at Duke Xingguo, as if he had something to say.
If Wang Erbiao is allowed to take control of the military, the Kong family in Qufu will probably be in bad luck.
He wanted to remind him that the other party was Yan Shenggong, a descendant of Kong Shengren. It might not be appropriate to do this.
However, thinking of what Duke Xingguo had just said, he finally sighed in his heart and stopped talking. This was the result of the Kong family's own audacity.
Although on the surface, there seems to be no evidence that the Kong family was instigating this civil uprising. However, as a senior official of the Ming Dynasty, he no longer looks at the details, but looks at the overall situation. It is natural to find that the Kong family will never be able to escape the involvement of the Shandong civil uprising.
Afterwards, Li Guo, Gao Yigong and the others received military orders and left the camp. Not long after, they heard the sound of hoofbeats thundering away.
There was still silence in the big tent, no one dared to speak at this time.
It was Zhang Mingwei himself who finally broke the silence.
I heard him soften his tone a little and said to Zuo Maodi: "In addition to suppressing the rebellion, I came to Shandong to help you implement the New Deal. I will continue to send troops to suppress the rebellions outside Yanzhou Prefecture in Shandong. Your matter, Just get started. It’s best to have preliminary results before spring plowing next year!”
After hearing this, Zuo Maodi concentrated his mind, stopped caring about the Kong family's affairs, and nodded in agreement.
After hearing this, Zhang Mingwei turned to look at the local officials in Shandong and shouted coldly: "I am busy with the king's affairs now. I will settle the accounts with you after the matter is settled. Let's see how you behave!"
These officials who are in charge of government in Shandong cannot be replaced all at once. They can only be punished and perform meritorious service. Only in this way can the implementation of Shandong's New Deal be completed as quickly as possible. Otherwise, just the turmoil in the officialdom and the appointment of new officials will take a year and a half at the speed of this era.
With the pressure of settling accounts after the fall, Zhang Mingwei believes that they will never joke about their future. Even in the case of the Kong family, in order to evade his own guilt, he would change his position and become an official who proved the Kong family's crimes.
It is also normal in this era for a dead Taoist friend to be a poor Taoist.
So, just like that, Zhang Mingwei did not lead his troops south to Yanzhou, but sat in the capital of Shandong, and together with Zuo Maodi, he began to vigorously promote the New Deal while suppressing rebellions in other places.
However, Zhang Mingwei and Zuo Maodi still have a division of labor. His focus is to sort out and innovate the guard posts across Shandong, mainly in the military aspect. Zuo Maodi was in civil affairs, dealing with local powerful people.
Of course, if Zuo Maodi encounters resistance, Zhang Mingwei will intervene forcefully.
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On the Yanzhou Mansion side, because the city is besieged, news from outside cannot get in. Wang Erbiao was so worried every day that he looked extremely haggard. The eyes of the two pandas hung on his face all day long, almost turning into black lanterns.
He was looking forward to it day and night, hoping that the reaction from the capital would be faster.
But when you wait for something like this, the more you care about the result, the longer it feels.
This feeling of fear will probably be unforgettable to Wang Erbiao for the rest of his life.
On this day, he slept non-stop. Suddenly, the Dongchang fan on the city wall rushed into the arrow tower with joy and loudly reported to him: "Sir, reinforcements from the imperial court have come. They must be the imperial court." Reinforcements are coming, we are saved, we are saved..."
This voice was like giving Wang Erbiao a shot of chicken blood. He immediately brightened up, as if he was a different person. He asked in surprise: "Where is it? Where is it? Haha, our family finally It’s over!”
The prefect and the guard who were both in the arrow tower couldn't help but glance at each other after hearing this, but they were not as excited as Wang Erbiao.
Wang Erbiao said as he rushed toward the window.
"I haven't seen it yet!" The Dongchang fan quickly reported, "But the thieves outside the city are dispersing. They must have heard the news that the imperial army is coming to relieve the siege!"
Wang Erbiao had already reached the window and looked out. Sure enough, many rebels were scattering outside the city. Suddenly, he was very happy and laughed immediately.
The prefect of Yanzhou who came to see them also saw it, and reminded Wang Erbiao: "It is also possible that Duke Yansheng sent people to persuade them to disperse. After all, they are just a group of ordinary people!"
As soon as he heard this, Wang Erbiao felt like a balloon had burst. He suddenly became furious and said: "Bullshit, fuck your mother's bullshit! Do you think our child is a three-year-old?"
While cursing, he thought of how frightened he had been these days, and became even more angry. He pointed his finger at the prefect's nose and cursed again: "Killing an official is rebellion, and speaking for rebels is complicity! Don't think our family doesn't know this. . What about the things that we promised to eat the king, earn money and be loyal to the king? We made various excuses to find out what the fighting strength of the rebel bandits outside the city was? We made various excuses and immediately sent out troops to annihilate these rebels outside the city before the imperial army arrived. Is it difficult to rebel against a thief?"
The guards of Yanzhou Mansion had originally followed, but upon hearing this, they quickly retreated into the arrow tower.
But when Wang Erbiao saw it, he didn't spare him and started to yell at him.
His Dongchang officers controlled the archery tower, and now many of the rebels outside the city had dispersed. With such a good sign, some of the pent-up frustration in his heart was let out.
Not to mention when he was an errand in the palace before, he had never encountered such an experience since he became the eunuch Bingbi, the eunuch in charge of etiquette. If he doesn't come back with revenge, will he still be a dignified eunuch?
You know, when it comes to the place, the people who come out of the palace represent the imperial power. Not to mention, he was under the emperor's orders.
Next, the situation got better day by day, and the rebels outside the city fled every day.
Even though Wang Erbiao had never led troops in a battle, based on his observations, it could be seen that the rebels outside the city were already panicking.
The prefect and the garrison could naturally tell that the imperial court was most likely sending troops. Therefore, the posture they originally maintained in front of Wang Erbiao became weaker and weaker day by day.
On this day, when Wang Erbiao was taking a nap and squinting, suddenly a Dongchang officer shouted loudly: "Sir, the imperial reinforcements have arrived, the imperial reinforcements have arrived, haha, we are safe..."
Upon hearing this, Wang Erbiao jumped to the window with an unprecedented speed to see the situation. He saw the rebels outside the city, all fleeing in all directions.
In the distance of the field of vision, dust was flying, the red military uniforms were particularly eye-catching, and iron hooves were rolling in like thunder.
The imperial court actually sent out cavalry troops, and the number was huge. No wonder they all arrived before the year.
"Hahaha……"
On the arrow tower, Wang Erbiao's hearty and shrill laughter almost pierced the eardrums of the Yanzhou Prefecture magistrate and the guards.
About an hour later, Li Guo, Gao Yigong and others appeared on the archery tower, clasped their fists and saluted Wang Erbiao, and said loudly: "The general has come to relieve the siege on the order of the Duke, and he will obey your orders before the Duke arrives in Yanzhou." !”
Wang Erbiao laughed loudly when he heard this, and immediately turned his head to look in the direction of Qufu, with a ferocious expression on his face.
