Chen Congzhi was in a good mood because last night he personally directed to kill more than 30 elderly bandits from Huangcongshan. The heads had already been prepared overnight and were waiting to be taken back to the county town to seek credit from the magistrate.

The Qin surnamed Qin cut more than 90 levels of heads last night. Together with the two hundred levels before, he had a total of 300 levels.

Although the guy had to add 200 taels of silver to the price, it was not expensive to buy the head of the 300-level old bandit for seven hundred taels of silver.

In addition to the more than 200 heads he had cut outside Mengjiazhuang a few days ago, there were a total of 600 heads. Just hand over these heads and make some arrangements. Maybe the magistrate can be promoted to such a high level. Not to mention the magistrate, he can be promoted to magistrate or co-magistrate, and Chen Congzhi can make money as he and Chen Congzhi can follow him.

Therefore, before dawn, Chen Congzhi sent a Dianjian to lead dozens of yamen runners to Jingyou Town, and asked the Du family to borrow 200 taels of silver to raise 700 taels for the Qin surnamed.

Of course, there is no need to pay back the Du family's 200 taels of silver in the future.

At noon, when the funeral of Qin was finished and after the Mengjiazhuang was quiet, Chen Congzhi said goodbye to Wang Jizong and led two hundred men to outside Mengjiazhuang.

He still didn't dare to enter the house, so he just asked someone to send the money in. Not long after, he saw his people carrying several large sacks, all of which were made of nitrified heads, totaling 297 levels.

Chen Congzhi asked several minor officials and yamen runners to check their teeth and confirmed that they were all old bandits. He bowed to the gatehouse of Mengjiazhuang, said thank you, and then led his men back to Jingle.

Before he could take a few steps, a voice named Qin suddenly came from the gatehouse: "Sir Chen, go back and tell the county magistrate that as long as Qin is given a hundred household vocation, Qin can guard the southern gate of Jingle County for him."

Chen Congzhi stopped and turned around and bowed again: "Director Qin should be relaxed. The magistrate is as clear as a mirror. The creditor of the big manager must be bound to be the credit of the big manager. If there are bandits rampant in the future, please let the manager Qin know one or two, and you and I will work together to defeat the thief."

"It's easy to say, it's easy to say."

Qin Chuan also smiled and bowed.

"Just leave here."

"Bon Voyage."

...

The next morning, He Changbao took a rough look at the heads, and then listened to Chen Congzhi's detailed returns, and paced back and forth in the county government.

Chen Congzhi guessed that he was hesitant and bowed to his body, "Sir, in Wansheng's opinion, Han Mao fell to his current fate, but he was just a self-destruction. All the prefectures and counties in Shanxi fell into the thief heads. The governor is in urgent need of a group of bandit heads to achieve the merits. The commander-in-chief of Shanxi will naturally not offend the governor for a mere thousand generals."

After listening to Chen Congzhi's words, He Changbao pondered for a moment, then suddenly slapped his thigh, shouted "Okay", and then quickly walked to the desk.

Chen Congzhi hurriedly helped him grind ink.

One day later, six hundred heads and a letter were sent to the Taiyuan Prefectural Office in Yangqu County, and soon transferred to the Shanxi Chengxun Government Office in Yangqu County, where they were also in Yangqu County.

Just as Shanxi Governor Song Tongyin had just returned from Taiyuan County to prepare for defense, he worked in the office of the yamen of the General Administration and the 600 heads and letters were sent to his case intact.

Song Tongyin personally inspected the six hundred heads, and saw that nearly half of them were the heads of old bandits. He opened the report and wrote: "He Changbao, the magistrate of Jingle, reported that on the second day of the 10th, the head of Huangcong Mountain, Bashanhu led a thousand thieves to plunder Loufan Town, inspected Tang Tao and thirty archers died in battle. Fortunately, the righteous man surnamed Loufan led the villagers to fight hard to resist the enemy."

"Baodi led 200 yamen runners and the 100th yamen guards, and Han Mao, the 100th general of the Ninghua Defence, led 300 troops to march at night and rushed to Loufan. Han Mao was eager to make contributions and advanced alone, defeated, and suffered many casualties. Bao led his army to rush to attack, and killed 400 bandits in a row, pursued more than 70 miles, and killed more than 100 more levels. The bandits retreated and Loufan was pacified."

"The people of Qinchuan, Huoshui and Hongdong were established before they could reach the end. The righteous man led 400 villagers to defend Mengjiazhuang and killed seventy enemies. When they were on the side attack, they led the villagers to fight bravely, took the lead, and killed ninety enemies."

"Please commend it in person. His words express his thoughts and are willing to serve the court. After death, he was also alone in the south of Loufan, with mountains and steep mountains on all sides, and bandits were rampant, and the people were unable to rest day and night. Therefore, he asked to set up a hundred households and place them in Loufan, and asked a hundred households to raise funds and train their own military forces to ensure that Loufan is peaceful and peaceful, and the people are safe."

"Bao deeply feels that he is loyal and brave, and is eager to serve the country, so he asked to set up a hundred households and ask for his tenure as a hundred households to give him the way of loyalty to the country."

After reading He Changbao's article, Song Tongyin's face turned gloomy, and he took out another document and opened it for a closer look.

This is a letter submitted to the commander commander of Shanxi the day before yesterday and transferred to the Jiaqitang report on his desk, and wrote: "Han Mao was the general who defended thousands of households in Ninghua. On the second day of the 10th, Qin Chuan led two thousand thieves to Jingle. When Mao Chu heard the urgent report, he was shocked and angry. He ordered two hundred soldiers to guard Jingle County, and personally led three hundred soldiers to join the magistrate of Jingle County, Chen Congzhi, and went south to fight for the two hundred village warriors."

"That night, when the army was stolen, they were attacked by thieves at night. Chen Congzhi led the brave men in the village to flee without fighting. He defeated the thieves alone. However, the thieves were powerful and they were willing to serve the country but could not support them. The battle was dawn. Taking advantage of the exhaustion of the thieves, they led their troops to break through. There were only one hundred soldiers left. The thieves were also seriously injured and retreated today."

"Mao cannot annihilate the enemy Yu Jingyou, but instead ruins two hundred soldiers with red blood and Danxin. Mao is guilty and submits a punishment for his crime."

After reading this Tangbao, Song Chuanyin slapped the long case suddenly and snorted angrily: "Listen to report military information, you are so bold!"

The civil and military officials beside him were all shocked.

Song Tongyin pushed the two documents forward, then looked around and said, "Look at me, who should I believe in?"

Several civil and military officials around him surrounded him and took turns to read the two official documents carefully, and then fell into deep thoughts.

In fact, civil officials had already made a conclusion that He Changbao was a civil servant and Han Mao was a reckless man. No matter what the truth was, they naturally wanted to protect civil servants, especially when He Changbao even sent 600 heads.

As for the commander and Tongzhi of Shanxi Dushi, they looked hesitant and didn't know how to make a decision for a while.

Han Mao is their direct subordinate. It is logical that he should say a few good things for him, but the current situation is very unfavorable to Han Mao.

As of now, He Changbao's report is even more convincing. After all, he still has six hundred heads, and Han Mao has nothing but a Tang newspaper, which is difficult to convince.

A mere Han Mao would give up if he gave up, not to mention that he was the one who was alone and he was responsible for his own recklessness.

However, we have to first understand the thoughts of Master Futai.

After pondering for a while, the first person to express his opinion was not the civil servant, but the commander Du Yingtang.

The Ming Dynasty emphasized culture and over military affairs. Song Tongyin was just a fourth-rank assistant censor, but as a governor, he was in charge of military affairs in the province, and the commander of the capital was a second-rank military general, so he had to bow down and obey orders in front of him.

Du Yingtang led the way to go out and bowed respectfully: "Mr. Futai, according to the eyes of the officials, He Changbao's words were of 600 beheadings, and those heads were undoubtedly clear. However, Han Maotang's statement had no basis. The soldiers who were injured in the defense of the thousand households in Ninghua were inseparable from his own advance. The following officials' opinions should be commended, and the crime of Han Mao's ineffective command and falsely reporting on military affairs and plagiarizing others."

"What Lord Du said is very true, and the next official will discuss it."

"The following officials discuss."

Other civil and military officials also came out to express their opinions.

Song Tongyin looked at the expressions of everyone expressionlessly, then nodded: "I immediately wrote a book and presented it to the capital with 600 fast horses, reporting He Changbao's contribution to suppressing bandits, and... Because the Loufan inspector Tang Tao fought hard and died in the country, the inspection department was vacant, no one was allowed to ask Huo Shui Yishi Qin Chuan to be the Loufan inspector, commending his loyalty and courageous service."

"Master Futai is wise."

Song Tongyin immediately wrote a quick pen and wrote the question book. With the ink traces dry, he sent someone to send the question book, the head, and He Changbao's letter to the capital together.

He was not greedy for merit, nor did he take He Changbao's credit. The letter was sent out without changing a word.

In history, Song Tongyin was one of the few honest and capable officials who were both civil and military in the late Ming Dynasty. When he was still the prefect of Huai'an, he made significant achievements in both controlling floods and destroying the White Lotus Sect.

However, in the fifth year of Chongzhen, bandits fled into Shanxi to capture cities and counties, and various prefectures and counties fell one after another. Song Tongyin could not escape the responsibility of poor defense. Zhou Yanru also accused him of "the one who killed the thief to die" and refused to fight. In December of the fifth year of Chongzhen, he was dismissed from his post as governor and died two years later.

In fact, when the bandits entered Shanxi, Song Tongyin sent an edict to the general Cao Wenzhao, ordering him to lead his army to Puzhou and the Qinshui area to fight head-on. However, Cao Wenzhao encountered countless bandits along the way, which slowed down the speed of the march. The bandits rushed to Shouyang and had the potential to attack Taiyuan.

Song Tongyin urgently ordered his deputy general Wu Cai to lead 5,000 elite troops to guard Shouyang, but Wu Cai was defeated in a battle and fled back to Taiyuan in a hurry. He was beheaded by Song Tongyin on the spot.
Chapter completed!