Chapter 281: The Dog Young Master is in Handan

"Brothers, we are going back to the northwest to suppress the bandits again!" After leaving the capital and returning to the army, Mr. Zhang, who was dejected and worried for a long time, suddenly seemed to have gained a new life, and was full of energy and spirit to speak at the nearly thousand Tunu military training that were lined up to set off: "Unlike the previous few times, this time we no longer follow the vast and sparsely populated Xuanda official road, but marched from the heart of the Central Plains of the Ming Dynasty, went to Henan from the capital, and then switched from Henan to Shaanxi to suppress bandits! They all walked with densely populated and bustling roads!"

"I shouldn't be talking about this." Mr. Zhang continued: "You did a good job before. Although you were not as good as the Yue family army's military, they would not demolish houses or starve to death, but they did not rob and disturb the people. But this time, this is the first time that our slave soldiers marched in the Central Plains, so I must emphasize the military and civil discipline of the slave army and tell me, what three of them should be killed in the military and civil discipline of the slave army?"

"Sir, the slave army disturbs the people and kills the people three times!" Nearly a thousand soldiers of the slave army replied neatly: "Those who kill good people should be killed! Those who rape women should be killed! Those who loot the people's wealth should be killed three times!"

"Very good. I have memorized these three things. I will carry them on my back before eating and going to bed every day, so as not to forget it." Master Zhang nodded with satisfaction, raised his whip and slashed it with a whip, and shouted: "The whole army will go!" After that, Master Zhang took the lead in the horses and advanced forward, and the soldiers of the Slaughter Army, who were carrying food, supplies and vehicles, followed closely, heading south to the forefront of the bandit suppression.

In the first month, the Yellow River is still snow-white north. The north wind blows into the knife. The snowflakes are like bunches, flying wildly. The handsome face is red. The young master Zhang, who is so excited that he can't help but show off his heart. He chants loudly: "The scenery of the north is frozen thousands of miles away, and snow falls thousands of miles away. Looking inside and outside the Great Wall, there are only the vastness; the river is suddenly lost. The mountains are dancing silver snakes, and the wax figures are originally scattered. I want to compete with the heavens. I must look at the red dress on a sunny day, which is particularly enchanting. The country is so beautiful that it attracts countless heroes to compete for their waists. I cherish the Qin Emperor and Han Wu, and lose their literary talent; Tang Zong and Song Ancestors are slightly inferior to the charming. A generation of geniuses, Genghis Khan, only knows how to bending the bow and shooting eagles. All of them have gone, and there are several romantic figures, and I still look at the present day--!"

"Okay! What a romantic figure, look at the present day!" Just after Mr. Zhang finished his performance, there was already a burst of applause and cheers around him. He rarely heard Mr. Zhang's two accomplices, Shi Kefa and Song Xiance, who chanted poems and made lyrics, applauded together, and praised Mr. Zhang's domineering poems and plagiarized the domineering poems that Mr. Zhang plagiarized. Shi Kefa also sincerely admired and said, "Tanhualang has always been Tanhualang. Students can never think of such poems in this life." Song Xiance asked strangely: "Boss, you rarely listen to what you write? Even if you encounter any poetry and essays, you can hide as long as you can. Students still think you are not as clumsy as this. Now it seems that your poetry is not as good as a soldier?"

"Of course it depends on the mood. I really don't like these things about writing and writing. I just occasionally write one when I get excited." Master Zhang bragged without blushing. Song Xiance believed it, and Shi Kefaze asked in confusion: "That's even more strange to the students. A few days ago, when you were reunited with your family in the capital, you also took a new concubine. You are worried all day long and frowning. Why are you so energetic and so excited when you just left the capital? "

"I want to hear the truth or the lies?" Master Zhang wanted to keep it a secret, but he couldn't help but say his heart. "When I was in the capital a few days ago, I was like a fish left out of water, and even breathing was very difficult, so I was in a bad mood. But now I left the capital and returned to the army, I felt like I was in water, and my breathing was relaxed, so of course I was in a good mood."

"Oh, so that's how it is." The pure and honest Shi Kefa seemed to understand, nodded and stopped asking. Song Xiance, who had just returned from Cha Hanhaote, had his eyes lit up, and hurriedly pulled Zhang Shitou aside, and asked in a low voice: "Shitou, what happened to the boss's return to the capital this time? Tell me everything you know, maybe I can give my boss some worries and worry." Zhang Shitou did not doubt that he was, so he rode with Song Xiance, marching while narrating it in the original form...

The military situation is urgent, and Master Zhang's march is very fast. It took only two days to arrive in Baoding City. The governor of Baoding Jiejingchuan led local officials to welcome him by the road and strongly invited Master Zhang to the city to stay. Master Zhang thanked him again and again. After asking about the amount of grain stored in Baoding, he asked Jiejingchuan to provide half a month of food and grass for the slave army. Jiejingchuan followed the order. Shi Kefa, Song Xiance and others were puzzled and asked: "Zhangbutang, our army already has half a month of food and grass, and the court has an order to allow you to replenish food and grass any prefecture along the way. After that, the court directly placed the account or allocated grain and replenished grain for replenishing food. Why did you just come to Baoding to replenish food and grass? Isn't it troublesome to carry it on the road?"

"Of course I understand this principle, but I have to consider it for the people of Henan." Master Zhang shook his head and explained: "In recent years, the disaster in Henan has not been much lighter than that in Shaanxi. It is just that it is closer to Jiangnan, with convenient food transportation and relatively small flower consumption. In addition, my father has been exempting taxes from Henan after he took power, so the victims in Henan have not started to make trouble. However, most of the official warehouses in Henan Prefecture and County Town must be empty. When we went to Henan, we asked for food for local officials. If the local officials could not take it out, we could only reach out to the people. This not only increased the burden on the people, but also created a bad reputation for ourselves. Therefore, we can get more in Baoding, which is relatively relaxed, and we can more or less reduce the burden on the people of Henan."

"Zhang Butang is indeed far-sighted and loves the people as much as his son. The students admire him." Shi Kefa suddenly realized and hurriedly bowed to Master Zhang to the ground. Song Xiance blinked the mung bean eyes and smiled at Master Zhang: "Boss, if you really want to reduce the burden on the people of Henan, the students know a big fat sheep. If the boss can cut a piece of meat from him, he can do not have to get a military ration from the people of Henan, and can also provide some subsidies for our military expenditure to quell the rebellion."

"Big fat sheep?" Master Zhang was stunned at first, then his eyes lit up, and he blurted out: "Master Song is referring to Zhu Changxun, the Fu King who is the vassal of Luoyang?"

"The boss is wise!" Song Xiance applauded and said treacherously: "In the 42nd year of Wanli, King Zhu Changxun of Fu was in the vassal of Luoyang, the former emperor gave him 20,000 yuan of fertile land, 1,000 yuan of salt, 1,000 yuan of gold, silver and treasures. This Prince Fu was also rich in the world since then. When the traitors in Shaanxi spread in the seventh year of Tianqi, the court issued an order to ask the vassal kings from all over the country to donate money and grain to help the country to quell the rebellion. More than 20 princes donated a little - although not much, only this richest Prince Fu was a stinger. If you can pull a few hairs from him, you can give a big anger to the soldiers on the front line who were short of food and pay."

Master Zhang refused to answer, but couldn't help but smile thornyly at the corner of his mouth. Shi Kefaze said worriedly: "Master Song, are you joking big? Prince Fu is the emperor's uncle today. If Zhang Butang plucks his hair from him, if Prince Fu makes trouble for the court and the emperor asks him, how can Zhang Butang take responsibility?"

"Xianzhi, don't say stupid things. If the boss really can cut a piece of meat from King Fu, the emperor and Jiu Qiansui will not only not be really angry, but will definitely be secretly happy." Song Xiance's smile was even more treacherous. "Xianzhi, you are too simple and don't know what happened in the palace at all. When the emperor's biological father, the late Emperor Guangzong, was almost deposed countless times, and replaced by our Prince Fu as the crown prince. The late Emperor Guangzong and Long Live are living under the shadow of Prince Fu at all times. Saying that Long Live now does not hate his uncle to the core is a complete deception of the people! If the boss really can cut a piece of fat meat from Prince Fu, even if he scolds the boss in the will, he will praise the boss behind his back for doing a good job and doing a beautiful job!"

"There is this? Zhang Butang, is this true?" Shi Kefa asked Master Zhang in a daze. Master Zhang Zhan Yan and smiled with a smile: "Of course it is true. Master Song didn't lie to you, and Master Song was right. This time I rushed to the northwest to suppress bandits. I passed Luoyang and did not cut a piece of meat from Prince Fu. I am really sorry to the ancestor Guangzong and long live the present, and to the people of Henan and the Ming soldiers on the front line."

Shi Kefa continued to be stunned, and after a while, murmured, "Okay, even if Master Song's words make sense, Master Song also said that Prince Fu is a rooster who is indifferent to the rooster. Zhang Butang, why do you cut meat from him? Go to the door to beg for alms, will he give it?"

"It's too simple." Master Zhang and Song Xiance laughed in unison, "It's not easy to cut meat from a vassal king who was suspected by the court? For example, he contacted the thief, prepared to raise the flag to rebel, and forced him to buy the evidence back with the silver! You can also disguise yourself as a kidnapper, tie the tickets to Prince Fu, and then force him to redeem the tickets with the silver..." Speaking of this, Master Zhang and Song Xiance looked at each other, surprised that the other party's thoughts were exactly the same as themselves, and they stretched out their dirty hands at the same time, holding them tightly together and laughed. Shi Kefaze opened his mouth and looked at the pair of colluding master and servant partners, and after a while, he murmured: "I finally understand now, why did you hire Mr. Song as your master at such a high price..."

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Thinking about how to extort from the emperor's uncle, Mr. Zhang, who had regained his former spirit, went south again with a smile. He took two days to walk out of Baoding Prefecture and entered Zhending territory, and another four days to pass through Zhending. In Shunde Prefecture, which was relatively abundant because it was close to Linqing, and blackmailed a batch of food and grass. Mr. Zhang and his party finally arrived at the first destination to go to the battlefield - Handan County, Guangping Prefecture. However, the slaughter was about to meet with Mr. Zhang in Handan.

The Zhang Dapao army's army, due to its long journey, had just arrived in Linqingzhou, the hometown of Master Zhang, and it would take about a day to arrive in Handan to meet with Master Zhang. After many consecutive battles, the total number of soldiers' casualties was close to 1,500. Master Zhang, who was eager to ask the veterans to lead new soldiers to replenish their combat effectiveness, had no choice but to order the army to station on the spot, preparing to wait for Zhang Dapao's newly recruited Yiwu soldiers to arrive in Handan to meet, and then enter Henan.

The army was temporarily stationed outside Handan City, and Master Zhang was temporarily idle. His thoughts of being promoted to the governor of five provinces gradually rose to his heart. Such a picture began to appear in his mind - he was visiting a light car in a private manner, encountering corrupt officials and bullies rampant on the road, bullying beautiful women, seeing injustice, he drew his sword and slashed. The corrupt officials and bullies called countless dog legs to fight, attracting countless people to watch. He took the opportunity to show his identity, scaring dirty officials and bad gentry kowtowed and begging for mercy, eliminating harm to the people, beautiful women were in love with their spring hearts, and promised them. On this cold night with storms and snow, beautiful women shyly untied their clothes and their jade bodies were...

"Zhang Butang, Zhang Butang, what's wrong with you? Why are you drooling?" Shi Kefa's voice woke up Master Zhang from his beautiful dream. Master Zhang quickly wiped the saliva from the corner of his mouth and smiled awkwardly: "Xianzhi is here, go to negotiate with the magistrate of Handan County. How is the situation?"

"The magistrate of Handan County is responsible for official duties and cannot come in person." Shi Kefa shook his head and said, "The magistrate of Handan County is here to negotiate with us. He agreed to our garrison in the school outside the city, but on behalf of Handan County Magistrate Zhao Zhenye, he made a request to the ministry hall, asking the ministry hall to strictly restrain the soldiers and do not disturb the people. Otherwise, the Handan County Office will definitely strictly implement the Ming Dynasty Code and punish the illegal soldiers for us."

"What a boldness!" Master Zhang, who is used to being flattered by civil and military officials, including his superiors, was furious and slapped the table and shouted: "Forget it if the county magistrate doesn't come to pay homage to me, but he still dares to threaten me? If I don't give him a little color, he doesn't know that Prince Ma has three eyes!" After the roar, Master Zhang took the opportunity to wave his hand and ordered: "Shitou, Xianzhi, Master Song, you all change my casual clothes and accompany me to Handan City to settle the score with this Zhao or something."

"There is no need for the Ministry of State. Since this magistrate Zhao dares to say such words, it proves that he must be a good official who loves the people as much as his son. Why do you have to be as good as him?" Shi Kefa advised kindly. Master Zhang, who was determined to show off, shook his head like a rattle and said, "Xianzhi, you are too simple. I know more than you what kind of virtues these officials are. Some dog officials like to deliberately commit crimes and invite them to get a straight name, but they are thieves and prostitutes in their backs. For example, Li Sancai, the father of the Li brothers who had just destroyed the nine clans, is a typical example. He scolds the emperor more fiercely than anyone else, but his backs have more property than the national treasury!"

After a few arguments, Shi Kefa could not resist Master Zhang. At that moment, Master Zhang threw the army to Wu Liuqi to take care of him, and he changed into casual clothes and led Shi Kefa, Song Xiance, Zhang Shitou and a few good-looking personal soldiers to come to Handan County. But what Master Zhang did not expect was that as soon as he left, a veteran gentry and a large gang of servants were taking heavy gifts to Mr. Zhang, the new governor of the five provinces, came to kowtow to Mr. Zhang, the new governor of the five provinces...

The official road of Handan is the main road leading to the capital in Henan, Hubei and southwest. Handan City is also a key place for this official road. It is a must-pass place for merchants from south to north. Handan's commerce is so developed that it is not inferior to the cities of various prefectures in the north. Before Master Zhang and his party reached the gate, the road was already filled with merchants entering and leaving the gate. What made Master Zhang wonder was that among the people entering and leaving the gate, there were quite a few Confucian scholars dressed in Confucian scholars, carrying packages on their backs, holding the Four Books and Five Classics in their hands, shaking their heads while walking. Seeing this, Master Zhang couldn't help but ask curiously: "Where are these scholars going to? It seems that this year is not a test year?"

"Sir, don't you know? This year the emperor has been enthroned?" Shi Kefa looked at Master Zhang inexplicably and said, "If I remember correctly, I seemed to have told you about this when I received a report from the di in the capital, right? After the Zhengke last year, you won three consecutive victories in Shaanxi, Xuanfu and Liaodong. The emperor officially appointed the queen's son as the crown prince. In joy, the emperor issued an imperial edict and added a cohen this year to celebrate."

"Because it is mostly involved in military and national affairs, I didn't pay much attention." Master Zhang vaguely remembered that something seemed to be happening, and couldn't help but smile awkwardly again. But at this moment, Master Zhang suddenly flashed in his mind, as if he had remembered something, but Master Zhang himself didn't say it clearly. After scratching his head, Master Zhang had to throw this idea aside for the time being and lead Shi Kefa, Zhang Shitou and others to continue into the city.

The city gate was very crowded. Master Zhang and others lined up for a long time before entering Handan City. It was not until this moment that Master Zhang and others discovered the reason for the extremely crowded city gate - because there were too many people squeezing beside the city gate to look at a notice posted by Handan County Government, and almost every person laughed while watching, as if something particularly interesting was happening. Master Zhang and his friends were curious and rushed in, but they only looked at it carefully, including Master Zhang, who was knowledgeable, was stunned...

"Zhao Zhenye, the magistrate of Handan, Guangping Prefecture, Northern Zhili, Daming, issued an edict to the people." Master Zhang, who suspected that he had read the wrong eyes, read: "Because the land in Handan is evil, the people are innocently injured, the county is scheduled to open a public trial of the land at noon on the 20th day of the first lunar month of the ninth year of Tianqi in Daming. I hope everyone will listen to it - Xianzhi, Master Song, am I wrong?"

"No mistake." Shi Kefa and Song Xiance nodded together. Master Zhang said in confusion: "If I remember correctly, during the Song Dynasty, some people in some places called local land protection land, but the official never said this. Later, local protection was land protection, and there was no place called land anymore - Who is this land in Handan?"

"Young Master, you've made a mistake." A commoner in Handan next to him smiled and said, "The county magistrate is either trying someone or the land we are trampling on. I heard from the public servant that the county magistrate has asked them to tie the land magistrate tablets in Handan with a chain, and pulled them to the yamen to prepare for trial. They also prepared torture tools to be tortured on the land magistrate tablets. Just today, do you want to go and see it?"
Chapter completed!