Chapter 618: Conspiracy in the Mountains (2)
A heavy breathing sounded, and many people were fascinated by the money. Two million taels were so touching just thinking about it.
Rao Qiangfeng's voice was not excited at all, and he said dryly: "This incident alarmed the court. The emperor issued an order to send 10,000 soldiers from left and right leaders of the army and guards in the capital to clear it out. I didn't care about this ten thousand people at all. The officers and soldiers had cleared it out many times. The last time the three states combined nearly 20,000 soldiers were defeated by me. The wine bag in the capital might not be as good as the soldiers in the capital. I ordered the checkpoints to be strictly guarded, and countless traps were laid in the mountains. I was ready to defeat the officers and soldiers and recruit soldiers with the tax silver they had robbed, and gathered together.
Fang. The left-leading general of the guard, Chen Xupeng, led the team, divided the officers and soldiers into ten teams, blocked the paths in and out of the mountain, recruited hunters in the mountain as a guide, and pushed them into the mountain step by step. Most of the traps prepared in advance were empty. I wanted to attack with fire, but Chen Xupeng first lit the fire. The fire burned for a full twelve days, which hurt many of my brothers. I had no choice but to defend on the danger. As a result, Chen Xupeng transferred a crossbow to attack the city, and a burst of rapid shots, the level collapsed, and countless casualties and injuries."
Rao Qiangfeng closed his eyes in pain, and clearly recalled the situation in his mind that his brothers screamed and screamed when the level collapsed. After a long time, Rao Qiangfeng calmed down and said, "It's not possible to do anything. I opened the silver treasury in the village, sent the brothers on the mountain to escape. Relying on the familiar road, Rao took more than 20 brothers to kill the officers and soldiers who blocked the road, rushed out of the siege and fled south. Meng Chang's head of the family took him in before leaving Zhongshan Village."
Qi Zhitu cared about silver and opened his eyes wide and asked, "Where is the two million taels of silver? It's all astigmatism?"
Rao Qiangfeng sneered and said, "The only 2 million taels of silver can be taken away. I have accumulated more than 200,000 taels in Yinling Mountain over the years. All of them were raided by the officers and soldiers, and they compensated their wife and soldiers. Now, as Chang said, wear the big hat as big as the head. Don't let the brim cover your eyes, and seek death."
Rao Qiangfeng's words were like a cup of cold water poured on his hot head, which suddenly became cold. Everyone was watching each other. Originally, some people were moved by Ye Yanguang, but now they gave up their thoughts.
With Rao Qiangfeng's support, Chang Ruosong felt confident and said decisively: "The way is different and they don't plan for each other. If you don't go to Zhongshan Village, Ye Yanguang is a disaster and cannot be kept. I will send him down the mountain tomorrow morning."
Everyone agreed and stood up and left one after another. Chang Ruosong said to Chang Qing: "Teach you have another hard time and go to the counties in the north to see if there is any food. It is more expensive, and it is good to buy it."
After Chang Qing agreed to leave, Chang Ruosong said to Guo De again: "Military advisor, slow down the recruitment of manpower in advance, wait until the new grain comes out in June. I will go to Kaner Peak in the afternoon and try to reclaim there earlier. If I can catch up with planting late rice, I won't have to worry about the winter this year."
Chang Ruosong took the people away, and Guo De was the only one left in the empty Juyi Hall. Guo De's haggard face was twisted and twitching, the bones of the folding fan in his hand were pinched, and if the anger of hatred in his chest could be transformed into tangible, he would wish to turn this world into a ghost realm.
"Ai Wei, Guo is incompatible with you." A few sentences that Guo De squeezed out from his teeth with deep hatred, and the situation of his family being destroyed in the second year of Jianwu came to his eyes again.
Guo De was from Yining County, Duanzhou. He was born in Yining County, Duanzhou. He was known as a child prodigy at the age of fourteen. At that time, the county magistrate personally toasted him to continue to work hard, and the news of the imperial examinations was frequent. However, in the following twenty years, he participated in the scholar exam six times but failed. The young child prodigy became an old child. His family advised him to teach in the countryside to subsidize his family. However, Guo De believed that he had learned a lot and did not win the best. He was unlucky and refused to waste time. He studied hard, and his family was getting worse and worse.
In the 16th year of Fengle, Guo De was about to go to Huaixing Mansion to take the exam again. His home was empty and he had already sold all the money to sell his wife and children to a wealthy family in the village as slaves. Guo De brought the four taels of silver he received. He thought that if he got a scholar, he could be exempted from labor and rent. At that time, someone would naturally send money to the house to the house, and he could redeem his wife and children.
The articles in the Mansion Examination were written as the Huatuan Jin tribe. Guo De was confident that he could win. On the day of the list, he saw the end of the list, and then saw the top of the list. After reading it five or six times, he finally felt as if he was disappointed and confirmed that he had fallen out of the list. The remaining money was exchanged for wine. Guo De was drunk and unconscious. He studied hard for more than 20 years and then woke up from the imperial examination dream.
But when he woke up, he had no way out. Guo De was wondering whether to hang himself or throw himself into water. A group of children participating in the exam were focused in the lobby of the inn. Angry roar came into his ears, "The government cheated, buy a scholar for 200 taels of silver." "The chief examiner accepted the candidates' benefits. Sun Wangfu from Heyang County got drunk yesterday and told the people about spending money to buy fame." "The people with family backgrounds in the government were admitted, and it was unfair to pick up scholars"...
Guo De seemed to have caught a life-saving straw and jumped out and shouted loudly: "The government is not fair. We will go to the government office to beat drums and complain about the injustice, and ask the governor to try again."
"Yes, go complain", "request for retry and severe punishment for the examiner", angry calls came one after another, and Guo De was surrounded by crowds to the government office. There were as many as a thousand children who came to the exam this time, and the number of people who won was only 80, and most of them failed.
The more and more candidates came after hearing the news, there were more and more people holding the statue of the God of Wealth in front of them. When passing by the tribute court, the candidates who were blinded by anger rushed into the tribute court with the statue of the God of Wealth, almost igniting Mingyuan Tower. Sima of the Prefecture led his troops and captured the more than ten people he brought to the lobby of the government office. Guo De unfortunately became one of them.
In the court, the governor Ai Wei was indescribable and first beat the board, and then removed the children of Guo De and ten others.
After being fame and fortune, he sent a yamen runner to take him back home. After the lost Guo De returned home, he wrote a divorce letter to his wife and plunged into the river.
It is also said that he should not die. He was rescued by Chang Ruosong, who was passing by. After asking the reason, Chang Ruosong invited him into the mountain. Chang Ruosong meant that he could teach children in the mountain to read, but Guo De liked military books, often gave advice and suggestions from time to time, and Chang Ruosong appointed him as a military advisor.
Later, Guo De secretly sent someone home to inquire. His wife had already remarried with his son. Guo De joined the group wholeheartedly, with only one unspeakable idea. When Ai Wei retired and returned home, he would bring the heroes from the mountain to kill the Ai family.
Chang Qing brought the news that Ai Wei came to Linhua County, and the bitter hatred suddenly rose uncontrollably. Guo De had only one idea to kill the dog official. Ye Yanguang's rebellion was obviously a business of meat buns fighting dogs, but Guo De didn't care. As long as he could kill Ai Wei, even if he was crushed to pieces, he would be willing to cover up more than 100,000 people to accompany him to death, and he would not be alone on the road to the underworld.
Guo De smiled wildly, as if he was as cried as an owl. He threw away the folding fan in his hand, and Guo De left the Juyi Hall and walked towards the guest room where Ye Yanguang lived.
Half an hour later, Ye Yanguang followed Guo De out with a spring breeze on his face. The two of them came to Qi Zhitu's residence halfway up the mountain. The promise of 20,000 taels of silver made Qi Zhitu agree to help Ye Yanguang persuade Chang Ruosong to send troops down the mountain.
After leaving Qi Zhitu's residence, Guo Dedao said: "Qi Zhitu has no use, the key is Rao Qiangfeng. If this person is willing to help, big things can be accomplished."
Ye Yanguang looked rich and arrogant and said, "Mr. Guo, Ye is willing to pay 50,000 taels of silver, which should be able to impress Rao's head."
Guo De sneered: "Qi Zhitu is just a thief in the world, and 20,000 taels of silver is enough to impress him. But the thief who had traveled across the three states in the past robbed the tax silver of Fangzhou. Your little wealth may not be in Rao's eyes."
Ye Yanguang remembered the big case that had stirred the world back then. Fangzhou had a tax of as much as 2 million taels, and his own property of more than 200,000 taels was indeed not enough to see.
"Mr. Guo, what do you think should be done? As long as Ye can take it out, just mention it." Ye Yanguang said sincerely.
Guo De glanced coldly at the passionate Ye Yanguang, and thought that the dry bones in the tomb actually wanted to dream of an emperor, but he didn't know that death was coming. If he hadn't wanted to kill someone with his knife, how could he have conspired with such a fool?
"Mr. Ye will go back and wait for the news first. I will go to the Rao Dang family to tell you if there is any news."
Rao Qiangfeng lived in a stone house on the hillside with more than 20 subordinates who followed him, and walked about a mile away from Qi Zhitu's residence. Guo De was not walking fast, and while walking, he was thinking about how to persuade Rao Qiangfeng.
Guo De only admires Rao Qiangfeng for the entire Zhongshan Village. This person has seen the world and is more accurate than him. As the second leader of the copycat, Rao Qiangfeng is cautious in his duties, has little words, and rarely opposes Chang Ruosong. He can always hit the point of the key words whenever he speaks.
Guo Dechang thought that if Rao Qiangfeng was replaced by the boss, the Zhongshan Village would be at least several times more prosperous than it is now. It can be seen that Rao Qiangfeng was very grateful for Chang Ruosong's grace of taking in. His subordinates once had a conflict with the Chang family in life. Rao Qiangfeng whipped his subordinates forty whips, but Chang Ruosong was still dissatisfied and refused to persuade him.
Stone house, stone courtyard, stone ground in the yard, Rao Qiangfeng was bare-jacketed with an axe and chopping firewood. Guo De stood in front of the door and saw Rao Qiangfeng's upper body bulging. Every time he swung it, it was as smooth as flowing water. The wooden blocks under the axe were divided into neatly sized pieces. Guo De's mind said: Good! What a skill is here!
When he saw Guo De, Rao Qiangfeng threw his axe and asked Guo De to sit in. He went to the waterfall next to the yard to wash away sweat. After drinking a cup of tea, Rao Qiangfeng sat in the main seat in neatly.
"What's wrong with Military Advisor Guo?" Rao Qiangfeng asked.
Guo De rolled his beard and said, "I just heard the Rao family talk about the past in Juyi Hall. I wonder if the sword is still sharp?"
Rao Qiangfeng's eyes sterned and said in a deep voice: "Mr. Guo came here to laugh at Rao?"
Guo De pounded his chest with his hands, and made a "dongdong" sound, and said awkwardly: "Guo is just a walking corpse, his heart is already dead. I wonder if the boss of Rao is dead, and he has put down the revenge of Yinling Mountain back then."
Rao Qiangfeng stood up suddenly and stared at Guo De, "Does military advisor Guo want to persuade me to go down the mountain to rebel and do a foolish thing like moths to the flames?"
"What's the difference between walking corpse and death? Anyway, you'd better have a good bet and make him turn the world upside down." Guo De stared at Rao Qiangfeng's fierce eyes without showing any weakness.
Rao Qiangfeng laughed out loud, and the laughter became louder and louder, alarming his subordinates outside the house and entering the house to see what was going on.
The laughter was loud but there was no joy at all. Rao Qiangfeng slapped the table beside him. The table was overwhelmed with a sour cracking sound. With a "smash", the teapot and teacup on the table rolled to the ground. Rao Qiangfeng looked at his subordinates gathered around him and whispered: "Brothers, it's time to avenge the big revenge, don't let the brothers on the ground wait too long."
In the evening, Chang Ruosong returned to his residence, and had no idea that the dark waves in Zhongshan Village were surging, and a major change was right in front of him.
…………
(If you accidentally paste it repeatedly, the number of words in the uploaded chapter cannot be less than what you uploaded just now, so you have to bite the bullet and continue writing down
)
The night when Jiang Anyi left Linhua County, a small boat went downstream from the north bank of Yuanhua River and shot towards the south bank like an arrow. Although the weather had cleared and the flood had dropped a lot, the river water was still turbulent. Even in the daytime, the boat workers who had accumulated a lot of time did not dare to go down the river. It was the beginning of Hai, and the moonlight in the sky was hazy. At this time, going down the river was like a death.
The wind is cold in the river, and Yang Siqi's clothes are blown and fluttering fiercely, standing upright on the bow of the boat. The scenery on both sides is like a white horse passing by, and Yang Siqi's heart is inspiring. The Yuanhua River is flooded, which is dangerous for boatmen in the river, but for those living on the isolated island of Yuantian River, they are used to the strong winds and waves on the sea, and this little water is as stable as a bathtub.
The boater was Ren Qiang. He was born on the island. Yang Siqi took him out of the island and found that he was doing things safely. This time, Yang Siqi chose him as his helper when he was transferred to Tuncheng County in Nandu.
After Yang Siqi collapsed the river embankment, he did not leave, but sneaked into the city to find out the news. Li Yubo County Government complained, and Governor Ai and Shimi, which made Yang Siqi feel that there was an opportunity to take advantage of it. Because Jiang Anyi was revealed, Yang Siqi knew that it was difficult to attack Li Yubo. He wandered around the city. While eating, he accidentally learned from a clerk that the court's disaster relief food had arrived in Tuncheng County across the river.
The Yuanhua River collapsed, and nearly 500,000 victims were affected. In addition to the local government opening warehouses and releasing grain, the main granary in the court was in the military camp. The Andong Protectorate was located in Weizhou, with 120,000 troops in the camp. This time, 20,000 elite soldiers were recruited, and there were 100,000 people. The food for 100,000 people was not a small number. According to the Dazheng military regulations, the Anxi Protectorate had stored grain for three months, and the Anxi Protectorate had stored grain for less than 200,000 stones. Of course, the emperor would call for military food first to rescue emergency.
After being summoned by the emperor to the capital, Zhu Jinfeng, the Grand Governor of Anxi, went to Zhenbei Daying. The new Grand Governor Su Guangzu was still handed over in the capital. The Protectorate's Office was temporarily appointed by Deputy Governor An Jie. After receiving the court's order, An Jie did not dare to neglect it. He sent people to clean the granary, keep the military ration for a month and then cleared out the 120,000 stones of grain. Relief from disasters was like putting out fires, and sent 6,000 soldiers to escort the grain to various disaster areas.
Weizhou was extremely severely affected. The Andong Protectorate itself was delivered to Weizhou. Renzhou and Weizhou were adjacent to each other and were in the south of the Yuanhua River, so transportation was not a problem. However, Fangzhou and Duanzhou had to cross the river. At this moment, the Yuanhua River was filled with vast oceans and floods. The boatman who had been around for a long time did not dare to put the boat easily, let alone carry grain across the river. Therefore, the disaster relief grain was blocked by the flood and could not transport the river for a while.
The opposite of Linhua County is Tuncheng County, which is very severely affected. Tuncheng County has three feet of water. Thousands of people outside the city drowned, and tens of thousands of people became victims. Tuncheng County is also a key transportation site, and its scale is not as large as Linhua County, but 50,000 or 60,000 victims gathered by the city to eat and drink, and the little grain in the granary was eaten up in five days.
Just as Tuncheng County Magistrate Wang Huanian turned white, the Anxi Protectorate's disaster relief food arrived. With the food, the originally turbulent situation quickly settled down.
The officers and soldiers of the Anxi Protectorate also carried 50,000 stones of disaster relief grain to Duanzhou. If they could not cross the river, they could only temporarily station in the highlands north of Tuncheng County. Two thousand officers and soldiers surrounded 50,000 stones of grain in the middle and set up camps, not daring to be careless at all.
County Magistrate Wang was grateful for the help of the officers and soldiers, and mobilized the people to dig ditches and set up villages. Finally, he resettled 50,000 stones of grain. After two days of hard work, County Magistrate Wang became familiar with the generals who led the team. As landlords, County Magistrate Wang invited several generals to the city to welcome them and express his gratitude.
Yang Siqi and Ren Qiang got off the boat on the south bank and hid it. The two rushed to the county town. The closed city gates could not help them. They found a dark place and entered the city and went directly to the county government. From the casual chat of the yamen runners on duty in the county government, they learned that the county magistrate was in Xunfenglou to invite the general who was escorting food and grass. It was really easy to get it.
When we arrived at Xunfeng Tower, the banquet ended soon. County Magistrate Wang sent a few generals out. It was said that the city gate would not be opened at night, but the special matter was handled. Several generals could not stay outside overnight. County Magistrate Wang specially opened the north gate to see them out of the city.
Yang Siqi and Ren Qiang followed them quietly to the camp. The camp was brightly lit and fierce. With the help of the firelight, you can see the towering granary. After Yang Siqi discussed with Ren Qiang, he left Ren Qiang outside and sneaked into the camp.
In addition to the sixteen guards in the capital, there are four major capital protection camps. The camp is planned neatly and the patrol is strict. Yang Siqi and other patrol soldiers walked by and came out from the dark to touch the mountain. The skill was not great. Yang Siqi came to the granary and opened the tent and filled it with grain bags and carried it with fire. However, the weather was wet and the effect of lighting the fire was not great. Yang Siqi quietly went out to the tent to find the kitchen. There was oil in the kitchen, and it was poured on the grain to burn the 50,000 stones of grain. Then the government would not raise so much grain in a short time, so that the victims in Linhua County would take risks.
Walking through the camp carefully, Yang Siqi was sober and detecting every move around him. There was a fire in the kitchen, so he should be close to the water and away from the granary. It took some time for Yang Siqi to find the kitchen. There was still someone so late. When he heard it, he was complaining, "What kind of sobering soup is needed in the middle of the night? These officials are so delicious and spicy, and we are not at peace in the middle of the night."
Yang Siqi smiled secretly. It should be the generals who had just returned to the camp. After drinking, I had to sober up the soup. After I got it, I went in to find oil first. I had to supply 2,000 people to eat and drink. There were five or six tents in the kitchen. Yang Siqi used the dagger he carried casually to cut a tent. It was pitch black inside, and there was a large bucket in the corner. I flashed in and opened the lid of the bucket. It was soybean oil.
Chapter completed!