Chapter 139 Purging Officials
"Cough~cough~"
Zhang Chong was lying on the couch, and Zhao E was feeding him medicine.
No one expected that Zhang Chong, who was as strong as a tiger or an ox, would fall ill. He was ill for twenty days. He was in a coma for the first few days, and then he started to have a fever and talk nonsense. Zhao E, who was taking care of Zhang Chong, heard him say "sage" for a while, and said "I knew he would fail a long time ago."
A few days later, Zhang Chong woke up. He couldn't stay at the hotel at first, but later he learned that the entire army was starting to conduct joint training according to the new organization, and he insisted on coming to watch the army.
In the end, there was no other way, so Cai Que came with Zhang Chong on his back. Those who were training together at that time were Guan Yu's Zuo Xiaowei's troops. I saw only banners and shouts and declarations. All the battalion leaders were under the command of the order flags, and they were strict and orderly. Seeing that the military's morale was available, Zhang Chong relaxed a little.
After that, Zhang Chong stayed in the camp. Zhao E persuaded him for a long time, but Zhang Chong couldn't help but said:
"Don't try to persuade me, I can sleep well here."
Zhao E understood, and then asked Cai Que and others to move the Hu bed and Mian Gai from the mountain into the camp.
In the next few days, generals such as Guan Yu and Zhang Dan, as well as some recently promoted generals, all came to the tent to pay their respects to Zhang Chong, and Zhang Chong tried his best one by one.
It's strange to say that meeting so many people should be tiring, but the more Zhang Chong met, the more energetic he became, and he got better in the end.
Some generals didn't understand. Only Xi Shenqing said to her former evil boy confidants:
"Let's talk about it. It's a heart disease, so of course it needs to be treated mentally."
As soon as Zhang Chong got ready, he kept on meeting with the Feijun scouts, who brought the situation outside the Tianshan Mountains.
The first and most important thing is the situation of Dongpingling.
With the support of the Sun Sacrifice intelligence, the Feijun scouts finally penetrated the intelligence into the Cao Temple in Dongpingling, which was quite difficult.
The original servants of Cao Temple were purged, and the county officials themselves drew some disciples from various families to maintain the basic operation of Cao Temple. This made it difficult to break through the servants of Cao Temple.
Later, Taishan Fang finally bribed the gambling county officials and found out what happened to Dongping Ling during this period.
Since the former Jinan prime minister died, meritorious Cao Gaozong has been in charge of Jinan County affairs.
This gentleman is also an official, doing things vigorously and resolutely. First, Zheng sent Luzuo to bury the corpses of the victims, and then confiscated the stolen millet from those households again. At the same time, a letter of apology signed by all the chief ministers of Jinan Kingdom was quickly sent to Kyoto.
The most surprising thing is that Xun Yu, the son of Xun Kun, the former prime minister of Jinan, threw himself into prison for negligence.
Hearing this, Zhang Chong was startled, Xun Yu?
This one is so familiar, he is the talented Wang Zuo who assisted Cao Cao in making great achievements, but was finally forced to commit suicide by Cao Cao giving him an empty food box.
Zhang Chong did not expect that the people who surrounded and killed him in the city that day were sent by him.
Zhang Chong signaled the scout to carry the flag and continue speaking. He carried the flag and continued:
"Later, although Gao Zong cleaned up the mess of Jinan Kingdom, he was actually unable to recruit any more brave men. Therefore, the defense of Jinan Kingdom is now jointly managed by the Jinan King's attendants and several big families in the city. It can be said that the defense of the city is not enough, let alone Go into the mountains and destroy us.”
Seeing Zhang Chong nodding, the other man carrying the flag began to talk about the situation of Fenggao in the south of Mount Tai.
"Reporting to the police, the powerful people who have been in high positions recently have been vaguely colluding with each other and have begun to alienate us. Mr. Hu's mother said that it was Zhang Ju, the prefect of Taishan County, who had told the county officials several times not to collude with thieves. We also arrested several wealthy families who had close ties with us, and their land was confiscated. Mr. Hu’s mother said that there was nothing he could do.”
Zhang Chong frowned and continued to ask:
"What about the two hundred hectares of land in Wenyang?"
The back flag immediately took out a book from the bag and handed it to Zhang Chong:
"Qu, this is a letter from Mr. Hu's mother."
Zhang Chong took it and looked at it. He roughly said that the Bao family and the Taishan prefect were concerned about the field and asked him to be careful.
After reading it, Zhang Chong snorted coldly.
Then the third flag begins:
"Qu, recently a group of thieves near Lushan said they wanted to join us. They have been sending people to contact us these few times."
Hearing that a group of thieves had taken refuge in Lushan, Zhang Chong became interested and asked Bei Qi to continue speaking:
"This group of thieves is short of food and cannot stand up camp. The leader wants to join us and join us in the camp."
"What are the conditions on the other side?"
"If they want to retain their original troops, they can listen to our recruitment." Zhang Chong nodded. This means that they want to listen to the command rather than the propaganda, but it doesn't matter, they can contact them first.
After that, people kept reporting the latest situation to Zhang Chong one by one. It was not until Zhao E came in with a food box that Zhang Chong listened to all the information.
To sum up, there are already signs and germination of the encirclement and suppression of Mount Tai, but the situation is not as serious as he expected.
In fact, based on the reaction of a bureaucracy like the Han Court, it is estimated that an effective encirclement and suppression of Zhang Chong will only be carried out in the second half of the year. But the behavior of Zhang Ju, the governor of Taishan, made him wary. Sooner or later, he and the Bao family would covet Wenyang Tian and attack him. So instead of doing this, why not take the initiative?
Wait, take the initiative? yes.
At this moment, Zhang Chong suddenly cleared the clouds. His previous idea had been to defend and wait for the Han court to send troops to attack. Finally, he relied on the geographical advantages of Mount Tai and the Han court to guerrilla.
But who said he can only defend? He can take the initiative to mobilize troops to fight on the outside and constantly attack the effective forces in the counties and counties around Mount Tai. You can defeat the enemies one by one when they are not united, and you can also strengthen yourself in the battle.
He had been limited in his thinking by the Taiping Dao uprising in Jiazi. He always felt that before Jiazi years, he should not take the initiative to attack. This would not be conducive to Taiping Dao's major events, and he also served as a precursor to Taiping Dao in advance.
But in fact, for him at this moment, the Taiping Dao Jiazi Uprising is no longer a constraint for him. In this case, why not take the initiative?
As for whether it would attract firepower for Taiping Road and serve as their vanguard, Zhang Chong thought so. His current size is nothing compared to Taiping Dao. After the Taiping Dao Uprising later, the Han court would still mainly attack Taiping Dao. On the contrary, now that he is taking the initiative to attack, he can still obtain the title of Shou Yi, and his prestige in the church will be greatly enhanced by then.
As for how to explain to the sect, Zhang Chong could definitely tell the sect that they, Taishan Fang, would not revolt as Taiping Dao, so that Taiping Dao would not be exposed, and it would also help the sect try Hanting in advance. strength.
Zhang Chong thought over and over again that this was very feasible. Cai Que was immediately asked to summon the generals and ask them to come to the big tent to discuss matters.
As for the first direction of their external operations, Zhang Chong also thought about it, and used the Taishan prefect as a whetstone.
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Taishan County, Fenggao.
At this time, an ox cart slowly entered the city from the east gate. The dilapidated cover of the cart was stained by the traces of time.
As soon as the bullock cart passed by, there were two doormen snickering and teasing each other. At this time, the head of the east gate came over, saw it, and scolded:
"Why are you laughing? Let's investigate carefully. Recently, the Lord has repeatedly said that the Taishan thieves and spies must be investigated strictly, and his eyes are shining brightly. If I miss the matter of Mr. Nai, your skin will be skinned when the time comes."
These two soldiers were also experienced and familiar with the East Gate, so they didn’t take it seriously and just responded with a smile:
"Chief Gate, look at the car just now. The old cow pulled the car apart. I was worried that the car was scattered in the middle of the road. Then you look at the people in the car. They are kneeling and straight, with a good posture. They are all like this. You are so poor and you are still showing off like this.”
The head of the east gate naturally knew who these two people were talking about. He had seen this person behind the wall before, but he deliberately didn't come out because he didn't want to see this person.
When the leader of the east gate saw the two of them, he asked, and he smiled and said:
"Do you know who it was that made it impossible for us to pay for entry-level business trips some time ago?"
The two soldiers shook their heads, but they finally understood after seeing the look on the gate leader's face. They both pointed at the ox cart that was going away and said:
"Is it him?"
The head of the east gate nodded, pointed at the old cow, and said sarcastically to them:
"Have you seen that old cow? This old cow is still a virtuous cow. This man used to ride this cow when he was the county magistrate in Bianbian County. Later, the cow gave birth to a baby Calf, when he moves to Wefenggao, he will still ride on that cow.”
There is a doubt in that door:
"Why not take the calf away? Sell it?"
The door leader smiled and said:
"That's a good question, otherwise why would it be called a virtuous cow? Someone also asked this person at that time. This person said that the cow ate the grass of that county and drank the water of that land. Naturally, the calf it gave birth to was like this. So he leaves office as he came into office.”
After hearing this, another servant couldn't help but admire:
"Then this man is a wise official."
Seeing the face of Dongmen Zhang darken, he hurriedly explained:
"Chief, you are also virtuous, you are also virtuous."
Director Dongmen scolded him directly:
"What's the use of a virtuous person? He's cut off our financial path. Who cares if he's virtuous or not? You two should be smarter. No matter how virtuous he is, he won't give you three more bushels of grain. It's just nonsense. Don't forget , who gave you grain?”
After saying that, the head of the east gate was still angry. As soon as this man became the magistrate of Taishan County, he punished these gate chiefs and insisted that they not blackmail the merchants who entered the city. He just looked down on such so-called honest officials and kept saying that this was not allowed and that was not allowed. He did not even think about it. Even though the superiors had given such a small amount of grain, they asked him to step up and strictly check the people coming and going.
There’s a lot of work, so don’t we need to recruit people? But after recruiting people, only the original amount of millet is given. If he does not draw money from business trips, who will support the extra brothers?
Honest official, I would rather you be a corrupt official, as long as you can make me rich.
In short, the head of the east gate was jealous of the Taishan County magistrate. After all, taking someone's wealth was like killing one's parents, and the parents' hatred was irreconcilable. Now you are the county magistrate of Taishan. I am not familiar with you, but you, a foreigner, also want to settle down in our Taishan?
He expected that this person's personality and background would not allow him to last long in this position. He had already heard from his second brother who was on duty at Cao Temple that the Lord of the Palace looked down upon this person. When the time comes, when this person is deprived, he will find an opportunity to take revenge.
So who is this man who is sitting in a broken ox cart and has offended the chief of the east gate?
This gentleman is none other than Zhuge Gui, who is from Yangdu, Langya.
(End of chapter)