Chapter 243 Skinning
Of course, Zhang Wen knew that it would not be so easy, so he chose a host for each county, and they were all big shots in the government.
Among them, the host he appointed for Yingchuan was Yingyin Xunshuang. He is the sixth dragon among the eight dragons of the Xun family. He is proficient in Yili and is the most unparalleled. Now Xun Shuang is unemployed at home due to the party's imprisonment. Zhang Wen wanted him to serve as the training envoy of the Yingchuan regiment. Although Xun Shuang had only served as Yilang, he had a high reputation and wide connections, so he was qualified to host a county.
Then there is Runan. No matter what he thinks, the host position must belong to the Yuan family of Runan. Currently, among the older generation of the Yuan family, there are four main members: Yuan Ping, Yuan Cheng, Yuan Feng, and Yuan Wei. Among them, the first three have passed away, and only Yuan Wei is now Situ. There is another branch of the branch called Yuan He, who is also a moral man. Although he has also passed away, he has three sons, but they are all chosen at the moment. The eldest son Yuan Hong is a hermit, the second son Yuan Zhong is a righteous man, and the youngest son Yuan Hong is a wise man. In addition to these three people, there are six others of the same generation: Yuan Shao, Yuan Ji, Yuan Shu, Yuan Manlai, Yuan Yida, and Yuan Renda. It can also be seen from this that the Yuan family in Runan has a prosperous family and a high success rate.
Zhang Wen thought carefully about who to choose as the host. There is definitely no choice between Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu. It's not that these two people are not smart, but that these two are the backbone of the traitorous eunuchs in the capital and have always danced very well. Zhang Wen and the eunuchs supported each other, so they instinctively did not want people like Yuan Shao to come forward. Excluding these, his favorites include Yuan Hong, Yuan Zhong and Yuan Ji. The first two have indeed good reputations, but both of them are victims of the party's scourge, and they are obviously close to the anti-eunuch faction in terms of political leanings, so Yuan Ji can only be chosen.
This is good, as a descendant of Yuan Ji's family has a good reputation, and he deserves to be the host of Runan.
After selecting the most important places, Yingchuan and Runan, the rest will be much easier to handle.
There were not many clans of ministers in the Liang Kingdom, and most of the others were from Confucian classics families, and there were not many tribesmen, so Zhang Wen quickly selected Suiyang Qiao Mao as the host of the Liang Kingdom. After Qiao Xuan became a Taiwei of the Suiyang Qiao family, his family reputation also jumped from a family of two thousand stones to a family of public officials. Qiao Xuan's son Qiao Yu is now serving as the prefect of Yanzhou City, and this Qiao Mao is The nephew of Old Lieutenant Qiao Xuan was naturally the perfect candidate to host this event.
After that came the state of Pei. The public families in Pei state included the Cao family and the Ding family in Qiao County; the Liu family in Xiao County, whose family had two generations and three sons; among these three, due to personal relationships, Zhang Wen left the hosting position to Qiao County County Cao family. Zhang Wen doesn't care about melon fields and plum blossoms. For him, selecting talents does not require avoiding relatives. The people he is most familiar with must be the people he knows, and he knows a lot about their talents and knowledge, so he can naturally use them with confidence. The best of the Cao family's generation is Cao Cao, but now he is in his shogunate. In addition, there are Cao Hong and Cao Ren. Among them, Cao Hong has the best family background. His father is a general of Wei and his uncle is a minister. However, Cao Ren's family background is not bad either. His father is a captain of Changshui.
After discussing with Cao Cao, Zhang Wen chose Cao Hong as the host of Pei State and asked Cao Ren to assist. Zhang Wen has already learned that Cao Ren is rampant in the Huaisi area and has a troop of thousands of people, who just happens to be the backbone of the regiment.
After that came Chen Guo. The Chen State is a bit special, that is, the current Chen King Liu Chong is a bit restless. He is a prince and gathers armor and soldiers, which is a bit like King Qi Wu, the brother of Emperor Guangwu. In order to check and balance him, Zhang Wen chose Yuan Huan from the Yuan family in Chen County as the host. The Yuan family of Chenjun and the Yuan family of Runan both have the same ancestor, and even now the two families are inextricably linked and look like the same family.
As for Yuan Huan, he is the son of Lao Situ. He used to be an emissary to supervise Fufeng Camp and Huya Camp, but he did not handle things well and was deported and returned to his hometown. This time Zhang Wenqi used him as a favor. In these public families, you help me and I help you, and this is how the bond comes. However, he did not use Yuan Huan blindly. After all, he had experience in confronting the Taishan Army.
The last one is the State of Lu, which is also the most regrettable. Originally, the most suitable person for the Lu State to host was Kong Rong, but he had already died in a battle with the Taishan bandits. It was even because of that battle that almost all the Lu State's clothes were stripped away. Fan Xiang, an old party member, also died at that station. What a pity!
In the end, Zhang Wen selected from thousands of people and finally found one person, Yan Sheng of the Yan family of Lu State. But although he is from the Lu State, it is said that he has moved to Langya. Now it seems that we can only call him back to his hometown to organize the Lu State League training.
Zhang Wen is still satisfied with the above candidates. These six team training hosts are either famous people or descendants of noble families, or they are from moral families. This ensures to a certain extent that the team training of the six counties of Yuzhou can be controlled.
Zhang Wen still fully delegated power to these six group trainers. He specifically allowed these six team trainers to allow the host to be free from the constraints of the Three Mutual Laws during the selection process, and to freely select talented people from his hometown and in-laws' families to serve as team trainers.
Moreover, the job of these six league trainers is to supervise the league affairs rather than co-organizing the place. In other words, these six team trainers have a lot of autonomy and do not need to rely on the local government to act. They are only under the command of General Zuo Zhonglang, and other local counties have no right to interfere with the supervision of the training envoys of the six regiments.
The above is Zhang Wen's greatest support to the six major regiment commanders within his own capabilities, but there is one thing that each regiment commander has to solve on his own, that is, the regiment commanders in each county must be responsible for their own money and food supplies. The court could not be responsible for their money and food supply.
In other words, these six regiments need to provide their own military supplies after forming the regiment. Therefore, to a certain extent, these six families must first use their own funds to support the army.
This must be a huge burden for the six major regiment training envoys, but if blessings and misfortunes depend on each other, if you use your own money to raise soldiers, then in the end these regiment training envoys will inevitably become the private soldiers of these six people.
Zhang Wen naturally knows this, but the above is already his greatest support. If he wants to raise these soldiers again, the court really can't afford it.
In this way, Zhang Wen dropped the bombshell news at the military meeting that the six counties of Yuzhou would start regiment training, and then ordered all the military generals to go back and reorganize their troops. Three days later, they will march south to Runan and attack you from both front and rear. South Pacific Road.
Many generals digested the information after returning. Over there, Zhang Wen left behind the Central Military Colonel Zhao Rong after the meeting.
Zhang Wen met Zhao Rong alone in the inner room and told him directly:
"Child Chang, you are a warrior from Xizhou. You are already sensitive, so you need to obey orders even more. Do you think Huangfu Song can still rely on you?"
Zhao Rong immediately expressed his position:
"Zhao Rong is a rough man, but he only obeys the leadership of the handsome man."
Seeing Zhao Rong and gaining interest, Zhang Wen:
"Okay, since you know, I will give you a clear path."
Zhao Rong respectfully:
"Please give me your instructions, Commander-in-Chief."
"This time you go south, you must trap the officers of the other three battalions and let them know who the current commander is. This time we go south to fight the Runan Yellow Turbans, the battle will not be difficult. As long as this battle is fought well, not only the previous crimes will be If you write it off, I will write to the court to ask for credit. Children know what is right and what is wrong.”
"The general will finally understand that he will live up to the training of the commander-in-chief."
"Well, I have already made it clear at the military meeting about the importance of this battle. As a senior general in the army, you must see the overall situation. The Yellow Turbans in Runan are not a concern. What is important is the subsequent march north. As long as the Taishan thieves are annihilated this time, give me whatever you want. But remember, you only have one chance, so you have to seize it.”
"Here!"
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On August 20, the Taishan Army captured Xinzheng. Zhang Chong led a large army into the city. After the whole army had a meal of pork, he left 500 soldiers to garrison, and then continued northward. The next place they wanted to attack was Mi County.
Mi County is located at the southern foot of Songshan Mountain and upstream of the Jishui River. It was originally a fiefdom of the Zhou royal family and nobles, but was later destroyed by the Zheng State and now belongs to Henan Province. Because the county belongs to the area where the Songshan Mountains extend to the east, the terrain is high in the northwest and low in the southeast. It is surrounded by mountains on three sides, with alternating hills and valleys in the middle, and is relatively flat in the east. The plains within the territory are mostly hills, which is known as two parts mountains, six parts hills, and two parts fields.
However, because Mi County is located in the Gyeonggi Province and has many wealthy families, the limited land is concentrated in the hands of powerful people. Many poor families who cannot survive have no choice but to run into Songshan Mountain, open up mountains and fields, and become people without native place. Shanliao people.
On August 22, a team of carriages and horses hurried along the official road from Mi County to Kyoto.
In the oxcart, a fat young man kept asking the companion how long it would take to get to the next station.
The companion knew that the original reason for the master's urging was that he was worried that something might happen along the way.
The reason why I am worried about this is because my master has done all kinds of bad things and now I am worried that someone will come to take revenge. After telling the master that there were still ten miles left, which comforted his anxious mood, the companion looked at Songshan Mountain to the west and sighed.
This chariot and horse team is none other than Suo Qi, the current magistrate of Mi County, and his party.
Suo Qi came from the Soo family in Dunhuang. His family was demoted to Dunhuang during the Emperor Wu period because of his disobedience to Yan Zhijian. After that, he was the first-class family in Dunhuang during the Han Dynasty.
After Suo Qi was promoted as filial and honest, because of the imperial court's policy of favoring Hexi, he was specially appointed as the Mi County Magistrate of Henan County. However, since Suoqi became the magistrate of Mi County, he used torture, organized unjust imprisonments, brutalized the people and harmed the people together with the big families in the county, took bribes and violated the law, and all the Guizhou leaders in the county hated him to the bone.
A few days ago, when the Taishan bandits marched north into Henan County and destroyed Xinzheng in the north, and even the head of Xinzheng was hanged in public, Suo Qi became panic-stricken. You must know that the official reputation of Chief Xinzheng is much stronger than his own, and he will not be able to escape death, let alone him.
Suo Qi, who had a clear understanding of himself, no longer dared to take any chances, abandoned his official position, and fled to Kyoto with his servants and the money he had robbed over the years.
He had made up his mind that as long as he used half of his wealth to bribe the ten regular servants, he would be fine. At that time, even if you return to your hometown with only half of your wealth, it will be enough for a lifetime. Not to mention, this colorful Central Plains is much richer than Hexi.
After the convoy walked for a while, they encountered a temple in front of them. Suo Qi's wife kept complaining that she had abdominal pain and needed to rest. No choice, Suo Qi had no choice but to rest here temporarily.
The concubines over there were serving the young wife safely, but Suo Qi looked at the temple in front of him with his companions, and read the name:
"Zhuomao Temple? Who is this?"
The companion was speechless for a while. His master really didn't know a lot and didn't know anything about the affairs of the country.
"Master, this Zhuo Mao is an old master from the Guangwu period."
"Oh? I don't know him. What does this man say? Is there anyone who built an ancestral hall for him?"
Bandang has been with Suoqi in Mi County for several years, so he naturally knows why the people of Mi County built an ancestral hall for Zhuomao. I just didn't expect that my master didn't know anything, but that's right, the master didn't even know who Zhuo Mao was, let alone what he had done.
Bandang was born into the Sox family, and he had to learn the allusions of the country and dynasty from an early age in order to assist the Sox master in socializing. So at this moment, Bandang just explained to Suo Qi:
"Master, Master Zhuo once served as the magistrate of Mi County during the Xinmang period. He taught the people with etiquette and governed Mi County in such a way that they did not pick up relics and did not close their homes at night. There was even a year when locusts plagued more than 20 counties in Henan. , Do not enter the borders of Mi County. They were inspired by Taifu Zhuo's morality, so after the disaster that year, the people of Mi County built this shrine for Taifu Zhuo to express their gratitude for his merits in protecting the people. Shangshi Huang and Lao Dao demolished many ancestral halls in the capital, but specially ordered to preserve the Zhuomao Temple to respect the morality of the old master in educating all people."
Ban Dang said that the original intention of these was to use the past to satirize the present. He hoped that the master could learn from Zhuo Taiwei, love the people like a son, and stop harming the poor poor people.
But who would have thought that when Suo Qi heard this, he immediately became disdainful:
"Isn't this nonsense? They people from the Central Plains just talk about these lies all day long to deceive those heads of Guizhou. We have never seen locusts in Hexi. When those things come together, they will eat them whole. Who cares about you? Doesn’t that make sense? It’s nonsense. When it comes to asking for names, they are still from the Central Plains!”
The companion is speechless, his master is smart, but he is useless in the right way. Being so distracted by his master made me feel tired and didn't want to talk anymore.
But Bandang didn't want to say it. Suo Qi was very excited because he had regained a victory. He spared the Zhuomao wood sculpture and saw that there was a clay sculpture in the back room, dressed as a general, and said curiously:
"Who is this?"
Bandang looked at the eulogies on both sides carefully and said uncertainly:
"It should be the twenty-eight generals of Yuntai during the Guangwu period, Changcheng Hou Liu Zhi. It is said that he died in the battle in Mi County. A statue should be erected for him here. Let me take a look at the inscription here."
Bandang read the inscription carefully, and roughly talked about Guan Hui's achievements in Changcheng to welcome his master, to recruit Liu Yang to surrender, and to pacify Hebei, and was saddened by his death in Mi County.
"Well, that's right, it's the Marquis of Changcheng." Bandang confirmed on the other side, and Suo Qi suddenly sighed and said:
"That Zhuomao is just a rotten scholar, and Liu Zhi is just a local tycoon in the north. But now one has become a great master and is the emperor's teacher, and the other is about to be made a marquis and is the emperor's meritorious dog. Whose contribution is it?"
Bandang said uncertainly:
"Effort?"
Suo Qi shook his head and stretched out his finger:
"Because they all met Guangwu, they had this fate, you understand."
You should understand.
Then Suo Qi sighed:
"I regret that without Guangwu, I would only be a rich man. Cheng, do you believe it? If your master had met a figure like Guangwu, I, Dunhuang Soclan, could also be the home of Guangwu. What a pity! ”
Bandang looked at his master's arrogance and was speechless again.
Suddenly, Suo Qi saw another line of words on the wall:
"Shangcheng Gong is a native of Mi County. At first, he traveled for a long time but did not return. Later, when he returned home, he said to his family: I have become an immortal. He left home because of his resignation. When his family saw that his steps were slightly higher, they did not say anything for a long time. ”
Suo Qi was startled and murmured:
"Are there any immortals here?"
The companion was not sure, so he just pointed to the names of the people below, one was Chen Shi and the other was Han Shao, and said to his master:
"Aren't these two the ancestors of the Chen family and the Han family in Yingchuan? There are inscriptions from them here, saying that they both witnessed this incident together. These two moral families, so this matter should be credible."
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Suo Qi touched the white wall and sighed:
"How much fame, fame and wealth have turned into dust. If I could become an immortal like this immortal, wouldn't it be immortality?"
Just as Suo Qi aroused his desire to seek truth in his heart, the sound of fighting suddenly came from outside.
A domestic slave crawled into the temple corridor covered in blood and said to the panicked master and servant:
"Lord, there are secret mountain bandits outside. They suddenly rush out from the side of the road and kill everyone they see. They are shouting, kill the thieves and welcome peace. Lord, run away."
Suo Qi panicked and rushed out of the temple with his companion.
I saw fighting everywhere, wooden boxes on the carts were chopped off, and money and silk were scattered on the floor. The Mishan thieves wrapped in black turbans killed their own family members while fighting for the money.
Over there, Bandang had already sneaked into a carriage. He kicked over a mountain bandit who was trying to get on the carriage, and shouted at Suo Qi who was standing still:
"Master, get in the car quickly."
Suo Qi got excited and hurriedly climbed into the car. When he was still in shock, his companion was already driving the carriage and speeding away towards the north.
The movement of the carriage directly exposed their identities. Under the scolding of several leaders, the secret mountain bandits who were fighting for property reluctantly chased the carriage.
The Mishan Bandits are a group of bandits entrenched in Mishan in Mishan County. It started not long ago. During the reign of Emperor Huan, the literary style was still very popular in Mishan. Many hermits still lived in seclusion in Mishan, raising their sights and teaching students.
For example, Zhong Hao, the ancestor of the Zhong family in Changshe, once lived in seclusion here. He was known for his sincerity in practice, and he had successively established government offices. He was not an official for his second brother, so he hid in a secret mountain and taught more than a thousand disciples with poetry and rhythm. Later he became a model for scholar-bureaucrats.
Generally speaking, the beauty of this hermit is that the purpose of hiding is to reveal himself. Therefore, so-called hermits usually live in seclusion near Gyeonggi where powerful people gather, so that their reputation can be spread. Otherwise, wouldn't it be enough to live in seclusion in the deep mountains and swamps of the south?
However, this seclusion cannot be too close to the capital, otherwise people will think that you are inviting names. Therefore, this Mishan became an excellent retreat for celebrities in Yingchuan.
It is located between Yingchuan and Kyoto. It is close to home and not far from Kyoto. It can be said that family and state affairs are not delayed.
However, in the past few years, the world was not at peace, especially in Mi County due to the issue of annexation of Kuotian. More and more Guizhou heads resigned from their nationality and went to the mountains to reclaim land. The hermits were so annoyed that they gave up this place. In the end, this dense mountain became the home of the frustrated and bankrupt.
The group of secret mountain thieves who wanted to kill Suo Qi had a blood feud with them. Most of the land in their home was plundered by others. Now they heard the news and knew that Suo Qi had abandoned his official position and fled for his life, so they all ambushed and killed Suo Qi here. Qi.
However, although the Mishan bandits have a unified title, they actually belong to different groups. They are all a gang. Seeing the money and silk all over the ground, they have no intention of chasing Suo Qi.
In the end, only more than thirty people chased Suo Qi.
The driver who was driving hurriedly called to the owner of the car to open the trunk and ask him to throw everything out. Suo Qi opened the box as instructed and saw pieces of horseshoe gold inside.
Suo Qi didn't care where the gold horseshoes came from and quickly threw them away from the car, losing about ten pieces of gold along the way. At this time, more than 20 of the thirty people who were chasing after them stopped immediately.
You know, this is gold, not the copper coins and cloth over there. As long as you have this piece of gold, you have everything. How could these broken-down Shanliao people stand the temptation? They all concentrated on picking, but no one wanted to take care of Suo Qi.
But there was one person who was different. He didn't even look at the tempting gold that was shining brightly on the ground, and kept chasing after him with every step he took. There were five companions behind him, and he originally wanted to pick them up, but seeing the way they were, he finally gritted his teeth and chased after them.
The carriage panicked and chose the road. Although the weight of the lost gold was reduced, and it went faster and faster, the road became more and more shaky. Finally, the shaft of the carriage hit a stone and the entire carriage overturned.
Suo Qi in the car fell out of the car and almost lost his breath. After a while, he finally came to his senses and saw that the scene in front of him was really miserable.
His companion Ren Shengsheng was hit in the chest by a cart. He kept vomiting blood and his eyes looking at Suo Qi gradually dimmed.
Suo Qi didn't feel sad. The sound of footsteps came from behind. He didn't dare to stay any longer and hurriedly ran into a mountain road and ran towards the mountain.
After a while, the six people who were chasing after them rushed to the overturned carriage, panting. Seeing Bandang who was out of breath, the leader took off his short knife and chopped off Bandang's head neatly.
Looking at the withered corpse, the leader tied it around his waist using Ban Dang's hair as a rope. The blood spurting out directly stained his hem red, but he remained unmoved.
The secret mountain bandit leader was cutting his head there, and the person behind him had already observed a series of footprints going straight into the mountain. He quickly said to Kui:
"Kui, Nasuo ran away into the mountains, really looking for death."
Suo Bapi is Suo Qi's name. The reason why he is so called is not because he is greedy, but because he is really cruel to the point of killing people and robbing people.
After hearing this, the chief of thieves said calmly:
"This time, I will avenge my father and let Suo Papi suffer the pain of being skinned. Let's go and catch up."
In this way, the six people chased Suo Qi all the way, and finally caught up with him under a giant tree. This is not surprising. These six people are all asking for work in the mountains. How can Suo Qi compare to them when he escapes into the mountains? It was only a matter of time before he was caught up.
Suo Qi sat paralyzed on the ground. This section of the mountain road was exhausting him. Looking at the six people approaching, especially when he saw the head of his companion tied around the waist of the leader, Suo Qi panicked:
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"Heroes, spare my life. I have money. I will give you as much as you want. Spare my life."
The leader of the thieves looked at the panicked Suo Qi, smiled, and asked:
"Have you forgotten who I am?"
Suo Qi was really dying. He really didn't know who the person in front of him was.
The leader of thieves smiled, picked up a copper seal from his pocket, and threw it to Suo Qi.
Suo Qi picked it up and saw the seal saying:
"Tingpu Seal."
Suo Qi was so excited that he lost his voice in fright:
"You are the son of Stingpu. I did not kill your father, and his death had nothing to do with me. Please, please let me go, I really don't want to die, wuwu."
Suo Qi's body was already wet. He had really peed because he knew how Sting Ting died. He skinned him to death.
This time, he was finished.
Do you know who this person named Shi is?
(End of chapter)