Chapter 814 Apprehension
After Zhang Xiang, the commander of Xiuyi, came out of the East Secretary's room, he came to a courtyard.
At this time, more than a hundred soldiers were waiting in the yard. They were Zhang Xiang's subordinates in this operation.
After seeing Zhang Xiang come in, the two captains came over to greet him. Both of them were Zhang Xiang's confidants brought from the foreign affairs department. They were responsible for the hundred soldiers when Zhang Xiang went to the east department room.
At this moment, a captain turned to Zhang Xiang and said:
"Commander, the people assigned to us this time are all good. Although they have little battle experience, they are flexible and suitable for our journey."
Zhang Xiang nodded, then walked to the table and picked up a volume of military books and started flipping through them at will.
He didn't look at the people in the courtyard, because these people were just candidates for the embroidery guards, and whether they could get in would depend on their experience this time.
As for the means to win over people's hearts, it is natural to use them, but it is not too late to wait until these people pass the test.
So, Zhang Xiang had no one left, so he opened the military register and began to call the names:
"Tian Han!"
As soon as he finished speaking, a dark and muscular sergeant stood up and clasped his fists at Zhang Xiang:
"Here!"
Zhang Xiang looked into this man's eyes and saw a hint of agility. He was satisfied and asked:
"A person from Shaanxi County? How come you are here!"
The man named Tian Han replied in a deep voice:
"Return to the command, after the Taishan Army's gentlemen attacked Shaanxi County, our Shaanxi County was liberated. Because we helped detain the local tycoons, we were appointed as township officials. This time, we were recommended by our township president to go as a strong man. ”
This was the first time Zhang Xiang heard about this. He thought that after Wang Shang's troops withdrew, several counties east of Shaanxi County would be unable to defend. Unexpectedly, there was no response from the Kansai side.
From this, Zhang Xiang paid more attention to the Kansai side and planned to pay more attention to it later. Maybe there would be an opportunity there.
It can be said that Zhang Xiang was not born to be a spy, but to be a spy, one should be like Zhang Xiang, who always scrutinizes all kinds of information around him.
Because the truth is hidden in the details,
It was precisely when he had an idea about Kansai affairs that Zhang Xiang took a deep look at Tian Han and said a rare sentence:
"Yes, work hard this time. If you can join my embroidery guard, you will be very successful."
Tian Han nodded excitedly, and then returned to the team at Zhang Xiang's signal.
After that, Zhang Xiang ordered a few more people one after another, some from Chenliu Fengqiu, some from Baima, Dongjun, and some from Taiyuan.
In short, the hundred people in front of Zhang Xiang came from all over the world, with different accents, but their eyes revealed excitement and high spirits.
At this time, everything in the Taishan Army is moving forward, and the mentality of the officials in each system is like this.
Confident and high-spirited, they all feel that they can be like their seniors in the military and rise to the top in three to five years. This mentality is shared by all rising forces.
Of course Zhang Xiang would not tell them that he had joined the army with Liu Hui and Guo Shu when the Taishan Army was in the Northern Expedition to Zhending, but now he was just a commander.
If these people in front of them want to climb up, they may have to smoke from the ancestral graves to do so.
However, Zhang Xiang then thought that the reason why he was promoted slowly was probably because he belonged to Liu Hui and Guo Shu's faction, and their faction was the Qian Fei faction.
As the king had more and more heirs, the concubines in each palace began to gain momentum. Although they could not be divided into factions, some circles were vaguely formed.
The largest circle in the palace is naturally the faction of Princess Zhao. As the king's poor wife, they have been together since they were young. Not only is she quite popular among the old brothers, but also the soldiers in the army also respect her.
In addition, Princess Zhao's two brothers are very competitive. Her brother Zhao Jun is an upright gentleman and is highly respected by the king. In just a few years, he has been promoted to the prefect of Hejian County.
And Princess Zhao's younger brother is even more powerful, the crane-controlling general Zhao Yun. Who in the army doesn't know his reputation?
It can be said that with these two brothers, both civil and military, in the outer court, Princess Zhao can be said to be as stable as Mount Tai, and no one in the palace can threaten her.
Not to mention, his son Zhang Cheng, as the king's eldest son, was established as the crown prince early, and the corresponding crown prince team was also appointed by Zhang Chong.
Therefore, no one can shake Princess Zhao's status.
And under Princess Zhao, there are several circles:
They are sisters Zhen, Cai, and Liu Hui's sister Liu Qian.
Among these three circles, the Zhen sisters are the most powerful, not only because the two sisters gave birth to four sons for the king, but also because her family, as a large family in Hebei, is one of the few families that has not been liquidated. It can be said that Rich and wealthy.
The richest people in the palace must be the Zhen sisters.
His family was originally a wealthy merchant, and later he became the royal merchant of the eldest wife. The business network of the entire family was improved to a higher level, so the two sisters loved to spend money on weekdays. Who in the palace would not say that these two sisters were good.
In addition, these two sisters are very smart and have never fought for anything in the palace. Even after giving birth to four sons, they did not ask the king to grant titles to their sons. It can be said that they are well versed in the principle of neither fighting nor fighting. The female way.
Of course, whether it is really not fighting or grabbing, or some other intention, this wisdom is commendable anyway.
And below the Zhen sisters are the Cai sisters.
The two Cai sisters are proficient in music, singing and dancing, especially the younger sister Cai Wenji, who is even more knowledgeable. Even her father, a world-famous scholar, seems to be a little less agile than her daughter.
But it just so happens that our king seems to be an emperor on horseback, but he is very interested in music and literature. He is as harmonious with the Cai sisters, and they are somewhat close friends.
In addition, the second concubine's father, Cai Yong, was a disciple of the outer dynasty. He was the leader of the Qing Dynasty in the court. His students, such as Ruan Yu and Lu Cui, were all accepted by his disciples and served as ministers who drafted edicts.
Logically speaking, the Cai sisters should have some power, but unfortunately, their old father Cai Yong does not seem to be loved by the courtiers, so they cannot help the two sisters much in the outer court, but they are always under the influence of this old father. tired.
The reason is not complicated. It is because Cai Yong's mouth is so bad that he often offends people without knowing it.
And what is the interesting thing about Cai Yong? It's not that he doesn't know he has a bad mouth, but he does it intentionally.
He seems to feel that he has a mission like a gadfly, to keep biting the cow's buttocks to keep the cow awake. Therefore, he does not restrain his temper, but enjoys it.
Moreover, he seemed to think that he was highly educated and prestigious, which was in line with his own temperament. His words always exuded a daddy sound, and he provoked many Toshihiko of the court to scold him secretly.
Therefore, no matter how elegant the Cai sisters are and how harmonious they are with the king, they are still inferior to the Zhen sisters.
But this is not the most pitiful thing. The most pitiful thing is that Zhang Xiang's family is even worse than the Cai family.
If the Cai family is said to be due to Cai Yong's bad personal character, and if Cai Yong changes his character or dies one day, then the Cai family's reputation may still increase.
But unfortunately, their group doesn't even have this chance.
Who told Zhang Xiang’s former benefactor to be named Liu, and who told our Concubine Qian to also be named Liu?
What does their Taishan Army do? From the beginning of the army, they were rushing to overthrow the Liu family. It was their Taishan army that finally broke through Kyoto and destroyed the Kanto court.
And now Concubine Qian, as a relative of the Liu family, although her blood relationship with the main line is no longer known, but I'm sorry, just because your surname is Liu, the old brothers in the army who have followed the king to conquer the world will not allow Liu to be there. The prince with the surname of blood comes to the throne.
If these people come down from the mountains of corpses and seas of blood several times, and the grandson of their Liu family comes up in the end, then isn't the blood shed in vain? Didn’t the brothers die in vain?
Therefore, even though Concubine Qian was the most beloved by the king, and even fell in love at first sight to a certain extent, she was the first to be excluded from power. Perhaps it is for this reason that whether it is Zhang Xiang, Guo Shu, or Liu Hui, their development in the military is very slow.
The truth behind this was not something that Zhang Xiang could understand, but Liu Hui was very close to a new soldier named Fa Zheng who joined the army. This truth was what Fazheng and Liu Hui said.
At that time, when Liu Hui told him, Zhang Xiang suddenly realized. At that time, Liu Hui expressed his optimistic attitude and thought that this might be a good thing for his sister.
As the former Queen of True Ding, Mrs. Liu Hui knew better than everyone else the insidiousness and viciousness in the prince's house.
But the eldest brother Liu Hui wanted to retire, but Zhang Xiang was unwilling to accept it. If he was so aware of his fate, he would not have abandoned the wall to follow Liu Hui when he was in Zhending's hometown.
So Zhang Xiang didn't give up. He felt that as long as he didn't give up, he would still have a chance.
And this opportunity lies in Xiuyiwei.
He had to climb higher in Xiuyiwei so that he could have a chance.
In this way, when Zhang Xiang finished reporting all the warriors in front of him, he closed the military register and said in a deep voice:
"Upon armor."
Then, the armor in the hall shimmered, and then, under the leadership of Zhang Xiang, the hundred-man team rushed straight towards Bu Guangli next door.
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Tian Han was very excited, not only because of the hint given to him by the commander just now, but also because he could one day run through the streets of Kyoto to apprehend the former minister.
He, the son of a farmer, could one day show his sword to the nobles of the past. Although he has surpassed the rich and powerful in his hometown, how can the rich and powerful be compared with the minister.
He has known since he was a child that the emperor in Kyoto is the Son of Heaven, and the ministers in the court are all stars in the sky. They are different from people like himself.
They are people of the mud, and those people are people of heaven.
To this day, Tian Han still remembers how embarrassed he was when he first saw Kyoto.
In the shack that hosted warriors from all over the world, Tian Han did not dare to step into the main room because he felt that the mud on his straw sandals would stain the place. He also did not dare to take off his shoes and go in because his feet were dirtier than his shoes. .
Yes, Tian Han only started wearing straw sandals when he became a policeman in the village. Before that, he walked barefoot in his life.
His feet walked across the field ridges, stepped on cow dung, and stepped on wheat grains, but he did not enter the official hall.
But in the next few months, he trained with nearly a thousand warriors from all over the world. Under the preaching of the consolation envoys, he understood what Huangtian's great cause was and how the so-called nobles plundered them. Anointed by the people.
In the past, Tian Han thought that his family's life was so miserable because of the rich man in the village, so after the Taishan Army came to Shaanxi County, he was the first to rush into the wall of the rich man's house and open the door.
Because he believes that the rich owe them this.
When he arrived in Kyoto, he realized that behind the wealthy people were aristocratic families from various counties, and these aristocratic families devoted all their efforts to serve Kyoto. Therefore, the fundamental reason why the poor in the world suffered so much was because of these ministers.
In the same way, the ministers also owe them.
Therefore, this time, Tian Han still rushed to the front and hit the closed door first.
Then, more than ten strong men, like Tian Han, all bumped into the gate.
The door was shaken by the impact, but what shook more violently than the wall door was the family's hearts.
If anyone is interested and can take a look at the house number, they will see a big "Han" written on it.
This owner is none other than Han Rong, the former servant of the great Han Dynasty.
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Behind the wall, the Han family was in chaos.
Several juniors from the Han family climbed up the wall fearfully, and after just one glance, they slid down as if they were mourning.
They hugged the ladder and cried to a middle-aged man standing in the front hall:
"Open the wall and surrender, Saburo. There are soldiers outside!"
The man named Sanlang was the third son of Imperial Servant Han Rong. Twenty years ago, as the youngest son of the family, he followed his father to Luo. Half his life had passed in a blink of an eye.
Of course Han Sanlang knew what the soldiers outside were doing, and he was also a part of the political agitation outside. But he didn't expect that the Taishan Army would come so quickly, nor did he expect that these people would be so careless.
At this moment, he looked around the people in the courtyard, and there was no one who was not fighting with both hands. These people had just experienced the bloody battle in Kyoto. Of course, these people knew how terrifying the night when the city was broken was.
These people originally thought that the bloody night was over and they could return to their old days, but they didn't expect that the Taishan Army came again.
Han Sanlang had no regrets, he just regretted that all the members and guests at home were sent away after Taishan's army entered the city. Otherwise, he would have been able to fight with those people for a while and bite off a few pieces of meat from those thieves.
The door wall shook more and more, and the fallen bolts creaked under the load.
There was silence outside the hospital, and the other party didn't even mean to persuade them to surrender. It seemed that this time the other party was going to kill them all.
At this moment, Han Sanlang thought a lot. Finally, he sighed and said to everyone:
"This happened all because of me and has nothing to do with any other tribesmen. Just open your mouth and I will make it clear to those people. They will not make things difficult for you."
This sentence was like nectar, pulling everyone out of despair, but just when they were about to open the door wall, several people came out from the backyard. They carried the old lady and servant Han Rong out.
Han Rong was in good spirits. Even though he was sitting on the chariot, his back was straight.
When everyone saw Han Rong, they were not happy, but were horrified because the old servant was holding a torch in his hand.
Han Rong looked at these nephews and shouted suddenly:
"Han Fu has lost all his conscience and humiliated my Han family. Today all our descendants are dead!"
After saying that, he threw the torch back.
There, Han Rong had already made people pour sesame oil on them, and when there was a fire, they immediately started burning.
In an instant, the entire front yard burst into tears. They looked at Han Rong and Sanlang in the sky, and used their last bit of strength to open the door wall behind them.
By the time warriors like Tian Han rushed in, it was already too late.
The fire soared into the sky and went straight into the sky!