Chapter 84 Cooking Crane (13)
Bai Yousi stood on the ridge of the snow for half a day, so that the snowflakes gradually stopped and did not move. After a long time, he asked coldly with his long sword:
"Zhang Sanlang, what do you want me to do?"
"What do I want to do the inspection?" Zhang Xingzang stood under the tree with his hands and asked jokingly. "I want the inspection to rebel against the evil in Jiangdong. When will the court not respond to this? When will we kill to the East Capital and seize the bird throne, then the inspection will be the prince of the Southern Yai, I will be the prime minister of the Southern Yai, Brother Hu will be the chief of the Western Yai, Qian Tang will be the chief of the Jing'an Taizhong, Li Shierlang will be the governor of the Northern Yai, and Qin Er will be the general of the Shangzhu Kingdom...will it be beautiful?"
"Don't joke!" Bai Yousi didn't have a bad face, but instead had a faint look.
"I know, I know."
Zhang Xinglan started to walk under the tree and then walked to the tree. "Not mentioning the noble daughter of the top three aristocratic families in the world, she suddenly realized that most of the people in the world were about to rebel in dire straits. How ridiculous it is? If it really doesn't work, she can also go back and ask the unfathomable father and ask him what he thinks.
Moreover, Taichung Zhongcheng also looks reliable. Can he make some serious improvements? Why did he turn the wrong way?
What’s even more terrible is that it’s not OK to really rebel. Today I rebel in Jiangdong. Tomorrow I will lead a large army to slap them into pieces... Who dares to rebel?
Even if the Great Wei Dynasty has a scene of the end of the world, but Yang Shenzhi’s rebellion is right in front of him... it is really unstoppable!
But the inspector asked me, what do I want? Even if I know I can't resist, I can't resist, and I want to rebel! In the past few days, I have checked four or five rounds on this Jiangxinzhou. I have measured twenty or thirty places in this ten acres of land, and it is like this everywhere. The inspector asked himself, what can I think of as a poor northern pauper who was born a farmer?!"
Bai Yousi stopped in place, watched Zhang Xing turn seven or eight times, patiently waiting for the other party to vent his breath, and then asked again: "Then I will change my question, what can I do now? What do you think I should do? Zhang Xing, I can trust you and am willing to listen to your words."
"I have three strategies for the upper, middle and lower." Zhang Xing set his footsteps and blurted out... "The best strategy is that even if you don't rebel now, you can subtly move it. Start preparing to rebel from today. Let's start with the two of us, and start with the provisions and build a rebellious Jing'antai. You pay, I work hard to win over talents and make friends with heroes. When Jiangdong can't bear it, when Hebei in the East will be unable to bear it because of the next conquest of Goryeo, and when a clan of aristocratic clans can't bear it, we can take the opportunity to rise up and raise a Bai family! Then unify the world externally, clear your brothers and sisters internally, and put your father under house arrest to Taibai Mountain and send you to the throne early... By then, the female phoenix will return to the throne, the four emperors will bring blessings, and the world will be peaceful, and everything will be expected."
Bai Yousi didn't say a word.
"I know, it's too hasty and too shocking. And there's also Mr. Bai who is cunning and like a ghost there. Zhongcheng is sitting alone on the black tower, so he dare not respond." Zhang Xing shook his head and said to him. "So there's the Zhongce and the Bad Strategy... the Bad Strategy is the summary that everyone made in the palace tonight. The criminal was Eunuch Zhao, and the colluded demons of the True Fire Sect have also obtained the evidence and confessions. Just sit still... The Jiangdong officialdom also expects us to stay still and not delay them from suffering the people. But if the inspection is like this, it's not you, right?"
"Where is Zhongce?" Bai Yousi asked calmly. "Where do you know I will choose Zhongce? Tell me about Zhongce directly."
"It's also very simple to make a move." Zhang Xing suddenly sneered again. "It's time to paste it, you can't care about the long-term, you can be in front of you; don't care about the general trend, and do your best to do the small matters first... If you are prosperous, you can help the world; if you are poor, you can keep the people alone. If you are people-oriented, you can save a common man, right?"
"Isn't it right?" Bai Yousi asked calmly.
"Yes." Zhang Xing let out a long sigh in the snowy night, and the white smoke immediately drifted away. "I do this on weekdays... I can't do anything big, and do my best in small things. Sometimes, it's good to be worthy of the conscience of heaven and earth. Don't mention those traitors, they are much better than many heroes..."
At this point, Zhang Xing suddenly went to see Bai Yousi and asked sincerely: "Inspector, am I a little too ambitious?"
"No." Bai Yousi paused for a moment and answered it seriously. "I can understand you too. Even though thousands of escapees are in front of me, they can only save dozens of people... Who can't be angry if you are not a plant or a tree? But Zhang Sanlang, you are really doing very well. Your cultivation is far less than me, your background is far less than me, and your official position is far less than me, but you can always do better than me... If you still think that you are incompetent, wouldn't you be ashamed of this world?"
Speaking of this, Bai Yousi took a step forward and asked one by one: "But, Zhang Xing, this time, let's do our best now and live up to our state of mind, okay?"
Zhang Xing thought for a moment, nodded with emphasis... In fact, there are some truths, but he didn't know?
At dawn, Zhou Xiaoming, deputy left-behind Jiangdu, waited for Bai Yousi, a noble daughter of the Bai family and the special inspection team of Jing'antai, to visit her.
Let me say that since Bai Yousi brought many True Fire Rebels into the city yesterday afternoon, and then his son came to report, Deputy Zhou left behind and knew that the other party would definitely come.
However, what he didn't expect was that, one was that the other party came so quickly, the genius had just dawned, the snow had not been cleaned, and the breakfast was not eaten; the other was that the female inspector actually brought the Bai Shou surnamed Zhang to the door. Thinking about the latter's mouth, he felt that this morning would be a bit difficult.
"Before congratulations to my niece on returning from Dasheng..." After both sides finished their seats, Zhou Xiaoming began to greet him. "In a few days, he swept through several thieves' strongholds, and killed them decisively, which shocked Jiangdong."
"Duke Zhou, we are not secretly talking." Bai Yousi's eyes were bright. "I came here so early today, so I didn't want to fight Duke Zhou... Zhang Xing!"
"Yes." Zhang Xing, who had not even had time to take off the sable hat, immediately stood up and bowed to him. "Duke Zhou, if you are forgiven, please let me just say something."
Deputy Zhou is a famous national general who is probably the kind who can be included in history books when he sees this person standing up, and he feels a little stomach acid. He really wants to slap the table immediately. So what if I don’t forgive me?
However, as everyone thought, the deputy left-behind thought of the huge trouble, he closed his mouth and sat upright, just twisting his beard to see.
"Mr. Zhou, I guess Mr. Zhou had already said this clearly enough last night, so I won't say it." Zhang Xing put down his hand, his words were clear and his tone was calm, as if he was reading a copy report. "What we want to say today is that, first of all, the people in Jing'antai are not fools, we know where the food in the palace has gone and how it went. Secondly, we are kind-hearted and know the hard work of the scholars and people in Jiangdong, and are ready to do something to see if we can try our best to paste the Jiangdong officialdom and make some contributions to the people of Jiangdong. At least we cannot be responsible for the escort of the batch of grains, which will have an excessive impact on Jiangdong."
Zhou Xiaoming pinched his beard tightly, his eyes wide open, and he didn't say a word.
Mr. Zhou Xingfan, who was sitting at the last place, was a little uneasy at first, but later he was simply confused because he suddenly couldn't understand.
"Duke Zhou, you have to do things." Zhang Xing stepped forward a few steps and came to the center of the hall, spreading his hands seriously, showing great momentum. "Is 10% of the autumn tax that is as simple as 10% of the autumn tax? The people have already worked very hard, and more than that, it is likely to die. Duke Zhou is also from the Jiangdong clan. How can he see his hometown people in dire straits? Or is it that even if it is his own private house, even if we are so sincere, Duke Zhou still pretends to be deaf and dumb? Is it worthy of Eunuch Zhao, or can he not die?"
Speaking of this, Zhou Xiaoming finally glanced at Bai Yousi who couldn't move and said hard: "Zhang Baishou! What can you do? The key to this matter is food. This is not a small share of food, but 10% of the autumn taxes of seven counties. In the end, it is necessary to go north with you by the government servants of seven counties to openly thrive... In this world, except for the public and serious tax collection, it is impossible for it to create so much food out of thin air to explain to the higher authorities... can only... can only... can only..."
"I can only suffer the people of seven counties?" Zhang Xing suddenly laughed out loud.
"Isn't it?" Zhou Xiaoming turned his face. "The officials of these seven counties have long been enlightened, and I can only pretend to be deaf and dumb... Do you want me to give you Xuzhou military rations? I don't dare!"
"We dare not ask for military rations." Zhang Xing nodded and asked seriously. "But why do we have to suffer the people and not suffer the aristocratic families, such as the Eight Great Masters of Jiangdong, which are occupied in seven counties?"
"What's the matter?" Zhou Xiaoming was stunned.
"The reason is very simple." Zhang Xing spread his hands to answer. "The people pay taxes several times, and if they pay 10% more, they will die. As for the Eight Great Masters of Jiangdong, I heard that Yang Gong was very polite to them when he came to quell the rebellion. It can be seen that even if there were no hidden households and fields, the family's assets were not taken away for hundreds of years, and it was impossible to collect extra taxes. Wouldn't it be enough to just sweep them... If not, chop their pianos to chop firewood, cook their cranes to fill their hunger, and there will always be fewer dead people."
"How can this work?" Zhou Xiaoming was furious. "Don't mess around. The cultural elegance of Jiangdong for hundreds of years must not be ruined by this matter. I cannot agree!"
After hearing about the half-confused Master Zhou Xingfan, he was slightly stunned. Looking at his father who was experiencing anger, his lips were slightly moved.
But at this moment, Bai Yousi, who was sitting on the side, suddenly sneered on the spot.
He heard this and sneered, Deputy Zhou Liushou's eyelids obviously twitched.
Zhang Xing was not busy and smiled again: "Of course I know that Zhou Gong's family is a general of generations after all. If the suffering of the people or the suffering of the family, it must still feel that the suffering of the people is the simplest... But if I say that Zhou Gong was thinking too much, we are not here to ask for your consent. We are the imperial envoy who went south to the special commander of the matter. We are currently in charge and decide on this matter across seven counties, including supervising the recruitment of this autumn grain, which is simply our duty."
Zhou Xiaoming was slightly stunned, and then his heart felt cold.
"Duke Zhou, you are just the deputy left-behind Jiangdu, and you can only control Jiangdu. If you leave Jiangdu, you can't control it." Speaking of this, Zhang Xing seemed a little difficult to understand. "So, if we have to go to Wujun to search Xie's house, why do you disagree? Why do you have to stop the imperial envoy for no reason? This matter is the turn of the left-behind mansion to take charge? Or, if you have done something wrong, just look at my thick eyebrows and big eyes and look honest, you forgot that we are notorious evil dogs in brocade clothes, and you can't fabricate evidence of the eight great masters colluding with the True Fire Sect rebellion among the seventy-seven True Fire Sect thieves?"
Zhou Xiaoming was silent and could only look at Bai Yousi again.
Bai Yousi didn't even politely, and after getting up, he spoke lightly: "Duke Zhou, are you thinking of something wrong? What is the so-called Eight Great Masters of Jiangdong in front of the Bai family? I have made a decision on this matter. I will inspect the court and plunder a few Jiangdong clans. What's wrong with it? But Duke Zhou, you either continue to act deaf and dumb, or help say hello in the officialdom of various counties, and send some people to help quickly plunder. This way, you can handle the matter well before spring plans and not disturb others at all... At that time, the food will be temporarily replenished, and if the Eight Great Masters are destroyed, Zhou will be able to avenge hundreds of years of bullying, and you will not underestimate your own family... The best of both worlds is right?"
Zhou Xiaoming pinched his beard without saying a word, without moving.
Bai Yousi and Zhang Xing no longer hesitated, and immediately bowed and turned around together, which was shocked by Zhou Xing, Fan and Mr. Zhou to come to see him off.
When he arrived at the door, Zhang Xing suddenly stopped and turned around and smiled at him: "Mr. Zhou, although it is not easy to belittle his father in front of his son, he asked me to say, your father is far away from him, do you believe it or not? If we went to find Mr. Lai, he would have laughed a lot since he was over, and then he would have given me a golden arrow."
Then you went to find Lai Gong from the beginning? Are you afraid that Lai Gong's cultivation is too high and your patrol can't stop it, so why don't you sarcastically mock it?
Mr. Zhou wanted to ask such a question, but in fact, he was silent for a moment, but instead answered it seriously: "Inspector Bai, Brother Zhang... I probably heard clearly what happened, and my father was actually hesitating, but he just couldn't hold his face... and I'll go and persuade me."
"Time waits for no one, the situation is also because we are not with you... Let's follow the example, our gentleman's appointment will be within the deadline until tonight." As he said that, Zhang Xing bowed and left.
So, in the evening, Mr. Zhou personally sent a golden arrow.
PS: Good night everyone
Chapter completed!