Three hundred and fiftieth eight chapters of the new government to suppress the bandit coalition
When Chao Gai heard that the minions had come up to report, he couldn't help but look at Zhu Wu who was sitting at the banquet and eating wine. Zhu Wu's eyes were also filled with confusion, and he secretly speculated in his heart that something had happened at the foot of the mountain. So Chao Gai hurriedly called the young man up and asked what happened.
The young man came up to the hall, saluted, and reported: "I'm telling you, sir, the merchants we just inquired about have dozens of people gathered together. They will pass by the dry road in Shuibo tonight, especially Come and report,"
Chao Gai and the others were overjoyed when they heard this. Chao Gai smiled and asked, "We don't have any money or silk to use. Who can take people for a walk?"
Sanruan put down the cup and plate and said, "My brothers are going,"
Chao Gai nodded and said: "Good brother, be careful and go quickly and come back early."
San Ruan cupped his fists and received the order, saying: "During the Three Kingdoms period, there was a saying that 'Warm wine kills Hua Xiong'. Today my three brothers are going down the mountain, and I will keep this glass of wine. Come back when you go." He went to the hall and changed his clothes, took the knife from his waist, took the simple knife and sticks and forks, and lit up more than a hundred people. Then he went to the hall to say goodbye to the other leaders, then led his troops down the mountain to the golden beach and took the boat to the Zhugui Hotel. .
Not long after the Sanruan brothers left, Chao Gai was afraid that Sanruan would not be able to bear the heavy burden, so he asked Lin Chong to summon more than a hundred people and lead them down the mountain to meet them. Lin Chong was an expert and brave man, and did not need any clothes. He took a spear in his hand and was about to go down the mountain. At this time, Chao Gai was afraid that Lin Chong would be angry, so he hurriedly told him: "You can only take gold and silk in a good way, and you must not harm the lives of merchants."
Lin Chong smiled and thought that Chao Gai was really a kind-hearted person, so he immediately agreed and went down the mountain with the hundred or ten people.
Not long after, I saw a report from a young man: "Thanks to Chief Zhu's information, today I got more than 20 carts of gold, silver, silk, and 40 to 50 donkeys, mules, and livestock."
Chao Gai was very happy, and he asked again: "Have you never killed anyone?"
The young man replied: "When those passing by saw the momentum of our arrival, they all abandoned their cars, animals and luggage, and ran for their lives with a shout. The leaders did not hurt any of them."
Chao Gai was overjoyed when he saw what the little gangster had said. He said, "From now on, we must not harm others." Then he ordered someone to take a piece of silver and reward the little gangster who came to report the news. Then he asked the minions on the mountain to come down the mountain and go directly to the golden beach. He met the leaders at the same place. Everyone worked together to carry the vehicles ashore, and then asked the minions who were punting the boats to go to the hotel. Carry horses.
The leaders were overjoyed to meet each other.
Chao Gai and other leaders all went to the gathering hall of the village and sat down. They asked their minions to carry a lot of property, opened the bags in the hall, and piled colorful silk clothes and other goods on one side, gold and silver on one side. The treasures were piled in front, and then Chao Gai called the little boss in charge of the treasure house to take half of each item and store it in the warehouse for future use; and the current half was divided into two parts, and each of the eleven bosses in the hall was divided into two parts. Share one share, and everyone in Liangshan up the mountain and down the mountain will share one share equally.
Taking advantage of the joyful momentum of dividing gold and silver on the big scale, Wu Yong said with a smile: "Why don't you, the master, arrange the spoils of war as well?"
When Chao Gaijing mentioned it to Wu Yong, he remembered that there were still a large number of captured officers and soldiers in custody in the mountain stronghold, and there was an official tied to the general pillar in front of the Juyi Hall. All of this was thrown away by the victory. At the back of his mind, Chao Gai ordered all the newly acquired military officers to be tattooed on their faces. The strong ones were selected to go to various villages to feed horses and cut firewood, while the weak ones were assigned to watch carts and cut grass. Lock Huang Anze in the dungeon cell of Houzhai.
After Chao Gai finished arranging all the affairs, he couldn't help but said with emotion: "When I first arrived at the mountain stronghold today, I only hoped to escape the disaster, so I went to Wang Lun. I am so grateful that Coach Lin and Brother Shi Jinxian recommended me to be respected. I really can't believe it. It was a triumphant victory, and two happy events occurred in a row: the first one won the army, collected many men, horses and ships, captured Huang An, and the second one obtained a lot of property, gold and silver, all of which were thanks to the talents of the brothers. ,"
The leaders smiled and said: "Thanks to the great blessing of eldest brother, Liangshan is a treasure land with outstanding people."
Chao Gai turned around at this time and said to Shi Jin and Wu Yong: "The lives of eight of our brothers were all attributed to Song Yasi, Lei Heng, and Zhu Dian both died. The ancients said: 'It is wrong not to repay kindness. As a human being, where does today's wealth and happiness come from? Should we take out some gold and silver sooner or later and send our men to visit Yuncheng County in person? This is the first important thing. Besides, Bai Sheng is still here today. He is trapped in Jeju prison, we must rescue him,"
Shi Jin nodded and said: "Brother is right, remember the source when drinking water, and know how to be grateful. The return of these money is up to you. If there is anything that needs help, just leave it to us. However, I think in Mr. Wu's heart There is already a way to salvage Bai Sheng, right?"
Wu Yong said with a smile: "Yes, everything cannot escape Brother Shi's eyes. Don't worry, brother, I have all the solutions. Song Yasi is a benevolent and righteous man, I'm afraid he will not be rewarded by us. Even so, Gifts are indispensable. Sooner or later, when the village is settled, one of his own brothers will be sent. Regarding Bai Sheng's matter, you can teach strangers to go there to make money, buy it, give him instructions, and be lenient, and you can get away. As the saying goes: 'Born in sorrow and dying in happiness', we still have one thing to discuss, which is to collect grain and build ships, make weapons, arrange stockades and walls, build more houses, straighten clothes, robes and armor, make guns, swords, bows and arrows, and prepare for the coming. Enemy officers and troops,"
Chao Gai said: "In this case, it all depends on the military adviser's clever advice." Wu Yong immediately mobilized all the leaders and assigned them to handle it. It was a matter of course.
Not to mention that Liangshan Shuibo has been prosperous since history and Chao Gai ascended the mountain, changing the world and changing the world.
But it was said that the prefect of Jeju Prefecture saw that Huang An's men had escaped with a narrow escape. When he climbed into the gate of the government office, the broken blade of a dagger was still stuck in his back and was deeply embedded in his flesh. He was chopped off and covered in blood, as if he had crawled out of a pool of blood. The soldier who escaped originally thought he was dead, but by the time he woke up from the pain, everyone in Liangshan had already left for a long time. , he peeled off the dead people pressing on him, and crawled out from the pile of dead people piled up in a pool of blood. Surprisingly, there were broken arms scattered all around him, and no one of his companions was alive. He rolled and crawled, enduring the severe pain on his back. Climbing out of Liangshan, after several twists and turns, I finally returned to the government office with my remaining life in half a breath.
The prefect of Jeju Prefecture looked at the miserable appearance of the officers and soldiers who had escaped, and listened to him prepare to talk about how Liang Shanbo killed the officers and soldiers, and how he captured Huang An alive. The two eyebrows on his eyes became more and more tightly entangled. Together, and when he said that the heroes of Liangshanbo were very heroic, each of them had the courage to be invincible to ten thousand people, even if the officers and soldiers surrounded and killed them, no one could get close to the leaders, and it was even more difficult to arrest them. When he heard Before the Jeju Prefecture came here and expressed their sorrow, the officers and soldiers who had escaped were preparing to talk about the complicated soil and water in Liangshan Shuibo, the waterways that were difficult to identify, the many tributaries of the harbor, and so on. The Jeju Prefecture couldn't help but feel sad when they heard this. Sighing, I finally couldn't help but slap the corner of the desk and stopped the sergeant from talking any more.
When the governor in charge of the birthday case heard about it and saw the prefect's attitude, he knew that the prefect had given up most of his life. When he thought about his fate, he could only secretly complain. However, Liangshan's power was really It became unfathomable overnight. I had no choice but to bite the bullet and said to the officer of the Taishi Mansion beside me: "I'm afraid you also want to know the tragedy of that scene. It was He Tao who brought fifteen hundred None of the people were killed on the small fishing village road. Although he was lucky enough to escape alone and come back alive, his ears were cut off by the Liangshan bandits. He went home to rest and has not recovered yet, so he was sent to the group training camp again. He sent Huang An and his own government to capture the thieves, and led the troops to pursue them, but they were all captured. Huang An was captured alive and went up the mountain. He killed an unknown number of his officers and soldiers, and could not win. How could this be a good thing," Fu Yin said. Although Yan's words were addressed to the officials of the Taishi Mansion, they were addressed to the prefect.
However, the current prefect was pregnant with evil intentions. Although he understood what Fu Yin said, he still pretended not to understand at all and did not speak.
And at this time, Chengju flew in and reported: "Sir, there is a new official arriving at the official reception booth at the east gate. The report is here."
The prefect smiled softly and left the governor standing stupidly in the hall. He immediately led the people to mount their horses and came to the official pavilion outside the east gate. Looking from a distance, they could only see the dust rising. The new official had arrived and was galloping all the way. Dismount in front of the pavilion.
Fu Yin watched the new official arrive. Although he forced a smile on his face, he suddenly understood the meaning behind the reaction of the prefect in the hall. Fu Yin brought the new official to the pavilion, and after meeting each other, the new official took out the Zhongshu Sheng replaced the document and handed it over to the prefect.
After the prefect looked at it, he immediately ordered Fu Yin and the new official to go to the prefectural government office to hand over the seal and pay for the money and grain in the government treasury.
At that time, a banquet was arranged for the new officials. During the dinner, the prefect said that there were so many thieves in Liangshan Po that they killed the officers and soldiers.
After listening to this section, the new official's face turned earth-colored, and he thought in his heart: "Master Cai said he was promoting me, and he thought it was a successful official career, but he didn't expect that he was in such a mess. There was no blessing at all. His predecessor was assassinated. Elsewhere, what fate will I face in the future... However, even if I have the will, I am powerless. There are no strong soldiers here. How can I capture this group of strong men? What if these guys come to the city to borrow food? , but what can I do?" The old official Yin packed his clothes and luggage the next day, and was assassinated and sent to another state. It was no big deal.
Let us also say that after the new governor Zhao Yi took office, all the staff under the old officials were also cleared and replaced. The new governor Zhao Yi replaced his own people as money and food masters, and personally recruited a group of officials to replace him. In addition, he reported to the court and invited A general named Wang Mang was transferred to guard Qingzhou. He was planning to recruit troops, buy horses, collect grass and crops, recruit brave civilians, and wise men. He was preparing to use the three newly appointed fires not only to burn brightly, but also to burn them all. On the robber's head.
At this time, the new governor Yin Zhaoyi, who was planning to make a difference, submitted a petition to Zhongshu Province, transferred to the nearby prefectures and counties, and tried his best to suppress the arrests. In this situation, the new governor Zhao Yi really started to develop in the direction that Taishi Cai had originally thought. After receiving the secret support of Taishi Cai, he not only transferred four young people, Cao Ning, Yu Jing, Jing Yanyun, and Yan Yudong, The famous lieutenant general, and his troops were quickly assembled. In just a few days, whether it was deployment or recruitment, tens of thousands of officers and soldiers were immediately assembled in Qingzhou, and in Yunzhou, Puzhou, and Jezhou around Liangshan , Yunzhou even formed a bandit-suppressing 'group army' headed by Qingzhou. Zhao Yi, a small governor, had the right to borrow troops indirectly. Although this was just a secret manipulation by officials colluding, it was disguised as There is a gorgeous cloak of cooperation from all walks of life, and the imperial court is also supported by Grand Master Cai Jing. The higher-ups will not investigate at all, and no one dares to say that. Just like this, the emperor previously ordered a nationwide crackdown on bandits, which was just a pretentious investigation along the way. Apart from that, there is nothing substantial done. Most of the officials from all over the country are not concerned about their own affairs. They drink when they should drink and sleep when they should sleep. Except for the officials in Huazhou who are anxious, even the surrounding states and counties are doing it. They looked like they were watching the fire from the other side. However, after the birthday card was robbed, under the secret manipulation of Cai Jing's rage, a substantial gang of thieves was formed around Liangshan. In comparison, local officials There are also some unspoken emotions in my heart,