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 person he appointed as the host of Yingchuan was Yingyin Xun Shuang. He was the sixth of the eight dragons of the Xun family. He was proficient in Yili and the most unparalleled. Now Xun Shuang is idle at home due to the misfortune of the party. Zhang Wen wants to
As the training envoy of the Yingchuan regiment, although Xun Shuang only served as Yilang, he had a high reputation and wide connections, so he was qualified to be the host of a county.
Then there is Runan. No matter what, the host position must belong to the Yuan family of Runan. Now among the older generation of the Yuan family, there are four people in the main line: Yuan Ping, Yuan Cheng, Yuan Feng, and Yuan Wei. The first three of them have already
Of the deceased, only Yuan Wei is now a 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, and the second one is a hermit.
His son Yuan Zhong is a righteous man, and his younger brother 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. From this we can also see that the Yuan family in Runan has a prosperous family.
The yield rate is very high.
Zhang Wen thought a lot about who to choose as the host. Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu definitely couldn't be chosen. It's not that these two people are not smart, but that they are the backbone of the evil eunuch faction in Beijing and have been dancing very well.
Awesome. Zhang Wen and the eunuchs supported each other, and instinctively did not want people like Yuan Shao to come forward. Among them, his favorites were Yuan Hong, Yuan Zhong and Yuan Ji. The first two did have a good reputation, but both of them were
He was a victim of the party's scourge, and his political leanings were obviously close to the degenerate faction, so he had no choice but to choose Yuan Ji.
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, most of them were Confucian scholars, and there were not many tribesmen, so Zhang Wen quickly selected Suiyang Qiaohao as the host of the Liang Kingdom. The Suiyangqiao family became famous since Qiaoxuan.
After becoming a Taiwei, his family status also jumped from the family of two thousand stones to the family of the public. Qiao Xuan's son Qiao Yu is now serving as the prefect of Rencheng State in Yanzhou, and this Qiao Mao is the nephew of the old Taiwei Qiao Xuan. Naturally,
He is the perfect choice to host this place.
After that came Pei State. 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 means he doesn't have to avoid relatives. The people he is most familiar with must be the people he knows, and he has many talents and learnings, so he can naturally use them with confidence. The Cao family is the most popular among this generation.
The outstanding one 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 General Wei and his uncle is Shangshu Ling. However, Cao Ren's family background is not bad either. His father is Changshui School.
Lieutenant.
After discussing with Cao Cao, Zhang Wen chose Cao Hong as the host of Pei State and asked Cao Ren to assist. Zhang Wen had already learned that Cao Ren was rampant in the Huaisi area and had thousands of people, who could be the backbone of the group training.
Then came the State of Chen. The State of Chen was a little special, that is, this generation of Chen King Liu Chong was a little restless. The princes gathered armor and soldiers, which was a bit like the brother of Emperor Guangwu, King Qi Wu. In order to check and balance him, Zhang Wen chose the Yuan family of Chen County.
Yuan Huan is the host. The Yuan family of Chen County and the Yuan family of Runan are both from the same ancestor. Even now, the two families are inextricably linked and form the same family.
As for Yuan Huan, he is the son of Lao Situ. He used to serve as a visitor to oversee Fufeng Camp and Huya Camp, but things were not handled well and he was deported and returned to his hometown. Zhang Wen used him this time because he was selling personal favors.
In the family of the clan, you help me and I help you, and this is how the ties arise. However, Yuan Huan is not just using him blindly. After all, he has experience in confronting the Taishan Army.
The last one is the State of Lu, which is also the most pity. Originally, the most suitable host for the State of Lu was Kong Rong, but he had already died in a battle with the Taishan bandits. Even because of that battle, the clothes of the State of Lu
Almost all of them were swept 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 found only one person, Yan Sheng of the Yan family of the Lu State. But although he was from the Lu State, he was said to have moved to Langya. Now it seems that he can only call him back to his hometown to organize the Lu State League.
Zhang Wen is still satisfied with the above candidates. These six team training hosts are either celebrities or members of the public family, or they are from moral families. This ensures to a certain extent that the team training of the six counties in Yuzhou can be controlled.
Zhang Wen still fully delegated power to these six regiment envoys. He specifically allowed these six regiment envoy directors to be free from the constraints of the Three Mutual Laws during the selection process, and to freely select talented people from their hometowns and in-laws' families to serve as officers.
Team training.
Moreover, the job of these six regiment envoys is to supervise the regiment affairs rather than co-organize local affairs. In other words, these six regiment envoys have very great autonomy and do not need to rely on the local government to act. They are only under the supervision of General Zuo Zhonglang.
Other local counties have no right to interfere with the supervision of these six regiment training envoys.
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, that is, the regiment commanders in each county must be responsible for their own money and food supplies. The court has no choice.
Responsible for their money and food supply.
In other words, these six major 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 cannot 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 would march south to Runan and attack Runan from both sides.
South Pacific Road.
Many generals digested the information after returning home. 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 be your support?"
Zhao Rong immediately expressed his position:
"Zhao Rong is a rough man, and he only follows the leader's lead."
See Zhao Rong and find out what’s interesting, Zhang Wen:
"Okay, since you know, I will give you a clear path."
Zhao Rong respectfully said:
"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 for you. Children will 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 very 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, I will give you whatever you want. But remember, you only have one chance, so you have to seize it."
"Here!"
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On August 20th, 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 continued northward. The next place they wanted to attack was Mi County.
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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 Songshan Mountain extends 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 the eastern part is relatively flat. The plains within the territory are mostly hills, and it is known as the saying that it is divided into two parts mountains, six parts hills, and two parts fields.
However, because Mi County is located in the capital region and has many wealthy families, the little land is concentrated in the hands of powerful people. Many poor households 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 his companions how long it would take to get to the next station.
The companion knew that the original purpose of the master's urging was that he was worried that something might happen along the way.
The reason why they were worried was because their master had done all the bad things, and now he was worried that someone would come to take revenge. After telling his master that there were still ten miles left, and soothing 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 a noble family in the Han Dynasty and became a first-class family in Dunhuang.
After Suo Qi was promoted as a filial and honest man, because of the imperial court's policy of favoring Hexi, he was specially appointed as the magistrate of Mi County in Henan County. However, since he became the magistrate of Mi County, Suo Qi used torture, organized unjust imprisonment, and fought with the county officials.
The big clans harmed the people together, took bribes and violated the law, and all the heads of Guizhou in the county hated them to the core.
A few days ago, when the Taishan bandits entered Henan County and destroyed Xinzheng in the north, Suo Qi became panicked when even the corpse of the Xinzheng leader was hung in public. You must know that the official reputation of the Xinzheng leader was much stronger than his own.
After all, there was no way he could escape death, let alone him.
Suo Qi, who had a clear understanding of himself, did not dare to take any chances anymore, abandoned his official post, and fled to Kyoto with his servants and the money he had robbed over the years.
He has made up his mind that as long as he uses half of his net worth to bribe the ten regular servants, he will be fine. Even if he returns to his hometown with only half of his net worth, it will be enough for a lifetime. Not to mention, this gorgeous Central Plains is better than Hexi
Be too rich.
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 wanted to rest. So, Suo Qi had no choice but to rest here temporarily.
The concubines over there were serving the young wife safely, but Suo Qi and his companions looked at the temple in front of them and recited its name:
"Zhuomao Temple? Who is this?"
The companion was speechless for a while, as 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?"
Ban Dang 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 Zhuo Mao. But he didn't expect that his master didn't know anything about it. However, the master didn't even know who Zhuo Mao was.
Not to mention what he did.
Bandang was born into the Suo family, and he had to learn the allusions of the country and dynasty since he was a child, in order to assist the master of the Suo family in socializing. So at this moment, Bandang explained to Suo Qi:
"Master, Taifu 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.
, I did not enter Mi County. I was inspired by Zhuo Taifu's morality. So after the disaster that year, Mi County people built this shrine for Zhuo Taifu to express their gratitude for his merits in protecting the people. Later, during the Yanxi period,
Shangshi Huang, the Taoist priest, demolished many ancestral halls in the capital, but a special edict was issued to preserve the Zhuomao Temple in order to respect the morality of the old master who taught 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 disdained:
"Isn't this nonsense? They people in 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 really nonsense. When it comes to inviting names, they are still from the Central Plains!”
Ban Dang was speechless, his master was smart, but he was of no use in the right way. Being distracted by his master like this, Ban Dang felt 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 another clay sculpture in the back room, dressed like a general, and said curiously:
"Who is this again?"
Bandang carefully looked at the eulogies on both sides 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 Changcheng welcoming the lord, recruiting Liu Yang to surrender, defeating Guan Hui in Hebei, and grieving over his death in Mi County.
"Well, that's right, it's the Marquis of Changcheng."
When this was confirmed, Suo Qi suddenly sighed and said:
"That Zhuomao is just a rotten scholar, and Liu Zhi is just a local tycoon in the north. And now there is a successful Taifu who is the emperor's teacher, and the other who 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:
"It's because they all met Guangwu that they met this fate, you understand."
You should understand.
Then Suo Qi sighed:
"I regret that without Guangwu, I could only become a rich man. A Cheng, do you believe that if your master had met a person like Guangwu, I, Dunhuang Soclan, could also be the home of Guangwu's founder? What a pity!
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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 left for a long time but did not return. Later he returned and 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.
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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. They are two moral families, so this incident should be credible."
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 cut off, and money and silk were scattered on the floor. The Mishan bandits 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 secret bandit who was trying to get on the carriage, and yelled at Suo Qi who was standing still:
"Master, get in the car quickly."
Suo Qi got excited and 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 scoldings of several leaders, the secret mountain thieves who were vying for property reluctantly chased the carriage.
The Mishan Bandits are a group of bandits entrenched in Mishan in Mi County. They started not long ago. During the reign of Emperor Huan, the style of writing in Mishan was still very popular. Many hermits still lived in seclusion in Mishan. On the one hand, they raised their sights and on the other hand, they taught.
student.
For example, Zhong Hao, the ancestor of the Zhong family in Changshe, once lived in seclusion here. He was rarely known for his steadfast practice.
He has always been a role model for scholar-bureaucrats.
Generally speaking, the beauty of this hermit is that the purpose of hiding is to show off. Therefore, generally so-called hermits will live in seclusion near Gyeonggi where the powerful gather, so that their reputation can be spread. Otherwise, they will live in seclusion in the mountains of the south.
Isn’t it okay to use Daze?
However, this seclusion cannot be too close to the capital, otherwise people will think you are inviting fame. Therefore, this Mishan has become an excellent seclusion for Yingchuan celebrities.
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 has been unstable, especially in Mi County. Due to the issue of annexation of Kuotian, more and more Guizhou heads have 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, Mi Mountain became
a home for 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 homes 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, in fact they all 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 companion who was driving hurriedly called to the owner of the car to open the trunk box 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 want to think about where the gold horseshoes came from, and quickly threw them out of the car, losing about ten pieces of gold along the way. At this time, more than 20 of the more than 30 people who were chasing after him stopped.
You know, this is gold, not the copper coins and cloth over there. As long as you have one piece of this gold, you can have everything. How can these poor Shanliao people stand the temptation? They all bury their heads in picking, and no one wants 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. He kept chasing after him. There were five companions behind him. He also wanted to pick them up, but seeing them like this, he finally gritted his teeth and chased after him.
Up.
The carriage panicked and chose the road. Although the weight of the carriage was reduced by the loss of gold, it went faster and faster, but the road became more and more shaky. Finally, the shaft of the carriage hit a stone and the whole carriage overturned.
Suo Qi in the car fell out of the car and almost lost his breath. After a while, he recovered and saw the scene in front of him, which was really tragic.
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. He heard the sound of footsteps behind him. 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 men who were chasing after him rushed to the side of 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 Bantang's hair as a rope. The blood spurting out directly dyed his hem red, but he remained unmoved.
The secret mountain bandit leader was cutting his head there. The person behind him had already observed a series of footprints going straight into the mountain. He quickly said to the leader:
"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 murdering 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 followed Suo Qi's footsteps and chased him all the way, and finally caught up with him under a giant tree. This was not surprising. These six people were all asking for work in the mountains. So what if Suo Qi escaped into the mountains?
Can you compare with them? It's only a matter of time before you catch up.
Suo Qi collapsed on the ground. This section of the mountain road had exhausted 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:
"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 chief thief 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 Sting Pu. 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.