A small group of soldiers walked out from the Twenty-Four Bridge on a moonlit night. They walked in neat steps. The leading soldier shouted: "The guards of the Prince of Zhujiang County are here, why don't you give way quickly!"
The gangsters stopped them and refused to let them go, but they were beating the drum in their hearts. Each of these sergeants was tall and well-dressed. Most of them were slovenly. Standing together formed a sharp contrast.
"The Guards of the Prince of Zhujiang County are here, why don't you give way quickly!!"
The imperial guards shouted loudly for the second time. At the same time, the imperial guards made fighting postures with either swords or spears in their hands.
This momentum instantly frightened the group of people and took several steps back.
"Brother, it seems that the Prince of Pearl River County is the prince who just came to the vassal state. He is in charge of our Guangzhou Prefecture. What if it is the Prince of Pearl River County who captures the "Prince"?"
"What, Prince Zhujiang?!"
Zhang Zixing was stunned and then said: "Why didn't anyone tell me?"
"Brother, we don't know, and besides, you left too fast..."
"Damn it!" Zhang Zixing cursed, and the boy next to him received a slap for the unreasonable disaster he had suffered.
Zhang Zixing suddenly broke out in a cold sweat. He was really dizzy. Why did he come around without asking for help?
In the past few days, I had been living and drinking without a moment of sobriety, but now I am completely sober.
Since ancient times, people have not fought with officials, and unruly people have not fought with officials. They need the protection of officials, even if they have reached the level of Zhang Zixing, it is still the same.
Zhang Zixing is now known as the King of Guangzhou. His party members have deep roots and his sphere of influence is huge.
At that time, Zhang Zixing's father was the shopkeeper of a wealthy businessman. He happened to meet Zhu Liangzu, the Marquis of Yongjia, who was guarding Guangdong. He relied on his intelligence to get close to Zhu Liangzu and became his right-hand man in making money. Slowly, he almost monopolized the feudal clan.
smuggling business within.
The interest chain of smuggling is extremely wide, with connections from all walks of life and government agencies. As Zhu Liangzu's spokesperson in the dark world, Zhang Zixing's father is so powerful that even when he meets the prefect, he is treated as an equal, and he is familiar with them in the army.
very.
The army could not make money openly and openly, so it had to rely on tributes from people like Zhang Zixing's father and at the same time protect their smuggling business.
Later, when Zhu Liangzu induced Zhu Yuanzhang to unjustly kill Panyu County Magistrate Daotong, he colluded with Prime Minister Hu Weiyong, and was later killed in the Hu Weiyong case.
However, Zhang Zixing's father was low-key and cautious enough, and the interests he controlled were large enough, so he was not implicated and was saved.
Not many people even know his real name.
Unlike his father, Zhang Zixing was still young when Zhu Liangzu came to power. He was more arrogant and domineering. Although the actual scope of the gang was smaller than that of his father, his reputation was greater and he was called the King of Guangzhou.
It's just that in this business, you have to have a great reputation. If you become famous, people will disappear.
This time Zhang Zi was in a panic. He was not someone he could offend, but now he was riding a tiger and it was hard to get off.
"Quick, go and ask for Mr. Nan." Zhang Zixing hurriedly sent someone.
"The Guards of the Prince of Zhujiang County are here, why don't you get out of the way quickly!!!" the guards shouted for the third time. The angry voice scared the gangsters out of their wits, and they stopped making any further stops and headed straight for them.
As he walked out, everyone knew that if anyone dared to stop him, these guards would definitely kill him with their swords.
They are all waiting for Zhang Zixing's order. Most of the people in this group are teenagers. These people are not afraid of anything and do not attack lightly. They are usually allowed to collect protection fees and bully honest people. Now even if
Zhang Zixing dared to attack the imperial guards despite Zhang Zixing's orders. These people are immature in thinking and easy to get fooled.
But Zhang Zixing didn't dare to give this order now. He was completely panicked now.
A group of people watched as the guards walked past among them.
"Brother, what should we do now? We can't just watch."
Zhang Zixing had no choice but to cough, and after thinking about it, it was not the way to go on like this. A man could bend and stretch, so he had to admit defeat today, but he was used to being arrogant, so he was still trying to think of ways to save his face.
He walked towards the entrance of Twenty-Four Bridge on a moonlit night, and whispered to the guard at the entrance: "Please inform His Royal Highness the Prince of Zhujiang County that Zhang Zixing would like to see you."
The guards stood motionless at the door, completely ignoring him and not giving him any face.
"Zhang Zixing, the canon historian of Dongguan County, Guangzhou Prefecture, asks for an audience." Zhang Zixing spent money to buy an official position before. In these local government offices, there are countless cases of selling officials and titles, especially some idle positions or low-level positions.
A guard ran upstairs and found Zhu Zhanzhen: "Your Highness, Zhang Zixing wants to see you. He has an official position the size of a sesame seed and a mung bean."
"What's his expression now?" Zhu Zhanzhen asked with interest.
"Not very good."
Zhu Zhanzhen smiled coldly. At this moment, the doctor came over. He asked urgently: "How is it? Can Zhang San's hand be saved?"
The doctor shook his head: "Your Highness, ordinary people are incompetent. Even if your Excellency Zhang San's hands are well maintained, it is impossible to be the same as ordinary people. He cannot lift heavy objects, and he cannot use them flexibly or do fine work."
Zhu Zhanzhen was not an unreasonable person, so he took out some broken silver and put it into the doctor's hand without looking at it: "Excuse me for going over, I will treat these as rewards for you."
"Thank you, Your Highness."
The doctor was originally uneasy, but Zhu Zhanzhen was very polite and easy to negotiate with. He secretly glanced at Zhang Tai who was hanging up, thinking that His Highness, as long as he didn't offend him, he would be very easy to get along with.
Yes, the rumors outside are not necessarily true.
Zhu Zhanchen thought for a while and said to the guard: "Bring that guy in, just him."
The guard at the door received the order and said: "You can go in, everyone behind you is outside."
"Brother."
"Brother."
It was impossible for a group of boys to watch Zhang Zixing go in alone. Zhang Zixing stretched out his hand to stop them: "I can go in by myself."
As soon as Zhang Zixing entered, the door downstairs was closed, and the younger brothers couldn't help but started talking: "Brother is so brave, he dares to go straight into the dragon's pond and the tiger's den alone."
"Big brother is mighty."
The boys outside shouted loudly, and Zhang Zi became very excited and followed the guards upstairs.
After walking a few steps, I noticed Zhang Tai who was hung up in the middle hall.
Zhang Tai's face was swollen like a pig's head. He was pointed at by a group of brothel girls, covering his mouth and laughing.
At this moment, Zhang Zixing's anger surged. This was a humiliation to his son and a humiliation to him.
How many years has it been, how many years has no one dared to yell at him, how many years has no one dared to humiliate him, even when he met the boss of Guangdong Sansi, he still had a place, and now he was humiliated in public.
Suppressing his anger, Zhang Zixing stared at his son who was hung up. At this moment, a bottle of wine flew out from upstairs and hit Zhang Tai's body.
After a while there was another bottle.
The Pang Pang wine bottle hit Zhang Tai, and Zhang Zixing gritted his teeth, his anger visible to the naked eye.
He is not usually the kind of person who can endure humiliation. If you mess with me, I will kill you. This is his usual style of doing things, but this time it won't work.
This time he had to endure it and looked at the hundreds of guards in the building. Is this something he couldn't bear?
When he walked upstairs, he saw Zhu Zhanzhen lying half-lying with a smile on his face, eating fruits peeled by the waiters. He had to force out a smile and walked forward.
"His Royal Highness the Prince of Zhujiang County..."
But two guards stopped him and prevented him from getting closer.
"Who is this?"
Zhang Zixing had a flattering smile on his face: "Your Highness, your subordinate Zhang Zixing, I heard that Your Highness is here, so I brought a group of people to see His Highness. Your Highness has just arrived in Guangzhou. We are familiar with Guangzhou, and we are wondering if there is any place we can serve."
At your service, Your Highness."
"This group of people look fierce. They don't look like they are here to serve me. Instead, they seem to want to kill me."
"Your Highness, you are joking. Even if you give us dozens of courages, we would not dare to be disrespectful to Your Highness. I have long heard that Your Highness is very charming and outstanding, so I thought of bringing a group of brothers to see the style of the Tian family."
He still had a flattering smile. Zhang Tai, who was hanging up, had never seen his father look so groveling. The heroic and domineering father was gone. Now his father looked like those who usually nodded and bowed to them.
people.
Zhu Zhanzhen asked the imperial guards to take a pear and handed it to Zhang Zixing: "Since you are here to see me, I have always been the most reasonable person. I reward you with this fruit, and you have seen it. Take your men with you.
Get lost."
Zhang Zixing saw that Zhu Zhanzhen did not mention anything about Zhang Tai. He glanced sideways at Zhang Tai, who was already unconscious, and said with an embarrassed expression: "Your Highness, Quanzi acted recklessly and offended you. I am here to apologize to you on Quanzi's behalf."
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After saying that, Zhang Zixing knelt down and started kowtowing directly.
But he couldn't knock his head off, so the guards directly grabbed him.
"Which dog is yours?"
Zhu Zhanzhen's words were even more humiliating to Zhang Zixing.
Zhang Zixing's face twitched, and his forced smile was not to mention ugly.
"Your Highness, Zhang Tai, the dog, is the unfilial son who offended you and was hung up. This kid doesn't know the heights of heaven and earth, but he dares to be disrespectful to you. I will teach you a lesson when I go back, and I will open a hundred tables for you in the best restaurant.
, invite all the prominent people in Guangzhou, and I will apologize to you in front of everyone."
You are very sincere in what you say, but this is not something that can be solved with sincerity.
"If an apology is useful, what should the government do?"
Seeing Zhu Zhanzong's indifferent expression, Zhang Zixing gritted his teeth and said: "Your Highness, I have already understood what happened today. It was Zhang Tai who was wrong. You should beat him and punish him. It was you who taught him a lesson for me.
It is his blessing, please show mercy to your highness, and hope that your highness will leave a way for the dog to survive."
"You are saying this as if I want to kill him. Am I the kind of person who kills people casually? As a member of the royal family, I always pay the most attention to the law. I will send your young master to the government tomorrow for review and trial by the prefect.
Just convict him."
Zhang Zixing breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this. If the government convicted him, his son was not guilty of any serious crime. He beat people in the street, maimed them, and paid money to be sent to jail. His life was saved. With his network of connections, he was also
It won't make Zhang Taizhen suffer.
"Don't worry, Your Highness, I will discipline him well after returning this time. If something like this happens again, I will break his legs." Zhang Zixing spoke hurriedly and respectfully.
"Oh? Are you serious? Bring me a stick and break your dog's legs in front of me."
Zhang Zixing's face twitched: "Your Highness, I will definitely teach you a lesson when you go back."
"Go back? I didn't say let him go back. I will personally escort him to the government office tomorrow."
"Yes, yes, he is lucky to have His Highness escort him." Zhang Zixing nodded and bowed.
"It's good that you have such awareness."
Zhang Zixing hurriedly continued: "Your Highness, I don't know where the people who were injured by the dog outside are. I would like to express my feelings a little bit. Each person should be compensated five hundred taels of silver. I would like to ask Your Highness to help pass it on."
"You don't need the money anymore. Just keep it for yourself. When the time comes, I will invite the three judges to join the trial and try your son fairly." Zhu Zhanzhen said coldly.
"Ah? Well, Your Highness, why don't you bother with a trivial matter like this..." Zhang Zixing was stunned. What did Zhu Zhanzhen mean? Why did he suddenly change the subject? Why did he say that he wanted to be interrogated by the three advising agencies?
"It's a small thing? You think it's a small thing?"
"It's wrong for a dog to hurt someone. He acted recklessly and contradicted His Highness, which made his mistakes even worse. However, I hope His Highness will be lenient. I am willing to pay 30,000 taels of silver to honor His Highness."
When the words "30,000 taels of silver" came out, Chen Youshan who was standing next to him was a little surprised. How rich is this guy? He asked for 30,000 taels of silver.
"You mean you want to buy me with money?" Zhu Zhanzhen looked at Zhang Zixing with amusement.
"I don't dare, I just want to apologize to His Highness for the dog. In addition, I will give you five thousand taels of silver as a meeting gift. I will be responsible for settling all the injured people. I hope that Your Highness will not remember the faults of others."
He was sincere and had a good attitude, but he stepped on my bottom line and hit my target. This matter should be done to establish authority and rectify the Guangdong feudal clan.
Zhu Zhanzhen stood up and walked to the railing. He held his hand on the exquisite railing painted with gold paint and looked at Zhang Tai hanging in the air and said, "Chen Youshan."
"I'm here."
"Zhang Tai beat civilians in the street today, causing injuries and disabilities. What crime should he be punished for?"
"Report to Your Highness, I will be imprisoned in accordance with the law, and I will be compensated with gold and silver. If I can't pay the compensation, I will serve as a corvee. If I can compensate, I will be forgiven by the owner of the suffering, and the punishment of the prison sentence can be reduced appropriately."
Zhu Zhanzhen nodded, and Zhang Zixing wiped the sweat from his forehead. If it was just like this, it would be simple.
When Zhu Zhanzhen was talking inside the building, there was a commotion outside the building. Rows of sergeants were approaching not far away, and the surrounding streets and alleys instantly became crowded. Those were not Zhu Zhanzhen's soldiers, but those ordered by Zhang Zixing before.
They went to Guangzhou Prefecture to recruit nearly 800 soldiers from the Eastern Guard, forming a regular army.
Zhu Zhanzhen, who was still unaware of the outside situation, continued to ask: "Zhang Tai bullies the market, entangles his party members, and commits many evil deeds. What should we do?"
"Reporting to Your Highness, Taizu has issued an order for anyone who oppresses the people, regardless of his official position or rank, to be deprived of his position, exiled thousands of miles away, and his sentence can be reduced appropriately if he can make up for it with his property."
"Make up, make up, let's make up." Zhang Zixing was sweating profusely.
Zhu Zhanzhen ignored Zhang Zixing and asked: "Zhang Tai pretended to be the prince and stole the royal name. What should we do?"
"Reporting to Your Highness, I will be beheaded in public display. If the circumstances are serious, I will punish the three tribes of Yi."
"Your Highness, Your Highness, it's just a fancy name used by children on the street. There is absolutely no disrespect to His Highness the Crown Prince. Absolutely not."
Zhu Zhanzhen continued to ask: "Chen Youshan, is there any law that says that having a fancy name can reduce your sentence?"
"There is no precedent, Your Highness."
Zhang Zixing said hurriedly: "Your Highness, I would like to add another 20,000 taels of silver to build the county prince's palace for you. Please show your support."
If Zhang Zixing was still mainly angry when he came in, and bowing down to Zhu Zhanyi was just an expedient measure, now he is really panicking.
What's alarming is that Zhu Zhanzhen is completely out of touch. His Royal Highness the Prince of Pearl River County doesn't seem to care about money or anything. He comes and goes just to get his son to death.
His money was not a rare item in Zhu Zhanzhen's eyes.
Zhang Zixing begged Zhu Zhanzhen to show mercy, but Zhu Zhanzhen said: "I heard that you run a smuggling business. If you explain everything about your business from top to bottom, I can keep your body intact."
"Your Highness, you are joking. We are honest people who keep our integrity, how could we smuggle?"
"Oh, in that case you can go."
Zhu Zhanzhen wanted to find out about smuggling. After the Ming Dynasty imposed a sea ban, smuggling would definitely be cracked down on. This is why he wanted to see who Zhang Zixing could find to help and find out who was behind it.
At this moment, the imperial guard came to report in a panic: "Your Highness, it's not good."
"What's wrong?"
"Suddenly, many soldiers appeared outside the door. At a rough glance, there might be thousands of them. They surrounded the surrounding streets. They were soldiers from the Guangzhou Prefectural Guard."
"What?!" Now it was Zhu Zhanzhen's turn to be surprised. He could actually call soldiers from the Guangzhou Prefectural Guard to enter the city?
I originally wanted to find out the details of gang smuggling, but I never thought that something like this would happen?
Is the local gang so arrogant?
Zhang Zixing suddenly remembered that he had sent someone to call for troops before, but he had forgotten to ask someone to notify him of the cancellation, and now he was surrounded.
Zhu Zhanzhen was furious and looked at Zhang Zixing: "I really didn't expect that a gangster from three religions and nine schools could let my soldiers come into the city and my soldiers surrounded me. It's really a big joke."
"Chen Youshan, what should we do if we rebel?"
"Return to your highness and punish the nine tribes."
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Don't underestimate the arrogance of gangsters. I was afraid that the book would be gone and I didn't dare to write a prototype, so I changed it to be less arrogant.
The reason for not killing Zhang Tai is to establish prestige, and to establish prestige, killing a gangster is not enough.