The Zhang Xiucai that everyone talks about is not tall, with a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks. He is wearing a Confucian scholar's robe, a Dongpo scarf, and shaking a folding fan in his hand.
He had a false smile on his face, nodded to everyone he saw, and looked kind. But everyone stayed away, as if they were seeing a poisonous snake.
Zhang Xiucai claimed to be a Shuoxue scholar, but in fact he was just shy. After studying under a certain great Confucianist for several months, he went around bragging that he was his favorite disciple.
Someone actually believed him, offered him good food and drinks, and even prepared to recruit him as his son-in-law. However, he didn't want the matter to be exposed, so he ran back to Zanhuang County in disgrace.
Because he and Zhang Dahu were from the same clan, he shamelessly called him Zhang Dahu's uncle. He insisted on becoming a relative and became Zhang Dahu's dog-headed military advisor.
He was known far and wide in Zanhuang and other nearby counties for his bad intentions and evil hands. Everyone secretly called him a "degenerate scholar" and sometimes added the word "black heart".
"Zhang Yuanwai knows that everyone has worked hard these days, so he asked Bu Cai to bring food, mutton and wine." Zhang Xiucai said politely with a fake smile on his face.
Everyone looked at each other in shock, and even the group of retired monks sitting in the middle were muttering in their hearts. Everyone knew that Zhang Xiucai could not take advantage of him.
If you eat a grain of wheat from him, you will have to pay back ten measures of grain; if you use a piece of yarn from him, you will have to pay back ten feet of cloth.
Zhang Xiucai waved his hand and asked his followers to pick everything in.
Everyone's eyes lit up when they saw bags of grain, boxes of mutton, and jars of wine. Zhang Xiucai couldn't believe it, but these real things were right in front of them.
Everyone was eating pieces of cake, drinking mutton soup, and the wine bowls were spinning back and forth, so that everyone could take a sip.
When he saw that everyone had almost eaten, Zhang Xiucai spoke again.
"Everyone, do you want to live such a happy life every day?"
"I want to!" Everyone who was full of food and soup replied in unison. As soon as they finished speaking, someone burped.
"Okay!" Zhang Xiucai rolled his eyes and continued, "As long as everyone goes to Dunyu Mountain, you can live such a happy life every day."
Everyone looked at each other, and secretly cried out in their hearts. I knew that the food of a corrupt scholar with a black heart would not be allowed to be eaten!
"What are you going to do on Dunyu Mountain?" the big monk who had been cleared asked in a loud voice.
"What are you doing? Of course you are living a happy life!" Zhang Xiucai smiled, "You," he pointed his folding fan at the group of monks who had been sorted out.
"You were originally the temple-protecting monks in the temple. You patrolled around every day to protect the temple property and collected rent when you were busy. Although you are monks, it does not prevent you from marrying a wife and starting a family. You still receive support from the temple every month.
, I lived a very comfortable life. Now that I have been kicked out of the temple by the county magistrate, where can I go?"
"And you!" Zhang Xiucai pointed to the group of villagers again, "You are all tenants of the temple. You rely on the mercy of the temple to support your family and make a living. Now all the temple property and fields have been confiscated by the county magistrate."
If you are not included in the government, you will actually benefit from those corrupt officials. There are few fields in Hebei and there are many people. If the land in the temple cannot be planted, how can there be any field for you to plant?"
"How pitiful! You poor people are going to starve to death!" Zhang Xiucai had a look of compassion on his face. But he couldn't pretend to be compassionate, no matter how hard he pretended to be, like a thief.
"Zhang Yuanwai has a kind heart, how can he bear to watch you starve to death? So he thought of a way to let you go to Dunyu Mountain to stay temporarily."
"Can I stay there?"
"There is a Lingxiao Temple there, which has also been annexed. The place is spacious enough for you to live in."
"Where are we going and what are we doing?"
"There is a village there called Zhongyan Village. In the late Han Dynasty, brothers Zhang Jiao of Taiping Road established a village there. If you go there, you can live a happy life with mountains and water to eat."
Falling grass is a bandit!
This thought flashed through everyone's mind. How could it be possible to become a bandit in the mountains?
Zhang Xiucai saw everyone's expressions and added to his anger: "Zhang Yuanwai has hoarded a large amount of food in Lingxiao Mountain, enough to feed five thousand people for three years, and he is afraid of starving you."
"Besides, according to the rules of our Song Dynasty, bandits and bandits will eventually be incorporated into the Xiang army. Live a happy life for a while. Even if the court comes to accuse you, you will end up being included in the Xiang army and still have something to eat. I'm afraid
What?"
Zhang Xiucai's words caused everyone to discuss in low voices. Especially the group of monks who had been sorted out gathered their heads to discuss, and responded loudly: "Okay! Now that Zhang Yuanwai has made arrangements, let's go to Dunyu Mountain to stay for a while.
time."
"Yes, we used to eat from the Zhang family. From now on, we will eat from the Zhang family. This is called loyalty!"
Hearing the words of these fake monks, Zhang Xiucai smiled happily. The Zhang family did not raise them in vain, they were not white-eyed wolves.
Zhuang Han, you look at me, I look at you, and they all hesitate.
"In this case, let's continue to eat the Zhang family's meal together."
They are usually just a group of sheep, and the "monks" who collect rent and protect the temple are like a group of shepherd dogs, and they are used to following these people.
Some people who have thoughts in their hearts dare not speak out despite the general situation.
"Zhang Xiucai, there is a large group of bandits in Pingle Mountain to the west of Dunyu Mountain. They have strong soldiers and horses. We Luocao Dunyu Mountain, what should we do if they come to cause trouble?"
"Master Huang of Pingle Village has a good relationship with our members! They are all members of the same family, how could they hurt the friendship!" Zhang Xiucai replied with a smile.
Then there is no problem, why not just go to Dunyu Mountain to live for a while, have food and shelter, and the biggest bandit nearby will not come to cause trouble!
"Everyone has eaten and drank enough. Let's set out while our bodies are warm and energetic." Zhang Xiucai encouraged everyone to set off immediately. Leave early and arrive early. There will be food and mutton soup waiting for everyone there.
Standing at the entrance of Nanfu Temple, looking at the retreating figures of everyone, Zhang Xiucai sneered several times.
"Is Dunyu Mountain ready?" He turned to ask a manager-looking person next to him.
"Get ready. Once we get there, we won't be able to help them anymore. In addition to our monks and tenants from Zanhuang, Lincheng, Neiqiu, and Yaoshan, more than 3,000 people are also rushing there."
"Calculating this, there will be five to six thousand people in Dunyu Mountain by then."
"That's right, and they are all five to six thousand young and strong, but there are not enough soldiers and armor. Last year, after Xu took charge of the Hebei Commandery Division, he reorganized the imperial army and merged the arsenal. It was difficult to get soldiers, armor, bows and crossbows. Several companies scraped together.
, there are only 1,200 knives, 2,000 spear points, and 300 bows. Those bows were secretly bought from bows in other states and counties."
"Haha, let's make do with it. It's just a mob with thousands of chess pieces. How can we expect them to break into Kaifeng City? Have the leading group received it?"
"Still in Lincheng County, rushing to Dunyu Mountain. Zhang Xiucai, what do those people do?"
"They are all children of aristocratic families from all over the country. They used to be officers in the Forbidden Army and the Xiang Army. Although it was a rough time, they were taught two or three times and they know something about leading troops in war."
"Leading troops to fight? Where?" the steward asked in surprise.
"Anyway, I won't fight against Zhending. There is a Ji-Ning army there, half of which are strong soldiers and generals transferred from the northwest. Fighting these thousands of mobs is not like squeezing chickens."
"The county seat of Zanhuang? It's the closest county seat."
"You're so funny. We, as a member of the Communist Party of China, live in Zanhuang County. Are we going to attack Zanhuang City? Moreover, half of the county is occupied by our members. If we burn down a shop, we will be heartbroken."
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"Where to fight?"
Zhang Xiucai was a little impatient, "It doesn't matter where it hits, it won't hit your home anyway, so why are you so free?"
The steward was extremely angry for a while. Zanhuang, Yuanshi, and Lincheng counties were all close to each other. The slightly larger families had relatives in several counties.
Bandits raiding the city is not a good thing. It doesn't matter if this disaster happens to others, but if it happens to one's own relatives, I always feel a little uncomfortable.
But Zhang Xiucai's tone definitely meant that he would not tell what he knew. The steward stared at Zhang Xiucai's back with a somewhat unkind look. This chapter has been completed!