Several horses galloped past the streets in the inner city. Everyone was stunned. Who are these people, actually galloping in the inner city? Some people walking in the streets were frightened by the horses and hurriedly hid by the roadside. One was very angry.
The old man complained: "It's the young masters from these aristocratic families again, it's them again."
"Aristocratic family?" Zhang Xiaowu asked after hearing this, "Is it a noble family?"
Ruan Qingwen replied helplessly: "General, aristocratic families are gentry, but gentry are not aristocratic families. The so-called aristocratic family is another richer family above the gentry. It is a gentry among gentry. They are the Holy Han Empire.
A true dignitary."
Zhang Xiaowu nodded and understood that these people are not simply the second generation of officials, but similar to the second generation of color and the third generation of color. Compared with the original country, the children of aristocratic families in Longdu now are more than a dozen generations of dignitaries.
It has been 305 years since the founding of the Shenghan Empire. During this period, some noble families have grown into wealthy families, but some other noble families have finally been buried in the dust of history.
Ruan Qingwen said: "The children of the aristocratic family should know how to cherish the status quo and protect the country. Everything they have now is based on the prosperity of the country and the strength of the people. If the country declines, foreign barbarians invade, and there are bandits and rebellions, how can there be any
Their lives. But they are indulged in sensuality, only caring about games and not caring about others. Sooner or later there will be big trouble."
A small official stood next to him. When he saw these people wearing armor and looking impressive, he looked at the flag carefully and suddenly said: "It turns out they are border army generals who came to Beijing from other places. No wonder they are angry. Those of us who have been in Longdu for a long time are all surprised.
Don’t be weird, the most you can do is scold them behind their backs for being young and disrespectful.”
Zhang Xiaowu heard this and asked, "How do you call this brother?"
The junior official said: "I am Qi Chen, the official of Murongfang's classics."
Ruan Qingwen knew that Zhang Xiaowu didn't know much about official duties, so he whispered: "The bookkeeper is a low-level official who is responsible for local population management. His specific job is to count the population, witness the births, marriages, and deaths of the people, and conduct registration."
"Brother Qi." Zhang Xiaowu didn't know how to address him, so he called him brother politely.
Qi Chen hurriedly said: "General, please don't be so polite. I'm sorry."
Zhang Xiaowu asked: "These people are so arrogant in the inner city, does the Governor of Longdu not care about them?"
Qi Chen said: "But it's also because the prefect of Longdu is now Ping Yitian. Ping Yitian was originally the prefect of Xiafu in Hangzhou, but suddenly he was promoted to three levels and became the prefect of Longdu. Naturally, he got the support of high officials and officials from the court.
With the strong support of the aristocratic family, how could he dare to provoke them."
Wang Yijin muttered at the side: "This is just to be short-tongued and soft-handed."
Ruan Qingwen said: "In addition to the Yamen, Longdu Mansion should also have silver-clad guards who can maintain security."
Qi Chen said: "The Silver Guards canceled it at the beginning of this year. After all, they participated in the rebellion. Moreover, several Silver Guard commanders have died inexplicably. Who would dare to be a Silver Guard."
Zhang Xiaowu asked: "All the commanders of the Silver Guards were killed?"
Qi Chen smiled and said: "Who knows, since they are dead anyway, the people are naturally willing to believe that they were killed, so there will be a topic, right?" He looked at the crowd carefully and asked: "What are the generals doing?
Where did it come from?”
"Saibei." After Zhang Xiaowu replied, he led everyone to the imperial city.
Qi Chen smacked his lips, pondered for a moment, and suddenly shouted: "Saibei! Ghost Guard! Ghost General Zhang Xiaowu! No wonder the armor is so bright and powerful, I really saw a living hero today. I have to go back to Murongfang quickly to meet everyone
To elaborate, ghosts are coming to the capital, ghosts are coming to the capital."
For ordinary people, it is indeed big news that the ghost will come to Beijing. After all, a person who is popular among the literary critics of the novel has appeared. Although the people will not go out to tell each other, it has spread in private, and because "The Ghost Will Come" has been
The ban on dissemination also led to many inexplicable legends.
Some people say that ghosts and generals have killed too many people, and gods and ghosts should not be allowed to approach. I am afraid that there will be another bloody storm when I enter the capital this time.
Some people say that the ghost general will definitely marry a princess and become the emperor's consort in the future.
Some people say that if a ghost general outdoes his master, he may be suppressed by the court.
Some people say that the ghost general is the illegitimate son of Du Shanbo, so he can defeat the dog barbarians.
Some people say that ghost generals don’t exist at all, they are just stories that people spread.
Some people say that the ghost general is actually Dushanbo, but everyone thinks too well of him.
For the people, the ghost general was too mysterious, but for the court, the ghost general Zhang Xiaowu finally arrived in Longdu, which made everyone breathe a sigh of relief. After all, this man caused a big trouble on the road and committed suicide in his hometown without permission.
Although the local government passed the blame for the killing of the rural army to the bandits and bandits, the imperial court was not a fool, especially the Jin Yiwei's secret envoys in various places. They had already passed the true news to the imperial court and placed it under the emperor's care.
on the case.
"Lock them up first." Emperor Dade looked at the secret reports one after another, frowning, and said with a little disappointment in his heart.
"Where are you being held?" Qilin, the new personal eunuch, asked hurriedly.
"Just lock him up in the Yamen of the Ministry of War." Emperor Dade arrived, "Lock him up for three days first to kill his arrogance."
Qilin said: "He has more than a hundred soldiers..."
"Let them stay in the Zilong Army's camp and wait for military orders. They are not allowed to act arbitrarily."
"Here."
After the eunuch Qilin went down to deliver the message, Emperor Dade smiled tiredly, and then sighed again. After Emperor Dade fell into the water, his personal eunuch Chunxi was held accountable and died of illness in the sky prison. Emperor Dade then
I understand that some people want to put him under complete house arrest. Although the current personal eunuch is transferred from the Queen Mother Zhang, Emperor Dade is not at ease and unwilling to accept it.
When Zhang Xiaowu came, he caused trouble along the way, causing everyone along the way to complain and even impeach him, but he understood that Zhang Xiaowu was trying to protect himself. Du Shanbo's power was so great that even the emperor now wants to stay away, and wants to
The key to moving to Dushanbo is military power.
An emperor without military power is just a puppet. Only then did Emperor Dade realize that he was just a puppet. Since he ascended the throne, he had always thought that he had gradually gained power, but now it seems that it was just Dushanbo giving himself some power.
The sweetness just exposes one's ambition.
He punched the table with anger and remorse, but in the end he withdrew his strength, trying not to let the sound he made be heard by the imperial guards outside.
Grievance, grievance, and unwillingness flooded into his heart. He felt a huge pain in his chest, and then an indescribable feeling of nausea came up. He immediately turned around and vomited into the spittoon, and vomited all the food he had eaten today.
, and finally vomited a mouthful of blood.
Emperor Da De smoothed his chest and tried to keep his condition as normal as possible.
