It is not easy to build a good reputation for a person. Not only do you have to do good deeds in a real way, but you also need people to promote you, and you also need to be able to promote yourself.
But it is too easy to ruin a person's reputation, especially a person like Wang Zhenjiang who has dirty hands and feet to begin with.
The reason why his rotten eggs don't stink yet is because he doesn't look so bad compared to a group of martial arts lunatics with no limits.
Zhang Zhao was equipped with a two-pronged approach. On the one hand, he improved the image of the Guiyi Army, and on the other hand, he found General Wang Zhen's black spots and began to expand them.
The best way to improve the image of the Guiyi Army is military discipline.
So the shocked residents of Weizhou discovered that these Guiyi troops who had entered Weizhou City were in good military discipline and they could not believe it.
The quote borrowed from Zhang Zhao, "Killing one person is like killing my father, and raping another person is like raping my mother." is not said casually.
The Guiyi Army entered the city for three days and did not kill anyone, no! It should be said that they did not even beat others for no reason, let alone rape or rob, and overall they maintained an excellent attitude.
On the first day after entering the city, the soldiers of the Guiyi Army took the initiative to help the residents affected by the fire repair their houses, arrested more than a dozen criminals who took the opportunity to cause trouble and steal, and released the soldiers who were home in the city after disarming them.
Went back.
On the second day, pots were set up at the intersection. Those whose families were in distress and could not buy rice because of the war, or who had no money to buy rice, could receive a large bowl of millet rice and some pickles a day to survive.
At first, no one dared to come, but gradually, some people couldn't bear the hunger and chose to take the risk. But in the end, they discovered that this was really releasing food to save lives, and there was no conspiracy.
After a morning of putting out meals, in the afternoon, residents who felt that there was no danger anymore began to go out one after another to try to recover and produce their lives.
By the third day, the market had basically recovered, and the residents of Weizhou City began to go out normally after discovering that these Returnee Army soldiers were indeed friendly.
In the morning, men came out looking for work, and they had to go to farm outside the city. In the afternoon, women began to dare to go out on the streets. Small vendors, food shops, and medicine shops in the city all opened their doors on their own.
On the fourth day, the children dared to laugh and play outside the military camp, and they also liked to laugh and play outside the camp gate.
Because the soldiers of the Guiyi Army who can leave the camp to rest, sometimes they are in a good mood, and they will be given some snacks.
Of course, soldiers are generally reluctant to part with them. The soldiers who give snacks to children are all arranged by Zhang Zhao.
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Opposite the Weizhou Government Office, there is a large open space, which was originally the location of the Pingliang County School. However, after the county school was destroyed during the war, it was not rebuilt, and there were not many scholars here anyway.
Today, Zhang Zhao ordered his people to set up a high position here.
On the stage, there were musicians carrying gongs and other drum accompaniments, storytellers with loud voices, and several 'actors' in gorgeous clothes.
It has to be said that the speed of information dissemination in this era is really slow. The complete biography of the heroes of the Tang Dynasty in Liangzhou has become the top traffic in the society. A three-year-old child can name a large number of names, but in the hundreds of years
No one in Weizhou has heard of it.
But it doesn't matter if you haven't heard of it. This kind of novel that has been loved and read for hundreds of years has instantly captured the hearts of all Weizhou people.
It only took a quarter of an hour since the storyteller told the first episode, and then the stage was completely surrounded.
Guo Tiance nodded with satisfaction, grabbed the clerk in charge of the storyteller and said, "I will only tell one story about the Heroes in the afternoon, and the rest will talk about Zhang Taibao's restoration of Hexi and Sun Yat-sen's inheritance from the Buddha's lower realm."
The so-called Zhang Taibao's recovery of Hexi and Sun's inheritance of the ancestral inheritance from the Buddha's lower realm are two newly compiled stories by the Political Propaganda Office under the direct control of Guo Tiance, the Secretary of the Hexi Jiedu Envoy.
This is a combination of storytelling and performance, two programs similar to later sketches.
Zhang Taibao's restoration of Hexi is very simple. It tells the story of Zhang Zhao's great-grandfather Zhang Yichao, who was determined at an old age. At the age of 48, he raised an army to overthrow the Tibetan tyranny and brought the eleven states of Hexi back to his homeland. In the end, he upheld his loyalty and handed over power to live in peace in Chang'an.
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The descendants of the Buddha and Sun Yat-sen inherit the ancestral inheritance. There are actually two stories.
The former is to add a halo to Zhang Sikong, saying that he is the lower realm of gods and Buddhas in the sky. He also went to Lingjiu Mountain in Tianzhu to practice where the Buddha attained enlightenment, and was revered as Dharma King and Bodhisattva by the monks and laypeople in Hexi.
The latter is about Zhang Zhao who rarely has great ambitions. Although his family fortune has been ruined since he was born, he is not discouraged. He secretly learns military tactics and strategies, practices martial arts, tricks those who ridicule him with wisdom, and beats bullies with force.
The people vented their anger and finally regained their ancestral property.
At the beginning, Guo Tiance and others were not very interested in this idea. They felt that the territory had to be obtained immediately, so there was no point in engaging in such activities.
But later it was discovered that the effect was surprisingly good. When Murong Nobunaga went to recruit the three Tuyuhun tribes from Shandong, people came to join him one after another when they heard that they were allegiance to Zhang Bodhisattva.
In Weizhou, the focus this time was on Zhang Zhao beating up the bullies and venting his anger on the people.
That's right! Zhang Zhao has already reserved the name of this bully for Wang Zhenjiang.
Zhang Rongbao found a place closest to the stage and brought a polished tree pillar with him, just for sitting on it and saving energy.
His ancestors all lived in Weizhou City. It is said that his ancestors were also officials, but by his generation they had been defeated.
When I was young, I talked about an aunt, but she disappeared before I even walked through the door. She was indeed missing. I searched for her for many years and couldn't find her.
Some said it fell into the water and was washed away, while others said it was eaten by big insects, but it was simply gone.
Now, more than ten years later, Zhang Rongbao is still alone. After his mother-in-law disappeared, he was completely discouraged.
The last few acres of land in the family were also sold to the Wang family, and I worked part-time for the Wang family to survive as long as I could. Anyway, I had nothing to worry about.
"Eh! Eh! Eh! Why are you talking about this? Who is this eunuch? Shouldn't it be said that Qin Qiong is selling horses?"
As a result, I just sat down on my little stool and finally waited for the storyteller to start. It turned out that it was different from the morning.
But he muttered a few words and no one paid attention to him. Zhang Rongbao was used to it. No one listened to what he said anyway. Now that people were wasting their saliva telling him stories, he didn't have the right to pick on him, right?
But after listening to it, Zhang Rongbao felt that the story of this Taibao was quite good, and it was from his own family.
When he heard that Zhang Taibao, who was eighty-eight in his forties, had raised troops to fight away the Tibetan people, Zhang Rongbao was ashamed and yearned for it. He felt that he had to live such a vigorous life to live up to his time in this world.
At the end of listening, everyone understood that this Taibao was the great-grandfather of Zhang Sikong who had just entered the city a few days ago. From this point of view, Zhang Sikong was a descendant of the great loyal minister!
Suddenly, these Weizhou people's favorable impression of Zhang Zhao rose to a new level. China has had the custom of worshiping loyal ministers since ancient times. After thinking about loyal ministers, they will definitely become good people and loyal ministers.
At the same time, the people of Weizhou also have a preliminary understanding of the history of the Hexi Guiyi Army that fell to Hu Chen for more than a hundred years.
Behind Zhang Rongbao, Old Master Guo tremblingly bowed his hands to the Supreme Being, "One hundred and fifty years later, I still remember to tie my hair with the right fold and still worry about returning to the country. Zhang Taibao and Zhang Sikong's ancestors and grandsons are really great heroes!"
"For one hundred and fifty years, generations of ancestors and grandchildren have been unswerving in their ambitions. They are truly models of loyal ministers and righteous men. No wonder the soldiers of the Guiyi Army in the city have strict military discipline and are truly loyal and righteous troops!" A small official from the state government also stood up and praised him. road.
For a time, there were heartfelt praises and exclamations of admiration everywhere. Zhang Rongbao also nodded, feeling that it was really not easy for these Hexi people. They were enslaved by the Tubo people. The court didn't care about them, and they had to rise up and resist on their own. .
After finally returning to the country, it didn't end well, but people just didn't forget Tang'er's identity. Zhang Taibao disappeared, and Zhang Sikong continued to lead everyone to find a way back to the country.
The storyteller on the stage was still going on. Listening and watching, Zhang Rongbao seemed to have something touched in his heart.
It turns out that what was happening on the stage was that the bully deliberately colluded with the tax collectors to demand the payment of autumn taxes when there was no autumn harvest, thereby forcing farmers to owe compound interest.
When the autumn harvest came, the farmers did not save even a grain of grain, but it was still not enough to repay the debts. The bullies took this opportunity to take the farmers' land to pay off the debts, using various methods of plundering and bullying, including bullying men and dominating women.
Suddenly, a short and stocky figure jumped up on the stage, and everyone was startled. Just as a few rebel soldiers responsible for maintaining order were about to step forward, the stocky figure started to cry and howl.
"The common people have a grievance! Please Zhang Sikong avenge someone!" the stocky figure shouted, raising the yellow paper in his hand to his head.
"I want to sue Mr. Wang Sanguan. Three years ago, Mr. Wang Sanguan deceived my father into being illiterate. We only lent him three guan of money, but it was written down as fifty-three guan. If we couldn't pay it back, he took it away. My family has twenty acres of land to pay off the debt!"
"Isn't this the stupid boy from the Li family? But it seems to be true. Wang Sanguan's people did take away twenty acres of their family's land!
This is a life-threatening situation! He is still working for a living in the army, and he has offended Wang Sanguan, so why should he not be beaten to death for some reason?"
Someone recognized the silly boy who came to complain and sighed in disbelief.
Wang Sanguan is the nephew of General Wang Zhen. He holds the position of captain in the army and is famous for his strength and strength. If a silly boy from the Li family complains like this, he will be in trouble later. Moreover, Sikong, who has returned to the rebel army, will be in trouble. It is not certain that he will not be redressed.
When the audience was confused, someone else jumped on the stage. It was Li Huochang. He also held up a piece of paper and started howling.
"I want to sue General Wang Zhen. Ten years ago, he kidnapped my sister as a slave. She died of illness six years ago. She didn't even see her body. I beg Sikong to make the decision for me!"
Zhang Rongbao suddenly stood up, and he looked at Li Huochang on the stage in disbelief. It turned out that Li Huochang's sister was Zhang Rongbao's aunt who disappeared before leaving the house.
For a moment, Zhang Rongbao felt a surge of blood rushing to the top of his head, so that others became confused.
"Li Erlang! Didn't you say that your sister is missing? You knew it clearly, but why didn't you tell someone?"
Li Huochang looked at Zhang Rongbao with a look of shame on his face, "My father said that the Wang family was so powerful that he refused to tell you. We all got beaten up when we went to ask for people. If you go to ask for people, you are not allowed to be beaten to death by the Wang family!"
"Ah!" Zhang Rongbao screamed, collapsed on the high platform and began to cry.
"How could this happen? Wang Shouye, I will become your mother! Mr. Sikong, you have to make decisions for the common people!"
Before Zhang Rongbao's unmarried aunt, the eldest wife of the Li family, disappeared, she was already inseparable from him Nianni Huhu.
When Zhang Rongbao disappeared, it was as if he had lost his soul. In addition, his parents died of illness one after another, and Zhang Rongbao immediately became decadent.
After burying his parents, he traveled around several prefectures and counties just to find out the news about his sweetheart, Mrs. Li. He wanted to know whether she was dead or alive. Unfortunately, he spent all his family property and got nothing, so he started to ruin it.
dawdle.
At this moment, Zhang Rongbao's inner grievance and regret, as well as his longing for his first love, erupted like a tsunami in the mountains and lakes.
If it hadn't been for this incident, he would have been a promising young man back then. He was a good gun and stick under the guidance of a famous teacher. He also went to elementary school, knew dozens of words, and could be said to be able to write and do calculations. These things were revealed after Mrs. Li disappeared.
, everything was ruined.
However, he didn't see the bitter smile and embarrassment that flashed across Li Huochang's face. His eldest sister, Mrs. Li, was indeed kidnapped by General Wang Zhen and used as a bed-warming maid.
However, he was given money, and his father later agreed, so he had to hide it from Zhang Rongbao.
As Zhang Rongbao cried and howled, people kept jumping on the stage, some holding complaints in their hands, and those without complaints joined Zhang Rongbao and started crying with their families.
The people listening below are a little confused. Two days ago, everyone said that General Wang Zhen saved everyone, and they wanted to pray for General Wang Zhen in front of the gods and Buddhas. Why did so many people sue General Wang Zhen at this very moment?
But then, some people who had been bullied by Wang Zhenjiang or his family had a faint desire in their hearts, longing for Wang Zhenjiang to be unlucky.
It's just that they are not sure whether this Sikong will really stand up for them? Can't officials protect each other?
Of course, they didn't even notice that the people who came to complain were basically soldiers who had been on duty at the West City Gate or relatives of the soldiers.
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The third update is 14,000 words long, and there will be another update tonight.