Zhang Kuan stood on the bank of the Yellow River, watching the endless emperor's bodyguards receding slowly like the tide. The leaders and eunuchs were galloping back and forth, and the noble generals were giving orders again and again, ranging from accompanying the prince to small soldiers.
Pull the flag and head north.
His legs weakened and he knelt on the ground, with tears streaming down his face, and shouted: "The Son of Heaven is Holy Ming!"
When all the government officials who had narrowly escaped death saw their boss kneeling down, they all realized that they had escaped disaster and all shouted loudly. The reason why they were willing to die for Zhang Kuan was that 70% of them would be riding a tiger and unable to dismount. If they were to block it, they would die.
If you don't block it, you will die. If you block it, you may be able to earn some respect for your father and elders. If you don't block it, you may die a horrible death. The methods of killing people are beyond their imagination. As for leaving a name in history, I don't even know the big characters.
Only those quacks know what Qingshi is.
The coerced squires had another idea: they must kill this piece of shit Zhang Kuan!
However, their plan was destined to fail, because when the imperial edict came, it was still Admiral Zhang Yong who walked up to Zhang Kuan with a smile on his face and said: "Since you have knelt down, there is no need to get up again, Governor Zhang.
Accept the order."
Zhang Taishou?! Zhang Kuan's heart beat wildly several times. Taishou is an ancient name. In the Ming Dynasty, it was used as an honorific title for the prefect, as well as Futai, Huangtang, etc.
This is a promotion! Zhang Kuan, who was about to commit suicide to apologize, spent the rest of his life feeling that things in the world had never been as ups and downs as they were today.
Magistrate of Qingyang Prefecture in Shaanxi Province, this is Zhang Kuan's new position.
While all the squires were angry, they couldn't help but be a little excited. The Qingtian who was killed today has finally left. Brothers of Qingyang, please wait for this uncle slowly.
Qingyang is located in northern Shaanxi, bordering Ningxia and Yulin to the north, and Xi'an to the south. Although the land is desolate and the people are poor, it is the heart of Shaanxi. Zhang Kuan was promoted to the prefect there, which can be said to be a high-level promotion. He knelt down
On the ground, holding the imperial edict in his hand, he didn't know where he was. Even Admiral Zhang Yongzhang laughed and walked away without noticing it at all.
Hearing Admiral Zhang's report, Zhu Shou was also very interested. Zhang Kuan seemed to be a talented person, so he should pay close attention to it.
It is said that Jane is in the emperor's heart, and Zhang Kuan's act of sacrificing his life has earned himself a path to success, so it is difficult to say whether it is good or bad.
How could Zhang Kuan's fate take a 180-degree turn? This story has to start with Yang Tinghe's journey to Chenqiao Town.
Master Yang did not blame Zhu Shou, he just took out Empress Dowager Zhang's decree, and then stood aside respectfully without saying a word.
Zhu Shou felt strange and asked him with a smile: "Why don't you stop me?"
For more than ten years, this old gentleman's favorite thing to do is to give Zhu Houzhao painstaking teachings, and he is willing to wipe Zhu Shou's butt for no matter how big or small it is. He is as loyal as the Eight Tigers. He didn't say anything today.
Quite abnormal.
Master Yang said seriously: "The capital is narrow, making it inconvenient for dragons to travel; the Yellow River is wide, which is beneficial to the emperor."
Civil servants always talk one thing after another, and they can tell dead people alive. However, Master Yang's words clearly understand what Zhu Shou is thinking.
The capital is not fun, so Zhu Shou wants to go to Shaanxi to fight, but he is the emperor and wants to go home. If he really wants to go, he is just fooling around. Now that he is blocked by the Yellow River, it is God's will. Why don't we just go down the stairs? Hello everyone, I'm okay.
, or go back to the capital and continue playing?
Zhu Shou had no choice but to admit that he was unlucky. Although he didn't want to listen to the civil servants, he had to listen to the decree of his mother, the Queen Mother Zhang. Since the civil servants had invited the Queen Mother Zhang, Boss Liu would definitely not be able to play any more in the capital. It seemed that
The time to leave Beijing is far from mature.
The seventeen-year-old Zhu Shou had never thought that since he had no prince or generals to support him, it would be really weird if Empress Dowager Zhang agreed to let him go to the battlefield!…
He was not Zhu Houzhao a few years later. He didn't have the habit of fighting back his carbine. He was escorted north by Master Yang, but nothing happened all the way.
Before leaving, he asked Master Yang curiously: "Where will I put Zhang Kuan?"
Master Yang replied: "If the original position remains unchanged, County Magistrate Zhang will commit suicide to thank the world; if he wants to survive, he can be transferred to the border areas and be appointed as any prefect."
From the moment Zhang Kuan stood on the embankment of the Yellow River, his life was already gone. If he blocked the emperor, he would commit suicide to apologize; if he could not block the emperor, he would be killed by his fellow civil servants. This is the kind of Zhang Yong
The reason why ruthless people admire him is that he dares to play with his own life with the emperor and civil servants. This kind of courage is something that even Zhang Yong does not have.
Zhu Shou also admired the magistrate, but he could not think of a good way to save the emperor's face and save his life.
Master Yang has been in the officialdom for a long time, and he naturally knows his way around this. What he meant by that sentence was to tell Zhu Shou: You think too complicatedly. You must know that you are the emperor, and your words are imperial edicts and the Ming Dynasty's
Law! If you don't promote Zhang Kuan to an official position, it means you are blaming him, and he can only commit suicide to apologize; if you promote him to an official position, it means telling the people in the world that you appreciate him, so that he can
There is no need to commit suicide, but although he is exempted from the death penalty, he cannot escape the living penalty. Transferring him from the Central Plains to northern Shaanxi can be regarded as a small punishment, so that everyone can step down.
Zhu Shou suddenly understood: So there is such a way!
Being an emperor is indeed a technical job.
Of course, Zhu Shou's violent attack was scolded by later generations of civil servants and regarded as a model for the prodigal emperor, used to teach future emperors: Don't imitate Zhu Houzhao, look at him, he is stupid.
Incompetent, not doing his job properly, having nothing to do when he is full, etc.
Matching this sentence, there are also some absurd behaviors of Zhu Shou. Compared with his wisdom and martial prowess more than ten years later, it is quite dramatic that the prodigal son turned back without paying for the money, so it became a classic case of education for later generations.
This is a later story, let’s put it aside for the moment, and just say that when Zhu Shou rushed to the bank of the Yellow River, Zhai Peng, who was far away in Daba Mountain, also faced the biggest test in his life.
Among the wise ministers of the Zhengde Dynasty, Zhai Peng's experience is the most talked about.
Zhai Yushi, who was sent to the student army by Zhu Shou, had three positions, but when he went to work, he only brought two royal guards personally given by Zhu Shou. Just like that, he simply walked into the Ming Martial Arts Academy.
Xu Jin accompanied this junior and walked around the college first. When he saw him sighing several times, he asked curiously: "Zhinan, what's wrong?"
Zhinan is the nickname of Zhai Peng. He first gave Xu a courtesy as a junior and respectfully replied: "Treat him too kindly!"
Cao Xiong was also there at that time. He was a military general and an eunuch of Boss Liu's family. He had never been taken seriously by civil servants, let alone Zhai, who was ranked second on the list. So he sneered unconvincedly: "If you act too hastily, it may be counterproductive."
What Zhai Peng meant was that the martial arts academy was so kind to its students that he was reluctant to go to great lengths to train them, let alone torture them.
The 1,700 people in the martial arts academy were all Zhu Shou's favorites. The emperor often came to the martial arts academy to inspect, and the drunkard's intentions were known to the world. Cao Xiong's trap was dug by Zhai Peng's implication: Then what do you think should be done?
How to practice?
If Zhai Peng's training methods are not as good as those currently used by the martial arts academy, then he will slap himself in the face and lose his face. If Zhai Peng's training methods are too cruel, then Zhu Shou will definitely deal with him.
The civil servant group had long wanted to cause trouble in the martial arts academy. Even the eunuch bosses often came to stir up trouble, but Zhu Shou forcibly suppressed them. For this reason, he even beheaded a few of the unsighted ones.
Zhai Peng didn't say anything, walked up to a young student who was practicing spear skills, stretched out his leg, and kicked the kid to the ground...
This young student's name is Zhou Dai. He is a leader of the infantry. He is from the Lu family in Henan. He has a tiger-like head and a strong head. He is somewhat famous among the infantry students, so he is also at the top of the list during training.
Position. After being kicked down by Zhai Peng, he did not dare to fight back and had to kneel on the ground to plead guilty.
Zhai Peng took off his official uniform, revealing his moon-white middle coat, and stared at Zhou Dai: "Do you dare to practice with me?"
He was a dignified Ming Dynasty No. 2 candidate, but he used rural vernacular. If word got out, he would probably make the world's literati laugh. Zhou Dai did not dare to answer. He first glanced at the infantry leader Qianhu Qianzhu, and did not see his boss.
If he dared to speak, he looked at Xu Jin as if asking for help.
Xu Zuocheng smiled and nodded slightly, which meant that he was allowed to fight.
Although Zhou Dai was young, he felt like a mirror in his heart. Since Xu Zuocheng nodded, he must be a prop to establish his power, so he shouted: "Master, watch the boxing!"
A punch was thrown with an astonishing momentum. Among all the infantry students, Qian Zhu, who led Qianhu, was naturally the well-deserved boss. When fifty people fought in a melee, he was the only one who won. Zhou Dai's skill ranked second, and he could
To stand out among five hundred people is naturally something special.
Unexpectedly, before Zhou Dai's fist could hit Zhai Peng, he was kicked away by Zhai Bangyan and fell to the ground with a black nose and a swollen face.
Zhou Dai got up and kicked away.
Zhai Peng turned around and dodged, using both hands hard, knocking the opponent to the ground. Zhou Dai was about to stand up when he heard Qian Zhu yell: "My lord is brave, everyone in the infantry is convinced!"
Zhou Dai came to his senses immediately after being yelled at by the boss. He was not fighting with his companions. The other party was Master Zhai who was ranked second in the first class and held three positions! He was the miserable prop to establish his power and could not lose it.
How can you keep practicing your duty and treat yourself like a dishonest person? If you really kick Mr. Zhai down, your head will be in danger.
When Cao Xiong saw these people doing a full show, he was so angry that he was so angry that he didn't dare to show it in front of Xu Jin. Although his rank was the same as Xu Jin's, when Xu Jin was powerful in the Western Regions, he was still
He is a small side general. Since Old Man Xu intends to let Zhai Peng establish his authority, there is nothing he can do about it.
Zhai Peng did not embarrass Zhou Dai. Instead, he pulled him up, raised his head, and shouted loudly to the students of the three armies of the martial arts academy: "From now on, anyone who disobeys orders will be killed!"
Master Zhai, who has the holy purpose, is called Zhai King of Hell by the students. The length of daily afternoon training has been increased from the original two hours to three hours. Corporal punishment, even sitting, as long as it is the severe military law of the Ming Dynasty, are all
Being moved here by Zhai Peng made the students feel miserable.
The only thing that makes the students happy is that their salaries have been increased by another 20%, and the weapons and equipment they have received are also much better.
The benefits of following Zhai Peng are far more than these. After going south to quell the thieves, when they arrived in Chenggu County, not only were the infantry equipped with divine machine cannons, Xiangyang cannons, and tiger tail cannons, but also students from both the water and cavalry armies. , are equipped with bowl-shaped copper and iron blunderbuss, hand-held copper and iron blunderbuss, magic blunderbuss, horse-killing blunderbuss, etc. The student army even has trains, fire umbrellas and other items. The soldiers and horses are strong, making the rest of the guard army envious.
However, weapons are never the decisive factor in a war. When Zhu Shou saw Zhang Kuan's coffin, Zhai Peng also looked at Qianniu Village in the distance and let out a long sigh.
Qianniu Village, located on the east bank of the Bajiang River and in the high mountains southwest of Nanjiang County, gathered nearly 80,000 Ming troops, as well as the bandit leader Liu Lie and thousands of rebel bandits.
The war to quell the civil unrest in Sichuan has reached its final moment, and Zhai Peng has also faced his greatest test.