Of course, Yang Feng could not let these talents who had spent many years of hard work to train take up the post alone.
He will be intercepted and killed by the gentry.
In the current situation, if they really take office alone, the gentry everywhere will never let them take office alive...
Robbery and killing.
Falling into the water.
Severe illness.
…
They will experience various ways to die.
In this era, it is common for people to die on the road while traveling. It is said that Yang Feng was almost made into a meat bun when he went north! If he was really dead, it would be difficult for the government to find out. He might have directly fed the fish when he crossed the river.
, give him a life-or-death outcome. And not only on the road, after they arrive, given the current situation, there is a high probability that they will be killed. It is not easy for local officials and gentry to collude to kill such treacherous ministers and minions.
?Li Sancai dared to hire bandits from the prison, frame the tax inspector sent by Wanli as an accomplice, and then directly arrest him and kill him in prison.
In fact, this is the first choice for civil servants and gentry to confront him.
They will not rebel openly for the time being.
They haven't been forced to this point where they have no choice.
But you can kill his minions.
As long as he is unable to arrange his cronies to control power locally, he will never be able to implement the public land law. If the civil servants and gentry can always do this, they will be equal to victory.
Therefore, every new Jinshi who goes to work outside the capital will bring ten Jinyi guards, led by a small flag, and they are not the original inner guard Jinyi guards, who do not have that many people. These are separately expanded, directly from
The Shenji Battalion selects elite soldiers and then expands them into the Jinyi Guards. They are not only equipped with two short muskets per person, but also have the power to borrow troops from the local guards.
However, his public identity is that he is still a follower of these new scholars.
Identity is generally not revealed.
But exposed...
If exposed, people will really be arrested.
"This elderly man, why did you wipe his neck like that just now?
Can you explain it to us?"
Xiaoqi looked at the old man who taught young people to kill and said.
"I am an old man, how can I allow you and other children to make false accusations!"
The old man shouted with a stern expression.
Liu Wen glanced at him silently. Before the old man could understand, Liu Wen had already stuffed the short blunderbuss without bullets into the young man's hand in front of him. Then Liu Wen raised his hand in his blank eyes and let him know.
The muzzle of the blunderbuss was pointed at himself...
"Assassination of imperial officials, killing without mercy!"
he said.
At the same time, the trigger of the short gun in the other hand was slowly pulled.
At the same time, he was still looking at the old man.
The old man's legs went weak and he knelt directly on the ground.
"Master Judge, you are a fool. You deserve to die for your crime. You are the one who allowed him to murder the master!"
He howled with snot and tears.
"If you don't see the coffin and don't shed tears, tie it up yourself. Otherwise, he will assassinate the imperial officials and conspire to rebel. He will confiscate the homes and kill the three tribes. You are all accomplices. Follow the rebels and rebel. One by one, everyone will be killed. Others
I thought that I did not dare to kill people. Last year at this time I was still in Guizhou, killing people and setting fires with the army!"
Liu Wen shouted.
He did commit murder and arson last year.
He was originally from Guizhou Wukaiwei, and these graduates went back to their hometowns for internships. In fact, they were allowed to go back to visit relatives.
It happened that Gu Cheng and He Fu were conquering the Wukai Barbarians, so of course he followed them to fight.
The young men looked at each other, and one of them suddenly ran away like crazy, probably running back to Xiangyang to report the news, or to think of a solution, but the next moment the short blunderbuss in Liu Wen's hand burst into flames, and the unlucky guy fell down, and the others were all frightened.
Being honest, we had to find ropes to tie each other up. The old men stood there trembling...
"They're all tied up!"
Liu Wen shouted.
The young men had no choice but to go over and tie them up too.
At this time, a Jinyi guard quietly came to Liu Wen and whispered something. Liu Wen turned to look at Yi Cheng, who was standing there with an honest face.
Liu Wen said nothing more, just smiled meaningfully.
At this moment, the back door of the post station has been opened, and a post soldier is riding a horse, rushing towards the inspection department. This place actually belongs to Xiangyang, but it is just the northern gateway of Xiangyang, but it is useless even if the inspection comes, because
Although he gave the order to arrest people, it was the Jin Yiwei who arrested them. Not to mention the Inspection Department, not even the prefect of Xiangyang or even the Huguang Inspectorate had the right to interfere with the Jin Yiwei.
"But if these bitches jump over the wall in a hurry, they will still pretend to be bandits."
Xiaoqi whispered.
"Then it's time to deploy troops to deal with it."
Liu Wen said.
"My cousin is in Xiangyang Guards, stationed not far away, but it's just a small flag like mine."
Xiaoqi said.
"That's enough, don't let him tell Baihu, just come here quietly with your brothers. We don't know the relationship between the Xiangyang Guard generals and the local gentry, so let them not worry. You are the Jinyi Guard and have the right to mobilize them to catch thieves."
Liu Wen said.
These new scholars are the ones who really establish control when they go to the local level. Ambassador Yang has long said that whoever can quickly make the final say at the local level will be promoted to local magistrate. He is the judge of Dengzhou, but the magistrate of the state has resigned.
At present, Tongzhi is the acting magistrate of the state, and the judge is second only to Tongzhi. Tongzhi was a Jinshi in the old imperial examination. If he can quickly grasp the local area, he will definitely be promoted to the state magistrate.
So now is the time to establish your authority.
"Let's go, take them out of Huguang. It makes sense for us to have our own jurisdiction."
he said.
This is the provincial boundary. To the north, you will directly enter Xinye, which belongs to Henan, and Xinye belongs to Dengzhou at this time.
It's his duty to get there.
The Jin Yiwei captured the criminal who assassinated the imperial magistrate and entered the jurisdiction of Dengzhou, so the judge of Dengzhou has the responsibility to provide all necessary assistance.
They immediately drove those people, including the injured one and the unconscious old man, and threw them on a donkey cart, and the group quickly left the provincial border heading north.
At this time, Lu Yan, who received the news, had already sent the letter to Xiangyang as quickly as possible.
Xiangyang.
The former Minister of Rites served as the residence of Hengtai.
The judge Song Xin walked out with an angry look on his face. Behind him, Ren Hengtai's son Ren Xianzong looked embarrassed. He bowed to see the guests off and quickly asked the servant to close the door.
Hundreds of senior fellow villagers crowded outside and Xian immediately came forward to greet them.
"How about it? Has Mr. Ren promised to come forward?"
An elder asked Song Xin.
"Sure enough, he is not of my race, so his heart must be different, and he cannot hope for it."
Song Xin sneered.
Strictly speaking, Ren Hengtai cannot be considered a foreigner. His mother is Semu, but in fact it is not really Semu, because his mother is Wugulun, which is a Jurchen surname, and Jin Wushu's mother is Wugulun. It is estimated that the remaining
The Jurchens were counted as lustful eyes because of their religious beliefs. But Ren Hengtai’s mother’s surname is so it’s okay to count as lustful eyes. However, his wife is from Mongolia. In short, his background is a bit complicated. But now he is a local gentry in Xiangyang and can be said to be the boss, because Xiangyang
He was a high-ranking official in the Hongwu Dynasty, and he was also the number one scholar.
"Then what should we do? My father has been arrested, the prefect and county magistrate have resigned, and the Xiangyang Guards don't care."
A young Confucian scholar said anxiously.
"No matter, no matter it's better!
It's seventy miles from Luyan to Xinye. They can't reach it before dark, so they must rest on the way at night. We choose the young and strong ones who can fight, cross the river, and catch up on horseback. In the middle of the night, we kill them all, not just a few Jin Yiwei.
, do you still want to be arrogant after leaving the capital?"
Song Xin said.
"Just like that, it made a big fuss."
A fellow villager said hesitantly.
"Mr. Han, are you afraid of causing trouble at this time? That dog official is clearly here to harm people. He is Yang Feng's cronies. He taught them in Mount Wutai, and they are all controlled by his magic, just like the demon soldiers.
They came here to harm others. This time he took advantage of it. When the time comes and he is tortured, he will fabricate accusations and make up unjust cases. Those who are caught will not survive, and they may even cling to them randomly. We in Xiangyang cannot escape either.
Since he will be killed sooner or later, why not strike first?
It is said that our Xiangyang Prefecture has also appointed a new promotion official, who is also Yang Feng's minion.
Don't think that his going to Dengzhou has nothing to do with us.
He is the pathfinder.
From now on, our prefectures and counties will all be Yang Feng’s minions, and we will all die if he says anything at that time.”
Song Xin said.
The elders and wise men looked at each other.
Indeed, Yang Feng is laying out the plan, waiting for his minions to complete their control of the local area. Now he has just reached one, and he is already so rampant. From then on, as his minions increase, all local officials at all levels will become him.
When you are a minion, if you want to kill the gentry, is that just a word?
"We have to let his minions die one by one. There are high mountains and dense forests nearby. What does bandit robbery have to do with us?"
Song Xin said.
"Let's go, gather people quickly!"
A fellow countryman said.
They immediately left in front of Ren's house.
They did not notice that a person in a carriage not far away was looking at them with interest.
These guys don't shy away from people at all.
The prefect, county magistrate, tongzhi, and magistrates of Xiangyang have all resigned or been involved in counter-cases and fled. Currently, only Tongpan is left in the entire Xiangyang Prefecture, and he basically does nothing. And these are almost all the influential local gentry in Xiangyang.
, they are afraid of birds! Of course, the main thing is that hundreds of people gather together and speak in local dialects, and they are not afraid of being heard by outsiders. However, they don’t know that just when they left in front of Ren’s house in a mess, one of the people in the crowd
The guy who was shouting in dialect before quietly slipped out and walked to the carriage.
"Li Tuiguan, they are going to pretend to be bandits and chase them on horseback to attack and kill Judge Liu and others tonight."
He whispered.
"Liu Wen is really having fun!"
Li Xin, the new Xiangyang official and an alumnus of Liu Wen who is just a liberal arts major, said with a smile.
They actually walked together all the way.
However, after arriving in Xiangyang, Liu Wen disembarked at Fancheng and headed north to Luyan. Instead, he entered Xiangyang directly, hired a carriage and pretended to be a passing businessman, and took the accompanying Jin Yiwei for a private visit.
"Do you want to go to Xiangyang Guard to mobilize troops?"
Jin Yiwei Xiaoqi asked.
"No, they are making trouble like this. No one from the Xiangyang Guard has come to take care of it. They have probably already taken care of it. We are outsiders after all. They and the generals of the Xiangyang Guard have been neighbors for decades, and they may be related to each other by marriage.
We have everything. If we rush to mobilize troops, we will definitely leak the news. When we go to the bank, Xiangyang Bank has a convoy team. Together with Liu Wen and others, we have dozens of short muskets, and the escort team also has more than 30 long and short muskets.
It's enough to deal with them.
Take them and then go to Xiangyang Guard."
Li Xin said.
Xiaoqi nodded.
The group of them immediately turned to the bank. They quickly arrived at the bank and Li Xin took out his graduation certificate.
However, the identity was not disclosed.
He also didn't know the relationship between the bank keeper and the local gentry.
But with his diploma, he is qualified to mobilize the power here.
This is a diploma from Wutaishan University.
The bank treasurer immediately handed over the escort team to him.
In addition, horses were prepared for them, and even the boats for crossing the river were prepared...
This person comes from Wutai Mountain. The shopkeeper of Xiangyang Bank is still a slave of the little princess. In their system, his status is much lower than that of these disciples of the emperor. Including what Li Xin's identity is and what he is used for, the bank shopkeeper doesn't need to ask.
, just do what he says.
Li Xin and his party of fifty riders crossed the Han River. When they landed in Fancheng, a team of hundreds of riders also landed on the dock not far from them. The latter was not alert to them at all. After all, Xiangyang was a commercial port.
It is normal for caravans going north to ride horses. Especially if there is a bank escort team. It is obvious that a big customer is going north with a large amount of money and hires a bank escort team to escort him. Banks all over the country provide this service. After all, businessmen are doing business these days.
Very dangerous.
The two teams set off almost at the same time.
Li Xin headed directly north, pretending to go straight to Dengzhou.
The team headed towards Lu Yan.
But Li Xin quickly turned back, and armed with binoculars, he led fifty cavalry to follow from a distance.
Soon they passed Luyan one after another.
Then continue walking until nightfall.
"Ahead is Xindiandu, where there is a market town."
The escort captain who is familiar with this road said.
As soon as he finished speaking, gunshots were heard in the distance.
"Get ready to do it!"
Li Xin said.
On horseback, he directly pulled out a short blunderbuss, and the imperial guards also drew out short blunderbuss.
"Master Li, what are we doing here?"
The escort captain, who still didn't know the truth, asked cautiously.
His men were also ready for battle.
In fact, they have quite a lot of combat experience.
"Don't worry about what you are doing. You will kill whoever I ask you to kill later. Also, I forgot to tell you that I am the new official of Xiangyang Prefecture. Is it reasonable for me to lead you to catch thieves?"
Li Xin said with a smile.
Then he urged the war horse.
Behind me, Jin Yiwei Xiaoqi took out his waist badge and waved it in front of the escort captain.
The latter, with a cold sweat on his face, led his men to also urge their war horses.
At this time, there were more gunshots in the distance.
"No, not only Liu Wen is there, there are also three-eyed guns from the army."
Li Xin suddenly shouted.
As soon as he finished shouting, dozens of cavalry troops in front appeared in his field of vision in confusion. Under the moonlight, it could be seen that they were the same ones who had crossed the river and headed north at the same time as them. Li Xin raised his blunderbuss without hesitation, and at the same time
Ten Jin Yiwei also raised short muskets, and eleven horses lined up in a row, just like the European musketeers during the Thirty Years' War. They raised short muskets against the dozens of broken soldiers, almost ten feet away.
The trigger was pulled at the same time.
There was a chaotic fall on the opposite side.
At this time, Li Xin and others raised a second short blunderbuss...