Bai Yousi stood on the field bank in the snow for half a day, until the snowflakes gradually stopped without moving. After a long time, he asked coldly with a long sword in his arms:
"Zhang Sanlang, what do you want me to do?"
"What do I want to do for inspection?" Zhang Xingcong stood with his hands under the tree and asked jokingly. "I want the inspection to go against his mother in Jiangdong. How long will it take for the court to resist? When we get to Dongdu.
, won the bird position, and will be the female emperor when inspecting, I will be the Prime Minister of Nanya, Brother Hu will be the governor of the Western Capital, Qian Tang will be the Prime Minister of Jing'an and Taichung, Li Twelve Lang will be the Governor of Beiya, Qin
Second, wouldn’t it be beautiful to be a general of Shangzhu Kingdom?”
"Don't be joking!" Bai Yousi actually didn't have a black face, but had a somewhat gloomy look.
"I know, I know."
Zhang Xingcong put his hands in his hands and walked under the tree in response. "Not to mention a noble lady from one of the top three families in the world, she would rebel just because she suddenly knew that most of the people in the world were in dire straits. How ridiculous is it? It's really not possible, and it's not possible.
You can go back and ask that unfathomable father for advice. Ask him what he thinks.
Moreover, Taichung's Zhongcheng seems to be reliable. Can he be allowed to make some serious improvements? Why is it the other way around?
What's even more terrible is that it's not okay to rebel. If you rebel today in Jiangdong, tomorrow you will lead an army to surround us and slap each one into a pulp... Who dares to rebel?
There is a scene of the end of the Wei Dynasty, but Yang Shen's rebellion is right in front of us... It is really impossible to do anything against it!
But the inspector asked me, what do I want? Even though I know I can’t fight back, and I can’t fight back, I still want to fight the hell! In the past few days, I have checked four or five times on this Jiangxin Island, covering ten acres.
The ground was measured at twenty or thirty places, and it was the same everywhere. The inspector asked himself, what can I, a poor man from the north who is a farmer, think?"
Bai Yousi stopped where he was, watching Zhang Xing turn around seven or eight times, patiently waiting for the other party to finish venting, and taking a breath before asking again: "Then let me ask another question, what can I do now? Do you think I
What should I do? Zhang Xing, I trust you and am willing to listen to your words."
"I have three strategies: upper, middle and lower." Zhang Xing stood firm and blurted out... "The best strategy is that even if we don't rebel now, we can still subtly prepare for the rebellion from today. The two of us will start to elaborate on the provisions and build a counterattack."
In Jingantai, you provide the money and I contribute the efforts to attract talents and make friends with heroes. Wait until Jiangdong can't bear it anymore. Wait until Hebei, the eastern border, can't bear it because of the next conquest of Goryeo. Wait until any family members can't bear it like Yang Shen.
, let’s take the opportunity to rise up and lead the Bai family to raise an army! Then we will unify the world externally, purge your brothers and sisters internally, and put your father under house arrest in Taibai Mountain, and send you to the throne as early as possible... By then the female phoenix will return to the throne, and the four emperors will be blessed.
, the world is at peace and everything can be expected.”
Bai Yousi remained silent.
"I know, it's too hasty and shocking. Moreover, there is Duke Bai there who is as cunning as a ghost. Zhongcheng is sitting alone in the black tower. After all, he doesn't dare to respond." Zhang Xing shook his head and said. "So there is still Zhongce.
And the next policy... The next policy is the summary that everyone made at the palace tonight. The criminal is Eunuch Zhao, and the demons of the True Fire Cult who colluded have also been obtained. The evidence and confessions are all correct, so just sit still... Jiangdong
The officialdom also hopes that we won't move and don't delay them from suffering the people. But if the inspection is like this, it won't be you, right?"
"What about the middle strategy?" Bai Yousi asked calmly. "What's the middle strategy that you know I will choose? Just say the middle strategy."
"The middle strategy is also very simple." Zhang Xing suddenly sneered again. "It's just a temporary paper. You can't worry about the long term, you can focus on the immediate; don't worry about the general situation, focus on the small details first... If you are successful, you can benefit the world, if you are poor, you can be alone.
In everything we do, we put people first, we should hoe the strong and help the weak, and we can only save one common person, right or wrong?"
"Isn't that right?" Bai Yousi asked calmly.
"Yes." Zhang Xing took a long breath in the snowy night, and the white smoke immediately dispersed. "This is what I do on weekdays... I can't do anything about big things, but I do my best for small things. Sometimes, as long as you can live up to the conscience of heaven and earth, don't
It is said that those remnant thieves are much stronger than many heroes..."
At this point, Zhang Xing suddenly went to see Bai Yousi and asked sincerely: "Inspection inspection, am I a little too ambitious?"
"No." Bai Yousi paused for a moment and responded seriously. "I can also understand you. Thousands of fleeing people are right in front of you, but you can only save a few dozen people... Humans are not grass and trees, how can we not be angry? But?
Zhang Sanlang, you are really doing an excellent job. Your cultivation is far inferior to mine, your background is far inferior to me, and your official position is far inferior to me, but you can always do better than me... If you still think that you are incompetent, wouldn't you be ashamed?
Are there people from this world?"
Having said this, Bai Yousi took a step forward and asked one word at a time: "But, Zhang Xing, this time, let's do our best now and live up to our mood, okay?"
Zhang Xing thought for a moment and nodded heavily... In fact, he didn't know there was some truth in it?
At dawn, Jiangdu deputy left-behind Zhou Xiaoming waited for Bai Yousi, the noble daughter of the Bai family and an inspector of the Jing'an Taiwan special patrol team, to visit him.
Besides, since Bai Yousi brought many True Fire Sect rebels into the city yesterday afternoon and his son came to report, Deputy Zhou stayed behind and knew that the other party would definitely come.
However, what he didn't expect was that, on the one hand, the other party came so quickly, it was just dawn, the snow was not swept away, and breakfast was not eaten before they came to the door; on the other hand, the female inspector actually brought that Zhang
The man with white ribbon came to the door. Thinking about the latter's mouth, he had a premonition that this morning might be a bit difficult.
"Congratulations to niece Xian on her return from the victory..." After both parties sat down, Zhou Xiaoming began to exchange greetings. "In a few days, we raided many rebel strongholds, killing decisively and shocking Jiangdong."
"Gong Zhou, we don't speak secretly when we are honest." Bai Yousi's eyes were bright. "I came here so early today not to have a fight with Duke Zhou... Zhang Xing!"
"Yes." Zhang Xing, who didn't even have time to take off his mink hat, immediately stood up and held his hands in front of him. "Gong Zhou, if you can forgive me, please let me explain it briefly."
Deputy Zhou was a well-known national general, probably one who could go into the history books. When he saw this man standing up, he felt a little stomach ache for a moment. He really wanted to accuse him immediately, so what if I don't forgive him?
However, as everyone expected, when the deputy guard thought about the huge trouble, he still closed his mouth and sat upright, just twirling his beard to look at it.
"Mr. Zhou, I guess Mr. Zhou already made it clear enough last night as to how this case will be settled, so I won't go into details." Zhang Xing put down his hands, speaking clearly and in a calm tone, as if he was reading a written report. "We are here today.
What I want to say is, first of all, we people in Jing'antai are not fools. We know exactly where and how the palace's food went. Secondly, we have benevolent thoughts and know the hard work of Jiangdong's people and are ready to do something.
, let’s see if we can do our best to paper the Jiangdong officialdom and make some contributions to the people of Jiangdong. At least we can’t let the batch of grain we are responsible for escorting have an undue impact on Jiangdong.”
Zhou Xiaoming pinched his beard tightly, eyes wide open, and said nothing.
Mr. Zhou Xingfan, who was sitting with him in the last seat, was a little embarrassed at first, and then simply confused, because he suddenly couldn't understand.
"Duke Zhou, you have to do something." Zhang Xing took a few steps forward and came to the center of the hall. He spread his hands seriously and looked very impressive. "The 10% autumn tax, is it as simple as the 10% autumn tax? Folks
It’s already very hard work, and if you pay an extra ten percent, it’s very likely that people will die. And Zhou Gong is also from a Jiangdong family. How can he see the people in his hometown in dire straits? Or, even if it’s our own private house, even if we are so sincere,
Does Zhou Gong still have to pretend to be deaf and dumb? By pretending to be deaf and dumb, is he worthy of Eunuch Zhao, or does it mean that he will not die? "
Speaking of this, Zhou Xiaoming finally glanced at Bai Yousi who was sitting still and said with difficulty: "Zhang Baishou! What can you do? The key to this matter is food. This is not a small stock of food, but seven.
10% of the county's autumn tax, and in the end, the government servants from the seven counties will go north with you in an open and honest manner... Under this world, except for the public and serious taxation, it is impossible to conjure so much food out of thin air.
What I have been told by the superiors... can only... can only... can only..."
"You can only suffer the people of the seven counties?" Zhang Xing suddenly laughed out loud.
"Isn't it?!" Zhou Xiaoming turned his face away. "The officials in these seven counties have already realized this. I can only pretend to be deaf and dumb... Do you want me to give you Xuzhou military rations? I
I don’t even dare!”
"We don't dare to ask for military rations." Zhang Xing nodded, and then asked seriously. "But why do we have to suffer from the common people, and why can't we suffer from the family members, such as the eight Jiangdong families who are entrenched in the seven counties?"
"What the hell?" Zhou Xiaoming was stunned.
"The reason is very simple." Zhang Xing opened his hands and answered. "The people pay taxes multiple times. If there is an increase of 10%, people will die. As for the eight families in Jiangdong, I heard that when Yang Gong came to suppress the rebellion, he was very polite to them.
, it can be seen that even if there is no hidden house and hidden field, the family assets have not been taken away for hundreds of years, and it is impossible to be overtaxed. Wouldn't it be enough to just sweep them... If not, cut off their pianos.
You can chop firewood and cook their cranes to satisfy your hunger, but there will always be fewer deaths."
"How can this be done?!" Zhou Xiaoming was furious. "Don't be ridiculous. Hundreds of years of cultural history in Jiangdong must not be ruined on this matter. I can't agree to it!"
Young Master Zhou Xingfan, who was probably half confused after hearing this, was slightly startled. Looking at his father who was having a fit, his lips actually moved slightly.
But at this moment, Bai Yousi, who was sitting beside him, suddenly sneered on the spot.
Hearing the sneer, Deputy Zhou Liubei's eyelids twitched obviously.
But Zhang Xing was calm and responded with a smile: "Of course I know that after all, Duke Zhou's family has been a family of generals for generations, and the people who suffer are still the family. I definitely think that it is easiest to suffer the people... But to
I said, Duke Zhou is overthinking. We are not here to ask for your consent. We are imperial envoys who have been ordered by the emperor to go south to supervise this matter. We are in charge of this matter. We have a camera across seven counties to decide this matter, including supervising the collection of taxes.
Autumn grain is basically our main responsibility during this trip."
Zhou Xiaoming was slightly startled, and then his heart felt cold.
"On the other hand, Duke Zhou, you are only the deputy deputy of Jiangdu. You can only take charge of Jiangdu. If you leave Jiangdu, you won't be able to take care of it." Speaking of this, Zhang Xing seemed a little hard to understand. "So, if we have to go to Wu County to copy
Why do you disagree with Xie's family? Why do you want to stop the imperial envoy for no reason? It is the left-behind mansion's turn to take care of this matter? Or, you have messed up something, just look at my thick eyebrows and big eyes, and I look honest,
Have you forgotten that we are the notorious evil dogs in golden clothes, and we cannot concoct evidence among the seventy-seven True Fire Cult rebels that the Eight Jiangnan Families colluded with the True Fire Cult to rebel?"
Zhou Xiaoming remained silent and could only look at Bai Yousi again.
Bai Yousi did not show any courtesy, and after standing up, he said calmly: "Mr. Zhou, are you thinking of something wrong? What do the so-called Eight Great Families of Jiangdong mean to the Bai family? I have made a decision on this matter, and I will inspect it for the imperial court."
, why not loot a few Jiangdong aristocratic families? But Duke Zhou, you can either continue to pretend to be deaf and mute, or help to say hello in the official circles of various counties, and then send some people to help quickly loot, this is not possible.
Before spring comes, he will settle the matter and not disturb others at all... By then, the food supply will be temporarily replenished, the Eight Families will fall, and the Duke of Zhou will be able to avenge hundreds of years of oppression, and no longer let others underestimate his family...
…The best of both worlds, yes or no?”
Zhou Xiaoming pinched his beard and said nothing, motionless.
Bai Yousi and Zhang Xing no longer hesitated, and immediately handed over their hands and walked out together. They were so surprised that Zhou Xingfan and Master Zhou came to see them off in a hurry.
When he came to the door, Zhang Xing suddenly stopped and turned around, smiling at him: "Mr. Zhou, although it is not good to belittle a father in front of his son, but let me tell you, your father is far inferior to Lai Gong. Do you believe it or not? If we go find him."
My lord, since I have been so bold and brave, I have already raised my hands and laughed, and then gave me a golden arrow."
Then you went to see Lai Gong from the beginning? Are you afraid that Lai Gong's cultivation level is too high and you can't stop him from inspecting your home, so you can't ridicule him?
Mr. Zhou really wanted to ask such a rhetorical question, but in fact, he was silent for a moment and responded seriously: "Inspector Bai, Brother Zhang... I roughly heard what was going on, and my father was actually there.
I hesitated, but I just couldn’t bear to lose face... Let me go and try to persuade you."
"Time waits for no one, and the situation is either ours or yours... Xingfan, our gentleman's appointment is due tonight." With that said, Zhang Xing handed over and left.
So, in the evening, Mr. Zhou personally sent a golden arrow.