In the era of the Jin Dynasty, almost all officials came from wealthy families. The important task of being an official was not to govern the local area, but to talk about mysteries and travel around the mountains and rivers. The places were full of large estates, owned by wealthy families. The wealthy families had their own talents.
There are specialized people to do these things.
However, Huang Tingbai was able to do so many things during his term of office, which shows that he sincerely wanted to make some achievements in Juchao County and do something for the people.
The more he saw this, the more Li Hui felt sorry for this person. However, his ideals and plans were completely interrupted by the proliferation of gangsters like Feng Heizi in the territory. Feng Heizi and his gang abruptly thought of a man as
The good officials who did something good for the people of Juchao County were mercilessly killed. Everything was reduced to nothing, causing huge disasters for the people of Juchao County in the past few years.
This made Li Hui couldn't help but sigh, "He died before he left the army, which makes the hero burst into tears." It also made Li Hui have the firm idea to wipe out Feng Heizi and this group of lake bandits. This group of thieves
The bandits not only killed a county magistrate, but also harmed thousands of people and strangled the future of Juchao County.
Not only did these books and notes bring great benefits to Li Hui, Li Hui also gained a lot from the annihilation of the lake bandit Feng Heizi and others.
Li Hui reread Huang Tingbai's unsent letter. In that letter, Huang Tingbai mentioned that he knew that there were thieves in the city, and he wanted to use Feng Heizi's eyes and ears to lure the enemy into setting up an ambush. This made the original question of how to destroy Hu
The helpless Li Hui was inspired.
The things Huang Tingbai mentioned in the letter about the Lake Bandit’s eyes and ears confirmed Li Hui’s judgment and coincided with Li Hui’s idea of taking advantage of the situation. However, Li Hui currently does not know who the Lake Bandit’s eyes and ears are lurking in the city. If he investigates them one by one,
, will definitely scare off the grass and scare the snake.
However, that letter clearly mentioned a name. A man named Sun Tuzi who lived in Beicheng was Huang Tingbai's spy on the Lake Bandits. This incident happened five years ago. I don't know if Sun Tuzi is still in the city.
.If it is still in the city, it will be a major breakthrough.
Li Hui believes that Huang Tingbai's plan is actually no problem. Lure the enemy into the city through your eyes and ears and ambush the opponent. That is actually a feasible plan. It's just that he doesn't know what went wrong at the beginning, or it was a coincidence that Feng Heizi and his gang took action in advance.
He broke into the city and broke into the county government office, causing tragedy.
This is probably not a problem with the plan itself, but rather due to bad luck.
Li Hui thought about it over and over again and felt that this plan could be carried out. He could set up a scam and pass on the news to trick the lake bandits into attacking. Then he would set up an ambush to catch them all. The only thing is how to make the lake bandits believe and how to make them definitely come.
Offensive, this requires some careful planning.
After some thinking, the prototype of the plan slowly emerged in Li Hui's mind. He decided to start implementing the plan step by step and officially launched an encirclement and suppression operation against the Feng Heizi gang.
In the afternoon, Zhou Che suddenly came to visit and brought a stranger with him.
The stranger was a police officer, to be precise, a police officer from Liyang County. He came to deliver official documents to Li Hui. At the gate of the city, the police officer was interrogated by the wandering militia, and the official documents he carried were confiscated.
When Wang Guangzu was about to open the official document to see what was inside, Zhou Che stopped him and escorted the officer to the county government office.
After learning of the situation, Li Hui expressed his gratitude to Zhou Che.
Zhou Che said: "Li Xiancheng, since we have agreed to cooperate in the suppression of bandits, we must respect each other. The commander is curious and wants to know what is written in the official document. This is actually nothing, but the act of opening the official document will
It hurt the trust of both parties to make Prime Minister Li feel disrespected. So I stopped him. This is for the sake of both of us."
Hearing this, Li Hui cupped his hands and said, "I am very touched by how frank and sensible Deputy Commander Zhou is. In fact, if the Commander wants to know the content of the official document, just tell him. Withholding and opening the official document will really make me unhappy. But Deputy Commander Zhou did this.
, Marshal Wang must be unhappy. I hope he will not blame Deputy Marshal Zhou for this."
Zhou Che laughed and said: "Li Xiancheng, you don't have to say such things. This is suspected of provocation. My handsome man is open-minded and will not blame me for such a trivial matter."
Li Hui blushed a little. He did want to test it. Because Li Hui had another idea in his heart, but it was not appropriate to reveal it at the moment. Judging from the words and deeds of Zhou Che and Wang Zuguang, they actually have very different personalities. Zhou Che
This person didn't look like an ordinary refugee, and Li Hui wanted to find a breakthrough from Zhou Che.
But it is obviously not advisable to take too many actions at this time.
What the officer delivered was an official document from Wang Muzhi, the governor of Liyang County. Today is the fourth day that Xu Laosi left with Lu Zhan's coffin, and the time is about the same.
In front of Zhou Che, Li Hui opened the official document. In order to avoid suspicion, Zhou Che got up and walked far away.
Li Hui calmly read the official document. Although his face was expressionless, his heart was agitated. Wang Muzhi rejected the request to send troops and asked Li Hui to handle the affairs of Juchao County on his own. The reason given was naturally the number of soldiers in the government.
Insufficient, we need to block the river bank with all our strength and prohibit refugees from smuggling across, so there are no troops to reinforce, etc.
This was not unexpected by Li Hui. When Li Hui requested to send troops, he did not have high hopes, but rather wanted to go through the process to prevent future worries.
Regarding Lu Zhan's death, Wang Muzhi was filled with righteous indignation and asked Li Hui to thoroughly investigate the murderer and severely punish the murderer of Lu Zhan. These words were naturally nonsense and completely ignored Li Hui's report that there were armed refugees in the city and lake bandits making trouble outside the city.
Reality. It’s nonsense that you can talk while standing without pain in your back.
In addition to these, the official document also contained an official certificate. It was the official certificate signed by Wang Muzhi about letting Li Hui temporarily act as the county magistrate of Chao County. Wang Muzhi said that Lu Zhan was killed, so he asked Li Hui to temporarily act as the county magistrate.
He will act with full authority according to his position. He said that this is the trust and expectation of the imperial court in him. He will report to the imperial court, submit it to the Ministry of Personnel, complete the relevant procedures, and then Li Hui can be officially appointed as the county magistrate.
Of course, Li Hui understood Wang Muzhi's thoughts. He was afraid that he would not die, so he used the official position of Acting County Magistrate to completely trap himself so that he could not escape from the battle. His intentions were quite insidious.
However, for Li Hui, he had already decided to stay and solve the problems here, so the appointment of acting county magistrate was an unexpected gain.
In any case, this can be regarded as a promotion. He was promoted to county magistrate just after taking office as county magistrate. This is considered very fast. However, the price of this promotion is quite high, and I am afraid that my life will be at stake here.
Li Hui calmly put away the file and found that Zhou Che was looking at him, as if he was guessing the content of the official document through his expression.
"Does Vice Admiral Zhou want to review this official document?" Li Hui said with a smile.
Zhou Che waved his hand and said, "I don't want to watch. I'm not that curious."
Li Hui nodded and said to the messenger who delivered the message: "Please inform Wang Taishou that I will do my best to suppress the bandits and avenge Lu County Magistrate. Please Wang Taishou also abide by his promise. Once the bandits are successfully suppressed, he will be responsible for the meritorious deeds."
Please reward me with an official."
The guard bowed and said, "I will definitely pass the message to you."
Li Hui smiled and said: "Thank you for your hard work. I should have treated you to a rest, but Juchao County is not safe now, so I won't let you stay. I will reward you with some copper coins. You can go back to Liyang County and reward yourself."
Come, reward this brother with five hundred coins and send him out of the city."
The guard rolled his eyes and almost cursed in his heart. He had traveled all day and night to come here, braving the heavy snow. This guy was so good, he didn't even give him a sip of tea or a meal.
I didn't even take a breath, so I left on my own. Five hundred dollars for the reward? I couldn't buy two ounces of wine. This trip was really a big loss.
However, Juchao County is not a good place. I came here because I had no choice but to get this errand by drawing lots. It is better to leave here early. Don’t lose your life here. Thinking about this, I feel relieved.
A little more.
Zhao Dachun, who was standing outside the hall, agreed, took five hundred coins to reward the messenger, and escorted him out of the Yamen and out of the city.
Zhou Che also wanted to say goodbye, but Li Hui persuaded him to stay. The two of them sat on the pony on both sides of the hall door, looking at the white snow scene in the yard.
"Deputy Marshal Zhou, although you don't want to know the content of the official document, I still want to inform you to show my sincerity. It is an official document sent by Wang Muzhi, the prefect of Liyang. The general content is that I must check it.
Clear out the murderer of Magistrate Lu and stabilize the situation in Juchao County. He agreed to my previous request to recruit refugees to fight against the Lake Bandits. He also promised that if the bandits were successfully suppressed, he would report it to the imperial court and grant official positions to meritorious personnel.
That's roughly it." Li Hui said in a deep voice.
Zhou Che smiled and said: "I remember that we reached cooperation the day after you sent Lu Zhan's body away. If I guessed correctly, you asked the person who escorted Lu Zhan's coffin to take the letter out. Could it be you?
Are you sure that we will cooperate with you? Otherwise, how could Wang Muzhi agree to the so-called plan to recruit refugees in his reply? And make a promise?"
Li Hui was stunned. Zhou Che was very shrewd, and he saw through the loopholes in the timeline at a glance. But Li Hui would naturally bite him to death at this time.
"Since I decided to stay, I have already explained everything. If I did not have such insight, I would have escaped from the city together that day, and I would not have stayed to wait for death. I have great confidence in cooperating with you to suppress the bandits.
Because it is in our common interests. Facts have proved that Marshal Wang and Deputy Marshal Zhou did agree. This is not a divination, but a speculation based on common enemies and interests." Li Huidao.
Zhou Che chuckled and pointed, "I admire you, I admire you. You have to admire your foresight. Then Wang Muzhi didn't think of sending troops to help you?"
Li Hui laughed and said: "If he was willing to send troops, he would have done so a long time ago. Why wait until today? It is useless to rely on others. After all, we have to rely on ourselves. Wang Muzhi does not seek merit, but seeks no faults. Let me be here
It is in his best interest to survive here alone. If it succeeds, he will gain merit; if it fails, he will not suffer any loss."
Zhou Che nodded, sighed and said: "You really have seen it very clearly. Hey, you are right. In today's world, it is useless to place hope on others. Since our journey to the south, our Dajin has been based on
The mentality of self-preservation and survival is the main one. This is true for the imperial court, this is true for aristocratic families, and it is naturally the same for people like Wang Muzhi. Moreover, this is a land in the north of the Yangtze River. It is already chaotic and complicated, so he naturally does not want to make any mistakes. But everyone is like this.
If so, when will the Jin Dynasty be able to restore its homeland in the Central Plains? When will the broken mountains and rivers be restored?"