Zhang Bi hurriedly asked: "Where are you going, sir?"
"Of course we're going to General Right's Mansion!"
"Sir, are you really going?"
"What else? Do you have any other options?" Dong Xuan asked. Zhang Bi shrank his neck and immediately became silent. Dong Xuan rolled his eyes at him and continued to walk out. Zhang Bi thought for a moment and followed quickly.
Dong Xuan and Zhang Bi came to General You's Mansion and waited outside the door for a while. A servant invited them in. They walked through the front courtyard and came to the door of the main room. They took off their shoes and behaved politely.
walked in.
Deng Yu sat in the middle, smiled at Dong Xuan and Zhang Bi who came in, and said, "Both County Magistrate Dong and County Lieutenant Zhang are here!"
Dong Xuan and Zhang Bi quickly bowed and saluted, saying in unison: "I pay my respects to General You!"
Deng Yu waved his hand and motioned for the two of them to sit down. Dong Xuan and Zhang Bi sat down on their knees, and when they were thinking about how to speak, Deng Yu took the initiative and asked: "You two came to me, you must have something to do, right? You don't have to be reserved, but say
No problem."
Dong Xuan cleared his throat, bowed to Deng Yu, and said sternly: "I dare not hide it from General You. Your Majesty and Lieutenant Zhang came to visit General You. It is indeed something that happened. Your Majesty has just given an oral instruction to the county government, asking the county government to
Investigate Northeast Guo District."
Deng Yu was stunned for a moment and murmured: "The Northeast Guo District is not small!"
"Yes, General Right, there are no less than 100,000 people in Northeast Guo District."
Deng Yu frowned and said, "With so many people, it will be very busy for your county government to investigate them one by one."
Dong Xuan hurriedly said: "I'm not afraid of hard work when I'm a low-ranking official. I'm just afraid of ineffective investigation and omissions."
"So, what is the purpose of Magistrate Dong coming to me?"
Dong Xuan took a deep breath and said: "To be honest, General You, I am here to borrow troops from General You."
"Borrowing troops?"
"To investigate Northeast Guo District, a large number of manpower is needed. Currently, the county government is short of manpower..."
Deng Yu laughed when he heard this, interrupted Dong Xuan's last words, and asked curiously: "If I remember correctly, your Majesty has expanded the Luoyang County troops to one battalion. Isn't the strength of one battalion not enough to investigate the Northeast Guo District?"
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Zhang Bi took over the conversation, leaned towards Deng Yu and said: "Deng Gong didn't know that half of the brothers in this battalion are spies stationed all over Luoyang. The actual available troops are only half a battalion with a thousand people.
Most of these thousand people are responsible for patrolling various parts of Luoyang. At present, the county government can only collect 500 people at most. To investigate the Northeast Guo District, we must first block all the exits in the Northeast Guo District.
Five hundred brothers are not even enough to block all the exits in Northeast Guo District."
After listening to Zhang Bi's explanation, Deng Yu finally understood, nodded, and said: "From this point of view, the county government does have a shortage of manpower."
Dong Xuan and Zhang Bi both bowed to Deng Yu and said, "Please help me, General Right."
Deng Yu nodded and said, "Okay! I will enter the palace immediately to see Your Majesty!"
The Capital Army, also commonly known as the Central Army, is an army directly under the jurisdiction of the imperial court.
The Western Expedition Army, the Southern Expedition Army, and the Eastern Expedition Army all belonged to the capital army. If Deng Yu wanted to mobilize the capital army to the capital, he had to get the emperor's approval. If he mobilized the troops privately, it would be a serious crime.
Dong Xuan and Zhang Bi looked happy, stood up hurriedly, bowed and saluted, and said: "Thank you, General Right!"
Deng Yu smiled and said, "I will try my best to persuade Your Majesty to mobilize three thousand troops to Beijing to help the county government block all entrances and exits in Northeast Guo District. What do you two think?"
"That's very good! Very good!" Dong Xuan nodded repeatedly. Zhang Bi was so happy that he couldn't help but smile and said: "Three thousand troops and horses are enough, enough!"
Deng Yu didn't waste any time, changed his clothes, went to the palace, and asked to see Liu Xiu.
After learning that Deng Yu asked for an audience, Liu Xiu immediately summoned him. After Deng Yu saw Liu Xiu, he told Liu Xiu the story of Dong Xuan and Zhang Bi coming to him for help.
After hearing this, Liu Xiu couldn't help laughing and said, "Dong Xuan, Zhang Bi is smart enough to ask Zhong Hua for help."
Deng Yu said: "With the current manpower of the county government, it is indeed very difficult to comprehensively investigate the Northeast Guo District. I think it is safest to send some capital troops to Beijing to assist."
Liu Xiu thought for a moment and asked, "How many troops does Zhonghua think is most appropriate to send to Beijing?"
Deng Yu said: "We have calculated that we need three thousand soldiers and horses."
Liu Xiu didn't think much about it and said: "As long as the matter can be done well, the troops and horses within five thousand can be dispatched by Zhonghua without any report."
Although five thousand troops and horses were not too many, Liu Xiu gave Deng Yu the freedom to dispatch them, which was a great trust in Deng Yu.
Without saying a word, Deng Yu knelt down, kowtowed forward, and said, "I would like to thank Your Majesty for your kindness!"
Although Liu Xiu raised the upper limit of Deng Yu's troop deployment authority to five thousand, Deng Yu still only mobilized three thousand troops and horses. In Deng Yu's view, three thousand troops and horses were enough, and there was no need to mobilize as many as five thousand troops.
Furthermore, it is indeed not a good idea to mobilize so many soldiers and horses to the capital. The people will feel panic after seeing it, and the ministers will gossip about him if they know about it. There is no need to cause trouble for yourself and have Yan Guan reprimand him in the court.
Own.
Although Yan Guan has no real power, he is very powerful in the court. He can rebuke the emperor and rebuke the ministers of civil and military affairs. Each one is more talkative than the other. What is Yan Guan's greatest pursuit in this life? That is just to die.
, can be famous in history.
There is a capital army camp near Luoyang. The number of the capital army stationed near Luoyang for many years is usually not less than 100,000. This is the last line of defense to guard the capital. Even Liu Xiuyujia personally conquered Luoyang and did not dare to attack Luoyang.
After taking away all the troops, we will try our best to maintain Luoyang's military strength at around 100,000.
After Deng Yu led 3,000 soldiers and horses to the capital, Dong Xuan and Zhang Bi brought 500 county soldiers to Luoyang County to join Deng Yu. The county soldiers were in front, and the capital army was behind.
They rushed to the Northeast Guo District, and then, under the command of Deng Yu and the guidance of the county soldiers, three thousand capital troops dispersed and sealed all the exits in the Northeast Guo District.
People from the outside can go in, but once they go in, they can't come out again. A large number of archers and crossbow shooters are placed at each exit. The first few rows are all heavy shield soldiers, with heavy shields.
A steel wall was formed to seal the exit.
As the capital troops everywhere were getting ready, the soldiers who came to report the news were like a revolving lantern, one after another.
Zhang Bi's entourage held a map and spread it out in front of him. He held a writing brush. Whenever someone came to report a message, he would draw on the map.
It didn't take long and he had already drawn small circles around the map.
He counted it carefully and confirmed that it was correct. Then he threw the brush to his subordinates, walked up to Deng Yu and Dong Xuan, raised his hands and said: "Deng Gong, Magistrate Dong, all entrances and exits in Northeast Guo District have been sealed.
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Deng Yu nodded with satisfaction and turned to look at Dong Xuan. Once here, Deng Yu's work was completed. The next step was to enter Guo District and carry out specific investigation work, which was no longer under his control.
Dong Xuan took a deep breath and looked around. There were both a large number of county soldiers and a large number of capital troops. Dong Xuan bowed to Deng Yu and said, "General Right, can we enter Guo District now?"
"Magistrate Dong is too polite. Whatever Magistrate Dong wants to do, just do it without asking for my opinion."
This is said, but where is Deng Yu's official position? Dong Xuan must first seek Deng Yu's opinion before making any decision, even if it is out of politeness.
After hearing Deng Yu's reply, Dong Xuan bowed again, then waved his hand forward and said, "Come in!"
The capital army and county soldiers led by Deng Yu, Dong Xuan and Zhang Ben rumbled into Northeast Guo District. So many capital troops and so many county soldiers gathered around Northeast Guo District and in Northeast Guo District
Can the common people not be curious?
At this time, the people in Guo District walked out of their homes one after another and gathered in the streets and alleys, talking and whispering among themselves.
As a large number of capital troops and county soldiers entered, the people on the streets immediately dispersed. Some ran home directly, while some bold ones hid in shops on the street and poked their heads out to look out.
The few county soldiers who were walking at the front were beating gongs, pulling their necks and shouting: "The county government is checking household registration, everyone should go home and wait! The county government is checking household registration, everyone should go home and wait!"
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During the Han Dynasty, the household registration system was already very strict, and the government often sent people down to verify people's household registrations. However, such large-scale verification as today is really rare.
The people who were hiding in the shops to watch the excitement came out one after another and went back to their homes. After a short time, there were almost no pedestrians in the entire street.
As Dong Xuan walked, he explained to Deng Yu: "In the very center of Northeast Guo District, there is a high pavilion called Qiwan Tower. It has three floors in total. Standing on it, you can almost observe the situation of the entire Northeast Guo District.
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Deng Yu nodded and asked: "Mr. Dong, are we going to the Qiwan Tower you mentioned now?"
"Exactly!"
Deng Yu didn't ask any more questions. Although Deng Yu's family had already arrived in Luoyang, he had never been to Guo District in the northeast. On weekdays, Deng Yu's activity area was within the city, and Guo District was a place he rarely had contact with.
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Qiwan Pavilion is one of the most famous wine houses in Dongbei Guo District. From the outside, this pavilion looks magnificent. Once inside, the decoration inside is also very luxurious. The wood used is mainly red sandalwood, and there are
Phoebe.
At that time, nanmu was already a very expensive luxury product that ordinary people could not afford.
The shopkeeper of Qiwanlou is a middle-aged man who looks to be in his forties or fifties. He has gray hair and a plain appearance, but there are not many wrinkles on his face, which makes him look younger.
Seeing many soldiers coming outside, the shopkeeper hurriedly left the restaurant, nodding and bowing and saluting repeatedly.
Zhang Bi stepped forward, first looked at the shopkeeper, then looked inside, and after scanning twice, he withdrew his gaze, returned it to the shopkeeper's face, and asked: "Are you the shopkeeper here?
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"Exactly! Exactly!" "What's your name?" "Caomin Lu He."
"Let me see the household version!" Zhang Ben stretched out his hand expressionlessly.
The shopkeeper bowed, then quickly walked into the wine house, took out his household registration form from under the counter, and handed it to Zhang Bi respectfully. Zhang Bi took it, looked at it, and compared it with the shopkeeper's, feeling that the shopkeeper
Your appearance is very similar to the one described on the household page, and many of the features match up. After checking the household page, Zhang Bi raised his head and said, "The household page said you were fat, but now you look...
Not too fat!"
The shopkeeper who called himself Lu He hurriedly bowed and said: "The weather has been hot these days, and the common people have lost their appetite. They may have lost some weight."
Zhang Bi didn't say anything more and returned the household version to the shopkeeper.
The body types recorded on the household version do often change. Some people may change from fat to thin, or from thin to fat. These are common situations. As long as most of the information is consistent, there is basically no problem.
wrong.
Zhang Ben raised his eyes and looked at the waiter in the tavern, and said: "Go, go, take out your household records, line up, and check them one by one!"
