Chapter 194: The fish is dead and the net is broken
Anyang is a military town, but the general's residence is well built.
Entering through the back door is a small garden, which is planted with flowers, green bamboos, and small buildings and pavilions, such as the brothel and Zhuyuan in the late Han Dynasty.
After all, Zhang He was the commander-in-chief of an army. Before reporting to Yuan Shao and Yuan Shao issuing orders, Xin Ping did not have the authority to arrest and imprison him, so he could only put him under house arrest in his mansion.
At this time, Zhang He was in the small pavilion in the back garden. The wooden windows were not sealed, the door was open on both sides, and the bead curtain was rolled up high under the porch.
There were Zhang He's trusted guards inside and outside the mansion, and there was no one even in the corridor outside the house. Except for a few teams of guards placed symbolically around the house, the confinement seemed to be in vain.
Xin Ping also knew that he had caused great harm to Zhang He, and he felt guilty in his heart. Therefore, it was said that he was under house arrest, but in fact, the two parties were just giving each other a way out.
Zhang He also understood, so he did not resist at that time.
After all, given his strength, it would not be easy for Xin Ping's personal guards to take him down. What's more, his own personal guards are also nearby. If there was a fight, ten Xin Pings wouldn't be able to do anything to him.
But Xin Ping is the supervisor of the army and has the power to issue the highest orders in times of crisis.
At that pass between the two, Zhang He also knew that if he really opened the city gate or did not release his arrows, the Luoyang army would have already entered the city by this time.
Therefore, at that time, Xin Ping was willing to stand up and take the blame, and Zhang He, as a person who is good at protecting himself wisely, why not do it?
There was still fierce fighting outside the city. The rain of arrows only scattered the Jizhou prisoners on the periphery, but the Luoyang army was still bravely attacking the city with arrows. Zhu Jun's army was the main force, constantly attacking the west city. Xin Ping only left some people behind.
Dongcheng, I personally took charge of Xicheng.
Listening to the occasional loud roaring sound coming from outside the city, whether it was the collapse of the well or a catapult bombarding the city tower, one of Zhang He's close followers said to him: "Brother, what exactly does Xin Ping mean?
If he acts like this, I'm afraid all the major families in Jizhou will hate our Zhang family to the core."
Zhang He put his hands behind his back, shook his head and said: "It's not that simple. What he did today actually gave us Zhang a certain face. If he knows better then, he will take all the blame on himself and die.
By apologizing, he can at least ensure that his second brother can gain a foothold in Jizhou."
"What do you mean, brother?"
The clan brother doesn’t quite understand.
Zhang He said with a smile: "The city is extremely dangerous today. If we open the city gate, our army will be defeated. If we don't shoot arrows, our army will also be defeated. Xin Ping saw that I didn't want to take the blame, so he sent someone to arrest me.
I just took the opportunity to treat it as being captured by him. If the major families in Jizhou ask afterward, what do you think?"
The clan brother suddenly realized: "I understand, it is the eldest brother who is wiser. It was Xin Ping who ordered the arrow to be shot at that time, and he refused to let the door open. The eldest brother has already tried his best, and was arrested by Xin Ping's order. Afterwards, he was questioned about the crime.
It’s not our fault.”
"clever."
Zhang He nodded, sighed and said: "People living in this world can never escape from the world's sophistication. I neither want the city to fall and offend Duke Ming, nor do I want to order archery and offend the major families in Jizhou. At that time, I almost
I couldn't bear it, but luckily Xin Ping stepped forward, otherwise I would have died."
That situation was already a dilemma for Zhang He. If he opened the city gate and didn't shoot arrows, the city would fall, and Yuan Shao would definitely kill him. If he didn't open the city gate and shoot arrows, Jizhou's troops would escape a narrow escape, and the major families and the people of Jizhou would resent him.
Even families are not immune.
As mentioned before, the basis of Yuan Shao's rule is not how popular he is in Jizhou, but his origin and ability. The fourth generation of the Yuan family and the three princes, his disciples and former officials are all over the world, and he himself has the support of the party members, so he became
Leader of the gentry.
Later, in order to maintain his own power, Yuan Shao began to suppress the party members. After the power of the party members began to decline, he had to support the forces that supported him. The major families in Jizhou became the best choice.
Some of them were unwilling to support Yuan Shao, so he forced them to move around. Some went north to join Xianbei Wuhuan, some fled south to Qingzhou, and some went to Luoyang to join the emperor of Luoyang. The remaining aristocratic families basically became
A loyal fan of Yuan Shao.
Such as the Zhang family in Hejian, the Zhen family in Zhongshan, the Gao family in Bohai, the Cui family in Qinghe, etc. Although the Cui family has a good relationship with Qingzhou, their roots are in Qinghe, so except for the Cui Yan and Cui Lin families who moved to Qingzhou, other Cui families
He did not seek refuge with Liu Bei.
A big family is far more than just a few people to support its appearance. In a truly big family, the outstanding children of each generation can hold up a sky by themselves. For example, Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu are just the most outstanding children of the Yuan family, and other brothers of the same generation are not counted.
Each of them has its own clan, which is called the main line or side branches.
Cui family of Qinghe, Cui Yan was a descendant of the main lineage, but left the main lineage and established another family in Qingzhou. Cui Lin was a descendant of a side branch, and also established a separate family. There were countless such situations at that time, such as the Zhuge family, Wei, Shu, Wu Long, Hubao and so on.
Typical representative.
Therefore, among the Jizhou Army, there are countless branches from major aristocratic families. Although these people are not the main branch, they are the foundation that supports the main branch. It is the same reason that the crown of a big tree needs countless branches to support it.
The power of Zhang Hejian's Zhang family is not weak, but compared with the entire Jizhou family, it is still far behind. Once he orders the shooting of Jizhou soldiers outside the city at the top of the city, those grassroots soldiers with mud-legged backgrounds may not be able to deal with him
Revenge, but the middle-level officer from a distant family will never give up.
Not to mention letting the Hejian Zhang family be exterminated, but at least it will definitely not make it easy for them. Those hungry aristocratic families find an opportunity and a reason, and in an instant they will come around like sharks smelling blood and devour the entire Hejian Zhang family.
Clean, no feathers left.
Don't talk about Zhang He himself. He didn't talk about the main lineage of the Zhang family in Hejian. Even if he was from the main line, the Zhang family would definitely throw him out as an abandoned son to appease the public anger. This is definitely a problem for Zhang He who cherishes his life.
A disaster.
Therefore, Zhang He was very grateful that Xin Ping could stand up and take the blame. Although Zhang He also understood that both of them were on the verge of making a choice at that time, Xin Ping did not resist at first.
"I only hope that Mr. Zhongzhi can bear all the responsibilities from beginning to end."
"In that case, I will not thank him on behalf of Hejian Zhang. I will only express my highest respect to him on behalf of myself!"
"most."
"Sir can become a dead man."
"Whether it's suicide out of fear of crime or something like that."
"Just sink into the coffin with all the guilt and all the infamy, so that this matter can have a happy ending."
"If so."
"That would be completely perfect."
Zhang He slowly lay down on the wooden couch, imagining this in his mind, and slowly closed his eyes.
.......
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In Anyang City, in a room of the military barracks, two people were discussing something.
One of these two people was the assistant clerk in charge of documents in Zhang He's army, named Tian Yong, whose courtesy name was Changshou. The other was Cao Shi, who was responsible for inventory counting, whose name was Zhang Da, whose courtesy name was Zhiyuan.
What many people don't know is that these two people used to be party members. Their fathers were the disciples and former officials of the three monarchs and eight heroes. After the party was exposed to the disaster, the two came to Jizhou to join Wang Fen and became party members.
disciple.
Since Yuan Shao began to eliminate the mark of party members, many of the original party members quickly changed their families. For example, Xu You, Feng Ji and others who had contributed to the eradication of the eunuchs immediately drew a clear line with the party members.
But there are also some people who are hiding. Although on the surface they have nothing to do with the party members, secretly they are still the confidants of Xun, Chen Yi and others, such as Tian Yong and Zhang Da.
The two sat on their knees on the ground. They were afraid that there might be ears through the wall, so they sat very close to each other and communicated softly in a low voice.
"Then Chen Zigui is indeed very capable. He almost broke through the city."
Zhang Da sighed.
Tian Yong nodded: "Xin Ping made a decisive decision, otherwise Anyang would have returned to the court long ago."
"But he has indeed offended so many people at once."
Zhang Da shook his head.
"yes."
Tian Yong said: "The major families in Jizhou will definitely not let him go."
This is a humanistic society. The children of my family serve as middle-level officials in the army. You should take good care of them in the army, and we will also give you a nice word at the upper levels.
The power class and the landlord class benefit from each other and exploit the people at the bottom together. If you are good and I am good, everyone is good.
As a result, you sold out all the young men in our army in the blink of an eye. It would be strange that those wealthy families in Jizhou who had hurt their roots would not fight for Xin Ping.
"Xin Ping has no foundation in Jizhou, so he is the only one who can do it. Even Zhang He would not dare to do it even if he had the courage to do so."
Zhang Da said thoughtfully: "Now it depends on how Xin Ping makes a decision."
"Listen to the sounds outside, it should be over soon."
"It's already getting late. After the sun sets, it will be impossible to attack the city."
"I'll go."
Tian Yong stood up and said, "I just have a batch of official documents to submit."
Zhang Da said: "Longevity, act according to the opportunity, don't be reckless."
"I know."
Tian Yong nodded, straightened his clothes, and went to the reporter's office to get official documents and materials.
No one would disturb Zhang He when he was sleeping, except the angry Xin Ping.
Xin Ping rushed into the pavilion where Zhang lived and saw him sleeping soundly. He slammed the door open and sneered: "General Zhang is really leisurely and elegant."
"ah!"
Zhang He stretched out and sat up from the wooden couch, pretending not to know: "Sir, you have put me under house arrest. What else can I do if I don't sleep?"
"Zhang Junyi, I gave you face on the top of the city. I don't believe you couldn't see it at that time."
"What face? Sir, you arrested me and asked me to give you face?"
"Zhang He, I don't have time to hang around with you."
Xin Ping didn't want to play a riddle with him, so he pointed it out directly: "I know you don't want to offend the Jizhou aristocratic families, so I took the initiative for you and reciprocated the favor. You have to help me once."
Seeing that the topic had been discussed, Zhang He did not hide it. He sat down and said in a deep voice: "Sir, he has great righteousness. He will bear it in his heart. After his death, I will always visit his grave and pay homage. There is also his brother, as long as he As long as I don't die, he will have no worries."
"You just expect me to die?"
Xin Ping sneered.
Zhang He said: "Sir ordered the archery to be fired. Don't talk about this matter, not even Ming Gong. If Ming Gong had sense, he would have killed himself earlier to appease the public anger. Otherwise, Ming Gong would have personally ordered Ming's death."
"But I don't want to die yet."
Xin Ping sat down in shock and said coldly: "I saved the whole of Anyang, and you hide behind and do nothing, but want to enjoy the success in peace. I will bear the blame, and you will take the credit. There is nothing like this. "
Zhang He's brows suddenly frowned. Xin Ping didn't want to die. This matter was a big trouble. If Xin Ping took the initiative to take the blame, nothing would happen and the world would be peaceful.
But he wanted to fight to the death. Are those aristocratic families in Jizhou like Yi? There is no suitable reason, and he is afraid that even Yuan Shao will not be able to protect him.
"What do you mean sir?"
Zhang He asked.
Xin Ping said solemnly: "It's very simple, I want to live. This matter can only be overcome if we work together. As long as you agree, Guo Tuxunchen, who is under the command of Ming Gong, will also speak for us, so there is no need to be afraid of those people." A clown."
Zhang He's frown became even heavier. Guo Tuxun and Chen were both of the Yingchuan faction and were trusted by Yuan Shao. If they interceded together, maybe Xin Ping could really escape the disaster.
The most important thing is that Xin Ping's decisiveness saved huge losses this time, and he turned the tide of Anyang City. If Yuan Shao really killed him to quell the anger of the family, the counselors under his command would probably be extremely disappointed with Yuan Shao, so Yuan Shao is very big. Probability will save him.
Moreover, Xin Ping is from Yingchuan and does not need to worry about the revenge of the major families in Jizhou like him.
But what should he do if he opens and closes?
The Zhang family's land in Hejian is all in Hejian State, and the land cannot be moved, so the major families in Jizhou always have ways to deal with them.
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Xin Ping is not afraid of offending the Jizhou family because his roots are not in Jizhou, but Zhang He is afraid.
Thinking of this, Zhang He's eyes began to twinkle.
But he was thinking in his heart that if Xin Ping didn't want to show his face, he could help him show his face and declare to the outside world that he committed suicide out of fear of crime.
But the sound of "dong dong dong" came from outside the backyard, and Zhang He's expression suddenly changed: "You used the army?"
Xin Ping said coldly: "I don't want to die. If you want me to die, then no one else will live."
"Huhu..."
Zhang He kept taking deep breaths to regain his composure, and finally breathed a long sigh of relief and said, "Let me think about this again."
"Give you two days, otherwise, I will impeach you for all your performance in this battle!"
Xin Ping stood up and walked out the door with his sleeves rolled up.
Just as he walked out of the door, he saw a clerk standing at the door holding a lot of official documents. When he saw him coming out, he quickly lowered his head and saluted: "Supervisor of the Army."
"snort!"
Xin Ping turned around and glanced at the Zhanghe pavilion, snorted coldly, and left without looking back.
No one wants to die. Xin Ping's order to shoot arrows this time must have offended many Jizhou families, but many things in this world are nothing more than an exchange of interests.
Someone in your family died, and he was shot to death on my order. As long as I don't die, you can negotiate any request. In the end, you have to come up with appropriate benefits.
On the contrary, it is people like Zhang and He who are on both sides of the fence and do not want to offend both sides who are disgusting.
I am criticizing you just to drag you, Mr. Zhang from Hejian, into the water. You want to be a bitch but also want to build a memorial arch. How can there be such a good thing in this world? At least there is an extra shield. If you want to stay out of it, then the fish will die!