Ming Zuo

Chapter 330

"I am the envoy of General Zuo Menggeng of the Dongchang Association, and it is a heinous crime for you to kill officials and rebel. However, my general feels that God has the virtue of good life, and it is against the harmony of heaven to be punished without sin. Let me enter the city quickly, but Rong Er Wait for the grievance to be revealed."

Standing in the distance, Zuo Menggeng grinned when he heard the messenger's call.

"This deputy company commander is not bad, he is a talent."

Zha Shubing hurriedly said: "This person is Tang Wenhuan, a child of the Tang family of Dongchang House. Since joining the army, his performance has been excellent."

Zuo Menggeng nodded, remembering it in his heart.

The Tang family is one of the five small families in Dongchang Mansion, but it has long since fallen.Although the children of the clan are still studying, there is no way to enter the officialdom.

This Tang Wenhuan saw that the scientific examination was hopeless, and that the new army was booming. In order to stand out, he gritted his teeth and signed up for the army.

He is literate and can endure hardship, so he performed well and was promoted quickly.Now it seems that being memorized by Zuo Menggeng is equivalent to stepping on the fast track of promotion.

Shrinking at the end of the Central Army, Huang Zonghui couldn't help but admire Tang Wenhuan's single-handedly going to the meeting.

"This is really a warrior."

Fu Yusun looked at him amusingly and asked, "What would you do if you were sent there?"

Huang Zonghui was so frightened that he shook his head like a rattle.

"I'm not going."

Fu Yusun did not let him go.

"What if it's a military order?"

Huang Zonghui choked his neck and was indignant.

"The military order can't send people to die."

Fu Yusun said coldly: "When the military orders go forward, even though the mountains of swords and flames are seas of fire, they also go forward bravely; when the military orders retreat, they turn a blind eye to the mountains of gold and silver."

Huang Zonghui was silent and his face was melancholy.

He misses the West Lake very much, the beautiful scenery on the West Lake, and the singing and dancing of beautiful people.

Even the Caihe girl named Amu is so unique now that she thinks about it.

It's a pity that everyone else is not on the same channel as him.

With Tang Wenhuan Daoming's intention, Lingshan Weili became a mess.Immediately, a young man leaned on the wall and shouted: "Dog thieves don't want to cheat the city with rhetoric. If you have the ability, you will come to fight. Grandpa would rather die than pull a few backs."

Tang Wenhuan didn't care.

"You're also a fool. If you really want to defraud the city, will I come here so openly? Besides, I'm alone, and I've never worn a weapon. How can I deceive the city? You're not afraid of death. Are you going to die with you? Besides..."

He turned back and pointed to the new army's position that was staring at him in the distance, and said loudly: "Look at the might of my army. Under the bombardment of so many artillery pieces, this Lingshan Guard can really hold it? Don't talk nonsense, my general is very discerning. Injustice, my general will call the shots for you."

There was no reply from the head, apparently negotiating.

After a long time, a bamboo basket was dropped from the city.

"Come up if you're not afraid of death."

Tang Wenhuan sighed to himself that he had to gamble with his life in order to gain a better future.

He happily sat in the bamboo basket and quickly came to the city head.

As soon as he arrived at the head of the city, before he could stand firm, he was instantly forced by various weapons.

Ordinary people are probably scared to pee when faced with this scene.Tang Wenhuan was calm because he was well prepared.

After laughing, he said, "You dare to kill the officials and rebel, but now you are afraid of me alone, what's the reason?"

The rebel military households were hot-faced by what he said, but they also withdrew their weapons.

Tang Wenhuan stood still to avoid misunderstanding, and asked, "I don't know who is the leader, please stand up and let's talk."

The young man who had just talked to Tang Wenhuan stepped forward, his face full of alertness.

"Anyway, we don't want to live anymore, and we're afraid you won't succeed? My name is Cheng Xiaoer, and I am the leader."

The young man was not short, but he was skinny and wore only a jacket.There was no meat at all on the exposed arms and chest, and the straw sandals under his feet were too rotten.

Looking at other people, it is similar, obviously there is a reason for killing the official.

Tang Wenhuan didn't hesitate, smiled and said: "Only those who can't live are not afraid of death. If they can eat and clothe themselves, who will seek death?"

The military households were silent. Obviously, Tang Wenhuan's words entered their hearts.

Cheng Xiao Er's anger subsided a little.

"Your official speaks well, and we are not difficult for you. Go back, even if you are destroyed by the official army, we have nothing to say."

They also knew that if they killed the commander, they could not escape the death penalty.

Tang Wenhuan didn't listen, but smiled and said, "Shandong is a mess now. Many places don't even have a county magistrate. My general has no choice but to take care of the court first. As for you Lingshan guard, how many years have you been? The imperial court has never managed it, right? When my general manages this place, whether you are guilty or not, it is my general who has the final say."

The military households were in an uproar, and surprises flashed in the expressions of many people.

If you can live, who wants to die?
Cheng Xiaoer was no exception, and asked tremblingly, "Zuo... Can General Zuo really forgive me?"

Tang Wenhuan changed to a serious look.

"Then it depends on what happened to you? Is it justifiable?"

Hearing him ask about the reasons for killing officials and rebelling, all the military households were in grief, and many even burst into tears.

"We don't rebel, really... we really can't live anymore!"

Cheng Xiaoer, as the leader, held back his anger and explained the reason for the incident, but Tang Wenhuan was saddened and wept.

The suffering of the military households in Lingshan actually started as early as the Chenghua period.

After the change of Tumubao, the power of the Daming warriors plummeted.If you lose your voice in the imperial court, you will naturally not get much benefit.

The nobles and generals above stood aside, not to mention the warriors below.

In a remote guardhouse like Lingshanwei, my grandmother didn't love it, and my uncle didn't love it.

Local commanders, thousands of households and other officers have been squeezing military households in order to make money.

By the Jiajing period, all military households in Lingshanwei had become tenants of officers at all levels.

During the Jiajing period, the situation of Lingshanwei plummeted.

In order to fight against the Japanese, Qi Jiguang visited the entire Jiaodong, combined with the situation at that time, made the integration of each guard.

Above the guardhouse, Qi Jiguang set up three camps, namely Jimo Camp, Wendeng Camp and Dengzhou Camp.

These three battalions govern the entire twenty-four guards in Shandong, and Lingshan guards also belong to the Jimo camp.

This adaptation was very useful for the anti-Japanese at that time.

But it left a huge aftermath.

Because the main generals of the three battalions are just generals.

As for Lingshan Guard, as the name suggests, the general is the commander.

Taking the commander-in-chief in charge of the guard commander, this not only greatly weakened the guard system, but also caused chaos in the military system.

No one is more happy about this situation than the civil servants.

Since then, local officials in Shandong have turned a blind eye to the guards, as if they did not exist.

In the imperial court, the five military governors' offices also lost their real power and could not support the guards in various places.

Under the double influence, a guard like Lingshanwei is like a lonely ghost in broad daylight.

Without jurisdiction, there would be no restraints, and it would be even more brutal for the officers in the guardhouse to squeeze military households.

"Cheng Yan treats us as cattle and horses, not only driving us to work, but also not giving us a bite to eat. If the military households have any valuables at home, he must find a reason to take them away. My family originally had an ancestor who passed it down. The jade statue is a family heirloom. Cheng Yan asked me for it, how could I give it? He held a grudge in his heart. Later, my sister became ill, so I thought about going into the water and fetching some sea things to make up for her. Yan said that I violated the maritime prohibition, and I was arrested and beaten, and I was also punished."

Tang Wenhuan's tsk tsk sounded, and for the first time he had a clear understanding of the corrupt officials in Daming.

In the past, when he heard Huang Zongxi's evaluation of court officials, he was still a little disbelieving, feeling that Huang Zongxi said this to deliberately smear the enemy.

Now I have really heard it from the mouths of the common people, only to find out that these corrupt officials who forced the common people to rebel are really worth dying for.

At the same time, he was also puzzled. He pointed to the majestic sea in front of him and asked, "You were born here, guarding the sea, can you still have no food?"

Someone next to Cheng Xiaoer scolded: "That bastard Cheng Yan doesn't allow us to go to sea at all. He will arrest anyone who goes to sea. Only those who have paid him will be released."

Tang Wenhuan felt sympathy for these military households.

As the saying goes, rely on the mountains to eat the mountains, and rely on the sea to eat the sea.

Lingshanwei is right by the sea, and these military households only need to go out to sea by boat and salvage them casually, and they are enough to get enough food.

It's a pity that in this fucking world, even the sea has its own master.

Under the banner of the sea ban, these criminal officials regarded the sea as their own private property, and they had no mercy when they watched the military households starve to death.

Tang Wenhuan thought for a moment, if his sister was about to starve to death, but he was convicted of fishing in the sea, it is estimated that he would also rebel.

(End of this chapter)