The end of the Ming Dynasty swept the world

Chapter 116 Must choose one of two
The last time Mao Wenlong raised troops to invade the waters of Dengzhou, if he was not handled well, or if there were political enemies in the DPRK who deliberately tried to mess with him, he could just find an excuse, saying that Zhu Zhouye's relationship with the local garrison was not good, or that the logistics support was not good enough. exempt.

After all, Dongjiang's logistics has always been managed by Dengzhou.

Fortunately, in the end, no one made a fuss about it, so he kept his prefect position.

There's nothing wrong with the mansion today, just after dinner, and was about to embrace the newly married concubine tenderly, when someone outside suddenly reported urgently.

Zhu Zhouye was a little unhappy. It was hot in September and it was night again. Who would want to go out.

But hearing the voice was from a fellow acquaintance Liu Yuan, he had no choice but to get up and walk outside the yard to have a look.

Liu Yuan was sweating profusely, and there was a big soldier standing beside him, who was very strange.

The soldier was holding a bunch of things in his hands.

"Liu Tongzhi, it's so late? What's the matter?" He asked strangely.

Liu Tongzhi wiped off the sweat from his brow, and said in a low voice, "My lord, this is Zhao Dashan, General Commander of the Second Battalion of Lvshun, Dongjiang Town."

Dongjiang soldiers?The corner of Zhu Zhouye's mouth couldn't help twitching, Mao Wenlong was beheaded, why did he come to Dengzhou again?
Switching to other prefects, the first thought is, why doesn't this guy kneel down?
In the Ming Dynasty, Wen Zun and Wu Jian were humble, even the deputy generals and generals would kneel down when they saw the magistrate.

Zhu Zhouye had seen the bravery of Dongjiang soldiers, so of course he didn't dare to have such an idea.

"Zhao Dashan pays homage to Mr. Zhu." Zhao Dashan stood on the spot, without bending his body, and clasped his fists in the air.

From Zhu Zhouye's point of view, Dongjiang soldiers are really nothing, they are all domineering, even the little ones are always so rude.

He remained calm, wanting to see what Zhao Dashan had to say.

Zhao Dashan threw the things in his hands on the ground, and Zhu Zhouye took advantage of the light in the room to take a closer look.

Hiss, he took a breath, his face turned pale.

There were waist knives, chain mail, letters, and a head that turned out to be a Tartar on the ground.

It seemed that the tartar had just been cut off not long ago, and it was still bloody, so I don't know if it was true or not.

Zhao Dashan shouted loudly at this time: "Our Dongjiang army has verified that Wang Qiye had a private relationship with slaves, smuggled green salt and ironware to the Tartars, and got all the stolen goods, as well as correspondence. After being seized, he even intended to organize Outlaws, attacking court officials with weapons-"

Soon Zhu Zhouye understood that the Dongjiang army said that the largest salt merchant in Dengzhou City had colluded with slavery, so they sent troops to the door and killed a tartar on the spot.

This, this is too fake, Zhu Zhouye's first thought was to frame Dongjiang soldiers.

Yes, the other party still has a letter written in Manchu, but can the Wang family understand it?Well, even if you can understand it.

The heads of soldiers are all real Tartars, how did these Tartars enter Dengzhou City?
They have always used Ming people for their secret work, how could they use real Tartars?
But I have to say, this head is quite fresh, it looks like it was killed not long ago?It's a little strange.

After Zhu Zhouye heard it, his face was darkened, and he didn't know what the Dongjiang Army meant.

He could only look up at Liu Yuan.

Liu Tongzhi is in charge of local salt, grain, robbery, river defense, sea frontier, river engineering, water conservancy, clearing up military registration, appeasing the Sui people and other affairs, and his power and ability are very large.

Liu Yuan wiped the sweat profusely on his face, and said bravely: "What Mr. Zhao means is that he wants to invite us to send troops together to capture the remaining party—"

Are there any remaining parties?Zhu Zhouye already knew what Dongjiang soldiers wanted to do.

It's too much, it must be for private salt.

Zhu Zhouye was furious in his heart, but he didn't know how to speak.

"Our lord has said, arrest the remaining party and make meritorious service together."

"If we catch a few more Houjin Xizuo in Dengzhou and behead a few more, Mr. Zhu, you Jinshi in the 29th year of Wanli, there are not many classmates in the same department like you." Zhao Dashan shouted loudly.

What I said hurt my self-esteem. Among the Jinshi in the 29th year of Wanli, there were not as many as Zhu Zhouye.

Most of them should be deputy/senior officials, or even senior officials.

It looks like Zhu Zhouye is still a good place.

Zhu Zhouye became angry from embarrassment, but he understood what it meant. He wanted to drag him into the water.

"Our lords have written the good news. After learning that the two lords of the government and Tongzhi were spies to investigate the report, the Dongjiang army went ashore overnight and entered the city to round up the culprits. They killed one slave thief and more than ten rebels. Everyone made meritorious service together. "

Zhu Zhouye and Liu Yuan looked at each other. For some reason, he felt that his fellow acquaintance Liu Yuan's eyes were shining, as if he was very interested.

Zhu Zhouye thought about the mess, and said in a deep voice, "Who are your lords? Do you know who is behind Wang Qiji?"

"My lord Lushun Capital Si Ding Yi, a few months ago, he beheaded more than 200 heads and presented them in the capital. He is the confidant of Lord Yuan."

Hiss, both Zhu Zhouye and Liu Yuan gasped.

A few months ago, the offering of the head in the capital was truly shocking. Everyone in the capital was celebrating the New Year, and it was an unprecedented victory since the Chongzhen Dynasty.

Emperor Chongzhen also went to the Taimiao to offer sacrifices to all the ancestors, which shows that he attaches great importance to this matter.

Because of this incident, Yuan Chonghuan later privately beheaded Mao Wenlong, and Emperor Chongzhen was not dissatisfied. (Of course, Zhu Zhouye and the others didn’t know that Chongzhen also tolerated it in history.)
Right now Yuan is still popular, and he is still the governor of Denglai, which is equivalent to their immediate boss.

The surname Ding was mentioned last time, so it must be Yuan's confidant.

Zhu Zhouye thought for a while, then looked up and around.

Seeing this, Liu Yuan waved his hand immediately: "Mr. Zhao, please come inside." Finally, Zhao Dashan was invited to the room to discuss.

Zhao Dashan smiled honestly, followed in stride.

After entering the door, Zhu Zhouye immediately said a few things.

Behind Wang Qiji is the Zhouhui, and behind the Zhouhui is Xu Guoying, the Nanjing garrison eunuch, and Zhao Honglie, a thousand households of the Nanjing Jinyiwei Thousand Households Office. Nanjing Jinyiwei belongs to the Jinyiwei South Town Fusi, and Zhao Honglie is in the Jinyiwei's backstage.

On September 9 this year, just a few days ago, Luo Yangxing was just promoted to Nanzhen Fuqin Secretary. (He was in charge of the commander of Jinyiwei with Nanfuqianshu.)
Also, why don't you ask Zhang Keda, the commander-in-chief of Denglai, and ask him to send troops. For the matter of beating Jiannu, you go to the official army.

Zhao Dashan was serious: "It's hard to divide the credit for finding Zongbing Zhang."

The implication is that Zhang Keda is a more upright person, and it is difficult for us to find him for sharing credit.

Liu Yuan nodded approvingly, then quickly shook his head again.

Swipe, Zhu Zhouye's face turned red. It was obvious that he was inferior to Zhang Zhengzhi, but what they said was true.

"For the matter of Nanjing, my lord and Yuan Dushi are taking care of it. Master Zhu, don't be afraid. Zhou Hui and Wang Qiji will only look for our lord if they want to look for it. It's your turn."

Zhao Dashan brought Yuan out at every turn, and Zhu Zhouye felt that Yuan was still very popular in Chongzhen's eyes.

Nanjing eunuchs and Qianhu are nothing.

They can suppress the hope of Wu in the past, and they will definitely not be able to suppress Yuan Chonghuan, who even chopped off his hair.

He is now in a dilemma, let’s do this, for fear of offending Nanjing and Luo Yangxing, don’t do this, for fear of offending Yuan, (he thought Yuan sent Ding Yi here.)
After all, no one would have imagined that a small capital would dare to kill so many people in Dengzhou City so boldly.

Mao Wenlong must be very courageous, he only came here to go around and offer a few sticks of incense, but he didn't kill anyone.

But he also knew that in this matter, one had to choose between the two.

Either do it or don't do it.

(End of this chapter)