my days with tyrants

Chapter 212
Zezhou.

Things are actually not complicated.

That is to say, the local sages have realized that this kind of election is good for them, so in the election of the head of a capital, the largest local landlord and also the chief of grain, asked the people of the capital to elect him as the head of the capital.

However, although Zezhou did not participate in the Dutou Conference in Taiyuan before, when the God of the River passed by, he took the opportunity to spontaneously select the Dutou by the young and strong folks and then greeted the God of the River...

Everywhere.

The place where the river god passed by, in the name of the river god, was quickly selected by the young and strong to take the lead.

Where the river god did not pass by, he also elected the capital under the banner of the river god.

Then repair dock.

Prepare for battle.

In case the talks between the River God and the imperial court collapse, and the imperial court sends troops to suppress it forcefully, the locality will have to protect itself!

Yang Feng spread the technology of making guns and cannons. The folks were flooded with cold weapons. Zhu Yuanzhang encouraged the folks to hold cold weapons. Bows, crossbows, knives and guns were casual. Shanxi was originally surrounded by frontier fortresses, and there were many merchants. Caravans these days They are all armed, so it is easy for the people to organize armed forces.Zezhou already has iron smelting, and there is no shortage of folk blacksmiths. It may be a bit difficult to make arquebus guns, but it is easy to make rapid-fire three-eyed guns. In fact, you can quickly learn arquebus guns.

The rest is Xiuwubao.

This is also an ancient tradition in Shanxi. Not to mention the need now, it is also repaired in normal times. Many villages actually have rammed earth walls outside.

These have to have leaders.

And this leader will definitely risk the court calling him, and then killing everyone.

Those sages are not stupid.

They won't come out.

Those who stand out are those troublemakers.

But after this matter was admitted by the emperor's grandson, it was different.

The emperor's grandson must have done so.

There is no danger.

Then this Dutou immediately changed from a deadly behavior to a real gold-rich one. Of course, those village sages wanted to fight for it, so the head of grain asked the people to elect him, but this caused the original Dutou to be dissatisfied, and the latter was also here. In the process, he has a large number of supporters, and he also has his own clan.

There is also enough strength to fight.

and so……

The head of food led people to attack at night and solve it by force.

After all, Shanxi was actually in a state of anarchy at this time.

Those who have just experienced troubled times know what is the simplest and most effective method when necessary. If competitors catch fire and burn to death, there will be no competitors?

But I didn't expect that people had been prepared for a long time. In the end, the sneak attack failed and turned into a strong attack, and then the two sides fought in a mess. It happened that both sides had firearms.

"These unruly people are simply lawless. Liu Liangchang is also a loyal person. He does his job. He collects taxes and rations for the imperial court every year without any trouble. He wants to be the head of the capital because he is afraid that the unruly people will not be considerate. The imperial court finally chose Na Song, made the capital himself, and added a share to the one who chose Daming. He just wanted to contribute to the imperial court, but now he was injured by a troublemaker, and now he can't get out of bed .”

The accompanying Zhizhou said angrily.

He, the magistrate of the state, has always remained in the state government, but he has never gone out.

After all, he is an official of Daming.

It is rather embarrassing to go out under the current situation. Now that Yang Feng and others came, they came out to lead the way.

"Then why did he attack people at night? Daming Lu enters a house at night, but he will be killed."

Yang Feng said.

"Uh, he just wanted to persuade?"

Zhizhou said.

"Take hundreds of people, hold matchlock guns, and push rapid-fire cannons. In the middle of the night, the moon is dark and the wind is high, and they go to the village to persuade them? And when they arrive, they don't even say hello, and they just use the rapid-fire cannon to open the gate of the village. Are they prepared, are they going to go in and hold matchlock guns against people's foreheads to persuade them?"

Yang Feng said.

Zhizhou shut up in embarrassment.

"I don't need to mention these anymore. It's their own troubles. However, these troublemakers have indulged these days, and they should be calmed down in the future. You might as well use this as an example and punish them severely. Be honest.

Especially those firearms, these prohibited things should also be confiscated. "

Lai Gong said.

So they are going to take the opportunity to kill the donkey.

These northern civil servants have used up the troublesome people and obtained what they want. Now it is time to kill the donkey. Because of the rebellious ability shown by the north, Zhu Yuanzhang is now more tolerant of these northern civil servants.For example, he knew that Bao Zhao Lai Gong and these people were not clean in this turmoil, but he didn't punish them in any way. Although they were good at acting, they couldn't coax Zhu Yuanzhang just because of their acting skills.It was more because Zhu Yuanzhang realized that the loyalty of the northern provinces to him was actually very limited. If there was no chance, of course he would still submit, but as long as there was a slight chance, he would immediately make trouble, and even if there was a possibility of rebellion, he would be fine.

This is actually quite normal.

After all, he is the only one who has ruled the north from the south since ancient times.

The north and south have actually been separated for more than 200 years.

In the time of Hu Yuan, the north and the south could not be regarded as fusion. During the time of Hu Yuan, the north was the Han, and the south was the south. Of course, the former was third-class and the latter was fourth-class.

The princes in the north are loyal and good in the Yuan Dynasty, and Zhang Hongfan destroyed the Song Dynasty here, but he writes triumphantly.

It was Zhu Yuanzhang's unification of the country that brought the North and the South back to the same name, but the problem is that it is only 30 years now, and it is not enough to form a cohesion. This is actually the main reason why Zhu Yuanzhang's North-South list case was angered.

He is trying to get the North to accept a reunification after more than 200 years of separation.

But you are dismantling the stage for your own gain?
Imperial examinations are politics.

It's not academic.

So when these northern civil servants showed dissatisfaction with him, he didn't just slap him away like in the past, but treated them calmly, telling them that he knew their dissatisfaction.

So what about these northern civil servants?

Of course, I understood it, and then gave the emperor enough face.

It's time to sacrifice the troublemaker.

Let His Majesty understand that although they complained, they were still loyal. Although they expressed dissatisfaction, it was only dissatisfaction. On the issue of ensuring the stability of Daming, they were still completely on the emperor's side.After all, we are all smart people who know how to accept when they are good, and know how to give each other face. As for sacrificing troublesome people, they don't need to consider troublemakers at all in their eyes.

It is used for sacrifice when needed.

"Mr. Lai, the people of Shanxi haven't really decided to return to Daming yet.

You are not afraid of igniting a fire. When the time comes, a spark will start a prairie fire, and it will be impossible to deal with it in the end. "

Yang Feng said.

Lai Gong smiled and shut up.

Even sparks start a prairie fire, as long as you don't intervene, there is no possibility of a spark starting a prairie fire.

"Ambassador, no matter what country these unscrupulous people are in, I'm afraid they can't be merciful. They were too indulgent before. If things go on like this, they know how to taste, and they have weapons in their hands. Whenever they are dissatisfied, they will put on a rebellious posture and threaten the court. There is no way to manage this place. In fact, the lower officials see that His Majesty is still too lenient, so they should follow the example of Hu Yuan and prohibit civilians from holding weapons, not to mention firearms, bows and crossbows, even swords. This is considered safe. Lest these unscrupulous people continue to cause chaos."

Zhizhou said.

"But Hu Yuan can stop the world from rushing?"

Yang Feng said.

"Uh?"

Zhizhou was speechless.

They talked and walked to the front gate of the village.

This is actually a mountain pass, with a flat land inside, and the Dutou lived in it, just a small village. They are all a combination of several surrounding villages. After following the river god, the Dutou took with him Qing Zhuang built a wall here to lock off the passage.Their villages live normally in it on weekdays, and other villages also live in their original places. Once the war starts, they will go in immediately. There are additional warehouses, water sources, blacksmiths and even craftsmen who make gunpowder and crossbows...

This is normal.

This place in Shanxi is full of such settlements with certain military capabilities.

After all, the chaotic world has lasted for many years.

Even this kind of defense system was used in troubled times in the past. Shanxi, especially Zelu, even in modern times, there are still many such local fortresses left over from the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

This place has been like this since ancient times.

During the Wuhu period, the Shanxi Wubao Alliance was also an important military force in the north.

No need to teach.

Ancestral craftsmanship.

As soon as they stopped, smoke rose from the top of the mountain not far away, and at the same time, a large number of young and strong appeared on the rammed-earth city wall of Hengduan Pass...

"Zhao Zhizhou, you are leading the way, let me introduce you."

Yang Feng said.

Zhizhou hurried forward with a smile on his face.

"This official is the magistrate of this prefecture. According to the order of the emperor's grandson, I will accompany Ambassador Yang of the Great Xia Kingdom, and the censor Lai Gong, the right capital of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, to investigate the previous case of fighting with weapons. Open the gate of the village as soon as possible."

he shouted.

"We are not obeying Daming's order now. The previous case of armed fighting was not under your Daming's control. Master Zhizhou, please go back. The capital has already been elected and will go to Kaifeng to attend the meeting in a few days. Daming has no right to investigate before the Kaifeng meeting decides the result. I wait."

A middle-aged man shouted on the city wall.

"Bastard, Ambassador Yang, the capital is here, how dare you be so rude?"

Zhizhou was furious.

"My lord, Lai Duxian is an official of Ming Dynasty, and Ambassador Yang is an official of Daxia. We are the people of Song Dynasty now. You can't let the officials of Ming Dynasty manage our people of Song Dynasty. Even if it is the emperor of Ming Dynasty, he will I can’t control Da Song. If you want us to open the door, you can either go to our Da Song officials, even a county magistrate to order, or go back and wait honestly. If Guiming is elected at the Kaifeng Conference, then Only then did you have the right to ask us to do something, but now you don’t have the right, you are also an official, why don’t you even understand this truth.”

The man said contemptuously.

Those young adults laughed one after another.

Zhizhou turned to look at Yang Feng, and Yang Feng looked at him with a smile.

"You are simply arrogant, hurry up and open the door, otherwise Daming will put down you and other troublemakers, and I will be the first to take you to prison."

Zhizhou turned his head and said angrily.

"My lord, wait until then to talk about it!"

The man said indifferently.

"Zhao Zhizhou, can you do it!"

Yang Feng urged from behind.

Zhao Zhizhou moved forward angrily...

"I want to see who dares to stop me, I want to see how I smashed the door."

he shouted.

Then he went straight to the door.

The gate of the village was actually not completely closed, it was just concealed, but the young men on the city wall had bows and crossbows in their hands, and even two rapid-fire cannons and a dozen arquebus guns. They immediately pointed at Zhao Zhizhou.The latter has no fear, after all, he is a local magistrate, that is to say, in the current situation, he does not dare to show off his might, but before he is released, he really has the right to tear down the walls of these unruly people.

"Master Zhizhou, if you go forward, the brothers will not be polite."

said the man.

"I want to see, why are you so impolite?"

Zhao Zhizhou said angrily.

however……

"boom!"

Suddenly there was a gunshot.

A bullet hit the ground in front of him, but was bounced off by a stone, and hit his leg again, and he immediately fell down screaming in pain.

"Bold and troublesome people, take them down quickly!"

Lai Gong said angrily.

He came with soldiers and horses.

The hundreds of soldiers behind immediately moved forward.

Yang Feng looked at him with great interest...

There is a conspiracy!

This old guy is not that style.

It's not just that the old guy's reaction is obviously wrong, even Zhao Zhizhou doesn't behave like an experienced magistrate. At this time, the magistrate who is Zhizhou can't be a corrupt Confucian, they all have real skills.

How could it be possible that she didn't even know how to coax troublemakers?
These guys seem to be trying to provoke each other on purpose...

Of course, the other party dared to shoot, this should be something they really didn't expect, but even if there was such an accident, their real purpose should be to provoke the other party.

Especially ask him to come with him.

Under the current situation of this kind of matter, the imperial court can ignore it. After all, what the other party said is correct. At least before the Kaifeng Conference makes a choice, the relationship between Shanxi and Daming is still undecided, so even if something happens here, the Ming court does not need to care about it. .Fighting the dead with weapons is nothing more than thugs, so it is not normal for them to take care of them, and it is even more abnormal to specially invite him to come together.

Totally unnecessary.

This is a game!
A game of killing these troublemakers.

Lai Gong pretended not to notice it, and put on an official prestige, which is rare, but then more gunshots rang out from the opposite side, several soldiers were shot and fell down, and the other soldiers immediately hid among the trees on both sides.These soldiers are guard soldiers brought from Henan. They are looking forward to the division of military households, so it is in their interest for the soldiers and civilians in Shanxi to fight, so they are not in the mood to attack.

"Wang Qianhu, what are you doing, the door is open, just rush up and push it open!

But dozens of thugs, you waited for hundreds of elites, rushed over in one breath, and took all these thugs! "

Lai Duxian said angrily.

That Qianhu turned his head in embarrassment, and originally urged his subordinates, but found that the bows and arrows in the hands of several soldiers seemed to be vaguely pointing at his back.

He finally decided to be rational.

After all, it can be hereditary to thousands of households, and he should have seen a lot of things like unexplained deaths in the scuffle. He didn't want to anger his brothers and then get someone to backstab them.

Lai Duxian stepped forward angrily, as if he wanted to urge them to continue to rush forward, but at the same time, Ambassador Yang threw himself behind a big rock next to him. Lai Duxian turned his head to look at him in astonishment, almost at the same time A rapid-fire gun spewed out flames, and the shotgun roared towards him, hitting him in an instant, and Lai Duxian's body flew backwards...

"Retreat, retreat!"

Ambassador Yang shouted as if panicked behind the stone.

(End of this chapter)