Zhu Yuanzhang sat on the throne of Zhizhou. As for the unlucky Lord Zhizhou, he was covered with wounds and kneeling under the hall Outside the Yamen, countless people gathered around the Yamen Square, waiting quietly. Zhu Yuanzhang announced how to deal with this magistrate.
It turns out that after Zhu Yuanzhang, Luo Rucai and Zhang Xianzhong defeated the officers and soldiers in the mountains, they took advantage of the situation to break through Bazhou and captured a group of officials in the Zhizhou Yamen. At this time, they were dealing with the issue of whether these officials would stay or leave.
Zhu Yuanzhang's original intention was to stay as a court official as much as possible, and then take back his authority after he transferred people from Xi'an. But before he could deal with it after he captured Zhizhou, he found that people were surrounding him from all directions, and they all gathered outside the yamen, waiting to hear the results of Zhu Yuanzhang's handling.
This made Zhu Yuanzhang feel a little surprised. The thieves invaded the city. According to past experience, the people must hide at home and dare not come out. Unexpectedly, the people here are so bold and don't even care about the butcher's knife of the thieves. They came to see how they were dealing with Lord Zhizhou. Could it be that this Zhizhou was an upright official and they all wanted to protect him?
Zhu Yuanzhang secretly became vigilant in his heart, not to issue a wrong order that would cause all these people to rebel, which would be troublesome. He sat still and refused to give orders easily. Lord Zhizhou, who was kneeling under the hall, was trembling all over, not knowing what kind of fate would await him.
Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the magistrate carefully and saw that he had a face with a Chinese character, three long beards, clear eyes, and a very upright gaze. Although he was kneeling on the ground, his back was straight and he looked quite like a good person. Although his body is shaking, it does not mean that he is a buffoon, because it is understandable for anyone to tremble in such a situation.
Ma Xiaotian, Wang Er and others standing behind Zhu Yuanzhang also felt that this man didn't look bad. Wang Er couldn't help but get close to Zhu Yuanzhang and whispered: "Brother Zhu Ba, this manmaybe he is an upright official who has won the hearts of the people." Love him. Let¡¯s let him go. Give him a high official position, otherwise the people outside will come in and rebel. We can¡¯t kill them all, but it will be a trouble. "
Zhu Yuanzhang snorted. But said nothing. In his long life in his previous life. I have seen countless bad guys who seem to be loyal and honest, and I have also seen countless good people with big bellies, each of them wearing a mask and performing in front of his emperor. And even with his wisdom, he would not dare to easily tell whether a person is a good person or a bad person. How can this be seen from the outside?
He said to Ma Xiaotian without leaving any trace: "Ask a dozen brothers to wear rags and sneak into the crowd and eavesdrop on what they are saying"
Ma Xiaotian nodded and retreated. After a while, a dozen close soldiers put on ragged linen clothes and blended into the crowd from the side. They could not speak Sichuan dialect and could only listen reluctantly, so they did not dare to speak for fear of His identity was exposed, so he had to listen carefully.
At this time, about one or two thousand people of Bazhou have gathered in front of the Yamen, and there are many people rushing here in the distance. Looking at this style, this Lord Zhizhou is really a "remarkable" guy.
But Zhu Yuanzhang was unwilling to make a decision easily, fearing that he would make a wrong judgment, so he kept sitting still. This also surprised the common people. At first, more than a thousand people were quiet and held their breath, but now they became a little out of breath and began to whisper to each other.
A Zhu Jun soldier disguised as a commoner saw two young men talking in a low voice not far away, so he quietly moved over and stood behind the two young men. I only heard one of the young men say: "I don't know what the sentence will be for General Zhenxi. I'm very panicked."
Another young man continued: "It's funny, I'm panicking too. If General Zhenxi doesn't give us a convincing verdict, I'll go back to the house and get a hoe to fight with him."
First a young man said: "Do you want him to die of coldness?"
The latter said: "Of course the more miserable the death, the better. My sister has been ruined by the dog life. If the old man hadn't blocked her, I would have fought with him long ago."
The former also said: "So your sister I fucked her like a bitch, and my sister also"
When the Zhu Jun soldiers who were eavesdropping heard this, they were secretly shocked: I didn¡¯t expect that this Zhizhou, who looked so talented, was actually such a person.
The soldiers listened everywhere again, and the people all complained. It turned out that this magistrate not only had the bad habit of promiscuous wives and daughters, but also occupied fertile farmland and bullied the villagers. With the ferocity of the Sichuan people, such an official was not possible. He was sitting comfortably, but there happened to be a garrison of the imperial court in Bazhou, and thousands of soldiers were pressing down here. Although the Sichuan people were brave, they were not stupid, and they would not die for no reason, so they kept suppressing their dissatisfaction.
Until Zhu Jun entered the city and had to deal with the original class of court officials, thisPeople in Sichuan became nervous again and gathered here to see the fate of this dog official.
If Zhu Yuanzhang is deceived by his appearance and keeps him for his own use, he is afraid that he will immediately arouse the anger of the people. Although these people may not immediately get into trouble, it will not be good for Zhu Jun in the end and will hinder Zhu Jun's acceptance. People's hearts. Fortunately, Zhu Yuanzhang was calm enough and sat quietly in the hall for an hour without speaking out his thoughts. He patiently let his soldiers collect information until the information was collected completely and he mastered most of the information. Seeing the thoughts of the people, Zhu Yuanzhang snorted coldly and shouted to the left and right: "Drag this dog official out, skin him in front of the leather farm temple, and stuff grass!"
As soon as the verdict was announced, the people listening outside suddenly burst into cheers. Since Zhu Yuanzhang's voice did not travel far, only those in the front could hear it. The people in the back row quickly stretched out their hands to pull the clothes corners of the people in front and whispered. He asked in a loud voice: "Leng? General Zhenxi was judged by Leng?"
The person in front of me replied: "I'll have him skinned and stuffed with grass!"
"Wow! I have to get it!"
The common people spread the word, and in a short while, more than a thousand people in front of the Yamen knew it. Many people from the outside ran to the street, shouting as they ran: "Brothers, come out and watch." , Gui'er's magistrate was sentenced to be skinned and stuffed with grass."
As soon as the roar went out, the small city of Bazhou suddenly burst into life. People all over the city burst into cheers. Some people even took out firecrackers to set off as if it was a New Year, as if the city had not been occupied by thieves at all.
Several Zhu Jun's executioners came out and dragged Zhizhou to the Pichang Temple. They heard shrill screams, and then the people cheered around: "Peel, skin this turtle, kill him." He No, don't tease me to death, do it slowly Hahaha I haven't been so happy (like this) in a long time."
Zhu Yuanzhang sat motionless in the hall, but he couldn't laugh or cry in his heart. It seemed that winning the hearts and minds of the people of Luoba Prefecture would be extremely simple. There is no doubt that he is helping the rebels Is this Zhizhou using self-destruction to help the peasant rebels overthrow the Ming Dynasty?
He was both happy and angry about this incident. He really didn¡¯t know whether to laugh or cry.
At this moment, a soldier ran in and reported in a low voice: "General, Zhang Xianzhong led his army to the outside of Beicheng. He said that Bazhou City also has his share, and asked us to give him 30% of the gold and silver treasures in the city. ¡¡±
When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he frowned and stood up slowly: "Let's go to the North City Gate to meet Zhang Xianzhong."
The last time I saw Zhang Xianzhong was during the Xingyang Conference in the eighth year of Chongzhen. Now that I saw him again, I saw Zhang Xianzhong's face became a little more ferocious. Tens of thousands of thieves lined up behind him. He only led a small group of people to the open space outside the city gate. He was wearing a Wenshan armor, but the armor was not red, but revealed a black color. It turns out that he deliberately soaked the armor in black oil. The armor was covered with a red cloak, which was very powerful as it was dragged behind him. Instead of a helmet, he wore a red hood. Seeing Zhu Yuanzhang appear outside the city gate, he grinned and laughed. He stood up and said, "Brother Baishui Zhuba, I haven't seen you for some years!"
Next to Zhang Xianzhong stood Cao Cao and Luo Rucai. This master who was good at making peace with others had a smile on his face. He cupped his hands to Zhu Yuanzhang and said, "I knew that if Brother Zhu Ba took action, Bazhou would be easily defeated. Sure enough, Sohehecongratulations."
Zhu Yuanzhang returned the salute with a stern face.
Zhang Xianzhong laughed a few more times, and then said: "Not long ago, there was a chaos in the mountains. You beat the commander-in-chief Fang Guoan and the staff general Luo Yuxin. I beat the commander-in-chief Zhao Guangyuan, He Renlong, and Li Guoqi. Brothers Luo Rucai also We fought Zhang Zhuukai, the Bazhou garrison. You can't say that I didn't contribute in this battle, right?" It was okay when he spoke little, but when he spoke too much, the smell of roughness came over him. There are so many "I" words in the words, which makes people feel very uncomfortable.
Zhu Yuanzhang frowned.
Zhang Xianzhong continued: "I like to open the skylight and speak frankly, so let's not talk nonsense. Since you have entered the city, all the valuable things in Bazhou City must have fallen into your hands. I want 30%, and Luo Rucai also wants 30%. You own 40%, is this not a loss to you?" As he said this, he looked at Zhu Yuanzhang's expression with his eyes, and at the same time, he pressed his right hand on the handle of the knife at his waist, full of threats.
Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but laugh. How dare tens of thousands of people come to threaten me? In my previous life, Chen Youliang's hundreds of thousands of troops didn't do anything to me. Just you, you seem to be far behind compared to Chen Youliang.
He lowered his face and said in a deep voice: "I helped you fight off the pursuit of the officers and soldiers, and I saved you."Ming, you actually have the nerve to come to me to share the property in Bazhou City? "