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Chapter 53 Taxation

Wocheng County, Anzhou Governor's Mansion.

There was a row of large carts parked in the open space in front of the hall, and the servants were going back and forth, moving out large and small cages. Cui Xiannu, the competent steward, took a few cronies to check the cages one by one to see if they were tied securely, and yelled at them from time to time. A few times.

Several female relatives in smocks stood by the porch, and some were crying.

Tu Shanhang, with a serious face and deep nasolabial folds, frowned, and a woman went over to persuade them to calm down.But the women cried even more sadly.

A luxuriously dressed woman was sobbing at first, and she didn't know what the mother-in-law said, and suddenly she burst into tears: "If you were in Zhongdu, how could such a thing happen? I said it earlier, it is best to be in Zhongdu. Even if it is an idle job in the Academy of National History and Taichang Temple, it is better than being this precarious crap governor!"

This is too much.

If someone else had complained about the Patriarch in public, he would have been severely scolded long ago.But this is Tu Shanhang's regular wife, the daughter of the Bohai Dashi, and she is qualified to be the imperial wife!She complained a few words, what dare the mother-in-law say?
Tu Danhang himself could only twitch the corners of his eyes twice, and sighed deeply.

Tu Danhang left Beijing that day because he was involved in the struggle between the Confucian officials in the court and the factions left behind by the old power minister Xu Chiguo, and it was regarded as the price paid by the clan, so he left in a very embarrassing way, and indeed he felt wronged by the newly married wife .

But after all, he is a child of the Tu Shan family, no matter how unfavorable his official career is, he will not be thrown to a place like Shaanxi Road, where the red land is thousands of miles away, and the sons are easy to eat.

Zhongdu is of course very good, and Anzhou is also good.If there were no wars in the past two years, Anzhou would be considered a wealthy place on Zhongdu Road, and it would be easier for the relatives in Zhongdu to operate a little bit, and it would be listed in the travel book early in order to transfer.

As for the current situation, who would have thought that the rout soldiers would suddenly form a group and gather such a large force?Who would have thought that within the scope of Zhongdu Road, the prestige of the imperial court would drop to this level?

Tu Shanhang even felt that if Yang An'er came to kill him, he would kill the thief bravely and die fighting hard, it would be heroic.Now the wolf Yang An'er has gone, but Guo Ning, the fierce tiger entrenched in the local area...

That person rejected my kindness that day, and now what he wants and what he does is completely hard to guess!

Tu Shanhang only heard that Zhuozhou had already fallen into an absurd situation.Three days ago, Nianjiazhen, the governor, became the puppet of Jing Anmin, the leader of the defeated army. Only he was still hiding his ears and stealing the bell, pretending that everything was as usual.And Guo Ning, who defeated Hu Shahu in the field battle and took control of Zhuozhou in one fell swoop, is now leading his army back to Anzhou...

I, Du Shanhang, is an aristocrat in the central capital, and I want face, but I don't want to imitate the weak bone of Nianjiazhen!In the current situation, the best way to save the court's face is not to meet Guo Ning at all!
It's the time for spring plowing right now, so I'll go to inspect the fields and crops, and wait for the situation to settle down before working in the district.In addition, you have to borrow some soldiers from the Xiongzhou Yongding Army, no matter what, to keep your own safety, so as to deter those defeated soldiers!

As for the situation here in Ottoman City, I have to grasp it.Well, you might as well send a message to Yu Jingchun at Xinqiaoying, let him find a way to mediate, and first check Guo Ning's bottom line!
There are still a lot of things that need to be calculated clearly. As the governor, I am really busy with everything, how hard is it?But the mistress in the family only knows how to cry!
Hearing Mrs. Da Shi still complaining, Tu Shanhang became more and more anxious.

"Alu belt! Zhang Jiao!" He shouted, "Keep those people far away, don't let them hear gossip at home!"

Xiao Haohu and his trusted subordinates all died that day, and the hundreds of Xi troops under his command were in chaos and many fled away.When Tu Shanhang heard about this situation, he quickly sent people to recruit them, and found that a small leader, Zhang Jiao, was still there, so he took the lead and gathered more than a hundred people.

Today, the armed forces in Wocheng County are in charge of the Sijun Jiagu Aludai and the military commander Zhangjiao respectively.Jiagu Aludai is the family general of the Tushan clan, he has some courage, but his brain is not good, so he doesn't know where he went now, only Zhang Jiao came over in a hurry.

To be honest, Zhang Jiao himself was a bit at a loss.

When Guo Ning entered Gaoyang Pass that day, he was the one Guo Ning accidentally let go.Later, he was fortunate that Xiao Haohu and others were all dead, so he was given the opportunity to be an official directly under the governor of Anzhou.

But now it seems that, ahem... the Dajin court represented by Governor Tudan does not seem to have the majesty and inviolability he imagined.As for the governor himself, he was even a bit pedantic.

Of course Zhang Jiao understood what Tu Shanhang meant.

Not only did the Tudan governor not want outsiders to hear the nonsense of his family members, but he also didn't want the whole city to know that he, the governor, was leaving the city in a hurry.Even if he is under the banner of inspecting Hejia, the less people know about it, the better.

Ke Tu Shanhang didn't even think about it, there is no secret in the governor's mansion.In the morning, as soon as my wife cleaned up the things, the judges, officials, copyists and envoys all knew about it.Everyone is from their hometown, who can hide it from whom?
It sounds weird to say that Yang An'er is the anti-thief, and Guo Ning, who confronts Yang An'er, claims to be brave, not a bandit, so there is no need for everyone to be nervous about it.

But once it happened, the governor had to take refuge temporarily, what were the people below staying in the city to try their luck for?Secondly, the famous Tiewa Ganzhan Army has rebelled, and those rout soldiers are all fierce and murderous without batting an eyelid. Who knows what will happen?
So just last night, all the people in the city were sneaking out.

Wocheng County has been attacked several times by Kuosu signing army. There are not many people left, and the force is even more pitiful.

Zhang Jiao was in charge of guarding last night, but only three or five small soldiers were released at each city gate, and the residents in the city broke up, how could he stop them?What can be done is to close the door again after the common people run away!
On the contrary, there were quite a few people outside the city rushing from the four townships, intending to wait until dawn to enter the state city to protect themselves, but when they heard that the governor wanted to avoid the sharp edge for the time being, they all swore and turned around.

Of course the common people know that the outside of the city is not peaceful, with routs and bandits all over the place, it may not be safe to run around at this time, so the best way is of course to go to the direction of Xinqiao Camp.

After all, there are several rich families gathered there, and I heard that they can also make friends with the defeated soldiers.

According to Zhang Jiao's estimate, the people leaving the city are traveling very fast at this moment, and they are probably almost at Xinqiaoying.The rest of the city is nothing more than the old, the weak, the sick and the disabled.

If Tu Shanhang could listen carefully and calmly at this moment, he would find that the city was eerily quiet, and there were actually not many people watching the movement far away from the road.He just wants to go out boldly, and not many people will care about the governor's tour.

Jiagu Arudai also knew about this situation, he did not show up in front of the governor today, just to avoid embarrassment.Only Zhang Jiao, a new subordinate, had to wait on the saddle.

When Zhang Jiao was thinking wildly, he suddenly saw Jiagu Aludai, who was as strong as a wooden stake, galloping from the front like Zhengfei: "Inspector! Inspector!"

Tu Shanhang's expression darkened: "What are you panicking about! Be decent!"

Jiagu Arudai hurriedly slowed down.But he ran too fast before, and now he was panting like a cow, sweating profusely, and couldn't slow down for a while.

Tu Shanhang was impatient again: "What's wrong, tell me quickly!"

"Then Guo Ning himself, he led the troops to the Feijun River! He didn't come to Wocheng County!"

Tu Shanhang's body swayed, and he quickly supported the shaft of the car to stand still.This sudden good news made his face turn rosy, and the reserved attitude he hadn't seen for a long time also instantly recovered a little: "Oh? It seems that this person is quite reasonable. It seems that he still respects the court after all. of!"

"However, he sent a subordinate and led a team into the city!"

"It's coming so fast!" Tu Shanhang felt his feet go limp again, he held the shaft of the chariot, and said sharply: "Then what kind of person is the one sent by Guo Ning? How many people are leading them? What are they going to do?"

Jiagu Alu explained clearly where he was, and he was dumbfounded. Someone at the fork in the road not far away chuckled twice, and raised his voice: "My family, Mr. Guo Lang, sent me, Wang Shixian. There are a hundred soldiers with him. Ten. I came here to represent the people of Anzhou to pay the tax owed in the past two years to the governor of Tudan."

　Note: The book of travel and travel is based on the surname, and the book is also the one who tests the merits and demerits of each person's daily calendar.

　
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