Reincarnation of the powerful minister

Standing behind a tree on the hillside, Wang Chen looked at Su Yan who was riding on a tall horse and surrounded by soldiers from a distance, feeling very conflicted.

Before that, the last time I saw Su Yan, he was bundled into a rice dumpling and stuffed in a carriage, and reluctantly accepted the ending of being taken back to Fucheng prison for trial.Unexpectedly, they encountered two groups of Tatar cavalry on the way, and there were not enough Jinyiwei escorting Su Yan, and they fell into a desperate situation of annihilation.

At that time, he thought that he was bound to die, like a worm that could only wriggle, and died aggrieved on the sole of the tartar's shoe.

——Instead of doing this, he would rather let Su Yan take his life by himself, and it would be an end to the grievances and grievances between them.

However, Su Yan raised the knife and fell, but only cut the hemp rope on his body.

"Even if you are going to die, you have to die by the law of the king, not by the knife of a beast. Go, run for your life!" The young Yu Shi resolutely let him go when he could not protect himself, and looked at him with a look in his eyes. Regret, unwillingness, and a trace of regret that iron can't be made into steel.

And he was also obsessed with ghosts at that time, so he didn't take the opportunity to slip away, but instead killed the enemy with a knife, and obeyed the command of the cold-faced guard to protect Su Yan from the encirclement.

But in the end it still didn't hold up.Su Yan was dragged away by a Tatar cavalry with a lasso. At that time, he only had time to release an arrow with all his strength, and shot the Tartar off the horse's back, but he couldn't catch up with the frantic galloping horse. In the end, Su Yan fell off the horse and fell Deep valley and steep slope.

The cold-faced guard didn't hesitate, and immediately jumped down.

Wang Chen caught up from behind and stopped beside the steep slope.In the night, the gorge is like the black mouth of a ferocious beast, hiding unknown and deadly dangers.

He hesitated for a moment, thinking of going down to save people.

At least you have to confirm the life and death of the dog officer, otherwise how can you explain to the dead family and brothers?he said to himself.But then he thought again, such a good opportunity to escape was in front of him, if he didn't take the opportunity to escape, wouldn't he be waiting to wash the Caishikou beheading platform on his neck?

While hesitating, several Tartars from behind chased him with torches.As soon as Wang Chen gritted his teeth, he raised his whip and lashed at the horse's buttocks, and fled. Finally, with the help of the night, he got rid of the few pursuers.

He wandered around Qingyang Mansion for more than ten days, and finally contacted his elder brother Wang Wu who was defeated and fled.

Before, Wang Wu besieged Su Yan's carriage near Qingpingyuan, trying to save his younger brother, but the other party turned his back.Su Yan used the [-] fine cavalry from Zhang Qianhu of the Ningxia Guard to beat up more than [-] of his men and horses, and more than half of the bandits under him died in battle and fled.Wang Wu himself was shot by a stray arrow in his arm and left in a hurry.

Fortunately, although the loss here was huge, it had not yet shaken Wang Wu's foundation. It was only a detachment that followed him to instigate rebellion against the Mu army, and there were still 4000 or [-] thieves under his command.

After reuniting with Yang Hui, the third leader of the army, Wang Wu cut off his little finger and swore to God that he would capture Su Yan in the future, cut his throat, bleed him, and chop him into meat as a sacrifice to his dead parents and family. younger brother.

When they reunited after the catastrophe, the two brothers were both surprised and happy, and cried a lot.

Wang Wu told his younger brother about the oath he had made, and asked about Su Yan's whereabouts.

Wang Chen's heart felt like being pulled by a small file, the feeling was unspeakable, and finally said that seeing Su Yan fall into the valley with his own eyes, he must have fallen to his death.

Wang Wu also felt that Su Yan died too happily and was not enough to relieve his anger.Amidst his elder brother's cursing, Wang Chen drank a jar of reunion wine with a bitter taste, and simply got himself drunk.

The two continued to lead thieves and bandits to run around in various prefectures and counties in Shaanxi, constantly encouraging the poor soldiers, horse households and refugees to join the gang, and buying people's hearts with the money and grain obtained from plundering official warehouses and rich households, and the team grew stronger day by day.

——Until the damned Su Yan and Su Yushi came back alive.

Not only was he alive, but he also promulgated a series of effective reform decrees: rectifying official pastors, gathering refugees, and reducing Mahu corvée.They even clearly informed the state governments that if the reform of official pastoralism is successful, the civilian pastoralism may be abolished, and the long-suffering "Huma Law" is likely to end in their generation.

Just like the rain after a long drought, the exiled soldiers and horse households gradually responded to the call of the government and returned to their original places.Because the treatment of the herdsmen has been greatly improved, most of the refugees are eager to become herdsmen and herd official horses for the supervisor.

Once the shepherds have more soldiers, there will be no death row prisoners.Su Yan also suspected that the group of serious criminals who were exiled by the Ministry of Punishment were not good at raising and abusing horses, which seemed to be a factor of social instability like a ticking time bomb.He still clearly remembered that when he saw the death row criminals Mu Jun in the camp of Qingpingyuan, the animal desire and ferocity on the faces of those people were all sent to Shaanxi for punishment and procuratorate. decapitation of the head.

These changes in the current situation in Shaanxi have caused turmoil among the thieves and bandits.

Ordinary people, if they were not really unable to survive, who would want to become bandits and live in the shadow of being hunted down and suppressed by the government every day?

Now that there is a way out, the government has guaranteed that refugees who return home voluntarily will be exempted from crime, and have also allocated land for them to farm or graze. Why don't they go back?

As a result, many bandits had different intentions, and secretly threw away their armor and weapons in the middle of the night, changed back to their original civilian clothes, and went back to their hometowns—and even rode away the horses that the bandits had given them.Often at night, several courtyards are still full of people sleeping, and when I get up in the morning, the courtyard is half empty.

Wang Wu felt that this could not go on like this, otherwise the well-known signboard of "Thieves and Thieves" would be smashed down one day.There is no man in hand, so should he be a bachelor commander?

Worried, he consulted with his younger brother Wang Chen for countermeasures.

Wang Chen was silent for a while, and asked back: "Brother, do you still remember our original intention to set up Thief?"

Wang Wu was taken aback, "It's... because I can't survive, and I want to earn a living for myself and the poor folks."

"—Now there is a way to survive." Wang Chen lowered his head, not daring to look at his brother, and said with some difficulty, "Do you still remember that day in the stockade, our brothers were caught by Su Yan, and we had a fight with him? Dialogue, is there a high-five oath?"

Wang Wu's eyes blurred for a few breaths.

Of course he remembers.

At that time, they were tied up and allowed to be handled by others.And the young official stood in front of them barefoot in dirty and ragged robes, and promised in a clear but firm voice, "I want you heroes who were forced to go to Liangshan to disarm and return to the fields, and let the officials perform their duties. , let the people live and work in peace and contentment.”

Su Yan said: "When the world is clear, you should break up and go back to your hometown to be a good citizen, how about it?"

And they were also full of enthusiasm, and sincerely replied: "If there is such a day, I will not be a thief or a king of the mountain anymore! What should I do when I go back, and live a good life."

--What now?Even if that day comes, can they really turn back, willingly?

——When did the original intention change?Mixed with more and more difficulties of riding a tiger, arrows that never return, and gradually become the desire and pursuit of greater interests and more power?

— Desires are endless.When a low-level one is satisfied, a high-level one will emerge, and if a high-level one is satisfied, a higher-level one will emerge. Just like this, step by step, we will move towards an uncertain future, and eventually we will be kings and losers.

Wang Chen slowly raised his eyes and looked at his twin brother: "Brother, everything he promised us at the beginning is being fulfilled. No matter what the final result is, at least he spared no effort to do it. He never lied to us... and we What did you promise him in the first place?"

Wang Wu's expression at this moment was extremely ugly.

He was suddenly furious, and punched his younger brother's cheekbone face to face, knocking Wang Chen to the ground.

He grabbed his younger brother's skirt, came to his parents' grave, pressed the back of his neck and knelt down together, screaming: "Speak this to your parents and nephews! Tell them, you will punish the government who beheaded them." Wagging his tail and begging for mercy, and then go to be a pig dog at the mercy of others!

"Speak to the brothers who follow us wholeheartedly! Tell them that the sharing of adversity and wealth that you promised them back then is bullshit! You said that you accepted the recruitment just to let them go back to the bitter life of facing the loess and turning their backs to the sky. !"

Wang Chen was shaken and yelled at by him, his face flushed red and he couldn't speak.

After Wang Wu vented, panting, he pushed Wang Chen, who was kneeling on the ground, back on the tombstone, against his younger brother's forehead, with a deep and emotional voice: "Liu'er, listen to brother, we have nothing else to do." I'm a relative, now brother can rely on only you, and you can rely on me, too. We have to depend on each other, you know? We've been together since we were born, the first half of our life is one heart, and the second half of our lives can't be separated."

He picked up the spike necklaces around each other's necks and stuffed them into Wang Chen's hands, as if he wanted to remind each other that they were brothers whose bones were broken and the tendons were connected.

"Brother, I know that you are not willing to be mediocre, and you also have a heart that wants to stand out! We managed to pull the team to the current size, and once we turn back, we will lose everything! Not only can we not turn back, but we have to keep going! "

"... How far can we go?" Wang Chen murmured as his forehead was wet with sweat, the whites of his eyes were covered with red blood, and he squeezed two cold and hard spikes.

"You can go as far as your life lasts!" Wang Wu said decisively, as if convincing the other party and himself at the same time, "We should not be thieves, but should be rebels! If we can't stay in Shaanxi for a while, we can go to Henan... ...Do you know Crazy Liao?"

Wang Chen was stunned: "Crazy Liao? That crazy Liao who has been rioting for several years, suppressed by the court four or five times, and hides like a lost dog?"

"He is not as miserable as you said! At least the tens of thousands of imperial court troops have been suppressing him for so many years, and they have spent countless money and food, but they have not been able to eradicate him, have they?"

Wang Chen wanted to refute again, but Wang Wu covered his mouth, and whispered in his ear: "Listen to me! Crazy Liao sent someone to contact me, saying that he had heard the names of Wang Wu Wang Liu for a long time, and he wanted to come to Henan Mansion He met us at the border of Xi'an Prefecture and became brothers with different surnames. He also said that a scholar named Shi Sui defected to him. It's his right-hand man, without us we can't do anything!"

Wang Chen pulled his brother's hand away forcefully, panting, "I'm not going to be a right-hand man, I'm going to help others get things done!"

"At that time, I still don't know who will help whom!" Wang Wu smiled, a rough and angry smile, with an ambitious glint in his eyes, "This is an excellent opportunity, Liu'er, once you miss it, you will never be able to help me in this life." I want to turn over!"

Wang Chen frowned, disapproved five points, hesitated five points.

Wang Wu suddenly pressed the corner of his mouth, and said in a strange tone: "I know what you're thinking...you can't let go of that kid named Su, can you?"

"Nonsense! There is no such thing at all! He sent troops to hunt us down, and I even shot an arrow at him. If it weren't for the guards, he would have died of my subordinates! He tied me up, threatened me, and buried me in the ground—— "

"—But you still can't stop thinking about it!"

Wang Chen's hasty rebuttal stopped abruptly.

"Since the day you saw him at Yingzui Mountain Waterfall, you have thought about it...you want to sleep with him." Wang Wu said, watching his younger brother's expression, and he knew it in his heart, "It's not just about putting people under pressure. The body is so simple, you want him to sleep with you willingly, you want him to smile at you, and say nice things to you... But have you ever thought about why you got him? With your face and body? Or With the status of the second master of the thief? Do you believe it or not, even if you ask yourself to be his groom, he will not look at you?"

Wang Chen's face was pale and blue, and he gritted his teeth in embarrassment: "You fucking shut up! Or you will be beaten!"

"He is not only an official, but also comes from a family. You can see his feet, without a single callus, and his whole body is whiter than milk. For a person with such status, looking at you is like looking at the mud on the side of the road. Horse dung." Wang Wu took a fist in his stomach, bent over and coughed a few times, and continued, "You can't even touch the corner of his clothes in your life. Unless——"

Unless you can climb to the same level as him, or even a higher position than him, then you will be able to make him look at you, love you, and even have to obey you.

Wang Wu didn't go any further, but Wang Chen understood everything.

Wang Chen shook his head: "Impossible! That kid...that kid..."

He only said "that kid" repeatedly, but Wang Wu could understand it, and his younger brother was tempted by his proposal.

Wang Wu smiled, and patted his younger brother on the shoulder: "Wealth and wealth are sought in danger, and people are the same. Greetings to all brothers, set up camp, let's set off now, go east along the Weishui River, to Henan Mansion."

Regarding the reunion of the uprising army that was recorded in the inscription history, our classmate Su Yan did not focus on the history of the dynasty due to his specialization, coupled with his good reading and lack of understanding, he read more gossip in unofficial history than in official history. He didn't realize it at the moment. What kind of storm will be caused in the future.

At that time, he was receiving envoys from various tribes in the Northern Desert, and he was surrounded by a group of foreign accents to curry favor. He inadvertently heard that Governor Wei, who was at the same table, said that the prefect of Xi'an reported that a team of thousands of people entered Henan Prefecture eastward. The thieves led by Wuwangliu.

"Our mansion has succeeded in combating robbers. I heard that the magistrate personally led the troops to chase them down, and the thieves fled in anticipation—" wrote the official document submitted by Xi'an Mansion.

Governor Wei nodded, quite satisfied.Thieves and robbers have always been a cancer in the eyes of the prefectures and county governments in Shaanxi. Now instead of scouring them, they are scouring Henan.

Henan already has a lunatic Liao who has been killing many times, and now he adds a pair of kings, five kings and six, what will happen!However, it is a headache for the governor of Henan, and it has nothing to do with Wei Quan.

Su Yan also just shook his head and sighed: "It's hard to persuade the damn ghost with good words, that's all."

So he concentrated his energy on the Northern Desert envoys in front of him.

These envoys came from dozens of tribes or factions, large and small, in Beimo. The purpose of courting him this time was to get a gold medal.

——It is not an Olympic gold medal, but a certificate of mutual market.

Su Yan decided to implement a gold medal system.

Roughly speaking, the imperial court uniformly created a certain number of gold and copper letters, and distributed half of them to various foreign forces that had established diplomatic relations with Daming normally.At that time, come over with the gold medal and put it together with the other half of the one kept by the Tea Horse Company. If it matches, well, tea, silk, salt and other necessities can be sold to you, and you can exchange them for horses.

I don't have a gold medal, sorry, either you are a refusal of Daming, or you want to smuggle, don't even think about taking a tea stalk away.

This system hits the smugglers the hardest, and the second is to clearly mark the friendliness of various forces and increase the amount of stallions acquired.

Now those tribes and forces in the Northern Desert who needed salt and tea but didn't have the strength to plunder and act as duplicitous between Tatar and Daming had to make a clear stance.

Want to participate in the tea horse trade?Yes, I am big-named that the sea is open to all rivers and rivers, but I need to exchange friendship for gold medals. Once you find that you are mixed with Tatar, go away and grow tea and salt yourself.

It's not okay to grab other people's gold medals. Not only do we have passwords, but we also make registers and check identities every time.

If you want to buy tea, you can come anytime. Qingshuiying has a horse market every month.But when my big name needs to buy horses, you have to come as soon as I recruit you. If the court has repeatedly urged you to do nothing, sorry, half of your gold medal is invalid, and I will find time to send troops and invite other tribes to fight together. you.

In response to the call, the tribes participating in the crusade will reduce some of the import duties for you in the coming year.

Yes, I just want to isolate and divide, and woo other small groups in the North Desert to diss you together, dead man.

Of course, the memorial cannot be written so nakedly.

But Emperor Jinglong still laughed.He poked some outrageous words in it, and told Lan Xi: "I will tell the eunuch to recite it later, don't read these places literally, how should I word it specifically, you ask the chief of ceremonies to draw up a statement for me to see."

Lan Xi looked at it, pursed her lips and agreed with a smile, and heard the emperor shake his head and commented: "I thought that I could gradually become more stable after exercising outside, but I don't think I'm still very skinny, with no rules."

How can this be blamed!Lan Xi comprehends the interface: "Su Yushi is young and promising, this aggressiveness is anger, it is true temperament, it is commendable, my lord!"

The emperor asked: "Is it snowing over there?"

Lan Xi said: "According to the seasons, it's about the same."

"Go and pick some clothes and quilts suitable for winter, and let the post station send them urgently."

"Yes, this servant will go to the inner library to pick the best ones."

"Also, the gold and copper letter talisman mentioned in the memorial can be drawn, finalized, and cast. I don't know how long it will take until the court discusses it."

"Yes, this servant will secretly send to the Ministry of Industry."

Therefore, before this palace meeting in Fengtian Palace even started, the result was already doomed.

The voice of the eunuch reading was clear and high-pitched, and the lingering sound echoed in the Golden Luan Hall:

"...Sixth, establish a gold medal system for tea-horse trading, set up patrolling officials, and strictly prohibit private sales."

"... Seventh, rectify the military discipline of the frontier guards, and test the cavalry officials."

"...Eighth, rectify the Lingzhou salt department, lower the price of salt, put special funds into the warehouse, and crack down on smuggling."

There are a total of eight plans, involving the four ministries of officials, soldiers, households, and workers, covering all aspects of horse administration reform, and prescribing the right medicines for the long-standing ills one by one.Even in the eyes of Li Chengfeng, a veteran of the two dynasties and official minister, Li Chengfeng, who has read thousands of sails, can be regarded as a rare good governance that combines both the overall situation and practicability.

He can almost foresee that once this framework is set up and on the right track, even without Su Yan's personal efforts, as long as the successor horse administration officials continue to operate according to this model, our war horse reserve will reach a new peak.Shanxi, Liaodong and other places reformed as usual, so within ten years, the official herdsmen's horses would be enough to equip an army of 50 cavalry.

The great benefit of the country!

"This kid..." Li Chengfeng sighed, "This kid..."

Xie Shiyan, who was nicknamed "Old Man of Xini Pavilion", couldn't help cheering him on: "How come 'Qianliju' are all your disciples of Old Man Li Ge?"

Li Chengfeng's eyes were bright, and he said with a stern face: "Nonsense, the old man has never taught such a cunning student."

Xie Shiyan smiled and said: "He is Zhuo Jijiu's student, isn't he the grandson of Mr. Li Ge? You are clearly showing off, showing off, hahaha."

The other two secondary assistants, Jiao Yang and Wang Qianhe, were very unhappy, but they had nothing to say about it. They could only say sourly behind their backs: "This son likes to have whimsical ideas and doesn't follow the right path. One day he will capsize, just wait and see." .”

They and the chief assistant Li Chengfeng were originally two civil servant factions, and when it came to the establishment of the Tiangong Academy, they had already found this new kid who was too fast to be pleasing to the eye, and they also learned that the Queen Mother hated Su Yan because of the Wei family. Difficult to level, the natural tendency is very obvious.

It's not good to pour cold water on the emperor's clear statement of support.The two of them wanted to put Su Yan away for ten or eight years, and even if he went back to court, he would have no place to stand.

Su Yan, who was thousands of miles away, didn't know that the four academicians in the cabinet had very different attitudes towards him. Seeing that the task was progressing smoothly, it was cold and windy every day after winter. No, I won't suffer this wild crime. Apply to the emperor to return to Beijing for the New Year.

Before the application report was filed, something happened to Wala.