Chapter 3722 A Group of Bandits

All the generals of the rebel army stood up, pretending to block Lu Zhishen, but in fact they surrounded him and separated the imperial army.

Wang Fu shouted at Lu Junyi in a panic, "Duke Yan, stop this monk quickly!"

Lu Junyi stood up, and persuaded Lu Zhishen, "Brother Lu, forget it, don't ruin the big event of the brothers."

"Zhao'an, Zhao'an, Zhaoan's bird!"

Lu Zhi threw Wang Fu out angrily, and fell heavily into the crowd.

In front of the imperial army, he brushed off his clothes and left.

The Ruan family's three heroes on the field and a group of generals cursed upon seeing this, "I won't serve you anymore."

They took the lead to leave, leaving only a small group of generals who wanted to go, and left together.

Wang Fu stood up with the support of all the soldiers, and shouted angrily, "A bandit army is a bandit army, if you don't change your nature. If you do this, it is disrespectful to His Majesty. I must join you when I go back."

Lu Junyi went up to him to suppress his anger and said, "My lord, Your Majesty asked you to pass the decree, but you made all the generals leave angrily. Can you bear the responsibility if the decree fails?"

Wang Fu scratched his neck and shouted, "Is this the official's fault? It's obvious that you guys are thieves, and sooner or later it will be a big problem for the court."

He winked at Li Bangyan angrily, and turned back with all the soldiers who came to announce the decree.

Huang Wenliang pretended to be arrogant and shouted, "My lord, are you going to let these thieves go like this?"

"Trash, you still have the guts to say a word!"

Wang Fu gave him a hard look. When he was bullied by Lu Zhishen just now, Huang Wenliang could not see anyone.

A group of people went back at the gate of the barracks. They wanted to humiliate the rebels, but Lu Zhishen lost face like a chicken.

After Wang Fu went back, he hurriedly reported the matter to Tong Guan.

Tong Guan said with a gloomy face, "It seems that these rebels are still dissatisfied with the imperial court. They have millions of soldiers gathered here, sooner or later it will be a disaster!"

Wang Fu said angrily, "What the privy envoy said is very true. If this bandit army is not eliminated, the world will be in trouble, and our Great Song Dynasty will be in trouble."

Gao Qiu taunted on the opposite side, "Master Wang, you are too hasty in doing things. This army is not under the control of the court, so it will not act in accordance with the rules of the court. Only by incorporating them into the system of the court can they be allowed to follow the rules of the court. We will follow our rules. If you don’t proclaim the decree and promote them, how can you split them up? Isn’t today’s commotion forcing them to join forces and continue to fight against us?”

Wang Fu rolled the wound on his face with a hot egg, and complained aggrievedly, "Is this all my fault? Didn't I also want to show them off for the sake of the court's face?"

Li Bangyan spoke for him, "Master Wang is very true. After all, the root cause is still in the Duke of Qi. I see the situation today. Duke Yan can't suppress these warriors at all. Only Duke Qi will come forward to completely let him down." They surrendered. Therefore, we must find a way to make a fuss about Qi Guogong!"

Tong Guan stared at Li Bangyan with deep eyes and agreed, "Xiang Li is right, Duke Qi is the crux of the problem. He says he won't be sick now, so we'll wait for him to come out. The day after tomorrow is the time to execute prisoners of war. This officer would like to see if he, the Duke of Qi who is known as Timely Rain, can watch these captives be beheaded?"

In the main hall, a group of people looked at each other gloomyly, and said with a sneer, "That's right, we'll see how Song Gongming can deal with it the day after tomorrow."

"As long as he begs us, we will have the weakness to take advantage of him."

"It's still wise to be a privy envoy!"

"..."

In Qiantang City, the forbidden army controlled all the intersections and ports in and out of the city.

All affairs in the city, big or small, are now handled by the imperial envoys from the capital.

The supplies that were already a drop in the bucket are now completely cut off by the forbidden army.

All merchants who enter Qiantang Prefecture to do business will be charged a large sum of tolls.

The forbidden soldiers finally came from the capital, all with the attitude of making a fortune.

Now that there is a lot of poverty in Qiantang Prefecture, they have nothing to hope for, so they can only focus on these merchants.

These merchants were originally small traders in the surrounding areas of Qiantang Prefecture.

Now relying on buying and selling supplies, he can still make a difference in Qiantang Prefecture.

As a result, he was now stopped by the forbidden army and forced to collect tolls.

Some people feel that it is not worthwhile and suspend trading.

Some people were dissatisfied, and gathered a group of businessmen. At the intersection of entering the city, they found the generals of the Imperial Army who were unconvinced and said, "Why do you charge tolls? Now the people in Qiantang Prefecture are almost starved of food. If you do this, it is not broken." Is it everyone's rice bowl?"

"Yes! Master Jun, you pity the people of Qiantang Prefecture, let us go there!"

"Master Jun, the war has just ended, and everyone has no food left in their pockets. You have some time to spare, and after a while, when everyone recovers, it won't be too late for you to collect tolls!"

"..."

They were making loud noises, which greatly annoyed the generals of the Imperial Army guarding the road.

He drew out his long sword, pointed at these businessmen and shouted loudly, "Shut up, I will cut off the head of anyone who dares to argue with me again."

The businessmen on the field were so frightened that they shut their mouths, suffocating anger in their hearts, secretly thinking that when Fang La ruled here, he never withdrew money so recklessly.

Now that the imperial army is here, they are even more shameless than bandits.

The general of the imperial army said bluntly to these people, "To tell you the truth, it is the people above who want your money, and I am a coolie. If you blame it, blame the people above. The people in Qiantang Prefecture are none of my business. I am not from Qiantang Prefecture. Even if all the people in Qiantang Prefecture starve to death, I will still have enough to eat and drink, without any loss."

The businessmen stared and cursed under their breath, "Is this what people say?"

"what!"

"It's not as good as a beast!"

"unacceptable."

"Corrupt officials will bring disaster to the country and the people!"

"..."

They had no choice but to retreat temporarily.

Only a few businessmen felt that the opportunity had come, and they paid tolls and planned to go to the city to make a fortune.

This toll scares away most of the competitors.

If they go in, the supplies must be in short supply.

If you take the opportunity to increase the price, you will definitely be able to sell a lot.

After these merchants brought their supplies into the city, before they could sell their goods, the imperial guards patrolling the city targeted them again.

This time, they didn't ask for any tolls, but directly withheld the supplies.

The businessmen were dumbfounded, begging their fathers and mothers.

But these forbidden soldiers ignored them at all, and left with their supplies.

Now there are [-] forbidden troops, and tens of thousands of civil and military officials, entourages, and servants from the imperial court, and there is no material supply for the time being.

They were short of food and food, and lived in the city close to some original warehouse supplies provided by the magistrate's yamen.

Now that someone is delivering supplies to their door, how can they let it go easily.

According to them, they are not robbing, but requisitioning, saying that they will definitely issue reward orders to merchants in the future.

(End of this chapter)

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