Flowers on the other side [Comprehensive Red House]

Yan Jizu, the censor who was ordered to rush to Liaoyang to announce the decree, saw Zhang Quan who looked desperate.

Zhang Quan was a Jinshi in the 32nd year of Wanli (1604). He first served as the official in charge of pushing the prison lawsuit in Baoding. After three years of examination, he was promoted to Yushi because of his excellence.First in Zhejiang Road, then to Shaanxi Road to inspect tea horses, and then to Jiangxi.Liaodong was in a hurry, so he was sent to Liaodong as a patrol censor and stationed in Liaoyang City.Zhu Youxiao did not replace Zhang Quan and returned to Beijing. First, because Zhang Quan was an upright official, most of his grades in planning and Jingcha were excellent.The second is because getting along with Xiong Tingbi and Zhou Yongchun doesn't make any troubles.

In front of such Zhang Quan, Yan Jizu was a proper junior because he was a Jinshi who was selected last year.After delivering the imperial decree, he inevitably asked a few more questions about Xun'an Yushi's Mansion, which had not yet demolished the wedding shed.

Knowing that Zhang Quan is a married daughter, he immediately stood up to congratulate him, and repeatedly stated that he was one day late and had never participated in the wedding of the old man's married daughter.

Zhang Quan sighed: "Oh. Marrying a daughter is a happy event. I originally thought about repelling the Jiannu who went south this year before marrying a daughter. But all the generals in Liaoyang suggested that we could take the opportunity to find out the spies sent by Jiannu. I thought about it. There are as many as a hundred people lurking in Liaoyang City."

Yan Jizu was taken aback, and subconsciously asked: "How many people?" He couldn't help asking, revealing the direct suspicion in his heart. "Could it be that someone was accused of false accusation?"

Zhang Quan shook his head, unable to conceal his disappointment with the people of Liaoyang City.

"It's more than a hundred people. Many of these spies are descendants of rich families who have lived in Liaoyang for generations. These big families have long had business contacts with Jiannu. They fled back, but actually they wanted Yu Jiannu to serve as an outpost and take the opportunity to destroy the defense of Liaoyang City. These people took advantage of the advantages of the big clan and used their servants to coerce some soldiers with family ties. storehouses, explosive/powder storehouses, and even Hongyi cannons on the city walls.”

Yan Jizu leaned forward and grasped the handrail tightly with both hands, the tension in his voice could not be concealed.Although it was Zhang Quan and the others who set the plan in advance, so many people and so many places were attacked together, if they were not well-prepared and there was an oversight or omission, they would hardly dare to think about it.

He asked with a trembling voice: "My lord, is there any important place where thieves and spies have succeeded?"

"No. Last night, Madam Qin's white soldiers and the imperial guards from the capital were used to garrison all the important places. It's just that this is too annoying. Shanxi merchants violated the border ban to smuggle grain, salt and iron Waiting is the profit-seeking nature of businessmen. And these Han people in Liaoyang, they came back from Fushun and other places occupied by Jiannu, don’t they know how Jiannu treated Han people as slaves? They actually helped the evildoers.”

"These spies should have ransacked their families, exterminated their clans, and hacked into pieces." Yan Jizu was filled with indignation: "My lord is not in court, and I don't know about the activities of those Shanxi merchants. They smuggle salt, iron, grain, tea, cloth, etc. to Jiannu. Enough money is with them, and there is still a considerable part of it on credit.

The emperor ordered the courtiers of various ministries to send officials to hear the trial every day in turn, to examine the account books and letters involved in the trial to confirm this matter.

Some officials went to Huangquan with Shanxi merchants just because they shared the silver from Shanxi merchants every year.Or because they occasionally accepted the annual ceremony of Shanxi merchants, some were dismissed from office, some were reprimanded by the decree, and they fell behind in performance appraisal. "

Zhang Quan had been away from Beijing for a long time, so he inquired carefully about the Shanxi merchants, and learned that more than a dozen Shanxi merchants were exterminated. He always thinks that children under the age of ten or five can be exonerated, so it is inevitable to think of boys.Even the shopkeepers used by Shanxi merchants and the staff who went back and forth to the Jurchen were also beheaded a lot, and the female family members who were implicated were not spared.

On this point, Zhang Quan's father, Zhang Wudian, was in court, and he wrote a letter specifically asking him to act cautiously.

Yan Jizu wanted to make friends with Zhang Quan, so he told Zhang Quan in detail about everything he knew about the big and small things he had experienced in the capital for more than a year.Zhang Quan also understood his intentions and invited him to have dinner with him to get closer.

"Sheng Qi, don't call me Boss anymore. Just call me Yu Heng."

Yan Jizu immediately stood up and saluted, saying "Brother Yuheng."

Zhang Quan got up to return the gift, and sent someone to call his son Zhang Daojun to meet Yan Jizu.

Zhang Daojun was still a young boy, smart and smart, Zhang Quan took him by his side to teach, and he never slackened in supervising his homework sooner or later.Yan Jizu asked a few random questions, and seeing that what he said was logical, he couldn't help but ask more and more deeply.Seeing his son's peaceful expression and generous manner, Zhang Quan's answers were well-regulated, and many of them were remote places that he had never asked about when he was quizzing him on his homework.There is a son like this, but there is no successor who makes him twirl his long beard and smile complacently.

Originally, Yan Jizu was only catering to Zhang Quan's wishes, and it was a common practice among scholars to just ask questions. As a result, the more he asked, the happier he became. An outsider came to teach.Besides, Zhang Quan had a shallow conversation with himself, and if he raised it rashly and was rejected, wouldn't he be ashamed of himself.

"Brother Yuheng, your son is extremely talented. If you can have such insights at such a young age, you will surely achieve great things in the future imperial examinations."

"It's ridiculous to praise him. Don't praise him any more, lest he doesn't know how to restrain himself, and become arrogant and imitate Zhong Yong."

"Brother Yuheng was joking. With a long history of family education, and brother Yuheng's supervision, the nephew has a bright future."

The three of them had dinner together, and Zhang Quan ordered his son to go back and do the homework that was delayed yesterday.

The book boy came in and reported: "Master, Hou Zongbing just sent someone to deliver a letter, saying that some people in the city were stopped when they were going out of the city today. After careful questioning, it was the old man of the Ning family who sent someone to bring his grandson and daughter. I want to go to the south to meet relatives. But Hou Zongbing asked people to check and salute, but it does not seem to be going south. In addition, Hou Zongbing found out that there are Geng family members who are going out of the city. Ask the master if you have time to go and have a look. "

Zhang Quan responded immediately: "I'll go right away."

Yan Jizu stood up, "Brother Yu Heng has something to do."

Zhang Quan invited him, "If Sheng Qi doesn't feel tired, come and have a look with me."

This is what Yan Jizu could only wish for.

Zhang Quan saw that he was willing to go with him, so he said to him: "Then the hundred households of the imperial army you brought along will call two stewards to follow them."

Yan Jizu nodded immediately, and sent his head of personal guards to invite people.

But Zhang Quan said: "The situation here in Liaoyang is complicated. The Imperial Army knows about it, and they will tell the British Lord and others when they return to the capital afterwards."

Yan Jizu cupped his fists to thank him, knowing that Zhang Quan wanted to remind him, he was even more respectful to Zhang Quan.

Zhang Quan saw that he understood what he meant, and that the two leaders of the Forbidden Army, one Liu Qianhu and the other Wei Qianhu also came over, so he explained to the three of them: "The Geng family has some connections. His ancestor was Geng Bingwen, Marquis of Changxing, who followed the Taizu in the army. The young Geng Bingwen followed his father, Geng Junyong, to follow the Tai/ancestor in the army, and took over his father's position as the general manager of the army.

After he led his troops to defeat Zhang Shicheng and obtained Changxing City, the Tai/Zu named him the Marshal of the General Military Capital. He guarded Changxing for ten years and made great achievements in attacking the city and conquering the territory.In the early years of Hongwu, he was granted the title of Marquis of Changxing.Jing Nan was appointed as the general and defeated.In the second year of Yongle (1403), he was impeached, and after committing suicide, he was cut off.But the Geng family has settled down in Liaoyang for generations. "

The three of them clicked their tongues, this small city of Liaoyang is really "small" and the water is deep.

Zhang Quan seemed to have guessed what the three of them were thinking, so he continued to tell them about the origin of Liaoyang and its location in the nine border towns.The origin is to listen to the two military officers, and the status in the important town of Jiubian is to say to Yan Jizu.

"Liaoyang here is the land of 'Jizi North Korea' after King Wu conquered Shang (1066 BC), and it lived with Donghu. Land. During the Eastern Jin Dynasty, it was called Liaoyang.

At the time of Tai/Zu, nine important towns were set up on the ten-thousand-li defense line from the Yalu River in the east to Jiayu in the west, one of which was Liaodong Town.Among the 18 cities built in all the fortresses, Liaoyang City is the largest.

After Xiong Jinglue arrived in Liaodong last year, on the basis of the old city, it was reinforced and expanded into a masonry structure.In the autumn of this year, part of the military salary was removed, and two layers of blue stones were added to it. "

Speaking of this, Zhang Quan paused, "If Xiong Jinglue hadn't gone to Fushun in the snow last winter to pretend to attack Jiannu, I'm afraid he wouldn't have won the opportunity to strengthen Liaoyang City. Liaoyang City, which has a radius of 24 miles, is a city. The cannon is so powerful that it couldn't be pierced by stretching out your fingers last fall."

After talking, several people came to the front of the government office, and then got on their horses and went to the barracks to meet Hou Zongbing.Those who were arrested last night were handed over to the white soldiers to guard them.

Hou Shilu saw that Zhang Quan led the people over, and after seeing the ceremony, he knew that it was the censor sent by the capital to announce the decree. Since the chief official brought them here, it meant that the matter should be heard by heaven.

"Master Zhang, at the end of the day, we will find out that Geng Guocai, the head of the Geng family, just sold off his property in the spring of this year, and has to dissipate all his wealth and enter the customs. The Geng family has lived in Liaoyang for generations, and moving at this time will inevitably affect the hearts of the people in Liaodong. The last general means that they are not allowed to leave."

Zhang Quan nodded.

"The adult males of the Geng family were accused of confusing the hearts of the people, and each was beaten with [-] army sticks. They were ordered to stay behind closed doors during the martial law period. If they dare to sneak out of the city and shake the hearts of the people, they will be beaten to death."

If Zhang Quan didn't have such a great right to decide life and death at ordinary times, but the imperial decree given to him by the emperor to stabilize Liaoyang and act cheaply made him no longer have any scruples.

"The more than [-] people in the sixth house of the Ning family have been detained. Some people from the side of the Ning family confessed that Ning Wan and I are the younger generation of the Ning family, but I have a lot of voice in the Ning family.

At the end, several housekeepers of the Ning family were interrogated, and someone confessed that the Kong family was also involved in yesterday's incident, and the Ning family's in-laws, the Xu family and the Ma family, were also involved.

Then there is that Ningwan I surrendered to Jiannu before Fushun was lost, and worked on behalf of Jiannu's Dabeile Daishan's third son Sahalian.The servant family who followed him admitted that he presided over the matter in Liaoyang this time.It is said that it was at the end of the winter month. I heard that he went back to the ancestral house, but I don't know if he left.

At the end of the day, the general sent people to mention the old man of the Ning family and the male of the direct branch. He also sent people to arrest the Kong family, the Xu family, the Ma family, and other in-laws of the Ning family to see if they could find Ning Wan and me. that scourge. "

Zhang Quan nodded, "Okay. You did a good job. You haven't slept all day and all night, so you can rest assured to sleep all night. Now that the city gate is closed, unless they can grow wings, they can't escape Liaoyang City.

As for these families, they will be handed over to Yan Yushi from the capital, Liu Qianhu and Wei Qianhu from the imperial army for trial. "

Hou Shilu saw that Zhang Quan arranged for someone to replace him, and he was still a person who had nothing to do with Liaoyang, so he immediately handed over the trial files in his hand.

Yan Jizu quickly took over the matter with the two thousand households.

In the case of Liaoyang's obvious lack of credible manpower, Zhang Wenda, the imperial censor of Zuodu, specifically told him not to participate in Liaoyang's city defense, and to go early and return early, so he had to put it aside and not mention this to Zhang Quan.

The next day was the day when Zhang Quan's daughter returned home. He sent his son Zhang Shijun to bring someone to pick him up early. As for himself, he couldn't wait for his daughter and son-in-law to return home to salute.After a hasty breakfast, he rushed to the camp where the white soldiers were stationed.

Yan Jizu, Liu Qianhu, and Wei Qianhu worked all night, interrogating the Ning family, the Kong family, the Xu family, and the Ma family who were involved in the burning of granaries, armories, forts, explosives/drug stores, and coerced soldiers. Ning Wanwo, who was sent by Hou Shilu to arrest him, was also interrogated by them first.

It's a pity that Ning Wan's mouth is still quite tight. Yan Jizu and the three of them didn't dare to kill Ning Wan because of their away game, so they didn't ask anything.

Zhang Quan felt apologetic when he saw the three people with red eyes.

"Shen Qi, Liu Qianhu, Wei Qianhu, thank you for your hard work."

The three quickly replied that it was the right thing to do.

Zhang Quan said: "You are here to proclaim the decree, this matter has nothing to do with you. But those government servants in Liaoyang City are all locals, I dare not use them."

Yan Jizu and others made it clear.

Hou Shilu went back and had a good night's sleep, refreshed.Tong Zhongkui became a little depressed after being on duty all night.Qin Liangyu brought her brother and Hou Shilu to Baiganbing's place.

After Qin Liangyu greeted everyone, he took the main seat.Although Zhang Quan is the inspector censor of Liaodong, his rank is not as high as her. Several other general officers are higher or lower than Qin Liangyu, but in the Baigan Barracks, Qin Liangyu is the well-deserved master.

"Hou Zongbing, I heard that the major general led people to arrest Ning Wan, me and Ma Guozhu last night?"

Hou Shilu smiled, "That kid is usually careful. He almost opened all the mouse holes in those houses. Finally, he caught those two cowards in the cellar of Ma's house."

Several people began to praise Hou Gongji for being young and promising.

Hou Shilu laughed so hard that he could see his teeth but couldn't see his eyes, but he kept pushing, but his family friends loved him. His son is still far behind and needs to be tempered.But in my heart I am happy for my son.This case was to be heard directly by the heavens, and the son led people to catch the first and most important criminals, but he just showed his face in front of the emperor.

When Zhang Quan saw that no one was caught, he said to Hou Shilu, "Mrs. Qin, you and Qin Shoubei are leading the imperial army to patrol the city today. Tong Zongbing, you have worked hard all night, go back and have a good rest. Tonight, the two Qin Dusi Guarding the city with white wax soldiers on duty at night. Yan Yushi, Liu Qianhu, and Wei Qianhu also stayed up all night, and they all went back to catch up on sleep. You can come here in the evening and watch me interrogate Hou Zongbing and Qin Dusi the result of."

After hearing Zhang Quan's words, everyone immediately acted according to his assignment.

Zhang Quan, as the person in charge of Liaodong, interrogated Ning Wanwo and Ma Guozhu together with Hou Shilu, and he was not as worried and "gentle" as Yan Jizu and the other three.With the baton down, the two culprits wanted to die quickly.

Under the pressure of Hou Shilu's army stick, other people involved honestly explained everything.In their confession, Geng Yan from the Geng family was involved.

Geng Zhen knew that Ning Wan and I voted for Jiannu, but when Ning Wan and I came back to find him to do trouble in Liaoyang together, he piled up.You only have to think about it carefully if you evade it, and when you see that things can't be avoided, you talk to your father Geng Guocai about the whole story.

That Geng Guocai is simply a genius.After Jiannu took Fushun and the court was defeated in Sarhu, he no longer favored Liaodong and began to sell the land in Liaoyang.But last year, no one took over, and this year it was easy to get out, but seeing that the city wall of Liaoyang has been thickened by two layers, it is ready to enter the customs after this winter.

Geng Guocai learned that the Ning family and the Ma family were planning to make trouble when Zhang Quan married his daughter, and the city gate of Liaoyang had been closed.He was so angry that he could only beat his son with a few sticks.He neither dared to report to Zhang Quan, nor did he dare to let his son participate in those activities against Daming.I only hope that the city gate will open at dawn and the family will be able to escape Liaoyang City.

Who would have thought that Hou Shilu would send people to arrest all those who were going out of the city to the barracks for interrogation.After receiving [-] army sticks, he went home and thought he was fine, but in the end he was implicated by the boys from the Ning family and the Ma family.The whole family was arrested again in the barracks.

Yan Jizu and the others read the confessions of Ning Wan, me and Ma Guozhu, and said bitterly: "Not reporting this kind of treason and treason without reporting it is equivalent to conspiracy in the law. When I look at a few companies, I should compare them with Shanxi merchants. dealt with the same."

Hou Shilu nodded, "That's the reason. But the Yamen servants and soldiers in Liaoyang have many contacts and relatives with the side branches of these families. I want to do the same."

But Tong Zhongkui shook his head, "Master Zhang, the general is worried that it may cause mutiny among the soldiers and other things."

Qin Liangyu spat and said, "Now there are only 10,000 + less than 20 people in Liaoyang City, and there will be tens of thousands of people who can have direct relations with them? If we don't cut the grass and clean it up once, don't we wait for Jiannu When the soldiers are approaching the city, do you wait for those people to collude with each other and cooperate with each other before regretting it?"

Zhang Quan was in a dilemma, and said truthfully: "Although I have the will to act cheaply, it is beyond my authority to kill so many people at once. If I exceed my authority and kill these people, it will cause a mutiny among the soldiers and lose Liaoyang City." , and deserve death even more.”

When Zhang Quan said that, the others had nothing to say.

Yan Jizu said: "The lower officials have an idea, you can consider whether it is feasible. After the culprit is finished, Ma Guozhu and I will be executed first according to the law, and those who directly did it the night before will be beheaded. Shock the evil people in the city.

Now that the slave soldiers are trapped in Shenyang City, it is not easy to escort the criminals to Beijing. It is better to lock them in the barracks first, and not allow the local soldiers in Liaoyang to get close.I bring these case files back to the capital, how about waiting for the punishment department's disposal and the emperor's decision? "

This is the best way out of nowhere.

Qin Liangyu was worried, "If Jiannu soldiers come to the city, can those local soldiers in Liaoyang be used?"

Zhang Quan replied helplessly: "General Qin, your white-armed soldiers are those who are able to recruit and fight well. There are 2 soldiers in total. We planned to use local soldiers from Liaodong to defend Liaoyang, so we sent those suspicious soldiers from Shenyang and Fengji over."

Qin Wenping said: "It's good for these people to stay in Liaoyang City if nothing happens. If something happens, they will definitely be a disaster."

These words reached everyone's heart.

Those people cannot be released or killed, and Zhang Quan is also worried about how to deal with these people.

Tong Zhongkui was indignant, "They should be sent to Jiannu as slaves. Daming didn't treat them badly, and suffered from the scourge of inside and outside."

Hou Shilu was a little helpless, "When encountering a war, we have to fight the enemy first, and second, we have to distract ourselves from those people."

Complaints are complaints, no one has the right to kill these suspicious soldiers now.Seeing that he no longer needed to stay and help with Liaoyang's affairs, Yan Jizu bid farewell to everyone.

"When leaving the capital, Zhang Xiantai told you to go back quickly. The announcement has been completed, and I will return to the capital tomorrow. If you have any memorials that I need to bring back to the capital, you can send them by tomorrow morning."

Since Yan Jizu, Liu Qianhu, and Wei Qianhu helped all night last night, Zhang Quan is the capital and is very grateful to the three of them.But during the war, even if they had a meal together, they could not drink alcohol, and Zhang Quan still wanted to go home to see his daughter and son-in-law, so Tong Zhongkui invited Yan Jizu and Hou Shilu to his place for dinner.

At night, Qin Liangyu's two elder brothers were on duty to guard the city, and these two were also safe people.Everyone talked and laughed and dispersed.

Zhang Quan hurried back home, only to learn that his daughter and son-in-law had left.I couldn't help but blame my wife, Huo Shi, for not keeping the children for dinner.

Huo smiled and teased him: "Newlyweds have to return to their husband's house before sunset. If you are reluctant, why did you choose a son-in-law so early?!"

Zhang Quan also said with a smile: "Rui Zheng's literature and martial arts are worthy of our daughter, don't you also like it?"

Huo sighed: "It's good that we are in Liaoyang City now. If I go back with my son-in-law in the future, it won't mean that I won't see him again for ten or eight years, or even in my lifetime. I will feel as uncomfortable as having my heart removed."

Zhang Quan had no choice but to comfort his wife: "We have traveled all over the world in the past few years. You see, as a son, I am not by my parents' side. If you don't want to part with your daughter, you should visit Mrs. Qin's house more often. She won't object."

"I know Mrs. Qin won't object. Sigh, it's better to go less. Let Fengyi stop thinking about her mother's family early and live a good life with Ruizheng. Jianping, father wants to take over Shijun to study in the capital? "

Zhang Quan immediately shook his head, "If we didn't bring him to Liaodong, it's fine to stay with his father. Now that Jiannu soldiers are trapped in Shenyang, if I send my son away, how can the people's hearts be safe!"

Many people in Liaoyang city had the same idea, and tried every means to send their children to the capital or to the south.In a small courtyard not far from the root of Nancheng City, Wen's embraced his young son and begged her husband in a low voice.

"Master, sending Chengdou to my sister's place can be regarded as leaving incense for the husband. The concubine stays with the master in Liaoyang to live and die together."

Mao Wenlong shook his head, "It's not as simple as yours. Chengdou is still young, how can he bear it all the way to Hangzhou."

"Send it to Uncle Jingshi first."

Mao Wenlong hesitated. He was over 40 years old, and he only had this son who had not yet reached the age of enlightenment.And the elder sister Wen said was her own wife, Zhang, and the capital she mentioned was her own uncle Shen Guangzuo, who is now the governor of Shuntian Prefecture.

The author has something to say: The Ning family is one of the big families in Liaoyang, and they have been married to the offshoots of the Confucian Mansion in Liaoyang for generations.

Ning Wanwo (1593-1665), courtesy name Gongfu, was born in Liaoyang (now Liaoyang City, Liaoning Province), and was a minister in the early Qing Dynasty.

During the reign of Tianming in the Later Jin Dynasty, he surrendered to Hachi and belonged to Zhenghongqi of the Han Army.Long-term maintenance, dare to speak up when things happen.He has successively served as a bachelor of the Neihong Academy of Arts, a minister of state affairs and a prince Taifu.He died in April of the fourth year of Kangxi (1665), with the posthumous title of Wen Yi.During the Yongzheng period, it was enshrined in the Xianliang Temple.

The Ma family is also a big family in Liaoyang, and they have a large area in Liaoyang, so they are called Huihuiying.

Ma Guozhu (?-1666), a native of Liaoyang, under the Zhengbai Banner of the Han Army, was an important minister in the early Qing Dynasty.The date of birth is unknown, but he contributed a lot to Huang Taiji in improving the Qing Dynasty system in his early years, and he was one of the important Han officials at that time.After the Qing army entered the customs, he was ordered to serve as the governor of Jiangxi, Jiangxi and Henan. He was also the first governor after the Qing Dynasty occupied the Liangjiang area.Died of illness in February of the third year of Kangxi (1664).

The Xu family lives next to the Ma family.

Han-Hui intermarriage can be regarded as a major feature of the place.