In the first year of Chongzhen, deep winter, dawn!

A solemn and majestic city stands among a mountainous mountains. This city was called "Chang'an" and "Jingzhao" in ancient times. It was renamed Xi'an Prefecture since the second year of Hongwu (1369) of the Ming Dynasty and has been used to this day. This ancient city has a history of 6,000 years of city construction, and thirteen dynasties have used it as its capital. It borders the Wei River in the north and the Qinling Mountains in the south, and has a majestic and profound historical heritage.

Before dawn, the majestic city was still sleeping. A fast horse suddenly rushed from the official road in the northwest. The knight on the horse was so tired that he was lying on the horse's back, hanging his hands on the horse's neck. The horse under him was so tired that he kept sniffing.

The fast horse was still far away, and the defenders on the city wall were awakened by the sound of horse hooves and shouted: "Carrying to stop... It's not time to open the city..."

The knight on the horse roared: "Eight hundred miles of speed... Change horses and no ones... Emergency military information... Don't worry about when it's time, open the city!" It turned out that the knight was a postman who delivered a letter.

Hearing the words "Eight Hundred Miles Exit", the guards on the city wall did not dare to be negligent, so they quickly opened the city gate and let the postman rush in. Then the postman slapped his horse's butt on the streets of Dawn and rushed into the prefect's office... After a stick of incense, the prefect's office was bright and the noise was loud. Countless people ran out of the mansion and ran towards the residences of various officials in the city, informing the whole city of the military information brought by the postman.

"Someone in Baishui killed the officials and rebelled!"

This news was like wings, and it instantly flew all over the ears of officials of all sizes in Xi'an Prefecture.

The prefect was shocked, Chengxuan was shocked, the Censorate was shocked, the Censorate was shocked, the Governor of Shaanxi was shocked, the Governor of the Grain Supervisor was shocked, the Political Consultative Affairs Bureau was shocked, the Senate was shocked, and the Post-Salt Road was shocked... In addition to these big bosses, there was also a large number of guerrilla generals, thousands of households, and hundreds of households were all in an outburst.

More than a year ago, Zheng Yanfu's uprising in Chengcheng had already shocked these guys once. Unexpectedly, it was not long before Baishui came again.

A group of civil and military officials did not care that it was early, so they hurriedly dressed neatly and gathered in the governor's yamen.

The governor of Shaanxi * West is Hu Tingyan. He is already fifty-eight years old this year. He wanted to stay in the position of governor for a few years. When it was time to be transferred, he would retire gloriously and return home. Unexpectedly, he was still a year or two before he retired. When he encountered such a thing, he had no choice but to welcome all the civil and military officials into the governor's yamen and put tea on... for a meeting!

A group of big men sat around, all staring at each other, and the postman knelt in the hall. Seeing that all the officials were here, Hu Tingyan waved his hand and said to the postman: "You should report it carefully, what's wrong with Baishui?"

The postman kowtowed twice and shouted: "Reporter, Zhu Ba, a native of Baishui County, and Wang Er led the uprising, killed Gu Huaxiu, the magistrate of County *, and robbed the silver and grain in the warehouse... Zhong Guangdao then continued to make trouble, rampant in the countryside, burned the mansions of countless gentry families, robbed countless silver and money... and then fled into Huanglong Mountain..."

"Silk!" The officials all gasped.

Officials are most afraid of encountering such mass incidents. It’s a big problem! Whoever gets involved will be unlucky.

The postman said again: "The bandit leader Zhu Ba actually collected taxes from the gentry. He was so bold that he was going to rebel!"

Hu Tingyan was already very upset when he heard this. If it was just a group of refugees causing trouble, he could turn big things into small things, and there were refugees causing trouble everywhere in the world. This was nothing. If you report to the court, you would often take it lightly. But if you report to someone in the court to kill officials and rebel, then... the matter is big!

He coughed lightly and said, "Send the letter, don't talk nonsense. A group of hungry people make trouble. Why does it turn into a rebellion when it comes to your mouth? The evil words are confusing the crowd... Come on, drag this person down for me, and then call me the thirty-stop before talking."

The postman blocked his forehead and didn't understand what was going on. He worked hard and rushed to deliver the letter to 800 miles, but he became a traitor to deceive the public. What's the solution? Before he could figure it out, a few servants of the Hu family rushed up, twisted him out of the hall, knocked him down on the stone slab outside the hall, and started to slam the board.

The crackling sound of beating the boards came from the atrium into the hall, and the faces of a large group of civil and military officials looked strange.

Hu Tingyan coughed dryly, made up her face, and then said lightly: "Some hungry people are causing trouble. Look at what this person is saying, I really have no knowledge."

After he said this, the officials in the hall understood that this was about to cover up! It was a custom of deceiving superiors and concealing subordinates. Everyone understood it, and they could understand it at a glance, so they smiled tacitly.

When the scene was cold, suddenly... another postman rushed in outside the hall and shouted loudly: "Eight hundred miles of urgent... I'm worried about military information."

"What?" Everyone was shocked, and Hu Tingyan also grabbed his heart. What's wrong?

I saw a dusty postman running in under the guidance of his servants and kneeling down to report: "The big thing is not good. Wang Jiayin of Fugu* County caused a rebellion and led Yang Liu, Buzhanmu and other bandits to rebellion, plundered the rich gentry, killed and set fire everywhere, with more than 3,000 people."

"Silk!" The officials gasped again, the white water was in chaos, and Fugu came again? Don't you bring such a coincidence?

A civil servant wiped his sweat and said, "Governor, what are you going to do about this?"

Hu Tingyan spread his hands and said, "Who cares about them? Wait until they make trouble. When there is rain next spring, these hungry people will go home to farm and become good people again. We care about what they do."

"Sir, wise!" Although the group of civil servants were sweating profusely, they still quickly flattered.

"Nonsense!" A disharmonious voice suddenly came from the hall, and a middle-aged official suddenly stood up angrily. Everyone turned their heads and saw that the official standing up was about 35 years old, with a thin appearance, with three wisps of beard, and looked quite heroic. It turned out that this person was Hong Chengchou, the governor of Shaanxi * West.

Hong Chengchou was a capable man. He passed the imperial examination for 23 times. The following year, he went to Beijing for the imperial examination and passed the imperial examination. He was ranked 14th in the second grade and was appointed as the Jinshi. Later, he served as the head of the official department of the Bulgxi Qing Dynasty. He served as a junior and a Langzhong. He served in the Ministry of Justice for six years and was promoted to the assistant minister of Zhejiang. He was talented and knowledgeable and had unparalleled eyes. Therefore, he was highly valued by the court and promoted to the governor of the grain.

Simply put, this person is awesome!

This awesome man was obviously not satisfied with the inaction of the governor. He waved his sleeves angrily and said, "If the bandits make trouble, if they let them go, they will make a comeback. When the bandits recover and rest, they will rush out of the mountains next year to cause harm to the place. I don't know how big a mess will cause..."

Hu Tingyan choked and then said angrily: "You are exaggerating. I think the hungry people will disperse by themselves! They will not cause disaster again."

"You are robbing the bell!" Hong Chengchou waved his hand angrily: "I don't want to do anything to each other. I'm too lazy to talk to you here... Since you don't care, I'll take my own servants to take care of you. Let's go to Fugu to meet Wang Jiayin!" He waved his sleeves and walked out with great strides. Then the sound of a fast horse sounded in front of the governor's yamen. Although Hong Chengchou did not come in a sedan chair, he rode his own horse, it seemed that he had two brushes.

The atmosphere on the scene was a bit awkward when Hong Chengchou made a fuss. All the officials thought to themselves that the governor was indeed a little old. He was afraid of being in charge when he saw the peasant uprising, so he actually let it go. This is indeed not possible. What Hong Chengchou said makes sense. Since he went to Fugu to suppress bandits, we still have to think of a way to deal with Zhu Ba and Wang Er in Baishui.

At this time, a military officer jumped out of the hall. Everyone looked closely and found that it was Yang Hong, a thousand households. Yang Hong was not simple. Last year, he led his troops to quell the Zheng Yanfu Rebellion. In just a few days, he captured Zheng Yanfu's village and captured all the bandits in one fell swoop. He also brought back Zheng Yanfu's charred body, which made a small splash in Xi'an Prefecture.

Although this chaos was to deceive the court, it was not reported to quell the rebellion, but to quell a group of bandits, but the contribution was not small. Yang Hong himself received a large amount of rewards, which had been included in the promotion sequence. He just waited for a position to be vacant and asked him to make up for it immediately. When everyone saw him stand up, they knew there was a good show and immediately looked forward to it.

Yang Hong bowed and smiled and said, "Governor, I asked for a fight. Lord Hong said something reasonable. If these hungry people come out to cause trouble, we must not ignore them, otherwise we will go to the emperor. If Lord Yu's official voice is hindered, please ask Rong Beizhi to bring some troops and horses to capture the two guys Zhu Ba and Wang Er."

The reason why Yang Hong asked for a fight was actually very simple. He had fought with Zheng Yanfu and knew that the peasant army was very easy to bully. He could defeat the other party by simply setting up a military formation. Even if he couldn't win, he would use a trick of attacking the mind, which was simply effortless. In this case, whoever went to quell the rebellion could make a great contribution, and he would be promoted and made a fortune, just around the corner. Who would he pick up such a good thing?

While other generals didn't know that the peasant army was easy to bully and were a little afraid of fighting, he quickly jumped out and took this job into his hands.

Hu Tingyan was relieved when he saw Yang Hong stand out. He was indeed afraid of war, but having a capable person like Yang Hong stand out is another matter. He said happily: "General Yang is willing to go? It's great! I'll be willing to let you go."

Yang Hong laughed. At this time, his soldiers must find some more benefits, so he bowed: "Governor, this time the rioters rushed into Huanglong Mountain. It is not easy to go into the mountains to suppress bandits. The mountain road is difficult to walk, and the mountains are cold. My soldiers cannot withstand this kind of suffering. Please ask the Governor to make more military pay so that I can use it to inspire morale."

Hu Tingyan was just waiting for a steady retirement, so there was no reason for not being allowed. He quickly said, "This is a small matter. I will give you money and food. You must solve the problem of Zhu Ba and Wang Er and his gang..."

"Abide by the order!"

The civil and military officials in the hall all smiled: "I wish General Yang a victory in the flag."
Chapter completed!