Chapter 43, long-term discussion

In the side hall, Chen Xianjun, Wen Xianwei, Zu Fan and others sat down one after another.

When Zu Zhao arrived from the inner courtyard, Zuling had introduced the situation in the early morning in detail, and Chen Xianjun and others had a specific understanding. Wen Tai and Zu Fan both had a grim look. Without waiting for Chen Xianjun to make any statement, they said their views as soon as they sang. As early as on the way to Zujiazhuang, Wen Tai and Zu Fan rode in front of them, and the two had a private discussion, but Chen Xianjun in the sedan chair still looked sleepy.

Wentai believes that people should be sent to the county government immediately and ask the governor Liu Zheng to give a letter. At the same time, he summoned the military servicemen of the county to go to the hiding place of the thieves in Lingzhi County as soon as possible. Zu Fan added that he should also return the matter to the county government of Lingzhi County. At the very least, it can also be in line with the local county government, without causing cross-border disputes to jointly encircle and suppress the thieves.

Chen Xianjun was still sleepy. After listening to Wen Tai and Zu Fan's words, he immediately became excited and was splashed with cold water on a cold day, and he suddenly cheered up.

"Cough, I thought this matter should be discussed in the long-term."

"Long-term, long-term? From a long-term perspective, the thief has long run away without a trace. Wen Tai couldn't stop his temper.

"Your Excellency, what we have said is all about. As long as it is done step by step, there will be a result of this matter. Zu Fan could still say politely.

"Lord Chen, if it is inconvenient for the county government to come forward, there will be no shortage of strong men in my ancestral family." Although Zu Ju was a heavy man, he had to stand up and put pressure on Chen Xianjun at this time, so he deliberately said so.

"Well, what General Zu said is within my duties to protect the territory and the people. It's just that the matter is quite complicated at present, involving cross-border crossing. If it is not handled well, I'm afraid it will lead to unnecessary misunderstandings. Chen Xianjun said with a laugh.

"County lord, forgive me for talking too much," Zu Zhao stood up and solemnly saluted Chen Xianjun in advance, and then said without humility, "Wang Zheng was arrested in the market. He is the contact of the thieves. If it is delayed for too long, the thieves will be suspicious. This time, my ancestral family suffered this great humiliation. If we don't get rid of our shame, we can't apologize to our ancestors and comfort our widows. Please also ask the county lord to ask for orders for the people, and you will definitely catch all the thieves.

"Son, what you said..." Chen Xianjun is still waiting to be perfunctory.

"Lord County, every winter in the county will prepare for thieves. Nowadays, the world is restless and there are many bandits. Even if this thief is not killed today, he will definitely come together after winter. No one knows what the situation will be like at that time. If theft is unfavorable or the loss is too large, how can the county lord hand it over to the county government? Why not take advantage of the weak situation and break it in one fell swoop, which can not only avoid future troubles, but also deter the whole territory. Why don't we kill two birds with one stone? Zu Zhao immediately said when Chen Xianjun's tone was uncertain.

This statement was reasonable and analyzed, causing everyone in the hall to nod and say yes. Although cross-border is troublesome, there is another explanation if this action is regarded as a precedent.

In the face of the pressure of the ancestral family and the elbow of his county lieutenant, Chen Xianjun has no way to deal with it. If he still has to be perfunctory at this time, he is afraid that he will not be able to deal with the ancestral family at all in the future. What's more, although he likes to be a person who looks on the wall, he is not without the ability to distinguish right from wrong. Hearing Zu Zhao's two consecutive analyses, he is more or less aware of the middle stakes.

Thinking about it. Anyway, this matter can only be done according to the rules. As long as you follow the rules, even if something goes wrong, you won't get into trouble. At first thought of this, he dragged the long official voice and pretended to meditate, and then said, "The eldest prince's words are reasonable, and he is indeed insightful. This matter is indeed urgent. Well, let's do it first. Captain Wen, later, you and the king's book will discuss this matter. As soon as the documents are ready, I will send them to the county government immediately.

Subsequently, Zu Zhao briefly talked about the situation of Zu Cheng, Zu Bao, Zu Zhong and other children lurking in Lingzhi County. A few days ago, after Zu Fan heard that this matter was related to Lingzhi County, he specially arranged personnel to collect the map of Lingzhi County, and brought it with him early this morning. At this time, he took the map, spread it out in front of the crowd, and marked it according to the direction Zu Zhao said.

According to our opinion, we should be ready to start at any time. After A Cheng and A Bao found out the detailed clues, they surrounded the thieves with lightning, and then killed them unprepared. Zu Fan said in a straight voice.

Zu Zhao subconsciously took a look at Zu Fan. Even if Zu Fan did not mention this matter, he would still emphasize it later. It can be said that the hero's opinion is similar.

"The Zhuang Shang immediately began to prepare for this matter. Zhaoer, you can arrange it later." Zu Ju said with general-like majesty.

"Please don't worry, Sun'er will continue to arrange it." Zu Zhao replied in an orderly manner. In fact, he had ordered these things as early as early as the early morning. The young children in the village were all rubbing their hands. At present, the equipment in the warehouse were all placed in the backyard and on the horse farm, and they could be distributed one by one after the afternoon.

At noon, Chen Xianjun and Wen County Lieutenant left first and returned to the county government to write relevant documents.

Chunyupei took advantage of this free time to find Zuju again and politely hoped to help together. Zuju was a little hesitant, but he thought that the other party was not engaged in Xuantu County after all. At least he had an official position, which was helpful in prestige and aftermath, so after reluctantly giving up, he finally accepted it.

After getting the approval letter, Gongsun Long immediately ran to the backyard to find Zu Zhao and excitedly told the matter.

Zu Zhao, who was wiping all kinds of blades, couldn't help thinking again: What are Chunyu Pei and Gongsun Zhi going to do? Don't be in a hurry to pack up and set off, but you still need to deal with this matter?

"Aron, hasn't Mr. Gongsun mentioned packing up his itinerary in recent days?" Zu Zhao asked Gongsun Long.

"Clean up the itinerary? Where are you going? Gongsun Long asked with a puzzled face.

"Oh, nothing. I just hope you can stay for a few more days and don't rush back to Xuantao County. Zu Zhao knew it in his heart, so he casually made up an excuse to prevaricate.

"Haha, it must be. I can't wait to stay here until the end of the year. But I don't want to go back to Houcheng so soon. Some time ago, my family had a lot of things to do, and my second uncle couldn't take care of many things. The most important thing was the foreigners in the northwest and northeast. Gongsun Longxin thought it was true, readily agreed, and also complained about a few words at home.

Z Zhao's face changed slightly and immediately found some key clues from Gongsun Long's words.

"Why, foreigners commit crimes again?" He deliberately led the topic to ask.

"Alas, it hasn't stopped. There are Qiang people and Wuhuan in the northwest and Goguryeo people in the northeast. In particular, the Goguryeo people have repeatedly committed crimes, which makes people panic. I have wanted to talk to my second uncle many times, just gather the interests of the whole county to teach Goguli a lesson and see if they dare to be rampant. But my father always doesn't take me to see my second uncle and can't talk about it. I heard that the second uncle asked the state government for help many times, but the state government was slow to reply. Our Xuantao County is sparsely populated. The officers and soldiers stationed in the border have not been replenished all year round. They are all old, weak, sick and disabled. There is really nothing we can do. Gongsun Long put the Buddha with a lot of bitter water and suddenly poured it all out.

Zu Zhao meditated. Since Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty defeated the Xiongnu, the Han Dynasty really deterred the four sides, and the surrounding small countries took the initiative to pay tribute. Before Wang Mang usurped the Han Dynasty, the Goguryeo nation had always been a minister to the Han Dynasty. Until Wang Mang demoted the king of Goryeo as a marquis and arbitrarily recruited Goryeo to fight, and finally forced Goryeo to raise the flag to rebel. Taking advantage of the replacement of the two Han, the king of Goryeo not only annexed other small tribes around, but also invaded the four counties of Han. During this period, he gradually developed from the tribe to a national regime.

At the beginning, Xuandu County was located outside the Great Wall. It was precisely because of the repeated encroachment and occupation of Goguryeo that the Han Dynasty migrated Xuandu County three times. Today, Xuandu County has been transferred from outside the Great Wall to the Great Wall, and has also allocated part of the territory of Liaodong County.

The rampantness of Goguryeo was not contained until later that Gongsun Du took charge of Liaodong and took the initiative to attack Goguryeo.

Zu Zhao secretly guessed that maybe the Gongsun family did not have such a strong power in Xuantong County. After all, Xuantong County is more remote and backward than Youbeiping County, which is nothing more than relying on the status of Gongsun King or this Taishou. He is not sure whether this matter has something to do with Gongsun Zhi's mind for the time being, but in any case, he has a more understanding.

After taking Gongsun Long to choose a suitable weapon, Zu Zhao asked him to stay with the children of the other Gongsun family and meet him on the horse farm after receiving the notice. After seeing off Gongsun Long, Zu Zhao went to a small courtyard next to the west courtyard and met Han Dang. Han Dang drove dozens of miles from afternoon to evening yesterday. Although he was tall and strong, he was exhausted after tossing. Until Zu Zhao came to look for him, he was still sleeping with his head covered.

Taking advantage of Han Dang's washing, Zu Zhao was a careful person and ordered the servants in the West Courtyard to prepare some meat porridge and meat cakes as soon as possible.

Han Dang, regardless of the winter atmosphere, took two buckets of water in the well in the courtyard, wiped his body with well water first, and then washed it directly on the top of his head. When he returned to the house, he didn't dry the water on his body. He put on his clothes directly. Seeing the hot food on the table in the small hall and looking at Zu Zhao standing outside the door, he would smile and then greeted Zu Zhao into the room.

Zu Zhao briefly told Han Dang about the arrangements of the county magistrate, county lieutenants and others in the morning and the current actions of Lingzhi County.

Han Dang raised his neck and swallowed the meat porridge, touched his mouth, and said loudly, "I'm most familiar with the surroundings. Thirty miles northeast of the county that Wang Zheng's thief said should be a hilly forest, and then there is the Gobi wilderness nearly a hundred miles away. If Mr. Zu wants to act, Mr. Han is willing to lead the way.

Zu Zhao has not considered this. Han Dang, whether it is martial arts or familiarity with Lingzhi County, can provide a lot of help for this matter. However, he still wants to worry that he is now waiting for sin. In case of any mistake, he is not afraid that the power of his ancestors will not affect Lingzhi County.

Han Dang saw that Zu Zhao was silent and laughed: "Mr. Zu is a righteous man, but you can rest assured. I, Han Dang, can go back to Lingzhi yesterday and have my own way to retreat completely. The disaster of thieves and bandits is also something that I can't tolerate. It is for the people to eliminate harm and justice first. This time, it is also involving Han's hometown. Don't frame Han's injustice!"

When Zu Zhao heard this, he immediately smiled and said happily, "Brother Han has said so. I can't but obey. Brother Han, please rest assured that no matter what happens afterwards, my Zuzhao will do his best to protect Brother Han's whole body retreat.

Just after lunch, Zu Zhan came back from Anyang Pavilion and told the Zhang brothers that they would come to help.

The Zhang brothers are gathering the children of Benting and familiar rangers, everyone with horses and knives. If they leave tonight, the ancestral family will send someone to inform them at any time, and they will come at any time. Not only that, but also agreed to meet in Beiguoting before noon tomorrow. Whether it is action or not, we will meet first to calculate, so that there will be a clear order when moving.

Zu Zhao said that he had worked hard and asked Zu Zhan to rest first.

Before the city gate was closed in the evening, the county government finally came to the news. Zu Fan sent a letter to Zujiazhuang, saying that Chen Xianjun had drawn up two documents and sent them to the county government and Lingzhi county government respectively. The visitor also repeatedly told that Chen County must wait until the county government and Lingzhi County Government reply before taking action.

Zu Zhao sent someone away and immediately came to see his grandfather. He conveyed the original text of Zu Fan's words, but deliberately did not mention Chen Xianjun's "repeat reminders". Xu Wu's order is not far away, but it will take less than three or two days to go to Pinggang County, where the county seat is located. This is not whether Liu Zheng can review the official documents and make decisions in time. As far as the current situation is concerned, at times of emergency, we should use extraordinary means. As long as we can get the approval of the county and county government, it will be logical to cross the border.

That night, Zuju summoned several young and strong generations with a reputation for bravery and martial arts. They didn't have much nonsense. They just gave instructions with a very strict face and asked all the staff to be armed according to the number of people gathered today. Tomorrow, they only waited for a message from the county government and rushed directly to Lingzhi County.

In addition, he nominally asked Zu Zhao to lead the children, but he also arranged Zu Zhao's uncles, such as Zu Ling, Zu Li and Zu Ke, to be optimistic about Zu Zhao. Although Zu Zhao's performance in the past few days did show the talent of the leader, he deterred more than 100 criminals a few days ago, which also confirmed his bravery, but after all, he is still young and the only direct descendant of the ancestral family. Zuju is old, and he is no longer heroic in the past. He only wants to be careful.

In the hall, Zu Zhao did not show any expression, calm as water.

Zuling, Zu Li and other uncles had some reputation in the county in their early years. Zuling once knocked down three armed thieves with his bare hands when preparing for thieves the year before last, which was also a commendable thing. Zu Li was a sideline. When he was young, he had never been valued by his family, but because he participated in guarding the ancestral caravan for many years, he shot and injured as many as 50 horse thieves who dared to rob the road in seven years. Yu Ren established his qualifications in one fell swoop.

As for several other uncles, they have either been recommended by the county's "Brave Wu Fangzheng" in their early years, or have served as military positions in the county or border officers.

Although the ancestral family has not had any prominent figures in recent years, all parties are more or less outstanding talents, which is also full of talents. In particular, the customs of military families, coupled with the tough folk customs on the northern border, are mostly martial and aggressive children.

Although Zu Zhao has performed quite like a genius recently, it can only lead to heated discussion in such a big family and in front of such a group of uncles and elders.

However, after the people dispersed in the hall, Zu Zhao still came to the backyard horse farm, found several children who had practiced on the Xihe Bridge, and ordered them to inform all the armed children tonight. No matter when they will receive a message from the county government tomorrow, they will set off on the road in the afternoon. At night, he also informed Han Dang of this arrangement in advance.

Han Dang has no objection, but tomorrow he can lead everyone to take a detour directly to Shunlin in the northeast of the suburb of the county.

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