Chapter Seventy-Nine: The Messenger of Brocade
Often, only in exceptional circumstances will ...... be dispatched
Such as disaster relief, such as counterinsurgency!
These brocade-clothed messengers were able to directly mobilize troops and warehouse materials without passing through the local two thousand stones.
Even directly dispose of the two thousand stone masters on the spot!
Authority!
It's just that later, because the authority was too heavy, and the Confucianism became stronger and stronger, restricting the imperial power, so there were few brocade messengers later.
At this time, a brocade-clothed envoy was sent to this small Thorn City County, which was enough to scare the local county magistrate crazy!
"Get up, what's going on?"
This brocade-clothed messenger did not look murderous, but rather bookish, and seemed to be gentle. It's like a Confucian student!
However, the more this is the case, the more the magistrate of Jiancheng County dares not be careless.
Who doesn't know that today's Confucianism is in power and controls the government.
The Son of Heaven is now ruling in a vertical arch, and the power of the court is all in the hands of Confucianism.
At this time, the one who can send the brocade messenger here is not even asked!
"The subordinate has personally gone to the witch of the Luotong barbarian witch and canonized the witch spirit of the Luotong people as the god of the mountain. ”
The county magistrate said cautiously: "Fortunately, the messenger gave the Son of Heaven scepter for protection, and there was no danger along the way. Now send this scepter back!"
As he spoke, he cautiously sent over a scepter wrapped in several layers of linen.
The brocade-clothed messenger took the scepter, opened it and took a look, mainly bamboo, with a handle eight feet long, and a yak tail and its three weights. There is no damage in the slightest......
Only then was he satisfied, carefully retracted, and said with a smile: "The county magistrate has done a good job, and he has worked hard all the way." Let's go back and rest first!"
"Only ......"
The county commander promised, but hesitated to speak: "The angel is above, and the subordinates have doubts about something, and they don't know whether to ask or not?"
Those barbarian witches don't turn into kings, they gather in the mountains, and they have nothing to do with the original peace, why do they want to canonize the witch spirits of the Luodong people?"
The brocade-clothed envoy groaned slightly, and many of his actions still needed the cooperation of this county magistrate.
Although he has the power to force the magistrate to act.
Even if the county magistrate is disobedient and killed on the spot, it is not difficult to change the county magistrate.
But why bother?
Anyway, these things are not secrets, and they will always be known in the future.
Therefore, the brocade-clothed envoy said lightly: "What about these barbarian witches in the mountains, the imperial court naturally can't control it, and it doesn't want to take care of it.
But many of the court's wanted criminals hid in the mountains......
For example, Wu Tao, who was mad and killed hundreds of people in Guangyang's Fuhou Mansion, had already hid in the mountains. ”
The magistrate of Jiancheng County suddenly realized and said, "It turns out that the envoy is going to arrest that Wu Tao!"
"No, it's not just that. I heard that there are still many wild ghosts who have fled into the 100,000 Hengduan Mountain, occupied the Ghost Mang Mountain, and proclaimed themselves the Ghost King...... This matter is definitely not tolerated by the imperial court!"
When the county magistrate heard this, his whole person was already frightened!
Among the 100,000 Hengduan Mountains, there are three ghost kings, and he has also heard of the occupation of the Ghost Mang Mountain.
It's just that although Jiancheng County is under the 100,000 Hengduan Mountain, it can't govern the mountain.
He didn't dare to report it to the imperial court......
It's not about oneself to hang high, this is the way to protect oneself for officials.
Around the 100,000 Hengduan Mountain, there are many counties. Don't so many officials know about this?
But how many have been reported?
This kind of thing is thankless to report, and it is easy to offend colleagues.
If you want to make meritorious service and want to go crazy, don't you? If you want to die, don't bother others.
And the meaning of the imperial court is also unpredictable, if you report it, the imperial court may be busy with political fights and other messy things, and it doesn't pay attention to your report at all.
However, the imperial court attached great importance to it even worse, and it must have mobilized the forces of the surrounding counties and counties to clear the mountains and clear them......
How big is the 100,000 Hengduan Mountain and how dangerous it is, who doesn't know?
and if they go in, they will die.
The greatest possibility is that the whole army will be wiped out!
The Dayu system is the most severe, once the army is defeated, none of the officials at all levels can escape, and they will be punished and imprisoned.
With all these scruples, the best choice for officials is, of course, to selectively ignore them.
In fact, not only here in Hengting Mountain, why was the imperial court so slow to react at the beginning of many major events in the past?
Don't local officials see any sign of it?
Just because local officials usually choose to be ostriches...... As long as nothing happens to me. When I leave office, whoever is unlucky!
In a mature bureaucratic system, the greatest ability of the bureaucrats who can survive is usually prevarication and blame.
And by the time the whole bureaucracy is completely filled with this, it has almost begun to be paralyzed.
The county magistrate saw that the envoy in brocade even knew about this ghost mountain, and he trembled with more and more fright. for fear that this brocade messenger will be punished......
If you don't know about the things of Ghost Mangshan, you are stupid and incompetent, and as a county magistrate, you don't even know such a big thing around you, so stupid, what's the use of keeping it?
However, knowing is even worse, that is, not reporting the knowledge and concealing it from the court. If you are held accountable, you will end up in prison......
In short, the county magistrate trembled, and he could already think of whether he wanted to commit suicide in prison, but he saw the brocade-clothed messenger say indifferently: "Don't be afraid, as long as you cooperate with the envoy, the envoy has no intention of pursuing others."
But if you disobey the yang and the yin, then you don't have to think about going to jail.
The three-foot sword at his waist is designed for this!"
The county magistrate almost collapsed to the ground, and then quickly got up and kowtowed: "Thank you angels, thank you angels." The subordinates must obey the orders of the angels, and they will not dare to disobey them!"
"Let's go down!"
"Yui!"
The county commander did not dare to get up, nor did he dare to turn around, and retreated on his knees.
It wasn't until I got out of the lobby that I dared to turn around and stand up, and when I was blown by the wind, I found that in the winter, the whole person was already sweaty and heavy, and he was trembling slightly.
I don't know when it will be cloudy outside, as if it wants to snow!
"The wind and snow are coming......"
......
The mountains in the mountains blocked, and the dawn was a little late.
On top of that, the dawn in the mountains is particularly fierce!
A red fireball jumped suddenly, and it had already jumped out of the mountains, and it was already in mid-air, emitting a dazzling light. Shoot like arrows all over the land!
Even at this moment, it shot through the barrier of the earth and shot directly under the Nine Shadows Yellow Spring.
The originally dark and empty underworld revealed a thin light.
Boom Boom!
Flames fell from the sky, burning everything like a heavenly fire.
Flames rolled like molten magma across the canopy and the earth.
That is, in the blink of an eye, all the flames disappeared.
Then, as if the night had been dispelled, the day began to descend on the world.