Rise From the Humble

"I didn't understand why the young master came to Yiwu to recruit troops before, but now I understand. The Yiniao people are really frightened and fierce. They will never retreat when fighting. They will recruit them into the Zhejiang Army and start fighting as if they are risking their lives. He will definitely be extremely brave in battle."

Liu Dadao couldn't help but swallowed a mouthful of saliva and murmured as he looked at the bloody and bloody scene below.

Looking at the bloody fighting scene below, Zhu Pingan suddenly felt a fire of ignorance igniting in his heart!

Such a brave and good man, the father and brother who supported the family, died in a fight!

What a waste of resources!

It’s so unworthy!

Fighting in the same room, killing each other, and dying in vain, is worthless and meaningless! sad! What a shame! exasperating!

"Let's go, eat and hit the road, go straight to Yiwu County Government, visit the local magistrate, put up notices, and start recruiting troops!"

Zhu Pingan took a deep breath, calmed down, said goodbye to Liu Dadao and others, and left first.

Liu Dadao and others followed closely.

The group returned to the tea stall, ate the mutton soup and pancakes in a hurry, said goodbye to the boss and his family, got on their horses and headed straight for Yiwu County.

Yiwu County is a city with age and traces of time. It has gray-black city walls, peeling wall coverings, and cement-coated city gates. Outside the city gate is an uneven loess road. When horses pass by, yellow sand splashes all over the sky.

"The little one has eyes but cannot see Mount Tai. I don't know that Mr. Zhu Ping'an, deputy envoy of the Procuratorate of the Ministry of Justice, has arrived. I beg you to forgive me, sir."

The city gatekeeper saw Zhu Ping'an's waist badge and was surprised to see that he was such a high official. He immediately stepped forward to salute in fear.

"You are guarding the gate impartially. What crime have you committed? Please get up quickly. I am passing through your county and I have important business to visit your county. Please send someone to lead the way." Zhu Ping'an took back his badge, helped the gatekeeper, and asked him said.

"Sir, please follow me." The city gatekeeper volunteered to lead the way, then turned around and told the gatekeepers, "Liu Er, you guys are so good at guarding the gate!"

"Thank you, thank you!" Zhu Ping'an thanked him, and then said to Liu Dadao, "Allow him to have a horse."

The city gatekeepers were not polite, got on their horses and led the way.

Soon after arriving at the county government office, Zhu Pingan got off his horse. The city gate official asked the government officials to take care of the horses of Zhu Pingan and his party, and sent someone to report to the county magistrate quickly. Zhu Pingan, deputy envoy of the Zhejiang Prosecution Commission, arrived.

"Just keep Da Dao company with me. You can find a place to rest in the county government office. Pay attention to discipline and do not disturb the order of the county government office."

Zhu Ping'an ordered Liu Dadao to accompany him, and asked the others to rest in the front yard of the county government office, telling them not to disturb order.

The city gate officials arranged for the officers to lead fifty Zhejiang soldiers to the guest rooms to rest.

"I didn't know that Mr. Zhu was here, but I missed the chance to meet him from afar. Please forgive me." Zhao Qiancheng, the magistrate of Yiwu, ran all the way to greet him after receiving the notice.

"No, I'm here uninvited, an uninvited guest, causing trouble to your county and Mr. Zhao." Zhu Pingan said politely. On the way here, he had already inquired about the name of the magistrate of Yiwu County and other basic information.

"Master Zhu, please." Zhao Qiancheng, the magistrate of Yiwu, extended his hand to greet Zhu Ping'an as he entered the county office, and led Zhu Ping'an to his office room.

After sitting down, Magistrate Zhao poured a cup of tea for Zhu Ping'an and Liu Dadao each, and asked with some trepidation, "I haven't congratulated Mr. Zhu on his promotion to deputy envoy. I wonder what you are doing for Mr. Zhu's arrival today?"

Zhu Ping'an's name has been quite famous in several provinces in the south of the Yangtze River recently. He was the first to eliminate the Japanese pirates in Yingtian. Because of his meritorious service, he was promoted to deputy envoy of the Zhejiang Provincial Envoy and was promoted to a fourth-rank official. Who wouldn't envy him.

Zhao Qiancheng said that he was not envious, but that was impossible. His feelings are much deeper and more tangible than those of ordinary officials.

Because a few months ago, Zhu Pingan was just like him, the magistrate of a small county in the south of the Yangtze River.

However, a few months later, Zhu Ping'an first made great contributions to the fight against the Japanese in Jingnan, and was promoted to the Zhejiang Provincial Minister of Punishment and Supervision. Now he made great contributions to destroying the Japanese under Yingtian City, and was promoted to the fourth rank of Zhejiang Ti. The criminal inspection envoy Si Dai was appointed deputy envoy.

As for himself, he is still a seventh-grade county magistrate.

In just a few months, one was promoted from the seventh-rank county magistrate to the fourth-rank acting deputy envoy, while the other was still the seventh-rank county magistrate.

People's situations are so different from each other, how can we not feel envious?

Of course, envy is still secondary now, and anxiety is the main thing. Zhu Pingan is now the acting deputy envoy of the Zhejiang Prosecution and Prosecution Department. What does the Prosecution and Prosecution Department do? It is the Zhetai Yamen. It is in charge of the punishment and impeachment of a province. It has both judicial and supervisory powers!

Zhu Ping'an suddenly landed in Yiwu without saying hello or giving any notice and went straight to the Yamen. What was he here for? ! Is there something wrong with my case? ! Did someone go to Yingtian Zitai Yamen to file a complaint against me? !

Zhixian Zhao couldn't help but feel uneasy in his heart.

"Thank you, Mr. Zhao. I am here today to recruit troops." Zhu Pingan directly stated his intention.

"Recruiting?!" Zhao Zhixian couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this. It's not just the case supervisor who wants to trouble me. Wait, recruit soldiers, come to us to recruit soldiers. Zhao Zhixian couldn't help doubting his ears. He raised his head and looked at Zhu Ping'an. He looked in disbelief and said, "Are you going to recruit troops from our Yiwu Guard Station?"

As the magistrate of Yiwu County, Zhao Qiancheng knew very well about the Yiwu Guard Station that the barracks of the Yiwu Guard Station were dilapidated and out of the establishment of 1,000 people, there were only more than 100 people actually in the Guard Station, and most of them were old, weak, sick and disabled. Recently, due to the constant shortage of soldiers' pay and the fierce commotion of the Japanese pirates, some soldiers were killed or wounded, and some deserted. Now it is estimated that even a hundred people cannot be gathered.

How can these people fight? Zhu Pingan came to Yiwu Guard Station to recruit troops? ! This is a joke.

Zhu Ping'an shook his head slightly and said, "We are not recruiting troops from the guards, but recruiting troops from the people of Yiwu County."

"What?! Mr. Zhu wants to recruit troops from the people of Yiwu County?" Zhao Qiancheng couldn't help but stood up from his chair after hearing this, with a look of shock on his face.

"Your Excellency, you are recruiting troops! Please forgive me! Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, Taizu has set up military households and guard posts, and military households have served as soldiers for generations. This is the ancestral system of our Ming Dynasty! Your Excellency, you want to recruit troops. This is against our ancestors." Please forgive me for not obeying my order!"

Zhao Qiancheng bowed his hands to Zhu Pingan, shook his head vigorously, and rejected Zhu Pingan's request.

"Haha, Mr. Zhao, please be patient. I am recruiting militiamen. I am recruiting militiamen. I have not broken the ancestral system. Moreover, I am recruiting militiamen in accordance with the decree of the Holy One and the order of the new governor-general, Mr. Zhang Jing. Order."

Zhu Ping'an smiled slightly. Zhao Zhixian's reaction was as expected, so he explained with a smile.

As Zhu Ping'an spoke, he took out two official documents from his arms and handed them to Magistrate Zhao for viewing. One was the imperial edict on "organizing the military and preparations" issued by the imperial court when he took up the post of Zhejiang Provincial Envoy Si Qianshi. Granted Zhu Pingan the power to organize troops and recruit troops; the other was the official document for recruiting militiamen issued by Zhang Jinggang to Zhu Pingan, allowing Zhu Pingan's Zhejiang army to deploy in Shandong, South Zhili, Zhejiang, Fujian, Guangdong, No local officials can stop the recruitment of 1,200 militiamen in any place within the seven provinces of Guangxi and other governors. They must open the door to facilitate the recruitment and cooperate in whatever is expedient without making any mistakes.