Chapter 1118: Wedding Night, Eliminating Liangshan's Minions
At the beginning of the fifth year of Zhenghe.

After Shi Wenbin's three-year term as county magistrate in Yuncheng expired, he finally got his wish and went to Bianliang to report on his work.

During the performance review period, Shi Wenbin spent a total of 70,000 to 80,000 strings of family wealth in order to be transferred out of Yuncheng.

In a blink of an eye, it was the day when the Ministry of Personnel issued the transfer order.

Shi Wenbin came to the Ministry of Personnel full of hope and took his transfer order. As soon as he took a look at it, his legs went weak and he collapsed to the ground.

Early March.

Shi Wenbin, who repeatedly delayed his appointment due to his illness, was put at knifepoint by Cao Yun, the inspector of the Imperial City Division.

"Master Shi, the emperor has ordered that if you don't set out now, you will die in the line of duty."

Shi Wenbin had no choice but to go to Dongping Prefecture alone with the seal, ready to take over the position of Yanggu County magistrate.

"How unfair God is to Shi!"

"Yuncheng and Yanggu, one is to the west of Liangshan, and the other is to the north of Liangshan!"

"God wants me to die at the hands of Liangshan!"

Early April.

Finally arriving at Yanggu County, Shi Wenbin, who was appointed as the county magistrate of Yanggu County, received a letter from Cao Yun of the Imperial City Department:
"Master Shi, the Liangshan bandits are secretly colluding with the rebels Tian Hu and Fang La and have formed a tripartite alliance. We have received a secret report that the Liangshan bandit Su Mingzhe will marry the adopted daughter of Tian Hu and Fang La in the middle of this month."

Shi Wenbin put down the letter and said to Cao Yun with a wry smile:
"Inspector Cao, what is your intention in giving this letter to Shi?"

Cao Yun first looked at Shi Wenbin with cold eyes, then took out a gold medal and said coldly:
"The emperor has issued a secret order. The Liangshan bandits may be showing signs of rebellion. The officials of the prefectures and cities in the east and west of Beijing are ordered to eliminate the minions of Liangshan in various places. No mistakes can be made!"

When Shi Wenbin heard that the imperial court was going to wipe out the Liangshan bandits, he turned his worry into joy and knelt down immediately:
"I'm here to accept the order!"

The Imperial City Division acted quickly.

On the day when Su Mingzhe married Fang Jinzhi and Qiongying at the same time.

In the four prefectures and five counties in the east and west of Beijing, more than 60 business houses, more than 300 wealthy families, nearly 600 landlords, and more than 70 county heads, supervisors, and bailiffs were labeled as "Liangshan's wings and minions" and put under surveillance.

Su Mingzhe, who was drinking happily with the leaders, drank even more happily after receiving the news from Zhu Gui.

Not long after.

Su Mingzhe was drunk and was carried by two bodyguards to Fang Jinzhi's bridal chamber.

"Hey, you're not really drunk, are you?"

Fang Jinzhi looked at the "drunk" man and felt a little resentful, as tonight was their wedding night.

However, seeing that the man did not respond, she could only order her maid to help the man undress his wedding clothes.

Su Mingzhe was pretending to be drunk, so how could he bear several pairs of small hands groping back and forth on his body?

In just a moment, sounds of joy were heard from inside the tent.

An hour later.

Su Mingzhe washed himself casually, put on his wedding clothes, and walked towards Qiongying's bridal chamber.

Not long after.

Qiongying's sweet sweat soaked the quilt of the double bed.

On the second day.

Qiongying looked at Fang Jinzhi who was sleeping beside her, and her face turned red when she thought of the man's absurdity last night.

Su Mingzhe looked at the two girls' shy expressions and laughed:
"I have something important to do today. You sisters should get along well with each other and stop fighting..."

Qiongying was shy and thin-skinned, and dared not speak.

Fang Jinzhi smiled generously and said:
"Don't worry, my king. We sisters will take care of the backyard!"

"That's fine."

Su Mingzhe also believed that the two women had been conquered by him, and he would not be unable to accommodate several other women.

Return to the Juyi Hall.

The chiefs and leaders have arrived.

Zhu Gui once again recounted the incident of the government's massive elimination of the "wings and minions of Liangshan" yesterday.

The leaders who were unaware of the situation really thought that a spy from Liangshan had been captured. They were all panicked and asked Su Mingzhe to find a way to rescue him. Unexpectedly, after listening to Zhu Gui's report, Su Mingzhe actually laughed out loud:

"The court is incompetent and has fallen into Mr. Jialiang's scheme to sow discord among the people."

As Su Mingzhe spoke, he nodded and thanked Wu Yong who was standing beside him.

This Wu Yong is truly worthy of being called the 'Water Margin version of the venomous scholar Jia Xu'.

Just a slight evil plot caused the Zhao Song court to lose the popular support.

Wu Yong seemed to know that his plan was somewhat unscrupulous, so in response to Su Mingzhe's thanks, he quickly said modestly:
"Wu Yong just said it casually, or the lord is so powerful that he can make the court officials obey him obediently!"

Qiao Lie also knew Wu Yong's plan, so he stood up and said:
"My lord, now that the imperial court has fallen into a trap, even if the strength of the prefectures has not been weakened, it has certainly caused public resentment. Once our Liangshan army arrives, we will surely be able to easily win the hearts of the people!"

Su Mingzhe looked at the leaders and chiefs and knew that everyone was eager for a big battle.

"Okay, in three days, we will rise up in Liangshan to resist the tyrannical Song Dynasty!"

……

Dongping Prefecture Government Office.

Cheng Wanli, who had just taken over the post of prefect of Dongping Prefecture, suddenly received a report saying that the Liangshan bandits had rebelled and captured Yuncheng County within a day.

Cheng Wanli listened and said indifferently:

"If the Liangshan bandit had stayed safely in the 800-li marsh, the imperial court would have been unable to do anything to him. But he chose to lead his troops out, seeking his own death. You know, the imperial court's 30,000 troops have been waiting for a long time!"

Dong Ping, the military commander of Dongping Prefecture, was curious when he saw Cheng Wanli was so calm and composed.
"Sir, where did our 30,000 troops from the East and West Roads of Beijing come from?"

There are about 100,000 soldiers in the entire Jingdong Road, but these soldiers are not the best and have no combat effectiveness at all.

In addition, there is also the Guangji Army on Jingdong Road.

However, the Guangji Army is scattered across various prefectures and counties. It is not certain whether they can be gathered together or not. Even if they can be gathered together, it is still unknown whether they can fight.

Therefore, Dong Ping was very worried about how long Dongping Prefecture could hold out when the Liangshan bandits attacked.

Seeing that all his generals seemed to be afraid, Cheng Wanli was afraid that they would be afraid of fighting and surrender to the enemy, so he simply told them the secret report he had received and said:

"The 30,000 troops I mentioned are the troops led by Prime Minister Zhang (Zhang Shuye), a direct scholar of the Huiyou Pavilion. Prime Minister Zhang is both civil and military, and even the Xixia and Khitan people admire him. If a mere Liangshan bandit meets Prime Minister Zhang, won't he be easily captured?"

When the generals heard that the 30,000 troops were actually brought by the famous Zhang Shuye, their fear immediately disappeared.

A person's name, the shadow of a tree.

Zhang Shuye was very famous in that era, and even the Khitan and Western Xia were quite in awe of him.

It is no wonder that after hearing his name, the generals of Dongping Prefecture no longer took the Liangshan bandits seriously.

……

"The court sent Zhang Shuye to deal with me? Isn't this just killing a chicken with a butcher knife?"

After Su Mingzhe received the news that Zhang Shuye was coming to Beijing East and West Road, he also smiled helplessly.

When Fang La started an uprising, the imperial court sent the eunuch Tong Guan to suppress it.

Tian Hu and Wang Qing started a rebellion, and the imperial court sent ten old men (ten military governors) to encircle and suppress them.

When it came to myself, I became the famous general Zhang Shuye.

Isn’t this a bit too exaggerated?

Su Mingzhe's helplessness was actually the result of the court's careful consideration.

You know, Tong Guan, whom Su Mingzhe regarded as a "waste", was actually the Grand Marshal of the Song Dynasty in Zhao Jiji's eyes.

The "old man" Ten Jiedushi was an old general with high reputation in the eyes of the Song Dynasty court.

As for Zhang Shuye, his current official position is the direct scholar of Huiyou Pavilion, and he was originally going to be the governor of Haizhou (Huainan East Road).

Now, the imperial court sent Zhang Shuye to encircle and suppress the bandits in Liangshan, but it was just to let Zhang Shuye suppress a few bandits along the way.

Such a dispatch is just right.

Neither exaggerate nor underestimate.

(End of this chapter)