Meng is a first-class uncle, a second-class governor, and guards Daning with the emperor's order. As the highest military governor of Daning City, Daning commanded the envoys and subordinates, and all political, military, and criminal affairs should be reported to him.

In Daningdu, he commanded the envoy to rotate for a few days, and Meng Shishilang, who was accustomed to fast-paced and efficient work, was a little unable to hold on.

It's like using people as animals!

The higher the rank and the higher the official position, the more cattle it is.

The guards in front of the Dusi Yamen can still take turns on duty, and when it comes to him, it is not enough to break it into two for twelve hours a day.

Training, looking for him.

Tuntian, look for him.

Guard, still looking for him.

In addition, the management of public security in the city, fire prevention and theft, and commercial taxation must be reviewed by him.

With two dark circles under his eyes, looking at the thick stack of books sent by Du Si Experience, Meng wanted to look up to the sky and roar, is this the life of a human being?! The salary is only a little bit, and a slap on a rest day can be counted, except for overtime throughout the day, it is overtime, and the employees are squeezed to such an extent, where is the conscience? Absolute black-hearted workshop!

Roar is over, wipe your face, strike? First of all, test whether the neck is hard enough.

Banned? The old Zhu family's workshop, no matter how dark it is, no one dares to do this.

What else can I do, I can only wipe away my tears and continue to be squeezed.

At first, in the face of the mountain of work, Meng thought that he had commanded the envoys to join forces to make him stumble. With suspicion, he ordered Gao Fu and others to observe secretly, but the results of the investigation shattered his speculation.

It's not just him who is busy, everyone is busy.

The affairs of the three departments are concentrated in one department, and it is strange that they are not busy.

Zhang Gui, who was whipped by Zhu Gaosui outside the city, had to run inside and outside the city all day long with a red mark on his face, arranging work in Tuntian.

Daning is located in the north of Xinjiang, the winter is long, in recent years is even more unpredictable, snow in March and April is common.

In the Yamen, all four of them are in command of the affairs, except for the daily training of the garrison and the border army, most of the time they are busy with Tuntian.

Seeds, farm implements, ploughing cattle.

The annual spring ploughing day, the autumn harvest, and the postponed sowing time are listed in a booklet with astonishing detail.

According to the experience and the report of the capital, Zhang Gui and Xu Cheng have been in charge of Tuntian in the past two years. The two of them have put a lot of effort into this, but the results are really not great.

"Don't hide it from my uncle, it's a cold year now. In previous years, relying on Juntun and Shangtun was enough to meet the needs of the Daning garrison. In the past two years, it has been necessary to ask the imperial court to add parts. Otherwise, let alone two meals a day, one meal a day will be a problem. The soldiers below have to go hungry. Last year's spring ploughing was postponed for a month, and the yield per mu could not catch up with previous years. I'm afraid it's going to be even later this year. ”

Speaking of this, Du Shi sighed and looked sad.

The capital is a civil official, and he is in charge of the documents in the command and envoy department.

The perennial life of the side plug gradually sharpened his mind. As a civilian worker in the military attache system, his words and deeds are much less literati and more bold and neat that belong to the border army. It's really not that he deliberately cried poor in front of Meng, it's really sad. Not for yourself, but for the brothers who defend the city, you must always give it a try, and ask Meng to think of a way.

Rectally.

Such a word should not be used on civil officials, but the one in front of him gave Meng a new understanding of the civil officials of the Ming Dynasty.

With his age and official qualifications, it should be known that it was very inappropriate for Lu Dao to say this in front of Meng.

In the dismount outside the city, Zhang Gui stole chickens without eating rice, and was beaten by the third prince, almost everyone knows. At this time, instead of saying that he was far away, he mentioned this person in front of Meng, saying how responsible he was for his own work, and he couldn't find a second word to describe Meng's perception of this person except for his rectum.

Does he have a relationship with Zhang Gui?

Knocking on the table, Meng overturned his thoughts.

"In this way, these field books will be left here first, and the official will make a decision after reading them."

"Yes."

It's true that everything is a rectum, and it's good to have been in the officialdom for ten years, and there is always an eye for people.

For the sake of Daning's defenders, he took a risk, but he also controlled the measure.

It's too late, you can't cross the line, he knows the same way.

The door opened and closed.

Next to the table, Meng opened a field book, moved closer to the candlelight, and read it carefully.

The candle flame reflected the official uniform on his body.

A big black case, a crimson robe, and handsome eyebrows.

The fingers are slender, and the tiger's mouth and fingertips are covered with thin calluses, which is a memento of his four years in the army.

Seeing the number of mu yields on the field book, Meng couldn't help frowning. Fingertips slowly glide over the numbers, and the situation is really not optimistic.

Daning is still like this, not to mention Kaiping, Quanning and other health centers further north?

The ships carrying grain will not leave until at least June, and during this time, the border troops in the north will probably have to tighten their belts to get by.

Transferring grain from Jindi? Or think of a way from Liaodong?

In front of the dancing candle flame, Meng was a little distracted.

For a long time, he shook his head.

The king of Jin is not easy to get along with, and he is not familiar with Liu Zhen, the guard of Liaodong. is not a relative, not a teacher or a friend, he comes to the door to find someone to borrow food, and Liu Dudu can get him out.

The temper of the warriors is not very good. Even Meng himself has been tempered recently.

is irritable at every turn, and it is possible to whip people like Zhu Gaosui one day.

Closed the field book, pinched his eyebrows, so irritable, it was really bad.

It seems that there is still too much pressure. was already short of food, and he had to be disturbed by the Tartars, plus Duoyan Sanwei was eyeing the pasture on the side, holding on to the pasture, Meng Neng couldn't help but not break out until now, which is already quite remarkable.

Thinking of Duoyan Sanwei, I remembered that he was pitted by Emperor Yongle once.

was pitted by the emperor, and it was easy to go back, so he could only make up for it from others.

Picking up the pen, he spread out the paper, the ink smeared on the paper, and several names were circled.

He wants to relieve the pressure, and finding a few people is the fastest and most effective way.

Three views? Early crushing into slag.

Moral? So what?

The so-called happiness of oneself should be built on the pain of others, Meng Shishilang deeply believes it. Especially from the standpoint of the family and the country, there is no pressure at all to stir up the Tartars who disturb the side.

For the peace of the borders and the prosperity of the Ming Dynasty, the leaders of the Duoyan Sanwei and the Tatar Great Khan need to work together.

I tore open the paper on which I had written, threw it into the brazier, and the flames burst up, and the ink and paper turned to ashes.

The experience of coming to the concert was about to enter the door, and when he saw this scene, he quickly put his foot back.

Or wait.

Without him, Xingningbo's smile was too scary.

The experience didn't take too long, and Meng in the room had already spoken, "Come on, please ask Zhang and Xu to come to the meeting." ”

Zhang and Xu Yishi?

The experience outside the door and the guards looked at each other, thinking that they had misheard.

Zhang Gui and Xu Cheng, who received the news, were also confused and worried.

Is Xingningbo trying to find fault and take revenge or has something else going on?

Helplessly, the order of the superior cannot be disobeyed, even if there is a deep pit waiting for them in front of them, they have to take a big stride forward.

Unlike what the two expected, Meng did not find fault, let alone set a trap, and said straight to the point that he had read the field books in the past two years and was very satisfied with the work of the two.

"Heaven is not beautiful, and the fields are not abundant." Meng personally poured tea for the two of them, signaling that the two of them did not need to panic, "Do you two have good suggestions?" ”

Zhang Gui and Xu Chengcheng took the teacup in fear, not to mention Xu Cheng, Zhang Gui was also scared by Zhu Gaosui's whip. As Zhu Gaosui said, if he really wants to find fault with himself, no matter whether he is a clan or a royal prince who is cornering, he can't save him.

The "friend" who handed him the news that Xingningbo would fall sooner or later had long since disappeared. Zhang Gui completely understood that he was being used, but unfortunately he understood it a little late.

Let him and Xingningbo not deal with each other, so that Xingningbo resents the prince and the princess, and turns to His Majesty to make a statement, who will benefit?

The king of Gaoyang or the third prince? Something is clearly wrong.

The intention is too obvious, and if you find out, it will definitely displease the Son of Heaven.

So, who will it be?

I can't think of who is behind it, but Liang Zi is finally over. It is Shangguan who offends, and it is not easy to unravel it. Zhang Gui is ready to break the fortune and eliminate disasters and go home to farm. I didn't want Meng Shen to make a stroke, so that he was completely dizzy.

Why did Xingningbo ask this, didn't he want to use himself?

Zhang Gui subconsciously looked at Xu Cheng, and Xu Cheng also frowned.

Meng was holding the teacup, the old god was there, and he was not in a hurry at all.

After a long time, Xu Cheng took a deep breath, clenched his fists, and made up his mind.

"Xia Guan thinks that the rain and snow are impermanent, and this year's spring plowing may be delayed, and the yield per mu will definitely not be abundant."

Meng lowered his eyes and said, "Go on." ”

Xu Cheng didn't say anything more, but turned his head to signal to Zhang Gui.

Zhang Gui understood that Xu Cheng was helping him, gritted his teeth, and said loudly: "As the following officials can see, buckwheat can be replanted after the wheat harvest, or corn and other wheat seeds can be replaced." Although the tax per mu is more, it can support the needs of the defenders. ”

Seeing Meng nodded, Zhang Gui had a bottom in his heart, and continued: "Last year, Xia Guan ordered his subordinates to reclaim new fields and plant buckwheat and corn, and the income was higher than that of wheat planting, and it could be more than a year. If there is a restriction on the military tun, it can be mainly a commercial tun. The world has been peaceful, there is the salt of the imperial court, and the merchants will drive profits, and they will definitely contribute. ”

"It's a very good law."

Meng nodded again, affirming Zhang Gui's suggestion. When he was Kaipingwei, he used a similar method to supplement the food of his soldiers, and the effect was very good.

Buckwheat doesn't taste as good as wheat, but it fills the stomach.

Nowadays, it is most important to solve the rations of the Daning defenders, and the taste is secondary.

"That's not enough." Meng smiled, "When the field is planted, you have to take precautions." ”

"What do you mean, uncle?"

"If the evil neighbor is on the side, how can he sleep in peace? Don't be careful, you have worked hard for a year, but in the end you were robbed by the Tartars, wouldn't it be in vain. ”

As soon as these words came out, Zhang Gui and Xu Cheng nodded together.

The Mongolian tartars on the steppe specially count the time of the autumn harvest to threshh grass. Tai Ningwei next to him is not honest. A few days ago, the rangers captured by the border army were inseparable from Tainingwei.

Duoyan Sanwei made great contributions in the Jingjing, and also said that the Son of Heaven had promised them pasture for grazing.

During this time, it is common to see the herdsmen of Sanwei driving cattle and sheep, leaving the area under the jurisdiction of Wei, and "crossing the border" to graze near Daning.

The Daning defenders drove several times, the front foot left, and the back foot came back.

Some intercropping crops were eaten, and the fire accumulated by the border army was quite large.

"This matter will be settled by the officials. The solution may be a bit out of the ordinary. Meng suddenly smiled and said solemnly, "The official wants the two of you to say a word, are you willing to obey the official's orders?" If you are willing, the official will protect the two of you for a future, and if you are unwilling, the official will not pursue it. ”

Meng Jiang's words were clear, Xu Cheng and Zhang Gui knew in their hearts that this was an opportunity, and they were afraid that it was also the only opportunity.

The two no longer hesitated, and they had to show their determination to do so, and only Xing Ningbo was the first to look forward.

No matter what you think in your heart, the sincerity on your face doesn't show that you're cheating.

Meng smiled kindly, no matter how different his position is, he can cooperate under the premise. What's more, he is the superior of the two, unconvinced? There is still a way to clean it up.

After Xu Cheng and Zhang Gui left, Meng met with the other two commanders respectively, as well as the commanders who had been suppressed by Zhang Gui before.

The conversation also talked about the issue of tuning land and dealing with land and grain disputes with neighbors.

Soon, the commander of the capital learned that Xingningbo had divided Daning's military cantonment into pieces and divided them into place, and two Tongzhi and four servants were each responsible for a piece. During the work of Tuntian, Xingningbo didn't ask anything. After the autumn harvest, which area harvests the most grain will be publicly recognized, and there will be additional rewards.

It is said that the rewards are extraordinarily generous.

Tongzhi and the servants have all gone to Tuntian, who will come to train the troops?

Meng Hehe smiled, it doesn't matter, isn't there a commander of Daning who enjoys retirement in advance?

"Du Si is only half a hundred years old, when it is the golden age for the court to shine and be loyal to His Majesty, how can you ignore everything and don't ask about everything? It's not good, it's bad. Emperor Tai-Zugao taught us that the value of life lies in working, working, and working again! ”

So, retire early and get back to work.

The commander who has always been excluded is very moved. Even if he was arrested as a laborer, all kinds of squeezing of surplus value still did not reduce his gratitude to Uncle Meng in the slightest.

Bole!

Xingningbo is his Bole!

Looking at the tearful commander, Meng Shishilang silently turned his head and forcibly suppressed the trace of guilt that rose in his heart.

He didn't admit that he was so ruthless because of his leisurely eyes, and he resolutely refused to admit it!

After Uncle Meng's permutations and combinations, various provocations ...... Cough, encouragement, Daning Du commanded the envoy to be like a locomotive full of fuel, rumbling forward.

The court faction and the barriers in the army were smashed one by one by Meng Shishilang with a hammer.

Carrying the hammer, Meng Shishilang smiled proudly.

Want to get promoted?

Want to get rich?

Do you want to have a great future?

Then work hard.

Internal competition is the most conducive to improving work efficiency. I don't want to be compared to others, I want to get a good reward, let's play together.

Daning Du commanded the spirits to rejuvenate, listening to the majestic roar in the school field, as if he had returned to the age of boiling blood.

Daning commanded Tongzhi and Du to command the servants to stay in the field all day, change into a public uniform, pull up the trouser legs, and those who don't know the inside story will never recognize this as the military attache of the second and third grades of the imperial court, and think that it is an ordinary military man.

Driven by Shangguan, thousands of households, hundreds of households, general banners, and small banners are not to be left behind.

When the soldiers of the adjacent division met the plow, their nostrils were puffed, and the muscles in their arms bulged, dark and strong, like a small mountain.

Junhan, that's how powerful and majestic!

Meng Shishilang, who happened to be inspecting the work in the field, was enthusiastic, and hurriedly pinched his nose.

Keep silently reciting in his heart, he has a beauty, he has Shen Xuan, he must not make a mistake in thinking, otherwise Hou Erdai will give him a good look.

For spring ploughing, the craftsmen of the city's miscellaneous bureau began to work in three shifts, and the fire in the furnace was never extinguished.

Amid the sound of iron, all kinds of improved farm tools were delivered to the military households.

The Bureau of Miscellaneous Creation is an official organization, and the tools it manufactures can only be used in the military. Farmers and merchants in the fields noticed the sharpness of the new plough and used their brains to follow suit.

Meng sighed at the wisdom of the working people, and at the same time felt a pain, who let there be no patent royalties at this time?

In order to achieve sustainable development, they can only pay their own money to reward artisans who improve their agricultural tools.

Ten ingot treasure bills, a total of five times. Although the value of the treasure money continues to depreciate, it can also buy half a load of grain.

From farm tools to tools, from tools to wheeled carts, from wheeled carts to chariots, and even spears and spears, there are craftsmen who have begun to study. Although most of the ideas are not possible, as long as the craftsmen are willing to think, willing to do, and keep turning their brains, inspiration will continue to emerge. There will always be an idea or two that can be put to good use, and the benefits are obvious.

The improved version of the station and train drawings was reported to the imperial court, but there was no promotion, but there was a lot of money and cloth. Even the jackets issued to the soldiers were much thicker.

Meng finally realized the benefits of being a "feudal official". There is no mountain overhead, as long as you don't go out of line, you can do whatever you want, it's really good.

No, you can't say no.

Zhu Gaosui, who has been staying in Daning City, is even a mountain that is not big or small.

Originally, Zhu Gaosui planned to go to Kaipingwei to find Zhu Gaoxu. Both brothers inherited their father's warlike nature, and came north to play happily with the Tartars.

As a result, Meng made a series of strokes to stop Zhu Gaosui's footsteps. He found that there were a lot of interesting things to do in Daning City, so he simply didn't leave, lived in the Yamen of the Command Envoy, and participated in everything Meng did.

"Xingningbo doesn't need to be too grateful, Lone is just a gesture."

Meng Qi knot.

Pat his head, okay, there is Zhu Gaosui as a brand, and it is wrong for others to find him, so he has to weigh how much.

Zhu Gaosui is well-intentioned, he understands. But the words that come out are really infuriating.

Take a deep breath, he doesn't get angry.

was irritable, so he simply took out the letter that Shen Xuan wrote to him, read it from the beginning, and immediately felt refreshed.

Wanted to see him.

Think this way and that.

But now is not the time.

Meng has been preparing.

Arranged the spring ploughing work to Zhang Gui and others, and by the way, he caught the commander of the capital to be in charge of military training and city defense, and freed up time to pay attention to the movements of Duoyan Sanwei.

After the herdsmen of Sanwei appeared more frequently near Daning, repeatedly accidentally stepped into Shangtun and Juntun, and trampled on wheat seedlings, Meng Zhilu said that the time had come.

The first year of Yongle, spring and April.

Before dawn, several fast horses galloped out of Daning City.

Shuntianfu, Kaipingwei, Quanningwei, and Yingzhouwei received Meng's handwritten letters one after another.

Duoyan Sanwei noticed the movement of Daning City, and the leaders of the Sanwei gathered together, but they couldn't guess why Meng moved.

For the next period of time, there was no movement in Daning City.

Just when the leader of Duoyan Sanwei planned to go up to the Son of Heaven again and use the land of Daning as a grassland, an accident happened.

Tai Ning Wei, Fu Yu Wei, and Duo Yan Wei suffered robbery at the same time.

Cattle and sheep, war horses, tents, whatever can be robbed, will not fall.

The warriors of the tribe drove out the bandits, but the losses were irreparable.

What annoyed Sanwei even more was that it was the Tatars who robbed them! It doesn't matter if the Tatars are robbed, the savage Jurchen still sneaks around to pick up the cheap!

Can this be endured?

Absolutely not!

So, the Mongolian strong men rode their war horses, brandished their sabers, took revenge, and must be snatched back!

The Tatar Khan Ghost Li Chi received the news and had a question mark in his head. He didn't remember sending someone to rob Wuliangha, and even if he did, he would go to Kaipingwei and Daning to rob him.

Look at the right prime minister Ma'erha, did you do it?

Ma Ha shook his head, resolutely not.

Look at Prime Minister Zuo and Sun Tai again, are you a kid?

Yesun Tai also waved his hand, absolutely not!

Ghost Lichi continued to ask questions, who is that? Could it be Mahamu's boy? Well, most likely!

Robbed Wuliangha and let Lao Tzu take the post? It's not over!

The leaders of the ghost Li Chi and Duoyan Sanwei also thought that it was the Ming Dynasty, but the leather armor on the robber's body and the scimitar in his hand all had the Tatar symbol, and the cowardly Timur in the lead, Hara Lai Huan Li Raer, were all Tatar officers. By the way, the cheap ones are also savage Jurchens, and there is no doubt about them.

The last doubt was eliminated, and Duoyan Sanwei didn't have the heart to ask Zhu Di for pasture for the time being, but instead sought Zhu Di's support to help them get justice from Tatar!

Zhu Di wiped the short mustache on his chin, and opened the report sent by Zhu Gaoxu, Zhu Gaosui, Shen Xuan and Meng not long ago, and with a wave of his hand, I will stand on the side of justice and help the leader of Sanwei get justice!

As for true justice and false justice?

Seeing Zheng He, who sent the secret decree, Meng's eyes narrowed, and he smiled tacitly.