Gao Tianjue, the prefect of Changsha, has been in a very bad mood recently.

Because Hu Quancai, the governor of Huguang, came to Changsha with a remnant of the defeated generals. The name is called the Overseer, but in fact, Changsha is regarded as a temporary governor's residence.

To say that Gao Tianjue didn't want to get involved in this troubled water, he was actually forced to be helpless.

He was a native of Tieling, Liaodong, and belonged to the Han Army with a white flag, and later changed to the Han Army with a yellow flag.

In the eleventh year of Shunzhi, Gao Tianjue was recommended by Hong Chengchou to become the prefect of Changsha. In the thirteenth year of Shunzhi, Gao Tianjue returned on leave because of his father's illness. After that, he resumed in the sixteenth year of Shunzhi, but he was the prefect of Jianchang Mansion in Jiangxi.

Because the Ming army stormed Huguang and Lianke Zhuzhen. Hu Quancai had no choice but to lead the rest of the troops to flee to Jiangxi, and waited for the holy decree of Emperor Shunzhi ordering him to make meritorious contributions.

Hu Quancai was overjoyed, and then he came to Changsha Mansion all the way through Jiangxi, ready to do a big job.

It's just that the prefect of Changsha at this time is not Hu Quancai's descendant, and Hu Quancai is not easy to use. He asked the imperial court for an order to transfer Gao Tianjue back to Changsha Mansion to listen to the investigation.

Gao Tianjue felt bitter in his heart, he did a good job in Jianchang, Jiangxi, but he was transferred back to the fire pit of Huguang by Hu Quancai.

Although he and Governor Hu are both protégés of Hong Chengchou, they are not such a homogeneous method.

Hu Quancai was single-minded about making meritorious contributions to the Northern Expedition, and Gao Tianjue could only follow the governor's wishes.

As long as Hu Quancai is still the governor of Huguang for one day, Gao Tianjue can only act according to orders.

There is such a big Buddha on the top of his head, but it is really uncomfortable.

Due to the Yangtze River, the center of gravity of Huguang's forces is obviously inclined to the north.

There were only 80,000 defenders in the southern part of Huguang, of which Changsha Fu accounted for half.

The first thing Hu Quancai did when he arrived in Changsha was a large-scale military expansion.

In his opinion, the Ming army had at least 100,000 people this time, and if they wanted to hold Changsha or even the Northern Expedition, they had to have at least 200,000 troops.

The most important thing Huguang lacks is food.

At the beginning, Hong Jingluo encircled and suppressed Yongli, and the grain was basically from the lake.

It is not impossible for Hu Quancai to feed an army of 200,000.

But Gao Tianjue is worried about the quality of the soldiers.

The combat effectiveness of newly trained recruits is not guaranteed. Pulling such a new army to fight the Ming army? I'm afraid I'm going crazy, right?

But if there are words, he can't be too direct, after all, Hu Quan is his top boss.

It was Gao Tianjue who ordered the servants to carefully plan and create a play, and invited the governor to come to watch the play, and explained the truth to Hu Quancai through the play.

It was nearly dusk, and the governor's palanquin finally landed in front of the prefect's yamen.

Gao Tianjue waited outside early, and when he saw Hu Quancai coming out of the sedan chair, he hurriedly stepped forward to greet him.

"It's a great honor for the Governor to be able to come here with a face."

He glanced at Zhou Peigong beside Hu Quancai, and was extremely disdainful in his heart.

He knew Zhou Peigong, who was originally just a small official in Huguang Wuchang, but because he hugged Hu Quancai's thick legs, he was appreciated and became Hu Quancai's most trusted staff.

But Gao Tianjue felt that it was the right way to take the imperial examination.

Although he himself is only a prisoner, he is also higher than the status of a small official.

"I heard that the Kochi Mansion has raised a troupe, and now the governor can see and understand."

Although Hu Quancai is under great pressure now, he can't push himself too hard. What he still wants to do in the midst of suffering is because he accepted Gao Tianjue's invitation to come to listen to the play.

"Your Excellency the Governor, please!"

Gao Tianjue stretched out one arm and his attitude was very respectful.

Hu Quancai nodded with satisfaction, and walked into the yamen with his hands behind his back.

The singing opera was naturally in the backyard, and Hu Quancai was surrounded by Zhou Peigong and Gao Tianjue all the way through the courtyard to the back house.

Influenced by the south of the Yangtze River, the entire garden structure of Changsha is very exquisite.

The back house of the Changsha Mansion is a very exquisite garden, with pavilions and water pavilions.

Hu Quancai smiled: "Kochi Mansion will really enjoy it." The governor's yamen in Wuchang is not as delicate as yours. ”

"The Governor laughed, this is all the work of the predecessors."

Gao Tianjue picked himself clean with a word, and let his predecessor carry the pot.

He said in his heart that Hu Quancai was really cheeky, he had just lost Wuchang and had the face to mention the governor of Wuchang.

"In that case, let's take a seat."

"Your Excellency the Governor, please!"

The stage and the pavilion are directly opposite, separated by a pond.

Hu Quancai came to the top to sit down, and Zhou Peigong and Gao Tianjue sat on the left and right of his head respectively.

Everyone was seated, and Gao Tianjue clapped his hands and said, "Let's start." ”

For a while, the sound of orchestral strings and bamboos sounded, and the actors and actresses threw their water sleeves on the stage one after another.

"Good!"

Hu Quancai himself is very fond of watching dramas, and as soon as this posture came out, he knew that these actors had real kung fu.

Gao Tianjue said in his heart, I hope you can still laugh after watching the play for a while.

"Lord Governor, you can taste this green ant wine, it is the warmest wine to drink in winter."

Gao Tianjue poured a pot of warm wine for Hu Quancai, and said very respectfully.

Hu Quancai took a sip of the wine glass, and praised it repeatedly: "Good wine!" ”

"Why haven't I seen this play?"

Zhou Peigong squinted his eyes and listened to the play, and he didn't hear anything after listening to a paragraph.

"Mr. Zhou is really discerning."

Gao Tianjue swallowed and spitted at the mouth: "This play is a new play, Mr. Zhou has never seen it." ”

"Oh?"

Zhou Peigong nodded with interest: "Then I have to take a good look." ”

The three of them have stoves around them, and they smoke incense, not to mention how pleasant it is.

But Zhou Peigong felt that something was wrong when he listened to it. He turned his head to look at Hu Quancai, and found that the Governor's face had also turned black.

This High Heavenly Lord, this is doing something!

"Ahem, Kochifu, what do you mean by that? Are you mocking the Governor? ”

Hu Quancai is not easy to speak, so he can only say it to Zhou Peigong.

Gao Tianjue has no fear at all, someone has to break this layer of window paper, since no one dares to do it Gao Tianjue!

Mr. Zhou was serious. The lower officials have a lot of respect for the Governor, how can they ridicule the Governor? ”

"Still say no? So what's going on with this new play? It must have been arranged by the Kochi Prefecture, right? ”

Zhou Peigong asked angrily.

"This play was made up by the lower officials, and the purpose is naturally to persuade the governor not to be impulsive!"

Speaking of which, Gao Tianjue didn't want to hide it.

He said aloud, "Your Excellency the Governor wants to recruit a new army to fight against the Ming thieves, which is naturally excellent. But it takes time to train the army, and the new army that has just been recruited has very poor combat effectiveness and cannot go into battle to kill the enemy. Relying on such an army, let alone the Northern Expedition, it would be good to be able to hold Changsha. The Governor is sincere in his meritorious service, and the lower officials can understand it. But we have to find another way, and it is best to borrow troops from Guizhou, Liangguang, and Jiangxi! ”

"You are presumptuous!"

Hu Quancai, who had been silent, couldn't help it now. He rebuked sharply: "Do you think that Ben Du has not thought about this! ”

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