"Futai, the last general can lead a thousand people to patrol the cavalry!"

In the main hall of the Tianjin Governor's Yamen, Yang Weihan, the inspector, was asking for war.

The news of the appearance of King Chuang's cavalry near Tianjin has now also been sent to the governor's yamen. Feng Yuanyang, Cao Youyi, and Li Shichun, the lecturer sent to Tianjin by Zhu Cihong, who were discussing sending troops to meet them, were all taken aback. And Tianjin Patrol Yang Weihan was unexpectedly brave, and he actually took the initiative to invite Ying to fight.

This attitude can greatly surprise Feng Yuanyang and Cao Youyi's expectations, they both know the strength of the Tianjin patrol, there are 3,000 people on the books, but in fact there are 1,000 people, and what can really be fought is about 100 Ding Yong's private soldiers raised by Yang Weihan's family. With this bit of force, it is okay to protect the safety of Governor Feng Yuanyang in peacetime, and deal with the thieves and rebels in the Tianjin Wei area.

Can you go out to fight the thieves, or deal with the cavalry of the thieves...... Did this Yang Weihan drink too much?

"Yang Xunbiao," Feng Yuanyang stroked his beard, "Are you sure?" ”

"Futai," Yang Weihan stood up, with a straight face, "There are only a thousand Xiaguan, and there are only more than 100 elite warriors who dare to fight, and the cavalry who have to deal with thousands of thieves is naturally not sure of success."

However, the lower officials have the determination to kill themselves! ”

Feng Yuanyang and Cao Youyi were both stunned, they really didn't expect this Yang Weihan, who looked like a rich family, to be so loyal!

It's really an incomprehensible sea, and loyal ministers can't be disguised!

"Good!" Li Shichun stood up and saluted, "The general is loyal and brave, and the officer admires it!" When the official sees His Royal Highness the Prince, he will definitely recommend the general to His Royal Highness the Prince. ”

"General Yang is so loyal, the old man admires it very much!" Feng Yuanyang Old Man Feng looked at the "loyal and righteous outside" in front of him, but he was a little reassured, "It's just that the patrol is a small general, I'm afraid it's not the opponent of the thief cavalry......"

"It's not an opponent, and it can last for a while." Yang Weihan said, "Xiaguan was born in Tianjin, and the soldiers of the department are all from Tianjin, familiar with the surrounding terrain, and have fathers and elders to rely on, although they can't win, they can also maneuver for a few days." With these few days, Shengshang will be able to enter the Tianjin Acropolis, and the fleet at Dagukou will also be able to reach the Acropolis. As long as the saint can board the ship, it will be a dragon entering the sea and a phoenix soaring into the sky. The lower official is a murderer, and he has also repaid the emperor's favor for generations. ”

Li Shichun nodded again and again: No wonder he is so loyal, he is under the command of the emperor's guard! But ancestral loyalty! His family has eaten the imperial grain of the old Zhu family for more than 200 years, and it is time to repay it.

Of course, Feng Yuanyang and Cao Youyi don't believe it, but it's not good to hit people's enthusiasm in person.

Feng Yuanyang said: "There are still 10,000 taels of silver in the treasury of the Buzheng History Division, and the old man will allocate 2,000 as a reward for patrolling." ”

"The last general thanked Futai!" Yang Weihan saluted and said, "Without further ado, the last general will immediately go to gather the soldiers and go out of the city early tomorrow morning to fight the thieves!" ”

"Okay, okay, without further ado." Feng Yuanyang nodded, and then sent Yang Weihan out of the yamen with Cao Youyi and Li Shichun.

After turning back, Feng Yuanyang said to Li Shichun again: "Erhe, let's set off tonight to meet the driver!" ”

"That's very good." Li Shichun nodded again and again. Although he left the dangerous place in Beijing early, his heart was always hanging there. He, Chen Jie, and Lin Zengzhi are all lecturers who have a close relationship with Zhu Cihong. And from the very beginning, it was the core of the East Palace's "power group". Whether the prince can get out of danger safely or not, the relationship with him is too great!

Cao Youyi said: "Zongzhen, as soon as Yang Patrol Biao goes, are your people still enough?" ”

"Futai, the terrain on the side of the Triangle Lake is complex, and the water network is dense, which is not conducive to the cavalry of the thieves." Cao Youyi was a short and fat martial artist with five strands of long hair, and he looked very solemn, but now his brows were twisted into a ball, and he seemed to be preoccupied.

"Sojo, what are you worried about?" Feng Yuanyang said, "The Tianjin Acropolis is strong, and it is protected by the Wei River, the Lu River, and the Triangle Lake, so it is not so easy to be occupied by thieves. As long as we welcome the Holy One safely into Tianjin, we will be foolproof. ”

"I'm afraid that people's hearts will change!" Cao Youyi said what was on his mind, "The Jingshi fell, the Son of Heaven fled, and the whole Beizhi saw that it was Li Zicheng's world...... Futai thinks that among the three guards in Tianjin, how many people can be of the same heart with us? ”

Tianjin was called Tianjin Wei in the Ming Dynasty, not a Wei, but Tianjin Wei, Tianjin Left Wei, Tianjin Right Wei a total of three Wei. Therefore, it is also called Tianjin Sanwei, according to the establishment of the early Ming Dynasty, there should be 16,800 military households under the Sanwei, occupying nearly 1 million acres of cultivated land.

By the end of the Ming Dynasty, the ordinary military households in the guard were no different from ordinary poor peasant tenants. However, most of the hereditary officer families of Tianjin Sanwei have been inherited and continued, and they have all evolved into large and small landlords. Most of the nearly one million acres of land in Tianjin Sanwei have become their private property. Most of the officers at all levels below the general guard of Tianjin are also from these hereditary officer families.

In other words, most of the officers in Tianjin Town today are local landlords in Tianjinwei! Their industry is in Tianjin, and their family is in Tianjin, so it doesn't mean that they can be left behind.

And if you go to Jiangnan, you will have a better future? I'm afraid it's hard to say, right?

If there is an opportunity for them to continue to serve the new dynasty, keep the existing industry, or even go to the next level. Isn't it obvious that the officers of Tianjin Town will choose like this?

Isn't this how Datong, Xuanfu, Juyong, and Changping came about a series of hopeful descending?

Feng Yuanyang frowned slightly, and asked in a low voice: "Mr. Cao, your subordinates are still reliable, right?" ”

Cao Youyi nodded and said: "Futai rest assured, all bureaus and divisions are in the hands of the sons and nephews of the lower officials, and there will be no disappointment of the emperor's grace." ”

"That's good...... There are original soldiers in Tianjin City, and they are watching, and they will be fine within a day or two. Feng Yuanyang said again, "As long as you can welcome the saint, you won't be afraid, the saint should not come alone, there will be thousands of elite escorts from the Beijing camp." In addition, there are many soldiers under the command of Tianjin Weishui Division and Shen Tingyang, who is the manager of shipping and receiving Ningyuan's salary. ”

The Tianjin Weishui Division was first in Tianjin, but later moved to Dengzhou, where it was supervised by the Denglai Sea Patrol, and the soldiers and generals of the department were also recruited in Denglai. The Denglai area is still under the control of the Ming army, so the Tianjin Navy Division is relatively reliable. Moreover, Su Guansheng, who is also in charge of the Tianjin Naval Division, is a ruthless person, and the Guozi Supervisor is a soldier. When he was serving as a county magistrate, he was framed, and at that time he declared that he "didn't want officials, money, and life", so he got the nickname of the three don't want masters. As an official, he has a set, and he can run a situation anywhere. Tianjin Sailor has also made great progress in his hands, and there has never been a mistake in keeping Ningyuan's salary in the past few years.

As for the sea boats controlled by Shen Tingyang, who was in charge of shipping under the Yamen of the Governor of Caoyun, they were actually all merchant ships. Shen Tingyang was born in the south of the Yangtze River, and entered the office as a supervisor of Nanjing Guozi, and in the twelfth year of Chongzhen, he was on the "Maritime Chart" and "Maritime Book", and was ordered to build two sea boats for sea trials. After the successful trial voyage of Haizhou, he was appointed to manage the shipping and Lingning Yuan's salary. Now it has expanded to the scale of having hundreds of sea boats, 2,000 sailors, and 1,000 thugs. In addition to undertaking the shipping of the imperial court, it is also conducive to the ships that undertake the shipping and also run their own business (perhaps called smuggling), and accumulate a lot of assets. Compared with the officers who received the emperor's favor on the Tianjin Wei side, Shen Tingyang and his sailors and guards were very reliable.

Because Li Zicheng can't threaten a maritime businessman like Shen Tingyang for the time being, and he can't get the benefits that can make a maritime businessman happy. But the benefits that can be obtained by saving Chongzhen's father and son are even greater! These are two strange things!

And the thugs hired by Shen Tingyang are also the masters of what you pay for! The money that should be given is enough, and the ability of the association will also be enough. Everyone can jump in hand-to-hand combat, and can skillfully use the turtledove's foot firecracker. The 1,000 turtledove foot firecrackers equipped are also good things bought from Guangdong.

This is a thug hired by Boss Shen himself, and he bought a firecracker! How can it not work?

Of course, Li Zicheng can't pull Boss Shen's thugs over, he can't afford to give so much silver!

Therefore, these two groups of outsiders are a very reliable force.

Feng Yuanyang thought for a while, and then said: "Su Guansheng has 2,000 people, and Shen Tingyang has 3,000 people...... As long as they arrive, we don't have to invite the saint and the prince to enter Tianjin City, just take a boat and leave. Even if the morale of the army is unstable, what is the matter? ”

"Futai is right," Cao Youyi said, "Then the lower official will immediately gather people and horses and escort Futai out of the city to meet him." ”

"Good!" Feng Yuanyang nodded, "Without further ado, let's leave tonight." ”