"The last general Li Wenzhong has seen Cui Shuai!"

Cui Anqian, who met Li Wenzhong for the first time, was also deeply impressed by this subordinate who had to work together for a long time.

According to his understanding, Li Wenzhong's age is not very old, but this meeting found that the other party has a maturity that others in this age group do not have. You must know that he was still trying to get a jinshi when he was the other party's age, and this has become a military general from the third grade.

Although this is due to the identity of the clan, the starting point is higher than that of ordinary people, but Cui Anqian, who is in the army, can feel the sharp energy on Li Wenzhong.

It's a battle-hardened performance.

The Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate honed people like this?

"General Li, please get up!" Cui Anqian smiled and said, "Ben Shuai will introduce these people to General Li." This is Zhang Chan, the deputy envoy of Ziqing Jiedu, this is Liu Jun, another general of the Pinglu Army in addition to General Li, and this is Yang Shihou, the commander of the Zuo Shenwu Army. ”

Since the new Qingzhou Thorn History Wang Tuan has not yet arrived, the position of Qingzhou Thorn History is currently vacant, and Cui Anqian is temporarily replaced.

When the civil and military officials around Cui Anqian learned of Li Wenzhong's identity, they were also very polite, and the intention of friendship was very obvious.

"I don't know if General Li is here, can Wei Bojun stop him?" Cui Anqian asked suddenly.

"Not hindered." Li Wenzhong sensed that Cui Anqian had something to say, "Cui Shuai is worried? ”

"Hmm!" Cui Anqian nodded, "I'll talk about this later!" ”

Wei Bojun made Luo Hongxin not a person with a firm position, and he was a feudal town himself. If it was forced by Zhu Wen's pressure to cut off the connection between Ziqing and Hedong, it would be a troublesome matter.

Qingzhou, Ziqing Festival Embassy.

This Jiedu Embassy, which originally belonged to Wang Shifan, has now become the place where Cui Anqian lives and works.

However, how to reorganize the Pinglu army is a troublesome matter.

The Pinglu army is mainly Ziqing surrendered troops, and it is not easy for Cui Anqian to rearm these tens of thousands of surrendered troops and then attack Denglai Erzhou.

Although Wang's father and son are divided from one side, Wang Shifan is not a cruel person, and his majesty is also well-founded, and his reputation in Ziqing, Qingzhou is not bad.

How to rein in the hearts of these surrendered troops is a troublesome matter.

"Marshal, the last general thinks that he can give these soldiers some benefits, money and food. Although Wang Shifan has a slight reputation in Ziqing, these soldiers are only to support their families, and the imperial court is orthodox.

Under the combination of grace and power, these surrendered troops can naturally be used by the commander. Liu Yan suggested.

"How does General Liu think it should be rewarded?" Cui An said in a deep voice.

"Ten times for each soldier."

"Ten times?" Zhang Chan's face was not very good, "General Liu is not at home, and he doesn't know that firewood and rice are expensive." Ten times per soldier, that's 300,000 runs, what about those generals? If you do this calculation, it is nearly 400,000 yuan.

When Wang Shifan fled, he took most of the money in the house with him, and now how can he reward so much money to the soldiers. ”

Zhang Chan obviously knew the current situation in Ziqing. Wang Shifan spent a lot of money before, and after taking Qingzhou, he spent a lot of money in order to send Zhu Zhen and others away.

Now the government treasury is very empty, unless it waits for next year's two taxes and seedlings money to come up, it will be improved.

Strictly speaking, the Ziqing Festival makes the treasury not short of food, but of money. Because the food was inconvenient to carry, the situation at that time did not allow Wang Shifan to have enough time to take the food.

As for burning down the granary? Wang Shifan forgot! Because he only cared about running for his life!

"Deputy Envoy Zhang, this is just Liu's suggestion, whether it will work or not will have to be decided by the commander." Liu Jun arched his hand.

Cui Anqian frowned, "General Li, what do you think?" ”

Li Wenzhong's face was straight, "Marshal, the last general thinks that it can be implemented according to General Liu's suggestion." Now that Ziqing has been decided, the most important thing is to appease people's hearts.

As for the problem of lack of money, the three states of Dizhou, Zizhou and Qingzhou can think of a way, but it is really impossible to start with the local families in Qingzhou.

These families had assisted Wang Shifan to prevent Wang Shi from entering the city before, and at this time, they could find a few families to directly raid the house in the name of collaborating with the enemy, which deterred these families and alleviated the problem of insufficient money in the treasury. ”

Hearing Li Wenzhong's suggestion, Liu Cheng was anxious, "Jie Shuai, you must not do this, otherwise it will cause opposition from these families." Without the support of these families, it would be difficult to gain a foothold in Qingzhou. ”

"If they dare to object, then solve it directly with a knife, I believe that blood can make them understand whose family is in Qingzhou. If the marshal is afraid but notorious, the last general is willing to do it for him! "Li Wenzhong is a general who came back from Hexi.

In Hexi, the tribe that was wiped out by Li Wenzhong was not the only tribe of Du Yanbu. You must know that the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate can gain a firm foothold in Longyou and Hexi, not by lip service, but by the weapons in his hands, and the soldiers first and then the salute, which deters those tribes who have a heart of disobedience.

Killing decisively, this is something that those who have served as soldiers in Hexi and Longyou must learn.

Cui Anqian frowned slightly, and looked at Li Wenzhong, he didn't expect this sect's murderous intent to be so heavy.

"Marshal, the lower officials think that General Li's suggestion is good. As long as we don't target all the families in Qingzhou and only pick some disobedient ones, I believe that there will not be the kind of situation that General Liu said.

Moreover, in order to consolidate the rule in Ziqing, if the remnants of the Wang clan are not cleared, these people may cooperate with Wang Fan Li at any time and subvert the rule of the imperial court in Ziqing. Zhang Chan agreed.

"Cui Shuai, the last general also thinks this method is feasible. The marshal can invite the head of the family in the city to the marshal's mansion and let them share some military expenses, and those who cooperate will be let go, and those who do not cooperate will be used to kill chickens and monkeys.

Anyway, it is only to temporarily alleviate the problem of the emptiness of the treasury, as long as the reason is sufficient, I believe that even if someone makes trouble with the saint, thinking that the saint will consider that Cui Shuai is for the overall situation of Ziqing, he will not blame the festival marshal much. Yang Shihou said with a smile.

Liu Jun didn't expect that he just wanted to fight for some benefits for these soldiers, but he didn't expect to attract a few people to make such a suggestion.

It seems that the festival commander has already been tempted, does he count himself as a sinner in Qingzhou? 、

Cui Anqian was also a little hesitant, after all, this matter is indeed easy to cast a stain on his career.

But if he doesn't win over the hearts of these Ziqing soldiers, how can he let these soldiers be used by him?

But it takes money to win over these surrendered troops, but the treasury is empty, and it can't come up with so much money.

If you want money, you have to find a way to get it from somewhere else.

Then it came back to the problem of money, but at the moment it seems that there is no other way to solve the problem of money except this solution.

To do it, or not to do it?

Cui Anqian was also a little hesitant!

Looking at the few people present, Cui Anqian lowered his head and fell into deep thought, and after a long while, he raised his head and looked at everyone, "Come on, send someone to inform the principals of the big and small families in Qingzhou City, and go to the banquet tomorrow in the Jiedu Embassy Mansion!" ”