Chapter Seventy-Four: The New County Adjutant Officer
After some exchanges, all the heads of the scholars who came to meet Zeng Yu almost got a satisfactory result, Zeng Yu's words did not show that they wanted to tear their faces with all the original families, accepted their surrender, and promised that they could recommend one or two children to come to the county office, of course, what specific positions to arrange, Zeng Yu said that he could only decide if he looked at it.
Although he didn't suppress the Shi family, he didn't want to continue to look at the relationship as before, so he told everyone that it was best to recommend the children of the family who were really talented and learned. Those family heads were naturally full of promises, they saw that Zeng Yu directly sat down with force to stabilize the parents of Anping County, and knew that this was definitely not a person who could be fooled, if he really wanted to rely on Zeng Yu's big tree, he would definitely send outstanding children in the family to come out.
However, some families are still worried, they know that the county guard of Shangdang County is Cui Yu's backer, and they are worried that Zeng Yu will be suppressed, and if they show favor to Zeng Yu now, maybe they will be liquidated later. Therefore, although some people promise well, their flickering eyes can't be hidden.
Zeng Yu naturally saw it, but he didn't take it to heart, the forest is big and there are all kinds of birds, and Zeng Yu doesn't need this kind of rat-eyed person to follow.
Zhang Fuguang and the others had just left, and Wang Qing came in later. He came to report the results of this battle, this time with the soldiers and horses gathered by Cui Yu, they killed and injured a total of more than 3,600 people, including more than 1,000 wounded soldiers, most of the time Wu Ming's marksman battalion soldiers were successful, and the soldiers of the Rui Shi battalion were almost not alive under the knife.
Zeng Yu asked Wang Qing how the loss of the unclothed army was, and Wang Qing happily replied: "This time the other party is a rabble, and their weapons can't cut through the iron armor of the brothers at all, we only have more than 300 people injured, of which more than 20 are seriously injured, and the others are slightly injured." As for Wu Ming's shooter battalion, there was no battle damage at all. ”
"Okay, well done, this is all the credit of Ziwu's diligent training!" Zeng Yu laughed and patted Wang Qing's shoulder and said, he didn't expect this time the record to be so good, it seems that the Rui Shi Battalion can deal with these opponents who have not undergone strict training, as long as the number of people is not too different, it can completely attack more with less.
"What the eldest brother said, if it weren't for your plan, I wouldn't have had the opportunity to train the Ruishi Battalion."
"Okay, we brothers don't have to be so polite, Yachuan and they should be almost there, let's celebrate today." Zeng Yu said happily.
Sure enough, as soon as they were mentioned, Liu Neng and his party walked in under the leadership of Zeng Yu's own soldiers, and saw Zeng Yu bowing his hands and saying, "I've seen the county commander!" ”
Zeng Yu went over and pulled them up, patted them, and said, "You guys are joking together, everyone is not an outsider, and it is too angry to call the county commander." ”
"Yes, my lord! I'm also happy to wait, we finally have the first territory, and I'm excited. Xie Jing has always treated Zeng Yu as a master, and said bluntly at this time, but he also said what everyone wanted.
"That's right, starting today, Anping County will be ours, and in the future, the sky will be high and the birds will fly, and the sea will be wide and the fish will leap!" Zeng Yu looked at Xie Jing, then at everyone, nodded and said.
"Lord, on the way we came just now, we saw a group of scholars and family heads, have they come to visit?" After everyone sat down, Liu Neng asked Zeng Yu. It turned out that when they came over, they happened to meet Zhang Nashan and the heads of other families on the road.
"That's right, they just came over, headed by the Zhao family and the Zhang family respectively." Zeng Yu nodded and said.
"Lord, since we have taken Anping County, I think Zhao Kang is no longer suitable to continue to serve as the county lieutenant, we should replace the county lieutenant, the county magistrate and the chief bookkeeper with our own people." Guo Jia proposed that he knew that if he governed the place according to Zeng Yu's ambition, he must replace the key positions with his own people, because Zeng Yu's policy would definitely violate the interests of the existing Haoqiang family, and if there was no resolute executor, the effect would definitely be greatly reduced or even not implemented at all.
"Fengxiao, you don't know, Zhao Dang came over today to ask for resignation from the post of county lieutenant."
"Oh, it seems that Zhao Dang also saw the lord's plan, so I don't know who the lord plans to let be the new county lieutenant." Guo Jia was also a little taken aback, and asked by the way.
"Uncle bird, I intend to appoint you as the county lieutenant of this county." Zeng Yu looked at Gude and said.
"Thank you, lord!" Goode said.
In fact, everyone else also guessed this appointment, but Guo Jia didn't know much about the abilities of these people at the moment, so he asked questions. Zeng Yu said to Gude: "Bo Yu, there are still 1,000 county soldiers left this time, you can select some suitable ones from them, and then recruit some more, and add them to 3,000 first, and you can train me well for these 3,000 people, and strive to have the strength to fight as soon as possible." ”
"Yes, the subordinates must train diligently!" Goode replied, standing up.
"Yachuan, in the past, Gaozu commented on Marquis Xiao He, saying that he was good at controlling the country, caring for the people, giving gifts, and constantly feeding the country. I know that you have always followed his example, and now I have appointed you as the county governor of my county, in charge of the livelihood of the people of my county, as my first adjutant. ”
Liu Neng stood up obediently, saluted Zeng Yu, and replied, "Thank you, lord!" ”
Then he said to Guo Jia: "Fengxiao, you continue to serve as my military advisor, and your power in the county government is only lower than mine." ”
"Jia, I will definitely follow the lord to the death!" Guo Jia looked at Zeng Yu and heard from his orders that he valued himself.
"As for the position of bookkeeper, I have a better candidate at the moment, but I won't be able to bring him in until tomorrow. I know that all of you here are talented people, and now we have only mastered an Anping County, and everyone is familiar with the affairs of this county first, and when we have a larger territory and more cities in the future, we will definitely be indispensable for the promotion of officials. Zeng Yu stood up, looked at everyone and said.
In fact, he knew that these people could govern at least one county, and some people could govern a county or even a state, but he only had one county seat at present, which made him look forward to the arrival of the Yellow Turban Uprising even more.
The others also know that the current territory is too small, but what they used to learn was taught by the village master, and they are all very happy to have the opportunity to practice at this time.
"Jia heard that the lord is currently detaining Sun Dian, the head of the Sun family, and most of the children of the Sun family in the county government, I don't know what the lord plans to do with them?" After Zeng Yu discussed the reward for meritorious deeds, Guo Jia asked Zeng Yu that they now have the power of the county, but the Sun family and the Wang family are still there, which needs to be dealt with urgently.
"What does Bong-hyo mean?" Zeng Yu asked rhetorically.
"I think we should make an example, the Wang family and the Sun family were originally notorious in Anping County, but now that the lord has entered the county, dealing with these two families can just win the support of the people. Moreover, the accumulation of the Sun family over the years can also provide us with a large amount of money and food. Guo Jia proposed.
"Yes, lordship, I think Feng Xiao's suggestion is good." Liu Neng and Wei Feng both spoke.
"Okay, that's it. Bo Yu, you and Ziwu led the remaining 1,000 county soldiers and Ruishi battalion soldiers respectively to the fort of the Wang and Sun families, and controlled them first. Zeng Yu gave him the appointment document for Gude, and asked him and Wang Qing to lead troops to control the forts of the two families, first, to prevent their people from escaping, and secondly, to confiscate the property of the two families.
"Yes!" Goode took the paperwork and went out with Wang Qing.
The soldiers of the Rui Shi Battalion had already assembled in the county government at this time, Wang Qing led them to help Gu De receive the 1,000 county soldiers first, and then the two of them led the 500 county soldiers respectively, and the soldiers of the Rui Shi Battalion were also led by the two of them, and under the guidance of the county soldiers who were familiar with the route, they went to the forts of the two families respectively.
When the people of the Sun family saw the soldiers and horses brought by Gude, they were completely panicked, and the private soldiers they had sent to support before fled back with dozens of people, that is, from the mouths of these dozens of people, the people of the Sun family knew what happened in the county seat. They felt as if the sky had fallen, and not only were their own people in the county government half-uprooted, but even the private soldiers they had been raising for many years were almost completely lost.
Now that they saw Goode bring people over, they didn't dare to resist at all, and opened the gate of the fort to welcome Goode in. Goode was not afraid of their ambush, knowing that their private soldiers had almost been wiped out by the unclothed army, and the rest would lose the courage to face the Ruishi battalion again even if they fled.
After he entered, he saw that the defense of this fort was actually quite tight, and there were arrow towers in many key places, if the opponent had enough troops, as long as he wanted to be as numerous as himself, it would definitely be more difficult to attack. Fortunately, this time they sent all the private soldiers out of their own way, and lost the protection of the fort, and the private soldiers are now in the hands of their own side.
The Sun family is now staying in the fort is Sun Dian's second uncle, who is the backbone of the rest of the people now, he respectfully welcomed Gude to the main house, and let Gude sit in the first place, and he knelt down directly below, and said to Gude: "My lord, my Sun family has reached this point, and it is considered to be self-inflicted. It's just that the juniors of the family, they are still young and ignorant, and they hope that the adults can spare their lives. ”
At this time, the victor often likes to cut the grass and eradicate the roots, and when he saw Gude coming with troops, he thought that Gude had come to go out to Sun's house, so he begged.
"Old man, please get up, my lord is not a murderer. Now I came here mainly to ask everyone to go to the county government to assist in the investigation. Goode said lightly, he naturally knew what the other party was worried about.
"We are willing to donate all our assets, hoping that the adults can leave a trace of incense for my Sun family." Sun Dian's second uncle gritted his teeth and spoke. His own people know his own affairs, he is very clear about what the Sun family has done over the years, except for people who are too young, almost everyone else has all kinds of problems, and now they have fallen into this field, I only hope that Zeng Yu can leave such a way for his children to live.
"You can rest assured that the head of my family will definitely handle it impartially, will not sit together, and will not kill good people by mistake, as for the remaining children in the family, I will arrange for someone to take care of them and let them become adults." Goode replied.
"Lord Xie, this is my grandson's land deed, land deed, IOU and the list of domestic slaves, which are now dedicated to my lordship." The old man took an account book from the hands of the Sun family next to him, and handed it over with both hands held high.