Wang Yue had already sent the second resignation note ten days ago, and he had already arrived in the two prefectures in time, and now he was waiting for the second rejection edict with peace of mind.

The sooner the third recital was written, the sooner the king asked his staff to write it, and the seal had already been used, and as soon as the rejected edict arrived in Jianzhou, he immediately sent it again.

After the third salute, Wang Yue planned to seal in the yamen and leave directly, from the legal point of view, two consecutive resignations, the imperial court retained, local officials can leave directly, and the deputy will act to protect the seal, and wait for the court to send a new chief official to take office.

The people of this mansion are almost gone, only Wang Yue's staff, concubines, servants, and more than 200 private guards.

Li Fuwen, Li Fuwu, Yang Zhao, and several well-known rogue leaders in Jianzhou have now become Wang Yue's guard leaders.

In addition, there are several military attachés in the Xiang Army, who have made enough money with Wang Yue for more than a year, and are afraid of staying in Jianzhou to be retaliated against or brought to justice, so they also resigned from their official positions and planned to leave with Wang Yue.

There are few people in the mansion of Nuoda, and there are hundreds of people in the original yacha, from the front of the ya, to the Confucian official, the official of the lawsuit, the clerk of the six rooms, and then to the ambassador of the warehouse, the chief bookkeeper, and the same knowledge, these officials rarely go to the government after Wang Yue's first resignation.

Lu Wenxian also did not come to the government for a long time, after receiving the news today, he was uneasy, and the servants sent to Fuzhou to inquire about the news found a large number of thieves in the Gukou area, so he had to give up, and now he will either take a detour from Shao Wujun or bypass from the mountains of Fuzhou, and it will be delayed for at least ten days or more.

Lu Wenxian estimated that the change in Jianzhou was in the past two days, and it could not be delayed.

The armament of the guard of the palace has been changed from the box army to Wang Yue's private soldiers, and when the departure is imminent, Wang Yue can no longer trust those box troops, and instead ordered his own family to guard the yamen.

Wang Yue was urging the servants to load the goods into the box in front of the house, gold ingots, silver ingots, gold and silver jewelry, as well as many calligraphy and paintings, antiques, and even valuable mahogany tables and chairs.

In order to leave Jianzhou, in addition to a few hundred guards, there were more than 50 carts prepared, which were now prepared outside the government office, filling the small square outside the yamen.

Lu Wenxian hurried over with a few Yuan Sui.

Bypassing those carts, moving from the upper horse stone and the edge of the horse tethering stake, there is the main gate of the government in front of you, and the rows of standing cages have not yet been collected, and the black and red blood stains are still remaining, attracting swarms of flies to fly up and down.

Lu Wenxian's national character was stiff, and he was very unhappy to see such a scene.

Wang Yue now has no heart to collect miscellaneous taxes and force merchants to pay all kinds of money and grain.

A few days ago, the cage was full of people, and the flesh and blood that were pulled out and beaten with sticks every day were blurred, and many people watched and watched.

Before, the eyes of the people were panic and fear, then they turned into anger, and then they were gloomy.

Lu Wenxian saw a group of people at the corner of the street, pulling the corpses with a cart, and over there was the prison of the Jianzhou Mansion, and the prison of the Great Wei Dynasty was generally built on the left side of each yamen, not too far from the yamen.

The prisoners in the entire prison are almost dead, every day people use carts to pull the corpses out of the city, the families of the prisoners receive the corpses at the city gate, and many women howl and cry over there every day.

The private soldier guarding the gate recognized the blue-robed official as Jianzhou Tongzhi and got out of the way.

Wang Yue was struggling to carry boxes of items to the courtyard, after counting, Wang Yue personally watched people paste seals, and then write the number after sealing the box, and write the contents and quantity of the items in the box, Wang Yue will spot check at any time.

After Lu Wenxian came in, he walked in front of Wang Yue, both of them were under the shade of pine trees, Lu Wenxian didn't care about wiping his sweat, so he hugged his fists and saluted.

The weather has actually begun to get cooler, if it is in the north, I am afraid that it will already be able to snow, and it is still a little hot when the sun is strong during the day in Fujian, especially Lu Wenxian is anxious and walks fast.

"Lord Lu hasn't seen you for a few days."

Wang Yue is over sixty years old, his hair and eyebrows are half white, and he is very thin, if he doesn't know anyone, he must feel that this is a learned old master.

"Xia Guan originally didn't approve of the adults leaving at this time, so he avoided it." Lu Wenxian explained, and then said: "Do you know about Li Kaiming's flag raising in Jianchang?" ”

"What's wrong with the remnants of the rogues?" Wang Yue frowned and said, "I already know, it's not a problem." ”

"I'm afraid I can't be so optimistic." Lu Wenxian's brows furrowed even tighter, and he said, "The scourge of rogues is still greater than that of pirates, and adults must not take it lightly. ”

"It's just a little remnant, engulfing the people Ding Zhuang. If you want to make trouble and break through the state and county, it will take at least a few months. Wang Yue said: "It has nothing to do with the old man, it is the matter of the successor Jianzhou Governor and Lord Lu." ”

Lu Wenxian was in a hurry, stepped forward and said, "Lord Wang made Jianzhou look like this, and he just wants to get out and leave?" ”

"Bold, rude." Wang Yue was furious, pointed at Lu Wenxian and said: "You are just a fellow intellectual, the old man is a bachelor of the palace, and he knows the affairs of Jianzhou, before he leaves office, if you dare to insult Shangguan, the old man will definitely impeach you!" ”

Lu Wenxian pulled Wang Yue's cuffs and said, "If Lord Wang doesn't straighten out his precautions and be careful, I'm afraid that the court will investigate it afterwards, and the responsibility will not be small." When the time comes, stay in the edict with the lower officials. ”

The two officials pulled and pulled in public, and many staff, family soldiers, and servants were all dumbfounded.

Later, a group of officials rushed to hear the news and persuaded Wang Yue and Lu Wenxian to leave.

Several officials pulled Lu Wenxian aside and persuaded: "What Wang Dafu said is also reasonable, the Liukou uprising, and the county seat of Jianyang has not been beaten so far, so it can be seen that there is no combat power." Fuzhou has Lin Shuaichen, King Zhao, and King Zhongshan, so there is no need to be too afraid. ”

Wang Yue snorted angrily not far away: "Liukou said that there are tens of thousands of people, 100,000 people, all of them are freehanded, the city of Jianzhou is high and steep, there is a moat outside, and there are still 10,000 troops at the head of the city, I don't know what he is flustered about." This person still started with military exploits in Qizhou, which is a big joke. If Liukou can defeat Jianzhou, the old man stretched out his head to Li Kaiming and told him to chop it down for the night! ”

"Dafu's words are really unorthodox." An official frowned, looking at the palace scholar saying such a villager-like angry talk, and felt that it was too speechless.

"Lu Gong doesn't have to be in a hurry to get angry." Another official whispered to Lu Wenxian: "After the imperial court stays for three years, the prince will definitely leave, and a new prefect will take office soon." Jianzhou is tired, the imperial court will definitely select suitable officials to take office, and when the time comes, the rule will be slowly adjusted, and Jianzhou will be restored after a year. ”

Lu Wenxian sneered: "A year later, we have already become dry bones. ”

Everyone was dumbfounded, not knowing why Lu Wenxian was so afraid and careful about Liukou.

Indeed, as Wang Yue said, the rogues seem to be powerful, but in fact, it takes time to form combat effectiveness. The newly coerced strong man has no battlefield experience, and it is difficult to control when he is vigorous, and he is defeated when he is depressed, just like a mountain stream, when it is furious, it is a torrent, and in ordinary times it is just an ordinary trickle, and even children can easily step through.

Now the news of Jianzhou and Fuzhou is cut off, but it is expected that Fuzhou will definitely gather troops and horses, ready to rescue Jianzhou, Jianzhou capital city here, as long as you pay attention to the traces of the Liukou, as soon as there is a warning signal to close the city gate, most of the Liukou are empty-handed, there is no siege equipment, can they fly into the city?

Lu Wenxian was angry, he and Xu Zixian, the king of Zhongshan, had been in correspondence, and Lu Wenxian spent most of his time complaining, feeling that it was a mistake for him to choose to go to Jianzhou.

In addition to complaining, of course, I also hope to serve under Xu Zixian...... After being crowned the prince, Xu Zixian already had such an influence, coupled with the network status of the Marquis of Changwen's mansion, it was not difficult to transfer a fellow acquaintance to the rest of the military states.

A few days ago, Xu Zixian sent someone to send an urgent secret letter over, talking about the matter of the Liukou, and asserted that it would take at least a month for Fuzhou to send troops, and it would take ten days for the edict to return first, and wait for the edict to come with the edict before Fuzhou could use troops, and then it would take time to prepare grain, grass and armor to go to war, and it would take about a month to reach the vicinity of Jianyang.

The capital city of Jianzhou is in Jian'an, more than 200 miles away from Jianyang, and when the Fuzhou army comes, it may be forty days later.

How much will happen in these forty days, Xu Zixian did not say clearly, but only reminded Lu Wenxian that this stream of rogues is extraordinary, and he has obtained a large number of weapons, armor, money and food, and his strength will increase rapidly, and it cannot be measured by common sense.

Lu Wenxian was greatly frightened, so he had today's trip.

"Although the mansion is not afraid," Lu Wenxian hurriedly said: "The official thinks that it is necessary to take precautions, the official is going to Chong'an, and the Songxi area will mobilize and recruit the people to help defend the city." ”

"Let him go." Wang Yue snorted angrily: "This timid rat like a mouse! ”

……

"Your Royal Highness, if you are not a minor minister, you dare to make things difficult for the prince, it is really difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice." In the palace of King Zhao, Zhao Debang, the transfer envoy, bowed and said: "The money and grain of the treasury will be allocated and sent to Beijing along the way. There is still one season left for this year's tax and grain payment, and the third envoy Zheng has already issued a strict order, and he must start in October, otherwise he will be severely punished. ”

Zhao Debang asked people to submit the account books and said: "Fujian Road is given 10.53 million yuan a year, 3 million stones of grain, 1,000 picks of silk, and the rest of the tea, silk, brown sugar, etc., which are shipped to Beijing in four seasons every year, the third quarter is sent in July, and the fourth quarter is in October. ”

Zhao Debang could only resign, and in October, he would send away more than 2 million yuan, as well as some grain, silk, silk, and sugar. In terms of materials, the share of sugar, silk, and silk is not too much, and it is easy to collect it, and the money is less than one million, the last time the pirates came, King Zhao spent hundreds of thousands, and this hole has not been filled, and the center recognizes the payment of money, and it can be recorded in the account books, which is not a problem. However, the tax that should be collected cannot be reduced.

Zhao Debang estimated that the money in the transfer treasury may not be enough, in terms of food, 70,000 soldiers, at least three to four times as many people, adding up to 300,000 or 400,000 people, each person needs more than 10,000 stone of grain every day, and after dozens of days of fighting, the money and grain consumed is at least 2 million yuan, hundreds of thousands of stone grain.

This expenditure is not necessarily enough for Fujian Road, and there is still a shortage of more than 2 million taxes and millions of stones, so he will definitely not be able to serve as an official.

"And that's not all." Zhao Debang couldn't help but said again: "Recently, it has been rumored in the court that due to the lack of use for the Northern Expedition, it will be apportioned on all roads, and my Fujian Road has always been rich, and the taxes are already heavy, and then the tax increase of millions of yuan will be apportioned, and it will be difficult for the lower officials to deal with it." ”

Of course, King Zhao knew about the apportionment, and the officials of the southern faction in the court were extremely opposed, believing that the further apportionment would cause a large-scale civil uprising, and the people in the south would also be overwhelmed.

However, the majority of officials from the north and the south of the DPRK, and the overall situation of the Northern Expedition related to life and death, the attitude of the Son of Heaven and the two governments was the same, and the opposition of the court officials could only form a small-scale wave, and could not set off a big wave.

Moreover, there is no leader in the southern court, the right minister Xu Xiashang has resigned, so far it is the third sparse, the court dismissed the local officials until the three sparse, Xu Lao Xiangguo, who has a great Confucianism, the clan, and the identity of the elders of the previous dynasties, at least after resigning a dozen times, the court will give the palace the name of the envoy, and order the forbidden army to escort him back to his hometown, and give the old Xiangguo the dignity he deserves.

Now that Xu Xiashang is not on the council, and there is no leader among the officials from the south to take the lead in opposing it, the voice is getting weaker and weaker, and the apportionment will soon be implemented.

King Zhao sighed, Yan Gang's face was only left with a look of distress, Xu Zi withdrew from Fuzhou first, and even Nan'an Town retreated, at the beginning King Zhao was quite happy, specially summoned Li Gu, and praised him a few times.

However, the government treasury still needs to be edicted, unless the government orders to exempt the apportionment and taxation of Fujian Road, Zhao Debang will definitely not come, and would rather resign than do it than come out of this black cauldron.

"Lord Zhao doesn't have to worry." King Zhao said slowly: "It's almost the New Year, and the apportionment will definitely not be implemented on Fujian Road this year." As for the taxes owed, they should also be postponed until the beginning of the year or the beginning of the year, and the king will definitely explain to the two governments and the Son of Heaven if the matter is special. It will be difficult to replicate the rogues, and the court will be considerate. ”

Zhao Debang's face was slightly wider, and he said: "Even so, please forgive your Highness, the lower officials can pay up to 200,000 yuan of money and 100,000 stones of grain, and no matter how much the amount is, before the court is killed, it is really difficult to obey the fate." ”

This number is quite small, and the food is enough to eat for a while, but the money is really not enough.

The tradition of the Great Wei Dynasty with soldiers comes from Taizu, and it is also the inheritance of the soldiers in the late Tang Dynasty, the treatment of the forbidden army is not low, and the Xiang army is better than the people.

At the beginning of the country, many small countries were destroyed, and the looted enemy treasury was returned to the country, and thirty percent was given to the soldiers, and when it was distributed to each soldier, more than 100 yuan, and less than dozens of money, at that time, a reward was enough for the forbidden soldiers to buy fields and houses, so everyone was willing to fight, because in addition to the righteousness and daily military salaries, there were additional rich rewards, and every time they won a battle, they could make a fortune at some point, so this is the joy of hearing the war.

By now, the military budget is huge, and the daily festivals and rewards have long been stopped, but the soldiers will still be rewarded generously when the battle is won, and the morale will be rewarded before the war, and this tradition has not been lost.

Patriotic education, coupled with the national spirit, and the militaristic system, it is easy to mobilize millions or even tens of millions of men to join the army and put them on the battlefield.

At this time, before the loyal monarch was patriotic, the concept of the country was quite nihilistic, of course, there were ethnic distinctions, but there were regional distinctions, and the internal friction was actually quite serious.

If you don't pay money, the consequence is that morale is not high.

King Zhao originally didn't want to agree, but he knew that Zhao Debang would not pay more, and the last time the pirates came, the soldiers of the Xiang army were rewarded with hundreds of thousands of yuan, and they calculated how many times each person got it, and now that it is not long ago, there should be no need to send more money.

At that moment, King Zhao wrote a warrant, ordering Zhao Debang to send 200,000 yuan directly into the forbidden army camp, and the forbidden army of the five armies had a share.

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"Fuck it, don't do it!"

Qiu Guangzong threw the shabby leather armor on his body to the ground, glared and said: "The forbidden army has a reward, Lao Tzu is not the same to carry a gun into battle to fight with others, the gun poked in the body is not a big hole in the bowl, Lao Tzu's life is not a life, Lao Tzu's family is not a person?" If you don't pay the settlement fee, Lao Tzu said that she won't even go into battle! ”

This guy was originally from Shandong, and his grandparents moved to Fuzhou with the sea boat, and he still spoke with a northern atmosphere, which was obviously different from the pure Fujianese.

When everyone heard Qiu Guangzong's words, they all shouted.

A thin and small box army said quite angrily: "The salary of the forbidden army was originally twice as much as ours, and they are usually pampered, and they hire people to pick up money and food when they are paid, and they stay in the camp when they have nothing to do, comfortable, the wind can't blow, and the rain can't get wet." As for us, in the city, we have to patrol, defend the city, fight guards, lay soldiers, extinguish fires, catch thieves, and all errands are our share. Every two or three months, he was transferred out, walking back and forth on the seaside and the riverside, eating and sleeping in the wilderness, and being the most difficult part of the river defense battalion. As a result, the salary was so little, barely starved to death, and the boss still deducted ......"

"What's the use of saying that." Qiu Guangzong said: "In short, make a charter, and if you don't give a reward, you won't move!" Last time, we said that we would give a reward for fighting pirates, and we traveled all the way from the Xinghua Army to the mountains and rivers, and the result was a reward of 100 per person, damn it, they made enough money, so that we and the whole family could eat the northwest wind? ”

mentioned the last incident, and many of them became even more angry.

The Xiang army was dispatched and assembled from everywhere, and King Zhao originally gave a lot of rewards, calculating that each soldier could get two or even three times, but as a result, many generals of the Xiang army deducted points and fat, and in the hands of ordinary soldiers, more than 200 yuan, less than 100 yuan, even if the Xiang army did not look down on it, and felt insulted.

King Zhao doesn't know about this at all, the people below are not only Xiang Jun, but the people who do things for King Zhao are almost a virtue, which one will go to many things and ruin everyone's good deeds?

"What for, what for?" Xiang Du commanded Liu Jie to ride a jujube red horse to the military camp, and when he saw the soldiers gathering and clamoring, he stared at him and scolded: "You want to find death? ”

Under the accumulation of authority, many soldiers including Qiu Guangzong did not dare to speak out, and everyone lowered their heads, but they did not disperse, and there was a faint rebellious attitude.

"Give Lao Tzu all out of the city to garrison," Liu Jie suppressed the commotion of the Xiang army soldiers, but felt that it was not safe to leave these people in the city, so he ordered: "Give Lao Tzu to roll out of the city, and when he goes out to fight, he will be beheaded and exiled to Leizhou!" ”

The Great Wei military law did not have too many beheadings, but before the war, he did not listen to the military order, he was beheaded, and his family was exiled, there is nothing to say, Liu Jie is not lying and threatening.

Many of the van troops silently turned around and began to prepare for their packing.

Qiu Guangzong picked up the damaged leather armor on the ground, and put it back on his body with a gloomy face, this thing is not visible to the forbidden army, but there are not many in the Xiang army, on the battlefield, you can count on it to save your life.

More van troops poured out of the battalion, each of them did not have many belongings, those with leather armor were considered to be mixed well, most of them were shoddy spears, long guns, and a small number of horizontal knives and shields, plus some sundries, robes, bedding, everyone packed up quickly, two quarters of an hour later, several battalion commanders were ordered to come over, with these noisy van troops out of the city.

None of them were from a background, and they were all gloomy and full of resentment.