"Cao Bin" Ma Yun muttered, and suddenly laughed and said: "Good name, polite and polite, go back and study hard, maybe it will be a generation of Confucian generals in the future." As he spoke, he rolled his eyes and saw Pan Mei again, and said with a smile: "Pan Mei, you also have to study hard, and you will be a fierce general in the future." ”

Inspired by the Supreme Commander, Cao Bin and Pan Mei secretly glanced at each other at the moment, stood up, nodded and replied: "The last general will work hard to live up to the expectations of the prince." "In the Guizhou Army, Cao Bin and Pan Mei are the same age, and the meaning of don't show signs is obvious, now that Ma Yun first mentions Cao Bin and then Pan Mei, the mind of not wanting to lag behind between the two is even heavier.

Ma Yun looked at the two of them, and said to Shentu Congjian: "Brother Shentu, are you familiar with the Xiangzhou area?" ”

Shentu Congjian watched Ma Yun praise his brother-in-law like this, and his heart was happy, and when he saw Ma Yun asking again, he replied: "The last general has been going back and forth to Xiangzhou and Suizhou a lot in the past, and he knows the situation there very well." ”

Ma Yun looked at Shentu, his mind moved, and said: "Now the people of Nanping Sanzhou are poor, and I can't hide it, although I have won Sanzhou now, I don't have a penny in my hand." In a few days, I prepared to go to Changsha to meet the king of Chu and explain to him the situation here. I hope I can get some food back, otherwise the people will suffer. ”

Shen Tu said: "The prince is really a benevolent monarch. Cao Bin and Pan Mei glanced at each other and waited to hear what was going on. After all, Ma Yun has always opposed the military and the government, they are all generals in the army, Ma Yun suddenly said this, there should be something to say.

Ma Yun paused and said: "It's just that the court has always been troublesome, today it will be delayed here, and tomorrow it will be delayed there." Unlike on the battlefield, slashing and axes use strength. Sometimes, in Changsha, I don't know where to use my strength. This winter, but it is coming, when the weather is cold and freezing, one is grain, and the other is cotton clothes for winter, which will cost two silver. He sighed and said, "It's difficult." I can't wait to rob him of his vote. and did not want to impoverish the people. ”

At this moment, Zi Shentu understood, and said in a daze: "Lord Wang, do you want me to continue to do the past business and increase Nanping's income." ”

Ma Yun was stunned, and couldn't help but think of the legendary "Qizhai", which was very rich, waved his hand and said: "Then you don't have to rob other people's homes." Recently, I think you have also heard that the king of Chu sent Liu Zhaoyu and Lord Liu to the Central Plains, and this tribute is 100,000 taels of silver. ”

Ma Yun's meaning is obvious, but Shentu still can't turn a corner, and finally became an official, why has he become a road robber now? And it's your own people who rob it.

Pan Mei said on the side: "Lord, as soon as this mission leaves Nanping, I am afraid that there will be troops from the imperial court to escort it when it arrives in Xiangzhou. This catastrophe is easy to handle. It's just that the 100,000 taels of silver, the amount is not small, there are more than 20 boxes, after this catastrophe, I am afraid that it will cause a strict investigation by the imperial court, and then the silver will not be able to be transported back to Nanping. But in the Nanping Tribulation, the prince is afraid that he will not be able to get rid of it, and he will be affected. ”

Ma Yun looked at the three of them and said with a smile: "Of course, it's going to be robbed in Xiangzhou." However, there is no need to worry about transportation. As long as you rob him, remove the seal on the box, and throw the box into the Han River, everything will be fine. ”

Shen Tu was stunned for a moment and replied: "What, isn't it a vain robbery?" Pan Mei and Cao Bin looked at Shen Tu, especially Pan Mei couldn't raise her head a little, but even if she was ashamed, there was no way, who let Shen Tu be his brother-in-law. This matter, isn't it obvious, the money has already been used. What the prince wants is to remove the seal, indicating that someone has touched the money, and it is not the money in Nanping, which is fine, and there is no need to worry about things in the future. They were just responsible for opening the seal, opening the box, and the other things were naturally settled by the prince.

Seeing that Shen Tu hadn't understood yet, Ma Yun smiled and said: "Actually, I have already taken out this money to buy food on the one hand, and rewarded the three armies on the other." I just don't have the money to fill the hole, but even if I had, I wouldn't fill it. Instead of supplying the imperial court, it is better to do something practical in Nanping. Brother Shentu, are you willing to help me? ”

Shen Tu understood at this time, stood up and said, "Don't worry, this matter is easy to handle, it's on me." ”

Ma Yun looked at him, and remembered what he begged him out of the water six months ago, to be honest, he really couldn't put his mind at ease, he smiled: "I am relieved to have you say so." Pan Mei, you also follow your brother-in-law, study hard, and increase your experience. ”

After this matter was confirmed, Ma Yun convened a small military meeting and made relevant military adjustments: Li Xiang was still the marching Sima, responsible for the work of counselor, and Zhou Xingfeng was appointed as the regimental training envoy of the first Ma regiment (with five battalions as one regiment) stationed in Guizhou, Qian Qing was appointed as the regimental training envoy of the second regiment stationed in Xiazhou, Chen Yu was appointed as the regimental training envoy of the third regiment of the Ma clan stationed in Yuezhou, Zhang Wenbiao was appointed as the regimental training envoy of the fourth regiment, stationed in Shishou, Shentu Congjian was appointed as the regimental training envoy of the fifth regiment of the Ma family, stationed in Jiangling, and Shi Da was appointed as the regimental training envoy of the sixth regiment stationed in JingmenMa Guangmeng was appointed as the defense envoy of Ma's First Division (each division is in charge of two regiments, called the defense envoy), Cao Yun was the deputy, Ding Sijin was the defense envoy of the Ma's Second Division, and Ni Kefu was the deputy. In addition, the strong men in the army were mobilized and a tiger army of 3,000 people was established, and Ma Yun specially promoted Cao Bin and Pan Mei as the left and right commanders. At the same time, the military rank system was officially introduced, and once the former soldiers were dismissed, they were nothing. Now Ma Yun has specially proposed the military rank system, which will not only have officials, but also ranks, of course, Ma Yun is referring to the modern military system, battalion and regiment-level officials are school officers, and divisions and above are generals, for example, Zhang Wenbiao's military position is a regimental training envoy, and the military rank is colonel. In this way, except for major crimes such as treason, military ranks can be retained after retirement, and after military ranks above the school level are discharged, they will also receive a certain monthly pension. It can be said that what was implemented in Yuezhou was to improve the morale of soldiers, so in Jiangling, Ma Yun began to find ways to stimulate officers again.

Then Ma Yun convened a government meeting and established the Jiedu Embassy, which controlled the four prefectures of Gui, Xia, Jing and Yue, with Shi Wende as the judge of the Jiedu Embassy, and concurrently served as the assassin of Yuezhou, and was also responsible for the inspection of officials; Fan quality and Wu Ban are in charge of finance; Zhao Pu is in charge of civil affairs. Sun Guangxian is the history of the Xiazhou Thorn, Liang Yansi is the history of the Guizhou Thorn, and Ma Yun himself is also the Thorn History of Jingzhou. Of course, these official positions are only temporary, and they are still subject to Changsha's approval.

The situation in Nanping was initially stabilized.