The streets are in chaos, the city is in chaos, and the eunuchs in the town are also in chaos. The officials of the whole Hangzhou City crowded here, all wanting the eunuch to take an idea, and they all wanted to get his protection here, after all, there were 500 soldiers who drove over just now, and there were a thousand Jinyi guards in the entire Hangzhou City, and the defense here was very tight for the time being.

The eunuch was still calm and calm at this time, but his heart was about to collapse.

Looking at the three giants of Zhejiang Province in front of him, especially the commander in charge of the military, he was more like a dog, with a big belly, his head was full of cold sweat, and he shrank in the corner, not daring to show his face at all. And the political envoy was even more panicked, roaring and scolding like a dog in front of the commander. The overseer and commander only had the share of submissiveness and wiping cold sweat. "This is because Hainingwei and others in Jiaxing Prefecture have not done well, and they have not been able to stop the Japanese from going upriver along the Qiantang River estuary, so that there is the current disaster."

The political envoy was angry: "Then isn't the Haining and other four guards and fifteen military institutes in Jiaxing not under your jurisdiction?" How do you usually train soldiers? occupies a critical position, and you can't even resist a group of small widows, you are a waste. ”

"Yes, yes, I'm a waste, I'm a waste." Then he looked at the envoy who continued to roar at him, and the meaning was very obvious, I have already admitted that I am a waste, what are you really talking about with me, this waste of mine. So the two of them continued to entangle there, in fact, to avoid the questioning of the eunuch.

And the last time there was a mutiny, the prefect who behaved calmly and capably, now he doesn't know anything, and he doesn't have any ideas at all, which is the same as in the past. Haven't you adapted to the soil and water? No, this Hangzhou County Yamen is only three streets away from the prefect's yamen, why is the gap so big?

"We have to do something about it, we can't keep it like this." The eunuch's tone was slightly impatient, which somewhat revealed the anxiety in his heart.

"The subordinates have instructed the government to take emergency measures." The political envoy looked at the new prefect: "What have you done?" ”

The new prefect wiped the sweat on his head: "My subordinates have been folded into Hangzhou Magistrate County to handle it urgently." Hangzhou Zhixian, how did you deal with it? ”

The magistrate of Hangzhou replied confidently: "Assigned by the upper constitution, his subordinates urgently mobilized, first signed a Ding in the city of Hangzhou, and the area under his jurisdiction signed a total of 5,000 Ding, and he also acted in the outer city areas, as far as the subordinates know, the population of Heshan County is more than that of his subordinates, and I don't know how many people have signed Ding." ”

Everyone is an official in the same dynasty, a level, and it is still necessary to help each other, so this Qiantang Zhixian informed Heshan Zhixian of his methods early.

The prefect looked at Heshan County:

Heshan County hurriedly stepped forward, "The whole county is concentric, and a total of 25,000 Dings have been signed, so that the two counties have signed a total of 30,000 Ding." ”

As soon as this number came out, all the officials in the hall breathed together, and due to the large number of people, this one breathed a sigh together, and the voices were mixed together, which was very spectacular.

30,000 people is actually a lot, although everyone knows that this is just a rabble, but something is better than nothing.

"What else is there to do?"

This county order quietly glanced at the prefect, he was a newcomer, but he couldn't be too eye-catching, otherwise he would offend his boss in the future, and he would have his own good fruits to eat in the future.

The prefect stomped his feet: "If you have something to say, I will bear it for you." In fact, there is no way to let his subordinates come out and prevaricate. The so-called fault he bears for him, but it is just a high-sounding nonsense, if it is really wrong, it must be his subordinates who bear this responsibility, this is officialdom.

"I also know that these signatories are just a group of rabble, but as the so-called heavy reward must have brave men, so the subordinates did not have time to ask for instructions from the Constitution, so they took matters into their own hands, and apportioned some donations to the big families in the city, promising those signatories, as long as they accept the city, first give two taels of silver to settle down, and then give another 100 yuan for each day of defending the city, and then give 100 yuan of wages every day to defend the city, and take care of food and drink every day, and have a pension for the war dead and wounded."

Heshan County Ling also resignedly said that he had done the same.

The prefect came to the spirit again: "This method is good, as the so-called heavy reward must have brave men, there will definitely be many warriors here." ”

The county magistrate took a step forward with a bitter face: "However, the subordinates and colleagues and the county magistrate have raised no more than 100,000 taels of donations, and the amount of money and food required for more than 30,000 signatures is huge, this shortfall——"

He Shanzhi County also echoed: "Yes, yes, there is a huge gap in money and food." "The two people donated a total of 780,000 yuan, but this became 100,000 yuan in a blink of an eye, which shows how difficult it is to donate.

The prefect no longer spoke, but turned his face to look at the political envoy. The political envoy is in control of the treasury, and of course he has money. However, if the money is to be sent to the capital at the end of autumn, he will never dare to mess with a penny, if the amount is not reached, he will lose his official position and be dismissed, and 9,000 years old is definitely not a good person to talk about in terms of money and food. This responsibility was too great, so he looked at the eunuch again.

The eunuch also wanted to look up again, but unfortunately, in this Zhejiang Province, he was actually the biggest, and no one could make a decision for himself anymore.

After pondering for a while, he finally decided to open the treasury to pay for the money and grain, and first pass the current pass, as for the shortage of taxes and food to be escorted to the top in the future, he had to explain to Jiu Qiansui. Although the nine thousand years old are very close to the money and food, but the actual situation is here, he begged hard, and in the end it was just a demotion, which was much better than the capital crime of losing Hangzhou City.

So he said to the political envoy: "Now is an extraordinary period, so I can't take care of so much, you can open the Fanku branch now to meet the needs of defending the city." ”

When the political envoy heard this, his eyes lit up, and his opportunity had come, not only could he quietly start in it, but more importantly, he could make up for the tax tasks that could not be completed this year in a false name through this matter.

"All expenditures must be approved by me, and I will guard the yamen to supervise and verify, and once there is greed and fraud, I will march to the law."

The political envoy immediately patted his chest and promised: "This official will definitely do this well, and he will definitely not waste a little." ”

But what I thought in my heart was: "It's not a big deal to pay just an extra amount of money." ”

The eunuch guarding the town didn't care about him, and asked directly to the eunuch who was hanging aside: "Our family ordered you to transfer all the soldiers of the nine battalions outside the city into the city, have you done it?" ”

The eunuch hurriedly stepped forward and replied: "I already entered the city three hours ago, so please ask the eunuch to dispatch now." ”

The eunuch nodded, and said honestly: "Our family is just a father-in-law, and I really don't know anything about arranging troops, but the last time the army was in turmoil, I had asked the imperial court to promote the fierce generals under Song Shuai to be the garrison of the nine battalions. ”

The eunuch of the prison army hurriedly bowed and saluted, turned around and prepared to go out.

At this time, a little eunuch hurriedly came in to report: "Father-in-law Qi, General Yang, the garrison of the ninth battalion asks to see you." ”

The eunuch who guarded the town breathed a sigh of relief: "This says that Cao Cao Cao will arrive, so don't let him in quickly." ”

As a result, the little eunuch added: "General Yang also brought a little scholar, did he summon him at the same time?" ”

The eunuch asked suspiciously, "Who did he bring?" ”

"According to his registration, it is Mao Yulong, a talented talent from Qiantang County."

The town guard eunuch was stunned for a moment, and then looked at the prefect who had changed from wit to straw bale, and then looked at the Qiantang Zhixian who looked like a straw bale, but was very prominent, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but show a playful smile, it seems that people's stupidity has nothing to do with water and soil. Then he waved his hand: "Hurry up and let the two of them in, no, please." "21 Baidu, the latest chapter of "Lonely Ministers and Jiezhong Literature in the Late Ming Dynasty" is free to read for the first time.

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