Lu Yuan's troops set out from Jindingfu City after they had really rested enough, and arrived at Jinju City on the 7th day of the first month of December.

However, Jinju City has been locked up at this time, and it seems that he is reluctant to let Lu Yuan's troops enter the city.

Liu Tingshu, the chief soldier of the Beijing camp who arrived at Jinzhou City first with Lu Yuan and the others, shouted loudly at this time: "We are the Chinese army of Liu Gelao, the superintendent who pursued Jiannu by the edict, and now we hereby order you to open the city gate as soon as possible for the army to rest and recuperate!" and prepare for grain, grass, charcoal, and a place to camp! ”

"Zhou Zun, don't let the officials and soldiers enter the city, who knows if they will enter the city and loot!"

"Yes, Zhou Zun, once he is released into the city, I am afraid that the people of the whole city will suffer from military disasters!"

At this time, several gentry from the city and countryside of Jinzhou were busy talking to Chen Hongxu, the governor who was on the city wall.

Chen Hongxu nodded: "However, all states and counties have the responsibility of supplying the officers and soldiers in transit, and now it is the superintendent of the army who wants to enter the city, and there must be sufficient reasons for not letting them enter the city." ”

"Governor, this is the request of the people of the city who are unwilling to accept a single soldier into the city, and please know the state from the people's will!"

At this time, a squire wearing a square scarf and having a reputation as a student took out a blood letter and made a gesture towards Chen Hongxu.

Seeing this, Chen Hongxu took the blood letter: "In this case, the official will not let them enter the city from what you have invited." ”

Thereupon.

Chen Hongxu stretched out his head and shouted to Liu Tingshu: "Since you are the king's master, you are here to pursue Jiannu, so you should immediately pursue Jiannu, why did you come here to disturb the people!" Please wait for you to leave, if you need food and grass, you should find a division (the meaning of the relevant department)! ”

"It's cold and freezing, I waited for a few days from Zhending Mansion to come, no food replenishment, all the way to the state and county capitals are not open, and now to your Jinzhou City nearby, people are sleepy and tired, you let me wait to find a division, isn't it you, the military department order, instructing all prefectures and counties to replenish grain and grass to help the army, now, you don't open the city gate and let me wait to go in to rest, how to let me wait for the decisive battle with Jiannu, let us starve and be defeated by Jiannu, what benefits can you have, once Jiannu attacks the city, who will you rely on to defend it!"

Liu Tingshu was a little angry and yelled.

"I have tens of thousands of righteous people in the city, and I don't have to worry about your army! There is no food in the city, please find another place to rest! Otherwise, don't blame the official for slighting the impeachment and other disturbing people! ”

Chen Hongxu said righteously.

"You guys! You are unreasonable! Wait for me to tell the Overseer! ”

Liu Tingshu then walked back, and here Liu Yuliang explained that Chen Hongxu, the governor of Jinzhou City, refused to enter the city to rest and recuperate.

Lu Yuan, who was also on the side, couldn't help but secretly sigh that the relationship between the military and the people of the Ming Dynasty actually distrusted each other to such a point, the gentry and the people were unwilling to work for the army, and few of the army were willing to fight for the people.

However, Lu Yuan was not so angry about this, he could understand the feelings of these city gentry and people, after all, no one guaranteed that any officer and army would be a disciplined army.

But Lu Yuan hoped that these squires and civil officials would also close the city gate when they built slaves to attack the city in the future, instead of directly opening the door and surrendering to be obedient to the people.

"Bastard! He Chen Hongxu is actually the same, the official has repeatedly strictly ordered the army not to disturb the people, so all the way over, the state and county gates are closed, the official did not let the army break the city, only continue to march in this snowy day, and now to Jinzhou City, the army is tired, and has to enter the city to rest, even if he Chen Hongxu is for the sake of the people, he is afraid that my army will disturb the people, but also because he has known in advance through the post shop soldiers and passing merchants whether our army has plundered the states and counties along the way, I don't think they are worried about us disturbing the people! It's that the squires in this quiet city are not willing to pay for food and labor for the army! ”

Liu Yuliang is also a civil official from the squire class, so he naturally knows the real reason for the situation, so he became even more angry for a while, and then couldn't help sneezing!

If it weren't for the fact that he had become a supervisor by accident, Liu Yuliang would not have expected that the selfishness of the squire class and the civilian-official group that had grown on his basis would cause such great difficulties in the logistical supply of the entire Ming army.

"Judging from the last general, I'm afraid that the soldiers and horses under Governor Lu have also encountered such a problem, but these squires are unwilling to provide food, and we can't break the city and loot like Jiannu, and there is no way to take them for a while!"

Lu Yuan couldn't help frowning and said.

"Tell him Chen Hongxu that we don't need money and food, but we need to be allowed to camp in the city to avoid the cold, otherwise this inspector will write a song to impeach him Chen Hongxu! And let people gallop into Beijing! ”

Liu Yuliang said.

"Maybe Chen Hongxu is also innocent, he shouldn't be unaware of his duty as a governor to prepare money and food for the officers and soldiers along the way, and prepare camping places for the officers and soldiers along the way."

Lu Yuan replied.

He said this naturally has a basis, because the military logistics support system of the Ming Dynasty from the beginning was not mainly dispatched by the central government, but allocated by the central government to a part, mainly the local responsibility, this originated from the invention of Zhu Yuanzhang, the Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang believed that the military rations were collected from the local government and then sent down, which was a waste of transportation costs and delayed time, so he ordered some localities to be directly responsible for the logistics of the local officers and troops, such as the money and grain of Jinyiwei was actually supplied by some prefectures and counties near the Beijing Division.

Of course, this system theoretically saves transportation costs and time costs, but two hundred years later, the phenomenon of tax evasion and tax evasion by the local gentry has become more and more serious, and the local taxes have become more and more serious, that is, the money and grain received have become more and more insufficient, and those who have been handed over to the state treasury have to be in arrears, and it has become even more difficult to supply military supplies along the way.

If you meet an official who is interested in the imperial court, it is okay to persuade the squires to donate food to help the army during the war, and if you meet officials who only care about making money and getting promoted, in order to have a good relationship with the squires, sometimes they do not buy the army's account.

Of course, even if the officials really want to collect food to help the army, they have no way to take these squires, because the imperial power does not go to the countryside, and the control of the grassroots people is in the hands of the clans controlled by these squires and virtuous people. Get an umbrella for all people, like a virtuous temple, and you can ascend.

Cao Xueqin mentioned in the Dream of Red Mansions that Jia Yucun needed an official talisman when he was Ying Tianfu Yin, and the talisman was written with the name of the local squire.

"Whether he is innocent or not, at least one incompetence can't escape!"

Liu Yuliang said a word and said to Lu Yuan: "The old man has been an official for so many years, how can he not know the thoughts of these people!" ”

Seeing this, Lu Yuan only said: "What the Inspector said is true! ”

Not long after, Chen Hongxu received Liu Yuliang's order, quite annoyed and helpless.

"The state does not need to worry, if the state is imprisoned because of us and other people, how can we ignore it, and when the time comes, we will use the blood of all the people to avenge the state honor, ask the court to understand the state honor, forgive the state honor, and when the time comes, the court will see that the state is popular, and the saint of His Majesty will not punish the state but will be promoted to the state honor!"

A squire said.

Chen Hongxu was quite moved after hearing this, and pretended to be serious and said: "Hmph! He Liu Yuliang doesn't want to threaten me with this, if I, Chen Hongxu, really die for the people, I will have no regrets! ”