Because he wanted the forbidden army to fight a tough battle, King Zhao gave more than seventy percent of the money provided in the treasury of Fujian Road to the forbidden army.

Even so, he was not very relieved, 500,000 yuan, plus a large amount of food, was personally awarded to the army by King Zhao. Although the generals of the forbidden army were not urged to distribute it, all the soldiers saw that the money and food were sent to the camp by King Zhao himself, and the morale of the forbidden army was also boosted, and they immediately cheered.

"500,000 yuan, and the maximum amount that can be taken out as reward money is 200,000 yuan. The daily expenses are all from this money......" Zhao Debang bowed for a long time, with a helpless look on his face.

King Zhao looked dissatisfied, but he also knew that this transfer envoy did his best.

The daily expenses of the Fujian Road were maintained by miscellaneous taxes levied by the pacification envoys and the local military states, two taxes, as well as various liquor taxes, iron taxes, and salt and tea taxes, the bulk of which were paid to the state treasury.

The operation of the local government, the salaries of the garrison troops, and all kinds of expenses were jointly taken care of by the pacification envoy and the metropolitan governor's office.

It is difficult for a good woman to cook without rice, and the two central governments only allow the temporary allocation of money and grain to the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion to suppress thieves, and do not allocate the money and grain, even if the amount of taxes paid, it is only allowed to be suspended.

Even the apportionment will not be carried out on Fujian Road for the time being, but it is obvious that after the Liukou is exterminated next year, the millions of apportionments will still have to be transferred to the local government to collect them, and not a penny will be spared.

Zhao Debang has such a great pressure, and it is rare to be able to spend so much money and food now.

Li Gu said coldly on the side: "There are more than 10,000 soldiers in the forbidden army, and each person will be rewarded with two pieces of money, and use this money to ask the soldiers to go into battle to kill the enemy, and risk losing their heads?" ”

Zhao Debang frowned and was silent, and after a long time, Zhao Wang said: "I have to try to send another one, and I will talk about it when it is time to pull it out." ”

This kind of delay can't solve the problem, but there is no need to be tense now, Zhao Debang bowed his hand, and Li Gu couldn't say more, so he could only bow the same way, which could be regarded as the end of the discussion.

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The morning dew is still there, but the people who are struggling to eat have already gotten up.

Farmers level the plots, plant some overwintering crops, and when the seedlings emerge, when the frost falls, it is the end of the year's farm work, and by next spring, people who have worked hard for a year can get a respite.

This era is not a later generation with all kinds of equipment, any field needs to be done by yourself, and the lack of food, clothing, and even oil and salt intake is seriously insufficient, the daily work is quite hard, can only get up early and greedy, struggling, boil out a little food out.

Farmers work in the fields outside the city, porters, porters, porters, and some vegetable farmers who go to the city to sell vegetables, and businessmen who open small rice shops and tea sheds near the city gates.

Recently, the news that the Liukou raised the flag in Jianyang has long been spread in the Jianzhou area.

When the wind was tight before, the city gate of Jianzhou was only open for an hour at noon, and there were thousands of people stationed at the head of the city, and those box troops were weak to patrol the city, erect hanging houses, set up temporary arrow towers, and prepare rolling wood, stones and other tools to defend the city.

There were some blue-robed officials in the city to supervise and reprimand those soldiers and people to sell more strength and not slack off and relax.

Later, there were gradually rumors that the Liukou was moving to Fuzhou, probably preparing to go directly to Jiangnan West Road, many of the Liukou are hidden in Jingnan and Jiangxi, and they are more familiar with that side, so although they raised the flag in Jianyang, they did not plan to stay in Jianzhou for a long time.

The news came out of nowhere, but people were obviously willing to believe it, and everyone from officials to soldiers and soldiers to ordinary people hoped that the news was true.

No matter how Jianzhou was tossed by Wang Yue and was dying, at least there was no war, large-scale rogues would destroy everything, burning, killing and looting were all evil, people were already hungry and difficult to support, I really dare not imagine what kind of scene it would be if there were large-scale rogues burning and killing everywhere.

That will be the final blow to the people of Jianzhou, it will be the burning of jade, no one can escape, and eventually everything will be destroyed, and the entire Jianzhou will be destroyed in the fire.

Of course, some of the gentry wanted to run to Fuzhou, but the road had been cut off, and it was even more dangerous to climb over the mountains to Fuzhou or Quzhou.

Many people run to Tingzhou at the junction, and there are cars and horses going to Tingzhou every day, no matter what, Tingzhou is still peaceful for the time being.

After the rumors spread, the people in Jianzhou and the surrounding areas were relieved, and the city gate was also opened for one hour every day to two hours, which were opened once at the end of the afternoon and again at the end of the afternoon, so as to facilitate the entry and exit of people inside and outside the city, and the transportation of materials in and out.

When the people came in and out, the soldiers guarding the city were lazy, and they didn't care about looking closely, just glanced at them at random, and let people enter the city.

At the end of the hour, just before the city gate was about to close, a few juniors ran over from outside the city panting, and when they arrived near the city gate, several Xiang soldiers lowered the iron spear in their hands slightly, and shouted: "What are you running, what are you doing?" ”

"We came here from Jianyang." A short and stout man said in an official dialect: "It's all in the mine, the thieves over there are troubles, we hid in the mountains for many days, and watched the thieves slowly go to Fuzhou, so we had the courage to run down the mountain and hurry to Fucheng." ”

The Xiang soldiers were in high spirits, and an officer stepped forward and said, "Are you really going to Fuzhou?" ”

The short man shook his head and said, "We don't dare to talk nonsense, just listen to everyone say so." Originally, there were a lot fewer thieves who were near Jianyang City and guarding the road, otherwise we wouldn't be able to escape. ”

"You're not from Fujian, are you?"

"No, no, we're from Jingbei Hongdu."

Several other men also spoke one after another, some were from Jingbei, and some were from Jingnan, and their accents sounded no different.

The officer of the army said, "What are you doing in the city?" ”

"There's no way out of the city." A strong man said with a cold face: "The mine and iron yard are closed, and there are people fleeing everywhere, and it is more difficult to get a job in the town than to climb to the sky." Only there is work in the city, we have to earn some money and go back to our hometown, in addition to going to the city to sell these two strengths, what else can we do? ”

In the past few years, there have been a lot of miners from Jianyang, there are local people on Fujian Road, there are also locals in Jianzhou, and people from all over the rest of the place, most of them are really as this man said, there is no entanglement in returning to their hometowns, Jianyang has been in chaos for a long time, and the mines and iron yards here in Jian'an have also been closed, more than 100,000 or 200,000 people, and hundreds of thousands of people with their families have no food and clothing.

"You idiots." The head of the Xiang army scolded with a smile: "Abandon the near and seek the far, go to Nan'an Town as early as possible to vote for the king of Zhongshan, is it not good to be a government army?" The monthly salary is several times, and the family is still small, if Lao Tzu didn't have a small family in Jianyang City, he would have already joined the Zhongshan Army. ”

There was laughter from the Xiang army around, and someone answered: "Team leader, your body bones, you have to rest eight times after walking two miles, and the government army can only see the hell if you want you." ”

The captain also laughed, and also scolded with a smile: "Damn, Lao Tzu said that he was a team officer, and the salary was the same as yours, but he was less deducted, and a family of seven or eight people pointed to this Yulu to eat, in addition to wild vegetables, the rice grains can be counted, and it is strange that he can be fucking energetic." ”

Saying this, the Xiang army present was all embarrassed, although the treatment of the Xiang army in the early years was not as good as that of the forbidden army, it was also better than digging in the soil.

In the past twenty or thirty years, taxes have become heavier and heavier, but the profits of industrial and commercial trade have become smaller and smaller, and people generally feel that life is difficult. As for the Xiang Army, it was originally the imperial court in order to stabilize the people, give the men who have no way to live a way to live, give them a way to live, give them a way to support their families, not to be bandits, and even turn to the national policy of the Liukou, as the pressure on the court is getting bigger and bigger, the treatment of the Xiang army is getting worse and worse, the officers deduct military salaries, the court is to take the New Year and the Son of Heaven, the Queen Mother's Shengshou in the name of the reward, to make up for this loss, there is almost no reward in the past 30 years, and the occasional reward is also to the forbidden army, of course the Xiang army has no share.

In the midst of the laughter, the miners who were about to enter the city also looked at the forbidden army guarding the gate, and saw that they were holding rusty iron guns, no armor, shields, and horizontal knives, and the company officers were only a long one, and they were not wearing armor, and they all immediately exchanged glances.

The strong man who spoke was Liu Maoqi, and the short man was Luo Zhenbang.

They have been training in Jianyang for more than ten days, and they have been sending outposts to inquire about the news in Fuzhou.

When they saw that Nan'an was evacuated and that the Zhongshan Mansion had no intention of sending troops, Li Kaiming, Liu Maoqi and others were relieved.

If Li Kaiming is really jealous, in the entire southeast Guangnan Jingnan area, there is only one Zhongshan King Xu Zixian!

If you can successfully succeed in Jianzhou, you will accumulate enough strength in a short period of time to defeat the Zhongshan army, and the great cause may not be impossible.

Some people gathered at the city gate one after another, some of them wanted to enter the city, most of them were people who wanted to go out of the city after entering the city in the morning, and after a while more than 100 people gathered, the city gate was blocked, and the city gate was only opened with a gap, although the van army was careless, but they still blocked the city gate with a city guard car, and blocked the gap with a spear and iron spear.

Seeing that there was not much suspicion, the army waved his hand and said, "Get out of the way, let them enter and exit again, and close the city gate in a moment." ”

"Team leader," Youxiang Jun reminded: "These are all strong, do you want to search your body." ”

"Damn, they're going to plot against us, and they're going to kill us with their fists, that's the miners, and they're all bold and black-hearted."

The team officer scolded with a smile and did not ask his subordinates to search their bodies.

This team of Xiang Army and the Xiang Army stationed on Fujian Road are roughly the same, the face is yellow and thin, the body is thin, and the long-term malnutrition makes them not have much strength at all.

This is also the norm of the whole world's general army, so up to the Son of Heaven and down to the ordinary people, they all know that this group of people can also guard the city gate, patrol the river, and prevent petty theft.

After the soldiers got out of the way and put away their weapons, Liu Maoqi, Luo Zhenbang and others entered in turn.

Liu Maoqi suddenly grinned at the head of the Xiang army and said: "You are right, Lao Tzu sees that you are also a bitter person, not a bad seed that threatens the poor, and I will give you a way to live today." ”

The head of the van army felt that something was wrong, and exclaimed, "What are you doing?" ”

"Lao Tzu can kill you with a pair of punches." Liu Maoqi took out the saber hidden in his waist, stretched out his hand, and put it on the neck of the head of the army like lightning.

The sharp knife was sharpened many times, and it was so sharp that the skin of the team's head was pierced when it hit it, and the blood immediately overflowed.

Liu Maoqi smiled coldly and said: "Lao Tzu is also a figure who has been famous for many years, and it is a bit embarrassing to kill you like this." I also see that you are a poor person, we who come out to swing are to find a way to live for the poor brothers, those who are officials, generals, and gentry and food, and have never seen any of them poor. The imperial court said that the tax was levied in order to fight the Donghu people, we have nothing to say about this, but why did the officials and gentry also get rich and become richer and richer? There is no place to reason in this world. Now you and your brethren hold your word, but obediently push away the wagons and open the gates, and nothing else will be done. When you eat food, follow us, don't want to eat food, take off your dogskin robe, and hide at home obediently! ”

Luo Zhenbang said on the side: "We didn't kill the people in Jianyang, and we won't kill them in Fucheng, our Li Dashuai respects God and compassionates, sympathizes with the people, and will never kill indiscriminately and kill a person in vain!" ”

There is Liu Maoqi, a ruthless man who shocked the team officers, and Luo Zhenbang helped, but these box soldiers also had no thoughts and plans to work for Wang Yue at all.

The team officer took the lead in throwing the long spear first, and then many soldiers threw the iron spear and spear in their hands to the ground.

"This is the awakening man." Liu Maoqi grinned and praised.

Then Luo Zhenbang and others hurriedly opened the city gate, many people fleeing outside the city were dressed as rogues, most of the people led by the two thieves were old camp soldiers, and even the team officers were the top level of the rogue military attachés, they had been fighting for a long time, and they didn't know how many times they had done the risky things with their heads, but no one showed any abnormalities at the city gate just now, and they easily mixed into the city and snatched the city gate.

Although these people are from the Northwest Zhulu, they can already speak Jingnan and Jiangxi dialects, this is because they have been hiding in the local area for the past two or three years, as long as they put a little effort into learning a few words of local dialect, it is not a problem at all, and it is precisely because of this that Li Kaiming decided to deceive the city and changed the original plan of using elite cavalry to raid.

The raid of the elite cavalry is also one of the methods of breaking the city of the Liukou, and in the early years, no matter how many Liukou people were, there was no way to encounter a strong city. Because of the long-term siege and the construction of siege equipment, as soon as the reinforcements of the officers and soldiers arrived, the previous efforts were in vain. And the officials in the city also understood this, including the soldiers and horses stationed in the city and the will of the people in the city to resist was also quite resolute.

After the thieves break the city, most of them will slaughter the city, at least burn and loot, coerce the people to go out of the city, and rape women are more common, so the people in the city will have the same hatred of the enemy, and cooperate with the garrison soldiers and horses to defend the city.

"Ignition and notification to the big boss."

After opening the city gate, more than 100 old soldiers poured into the city, they took long and short weapons, garrisoned near the city gate, and some people went up the city wall from the stone steps, drove away the garrison of the box army, and controlled the arrow tower and the city tower above the city gate.

The emptiness of the garrison of the Xiang army, even Liu Maoqi and Luo Zhenbang did not expect, the northwest Xiang army was extremely strong, that was because they often fought with Xiqiang and Beiyu, no matter how low the Yulu was, they had to practice martial arts diligently to save their lives on the battlefield. Waiyi invaded, so it doesn't matter if you are a box army or a forbidden army, you can kill the same.

The Central Plains, Shandong, and Hebei's Xiang Army is worse than the Northwest Xiang Army, and when they arrived at Fujian Road, Liu Maoqi and Luo Zhenbang and others faintly felt that no matter how weak the Xiang Army in the north was, they were afraid that it was much stronger than the Xiang Army on Fujian Road.

"Inherit the ills of peace." Luo Zhenbang said to Liu Maoqi: "Fujian Road is only occasionally attacked by pirates, in the end it is still a peaceful territory, not to mention compared with the northwest and Hebei, even if it is far worse than Jingnan." ”

"The world has long been reckless," Liu Maoqi sneered: "It should have been long ago for these people to understand that the world has long been not peaceful." ”

"What the second palm said is very true."

Before the incident, Luo Zhenbang was half a scholar, after the incident, when he met Li Kaiming, who wanted to achieve great things, everyone often read history books together, sought the way to success through past stories, and broadened their horizons with the things in the book. At the same time, if you travel thousands of miles and see more people and things, you will naturally understand a lot of truths.

What Liu Maoqi said at this time is no longer the man who was strong and only knew how to fight.

There are rogues at the head of the city to find firewood, which is easy to find, the city head has a large amount of firewood, a group of people poured some oil, hit the flint, the firewood pile was quickly ignited, the people near saw the fire first, and the people in the distance saw the black smoke billowing up at the head of the city.

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"It seems that the East Gate is out of the water?" In the palace, Wang Yue's triangular eyes widened, looking at the black smoke rising from the city, and the expression on his face was also shocked.

After Lu Wenxian left, he said that he was going to several other counties to recruit people to train for the regiment and help defend the city, and then he officially went to the public ceremony, not only Jianzhou has a copy, but even Fuzhou has sent someone to take a detour to send a copy.

In this way, this Jianzhou Tongzhi temporarily left the city legally, and because of official business, it is not considered to abandon the city and flee, and even in the aftermath of the war, it can be counted as a point.

If it was changed before, Wang Yue would definitely not agree, as soon as Lu Wenxian's public honor was up, he would reprimand him as the chief official, if it was an official with another identity, Wang Yue would definitely remove him directly, and wait for the impeachment of the chief official after he resigned, and wait for the court to die.

Tongzhi is not good, the local officials of this dynasty have more power, in addition to the patrol envoys along the way, there will also be local wind observation envoys, as well as the observation envoys of the supervising army and so on.

In the case of the military state, Tongzhi is the deputy of the prefect in the sense, and his power is limited, and his actual role is to supervise the chief official, rebel, plot wrongdoing, or have all kinds of illegal and criminal matters, and the same knowledge can report to the pacification envoy or patrol the envoy to check and balance the chief official.

Originally, this system was quite useful, but after Wenzong, the position of Tongzhi gradually became a chicken rib, because it could not check and balance the chief official, and the real power in his hands was quite limited, so it could only be regarded as an excessive official position.

"Y'all go over and have a look." After Lu Wenxian left, Wang Yue originally wanted to leave, but after the Liukou uprising, the local chief official had the duty of guarding the land, which was different from ordinary resignation.

If the place is peaceful, after the resignation of the chief officer, the chief official can leave directly, but the account books must be handed over to the same acquaintance for inspection, and the tail cannot be left on the official account.

As soon as Lu Wenxian left, coupled with the Liukou incident, Wang Yue didn't wait for the edict to come and left, these days the more depressed the king is, like an ant on a hot pot, he has been an official for many years, and he is not stupid, he only feels that there is a great crisis hidden under the calm, and the danger is like a beast lurking in the wilderness, which may erupt and hurt people at any time.

Fortunately, the wind has gradually eased these days, and it seems that the Liukou did not intend to attack the city at the beginning of the gathering, but wandered around, as in Hedong and the Central Plains, relying on looting and coercing to expand the team, and only after reaching the scale of more than ten or two hundred thousand people would they consider attacking the prefecture and county.

Wang Yue was originally relieved, but after seeing the black smoke rising at this moment, Wang Yue's inner uneasiness suddenly became strong, his heart beat suddenly, his eyes were dark, and he almost fainted on the spot.

A group of clansmen and cronies staff, servants, and the leaders of the guards are all around, and recently Wang Yue has lost control of Jianzhou, and all counties in the local area no longer send official documents to come, and Jianyang has long lost news, and even the news of Fuzhou has been cut off. It is because by Wang Yue's side of the red-robed man, there is not a decent person present, officials, generals, gentry, and local leaders are like morning dewdrops, and as soon as the sun appears, it disappears without a trace.