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Li Che gave Shen Xi a deep salute: "Lord Shen, the last general doesn't know what crops come from foreign lands, and as for whether they can make the local people rich within three years, it has nothing to do with the last general. If you can suppress the bandits without apportionment and without increasing the burden on the people, the general will be willing to serve you. ”

Li Che said this, which shows that he is moved by the addition of officials to the knighthood.

Whether the officers and soldiers of the guard post can eat enough has little to do with him, Li Che, as the commander of the capital, no one can starve him if he is hungry, he does not lack anything now, but he has no connections in the DPRK.

On the ground in Guangdong, those ordinary people may be afraid when they see him, but they think that he is a commander of the second grade, and his official quality is the highest in Guangdong Province, but he has the lowest status among the heads of the three divisions.

The benefits promised to Li Che by Zhang Yuanying, the political envoy of the Right Cloth, and Lin Tingxuan, the envoy of the procuratorate, were that all the money and grain allocated by the imperial court to the local bandits in Guangdong every year would be allocated, and the "drifting" part would be made up by the local political envoy Si Yamen. Li Che was originally very moved, but after listening to Shen Xi's introduction to his situation, Li Che felt that money and wealth did not mean much to him, on the contrary, it was more tempting to make contributions.

It is difficult for the Ming military generals to be promoted, and the southeast coast faces bandits and robbers, which was originally a good place to establish meritorious deeds, but the risk of suppressing bandits is too great, and it is good to say that if you win the battle, once you lose the army, you may take off the official hat on your head, which is also the fundamental reason why Li Che did not dare to act rashly.

At present, Shen Xi, the governor of the government, proposes to exterminate the pirates and pirates, and listening to his past history, it seems that he has a good way of dealing with bandits, and it is not necessarily a good opportunity. Besides, Shen Xi led the suppression of bandits, and the victory of the Dusi Yamen was meritorious, and the failure was that the governor and the commander of the army had no way, and it had little to do with him, the commander of the capital, no matter how you look at it, it was a good deal that only made money and did not lose money.

Shen Xi saw that Li Che was shaken, and said happily: "General Li can cooperate with this official to successfully exterminate the coastal bandits!" ”

Not long after, the guard commanders of the three guards of Guangzhou's avant-garde, right guard, and left guard made Qi Yingtai, Feng Xingchu, and Xie Su come to Nanhai County.

Unlike civil officials, who generally have to be fifty or sixty years old to achieve the official position of the third grade, the Wei commanders of the Wei Institute are generally thirty or forty years old and in the prime of life, mainly because the Wei commanders are mostly hereditary, and even if the Ming military generals eat and drink well, they rarely live long, and as soon as Lao Tzu dies, the official position will be inherited by his son.

As soon as Shen Xi said what he meant to suppress the bandits, the three guard commanders all turned their heads to look at Li Che. In the guard, they are the emperors of the soil, but in Guangdong, Li Che is the top boss. Li Che said: "Since it is entrusted by the Governor, you can just follow the order." Lord Shen, when are you going to send troops? ”

Shen Xi looked serious: "This official has just arrived in Guangzhou Mansion, there is no supply of grain and grass, and it will take a while before he can send troops to Pingkou." However, the official urgently needs 600 personal guards, and he listens to the tune in front of the tent, I wonder if Li Dushi can arrange it on his behalf? ”

Li Che frowned, you described the bandits as imminent before, but now you are not in a hurry. But it's okay, I can just see what you can do, you can requisition the materials needed for Pingkou without going through the political envoy and the inspection envoy department, and if you can't do it, even if you blow the sky, I will keep my distance from you.

Li Che instructed: "The three guards each recruit and transfer two officers and soldiers from one hundred households, and obey Lord Shen's dispatch, and there must be no mistakes." ”

The three guard commanders were a little puzzled, what was this new governor going to do, he actually wanted six hundred guards? But there is an order from the peak, and it is undoubtedly unwise to question it at this time, so he immediately promised. Seeing this, Shen Xi nodded and said, "This official is suppressing bandits in the local area, thanks to your help, this official has thanked you here in advance." ”

After speaking, Shen Xi bowed his hand and thanked him, and Li Che hurriedly returned the salute: "Don't dare to be a ...... Lord Shen, can I step down? ”

Shen Xi said: "This official is in urgent need of manpower, and it is urgent to mobilize officers and soldiers to the account. ”

"Order."

The three guard commanders received Li Che's permission, and did not suspect that Shen Xi had any purpose in doing so, so they each returned to the guard post and mobilized troops and horses into the city.

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The court trial, which had been in trouble all morning, finally came to an end, and finally Shen Xi and the Sansi Yamen were able to reach a draw.

At this time, it was already past noon, Tang Yin came in and asked, "Shen Zhongcheng, you transferred 600 officers and soldiers into the city to serve as personal guards, will it be ...... Let's do Fuzhou again? ”

Fuzhou is Shen Xi used the military force to take down the court officials like the right political envoy and lay the victory after the crime, Shen Xi smiled when he heard this, and said: "Brother Bohu, do you think I have real evidence now?" ”

Tang Yin pondered for a moment and said, "This is not accurate, don't you have a witness in your hand that the political envoy and the Japanese are secretly colluding, and those people have confessed......

Shen Xi smiled and said nothing, some things could not be explained clearly to Tang Yin, the officialdom was deceitful, sometimes even if the evidence was conclusive, it would be overturned, not to mention the torture to extract confessions. Even if Tang Yin has a certain amount of wisdom, he still lacks experience as an official. Shen Xi raised his hand: "Go back to the post house!" ”

Liu Xiang, the magistrate of Nanhai County, is like sending the plague god, personally sent Shen Xi to the yamen, there are many people staying outside the yamen at this time, seeing Shen Xi come out, they have stepped forward to send things, the people are simple, the people heard that Shen Xi wants to lead the army to sweep away the local bandits, so they will be reluctant to eat eggs and game on weekdays, in order to show condolences.

Shen Xi was greatly moved, thanked and politely refused, and finally bowed deeply to all the villagers who gave gifts, got into the official sedan chair, and returned to the post house under the opening of Ma Jiu and others.

Soon after entering the post house, 200 officers and soldiers of the Guangzhou Left Guard arrived.

Shen Xi asked for 600 guards when he opened his mouth, and it was very difficult to place them, but fortunately, he had already made a plan, and after the two hundred households led the department to report, he left a team on duty to stand guard, and the rest of the people returned to the thousand households, and if necessary, they were requisitioned and sent to work outside the city.

The remaining 400 officers and men also did the same, rotating during the day and at night, and the six teams of men and horses were rotated every three days, so they would not be too tired, and the safety of Shen Xi and his family members was fully guaranteed.

Ding Xuan, the post house poster, saw the street in front of the post house, the officers and soldiers set up cards to check, thought about it, walked to Shen Xi's side, and asked: "Lord Shen, so many soldiers are guarding outside the post house, I'm afraid that no one dares to approach anymore, is there a ...... Inconvenient? ”

Shen Xi asked, "Can this official obstruct the entry and exit of the post house personnel?" ”

Ding Xuan shook his head and smiled bitterly, and retired with knowledge and interest.

Shen Xi was about to send someone to the Dusi Yamen to bring the topographic map of the water and land around Guangzhou Prefecture, but the Dusi Yamen had already sent someone to give gifts, and the carriage carried several large boxes into the backyard of the post house.

"Lord Shen, this is a little bit of Li Dushi's heart."

The one who came to give the gift was Liu Weikuan, the commander of the capital.

When the box was opened, Li Che did not fail to send silver, mainly copper coins, plus silk and local specialties, adding up to almost five or six hundred taels.

This time, Shen Xi didn't let Liu Weikuan bring the things back, and waved his hand and said: "The acting official thanked Li Dushi and told him that the official knows how to do it, and if he succeeds in suppressing bandits, he should be the first to take credit." The official will ask the court for him to be crowned, and when the official returns to the court in the future, he will also speak more for him in front of His Majesty. ”

"Yes, yes."

Liu Weikuan hurriedly saluted and left with the people who commanded the envoy and the yamen.

Waiting for the others to walk out of the backyard, Shen Xi opened the box and carefully counted the goods inside. Tang Yin came up and asked puzzledly, "Shen Zhongcheng, what does this command envoy mean, why do you want to send such a generous gift?" ”

Shen Xi said: "Can't you see that this is the Dusi Yamen showing favor to me?" ”

At this time, Tang Yin was even more incomprehensible, he recalled Li Che's performance in the Nanhai County Ya, and frowned: "Thank God that the commander did not make trouble, could it be that they first gave Shen Zhongcheng a bribe, and then reported and exposed it later?" ”

Shen Xi patted Tang Yin's shoulder with a smile and said, "At this time and that time, Li Che has been the commander of the Guangdong Metropolitan for many years, and he has been active in the DPRK, but he has never been able to increase his official ranks, and now that the opportunity is in front of him, how can he not cherish it?" ”

After all, Tang Yin didn't hear Shen Xi and Li Che answer each other in court, and he didn't know why Li Che woke up.

Li Che has already made enough money in Guangdong, of course he wants to go further, be knighted and even leave his name in the history books, at the moment those nobles can no longer help him, but Shen Xi, as a close minister of the Son of Heaven and an official of the crown prince, may be able to enter the cabinet in the future, or be an official of the six ministries, even if he can't get much credit in the matter of suppressing bandits, but having a good relationship with Shen Xi is equivalent to having someone who can speak around the Son of Heaven in the future.

It's better than continuing to be embarrassed with Zhang Yuanying and Lin Tingxuan, and the two of them looked down on him.

Shen Xi said: "Since we want to prevent someone from making a fuss about bribery, you might as well borrow flowers to offer Buddha, count the copper coins, and distribute them in several batches to the officers and soldiers who came to report to the three guards in Guangzhou. ”

Tang Yin was anxious when he heard this, the goods here add up to five or six hundred taels of silver, if they are used to buy military rations, they can support an army of three thousand people for half a month, but they were sent out by Shen Xi as a favor?

Tang Yin said: "Shen Zhongcheng should not be generous to others, isn't there a better use for this silver money to stay." ”

"Haha."

Shen Xi smiled and patted Tang Yin on the shoulder, "Isn't it that Brother Tang is afraid that I don't have the money to pay your salary?" Rest assured, the monthly salary of twenty-five taels will never be less than ......"

Tang Yin pursed his lips and secretly thought: "Isn't it to repay the debt?" ”

Shen Xi added: "Brother Bohu may wish to temporarily receive fifteen taels a month, leaving ten taels of silver to pay off the debt, and after ten months, this debt can be paid off, and then Brother Tang can return to Suzhou, or travel to famous mountains and rivers, and will not interfere with it." Of course, you can continue to stay, and you can continue to pay 25 taels a month. ”

When Tang Yin heard this, he didn't need to deduct the money to repay the debt first, but gave him a salary of fifteen taels every month, and he would have one hundred and fifty taels of silver in ten months.

Originally, he thought that he was being forced to do hard labor by Shen Xikeng, but suddenly his eyes lit up, and it seemed that he was about to live a good life, Tang Yin's heart was hot, but he quickly hid his smile, so as not to be noticed by Shen Xi.

Shen Xi said: "If Brother Bohu thinks that ten months is too long, then it is still according to the previous agreement, after paying off the debt in four months, Brother Tang will do everything at his own leisure." ”

Tang Yin hurriedly said: "No, no, it's still ten months, I suddenly feel that this Guangdong realm is a treasure of feng shui, and I want to stay here for a while to broaden my knowledge." ”

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