At the end of the third watch, Shen Xi had transferred all the soldiers and horses stationed outside the city into the city, and took over the defense of all parts of the city as soon as possible. In this way, even if the army mutinies, the city gate is under the control www.biquge.info of the officers and soldiers under Shen Xi, and the bandits outside the city don't want to step into the city.

"My lord, suddenly took over the city defense, the defenders in the city have many grievances, there are conflicts between the north and south gates, some people say that the lord killed Jiang Zhixian, and rumors are spreading in the army......"

With the news coming from all over the city, Shen Xi was a little cautious in his heart, what he wanted to ensure now was the stability of the city and prevent mutiny.

And to make the army's heart stable, Shen Xi felt that the simplest and most direct way was to send money to the soldiers of the defenders in the city.

Shen Xi said: "Pass the order, tomorrow at noon, all the officers and soldiers in the city will be given a food subsidy of 400 wen per person, and a subsidy of 200 wen for carriages and horses, and this official will personally preside over the reward, and the original officers and soldiers of the defenders in the city are also among them." ”

Jing Yue asked in surprise: "Lord Governor, this is not right, why should you give a reward before the battle starts, it seems that it is not in accordance with the rules?" ”

"The reward for the first time is not without precedent to follow, and the whole army is treated equally, if it is inconvenient to carry six hundred yuan with you, you can exchange it for six yuan of broken silver, or rice grain and silk cloth of the same value." Shen Xi Road.

Even Jing Yue was blinking at this time.

For the deputy Qianhu, six coins of silver is not much, but according to the previous rules, the money in the soldier's hand is deducted by one percent, and then he can deduct sixty wen for each person, which is very considerable, but he glanced at Shen Xi and knew that Shen Xi would never give him the opportunity to get his hands on it, since it was a subsidy and not a salary, then what he could receive was the same as that of an ordinary soldier.

Six hundred yuan is a lot of money for ordinary soldiers, but it is less attractive for a deputy thousand households like Jing Yue who are from the fifth grade.

Waiting for Shen Xi to assign a personal guard to convey the order, Jing Yue said, "My lord, can you add some more?" You see the brothers want to take a little more reward back and provide for their families......"

Shen Xi squinted at Jing Yue: "Old Jing, be content, these six coins of silver are not necessary for the official, in order to stabilize the hearts of the army and the people in the city." Since the soldiers want to support their families with rewards and live a good life, they should see the truth on the battlefield and kill more enemies, and the rewards will naturally come to them. ”

Jing Yue said with some shame: "Lord Shen, it's not that the last general doesn't know what to do, it's just that he is in his position and has to say a word for the generals and soldiers in the army." ”

This is a beautiful thing to say, but it is just the mentality of a veteran oilman, even if Jing Yue looks full of righteousness, he is still impregnated by the turbidity of this era, greedy for cheap and afraid of death...... Wait a minute.

Now the three armies are only temporarily put together for the sake of a common goal of making meritorious contributions, and now it seems that they are working together, and if they really encounter something, they don't know what will happen.

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It was night when Shen Xi completed the change of defense between the north and south gates of the city and the various sections of the city wall, and at dawn, the city was already full of gossip.

Many people are rumoring that the newly arrived governor has killed Jiang Zhixian, this is because the governor wants to invite merit and prepare to purge the opposition forces in the city, and some say that the governor and the bandits secretly made an agreement to kill some insignificant thieves to ask for merit, and finally let those big thieves go......

The rumors have noses and eyes, but Shen Xi did not explain the rumors at the first time. The rumors stopped at the wise man, and Shen Xi was going to take Jiang Shun and Cheng Fengwei directly to the north and south city gates, and the rumors would naturally subside.

Before that, he learned from Xi'er and the scouts sent out that Jiang Shun had no obvious action last night, and it seemed that Jiang Shun had cleared the hidden danger before the army arrived in Chenghai, so that is to say, even if he knew that Jiang Shun had a problem, he could not find any definite evidence to prove him now.

He didn't sleep for most of the night, and it wasn't until the beginning of Yin Shi that Shen Xi made up for three hours of sleep.

The next day, he went out of the city to suppress the bandits, and Shen Xi had already made up his mind to take Jiang Shun with him, leaving Cheng Fengwei to guard the city in this county, which was also to prevent him from being stabbed in the back by Jiang Shun after leading his troops out of the city.

The reward at noon, six coins of silver per person, Shen Xi personally led 3,000 soldiers and horses, plus the defenders in the city, a total of 4,500 yuan, then 2,700 taels of silver were needed, which was a lot of money for Shen Xi.

In order to stabilize people's hearts, in addition to Shen Xi's personal appearance, Jiang Shun will also go with him.

By noon, Shen Xi and Jiang Shun appeared in front of the north gate of Chenghai County at the same time, and the more than 1,000 defenders in the city could finally let go of their knots and receive the six coins of silver.

Next, the defenders will be divided into pieces, some of them will be assigned to the guards to act as scouts and guides, and the rest will be concentrated in the empty dams under the city walls on the east and west sides for military training, and once the bandits attack the city, they will be pulled up as reserves. All in all, it is not allowed to touch the specific city defenses, so as not to have accidents.

Jiang Shun accompanied Shen Xi around the city, and finally protested with a little dissatisfaction: "Lord Shen, you should have seen that the lower officials are very cooperative with your work, you can't just wronged good people!" ”

Shen Xi smiled: "Has this official wronged a good person?" ”

From beginning to end, Shen Xi didn't say that Jiang Shun was colluding with the bandits, but now he took the initiative to bring it up, which was actually a slap in the face. It is precisely because of the fear of leakage that I will talk about things at any time, and I will not excuse myself when I find an opportunity. But the key is that he went to give gifts, and he was classified as a key suspect by Shen Xi, and it is useless to defend it now.

When the rewards were distributed, not only the officers and soldiers at the grassroots level were rejoicing, but the county Cheng Fengwei was also very happy. Cheng Fengwei carried a cloth bag full of six hundred yuan, checked it in his hand, and said with his eyebrows fluttering: "What kind of governor is this, my old Cheng has thanked you first, but you can't be disrespectful to us Jiang Zhixian, otherwise I still won't let you go!" ”

"Bastard!"

This time it was not Jing Yue who opened his mouth to scold, but Jiang Shun reprimanded, "Lord Governor is the right deputy capital of the third grade, and he was once the prince's teacher, and if he is disrespectful to Lord Governor, he will lose his head, that is, Lord Governor is magnanimous, so he doesn't care about you!" ”

He let him say all the good things alone, first affirmed that Shen Xi's official position was very big, and then said for Shen Xi that he would not hold Cheng Fengwei responsible.

Shen Xi glanced at Jiang Shun disdainfully: If I can't pursue him, what's your business!?

As he spoke, Jing Yue walked over and handed over a letter: "My lord, this is a letter just sent by the Chaozhou Mansion. ”

Jiang Shun was a little surprised, Shen Xi had just entered the city yesterday, and the Chaozhou Mansion had sent a letter so quickly, which showed that Shen Xi's entry into Chenghai County was part of the plan, and he had already sent someone to send a letter to the Fucheng side for ventilation.

In this way, not only will the government be clear about the situation here, but the Chaozhou Wei side will definitely be moved...... This means that even if Shen Xi's soldiers and horses in Chenghai County can be controlled, they will not be able to attack Shen Xi, the governor of the three provinces, because the "reinforcements" may arrive at any time.

"Lord Shen, shouldn't the letter from a few thousand households nearby arrive first?" Jiang Shun asked tentatively.

Shen Xi looked at Jiang Shun and said: "There is no need for letters from the guards, the soldiers and horses will come one after another after noon, as for the Chaozhou Mansion, they are just helping to dispatch money and food, and it is estimated that the supply convoy will arrive in Chenghai in the next day or two." Tomorrow, the official himself will lead his troops and horses out of the city to quell the bandits, and the reception will be handed over to Jiang Zhixian. ”

Jiang Shun was relieved when he heard that Shen Xi was leaving, but he didn't dare to take it lightly, and said, "Lord Shen, don't worry, the lower officials will definitely do their best to handle this matter." ”

Shen Xi said with a smile: "Jiang Zhixian should have misunderstood the meaning of this official, and this official wants to ask Jiang Zhixian to personally bring people to the capital to greet him and ensure the safety of money, food and materials." ”

When Jiang Shun heard this, he immediately straightened his face: "Lord Shen, you are too much, right?" As the magistrate of Chenghai, this official must abide by his duty, how can he easily go out of the city? It's normal to do it, but now there are constant bandits around Chenghai, and the official is leaving, if there is a loss in the city, who can afford it, Lord Shen, are you? ”

Shen Xi looked at Cheng Fengwei, who was overjoyed with six coins of silver, and pouted, "Isn't this Cheng County?" ”

"He ......"

Jiang Shun almost blurted out, this is a fucking fool, you would rather let a fool guard the city than let me go to meet the so-called Chaozhou Mansion money and grain transportation team, that is to say, you are still suspicious of me, right?

Shen Xi's tone carried a taste that could not be refused: "Jiang Zhixian must obey the order, many times this official does not want to kill, but he is not willing to make the situation worse." No matter what Jiang Zhixian has done before, as long as he stops, this official can pretend that he doesn't know anything, and it is rare to be confused. ”

Jiang Shun was stunned for a moment, and silently recited: "It's rare to be confused? ”

Shen Xi said that this realm is similar to "pretending to be confused with understanding", because the word Zheng Banqiao is still the first in the Ming Dynasty, Jiang Shun has never heard of it, but when he heard it, he felt that there was a deep meaning in it, and after careful thinking, he felt that there were many things contained in it.

The most important one, Shen Xi clearly told him, I don't care about what you did before, I will do all the foolish things, and I will deal with it if I make do.

Jiang Shun learned to be smart at this time, and immediately expressed his position in front of Shen Xi: "Lord Shen, you also know the embarrassment of Chenghai in the past two years, and there are many things...... In fact, it was a last resort for the lower officials. ”

Jiang Shun began to find a reason for his secret collusion with the thieves, blaming all this on the embarrassment of Chenghai being besieged by the thieves.

"yes, I see."

Shen Xi nodded, accepting Jiang Shun's statement.

"Lord Shen is rare to be confused, but it is rare for the lower officials not to be confused, many things are small things and big things are not confused, since the adults are here this time, please make decisions for the tens of thousands of people in Chenghai, what do you want in the future, just let me know." Jiang Shun was like grasping a life-saving straw and showed his loyalty in front of Shen Xi.

Shen Xi thought to himself: "First the hard one, then the soft one, and then the knot, all the tricks have been used all over again, you Jiang Shun is just a Chenghai magistrate, it's really a talent!" ”

Shen Xi said quietly: "Since Jiang Zhixian said so, then the official will speak bluntly." In fact, the official said that he was here to suppress the bandits, but it was better to drive out the bandits, and you said that these bandits did not do evil in other places, but went to the southeast coastal areas to make trouble, if they could be expelled and left, and they were not in the way of the eyes of the officials, how good would it be? ”

"In this way, the official of the court can explain, and the people will also be grateful for the kindness of the official, and even the painting of Jiang Zhixian can be taken to the capital to find someone to appraise. Alas! It's a pity, these blinding thieves have to stay in Chenghai and Nanao Mountain, if they can't be driven away this time, there will only be soldiers fighting each other, and the official is worried! ”

"This official has made a little achievement in the previous year, and he has been appreciated and rewarded by His Majesty, but the small group of thieves and the large number of thieves and robbers in front of him have never been able to compare. In the matter of suppressing bandits, the official has something unclear, and I hope that Jiang Zhixian will mention more. ”

"That's nature!"

A touch of smug appeared on Jiang Shun's face, and there was a little more disdain and playfulness in his eyes when he looked at Shen Xi.

Shen Xi secretly observed, nodded slightly, and said in his heart that as long as you cooperate with me, as long as the bandits are destroyed, what will happen in the end is not up to me? (To be continued.) )