In fact, in the hall of the festival in Liangzhou/Xingyuan Mansion (now in the east of Zheng County, southwest Shaanxi), the wall inscription "The Wall Record of the Jiedu Envoy Hall of Shannan West Road" inscribed by the great poet Liu Yuxi of the previous generation.

Hearing the news that the fire interrupted the banquet singing and dancing, the school military department Shangshu, Xingyuan Yin, and the mountain (south) west (road) section made the cow slight, after breaking and stepping on several inlaid gold cups one after another; I couldn't wait to personally put the black wooden clip that was in a hurry to report the military news, and smashed it on the heads of the two culprits who started the war lightly.

is different from other marshals in this dynasty who are ambitious and want to make meritorious contributions or serve the country and kill thieves; As a descendant of the Zhenyuan Prime Minister Niu Monk and Ru, he is also a big businessman in the contemporary East Market; At that time, it was with all his wealth and debt that he sought this position.

After all, at the beginning, Tian Lingzi clearly ordered Wufang Xiao'er to openly seize the materials of the businessmen and wealthy rooms in Beijing, and Jing Zhaoyin directly killed the people who dared to sue the bitter master; Although he was able to escape because he had a different way in Ouchi and was attached to the Shence Army, he also had to start looking for a way to avoid trouble.

Moreover, at the beginning, because he had the most money to buy officials, between Yang Shili, Niu Miao and Luo Yuangao, he should have been the first choice of the richest Xichuan Jiedu envoy; As a result, when Tian Lingzi was bowing in front of the king, he made a polo Dingsanchuan, and directly let his eldest brother Chen Jingxuan take Xichuan Town.

Then, the envoy of Dongchuan Jiedu, who retreated to the second, was also taken away by Yang Shili, a close confidant who was born in the forbidden army and was more good at polo (closer to him); In the end, he only got the end of the three rivers, and only the Xingyuan Mansion (Hanzhong Basin) was still a wealthy Shanxi Jiedu envoy.

As for the more unlucky Luo Yuangao, there is only one Heyang Jiedu, who is narrow and widowed, to comfort him; As a result, not long after he arrived, he was expelled and replaced by another Zhuge Shuang, who had soldiers in his hands, and was only given a compensatory title of general.

Therefore, most of the time, in fact, he does not think about establishing a meritorious light lintel, but more about serving the benefactor Tian Da Noble and the Tang Dynasty Emperor, so that he can do a few more years in his Shanxi office, and by the way, he can get a little more.

Therefore, apart from the question of taxation, the use of force to attach importance to it is always the last option he wants to achieve his goals. As for the military situation in Shanxi's Daoben Town, it is also a move to maintain the existing situation rather than to control armor and train troops and reorganize the army for war.

Anyway, there are court officials and soldiers led by Yang Shumi in Dasanguan who are blocking the thief's situation, so naturally they can't cut off their regular food and clothing; And Tian Da nobles are there and in front of the Son of Heaven, and they must also be careful to maintain and enter the service. The rest is the benefit of his pocket.

Of course, as a tooth soldier who is in close proximity, he must also be well encircled; The rest of the soldiers and horses in the camp are idle anyway, and if they need support from the front, they will be dispatched, and they will be transferred if they need to, anyway, he is extremely good at both ends.

Even his shogunate and subordinates were typical debt marshal shogunates; Except for a few in key positions, most of the positions are clearly marked, and Tong Suo is not bullied, only "wealth" is the move, and he has been selected before Chang'an set off to save people;

After arriving at the locality, he also redefined the rank of the assassins and their officials in Shanxi through the investigation and debriefing of only "wealth", and included a large amount of money as a good start to his inauguration.

For example, Gao Shouzhen, the Yangzhou assassin from a famous Bohai family, handed over more than 8,000 yuan of goods to pass the corresponding re-election appraisal; And Guo Chongyuan, because he was from the Nanyang House of the Guo family's famous family, and there were old things to say about it in the court, so it took more than 5,000 yuan to win the (rich) important position of the Meridian Valley guard.

But I didn't expect that these two bastards actually colluded with each other because of their selfish intentions, and took the initiative to beat Zhou Bao, the envoy of Zhenhai Jiedu, and Liu Jurong, the envoy of Shannan Dongdao Jiedu, to the giant thief of thieves who lost their teachers and fled from the town, and lured them to their own territory.

What a joke, unlike the many people in the industry who are consistently chopped in information, or who resolutely do not believe in news related to thieves; He has not paid much attention to the news of these thieves who have swept the two capitals and their various important figures.

Therefore, out of some interest considerations, he has also sent spies to Hunan and Lingnan, where the Taiping thieves are entrenched, many times, although most of them can return safely, but just by returning some news, you can get a glimpse of a clue.

These Taiping thieves are different from most of the thieves who went to the court in the past, eating all the way and ignoring the future; This generation can occupy a place and not leave, and then seriously operate and govern.

Although the methods of this generation towards those families, large families, and wealthy surnames can be called cruel and brutal, it is a different tolerant and friendly attitude towards merchants who can exchange goods and colonies. In particular, those merchants who can bring goods that are not produced locally or rarely produce are more likely to receive preferential treatment.

Therefore, even if Niu Miao, as one of the few members of Fang Zhen in the imperial court, could not help but secretly act as a businessman, and moved to send someone to secretly communicate with him. In fact, he has already sent people to contact several companies, who used to have contacts in the East Market, to find out the hottest business and products under the rule of the Taiping Thieves.

In the future, it would be even more beautiful if we could establish special shops and seafood shops in Guangzhou and other occupied areas. However, all this was ruined by two self-assertive bastards in Yangzhou.

Others may still be in awe of the 47,000 registered troops in the fifteen states under the jurisdiction of Shanxi Province, but Niu Miao knows what kind of situation he is under his command. After the hands of Niu Wei and Niu Cong, who were born in the lineage of the former prime minister and were born in Wenren, it is a question whether half of the current Shanxi towns are still in question.

In addition, when he passed through Xingyuan in the holy car, he sent several battalions of soldiers and horses to accompany him and escort him and never returned, and sent 5,000 soldiers and horses to Dasanguan to support the thieves, and now there are less than 10,000 available soldiers left in his town.

Then, it is necessary to follow the Yin order of the Duke of Tian to be vigilant and guard the passes in Hanzhong, in case Eryang suddenly leads troops south; Then it is necessary to send troops to collect and protect the money, grain, and service that are escorted to Dasanguan and Chengdu, which can be said to be a heavy task and a long way to go.

However, in order to open up the source of expenditure and reduce expenditure and the provincial inspection meter, after his arrival, in addition to strengthening the tooth soldiers, there has been no new recruit soldiers to make up the corresponding military quota, and the management and defense of each state have been handed over to the subordinate regiments, local regiments, and town guards under the state.

As long as they are able to pay the corresponding donations, there are few restrictions and restrictions. Now, the time had come for him to taste the bitter fruit. However, how could Niu Miao be willing to sit still and wait to die.

After venting, he immediately summoned his subordinates and announced that in Liangzhou, he would recruit 10,000 young men on the spot as a preparation and envoy; He also separately found Sima Xingying, who was still familiar with military geography in the shogunate, and carefully checked the map between Yangzhou and Liangzhou.

In the end, it was determined that there are still many mountains such as Xingshi, Yunting, and Tongguan as barriers, and only a few river valley basins such as Yangshui that run through them, and the cities such as Zhenfu, Xixiang, and Xindao that are connected in series are the control hubs, which is the rough peace of mind.

Then he sent two messengers in full swing, all the way along the Golden Bull Road to Chengdu in Shuzhong to report and warn, and at the same time, he also expressed his attitude towards the line.

On the other hand, Chen Changdao rushed to the front line of Dasanguan from Chen Changdao over the mountains and mountains, and asked for help from the Dayang Privy to see if he could send the Shanxi soldiers back, after all, he was able to use the army and maintain the transportation of Shu.

When necessary, it can also be used as a bargaining chip to ask Chengdu for cooperation, which cannot be easily put into words. Despite this, he was still secretly a little uneasy, and called his trusted old family members to assign him a critical task that could kill him.

The day after Niu Miao gave orders and ordered the entire Xingyuan Mansion to act, he got another unexpected news. Jingnan Jiedu, who came from Xiajiang Road, made Song Hao lead thousands of remnants of his army, and they had already arrived in Jizhou under his rule.

Niu Miao, who was full of melancholy, couldn't help but get excited when he heard the news, and said to the left and right:

"It's a good time, it's really a timely rain from the sky. It can be ordered to go to Yangzhou and (South) Tongzhou to eat and call. ”

- I'm the dividing line -

In Xiangzhou, Zhou Huai'an, who had just completed several exemplary collective labor and re-embarked on the road of parade; also received the news from the north from the Guannei, and couldn't help but smile at Yang Shigu who was beside him:

"News from the north, the Yellow King intends to open the imperial examination in the two capitals, and send the corresponding envoys to the army. I'm afraid that in the future, why will we be here, and it won't be left behind. ”

"It's too late, and it's the best time."

However, Yang Shigu only shook his head helplessly and sighed

"If at the beginning of the new dynasty, it is decisive to open the imperial examination and select talents, which can be inspiring, and also show the atmosphere and meritocracy of not being restricted; After all, most of the scholars in Beijing were still there, and everyone in the world was also waiting and watching. ”

"If we do this again, not only will the corresponding talents and good choices be greatly short, but they will also be implicated in the matter of the envoy of the prison army. But it is just a hasty rush to meet the needs of the time. It's really a loss of pattern and proportion. ”

Zhou Huai'an nodded secretly in his heart with some satisfaction, this former right army division of the Righteous Army, after stepping out of the old pattern and the restrictions of the entanglement; Or be able to judge things relatively objectively and fairly, and gain insight into some key and details.

"What's more, there are still relatives and distant subordinates in the righteous army, and the leaders and generals have their own subordinates and old origins; There are also many old and new dynasties and towns and local departments that have been selected for their duties, and most of the orders are not enough to achieve them, let alone send envoys to supervise them. ”

Yang Shigu continued to speak.

"Then what do you think you should do about this?"

Zhou Huai'an asked meaningfully.

"In my opinion, the matter of the so-called envoy of the prison army can only be delayed and not urgent. It can only be gathered into a trend from the side from the subtle and the line, and cannot be widely promoted with great fanfare; In the meantime, if there is disobedience and confrontation, no matter what kind of reward and punishment is given afterwards, it will damage your own authority. Huang Wang is afraid that this matter is a little too big. ”

Speaking of this, Yang Shigu's words changed sharply.

"However, the current system of dispatch by the Governor of the Metropolitan Government makes a lot of sense. The students of the training center are organized into the team, and the board and lodging are shared with the soldiers, and the officers and assistants are clerks and conduct, and they are connected to the prestige and closeness of the party. ”

"Lao Yang, I want to use your judgment, but I don't want to praise myself for turning a corner. Then why do you think Zhao Shizhong specially sent this news to someone? ”

Zhou Huai'an immediately smiled slightly.

"Based on some of my humble opinions in the past, I am afraid that under the unfavorable situation of the war ahead, King Huang intends to reorganize the army and select people to establish his authority."

Yang Shigu gave an unexpected answer.

At this time, Mi Bao, who was riding a horse along the road, sent Zhou Huai'an a message that was enough to make him change his itinerary.

(End of chapter)