Chapter 31: Shangguan

Xiong Tingbi actually came in person?

This news was really surprising to Ye Xun, he knew that in the late Ming Dynasty, Xiong Tingbi was definitely a figure, if it weren't for the imperial court's group of imperial historians who were full of food and had nothing to do, and would only bite indiscriminately, Liaodong would not necessarily be lost.

And as soon as Xiong Tingbi left on his front foot, Shenyang and Liaoyang were lost one after another, a person who can make Nurhachi so jealous, how can a simple cow describe.

Of course, there is no reason for Xiong Tingbi to arrest whom, even his former colleagues in the Inspectorate scolded him, and it was strange that someone was willing to speak for him.

Whether it was Liu Yong or Li Ruzhen, Ye Xun didn't pay attention to it at all, if it weren't for them following behind Xiong Tingbi and letting Liang Zhen pretend to be a horse thief again, he would have killed them directly.

Now that Xiong Tingbi is here, then he can't do this, if he wants long-term peace and stability in Liaodong, he must first have a good relationship with Xiong Tingbi, not only that, once Ye Xun has a relationship with the capital, he also has to protect Xiong Tingbi from leaving office due to impeachment.

It's really a blessing, and the misfortune is not a one-way street!

What to do?

Ye Xun was irritable, stood up, and turned around in the room with his hands.

Xiong Tingbi took over as the Liaodong Economic Strategy, and according to the normal procedure, he should first summon civil and military officials from all over the country to meet him, but he went straight to Tieling without a sound, obviously hearing something.

From the time crossing to the present, Ye Xun asked himself if he had done anything unreasonable, of course, robbing the Li family was automatically classified as a righteous act by him.

Therefore, Xiong Tingbi should be mainly for investigation, and he did not mean to embarrass him.

Then next, you should continue to increase your good impression in his heart.

Thinking of this, Ye Xun clapped his hands lightly, footsteps sounded, and the guards walked in with the curtains.

"Get Zhang Qi"

Zhang Qi had already found two account rooms for Ye Xun before, Zhang Qi is a local, and he knows the people and things here, although these two people are outsiders, but one hundred taels of silver per person, plus a steel knife and a neck, it will be completely done.

No one will have trouble with the silver, let alone do things for Father-in-law Ye, these two people can't close their mouths happily, so they dare to go out and talk nonsense.

However, the number counted is not so optimistic, before Ye Xun was calculated according to the gold and silver in the box, more than 30 large boxes, how could there be five or six hundred thousand taels.

In fact, the gold and silver add up to only a hundred thousand taels, and the rest are jewelry and antiques, although these things are also valuable, but in this situation, there must be a place to exchange them!

According to what Gao Ying said, Tie Lingwei's account still has more than 20,000 taels of silver, and Ye Xun doesn't want to leave a handle on people, so now he has been using the silver on the account, which is also the reason why Gao Ying and him are in a hurry.

Now we have to find a way to launder the silver in our hands, and we have to exchange those jewelry and antiques into cash as soon as possible, and this alone is obviously not enough, we must also find a way to make a fortune as soon as possible, only in this way can we ensure military spending and various expenditures.

After a while, footsteps rang out, and the sound of the door opening was heard.

"Father-in-law, are you looking for me?"

As he spoke, he opened the curtain and entered.

Ye Xun nodded and said, "How are things going today?" ”

Hearing Ye Xun's question, Zhang Qi's face turned pale, and he said: "Sure enough, as my father-in-law expected, Li Rulong had always said that there were 2,000 soldiers in the city before, but after such a check, there was a shortage of more than half of the soldiers, and the rest were young and strong people in the city who were temporarily filling, but my father-in-law didn't have to worry, with the prestige of my father-in-law, if the Tartars came over again, and wanted to make up for the vacancy, wouldn't it be a matter of your words!" ”

Ye Xun shook his head noncommittally, he knew that the Ming Dynasty was a military household system, and if he entered the army, he had to be a soldier for generations, this was in Liaodong, although the conditions were difficult, but not necessarily how many people were willing to join the army, most of them still came for the silver.

Thinking of this, Ye Xun suddenly remembered one thing, it seems that the soldiers of the Qi family army back then were not military households, and the reason why the Qi family army was so powerful was related to Qi Shuai's excellent training and use of soldiers, and it was not unrelated to the origin of those soldiers, because Qi Shuai used the recruitment system.

Kai Yuanwei volunteered to leave the more than 1,000 soldiers, most of whom were three no-haves who had no land or property, and when they went back to put down their swords and guns, they were still long-term tenants of superior officers, so there were so many people who were willing to stay.

So if you want to turn this team into a real tiger and wolf army, can you learn from the methods used by Qi Shuai?

Thinking a little far, Ye Xun hurriedly collected his mind and said to Zhang Qi: "You are a local, there is something you have to check, who has the most land in this area, and where are their food hoarded?" ”

Zhang Qi followed Ye Xun and had a criminal record, although Ye Xun hadn't explained what he wanted him to do with this, he still immediately understood Ye Xun's intentions.

nodded and said: "Father-in-law, don't worry, my subordinates will do it, if there is nothing else, my subordinates will retire."

Ye Xun waved his hand, signaling that Zhang Qi could leave.

At this time, it was close to dusk, Ye Xun did not greet the guards to take the lamp, picked up the curtain and came to the courtyard, took a few deep breaths of cold air, looked up at the sunset that was about to disappear into darkness on the horizon, and said secretly, what should come will come after all, this can be regarded as the first test to enter the Ming Dynasty!

Ye Xun only cared about Xiong Tingbi and Li Ruzhen, but he still ignored one person, that is, Ma Lin, the chief soldier in Kaiyuan.

Strictly speaking, Marin is more suitable to be a literati, if he hadn't had a very good father, it is estimated that this buddy would probably go to Kaohanlin.

The literati of the late Ming Dynasty, like the eunuchs, were also a very magical existence, although Ma Lin hung a military position, the arrogance unique to the literati in his bones did not diminish in the slightest.

When Gong Quanan returned to Kaiyuan, Ma Lin had just sent the beggar fold away, and he originally planned to wait for Jinyiwei to come and arrest him, but when he learned from other officers that he had been detained by Ye Xun with more than 1,000 soldiers, he couldn't help but be furious.

Hundreds of thousands of troops in Salhu were wiped out, so he didn't believe that a small Tieling city could stop Nurhachi's footsteps, and he didn't believe that there was a magical eunuch in Tieling.

The magic of the eunuch is that he has fewer parts than a normal man, and he can defeat Nurhachi's army alone? Fool!

Lao Tzu wants to impeach him.

As soon as he thought of it, Ma Lin immediately drafted a memo again, this time he did not send it to the Shenyang Economic Strategy Division, but directly ordered someone to send it to the capital.

Although General Ma's level of fighting is not very good, he also knows that in the emperor's heart, the eunuchs are obviously more intimate than them, but what can he do? Lao Tzu is killing the enemy in front, but you, the eunuch, are digging Lao Tzu's corner in the back, who will you impeach if you don't impeach him?

After doing this, it was not enough, after Ma Zongbing beat Gong Quanan with twenty military sticks, he simply brought people to Tieling to ask for people.

Ye Xun wanted to make a good impression in front of Xiong Tingbi, but he didn't know that Ma Lin was coming to make trouble, and what he didn't know was that after Xiong Tingbi left Shenyang, the first stop was not Tieling, but Fushun.

At this time, Fushun has been occupied by Houjin, Xiong Tingbi is not afraid, it does not mean that Liu Yong and Li Ruzhen are not afraid, so as soon as the two brothers saw Xiong Tingbi's direction, they immediately said goodbye to Lord Xiong and came directly to Tieling...