"You, you, you ......" Qian Fenglin pointed at Chen Yue, speechless in fear.

As the commander of Wuyi County, he had naturally heard of Chen Yue's reputation, and just a few years ago, Chen Yue's deeds of defeating the Manchu Tartar Iron Cavalry were widely spread.

After Beijing was breached by Dashun, Di Bao could no longer be seen, and news from Beijing could no longer be transmitted here. However, just a few days ago, Liu Fangliang, the general of Dashun, sent a message to the general, ordering the local government to strictly prevent the rebel Chen Yue's troops from passing through the territory, and Qian Fenglin knew that Chen Yue had rebelled and returned to the Ming Dynasty. Since Wuyi County was on the west side of Tianjin, not on the road to the south of Tianjin, Qian Fenglin did not expect Chen Yue to lead troops to Wuyi.

"What? Qian County Ling has heard of Chen's name? Chen Yue looked at Qian Fenglin with a smile.

Under Chen Yue's gaze, and seeing a team of fierce knights, Qian Fenglin was in a cold sweat, and his face was extremely defeated.

"Listen, I've heard of you, Lord Chen." Qian Fenglin's body trembled, and he said reluctantly. Thinking that he had surrendered to Dashun and had already had a hostile relationship with Chen Yue, he was afraid that he would be killed.

"I've heard that you're still stunned for what, our army is tired from marching for several days, and I don't hurry up to send someone to eat." Chen Yue commanded impatiently.

"Ahh Yes, yes, the next official will go. Chen Yue's words were like a sound of heaven to Qian Fenglin, he saluted Chen Yue in a panic, and quickly ran away, a series of orders were issued, and all the officials were busy.

"This kind of traitorous traitor, why don't you kill him?" Yu Feng asked puzzled.

"What's the use of killing him, there are many officials who surrendered to Dashun, and they can't finish killing." Chen Yue shook his head and said, most of these civil officials are people without any integrity, they are only officials to make a fortune, and they don't have any loyalty at all.

It has been three days since his cavalry came out of Tianjin, and he is tired from the continuous march, and he needs to rest well, eat food, feed the war horses, and need someone to wait, this spineless Qian Fenglin is a good candidate.

On the same day, 1,200 cavalry were stationed in Wuyi County, and Ma Chuang, Li Yulin, Weiyang and others each guarded the four gates of the county. Qian Fenglin led a group of servants, waited diligently for the army, and quickly prepared a hot meal, and Chen Yue was very happy to wait.

"Uncle Chen," Qian Fenglin stood aside, cautiously waiting for Chen Yue to eat, with a flattering smile on his face, "Uncle, it is really helpless for the lower officials to surrender to Dashun, after the thief general Liu Fangliang occupied Baoding Mansion, he sent envoys to various counties in Hebei, if the lower officials do not surrender, I am afraid that the people of Manxian County will be slaughtered by the thieves." ”

Chen Yue picked up a piece of braised pork with chopsticks, put it in his mouth and chewed it full, the meat was fat but not greasy, it can be seen that the level of the cook is not bad, he has eaten dry food for several days in a row, and his mouth fades out of the bird, and he can finally feast today.

He took a drink from his glass and took a comfortable breath, "So you surrender or are you forced to surrender?" Are you still a good official who loves the people like a son? ”

"Yes, uncle, the lower officials are really thinking about the people of the city. Xia Guan was born in the third list of Jinshi, and he studied the books of sages and sages hard, so he naturally knew that he was loyal to the monarch, patriotic, courteous, righteous and honest, how could he be a disloyal and unfilial traitor. If it weren't for the lives of the people in the city, the lower officials would have been martyred a long time ago, how could they bear the infamy of a traitor? Qian Fenglin said that his eyes were squeezed, trying to squeeze out a few tears, but he couldn't squeeze out, so he had no choice but to wipe his sleeves and wipe his eyes red.

"Qian County makes the loyal monarch's patriotism commendable, and rest assured, this lord will not do anything to you." Chen Yue looked at Qian Fenglin's performance with a funny face, his acting skills were really not bad, this person was able to bring hot meals to 1,200 people in a short period of time, and organized the people to bring forage to nearly 2,000 war horses, which shows that his organizational skills are not bad, and he is not a mediocre official.

"It is reported that when Li Jiantai, the governor of the Ming Dynasty, led the army to go on the expedition, the prefectures and counties of Gyeonggi closed their doors to the imperial army, and the army could not get food for several days, how did you organize the people to provide food for the soldiers of your army?" Chen Yue asked with interest. In an hour, he cooked meals for more than 1,200 people, even if Qian Fenglin was a county order, this kind of organizational power was not trivial.

"It's just a combination of grace and power, coercion and temptation." Qian Fenglin said with a smile.

"Oh, would you like to hear about it?" Chen Yue asked with interest.

Chen Yue's words, Qian Fenglin didn't dare not answer, and told the story at the moment. His method is very simple, send officials to distribute food to various households in the city, of course, not hard, but paid to distribute food, and what kind of food is made, he will double the food money. If he didn't, it would have been easy, and he would have led the soldiers directly to their house.

In these years, what the people are most afraid of is the army, the so-called bandits are like combing the soldiers like grates, which is also the reason why Li Jiantai led the troops to the expedition, and the prefectures and counties closed their doors, afraid of the army looting.

"The lower officials didn't dare to tell the identity of the uncle, the people and gentry in the city still thought that it was Dashun's army that entered the city, and they had long known the order of Dashun not to levy taxes for three years, so in fact, they were very welcome to your arrival, uncle." Qian Fenglin looked at Chen Yue's face cautiously and said with difficulty.

As a local official, he knew very well the difference between the military discipline of the Ming army and the Shun army. When Liu Fangliang led the army across the border, he really did not commit any crimes in the autumn, which was also the main reason why he was willing to surrender to Dashun. But these words can't be said to the Ping Nanbo in front of him.

"Oh!" Chen Yue sighed indifferently, he didn't mind what Qian Fenglin thought, the reason why he didn't tell the identity of the Xishan Army Chen Yue also knew, it must be the idea of continuing to be an official in Dashun.

"Are you really going to pay these people? You know, feeding more than 1,000 people is a lot of money. Chen Yue asked curiously.

"Of course it will be paid. Xia Guan has been an official in Wuyi County for several years, and his character is well known, and he will never lose his trust to the people. Qian Fenglin swore an oath.

"Are you paying out of your own pocket? I don't have any money for you. Chen Yue said with a smile.

"How could Xia Guan ask for your money, uncle, as for the money for this meal, hehe,...... Qian Fenglin laughed a few times, "Xia Guan wants to discuss with you, uncle, can you ask your lord to send some troops to assist Xia Guan in recovering the stolen goods?" ”

"Oh?" Chen Yue asked.

"That's right," Qian Fenglin gritted his teeth and told Chen Yue what he was planning to do.

It turned out that the order of the Dashun Imperial Court had already come, ordering the local government to recover the stolen goods and subsidize the salary, confiscate the wealth of the local gentry, and distribute the land to the common people. However, because there is no army in his hands, the gentry in Wuyi County are too powerful, and without the support of the army, Qian Fenglin, who is close to dozens of officials in his hands, does not dare to recover stolen goods and help them, and even dare not say their intentions, because the local forces are intertwined, and the county clerks and officials have already been infiltrated by the gentry.

"Do you want my army to help you recover your stolen goods? You can figure it out! Chen Yue couldn't help laughing.

"With your army in the city to deter, the gentry in the county dare not move, it only takes one night, and the lower officials can raid all their homes, and the silver and wealth will be divided into 30% of the money, what do you think?" Qian Fenglin Road.

He knew in his heart the financial resources of the gentry in the county, and he calculated it very clearly, even if he divided Chen Yue into 30%, he could still get at least more than 100,000 taels, and most of them were transported to the Dashun Imperial Court to make him increase his official position, and he could also get tens of thousands of taels of silver, which was a good thing to get with one stone. At present, the Dashun Imperial Court is newly established, and a large number of officials are urgently needed, as long as he shows strong ability, he can be a prefect or even a political envoy of Daotai. As for the cooperation with Chen Yue's rebels, the rebels are still under the banner of Dashun, as long as they don't say it, who can know?

"It's a good idea, but isn't it a little too little to give me 30 percent? You know you can't do this without my army. Three or seven points, I'm seven and you're three. Chen Yue asked with a smile.

"Five or five points, half of a family, no more." Qian Fenglin gritted his teeth and said.

"Okay, it's done!" Chen Yue nodded and said, "I can send you two hundred soldiers, but it's just for deterrence, and you have to come by yourself to confiscate the silver." ”

Tens of thousands of taels of silver can be obtained overnight, such a business can, as for how to carry the silver obtained, a lot of mules, horses and livestock will definitely be obtained when they are searched, and they will be pulled over to transport silver taels. Since this Qian Fenglin made such a strange suggestion, Chen Yue was very interested in cooperating with him.

After all the soldiers had eaten dinner, it was getting close to dusk, except for the soldiers guarding the city gate, the other soldiers camped on the south gate street, there is a city god temple here, in front of the city god temple is a square, which is also the county market, just used for camping.

Before leaving, Chen Yue instructed that he only needed to go to deter and not be allowed to enter the gentry's house to rummage and wealth. First, for the sake of military discipline, we must not develop the habit of plundering, and second, we will have to go south early tomorrow morning, and we must not waste our physical strength. As for the seizure, Qian Fenglin will take someone to do it, and just sit and wait to collect the cashier.

That night, the county seat of Wuyi was in chaos, and the wolf-like servants rushed to the homes of the Huang family, the Tian family, and the Lin family, which were big gentry in the county. Let the officials rush into the house, tie up a male rope in the house, and put them in the county jail, and then the officials began to excitedly confiscate the wealth.

Before leaving, Qian Fenglin had already lectured the officials, and the seizure of wealth would be regarded as their hard work, but no one was allowed to hide it privately, and once it was discovered, it would be punished.

During the entire inspection process, the soldiers of the Xishan Army led by Ma Chuang sat on the side and watched the play, and some soldiers were moved, but they were intimidated by the strict military discipline of the Xishan Army, and no one dared to defy the law.

After a busy night, Qian Fenglin didn't rest all night, but he didn't feel sleepy at all. Overnight, the most famous and powerful gentry in the county were all taken down, and there were nearly 100,000 taels of silver found on the spot, not counting shops, houses, land and other wealth, not to mention that there was a lot of silver that had not been tortured, these gentry were good at hiding wealth, and there must be more silver taels that did not know where to bury. After Chen Yue's Xishan Army left, he slowly tortured him.

Therefore, although it is said that half of the confiscated silver taels will be given to Chen Yue, Chen Yue can't take away more wealth at all, so the bulk of it is still in his own hands.

In the middle of the night, Ma Chuang led the soldiers back to the camp to rest, and did not participate in the entire process of raiding at all, but Qian Fenglin did not dare to give Chen Yue less silver. After a rough count of the seized silver, he ordered the people to divide them into two piles, ordered the large ones to be packed, packed them in boxes one by one, and then pulled out all the mules and horses in the gentry's house, loaded all the silver boxes on the backs of the mules and horses, and then tied them with ropes and sent them to Chen Yue's camp in person.

"Qian County ordered a hard time, didn't you eat breakfast? Eat some together. Chen Yue held a bowl of millet porridge, drank it slowly, and asked with a smile. At this moment, he was very satisfied with Qian Fenglin, while confiscating the silver, he did not forget to continue to distribute food, and after the soldiers of the Xishan Army had just woken up and washed, there were officials who led the people to bring a hot breakfast.

"Uncle Xie, the lower officials are not hungry." Qian Fenglin's face was excited, it seemed that the Xishan Army was going to leave today, and this Wuyi County was his own again. Several large gentry families in the city were taken down, and there was no resistance to the recovery of stolen goods in the future. Thinking about the huge wealth and great future, Qian Fenglin almost jumped up excitedly.

"Let's eat some, go home and clean up after eating, let's get on the road early." Chen Yue picked up a fritter and ate it, and instructed lightly.

"Huh?" Qian Fenglin was shocked, he didn't understand what Chen Yue meant, "Uncle, you mean?" ”

"Haven't you always been committed to Daming, isn't it forced to surrender and be hypocritical, today I will lead the troops to leave Wuyi County and go to the south, you can go with me." Now the southern provinces are still under the rule of the Ming Dynasty, and you can be an official when you go to the south. Chen Yue said lightly.

"I, I'm ,......" Qian Fenglin was dumbfounded, almost crying. worked hard all night, in order to get rich and promoted, but Chen Yue's fluttering words shattered all this.

Dashun Dynasty Ming is already the trend of the times, although Chen Yue said well, Daming still has several southern provinces, but Beijing has been easily breached, Emperor Chongzhen has committed suicide, if Dashun once sent troops to the south, how can the southern provinces be able to hold.

Between the Daming at sunset and the Dashun at sunrise, Qian Fenglin naturally knew how to choose. But what can I do, I can't control my own destiny at all.

Qian Fenglin wanted to say a word of reluctance, but he was afraid that as soon as the words came out, this Ping Nanbo in front of him would immediately turn his face, this is a person who is hostile to civil officials and brutal, in the past newspapers, Qian Fenglin knew Chen Yue's temperament.