Chapter 104: Forcibly appointed as the prefect
Yang Xuan knew that the other party was trying to see the dagger, and since this was the case, there was no need for him to hide it anymore. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
With a look behind him, Ouyang straightened out of the ranks, and the first people arched their hands and said: "Elect one person as the prefect, if you really find it, I think the loyal army is also acceptable."
In the peaceful and prosperous era, a person like Mr. Shi who was born in the imperial examination can still govern one side, but suddenly suffered a big change, Mr. Shi first voted for the Dashun Army, and then voted for the Great Western Army, if a person like Mr. Shi is elected as the prefect, is it that Zhang Xianzhong calls us to surrender and surrender Zhang Xianzhong again? ”
Shi Jinchen was furious, slapped the case in the hall, the entire teacup fell to the ground, stood up and glared at Yang Xuan and said: "Yang Xuan Yang Zixiu, the old man knows that he has no talent to lead troops to fight, but if he had a decent army in his hands that day, would he surrender so easily?"
You Yang Xuan Yang Zixiu is greedy for power, why do you want to make people spew blood and accuse the old man like this?"
Yang Xuan stood up and arched his hand: "Mr. Shi, this Ouyang Zhi is straightforward and fast-talking, saying whatever he wants, and hoping that the adults will not be angry."
Mr. Shi, gentlemen, leading troops to fight, mainly fighting money and food.
The Loyal and Righteous Army was recruited from all over the country, which was determined by Chen Shiqi Chen, the governor of Sichuan at that time, and the recruits were paid 1 tael of silver per month for the first three months, and 1 tael and 5 yuan of silver after passing the assessment in three months, all of which were determined in the past.
The Loyal and Righteous Army now has more than 5,000 mouths in the army, and everyone needs to open their mouths to eat, and everyone needs to pay their monthly salary on time.
If other expenses are added, the maintenance of such an army alone will require at least 10,000 taels of silver and at least 3,000 loads of grain per month.
If it can ensure that there is no problem with the supply of salaries for our loyal army, this official is willing to nominate him as the prefect of Shunqing. ”
Shi Jinchen was shocked, although there were tens of thousands of taels of silver in his family, but it was from his own hardships and corruption, how could he pay out of his own pocket?
Raising money from the locality, if Yang Xuan doesn't support it, and the loyal and righteous army doesn't support it, even if it is forcibly apportioned according to the past, it can't be done.
In the Ming Dynasty, because of the military salary, there were many mutinies, even if he became the prefect, it was difficult to guarantee that he would not be killed by Yang Xuan's mutiny.
Thinking of this, beads of sweat rolled down Shi Jinchen's face one by one, first asking why he needed so much money and food, and finally he was unwilling to admit defeat, saying that if Yang Xuan was also the prefect of Shunqing, he was worried that Yang Xuan would support the army and respect himself.
At this moment, the back door of the lobby opened, and Zhu Shuying walked out with the maid, first defended Yang Xuan, and then said his identity, and asked repeatedly, what kind of self-respect for the army, the governor can manage the army and the people, what kind of general does a prefect serve, is it also called self-respect for the army?
Many people were amazed, and everyone praised this good story, the hero saves the beauty and marries the county lord, which has been the dream of men since ancient times.
But Shi Jinchen and the others are different, as if they are in a desperate situation, first questioning Zhu Shuying's identity, there is only one county lord of Shu Wangfu, how could he be encountered by Yang Xuan?
Although the king of Shu has a high status, since the Yongle Emperor was called the emperor in the battle of Jingnan, in order to prevent other vassal kings from concocting the law, the imperial court has taken very strict precautions against the vassal kings in various places, and they are not allowed to go out unless they have a holy decree in the palace of the vassal king.
A prefect like Shi Jinchen has never visited the King of Shu, let alone the other people in the hall?
Shi Jinchen, Gou Weiyi and others meaningfully accused Zhu Shuying of falsifying her identity, and it was Yang Xuan who found someone to pretend.
After Zhu Shuying took out the royal jade butterfly and took out various identity credentials, after Zhu Shuying cried and finished talking about the day, everyone sighed.
Yang Xuan's heart was crossed, and he decided to resort to populism, pressed the handle of the knife with his big hand and glanced at everyone majestically, and shouted loudly: "Everyone, there are people here who are willing to become Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong's dogs, and when they see that my loyal army has recovered Shunqing Mansion, these people are not willing to fail, so they want to spread rumors and fight against the loyal army."
Ladies and gentlemen, do you want to see Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong encroaching on our homes again, do you really want to be ruined by the rogues? ”
When everyone heard this, some of them quickly knelt down with weak legs, not even thinking about it.
Yin Chengqi, Ouyang Zhi, Zou Jianchen and others took advantage of the situation to kneel down again and implore Yang Xuan to take up the post of Shunqing prefect.
Yang Xuan knew that it would be difficult to get the unanimous recommendation of everyone, and he didn't look at Shi Jinchen, who was stiffened on the side, and sat on the throne and announced his appointment as the prefect of Shunqing.
Although Yang Xuan knew the cruelty of the political struggle, he had to show his generosity at first.
In the name of uniting against the rogue, Shi Jinchen and Zhao Sixuan were appointed as fellow acquaintances, and Tang Jietai, Pan Mengke, Ouyang Zhi, and Zhou Zheng were appointed to help deal with government affairs.
Zou Jianchen, the Sichuan Xie Yuan who fled to Shunqing Mansion, was appointed as the governor of Nanchong to implement the new policy in Nanchong.
Everyone saw that Yang Xuan reused political enemies, which made people see a different mind, and congratulated them again and again.
The Shunqing Mansion had just been pacified, and the government affairs were complicated, and it was not until dark that the handling was completed, Yang Xuan returned to Santang and looked at Pan Mengke, the intelligence staff officer who was standing in front of him, his face was pale.
Pan Mengke introduced: "Adult, the villain is negligent, the villain deserves death, the villain used to focus mainly on the rogues and local tyrants, but he didn't expect Shi Jinchen and Gou Weiyi to come to this hand." ”
After pondering for a long time, Yang Xuan's face relaxed slightly, and he shook his head and said, "It's not your fault, it's also that I'm too careless." On the surface, the Ming officials are familiar with the books of sages and pretend to be saints, but in fact, many of them are male thieves and female prostitutes, which are worse than in their previous lives.
This, what did Gou Weiyi do in the past, and what does it have to do with Shi Jinchen? ”
Pan Mengke touched the beads of sweat on his forehead and sighed: "My lord, this small one has been figured out, this Gou Weiyi was born in a business, has been in business for generations, and has also been a talent in Chongzhen for 12 years.
When Shi Jinchen served as the prefect, the two were quite friendly, and the Gou family began to operate the official salt trade, so that within four or five years, the Gou family became a well-known businessman in Shunqing Mansion.
Listening to the rumors in the neighborhood, this time Da Ma Ke entered the city, and the Gou family donated 5,000 taels of silver, and the **** profit entered the city, and the Gou family also donated 5,000 taels of silver.
These big families, why do they have so much money at home, there have been natural disasters in the past few years, and they took out thousands of taels of silver at once, how can they seem to be fine. ”
Thinking of the movie I saw in my previous life, it was like the embarrassment of a Hong Kong tycoon's eldest son being caught by Zhang Zihao, thinking of Wang Beilin and False Yin's fat body, I couldn't help but show a sly smile, profiteers, officials, businessmen, if businessmen collude with officials, it is simply a day to make money.
Let Pan Mengke arrange for intelligence officers to secretly investigate, and report as soon as there is a major discovery.
At this stage, Yang Xuan will focus on how to recover Guang'an Prefecture and connect the various subordinate counties.
In the Ming Dynasty, Shunqing Mansion basically included Nanchong City, Sichuan Province, most of Guang'an and Dazhou region (i.e., Qu County, Linshui), and governed Nanchong County, Xichong County and Pengzhou, Guang'an Prefecture two scattered prefectures.
Pengzhou belongs to the scattered counties of Buling County, including Xiangru County, Yingshan County, and Yilong County.
Guang'an Prefecture belongs to the prefecture of Lingxian County, including five counties: Guang'an, Yuechi, Quxian, Linshui and Dazu.
The five counties under Guang'an Prefecture are almost equivalent to half of the prefectures and counties under the jurisdiction of Shunqing Prefecture, and more importantly, if Guang'an Prefecture is occupied, it can be connected with Dazhou in the north, which is of great benefit to the mobilization of troops and defensive deployment of the Loyal and Righteous Army.
Hearing that the Great Western Army was defeated and **** Li was killed, Wang Jiye led his troops to flee to Xichong County, and Zhang Guangcai, who was attacking the ancient city of Yunshan, led his troops to flee back to Guang'an Prefecture five days ago, and now he is probably anxious to Liu Tingju, the governor of Chongqing, and Zhang Xianzhong, the emperor of Chengdu.
After consolidating the defense of the capital city, Yang Xuan re-arranged his military in order to seize Guang'an Prefecture.
The 1st Battalion in the direction of Lingdazhou left a small part of the troops of Fan Mingshan to guard against the local rioters in Bazhou, and with the cooperation of the local militia group, led the main force to attack Quxian and Linshui from the north.
The 3rd Battalion of Guo Chonglie, which was resting in Xiangru County, was ordered to guard against the Great Western Army in the direction of Baoning, and the 5th Battalion of Yang Bingyi, which was also resting and recuperating, was ordered to leave Xiangru County and go straight to Guang'an Prefecture in the east.
The 2nd Battalion was ordered to take the 4th Battalion of Yao Zhijiao, the 7th Battalion of Feng Youqing and the Cavalry Battalion led by General Chen Yingzong as the main force, and put on a posture of directly taking Guang'an Prefecture.
Chen Huaixi led the naval army to set off first, and with the assistance of Liu Weiming's 6th battalion, he went down the Jialing River, approached Hezhou, and cut off the rear road of the Great Western Army in Guang'an Prefecture.
Yang Xuan led the escort battalion to garrison Fucheng to respond in the center and guard against the Great Western Army in the direction of Baoning.