Hearing that the Chu army was going to raise food and wages, these surrendered officials did not complain, and most of them still had a feeling of excitement that "they finally had a serious errand to do".

The Chu army conquered the city and conquered the territory, but did not send new administrative officials, but selected from the surrendered Manchu magistrates to stay, these surrendered officials were actually very embarrassing, and the prisoners surrendered to the army is not the same, only temporarily acting magistrates, and did not get the Ming court or Wang Kefan's formal appointment...... For example, Shi Yongzhong, the prefect of Chizhou, ran away with Xiong Lichun, and Wang Kefan verbally announced that the surrendered Manchu Guichi magistrate would "temporarily take charge of the affairs of the Chizhou prefect".

Temporary management is temporary management, but in fact, there is not much to manage.

From the east to Guichi, and then Guichi to Dangtu, these prefectures and counties all implement wartime military management, a qiē for the war service, everything is decided by the local Chu army, the administrative institutions left by the Manchu Qing Dynasty in addition to maintaining public order, or cleaning or something, has basically become a decoration, the common people want to fight a lawsuit will also go to the Chu army to complain, and no one pays attention to the original government yamen.

These surrendered Manchu officials were all in a state of semi-unemployment, and there was a strong sense of crisis, they had just joined the Ming Dynasty, and now was not the time to mess around, and suddenly got this errand of raising food and wages, and they all grinded their fists, ready to sell their strength, and did this errand beautifully.

Isn't it just to raise money, food, and military salaries, which is also the proper meaning of the question. From ancient times to the present, when the two countries fought each other, as long as they occupied the enemy's territory, they had to first loot it, and then slowly restore normal order. The Chu army used the administrative means of the government to raise money and food, compared to the Manchu army, which burned and looted. It's already too gentle.

Most of the surrendering officials felt that this was an opportunity to make meritorious contributions, and some were bold. also secretly had a bad idea. Raising money and food for the army is a rare fat gap, and the flowing silver passes through the hand. A little bit of manipulation in it can leave a lot of money behind.

A more stable old horse, such as Wu Yipin, the prefect of Tu, although he is quiet on the surface, he is faintly worried in his heart. Since he has surrendered, it is also appropriate to use the Chu army as a gunman to do this errand that offends people, if he can really keep his official position, it is nothing to offend those local gentry and wealthy businessmen, I am afraid that there will be changes in the end......

Cheng Wen sat in the center. He said slowly: "In addition to military salaries, grain, livestock, vehicles, boats, craftsmen, long-term husbands and servants, clothing, hats, shoes and socks, vegetables, meat, and even oil, salt, sauce and vinegar, etc., but everything that the army needs, I have made a detailed list, which will give you a clear idea of how much each prefecture and county should share, as long as it is prepared according to the preparations." ”

He gave an order to the officer next to him, and a list of supplies was quickly distributed to each surrendering officer. Everyone picked up the list and took a closer look, and couldn't help but gasp.

On a thin piece of paper, there are dense fly-headed small letters, and there are not only many kinds of money, food, and materials required. The most important thing is that the quantity is large, for example, a county in Wuhu costs 20,000 taels of silver. 5,000 quintals of grain, and other personnel and materials in varying quantities......

Too much!

The surrendering officials also thought of it at first. The errand that Chu Jun confessed would not be too simple, but the number on the list was still far beyond their psychological expectations...... It's just too much. For example, Wuhu County, with a population of less than 200,000, will certainly not be able to raise so much money and grain by ordinary administrative means.

The surrendering officials looked at each other, all a little restless, Wuhu County Cheng (acting county order) suddenly bold, saluted Cheng Wen and said: "The Tartars are tightened on weekdays, they just received the New Year's tax a year ago, and they have levied a southern salary after the year, and the poor people are already surrounded by four walls, if such a large sum ......of money and grain is levied again, I am afraid it will provoke a civil uprising."

"Who told you to levy more money and food from the people?"

Cheng Wen interrupted him coldly: "I just said, those who have money pay, and those who have power don't understand?" ”

Now Cheng Wen is no longer the ordinary staff member who just followed Wang Kefan, but the general promotion of the logistics department of the Chu army, and he also has the rank of a civil official who is a dignified four-grade superintendent of the grain road, and the real power boss across the military and political worlds, many senior generals of the Chu army want to let him score three points, in front of these surrendering officials, he is full of the oppressive momentum of the superiors, although he is not angry, he is also self-assured, and at this moment he is slightly angry, and everyone is silent.

"The imperial court regained Jiangnan in order to save the people from fire and water, if anyone dares to take the opportunity to make things difficult for the poor people, the official will definitely punish him severely." He paused, slowed down his tone and continued to Wuhu County: "Although Wuhu is small, it is one of the four major rice markets in the south of the Yangtze River, and there are many large and small grain merchants, and it is not difficult for me to raise 20,000 silver and 5,000 quintals of grain in this district. ”

"Yes! Be! Wuhu County Cheng repeatedly said yes, subconsciously, with a hideous expression on his face. As the saying goes, the prefect of the county who broke the family and destroyed the door, as long as he had the support of the Chu army and used some drastic and extraordinary means to force those large wealthy businessmen to donate military salaries, should be able to raise enough money and food.

When Wu Yipin, the prefect of Tu's mansion, was silent at first, at this time, he suddenly took two steps forward, knelt down and kowtowed to Cheng Wen, and said loudly: "The prisoner is willing to guarantee the head of the item, and my Taiping Mansion will be able to raise the required money and grain in time. ”

Only then did the demoted officials react, and they hurriedly knelt down together, swearing and vowing one after another, promising to complete this glorious and arduous task and contribute a meager strength to the great cause of resisting the Qing Dynasty.

Cheng Wen nodded, encouraged everyone, and then announced the adjournment of the meeting.

The demoted officials took their own target tasks, and each left Dangtu and returned to various prefectures and counties.

Wu Yipin's governance office was in Dangtu, and he returned directly to the back house of the mansion, hid in the study and locked the door, and then let out a long sigh.

Today, he was forced by the shape of the form, he patted his chest in front of Cheng Wen and made a military order, but in fact, he didn't have any bottom in his heart, and he didn't know how to get together such a large amount of money, food and materials.

Emulate Li Chuang, use extraordinary means to recover stolen goods, of course, can solve the urgent need, although Tu shared more money and grain than Wuhu, but when Tu is a city, there are more rich businessmen in the city, just copy a few can make up enough money.

However, doing so will leave great hidden dangers, Wu Yipin has been rolling in the officialdom for more than ten years, and he can see through the risks behind this at a glance. As the saying goes, the cunning rabbit dies and the lackey cooks, and the Chu army makes these surrendered officials villains, and when the money and food are enough, it is likely to unload the mill and kill the donkey, and the civilians will be angry...... At that point, what to do?

Moan and groan!

Meditate!

Bewildered!

Tea and rice do not think!

He locked himself in his study, and before he knew it, more than two hours had passed, but he had never come up with a perfect solution.

"Bang! Bang! Bang! ”

Suddenly, someone slammed on the door and scolded loudly outside the door: "Dead ghost, hide here as soon as you get home, what are you doing?" Hurry up and get out! ”

Wu Yipin only heard the voice and knew that this was his own Hedong lion roaring, he must have a big head on weekdays, but at this moment, he was overjoyed, jumped up and rushed to the door in three steps and two steps, opened the door and shook it deeply: "Madame is above, Xiaosheng is polite......"

Wu Yipin is afraid of the inside, and everyone in Jiangnan officialdom knows about it, and no one knows it.

The reason is very simple, Mrs. Wu is a famous female middle school Zhuge who has always been full of wisdom, as long as she listens to her in big and small affairs, she is right, plus she has a bad temper and commits domestic violence at every turn, Wu Yipin can't beat her, scold and scold her, so he respects and fears her...... When she was young, Wu Yipin also tried to resist, and deliberately fought against her several times, but in the end she proved that she was wrong, but Mrs. Wu had more vision and foresight, and now she encountered such a big problem, why did she forget to ask Hedong Lion for advice?

After listening to Wu Yipin's words, Mrs. Wu raised her hand to be a big-eared scraper.

"I've lived to a dog at a young age, if you listened to me at the beginning and went to Shandong to work, would it be difficult to do it today......"

When women are hot, they always love to turn over old accounts, and a fierce woman like Mrs. Wu is even more gushing when she turns over old accounts, Wu Yipin is like an old monk who is settled, and he just scolds him with his head down. If it is seen by other demoted officials, they will immediately understand that it turns out that the ability of Wu Prefect to not be shocked by honor and disgrace and to do it on his own face is practiced in this way.

After scolding, Mrs. Wu's anger also disappeared, and her thoughts were clear: "Hey, this errand is really difficult to do, Wang Kefan wants to be a bitch and wants to set up an archway, and he is obviously using you as a substitute for the dead." ”

Wu Yipin was happy in his heart, Hedong Shi only said that it was difficult to do, but did not say that it could not be done, it seems that she already has a way: "I hope that Mrs. will save Xiaosheng's life for the sake of the relationship!" ”

"Well, you are also a seven-foot master, and you panicked when it came to the end, what are you afraid of?!" Mrs. Wu scolded again before she continued: "Although this errand is difficult, it must be done well, otherwise, you won't even be able to pass the current level." As for whether he will unload the mill and kill the donkey in the future, it doesn't matter, as long as he finds someone to do this for the dead ghost, everything will be fine. ”

"Madame means ......" Wu Yipin's eyes lit up, and he realized.

"Hey, what Wang Kefan wants is nothing more than to let you carry the black cauldron, you can find someone to carry this black cauldron, otherwise you can get out!" Mrs. Wu earnestly taught.

"Hiss...... Madame is really clever! However, only for a while, where can I find a suitable substitute for the dead ghost? ”

"Then do you need to look for it? Isn't Gao Tongzhi ready-made! ”

"Gao Tongzhi, it's not appropriate, right? He is not only my best friend for many years, but also the son and daughter of our Wu family, if he is harmed, Pan'er will be ...... in the future."

"Raising soldiers for a thousand days and using soldiers for a while, who else can you harm if you don't harm him at this time? Can I replace you with a lighter one? ”

"Got it! I see! Under the teaching of Mrs. Wu, Wu Yipin finally realized that the so-called best friends, the so-called daughter's in-laws, are used to be substitutes for dead ghosts at the moment of life and death. (To be continued!)

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