"Hey, what is this for, do you think Lao Tzu is like the kind of person who accepts bribes?"

Tang Tong's performance after seeing the silver ingots surprised the housekeeper, and the silver was accepted, but the matter was not done.

King Qi's decree said that no one was allowed to enter or leave, and Tang Tong also planned to make meritorious contributions, how could he ruin his good future because of a bag of silver ingots.

But if the silver of the white flowers was thrown away like this, it would be a pity, so there was such a show, and the housekeeper didn't expect this Tang Tong to be so thick-skinned until he died, and he stayed on the spot for a while, at a loss.

After Tang Tong shouted such words in a high-sounding manner, he coughed a few times and turned around to carry the bag full of silver ingots into his arms, and then waved his hand and shouted:

"Come on, surround Lao Tzu!"

Immediately after, a group of soldiers armed with knives and guns ran down from the city, gathered around the carriage and the wagon behind it, shouting for the people in the carriage to come out and check the books one by one, otherwise they would not even be put back in the city.

Only then did the housekeeper react, closed his mouth wide open, and was about to say something a few steps forward with a pale face, but was startled by Tang Tong's loud shout.

Good fellow, if you stab him out about his own cashier, then what's the matter?

Thinking of this, Tang Tong roared angrily:

"Shut up! You shameless villain, do you still want to bribe Ben General? Come on, throw this old immortal into the prison of the Terracotta Division first, and take care of it! ”

In fact, just now he accepted the bag of silver ingots and was beating the drum in his heart, although few people in the Qi army would accept bribes, even if the strict military discipline would not affect everyone, there would always be a very small number of salted fish who would take risks.

Military regulations are very strict in this regard, and once caught, officers will be removed from all positions on the spot and start from scratch, except for being marked on the 20th board.

If this happens a second time, then the army must be completely beaten and never used again.

If the bribe is a small soldier, although the board is exempted, it can no longer stay in the army, and it is often driven out directly, rolled up and left.

This is not over, why did this person suddenly leave the army, all the reasons will be recorded in the household register, and there will not be any subordinate bureau department to ask for such a tainted person.

It can be expected that taking some silver and going home to farm the land, and living the life of the wife and children as a hot kang head for the rest of their lives, will become the final destination of these people.

Compared with the previous military discipline of bribery and torture, Wang Zheng's is obviously more effective, extremely strict with officers, and seemingly relaxed with soldiers, but in fact, he is persecuting with a lifetime of innocence and honor.

People fight for a breath, trees live a skin, no matter whether they are soldiers or generals on the battlefield, no one will not regard the honor and reputation that they have fought for all their lives as nothing.

However, bribery has been a practice since ancient times, and it cannot be changed overnight, even if the military discipline and military regulations are strict, even if the emperor is wise and powerful, this phenomenon will not be completely eradicated.

But this kind of thing has a weakness, that is, it can't be put on the table.

Wang Zheng's method is very good, what do the soldiers join the army for, don't they just want to seal their wives and sons, if they are caught taking bribes, they will have to be recorded in the book and follow them for a lifetime, and even their wives and children will not be able to raise their heads at that time.

This method was temporarily thought of by Wang Zheng, which could boost morale in wartime, but if there was no war in the near future, it would be necessary to make corresponding adjustments and use another military regulation to adapt to the situation.

Tang Tongguang is a pole, but he doesn't have such scruples, but he also has other concerns.

Wang Zheng has never been very trusting of himself who descended to Shun and then to Qi, although he didn't see anything on the surface, but Tang Tong was not a fool, and the news of bribery at this time reached Wang Zheng's ears, which was a catastrophe for himself.

It is even more difficult to let him not take bribes at all, compared with the previous income of dozens or hundreds of taels of silver, Tang Tong is now simply poor, and he almost went to exchange the original armor for money.

The silver, grain and rice issued by the establishment are indeed more than enough for ordinary people to live, but Tang Tong and them are not ordinary people, they are all former Ming generals who are used to spending a lot of money, and this little thing is not enough to stuff their teeth.

After thinking about it, Tang Tong was not willing to give up these hundreds of taels of silver, and he couldn't lose this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, so he could only be thick-skinned himself, and then turn his face and deny people after getting the silver.

Fortunately, the people of the Qi army were very serious and efficient, and as soon as Tang Tong gave the order, two soldiers immediately took the housekeeper to the south of the city.

Speaking of which, the butler was really a little sad, listening to his increasingly faint shouts, Tang Tong secretly breathed a sigh of relief, swaggered to the front of the carriage, and politely knocked on the window.

"The people inside, it's time to come out, don't hide, the inside and outside of this city are controlled by our Qi army, where can they go?"

After saying that, there was no movement in the carriage, but a servant-like person following behind him looked extremely flustered, and directly urged the horses under his crotch to run without looking back.

"Damn, it's Lin Gui!"

Tang Tong immediately understood, his movements were also very fast, he cursed, turned over on the horse without hesitation, drew his knife and chased after the horse.

At first, although this person was polite, Tang Tong had not been very interested in literati for a long time, and when he mentioned literati, he felt that it must be the Donglin Party, and Lin Gui had been keeping his head down, so he didn't bother to take a look at it at all.

In retrospect, it is very similar to the Hayashi Gyu in the portrait.

In the middle of the night, the two of them were chasing and fleeing on horseback in Beijing, which soon caused the cavalry battalion sentries patrolling the city to surround this side.

Listening to the shouts around him, Tang Tong was anxious, what was he chasing, not a criminal, that was his own future, how could he let others get a piece of the pie.

Tang Tong used his strength to eat milk at this time, took out all his housekeeping skills, and wanted to catch Lin Gui before the cavalry battalion arrived.

The chase between the cavalry is, in the final analysis, a contest of mounts.

Under Tang Tong's crotch is the Mongolian horse assigned by the Qi army to the Jiumen guards for emergency use, and there is a special person to take care of it in the Jiumen horse circle on weekdays, but Lin Gui is riding a mule, and his foot strength is not even as good as the Central Plains horse in the Dashun army.

It was now the period of martial law, and there was not a single pedestrian in sight on the street, all of them were Qi soldiers in helmets and armor, and although Lin Gui was running wildly, he was scurrying around like a headless fly, and was soon blocked in a dead end.

He looked back at Tang Tong, who was approaching with a lewd smile, and suddenly dismounted and kept kowtowing, begging for mercy repeatedly:

"General Soldier Tang, there are still a lot of gold and silver in the lower mansion that have not been brought out, and there are also silver taels accumulated over the years, all of which belong to General Soldier Tang, I just ask you to let me go!"

Hearing this, Tang Tong immediately hehehe:

"Are you still thinking of bribing Lao Tzu?"

"Although I, Tang Tong, love to be greedy and cheap, but I have never been ambiguous in terms of right and wrong, when Lao Tzu was mediocre, if it weren't for you officials poking the backbone in the back, then Chongzhen could send a dead eunuch to supervise the army!?"

When it came to this, Tang Tong was just angry.

Originally, he planned to mobilize his subordinates to fight to the death with Li Zicheng, even if he couldn't stop it, at least he could achieve the title of a famous general like Zhou Yuji, and he would die without regrets.

But who would have thought that before the city gate was opened, it was opened by the prison army, and the guy led a group of little eunuchs to welcome Li Zicheng into the city, making it difficult for Tang Tong, who was mobilizing soldiers at the head of the city, to ride a tiger, and the scene was very embarrassing for a while.

As he spoke, Tang Tong's face suddenly sank, took out his knife and jumped off the horse, saying:

"Lord Lin, now that it is the world of King Qi, you don't have any more crooked thoughts, there is still one last thing that the general has not done yet, that is, to carry your head to receive merit!"

"If you list yourself as a first-class merit because of this, we will take the time to burn paper money for you in the future, and you can rest in peace."