Chapter 220: Smiling Tiger
"In my opinion, that fat flat should be a weak and easy to talk. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½ā
This centurion is a member of the Qi clan in the county, he is over forty years old, has experienced two wars before and after, and the replacement of three or four county lieutenants, and consciously practiced the ability to see people with one hand.
He saw that Fei Ping loved to be clean, there was no mud on his body, he squinted all day long, and he was slightly fat and had no prestige, so he looked down on him a little, and felt that the threat in his words was farting!
When the previous county lieutenants first came, they also said that they would reorganize the county officials, but in the end they all failed, or accepted bribes and became a dog, or were threatened to compromise helplessly.
The rest of the people bowed their heads: "That's right, if Feiping intends to make things difficult for us, he will directly name them today, why remind him in advance, isn't it hinting that we are going to give him bribes?" ā
As soon as they put it together, they felt that this matter could not be noticed by Chang'anjun, and they had to apply both soft and hard to win the fat. So that night, several centurions went to Feiping with a smile on their faces and invited him to eat and drink.
Fei Ping didn't refuse, but also patted his slightly bulging abdomen and said that he didn't get meat for several days, and he lost weight, and when he arrived at the place, he was not polite, there was meat in front of the case, he ate it when he stretched out his spoon, and he had wine in hand, and he drank it until his fat face was slightly red, but his eyes were squinted from beginning to end, so that people couldn't see his thoughts.
During the banquet, the centurions couldn't stop flattering and persuading the wine, and when the wine was drunk, the Qi centurion who took the lead wanted to give this fat official who looked very good to talk to him some benefits, but unexpectedly, the money silk he took out of his sleeve was handed over, but he was pushed away by Fei Ping.
"Second and third sons, what are you doing here?"
Several centurions smiled and flattered: "The officials have worked hard to inspect the county guards, this is a little bit of our heart......"
Jingle, a few cloth coins leaked out of the bag and fell on the desk, Fei Ping looked at it drunkenly, picked it up and looked at it carefully, and suddenly smiled: "It turned out to be money, money is a good thing, how many people have crossed the law for it, how many people have become emboldened for it, I also love money, but ......"
He tossed it lightly and threw the cloth coin to the maiko who was scratching his head and eyebrows in the wine shop: "However, Chang'anjun supports us with generosity, and he clearly said that we are not allowed to be greedy and misleading, if we accept bribes from him and delay major events, we will be driven away......
"The official's words are serious, a little money, and I can't delay the son's affairs......"
Could it be that he is too little? Several centurions gritted their teeth, took out a bag of money, and persuaded them in turn, but Fei Ping was unmoved.
So the centurions had to talk about things first: "Official, Chang'anjun asked you to manage the county guard, this is not an easy task, if you let everyone under your command have no way to live, who will listen to the orders of the officials, how can the officials gain a foothold?" ā
Fei Ping supported his fat face with one hand, flicked his clothes with the other, and said lightly: "Chang'anjun will let me stand on my foothold, do you still want to see other people's faces?" I have never blocked anyone's way of life, but some people have to go to the road of death! ā
The Qi centurion who took the lead was anxious, since the soft one can't be done, then the hard one will come, he leaned towards Feiping, pressed his shoulder and said, "Superior, you really can't let us go?" ā
As he spoke, the centurion's fingers snapped suddenly, wanting to make Fei Ping feel pain, in his eyes, Fei Ping, a good son of Handan with fine skin and tender meat, may be able to see miraculous results if he is slightly scared!
There was a county lieutenant before, who was so frightened by him that he dispelled the idea of becoming an enemy of the military officials, and until he left office, he didn't dare to care about the affairs of the county soldiers.
Unexpectedly, Fei Ping didn't shout or scream, but turned his head to stare at the old centurion, and opened his eyes that had been squinting, his eyes were very small, but the whites of his eyes were very large, looking at the infiltrating people, only the mouth was still smiling.
The good old man instantly turned into a smiling tiger. I didn't see how he moved, his shoulders shook, his hands pushed forward, and he shook the whole vigorous centurion away, sat down on the seat, the case overturned, and the wine and food fell all over!
The centurions were shocked, and hurriedly retreated to both sides, unable to see that this fat man actually had a martial arts!
Fei Ping rubbed his shoulders and sneered: "You think that the black-clothed guards from the palace are all greedy for money and afraid of death? That's right, you and the others are also the tyrants of Qi County, but compared to the family of daughters and generals that Naigong saw in Handan, what is it? These little tricks are not worth mentioning compared to the enemy spies and dead soldiers we encountered in Linzi! ā
"You shaft!" The centurion made a fool of himself, and he was really angry, so he was about to get up and fight with Feiping, but unexpectedly, the footsteps outside the wine store were intensive, and several Chang'anjun's doormen appeared by the door, and the sword on his waist was half unsheathed!
The cold light was shining outside the wine shop, and several centurions came out today without weapons, so they had to stay in place, sweating profusely.
Fei Ping waved his hand and looked at several centurions with a smile:
"If you still have to save a life, you will quickly report the empty amount of the impersonation over the years, Chang Anjun said, Qi County was ward six years ago, and there must be many dead and injured people who will have time to report in the future. Chang Anjun also said that the past will be over, as long as you take the initiative to retire and leave the county guard, the son will not be to blame for the past! If you don't know how to lift ......"
Fat Ping's squinting eyes suddenly widened: "If not, the son will be angry, and he will use your head to sacrifice the flag and swear to the master!" ā
This burst of frightening suddenly frightened the centurions to bow their heads, and they didn't even dare to say anymore, but Fei Ping ignored them, his eyes narrowed again, stroked his forehead and said: "I'm not strong enough to drink, drunk, drunk......"
With that, he staggered away from the people who were lying on the ground, left the liquor store, and disappeared into the night.
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The next day, Hihei came to the Chengxi campus early, still smiling kindly......
However, the five centurions seemed to have made an appointment, and none of them showed up, saying that they were sick and bedridden.
Hihei's face was full of embarrassment, and he had to ask people to urge a few centurs, but he himself squinted in place, as if he was napping, and it didn't seem to be ...... This wait is half an hour, and it also makes the hundreds of county soldiers below stand for half an hour, and Fei Ping sighed, said no wait, and began to order.
According to the roster handed over by the county lieutenant, from beginning to end, Feiping passed the names of 500 people without missing a location, which didn't matter, and even pointed out the vacancies of hundreds of people!
For a while, the faces of the chiefs and the captains who ate empty salaries turned blue and white for a while, but Fei Ping didn't say much, just shouted out the names of those who didn't exist one by one, asking if there were any people who did not return due to illness? As long as the people below couldn't answer, he would nod to the pen clerk next to him and indifferently cross out those names! At the same time, it was compared with the empty list of vacancies that the centurions confessed to at hand.
After ticking off hundreds of names in one go, Hihei actually removed the names of the five centurions, and said that they resigned from the position of centurion due to illness.
The county magistrate was shocked, Shi Chang and Wu Chang looked at each other, shocked in their hearts, those who had also benefited from the empty salary, bowed their heads weakly, they had already guessed what was happening, for fear that it would be their turn next.
This smiling Handan fat man, his methods made them tremble.
But after dealing with the matter, Fei Ping did not follow the vine to investigate, but laughed happily: "Since then, there will be no more people in the county who are not in the army!" ā
Everyone cheered against their will, but at this time, looking at Fatpei, his smile was not so kind.
I don't know who came up with the "Smiling Tiger ......" first, and since then, this nickname has become synonymous with Feiping, but the county magistrate only dares to say it in private.
Before Fei Ping left, he suddenly turned around and smiled: "Since the centurion is vacant, then from tomorrow's sand tide, Zhuo Bashi and Wu Chang will be replaced!" At that time, Chang'anjun will also come to watch, the second and third sons, reluctantly! ā
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"You did a good job of letting the five centurions leave the county guards in one fell swoop."
When Fei Ping reported this matter to Mingyue, he naturally got his praise, those county guards don't know the identity of this person, when he was in black clothes in the Zhao Palace, he was ordered to arrest the powerful, and he also learned a good skill of interrogation, which can make the prisoner suffer without blood......
Such a person should have been sent to be a spy leader or in charge of prison, but unfortunately Mingyue didn't have many talents at hand, since Feiping volunteered to go to Shatai County, Mingyue let him try, and he might have a hand to deal with the veteran Youzi.
Who knows, the effect is surprisingly good, and Hipei's pair of squinting eyes and seemingly harmless smile have fooled those centurions, right?
After reporting the matter, Mingyue looked up and asked him, "I heard that the county magistrate privately called you the smiling tiger?" ā
Fei Ping said with a smile: "The minister is just a fox standing in front, the son is the tiger behind the minister, and the centurion and the county guards are not afraid of the minister, but the childe!" The minister is just a fox and a fake tiger. ā
Mingyue Yile pointed at Fei Ping and said: "Looking at his honest face, but he is scheming in his heart, look at his mouth, Mr. Cai, do you think he may be a vertical and horizontal strategist?" ā
Cai Ze also smiled, in general, this was still his idea. Those centurs, most of whom are the children of the Qi clan and the Wen clan in the county, tried to find a way to get them to take the initiative to leave the county pawn by taking advantage of the empty salary, which did not have to make a feud with the county chief, but also cleared the obstacle of Chang'an Jun's control of the county pawn.
He and Feiping have checked, the veterans in the county are rampant, greedy, and empty quotas, almost every chief and chief of Wu have participated, but this time Chang'anjun only drove away the first evil, bypassing others, and is bound to get their gratitude, and then through the old and weak, select brave people, and let some capable chiefs and captains be promoted to centurions, and they will be even more grateful to Chang'anjun.
In this way, hundreds of county soldiers have been included in Chang'anjun's sleeves, and they will completely become his private subordinates!
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The next day is the day of the inspection of the county soldiers, and the inspection method is also unique to the times.
Mingyue deliberately let his subordinates who are good at shooting, Lu Goujian, who is good at fighting, compete with those who have superb martial arts, and compare with the rangers and samurai who pay the most attention to personal martial arts.
In this way, after seeing that a mountain is higher than a mountain, the unconvincing of the county guards who were placed on a fat flat side also disappeared.
As for those who do not have extraordinary skills, they have started to do "throwing stones to exceed the moment" and "distance leaping and bending", which are common sports in the army.
Stone throwing is the throwing of large stones to a certain place, similar to the shot put thrown in later generations. Over-moment, that is, standing long jump, these two can test the arm strength and leg strength of the soldier. After that, there is a distance of 100 leaps and 100 qu qi, which test people's physical endurance......
Cai Ze saw that Chang'an Jun couldn't turn his eyes and saw it fresh, so he said to him: "I heard that when Duke Wen of Jin went south, his minister Wei Li, who was a minister of the humerus, violated military law and accidentally burned his body, so Duke Wen of Jin asked people to take a look, if Wei Li can still fight for himself, he will be spared, and if he is injured and useless, let him die......"
"At that time, Wei Li was in a hurry, so he did three hundred distance leaps and three hundred qu on the spot, showing that he was still powerful, and Jin Wengong bypassed his life."
Mingyue shook her head: "Duke Wen of Jin is really cold-blooded, Wei Li has been in exile with him for seventeen years, there is no merit and hard work, even if he has to deal with it, he must follow the military law, how can he decide his life and death with uselessness?" With such a monarch, I don't wonder that he pushed Jie Zi to a corner......"
Listening to Chang Anjun's dissatisfaction with Jin Wengong's approach, for some reason, Cai Ze actually felt at ease.
After all, as a courtier, he also wants to save his own life while achieving the hegemony of the monarchy, so he doesn't have to usher in the dilemma of flying birds and hiding his bow.
But then again, later, two hundred years later, Wei Li's descendants completed the division of the three families and established the Wei state......
Who can say for sure what is going on in this world?
In addition to these personal tests, Mingyue also asked the Shi and Wu to compare, who can complete the assembly in the shortest time and arrive at the designated position, those who perform well will become the candidates of the centurion, but the decisive factor is how loyal they can pay to Chang'an Jun, which needs to be slowly investigated by Feiping.
In short, after this whole day of inspection like an ancient sports meeting, there are really a lot of county guards who are old and weak and physically exhausted, unless they are a few old soldiers who are extremely familiar with the traffic roads of Qi County, they are allowed to stay, and the rest of them are all sent home to farm.
In the end, there were only more than 300 county guards left, and when they stood in several rows to be tested by Chang'anjun, the queue was much smaller than Fang Cai.
"That's what I want to be streamlined." Mingyue looked at them much more pleasing to the eye than before.
At this point, the sand tide of the county guards has been completed, and the two who went to Xixiang and Nanxiang to recruit soldiers will bring the recruits back and train together.
Mingyue was not idle here, and the next day, Gong Zhongyin came to report that Ding Zhuang of the wealthy families had all gathered, and Mingyue heard the news and immediately rushed to the open space in the north of the city to inspect......