(7,000 words chapter, ask for something)

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On a summer afternoon, the sun is scorching elsewhere, but in the Northeast, it's just a little hot.

Xuanchengwei, a small courtyard in the back house of Wu Yibo's mansion, the previous owner planted a lot of grass and trees here, lush and lush, and the fine house under the shade of this grass and trees, facing the water, is even cooler, without a trace of heat.

Lian Zining chose to rest here.

The surroundings are quiet, except for a few guards at the gate of the courtyard and the entrance of the Jingshe, there is no figure to be seen, but secretly, in this small courtyard, there are at least a hundred elites of the Wuyi Army in ambush, they are hidden everywhere, and they will not disturb any Yaxing of the master, but when the assassin appears, he will suddenly burst out, and all the unstable factors will be clear at the first time.

A huge figure staggered at the entrance of the courtyard gate, scratched his head, looked up and down, and then talked a few words with the guards at the gate of the courtyard, and after receiving a positive answer, he walked into the courtyard.

His body was so large that he had to hunch when he came in.

If you get closer, you can see clearly.

This is a huge giant, on a hot day, he is still wearing a heavy full-body plate armor, the plate armor is glowing with heavy blue gold, it seems to be made of copper and other materials, and there are many gorgeous patterns engraved on it, and there are many dark red stale dirt in the dents of the pattern, and experienced veterans know that it is the deposition of blood after killing too many people, and the brush can't brush it off.

He had a helmet under his armpit in his right hand, and it seemed that the road in the courtyard was quite difficult for him, and he had to go around and around to get to the door of the house. In the process, in the grass, in the bushes. Under the small bridge, there were bursts of snickering from time to time, and he was not annoyed, but just smiled in return.

"Your Excellency. Deputy Zhang Qianhu is here. The guard knocked on the door of the house and whispered.

"Let him in!" Lian Zining's calm and powerful voice came from inside.

Zhang Qiu quickly nodded to the guard and squeezed in through the door, but the door was so small for him that he had to turn sideways to get in, and his head knocked on the door. He was fine, but the elegant little door made of bamboo and wood trembled.

"You rammer, if you squeeze my door, you have to pay for it!" As soon as I came in, I heard Lian Zining's laughter.

Zhang Qiu glanced at it, the room was luxuriously furnished, there were many famous calligraphy and paintings on the wall that he couldn't read, and the adult was sitting on a chair. The big desk in front of him was full of thick papers.

Zhang Qiu hurriedly gave a military salute, knelt down on one knee and said loudly: "Mark Zhang Qiu, I've seen my lord." ”

"Get up!"

Wait for Zhang Qiu to stand up. Lian Zining looked him up and down, and said in surprise: "Growing taller again?" ”

"Yes! It's a little longer, and now it's seven feet two inches. Zhang Qiudao added with some embarrassment: "I'm only twenty-three ...... this year."

"Twenty-three is no wonder."

One foot in the Ming season is thirty-one centimeters, seven feet two inches, that is two meters twenty-three, Lian Zining couldn't help but exclaim, I don't know if there is a more burly and majestic person in this world than Qiuqiu.

After the Xishenwei defense battle, Qiuqiu sealed the general flag. Later, Dong Ce's 3,000th household was expanded to the third bathroom. He also followed the past, and the level was naturally raised by one level, and he became a hundred. Later, he followed the third guard all the way, and now he has been promoted to a deputy thousand households, and the promotion is very fast, but no one is unconvinced. Even if everyone knows that he is a little stupid - the credit for killing from the sea of corpses and blood is always the most convincing, and in terms of the number of individual kills, Zhang Qiu is undoubtedly the first in the whole army. …,

This honest and honest giant man on weekdays, when he arrived on the battlefield, he immediately turned into a terrifying murderer, and the Jurchens who died under him plus rebels from all walks of life were two hundred, to say the least.

He was deeply admired by his men, and it was not difficult to understand that the soldiers always took the lead, charging into battle, shouting and charging at me instead of me.

Lian Zining looked at this giant man who couldn't hide his nervousness in front of him, and smiled from the bottom of his heart, this guy, but I cultivated it single-handedly! And as the supreme leader of the Wu Yi Army, Lian Zining knows far more than others, and since he had this calculation in his heart, he has made people pay attention to Qiuqiu. A large amount of information shows that although Qiuqiu is straightforward, he is definitely not a fool with no heart, and he even acts with a bit of peasant cunning.

In this way, it is enough to be competent for the tasks assigned to you.

He smiled: "Qiuqiu, I just brought you here, I have something to discuss with you." ”

Qiuqiu hurriedly said, "Your Excellency, you say." ”

"Dong Sanlin, do you remember?" Lian Zining asked.

"Sanlin? Remember! Qiu Qiudao: "Isn't he still in Xishenwei's prison, I went to see him before coming out this time!" ”

"You'll be able to see him again soon." Lian Zining said: "This time Dong Sanlin has made a great contribution, this official wants to take his Black Tiger Mountain Department as the core to establish the eleventh guard, unlike other guards, this guard, to prepare to set up a commander and a commander, the position of commanding the officer, do you want to go?" ”

For Dong Laohu's father and son in Black Tiger Mountain, Lian Zining naturally can't be completely assured, it is certain to stuff people into it, but if it is someone else, it will definitely cause the dissatisfaction of Dong Laohu's father and son, and he will not have to be filthy. Qiuqiu, on the other hand, is an excellent candidate.

"Yes!" Qiuqiu replied without thinking, thought about it, and whispered: "I'm afraid I won't succeed." ”

"What's not to do!" Lian Zining waved his hand: "Since you want to go yourself, then this matter is decided." But Qiuqiu, I have to say a word to you! ”

Seeing that Lian Zining's face had become solemn, Qiuqiu's heart was even more up, and he pricked up his ears to listen carefully.

"You have to remember that what you are loyal to is Wu Yijun, and it is your own official, you must distinguish clearly, when to talk about brotherhood, and when you can't talk about it!" Lian Zining paused, stared at him and said, "Do you understand?" ”

Qiuqiu was not so stupid in his heart, and thought about it for a while. It's just to understand, my lord, this is, let yourself stare at Brother Sanlin!

His heart suddenly became tangled, but he thought about it. What the adult said was more reasonable, and after a moment of silence, he finally responded: "My lord, I understand what you mean." ”

On 25 June, all the military and political officials of the Wu Yi Army gathered in Xuanchengwei to hold a military meeting, and this time the participants were very full, including two very unfamiliar faces of the generals of the Wu Yi Army -- Dong Laohu and his son.

At the meeting. Lian Zining announced the formation of the 11th, 12th, and 13th guards of the Wuyi Army.

The eleventh guard is also a cavalry guard, with four thousand horse thieves from Black Tiger Mountain as the main force, and another thousand veterans from the fourth guard, and two thousand recruits from the recruit department, a total of 7,000 people. Wei commanded Dong Laohu. Wei commanded Dong Sanlin, and Wei commanded Zhang Qiu.

Before entering Xuanchengwei, the generals of Wu Yijun were not clear. It was Lian Zining who personally formulated the plan, and MI6 was responsible for implementing it. As soon as this appointment was announced, the big family knew that the horse thieves in Black Tiger Mountain had long been used by adults. And the generals who were also present at the meeting from the eight families of Xuanchengwei were shocked - it turned out that the tragedy of the Luo family was planned by Wu Yijun, which was really ruthless, and there was a lot of damage and poison in the ruthlessness, and the awe of Wu Yijun and Lian Zining in his heart increased a few points. …,

The source of the soldiers of the twelfth and thirteenth guards is the soldiers on the ground of the Tiger Forest.

Before being conquered by Lian Zining. There was a large number of troops on the ground of Hulin, numbering more than 80,000, and on that day, the Wu Yi army quickly entered the city and quickly slaughtered the Yang family. Most of them also served as soldiers. These troops, in order to stabilize their hearts at the beginning, did not take any action, and when Lian Zining led the army to arrive, they began to drastically restructure, most of the old and weak were ordered by Lian Zining to be forced to retire, leaving only more than 35,000 strong young people.

Of these 35,000 people, 15,000 were divided, and all the establishments were disrupted, and they were divided into two guards.

These two guards are both infantry guards, and a small number of war horses are there.

The commander of the twelfth guard, that is, the original commander of the Hulin ground Fu Tiwei Tong Zhi Qin Liren, when he killed the commander of Fu Tiwei, welcomed Wu Yijun into the city, and made great contributions, in terms of meritorious deeds, Lian Zining naturally could not wait for him.

The commander of the thirteenth guard was Liu Yihui, who guarded the west gate of Xuanchengwei that day, and under the instructions of the elders of the family, he opened the city gate to welcome Wu Yijun into the city. Without him, Wu Yijun would inevitably have fought a series of fierce battles, and he didn't know how much he would lose, so the credit was not small.

Heihu Mountain was formed by horse thieves and bandits, Lian Zining fulfilled his promise, Dong Laohu's father and son came to the meeting at the risk of being killed this time, Lian Zining not only did not stay in trouble, but instead fulfilled their father and son's dream of becoming officials, the two were naturally grateful.

And the commanders of the twelfth and thirteenth guards, these two people, one is the brother-in-law of Yang Jianli, the head of the Yang family in the eight major families, and the other is the eldest grandson of the head of the Liu family in the eight major families, and they are the representatives of the eight major families. And some other important figures in the Eight Great Families have also become officers of these two guards, and some are in important positions in the two counties of Xuanchengwei and Futiwei, Lian Zining's actions have greatly stabilized the hearts of the eight major families and stabilized the cornerstone of Hulin's ground rule.

Of course, it is impossible for them to make waves, the newly formed three guards, a large number of grassroots officers are veterans of Wu Yi's army, loyal to Wu Yijun, to Lian Zining, with these people, once they have a heart of disobedience, Lian Zining can directly bypass them to command the army.

Thanks to the perfect conscription and training system, strict assessment and Lian Zining's requirements that have never relaxed, although the Wu Yi Army has continued to expand its army in the past year, and the size of the army has become larger and larger, it has not increased its troops indiscriminately, nor has it been indiscriminately replenished. All the new guards have undergone extremely hard training, their combat effectiveness is not bad, and the quality of the non-commissioned officers has not deteriorated.

The newly formed three guards were no exception, and they were to be marched to Xishenwei on foot, where they were to be trained and reorganized for three months before they could be put into battle.

At the meeting, Lian Zining also announced that the next step would be to recruit a total of 80,000 recruits on the ground of Hulin and Kemu Mountain within a month, and join forces with the remaining 20,000 soldiers on the ground of Hulin, a total of 100,000 people, to enter the recruit department for training.

The war potential of the Xishenwei ground has been almost depleted, and there are no soldiers to recruit, while the ground of Kemu Mountain and the ground of Hulin have a larger population and a larger source of troops.

All this news. All of them made the officers attending the meeting extremely excited.

More troops means higher ranks, higher titles, and more power. And it is even more obvious that the uncle did not stop the pace of expansion because of the territory under the jurisdiction of General Dingding Songhuajiang, on the contrary, this step will be bigger. And some of them have already thought of it, and there is no doubt about this move. There is only one target - and that is the Jurchen! …,

In the next few days, Lian Zining appointed the county-level officials of Fu Tiwei, who were also from the Eight Great Families, and were deeply rooted in the local area and got started quickly.

And by appointing upper-level officials to show their attitude, they stabilized the Eight Great Families, and then stabilized the situation on the ground of the entire Tiger Forest, and those who could really play a role at the county level. The middle and lower-level officials who held real power, such as the canon and the chief book, were all held by officials transferred from the Yamen of the General Office of Political Affairs of the General's Office.

Now the Yamen of the General Affairs Office is equivalent to Lian Zining's official training base. For each place occupied, a large number of officials were drawn from it to replenish it.

Under their auspices, various reforms based on the surrounding areas of Xishenwei are also in full swing. The conscription work also went very smoothly under their auspices, and many peasants enthusiastically joined the army under the lure of Wu Yijun's lucrative salary.

Taking into account the interests of both sides, the situation was stabilized without causing much backlash in the local area.

This is different from the previous Lian Zining who used thunder means to stabilize the place and make everyone understand that resisting his rule is a dead end, this time a series of means. It is more gentle, like a gentle wind and drizzle, moisturizing things silently, and unconsciously, it will change the day.

This also shows that Lian Zining is on the road to becoming a competent superior rather than just a soldier and a commander. is more mature, and the wrist is getting more and more spicy.

At this time, the edict of the imperial court and several fast horses galloped out of Xishenwei also arrived at Xuanchengwei almost at the same time.

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Xuanchengwei, Wu Yibo's Mansion, Flower Hall.

Wang Dachun and Hong Chaojiao stood side by side in front of Lian Zining, and Hong Chaojiao was telling something.

"According to your instructions, my lord, the statistical work of the population and cultivated land outside the Hulin ground has been started for three months, and now the statistical results of the Xishenwei ground and the Kemu Mountain ground have come out, and the yellow register of the household registration of the Zhubang Dacheng ground has been asked for by Zhang Xiju. And on the ground side of Hulin, the yellow books of household registration are all intact, and the lower officials have learned that the Yang family has done a good job in this regard, and they will send someone to recount it every year, so they only need to add it up, and now report it to the adults. ”

"Now there are a total of twelve county-level areas under the jurisdiction of General Songhuajiang, namely Xishenwei, Mangjita City, Yaoqi Station, Wuzhi Yuyemusuo, Qileni Wei, Kaolang Wuwei, Kemuwei, Zafei Hewei, Xuanchengwei, Futiwei, Tongjiangcheng, and Suli Hewei; In addition, the Zhubang Dacheng still retains the first-level structure of the prefecture, and there are five counties below, namely Zhubang Station, Anling City, Towin City, Tolunwei, and Fusi Muwei. There are 17 counties, 1,136,150 households, 5,677,654 households, 1,053,400 hectares of cultivated land, and 890,000 head of cattle. Two-and-a-half of these fields are made up of corn, and the rest is wheat. ”

"As for the income of the autumn grain that you asked the lower officials to estimate, because the lower authorities couldn't believe the corn harvest, it was impossible to estimate it. However, if the corn harvest is as high as the adults say, the income from autumn grain will definitely not be small. ”

"Hmm!" Lian Zining nodded and said with a smile: "You'll know when the time comes." ”

Hong Chao said: "I also want to ask my lord, how many taxes are set for the tax of this autumn grain?" ”

Lian Zining pondered for a moment and said: "In this way, divide it into two pieces, the area where corn is planted, the autumn grain will be levied at ten taxes and three, and the area where wheat is planted will be five taxes and one tax!" ”

"This high?" Hong Chaojiao was stunned and said: "This is impossible, it is too high......"

"Nothing is impossible!" Lian Zining waved his hand: "The people have always suffered from harsh taxes rather than positive taxes, Emperor Wen and Emperor Jing are all thirty taxes and one, and I haven't seen how well the people are doing, thirty taxes and one one, if you add the deductions of officials at all levels, it will fall on the heads of the people, almost ten taxes and five." But our territory is so big now, and I can see clearly what those officials are doing, so we pay three out of ten. That's really three out of ten, so the people don't have any burden. Lao Hong, I need to give you a heads-up. When the autumn grain is collected, I will let the people of MI6 keep an eye on it, and if they find that your officials are doing illegal things, they will be killed! ”…,

Hong Chaojiao's heart suddenly froze, and the one who was beheaded by Lian Zining on the side of the road sounded, and hurriedly said: "Please rest assured, the lower officials will strictly restrain them!" ”

Lian Zining smiled slightly. But he didn't take Hong Chaojiao's promise seriously, when a person has power in his hands, and this power lacks a restraint mechanism, corruption is an inevitability. But it's nothing, they dare to be greedy, even Zining dares to kill, kill a few, and naturally they will be honest.

Hong Chaojiao finished speaking. Wang Dachun said again: "My lord, what is marked to be reported is the matter of the batch of property that I got a while ago. ”

Lian Zining's eyes lit up: "But it was found from the wild Jurchen tribe?" Tell me about it! ”

Wang Dachun also has a general expression. Nodding, he said with a smile: "It is that batch of goods, according to your orders, except for those sand gold and some medicinal materials left, the others have already been transported to the eldest lady in Beijing." Today, a message came back from the Zhubang Dacheng that the silver taels sent by the eldest lady have arrived in the Zhubang Dacheng, except for the two percent you asked the eldest lady to stay, the others have been sold. ”

"So fast?" Lian Zining was surprised.

"I didn't expect it under the mark, but now I want to come. But the mark is a mistake, those adults in the capital are not short of silver, but these things are very rare, the accompanying guy said, we released the news that there are more than 100 years of old ginseng, the next day the door of the house received more than 300 greetings. They are all high-ranking officials and nobles in Beijing, or those rich businessmen, saying that the price is definitely not a problem, they all want to get an old ginseng from us to continue their lives at a critical moment! Wang Dachun said with a smile: "And those deer antlers, good skins, are all good things they want, seeing that it is about to enter autumn, those nobles still want to buy a new fur, and those things we transported over were robbed in half a month." ”

Lian Zining can only sigh that now that the Ming Dynasty has accumulated for more than a hundred years, how rich these dignitaries are.

"How much is it? Brother Wang, don't sell the lawsuit. Lian Zining didn't ask yet, but Hong Chaojiao, who was itching to listen to it, couldn't help it, and asked.

Wang Dachun stretched out three fingers and said with a smile: "Three million taels!" ”

"So much?"

Hong Chaojiao gasped, his face full of disbelief.

Lian Zining didn't expect it in his heart, he let out a long breath, and he was extremely happy in his heart, in addition to being shocked by the huge amount of silver, it was finally possible to make up for the Lian chaebol without spending his sister's hard-earned money. This time he sent a letter to Cheng Yu, leaving two of them from the auction, one percent to subsidize the chaebol, and one percent to send to the mansion, Qinglan and the others followed him, these girls used to be clothed and fed, but now they can't make them suffer, and the family's subsidies must be generous.

Wang Dachun smiled again, took out a beautiful wooden box, and smiled with some obscenity: "My lord, I sent it together, and there are letters from Mrs. Ji and Miss Ji, do you want to see it?" ”

"Nonsense!" Lian Zining scolded with a smile: "Don't hurry up and bring it!" ”

Wang Dachun smiled, and was about to hand it over, when there was a sound of hurried footsteps outside, and then Shi Dazhu's voice sounded, and his voice, which had always been calm, actually carried a trace of anxiety: "My lord, Fuyuwei has changed!" There is an edict in Beijing. ”

"What? Fu Yuwei? Lian Zining stood up suddenly, his heart sank, and he said loudly: "Come in!" ”

Shi Dazhu pushed the door in and put two documents in front of Lian Zining, one of which was wrapped in bright red satin, which meant that it was from Xishenwei, and the importance was the highest level of red, representing 100,000 urgency! The other is the appearance of the official document of the imperial court. …,

Since the things he was worried about had happened, it was useless to be anxious, Lian Zining was the kind of person who became calmer the more he reached the moment of crisis, but he calmed down at the moment and said, "Anyway, what happened to Fu Yuwei's side?" ”

Shi Dazhu said in a deep voice: "Last night, the patrol team rescued a person, that is, Liu Zhen, the deputy of the guard battalion, he was being chased by Fu Yuwei's cavalry, according to Liu Zhen, Fu Yu Wei robbed all the goods and killed all the people who escorted the goods except him!" Only he escaped alone, and he saw many faces in Fuyuwei, and according to his judgment, Fuyuwei might have hooked up with the Jurchens. It's up to you to judge! Commander Chen made this news, did not dare to slack off, and immediately sent someone to deliver the letter, and ran to death three horses! ”

"Fu Yuwei! These grandchildren! Lian Zining's face turned blue instantly, and he slammed it on the table in a circle, and there was anger rising in his eyes.

What he was most worried about finally happened, and what he was most afraid of was what happened to Fu Yuwei's side.

Fuyuwei is located on the flank of Xishenwei, almost in the direction of due west, and the territory of Brain Wenjiang is only two or three hundred miles away from Xishenwei. And without the Songhua River natural danger, they can directly kill the city of Yuanfu and start a battle!

Lian Zining almost dared to conclude that Liu Zhen's judgment was correct! At this moment, Fu Yuwei dared to do such a desperate retreat, except for hooking up with the Jurchens and getting a lot of benefits and promises from the Jurchens, there was no second explanation!

They must have joined forces, thinking that they would definitely be able to destroy themselves in one fell swoop, so they would not consider any consequences, Wu Yijun is gone, how can they talk about revenge?

It is conceivable that next, it must be Fu Yuwei and Jurchen who will join forces to attack!

Almost instantly, it went from a good situation to such a dangerous situation!

"I, Wu Yijun, am not easy to mess with, I was trying to clean you up, but I sent it to the door. Just right! Lian Zining flicked his teeth fiercely, almost gritting his teeth and said, "What did the official document of the imperial court say?" ”

Shi Dazhu's face was gloomy and gloomy: "The imperial court said that the war on Annan's side has started again, and the imperial court will use troops to Hami and Annan, and the northeast, so we will no longer fight, let us act on our own, if we can fight, we will fight, and if we can't fight, we must protect ourselves, and we must not lose an inch of land!" ”

"Fuck!"

Lian Zining couldn't help but burst out with a dirty mouth, this is really a house leak and even rain, if the imperial army arrives, he doesn't have to be so embarrassed, but Annan has to fight again, and the imperial court can't send troops, which means that he has to deal with Fuyuwei and Jurchen at the same time with the strength of Wu Yijun's army!

It's tough!

But it's not necessarily a turnaround!

A thought suddenly flashed in Lian Zining's heart, since Fu Yuwei and Jurchen want to make a big move, as long as they block this wave, wouldn't they be able to take advantage of the situation to fight back!

My heart suddenly opened up.

"Herald!" Lian Zining said in a deep voice: "The first, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, and tenth guards, all assembled, with the fourth, eighth, and ninth guards as the vanguard, and the whole army returned to Zhenyuanfu. ”

"Order the recruit department, strengthen the training, it is best to shorten the training period of recruits from three months to one month!"

"Order MI6 to send more spies in the direction of Fuyuwei and Jurchen to listen to the situation at any time, and report once every three hours, and there must be no mistakes."

"Command Nurhachi, lead 500 cavalry, give him a route map, follow the route that Zakhrev said at the beginning, and find the person who connects the line."

"Order the recruit department, send the division, and recruit 50,000 recruits to enlist again, Hong Chaojiao, order your officers to actively cooperate, at this time, who dares to delay the big thing, I want his life!"

"Wang Dachun, send people to buy weapons, grain and grass, and prepare military salaries. Go to Liu Suifeng and buy all the weapons like lead bullets and spears and halberds. ”

"Command Gonzalez to work overtime to produce flintlock pistols and medium Franc cannons."

Lian Zining issued a series of orders one after another, and Shi Dazhu wrote them down one by one.

"We have enough soldiers and food now, we want people, we want money, but it's not the Wu Yijun who was struggling with the beasts last year!" Lian Zining smiled coldly: "Those who dare to kill me, I want them to take a look, our Wu Yijun is not easy to mess with!" If you want to take meat from us, you have to have that good tooth! ”

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