"The first is that the side wall is dilapidated and lacks repair, and it is difficult to hold on, the second is that the defenders are insufficient and the defense is weak, the third is that the food is insufficient, the military salary is short, and the soldiers have no fighting spirit, and the fourth is that the generals are incompetent, greedy for life and afraid of death. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info" Yang Tinglin talked eloquently.

"Snap" clapped his hands, Lu Xiangsheng said appreciatively: "You are completely right, if you want to change the face of Xuanda, you must start from two aspects: food and military discipline." Sufficient food and strict military discipline can make Xuanda an iron fortress. In a few days, I will issue documents to clean up the military fields and put the army in order. ”

"My lord, these two things are very complicated, involving the interests of many people, and you have to be prepared to deal with the opposition of some people." Yang Tinglin reminded.

Looking at Yang Tinglin, Lu Xiangsheng said in a firm tone: "Boxiang, I know that it is really difficult to do these two things, and the resistance is huge, and I also know that once I do these two things, I will offend a large number of military and local powerful people in Xuanda, and even offend some important ministers in the court, but I can't take care of this, since Your Majesty has handed over Xuanda to me, I will do it well, and I will never allow Tartars to violate the territory from Xuanda again." For this goal, I will not hesitate to break my bones. ”

"Good. If you have this determination, I, Yang Tinglin, will never back down, and vow to share glory and disgrace with you, and advance and retreat together. Yang Tinglin said in a firm tone

"Thousands of troops are easy to obtain, confidants are hard to find, Boxiang, is my Lu Xiangsheng's blessing." Lu Xiangsheng said with relief, and grabbed Yang Tinglin's hand, his eyes shining with excitement.

The general military mansion of Datong Town, located in Datong City, is magnificent, the blue bricks and green tiles shine in the golden sunlight in the early morning, and the background of the blue sky is more and more majestic. The pavilion rests on the roof of the mountain, the cornices are carved and the pillars are carved into the blue brick walls, and the majestic momentum of the double lions guarding the door makes people look up. At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, it was stipulated that the first and second official "halls have five rooms and nine frames, and the roof ridge is made of tile beasts, and the beams, bucket arches, and eaves are painted with green and blue." There are three rooms and five frames decorated with doors, and the green beast face tin ring. In the thirty-fifth year of Hongwu (1402), Zhu Di limited the regulation of one product and three products to "seven", and the treatment of the deputy chief soldier was not much different from the general soldier, the main difference was the tile ridge beast head, the paint color of the gate and the door decoration ring.

In the second hall of the majestic General Soldier's Mansion, a middle-aged man in his forties with a delicate face and a bit of a slippery atmosphere was wearing gorgeous white silk clothes and trousers, drinking fragrant tea, and behind him were two maids fanning the wind with fans.

He is the famous escaped general - Wang Pu, the general soldier of Datong. Wang Pu repeatedly moved to the deputy general of the Beijing camp in the shadow of his father. Chongzhen six years, into the right governor. In the seventh year of Chongzhen, after Cao Wenzhao died in battle, after some operation, he became the general soldier of Datong. Chongzhen 14th Songjin Battle was greedy for life and afraid of death, took the lead in escaping, and was executed on May 19 of the following year. Wang Pu is timid and cowardly, and he is good at enjoyment, and the reason why he was able to become the chief soldier of a town is completely because of the silver, and it can also be said that he bought the general soldier.

"Pu'er, I heard that Governor Lu Xiangsheng has ordered the military cantonment to be cleaned up and military discipline rectified, right?" An old man in his sixties and seventies asked with a worried face, he was Wang Pu's father, Wang Wei, the official to the governor of Zuodu, and now he is at home.

Glancing at his father, Wang Pu nodded and said, "Indeed, I have received the official document here." As he spoke, he took out a piece of paper from the pile of papers on the desk and handed it over.

Wang Wei took it and looked at it carefully, word by word, very seriously, and after looking at it for a while before putting it down, he said in a slow tone: "It seems that this King Lu Yan is going to make a big move." ”

"Yes, clean up the military cantonments, recover the occupied military cantonments, verify the number of soldiers, and reduce the number of officers. These are all things that offend people, and according to the character of King Lu Yan, since he said that he would do it, he must be playing for real, and it will never be to scare people. Wang Pu said while blowing the tea.

Shaking his head, Wang Wei said: "None of these things are easy to do, the occupied military camps, some of which have been nearly a hundred years old, and the army is paid empty salaries, which is a deep-rooted thing, and if you want to rectify it, it is even more difficult." I don't think he, Lu Xiangsheng, can do it.

Listening to his father's words, Wang Pu said: "Having said that, let's not touch this mold, you count the number of military camps under our family's name, find a suitable time, I will hand it over, and make a good relationship in front of King Lu Yan." ”

"That's thousands of acres of good land, and there are tens of thousands of stones of grain every year." Wang Wei said painfully, with a look of reluctance.

Wang Pudao; "Dad, you know your son's ability, I don't have the ability to charge into battle and plan and command, if you want to mix under King Luyan, you must find another way, this way is to take the lead in handing over the military tun under my family's name, and gain his favor, so as to keep my position as the chief soldier. Without the position of the commander-in-chief, those military cantonments will not be able to keep them."

Listening to his son's words, Wang Wei groaned, these thousands of acres of military tun were obtained by him and his son for two generations with a lot of means, bringing a large amount of income to the family every year, but this Datong general soldier spent hundreds of thousands of taels of silver and took the road of Shoufu Wen Tiren to get it.

But what the son said is also reasonable, he can't keep the position of the chief soldier, and the military can't keep it. Thinking of this, Wang Wei's heart suddenly brightened, and he said happily: "Okay, for my father, I will follow you, and I will count the number of military fields under my family's name." With that, he walked out quickly.

Xuanfu General Soldier Mansion, Deputy Chief Soldier Yang Guozhu carefully read Lu Xiangsheng's official document, because the General Soldier Wang Zhongcheng went home to mourn, and the affairs of Xuanfu Town were briefly signed by Yang Guozhu.

After reading the official document, Yang Guozhu said with admiration: "What a King Lu Yan, he really does things vigorously. ”。

Yang Guozhu, forty years old, skilled in martial arts, making a big knife, big heavy force, many years of military career, tired of officials to the general army of Xuanfu. In the fourteenth year of Chongzhen (1642), the Qing army invaded Jinzhou, the battle of Songjin broke out, on July 26, Hong Chengchou swore in Ningyuan, led eight total soldiers, 130,000 people, arrived in the area of Rufeng Mountain in the south of Jinzhou City on the 28th, on the 29th, ordered Yang Guozhu to lead the department to attack Xishimen, Yang Guozhu fell into an ambush of the Qing army, the Qing army persuaded the surrender of high-ranking officials Houlu, Yang Guozhu fought to the death until he was killed by an arrow.

"Father, what is Governor Lu going to do?" Yang Guozhu's son Yang Mingchuan asked.

Yang Guozhu said: "The governor wants to clean up the military cantonment, reorganize the army, and check the soldiers. ”

"It seems that he is going to completely rectify Xuanda." Yang Ming said

Nodding, Yang Guozhu said: "It's time for Xuanda to be rectified, and if it is not rectified, it will be completely rotten." Mingchuan, you go and count the number of military fields under my family's name, and prepare to hand them over. ”

"Father, there are thousands of acres of military land, are you really willing to do it?" Yang Mingchuan asked.

Glaring at him, Yang Guozhu said: "Although I am reluctant to take office as a new official, can I be a general soldier and be able to withstand the governor?" Besides, these fields also belong to the imperial court, and now Lu Xiangsheng should take them back. ”

"Okay. I listen to you, Father. Yang Ming preached.

In the Shanxi General Soldier's Mansion, Wang Zhong, the chief soldier, was sitting on a wisteria chair with his eyes closed and recuperating, looking calm and relaxed, and it could be seen from his frowning brows and his eyebrows that were beating from time to time that his heart was moving violently.

Ever since he read the official letter sent by the governor's yamen, he has looked like this. Gao Gang, a staff member, knew that the chief soldier was thinking of countermeasures, and he didn't dare to disturb his train of thought

After a while, Wang Zhong opened his eyes, glanced at Lu Xiangsheng's official document on the table, his eyes flashed, and he sneered disdainfully: "Tens of thousands of acres of military land, a piece of official paper will be handed over by Lao Tzu for nothing, how can there be such a cheap thing." ”

Wang Zhong is fifty years old this year, obese, with a shiny face, a wife and four concubines, and looks like a businessman. He has been an official in Shanxi for more than ten years, and over the years, he has used his power and various means to embezzle tens of thousands of acres of military land, and the soldiers under his command have farmed and cultivated land for him, earning more than 200,000 taels a year

"My lord, this King Lu Yan is like a murderer, let's say it." Staff member Gao Gang said.

After thinking for a while, Wang Zhong said: "Okay, just hand over a thousand acres." ”

"This ...... I'm afraid it's a little less......" Gao Gang hesitated.

Glancing at him, Wang Zhong said, "It's just a thousand acres." In Xuanda, if an official above the county level does not have hundreds or thousands of acres of military land in his hands, I don't believe that he Lu Yan can figure out the amount of military land occupied. ”

Zhao Guohua led the loyal and brave corps from the east of Dezhou Mansion to Jinan Mansion.

Jinan, also known as "Spring City", is the capital of Shandong Province, located in East China, the central and western part of the Shandong Peninsula, and the central part of the North China Plain with an area of 8177. 21 square kilometers, is the political center of Shandong, Jinan is named because it is located in the south of one of the ancient four profanities, "Jishui" (so the road is based on the Yellow River today). The establishment of Jinan County in the Han Dynasty was the beginning of the appearance of "Jinan". Because there are many springs in the territory, it is also called "Spring City", and since ancient times, it has the reputation of "spring water in every house, weeping willow in every household", "lotus flowers on all sides and willows on three sides, and a city with mountains and half a city lake". It is the residence of the political envoy of Shandong, the commander of the envoy and the envoy of the inspection department.