The arrogant Zhang Pu will not care about Zhang Taining's warning, on the contrary, he thinks that he has grasped the key problem, this problem is exposed, and it will definitely make Su Tiancheng die without a place to be buried, of course, whether it is to cause the sergeant to mutiny, what kind of consequences will it be, he thinks very simply, the court always has a way, punish Su Tiancheng, those sergeants, what else is there to make trouble, as for the courage of the Jiang Ning battalion, it is not a problem that he needs to think about. He now wants to maintain his own status, and he wants to maintain the prestige of Donglin Academy and the Restoration Society, and he has already recognized that Su Tiancheng will endanger the status of the Restoration Society, and even exist.

Liu Yunqing, one of the four sons of Donglin, resolutely broke away from Donglin Academy and defected to Su Tiancheng's door, which was a very sensational thing, Qian Qianyi did not make too many moves, he felt unconvinced, now that he thinks about it, Su Tiancheng's scheming is deep, and what he thinks of may be to fundamentally shake Donglin Academy and the Restoration Society.

The debate with Su Tiancheng made him very breathless, he had never been treated like this, that is, in the Hanlin Academy, when he was a Shujishi, Zhou Yanru, the first assistant of the cabinet, was also respectful to him, during the time when he was doing things in the imperial court, he had a feeling of being like a fish in water and full of spirit, a small county magistrate of Jiangning County, was so arrogant, this was something he couldn't bear, and he had to fight back.

As for Su Tiancheng, who is the leader of the Hui Yuan and the palace examination, these things, in his opinion, are not a big deal, and doing well in the imperial examination does not necessarily prove that he has real ability.

In his mind, thinking about these things all the time made him lose his mind.

Visiting Zhang Taining, he did not get a good effect, and he was ready to start taking risks, and Ji Lu directly incited the sergeants of the two battalions to protest. As long as there were fluctuations in the two battalions, the imperial court had to come forward to solve it.

This is a very dangerous move, and if you don't get it right, you could end up in prison or even be in a different place.

Zhang Pu is still sober and knows how to do such a thing. The danger factor is too great, and he must plan it well, otherwise there is really a problem, and he will not be able to get out.

People are so strange sometimes.

Zhang Pu's identity is very good, and he became the leader of the Restoration Society in the year of his establishment, almost the leader of the world's scholars, and after being in a high position for a long time, his mentality has naturally changed, and he can't see a rising star. Especially the rising stars who threaten themselves.

It is relatively normal to have such a mentality, as long as you can self-regulate, it will not be too big, after all, everyone is jealous, but unfortunately Zhang Pu does not know how to control himself, he will not tolerate Su Tiancheng's continued development, let alone his own status and authority will be affected. So many things Su Tiancheng has done. He has felt that such a situation is not being combated and stopped. It won't be long before you're going to bow down.

After Zhang Pu left, Zhang Taining was not idle.

Zhang Pu came to visit, and he was very happy, after all, Zhang Pu was the leader of the Restoration Society and the object of worship of the southern scholars. But he didn't expect that Zhang Pu was here to stir up trouble, and a registered Shujishi, who was not an official of the imperial court, actually thought of shaking the two camps. thought of dealing with Su Tiancheng and Jiang Ningying.

What Zhang Pu said was to the point, in fact, Zhang Taining's heart was also a little uncomfortable.

The two battalions and the Jiangning battalion are all in Jiangning County, and the gap between military salaries is so large, and the military salaries of the two major battalions have been in arrears before, which will definitely arouse the opinions of the soldiers, but the military salaries of the Jiangning battalion are solved by themselves, and they do not ask the imperial court to allocate one or two silver.

This shows that Su Tiancheng spent a lot of effort when he built the Jiangning camp.

If Zhang Taining wavered a little, listened to Zhang Pu's provocation, and played to the imperial court, even if he didn't mention the military salary of the Jiangning battalion, just asking for an increase in the military salary of the two battalions, it would cause an uproar.

But this kind of thing, Zhang Taining will never do it, he is a Nanjing garrison minister, I don't know how many things Lu Dao has experienced, and he was born in a family of military generals, it is not easy to build a strong army in Lu Dao.

The Jiangning battalion was established for more than a year, and this also includes the time when it was not named, but the great military exploits established by the people made any general convinced, the Jiangning battalion is indeed an invincible division, such an army, if you want to protect it by all means, you must not be buried in internal strife.

The fluctuation of the soldiers of the two battalions, Zhang Taining has to find a way to calm down as much as possible, if at this time, there are external forces to interfere and provoke the anger of the soldiers, what kind of situation will be formed, he does not dare to estimate, a few years ago, the mutiny of the soldiers of the guard station abounded, if the two battalions also had such a situation, his head would not be saved.

If Zhang Pu talked about other things, Zhang Taining would not be so vigilant, but this matter must not be negligent.

But after thinking about it for a day, Zhang Taining immediately went to meet Fan Jingwen.

Counselor Fan Jingwen was in charge of military affairs in Beizhili and Zhejiang, and was also the commander of the Jiangning Battalion, and was also Zhang Taining's direct superior.

In front of Fan Jingwen, Zhang Taining originally said Zhang Pu's words and his worries.

Fan Jingwen's expression became more and more serious.

Su Tiancheng has not come back yet, he is very supportive of Su Tiancheng's initiative to recruit sergeants in the Jiangning Battalion and the imperial court agreeing to establish the Zhongxing Society.

Unexpectedly, at such a critical moment, someone actually wanted to stir up trouble.

And the person who provoked the trouble was Zhang Pu.

Fan Jingwen is not interested in Donglin Academy and the Restoration Society, his understanding is consistent with Su Tiancheng, that is, as a court official, the focus is on doing things, not empty talk, everyone will say the truth, but to really do things, it is not so easy, Su Tiancheng and Qian Qianyi, Huang Daozhou and Zhang Pu's debate, although he does not completely agree, but he definitely supports Su Tiancheng.

"General Zhang, how do you think this matter should be handled?"

"My lord, the lower officials think that it is necessary to make a decision immediately and eliminate hidden dangers, the two major battalions have already fluctuated, at this time, if Zhang Pu takes the opportunity to provoke, something big will happen."

Fan Jingwen shook his head.

"Such a treatment is too simple, Zhang Pu is also an influential reader, and he is a registered Shujishi, rashly dealing with it, I am afraid it will cause a greater backlash."

"What the lord said is reasonable, but if Zhang Pu agitated among the sergeants, it caused evil consequences, and the consequences were unimaginable."

"Well, you have to pay close attention to this matter, the influence of the Restoration Society in the south is very great, and from now on, the two battalions must be on special alert and cannot be negligent in the slightest."

Zhang Taining nodded, it is not very difficult to do this.

Fan Jingwen looked at Zhang Taining, as if he had thought of something, and spoke with a smile.

"General Zhang, you've said this, I want to know what you think of the Jiangning battalion, the soldiers of the Jiangning battalion, the military salary is so high, do you have some ideas."

Zhang Taining paused.

"My lord, Xia Guan does have some ideas."

"Oh, what do you think, just say it."

"The salaries of the soldiers of the Jiangning battalion are too high, and it does affect the soldiers of the two battalions, all of which are in Jiangning County, not to mention that some of the soldiers of the Jiangning battalion are from the two battalions.

"Hehe, there is one thing, you don't want to say it, I'll help you say that Jiangning County has rented the official land of the two battalions, and with the income, do you think that the silver obtained by the two battalions is a little less."

Zhang Taining looked at Fan Jingwen, he was not stupid, Fan Jingwen was already reminding him when he said this.

"My lord, the lower officials don't think it's less, it's just that Jiangning County is so rich, if it's possible, is it possible to support the two battalions, the lower officials don't dare to think that the soldiers of the two battalions can also have such a high military salary, but it can be slightly increased, it is still possible."

"Hehe, General Zhang, you should have thought of such a thing a long time ago, in fact, you can directly find Su Tiancheng, when it comes to supporting things, after all, they are all the troops of the imperial court, because the matter of military salaries has affected the morale of the soldiers, which is not a good thing."

"My lord, the lower officials are a little embarrassed, the lower officials can't interfere in local affairs, and it's still a little inappropriate to find Lord Su directly."

"Okay, this matter, I'll coordinate, I have an idea, the two camps still have 10,000 hectares of arable land, simply all to Jiangning County for farming, this rent, Jiangning County suffers some losses, give more to the two camps, after all, they are all in Jiangning County, a lot of things, need to be balanced."

"In this way, the official Xie Lu and Lord Xie are thoughtful."

Fan Jingwen's expression became serious again.

"General Zhang, in the two battalions, some officers, greedy for ink and silver, you still have to pay attention, this time to take out all the official fields, I am afraid that the interests of some people are involved, the contradictions in this, you still need to calm down, as for Zhang Pu's agitation of the sergeant, the responsibility lies with you, you must not let the sergeants of the two battalions have any fluctuations, as for Zhang Pu's matter, this official will find a way."

Zhang Taining blushed a little, the officer's greed for ink and silver, he couldn't be ignorant, he had already gotten benefits, and now Fan Jingwen helped to coordinate, so that Jiangning County could have one more silver, and the sergeants below could get great benefits, but many officers were afraid that they would have to suffer, and such things really needed to be settled by themselves.

Fan Jingwen thought more, there was already a contradiction between Zhang Pu and Su Tiancheng, Su Tiancheng would soon return to Jiangning County, and the Zhongxing Society would also be established, this matter would be handed over to Su Tiancheng to do, I believe he could do it very beautifully. (To be continued.) )