Chapter 118: Prevarication
Just waiting for the guards to go to inquire about the news, Zhou Hongtu did not delay, invited these squires into the ya, sat down, and sent someone to put out a rough snack and tea, so he looked at the masters without hurry, and saw that although they fled one by one in embarrassment and hoodies, they didn't look at these rough tea and snacks, so they laughed in their hearts, but they didn't show it. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
Anyway, these people don't open their mouths, and they want to take the initiative to cross the defense area to fight the rogues, it is impossible, so, after a long silence, after all, there is a rich man who can't help it, he escapes, and the family's wealth, goods, women and children are all falling, and they are anxious now, where will this be delayed, "My lord, the rogue is powerful, bewitching the township, and it is a disaster, and please send troops to suppress it as soon as possible." ”
Zhou Hongtu saw that there was an opening, and he was overjoyed, and then looked at others, but saw that one by one seemed to have nothing to do with him, and he suddenly became angry. So he sat upright in his chair and did not speak.
The squire knew that it was right to ask him to send troops at this moment, and seeing that he was silent, he hurriedly went up to report to his family, "My family has been loyal and virtuous for generations, and my father has been added to the Ministry of Langzhong, although he has been a minister, but there are many uncles who carry love, and today he is all over his hometown and is in trouble, and he also asks the adults to show compassion for his neighbors and quickly send troops to quell the chaos." ”
Zhou Hongtu listened, calculated for a while, the officials Langzhong, but the heavenly officials, although they returned to the township, but they have a lot of connections in the court, if they don't save their own death, they are called a participant, it is not beautiful, but with this, they want to send their own troops, and it is not impossible, after all, the three armies have not moved, the grain and grass go first, there is no money, who is willing to sell their lives!
Thinking like this, I saw him say haha, "Your mansion is sympathetic to the neighbors, which is naturally excellent, but this official has just arrived, the soldiers are tired and the horses are tired, and the food and grass are not enough, I am afraid it will take some time to prepare, and then when the will of the imperial court arrives, he will immediately wave his troops to the north to suppress the Liukou, how about it?" ”
As soon as these words came out, everyone suddenly changed color, and the obvious prevarication was only said thoroughly, and when these were done, the daylilies were all stopped, and they didn't know what they were going to do, and where to endure it.
I saw a slightly wealthy head of the family come out, "My lord, we are all understanding people, the superintendent of the military road is in charge of the military affairs of a place, and the five villages belong to Taiyuan Mansion, if the adults insist on going their own way, we are not easy to handle, and then the book will be sent to the court, I am afraid that the adults will not be able to afford it." ”
There was also a helper on the side who spoke, "I don't have to be embarrassed, it's really a thief at home, and there is no one around to call for silver, why don't you wait for the county town to be recovered, and then go to the labor army, how about it?!" ”
It's good that Zhou Hongtu didn't listen to this, but when he heard it, he was angry, these big clans, that is not tens of thousands of family assets, there are their shops and fields in several nearby counties, and they cry poor here at home, doesn't it make people laugh? When the five villages are taken, there is no basis for empty words, and the big clan repents, who will they talk to, not to mention that the soldiers under their own family do not move if they don't see the silver, what do they take to quell the chaos?
In this way, there was a stalemate for a while, Zhou Hongtu had soldiers and no silver, and he couldn't open it, and those big clans regarded their own property as treasures, and they easily refused to share the profits, what they thought was that the silver was not afraid in the hands of the Liukou, anyway, there were few rebels in this realm who dared to occupy their property, and when the chaos was settled, the silver field property was still their own, but if this was given to the soldiers, they would not come back.
One is suffering from no money to suppress, and the other thinks that the court is justified in suppressing bandits, so they are deadlocked, and no one is willing to give in, Zhou Hongtu saw this, his heart was upset, he simply got up and pushed off his discomfort, and was ready to go to the back hall, but those squires did not relentlessly come up to block the way, they were regarded as being tricked by these officials, so they were not allowed to go.
Zhou Hongtu was forced to be anxious, and directly told the truth, "This official is a guest army, and there is no food and grass in the local area, so what is the reason for waiting for each other to be forced to do so?!" Just let him say it, those individuals just ignored it, they all thought he was shirking, a group of people, there was no shape at all, and the noisy and noisy was so unreasonable, it really made Zhou Hongtu very distressed, so he simply sat in place, didn't say a word, and let them speak.
Those squires said that there was smoke in their throats, but no one should accept the money and food supplies, and when they saw that they were helpless and could not be forced, their eyes rolled wildly, but they discussed in a whisper on the side for a while, and pushed a representative up, "What conditions do adults have to be willing to send troops?" ”
Zhou Hongtu shook his head, raised the teacup, lifted the lid with one hand, but didn't blow it, just instigated back and forth with one palm, the squire suddenly understood, turned around and said this, and asked several people to shake their heads at the same time, "Five thousand taels?" It's better to ask Zhen Xiwei. ”
A landlord objected on the side, "Let's say a few words, the group of Zhenxiwei dressed up as Hanako can be the opponents of the Liukou?" ”
"It's not worth the price, five thousand taels of silver is too much, you go and talk about it, only give five hundred!"
"Five hundred? When you are an official, you want food. "Zhou Hongtu, who was born in science, but is different from others, listens to it regardless of his identity at this moment, and suddenly becomes angry and humiliates his own official? This is!
Those landlords also felt that it was inappropriate, and they wanted to make the officials and soldiers sell their lives for five hundred taels of silver, but I was afraid that it would be inappropriate, so they added a little more, and made up enough one thousand taels to persuade them.
"......" Zhou Hongtu felt that his family was about to be driven crazy, this group of people was fun in military affairs, what was a thousand taels of silver enough for? He said to 5,000 taels, which is quite low, based on the 600 people in the headquarters, and the military salary for three months is allocated according to the routine, and if it costs 3,000 taels for five taels of silver per person, it must be counted as some compensation for the dead and wounded, right?
In this way, they have to seize some money and food looted by the rogues, and give them to the officers and soldiers for their own, so that they can barely be allowed to go into battle, seeing that the big clan will give a thousand taels, Zhou Hongtu couldn't help it anymore, and walked directly and went out directly, no longer caring about these people, these squires saw this, and were dumbfounded, but they were bored one by one, and were blocked by their own soldiers, so they had to disperse, and they didn't mention it to Zhenxiwei.
The imperial court is on an errand, and a few yamen are going around, and they can't be delayed for a few days before they can barely get off the road? Whether it is grain, grass and soldiers, or the rectification of the army, it will take time to do, and Lanzhou has moved up and down, sending people to Taiyuan to report the news on the one hand, and actively preparing on the other hand, at least a shortage of thousands of households in Zhenxiwei has marched to Mitsui Town, which is still for the sake of the big households willing to pay two thousand taels of silver, so they reluctantly moved.
And the remaining four thousand households and the six or seven hundred soldiers under the command of Zhou Hongtu, who supervised the military road, still did not move, and only waited for the imperial court to order and allocate silver, so delayed, Zheng Renbao took the opportunity to quickly attack the villages in Wuzhai and Wuzhou, and uprooted all the small landlords in the countryside one by one, and distributed the land.
And Li Mao took advantage of the emptiness of the official army in the northwest of Jin, and successively conquered the old camp fort, partial pass, partial head, and river meanders, by this time, the command has gathered tens of thousands of people, the momentum is huge, gathered to attack Baode Prefecture, there is the guard starry night to Yansui Town, Taiyuan Mansion for help not to mention......
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