The place where the city of Linfen is located, the current governor of Xuanda temporarily controls the yamen of the army. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

A year about old and unbearable, dressed in civilian clothes, the old man looked miserable, frowning, this is the dignified governor Xuanda, Shanxi and other places of military affairs and food and salary Zhang Zongheng Zhang, at this moment he sat on the main hall, holding an unsigned letter in his hand and looked at it, frowning from time to time, after a long time, he sighed.

"The situation in Daizhou is eroded, how to explain the past."

Since the rogue from Qin to Jin was raging, he had to be strictly ordered by the imperial court to govern more than 8,000 elite people of Xuanda, and he has been stationed in Linfen, looking at the book of such a victory and such a victory every day, but he has long not reported any hope in his heart.

The most critical thing is that the officers and soldiers are not paid, taking the guest army Li Bei's department as an example, there are more than 3,600 registered soldiers, but in fact there are less than 1,000 people, and the monthly salary is about 2,000 taels of silver and rice and flour grains, but today, the age of one has gone to August, and the actual silver is only more than 3,000.

It is really that there is no food and salary to support in Jindi, and he sent it to the capital with a notebook before, praying that the Son of Heaven would stay in Shanxi Town this year and save 100,000 gold to stay in Jindi as military funds, but the Son of Heaven did not allow it, and the Liaodong War was imminent, and he was strictly ordered to be escorted into Beijing immediately, but where is there so much tax in Shanxi Town.

Guangjin Zhongdaizhou, Baode two states and Zhenwu Weijuntun, Ningwu, Yaotou, Laoyingbao and other guards and military tun taxes are all lost, and the state and county pay more than 10,000 stones, tens of thousands of stones and other taxes this year, all were robbed, according to the Shanxi political envoy Xu Congzhi said, the shortage is 100,000, this big hole, how to fill?

These problems are deeply troubled by Shanxi Jingwu, from the governor to the prefecture and county, all of them are silent, after all, once this matter reaches the heavens, I am afraid that it will make their own family heads fall to the ground.

Zhang Zongheng has a cronie next to him, and he can't stand still at the moment, this matter can be big or small, it depends on how to handle it, "Why should Dong Weng be worried, didn't Daizhou ask someone to send a letter this time?" said that the thief Li Jing has the intention of recruiting peace, why not take the opportunity to appease, in this way, there is no need to raise the army again, and Jinzhong will be peaceful. ”

When Zhang Zongheng heard this, he shook his head in distress, "How difficult it is, the fireworks in Jinzhong are everywhere, and there are many bandits reported in various places, and I am afraid that there are no less than tens of thousands of people, and in a moment, it is impossible to be thoughtful, and the imperial court is very urgent. ”

"Moreover, the political envoy Si Yamen, this year is very owed, I'm afraid I am also restless at the moment, I sent a letter again before, Wei Bo'an is still in the front hall at the moment, the last time I saw it, please transfer the original Ningwu general to lead the soldiers and horses to rush to Jinzhong to quell the chaos immediately, but unfortunately Sun Xianzu has been fighting with the thieves in Jiexiu at the moment, and he can't easily withdraw, and the thieves in the west of Qindi continue to cross the Yellow River into Jin, and Hu Dawei has fallen into the hands of thieves, so that the old man can't be at peace for a moment."

The huge stall is handed over to his own family, but it is a pity that at this moment, it is difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice, and the imperial court has allocated only 40,000 taels of silver this year, and Xuanda does not mention it, after all, he is stationed in the same place, and he is struggling to guard a few acres of military land to plan, and he can barely make a living, but the situation in Shanxi Town is really desperate.

There are now thirty or forty battalions of thieves in southern Jinnan, numbering 200,000 people, their own jurisdiction over Shanxi, the officers and soldiers of the towns of Shaanxi are less than 10,000 people to resist, and the subordinates have no will to fight.

Said to break the thief 3,000, chase and kill more than 30 miles of victory, suddenly heard that he was ecstatic, can be called the army to check, his subordinates lost seven people, more than 20 soldiers fled, and the outside of the loss of four cavalry soldiers, only cut off the head of a thief, captured 12 young and strong, 100 women and children, this is also called a big victory? Don't think that your own family is old and confused, and cut some people to come to take credit, such things, fortunately, you didn't let the yamen know about it, otherwise I am afraid that you will have to ask for guilt again.

The staff was also forced to be helpless, and directly threw out a sentence called Zhang Zongheng dumbfounded, "Left and right is a dilemma, why not choose the lesser of two evils, since the thieves in Daizhou have the intention of recruiting security, why not talk to them first, only allow to make up for the arrears of the court first, and then carry out the plan of recruiting security, if the thieves are sincere, they will take advantage of this to eliminate hidden dangers, just thieves, if you wait for the army to pacify Jinnan, and then march north, then let its head fall to the ground, and the upper and lower will have benefits, who knows?" ”

Although Zhang Zongheng was shocked when he heard this, but after thinking about it carefully, he had to say that there was some room for manipulation, "Is it feasible to appease the thief?" ”

It seems to have grasped the straw that saved his life, "This matter is very important, if there is no division and yamen to cover it, it will be called to leak the news, and at that time, we will not be able to protect our heads." ”

The staff had no law, so they simply told him, "My lord, the political envoy Wei Bo'an is outside the hall, I have long heard that Lord Xu has the idea of taking the opportunity to transfer away from right and wrong, but unfortunately if the big hole is not plugged today, I am afraid that it will be finished sooner or later, why not invite him to come and discuss it?" Moreover, the chief military officer You Shilu also made a difficulty, and he was riddled with illness, and now he was afraid that it would be difficult to sleep and eat, so he simply invited him to discuss it properly, as long as he worked together, the court would not know. ”

"Really?!" Zhang Zongheng was stunned when he heard this, his face was bright, if this is the case, he may not be able to live, anyway, at this point, the situation in Shanxi is powerless, if it is exposed, there are divisions and yamen up and down, and no one wants to run away, as for what happens after the appeasement, then we will think about it.

"You can't give it a try!" That staff was originally a down-and-out talent, knew some military affairs, at this time with Zhang Zongheng a year two hundred taels of Lu, a heart of excellence all depends on Zhang Zongheng, if he falls, his own family will definitely be implicated, at this moment I saw that Dong Weng was moved, where not to take the opportunity to bewitch, the dead horse right to be a live horse doctor.

Zhang Zongheng is by no means a person who sits idly by, now that he sees that there is a way to live, where is he not to catch it, he said directly, "This governor will write a letter, recall General You Bing, and discuss it in person, you go out and listen to Wei Bo'an's tone, if it is successful, invite Xu Buzheng to Linfen to talk about it, this matter cannot be delayed, but it is also sloppy and impatient, you must be careful." ”

When the staff member heard this, he immediately agreed, "Yes, the student will do it, and you must invite Xu Bu's political envoy." ”

Zhang Zongheng looked at his figure going out, and did not sit down in the middle of the sound, but just sighed and looked up to the sky speechless...... (To be continued.) )