In Baoding City, the new Xuanda Governor Lu Xiangsheng is inspecting the city wall, Lu Xiangsheng has been promoted from a civil prefect to the governor in just a few years, which is a miracle of the officialdom in the last years of Chongzhen. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

When he was young, he liked to read military books, and his martial arts were strong. In the second year of Chongzhen, the Tartar soldiers committed the Beijing Division, and he recruited 3,000 armor soldiers into the King of Jingqin, and since then he has transformed from a civilian official to an excellent military commander.

But now he stood on the city wall, far-sighted, worried. In the face of the Qing soldiers who came this time, he felt a little powerless for the first time. Because he originally suggested that the imperial court should concentrate its troops, the idea of twisting it into a fist and striking hard at the Qing soldiers was rejected by the imperial court. Lu Xiangsheng led his original 20,000 Tianxiong soldiers to resist the red flag of the Qing general Yue Tuo, and Gao Qiqian, the supervisor of the army, led 20,000 troops to garrison separately from him to resist Dolgon's white flag.

"It's all on paper." Lu Xiangsheng thought of this for a while, "The combat power of the Ming army is not as good as that of the Qing army, and if you divide the army, won't you be broken by the Tartars one by one?" "But I still came without hesitation, for the sake of Daming, even if I die in battle, I have no regrets.

At this time, the general Yang Tinglin came, and his face was depressed. "Governor, that Baoding Governor Zhang Qiping still refuses to pay salary. said that the army brought by the superintendent should be raised by the superintendent himself, and there was no food to be paid in Baoding Prefecture. ”

Lu Xiangsheng clenched his fists angrily, and his knuckles turned white. scolded: "This dog officer! The commander led the troops to garrison Baoding for more than a month, and has fought more than ten battles with the Tartars, large and small, and relieved the siege of Baoding, and the money and food brought by him have been exhausted. This Zhang Qiping crossed the river and demolished the bridge, and no longer paid money, so how could the soldiers work together to resist the Tartars? ”

When the soldiers of the city wall heard this, they knelt on the ground and shouted, "Inspector, we don't want to pay silver, as long as there is food to eat, I will follow the Inspector and kill those clear dogs!" ”

Lu Xiangsheng's eyes were full of tears, and he said tremblingly, "Hurry up!" You are all good soldiers, you are the heroes of the Ming Dynasty, and I, Lu Xiangsheng, will not tell the soldiers to lack food and pay less. General Yang, you go and get my Shang Fang sword and follow me to the governor's yamen. ”

In the yamen of the governor of Baoding, the governor Zhang Qiping was holding his favorite concubine, and he was very happy to put his hands on the plump body of the concubine. Thinking that half a month ago, the Tartars besieged the city, and he couldn't sleep well every night, so he didn't have the heart to make love with the concubine. No, Lu Xiangsheng came and repelled the Tartars, and he finally had time to make out with his concubine.

"Lord Governor, no-no? Governor Lou himself came. His master hurriedly stepped into the room.

Zhang Qiping didn't hear the master's words clearly, and pushed away the concubine in his arms unhappily, and the master came in at this time to interrupt his good deeds, glaring at the master and saying, "No rules!" What's so in a hurry? ”

The master panted and said, "Governor Lu-Lu himself is here!" ”

"Huh?" Zhang Qiping's fat body bounced up from the couch like a leather ball, and instructed his concubine, "Quick, hurry up and change my clothes for the master!" ”

Zhang Qiping changed his official uniform and hurriedly rushed to the lobby, and saw Lu Xiangsheng standing in the hall with Shang Fang's sword in his hand and a few personal soldiers. He bowed nervously and said, "The junior official visited Governor Lu, and he missed the distance, and I ask the Governor to forgive me!" ”

Lu Xiangsheng saw that Zhang Qiping still had lipstick on his cheeks, so he was angry, and hummed, "Governor Zhang is so good, the soldiers are working hard outside, but you are here to enjoy happiness in the gentle township!" ”

"The lower officials don't dare!" Zhang Qiping said tremblingly.

"This governor will not talk nonsense with you, let me ask you, when will you prepare the salaries, food and grass that our army needs?" Lu Xiangsheng shouted.

"This--Your Excellency the Governor, Baoding City really can't provide food, grass and military salaries. Baoding City was besieged by Tartars for several days, and the grain and grass in the city had long been exhausted, and the treasury was empty, where was there still silver to pay. Please also ask the Governor to be clear. Zhang Qiping replied.

Lu Xiangsheng was furious when he heard this, and pulled out Shang Fang's sword with a "sigh", "You dare to deceive Bendu, open your dog's eyes and see, this is the Shang Fang sword given by the emperor!" Aren't you afraid that Ben Governor will take your dog's head right now? ”

Zhang Qiping was so frightened that he collapsed to the ground, and hurriedly shouted, "Your Excellency the Governor, spare your life!" The lower official will think about it, and he will think of a way! ”

Lu Xiangsheng snorted, "Raise all the food and grass and military salaries within three days, otherwise the governor will take your dog's head and sacrifice the flag." After speaking, he led the guards and left the governor's yamen.

"Your Excellency." The master helped Zhang Qiping up, "According to the students, it is better to send some grain and grass to Governor Lu, otherwise, looking at the posture of the Governor today, if we delay any longer, we will not be able to pass this hurdle." ”

Zhang Qiping said distressedly: "Do you think Benfu doesn't understand? But it's hard to explain to Grandpa Gao! ”

The master pondered for a while, and said, "Master, the student has a strategy not to offend Governor Lu or Father-in-law Gao. ”

"What ploy? Let's hear it. Zhang Qiping's spirit was shocked.

"Grandpa Gao meant that the lord did not give Governor Lu food, grass and military salaries, it was nothing more than forcing Governor Lu to withdraw his troops and not fight the Tartars, so that Grandpa Gao's army in Zhuozhou would no longer have to follow up Governor Lu, and he would return to the capital. But everyone in the world knows that Governor Lu is a staunch resistance, he is definitely going to fight the Tartars, and he can't stop it, so why don't we halve Governor Lu's grain and grass and military salary, and he has no money or food halfway through, so why don't you have to return it? Master explained.

"That's right!" Zhang Qiping patted his forehead and shouted, "Master, why didn't I think of it? ”

Three days later, Lu Xiangsheng received 1,000 quintals of grain and grass sent by Zhang Qiping, and a military salary of 10,000 taels of silver.

Yang Tianlin said angrily, "My 20,000 soldiers only give 1,000 loads of grain and 10,000 taels of silver, enough for my soldiers to eat for a few days?" ”

The person who came just said that it was already the limit of Baoding Mansion, and he could really wronged everyone.

Lu Xiangsheng sighed, he still had to lead the army to pursue the Tartars, "General Yang, forget it." The military situation is urgent, let's find a way while marching, and pass by other states and counties to raise grain and grass. ”

At this time, Gao Qiqian, who was stationed in Zhuozhou, was also depressed, why was he sent by the emperor as a supervisor to lead troops to resist the Tartars, they all knew that the Tartars were powerful and fierce. How did I wade through this troubled water? blames himself for this broken mouth, he likes to talk about military affairs in front of the emperor on weekdays, and "snaps" to give himself a mouth.

Gao Qiqian also knows how many catties and taels he has, and he is good friends with Yang Sichang on weekdays, Yang Sichang often talks about the situation in front of him, he is familiar with it, and he also likes to talk about the military situation, and he knows that Emperor Chongzhen is most concerned about how to calm down the thieves and resist the Tartars now, and he said that these can win favor in front of the emperor. Second, Yang Sichang is the emperor's most trusted minister, and he can make friends with favored ministers that will be of great help to his future.

This time, Chongzhen selected the supervising army, and selected among several big eunuchs in the palace, and selected Gao Qiqian who "understands military affairs". Gao Qiqian didn't dare to refuse, so he had to go into battle with his head, for the sake of insurance, he also took Zu Kuan's three thousand Guan Ning iron horses from Lu Xiangsheng to follow him.

He is now sitting in Zhuozhou, just with the mentality of not seeking no merit, but seeking no fault. It is best that the imperial court can negotiate peace with the Tartars, so that he can return to Beijing safely. He knew that Yang Sichang was advocating peace, and Yang Sichang also revealed to him that King Yongming, who had been in the limelight recently, was also advocating peace, and he heard that the emperor was a little moved.

"That's right! It is to negotiate peace, and how good it is to negotiate peace! I don't have to fight for my life, after talking about the last year and a half, do I still need to suffer from this military journey? I must contain Lu Xiangsheng, this Lu Xiangsheng knows how to fight. As soon as he withdraws from the army, presumably King Yongming, who is about to return to Beijing, can once again justifiably persuade the emperor to negotiate peace, and even the invincible Governor Lu will return in vain. Gao Qi said complacently. He also thought that everything he did was helping Zhou Renyuan.

Zhou Renyuan, who was in the capital, had a hot ear, "Who is talking about me?" At this time, he was taking Mo Zhu and Shen Tieshan to the silk shop that he had helped buy before Gao Qi dived.

The silk shop has long been empty, and Zhou Renyuan didn't have time to take care of this shop when he left Beijing last time, so it has been empty. He dusted off the table and said to Shen Tieshan, "Tieshan, ask someone to clean the shop, and by the way, select a dozen literate brothers from our silver pressing team in Hengzhou to help in the store." By the way, remember to be smart and capable. Also, you go to the Hengzhou military camp in the western suburbs to select good candidates, and ask them to come to the post house to meet me together!

"The last general commands!" Shen Tieshan took the two of them out.

"Little prince, do you really want to do toothbrush business in this capital?" Mozhu asked.

"This is a stronghold of my Hengzhou in the capital, Hengzhou is too far away from the capital, the transportation is inconvenient, I need to keep abreast of the situation in the capital at any time, and it can be regarded as a rainy day." Zhou Renyuan replied. "Originally, I wanted to ask you to be stationed in Jingshi, to take charge of this shop and deliver news for me, but you are still too young!"

Mo Zhu pursed his lips and muttered, "I don't want to leave the little prince, I'd rather go back to Hengzhou to serve the little prince." ”

Zhou Renyuan smiled and said helplessly, "You! It's just a child! ”