Wantong, the governor of Anlu Prefecture, is a middle-aged man of forty miles, with a white face and black beard, a very upright appearance, and his official uniform is very neat, sitting there without being angry and arrogant. The whole person gives people the feeling of being meticulous and meticulous. According to the experience of Yang Chengzu and his two lives, such people are the most difficult to deal with, they may not really be bad officials, maybe they are very honest officials, and they really want to benefit one party. But the biggest problem with doing things with them is that it is difficult to communicate.

They will choose what they think is right to do, and then let you have nine cows, and they will not be able to pull it back. Belonging to the Lord who is good for good and evil for evil, if he does not do it well, it will create a bigger leak.

Relatively speaking, Yang Chengzu prefers to deal with officials who like money or power or other things, everyone needs each other, and many things are easier to do, but it is not easy to deal with such people.

Wantong, as the governor of Anlu, is a fifth-grade officer, and his grade is lower than that of Yang Chengzu, a fourth-grade military attaché. But in fact, Da Ming Wengui and Wu Cheap, a military attache with four grades, and the head of the Imperial Honor and Guard Division, are not qualified to be compared with a Zhizhou at all. He is willing to take time out of his busy schedule to see each other, which can be regarded as saving face.

After taking a seat, Wan Tong seemed to be a person who didn't like to be polite, but went straight to the point, "General Yang, you came this time, I think it's for the purpose of Xingwangfu's honor and guard division's food and salary, right?" ”

"The state pastor is very impressed. Originally, I was thinking about how to say this, but I didn't expect you to see it at once, and this time it saved the official's tongue. I believe that there must be difficulties in the state, but the palace also has the difficulties of the palace, and those who do honor guards also have to wait for money and food to support their families. The soldiers are all hard-working people, and they really can't bear it if they don't pay them for several months. Speaking of which, as the successor of the guards, I don't have to pay attention to the holes left by my predecessor, but looking at those guards, I can't bear it, and I hope that the state pastor can be more considerate. ”

Wan Tong nodded, did not answer his words, but asked another thing. "I heard that General Yang saved the daughter of the Sun family with a single sword on the way here. Hundreds of gangsters in one night? ”

"That's just the people spreading falsehoods, and it's not three heads and six arms below, how can they handle hundreds of people? In fact, it was a group of bandits who wanted a ticket, and mistakenly arrested Miss Sun, who was dressed as a man, as a man. I followed closely to save people, and those thieves were cowardly officials after all, and they were defeated at once. It didn't take too long before and after, let alone kill a hundred people. ”

"General Yang should not be too modest, over there in Henan, this official also has a few friends. Henan grain war, sacrificing yourself to protect the berm, you are a great man in Henan. I am willing to see you today, not because of your identity as a guard of honor, but because I admire your past achievements, there are too few military ministers like you in the Ming Dynasty, if there are more, how can Ning Fan be so arrogant? ”

When Yang Chengzu heard this, he realized that the crux of the state pastor's face turned out to be here, and the two said a few more polite words. Wan Tongdao: "Speaking of which, Sun Weng and I are actually old acquaintances, my teacher, and Sun Weng have been friends for many years, and I have to be regarded as Sun Weng's students." You saved Miss Sun, and I am grateful to you for Sun Weng, it is said that you are in trouble, and I should help you. But this thing, no. ”

He paused, as if he was afraid that Yang Chengzu would misunderstand, and explained: "I think you understand one thing, this matter is not aimed at you. In fact, when I stopped Xingwangfu Lumi, you hadn't taken office yet, and this matter has nothing to do with you. As for the reasons, there are two aspects. First, the official had issued a document to allocate 120 Xingwang Yiwei to fill the Zhenwei battalion. However, there were only ninety-three soldiers in the battalion, and Wu Jinghe, the guest of honor in Xingwangfu, recruited honor guards for Xingwangfu in the people without authorization. The official has already said that the royal palace guards are not allowed to be replaced, and the palace openly resists the order and does not take the local magistrate in his eyes, so I have to stop his money and food. Otherwise, the royal palace guards will be recruited at will, and the actual soldiers will far exceed the number of soldiers, which is by no means a blessing for the place. ”

"Second, the money and food in the yamen are really tight now. The imperial court used force against Jiangxi, Huguang's money and grain were the most allocated, the treasury was empty, and the money and grain were continuously sent to the front line, which was a pit of dissatisfaction, who knows how much grain to fill. To tell the truth, I have already sent the money and food of Xingwangfu to the front line to support the food and clothing of the soldiers on the front line. The money and food for the Zhenwei battalion, as well as the compensation for the casualties, all have to come out from here, and the guard of honor has to overcome it first. ”

Yang Chengzu listened quietly there, and suddenly said at this time: "The problem is that the situation here in Xingwangfu is also very tense, and I am afraid that it will not be able to overcome it for too long." ”

"If you can't overcome it, then there's no way, now even the military guards don't have enough money and food, let alone the honor guards?" Wantong's attitude is also very resolute, and he believes that he has a point. There is one sentence that he can't say too much, that is, you are a royal mansion, why is it necessary to keep the armor of the Honor Guard?

If we talk about security, there are military guards and yamen in the city, and the armed forces retained by the palace are only to ensure that the palace is self-contained and not subject to the jurisdiction of the local yamen. And this transcendent status happened to be the envy of the local government, so it happened to take this opportunity to clean up and do its best to weaken the power of the royal guards.

If you go further, including the group of vassal kings, they have always been a thorn in the side of these ministers. After all, civil officials have to rely on their own imperial examinations in order to have the status and wealth he has obtained, while the vassal king does not need to go through these efforts, and he will have a good life in his life, with money, food and status.

It is difficult for the civil officials of the Ming Dynasty to enjoy this kind of hereditary treatment, so they are naturally full of resentment towards this group, from the discussion of cutting the feudal domain in the Jianwen era to the Zhengde Dynasty, and the idea of the civil officials wanting to weaken or even abolish the feudal king has not disappeared.

It's just that they also know that this group can't be eliminated if they want to, the former did it once, and as a result, it was a Yongle Jing disaster, and even the emperor's genealogy has changed since then. Since then, no one has dared to discuss the reduction of the feudal domain in vain, but this rebellion of King Ning is undoubtedly another opportunity, at least an opportunity that can greatly weaken the feudal king.

Yang Chengzu saw him say this, and said with a smile: "Wanzhou Mu, of course what you said is reasonable, the front-line soldiers use their lives, and the matter of money and food must be close to them." You can't always eat tight in front and eat tight in the back, which is not good. But there is one verse, and our guard of honor shall also eat. If you can agree to half of the rations, I think we will barely make ends meet, and as for the other half, we will wait until the war is over, what do you think? ”

"Half of the salary?" Wan Tong shook his head, "This can't be done, there is really not so much money and food in the treasury, and Banzai is now leading the four armies to the south, and the pressure on money and food is even greater." The money and food of the entire Huguang have to serve the front line, and I don't think I can help you. Instead of asking me for help, it is better to persuade those honor guards to read more books and understand more truths after they go back. We should focus on the overall situation, do not think about our own gains and losses, and only by understanding the truth can we understand right and wrong. After understanding right and wrong, I think they should also be considerate, this difficulty can always be overcome. ”