He Ling may still be a little self-aware, thinking that he has studied the scriptures for so many years, and he is afraid that it will not be a problem to be promoted in the exam, and it will not be too difficult to be a jinshi, but it is impossible to take the top three exams.

Even if you are from the same Jinshi background, find a way to spend money to have some connections, and go to a certain place to mix a county order, you can rise step by step.

But what do you hear now? His grandfather, the patriarch of the He family, actually wants to take refuge in a thief by himself?!

At that moment, He Ling once thought that he was not dreaming, or He Yinglong was dreaming.

"You heard me right, I want you to go to the King of Salvation, even if you are a clerical officer by his side!" He Yinglong said with great certainty.

"But why?" He Ling is still resisting.

"First, we have the handle in his hands, and I hope that if you can gain his trust, you will be able to get the agreement back. This is related to the rise and fall of our He family, and you have no choice in this regard; Second, now this anti-thief called redemption has just started, and there is the most lack of literati under his command, and those who are too high to think about it can't pull down their bodies to take refuge in him, as the so-called 'icing on the cake is not as good as sending charcoal in the snow', and he will inevitably be reused at this moment...... I have long seen that Da Ming is no longer good, especially when I found out that the new emperor is still a fool, I have already decided, no matter what, my He family can't hang on the tree of Da Ming, right? Therefore, no matter what, if you take refuge in that salvation, it is equivalent to leaving a way back for our He family. Of course, after you take refuge in him, you have nothing to do with the He family for the time being, as for the specifics, you should know in your heart! He Yinglong analyzed He Ling very patiently.

didn't realize that when he finished speaking, He Ling was already in a cold sweat.

Indeed, when he suddenly heard so many terrible things, He Ling's three views were almost ruined, and he was temporarily out of touch with reality.

"You're still too young...... Reading too many books is not necessarily a good thing, learning but not being able to apply it is just a rotten Confucian. Like Ma Yu, even if he is admitted to the lifting of people, he is just a fool who was fooled by his master and carried a black pot for his master. Asking you to be a clerk for salvation may be an experience. Remember, the reason why the family is a family is that the royal relatives and nobles of the previous dynasties have died, but our family still retains it, and occupies a pivotal position in the court of the new dynasty, which is what a family with a background looks like. In other words, a qiē puts the family first, which is the consciousness that a clansman should have. As for the emperor, on the surface, we should give enough respect, because they are our food and clothing parents, but when it comes to loyalty, you and I just know it in our hearts, don't always talk about it! He Yinglong shook his head and told He Ling about the family's secrets.

He Ling is not a complete fool, he has at least grown up under the cultivation of the supremacy of family interests since he was a child. For his grandfather's words, in addition to making him feel very heavy, even painful, they did not make him feel too repulsed.

Sun Er understood...... "As a clansman, He Ling must have the consciousness of obeying the family, and he has no room for resistance.

"Do a good job, and with your talent, he may be able to get ahead one day. Remember, your family is behind you, no matter how difficult you are or how dangerous the situation is, don't forget that the Jì family is your most solid backing! He Yinglong has already beaten He Ling, and what he needs at this moment is to comfort him.

After a conversation, more than an hour passed in a blink of an eye.

The next day, Zhang Hongbin had completed the assembly of the team. Just today, they had to leave Whitewater, which was originally planned. First, if you don't give the court a clear target, after all, the thieves who occupy the county seat are the ones that the court must exterminate, but those who occupy the mountain as the king, the court will try to ignore them, and just order the local guards to do their best to exterminate them; The second is that the guard station should start to dispatch, even if it is still a few days before it reaches here, but the villages around Baishui County have also not collected taxes from those gentry, and seeing that the time is almost up, it is time to go out and collect taxes!

was about to leave, but a literati came to him.

"Student Ling He, admire the king Tianwei to serve, don't ask for high-ranking officials, but ask for a pen!" He Ling, who assumed the pseudonym Linghe, gave a salute to Zhang Hongbin.

"King, we are all the people of Baishui County, we can't live this day, it's better to continue to be a Shunmin than to mix with you, just accept us!" At the same time, at least more than 300 strong men also came to Zhang Hongbin and knelt down in front of him.

He had expected the latter's situation, and it was not in vain that he rewarded these soldiers so solemnly yesterday. Naturally, what he said yesterday was not fake, but he just took advantage of the situation to publicize the rules of his army to the people of Baishui County. Sure enough, the next day, some people made up their minds to take refuge.

As for the former, this is unexpected. According to what he knew about the literati, most of these guys were rotten people who didn't put knives on their necks and wouldn't think about surrendering. Besides, he really doesn't need rotten Confucians to chirp crookedly around him, he originally planned to cultivate the civil service system by himself, and a few literati can be recruited, but he didn't expect that yesterday's propaganda also attracted a literati to vote for himself.

It's a pity that it's not like a historical figure.

"How can you count them?" Zhang Hongbin asked casually.

"I have experience in managing accounts...... Ling He didn't want this anti-thief leader to ask such a question, but he did learn to count and help manage accounts.

"That's good, and be a bookkeeper under your command. In the future, depending on the table and ability, it will be promoted as appropriate! So, would you like to? Zhang Hongbin asked again.

"But it's okay to ask for a small official, don't dare to ask for too much!" Ling He gave a full gesture, even if he was so resistant to being so humble to an uneducated thief.

"That's good, you report to Li Baihu (Tie Niu) in the baggage camp, I don't have time to familiarize you with the environment, and I will work as soon as possible!" Zhang Hongbin nodded.

The rest of the things are much easier, even if He Ling is very dissatisfied, but he still reported in the past, and he may be angry in the process, but he has to bow his head for the sake of the family. In fact, he also knew that this was a kind of examination school, and a literati who came to take refuge for some reason, if no one would suspect that it was fake. At least, He Ling didn't think that this young anti-thief leader would be a fool.

The team marched out and made rounds around Whitewater County, asserting sovereignty and fulfilling the right to collect taxes.

The news that the rebels known as the 'Salvation Army' had captured Baishui County had already spread throughout Xi'an Mansion in the past three days, and Baishui County was so close that these gentry and people naturally heard about it. Many villagers even know that this group of soldiers may come from their own village, but they will not publicize this matter everywhere, because if it is exposed, they will definitely die.

Zhang Hongbin led his men and horses to collect taxes from those landlords, and the landlords also had some soldiers, but they did not dare to take action at this moment. Seeing that only one autumn tax is collected in terms of agricultural tax, and most of them are traditional landlords and do not involve business, they also paid this year's tax profitably.

After collecting the taxes, the group went around Baishui County a few times, and then disappeared into everyone's strict zhòng.

At the same time, the news that a group of thieves had occupied Baishui County not only reached the ears of the prefect of Xi'an, but also reached the ears of the emperor through the guò brocade guard system.

The little emperor was very unhappy, he had just ascended the throne, and there were people who rebelled, and he was the most disobedient in Shaanxi. Without a word, he immediately ordered the local government to strangle the thieves and take back Baishui County.

When the Holy Decree came to Xi'an Mansion, the army of the guard had just come to the boundary of Baishui County. I asked the villagers, but they didn't know where the thieves went, only that they went to the northwest. For a while, the commander of the guard station suddenly expressed deep regret, but the thousands of households below were a little happy, anyway, they were old, weak, sick and disabled, there was no need to send them to be cannon fodder. Besides, a team of anti-thieves who can defeat the county seat, whether their own soldiers can beat it or not, they have no bottom, not to mention anything else, the march will take so long, and they will not have the bottom in their hearts when they really fight.

"In other words, now Baishui County is my Daming again?" finally asked a thorough question, but the commander knew that Bai Shui had returned to Da Ming's hands.

"I heard that the county order hid in the gutter for three days, avoiding the search of the thieves, and three days later, he suddenly took the loyal and bright young man and forcibly took back Baishui County. By the way, I heard that all the documents asking for merit have been sent out! The fellow didn't dare to hide it, and told what he had heard.

"Damn, doesn't that mean we're here for nothing this time?" The conductor was really upset.

It's rare, and if you plan to take the opportunity to go to Baishui County to make a profit, anyway, if there is any problem, you can push it on the head of the thief.

"My lord, it seems that there are many young people in the village I passed by earlier...... The most important thing is that the subordinates found that several ladies were quite smart. At this time, the commander's brother-in-law immediately stepped forward and whispered.

"Very good, the whole army obeys the order, follow me to suppress the bandits!" The commander nodded, and immediately gave the order.

In any case, this time the troops must not be captured at all! Anyway, in this period, this kind of thing is quite normal!