Chapter 86: Yang He and Hong Chengchou
In the Shaanxi Governor's Mansion, Yang He was reviewing the official documents, looking at the official documents in front of him, he sighed and said: "There are people asking for money and food everywhere, can I conjure them out of thin air?" ”
He stroked his beard, looked at the slowly turning white, and said, "Hey, the world is difficult! As a courtier, I can only work hard to put together this old bone! ”
Yang He sighed, rubbed his red eyes again, and continued to review the official document. The subordinate next to him moved his mouth, wanting to remind Yang He that breakfast was already cold, but he knew Yang He's habits very well, and he wouldn't eat without reading it, so he had to watch quietly on the side. Watch this old man work for state affairs.
The door was pushed open, and the noon sun came in, and although it was still cold, the light in the room was much better. Yang He's eyes were pierced by the sun, he raised his head, blinked his eyes, and when his eyes were adjusted, he saw Hong Chengchou standing in front of him excitedly.
"My lord, what a victory! Great victory! A rare victory! Hong Chengchou said excitedly.
"Yan Yan, what is the good news that makes you happy like this?" Yang He raised his head and said with a little dissatisfaction.
When Yang He said this, Hong Chengchou also felt a little forgetful, and he hurriedly apologized: "It's Yan who played Meng Lang, I just received a good news from the security guard today, and I was happy for a while, but it's a little rude!"
"Is it Wang Hu? How about it, he succeeded in appeasing the god one yuan? Yang He listened and asked with interest, he said in his heart that Wang Hu really did not disappoint him.
"It's even more pleasing than that! Wang Hu braved the wind and snow the night before to attack and completely annihilate the headquarters of the gods. Killed the leaders of the thieves, Shen Yiyuan, Gao Yingdeng, and Shen Yikui, beheaded 2,000 people, captured 25,000 thieves, and 4,000 horses! Since then, there has been no god of the One Yuan Thief Division! It's beautiful, it's a big chunk of people's hearts! ”
Hong Chengchou said very happily, he is a firm main suppressor, and now Wang Hu can do so beautifully, he is very excited, because this proves the correctness of his views from the side.
"Hmm. Not bad! Yang He nodded lightly.
"Your Excellency. Why do you look a little upset? Don't worry, I've already asked someone to check, Wang Hu doesn't dare to falsely report his exploits! Hong Chengchou saw that Yang He was not too excited, and hurriedly explained.
"Wang Hu, I believe in him. He won't do anything that makes a false claim. He's a bit of a straight-hearted person, though. But this man did not like it. Or disdain to be fake! Yang He shook his head, and he explained slowly.
"Why don't you like that?" Hong Chengchou asked, he was a little confused. The old man's attitude made him a little puzzled.
"Hey, they are all soldiers and horses of the imperial court, if they can be appeased, they will do so many killings!" Yang He said with a sigh.
Hong Chengchou listened, he couldn't help but pout, he disagreed with Yang He's words, in his opinion, it is really pure women's benevolence, for these people who dare to rebel, they must be suppressed, not severely punished to prove that the court and the king law are severe, in the long run, more people will follow suit.
"My lord, I don't agree with your words, for these people who dare to take risks, they must be severely suppressed, so that the law of the court can be maintained, and more people will not dare to take risks!" Hong Chengchou thought about it, but he still didn't hold back, and opened his mouth to refute Yang He's words.
"Yan Yan, I told you, now that the people can't survive, they will take risks, if they have food, will they take risks? Some time ago, seventy percent of the people in the city rebelled, and as a result, as soon as Fang Wenjin's disaster relief food arrived, they all went home to be obedient people! Yang He patiently explained.
"But some old thieves don't want to go home and be honest people, what should you do? And now that Guanzhong is short of food, how much food can you appease them? Hong Chengchou retorted unconvinced, I have to say that although this person's bones are a little softer, his talent and insight are first-class in the late Ming Dynasty.
"Now that Houjin is committing Gyeonggi, all the troops in Guanzhong are withdrawn, if we don't appease, the thief will become a big trend, if it leads to erosion in Guanzhong, then what face do you and I have to see the emperor!" Yang He said with a frown.
Before Hong Chengchou could answer, Yang He continued: "Wang Hu completely annihilated the enemy army, this is gratifying!" But with so many man-made rebellions in Guanzhong, can Wang Hu rely on more than 10,000 people alone? Why don't I like it, it's because I'm afraid that someone will follow suit and not implement the appeasement plan, but go to clean up the thief army. ”
"Isn't that a good thing?" Hong Chengchou said disapprerovingly.
"There are risks in fighting, there will be deaths, there will be victory and defeat. Won, of course that's good. But what if it fails? Then we will lose our rare only troops, and sit back and watch the thieves sit big, and then the thieves will still accept the appeasement? Yang He said earnestly.
Hong Chengchou is very disdainful in his heart, Yang He is only suitable for making a fuss, carrying forward the style of imperial history, and being an official, especially as an official on the ruling side, he is still not suitable, sometimes he is too forward-looking, and the kindness of a woman.
"My lord, you understand what you say! However, I still think that your proposal to suppress and appease must also be implemented, and you can't blindly appease, so the lower officials asked me to recruit the militia to strengthen the place, and at the critical moment, I can pacify the place! Hong Chengchou thought about it for a long time and asked.
"Do you want to learn from Wang Hu?" Yang He looked at it and asked.
"Yes!" Hong Chengchou said very firmly, and then he added: "In addition, I want to ask the Lord to give an order, and this time Wang Hu's captured personnel can supplement some of me!" ”
"I can give the order, but I warn you, you are snatching food from Wang Hu's mouth. This man is sometimes so confused that he doesn't even listen to my orders! If you want to snatch food from his mouth, I guess it's going to be hard! Yang He looked at Hong Chengchou and reminded patiently.
"All the armies are the armies of the imperial court, and they all serve the imperial court, I think he should be able to distinguish this, now that the world is difficult, it is the time when everyone is vying to serve! I believe that he would not dare to be so unruly and unruly, so unruly! ”
What kind of person is Hong Chengchou, a generation of heroes, he will be afraid of a local tyrant? In his eyes, Wang Dalun is just a rich landowner, if he has no money, he is nothing! And he, Hong Chengchou, represents the imperial court, so he doesn't believe that Wang Dalun dares to be disobedient.
"Your idea is suitable for ordinary people, but for Wang Hu, I guess you have to be prepared to hit a wall, you haven't been in contact with him, and when you do, you will know the way!" Yang He reminded very kindly, he sneered in his heart, you Hong Yanyan thinks you are amazing, that's good, let you touch the nail.
"Your Excellency, just give the order, and the rest will be mine!" Hong Chengchou is very confident in himself, he doesn't believe that he can't handle a small rich man. But he probably forgot a sentence, everything has an accident.
When Hong Chengchou was planning to snatch food from Wang Dalun's mouth, Wang Dalun was so happy that he couldn't close his mouth, because the results were too huge, looking at the counted loot, Wang Dalun would laugh in his dreams at night.
"Not miscalculated?" Wang Dalun looked at Wu Tianyang happily.
"No, I counted it twice! This battle exploits have also been counted, general, look at it! Wu Tianyang handed over his calculation table.
Wang Dalun looked at this watch and was silent for a long time, Wu Tianyang was a little apprehensive in his heart, and he said very carefully: "General, is there any problem?" ”
"Missing someone!" Wang Dalun said without raising his head, obviously thinking about how to give the reward.
When Zhang Bao heard this, his heart was full of grief and indignation, and he thought: I guess I missed my calculation, Plague Scholar, Lao Tzu will not let you go! I was born and died in vain, and your pen wiped out my merits. But fortunately, the young master has a good eye, and your tricks can't be played!
"Missed it? Impossible! Wu Tianyang was nervous, but he had been thinking about it for two days, and he shouldn't have missed anyone.
Hmph, you pretend! You're going to be out of luck, Plague Scholar! Zhang Bao gloated at the thought.
Wang Dalun raised his head and said with a smile: "I mean, why didn't you count your own credit, without you to confuse Shen Yiyuan, our raid didn't go so smoothly this time, this time you should be the first to take credit!" ”
"Me? No, no! I didn't do anything, like Zhang Bao is the first credit! Wu Tianyang shook his head and said.
"Okay, don't be modest, you and Zhang Bao are the first credit! Each person will go and receive a thousand taels of silver, well, Lang Wushuang is not bad, plus you five hundred taels of silver! Wang Dalun waved his hand, stopped Wu Tianyang's modesty, and began to share the reward, because the results of this battle were huge, so he was very bold.
After Wang Dalun finished saying the rewards of other meritorious people, Sun Liu said on the side: "Young master, how should the war horses and those cavalry be arranged this time?" ”
"What? Got it in mind? Wang Dalun asked with a smile.
"Young master, you have seen several expansions, but none of them have our share, the brothers have already had opinions, it is rare to have so many cavalry this time, and if you don't expand us again, I won't be able to explain to my brothers. They are all old men who came in together, and the people in the infantry team are all in a hundred households, and many of the people in the horse team are still very long. ”
Sun Liu began to seize the opportunity to pour bitter water, this is a rare opportunity, let it go, I don't know when Lu Dao will have this opportunity, these people are all cavalry trained by Da Ming's hard work, and they are all good soldiers! If he let it go, he will probably be scolded to death by the brothers.
Wang Dalun was silent, hey, at first he looked at the more than 5,000 horses, but now he knows that he is in pain, the cost of this cavalry is too great, counting the remaining thief cavalry, there are at least more than 3,000 people, and these more than 3,000 cavalry can raise an additional 10,000 or 20,000 infantry.
"In this way, only recruit 3,000 men, disrupt them all for me, retrain them, and wait for them to be obedient before they can be incorporated into your troops. In addition, Lang Wushuang, you will be Sun Liu's deputy and help him train these soldiers, how about ten taels a month? ”
Wang Dalun decided to raise it after the most reluctance, and the role of cavalry was too great. But he still drove a nail in it, and he couldn't let Sun Liu be the boss alone, otherwise the army wouldn't know who to listen to. (To be continued......)