The high mountains and mountains in the north of Daming Mountain West Province are winding and undulating, since the beginning of the founding of this dynasty, the side wall that began to be built in the Hongwu period is like a long dragon lying on the ridge, but there is no end to it, the ancient building that has suffered from wind, frost, rain and snow for hundreds of years is mottled and vicissitudes, and still can not hide its strength and perseverance. It is with this side wall that stretches for thousands of miles that the Ming Dynasty has stored zài, the Tartars in the north of the Saibei can not knock lightly and enter, the beacon tower is more than a mountain forest, once there is a police, the wolf smoke is lit one after another, and the veterans of the more than ten guards in Datong Town will come to the police one after another to keep the northern border town safe.

The frozen Yan River is like a white practice in the mountains and valleys to the east, for thousands of years in the mountains and mountains to impact a piece of flat land, the Ming town of the Acropolis was built here. It's just that now this acropolis has the word negative capture, since the year before the Tartars broke through the pass, the Mongols continued to attack and harass, but the elite soldiers and strong generals were transferred into the pass to suppress the thieves, and finally did not resist the attack of the Tartars, and was destroyed by a fire, but saw that the ruins and broken walls were covered with thick snow, and the withered yellow artemisia grass was mixed in between, and it was a dilapidated scene that had been abandoned for a long time.

Only the two listless gatekeepers standing under the gate tower are a constant reminder that the town guards are not completely abandoned. A middle-aged man in a shabby green robe in the city gate sighed as he held his hand on the ruins and sighed, this person was the highest-ranking official left in the Wei Command Embassy, the Governor of the Wei Command Envoy Division, Qian Tai.

This Governor Qian has just received an ultimatum from Gu Tong of Zuo Qianhu. The only remaining 1,088 taels of silver in his possession must be paid to him as military pay. Otherwise, he will take the soldiers who can't open the pot and dismantle the guard commander and envoy Si Yamen who he encouraged to support. The Zuo Qianhu Office under Gu Tong's charge is the only one with a complete system of Qianhu in the town. The five thousand households of the town and the guards have suffered heavy losses in the previous entry and requisition, especially in recent years, the households have fled to become more and more strict, the year before last, the Mongols broke the city in a war, except for Gu Tong's Zuo Qianhu Chi to help Wan Quanquan survived, the rest of the four guards were all killed and wounded and have already existed in name only, leaving a few incomplete hundred households.

However, it rained overnight, and a general banner of the right thousand households sued the Wei command envoy to the yamen, and a few days ago, Gu Tong led people to forcibly merge several incomplete hundred households into his left thousand households. and lost those hundreds of households, Gu Tong gained not only the manpower owned by the hundred households, but more importantly, he took the hereditary amount and land of the hundred households.

In these days, nothing is worth land, and getting land is equivalent to getting chickens that can be used to lay golden eggs. However, if it is just a simple annexation, there is nothing to blame, although the remaining military households are not many in number, but they always have a home, and if they are under the command of a thousand households, the life can still be taken care of. But the problem was precisely the original military households of Youwei Qianhu, and Gu Tong used the pretext of dying out of households to drive dozens of military households out of the land that had been cultivated for generations.

Indeed, after years of natural and man-made disasters, four of the 5,000 households in the town have actually survived in name, but there are still a few military households who still insist on this increasingly stormy land. On the surface, Gu Tong used the excuse of losing people and households to collect land and then redistribute it. In fact, Qian Tai knew very well that he was purging the opponents who opposed him and annexed the remaining four thousand households. Otherwise, there are still hundreds of military households in the remaining four guards, so why should they just drive out these dozens of military households.

These dozens of military households elected a general banner Chen Si to command the envoy to complain, he was entangled by this Chen Si had no way to come to the city gate to breathe, Chen Si's details he also knew for a long time, Gu Tong had the idea of annexing the other four guards for a day or two, it was precisely because of all kinds of resistance that he was able to give up, among which Chen Si was the most staunch and strong opponent of the military households in public.

It wasn't until this year that the Tartars entered the Kou, and the Mongols came to grab it again, and the Wei commander, the commander of the Tongzhi, the command of the servants, and the suppression of the army were all killed and martyred, and the entire command system of the Zhenwei existed in name only, and it was almost scattered. Nowadays, in addition to Qian Tai, the governor of the eighth grade, there is also a subordinate Shi Datuo who is from the eighth grade.

It's just that this Shi Datuo's sister is the concubine of Gu Tong of thousands of households, and the two have hooked up early in the morning and have a close relationship, and all the details of the command envoy were also leaked to Gu Tong by this guy. Qian Tai is alone, how can he compete with Gu Tong, who holds military power.

Due to the fact that Zhili was full of Tartars and the transportation was cut off, the roots of the imperial court could not take care of the affairs of the Datong Prefecture and the first guard, and the commander of the envoy department also delayed sending a new guard commander.

It's just that this time, Gu Tong not only wants to merge with the rest of the thousands of households, but also aims at the position of commanding the affairs. His idea is also quite practical, the commander of the first is the third grade, and the commander is from the third grade, and most of them are appointed by the imperial court. The commander is different, because he is responsible for the specific affairs of the first guard, most of them are promoted from the local people in the township, and with the current situation of the town guard, Gu Tong can't find a second more suitable person than him, so he is also determined to win this commanding officer.

Gu Tong's plot to command the position of the commander was not a matter for Qian Tai, a small governor of the eighth grade, who was the boss was not the boss, and he was also under the hands of others. Unexpectedly, one day, the commander of the capital suddenly came to the capital, bringing a shocking news. The imperial court has already made a decision on the matter of Zhenyuwei, and the emperor personally issued an order to appoint a general surnamed Li as the commander-in-chief of the three guards, and in the future, Zhenyuwei, Gaoshanwei, Yanghewei will be his town guards. Then this capital is suitable for Qian Tai to teach face-to-face, as long as ...... When the chief soldier of the three guards arrived, he was transferred to the capital to command the secretary of the department to be the deputy judge.

Under the frequent hints of that matter, Qian Tai knew that there was definitely the support of the big man behind this matter, otherwise how could a small Zhengqipin capital have the energy to decide this matter.

It was precisely because of the promise to transfer him to Datong that Qian Tai actively participated in the internal struggle of the Zhenwei guard, but when he was in the center of the whirlpool, he was squeezed out and suppressed to make him miserable, and even had the idea of retreating and surrendering for a while.

However, this morning, a caravan from the interior brought back an exciting news from Wanquanwei, the three guards ordered by the imperial court have arrived at the Xuanfu Zhizhi Wanquan, and they are accompanied by the experience of the imperial court's appointed commander of the envoy.

Qian Tai leaned on the city wall and sighed for a long time, then looked up and forgot about the gray and gloomy sky, stomped his right foot, and thought in his mouth, as if he had made up his mind.

"It's ...... anyway"

But the voice is muffled, and I can't hear it clearly.

The guards guarding the door saw too much of the governor's humiliation by Gu Qianhu but didn't dare to turn his face, and over time, they all lost their awe of him and felt contempt. The two soldiers covered their mouths and snickered on the side, "What kind of madness did Qian Tubao make......

In the end, the voice became louder and louder, and the big one was unscrupulous.

Qian Tairen had heard too much of this arrangement, and a wry smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he wanted to leave quickly, so that he couldn't see it and not be upset. Unexpectedly, the two doormen intensified and burst into laughter. Qian Tai only felt that his blood was surging, and he was furious, and he said that the soldiers could be killed but not humiliated, and he endured the humiliation and burden, not to get rid of this bird and not the town guards to go to Datong Mansion to enjoy happiness? This time, he exploded! A few steps came to the front of the two doormen, although they were fierce, but the cruel words were indecent.

"It's not good to guard the door, and if you tell even jokes, you're honest!"

If in the past, the governor of Qian Tai spoke harshly and still cared, but now that he has become a well-known dirt bag for the guards, who cares if he changes his face? The current head of the town guard is Gu Qianhu, which onion is he a little governor? Dare not measure yourself to play against the adults of a thousand households! It's simply the biggest joke! The brothers give him a face, and if he doesn't give him a face, it's the sole of his shoe.

Just as a north wind was blowing, the doormen were shouting with nonchalant faces.

"What did Master Qian say? We can't hear clearly! ”

Qian Tai really endured a good breath of anger, and at the same time that the doorman was cheating, he regretted it, didn't he and a few Qiu Ba theories surrender their identities and bring humiliation on themselves? The right hand that had just been raised, waved vigorously behind him, snorted heavily, and went straight to the Yamen of the Commander of the Guard.

The original majestic yamen of the Wei Command Department had long been burned down by the Mongols, and now there are three rammed earth grass houses that are temporarily used as the office. Pushing open the dilapidated wooden courtyard door, several leading military households immediately surrounded him to ask for an explanation.

"Governor, you have to call the shots for us?"

"We have been guarding the border in the town guard tuntian for generations, and now that Gu Tong said that if you let us go, we will go, how can we live in the future?"

"Who says it's not, I have an eighty-year-old mother waiting to be supported, and the newborn child this year is still waiting to be fed......"

Qian Tai made up his mind in his heart, so he no longer felt irritated by the noise in his ears, he glanced at the excited military households in the courtyard, and pressed his hands weakly.

"Everyone, all fathers and elders are quiet, listen to my Qian Tai!"

The noise in the courtyard was quiet, but a man suddenly said:

"We know that the commander still has a thousand taels of silver, please send some first, and give the big guy an emergency!"

"Yes, yes! There is no more than half a grain of rice in the pot at home! ”

"Be merciful, sir!"

It turns out that the reason why these military households came to make trouble for themselves is also for this thousand handfuls of silver, Qian Tai is born from the heart, and it is not impossible to give you this thousand handfuls of silver, but there is no free food in the world, and if you want to take the silver, you have to do something for me Qian Tai first.

So he cleared his throat and said:

"The money can be handed down, but ...... it."

Note: Tubao, dialect, contemptible and incompetent.