Lu Bing thought for a while and said, "What is the situation of the army and regimental training in that place and the war between the Japanese and the Japanese?" ”

"The local army is negligent in discipline, plus they are all old, weak, sick and disabled, their combat effectiveness is not strong, and their ordnance has been embezzled a lot. The most infuriating thing is that the false report of empty wages is very serious, and a military report came on one occasion, saying that there were thieves landing in Qidong. Tang Wuhe led his troops to kill, but saw that the people of Qidong were about to be slaughtered. The number of troops reported by Qidong is as many as 2,000 people, and when the investigation is carried out, there are more than 100 people. Li Du, who has always been crepe, was so angry that he couldn't help but burst into dirty mouths.

Lu Bing sighed, the problem of the Ming bureaucracy, the problem of false reporting of the number of people and the problem of empty salaries and corresponding aspects are not uncommon, he has fought corruption in the south, and the effect is very significant, but after a few years, these situations have emerged like weeds blown by the spring breeze. Lu Bing asked, "Then how did you deal with it?" ”

"What can we do with the death of the commanders, we immediately investigated county by county, and there were more than 30 guards and garrisons with serious problems. Of course, the rest is not clean, but the situation is slightly better, except that we replenish their troops and ask them to recruit quickly, there is no way at all, we can't pull out the radish and bring out the mud. Now is wartime, the most is punishment and punishment, and if the punishment is severe, it is inevitable that some people will defect to the enemy because of this. If you kill the general, you have to punish fairly, according to the law of the Ming Dynasty, all the guards here have to be killed, the situation is even more unimaginable, and it will even involve partisan strife in the capital, damaging the interests of others, cutting off people's wealth is equivalent to killing parents, and the rear will hinder us, then it is equivalent to a fire in the backyard, you say that trouble is not troublesome. In a word. The total number of shortfalls has reached 20,000, and it is difficult to make up for it immediately no matter how much punishment is given. Li Du said.

Lu Bing frowned: "Let's try to use the regiment to train the army." ”

"Team training is useless." Li Du said disdainfully: "They are all croppers who farm, and they are all dragged by their families." It's not that professional soldiers don't have a sense of honor, and they often run away before they can fight. Even those regimental training militia regiments that have been organized by the imperial court are not good, they are all false reports by local officials who are happy with their achievements, and the real combat effectiveness is not good at all. Not to mention the incomplete establishment and backward equipment, many people are faint when they see blood, how can they still fight. ”

Lu Bing sighed and said, "Then Brother Li, do you have a good prescription?" ”

"There's a plan, but it's a job to offend people." Li Du said. Lu Bing replied: "Just leave it to me, as long as the war can be won, it is worth offending as many people as you want." ”

"My subordinates have thanked General Longying for the people first." Li Du hugged his fists.

Lu Bing waved his hand: "None of them are outsiders." Don't be polite, don't you know who I am? ”

"It's so and so and so and so Li Du said bluntly.

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June of the 10th year of Jiajing, Tiantai County.

In a country compound, the old man was sitting in the house. This year the weather has been exceptionally hot. Inside the house, the ice was taken out of the ice cellar, and the cold air emitted could be seen, and wisps of white smoke could be seen. The two big girls next to him were fanning themselves, the sweat had already wet their sideburns, and the clothes on their bodies were also soaked, and the bumps were visible.

The old man's surname is Liu, and he is already in his fifties and six this year, but he is energetic. The eldest lady in the family died early, and she had a baby son. So far, there are no other children. This does not mean that Mr. Liu is not close to women and does not fill the house, at present, the old Liu family has four concubines, and the maids in the family are all asleep.

If there is an old man, there is a son, Young Master Liu is not a good bird, Master Liu naturally knows what his son does, but he turns a blind eye and says that his son is promising. Except that the father and son have never played one together, they can be said to have done all kinds of disgusting things.

Master Liu looked at the two maids but didn't have a trace of lust in his heart, just because it was too hot today, he would sweat all over his body if he moved, and he was very uncomfortable with stickiness, where did he still have the heart to do that.

As soon as the day is hot, sometimes people are easy to get sleepy, and Master Liu was about to fall asleep in a daze, when suddenly someone ran in from outside and shouted: "Master, there are officers and soldiers outside." ”

Master Liu slowly opened his eyes and scolded: "What are you panicking about! Saying that, he stood up calmly, and the maids on both sides hurriedly waited for the master to change his clothes, and Master Liu greeted him.

There is a reason why he is so calm, Liu Lao's ancestors settled here, and it has been six and a half generations so far, and when he dies, his son inherits the family business, which is the seventh generation. Most of the family's great business is also blessed by the ancestors, the ancestors started from a tenant who worked for people and slowly saved money to have a field, and slowly accumulated, and by the third generation he was already a small landlord.

In the generation of Mr. Liu's father, when Mr. Liu, the family already had 100 acres of fertile land and built a large house with three entrances, and the Liu family also became a famous rich man on the rooftop.

Master Liu is also very proud of his life, he has used money to open shops, sold official salt and poured private salt, opened a casino with grain, in short, although the family has money, but all risks have been risked, and all hardships have been suffered. The Liu family became the richest man in Tiantai County, the yard was expanded by two and dozens of acres of land, and the Tiantai was surrounded by the fields of the Liu family, and most of the farmers in the Tiantai became the tenants of Master Liu. Officials and businessmen have colluded since ancient times, and Master Liu will be loose in manpower, giving a lot of benefits to officials, and officials also respect Master Liu.

Master Liu stomped his feet on the rooftop, and the rooftop had to tremble, even if the local parents on the rooftop, the magistrate came, and he had to give Master Liu three points of thin noodles. Master Liu's confidence comes from his son, Liu Dashao became a head catcher under the operation of his father. Having said that, the current Tiantai, who doesn't know the famous Master Liu, is not an exaggeration to say that he is a soil emperor.

Master Liu walked out of the house lightly, and there were a group of officers and soldiers standing in the courtyard, one of them was not in his thirties, but he was not an ordinary person at first glance, and his parents and the deputy Qianhu in charge of the local garrison were followed by a smiling face. Master Liu's heart trembled, and his body paused slightly, but then he thought that this might be just a foreign official who came to inspect. Master Liu hugged his fists and said: "Welcome, welcome, the business is coming, Liu's mansion is really shining, please forgive me for the loss." Dare to ask if you are here on a mission, do you have important things to guide? ”

"Master Liu, the Japanese have been rampant recently, although you rely on farming and don't take the fishing test, but our rooftop is not far from the seaside, so I think you will be harassed by the Japanese in the future." At this time, the foreign high-ranking official said.

"It's a lie to say that there isn't, but it's still our parents, the official and the deputy Qianhu, who have been well guided, and under their leadership, several invasions of the Japanese have been repulsed." Master Liu saw the deputy Qianhu Lord and the magistrate who were following the man, and he was even more sure that this man in his thirties must be a high-ranking official from outside, so he did not take credit for himself, but pushed the credit on the two heads of the military and government.

Sure enough, as soon as these words came out, the two of them were very happy and hurriedly came out to say that they had made great contributions to the fight against the Japanese, and listed the things that Master Liu had formed a militia group. The thirty-year-old official nodded and said, "In this way, Master Liu, I will discuss one thing for you, hand over your militia group for the general dispatch of the people I appointed, what do you think?" ”

Master Liu's face was pulled down at that time, and he laughed dryly twice. The militia group formed by Master Liu is not large, with more than 100 people, but its combat effectiveness is extremely strong, and they are all outlaws with big shoulders and round waists. On weekdays, Mr. Liu let them go out to lend a debt and watch a casino, and with the cooperation of his son as a head catcher, Mr. Liu is called a one-size-fits-all in black and white. Tiantai is indeed a serious thief, but Master Liu, who has a big family, has nothing to do, and he relies on the men he organized.

The empty salary on the rooftop is very serious, there must be at least 300 people under the deputy thousand households, but in fact there are only more than 100 people, and they are all relatives of the people nearby. Mr. Liu once tried to make a militia group, but then he gave up, all these years he has paid his own money, and now the official master from this place has come and said that he is going to leave, and it is strange that Mr. Liu can be happy. Raising troops for a thousand days and using soldiers for a while, when the imperial court comes like this, won't it let its years of cultivation and hard work go to waste?

"The small so-called vigilante groups are nothing more than gardeners who take care of their homes, and the grass people now have some family businesses and are more conspicuous. If you don't have a family, you're afraid you'll be slaughtered. Master Liu said.

The lord shook his head and said, "I don't want to send your family away, but to send them to the imperial court to protect the entire rooftop, won't the rooftop protect you, so your worries are not valid, don't worry." ”

Master Liu didn't want to care about the lives and deaths of others, so why should he spend money to protect others, so he said nonsense: "There are more than a dozen famous people in Xiaomin. ”

"." The senior official lost patience and said: "I came here today to inform you, and tomorrow ten officers and soldiers will come to take over, and one less person will ask you." You are a citizen of the Ming Dynasty, and you must serve the country. ”

Master Liu also stepped forward and said, "My lord, aren't you using your power to oppress people? According to the Great Ming Law"

The man didn't listen and turned away, disdainful of lowering his value to argue with Master Liu. The senior official and the guards walked away except for the door, and the magistrate wiped his sweat and said, "Lao Liu, you are too reckless, how can you contradict him?" ”

"Even if you dare to rob me so strongly, you won't allow it, and I'm in a hurry to sue the emperor!" Master Liu was also afraid in his heart, so he paused and asked, "By the way, Lord Zhixian, Lord Qianhu, who is the person who came just now?" At this time, Master Liu also understood in his heart that he was not called a deputy thousand households at all, but a thousand households.

Master Liu turned his head and saw Deputy Qianhu sitting on the ground, and said with a dead face: "It's over, it's going to be exposed, the heads of the people killed back then are rolling, and now I am afraid that I will be broken into thousands of pieces." ”

Master Liu was stunned for a moment and didn't understand what Deputy Qianhu said, but when he saw that Zhixian also kept sighing and muttering to himself: "Killing God Lu Bing, General Dragon Shadow, why did you say that you came?" (To be continued......)