On 12 June, Wu Shigong led the main force of 6,500 people, plus more than 8,000 escorts from the trading firms, to leave Yexian and rush to Ruzhou. After entering Ruzhou, he was surprised to find that Ruzhou was quite "clean". There were no pedestrians on the road, and there were no farmers working on either side of the road. But before Wu Shigong could raise the question in his heart, an "old friend" in Ruzhou came to greet Wu Shigong. That person was Yan Jingyan, who had been greeted by Wu Shigong.

This time, Wu Shigong went out to hold an official document issued by the governor of Henan, Yamen, to let the government supply grain and grass along the way, and the first and most important supply point of the Runing army was Ruzhou City.

Because the Runing army moved at a high speed after that, and the county town along the way was besieged by wandering bandits for many years, and there was not much grain in the county, so the Runing army would supply most of the grain and grass in Ruzhou City.

And Yan Jing's attitude was quite good, and before the Runing army drove to Ruzhou City, he rushed to the Ruzhou border to deliver grain to the door. But the grain and grass sent were only three or four percent of the original supply, how could this not make Wu Shigong angry?

So as soon as Wu Shigong finished counting the amount of grain and grass at the camp gate, he immediately reprimanded Yan Jing in front of the public: "What's the matter? What did you Yu Zhizhou do? Delayed military plane, can he afford it? ”

Yan Jing knew that Wu Shigong had always been domineering, and he also knew that Wu Shigong had a personal grudge with Zhizhou Yu Zilian, but when he heard Wu Shigong reprimanding himself like a gray grandson, he still couldn't stand it. So Yan Jing retorted and said: "Our Lord Zhizhou is very busy, and we don't have time to take care of this grain and grass, and we can only get these grains and grass in Ruzhou City, and I hope that Vice General Wu will take care of one or two!" ”

Yan Jing also has resentment in her heart. Originally, the old Ruzhou Zhizhou left office, and Yan Jing should have been promoted to the position of Zhizhou logically, but he didn't expect Yu Zilian to appear in the sky and grab this position halfway. even pressed Yan Jing, who was originally higher in rank than Yu Zilian, under him.

And he was beaten by Wu Shigong last time, but the court not only did not punish him, but promoted him to deputy general, which is obviously sacrificing himself. And this time, Yu Zilian sent himself to send this insufficient amount of grain and grass, which was obviously an errand to be scolded, how could this make Yan Jing happy? So in the face of Wu Shigong's reprimand, Yan Jing couldn't help but collide.

But after the collision, Yan Jing was a little nervous, he still remembered the pain he suffered last time, he was afraid that Wu Shigong would go crazy again. If you beat yourself up again, you won't be able to find a place to reason.

Unexpectedly, Wu Shigong heard Yan Jing's confrontation, and after looking at Yan Jing in surprise, he then smiled and said: "When an old friend came to visit, the official was indeed a little lazy. This official is polite here. Please also enter the account with the acquaintance, and take a break. ”

This is a sudden change in attitude. It made Yan Jing a little confused. Could it be that this martial artist wants to trick himself into the big tent and beat him up? Yan Jing suddenly shuddered. He hesitated, but he didn't dare to move. I'm afraid that I'll enter the tiger's den again.

"What's wrong?" Wu Shigong walked a few steps, and when he saw that Yan Jing didn't follow, he couldn't help but be a little impatient, "Could it be that this official's camp is the Longshan Tiger's Den?" Yan Tongzhi is what to be afraid of? ”

Yan Jing thought to herself: "Your big camp is really a Longshan Tiger's Den." But he couldn't show his timidity in the public, so he followed Wu Shigong into the camp with his heart crossed and followed Wu Shigong into the camp with his chest straight. That momentum really has a kind of "wind and water" flavor!

You can enter the big tent. Before Wu Shigong invited him to take a seat, Yan Jing immediately bowed down and made a big salute, and then begged: "General Wu! If you are not a subordinate official, you are snubbing the army, it is really the work of Lord Zhizhou. Buckle the army of food and grass. Look at General Wu Mingjian! ”

Anyway, in private, no matter what you do, you are not afraid of losing face, so Yan Jing can bend and stretch, and even call Wu Shigong a "general".

Wu Shigong was stunned by Yan Jing's appearance of bowing forward and backward, and then he immediately recalled why this was so, so he immediately smiled and comforted: "Yan Tongzhi! Is there a misunderstanding? I just want to have a few words with you, but I don't have any other intentions! ”

Yan Jing also felt that she was a little out of shape, so she smiled coveredly and said, "Definitely! Definitely! If you don't often enter the barracks, you will inevitably feel apprehensive and lose your temper. ”

The reason why Wu Shigong invited Yan Jing into the big tent was not to show his generosity, and he didn't have the time to do this superficial work, but he just heard that Yan Jing had a disagreement with Yu Zilian in his tone, so he wanted to understand the situation of Yu Zilian and Ruzhou through Yan Jing.

In fact, Wu Shigong is a routine understanding. Unexpectedly, this understanding surprised him.

Yu Zilian has only been in Ruzhou for more than three months, but as soon as he got off the bus, he immediately carried out the work of comprehensively studying the Runing Army.

In fact, although Yu Zilian was watched by Wu Shigong in Ningling County, he had been carefully observing Wu Shigong's every move. At first, of course, he wanted to find out Wu Shigong's mistakes to retaliate, but as he observed deeply, he gradually saw some flavors.

The bits and pieces that Wu Shigong did, under Yu Zilian's careful consideration, found that they were very methodical, and some of them gave Yu Zilian a lot of inspiration. Of course, the Runing Army in Ningling County did not avoid Yu Zilian, the magistrate, so whether it was governing politics or training troops, there were many places in the Runing Army that Yu Zilian had learned.

It should be said that Yu Zilian is actually a very smart person, and he learned from Wu Shigong, the enemy, with his heart, so it was he who learned everything about Wu Shigong. Of course, all this that Yu Zilian learned in the past was useless, and Yu Zilian himself would not admit that all this was learned from Wu Shigong, the enemy.

And as soon as he arrived in Ruzhou, Yu Zilian, who was let go, was about to make great progress. First of all, he wanted to stabilize the Ruzhou region and ensure that Ruzhou would no longer be harassed by the peasant army, bandits, and Wu Shigong's reclaimed trading houses.

The first is the de facto implementation of the three decrees of Runing Province; This was followed by the invocation of the official warehouse and the collection of money and food from the local gentry; zuihou is to train the local people.

In fact, it is not surprising that these three steps are not surprising, and the reason why the former officials were not very willing to adopt them was because there were too many obstructions from all sides, and these officials were afraid of infringing on the interests of the local gentry and losing their own future.

But Yu Zilian didn't care anymore, he used his iron fist to forcibly push these three steps.

And Yu Zilian also happens to have some advantages:

Because the peasant army crossed the border several times, and the Runing army's reclamation merchant house also wantonly invaded the "terra nullius" in the south of Ruzhou, the local gentry in Ruzhou were already extremely insecure, and desperately hoped for an iron-fisted and strong parent official to appear;

And the precedent of the success of Runing Mansion has also spread to Ruzhou, making those opponents much smaller;

In addition, Yu Zilian has been oppressed by Wu Shigong for five or six years, and he also broke the jar this time. In case of failure, it is nothing more than returning to his hometown to retire, which is no different from swallowing his anger in the post of magistrate of Ningling County under the oppression of the Runing Army. But if it succeeds, Yu Zilian will have an armed force in his hands, and he will have a foothold in this troubled world, and he will even be promoted in the officialdom.

In a word, it was Wu Shigong, the enemy, who stimulated all Yu Zilian's energy.

After all, Yu Zilian is the highest official in Ruzhou, so when he does his best, he seems to be extremely vigorous and resolute, which is not the same as when Wu Shigong was cautiously groping forward in Guide and Runing.

Therefore, Yu Zilian quickly gathered and raised a batch of money and grain, and then recruited, requisitioned and transferred military households from thousands of households in Ruzhou, and soon organized an army of more than 1,300 people.

After that, he learned the way the Runing Army trained the troops. Although Yu Zilian only learned a skin back then, it is undeniable that the way the Runing Army trained troops was the most advanced in the Ming Dynasty at that time, and it was this fur that also integrated these 1,300 people. In addition, it is convenient for civilian officials to do things, and they have some mules, horses and weapons from the governor's yamen and places, so this army has a good appearance. And on the-for-tat, Yu Zilian named this army the Ruzhou Army.

Then Yu Zilian trained with a battle belt like me. Without saying a word, he personally led this unit to the north and west of Ruzhou to exterminate the rebels and mountain bandits. So this time Yu Zilian was not in Ruzhou City.

However, because it took a lot of money and grain to support the Ruzhou army, there was not much grain and grass in Ruzhou City, so there was a big shortage of grain and grass for the Runing army this time. There was no way, Zhizhou ordered, so Yan Jing could only send it over with a hard head.

After hearing these words, Wu Shigong couldn't help but feel a little amused by Yu Zilian's ridiculous gambling behavior. Although Wu Shigong also believes that the Shanchuan Division and the Military Intelligence Bureau did not report that there was such an extra army around the Runing Army, it must be a bit dereliction of duty.

But Wu Shigong didn't have any worries. Obviously, the army that Yu Zilian made up is a ragtag army! The combat effectiveness is a little stronger than the bandits at most, and the number of people is not large, so Wu Shigong will not care at all.

On the contrary, Wu Shigong felt that in Yan Jing's words, he intentionally or unintentionally showed his resentment towards Yu Zilian. In fact, it is not surprising that Yu Zilian has an iron fist, so he will definitely deprive Yan Jing of the power of this fellow intellectual. In addition, there are always some official gentry who have lost their interests under Yu Zilian's iron fist, so this group of local Shili in Ruzhou gathered around Yan Jing.

The combination of the new and the old makes the current Yan Jing and Yu Zilian deeply contradictory. So as soon as Wu Shigong found out about this situation, he immediately acted like a fly that only found eggs with sewing eggs.

Wu Shigong never mentioned the previous beating of Yan Jing, but continued to show favor like an old friend, and after a few times, Yan Jing also suddenly realized, so the two immediately forgot the previous unpleasantness and sat together for a common enemy. So, this political thing is really amazing! (To be continued......)