In the final analysis, Wu Shigong is preparing to make trouble this time.

Wu Shigong's troubles this time were not only for the reason of delaying the dispatch of troops, but also for other purposes.

Actually, we've seen it too. After Wu Shigong arrived in Henan, he suffered losses everywhere. Although Wu Shigong's previous attitude was based on patience, Wu Shigong was always aware of his own losses.

When Wu Shigong arrived in Henan, he should have fought a battle or not, anyway, all the battles were not pulled down. And the military salary that should be received is the most deducted among all Henan generals.

Although Wu Shigong was dormant in the past, he became a good baby on the surface in order to keep his official position. But no matter how Wu Shigong didn't understand the rules of the Ming Dynasty officialdom, he had always heard the saying that a crying child has milk. So this time Wu Shigong was going to cry a lot, trying to get some milk from Henan officialdom.

Anyway, this time it was Henan officialdom begging Wu Shigong to go on the expedition, if they have the ability, they don't give milk, and change a general to go on the expedition, then it will be too much for Wu Shigong!

But there is another main reason: Wu Shigong was never a person who followed the rules in his previous life. In addition, he already knew that in the original history, the Ming Dynasty would fall, so everything Wu Shigong is doing now is to survive in this troubled era.

Of course, Wu Shigong didn't know what "butterfly wings" and "elephant legs" were, and Wu Shigong never considered whether what he did would change history. Because Wu Shigong doesn't even know the original history, how can he know if it will change history?

And Wu Shigong didn't think about co-existence with the Ming Dynasty at all, but Wu Shigong understood that the opponents he was facing were Li Zicheng's rebel army and Houjin's army of entering the customs. Therefore, Wu Shigong must establish a shili that can compete with them, at least be able to protect himself.

Therefore, when the current Wu Shigong has a certain strength, he has to explore what position he can be offside, and the bottom line that the civil officials of the imperial court can tolerate. Therefore, taking advantage of this opportunity to make a proper fuss will also have a great effect on how far Wu Shigong can develop in the future.

In a word, Wu Shigong wants to develop his shili to the greatest extent within the maximum tolerance of those civil officials in the imperial court.

Of course, this trouble can't be brainless, at least it must be justified. Therefore, the "secret weapon" sent out by Wu Shigong this time was the mother of the apprentice Tao Xin, Tao Shi.

This Tao, although when Wu Shigong first arrived at the Thousand Households, he had some unpleasantness with Wu Shigong. It should be said that she was cleaned up by Wu Shigong, so that even her son was forcibly accepted as an apprentice by Wu Shigong.

But what Tao didn't expect was that she was a blessing in disguise. With the development of Wu Shigong, a large number of military households in Tao Xin's thousand-household office have become the backbone of Wu Shigong's army.

And Tao Xin, who is the future Qianhu of Qianhu (although Tao Xin's Qianhu official position is hereditary, it still needs to be assessed and appointed by the imperial court after adulthood, so it can only be said that it is the future Qianhu now), and it is always the nominal official of these military households in the future.

Moreover, the relationship between the master and the student, the master and the apprentice in the Ming Dynasty was quite close. In the whole social relationship, it is also second only to the father-son relationship of blood. As Wu Shigong, who has modern thinking, although he also has some love for this apprentice because of his well-behaved and capable, Wu Shigong will not treat Tao Xin as his own nephew after all.

But those who didn't understand the inside of the Runing camp were different, but because Tao Xin was Wu Shigong's apprentice, they put Tao Xin in the Runing camp, except for Wu Shigong and his son, they were among the best.

And now Tao Xin also has a potential shili. It was a boy camp of more than 700 orphans led by Tausin.

The orphans now range in age from 14 to 16. In the past few years of rigorous study, they have all learned to read and write, and they are quite skilled in military jishu.

What's even more commendable is that because Wu Shigong pulled them back from the line of death, the loyalty and blind worship of these orphans to Wu Shigong have reached an unenlightenable height.

Therefore, any discerning person can see that in the next three or four years, those orphans will enter the army in large numbers and become military attachés in Wu Shigong's army. And Tao Xin, as the leader of the boy boy's camp, will also become a pivotal role by Wu Shigong's side.

So in this context, Tao has now become a role similar to the Queen Mother in his thousands of households, and everyone also holds and respects her. Don't live too comfortably in Dow's life!

Therefore, the current Tao has long forgotten the unhappiness with Wu Shigong before, and she is now completely sitting in the same boat with Wu Shigong. Therefore, when Wu Shigong personally came forward to ask Tao for help, Tao agreed without hesitation.

Of course, Dow isn't out for being vexatious. You may still remember that after Tao's husband, Wu Shigong's predecessor Qianhu, was forced to commit suicide by Li Bingbei, Henan's officialdom once reached an agreement with Tao.

There is a clause in this agreement, that is, before Tao Xin is a minor and has not taken over the official position of Qianhu, Li Bingbeidao will not ask the Tao family to pay the grain and silver tax paid by Qianhu to the imperial court, and the grain and silver tax paid by Qianhu will be completed by Qianhu, the acting Qianhu of Qianhu. We also all know that the unlucky acting official position of Qianhu finally fell on Wu Shigong.

There was no problem with this agreement, but now the situation has changed. Wu Shigong was actually promoted, transferred out of the Tao family's thousand-household office, and went to Runing Mansion as a garrison.

And because Tao Xin is already fourteen years old, and he will be an adult in two years, he can take over his hereditary official position of Qianhu, so the imperial court has not arranged for a new acting Qianhu to come over.

So now there are differences in this agreement. In the Tao family's view, before Tao Xin became a minor, of course, the Tao family should not bear the grain and silver tax paid. In Li Bingbeidao's view, the Tao family can not bear this responsibility, but the grain and silver tax of the thousand households is the tax of the imperial court, and it is absolutely not allowed to be exempted. It's just that the other military attaches of the Thousand Households Institute need to help the Tao family hand it over.

There is another problem, because Li Bingbeidao has an opinion on Wu Shigong, so he has not exempted the grain and silver tax of the thousand households at all. You must know that there is a great drought in Henan, and thousands of households in various places have been more or less exempted from some grain and silver taxes, that is, the grain and silver taxes that the thousands of households of the Tao family should pay a lot.

Although last year, in order to avoid the contradiction with Li Bingbeidao, Wu Shigong recognized this grain and silver tax, so that Wu Shigong's Runing battalion should receive a lot less military salary.

However, starting from this year, the grain and silver tax of the Thousand Households Institute is not on Wu Shigong's head. And this must be an unbearable thing for the Tao family.

Therefore, in public and private, Tao will definitely go to Li Bingbei Road to make trouble. Although to ordinary people, the official government and officials are some high-ranking existences, but for Tao, she has had a winning experience, and she has no stage fright at all. Of course, Wu Shigong will not let Tao take too much risk, after all, Tao is also Tao Xin's mother.

Therefore, Wu Shigong had already arranged the soldiers of the Thousand Households in the Ming Office, and made up to become Tao's family members. In the shadows, there are also members of the Shanchuan Division Action Team, who accompanied Tao to Kaifeng City, ready to protect Tao's safety at any time.