Seeing that Wu Shigong put the responsibility for the lack of soldiers on himself, how could Li Bingbei not be in a hurry?

Hugh said nonsense. After years of drought, there was no rice and millet in the warehouses in Henan, and some grain and wages were indeed in arrears. But by the grace of the governor and the political envoy, the official also reduced some of the military fields. And you waited for the three departments, after the battle of Ruzhou, they looted in the local area, and only got thousands of houses without grains of rice, and no cooking smoke for hundreds of miles. and begging for food. This time, the Governor ordered all the armies, and the rest of the troops and horses were neat, only you and others were very short. Thou hast deceived the Governor with clever words, and thou hast not knelt down to confess thy sins! ”

At this time, Wu Shigong instinctively felt the danger. Because unconsciously, the topic of military discussion has changed to accusing oneself. And this situation was instigated by Governor Chen Qiyu, the highest official in the Chinese military tent. You must know that Chen Qiyu, as the commander, is very likely to use military law to kill a military attache who lacks troops.

So Wu Shigong immediately shot back at Li Bingbei and said: "What kind of crime? Those of us who served as soldiers were pitted by you who drank the blood of soldiers. No need to talk nonsense. In the past few years, the military salary of our Runing battalion, the food and salary for the expedition to Denglai, the silver reward for the first rank of several battles, and the pension for the wounded and wounded soldiers have a total of 118,000 taels of silver, and we don't want a fraction. As long as you bring it, I will make up for the lack of troops in three days. ”

Wu Shigong immediately opened his mouth. The total amount of the salaries, bounties, and pensions, though so large, is to be deducted from the norms; Second, although the imperial court stipulated that it was fifty taels of silver, it was for the head of the Tartars, not for the suppression of the bandits. Otherwise, the phenomenon of killing good people and pretending to be meritorious will be even more rampant, and Wu Shigong's military exploits of killing thousands of people at every turn will make the imperial court bankrupt and unable to make so many hairs, so the imperial court is basically reduced and converted into military merits. And the amount of money issued was not so much at all, so it was impossible for Li Bingbei to meet Wu Shigong's request.

But Wu Shigong's face-tearing words made Henan Governor Xuan Mo unable to sit still. First, it is the usual practice for officials at all levels to share the profits, and secondly, because it is necessary to protect the main force of the Henan army in Kaifeng Prefecture, Xuan Mo made the decision to distribute their military salaries first, so it also caused a situation where the Runing army had no income.

But in any case, it is unjustifiable for the officers and soldiers under his rule to not have a salary of one or two silver, which makes Xuan Mo lose face a little. So Xuan Mo opened his mouth and said softly: "It's true that Ben Fu didn't think it through." But Wu Dusi also had to understand the difficulties of the imperial court. So be it! After returning this time, Benfu gave some to Wu Dusi. But Wu Dusi was rude in front of the Governor, and he should also accuse Governor Chen! ”

That's how it was. But Zuo Liangyu, who was watching from the sidelines, found that the governor Chen Qiyu had some opinions about Wu Shigong, so he immediately seized this opportunity to ask Wu Shigong to take a look. So Zuo Liangyu interjected in a weird way: "Those who lack soldiers and major generals can get military salaries, but they are really crying children who have milk to eat!" ”

Zuo Liangyu's words immediately angered Wu Shigong, and he also began to fire the map cannon: "I don't want to eat this milk yet." Like our Runing Battalion. A lack of troops and food can keep the place peaceful. But there is a kind of waste where soldiers are strong and strong and get full military salaries, and the bandits are suppressed from Shaanxi to Shanxi. Now it's destroying us again. I wonder if they've taken off their boot pants? ”

Wu Shigong's words. Offended almost all the officials in the Chinese military tent at once. Like Cao Wenzhao, who is familiar, they can only touch their noses and smile bitterly, but Zuo Liangyu immediately stared. The biggest fire is the governor Chen Qiyu, his official position before he became the governor of Yansui was not scolded into it?

Able to become the governor of the five provinces. Chen Qiyu is not a narrow-minded person either. The reason why Wu Shigong and the other three departments were to be brought with them in this encirclement and suppression, Chen Qiyu still had the intention of wooing and promoting Wu Shigong.

For Wu Shigong, he was not happy to go out to encircle and suppress. Because the Runing Army usually receives the full military salary, and when it goes out, it has to get double the military salary. From the perspective of benefits, it may be more than worth the loss.

But for other Ming troops, fighting the peasant rebels with low combat effectiveness was an opportunity to make war profits. The danger is small, and the benefit is great.

Although Chen Qiyu was depressed by Wu Shigong, he still thought that Wu Shigong was talented. Therefore, Chen Qiyu wanted to put Wu Shigong by his side to give him advice.

But Chen Qiyu always has to vent. Besides, capturing first and then indulging is also the way of the emperor. Therefore, Chen Qiyu first picked a thorn in Wu Shigong's forehead, and wanted to give Wu Shigong a dismount.

Originally, according to the normal drama, Wu Shigong should have immediately kowtowed and confessed, and then Chen Qiyu severely reprimanded him and allowed him to make meritorious contributions. After Wu Shigong wept bitterly and repented, he immediately saddled up the horse and served Chen Qiyu.

Unexpectedly, Wu Shigong's thorn immediately attacked. And what he said became more and more boundless, and Zuihou actually scolded Chen Qiyu as well. So at this time, Chen Qiyu was going to severely govern Wu Shigong. Otherwise, where is the authority of the governor? Where is the military law of the Ming Dynasty?

So Chen Qiyu slapped the big case and said angrily: "What a Wu Dusi, not to mention the lack of personnel in the department, and dare to roar the military tent in the middle of the army, is it really the Shang Fang sword of the governor that can't kill anyone?" ”

If Wu Shigong is calm, then he should immediately kowtow and confess his guilt and return to the previous drama. But Wu Shigong felt Chen Qiyu's malice more and more in his excitement. This is also the real reason why Wu Shigong didn't know Chen Qiyu's malice towards him. Otherwise, maybe Wu Shigong will also understand and take appropriate responses. And in such a danger, Wu Shigong's singleton came up ruthlessly.

So Wu Shigong also gritted his teeth and said viciously: "I want to see if Shang Fang's sword dares to hurt a single hair of my hair!" ”

Not to mention, after the founding of the Ming Dynasty, Wu Shigong who dared to speak like this was also the first one, which is also a manifestation of Wu Shigong's lack of reverence for imperial power as a modern person.

But Wu Shigong's words frightened all the people in the Chinese military tent at once. Could it be that this Dusi has no clear mind and wants to rebel on the spot? And Li Lu and Zhao Ming, who were behind Wu Shigong, were also anxious to pull Wu Shigong's back and ask Wu Shigong to soften quickly.

And the most angry in the Chinese military tent was the governor Chen Qiyu, who couldn't stand Wu Shigong's contempt at all. So Chen Qiyu turned around and took down the hanging Shang Fang sword and made a move to draw it.

Seeing that the situation was about to get out of control, Xuan Mo hurriedly stepped forward to stop Chen Qiyu's movements, and also shouted at Wu Shigong: "Be bold and presumptuous!" Shang Fang's sword is where the king's destiny lies, why don't you confess it quickly, do you really want to do something disrespectful? ”

No matter what, Xuan Mo has to defend the local military attaché, otherwise, his prestige as a local military attache will be completely lost in the future. And Chen Qiyu also stopped moving.

In any case, Chen Qiyu would not believe that the current Wu Shigong would really rebel. He didn't really want to cut Wu Shigong. Otherwise, it was rumored that there was a military attache who came to fight with remnants of soldiers after the war because he had no military pay, but he was cut off by himself because of the lack of soldiers. One more reason is that the military attache proposed a haode to suppress the bandit jihua, and he adopted this jihua afterwards.

Then Chen Qiyu can predict his end. The scholar must have flown away, and what should Emperor Chongzhen do? The impeachment of oneself is expected to be flying all over the sky. So now Chen Qiyu is looking forward to Wu Shigong being soft, and he will get off the donkey himself.

But Wu Shigong knew that he must not be soft now, otherwise, if he fell into the hands of Chen Qiyu, the governor who had malicious intentions towards him, it would definitely be a round and flattened. As a result, the misunderstanding between the two parties without communication deepened.

However, Wu Shigong also knew that he had said the wrong thing, so cold sweat broke out on his forehead. As soon as he thought about it, Wu Shigong was anxious and said, "What's so great about Shang Fang's sword?" Is the emperor big or Shang Fang's sword big? ”

This question stunned everyone in the Chinese military tent again. What's the problem? How can such a question be asked? There is no doubt that of course the emperor is big! However, Wu Shigong's mentally retarded problem made Chen Qiyu dare not speak.

Instead, Zuo Liangyu said casually on the side: "The Shang Fang Sword was given to the Governor by the Emperor, who does Wu Dusi think is big?" ”

It's good to have a good eye, Wu Shigong immediately said: "It's the emperor!" It's good if the emperor is older. So what am I guilty of? ”

Wu Shigong's words made all the people in the Chinese military tent even more confused. Could it be that Wu Shigong has a Danshu iron coupon here, which can block the big killer weapon of Shang Fang's sword?

However, Wu Shigong's unscrupulous expression also made Zuo Liangyu accompany him carefully, and he asked softly: "How can Wu Dusi not be guilty?" ”

"Of course there is no sin! Because the emperor himself agreed! ”

"Does the emperor have an edict?" Regarding the emperor's edict, the most sensitive is Xiao Yuegui, the Henan supervisor. Looking at his appearance, he is probably about to put an incense case. And the other officials in the Chinese military tent also looked at Wu Shigong with suspicion.

Wu Shigong nodded calmly and said, "There is an old saying! The emperor is not bad for hungry soldiers! ”

Today, all the people in the Chinese military tent will be made to death by Wu Shigong. When they heard the phrase "The emperor is not bad for hungry soldiers", they almost spurted out a mouthful of blood.

I don't know who let out the first low chuckle, and all the people in the Chinese military tent couldn't help it. Except for Wu Shigong, his back was all soaked, and his heart said: "It's so dangerous!" ”

And in this atmosphere, the matter of Wu Shigong's lack of troops can only be dismissed. So under the leadership of Governor Chen Qiyu, all the civil officials sat down one after another to continue the topic just now. (To be continued......)