Although several months have passed since the disarmament, Zhao Shujiao still lives in Shanhaiguan. After all, he is also an old cadre, and now he has been laid off and returned home. Everyone was still sympathetic, and no one urged him to move.

In the past two months, Zhao Shujiao has not been idle, and he has vigorously encouraged the soldiers to petition. As the deputy chief soldier, he said that he would withdraw. It was bought with hard work and money, and I went to the capital to visit Li Sancai, who carried me.

As a result, I didn't even see each other, and I spent money to buy off the steward. Mr. Li has been sick in bed since he was so angry that he vomited blood by Li Xiao.

Not only did he not see any outsiders, but it was said that he couldn't even eat during this time. It was all about ginseng soup and taking a breath of relief, and I invited the imperial doctor to come and see it. said that it was just a matter of the past few days, and the family had to prepare for the future.

Finished! Finished! The sky fell!

Li San is Zhao Shujiao's biggest backer in the capital, and now this backer is down.

I stayed in the capital for almost a month, and I spent a lot of money, but I didn't see any of the bigwigs. Zhao Shujiao is dead-hearted, and it seems that the matter of disarmament is a certainty.

Maybe making the soldiers more noisy can make the court have more silver. Lao Tzu has helped the imperial court fight for so many years, even if it is a dog, it can't be thrown out. Ask for money, ask for more money.

I can't spend it in my own life, and it's good to leave a foundation for future generations.

It was already mid-September when I returned to Shanhaiguan with people, and I had just entered the house. Adjutant General Gao Jin came over to pay a visit!

"Handsome! Oh no, Li Xiao is back. Gao Jin's face was flushed, and he walked in with a roar.

"Come back, come back, a kid who hasn't grown any hair, what can he do." Zhao Shujiao didn't believe it, Li Xiao could untie his dead knot.

The soldiers who came to make trouble were all from Liaodong, and the hometowns of these guys had been occupied by the Tartars. It was impossible to return to his hometown to distribute wasteland, and the imperial court could only give some money and food.

Even these money and food are also deducted layer by layer. In the hands of these soldiers, there are not a few left.

They are all long-term soldiers and food masters, and they will not do anything else except live in the barracks. Many people receive severance pay the day before and go into the casino the next day.

The casino is a place where people don't spit out bones, and the severance pay was lost in a few days. I didn't even have food to eat, so I had to go to the streets to ask for food.

Zhao Shujiao's vision can be regarded as vicious, and he saw this opportunity at a glance. These guys are natural troublemakers, and there is no one to kill if they ask for money anyway. Just send a few of your men and invite them to drink two meals. These rammers can do anything with the strength of wine.

Now to encourage them to make trouble, that is an agitation and a quasi-child.

If Mao Wenlong sent troops to suppress it, the consequences would be serious. The hearts of the soldiers are bottomless, they are all the robes of the past. The rabbit is dead and the fox is sad, who dares to say that these people's today is not their own tomorrow.

At that time, as long as there is a little tandem, it will immediately be a mutiny. If it gets to that point, whether it's Mao Wenlong or Li Xiao, they will have to walk around without eating. Anyway, I don't have anything to do with myself, just hold my hands and watch the excitement.

If Mao Wenlong spent money to support these soldiers, it would be even more fun. You gave one person to eat today, and ten will come tomorrow. The day after tomorrow, it's a hundred!

It won't be long before you're going to have to raise these thousands. How much military spending the imperial court gives, Zhao Shujiao still knows in his heart. In the end, let's see, how much food can Mao Wenlong come up with to support these people.

Thousands of people eat and drink every day is not a small number, how much money do you Mao Wenlong have to fill it in?

For his own dead knot, Zhao Shujiao still has a grasp in his heart.

"Marshal, Li Xiao has divided the land for those troublesome soldiers. Now the soldiers are not making trouble, and a few are unwilling to go to the land and insist on making trouble. They were all cut off by Li Xiao, and now their heads are hanging on the city wall for public display. Gao Jin said urgently.

"What's that? Divided the land? Where did he come from? "Zhao Shujiao suspects that he heard it wrong, Li Xiao gave these hills eight points?

"It's the land of our Shanhaiguan, and it's all good land. According to the standards of the imperial court, they were all distributed to those Qiu Ba. The vast majority of people were willing, signed and drawn. Don't make trouble at the Governor's Yamen again! ”

"Are those fucking idiots stupid? In the ground outside Shanhaiguan, the Tartar soldiers may not be able to hit the door one day. These fields were planted, and they were also planted for his mother's tartars. Zhao Shujiao was like a cat with its tail stepped on, and he jumped up all of a sudden.

"Li Xiao said, if the Tartars come over. All the losses are his, and Li Xiao also sent Yuan Chonghuan to lead He Kegang, Zu Dashou, and Wu Xiang to Jinzhou. said that it was a front stop for Shanhaiguan, even if there was something. You can also let these people hide in the Shanhaiguan first, and there will be no danger. ”

"It's Jinzhou to send troops, is this Li Xiao crazy? There are only more than 70,000 people in the Shanhaiguan defense line. Now I have sent thirty or forty thousand people to Jinzhou, if they are killed by the Tartars. This Shanhaiguan defense line will be pierced like a soft egg!

No, let's move quickly. It's late, and I can't say that I can't be blocked in the city by the Tartars. "Zhao Shu can't teach anything else, but it's the old job to escape.

He has been running since Shenyang, and Liaoyang lost him and successfully got out. Now that Shanhaiguan is not guaranteed, he has only one thought in his heart. Hurry up and run, even if you run to the ends of the earth, it is better than staying here to face the Tartars.

Gao Jin's face was immediately ugly, he thought that the handsome man would be cowardly, but he didn't expect to be cowardly. When I heard the word Tartar, I wanted to run away. This is clearly scared!

"Dashuai, but we ......!"

"Why don't you think so much now, hurry home and sell the land. I heard that the Jiangnan place is good, let's go there to do some business. The Tartars are really going to break the Shanhaiguan, and our hometown in Hebei is not insured.

Chamberlain! Chamberlain! Hurry up and find a buyer and sell our house. Master, I want to go back to my hometown in Hebei! "Zhao Shujiao didn't have the heart to care about Gao Jin now, and craned his neck and shouted as a housekeeper. The big mansion in this Shanhaiguan is best sold first.

Before the tartars arrived, they might be able to sell for a good price.

"Yes, sir!" The housekeeper Lao Zhao heard Zhao Shujiao's order, and rushed out like an arrow in his buttocks. He is a slave of the Zhao family, and he is tied to the Zhao family in this life. Now that the master is moving, he naturally wants to go back to his hometown in Hebei to retire.

As soon as he arrived at the door, Lao Zhao rushed back at twice the speed of the previous time.

"You old thing, why are you back?" Seeing that Lao Zhao ran back, Zhao led the reprimand of the unkind.

"Sir! Oh no, no ......! "In the end, he is old, Lao Zhao is panting, and he can't say a complete sentence.

"What's wrong with it, the Tartars are coming?" Zhao Shujiao had a gloomy face and pointed at Lao Zhao's nose.

"Nishiki ...... Jinyiwei! Lao Zhao pointed to the door, and more than a dozen Jinyi guards wearing flying fish suits and holding embroidered spring knives had appeared at the door.

"Jin Yiwei!" Zhao Shujiao was taken aback.

Jinyiwei is not easy to provoke, and if you provoke them, you have to take off a layer of skin if you don't die. For the officials of the Ming Dynasty, especially the military attaché. Jinyiwei is tantamount to the living Hades, how did these guys come to their own house?

"You are Zhao Shujiao?" A tall and strong man at the head looked at Zhao Shujiao, who was sitting in the position of the master, and asked.

"It's ......! It's the official! Zhao Shujiao swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and kept cheering himself up in his heart. How can I say that I still have the title of chief soldier, and these brocade guards will give some face.

"Your case has been solved, come with us." The guy at the head pointed at Zhao Shujiao and roared. The brocade guards beside him immediately rushed up, and without saying a word, they twisted Zhao Shujiao's arm.

"This brother has something to say. Lao Zhao, take two hundred taels of silver for a few brothers. Treat a few brothers to tea! Zhao Shujiao's face changed all of a sudden, but the bearing he had cultivated over the years still allowed him to calm down as quickly as possible.

Anyway, hand over the money first. At least I won't suffer in prison, money can make ghosts grind, so it's right not to suffer first.

"Ladies and gentlemen, please wait a minute!" Lao Zhao immediately ran to the account office to get the money.

"Lord Zhao, the lower officials are also acting on orders. You are also an official, and you can understand this matter from top to bottom. "Sure enough, there is money that can make ghosts grind, and the Jinyi Wei who took the lead heard that there was money to take. Immediately, a smile appeared on his face, and his tone of voice was not as fierce as when he entered the door.

"Understood! Understand! I don't know which yamen the officials are? ”

"Jinyi Weibei Zhenfu Division, your case was assigned by Master Cui under the command. If there is a way in the court, you should hurry up. Otherwise, when you get to Beizhen, Fusi will not be able to take care of your subordinates. ”

"Beizhen Fuji ......!" Zhao Shujiao's back was wet all of a sudden.

Jinyiwei has two major towns in the north and south, and the north town is in charge of the prison, which is generally an important case. And Beizhen Fusi also has its own prison, that is, the famous edict prison that makes people shudder.

Entering that prison is equivalent to entering the palace of Hades. Nine deaths and one life do not explain its essence!

"Sir! Here comes the money! Lao Zhao led people to hold two packages, which were bulging, and held them in front of the Jinyi guard who took the lead.

"A mere courtesy is not a respect, and the deficiencies must be made up in the future. Let's give my brothers some drinks for the time being! Zhao Shujiao smiled on his face and said cautiously.

"Lord Zhao is polite." Jin Yiwei took the package and checked it with his hand. The amount is very pressing!

After all, this is two hundred taels of silver, and a pack of one hundred taels is ten catties. If you don't press your hand, you will call out the ghost, just these two hundred taels of silver. It is enough for ordinary people to live in the capital for a year, this is also called Bo Li, this Lord Zhao is really modest.

It looks like this guy is very oily and watery. When you get it to the prison, you have to squeeze a good squeeze of oil and water.

"Bad! Look ......! Zhao Shujiao looked at the two brocade guards around him in embarrassment, twisting his arms.

"You two, why are you so ignorant of the rules. Lord Zhao is also an official of the imperial court, and he has not yet been convicted. How can you be such a sin? Don't let it go! ”

"No!" The two brocade guards listened to the order and immediately let go of their hands.

Zhao Shujiao felt that his shoulders were loose, and he rubbed his shoulders and hugged his fist at the Jinyi Wei who took the lead: "Thank you!" ”

"It's all the people below who are ignorant, Lord Zhao, you take care of it. Let's go! "Although the money is taken, the person still has to take it.

"Wait a minute, the old man will arrange the housework." Seeing the change in Jin Yiwei's attitude towards himself, the tension in Zhao Shujiao's heart was also relieved a lot.

"Lao Zhao, you go to your hometown in Hebei. Let Zhishan go to the capital to walk around the house of Lord Zhao, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, who are all relatives of his own family. If you don't ask his old man for help at this time, who else will you go to? ”

"No!"

Zhao Shujiao glanced at the brocade guards behind him, thinking in his heart that he might be able to bluff these brocade guards by pulling the banner and making tiger skins.

Although he and Zhao Nanxing are both surnamed Zhao, they are both from Hebei. But it was eight poles that couldn't be beaten, and Zhao Shujiao once took the silver to someone's house to recognize the fellow.

But Zhao Nanxing also saw the silver and reluctantly recognized himself as a little fellow. Whether or not you are willing to stretch out your hand now is something that no one can say.

Sure enough, the faces of these brocade guards changed.

They had heard of the prestige of Zhao Nanxing, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and almost half of the officials in the court could have a relationship with him. It's not a disciple, it's a disciple. The old guy's position in Donglin is very important, but it is not something that these little brocade guards can do.

And when they came, they also checked that Zhao Shujiao was from Hebei. Zhao Nanxing is also from Hebei, maybe they are really relatives.

"Alright, please lock it up." Seeing that Jin Yiwei's face changed, Zhao Shujiao stretched out his hand and waited for the other party to be shackled.

"Lord Zhao, you see that this is not a villain. Your case has not yet been decided, and the villain is also on an errand. If you bear more, this lock villain will not dare to go up. It only takes the adults to go to the capital with the small ones, and there are naturally people who act impartially. ”

Jin Yiwei put away his contemptuous thoughts, and his words became more and more polite. Xia Guan also became a villain, and finally simply called himself small.

"Thanks to a few errands, when you get to the capital, you can tell whether it is natural or not. I just don't know, what case did the old man commit? Seeing the change in Jinyiwei's attitude, Zhao Shujiao's courage also increased.

"This case was personally arranged by Commander Cui, and the statement on the case file is that he was greedy, risked his military exploits, and ate empty quotas, fearing the enemy in battle, and so on.

The adult is not afraid of the shadow, and it would be good to explain these things clearly when they arrived in Beizhen Fusi. Sir, please! ”

Zhao Shujiao nodded as if he was no, but his heart was already very tight.

Corruption, taking the lead in military merit, eating empty amounts of money and embezzling military salaries. He has done none of these things, if he really pulls it out and checks it, it will be a check.

But then again, there are a few people who are generals these days and now don't do that. The general soldiers of the whole Ming Dynasty, as long as one is pulled out, it is counted as one, and it is all checked and accurate.

If you don't make a little money as an official, how can you be worthy of yourself.

This kind of thing belongs to the fact that the people do not hold officials accountable, and everyone understands people. The buttocks are not clean, and when you encounter such a thing, you can get by with one eye and one eye closed.

This time, who is so difficult to get along with himself?