A few days of marching passed in a flash, and Liu Guoneng and Yuan Shizhong's subordinates were gradually and imperceptibly transformed by Zhu Shuren and reshaped their minds.

From officers to soldiers, more and more soldiers really realize from the bottom of their hearts that this man with the surname of the country is really different from the civilian officials who usually look down on the peasant army, and there is no fake sour vinegar of the dog literati.

When the troops followed through Wuxia and passed through Wu County, the demeanor, words and deeds of the national surname were also close to the people and sympathetic to his subordinates.

Being able to hunt on horseback lightens the burden of the warship, so as to minimize the burden on the porter. Even the prey that was brought was distributed to the slender men who were injured by accidents in the process of pulling fiber.

When the rope broke and flew and smashed the slender man out of external injuries, the national surname also took out a absorbent cotton gauze bandage as a medical supply material in the army, and the military doctor bandaged the injured slender man, which moved the local people so much that they didn't want it.

However, all this came to an abrupt end two days later, when the army continued to pass through the Qutang Gorge, the westernmost and most precipitous part of the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River, and was about to enter the border of Sichuan.

This time, Zhu Shuren just sat on the boat with a big grin, and he didn't get off the boat to ride, so he forced the Sichuan people to pull the fiber.

Obviously, Qutang Gorge is known as "the sky opens a line, the gorge opens a gate", it is the most majestic of the Three Gorges, many places on both sides of the river are cliffs, the highest peak of Chijia Mountain on the left bank and Baiyan Mountain on the right bank, can be higher than the Yangtze River surface 500 zhang.

Zhu Shuren was in such a precipitous place, and he put up enough of the official master's shelf, and he didn't give any face.

And the slender man who is responsible for pulling fiber for the officials and soldiers here has also changed from the people of Huguang to the people of Sichuan. After all, the area around Qutang Gorge is already the boundary of Sichuan, and it belongs to Kuizhou Prefecture administratively.

The people of Sichuan originally did not know about this national surname who was in Futai in other provinces and had just been knighted by His Majesty, and they had never received even the slightest favor and benevolence from this national surname.

If it weren't for Qin Liangyu, the general of Shizhu who had been stationed in the local area for several years, and the old general Qin won the hearts of the people, the people of Sichuan would never have sincerely and sincerely worked for this kind of outsider who was powerful and prosperous.

After crossing Qutang Gorge, Zhu Shuren's food remuneration to the local porters was only official and not necessarily generous.

When Qin Liangyu was in the local town, there was also a lot of demand for the use of slender men in the past few years, and the wages set by the Sichuan officials and soldiers were generally 15 miles across the Qutang Gorge, and each person was given three liters of rice, which was calculated according to the chaff, not the white rice that was shelled and finely ground.

Zhu Shuren also only gave three liters per person as usual, but replaced it with a bag of rice grains.

It is said that corn kernels can be eaten directly, no need to shell, and the loss of a piece of rice bran can be saved, which can be regarded as benefiting the people.

But the corn kernels are also coarse, and the bucket is just a volume measurement tool rather than a weighing measurement tool, a bucket of corn is mixed with rice, and the sewing can be boiled into one or two liters, and the volume is much worse than the weight.

In the end, the edible part of the ration that the slender men got did not increase at all, and they also lost the rice bran that people could eat in the famine years, and the moisture of corn was still large, and the caloric satiety was not as good as that of rice, and they complained for a while.

On that day, there were many rumors from the people: "Have you heard of it? This foreign governor of Huguang, who has the surname of the country, heard that he is very powerful in Huguang, and he beat Zhang Xianzhong and Li Zicheng so that he did not dare to go to Huguang again.

But this guy always throws the military disaster out of his jurisdiction! Drive without hitting! Just reap the benefits of one-third of an acre of land, and clean the neighboring province! ”

"That is, if it weren't for their Huguang people who drove Zhang Xianzhong to our Sichuan, our Sichuan would have been fine, but could suffer this kind of crime? I heard that the emperor just felt that this person was tyrannical and only wanted to reap the benefits of his own territory, so he was not allowed to be promoted to governor and in charge of Sichuan, and sent a governor surnamed Fang! This 'national surname' is unwilling to make a good contribution! ”

"Nine-headed bird in the sky, old in Hubei underground! Those Hubei veterans are really cunning and not human! Turn all the evil stars to our Sichuan territory! It's not good to do your part to destroy the thief! ”

Of course, Zhu Shuren would not care about these momentary rumors.

Liu Guoneng and Yuan Shizhong are both military generals, so they don't dare to say anything,

In the end, it was Zhu Shuren's staff Gu Yanwu, who couldn't help but be an honest man, just like Lu Su persuaded Zhou Yu to persuade Zhuge and said:

"The adults have always loved the people like sons and sympathized with the soldiers, why did they destroy their reputation so much as soon as they entered Sichuan? Even if it is to make the thieves underestimate the enemy, it is a bit too much, and people's hearts are easy to disperse and it is not easy to collect. If the people of this Kuizhou Mansion have a different heart, I am afraid that they will miss a big thing. ”

Zhu Shuren didn't want to respond to this kind of question, but he could still say a few words behind closed doors in private, and he also believed that Gu Yanwu could keep his mouth shut and distinguish the occasion.

Only then did Zhu Shuren solve his confusion in a timely manner: "You only know one thing, but you don't know the other." How many rebellious people can there be in Kuizhou Mansion today? Anyone who is dissatisfied with the government and has a little courage will slaughter the city and send grain to the surrounding counties when Zhang Xianzhong broke through Chongqing more than half a month ago, and the ruthless people would have already gone to join the army.

Those who can rest the food and serve as a slender man for General Qin are all honest people - of course, I am not bullying honest people, this is ten days and half a month's work, sooner or later the truth will be revealed, and when the time comes, I will double their favor.

If you can't stand any grievances, you take one liter of rice less today, and tomorrow you have to go to the thief immediately, then we can't stop it. It's not a question of honesty or dishonesty, it's impermanence, so you can only follow them. ”

When Gu Yanwu heard this, he felt that it made sense, he only knew that moral articles, political philosophy, and stratagems were not good. Since Dong Weng Zhizhu is in his hand, he has thought of it, and he will definitely be able to deal with it.

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On the day Zhu Shuren arrived in Fengjie, it was already very late, and because he was tired from the journey, he did not summon the local officials.

The next day, on the morning of the fifteenth day of the lunar month, he was promoted to the general. The local officials and generals of Kuizhou Mansion also came to visit.

The leader is an old woman who is nearly seventy years old, with white hair and a cane, but she still wears a simple cotton armor, but there is no iron lining on it, only pure cotton, and the defense is estimated to be greatly reduced.

Behind the old woman, there are a few official generals of the official army with helmets and armor, and there are also a few leaders of the local township brave regiment who are just bandaged in turbans.

With just one glance, Zhu Shuren realized that this old woman was the famous stone pillar chief soldier Qin Liangyu. Qin Liangyu's exact age this year is sixty-eight years old, and it is not bad to say that seventy years old.

In line with the virtue of respecting the elderly, Zhu Shuren still personally went down the steps to greet him, and shouted from afar to ask Qin Liangyu to be exempted.

"The old general Qin is loyal to the country, and he is a man with eyebrows all his life, and he is often ashamed, although the official is in a high position, how dare he be rude in front of his predecessors, and give the old general Qin a seat."

Qin Liangyu held the barrel of the gun in his right hand, and his left hand held the barrel of the gun in his right hand, which can be regarded as a fist:

"Shen Futai is a minister in the world, both civil and military, and the old woman has long heard of it in Shuzhong. Previously, it was even more dependent on your righteousness Bo Yuntian to send Zhang Daotai to help guard Huguang with the help of the Huguang Division, so as to ensure that Kuizhou was not lost, and the old woman was for the people of Kuizhou, and she should also give Shen Futai this great gift. ”

As soon as Qin Liangyu finished speaking, Gu Yanwu next to him opened his mouth to correct: "Old General Qin may not know yet, Your Majesty has already given the surname of Futai and named Krupp." In the future, he will be called Zhu Futai, or he will be called the national surname. ”

Qin Liangyu hurriedly changed his words: "What a faux pas, Wangguo's surname is Ye Haihan!" ”

On the other side, Zhu Shuren raised his hand to signal that the staff didn't need to say much, and then personally helped Qin Liangyu to sit down: "Don't blame those who don't know, Old General Qin is polite, your intention has been received by the official, so sit down and talk back." ”

The seat he gave was not one of the low, small mazaars, but normal hardwood chairs with backrests, so that the person who sat down would have to squat very low, which was not good for the knees.

Qin Liangyu saw it in his eyes, and he was also more and more confused by this newcomer who came to help in the war.

Yesterday, she learned from her subordinates that the slender man battalion who pulled the fiber for the imperial court reinforcements had many complaints, and some bad words were spread.

It is said that the other party was originally kind to the people of Sichuan, and asked Zhang Huangyan to bring all kinds of military rations when he came to reinforce them, but they all thought that the emperor would let him take care of Sichuan, so he acted it.

Later, after learning that the emperor did not let him take care of Sichuan, and Sichuan was not his own territory, he was too lazy to act.

Qin Liangyu didn't believe these words at that time, so he restrained his subordinates not to spread them around, take care of their mouths, and do their own things.

Now it seems that the rumors may not be true, and the rumors spread so quickly, maybe it is Zhang Xianzhong's dog thief's discord! At least Zhang Xianzhong's people did this in order to destroy the unity of the officials and the army and hit the morale of the officials and the army!

Qin Liangyu knows too well how terrible Zhang Xianzhong's ability to buy people's hearts with small favors among the poor among the people.

She also fully knew that even if it was her own Shizhu White Pole Soldier Station, how many ordinary people who provided logistics and miscellaneous chores for the army would be infiltrated by Zhang Xianzhong.

It's not that Qin Liangyu is not strict in governing the army, but that Zhang Xianzhong can do such a high position, so he naturally has his ability. And coercing and inducing poor people to help him do things is Zhang Xianzhong's biggest ability.

Otherwise, it would not be possible to be beaten to only tens of thousands of people every time, and after a little bit of destruction of a big city, slaughtering and looting the city, and distributing it to the poor people in the surrounding poor counties, it will raise more than 100,000 cannon fodder troops.

After Qin Liangyu's heart was slightly relieved, she also hurriedly helped Zhu Shuren introduce the local generals in Kuizhou, and Zhu Shuren also saw them one by one.

The closest to Qin Liangyu was a middle-aged strong man in his forties, full of beard, who was also her son Ma Xianglin, and when Zhu Shuren heard it, he eagerly held his hand and greeted him:

"The name of General Ma's loyalty and righteousness has long been heard of by this official in Huguang. You are full of loyalty, and both men and women are diligent in national difficulties, which is really rare. ”

In history, Ma Xianglin should have just died in this year, and he died in the battle of defending the city of Xiangyang.

But now, apparently it was Zhu Shuren's butterfly effect that saved him. It has been fifteen years since Chongzhen, and Ma Xianglin is still alive and well, and he has never been out of Sichuan.

Even the main force after the second reconstruction of the white pole soldiers did not hurt their muscles and bones because of a series of butterfly effects.