Zuodu Governor Gao Guoxing and Sun Yuanwu chatted until the evening in the makeshift military tent, it turned out that he was the same year as an official, and there have been nearly 20 years of friendship, at that time Sun was still a small official who did not enter the product, Gao Guoxing was just a martial step, speaking of this martial step, that in the Zhejiang army is a ruthless role, there are many of them martial arts and superb brave and good fighting people, most of these people are from a poor family, although they are generals, but they have not entered the rank, they can only rely on the accumulation of military merits, and wait for the generals to be vacant to top their shortcomings, When the two armies are fighting, the generals or pioneers who rush to the front are mostly martial steps, if they are lucky, they can accumulate some military exploits after a battle, and if they are unlucky, they will be drowned in the torrent of the sea of people

The relationship between the two has been good, and they often drink together to discuss some state affairs in their spare time, until Gao Guoxing led the southern border guards to the Hanlong Pass in Chuzhou with the former general Ba Yue, and then in the following years, Gao Guoxing repeatedly made meritorious achievements in the battle with the Fu army and became a guerrilla general, in a battle in which the army led by Ba Yue was trapped by the Fu army and was surrounded by heavy surrounding, when Gao Guoxing led his troops to reinforce the night attack on the Fu army and disrupted the enemy's encirclement deployment, Ba Yue was lucky enough to lead the army to break out of the encirclement and withdraw to Hanlong Pass

Since then, Ba Yue attaches great importance to Gao Guoxing, and later Gao Guoxing sat on Ba Yue's son-in-law, and since then he has been promoted to the governor of the second grade in his official career, and after returning to China to take office, he immediately remembered that old friend, he was full of joy and brought two jars of wine to Sun Yuanwu's residence to talk about it, when the former friend was no longer there, only a dilapidated tile house was left, and after some inquiry, he knew that Sun Yuanwu had been transferred to Yanzhou as an official a few days ago, and when he looked back, he had stayed at the border for thirteen years

Gao Guoxing and Sun Yuanwu, who have not seen each other for many years, chatted very happily in the military tent, and each told about the events and some encounters they had experienced over the years

As soon as Li Yang saw that he was not standing here stupidly, he quietly came to Sun Yuanwu's side and bowed: My lord, please ask General Rong Mo to check the casualties of the soldiers and villagers of the northern battalions

Sun Yuanwu raised his right hand and waved it lightly: Hmm-you go

As soon as he came out of the camp tent, he saw Wen An and Pang Yi walking towards this side, and when he passed by, Wen An glanced at me fiercely, and Pang Yi on the side saw a smug look and a trace of ridicule on his face, and the two of them were stopped by the guards as soon as they arrived outside the camp tent: Lord Wen has supervised him to deal with some military affairs, and he will not be a guest today

Wen An: You can help me report it, and Wen An, the servant of the ministry, has something important to ask to see the governor

Guard: Don't embarrass us if you hear that Lord Du Du has ordered you

Not to mention how embarrassing the expressions of the two after being rejected I couldn t help but sneer in my heart and scolded the two SB and turned away, and after meeting with the plateau, everyone sat down on the ground and reported their respective work

Li Long: The casualties of each battalion have been counted: 103 casualties, 140 minor injuries, 34 serious injuries in the Trap Camp Camp, 140 casualties, 150 minor injuries, 47 serious injuries in the Fire Trap Battalion, 84 casualties, 210 minor injuries, 54 serious injuries, 180 casualties, 102 minor injuries, and 74 serious injuries in the Shadow Wind Battalion

Li Yang's eyes were furrowed: How could the casualties be so large, almost all battalions were killed and wounded by more than half

Gao Yuan: The brothers' equipment is too rudimentary, for example, only more than half of the people in the Trap Mountain Camp and the Fire Trap Camp have iron armor, and most of the rest are coarse cloth and leather armor that can't resist sword slashing at all, and the armor of the Lin Ran Camp and the Shadow Wind Camp is even less

Li Yang: We have to let the forging workshop hurry up and cast armor, and in the future, we will have to distribute the forged ordnance battalion by battalion, first with the Trap Mountain Camp and the Fire Trap Camp as the main force, followed by the Lin Ran Battalion and the Shadow Wind Battalion

Yuan Kui: In contrast, the soldiers who died in each battalion must be replenished as soon as possible, and the newly recruited soldiers will not be able to get on the stage for a year and a half, and the current situation is still unclear, so we must prepare early

Li Yang: Didn't the whole army cut down 10,000 Taizhou soldiers some time ago, and this time the recruits will be recruited from among them, so that the battalions can recover in the shortest possible time

Yuankui: That's a solution

Li Yang: When it comes to recruitment, you pull Brother Long to him, he knows these people better, and selects brave warriors from among these 10,000 people to recruit

Yuankui: That's it

Li Yang: What about the casualties of Xiang Yong?

Da Niu: Xiang Yong lost nearly 1,000 people killed and more than 2,000 wounded

After Li Yang heard this, he only felt that his head was buzzing and he hung on the ground, but fortunately, Gao Yuan grabbed him quickly: I'm sorry for these villagers, how do we face their families

As he spoke, he began to cry, and Gao Yuan and Yuan Kui hurriedly comforted him when they saw this: I can't blame you for this, once the pirates capture Taizhou City, they will loot the village on a large scale, and how many people will die at that time is certain, they not only serve the country, but also protect their families from being slaughtered by the pirates

In this battle, we killed a total of 4,871 pirates, captured 543 people, sank 41 Japanese warships, captured 3,000 Japanese swords, 1,000 Japanese cross guns, 400 longbows, 10 ladders, 2 siege cones, 9 Japanese warships, and 100,000 catties of grain

Guanshan Dao Chief: The battle between the two armies of the Eastern Family is already considered a victory if the enemy is injured by 1,000 and 800 self-inflicted, and the number of pirates killed this time is three times that of us, which is undoubtedly a great victory

Li Yang really didn't feel the slightest joy, he just stood up from the ground and was afraid to pat the dirt on his body: On the mountain road, bury these fallen soldiers on Longfeng Mountain

Guanshan: It's the owner

Li Yang: Da Niu-Li Long went to the city to find the best Langzhong to treat the wounded with the best medicine, Yuan Kui, you take the brothers to transport the captured materials back to Alan County, and comfort the brothers with some wine and food in Zhangle

Yuan Kui: I'll come to Zhang Le to do this, why don't you go back with us

Li Yang: I have to stay and ask for an explanation for my dead brother and their family, and I can't let them give up their lives so inexplicably

Yuan Kui: Wen An, the guards and the guards are here, you have to be careful

Gao Yuan: That's what Yuan Kui said, so I can stay with my brothers in the trapping camp and take care of it

Li Yang thought about it, so he let Gao Yuan camp outside the city, and when it dawned tomorrow, he would go to the yamen of the state capital to ask for an explanation for the soldiers and townsmen who died in battle, and the soldiers were busy and camped outside the city, Li Yang had nothing to do, so he walked around the camp with his hands behind his back, and saw a person hiding in a dark corner and secretly shed tears, and took a closer look, wasn't it Tie Gui'er, so Mo Yang's crying was not in the military camp was bullied or wronged

So I came to Tie Gui'er's side: What's wrong with Tie Gui'er

When Tie Gui'er heard this, she hurriedly got up and wiped the tears on her face with her hands: Engong, you are here

Seeing that Tie Gui'er had a piece of cloth tied to his arm and some blood stains on it, it was needless to say that he must have been injured in the battle with the Haikou Kou: the injury was not serious

Tie Gui'er: Engong is just recuperating from skin trauma for a few days

Li Yang raised his hand and gently patted Tie Gui'er on the shoulder: Good boy is a gentleman, Tie Gui'er was crying just now, did you encounter something difficult

Tie Gui'er: Engong just remembered my father and couldn't help but make you laugh when I was sad for a while

Li Yang: Tie Gui'er asked you to be my bodyguard, and you are willing to accompany me

Tie Gui'er knelt on the ground with a puff: Tie Gui'er is willing to protect Engong with his life, and Zhou Quan has repaid his father's great kindness

Li Yang helped Tie Gui'er up from the ground: Don't mention Tie Gui'er's past again, and it's not as serious as you said, it's just to let you pass on a message, and if you encounter any difficulties in the future, tell me

Tie Gui'er: Thank you

Li Yang: Everyone is tired today, so you should rest early

After wandering around for a while, Li Yang also felt a little tired, so he returned to the camp tent to rest, he just lay down on the bed and was stretching his waist, Gao Yuan and Gao Lin brothers walked in, Gao Yuan held a bag of peanuts with both hands, Gao Lin held 3 bowls in his left hand, and a jar of wine in his right hand

Gao Yuan put the peanuts on the table, Gao Lin put the wine bowl on the table and poured the wine full, Li Yang saw the posture of the two brothers and knew that tonight this is not to get drunk or not to return, after a few rounds of drinking, Gao Yuan borrowed the strength of the wine: Today I saw a group of people in the township, each of them is extraordinary, and they are all swords, and they are like cutting vegetables, it is a pity to have such a ability not to be a soldier

Gao Lin: Don't look at the weapons used by those guys are kitchen knives and sickles, but I can tell that these guys have a certain level of skill, and they seem to be deliberately concealing their martial arts

Li Yang: Gao Yuan has such skills, so they have to find a way to recruit this group of people to the trapping camp

Gao Yuan: My brother and I came today to discuss this matter with you

Li Yang: "Hey, what's there to discuss, you two can take the idea, and you can also decide the matter of salary."

Gao Yuan: Well, I'll get to the bottom of this group first, and it's not too late to talk about them when I find out their identities

After getting drunk, Gao Yuan and Gao Lin brothers went back to their respective tents to rest, and Li Yang, who was already a little tired, took advantage of the strength of the wine to lie down on the bed and fell asleep, and this sleep was called a fragrance until the next morning

Li Yang, who woke up, rubbed his eyes with his hands and looked at the sky

g) sat up from the bed, thinking that he had overslept, so he hurriedly went down to the ground to tidy up his clothes, and rushed to the state capital yamen without taking care of breakfast

When he arrived at the state yamen, Li Yang showed his intention to the guards outside the door, and after the official reported that he came to the inner hall of the palace, he saw that the people who came today were quite Qi, Brother Zhao, Brother Quan, and Brother Su were all there, and even Gao Guoxing, the governor of the left capital, also came, but when he looked at Sun Yuanwu, his face was pulled down, and it turned out that Wen An, the servant of the ministry, was sitting next to Sun Yuanwu, and next to him was Pang Yi

As soon as Sun Yuanwu saw Li Yang coming, he raised his hand and gestured to the right of him to signal to take a seat, Li Yang walked lightly to Brother Su and sat down and asked in a low voice: Brother Su, what are you discussing

Brother Su: We are discussing the matter of compensation for the dead

Li Yang heard that I am also here for this matter today: Then where are you discussing?

Brother Su: We have just arrived and are reporting the casualties of various departments

First, Gao Guoxing reported the number of casualties of the guards, and then reported the casualties in order, and soon Li Yang arrived: In this battle with the Haikou, our department killed 4,871 Haikou, 628 soldiers were killed, 811 were wounded, and nearly 1,000 were killed and more than 2,000 were wounded

After hearing this, the people present all put on a look of disbelief, you must know that the total number of pirates besieging Taizhou City this time was only 14,000-5,000 people, Pang Yi questioned this, thinking that Li Yang was falsely reporting his military exploits: This Taizhou battle killed more than 10,000 people in the Eastern Wa Haikou, and it is impossible to kill nearly half of the pirates under your command with the 2,000 people under your command

Li Yang was not happy when he heard this: What is so strange about this, it is all expected that the officers and soldiers in the north of our country have trained weekdays to achieve such results, why does Pang Garrison feel that there are too few people who have died in my northern army, and it is reasonable to die more together, right?

Pang Yi frowned: I didn't say that

Li Yang: If everyone had been like Pang and hid in the rear as soon as the battle began, I am afraid that Taizhou City would have been captured by the pirates a long time ago, and all of you here today did not have a few pirates on the battlefield

Pang Yi: Although I don't have a hand in the sea, I have been protecting the two adults in the rear

Sun Yuanwu coughed lightly and said "cough" Li Yang, what proof did you say that the northern soldiers killed 4871

Li Yang got up: Lord Hui has the head to kill the Haikou as evidence, and the last will be sent by the head in a car

Wen'an, the servant of the Ministry of Officials, did not use this incident to target Li Yang too much, but diverted the topic: No matter how many Haikou are killed, everyone is contributing to the country, and now let's talk about the compensation for the dead, according to the law of Zhejiang, the pension for the officers and soldiers who died in the battle is 30 taels of silver per person, and the number of casualties reported by each department has been recorded by the official

The pension of the national capital of the guard army should be distributed by the household department, and the pension of Taizhou will be allocated by the household department after the king of Zhejiang reads the pension of the national capital, which may need to wait for a few days

Sun Yuanwu: I don't have much silver in the treasury of Taizhou Mansion now, and I hope that the household department can transfer the pension silver needed by Taizhou as soon as possible, and the government will have an explanation for the families of the deceased

Wen An: Lord Sun, let's think of a way to squeeze out 20,000 taels of silver for Taizhou first, and as for the rest, you are thinking about whether there is any other way

Sun Yuanwu sighed reluctantly: It can only be like this, everyone should go back today, and when the money arrives in a few days, I will send someone to let you pick it up

Just when everyone got up and was about to leave, Gao Guoxing suddenly stopped Li Yang: The northern garrison of Taizhou has been at home for a few days, Zuo Yushi Yu Tianlu will come to Taizhou in the past two days to thoroughly investigate the matter of your private field, in order to prevent the attack on the guards, the officers and soldiers in the north will be handed over to the governor of Bendu during this time

Li Yang hugged his fists and bowed: The last general respects the order of the governor

Gao Guoxing saw that Li Yang happily accepted the order and nodded with satisfaction: Zuo Yushi Yu Tianlu is a well-known cold-faced judge, he will definitely investigate the matter of your private field, if you are really innocent, he will never add to his guilt

Li Yang: Lord Xie Dudu made it clear that your lordships will retire first

After returning to the manor, Li Yang asked everyone to call everyone to the council room, and learned what Gao Guoxing said to himself in the government office

Gao Yuan: This is to eliminate the military power in your hands, are those big officials in the national capital planning to attack you next?

Li Long: Yes, once the young master loses the military power, then we will be the meat to be slaughtered on the board

As soon as everyone heard it, they all talked about it, some said that Zhang started first, some said that Master Sun came forward to mediate it, and some said that it was a big deal that the fish died and the net was broken, at this time, the head of the mountain view looked at everyone with a smile and said unhurriedly: I don't think Gao Guoxing may want to attack the owner, he will do it when he is in the government, why bother so much, poor to think that Gao Dudu's words are very reasonable, if there is a civil uprising in the north, no one will be able to return to the sky

Han Juzheng: Brother Li Juzheng also thinks so

Li Yang: During this time, everyone should recruit troops, recruit soldiers, train and train, and do whatever the governor tells you to do, but you have to keep an eye on it, if the guards are in trouble, the people in the north will do nonsense, then it will not work

Gao Yuan: I understand, you've been making trouble for a long time, and you're retreating as advancing

Li Yang: There are also soldiers who have died in battle, and they must be buried thickly and quickly

Guanshan: The Dongjia Poor Road has already chosen a place in Longfeng Mountain, and the craftsmen can bury the coffin after it is built

Li Yang: In the past few days, let the craftsmen repair Longfeng Mountain, and I will give you a list to find their families for a record, and send them the money when the pension money arrives in the county in the past few days

Han Juzheng: I'll let people do this

This time, Li Yang was also obedient, and stayed in the manor for 7 days, and on the 8th day, he couldn't stay at home, and walked back and forth in the yard with his hands behind his back, thinking to himself, why hasn't Lord Yu come yet, I have been staying at home so much, and there are still many things waiting for me to go to Zhang Le

In fact, Zuo Yushi Yu Tianlu had arrived in Taizhou Mansion as early as 5 days ago, he did not alarm only brought 6 personal guards to quietly inspect and visit the northern villages, after all, this northern garrison is a small official who holds the military power, if he gets the news and is prepared, then he will not be able to know the real situation, this private field is not only a huge number, but also involves the livelihood of tens of thousands of Li people, so be cautious

Yu Tianlu and the guards disguised themselves as travelers to inquire with the villagers in various villages, and basically all the things were clear: the north had indeed reclaimed 200,000 fields this year, but instead of using the name of appeasing the victims to open 200,000 acres of land as reported by the court, the 200,000 fields were distributed to the residents of the north for cultivation by household, and they did not oppress the people as the rumors said. Next, he went to Taizhou City to visit the prefect Sun Yuanwu and asked him about the beginning and end of the garrison in the northern part of Taizhou

Sun Yuanwu told Tianlu about this matter: Yu Daren's northern garrison to open up the wasteland is also forced by the current situation, Alan County's population reached 63,300 people after the resettlement of the victims, nearly 22,000 households, and Alan County's fields plus a piece of land only 34,000 acres, each household is less than 2 acres of land, or there is not enough field to cultivate food, and in the autumn, tens of thousands of Li people in the north will become hungry, so the matter of reclaiming the fields is to support the northern garrison. The land tax of 200,000 taels will be replenished after the harvest of grain, and 40,000 taels of grain tax will be added to Taizhou every year

Yu Tianlu: Did he give all the 200,000 acres of land to the people in the north, and is there any land that he deducted for himself?

Sun Yuanwu: I have a field book, which records in detail how 200,000 mu of land is distributed, and each household has sent someone to verify that there is a fingerprint as proof, and the total amount of land divided is exactly the same as that of 200,000 mu of land

Yu Tianlu: Governor Sun, can you borrow this honda book for official use?

Sun Yuanwu: I'll have someone get it for you

When Yu Tianlu figured out the ins and outs of the whole thing, he returned to the national capital, and above the court, he made the results of the investigation and what he saw and heard to the king of Zhejiang one by one, and the northern garrison of Taizhou used the name of appeasing the victims to open his private fields, and there was no such thing

Lei Tai sat on the throne and raised his hand and scratched his eyebrows: If there is no investigation of this matter, forget it, let Gao Guoxing bring the guards back

Wen An: The matter of the prince can't just be counted like this, when the governor of Gao Du took back the privately opened fields, tens of thousands of people in the north dared to openly attack the guards, if this matter is so calculated, it may encourage the momentum of the people's rebellion and endanger the century-old foundation of Zhejiang

Lei Tai thought about Wen An's words for a while, and it was not unreasonable: Then how to deal with this matter according to your opinion

Wen An: The lower officials thought that the civil unrest in northern Taizhou was caused by the negligence of the northern garrison, and according to the opinion of the lower officials, Li Yang should be dismissed from the post of garrison in northern Taizhou to set an example

Yu Tianlu: Wen Shilang's private cultivation of land under the pretext of relocating the victims of the disaster was a foolish thing, and the people in the north did a stupid thing out of desperation just to keep the fields in their own hands

Wen An's eyes squinted: The matter of privately opening the field was agreed by the prince in the court, Lord Yu, do you mean that the civil rebellion in northern Taizhou was forced by the prince to rebel

Yu Tianlu was shocked when he heard this, and he immediately realized the seriousness of the matter, so he hurriedly explained: The prince is not this consciousness

The officials in the court also understood, if anyone questioned this matter, it was tantamount to saying that the prince's matter was caused by your decision-making mistakes, so the officials present said that they reconsidered Anyway, this garrison in the north of Taizhou has nothing to do with themselves, Yu Tianlu didn't say anything when he saw that Wen An was moving the king of Zhejiang out and letting Li Yang carry this black pot

Lei Tai naturally will not let go of this opportunity to shake the pot, the whole thing is the civil rebellion caused by the negligence of the garrison in the north of Taizhou: Lu An, the servant of the ministry, drafted a will for the king, because the northern garrison of Taizhou was negligent and caused a civil uprising among the people in the north, so the post of garrison in the northern part of Taizhou was removed to correct the national law

Li Yang's position as a garrison in the north of Taizhou was thus dismissed by Lei Tai, the king of Zhejiang, in the words of the traitor