Early in the morning, I arrived in Liangxiang County.

Zhou Dunji had previously sent a sentry led by Meng Biao to ask the county for food again, but he still didn't get anything.

"Liangxiang County said that there is no food?"

"Yes, the county didn't see it, it was the chief secretary who saw the humble position, saying that the war in Liaodong had already transferred grain from the county, and now it is early spring, and it is the time when there is no food, so it can't be allocated to support us."

The sentry officer's name is Meng Biao, a veteran of the Sichuan Army, who is almost 40 years old, and the whole person looks black and thin from a distance, but up close is a character who is covered with frost and scars, and looks very powerful.

In the battalion system of the Ming Dynasty, five people were in the army, the second team was the team, the third team was the team, the third team was the sentinel, the fifth post was the total, and the fifth was the battalion. A sentry officer manages nearly 100 people, and he is already an important military officer.

"Let me introduce, this is Wang Hongyu, my third brother! Last year, Sichuan was the first in martial arts, and it was a good seedling cultivated by General Liu Wei back then, you know. ”

"Of course I do! He is a good descendant of our Sichuan soldiers~"

The army knew that Wang Hongyu's family was involved in quelling the Banzhou Rebellion, but they didn't know that he was a marquis in the opposition.

In fact, only the eldest brother, the second brother and a few living relatives know the identity of the Marquis in the wild.

Zhou Dunji analyzed: "Liangxiang County does not supply grain, unless military funds are used to buy grain directly from all over the country, otherwise you will be hungry after a few days of supply." It can't be purchased with military spending, but it will cost you valuable money that should have been spent on ordnance and training.

What's worse is that now that some of the Northern Army and local officials have bad intentions, and the soldiers and horses are hungry, there may be problems with morale and discipline, and if there is a problem, someone will immediately go up for impeachment. ”

is so tragic and true, the generals of the Ming Dynasty are walking on thin ice, plus Zhou Dunji is the general of the Sichuan Army, and the backer behind him Liu Wei died in battle, and he was also imprisoned with grievances, and if he is not careful, he will become someone else's credit book.

According to the thoughts of the civil officials, now Zhou Dunji and Zhang Shenwu should hurry into the city and go to kowtow to the county chief and others to kneel and beg for food.

The beauty of thinking~

Wang Hongyu's eyes rolled and he smiled.

"Third brother has a way?"

"You can give it a try, this method is called cash-for-work." After all, it comes from later generations, and it is already an ordinary operation to use this trick.

"Cash-for-work? Can this work be done? ”

"My 'work' is not the ordinary kind of mason or other coolies, but the 'work' that can only be done by our strong army, such as suppressing bandits, bodyguards, maintaining law and order, punishing bullies, and so on." This is Wang Hongyu's first time in the army, and of course he has to make some fame.

"Suppress bandits, bodyguards, maintain law and order, and punish bullies...... Yours is the case, but is there a clue to this? ”

"I don't have it, but Liangxiang County Ling Ai Youzhi, he definitely has."

Ai Youzhi...... Do you know him? ”

Of course, I know that the Liangxiang County Chronicles are clearly written.

Ai Youzhi is not very famous, but his teacher Zou Yuanbiao is well-known.

If there is anyone in the Donglin Party who can suppress Yang Lian and Zuo Guangdou, Zou Yuanbiao, who is very legendary and a real veteran, must be one.

It doesn't matter if he is a Donglin Party or not, as long as he can take advantage of the situation, he must use it.

In the future, we want to let Zou Yuanbiao and other Donglin parties have contradictions, and promote their division and disintegration, which is just the starting point.

Zhou Dunji made up his mind and ordered to the sentry officer Meng Biao: "The third brother is now the acting general of my account, you have to cooperate with him well, and he will find a way to get food."

"Yes!" Meng Biao readily agreed.

......

There were more than 80 people at a sentry, half of them were outside the city to listen to orders, and half of them were loaded into the city.

"We won't go directly to the master book this time, we can first inquire about the people's evaluation of the county officials, and what is the situation in the third class and six rooms of the county government."

He took out the 2 coins of silver given by Zhou Dunji and gave it to a few people other than Meng Biao as funds, and went to restaurants and markets to inquire about the news.

Leaving Meng Biao as the answer, he left by himself, and directly purchased a beautiful green robe with 1 yuan of silver, planning to go directly to the county order.

Put on a beautiful green robe, no matter whether it is or not, others may think that you are.

Xu Xiake wears a talented green robe to travel all over the world, he is also pretending, he has taken the children's test once, and there is still a distance from the test of Xiucai, but with this set of clothes, he can mix all over the country, and he has only encountered it once.

In the future, Xu Xiake will definitely be brought to his side, and now he will get this Ai Youzhi first.

Ai Youzhi, who remembers to be from Guizhou, can use his Zunyi background to greatly close the relationship.

He is a Wenju person, and I am a Wuju person, so let's not talk about civil and military affairs.

Then, his teacher, Zou Yuanbiao, is a big dealer.

When Zou Yuanbiao was young, he was beaten with 80 canes and exiled for opposing Zhang Juzheng's seizure of love. Later, Zhang Juzheng was counterattacked, and after he came back, others celebrated like him, hoping to splash sewage together, but he was uncharacteristically silent. Later, he offended Wanli and went home, and lectured at home for 30 years, and there were many students who had a great influence, and Gu Xiancheng and Zhao Nanxing were called "the three gentlemen of the Donglin Party". After Wanli's death, this person returned to the imperial court and became one of the powerful leaders of the Donglin Party.

Donglin Party ...... Although it is a fellow villager, the same year, and the same teacher type in ancient times, the ideas are varied, and the personnel are complex and the relationship is loose.

However, if they offend one of them, they are enemies of the whole group, and they hardly die.

So don't be hard-hitting, start dividing and dealing with them first.

The composition of Donglin is complex, and Zou Yuanbiao has their rare experience of being demoted to Guizhou and opening Nangao Academy.

If there is a situation in the future where Zou Yuan is holding the name and opposing Yang Lian, and the Donglin Party fights internally, it will be good~

About half an hour, Meng Biao and others had already made a preliminary investigation.

Liangxiang County has not been attacked for decades, and the past ten years have been smooth.

As the southwest of the capital, the transportation and water transportation are the key points, which can just play the role of transshipment materials and trade.

A good place at the foot of the capital, since the Longqing Peace Conference, there has been no military disaster here for more than 40 years.

Wang Hongyu sighed in his heart: It's just that 9 years later, the change of Jisi began, and there was a constant encounter with looting here, and the peace and stability at this time became an illusory bubble.

also investigated some uncertain news, and Meng Biao repeated them one by one according to Wang Hongyu's meaning.

"Ai County Ling is a good official, very diligent and proficient in learning, and very elegant~"

"I heard that I wanted to do something at first, but then I didn't do anything anymore."

"It's a person who doesn't care about anything, the county still has to read Master Zhang's book, and the county government listens to Master Zhang's words in the third class and six rooms."

"Mr. Zhang is a local, and his family is not small...... Ai County Ling is a native of Guizhou who came from afar, and he is helpless here. ”

"It's a pity that this good county order is very unwilling, and I heard that I am about to leave office......"

Retelling these words, some of them are inconsistent, Meng Biao feels that some are true, and some are probably false.

"I think it's true."

Let Meng Biao and others stand by in the city, and Wang Hongyu went straight to the county office. When I arrived at the county office, I saw that the gate was closed in a grand manner.

"Knock knock~"

Wang Hongyu knocked on the door of the county government until he knocked twice, and after a while, he opened a crack, revealing the gaze of a clerk.

"I have something to do to go to the Shenming Pavilion next to it, the county has just ......" The man said halfway, quickly opened the door, and said with a slightly better attitude: "I'm sorry, I thought it was a ruffian, but I didn't expect it to be a gentleman." ”

Wang Hongyu said respectfully: "Wang Hongyu is raised in Xia Zunyi, and Ai Xianzun is in his hometown, and he has heard the name come to visit for a long time. ”

I didn't say whether it was a literary or a martial art, and I didn't ask anyway.

After a while, before the person could see it, the voice came first.

"Oops, it's so rare!" The county commander Ai Youzhi greeted him warmly.