Today's "Tongtian Banquet" is really interesting, Zhu Youzhen not only got acquainted with Hong Chengchou, but also discovered an old acquaintance: Zuo Guangxian!

A few months ago, when they entered Shanhaiguan in the east, the two met under the city of Tongzhou. At that time, because Zuo Guangxian's subordinates offended Qi Meifeng, the two sides almost caught fire. However, it can be regarded as not knowing each other, and the two immediately cooperated sincerely to win the state city, so that the conspiracy of the superintendent Guan Ning to rectify Zuo Guangxian and sabotage the superintendent Sun Chengzong's marching plan was completely bankrupt.

It's a pity that after arriving at Shanhaiguan, King Qin's soldiers and horses were all transferred away by Guan Ning, and Zhu Youzhen lost contact with Zuo Guangxian. In his memory, Zuo Guangxian should be the deputy chief soldier of Lanzhou. But for some reason, he also appeared at the banquet, and his seat was next to a general.

At this time, the high-ranking officials were sitting around, and Zuo Guangxian obviously knew Zhu Youzhen, but he didn't dare to take the initiative to speak. After Zhu Youzhen found him, he shouted very affectionately: "Isn't this General Soldier Zuo?" Why are you here? Come, come, sit down beside the king! ”

Everyone was stunned, not knowing why Zhu Youzhen was so fond of Zuo Guangxian alone. After listening to Zhu Youzhen's account of the previous situation, Yang He and others suddenly realized.

But Zuo Guangxian didn't dare to make a mistake, and avoided Shi Shi and said: "Your Highness has killed the last general!" Last year, the king of Qin, the last general found a fault with the superintendent of the army, demoted and punished, and now he is no longer a deputy commander-in-chief, but a general. The last general has just been ordered by the Ministry of War to take up his post in Yan'an. ”

"Oh?" Zhu Youzhen smiled, "So, you and Hong Chengchou are going to be colleagues?" ”

"The last general is listening to orders under the account of Governor Hong." Zuo Guangxian hurriedly replied respectfully, and at the same time skillfully slapped Hong Chengchou on the back.

Hong Chengchou also hurriedly smiled and said: "General Zuo is too modest, everyone is a minister in the same hall, but the responsibilities are different." Xia Guan is also a newcomer, and there are still many places to rely on General Zuo! ”

Speaking of which, the topic naturally turned to the situation in northern Shaanxi. It turned out that a large number of thieves had fled into Shanxi from Shaanxi, and after the collective disappearance from Shanxi, they had recently returned to the west of the Yellow River one after another, and had frequent activities in northern Shaanxi, Ningxia, and Gansu. And Yansui Town, one of the nine towns of the Ming Dynasty, is located in the center of the activities of the thieves.

Because the former governor was as timid as a mouse and blindly avoided war, the arrogance of the thieves was very arrogant, and he even broke more than ten county towns such as Qingyang, Chongxin, Huating, Pengyang, and Longde, and almost failed to capture Guyuan, the governor of Yansui.

When the news reached Beijing, the imperial court was furious, removed the former governor from his post and investigated, and promoted Hong Chengchou, who had a good political performance, to the governor of Yansui, hoping to use his ability to redeem the decline.

Speaking of thieves in northern Shaanxi, whether they are civil officials or military generals, most people are helpless. These people have been in the officialdom for a long time, and the officials and soldiers have long known about it. There are many people who can't say it, but they secretly think in their hearts: Now the situation of Yansui is not good, even if the king of heaven is replaced, this Hong Chengchou is just another unlucky guy with a black cauldron.

Yang He, the governor of the three sides, smiled and said: "Before the governor arrived, he had been thinking about a question: why did the thieves not only fail to be exterminated, but also more and more? After coming to Xi'an, I figured out: it turned out that the thieves were all from the people, or the people were thieves! In recent years, there have been frequent disasters in Shaanxi, and the people have been displaced and hungry, so they have made chaos; The law is unforgivable, and there are extenuating circumstances. If you blindly kill, how many people in Shaanxi will be killed, and how can they all be killed? Therefore, the governor believes that in dealing with Shaanxi's stubborn diseases, suppression can only cure the symptoms, and only by curing can the root cause be cured! ”

Because Yang He is the governor of the three sides, he is the highest official among all the people here. The so-called officials crushed people to death, and all the officials, regardless of whether they agreed with Yang He's views from their hearts or not, were all echoed.

Yang He was even more proud, and continued to say eloquently: "This governor has already been sent to the top of the house, and I implore the imperial court to allocate one million taels of silver to settle the thieves and turn the bandits into the people. If the silver taels are in place, if it is not for the boasting of this governor, the situation in northern Shaanxi will be calmed down within three years! ”

Everyone slapped their horses again, and Yang He took the opportunity to smile at Zhu Youzhen: "The Jingshi is thousands of miles away, and it takes more than a month to go back and forth on the road. At present, not only is it necessary to use silver to appease the thieves, but it is also necessary to provide relief to the people in the disaster area, and it will cost at least hundreds of thousands of taels. But the imperial court has only allocated 30,000 taels so far, how can this be done? Therefore, he also asked His Royal Highness the King of Qin to donate generously and temporarily borrow 100,000 taels of silver from the lower officials. After the thieves are pacified, the Shaanxi agricultural department will return to normal, and then it will be taken from the tax and returned to His Royal Highness. ”

Zhu Youzhen saw that Yang He finally cut to the point, weighed it in his heart, and felt that he could afford 100,000 taels. If you can spend money to buy peace and keep local officials from obstructing their actions, the huge amount of money is well spent.

However, he didn't want to let himself become an ATM that could respond to requests, so he pretended to frown in pain and said, "Since the Governor has invited him, this king dares to disobey his orders." But 100,000 taels seems too much, how about this king give 80,000 taels first? ”

Yang He didn't expect Zhu Youzhen to agree so happily. In fact, he thought that he could ask for 50,000 taels, and the so-called 100,000 taels was just to leave room for Zhu Youzhen to make a counteroffer.

In addition to being surprised, Yang He was also quite moved. He is not as greedy as other officials, but really wants to pacify the thieves in Shaanxi. Seeing that the silver two had landed, he was overjoyed, and immediately raised his glass and said: "On behalf of the three Qin fathers, Xia Guan respects His Royal Highness this cup!" ”

All the officials also toasted together, and the banquet was officially started.

The big event has been decided, and the atmosphere at the banquet is naturally warm. After three rounds of wine and five flavors, the officials began to take turns to toast Zhu Youzhen. Fortunately, this wine is just a sweet fermented wine, and the degree is not high, otherwise Zhu Youzhen would have let these people pour it under the table.

In addition, the officials also toasted each other, it was hello, hello, hello, everyone, doing it everywhere. When the wine is half-drunk, whether it is a civil official or a military general, they will gradually reveal their true form, either with their tongues hooked and their backs to call brothers and sisters, or laugh and make a lot of jokes and jokes.

Zhu Youzhen suddenly felt disgusted, and was about to retreat as soon as possible, but it happened that Hong Chengchou was also about to leave the table, so the two went out of the private room together.

When he went to the toilet, Hong Chengchou was just about to go back with Zhu Youzhen, but Zhu Youzhen stared at Hong Chengchou tightly with a sharp gaze, and asked in a rather serious tone: "Lord Hong, what do you think of what Governor Yang said?" ”

Hong Chengchou was stunned for a moment, and then said with a sleek smile: "Your Excellency, how dare the lower officials discuss it." ”

"It's just you and me, but it's okay!" When Zhu Youzhen said this, he was already a little violent.

Hong Chengchou saw that Zhu Youzhen was so serious, but he didn't dare to prevaricate at will, and hurriedly replied: "Forgive your superiority, Governor Yang is a big mistake!" The rebellion of thieves certainly has a reason why life is compelled by life; But now that the imperial court is on fire everywhere, how can there be millions of silver for Shaanxi to squander? If you don't have money or food, even if you can temporarily appease you, you will rebel again! ”

ps: The flower event is coming to an end, and there are still flowers to vote for, don't miss the opportunity, by the way, support the little brother!