Li Xin and He Tengjiao two people each have a heart to deal with a void after each back to the office, the day of the city wall defense inspection is shocking, the renovation of the construction period can not be completed overnight, so a study by He Tengjiao temporarily supervised, the first month of the sixteenth three guards according to the original plan to Jiangdu to meet with the governor of Zhejiang Zhang Fangyan.

Fengyang general soldier He Cheng heard that the town of Hou was about to leave the city in the near future, so he came to visit overnight, he has not moved the position of the Fengyang general soldier for five or six consecutive years, although Fengyang is nominally the capital of the government are over-specified, but in fact it is like a wooden clay sculpture, only for the ears of the deaf general, if it is a peaceful year, such a place for the elderly is not a bad place, but now Fengyang Mansion has been besieged by thieves several times, and all kinds of armed soldiers are like little mothers raised, every time there is a shortage of catties and short two, Therefore, it has really become a dangerous place that cannot be left behind.

He came to dredge Li Xin for nothing else, only hoping that this person could use his own prestige and relationship with the governor of Zhejiang to transfer him away, and then find a peaceful place, and live a peaceful life for a few years is the right reason, and only Nanjing is a safe place to go. But Nanjing, as the old capital of the Ming Dynasty, has countless honorable officials, and throwing a brick outside the Taiping Gate can smash a high-ranking official above four or five grades, not to mention a military commander of his rank who is only a deputy general.

Therefore, this review brings enough sincerity to come. The so-called sincerity, one is money, and the other is investment. In his opinion, needless to say, the former of these two articles is needless to say, how can there be people in the world who do not love money. The latter, on the other hand, is a profound science. If you serve one person, it doesn't mean that you are on your knees and begging to be taken in, and you will be rewarded with a mouthful of food, but it depends on whether people are willing or not. At this point, it also points to the root of the effect, as long as he is useful, even if he does not kneel down and plead, I am afraid that people will have to be demoted to ask for it. Gu Cheng was so conceited, naturally he was sure that he had both of them. Especially the latter, he asked himself if Li Xin had to use himself, because he knew that Zhang Fangyan's appointment as the governor of Zhejiang was responsible for the sage, and the matter that the predecessor Sun Butang had not solved, of course this Zhang Ge Lao had to solve it, but it was not so easy to solve it.

After the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the weather in Jianghuai is even colder, although there is no heavy snow in the north, but the wet and cold cold soaks the body for no reason, and it seems to be cold to the bones. Li Xin was accustomed to the fire wall in the north, but he was quite unaccustomed to this, and saw that the charcoal in the copper basin was gradually weakening, so he lowered himself and filled it with a few pieces of charcoal with an iron clip.

He Cheng sat cramped on the Taishi chair, the originally typed draft was not used, cold sweat was dripping on his forehead, and he secretly complained in his heart. When he first entered the house, he didn't even say a few words of greeting, so he went directly to the city defense, and the words seemed to be with guns and sticks, and he was directly referring to his own empty salary, of course, he was familiar with his own family affairs, Fengyang Mansion was full of 25,000 soldiers, but in fact, there were only more than 10,000 people.

He saw that Li Xin was pulled up to the empty salary, and he complained bitterly in his heart, in fact, where was the empty salary of 15,000 people that his small general soldier could eat alone, and eighty percent of them let Zhu Dadian, a black-hearted old ghost, scrape away, and the remaining twenty percent of his own cronies had to take care of his subordinates, and in the end, there was no one in ten who could take his turn. So Li Xin's implication of him, he really couldn't say it, and secretly screamed in his heart that he was wronged, but this black pot had to be recited, unless he didn't want to be an official in Nanzhili, otherwise once this kind of biting the boss was revealed, which ministry would dare to use himself again?

"As soon as winter is over, it seems that it is time for spring and summer to be green. Last year, the Central Plains drought was not harvested, and seeing that the Henan thieves might go to Huguang and Jianghuai to grab the road to food, at that time Fengyang Mansion would bear the brunt, if the armament was not in order, wouldn't it be a repeat of the mistake of Chongzhen for eight years? ”

He Cheng's head was buzzing when he said this, what he was afraid of was this, Chongzhen's eighth year thief was the first to break Fengyang City, and the slaughter of the city did not count the excavation of Zhu Ming's ancestral grave, if his fate would be so bleak, I am afraid that his death will not be far away. He suddenly had the urge to get up, but instead of throwing his hands away, he knelt in front of the young marquis and begged him to show him a clear way.

As Li Xin's conversation with him continued, He Cheng's mood gradually stabilized, and he found that this person was not trying to make a knife on himself, but had some parting advice in it.

He Cheng was right, Li Xin's intention was exactly that. However, Li Xin also sensed from He Cheng's flickering words and restless reaction that this person must have something to say, but he couldn't speak. What was he trying to say? He Cheng was as slippery as a loach soaked in oil, and it was impossible for people to catch it, and if he had been scared back by his harsh words before, he might not have mentioned what he should have said again. Li Xin carefully considered the words, thinking about how to dispel this person's doubts, and happily said what he wanted to say, he didn't want to leave his tail here, so naturally it was good to solve everything together.

So Li Xin smiled and said to He Cheng and Yan Yuese: "General He doesn't have to be restrained, if there is anything difficult, you might as well speak out, Li should do his best to eliminate troubles for you." Speaking of this, he paused for a moment to look at He Cheng's facial reaction, and then said slowly: "You and I are both martial artists, what else can't you say?" It's not like those civil officials who can't solve the twists and turns in their stomachs......"

However, where did He Cheng dare to mention the matter of surrender again, for fear that once the marquis of Zhen, who was not easy to get along with, had other thoughts, he would clean up his own feet. So he only blindly frowned and said that the biggest problem is still in the word money and food, renovate the city wall and maintain armament, which of these things need money, the army eats horses and chews, and cannot do without food for a day, the military rations of Nanzhili are supplied on a monthly basis, and the military rations in December last year were delayed due to the siege of thieves and did not receive them, and the officers and soldiers in the city almost dug three feet into the ground to hold on, and now half of the first month has passed, and the military rations that should be sent over have not been seen in half a grain.

Seeing He Cheng complaining, Li Xinqing knew that he didn't tell the truth, but he didn't tell the truth, and only asked him to hold on for a few more days, and Nanjing's military rations were about to arrive. At this time, Li Xin had to admire Zhang Fangyan's methods, the military rations of all towns north of the Yangtze River in the south were uniformly allocated in Jiangdu, and he went straight to Jiangdu to control the military rations, and then controlled the seven inches of these proud soldiers, but he didn't know what the old man should do next, after all, this kind of thing is not a joke, and it is not uncommon to make a mutiny if he goes too far. But how can such a secret thing be said to He Cheng.

On the sixteenth day of the first lunar month, Li Xin was about to set off on the road to Jiangdu, but he received a 600-mile express from Zhang Fangyan from Jiangdu, telling him not to rush to move troops, and then made his own arrangements. Li Xinzheng was inexplicable, and the answer was soon revealed. The order of the governor of Zhejiang, Jun, was soon issued to Fengyang, and He Cheng, the chief soldier of Fengyang, was transferred to Yangzhou Mansion. It turned out that Zhang Fangyan exchanged the general troops of the three prefectures of Nanzhili and Jiangbei in the name of rotation, so that the original intertwined relationship network was broken, and the governor issued another order to promote the order, and who dared to disobey the order again?

However, Li Xin disagrees with this, although this solves the disadvantages of the tail is not lost, but the side effects are also obvious, the most serious point is that it will cause the general to not know the soldiers, the soldiers do not know the consequences of the generals, and once the thieves come to commit it, the war is not effective, there is a danger of defeat and annihilation. It's just that from Zhang Fangyan's point of view, this kind of means of recovering power is also understandable, and there are countless examples of this kind in history.

"Old man Zhang, what does the rotation of the commanders of each province have to do with our three guards? Thirteenth brother, I always feel that this old man is a little ill-intentioned. ”

It was Lu Jiu who spoke, after nearly a month of recuperation, his skin injuries that were not broken by the muscles and bones had already healed, but there were still some faint traces of blood stasis on his face.

After Lu Jiu's reminder, Li Xin also suddenly woke up, what was the purpose of Zhang Fangyan's refusal to go to Jiangdu? Thinking of this, he couldn't help but frown. But I heard Lu Jiu whispering in his ears again, "These old sour rotten people who read are unreliable, Old Man Zhang must be playing some kind of ghost behind his back!" ”

Li Xin had long felt that something was wrong, Zhang Fangyan gave him an eight-hundred-mile express with only a simple official letter, so that the Three Guards were temporarily stationed in Fengyang, neither explained the reason, nor did he give more explanations about the rotation of the general army, it was completely a posture of the governor to control his subordinates, and the attitude of the previous heart-to-heart exchange was suddenly changed, which was difficult to guarantee that he did not have any wrong thoughts.

Could it be that Zhang Fangyan is rectifying the generals of Nanzhili at the same time, and then rectifying himself? Although Li Xin didn't want to believe that these were the handwriting of Zhang Fangyan's stubborn old man, the facts were in front of him. He did not let the Three Guards rush to Jiangdu to protect for two reasons, one was that he had already found another general guard to protect him, and the other was to push his strong self outside, thus getting rid of the influence of the Three Guards on the governor's line in one fell swoop.

These thoughts came flooding in Li Xin's mind, and the name of another person suddenly popped up, it was He Tengjiao, who was preparing for the road in Jixi. Zhang Fangyan and this person are obviously entrusted with a heavy task, so he must have other instructions for He Tengjiao, maybe He Tengjiao himself is already acting in accordance with his governor's order at this moment.

Sure enough, a letter was suddenly sent by a personal soldier, which turned out to be He Tengjiao's handwriting. Li Xin took the letter from the hand of the pro-soldier and did not immediately unfold it, but asked the pro-soldier: "Why didn't He Bingxian come in person?" ”

The pro-soldier said blankly: "He Bingxian and Zhang Ge Lao's herald messenger went on the road together, saying that the military affairs were urgent and it was not enough to make this trip, so the villain handed over the handwritten letter!" ”