???????Feng Ziying has just arrived in Yanzhou.
????????Further south from Yanzhou, the situation becomes less stable.
Although Qiu Zixiong is still dealing with Wang Zuogui and Miao Renmei in Yanchuan, no news has been transmitted yet, but the city-destroying battalion that followed has taken control of Qingjian, and the situation is quietly changing.
?????????To the southwest of Yanzhou is Central County, which is later known as Huangling County. The place where the five waters of Luoshui, Huachishui, Ziwushui, Guhe and Ciwushui converge is the county seat, which is a must for military strategists.
A battleground.
????????The central county is still under the control of the official army, but except for the county, the rebels are very active. The countryside is basically controlled by the rebels. Except for some wealthy gentry's forts, they can hardly leave the county.
Thirty miles southeast of Yanzhou is Luochuan, eighty miles due east of Yanzhou is Yijun, plus Yijun forty miles southwest in the middle, these counties make up the entire Yan'an
The area where the government's rebel forces are strongest.
As long as these counties can be solved, Yan'an Prefecture will be recovered. Once the situation in Yan'an is stabilized, the problems in the eastern counties and counties of Xi'an Prefecture will be much easier to solve.
Wen Tingshou, the magistrate of Yanzhou, is a useful talent. Although Feng Ziying has only been here for two days, he can feel it after several contacts with him.
????????The people are well-trained, equipped with armor and weapons, and the city defenses are fully repaired. It can be said that he has contributed a lot to maintaining Yanzhou's current good situation.
?????????However, this guy has some strong points. He severely suppresses the powerful local gentry and has a bad relationship with his boss Pan Ruzhen. Therefore, he has been working as a prefect in Yanzhou for five years and still has no hope of promotion.
It was only now that the chaos in northern Shaanxi gave Wen Tingshou a glimmer of hope.
Seeing that Feng Ziying's face was slightly ugly after reading the letter, Wen Tingshou stood up and left knowingly, but Feng Ziying still suppressed the irritability and worry in her heart and signaled the other party to calm down with her hands.
"No hurry, Tingshou, we haven't finished talking about Yanzhou yet, let's continue." Feng Ziying smiled lightly, put the letter into her sleeve, and said slowly, "Potatoes, sweet potatoes and corn seeds.
There is not much left, but it can still provide one or two hundred acres of land, so Tingshou, you have to arrange for people to plant and cultivate it. The drought in Yanzhou is the best in Yan'an Prefecture. Five rivers are flowing into it. Choose some around the county.
Dear Shandi, after this season, I will come to check the situation myself."
"Don't worry, sir. I dare not say anything else, but Yanzhou can still find a group of people who are good at farm work. I just don't know if the seeds you brought are of any use."
Wen Tingshou smiled and said, "One or two hundred acres of land is nothing, but I have spent so much effort but failed to achieve a decent result, which damages your prestige, sir."
"Hmph, stop talking glibly to me. Master Xu has been experimenting for so many years and carefully cultivated it. How can it be any worse?" Feng Ziying waved her hand, "Just do it right, don't worry about the rest, right?"
Yes, you, Yanzhou Minzhuang, have more than 3,000 people. I think they are well-trained, so the cost is probably not small, right?"
"Who wouldn't say it?" When he mentioned this, Wen Tingshou became more excited, "Is it reasonable to say that he is exempted from labor and has enough food to eat, but he still doesn't train well?"
?????????"But the forced distribution of donations aroused strong reactions among the gentry." Feng Ziying asked with a smile.
?????????"Haha, how can there be such a good thing in the world? I don't have to provide money or food, but I still want to be safe. Sir, please tell me where to find such a good method, and I will learn from it."
Wen Tingshou curled his lips and said: "If you can't find it, you have to follow my method in Yanzhou. No one else can do it. According to the number of fields, houses and shops, if there is one calculation, you have to give me money and food."
, otherwise I will have to treat you as colluding with the rebels."
Wen Tingshou said nonchalantly, but Feng Ziying knew that this guy really dared to do this. The Chen family and the Tan family in Yanzhou were accused of colluding with the White Lotus cult bandits and plotting rebellion.
He was imprisoned and finally escaped after dissipating all his family wealth. After this incident, everyone in Yanzhou remained silent, and no one dared to challenge his authority.
????????However, the backlash of this will not be bad. Once the situation stabilizes, these gentry will definitely retaliate wildly. However, now that the rebellion is strong, these gentry can only endure it.
"Tingshou, have you considered the consequences?" Feng Ziying asked, he did not believe that Wen Tingshou could not consider these issues.
"Haha, sir, you should know the situation in Yanzhou. The central county is in danger. If the central part is lost, then Yanzhou will bear the brunt. Rather than wait until
?????????It's better to strike first than to add a neck to a saber's axe. I'll follow my own path. If I really want to settle the score later, the worst I can do is resign and leave. Once I'm promoted, my hometown is here again.
Jiangxi, it’s okay to spend all my wealth and hire a group of bodyguards to escort me back to Jiangxi. It’s better than dying here, right?”
What Wen Tingshou said is the truth.
The situation in the central part is now a struggle. If Qiu Zixiong's Baitangzhai army cannot quickly make a breakthrough in Yanchuan and move south, the central county is expected to fall within half a month to a month.
?????????The guards in the entire Yan'an Prefecture are very weak. Yan'an Prefecture also has one battalion in Fushi City. The rest of the guards only exist in name, such as the Security Station, the Semen Station, and the Anding Station.
They are all Baihu stations, and each Baihu station has a garrison of more than 600 people, but in fact there are less than 600 people.
There are also Jingbian Guard, Suide Guard, Zhenqiang Guard and Yulin Guard. But in fact, except for Suide Guard and an incomplete battalion of soldiers, the other guard posts are
Directly under the control of Yulin Town is the supplementary guard post of the Yulin Border Army. It has nothing to do with the local area and is beyond the control of Shaanxi Dusi.
"Could it be that if the rebel army comes to besiege the city, can I still count on the Yan'an Guards or the Xi'an Guards in the south to rescue me?" Wen Tingshou said with a slightly self-deprecating smile, "Of course, if your Excellency,
You and I are surrounded in Mozhou City. I estimate that Mr. Du Sixie and the border troops from Yulin Town will still spare no effort to rescue you, but I don’t dare to bet. You didn’t come at that time. Even if you are
I'm here, but what if you go to Xi'an or Fengxiang tomorrow? I still have to keep my land here and have my responsibilities. I'm afraid of death. I have a lovely wife and concubine at home, and I can't bear to leave it. I would rather not be an official, but I have to take care of it first.
Our lives are saved, so we can only let the gentry endure the pain and cut off their flesh to form the Minzhuang."
?????????"Actually, the effect is really good. As long as the money and food are in place, hunters, mud-legged men, and servants can all be trained decently quickly under whips and sticks.
"Wen Tingshou laughed even more crazily, "Even when I invite these gentlemen to review the training results, their smiles are as if their flesh has been cut, and I can't help laughing."
He is a character, and he dares to be so wild in front of him. Either he has such a personality, or he really ignores it. There is no hope that he can continue to wear this black gauze hat.
????????Feng Ziying probably has both. For offending the gentry of a state so severely, he must be in constant infamy. Moreover, he is at odds with his immediate boss Pan Ruzhen, so he must not get good treatment from the officials.
According to the evaluation, if there is no accident, I can only go home and wait for the opportunity.
"Well, I know the whole story. The local gentry still needs to be comforted. Don't be too harsh..." Feng Ziying's words also seemed very casual, and she didn't feel Wen Tingshou at all.
Of course Wen Tingshou could hear how rebellious his actions were, and he felt a little lively in his heart. It seemed that the governor quite approved of his actions?
What he didn’t know was that Feng Ziying’s actions might be ten times worse and harsher than his own. It wasn’t enough to ask for money or food, but he even asked for all his property, including his life.
"Sir, I also want to be a good person, and I also want to treat the gentry with respect as guests, but the rebel army is so powerful that they don't give me such an opportunity." Wen Tingshou spread his hands, "
And it can be said that I have been very gentle. People are starving to death outside the city everywhere, and mobs are constantly joining the rebellion. These situations can be completely avoided as long as the gentry spends money and food, but I have not ruined the situation.
Do you want them to spend extra money? I only want to fulfill what I promised, but if they can't do it, then don't blame me for being rude. "
????????Feng Ziying nodded silently and said no more.
?????????It wasn't until Wen Tingshou left that Feng Ziying savored it carefully.
?????????This guy came to ask for help, but he did it very politely and reservedly.
???????? Maybe I didn’t have this idea originally, but I saw that I seemed to approve of his performance, so I came up with the idea.
???????However, Feng Ziying did not hesitate to support the other party.
?????????Why don’t you support people who can do things?
???????? Yanzhou has been stabilized. Even if the central part is lost, Yanzhou can withstand the spread of the rebel army. Of course, this depends on Qiu Zixiong's strategy in Yanchuan Yanchang.
After this trip, I also met many officials. It should be said that the officials in Yan'an Prefecture and County are not as bad as I first imagined. The reason why the situation is so dangerous is that there are
The main reason was the accumulated corruption among officials, but to a large extent it was also the result of years of severe drought, as well as the harsh treatment given by the imperial court to the border troops in the three sides and four towns, which resulted in a large number of deserters infiltrating into the local area.
????????The performance of people like Pan Ruzhen, Xia Zhiling, Xu Junyang and Wen Tingshou just now is not bad. Even people like Wu Degui are not satisfactory. They are not stupid and mediocre officials who wait for the corpse to eat nothing. Of course, this is not
It does not mean that they have done a perfect job in their respective positions.
????????In other words, no matter how well they do, some things will still happen, and personal actions cannot change the final overall situation.
???????Wang Wenyan came in, and Feng Ziying breathed a sigh of relief: "Wenyan, something happened."
After listening to Feng Ziying's introduction and reading Duan Xipeng's letter, Wang Wenyan calculated the time and knew he was in trouble. What a coincidence?
"I'm afraid there are no available troops in Shanxi that can withstand the rebel army's offensive. Si Yancheng in Anyi and Puzhou Cangcheng are both places that the rebel army will definitely want to capture."
Wang Wenyan looked serious, "According to the progress of several aunts, I'm afraid we'll just catch up."
????????Feng Ziying sighed, then leaned on the back of the chair and put his hand on his forehead, "But now that the matter has come to this, what can be done?"
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