Chapter 146: The Abandoned Governor

Although Qin Lei's clever words resolved the awkward atmosphere at the banquet, the angry curses, shouts, and even shouts of killing outside really ruined the interest of all the adults.

After drinking a few more tours, when he saw that General Gu Pei of Jiangbei Gu, came back to sit down, Qin Lei knew that the situation was basically under control, so he accused him of being exhausted on the excuse of his journey. The two governors also left the seat.

After coming downstairs, the alert outside was significantly strengthened. The black-clothed guards, the personal soldiers of the Governor's Office, and the officials from the Governor's Office surrounded the passage and broke into the water. The three of them got into the sedan chair under heavy protection. The guards surrounded the sedan chair and left the Wangjiang Tower.

The atmosphere in the sedan chair was a little heavy. The two officials looked at Qin Lei with shame. Qin Lei waved generously and said, "The two adults are the parents of millions. There is inevitably a naughty person who has so many children. It's not hard to fight, it's not hard to fight."

The two looked at each other, and Zhuo Wenzheng said, "The prince is so kind to the master of the Taiwan Strait and the lower officials. If he still wants to hide it, it will be like our Jiangbei officials are not the sons."

Qin Lei smiled and said, "It's not that serious. When the storm comes, we must work together to overcome difficulties."

The two of them heard the voice of Qin Lei and knew that their hard work today was not wasted, so they couldn't help but relax, and their favor for the young and handsome Prince Long suddenly increased.

The two lords bowed to Qin Lei and said, "If you can pass this level, we will only follow His Highness's leader."

Qin Lei smiled bitterly in his heart. This is not easy. At least all the civil and military officials of the court regarded the governors of the two southern provinces as victims of future struggles. Otherwise, Li Hun's brother-in-law Che Weiguo would not have put a good governor of Jiangbei, and refused to be the chief official of the border, begging for nothing to go back to be the Minister of War. Similarly, the Prime Minister's Office also transferred the original governor of Jiangbei Wentao and transferred Zhuo Wenzheng, the governor of Shanbei Province, to come over to the top.

Even the general of the Jiangbei Guard was replaced by Ma Guangtian, a clan of the Li family, to Gu Pei today. It can be said that the entire Jiangbei officialdom was abandoned.

Qin Lei was a little aware of the purpose of Emperor Zhaowu asking him to come. The Wen and Li family were too ugly. They would definitely cause disgust in the two southern provinces. As long as they could save them, officials from the two provinces would change their teams and stand.

But then again, if we hadn't seen the situation in the two provinces be so decayed, Old Bastard Li and Old Man Wen would not have given up this important grain and rice land and threw Qin Lei over to make a big fuss.

Thinking of this, Qin Lei felt a little sympathetic to the two people on the other side and said sincerely: "Two sirs, if you can trust me, just tell me the whole story. If anyone can help, Qin Lei will never refuse."

These three claim to be used wonderfully. The first one is to use "六" to ensure his noble identity, and the second one is to use "六" to express sincerity. The third one is to be directly named, and it means to take responsibility for oneself.

The two adults have been through the officialdom for a long time and are extremely satisfied with Qin Lei's statement. Zhuo Wenzheng nodded and said, "Then it's not pretentious, that's what..."

The matter started with the military and military force of Qin. When the late emperor Xiangwen was young, he was determined to unify the world. At that time, the national strength of Qin did indeed meet such conditions. Huangfu Dan, the Grand Marshal at that time, believed that with the 800,000 troops of Qin, he could not cope with the two fronts at the same time, and Emperor Xiangwen also agreed. Before Emperor Xiangwen ascended the throne, Qin did not have the system of guards, and the defense of the prefectures was mainly completed by the local government soldiers and the training of the gentry formed by the gentry of the gentry of the country.

In order to quickly expand the military power, Emperor Xiangwen incorporated these government soldiers and regiment trainees into guards and sent imperial guards to train them, hoping that they would take on the important principles of defending the country and territory in the future conquests. At that time, in order to win people's hearts and strengthen motivation, Emperor Xiangwen gave a large organization of these guards, and all the officers who led the troops were named generals.

You should know that before Emperor Xiangwen ascended the throne, there were only four generals in the country, namely Zhennan, the East, the Imperial Army, and the Imperial Army. Once the Guards were established, dozens of generals emerged in the country. In addition, the commanders of the Central and the Border Army were promoted to one level, and a hundred generals were gathered.

When military officials were promoted, civil officials also had to take care of them. Civil officials were basically promoted one level. There is a folk proverb that said the situation at that time: "The minister of the country is not as good as a dog, and the generals are walking all over the ground." Although it is a bit exaggerated, it is not groundless. For a time, the bureaucracy of the court expanded more than twice, and the military organization also increased sharply from 800,000 to 2 million.

At that time, the civil and military officials were indeed very energetic. If the war was started, it might have a good result. However, Emperor Xiangwen was assassinated. Later, the sects competed for the throne, and then saved the nation to survive. It evolved into a confrontation between the two heroes and the three-legged stalemate today.

The problem now is that the local garrisons and border troops were actually reduced to a smaller scale as early as 17 years ago when they fought against the Qi and Chu coalition. However, after the war, the power in the court was busy fighting for power and profit for nearly twenty years, desperately trying to win over all forces. No one dared to make the unpleasant proposal of shrinking the army, and they still allocated military pay according to the original amount. Of course, the vacant amount came to the generals' pockets. By the same token, no one dared to streamline the bureaucracy. Moreover, the huge civil servant system saw that the generals were full of food, and naturally they were dissatisfied in their hearts, which gave Wen Yanbo the opportunity to connect with all officials and embezzle them collectively.

Qin Lei sighed in his heart that it would be impossible if he really wanted to do this well without a strong centralization.

At that time, Qin was still rich and could raise these borers, but after more than ten years, the treasury finally couldn't hold on. A war last year was to plunder the wealth of Qi and transfusion blood for himself. The stubborn Zhao Wujiu had long seen this point and deliberately showed weakness, returning the untamed Qin Jiuzhou to Qin, and retreated again. In the end, he dragged down the unsustainable Qin army, but also brought a big burden to the already precarious Qin finance.

As for nonsense like the increasing strength of the Qin Dynasty, it is all for subordinates and outsiders to listen to.

Zhuo Wenzheng finally told the truth: "The Curry has been empty for a long time, and the Xia Taxation will be collected in two months. The garrison and the government have not paid any wages for two months. If they owed another month, something big will happen. Today, the soldiers of the garrison have heard that they were sent to the south, but they are asking for wages."

Qu Yanwu continued: "The court is now demolishing the east wall and repairing the west wall. In order to protect the capital and several provinces on the junction of the East and Qi, the warehouses of our southern provinces have been hollowed out since last winter and helped the north." He said angrily: "People say that it is easy to live by cowardly neighbors, but we did not expect that we suffered a great loss."

The sedan chair had already stopped, but none of the three of them wanted to interrupt the conversation.

Qin Lei sighed a little, "I knew that this year's Qin was not easy in Beijing. It is said that the Ministry of Revenue had no money to pay his salary. I didn't expect that the local government had owed two months." He couldn't help but feel infinite admiration for the Qi military god Bai Sheng Gong. The old man withstood the mainstream peace-seeking idea of ​​the prime minister of Qi at that time. He did not pay tribute to Qin. He also used a protracted war to further drag down the Qin's finances. Qin has reached this kind of land that would even be destroyed without conquering the situation.

Pressing his distracted mind, Qin Lei asked in a deep voice: "Have you thought about how to save yourself?"

Zhuo Wenzheng looked at Qu Yanwu and said desolately: "As long as we can borrow money, we have borrowed it all. Unfortunately, others have seen that we have borrowed it but not paid it back. Giving a few melons like a charity is a drop in the bucket."

Qu Yanwu also said bitterly: "But these people have a close relationship with the officials in the court, so we dare not use force. We can only do nothing."

Qin Lei narrowed his eyes and stopped talking for a while.

The two adults thought Qin Lei was exhausted and were about to get up to finish the conversation, so they heard Qin Lei say quietly: "Are you bullying me for being young? Are you going to use me as a gun to stab those hornets' nests?"

Hearing Qin Lei's heart-killing words, the two of them looked tight, and Zhuo Wenzheng said sincerely: "Your Highness is so worried. Lord Qu and the lower official are just telling you the situation, and have no other thoughts."

Qin Lei sneered, "You just pretend. If you don't believe that the two officials in the border areas will not hear any sound." He turned to a blank expression and said, "If you really don't know, I won't talk nonsense to you."

Tuo Zhuo looked at each other and thought to himself that he underestimated the young prince. They did have the intention of letting Qin Lei borrow money for them. But since Qin Lei was very clear about the situation, he must have a clear understanding of the two of them. Thinking of this, the two sat upright again and finally became really depressed. Qu Yanwu had no strength: "We also guessed that the court would take advantage of the opportunity of suppressing the chaos of the two provinces to reduce the guards, eliminate redundant personnel, and then promote them to the whole country. Even if we borrow money, the situation that the court had painstakingly arranged for a year could not be triggered and not released, and we would definitely not have allowed us to survive this disaster."

"But I'm not willing to give up. Is it easy to get to this point? Do you have to suffer for others and thus ruin your career?" He said with a hurricane saying, "No! As long as there is a glimmer of hope, I must seize it!" Zhuo Wenzheng also nodded fiercely.
Chapter completed!