As a large number of dignitaries arrived one after another, not only were the seats in the lobby of the prefecture yamen filled the seats in the prefecture yamen, but the tables placed in the prefecture yard were also filled with seats based on the wealth of the official god landlord. This book is made by

At the beginning of the banquet, Wei Zheng did not appear. Otherwise, the whole banquet would end in an unhappy manner, and he took other people's money and could not even let others eat a meal.

After drinking and eating, everyone focused their eyes on the prefect Li Wenxuan.

With a pair of puzzled eyes, Li Wenxuan walked into the back hall with a respectful face. In less than a cup of tea, Wei Zheng, dressed in military uniform, slowly appeared in front of everyone under the guidance of Li Wenxuan's smiling face.

"Sir, now, I will introduce you to someone. As for today's banquet, it is also to welcome this person. This person is standing in front of me, the General of Datong, Lord Wei, who was just appointed by the court... Welcome everyone..."

Whether you are willing or not, whether you are sincere or not, all kinds of welcome voices are still heard in the lobby and the courtyard.

Then, the noisy talk also reached the ears of the two.

At this moment, everyone was thinking and discussing one thing, why two people who were incompatible with life and death a few days ago can stand together now? Why can the magistrate, who has always been proud, let go of his figure and hold a welcome banquet for generals with higher ranks than him...

With all kinds of discussions, the two sons of the prefect Li Wenxuan were imprisoned by the Jinyiwei. Two days ago, the prefect Li Wenxuan took more than a dozen carriages to the General's Mansion, and then brought the carriage back... quickly spread in the lobby and the courtyard.

After connecting all kinds of gossip, some bold ideas slowly appeared in the minds of these officials, gentry and landlords.

Are the two sons of the magistrate who were arrested by the General Instructed by the General... The magistrate took more than a dozen carriages to the General's Mansion to apologize to the General's Mansion? I hope the General can let his two precious sons go...

At this moment, the smiling prefect Li Wenxuan decisively interrupted the crowd of people who were talking. He spoke again: "Dear squire, you are all important people in my Datong Mansion. Today, the General came here to invite everyone. On the one hand, we are here to meet everyone. After all, the General will have to deal with everyone for a long time in the future."

"In addition to this purpose, the General needs help from everyone..."

"Everyone knows that it won't take long to be attacked by Shaanxi rebels. The latest enemy information brought to us by the General General is that the Shaanxi rebels attacking Datong Prefecture, because they were carrying a large number of refugees during the march, the number of troops has expanded from 10,000 people when they entered Shanxi to 30,000..."

"What about our Datong Mansion? It doesn't count the Tiger and Leopard Army brought by the General, but only 5,000 people are in full force. As for the Tiger and Leopard Army brought by the General, although the Tiger and Leopard Army defeated the Tartars several times outside the pass, the total force is only less than 4,000. In other words, in the future Datong defense battle, we can use less than 10,000 troops.

"With less than 10,000 troops, we can defend Datong and ensure the safety of the gentry's property?"

According to the Chinese people's self-protection personality, they can ignore other things. However, after they really affect their own wealth and security, these usually high-ranking official gods and landlords began to lose their seats.

Sitting in the lobby of the prefect's yamen, some gentry with Li Wenxuan were yelling: "Master, the army is not strong enough. We can ask the court for help and ask the court to send reinforcements..."

"Otherwise, the defenders with less than 10,000 people will definitely not be able to stop 30,000 rebels. Therefore, please submit a memorial to the court immediately and ask for reinforcements..."

"Yes, ask for reinforcements from the court..."

"We pay so much taxes to the court every year, and the court cannot ignore us..."

Seeing the situation that could almost be called intensified. Wei Zheng, who was dressed in military uniform, finally responded.

After slamming his clenched fist on the table in front of him, he shouted: "Silence me..."

After Wei Zheng's murderous words rang out in the courtyard, the lively prefect's office suddenly became quiet. Everyone focused their eyes on Wei Zheng, wanting to hear what this strange general of Datong said.

After Wei Zheng, dressed in military uniform, took two steps forward, he said with a majestic look on his face: "I will tell you as the General of Datong. The court will not send any reinforcements to us... If you want to defend Datong Prefecture and ensure that your family in Datong Prefecture is not robbed by Shaanxi rebels, we can only rely on ourselves..."

"The rebels have so many troops, and we only have less than one-third of the opponent's. There is only one way to change this huge gap in strength, which is to expand the army..."

"And it takes money to expand the army. The court will not give it to you, so only the gentry in our Datong Prefecture can generously donate. Because only when we defend Datong Prefecture, your family wealth in Datong Prefecture can you keep it. Otherwise, even if you only have tens of thousands of dollars in Datong Prefecture, you will be a rebel in Shaanxi at that time..."

Wei Zheng just finished speaking, and had already made up his mind to cooperate with Wei Zheng and said in a very timely manner: "Sir, I won't tell you the principle of losing your lips and getting cold teeth."

"What I want to tell you is that if our Datong Prefecture does not expand its army, the general will not be able to defend Datong Prefecture. And your family wealth in Datong Prefecture will be robbed by Shaanxi rebels..."

"So, everyone's little efforts are to save most of the wealth we have earned through hard work in our lifetime..."

"In order to show my support from Li Wenxuan and the entire prefect's office to the General, I will take the lead and provide free support to the General with 10,000 taels of gold and 150,000 taels of silver as military pay for the army to expand its military and defend our Datong Mansion..."

"Hiss..." Hearing the numbers reported by Li Wenxuan, even the gentry who had already prepared for heavy bleeding could not help but take a breath. Because the numbers reported by Li Wenxuan were too large, completely beyond their imagination.

However, after the shock, he began to hesitate.

The prefect took out 250,000 taels of silver at one time. If he only took out hundreds or even thousands of taels, would it be too little that he offended both the prefect and the general...

Therefore, these officials, gentry and landlords had to grit their teeth and calculate a more appropriate number in their minds based on their wealth.

When Li Wenxuan and Wei Zheng focused their eyes on the richest man in Datong at the same time, the gray-haired old man quickly flashed a hint of heartache expression on his face and answered to the two.
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