In the general's mansion, Lu Fan rarely changed into a genuine third-rank military officer uniform this time.

In the lobby, a group of trusted generals were sitting on both sides.

"Sir, our Jinyiwei can easily settle the matter of suppressing bandits. There is no need to spend this unjust money to mobilize the troops of the Eastern Route?" Yin Cheng asked.

The commander-in-chief has money, and everyone present knows this, and the adults have never been stingy. Over the years, they have also shared a lot of wealth.

But you can’t spend money indiscriminately. Even if you can easily settle things, why should you give money to those already corrupt officials?

Lu Fan smiled, looked at everyone, and asked, "What about you, do you think so?"

Chen Lian and others didn't say anything, but mostly they had expressions of "spendless money."

However, Lu Jianxing, who was recently promoted to the deputy Qianhu family by Lu Fan, seemed to be a reckless man who only knew how to fight but did not know how to adapt, actually expressed his views rarely.

"I think the money is worth it!"

"Oh, let's talk, why is it worth it?"

Lu Jianxing looked serious and said aloud: "Sir, I am a pure warrior. I understand the thoughts of those military officers very much. If you touch my foundation, I will take someone to take your life. If I were a local military officer, I would definitely do this!"

"Summary!" Lu Fan encouraged with a smile.

"So I thought, if the adults did nothing next, it would probably take a few days to go out of war on the entire Yanghe East Road. As for the nominal reason, it would naturally be a riot!"

"What's the terrible thing about military chaos? There are more than 7,000 official troops on the east route, but they are all mobs, which is not enough for us to kill!" Yin Cheng retorted: "It just happened to take this opportunity to remove the garbage. Wouldn't it be more convenient for you to manage the east route in the future?"

Lu Jianxing shook his head, "Soldier chaos is not scary, but the local people are afraid. Now it is the spring farming season. If the military chaos is together, the farming season will be delayed and the harvest will be lost. This year's cold winter, a large number of people will probably not be able to survive!"

"That's it!" Chen Lian and others nodded thoughtfully, "So this is spending money to delay the chaos, and use money to stimulate the local government troops to suppress bandits. It will take a month or two to wait until the people finish their spring plowing, and then attack the local military officers?"

Lu Fan nodded with satisfaction. His subordinates were originally a group of rough people. After following him for a long time, he gradually became more and more brain-like.

If you try harder, you can be placed in the cities and forts on the East Road as a guard and ethical position.

"No matter when, food and grass are the foundation of one's own life and the most important thing. Only when you have food in your hands can you not panic in your heart!"

Lu Fan looked around and said slowly: "So I spent some money to give the local people a stable spring farming environment. This little money is worth it!"

"Besides, we don't need to pay this little money!" At this point, his mouth raised, "The bandits and bandits have been entrenched on the east road in recent years, and have accumulated a lot of money to wipe them out and reward them with money. We don't need to spend anything."

Yin Cheng clapped his hands and sighed: "You must use other people's money and do your own business!"

"There is no need to say flattery!" Lu Fan waved his hand and looked at Lu Jianxing, "This time, you are the main force, Jin Yichuan is the auxiliary, and lead two thousand troops. Three days later, set off with the Eastern Road official army!"

When Lu Jianxing heard this, he was overjoyed and quickly clasped his fists to take the order.

But then, he showed a hint of worry, "Sir, what if the military officers suppressed the army under his command to go out to fight against the bandits?"

"Don't worry!" Lu Fan shook his head, "If they really do this, it would be even better. No need for us to do it, their soldiers can strip them alive!"

...........

Military officers from all over the country are not stupid, and they dare not fight against the officials and soldiers under their command in terms of money.

Three days later, in the early morning, outside Yanghe City, the eastern city, the fort guards, and the ethical commanders led their troops as promised.

This time, the bandit suppression, more than 7,000 official troops were placed on the Eastern Road, but in fact, 5,000 people, almost all of them came out, and they all gathered together.

After all, as long as people come out to suppress the bandits, they can get a reward of three taels of silver, and no one is left behind. In desperation, the guards and ethics of the places almost brought all the officials who could be brought with them.

As for why two thousand people are missing, everyone knows it. It is a common practice in all dynasties and generations, and it is simply difficult to eliminate it!

The sturdy official army was erratic in the military formation, and the armor on each of them was extremely worn. There were loopholes and patches in many places, so there was no morale at all.

Lu Fan stood on a horse at the gate of the city, and behind him, there were a row of large boxes.

“Unbox!”

Lu Fan swept his eyes over the official army, then waved his hand, and behind him, a group of Jinyiwei cavalry opened the big boxes one by one.

The next moment, boxes of white silver fell into everyone's sight.

Money was touching, and so much money appeared in front of me, which caused a commotion among the official army.

"I have said that all the officials involved in the bandit suppression can receive a reward of three taels of silver. I will do what I say! Next, the secretary of the general's office will record each person's name and origin. When the bandit suppression returns, they can use their own names to receive the reward at the city gate!"

Originally, some officials were still suspicious about collecting the money, but when they saw the white money, everyone felt relieved.

In public, the generals of the gang took out the money. It was impossible to break their promises shamelessly, right?

Next, Wang Ding'an led more than a dozen civilian personnel from the General's Mansion to start recording the names and hometowns of each soldier. He worked hard for more than an hour before he finished his work.

After everything was ready, Lu Fan, who had already established authority in the official army through the white silver, his eyes suddenly became sharp.

"I am a purely military official, and the tricks that civil officials welcome in the officialdom will not work for me!"

"I only recognize military merits here!"

"If you have military merits, you can get money and land to divide it. If military merits are enough, let alone the Qianmai, even if you are an ethical official or even a city guard, I will push you up!"

"If I leave my words here, whoever dares to embezzle the military merits of his subordinates and suppress the promotion of his subordinates? No matter how capable you are, the greater your backer behind you will definitely let him walk in the Jinyiwei Prison and experience what life is worse than death!"

Lu Fan's words were very straightforward and there were no obscure statements at all.

But the more straightforward and vulgar they were, the more they were in line with the appetites of these officials. At the moment when he finished speaking, many of thousands of officials and soldiers were so excited that they couldn't control themselves.

As a soldier, who doesn’t have the dream of getting promoted and getting rich and winning his wife and children?

In the past, the path of promotion was monopolized by the upper-class military officers, and these big-headed soldiers could only live a life of honesty and could not see a way out.

But now it’s different. Lord Lu is here, and a brand new road appears in front of everyone!

All rewards and punishments are judged by military merits. This is really in line with the thoughts of the officers and soldiers!

Turning his head and looking at the big-headed soldiers behind him, Ang Lee and other guards looked at each other, and their faces were extremely hard to see.

The land reclamation order dug out the wealth foundation of these local military officers.

This bandit suppression order is to poach the foundation of the army of these military officers!
Chapter completed!