After hearing Wu Shigong's murderous scolding, Qiao Song, who was sitting on the chair, immediately softened his legs for some reason and knelt in front of Wu Shigong. After all, although Qiao Song belonged to a thousand households, he was still just a man in the mainland of Henan.

Qianhu, a member of Qianhusuo, had never experienced war in his entire life, so when Wu Shigong's threatening words reached his ears, Qiao Song was immediately frightened.

However, although Qiao Song was so frightened that he almost wet his pants at first, he was still a member of the Ming Dynasty officialdom after all. He knelt on the ground and suddenly realized what he was doing. Wu Shoubei seemed to have no power to deal with him!

In the Ming Dynasty, or in any feudal dynasty, the power to appoint and remove any official could only be attributed to the emperor alone. In other words, even the chief assistant could not remove a ninth-grade sesame official. This was a very serious issue of imperial autocracy.

.Therefore, Wu Shigong had no power to remove Qiao Song from his Qianhu official position.

Not to mention killing officials. In dramas, it seems very satisfying to see imperial envoys killing corrupt officials with Shang Fang's sword, but in actual situations this is not the case at all.

In the Ming Dynasty, even killing a commoner had to be resolved by the emperor. It was even more unimaginable for imperial envoys to kill officials casually. This could only be done under extremely special circumstances, such as someone rebelling or disobeying orders on the battlefield.

This situation of superiors killing officials only occurs when deserters and other situations arise.

But now, Qiao Song only verbally told Wu Shigong that he did not want to go to war. Even if Wu Shigong arrested Qiao Song and reported it to him, Qiao Song still wouldn't deny it? Anyway, there is no Qiao Song in Wu Shigong who is unwilling to go to war.

Documentary evidence.

At that time, Qiao Song could at most take the military households from his Qianhu Station, sing a few high-pitched songs, and follow Wu Shigong on the expedition. Qiao Song also figured out that as long as he arrived in Liaodong, Qiao Song would stick to Wu Shigong like a slug.

With you around, your safety must be guaranteed. But no matter what, let's deal with Wu Shigong in front of him first.

So Qiao Song also felt that his legs had strength again, and he wanted to struggle to stand up and continue to quibble with Wu Shigong. But at this moment, the soldiers guarding Wu Shigong outside the hall heard Wu Shigong's words.

After shouting, they, led by Yang Rusong, drew their swords and rushed in.

After Wu Shigong suffered an assassination, the security work around Wu Shigong was greatly strengthened. So today, when he heard Wu Shigong's scolding voice, Yang Rusong led the guards into the hall without hesitation.

Yang Rusong and other soldiers were all people who had fought on the battlefield, and their aura was very powerful. So when they glared at Qiao Song and dangled their bright sharp knives in front of Qiao Song, Qiao Song

Once again, his legs went weak, and even his backbone seemed to have been drained. He lay on the ground like a puddle of mud, crying and begging Wu Shigong for mercy: "Wu Shoubei! Mr. Wu! I am humble... I am also loyal and patriotic."

Yes! I am willing to go to war, please forgive me!"

Wu Shigong waved his hand to stop Yang Rusong and the others, and then asked leisurely: "Oh? So how many people are Qiao Qianhu going to take with me to go on an expedition?"

Hearing the room for negotiation in Wu Shigong's tone, Qiao Song also felt some strength in his body. He raised his head and said to Wu Shigong: "The villain can gather three hundred people..."

Before Qiao Song finished speaking, Wu Shigong slammed the table again and cursed loudly: "Are you so loyal and patriotic? Is this how you deal with me perfunctorily?"

Qiao Song was so frightened that his face was filled with tears and runny nose, and he kowtowed quickly and said: "That's five hundred people. There can't be any more! These are already the military households owned by the villain Qian Hu. I hope you will learn from this!"

"Then tell me, how many military households are there in your Thousand Household Office? How many farms are there?"

Being scolded by Wu Shigong again, Qiao Song was so frightened that he lay on the ground speechless.

In fact, Wu Shigong's purpose of threatening Qiao Song was not to let the military households from Qiao Song's Qianhu Station go on an expedition, nor was it to blackmail Qiao Song for a lot of money.

Wu Shigong himself was a person who had worked in a thousand-household office. He knew how bad the Ming Dynasty's guardhouses were, and knew that it was impossible to get much benefit from a thousand-household office. The reason why Wu Shigong wanted to do this was to completely

Qian Husuo who controlled Qiao Song.

Among the two prefectures and counties that Wu Shigong currently controls, the central and northern areas of Runing Prefecture are completely controlled by Wu Shigong's own Runing camp, so there is no need to worry at all.

The Guide Mansion was formed because Wu Shigong had mastered the core military force of the Guide Guard, coupled with the good relationship and kinship between Wu Shigong and the military attachés at all levels of the Guide Guard (which was derived from the kinship between Wu Shigong's apprentice Tao Xin and the military attachés of the Guide Guard).

In addition, many of Wu Shigong's military attachés were born in the Guard's military household). In addition, among the officials and gentry of Guide Prefecture, the most influential Hou Fu and Wu Shigong became allies (of course, Hou Fu thought that he was Wu Shigong's backer)

.Therefore, Wu Shigong’s control in Guidewei is also very tight.

As for the two counties in Nanyang Prefecture, with Wu Shigong and Li Lu's relatives, and Wu Shigong's soldiers stationed there, their control is also very strong.

The area where Wu Shigong's control is relatively weak is the southern area of ​​Runing Prefecture where Qiao Song, a thousand households, is stationed. In the past, Wu Shigong wanted to prevent any friction with Qiao Song, a thousand households, and also to avoid causing conflicts between his superiors and Qiao Song.

Because of the attention of the civil servants, except for setting up a few Zhuangzi in the south of Runing Mansion, no soldiers were sent.

But now that he had such a good opportunity, Wu Shigong decided to put Qiao Song's Qianhu Station under his complete control. Before he went north to fight, he would complete the last piece of the puzzle in his own control area.

In addition, for Wu Shigong, it is also very important to have the quota of more than 1,000 soldiers in Qiao Song's Qianhu Station. After all, Wu Shigong's number of soldiers now exceeds his rated number of soldiers. If it can be diluted in this way, it can also increase the number of soldiers.

to some covering effect.

Wu Shigong estimated that by adding hundreds of his own soldiers to Qiao Song's Qian Hu Station and recruiting some military households in Qiao Song's Qian Hu Station, he could barely support himself with his current financial resources.

However, Wu Shigong now no longer has the ability to expand his territory and increase his soldiers. Unless the external environment changes greatly, Wu Shigong can only develop to this extent at this stage.

So Wu Shigong slammed the table again and cursed at Qiao Song: "I don't need to tell Qiao Qianhu how many soldiers Qianhu can send out, right? How can you send out 500 soldiers? Until now, you still can't send out 500 soldiers."

Do you want to deceive me?"

"No! No!" Qiao Song quickly denied, "Mr. Wu clearly knows!" Then Qiao Song quickly introduced the situation of his Qianhu Office.

In fact, Wu Shigong basically knew about those situations, such as the civilian gentry occupying the land of the guard station! The military households fled! There was a severe drought and the harvest failed!...

Of course Wu Shigong was only concerned about Qiao Song's introduction to the situation of his Thousand Household Office. From Qiao Song's introduction, Wu Shigong learned that among Qiao Song's Thousand Household Office, there are only more than 500 military households and more than 20,000 acres of land.

After understanding all the situation, Wu Shigong once again practiced iron sand palm on the table. He lectured Qiao Song: "The national crisis is because you have betrayed the emperor's kindness and neglected your duties."
Chapter completed!