Zhou Dunji had previously sent a sentry led by Meng Biao to ask for food from the county again, but still received nothing.
"Liangxiang County said it has run out of food?"
"Yes, the county magistrate didn't see it. It was the chief secretary who met with the humble official and said that the Liaodong war had already diverted grain from the county. Now it is early spring and it is a time when there is no food, so it cannot be diverted to support us."
The sentry officer's name is Meng Biao. He is a veteran of the Sichuan Army. He is almost 40 years old. From a distance, he looks dark and thin. From a close look, he looks like a very powerful character who is covered in weather and scars.
In the camp system of the Ming Dynasty, there were five troops, the second group was the team, the third team was the team, the third team was the sentry, the fifth sentry was the general, and the fifth general was the camp. A sentry officer managed nearly a hundred people, and he was already considered an important military official.
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"Let me introduce you. This is Wang Hongyu, my third brother! He ranked first in the Sichuan martial arts examination last year. He is a good youngster trained by the old general Liu Wei. You know it."
"Of course I know! He is a good junior of our Sichuan soldiers~"
The army knew that Wang Hongyu's family was involved in putting down the Bozhou Rebellion, but they didn't know that he was an opposition marquis.
In fact, only the eldest brother, second brother and a few living relatives know the identity of the opposition Marquis.
Zhou Dunji analyzed: "Liangxiang County does not supply food. Unless military funds are used to purchase food directly from various places, otherwise you will be hungry within a few days of supplies. If it is not possible, you can use military funds to purchase it, but this will make the original investment in ordnance and
Valuable training costs are wasted.
What’s even worse is that now there are people in the Northern Army and local officials who have bad intentions, and the soldiers are starving, and there may be problems with morale and discipline, and as soon as problems arise, someone will immediately report them for impeachment.”
It is so tragic and true. The military generals of the Ming Dynasty were walking on thin ice. In addition, Zhou Dunji was a general of the Sichuan Army, and his backer Liu Wei died in the battle. He was also imprisoned for being wronged. If you are not careful, you will become someone else's credit book.
According to the ideas of the civil servants, Zhou Dunji and Zhang Shenwu should rush into the city now, kowtow to the county registrar and others, and kneel down to beg for food.
Beautiful thought~
Wang Hongyu rolled his eyes and smiled.
"Third brother, do you have any ideas?"
"You can give it a try. This method is called work-for-relief." After all, it comes from later generations, and using this method is already a common practice.
"Work-for-relief? Is this work feasible?"
"My 'job' is not an ordinary mason or other coolie, but a 'job' that can only be done by our strong army, such as suppressing bandits, bodyguards, maintaining public order, punishing bullies, etc." This is Wang Hongyu's first time.
When operating in the military, of course you have to create some fame.
"Suppressing bandits, bodyguards, maintaining law and order, punishing bullies... I really have yours, but do you have any clues about this?"
"I don't have it, but Ai Youzhi, the magistrate of Liangxiang County, must have it."
"Ai Youzhi...do you know him?"
Of course I know, it is clearly written in the Liangxiang County Chronicle.
Ai Youzhi is not well-known, but his teacher Zou Yuanbiao is well-known.
If there is anyone in the Donglin Party who can suppress Yang Lian, Zuo Guangdou is definitely the legendary and true veteran Zou Yuanbiao.
Regardless of whether he is a member of the Donglin Party or not, as long as he can take advantage of the situation, he must use it.
In the future, if there is to be a conflict between Zou Yuanbiao and other Donglin Party members, leading to their disintegration, this is the right place to start.
Zhou Dunji made up his mind and ordered to the sentry officer Meng Biao: "The third brother is now the acting general manager of my account. You must cooperate with him and let him find a way to get food."
"Yes!" Meng Biao readily agreed.
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There are more than 80 people in one sentry, half of them listen to orders outside the city, and the other half enter the city.
"We don't want to go to the chief clerk directly this time. We can first inquire about the people's evaluation of the county magistrate and what is going on in the sixth class of the county government office."
He took out the 2 coins given by Zhou Dunji and gave it to a few people except Meng Biao as funds, and went to restaurants and markets to inquire about the news.
Leaving Meng Biao in charge, he left on his own and used 1 coin to buy a scholar's green robe, intending to go directly to visit the county magistrate.
Put on the green robe of a scholar, no matter whether you are or not, others may think you are.
Xu Xiake traveled all over the world wearing a scholar's green robe. He was also a fake. He only passed the boy's examination once and was still far from being a scholar. But with this outfit, he could travel all over the country.
once.
I will definitely get Xu Xiake on my side later, but now I need to get rid of Ai Youzhi first.
Ai Youzhi, remember, is from Guizhou, and he can use his Zunyi background to greatly shorten the relationship.
He is a civil and military scholar, and I am a martial arts scholar. Let’s not talk about civil and military affairs.
Then, his teacher Zou Yuanbiao was a promising candidate.
When Zou Yuanbiao was young, he received 80 canes and was exiled because he opposed Zhang Juzheng's love. Later, Zhang Juzheng was counterattacked and punished. After he came back, others celebrated like him and hoped to throw dirty water together, but he remained uncharacteristically silent. Later, he offended Wanli and returned home.
He devoted 30 years of teaching at home and had great influence on many students. Together with Gu Xiancheng and Zhao Nanxing, he was known as the "Three Gentlemen of the Donglin Party". After Wanli's death, this man returned to the court and became one of the real leaders of the Donglin Party.
The Donglin Party... although they were from the same hometown in ancient times, were born in the same age, were from the same school, had diverse ideas, and had a large number of people with loose relations.
However, they share the same clique and oppose dissidents, and if one of them offends one of them, they will become enemies of the entire group, almost to the death.
So don't confront them head-on, start dividing and dealing with them first.
The composition of Donglin is complex, and Zou Yuanbiao has their rare experience of being demoted to Guizhou and opening Nangao Academy.
It would be nice to see people using Zou Yuan's name to oppose Yang Lian in the future, leading to a war within the Donglin Party~
In about half an hour, Meng Biao and others had already obtained preliminary results of their investigation.
Liangxiang County has not been attacked by soldiers for decades, and the past ten years have been smooth.
As a transportation and water transportation hub in the southwest of the capital, it can just play the role of transporting materials and merchant trade.
It is a good place at the foot of the capital. Since the Longqing Peace Conference, there has been no military disaster here for more than 40 years.
Wang Hongyu secretly sighed in his heart: Only nine years later, the Jisi Revolution began, and the place was constantly being robbed and robbed. The peace and stability at this time became an illusion.
He also investigated some uncertain information, and Meng Biao repeated them one by one according to Wang Hongyu's wishes.
"Magistrate Ai is a good official. He is very diligent and proficient in knowledge. He is also very elegant~"
"I heard that at first I really wanted to do something, but then I stopped doing anything."
"He is a person who doesn't care about things. The county still has to look at Chief Zhang's words. The third class and the sixth office of the county government all listen to Chief Zhang's words."
"Master Zhang is a local, and his family is quite large... Magistrate Ai is a Guizhou native from afar, and he has no one to rely on here."
"It's a pity that this good county magistrate is very frustrated, and I heard that he will leave office soon..."
Retelling these words, some of them were inconsistent. Meng Biao felt that some were true and some were probably false.
"I think it's true."
Asking Meng Biao and others to wait in the city, Wang Hongyu went straight to the county government office. When he arrived at the county government office, he saw that the gate was openly closed.
"Dong dong dong~"
Wang Hongyu knocked on the county government door until he knocked twice. After a while, it opened a crack, revealing the appraising eyes of an official.
"If you have something to do, go to the Shenming Pavilion next door. The county just..." Halfway through the sentence, the man quickly opened the door and said with a better attitude: "Sorry, I just thought it was a ruffian, but I didn't expect it to be a gentleman."
Wang Hongyu said respectfully: "I am Wang Hongyu, the governor of Zunyi, and I am from Aixian County, my hometown. I have heard about my name for a long time and came to visit you."
I didn't say whether it was a civil or military examination, I didn't ask anyway.
After a while, before anyone could see him, the voice came first.
"Oh my, it's so rare!" County Magistrate Ai Youzhi greeted him enthusiastically. This chapter has been completed!