"Zihou, do you know where I went before I came to you?" Zhao Wenhua asked Zhu Ping'an.
Zhu Pingan shook his head slightly.
However, he knew in his heart that Zhao Wenhua came from Yingtian and passed through only so many places from north to south. The only place worthy of his mention was Jiaxing. Combined with what he did after coming to Jiangnan, it is almost certain that
He appointed Governor Zhang Jing to go to Jiaxing to urge Zhang Jing to send troops to destroy the Japanese.
Sure enough, the next second Zhao Wenhua revealed the answer himself, "I went to Jiaxing to supervise Zhang Jing to send troops to suppress the Japanese."
"What do you think he said?" Zhao Wenhua put down the tea cup angrily.
Without waiting for Zhu Pingan to answer, Zhao Wenhua continued angrily, "He said that troops will be sent out when it is time to send troops. I asked him when 'the time to send troops' was, and he said 'the time to send troops' was 'the time to send troops'."
When we sent out troops, I, he was just playing tongue twisters, he was really bullying people too much, he was bullying people too much."
"Lord Zhao, please calm down." Hu Zongxian poured a cup of tea for Zhao Wenhua and comforted Zhao Wenhua to calm down.
"Whether you believe it or not, my supervisor, Zhang Jing, is not at odds with him, but out of judgment. His Majesty hopes that Jiangnan will be pacified by Japanese invaders. The people in Jiangnan who were burned, killed, and plundered by Japanese pirates are also eagerly hoping that they can live a peaceful life.
"Zhao Wenhua drank a cup of tea, calmed down his anger slightly, and said to Hu Zongxian and Zhu Pingan.
"I know Mr. Zhao's heart for the country and the people, and I deeply respect him." Hu Zongxian flattered him.
"Merlin wins my heart deeply." Zhao Wenhua nodded with satisfaction.
Zhu Pingan's face remained calm, but he sneered in his heart. When you first came to Jiangnan, the first thing you did to find Zhang Jing was not to be the supervisor. Instead, you asked Zhang Jing for 20,000 taels of silver. After being rejected by Zhang Jing, you went crazy to supervise.
Teacher's.
If you really want to serve the Holy One, relieve His sorrow, appease the common people, and let them live a peaceful life, then you should do your best to help Zhang Jing instead of asking him for 20,000 taels of silver.
Rather, it was to help him organize food, grass, military equipment, and collect military pay so that he would have no worries; it was not to go to Zhang Jing's mansion to urge troops to be sent, or to write a memorial to impeach him if he did not send troops.
In addition, I know the history. Your crazy supervisor Zhang Jing was not to exterminate the Japanese pirates, but to dig a hole for Zhang Jing.
When Zhu Ping'an was scorning Zhao Wenhua in his heart, Zhao Wenhua's questioning voice suddenly came to his ears.
"Zihou, do you think Zhang Jing is a competent governor of Jiangnan?" Zhao Wenhua asked Zhu Pingan.
"After Governor Zhang was appointed by the Holy Master, he mobilized Shandong spearmen, Guangxi wolf soldiers and other wolf soldiers to the south of the Yangtze River, sent generals to take charge, trained guest soldiers, such as Shandong spearmen and Guangxi wolf soldiers, stocked up on grain and grass, and worked hard to prepare for the suppression of Japanese invaders."
Zhu Pingan said slowly, without directly saying whether Zhang Jing was qualified or not, but simply listed what Zhang Jing had done after taking office as governor.
The meaning is self-evident.
Although Zhang Jing and others did not send troops to suppress the Japanese pirates, he had been working intensively to prepare to destroy the Japanese pirates.
This is because the Japanese pirates are powerful and the local guards cannot use them. They can only mobilize spearmen from Shandong and wolf soldiers from Guangxi. These foreign soldiers who can fight can be mobilized to destroy the Japanese pirates. But these foreign soldiers have just arrived and there are no soldiers.
The general knows the general, but the general does not know the soldiers, and they are unfamiliar with the local soldiers and horses. They must practice until the general can command the guest soldiers as if they were pointing their fingers, and until the guest soldiers are familiar with the local soldiers and cooperate. Only in this way can they confidently send troops to exterminate the Japanese pirates.
Moreover, before troops and horses move, food and fodder must go first. If you want to move troops, you must mobilize food, pay, ordnance and ensure logistics.
If the guest soldiers are transferred but cannot be guaranteed their regular food and salary, can the guest soldiers work hard to suppress the Japanese? Or, no matter how serious it is, if the guest soldiers mutiny because they have no food and salary, wouldn't they be attacked from both sides?
Also, the same goes for the local guardsmen. We have owed them food and wages for a long time. They are about to go to war. If we don't pay them food and wages, we still ask them to work hard to suppress the Japanese. How is this possible?
How many local soldiers mutiny? Zhu Ping'an experienced this once. There are even many local soldiers who take the initiative to defect to the Japanese pirates!
To exterminate the Japanese pirates, these preparations must be made.
After hearing Zhu Pingan's answer, Zhao Wenhua chuckled disdainfully, "Haha, these things are all false. It has been several months since Zhang Jing took office as governor. What has he done? How many Japanese pirates have been wiped out? None!"
"After he became the governor, the Japanese pirates in Tuolin became more and more crazy, occupying more and more territory and ravaging more and more people. However, just during the New Year, the Japanese pirates in Tuolin mobilized hundreds of times, and Songjiang Prefecture
Ten rooms are empty, and every household is filled with filial piety. On the way here, I encountered dozens of people attending funerals. This is the new look of Governor Zhang’s new official position!”
"Zhang Jing has betrayed the trust of the Holy One. He has failed to live up to the expectations of the Holy One. The Holy One appointed him governor. He is looking forward to the news of pacifying the Japanese from Jiangnan day and night, but as for him, he has not even killed a single Japanese pirate!"
"He has failed the people's expectations. Zihou, go outside and listen. Whether it's Yingtian, Suzhou, Jiaxing, or even Shaoxing, how many people are scolding him Zhang Jing, openly and secretly, saying that Zhang Jing is not a common person?"
The parent officer was the parent officer of the Japanese pirates. He watched helplessly as the Japanese pirates burned, killed, and looted. He did not send a single soldier, and other officials were not allowed to send troops, for fear of hurting a Japanese pirate."
"He is not a competent governor!"
Zhao Wenhua emotionally listed Zhang Jing's dereliction of duty and came to the conclusion that Zhang Jing was not a competent governor.
"I also thought that Governor Zhang's deployment to suppress the Japanese was too conservative and too slow. He could have done better. But unfortunately, the Japanese pirates are becoming more and more fierce now. The Tuolin and Xuhai tribes are getting stronger, Ligang and Wang Zhi are becoming more and more unscrupulous, and the people in Jiangnan are suffering.
The more serious it becomes, the more people’s hearts become disappointed.”
Hu Zongxian echoed that this time he was not simply agreeing with Zhao Wenhua, but he truly felt that Zhang Jing was incompetent.
If Hu Zongxian was the governor, he would definitely do a better job than Zhang Jing, ten times, or even a hundred times more.
"Zihou, do you think so?" Zhao Wenhua looked at Zhu Pingan with burning eyes and asked bluntly.
Zhu Pingan.
Zhang Jing is at least more qualified than you, Zhao Wenhua. Of course, Zhu Ping'an couldn't say such things and could only remain silent.
"If he replaces me, I believe you will definitely be more qualified than Zhang Jing, and you will definitely do better than Zhang Jing, ten times, a hundred times more."
Zhao Wenhua did not force Zhu Pingan to speak, but walked slowly to Zhu Pingan, patted Zhu Pingan on the shoulder, and said meaningfully.
Zhu Ping'an's blood suddenly accelerated.
"Okay, I've been bothering you for quite some time now, so I won't interrupt your official duties. Merlin, let's go."
Zhao Wenhua waved to Hu Zongxian and walked out.
"Farewell, Mr. Zhu." Hu Zongxian handed over to Zhu Ping'an and followed Zhao Wenhua out. ()