Chapter two hundred and fifty-three Tao Shi goes out
After all, Wu Shigong was preparing to cause trouble this time.
Wu Shigong's trouble this time was not just for delaying the dispatch of troops, but his actions also had other purposes.
In fact, we have already seen it. After Wu Shigong arrived in Henan, he always suffered losses everywhere. Although Wu Shigong's previous attitude was based on patience, Wu Shigong was always aware of the situation where he suffered losses.
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When Wu Shigong arrived in Henan, he had to fight the battles he should and should not. Anyway, all the battles were fought without hesitation. However, the military pay he deserved was the most deducted among all the generals in Henan.
Although Wu Shigong was dormant in the past and acted like a good boy on the surface in order to keep his official position. But no matter how Wu Shigong didn't understand the rules of the Ming Dynasty's officialdom, he had always heard the saying that a child who cries gets milk.
. So this time Wu Shigong just wanted to cry a lot, hoping to get some milk from Henan officialdom.
Anyway, this time it was the Henan officialdom that begged Wu Shigong to go on an expedition. If he had the ability, they would not give him milk and replaced him with a general to go on the expedition. Then it would be playing into Wu Shigong's hands!
But the more important reason is that Wu Shigong was never a rule-abiding person in his previous life. In addition, he already knew that the Ming Dynasty would perish in the original history, so everything Wu Shigong is doing now is to achieve this.
Survive in troubled times.
Of course Wu Shigong didn't know about "butterfly wings" or "elephant legs". Wu Shigong had never considered whether his actions would change history. Because Wu Shigong didn't even know the original history, then
How do you know whether history will be changed?
Wu Shigong would not consider coexisting with the Ming Dynasty at all, but Wu Shigong knew that the opponents he faced were the two behemoths, Li Zicheng's rebel army and Hou Jin's entry army. Therefore, Wu Shigong must establish an organization that can compete with the Ming Dynasty.
They compete with each other, and at least a force that can protect themselves comes.
Therefore, when Wu Shigong now has a certain level of strength, he will have to explore how far he can go offside, and the bottom line that the court's civil servants can tolerate. So use this opportunity to make a proper fuss, and what will happen to the pair?
It will also play a big role in how far Wu Shigong can develop in the future.
In a word, Wu Shigong wanted to develop his power to the maximum extent within the maximum tolerance of the civil servants in the court.
Of course, this quarrel cannot be a mindless one, at least it must be well-founded. Therefore, the "secret weapon" sent by Wu Shigong this time is his apprentice Tao Xin's mother, Mrs. Tao.
Although this Tao family had some unpleasant quarrels with Wu Shigong when Wu Shigong first arrived at Qianhusuo, it should be said that she was cleaned up by Wu Shigong, so much so that even her son was forcibly accepted as a disciple by Wu Shigong.
But what Tao didn't expect was that she would get a blessing in disguise. With Wu Shigong's development, a large number of military households in Tao Xin's Qianhu Station had become the backbone of Wu Shigong's army.
As for Tao Xin, who is the future Qianhu of Qianhu (although Tao Xin's Qianhu official position is hereditary, he still needs to go to the court for examination and appointment after reaching adulthood, so now he can only be said to be the future Qianhu), always
He is the nominal superior officer of these military households in the future.
Moreover, the relationship between gentleman and student, master and apprentice in the Ming Dynasty was quite close. In the entire social relationship, it was second only to the father-son relationship by blood. As a modern person, Wu Shigong, although because of his well-behaved apprentice,
He was capable and had some affection for this apprentice, but after all, Wu Shigong would not really treat Tao Xin as his nephew.
However, the situation was different for those who did not understand the inside story of Runing Camp. Because Tao Xin was Wu Shigong's apprentice, they placed Tao Xin in Runing Camp. Apart from Wu Shigong and his son, they placed Tao Xin in one of the top positions in Runing Camp.
And now Tao Xin also has a potential force. That is the children's camp composed of more than 700 orphans, led by Tao Xin.
These orphans now range in age from fourteen to sixteen years old. In the past few years of rigorous study, they have learned to read and write, and they are quite skilled in military technology.
What is even more commendable is that because Wu Shigong brought them all back from the brink of death, these orphans' loyalty and blind worship of Wu Shigong have reached a level that is difficult to inspire.
Therefore, anyone with a discerning eye can see that in the next three or four years, those orphans will enter the army in large numbers and become military attaches in Wu Shigong's army. And as the commander of the Boy Battalion, Tao Xin will also become a very important figure around Wu Shigong.
of the role.
So in this context, Mrs. Tao has now become a role similar to the Queen Mother in her own Qianhu Office, and everyone holds her up and respects her. Then Mrs. Tao's life should not be too comfortable!
Therefore, the current Mrs. Tao has long forgotten the previous unpleasantness with Wu Shigong. She is now in the same boat as Wu Shigong. Therefore, when Wu Shigong personally came forward to ask for Tao's help, Mrs. Tao agreed without hesitation.
Come down.
Of course, Tao did not make unreasonable troubles. You may still remember that after Tao's husband, Wu Shigong's predecessor Qianhu, was forced to commit suicide by Li Bingbeidao, Henan's officialdom reached an agreement with Tao.
One of the clauses in this agreement was that before Tao Xin was underage and took over the official position of Qianhu, Li Bingbeidao would not require the Tao family to pay the grain and silver taxes paid by Qianhu to the court.
The tax will be paid by the agent Qianhu of Qianhu Office. We all know that the unlucky official position of agent Qianhu eventually fell to Wu Shigong.
There was no problem with this agreement originally, but now the situation has changed. Wu Shigong was promoted and transferred from the Tao family's Thousand Household Office to work as a guard in Runing Mansion.
And because Tao Xin was already fourteen years old and would reach adulthood in two years, he would be able to take over his family's hereditary official position of Qianhu, so the court did not arrange for a new deputy Qianhu to come over.
So now there are differences in this agreement. In the view of the Tao family, of course the Tao family should not be responsible for paying the grain and silver taxes before Tao Xin was a minor. In Li Bingbeidao's view, the Tao family should not
Although he should bear this responsibility, the grain and silver tax of Qianhu Station was a tax of the imperial court and was absolutely not allowed to be exempted. It was only necessary for the other military attachés of Qianhu Station to help the Tao family pay it.
There is another problem. Because Li Bingbeidao had opinions about Wu Shigong, he did not exempt the Qianhu Office from grain and silver taxes at all. You must know that due to the severe drought in Henan, the Thousand Household Offices in various places exempted some grain and silver taxes to a greater or lesser extent.
, that is, the grain and silver taxes that the thousand households of the Tao family should pay are quite a lot.
Although last year, Wu Shigong recognized the grain and silver tax in order to avoid conflicts with Li Bingbeidao, so the military pay that Wu Shigong's Runing Battalion should receive was much less.
But starting from this year, the grain and silver taxes of Qianhu Office are not borne by Wu Shigong. This must be an unbearable thing for the Tao family.
Therefore, in public and private affairs, Tao will definitely go to Li Bingbeidao to cause trouble. Although to ordinary people, the government offices and officials are aloof beings, for Tao, he has had a victory experience.
She didn't feel any stage fright at all. Of course, Wu Shigong wouldn't let Tao take too many risks. After all, Tao was also Tao Xin's mother.
Therefore, Wu Shigong had already arranged for soldiers from the Qianhu Division to disguise themselves as Tao's servants in the open. In the dark, there were also members of the Shanchuan Division Action Team, accompanying Tao to Kaifeng City, ready to protect Tao's safety at any time.