Yu Zilian ignored the exclamations in the hall. He took out a proclamation and said to all the officials: "This is the list of Jinling City recruitment and the amount of silver and grain. You can circulate it for a look. I will announce this proclamation after the meeting.
Send it to everyone's home." Then he handed the notice to Lu Jiude beside him.
When Lu Jiude saw the proclamation, he immediately frowned. But he did not say anything, and then handed the proclamation to Xu Hongji, the Duke of Wei beside him. When Xu Hongji saw it, he immediately jumped up from his chair.
Pointing at Yu Zilian's nose, he yelled: "Master Yu! How could you write me on the proclamation without my permission? How arrogant! Arrogant! I own the money and food, and I am willing to donate this time, but the most
I will give you five hundred taels of silver and one hundred stones of rice."
The officials next to Xu Hongji took the notice and took a closer look. They saw that the first line of the notice was the name of Wei Guogong, and below it was written "Five thousand silver, two thousand dan of grain."
The other officials circulated it around, and they secretly exchanged glances, wanting to see how the good show in front of them would end.
Unexpectedly, Yu Zilian remained calm at all. He sat motionless on his chair and said steadily: "This announcement is not a discussion, but my decision. The money and food stated in the announcement must be paid by each family on time.
Come out, otherwise, those who want money and food should not want his family."
"How arrogant!" Xu Hongji was extremely angry. To be honest, the money and food were only a small amount for the Duke of Wei. But since Yu Zilian wanted to raise money, he had to invite him nicely and bargain with him, and then we could have fun together.
After a banquet, who can tolerate an overlord like today who takes the bow? Isn't this a blatant slap in the face of Nanjing City's most noble nobleman, Wei Guogong Xu Hongji? So Xu Hongji refused to give in here.
"If you really can't get it, what can Master Yu do?" Xu Hongji said arrogantly.
"It's nothing! It's just a broken family." Yu Zilian responded tit-for-tat in an understatement.
Xu Hongji was extremely angry again. He sneered and said: "Okay! My Duke's palace is right there. Let's see if you dare to come and destroy the family."
"That's what I have in mind!" Yu Zilian showed no sign of weakness, "Early tomorrow morning, I will bring my soldiers to the Duke's Mansion to collect money and food."
"Haha! Can you come in?" The mockery on Xu Hongji's face became even stronger. His Duke's mansion had at least several hundred servants, as well as 3,000 soldiers from Wei Guogong's garrison as backup. Let Xu Hongji beat him.
He would definitely not dare to assassinate Yu Zilian, but it would be an easy task to use people to block the gate of the Duke's Mansion.
Unexpectedly, Yu Zilian suddenly exploded. He suddenly jumped up from his chair, took off his official robe, revealing his upper body full of scars, and shouted to Xu Hongji: "Tomorrow, I will lead a hundred soldiers."
, if anyone blocks the way, I will rush in. I hope your prince will also be prepared. If you are brave, you can kill me at your gate!"
As soon as he said this, all the officials were immediately stunned. Seeing Yu Zilian's murderous intent, Xu Hongji immediately lost his voice. Now Yu Zilian is like the god of war descending to earth, while Xu Hongji seems to be a scholar meeting a soldier.
Seeing that the scene was a little out of control, Lu Jiude who was on the side quickly dissuaded him: "You two! You two! Everything will be well with the family! Mr. Yu! You are too impatient. My father-in-law will not object to the recruitment, just talk it over carefully."
.But if you do this...it is too disgraceful to the father-in-law."
"I can't help but be impatient!" Of course, Yu Zilian didn't want to make the situation more tense. He said while wearing his official robe: "The two official armies in Liaodong and Central Henan suffered defeats one after another, with more than 300,000 casualties. Our Ming Dynasty has lost more than 300,000 soldiers.
How many 300,000 are there? The sooner we form an army here, the greater the safety of the Ming Dynasty will be reduced. Even if the thieves and the Tatars are still far away, they may reach our Jiangnan if we are not careful. What will we do then? It’s just a matter of time.
I can't find any incense. I took money and food from each family today to ensure the health of each family. Then it will be used by my son and son, and I will not lose a cent."
"But why do you have to be so aggressive? Those here are not unreasonable people." Xu Hongji muttered from the side. Seeing that Yu Zilian's momentum had gained the upper hand, Xu Hongji was about to say a few words and find a way to get off.
"My father-in-law is sensible, but not every family is sensible. If someone is ignorant, I will not hesitate to kill him and bleed him like a river."
After hearing Yu Zilian's murderous words, all the officials present were speechless. After a while, an official gently advised him: "Master Yu, everyone here is sensible and loyal, so it's easy to talk.
But if you do this, with the use of swords and weapons, it is indeed possible that the recruitment will go smoothly, but you have never thought that you still have a family and a future."
"What future do you want?" Yu Zilian raised his voice again, "My former Ruzhou Army. How many good men in the army have shed blood on the battlefield, can they see the future? Since I survived by chance, I will never
I will shrink back and take a step back. When I go to war in the future, I will go to the battlefield with my sons. If I can survive, I will resign and return to my hometown. I will be waiting in Changzhou, waiting to be cut into pieces and no descendants will be left.
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The officials were speechless again. They encountered Yu Zilian, a desperado rampaging through the officialdom, and no one had the guts to block his way. No one dared to intercede for the big families in Jinling City.
Yu Zilian then turned to Lu Jiude: "Eunuch Lu! I have to get the soldiers' armor and weapons from you."
"That's no problem. Let's go and explain to the Zajia family. There may be fewer horses, but for other things, keep those bastards out of the way so that Mr. Yu can use them with confidence."
"That's good! But there are still a few newly recruited lieutenant generals. We still need the help of Eunuch Lu and his uncle to allocate a group from the Nanjing camp. It is best to have one person between the two generals, Huang and Liu, serve as
A newly recruited general."
"Huang, General Liu is not good enough. Nanjing still needs the two of them to guard it. As for the matter of dispatching generals and commanders, sir!..."
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As soon as the discussion was completed, Yu Zilian got up and started busy. As he watched Yu Zilian leave, someone whispered: "Is Yu Benbing crazy?"
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On the vast grassland, dozens of large vehicles formed a car formation, and what was obviously hiding behind the car formation was a caravan. More than 200 guards and men of the caravan were holding swords, guns, bows and arrows and staring into the distance.
There, there was a military force of more than 500 people with bright armor.
In front of the car formation, dozens of corpses of people and horses were scattered. They were the Mongolian cavalry hired to protect the caravan when it passed by the Mongolian tribes. However, in the pursuit just now, they were chased and killed by this official army.
The Mongol guards abandoned the corpses and fled away.