When the rooster crowed and the sky was still dark, Chang Yu got up, practiced boxing for a while, washed up and had breakfast. Huang Degong and Zhou Yuji were still asleep. They were too tired from running for hundreds of miles and fighting for several times in the past few days.
However, Li Muxian got up earlier, and when Chang Yu was eating, he saw him walking out with a fairy air, accompanied by Xiang Minxin with a smile on his face.
Chang Yu was very surprised. Although this guy had never participated in the war, it was hard work riding a horse all the way. Yet he got up early and looked in high spirits, so he asked out of curiosity.
"A poor Taoist is a person who practices Taoism. He is not as sleepy as ordinary people. What he pays attention to is meditating and entering concentration..."
Okay, okay, Chang Yu got a headache when he heard what he said and quickly asked him to stop: "Just tell me, what did you do so early in the morning?"
"Go to the city to absorb the essence of heaven and earth. As the saying goes, the day's plan lies in the morning..." Seeing Chang Yu roll his eyes, he quickly added: "By the way, I will give Commander Xiang a look at the Feng Shui and do a divination..."
Chang Yu stared at him for a long time before regaining his composure. He thought, this charlatan cheated wherever he went, but there were still people who believed him. He looked up at Xiang Minxin and saw that he had a smile on his face, bowed to him, saluted, and called him "Supervisor".
grown ups!
This person is not stupid at all. You really have found the right person when you look for Feng Shui in Li Muxian!
It was obvious that Xiang Minxin was uneasy because of the empty salary issue, so he asked Li Muxian to inquire. With his sharp eyesight, he could naturally tell that Li Muxian was someone close to the young eunuch and played an extremely important role.
Of course, asking about things is not free, but giving it directly is a bribe, so just take a look at Feng Shui.
"Commander Xiang, is this Taoist priest accurate?" Chang Yu asked calmly.
Xiang Minxin hurried forward and exaggerated: "Taoist Master is really a living god, very accurate, very accurate..."
"Since it's so accurate, then you have to thank the Taoist priest more, and don't give me any money for incense." Chang Yu looked at Li Muchian with a half-smile, and one side felt numb at the sight of him.
Chang Yu waved Xiang Minxin to retreat, stared at Li Muchian and smiled slightly: "Although you are a foreigner, Taoist priest, you are also a member of my yamen. You must have heard about the recent anti-corruption in the yamen."
"Anti-corruption is a good thing and a top priority for the court. If we stay there for another two years, the Ming Dynasty will be wiped out." Li Muxian shook his head with regret and sat down opposite Chang Yu.
"Yes, the Taoist priest can also see it." Chang Yu raised the corner of his mouth.
"Corruption at the top and at the bottom has reached an alarming level. Mr. Factory, did you know that just now Pindao made a prediction for the Feng Shui project of the people's hearts? In order to thank Pindao, he donated fifty thousand taels of incense money. A guard of the city
The commander can donate 50,000 taels of silver with just a raise of his hand!! This is such a crazy thing, it’s so shocking!”
"So you just accepted it." Chang Yu said calmly as he watched his hard-working performance. Li Muchian shook his hands like a rattle: "How could that be possible? If you say that you donate 12, 80 or 100 taels for incense, you will just accept it.
, How can we afford this fifty thousand taels, not to mention that our yamen is fighting corruption, and this poor man refuses to accept it."
"If you don't accept it, he won't give it to you," Chang Yu asked again.
"How can it not be possible? The poor Taoist revealed the secret to him and shortened his lifespan. He is grateful and must give it to him, but the poor Taoist cannot take it, so he thought of a compromise and donated the money to Dongchang!"
Huh? Chang Yu raised his eyebrows, and Li Muchian quickly said: "No, no, it is donated to the soldiers who participated in the war, and Dongchang will keep it on their behalf to reward the meritorious soldiers."
Hey! Chang Yu stood up and sighed, and glanced at Li Muchian: "It's a pity that you become a Taoist priest."
"I also think so. If the factory superintendent is willing to recommend this talented person to serve as an official in the court, I will surely flourish and become the mainstay of the Ming Dynasty..." Just as Li Muchian was talking, Chang Yu, who had walked to the door, suddenly turned around and raised the corner of his mouth.
: "Forget it about entering the court, how about entering the palace?"
"Entering the palace to meet the saint...ah, no no no." Li Muchian suddenly felt a tightness in his crotch, and quickly waved his hand: "I am destined to be a Taoist priest, so I might as well settle down and become a Taoist priest..." Chang Yu burst out laughing as he spoke.
"Mr. Factory Supervisor, do you want to go out of the office? I will accompany you for a walk." Xiang Min, who was in the courtyard, saw Chang Yu walking out of the room and asked quickly, looking slightly nervous.
Chang Yu glanced at him and waved his hand: "I am taking a stroll by myself, you should go and accompany the living god." He laughed and walked out of the Yamen.
The little eunuch was not walking out of the yamen alone. Not to mention that he did not dare to be careless, even his personal attendants did not allow him to take risks. Kuang Ren sent more than ten guards to accompany him. Chang Yu felt that it was too ostentatious and only allowed Chen Ruxin and four personal guards to do so.
Then he took to the street.
It was still early in the day, and there were not many pedestrians on the street. Chang Yu Zhengle was riding a horse for a leisurely stroll in the city. When the Tianjin Guards built the city, it was a rectangular city and the people called it Abacus City. Originally, there were only guards and military dependents in the city. Two hundred years of development have been compared with
The big city is no better than it is!
After wandering around the street for a while, they went straight to the east city wall. The guards stopped them, and Chen Ruxin showed his badge. When the guards saw that it was the people from Dongchang, they all felt a chill in their hearts. They quickly ushered a few people into the city, but they were far behind.
Follow from afar.
"Did Xiang Minxin ask you to follow him, or are you just getting impatient?" Chen Ruxin raised his eyebrows and pressed the hilt of his knife to stop the guards and shouted angrily in a low voice.
The guards were horrified and waved their hands repeatedly: "My father-in-law has misunderstood. There is no one to instruct me. I just want to protect my father-in-law..."
"Go away!" Chen Ruxin scolded her, feeling "mmp" in her heart. One sentence after another about "father-in-law" really made people angry.
Chang Yu didn't have time to pay attention to this. He climbed up to the top of the city and walked slowly north. The wind on the city was very cool. A ray of rays of light rose from the east and tore the sky apart. The sun finally came out.
Hey, here we come! As soon as Chang Yu reached the northeast corner, he saw a large army slowly approaching from a few miles north of the city. The main infantry force from the rear finally strolled over after a slow night.
Placing an army is not a trivial matter. Chang Yu didn't care that the city was too elegant, so he hurried down the city and returned to the Yamen. At this time, Zhou Yuji and Huang Degong had also gotten up. When they heard that the infantry had arrived, Xiang Minxin went to greet them outside the city in person.
"Look how frightened this guy is. Not only did he donate money, but he also waited on him all the time. Master, the name of our Dongchang Yamen is really useful!" Li Muchian couldn't help but joked as he looked at Xiang Minxin who was leaving in a hurry.
"Taoist Master, you are being humble. Dongchang's reputation is not as useful as your mouth!" Chang Yu curled his lips, and Li Muchian laughed: "If he didn't have a guilty conscience, why would he be like this?"
Chang Yu snorted coldly: "If it weren't for the fact that he was eating empty wages at the critical moment and the governor had chopped off his head, now he would have benefited from spending fifty thousand silver to buy his life."
"That's it, that's it." Li Muxian responded with a guilty conscience.
Half a moment later, Chang Yu and his party left the city to settle their troops.
The infantry is in the Beijing camp, and the guards and Huang Degong's three troops have about 50,000 troops. It is a big deal for so many soldiers and horses to eat, drink and have sex, and there is nothing to be careless about.
Even when the Tianjin Guard was at its peak, it had less than 20,000 troops. At this time, it was impossible to receive so many soldiers and horses, and there was not so much food and grass supply. Although Xiang Minxin wanted to show off, it was difficult for a clever woman to make a meal without rice, so she came to Chang in disgrace.
Yu complained: "The food and grass in the factory governor's city is only enough for the three thousand soldiers and horses in the city for more than a month. These tens of thousands of troops can be eaten up in one day. There is really nothing I can do for my humble position..."
Chang Yu didn't mean to embarrass him. He was just looking for a temporary resting place this time. He did not enter the city to garrison, so his troops did not enter the city. After resting outside the city, they set off to camp at the mouth of the Northwest Sea, which was the only way for the Qing army to go south and north.
, it’s best to just wait and see.
As for the transportation of grain and grass by the Beijing Logistics Department, Tianjin Wei can provide some convenience and assistance as a courtesy to the landlords.
Of course, the landlord's friendship in Chang Yu's words is not just a polite word, but a substantive service. When I come to your home as a guest, you have to treat me to a meal!
Launch a citywide fundraiser for food and grass!
Xiang Min felt dizzy and was playing a word game. Didn't he still ask Tianjin Wei to provide food and grass?
But think about it, asking the Wei Institute to provide food and grass is very different from mobilizing big households in the city to donate. It just depends on how much face you have in Tianjin Wei!
In fact, Chang Yu was helpless. In just a few months, he first went north to the outside of the pass and then south to suppress the bandits. At the same time, he pursued the Qing army. While launching a large-scale war, he also needed a large amount of food and grass. At this time, the capital was already extremely short. Although he had
The Octopus Chamber of Commerce was mobilized to transfer military rations from other provinces to the capital. However, the logistics speed of this era was difficult to quench the thirst of the nearby people. In addition, at this time, the Qing army marched south along the canal to plunder, and the waterway transportation was temporarily interrupted. The capital's food and grass were even tighter.
The people in the city had to eat, and so did the tens of thousands of troops outside the city. Chang Yu didn't know the exact amount of food consumed every day, but he knew it was an extremely huge number, and the capital was already in short supply!
Although driving the Qing army out of the country is the most urgent task of the Ming Dynasty, the court also attaches great importance to this moment and mobilizes troops and food to support the young eunuchs on the front line at all costs, but it has reached a point where it has more than enough ambition but not enough power.
There is no one at home, and we can't imitate the bandit army and Qing army to rob, so we can only ask relatives for help. This is not the first time Chang Yu has done this, and he has succeeded repeatedly. For example, in Datong, Zhu Shenxuan's family fortune was almost wiped out.
He spent a lot of money. He even launched a fundraiser when the Qing army besieged the imperial capital a few days ago and got a lot of money. If it hadn't been for what he got at that time, he might have been out of food now.
It's a pity, it's a pity that there are no vassal fiefdoms around, otherwise it would be possible to "borrow" a large sum of money. Chang Yu stood under the Tianjin Acropolis and sighed with regret, with a look of regret on his face!