After obtaining military power from three generals, Tang Yin immediately sent the county army, Sanshui army, Chifeng army and Pingyuan army, a total of nearly 100,000 troops, to Tianguan to strengthen the city defense, hoard food and grass, and make a long-term relationship with the royal court.
A posture of resistance.
At the same time, he ordered the entire county to recruit troops, expanding the Pingyuan Army from the original 80,000 to 100,000, the 20,000 in Sanshui and Chifeng counties to 50,000, and the county army from 10,000 to 30,000.
.In this way, it can be guaranteed that 200,000 troops will be stored at Tianguan, and another 30,000 county troops can be mobilized.
At this time, regardless of whether Tang Yin was forced or took the initiative, he really wanted to fight against the royal court.
However, Qiu Zhen's worries were unnecessary. Half a month later, Wang Ting's historian arrived in Shunzhou and brought the decree of King Feng.
Feng King Zhanhua did not do much research on Tang Yin's execution of Yu He, or he simply had no intention of taking care of it now. Ning State's army of 400,000 people attacked Yancheng, and Feng State sent troops from all over the country for reinforcements, improvising an army of 200,000 people, and then
In addition, the troops directly under the Wang Ting joined forces to fight against the Ning army. The battle was fierce, and soldiers on both sides suffered numerous casualties. Zhan Hua was so busy with this matter that he had no time to take care of the remote Tianyuan County.
Zhanhua's decree contained only a few digits, which read: "Yu He has caused trouble in the country and should be punished. His post is temporarily assumed by General Tang Yin of Zhenbei."
After receiving this order, Tang Yin breathed a sigh of relief. In the future, he would be the county governor personally appointed by the king, and he could legitimately manage Tianyuan County.
Qiu Zhen and others were even more delighted. Their strength was not strong yet, so it would be best if they could avoid conflict with Wang Ting.
The historian handed Zhan Hua's instructions to Tang Yin, and then said with a dry smile: "Master Tang, I have something to ask you."
The county governor was the highest local official, and even if he was transferred to the royal court, his official rank would still be high, while the historian was only a junior official of the royal court, so he was naturally very polite to Tang Yin.
Tang Yin felt happy in his heart. After receiving the decree, he said with a smile: "Please tell me if you have anything to say!"
"When I passed by Tianguan, I found that there were a lot of troops hoarded there. I wonder what your lord's intention was?" The historian asked casually, but in fact he was suspicious. All right, in such a dangerous and important place as Tianguan.
A large number of troops are stored in the checkpoint, which makes people have to doubt Tang Yin's intentions.
Hearing this, Qiu Zhen's face changed slightly, and just as he was about to answer, Tang Yin already said with a smile: "The capital is in trouble, how can we, Tianyuan County, stay out of the matter? The soldiers stationed in Tianguan are the reinforcements who are preparing to go to the capital.
, it’s just that the post of county guard is vacant and I have no right to dispatch it, so the army has not moved yet.”
"Oh! That's it!" The historian felt relieved, nodded repeatedly, and said with a smile: "Then I hope you can send troops as soon as possible to relieve the danger of the capital!"
"It's natural."
"In this way, I will return to the capital and return my orders to your Majesty. Mr. Tang, I will take my leave!"
After seeing off the historian, everyone headed by Qiu Zhen bowed to Tang Yin and said in unison: "Congratulations on your promotion!"
Even though there is only two levels difference between the county head and the county head, the actual power they hold is very different. Tianyuan County has a total population of more than 3 million and is divided into three counties, namely Pingyuan County, Sanshui County, Chifeng County, and
Including Shunzhou and surrounding villages and towns directly under the jurisdiction of the county, the territory under Tang Yin's management expanded several times than before.
After receiving the official title, Tang Yinxing's first task as the county chief was to seize power.
He officially dismissed the two county governors of Sanshui and Chifeng, and replaced them with Liu Feng and Zhang Ting recommended by Shangguan Yuanji. The county governors had local real power and had to be taken over by their trusted personnel. As for the subordinate officials of the two counties, Tang Yinze
Accepting Shangguan Yuanji's opinion, we will not move for the time being. If all the officials in the two counties are removed at once, it may cause turmoil and panic in the two counties. The removal must be done bit by bit and slowly. In addition, Deputy County Governor Zhang Zhicheng also
After being beaten to the end by Tang Yin, he was no longer given any official position. His position as deputy county governor was taken over by Shangguan Yuanji and Qiu Zhen. Just like in Pingyuan County, the former was in charge of internal affairs and the latter was in charge of military affairs.
The division of labor is clear.
Since there were more Tianyuan troops under his command, Tang Yin had to make appropriate adjustments to the positions of his generals.
Xiao Muqing serves as the commander-in-chief of the Pingyuan Army, which has ten corps; Bai Yong serves as the commander-in-chief of the Sanshui Army, which has five corps; Li Wei serves as the commander-in-chief of the Chifeng Army, which has five corps; Guyue serves as the commander-in-chief of the Tianyuan Army, which has three corps
. Originally there were only five corps and five corps commanders in Pingyuan County, but Zhang Zhou was killed in battle, leaving only four. Now the number of corps has expanded to twenty-three. There is an extremely short supply of candidates for corps commanders and deputy corps commanders, so they can only
Selected from among the commanders of the Pingyuan Army, Tang Yin also specially selected several outstanding dark spiritual cultivators from An Jian to serve as regimental commanders. This was the first time An Jian provided talents for the military, and also made An Jian
Spirit cultivators have officially entered the upper echelons of the military.
Yu He was killed by Tang Yin, but the mansion was not vacated. He still had more than a hundred family members imprisoned in the county capital. At this time, Tang Yin showed his cold-blooded and cruel side again. With an order, more than a hundred members of Yu He's family, old and young, were killed.
All were put to death.
This is called eradicating the roots. If Yu He's family members are left behind, they may come out to overturn Yu He's case at some point in the future, or seek an opportunity to seek revenge on Tang Yin. Staying here will be trouble and a disaster. It is better to end it directly and completely eradicate Yu He's clan to eliminate them.
Later troubles, death without proof.
As for Yu He's retainers, they were all dismissed, and the guards, servants, and maids in Yu He's mansion were all replaced by people from the original county capital.
Since the day Tang Yin took control of Tianyuan County, earth-shaking changes have taken place in the military and political circles. However, because of the assistance of Shangguan Yuanji and Qiu Zhen, there was no turmoil in Tianyuan County. The people only knew that Yu He collaborated with the enemy and was executed.
The post of county governor was taken over by Tang Yin.
Sheriff's Mansion.
Tang Yin moved to the county magistrate's mansion, and Fan Min naturally followed him. He also happened to expand the Fan family's business to Shunzhou.
The conditions in the county governor's mansion were much better than those in the county capital. What made Tang Yin most happy was the bank vault in the county governor's mansion. There was money Yu He had collected over the years. The amount was so large that it took three days to make a hasty calculation.
After the settlement, there were seven or eight million taels of silver alone. Together with miscellaneous gold, silver, jewelry, antique calligraphy and paintings, the total amount exceeded ten million taels. This huge sum of money naturally became a source of support for Tang Yin's expansion of the army.
Financial base.
That day, early in the morning, Tang Yin got up and was stretching his muscles in the courtyard when Fan Min came in and fetched a little girl who was only eight or nine years old.
This little girl was Zhang Yu, the daughter of Zhang Zhou. The little girl was dressed up rich and gorgeous, just like a little princess. Tang Yin did not miss the mark. From the day he adopted Zhang Yu, he regarded her as his own.
My sister not only made her live a prosperous life, but also hired someone to scout her.
It's just that he had just taken over Tianyuan County and was busy with official duties. He had not met Zhang Yu a few times. The person who had the most contact with her was Fan Min. Perhaps because of his relationship with Aiwujiwu, Fan Min also liked Zhang Yu very much and took her with him all day long.
Be around.
Seeing Tang Yin wielding a knife in the courtyard, Zhang Yu showed timidity in his eyes. He hid behind Fan Min, only half of his head showing, and looked at Tang Yin curiously with his big black eyes.
"No need to dance anymore, look at you scaring Xiaoyu!" Fan Min held Zhang Yu's hand and did not dare to get close to Tang Yin anymore. He stood far away and said loudly and dissatisfied.
The relationship with Tang Yin has become closer and closer, and now Fan Min has become the hostess of the county capital. She even sometimes asks Tang Zhong to check the expenses of the county capital.
Tang Yin put away his knife and smiled at the two of them. Seeing Zhang Yu looking at him timidly, he sighed softly, walked forward, bent down, and asked, "Xiaoyu, are you still used to living here?"
Zhang Yu did not answer directly, but glanced at Fan Min first, and then nodded gently.
Zhang Zhou's daughter was good in every aspect, but Tang Yin felt awkward because of her fear of giving birth.
Seeing a flash of disappointment in Tang Yin's eyes, Fan Min hurriedly said: "Brother Tang, do you know that Xiaoyu is very smart? I showed her the store's account book, and she could remember everything after reading it once!"
She was not exaggerating. Zhang Yu's photographic memory even impressed her.
"Oh?" Tang Yin was stunned at first, then laughed heartily, and said to Fan Min: "Even if you intend to train Xiaoyu to be a businessman like you, she is still young after all, so don't show her things like account books.
"
"I know!" Fan Min stuck out his tongue at him.
She was not over twenty years old, and she was a child. How could she take care of Zhang Yu, who was about ten years younger than her? Tang Yin thought to himself, if Zhang Yu was really so smart, he should find a teacher for her now.
After having dinner with Fan Min and Zhang Yu, Tang Yin went to the hall of the county capital to discuss military affairs with Qiu Zhen and other generals.
Now they are still debating whether to aid Yancheng or not.
Shangguan Yuanrang was warlike and the most resolute war faction. He decided to follow Tang Yin. Although the latter did not let him take charge of a certain corps, he gave him the position of chief vanguard officer of the Tianyuan Army, and he was extremely valued.
Qiu Zhen is opposed to sending troops. His opinion is that his own army has not yet established a stable foothold in Tianyuan County and is not suitable for large-scale use of troops. Moreover, although the Tianyuan Army has twenty-three corps, it is only an establishment. So far, counting
The actual strength of the newly recruited soldiers is only over 100,000.
On the one hand, he advocated sending troops to join the war immediately, while on the other hand, he advocated recuperating first. It was difficult for Tang Yin to make a decision for a while, and the matter continued to be delayed.
Fortunately, Wang Ting has no time to look north now, and no one hopes too much for the distant Tianyuan County.
Tang Yin had his own concerns. If he sent troops, as Qiu Zhen said, it was a good time to recuperate and it was not suitable to send troops. However, if he did not send troops, once Wang Ting defeated the Ning army and did the post-war statistics, he found that
Only Tianyuan County did not send troops to assist, so what would Zhan Hua think of himself? Once he attracts Wang Ting's attention, the Yu Heyi case may be brought up again. What should we do if we investigate further?
After much deliberation, Tang Yin decided to send troops, but something happened suddenly that held him back.