In the late Ming Dynasty, both the imperial court and local states and counties were extremely short of money and food.
However, Sun Chuanting was not included.
During his tenure as governor of Shaanxi in the ninth year of Chongzhen's reign, he vigorously renovated military villages and obtained 450,000 taels of silver and 50,000 shi of grain in three years.
After thousands of soldiers were defeated in the Battle of Taoyuan last August, Sun Chuanting returned to Xi'an and recruited 100,000 new troops in just six months.
Regardless of their combat power for the moment, the money and food consumed by these 100,000 people in a year, not even hundreds of thousands of taels, cannot be obtained.
In today's huge Shaanxi, the richest person, besides the Qin Prince's Mansion, is Sun Chuanting.
Don't do it now, wait until he is defeated and give it to Li Zicheng?
Zhu Yixi said without changing her expression: "Did you take the things I asked you to take?"
"Take it!" Thirteen hugged him tightly in his arms and said tremblingly.
"Then don't be afraid!"
Zhu Yixi walked swaggering in front, and the clan members were undecided. When they arrived at the Governor's Yamen, they had a sudden change of heart:
Anyway, I will have food to eat in jail. I am a member of the clan, so I am very afraid.
"Stop—" Seeing a dozen beggars surrounding him, the guard immediately drew out his knife and threatened: "This is the Governor's Yamen. Go to another place to beg for food."
"Bah!" Thirteen hurriedly rushed forward, spat, puffed out his chest, and said arrogantly: "Don't come here to take a look, this is the lieutenant of Fengguo who is enshrined by the King of Heyang County of Qin Fan!"
"Lieutenant? Clan?"
When the guard heard this, he laughed: "If the King of Qin comes, maybe he can give me some face. The little Lieutenant Feng Guo, Xi'an City has only eight hundred if not one thousand, so I won't be happy if I don't come here!"
"Get out of here -"
Zhu Yixi was helpless. He knew that there should be a bribe at this time, but he was so poor, where would the money come from?
You can't just say, I'll give you some when the bill comes, right?
Ambition came to ask for the account, but to my surprise, I couldn't even get in.
At this moment, two generals came out. One had a rugged face, the other was slender and handsome. Both were strong-backed and fierce-looking.
Although they came out together, they didn't communicate at all and left separately with cold faces.
But he didn't even look at the people who were like beggars.
Of course, Zhu Yixi knew these two people. The rugged one was Bai Guangen, the commander-in-chief, and the other handsome one, Gao Jie, who seduced Li Zicheng's wife, was the deputy commander-in-chief.
Although the two were strong generals, their military discipline was extremely poor. Only Sun Chuanting could restrain them, and they were famous in Xi'an City.
"We're here to demand payment."
"The imperial court has owed us the royal salary for more than ten years. It's time to pay it back."
"Pay back the money, pay back the money!"
Everyone knew that measures must be taken at this time, otherwise they would not even be able to touch the threshold. In an instant, they would make a big fuss and rush forward.
The guards were shocked: "I don't want to die!"
"Don't want your life? You don't want your life!"
Zhu Yixi puffed up his chest and scolded in a cold voice: "Although I am only a lieutenant of Fengguo, I am still a member of the clan. If I beat you to death, you will be imprisoned at most. If you beat me, you will implicate the nine tribes and cause cramps."
"Sect Master, what is peeling!" Thirty-seven said, he couldn't help but ask.
"It's like burying a person in the soil, making a cut on the head, pouring mercury into it, and then it becomes extremely itchy. Poof, the person jumps up naked, but the whole skin is preserved!"
"If you attack the clan, and do it in front of the governor's office, Governor Sun won't be able to protect you."
Zhu Yixi showed no fear on her face and spoke coldly, her teeth whitening as she spoke, making the air blush for a few seconds.
In the empty streets, a cold wind suddenly blew up.
The clan members were shivering one by one, gathering their clothes, and their faces turned pale with fear.
The guard at the Governor's Palace, although he was a soldier, was so frightened that he shrunk his neck and swallowed hard. The spear in his hand suddenly became slippery and he could no longer hold it tightly.
The extra-judicial privileges of the clan are well known.
"You, what do you want!"
The guard insisted, his eyes slightly flinching.
"Go and complain, just say something. Your Majesty will put our governor in jail in a few days!"
Even if the words are not surprising, Zhu Yixi will fight to the death.
Anyway, I am about to starve to death, so I must learn to be a strategist.
"Is this true?"
"I am a member of the clan, why did I lie to you?"
"You wait!"
At this time, everyone's faces turned pale with fear. As a private soldier, Governor Sun was responsible for food and clothing.
As if he had found a reason, a certain person rushed to report it.
The rest could only watch helplessly, not daring to take a step forward. The arrogance and domineering feeling just now disappeared in an instant.
In the courtyard, as the governor of the three sides, Sun Chuanting, with gray hair on his temples, frowned and looked at a pile of letters in his hand.
This was sent from friends in Beijing, one after another, all of which were impeachments from Shaanxi's powerful and right-wing gentry who were dissatisfied with them.
The most important thing is that Taoyuan was defeated last year, and the current Emperor Chongzhen is a little dissatisfied with it.
Thinking of this, Sun Chuanting couldn't help but have a headache.
In order to quell the chaos, he spent all his efforts. In the ten years since Chongzhen in Shaanxi, there have been no more military disasters.
I never thought that this group of gentry would be so ungrateful, which is really disgusting.
"Reporting to the governor, there is a large group of people outside the door demanding an account."
"Huh? When did I owe someone money?" Sun Chuanting waved his hand, "If you mess around, just beat him out with a stick."
"The governor is from the Qin clan. There are many of them and they have surrounded the gate. They also said that the court will have you imprisoned in a few days."
"Absurd——" Sun Chuanting straightened up with an angry look on his face: "The dignified clan is actually talking nonsense about government affairs!"
However, did you hear it from King Qin? Or is there a way?
He suppressed his smile and said, "Let the leader come in! I want to see who he is."
"How dignified is it to gather in front of the Yamen!"
After tidying up his appearance a little, Sun Chuanting looked serious.
In the past, he would have considered the status of the clan, but the court is now in a precarious situation, and these are not worth mentioning.
Soon, Zhu Yixi turned left and right and saw the energetic Sun Chuanting and Governor Sun.
Sun Chuanting, whose courtesy name is Boya, is only fifty years old this year. He has a Chinese character face, a goat beard, a tall figure, and sharp eyes. He has the elegance of a scholar and the burlyness of a warrior. He is not angry and has authority.
"Fengguo Lieutenant Zhu Yixi has met Governor Sun."
Seeing this famous historical general, Zhu Yixi couldn't help but cheer up, suppress his nervousness, and bowed his hands.
"Why are you here, Lieutenant? Are you talking nonsense?"
Sun Chuanting frowned, his power suddenly increased, and he said dissatisfied: "Don't spread some rumors randomly, otherwise don't blame me for writing a letter, go to Fengyang for a visit."
"Fengyang is great. I happen to be hungry for a few days. If I go to Fengyang, I won't be hungry."
Zhu Yixi, on the other hand, was too shameless to show off.
Sun Chuanting was helpless, where did this bastard come from, and the clan was so degenerate.
"Junior, I have only one thing to do here. Please ask the governor to return the ancestral salary of our clan."
Zhu Yixi said sternly: "From the first year of Chongzhen to the present, the local government has not issued clan salaries for sixteen years, which is against the ancestral system. Our clan members have been miserable and starved to death. I hope the governor can be considerate and pay one or two."
"this--"
Sun Chuanting pondered for a moment, then directly followed the rules of previous years and started to cheat: "The imperial court asked me to raise my own food and grass. All my income is military food and it is difficult to use it for other purposes. For matters related to Zonglu, I'd better go to the Chief Secretary's Yamen!"