On January 20, the 10th year of Chongzhen, after the Lantern Festival, the post of governor of Tianjin, which had been vacant for a month, finally had a candidate - Zha Dengbei of Tianjin Bingbei Road, who had contributed to the great victory of Fanjiazhuang, was promoted to Minister of War.
, Youqiandu censor, served as governor of Tianjin.
Hearing this news, the official circles in Tianjin were either happy or worried. Some people envied Cha Deng's promotion and were jealous that he was promoted too quickly. But more people were happy: a local official familiar with Tianjin's situation would serve as governor, and most of them would
They will respect the existing interest pattern and will not snatch cakes from others. If a strong governor is transferred from outside, who knows how many fires will be burned? How many benefits will be snatched?
When the new governor took office, there was an endless stream of people coming to his door to give gifts, one by one according to the official position. On January 25, Li Zhi secretly thought that it was his turn, so he brought his banknotes to visit Cha Dengbei.
Li Zhi walked to the door of the familiar governor's Yamen and secretly thought that the Yamen was still so shabby, but the owner inside had changed. Speaking of which, Li Zhi missed the days when He Shishou was the governor. He Shishou was greedy for money, but he took the money
It's still fun to do things.
Li Zhi and his disciples presented them with name cards, and after waiting for two minutes, they were taken into the second hall by their disciples.
In the second hall, a heater was burning and incense was burning. The fragrance was fragrant, and there was no coldness or depression outside. This Chadenbei was a man who knew how to enjoy. Seeing Li Zhi come in, Chadenbei first picked up the teacup and took a sip of water, and then turned to Li Zhi.
He smiled. It was obvious that he had been very busy these days, greeting visitors one by one, and talking to them until his throat was dry.
Li Zhi went up to salute, but was supported by Zha Dengbei: "Why does the general need such a big salute?"
Li Zhi stood up and handed over a thousand taels of silver notes. Chadenbei took the banknotes, nodded, and said, "Thank you, General Guerrilla."
Li Zhi felt happy when he heard that Chaden Bei was so polite in accepting money and thanked himself. It seemed that his reputation had increased after defeating Luo Zhending. Now he gave money to Shangguan, and Shangguan began to appreciate him, instead of all of them like before.
Take it for granted. The so-called fear of authority and virtue, only with authority can one have virtue.
Li Zhi cupped his hands and said, "I don't dare!"
Cha Dengbei said: "Sit down, guerrilla general!"
Li Zhi sat on the chair and heard Cha Denbei ask: "If it weren't for the guerrilla general's victory over Yangguli in Fanjiazhuang, I wouldn't be able to be the governor! Speaking of which, this position is all due to the guerrilla general.
"After a pause, Zha Dengbei said: "I was really shocked when I saw so many heads of Dongnu that day!"
Li Zhi cupped his hands and said, "My lord, you were a soldier at that time and had great strategizing skills. Your promotion to governor is worthy of the name! Isn't it the merit of a lower official?"
Chadenbei smiled and then said: "I heard that the guerrilla generals are reclaiming military land? How many acres are there?"
Li Zhi raised his hand and said: "I have bought 90,000 acres of wasteland, and plan to reclaim it all into dry land and rent it to 10,000 victims. These 90,000 acres of dry land will be turned over to farmers in the second year, and we can get 10,800 acres of farmland every year."
stone!"
Hearing that he could get 1800 stones of grains, Zha Dengbei rubbed his palms with satisfaction. Nowadays, military households are fleeing seriously, and the grains of grains in Tianjin are declining every year. The grains of grains turned in by Li Zhi can increase.
His political achievements are much better. If every military attache in Tianjin develops new fields like Li Zhi, he will probably be promoted. Thinking of this, Zha Denbei looked at Li Zhi with a more friendly look.
This Li Zhi is generous with his actions and can make great achievements in politics. As a subordinate, he is really good.
"The guerrilla generals have done a good job. Nowadays, there is a serious food shortage in various places, and the guerrilla generals have taken away the country's worries."
"Your Excellency, the Governor has given you a reward!"
Li Zhi had just defeated Luo Zhending and was now in the limelight. Chadenbei had just been promoted and was cautious in doing things, so Chadenbei was very polite to Li Zhi. Even if Chadenbei asked the new official to take office three times, it was impossible to burn the fire.
This is the head of a powerful person like Li Zhi.
Li Zhi had nothing to ask Chadenbei for. Seeing that Chadenbei was so polite, he secretly thought that Chadenbei knew the current situation. The two chatted for a while, and Li Zhi left and went back.
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Back at Fanjiazhuang, Zheng Hui came to report that a family in Deyuan Village outside the city had suddenly disappeared.
Zheng Hui was a little nervous and explained the matter:
The missing people are a family of five, refugees who were rescued by Li Zhi from the Tatars last year. These days, farmers in Deyuan Village are repairing canals during the day and staying at home at night. But the missing family is not willing to be idle.
I like to go out at night to cut pigweed, and the five members of my family do it together. The five members of the family were absent when the canal was being repaired the day before yesterday. As a result, the construction official went to his house and knocked on the door and found that the house was empty. To this day, this
None of the five members of the family came back.
The house of these five people was not robbed. Everything in the house was well preserved, and no one even touched the five taels of silver in the box. This family had no valuables on them, so it stands to reason that no one would have any evil intentions towards them.
, but the five members of the family disappeared from Fanjiazhuang.
Li Zhi was stunned when he heard Zheng Hui's words.
Could it be that this family thinks it is difficult to return to Fanjiazhuang? The things in the house should also be taken away! But the cotton-padded clothes and quilts have not been taken away yet.
Li Zhi sat on the chair and thought for a while.
After thinking for a few minutes, Li Zhi slapped his thigh and said loudly: "Oops, someone is coming to town!"
This family went to cut pig grass at night with a basket. They had nothing of value on them. The only valuable thing was their waist tags. The sudden disappearance of these five people could not be for other reasons. The gangsters must have taken away their waist tags.
.And the gangsters can only seize the waist card and enter the city for the purpose of spying on intelligence.
These gangsters must have wanted to use their badges to enter the city, gather information and then break out from the city wall at night.
Zheng Hui was stunned for a moment, but he quickly reacted and said: "Yes, sir, these five people have no money on them, so they must have done some trick to enter the city, kill these five people and take away their badges!
"After a pause, Zheng Hui asked: "Sir, who would send a spy to spy on Fanjiazhuang's intelligence and do it so ruthlessly?"
Li Zhi stood up and said, "I guess it's Dong Nu!"
Basically, the only people who can organize and organize detailed operations to spy on intelligence and kill people to seize the belt are Tatars. The Dongnu are the best at detailed operations. Their spies are all over the northern border of the Ming Dynasty. There is not a single major event in the Ming Dynasty that the Dongnu does not know.
Therefore, every time the bandits were in trouble, the Tatars would be able to plunder and rescue the bandits at the right time.
Li Zhi defeated Zhenghuang Banner, so it was impossible for Huang Taiji not to send people to spy on the information. These five people must have been tricked by the Tatars.
Li Zhi said loudly: "Zheng Hui! Send the order to close the city gates on all sides and send soldiers to patrol the city walls. Then organize soldiers to search the city, one by one, until they find the lost waist badge of that household!"
Zheng Hui heard the order and hurried down to deliver it.
Li Zhi paced back and forth in the main room, thinking about this matter.
It is not easy for the Tatars to go into the city to spy on intelligence: since last year, they have strictly controlled the security of Fanjiazhuang. They are not allowed to enter the city without waist badges or city residents as guarantees. Children's waist badges cannot be used by adults, and women's waist badges cannot be used by men.
It cannot be used. Even if the Tatars kill a family and take away the waist cards, they can only use the waist cards of two adults, and can only enter the city with two adults.
Moreover, the number on the waist tag has hidden rules, and it is impossible to forge the waist tag without knowing the details.
This matter is not a big deal, and the Tatars' methods are not very clever. Now that I am paying attention, the Tatars' spying will definitely fail. What worries Li Zhi more is that the Tatars have noticed him.
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As a little guerrilla general, he crippled the Zhenghuang Banner, which has attracted the attention of the Tatars. This is not a good thing. For example, Li Zhi's security work will need to be tighter in the future.
Li Zhi gave an order, and all the soldiers in the city took action, searching everywhere in the city.
Li Zhi waited anxiously in the official hall. But he soon got the result. At noon, Li Xing escorted two men who were tied up into the official hall.
"Brother! Xizuo has been caught! He's from Dongnu!"
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