On May 6th, while he was dealing with the construction of sea ships and steam engines, Li Zhi summoned Tianjin's lieutenants, various garrison generals, guerrilla battalions and local garrison officers to meet with these military attachés as superiors.
Li Zhi is now the governor-general of the left, the crown prince's Taibao, and a popular person in front of the emperor. Even the governor is afraid of offending Li Zhi. The military attachés in Tianjin are all in awe of Li Zhi. They have long wanted to visit Li Zhi, but Li Zhi
Zhi has been away from home, working on the steam engine in Fanjiazhuang.
At this time, they received the news that Li Zhi wanted to see them, and the generals came from all over the country, and they all gathered at the General Military Mansion at midnight.
The second hall of the General Military Mansion was filled with military attachés from Tianjin. The deputy generals and sub-defense generals were okay, and they still had room to sit. The guerrillas and garrison had to stand at the back. But even though they were standing, these military generals
They still have no complaints. Today's General Military Mansion has a higher status than the governor's yamen. We are used to standing in the governor's yamen, so standing here is nothing.
Unlike the civil servants who were worried about Li Zhi collecting business taxes, the military generals had nothing to worry about Li Zhi, their superior. Li Zhi had always turned a blind eye to his subordinate military attachés, as long as nothing happened to Li Zhi.
Everyone saw his style. At this time, the generals were very relaxed and chatting in twos and threes.
Many new military attachés who had never met Li Zhi were still very curious about Li Zhi. They wondered what kind of person Li Zhi was, who was killing all the people in Gyeonggi Province. Is it true that he had three heads and six arms, and could scare the Tatars to death with just one glare?
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The generals waited in the second hall for two quarters of an hour before Li Zhi put on his official robe and walked into the second hall to meet his subordinates.
A servant walked into the second hall first, stood by the door and shouted: "Captain Zuo is here!"
The military generals in the second hall looked at each other, and finally formed a tacit understanding, and collectively knelt down. The highest official position of these military attaches is from the second-grade commanding officer to the deputy general of Tianjin, which is three levels lower than Li Zhi's left governor. More
What's more, Li Zhi is the crown prince's guardian and ranks among the three nobles. This little one is more than the third rank. According to the official rules of the Ming Dynasty, officials with such a rank difference must kneel down and worship when they meet.
When Li Zhi walked into the second hall, he saw only a group of black heads kneeling on the ground.
Li Zhi walked to the chair and sat down, then said: "Everyone, get up!"
The generals then got up, raised their hands and said, "I have seen the crown prince's eunuch, Mr. Zuo Dudu!"
Those who had never seen Li Zhi dared to look at Li Zhi with their eyes at this time, looking at Li Zhi up and down non-stop.
Li Zhi smiled and said, "I've kept you waiting for so long!"
Huang Dejian, the deputy general of Tianjin, said loudly: "The governor is busy with official duties, so it is natural for me to wait for a while." After saying this, he handed over his gift list as a meeting gift to congratulate Li Zhi on his promotion.
Li Zhi looked at the gift list and felt that the goods on it were at least four hundred taels of silver. Huang Dejian's move was not ungenerous. Li Zhi placed the gift list on the coffee table next to him and nodded.
Seeing that Li Zhi was satisfied, Huang Dejian was overjoyed and stepped back. Next, bureaucrats, big and small, came up one after another to give gifts. Li Zhi received a large number of gifts, including silk mink clothes, jade agate, ivory, rhinoceros horns, ginseng and deer antlers.
, Li Zhi’s family may not be able to use it up in a few years.
It is said that Zhumen's wine and meat stink, and there are frozen bones on the road, it is nothing more than this.
However, Li Zhi is also happy that these military attaches are corrupt and have no combat effectiveness. The more corrupt these Tianjin military attaches are, the more powerful his strong army will be in Tianjin. In a few months, he will collect business taxes. Who dares to disagree? If these
If the military attache really worked hard and had a strong army, Li Zhi had to be cautious and always be on guard against anyone attacking him.
As for the national defense of the Ming Dynasty, Li Zhi's Huben division stepped forward to turn the tide and hold the building alone.
Thinking of this, Li Zhi was too lazy to teach or quarrel with these military attachés. He only said loudly: "Wu Qing, where is the Baodi garrison?"
"The end is here!"
The two middle-aged officials bowed their hands and walked forward respectfully.
Li Zhi nodded and said: "This year I will buy 100,000 acres of wasteland on the land you two are guarding each, and turn it into 200,000 acres of military land. I will send someone to hand over the money for the purchase of wasteland to the garrison department, and you can give the land deed
Open it for me!"
In the troubled times of the late Ming Dynasty, food was the most important thing. If there was no food in the turbulent years, it would be impossible to buy it with money. In the past few years, natural and man-made disasters have continued throughout the Ming Dynasty. Food prices have been rising, and there is a shortage of food everywhere. Li Zhi opened a parity price
The grain store has finally stabilized the price of grain in Fanjiazhuang at the level of two liang and one stone, so that the people of Fanjiazhuang will not suffer from food shortage.
But the situation is getting worse and worse, and Li Zhi now regards expanding his team of tenant farmers as a priority. Wuqing County and Baodi County are adjacent to Fanjiazhuang, and the transportation from Fanjiazhuang is convenient, making them an ideal place to open up new fields.
When the two guards heard Li Zhi's words, they felt excited.
They had already inquired with Ye Xiancai, the garrison of Jinghai County, that Li Zhi's reclamation of military fields would not only give the garrison a thousand taels of silver to buy the wasteland, but would also increase the grains for local farming and improve his political performance. It was a good thing with no harm at all.
.Furthermore, helping Governor Zuo take care of his private land is also an opportunity to get close to Governor Zuo and get closer to Governor Zuo.
Look at the generals of Fanjiazhuang who follow Li Zhi! They are promoted every year, or they are promoted in leaps and bounds. Li Zhi's younger brother Li Xing is now the commander of the capital. How many years has it been? If he can be recognized by the Zuo Governor
As a subordinate, he will really rise to great heights! With just one casual word from Governor Zuo, he can rise to great heights.
When the two guards in Qing County and Xingji County heard Li Zhi's words, they were disappointed. They also hoped that Li Zhi would open new fields in Jinghai County and then go all the way south to Qing County and Xingji County to open fields. Unexpectedly,
Li Zhi turned around and went north again. Without Li Zhi's money and his achievements in farming, they were very disappointed.
Qing County guard Shi Jiegao licked his lips and couldn't help but said: "Taobao, our Qing County is close to Fanjiazhuang, so why not open up some new fields in Qing County. I, Shi Jiegao, will use my head as a guarantor, and Qing County will definitely
There are no lawbreakers like Liu Bingchuan and Liu Jianshen."
Li Zhi said impatiently: "Did I ask you to speak?"
Shi Jiegao was startled and said in a trembling voice: "Captain, calm down, calm down! The general is talking too much! The general deserves to die!"
He didn't dare to say any more and quickly retreated.
Li Zhi said to the two guards in Wuqing and Baodi County: "There are still three or four months before winter wheat is sown. We must seize the time to hire people to repair the canals to ensure that winter wheat can be planted in new fields this season. You will handle the specific matters.
I will discuss with my general, the commander of the guards, Zheng Hui, and we must get it done. Anyone who dares to stop my people from repairing the canal will be shot to death!"
Hearing Li Zhi's murderous words, the two guards trembled in their hearts.
Nowadays, Li Zhi not only holds a high position and is deeply trusted by the emperor, but also has a strong army. Li Zhi wanted to make things look better, so he discussed it with the civil and military officials in Tianjin. If Li Zhi was unhappy, he would not worry so much.
With so many people killed, who can stop Li Zhi's Tiger Guards?
In today's troubled times, whoever has the bigger fist is the one who has the right.
Two guards from Wuqing and Baodi County knelt on the ground again with a bang, and shouted loudly: "Don't worry, Taibao, if anyone dares to block Taibao's Xintian, he will be killed by Taibao!"
