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The court is dangerous, and it may not be very peaceful outside the court.He Jingzhen went from Liuyang to Dingxian, and many places (especially the nearby places) were almost withered due to years of wars and people fleeing the places he passed.Entering Dingxian County, entering the barracks, getting a famous brand, and receiving a title, this is considered to be settled.That night, a combination of disabled soldiers and bandits came to the door and launched a small attack. Ding County's military equipment has been disarmed for a long time, and the soldiers are all good at fleeing. Slip around, find a place to hide and hide, and dare not show up until the limelight passes.Asked the reason, asked why they fled without fighting, and the soldiers' answer was very straightforward: I can't eat enough to eat, and I went forward to die so diligently, is the tofu or shit in my head? !

Needless to say, it was another man-made disaster caused by the deduction of food and wages.

Now He Jingzhen is just a small family who can't speak much, and he is under the control of others, that is, to investigate, arrest, beat, and kill. It is probably not his turn.Although Ding County is said to be "meat on the legs of mosquitoes", it is not worth much, and it does not gain much, but it also loses a lot, but it is also a mirror, reflecting many hidden worries of the entire Zhou Dynasty.What's more, this place is not stable in the first place, if you let it go on for a long time, it will be difficult to guarantee that it will not affect other counties and counties. He Jingzhen wrote a letter and submitted it to the chief manager of the barracks (it is barely counted as a thousand households), explaining the situation and the reasons. , put forward countermeasures.The Qianhu in charge is Zhang Jun, an honest and good man, and a "wen" Qiu Ba who became a monk halfway through a scholar. It's hard luck or bad luck to be a military Chinese secretary. Since he was appointed as a secretary, the leaders of the Dingxian barracks have died one by one. Leading soldiers knows nothing about fighting, but they are good at making peace, and have a bit of a chivalrous heart. However, they have no money and food and their waists are not stiff.When he saw a book written by He Jingzhen, he let out a long sigh, called him in, and said the current situation with a wry smile - he wanted money but no money, no one who wanted people, nothing he wanted, and he could only stare blankly.The meaning inside and outside the words is also very clear: I want to do something, but where is the money?What about people?Regardless of other things, the food and pay of the soldiers must be settled again, right?The Ding County Yamen has been removed for use, and they are all eaten up. Where can I ask for it?Send troops to surround the county government?Such a group of soft-legged shrimps probably wouldn't be able to frighten others if they sneaked out, but if they made a big fuss, they would gather together to plot against them, so why bother?

So, the difficulty lies in the word "money".

He Jingzhen said that this is not difficult, you can find someone to borrow first.

Zhang Jun smiled wryly again, it was easy to say, who would you borrow from this poor country?Who wants to beat a dog with such a big ball of meat buns? !

He Jingzhen said that there is no need to worry about this, it is all on me.

That's right.It's all on him.He himself is a bunch of meat buns, he typed out and returned with a pile of money.

It is said so, but people don't believe it.

all on you? !Zhang Jun swept him up and down—he looked good, but his clothes were not good, he was wearing a half-worn black coat, his boots were worn out, and he didn't even have a crown on his hair. With an old cloth strip tied like this, is there anything valuable all over the body? !

Zhang Jun still knows a little about the details of this new Baihu. Anyway, he is a lone kidnapper who doesn't even have poor relatives. What a great mouth!With such nonsense bragging, is it possible that they can still blow out money? !

Zhang Jun shook his head and sighed, just listen to it as a cowhide.Unexpectedly, this man is addicted to bragging, and after two days, he came to see him again, and told him seriously that the money will arrive in about the next day, so I dare to ask where do you want to put it?

scare!Is it true? !What about seven or eight thousand silver, can it arrive in the future? !

Zhang Jun was embarrassed, out of consideration for his face, so he didn't want to ask in detail.Unexpectedly, in the morning of the next day, the small document in charge of the warehouse in the barracks knocked on the door of Zhang Jun's room in a panic, and even said and gestured, dancing and "drawing" to him the more than 1 taels of silver that "grew" in the warehouse overnight. .After such a sketch, he couldn't sit still anymore, and ran after the little secretary's buttocks, and ran to the door of the warehouse. The money was withdrawn by itself.The little clerk was panting, his hands were shaking, and a bunch of keys were trembling. He couldn't find the door of the warehouse after playing with it for a long time. Zhang Jun was so anxious that he snatched it with one hand, fiddled with it, found it, unlocked it, and pushed the door to the door Push left and right—wow!silver! !There are four or five columns full of silver ingots! !

Like Zhang Qianhu who has been poor for most of his life, but stepped on shit one day and got rich overnight, he quickly picked up an ingot, put it in his mouth and took a bite—really!pure silver!No lead, no copper paste!Not even silver scum!

The little document stood outside the warehouse, stretching his neck like a goose and standing there, watching Zhang Qianhu gnaw rows of silver ingots until his eyes turned green and his face was flushed—he gnawed half a piece of silver ingots with his cheeks Shi Chen hadn't eaten half of it yet, his mouth was sore, so he had to stop.I know it well - hard currency!It's all true!

This is called "a person cannot be judged by his appearance, and sea water cannot be measured".Clothes and possessions may not be the same thing.The face and the inside can be seen separately.

Even if it was borrowed, it would cost more than 1 taels of silver, and the creditor's waist is thick enough!The background of the debtor is estimated to be unusual, at least the friendship with the creditor is unusual!

After collecting more than 1 fine silver, Zhang Qianhu was radiant, and went into the hut where He Jingzhen lived to thank him in person.Thank you so much, the high hat gave away countless tops.Neither side is used to such flattery, and the more they talk, the more they have nothing to say.He Jingzhen can also see that this flatterer often slaps on the horse's legs, and makes "flattery" into a "high hat" like a boil. Ask him: "Master Zhang, do you have other orders?".Mr. Zhang is working on weaving flattery into a top hat, and he must be careful with his words. When he asked this question, he immediately forgot which section the flattery was compiled into. He stared at the cup of tea in his hand for a while, and then Looking at a bow hanging on the wall in front of him for a while, his eyes drifted, and he faltered and said: "More than 1 silver... There is still a lot of savings after paying the salary, or... Let's return it, I am afraid that when the time comes I can't afford it...I'm afraid I can't even make up the interest..."

Was worried about this.

"It's okay, the capital is not in a hurry, the interest has already been paid by the subordinates."

scare!Pay, have you paid? ! A profit of more than 1 taels, at least a hundred and 80 taels, right? !That's paid for?

"The surplus is stored in the warehouse for the time being, and we will buy ordnance in the future, so we won't be unable to take it out all at once."

"..." Still buying ordnance?No matter how you look at it, it's all for the long-term. However, he is a hundred households with running water, and he may be transferred someday. Is it useful to think so far?

"My lord Zhang, there is one more thing that my subordinates don't know if I should say it or not."

"Let's talk." You have become a "basic and food parent", can you not let me say a few words?

"At the county government office, isn't it..."

Mr. Zhang realized that there is no need to point it out. He knew that what he was talking about was that the county government and the garrison could not keep fighting like this. If you can't be tough enough for others, then you have to be soft, set up a banquet, invite all ghosts, big and small, eat and drink, promise a small profit, let them ask for a little bit of money, "pass" will make it easier, wait for a while It's hard, I'll talk about it at that time.Of course, the expenses for the banquet will also be paid out of this debt first.With the inside, Zhang Jun took more than 1 taels of snowflake silver at once, and he was embarrassed, so he made up a few high hats for He Jingzhen to wear, and finally Get up to say goodbye, and go back to discuss the evening banquet.

The guests left, He Jingzhen took out a half-written letter from the belly of the table, and continued writing.The letter was written to Yang Zhen, first of all to thank him for his activities in the Weizhou case and to speak out and give evidence.Then he congratulated him, he was promoted to general, and transferred to the Weizhou battlefield to serve as the Southwest General Defense.In the end, it was entrusted that he had to pay a lot of attention to the affairs behind Erqian Paoze, "to care for the young and take care of the old, and beg for comprehensiveness."

After all, there is not much that can be said in a letter, and the rest of the meaning has to be put outside the words.Thanks can only be superficial, and it doesn't match Yang Zhen's vigor of "being crushed and not afraid, leaving the seeds of a general to speak".The congratulations were also indifferent, he knew early in the morning that Yang Zhen had fought a few beautiful turnaround battles, and he cooperated well with the new Southwest Director Jun Xue Fengjiu.Although the Second Patriarch was not good at fighting with soldiers, he came from Xiao Yishan's sect anyway, and he didn't give his master a face, but he wouldn't be ashamed and thrown out of the house. If he was not good at it, he would shut up and let others talk about it, and let others go Do it, and take care of it together if something goes wrong.Another advantage is that the second generation ancestor was not stingy, he was born in an aristocratic family, and he was used to opening his hands. Yang Zhen asked him for money, food, and military equipment.Fortunately, there was a Liu Zhongyan beside the two of them, who had kept a clear account of the accountant's income and expenditure, the actual amount, how much was owed, and whether there was any surplus.Otherwise, of these two, one is Qiu Ba who only knows how to cut people with knives, and the other is young master Yangzi who only knows how to make money. Buying three copper coins of side dishes can cheat people out of seven big money. Half of the money is gone, so how can there be a few big victories later!

After the great victory, the emperor asked Yang Zhen to make his own request, and he could ask for whatever he wanted. Yang Zhen was not polite, and immediately brought a pot of unopened ones—give me back my general seed!I even pointed at him to shoot down that old man Liu Jianzhong for me!The emperor's dark face came to him through the imperial decree, and he didn't realize it. He planned to write another memorial to please others. It was Liu Zhongyan who understood the threats behind the series of praises in the imperial decree and advised him to take it easy and not rush into the cusp of the storm. , so as not to bring your general seed with you!

There is another layer of meaning in the emperor's imperial decree that no one understands—you finally found an excuse to get him out of your hands, and you want me to put it back as it is? !roll! !

It's normal for General Yang not to be able to read the imperial decree. The emperor is an expert at playing tricks. There are three or four layers of meaning in a sentence. It's pretty good if he can understand the outermost layer.Therefore, ordinary letters are still easy to read, straightforward, just say what you want to do and how to do it.General Yang read He Jingzhen’s thank you letter after reading the imperial decree. At first, he felt very clear and easy, but at the end, he was blocked again. There are dozens of pages of heavy papers about Pao Ze's death, who's family's situation, how many families are in need of support, and they are listed one by one.What should I tell him?This man is too "real".From ancient times to the present, how many generals have taken the life and death of their soldiers seriously?After success, there are thousands of dead bones under their feet. How many people will think about the children who are waiting to be fed and the lonely old people who lean on the door and wait for their children to return behind these thousands of dead bones?How many people would worry about these people's hunger, cold, temperature, birth, old age, sickness and death?He still doesn't know if his own life will be safe, so is his worry a bit superfluous?

It took General Yang an hour and a half to finish reading the thick stack of "entrustments". An old man who wouldn't cry when his blood was gone, insisted on letting the stack of paper urge two lines of dirty tears.From then on, he made up his mind - the seeds of generals can't be buried like this, they can't be broken halfway, they can't kill chickens with a sledgehammer, and they can't be thrown into that ghost place in Ding County to be born and die!He has to fight to the death with the emperor, and it's okay to die, as long as the emperor agrees to let him back!

Then General Yang "knocked" with the emperor like this, and every time there was a big or small victory, he would definitely "kowtow" on the report book-"Kowtow to Your Majesty's Grace", "Kneel to Your Majesty's Long Grace", "The minister bowed his head and worshiped again, and begged for His Majesty's grace." The holy grace, long grace, and heavenly grace are only related to one content, that is, to transfer He Jingzhen back to Yang Zhen's subordinates, even if he is evenly promoted, or if he can't be downgraded. Well, in short, this person is a natural general material, a great talent who can secure the world and settle the world, we can't let him grow old and die in the forest like this!Kowtowed too much, it is inevitable to get dizzy, some of the papers are written very jumpily, the sentences are not very smooth, and the eyes are staring, the emperor laughed angrily on the spot, and the imperial pen criticized it, and typed it back.General Yang's other requirements were approved, but this one was either not mentioned at all, or he was sloppy and went around in circles, so that General Yang was in a mess.The emperor waited for him to be acquainted, and shut up from now on. Unexpectedly, General Yang's dog-temper is also a bit of a dog's strength. To the black stubborn!