Zhu Nao

Passing through the courtyard, Huang Dongxuan came to the door of the room and smelled the fragrance of tea coming from the room.Shushan is rich in famous tea, with an elegant and fresh aroma. He couldn't help thinking: This Zhufu Yin is very particular, and he has already brewed tea and waited for him?

Walking two more steps in, he heard crackling noises in the room again, as if someone was planning—what?Plan? ?

Confused, he walked around the screen and walked into the room, and he saw a young man sitting at the table with a book spread out in front of him, a steaming tea set in his left hand, and an abacus in his right hand. Settle accounts while drinking tea.Beside him sat a young man who was helping him sort out the books.

When Huang Dongxuan saw this scene, he couldn't help being taken aback, almost thinking that he had gone the wrong way and came to the room of a small official who was in charge of accounting.He was about to leave when he suddenly realized that there was only one room in the courtyard, and there was no possibility for him to go wrong.

Moreover, several guards with knives stood on both sides of the house.Which petty official can have such a big show?

So this man is...

When he was confused, the young man calmly wrote the last sum in the account book, and put down his pen and abacus.A guard hurriedly stepped forward, picked up the account books that had been sorted out, and went out from the door.

Only then did the young man raise his head, and smiled at Huang Dongxuan: "Just now when General Huang arrived, he happened to have nothing to do, so he checked the accounts of the lower official treasury. I hope General Huang will not be surprised."

After a pause, he said, "I'm going down to Chengdu Yin Zhunao. General Huang, I've looked forward to seeing you for a long time. We finally meet."

Huang Dongxuan: "...!!!"

What kind of fat head and big ears, what kind of pig nose and thick lips, what kind of fat brain and intestines?This person, this face, how can you see the slightest cunning look? !

He stared at Zhu Nao for a long time, until someone next to him coughed, and then he realized his impoliteness, and hurriedly stepped forward to salute in embarrassment: "Sinner Huang Dongxuan, see Zhufu Yin."

Zhu Nao walked around the table and helped him up himself: "General Huang, you don't need to be polite, just sit down and talk."

The guard hurriedly brought a chair, Huang Dongxuan was not polite, turned around and sat on the chair.Junao also went back behind the table and sat down.

Huang Dongxuan stared at Jun Nao for a while, suspecting that Jun Nao had found a substitute to fool him.The majestic governor of Chengdu is actually so young, so fair and delicate, can he be overwhelmed?

Zhu Nao let him scrutinize him openly, and took the initiative to get to the point: "General Huang, I have already heard about the surrender conditions you proposed. I came to you today because I want to talk to you about this matter."

Huang Dongxuan immediately became alert.Zhu Nao's appearance almost made him relax his vigilance, but no matter what Zhu Nao's appearance and temperament, he must always be careful when dealing with such high-ranking officials, otherwise he would be tricked into crying and there would be nowhere to go.He thought so in his heart, but said politely: "Master Zhu, please tell me."

Zhu Nao seemed to have seen through his thoughts, and said slowly: "I want to explain something first—General Huang, don't get me wrong, I have admired General Huang very much since the time of King Qin's alliance, and I have always hoped that General Huang can Join me in Shu Mansion. It's a pity that I haven't found an opportunity to contact General Huang in the past two years. Now I hear that General Huang is willing to join the Shu Army. I am very happy. General. That's why I ordered someone to invite General Huang in person, and let's make things clear in person."

Huang Dongxuan was slightly surprised.Zhu Nao's attitude seems quite sincere?But who knows if this is a means of playing with people's hearts.Anyway, if you have heard what officials say, don't take it too seriously.

Zhu Nao continued: "I heard that General Huang asked your soldiers to receive the same salary as the Shu army after surrendering. Is this true?"

Huang Dongxuan nodded and said, "It's true, it's true."

Zhu Nao said: "After all the soldiers surrender, they will be members of our Shu government. It is reasonable to enjoy the same food and pay as the Shu army. I can agree to this condition, but it can't be done in one step. Now ordinary soldiers of the Shu army can get Six taels of military pay, after your soldiers surrender, they can get three taels in the first year, five taels in the next year, and from the third year onwards, the same as the Shu army. Do you agree?"

The reason for doing this is not that Junao is stingy.Huang Dongxuan's navy had just surrendered. If they were given the same treatment as the Shu army immediately, the Shu army soldiers and the people would be dissatisfied, and the Huang army would not be trustworthy.If they change their families again, wouldn't the food and salaries issued by the Shu Mansion be in vain?Instead, it is changed to a method of accumulating year by year. After a few years, this army will gradually integrate into the Shu government, and the Shu people will naturally have no objections.And it can also give these soldiers of the Yellow Army something to look forward to in the past few years. Looking forward to getting more food and pay in the coming year, they will increase their loyalty and stop rebelling easily.

Huang Dongxuan can naturally understand Zhu Nao's thoughts, and this condition is already very good.But since the price was set by Zhu Nao, it means there is still room for negotiation.So he said: "Yin Zhu, my brothers are all good at fighting and water. As far as I know, there seems to be no navy in Chengdu? From now on, my brothers will follow you and make contributions to you, but only one year Give three taels of silver, I'm afraid the brothers will inevitably think too much."

After a pause, he said, "Four taels in the first year, five taels in the next year, and the same as the Shu army brothers from the third year on. How?"

Zhu Nao couldn't help laughing and said, "Judging from General Huang's tone, I'm afraid he also went through business before?"

Huang Dongxuan knew that Zhu Nao was mocking him for bargaining, but he admitted it openly: "Yes. I did do a little business when I was floating on the water, and it can't be compared with Zhu Fu Yin." When he was a water thief, he often With this kind of convenience, there will naturally be many opportunities for doing business, so he has indeed done some business.Of course, the scale of the business can't be compared with Juna's at all, it's just a small business, and some philistine habits have been tainted.

Zhu Nao laughed and said, "Fortunately, General Huang is no longer in business, otherwise he might be a profiteer. I always like to clearly mark the actual price when I do business, and I don't like to haggle over everything."

Huang Dongxuan: "..."

The corner of his mouth twitched, he hesitated for a moment, and didn't insist anymore - he had to admit that Zhu Nao's approach was considered kind, if he made progress here, he was afraid that he would suffer big losses elsewhere.

After a while, he said bluntly: "If there is a war, the military pay will be increased. If the soldiers are injured and killed in battle, they have to have the same pension as the Shu army. As long as Zhu Fu Yin agrees to these two items, the former will be treated as Zhu Fu Yin." Doable."

Zhu Nao said bluntly: "Of course." The military salary is the annual regular money, if the army needs to go out, it should be counted as military exploits and rewards to motivate the soldiers.As for the soldiers who died in battle, it is only natural to give them compensation, otherwise it would be chilling.

The two had no disagreement on this matter, and Zhu Nao continued: "In addition, I heard that General Huang asked me not to dismiss the army, nor to dismiss a large number of officers in the army?"

Huang Dongxuan immediately said: "Yes. Although our army was trapped in Yunyang, it was Sun... it was my fault. I am not bragging. Our army has always been brave and good at fighting, especially on the water, and has never been defeated! My brothers It’s not that great if you take it out alone, but the tacit understanding cultivated by the entire army over the years is incomparable to other armies. If people come to command, the army will surely lose its wings like a hawk, and its legs like a jackal. Presumably this is what Zhu Fuyin wants."

His words are naturally selfish, but they are also true.The tacit understanding that has been cultivated in the army for many years may not be impossible to change the command of a group of people, but it will definitely take a long time to get used to it.As for splitting up the army, it would be a waste of all his years of hard work.

Zhu Nao laughed when he heard the words, and said, "If this is the case with the dismissal of several officers, then if I dismiss General Huang, your army might rebel, right?"

Huang Dongxuan thumped in his heart, realizing that he had said something wrong, and immediately said: "No, it won't!"

If a hat of infidelity comes up, I'm afraid there will be nothing to talk about.He was worried that Zhu Nao was looking for excuses to make things difficult for him for the Shizhou battle, so he hurriedly said, "Although most of my brothers come from humble backgrounds, they are all good soldiers who value loyalty and righteousness. Even if there were any mistakes in the past, it was me who did it." It’s the general’s fault, and it’s the crime of Zhu Fu’s Yin punishing me. They, they will be loyal to Shu Fu.”

He knew that his guarantee was weak, but he didn't know how to make Zhu Nao believe him, so he became a little anxious.

Zhu Nao looked at him for a moment, and said: "General Huang really values ​​friendship. General Huang treats your brothers, and your brothers treat General Huang with sincere affection, which is moving. It seems that if I send another general to dispatch this An army, I'm afraid it will be hard to convince the crowd?"

Huang Dongxuan became more and more unsure of what Zhu Nao meant, and his palms were covered with sweat.He vaguely sensed something, but worried that Zhu Nao was just digging a hole for him to jump into. After all, he had suffered this kind of loss not once.

His heart broke, and he said: "Master Zhu may as well speak up if you have something to say, there is no need to test Huang. If Huang says something wrong, I will take the blame and admit it, but what good can Governor Zhu get?"

Zhu Nao said: "I didn't mean to test. I recruited General Huang just to negotiate the recruitment. I want to know, if I still retain the position of General Huang and let General Huang continue to lead your army, what will Huang Dongjing do?" I have never thought about how to make me feel at ease, so that the officials and people in central Shu can feel at ease?"

This sentence was like a thunderbolt, causing Huang Dongxuan to jump up from his chair immediately!He quickly realized his gaffe, and sat back quickly, and then realized that this series of actions of his was like deception, and he might as well just stand.But he couldn't control it anymore, and asked in shock: "What are you talking about? Are you really willing to let me continue to control my army?!"

Then why was Han Feng first...

Zhu Nao seemed to have the ability to read minds, looked into Huang Dongxuan's eyes, and smiled peacefully: "General Huang and Han Feng are different first."

Huang Dongxuan: "!!!"

Before he came, he was prepared to listen to all kinds of sweet talk, and he also thought that he would never fall for it.But Zhu Nao's words caught him off guard, and his heart beat like a drum!

He is different from Han Feng first?nonsense!He has long been fed up with people outside comparing him to Han Feng first, what kind of desert wolf, he simply looks down on 1 people!But he also knew that no matter what his original intention was, the path he had taken these years was indeed the same as that of Han Fengxian, and he could not deny it.

Now, Zhu Nao said clearly that he did not regard him as Han Fengxian.

For a moment, he wanted to rush up and hug Junao three times, but he quickly forced himself to calm down.

His hands were still trembling a little, but his tone was calm: "Master Zhu, Mr. Huang is an honest man, if you say that, I will take it seriously."

Zhu Nao laughed, and simply picked up the abacus at hand, and began to fight.Huang Dongxuan watched him move his fingers like flying, confused.After a while, Zhu Nao finally finished fighting, and pushed forward with his abacus: "As General Huang said, there is no army in Sichuan that is good at water warfare. General Huang and his subordinates are all pirates, and they are best at water warfare. Today the world There is chaos and wars are raging everywhere, if I can get General Huang's troops, I will be even more powerful. Therefore, I am undoubtedly sincere, and General Huang can rest assured."

He changed the subject, pointed to the abacus and said: "However, when I recruit your army, I need to distribute more than [-] taels of silver every year just for the military salary, and consume more than [-] shi of grain and grass. This is more than [-] shi." The tax paid by the common people in one year. Even though I am thirsty for talents, as the prefect of Chengdu, I should be responsible for the government and the common people. How will General Huang ensure that your private soldiers will be loyal to the Shu government from now on?"

Huang Dongxuan was stunned for a while, mixed with joy and worry, with mixed emotions.Zhu Nao really wanted to retain his military power!But sure?How can he be sure?

After a moment of silence, Huang Dongxuan took a deep breath and said, "If Governor Zhu has any thoughts, you might as well speak up."

Since Zhu Nao made this statement, he had already thought of various measures.So he took his time and made his statement slowly.

One of the easiest and most effective ways to ensure the loyalty of an army is to put your own people in the army.There is no doubt that it is necessary to supervise the army. In addition, special positions such as quartermasters and heralds should also be filled by people from the Shu government, so as to better and timely grasp the situation of the army.

However, deploying manpower can cure the symptoms, but not the root cause. Back then, the Jiangling Mansion and the Changsha Mansion had also placed their cronies in Huang Dongxuan's army, but they still didn't make this army give up.After all, if Huang Dongxuan decided to rebel, it would not be difficult to get rid of the people who had been inserted.So if you want to cure the root cause, you must let most people in the army spontaneously turn to the Shu government.This is difficult to achieve overnight, and it needs to be educated over time.

Zhu Nao proposed that when there is no war, Huang Dongxuan should send his officers to Chengdu Mansion in batches to be educated, and officers with a centurion or more should come at least once a year.On the one hand, it is to make them feel attracted to the Shu government. On the other hand, Huang Jun was born in a bandit army after all, and his military discipline is lacking, so he still needs to be domesticated.

In addition, corresponding officials should be established in the army to educate and educate the army to improve the military's morale.

Another more important point is that the reason why Huang Jun is Huang Dongxuan's private soldiers is that they have followed Huang Dongxuan for many years and have a deep friendship; secondly, soldiers often only know that Huang Dongxuan is there, and they don't know that there is a government. .Zhu Nao needs to let them know that the money and food they receive is from the Shu government, from the Shu people, not from Huang Dongxuan himself.Therefore, from now on, the money and food should not be directly transported to the Huang army and distributed by Huang Dongxuan, but should be distributed to each soldier by the Shu officials.Special products in central Sichuan will be added to the rations, and soldiers should perform sacrifices according to Shu rites before receiving their rations.

When there is no war, the army also has to undertake a certain amount of labor, do things for the people in the middle of Shu, and have more contact with the people, so as to increase the bonds between the soldiers and the people of Shu.

It can be said that some of Jun Nao's requirements have reached a harsh level, and each of them is aimed at weakening Huang Dongxuan's personal influence in the army.If these demands were made by the governors of Jiangling and Changsha, Huang Dongxuan would be furious and walk away.But now, he is not angry.

He is the general of the defeated army, and he knows very well in his heart that Zhu Nao's willingness to retain his military power is due to Jun Nao's generosity and gifts to him.These measures are not to make things difficult for him, but necessary.He has changed his master three times, and he is very clear about his reputation.

Furthermore, the account that Zhu Nao made for him made him understand that what Zhu Nao did was to seek his position.It would be Zhu Nao's dereliction of duty if he didn't do so.

What's more, Zhu Nao's treatment of the soldiers is really generous, so what are these little troubles?

Of course, if you think so, Huang Dongxuan will not be soft when he can bargain. After all, suppressing such heavy measures will greatly restrict his freedom.

He first readily agreed to some understandable conditions, and where there was room for discussion, he still argued hard.Zhu Nao was also not polite, the two confronted each other, and fought with each other, this conversation, until the sky outside the window was dark, and finally negotiated more than half of the conditions.There are still some details that require the two sides to send corresponding officials to negotiate in detail.

After talking about the business, Huang Dongxuan couldn't help but let out a big yawn—he hasn't slept well for the past few days, and he hurried over from Yunyang.Now that the big stone in my heart has fallen to the ground, my tiredness can't stop surging up.

Seeing this, Zhu Nao said, "It's getting late, General Huang should go and rest first."

Huang Dongxuan also had this intention.He wiped away the tears from his yawn, stood up and saluted: "Thank you, Mr. Zhu."

He raised his head and looked at Zhu Nao, thinking that the military power he thought he had to let go is now retained, he felt a kind of joy of regaining it after losing it, he couldn't help laughing twice, and then quickly put it back, saying: "Huang Mou will resign. !"

He turned and walked out, when he reached the door, Zhu Nao called him from behind: "General Huang."

Huang Dongxuan stopped in his tracks, turned around and asked, "Is there something else that needs to be done by Governor Zhu?"

Under the dusky sky, there was a slight smile on Zhu Nao's face, and his eyes were gentle: "General Huang, I believe in you."

Huang Dongxuan was stunned for a moment, and the alarm bells rang in his heart: sweet words, these are the deceptive sweet words of officials!Don't believe it!

But his heartbeat accelerated uncontrollably, and his expression couldn't help becoming solemn.He stood at the door for a long time, and said in a deep voice: "As long as Mr. Zhu really believes in me, Huang Dongxuan will not disappoint Mr. Zhu."

Zhu Nao nodded slightly: "Okay."

The two looked at each other for a moment, Huang Dongxuan made another deep bow, turned and went out.

……

When Huang Dongxuan came outside the courtyard, his two soldiers had been waiting for a long time. When they saw him coming out, they immediately rushed forward: "Brother!"

Huang Dongxuan hadn't come out for so long, and they were afraid that Huang Dongxuan would have any accidents, so they kept fidgeting.

Huang Dongxuan took advantage of the situation and picked up one of them with each hand, turned them around three times before putting them down.

The two people who were dizzy: "?"

They regained their composure and quickly asked, "Brother, are you alright? Why have you been here for so long? You're so worried about us!" "Brother, what did Yin Zhu tell you? Did he make things difficult for you?"

"Embarrassing? It's hard to kill me!" Huang Dongxuan raised his eyebrows high: "Ge Laozi, in order to continue to take care of you and help the bastard, do you know how many conditions I agreed to him?"

Two soldiers: "...!!!"

They also thought that Huang Dongxuan's military power would be difficult to protect, and they were sad for a long time because of this, and they also thought about how to make things difficult for the new official when he took office.Who would have thought that Huang Dongxuan would not have to leave!

The two came back to their senses, overjoyed immediately, rushed forward and hugged Huang Dongxuan's head and kissed them hard: "Brother, that's great!!!"

"Big brother, what kind of person is Zhufu Yin? How did you keep your military power?"

Huang Dongxuan recalled Jun Nao's appearance, recalled the conversation just now, the corners of his mouth kept turning up.He took the two of them out and said, "Junao is completely different from what we thought. I have a hunch... Forget it, it's too early to talk about it now. Anyway, let's go back to the room and talk slowly."

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On the other side, not long after Huang Dongxuan left, there was the sound of a guard's communication coming from Jun Nao's door.

"Fu Yin, General Wei is here."

Zhu Nao said, "Let him in."

Wei Yue walked into the house, and as soon as she sat down opposite Zhu Nao, Zhu Nao asked, "Is everything arranged in Jiangling Mansion?"

Wei Yue hurriedly patted her chest: "Don't worry. As long as the news of Wang Zhan and Huang Dongxuan's surrender spreads, it is guaranteed that Jiangling Mansion will be in chaos within three days!"

During this period of time, the Shu army has adopted strategies to lure the enemy to go deep, not just sitting and waiting for the enemy to come to the door.Zhu Nao had long ago ordered Wei Yue to send capable men to Jiangling Mansion to win over the local forces opposing Sun Xiang.Although the Jiangling Mansion was forcibly occupied by Sun Xiang, many local tyrants were convinced by Sun Xiang.As soon as the Shu people went to lobby, the two sides hit it off immediately.

You must know that the Changsha army lost thousands of troops in Shu, and two generals surrendered to the Shu government. This was a huge blow to the strength of the Changsha government, and the blow to the hearts of the people was even more immeasurable.The morale of the Changsha army stationed in Jiangling will be greatly defeated, while the anti-Sun forces in Jiangling will greatly increase their confidence.As long as Zhu Nao joins forces with the local forces, he can drive the Changsha army out of Jiangling Mansion with the least cost, thus gaining control of Jiangling.

From a long time ago, Zhu Nao had set his sights on Jingzhou, which is located in Jiangling Prefecture.The nine prefectures of Jingxiang border the Central Plains in the north, Baiyue in the south, Wuhui in the east, and Bashu in the west. There are dangers in the Jianghan River, solid mountains and rivers, thousands of miles of fertile fields, rich people and rich people. This is a place of victory, and military strategists must fight for it. The so-called heroes Useful place also.This is why Sun Xiang is eager to grab this place.Zhu Nao was determined to win Jingzhou, but he did not want to take the military disaster lightly. He would like to thank Sun Xiang's militarism for creating an excellent opportunity for him.

Zhu Nao said: "You order 3000 people, and you can set off tomorrow. Don't worry about the rest, you must take Jingzhou first. In a few days, after counting Huang Dongxuan's troops, I will ask Huang Dongxuan to bring people to help you stabilize Jingzhou. "

Wei Yue was already ready, and immediately said, "Okay."

After a pause, he couldn't help saying: "You are really courageous. How dare you use Huang Dongxuan so soon?"

Zhu Nao smiled and said, "I spent so much money to invite you back, if I don't use it, wouldn't it be a big loss?"

Wei Yue: "..."

In fact, he also understands that Huang Dongxuan and Han Feng are different first.Although both of them have changed owners again and again, but in this chaotic year, loyalty is hard to come by.What makes Han Feng so disgusting is that every time he changes masters, he turns against his former master, is unfaithful to his superiors, unkind to his subordinates, and unrighteous to his friends. Even though he has great ability, he is a person who does more harm than good.So from the very beginning, Zhu Nao didn't think about using him, and surrendering him was just for the world to see.

But Huang Dongxuan is a real general.His army was honed by him, and the tacit understanding between their generals and soldiers is difficult to replace. Once the generals are changed, the strength of this army may be difficult to display.Now is the time to employ people. Although there will be certain risks, Junau needs a strong and capable army more than risks.That's why he was willing to take the gamble.

What's more, with those measures to reform the army, over time, this army can also transform from the "Huang Family Army" of Huang Dongxuan to the Shu Army loyal to the Shu Mansion.

Wei Yue said: "I hope he won't let you down."

Now that Zhu Nao has made up his mind, he won't bother others.He smiled and said, "You should go back to rest earlier. I will leave the affairs of Jingzhou to you."

Hearing his tone, Wei Yue knew that he would leave Sichuan soon, so she couldn't help teasing: "Are you leaving? Are you going to find Xie Wan?"

"Yes." Zhu Nao admitted generously, "I received news a few days ago that he was going to marry the daughter of the Marquis of Qingyang. If I don't go, I'm afraid it will be too late."

Wei Yue was stunned: "Huh?"

Xie Wuji actually wants to get married?He thought this man was made of stone, he was heartless, and he had already given up on the world of mortals!But having said that, Xie Wuji got married, so what if Zhu Nao was late?He was still in a hurry to enter other people's bridal chamber to join in the fun...