In the Luoyang city of Duji Road, Zhu Lao San from the original Dongdu branch held a letter from Jingnan in his hand, and he was like a statue without a word for a long time. It wasn't until Zhu Zhen, who was the number one general, with a broad face and a mighty face, walked in, that she suddenly came to her senses and couldn't help asking:
"What's the situation outside? Are the soldiers stationed there enough to eat? Can the local people still cry out?"
"Back to stay behind, the officers and soldiers are still well fed, and the local people are still safe, but..."
Zhu Zhen hesitated before answering:
"but what?"
Zhu Laosan frowned:
"The local pest plague is still not to be underestimated. Today, south of Baigou, all states and counties in the lower reaches of the Bianshui River are full of migratory locusts and hardly see the sky..."
Zhu Zhen is a little embarrassed;
"Why is it still so serious? Didn't staying in the division mobilize the people to fight off the worms on a large scale after the beginning of the spring, and then exchange the rice cloth to reward the people for catching the worms in exchange?"
Zhu Lao San's brows became more solemn.
"At the beginning it was indeed at least eight or nine thousand stone meters, and more than 30,000 pieces of homespun... just..."
However, Zhu Zhen smiled bitterly:
"Just what..."
Zhu Lao San suddenly noticed something and got colder:
"Among them, those located in the 19 counties of the two prefectures (Henan County and Ruzhou) of Dugui Road are better to say; however, Zheng Bian, Chen Xu and other places a little further away may not be as desired. The land is even more bald..."
Zhu Zhen sighed:
"Could it be that they can be so slack and negligent about the vital matter of one year's livelihood here?"
Zhu Laosan's face couldn't help but look hard.
"If it's slack and negligent, it's fine, I'm afraid there are other evils in it!"
However, Zhu Zhen calmly pointed out the key points suddenly.
"An dare this generation, this is a life-saving relationship!"
Zhu Laosan couldn't help but slightly changed his color and said: Could anyone dare to use these foods that they can easily win, plus the money they save every day, and use them as life-saving food for the locust plague, and fill their pockets? However, in retrospect, it is not impossible.
Compared with the centralized control of the old brothers as the basic board, the relatively intact household registration fields are the two prefectures and the two prefectures of Jidao; the more peripheral Xuzhou, Chenzhou, Zhengzhou, and Bianzhou are those who merged and the new ones. The subordinates who surrendered and the new pawns recruited by the locality were intertwined and garrisoned for checks and balances and defense.
Now there are more newly occupied Caizhou and Yingzhou; and Yuzhou and Haozhou, which are under the control of Duji Road, but mostly remain relatively independent. Therefore, the current situation is that although the territory has expanded, but its strength has also been diluted and it is necessary to promote all kinds of soldiers to meet the basic needs of maintaining the occupation and digesting these places.
Therefore, it is obvious that the corresponding diluting area is the Duji Dao, which is used to supervise and control the strength and manpower of these local generals and officials; after all, although he is now known as a powerful force in the heart of Henan, he is correspondingly The talent selection and training system of China has not yet formed a system, but basically all parties stop the selection and deal with it over and over again.
Even the many military and Mongolian schools that were opened were due to various obstacles in the open and in the dark, and they ended up without disease. In the end, except for a few ordnance workshops that can train apprentices, it was after a serious shrinkage. , It's just a small school for children of lieutenant generals.
The reason for the preparation of this kindergarten school was because the generals were unwilling to send their children to the south to receive the so-called craftsman and official-style Taiping army education as he had suggested. That's why it recruited well-known Confucian scholars and students from the local area to think that it would open a new museum. Thinking about it now, many of them have always had the practice of deducting food and eating short positions in the army, so how can they let go of these frauds and swallow the opportunity to grab food
However, Mr. Zhu was so exhausted that he wanted to respond to the omen of this disaster, but at this critical point, it was because of this that there was a big omission. Why didn't he be annoyed and inexplicable? . Immediately he stood up and said:
"Come on, come and gather with me..."
"Stay behind, please be careful!"
Zhu Zhen couldn't help but said in shock: But she was shocked by the fierce response of Zhu Lao San.
"What do you think I am going to do? Don't worry, I can't attack and kill. I just went to the eastern states to inspect disasters and Yanbian defenses. By the way.. Cut some people's heads... Some people are really unbearable..."
Zhu Laosan was extremely angry and smiled:
Then, in front of Li Tangbin, Hu Zhen, Xu Tang, Li Hui, Wang Wu, Deng Jiyun, Wang Chongshi and other cronies, as well as officials and officials such as Jing Xiang and Li Zhen, who came together with the drums of ascension, Zhu Lao San was Another rhetoric changed:
"Nowadays, the local disasters are serious. The people are tired and expected to produce large losses. We must strictly guard against Cai thief and Huai's soldiers from abroad to take risks or take advantage of the opportunity to harass... The army in Guizhou selected a battalion of strong and capable children and patrolled with our team Ying Tsai deterred the enemy just in case..."
"promise.."
Everyone at the scene responded in unison:
"I'll pass on my order again, with Xuzhou Unity Deputy Envoy, and Shi Li Cunyi... and others, come here to explain the disaster situation and discuss relief matters..."
Zhu Laosan ordered the names of more than a dozen generals and guards from out of state and said:
"With the commander of the Huazhou Youxiang Horse Infantry Army, Li Zhongyin went to Yongqiu to block the water."
"The commander Wang Qianyu is commanding the horse."
"Xu Huaiyu, the vanguard infantry general,"
"With Xu Zhou pushing official Liu Wei,"
"Take Tabai to take Li Si'an to Taikang, to patrol the vortex..."
While Zhu Laosan gave orders, he carefully looked at and observed the reactions and expressions of these subordinates, and remembered them one by one. Because he was sent out and deployed this time, it was also the generals who came to vote with the local background and led the way. Because only by temporarily transferring these generals from the place, will it be convenient for him to act in the next step.
After the military dissipated, he left Li Zhen and Jingxiang as the masters again. After discussing some local affairs in the military, Zhu Laosan sighed hesitantly:
"The current situation is difficult and it is becoming more and more unsustainable, but I have the intention to retreat to the mountains and forests, so it is okay to be a rich man with an old-age mother!"
"Never..."
Li Zhen said sharply without hesitation:
"The Lord speak carefully..."
Jingxiang gave a serious advice:
"The Lord is now tied to the safety of tens of thousands of soldiers and soldiers inside and outside the Guilin, and the safety of hundreds of thousands of people, how can he give up lightly?"
"It's me Meng Lang for no reason!"
Then the third wife of Zhu sternly thanked them as if waking up from a dream, and then said:
"Just in case I am behind, I deliberately ask my wife to ask you to go to the Chu Prince's Mansion on behalf of Yougui. How about becoming relatives of children? Can you please Xingxu (Li Zhenzi) and Zizhen (Jingxiang) ), draft an appointment letter for me..."
When Jing Xiang and Li Zhen both retreated, Zhu Laosan called in Kou Yanqing as a regular envoy to greet him, and handed him a personal jade talisman:
"Therefore, as a proof, tell your wife that everything is up to your own discretion. Maybe the future of Zhu's family depends on this."
However, in the outside, the figure of a maid serving tea flashed by, and hurriedly came to the concubine's concubine's courtyard where Zhu Lao San was admitted; before long, it became a party going out to Shang Da'anguo Temple for incense. People wait.
And in another place, in a small courtyard where private gatherings are.
"Why do you hesitate, wait for someone to add a knife to your neck and regret it?"
Li Chongyin, the commander of the Huazhou Right-wing Horse Infantry Army, who was first named, said coldly at the other generals who were also mobilized:
"What a patrol to prepare for the enemy! That is to say, our kind and full stay behind can come up with such a reason! As everyone knows, the messenger of the Cai thief seeking peace and strikes has been secretly going back and forth several times in front of the formation..."
Having said that, he couldn't help but sneer. In fact, in the Kanto area after the beginning of the spring, the vast land of Henan and Hebei, the news of the Western army's invasion of Chang'an came, and the various forces in the conflict and war were temporarily plunged into a certain relative calm and confrontation. ；
Even the Chengde Army who was the most aggressive in the Shangdang, or Lulong Town, which is constantly using troops in the North, or the Heyang Army who has established a firm foothold in Luzhou; and even eager to retaliate and counterattack Weibo Town in Henan. , The Caizhou thieves who hovered between the Bo and Song dynasties, and the three towns of Huai Shang in a group; it is rare for them to die for the time being.
Because they also need time to digest the news and sort out the internal impact and subsequent impact caused by the news, but they don't want to deviate from others because of this rash action. Therefore, on the Central Plains on both sides of the Yellow River, there is a period of war and silence that do not know how long it can last.
"Does it mean to...?"
The Tabai general Li Si'an who was present suddenly recalled, but he was a little surprised and inexplicably probed:
"Yes, this great Qi stayed behind. He can't wait to clear the inside so that he can hand in a certificate to the south..."
Li Zhongyin's eyes flickered and said decisively:
"Then what can we do? There are more soldiers in the Guilin than our generation."
Another person from Langya Linyi present, Jiamadu Commander Wang Qianyu frowned and said:
"Naturally, we can't sit and wait for death; the next step is to join hands and wait for tricks; at the worst, we must ensure that each party's wealth is dictated by it...!"
Tabai general Li Si'an is determined without hesitation:
"well said!"
Suddenly a voice sounded, but it was the Kong Mu officer of the Dongdu left-behind division, and Zhang Cunjing, who was born in Haozhou, strode in and said decisively:
"If I let the thief of peace bring this foundation with me after I stayed there... I can't say that I am rich and pious, how many ways to survive? This thing is absolutely impossible!!!" (End of this chapter)