The documents scattered on the ground in the festival hall were cleaned up by personal soldiers. Before cleaning them out, Jia Hui went to the east wing of the courtyard where the festival hall was located to work.
After Jia Hui put pen to paper and printed the documents one by one, they were placed on a pile of paper on the right side. Seeing that the pile of documents was two fingers thick, Hu Jiu picked it up and delivered it to the orderly soldier waiting outside the door. He would deliver the documents to the relevant ministries.
At this moment, Yang Zhi walked in.
"General, my subordinates went to the arsenal to have a look. It is true that several warehouses are empty. After counting, there are more than 60,000 to 70,000 weapons of various types left. There is indeed a loss of more than 20,000.
So my subordinates swept up the remaining rust and weighed it. The weight was completely incompatible with the loss of nearly 20,000 weapons!
This is my subordinate’s record! "
After Yang Zhi finished speaking, he placed a few pages of documents on the table.
"Yeah, I understand. You've been working all morning today, and I didn't let you have a good rest in the afternoon. Instead, I asked you to check the warehouse. Thank you for your hard work."
Jia Hui didn't look up and kept writing something on the paperwork.
"These are all generals..."
"Okay, we are all our own people, so there is no need for polite words. In this way, I have specially approved nine taels of wine for the three of you. When you return to the camp, you can go to the gang leader to get it."
Jia Hui stopped writing and stamped his general's seal on the document. Then he raised his head and looked at Yang Zhi, reaching out and handing the document to him.
Yang Zhi naturally accepted it happily.
Jia Hui once again stamped his seal of Governor of the Left Army on the document and put down his pen.
"Lao Jiu, I have two things for you."
Hu Jiu, who was about to pick up the completed paperwork, stopped.
"But according to the Lord's command!"
"First thing, Deng Yuan will be escorted back to the capital by the people of Jinling garrison eunuch Xia Ming. You and Lao Shiyi will escort him to the palace later and hand him over to Xia Ming personally."
"yes!"
"The second thing is, this is a document for replenishing armaments. I have already printed it. When you send Deng Yuan, rush me eight hundred miles north to Linzi to bring me all the inventory of the War and War Bureau. Come to Jinling!
No, you go to Dongdu garrison eunuch Dai Ming first. This guy was sent to Linzi for training at the beginning of the year. Give him the token. I will write him a letter and give him the documents to replenish the armaments together with the letter. Him, let him go to the military battle station with you!
There is no time to argue with the bureaucrats of the War and War Bureau, everything must be done as soon as possible!
Then you give the memorial to Lao Shiyi, and ask him to send it to Luoyang as quickly as possible, and give it to Chen Jingyuan to present to the emperor directly! "
Jia Hui picked up the pen again, and the pen was quick and easy. Since he had already written it in the memorial before, he just simplified some words this time and finished the letter quickly.
He took the envelope from the desk and put the letter paper in it. Jia Hui took off one of his white jade rings.
Although it is only made of ordinary white jade, its importance is far greater than Jia Hui's other rings.
This is a fire-lacquer seal engraved with Jia Hui's exclusive red bird pattern and carried by Jia Hui.
Take out a piece of fire paint, light a candle and start heating.
Soon, the paint was baked and dripped drop by drop on the seal of the envelope. Seeing that he had almost accumulated enough, Jia Hui took advantage of the fact that the fire paint had not solidified yet, picked up the ring and stamped it on the fire paint that had not yet solidified.
Sealed with fire paint.
Jia Hui picked up the letter and gently blew the wind towards the paint. After it completely solidified, he handed the letter to Hu Jiu. He picked up the documents and memorials and handed them to him together.
"Okay, go find Lao Shiyi quickly. After returning to Jinling City, go home to pick up the expenses of fifty taels of silver. You can estimate how many banknotes and cash you need. Okay, let's go!"
"yes!"
Hu Jiu didn't hesitate, turned around and left the east wing quickly.
At this point, there is not much time to go through the procedures. At least all the weapons and equipment must be prepared before they start an incident.
But he didn't trust Jiangnan Daying.
With so many nonsense happening, Jia Hui's impression of Jiangnan Camp was extremely bad. If he really leads this army to fight, it will inevitably affect his judgment and cause more problems.
Moreover, this is not a unit that is close to Jia Hui. No matter how good the relationship is, they will not completely obey him.
So, is there any other army that can only be used in Jiangnan?
There is no need to count on the local defense. It will be good if they get together and avoid fighting. After all, this is Jiangnan...
However, there is indeed an army that can fight...
"General, the time has come."
The voice of the soldiers outside the door interrupted Jia Hui's meditation.
Oh, got off work?
Then let's get off work and go back for dinner.
. . . . . .
To the east of Jinling City, at the southern foot of Zhongshan Mountain.
The original residence of Zijin Guards is now the residence of Grand Governor Jia Hui.
Festival Hall.
Dinner is very simple, cold noodles and braised water.
After all, Jia Hui grew up in the north, and the master chef who followed the army would try his best to cook northern dishes.
Boiled and soaked thin noodles, cucumber shreds, carrot shreds, chopped toon sprout pickles, minced garlic, and the soul of cold noodles - sesame sauce.
These are Jia Hui’s favorite combinations.
The cooking water, which had been marinating all day, was also brought up by the cook.
The cut pig heart, pork belly, and large intestine were placed on a plate, and the aroma of braised pork made people salivate and couldn't stop eating.
Take out a bowl of noodles from the cold water, add various ingredients, pour half a bowl of sesame sauce, mix well with two pairs of chopsticks, and eat!
Snoring...
The only sound left in the festival hall was the sound of Jia Hui sucking noodles.
Easy, filling, and delicious.
Phew… full.
After finishing two large bowls of cold noodles, Jia Hui clutched her stomach and leaned on the pile of pillows on the Arhat's bed, groaning.
Happiness is very simple. The pleasure of eating your favorite food until you are full makes Jia Hui unable to stop.
Life only lasts a hundred years. Eat when you should, drink when you should, and before you die, you will not regret why you grew old without eating so many delicacies in your early years. It is also a worthwhile trip to this world.
The gang leader outside the door heard the noise in the festival hall, and walked in skillfully carrying the chilled sour plum soup, and placed it on the edge of the Arhat's bed, within reach of Jia Hui. Then he turned around and put away the completely eaten bowl on the desk.
"Old Ding, when you go out later, remember to call Lin Chong and ask him to come find me tomorrow morning."
"Hey, that's good!"
Old Ding, the gang leader, wiped the desk with a rag and did not put it back on the Arhat bed. Instead, he placed it on the ground aside according to Jia Hui's habit.
After eating, the general will lie on the bed in a daze for a while. Don't disturb him at this time, otherwise the consequences will be serious.
Old Ding tiptoed out of the festival hall.
Only Jia Hui was left.
The renovation of Jiangnan Camp must be accelerated. At the very least, those generals who have committed crimes must be removed as quickly as possible.
But Jiangnan Daying really didn’t dare to use it!
Originally, they wanted to disrupt their direct lineage and then integrate them into various armies. There won't be any war in Jiangnan anyway, so let them slowly wear down their greed and start over.
But now that the war is approaching, Jia Hui is worried that the sinners who hate him for cutting off their own wealth will actually go behind the scenes to collude with the White Lotus Sect and stab him in the back.
Killing them all would be even worse. This would simply force the entire Jiangnan camp to surrender to thieves!
However, if you surrender to a thief...
There are less than 10,000 people, and they have not experienced war for more than ten years. At most, they are just Jiangnan soldiers doing private work and suppressing bandits. It seems that joining them will not have much effect, right?
At least it won't form any decent combat power in a short period of time.
After all, the leader is not a fool. Even if so many people come to vote for him, he will definitely disrupt them and reorganize them into various armies.
In short, this group of people will never be allowed to gather together!
Furthermore, being forced to serve as the leader of each team broke the harmonious atmosphere of the team. Even in terms of status, he was still a well-established military family that they once needed to look up to. It was surprising that he could convince everyone!
At the very least, it will take several months to establish new relationships.
It seems... a bit confusing!
However, the shorter the interval between this matter, the better. It is best for this group of people to start a fight with the White Lotus Sect on the second day after they go out.
If the criminal army were to gain a firm foothold and pass the military formation to the White Lotus Sect to form a fighting force, it would be troublesome.
Forget it, let's wait for the weapons to arrive first. I heard that the Linzi Military Bureau has made matchlock guns. He requested a thousand matchlock guns and twenty cannons of various types by name in the document.
Consider it a practical test.
. . . . . .
The next day, Jiangnan camp.
The festival hall has been cleared out, and all the damaged furniture has been replaced with new ones.
Tan Ji sat opposite Jia Hui on the Arhat bed with a haggard look on his face.
"Grand Governor, I went through the archives of embroidered clothes and the old files of the former Jinling Palace yesterday, and I finally found them..."
While talking, Tan Ji handed the stack of paper in his arms to Jia Hui.
Jia Hui started reading, and Tan Ji was waiting patiently, ready to explain to the governor at any time.
The first is the records of previous dynasties.
They did not eradicate Manichaeism. After all, in such a large uprising, some surrendered, some repeated, and some were scattered and fled into the mountains and forests...
These people just stayed dormant.
Perhaps it was because the damage done to the previous dynasty was too deep. In the following decades, even Liang Ting, who was seriously ill, still risked his life to suppress Manichaean believers.
Until Great Liang collapsed.
After that, it was a chaotic time between Liang and Qi. They quickly recovered and grew stronger.
This has become Da Qi’s secret file.
Taizu paid special attention to intelligence work and established the predecessor organization of Xiuyiwei early on. Because of this, the time span of the information retained by Xiuyiwei is also quite long.
Speaking of Manichaeism, they were easily destroyed because they started too late and Taizu attacked too quickly.
Since they were pretending that the princes were revolting at that time, Taizu only thought that one of the princes had been eliminated and did not investigate in detail. He just felt that this prince relied on evil religion to control people's hearts, so he made a note of it.
The senior leaders of Manichaeism, who were once again dispersed, still managed to survive and absorbed the remnants of many other sects, eventually merging into the current White Lotus Sect.
Then there were several rebellions during the Taizu years. Some rebelled against the Qi and Liang Dynasties, some were unwilling to accept the remnants of various princes, and some rebelled together because they hated the timing...
There are many.
The one related to the White Lotus Sect was a huge one, but it happened to hit the Qi army who had returned victoriously from the Northern Expedition. It took two months to put down the rebellion, which was like a joke...
The thing is very simple. The former Liang elders in Kansai took advantage of the window period when the main force was absent from the Qi Dynasty's Northern Expedition to the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty and revolted in Kansai. The White Lotus Sect, who was also preparing for an uprising in Kansai, could not hold back and rebelled together.
But what they didn't expect was that the Yuan people received the news in advance of that Northern Expedition and wanted to complete the battle. Then they were defeated by the Qi army and fled westward crazily.
When the Qi army was chasing to Alxa, they received news of the rebellion in Guanxi. They immediately gave up the pursuit and entered Guanzhong from Xiaoguan, which was still in the hands of the Qi army, to quell the rebellion.
The first one to be killed was the White Lotus Cult Army who happened to be blocking Xiaomen Gate.
Because they were flying the flag of a white lotus, the White Lotus Cult Army was treated as a special elite unit of the old and young by the Qi army, and all of them were killed.
It just so happened that the commander-in-chief of the Northern Expedition at that time was Jia Hui's great-grandfather, Jia Yuan, the old Duke of Rong.
It wasn't until the end of the counter-rebellion and the review that we realized that this army under the White Lotus banner was not the same group as the old and young at all.
The name White Lotus Sect also appeared for the first time in the files of various ministries in Daqi.
Being treated as a joke.
As a result, the White Lotus Sect disappeared again.
It was not until today, eighty years later, that the White Lotus Sect finally seized what Jia Hui thought was a good opportunity.
They focused on the servants and tenant farmers in Jiangnan who had been abused and exploited by their masters for generations.
This group of people has the strongest desire to change their destiny, and they have suffered a lot. Their ability to withstand stress is absolutely top-notch, and they are particularly good candidates to win over.
After closing the embroidery file, Jia Hui raised his head and looked at Tan Ji.
"Old Tan, I want you to activate all the spies in the Jiangnan Family and ask them to carefully find out information about this group of people for me!
It's best to join in together and let me filter this upcoming slave change into a sieve! "
. . . . . .
Not long after Tan Ji left, Lin Chong came over again.
Lin Chong was standing in the hall, waiting for Jia Hui to assign him a task.
"Old Lin, take your people back to Yangzhou in the afternoon and go directly to Yushi Lin. Tell him not to care about the evidence or not. It's unreasonable.
Just tell him that I have found out the identity of Shopkeeper Shi. He is one of the two main forces in the Kansai rebellion decades ago and a high-ranking member of the White Lotus Sect.
Let him quickly get rid of those unruly salt merchants for me in the name of colluding with cults and making friends with rebels! "
At this time, Jia Hui did not allow any unstable factors to be buried in his rear area. Those salt merchants who had committed crimes must die!
"Yes! The general will take people to Mr. Gu's house right now!"
After saying that, Lin Chong turned around and left.
"Wait a minute, there's something else!"
Lin Chong stopped quickly and turned around.
"Why are you anxious? There is still something else to do. After taking care of those salt merchants, you will stay in Yangzhou first. No, your troops and lieutenants will stay in Yangzhou and take orders from Lin Yushi for the time being.
You take about 300 people to Huai'an. Whenever you hear that there is a rebellion in the south, you will immediately recruit Cao soldiers and Cao workers' sons to go south to put down the rebellion! "
One of the secrets of Da Qi is the trump card that has always been in the hands of the Chen royal family and the founders of the country - Jianghuai soldiers!
After Jia Hui finished speaking, he handed Lin Chong the troop deployment document that had been stamped with the seal of the Governor of the Left Army.
Qi Lu, during the inspection of the Commander-in-Chief of the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion, if a rebellion suddenly occurs, a nearby force of up to 50,000 people can be recruited to counter the rebellion!
Jia Hui then gave Lin Chong the seal of his Duke of Dunhuang. With this seal, Lin Chong had full authority to represent himself.
For the children of Cao Gong, most governor's seals are not as useful as this county's official seal!
"Okay, take your troops and go quickly!
We must deal with the salt dealer as quickly as possible, and then go to Huai'an as quickly as possible. We have no time to waste! "
"Yes! I will obey your orders!"
Lin Chong also understood the seriousness of the situation at this time. He saluted Jia Hui solemnly and left the festival hall with quick but steady steps.
Jia Hui sat slumped in the Taishi chair, squeezing his eyebrows.
The problems of combat soldiers, armaments and the rear area have been solved as much as possible. Now, we just wait for the White Lotus Sect to start a slave rebellion.
However, there are still some side issues waiting for him to solve.
Jia Hui regained his fighting spirit, picked up the pen, and started writing letters again...
Race against time!
The curtain opens!
It's just that this chapter is a bit boring to write. After all, it is preparation before war, and all aspects must be taken into consideration...
(End of chapter)
