Feng Ziying has just arrived in Yanzhou.
Further south in Yanzhou, the situation becomes less stable.
Although Qiu Zixiong is still dealing with Wang Zuogui and Miao Renmei in Yanchuan, and no news has come yet, the city-destroying battalion that followed has taken control of Qingjian, and the situation is quietly changing.
To the southwest of Yanzhou is Central County, which is later known as Huangling County. The place where the five rivers Luoshui, Huachishui, Ziwushui, Guhe and Ciwushui converge is the county seat, which is a vital place for military strategists.
The central county is still under the control of the official army, but except for the county, the rebels are very active. The countryside is basically controlled by the rebels. Except for some wealthy gentry's forts, they can hardly leave the county.
Thirty miles southeast of Yanzhou is Luochuan, eighty miles due east of Yanzhou is Yijun, plus Yijun forty miles southwest in the middle, these counties are the areas with the strongest rebel forces in the entire Yan'an Prefecture. .
As long as these counties can be solved, Yan'an Prefecture will be recovered. Once the situation in Yan'an is stabilized, the problems in the eastern counties and counties of Xi'an Prefecture will be much easier to solve.
Wen Tingshou, the magistrate of Yanzhou, is a useful talent. Although Feng Ziying has only been here for two days, he can feel it after several contacts with him.
The people are well-trained, the armor and weapons are fully equipped, and the city defenses are fully repaired. It can be said that he has contributed a lot to Yanzhou's current good situation.
However, this guy was too strong. He severely suppressed the powerful local gentry and had a bad relationship with his boss Pan Ruzhen. Therefore, he had been working as a magistrate in Yanzhou for five years and still had no hope of promotion. It was not until the chaos in northern Shaanxi that he It was a glimmer of hope for Wen Tingshou.
Seeing that Feng Ziying's face was slightly ugly after reading the letter, Wen Tingshou stood up and left knowingly. However, Feng Ziying still suppressed the irritability and worry in her heart and signaled the other party to calm down with her hands.
"No hurry, Tingshou, we haven't finished talking about Yanzhou yet, let's continue." Feng Ziying smiled lightly, put the letter into her sleeve, and said slowly, "There are not many potatoes, sweet potatoes and corn seeds left, but we can still supply them." One or two hundred acres of land, so Tingshou, you have to arrange for the planting and cultivation of good people. The drought situation in Yanzhou is the best in Yan'an Prefecture. Five rivers are flowing into it. Select some good people in the mountains around the county to take care of it. This season, I want to come and check the situation myself."
"Don't worry, sir. I dare not say anything else, but Yanzhou can still find a group of people who are good at farm work. I just don't know if the seeds you brought are of any use." Wen Tingshou said with a smile. Two hundred acres of land is nothing, but I have spent so much effort but failed to achieve a decent result, which is detrimental to your prestige, sir."
"Hmph, stop talking to me with your glib words. Master Xu has been carefully cultivating it for so many years. How can it be any worse?" Feng Ziying waved her hand, "Just do your job and don't worry about anything else. By the way, you Yanzhou Minzhuang also has three There are more than a thousand people, I think they are well-trained, so the cost is probably not small, right?"
"Who wouldn't say that?" When he mentioned this, Wen Tingshou became more excited. "You are exempted from labor and have enough food to eat, but you still don't train well. How can it be justified?"
"But the forced distribution of donations aroused strong reactions among the gentry." Feng Ziying asked with a smile.
"Haha, how can there be such a good thing in the world? I don't have to pay for food, but I still want to be safe. Sir, tell me where to find such a good way, and I will learn from it." Wen Tingshou curled his lips and said: "Look for it." No, in Yanzhou, you have to follow my method. No one can do it. According to the number of fields, houses and shops, you have to give me money and food. Otherwise, I can only take you. Treat it as colluding with the rebels."
Wen Tingshou said nonchalantly, but Feng Ziying knew that this guy really dared to do this. The Chen family and the Tan family in Yanzhou were imprisoned by him for colluding with the White Lotus cult bandits and intending to commit rebellion, and finally dispersed. The family fortune was finally freed. After this incident, everyone in Yanzhou remained silent, and no one dared to challenge his authority.
However, the backlash of this will not be bad. Once the situation stabilizes, these gentry will definitely retaliate wildly. However, now that the rebellion is strong, these gentry can only endure it.
"Tingshou, have you considered the consequences?" Feng Ziying asked. He did not believe that Wen Tingshou could not consider these issues.
"Haha, sir, you should know the situation in Yanzhou. The central county is in danger. If the central county is lost, Yanzhou will bear the brunt. Rather than wait until
It's better to strike first than to add swords and axes to one's neck. I will follow my own path. If I really want to settle the score later, the worst I can do is resign and leave. I am a candidate for a job, and my hometown is in Jiangxi. I will spend all my wealth to hire a gang. It's okay for bodyguards to escort me back to Jiangxi. It's better than dying here, right? "
Wen Tingshou told the truth.
The situation in the central part is now a struggle. If Qiu Zixiong's Baitangzhai army cannot quickly make a breakthrough in Yanchuan and move south, the central county is expected to fall within half a month to a month.
The guards in the entire Yan'an Prefecture are very weak. There is one battalion in Yan'an Prefecture, which is Fushi City. The rest of the guards only exist in name. For example, the Security Office, the Semen Office, and the Anding Office are all hundreds of households. The garrison at Baihu Station is one unit with more than 600 people, but in fact there are less than 600 people.
There are also Jingbian Station, Suide Guard, Zhenqiang Station and Yulin Guard. But in fact, except for Suide Guard, which still has an incomplete battalion of soldiers, the other guard stations are directly under the control of Yulin Town. It is a supplementary guard post for the Yulin border army. It has nothing to do with the local area, and the Shaanxi Dusi has no control over it.
"Could it be that the rebel army came to besiege the city, can I still count on the Yan'an Guards or the Xi'an guards in the south to rescue me?" Wen Tingshou said with a slightly self-deprecating smile, "Of course, if you, my lord, are besieged here with me, In Mozhou City, I estimate that Mr. Du Sixie and the border troops from Yulin Town will still spare no effort to rescue you, but I don’t dare to bet that you didn’t come at that time. Even if you did come, what if you come tomorrow? So I went to Xi'an or Fengxiang? I still have the responsibility to protect my land here. I'm afraid of death, and I have a lovely wife and concubine at home, so I can't bear it. I would rather not be an official, but I have to save my life first, so I can only let the gentry They endured the pain and cut off their flesh to form a strong people."
"Actually, the effect is really good. As long as the money and food are in place, hunters, mud-legged men, and servants can all be trained decently quickly under whips and sticks." Wen Tingshou smiled. He became even more mad, "Even when I invite these gentlemen to review the training results, their smiles are as if their flesh has been cut. I can't help laughing."
He is a character, and he dares to be so wild in front of him. Either his personality is like this, or he is really ignoring it. There is no hope that he can continue to wear this black gauze hat.
Feng Ziying probably had both. For offending the gentry of a state so severely, he must have been infamy. Moreover, he was at odds with his immediate boss, Pan Ruzhen, so he would definitely not be well regarded by the officials. If there were no accidents, , I can only go home and wait for the opportunity.
"Well, I know the whole story. The local gentry still needs to be comforted. Don't be too harsh..." Feng Ziying's words also seemed very casual. She didn't feel at all how rebellious Wen Tingshou's actions were. Wen Tingshou Of course Shou could hear it, and he felt a little lively in his heart. It seemed that the governor quite praised his actions?
Little did he know that Feng Ziying's actions might be ten times worse and harsher than his own. It wasn't enough to ask for money and food, but he even asked for all his property, including his life.
"Sir, I also want to be a good person, and I also want to treat the gentry with respect as guests, but the rebel army is so powerful that they don't give me such an opportunity." Wen Tingshou spread his hands, "And it can be said that I have done a great job. It has softened, and there are many people starving to death outside the city, and mobs continue to join the rebellion. These situations can be completely avoided as long as the Jin gentry comes up with food and money, but I didn't break my promise and asked them to come up with extra money, right? I only want to fulfill what I promised, but if they can't do it, then don't blame me for being rude."
Feng Ziying nodded silently and said no more.
It wasn't until Wen Tingshou left that Feng Ziying savored it carefully.
This guy came to ask for help, but he did it very politely and reservedly.
Maybe I didn't have this idea originally, but I saw that I seemed to approve of his performance, so I came up with the idea.
However, Feng Ziying did not hesitate to support the other party.
Why not support people who can do things?
Yanzhou is stabilized. Even if the central part is lost, Yanzhou can withstand the spread of the rebel army. Of course, this depends on Qiu Zixiong's strategy in Yanchuan Yanchang.
During this trip, I also met many officials. It should be said that the officials in Yan'an Prefecture and County are not as bad as I first imagined. The reason why the situation is so dangerous is that there are
The main reason was the accumulated corruption of officials, but to a large extent it was also the result of years of severe drought, as well as the court's harsh treatment of the border troops in the three sides and four towns, which led to a large number of deserters infiltrating into the local area.
Pan Ruzhen, Xia Zhiling, Xu Junyang and Wen Tingshou just now all performed well. Even people like Wu Degui were not satisfactory. They were not mediocre officials waiting for a meal. Of course, this does not mean that they are not good at their respective positions. It was done to perfection.
In other words, no matter how well they do, some things will still happen, and personal actions cannot change the overall situation.
Wang Wenyan came in, and Feng Ziying breathed a sigh of relief: "Wenyan, something happened."
After listening to Feng Ziying's introduction and reading Duan Xipeng's letter, Wang Wenyan calculated the time and knew he was in trouble. What a coincidence?
"I'm afraid there are no available troops in Shanxi that can withstand the rebel army's offensive. Si Yancheng in Anyi and Cangcheng in Puzhou are all places that the rebel army will surely win." Wang Wenyan looked serious, "According to The progress of several aunts is just about to catch up."
Feng Ziying sighed, then leaned back on the chair and put her hand on her forehead, "But now that the matter has come to this, what can be done?"
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