Jinyang, Governor's Mansion
Wang Muzhi, who was frowning in the study, looked at the thick stack of memorials in front of him and couldn't help but sigh deeply... ·
Although he did not open the memorials in front of him, Wang Muzhi could guess almost everything about the contents of these memorials!
Since July last year, the Yun Bing Army under his command has never been paid military pay. Today, the military pay has been in arrears for half a year!
Although lack of pay is not as fatal as lack of food, over time it will also seriously affect the morale of the military!
Seeing that the war is imminent, the Fengwu Army may launch a large-scale operation at any time. If this matter cannot be effectively resolved, it will seriously affect the combat effectiveness of the Yun Bing Army!
Although he still owes tens of thousands of soldiers' military pay, Wang Muzhi feels that he has done his best and has a clear conscience!
When he first took over as governor of Yun Bing, Yun Bing's army was not only in arrears of pay, but also lacked food!
The brothers who owe money to the army can still bear it for a while, but behind them there are also families with parents, wives and children. These people are waiting for food with their mouths open. If they don't eat, they will be hungry. If you eat, you will starve to death.
Therefore, when Wang Mu took office, he not only had to face strong military pressure from the Fengwu Army, but also faced sharp internal conflicts.
According to normal procedures, Wang Muzhi, as the governor of Yunbin and the leader of military and political affairs in the Yunbin area, should collect taxes from various prefectures and counties in Yunbin to support the army and pay the army... ············
However, successive years of war have long since severely damaged the vitality of the Yunbin area. Yunbin's finance and taxation have basically collapsed. Basically, everything that can be looted locally has been plundered, and the people are overwhelmed.
In addition, traders from all over the country were hoarding goods in order to pursue high profits, which caused the prices of such indispensable materials in life as grain, salt, cloth, etc. to rise. The prices tripled in one year.
Under such severe exploitation, the people of Yunbin heard that the Fengwu Army was dividing land in Jinzhong. Many people became refugees and fled to Jinzhong with their families to find a way to survive for themselves. In one year, the area around Jinyang lost nearly 100,000 people.
Although various prefectures and counties have taken various measures to prevent this behavior, the hearts of the people are always pursuing a better life.
Faced with such a mess, although Wang Muzhi was helpless, who asked him to take over as the governor of Yunbing, so he could only take it step by step. He thought for a long time and wrote a personal letter to Shangguan Hongyuan. In his heart He explained the pros and cons to Shangguan Hongyuan and told about Yun Bing's difficult situation.
As for the current suffering, Wang Muzhi also gave a solution!
In short, this plan is - copy Fengwu Army's homework!
Wang Muzhi believed that most of Yunbin's wealth and land were in the hands of these powerful gentry in Yunbin, and they used various means to avoid taxes on a large scale or even not pay taxes. This was the root cause of Yunbin's financial collapse... ·······················
Therefore, Wang Muzhi also plans to follow Ye Mingsheng's example and attack these powerful gentry, put the sword on their necks, force these powerful gentry to spit out their profits and return them to the public, strengthen industry supervision, and stabilize prices!
Wang Muzhi believed that only in this way could Yun Bing be put on the right track and become a solid fortress for the court to resist the attack of Fengwu Army. There was no other way!
Under Wang Muzhi's ardent expectation, Shangguan Hongyuan quickly wrote him a reply. In the letter, Shangguan Hongyuan warned Wang Muzhi to mobilize his whole body, and implicitly expressed that the imperial court was now supported by these powerful squires. , if Wang Muzhi attacks them, it will inevitably lead to chaos, giving the Fengwu Army an opportunity to take advantage.
Although he rejected Wang Muzhi's proposal, Shangguan Hongyuan also understood the dilemma Wang Muzhi was facing, so he also asked Wang Muzhi and Chen Jingyu to cooperate to arrest a group of officials and squires without strong backers on various charges and ransack their homes. After being dismissed, all the money and property he received was exchanged for food. This barely solved the problem of food shortage in Yun Bing's army, but the problem of lack of pay was really unable to be solved.
Precisely because Wang Muzhi solved the problem of food shortage, Wang Muzhi, who had no worries, could tenaciously resist the Fengwu Army's attack in the second Yunbin War, dragging the Yunbin war to the present... ···············
Although the house raids and investigations at that time solved the problem of Yun Bing's army being short of food, it only temporarily alleviated Yun Bing's predicament because it did not fundamentally solve Yun Bing's stubborn problems.
This year, Yunbin once again fell into the dilemma of lack of food and salary. Because the solution he provided to solve the problem was directly rejected by Shangguan Hongyuan, Wang Muzhi could only report the problem to Shangguan Hongyuan. I hope Shangguan Hongyuan can give him a solution.
Shangguan Hongyuan was also very helpless about this, but considering that Yun Bing was a barrier in Guanzhong, if Yun Bing was lost, Guanzhong would be shaken, and the Luo'an court would be in danger of overturning, so he could only grit his teeth and tear down the east wall and block the west wall. , collected a sum of food for Wang Muzhi, and said that he would continue to deliver food to Yunhe in the future.
Although the food problem was solved for Wang Muzhi, Shangguan Hongyuan directly refused Wang Muzhi's request for military pay.
Among the territory currently controlled by the Luo'an court, the situation in Yongliang is even worse than that of Yunbin, and the interests of Guanzhong are divided among the powerful people in Guanzhong. Although the court can collect some taxes, it can only be said to be better than nothing. Now Luo'an The An imperial court relied on constant blood transfusions from the Sichuan and Shu regions to keep the imperial court running.
Taxes in the Sichuan and Sichuan areas have generally been collected many years in advance, but even this is only enough to pay the imperial army. It is enough to grit one's teeth and stomp one's feet to provide food for the stepmother's Yun Bingjun. There is absolutely no ability to provide them with military pay anymore...
Faced with this situation, Wang Muzhi was also in a dilemma. Last year, in order to raise food, Yun Bing had already killed all the officials and squires who had no big backers. Now the remaining ones have big backers, although they can be solved if he touches them. The problem at hand, but Shangguan Hongyuan wouldn't let him move!
Now the problem of unpaid wages is getting more and more serious, and the soldiers are generally complaining. If you don't solve the problem for me, and you don't let me solve the problem myself, what should I do about it?
When he thought that Wang Muzhi had one head and two big heads, he couldn't understand why the Shangguan Chief Assistant who was so high-spirited, scolded Fang Qiu, and always spoke the truth, could now become so hesitant and cautious now?
Just when Wang Muzhi was sighing in the study and didn't know how to solve it, a general hurriedly walked into the room and reported to Wang Muzhi:
"The Governor has an urgent report from the front. Xun Ke personally led the third division of the Fengwu Army to attack Lujialing. The Fengwu Army used more than fifty heavy artillery pieces. The Lujialing defenders suffered heavy losses. Send a signal for help to the outside world!"
Upon hearing the news, Wang Muzhi's eyes suddenly flashed with cold light, and then he took three steps and then two steps to the sand table, and quickly locked the coordinates of Lujialing on the sand table.
After thinking for a moment, Wang Muzhi understood the purpose of the Fengwu Army's battle. After pondering for a moment, he shook his head unwillingly.
Seeing this, the general was confused as to what Wang Muzhi was thinking. After hesitating for a moment, he asked:
"Does the Governor want to order the defenders of Heyi County and Wenshan County to rush to Lujialing?"
Wang Muzhi said with some melancholy:
"It's too late..."
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Yi Jing, Ye Mansion
Looking at Pei Zhixiu's leaving back, An Miaoyi's eyes gradually deepened. After a while, Qiqige, who sent Pei Zhixiu away, returned to An Miaoyi.
After picking up the teacup and taking a sip, An Miaoyi asked calmly:
"Why do you think Pei Zhixiu came today?"
Qiqige hesitated for a moment after hearing this, but still said tentatively:
"Madam, is she doing it for Xiao Huan?"
An Miaoyi nodded and said with emotion:
"This woman, Pei Zhixiu, is smarter than I thought. It seems that she has long been aware of the chess piece that Xiaohuan and I buried beside her, but she always pretended not to know!"
Hearing An Miaoyi's words, Qiqige immediately bowed and said with shame:
"It's my servant who did something wrong! Please punish me, madam!"
An Miaoyi shook her head when she heard this and said:
"It's not your fault Qiqige. It's a bit difficult for you to deal with Pei Zhixiu!"
Listening to An Miaoyi's words, Qiqi Ge's head dropped lower, but she had the same emotion in her heart. The deeper the contact with Pei Zhixiu, the more she could feel the unfathomable depth of Pei Zhixiu, especially It was when she looked at Bae Ji-soo that her life no longer belonged to her...
And this couldn't help but make Qiqige curious. Ye Mingsheng knew something but always trusted Pei Zhixiu. Wasn't he afraid?
Just when Qiqige was thinking wildly, An Miaoyi said with emotion:
"Compared to Pei Zhixiu finding out that Xiaohuan is a chess piece, I was even more surprised that Pei Zhixiu actually cares about Xiaohuan's life. Logically speaking, shouldn't people like her regard human life as nothing?"
"She even came to me specifically for Xiao Huan's life and warned me not to attack anyone around her. This is really interesting!"
Thinking of this, a slightly playful smile couldn't help but appear on An Miaoyi's beautiful face.
As early as when she first married Ye Mingsheng, An Miaoyi noticed Pei Zhixiu, a concubine who was much loved by Ye Mingsheng. Others would stay close to home as concubines, for fear of being gossiped about by others, but Only Pei Zhixiu went in and out of the mansion all day long and came into contact with the patients in the medical clinic.
Although An Miaoyi does not refuse Ye Mingsheng to have other women, as a eldest wife, she hopes that everything about the girl in the backyard will be under control, and Pei Zhixiu is obviously an uncontrollable factor, so this also makes An Miaoyi The idea came up to place a chess piece next to her and monitor her every move.
So An Miaoyi made a little plan, which was to get hold of Xiaohuan, the personal maid next to Pei Zhixiu, and let her become an eye for him to secretly monitor Pei Zhixiu... ············
Everything was going smoothly, and Xiaohuan would send news on time, including what happened between Ye Mingsheng and Pei Zhixiu in bed.
However, just five days ago, Xiaohuan suddenly came to report that she might have been exposed, and asked An Miaoyi to give her a way to survive. After Qiqige carefully interrogated her, she understood that Xiaohuan was indifferent to her through Ye Mingsheng, guessing Deye Mingsheng probably knew her true identity, so he was scared and didn't want to continue doing it.
Because Ye Mingsheng was involved, Qiqige did not dare to neglect and immediately informed An Miaoyi of the matter.
An Miaoyi also preferred to believe that there was something, not to believe that there was nothing, so she directly decided to settle it once and for all, causing an accident to shut up Xiaohuan forever. Things went smoothly at first, Xiaohuan was thrown into the well, and she was almost drowned, but this The girl was very lucky. When she was struggling in the well, the patrolling guards heard her and rescued her.
Pei Zhixiu was also very angry about this matter. Although she knew that Xiaohuan was An Miaoyi's ghost for a long time, in order to make An Miaoyi feel relieved, Pei Zhixiu pretended not to know. In addition, Xiaohuan She is also very talented in medical skills, so Bae Ji-soo also entrusts her with important tasks and treats her as an important assistant around her. The relationship between master and servant is also very good... ·····
But after An Miaoyi realized that Xiaohuan was exposed, she actually wanted to kill Xiaohuan and silence her, which made Pei Zhixiu very angry.
Pei Zhixiu believes that Xiaohuan is her personal maid no matter what, and should be left to her to handle. Although you, An Miaoyi, are the eldest lady, your hands are too long!
And if she ignored Xiaohuan's murder today, would An Miaoyi dare to do anything to her son Jingxuan next time?
Thinking of this, Pei Zhixiu also felt that she should talk to An Miaoyi and let An Miaoyi understand that although she didn't want to provoke her, she was not afraid of you!
After expressing her attitude to An Miaoyi, Pei Zhixiu also proposed a solution to the matter. The incident of Xiaohuan falling into the water was her own mistake and had nothing to do with anyone else. Xiaohuan will live in Changshan Medical Center for the rest of her life. Will not appear in Ye Mansion.
If other women were negotiating terms with her, An Miaoyi would naturally be dismissive, but she would also take Pei Zhixiu's words seriously, so after considering the pros and cons, An Miaoyi also agreed to Pei Zhixiu's conditions, saying that if Xiaohuan could do it At the above points, you can continue to live...
