Zhao Yutu thought for a while and said, "Our Tiger-Character Banner Army is very strong. The ordinary Ming army is not our opponent at all. Only the soldiers and servants around the generals can bring some threats. But once it goes according to what Chen Xunping said, The scale of the military expansion has increased from a few thousand soldiers to tens of thousands, and our logistics simply cannot withstand such great pressure."
"Even if the Ordnance Bureau works hard all night, it can't produce so many armors. The most important thing is that we don't have the money to support tens of thousands of soldiers. Forcibly expanding the army will only have one end. It will reduce our soldiers to the level of ordinary people. Just like the army, it doesn’t have much combat power, let alone the word elite.”
"Soldiers are more valuable than more elites, so it is not advisable to expand the army." Liu Heng agreed with Zhao Yutu's statement, and then added, "What's more important is that the second brother said he wanted to rebel, but no one among the people present supported him. If we really force the uprising, it will only cause disunity within the Tiger Character Banner."
Yang Yuan interjected, "My subordinates also noticed that no one really supported Captain Chen's proposal at that time. When talking about the rebellion, everyone lowered their heads, especially Huang Zhong, whose face turned pale with fright."
"Xu Tong's matter is indeed a trouble for our Tiger Flag." Zhao Yutu said suddenly.
Liu Heng looked at the two people in front of him and said, "Do you also think that I am going to raise troops to rebel?"
"Isn't it difficult?" Yang Yuan said hesitantly.
Zhao Yutu beside him said nothing.
"Whether you believe it or not, I have no intention of rebellion, and I have never even thought about it." Liu Heng looked at the two people in front of him.
Zhao Yutu and Yang Yuan both looked at Liu Heng in surprise.
Regardless of whether the two of them believed it or not, Liu Heng knew that what he was telling the truth was true. At least until now, he had not thought about raising a flag to rebel.
The reason why Tiger Character Banner is so eager to develop its military force, expand its soldiers, and build various armors is to guard against an enemy. However, this enemy is not the Ming Dynasty, but the Jurchens of Liaodong. Everything he does is for the future. Able to resist the Jurchens.
Zhao Yutu hesitated for a moment and said, "Even if we don't rebel, after Xu Tong comes to Datong, I'm afraid he won't let us go easily. If he joins forces with the Fan family, the threat to us will be even greater."
"Why don't I take people to kill all those people from Fanji Chamber of Commerce? It will be over once and for all." Yang Yuan said.
"Nonsense." Liu Heng scolded.
It's not that he doesn't believe that Yang Yuan can't do it, but if he really wants to do this, it will not be of any benefit to the Tiger Flag, because even if there is no Fanji Chamber of Commerce, Xu Tong will still deal with them if he wants to avenge the death of Xu Youcai. word flag.
Zhao Yutu said, "Killing people alone cannot solve the problem."
"Then what do you think we should do?" Yang Yuan looked at Zhao Yutu.
Zhao Yutu looked at Liu Heng and said, "Master, otherwise we can reconcile with Fan Yongdou. When I met Governor Liu, I heard what he meant. He hoped that we could reconcile with Fan Ji Chamber of Commerce."
"We can't reconcile." Liu Heng shook his head slightly.
Zhao Yutu pursed his lips and stopped trying to persuade him.
Because he knew that there was really no possibility of reconciliation between Huzi Banner and Fanji Chamber of Commerce, unless one party was willing to give up its business on the grassland and leave its business channels to the other party.
But he knew better that it was impossible for their Tiger Flag to give up the business roads on the grassland.
As the director of the Logistics Bureau, he clearly knows that most of the Tiger Character Banner's income now comes from the grassland, and the newly established third thousand-man team is also specially established for the business roads on the grassland.
Without the huge profits brought by smuggling on the grassland, the situation of Tiger Character Banner would not be much better, not to mention struggling. Moreover, Xu Tong was about to come to Datong to take office. Without the smuggling business on the grassland, it would be equivalent to the end of the business. There are also several connections between the Tiger Character Banner and the General Military Mansion with several border fort guards.
At that time, if the governor Xu Tong suppresses the Tiger-Character Banner, their Tiger-Character Banner will have to face it alone without any help.
Liu Heng suddenly said, "Prepare Governor Liu's bonus money. You can go to Datong again and deliver the money to Governor Liu personally."
"Are you ready now?" Zhao Yutu asked.
Liu Heng nodded and said, "Go and prepare now. Since Xu Tong is already on his way to Datong, Governor Liu will not be able to stay in Datong for a few days. Send the money there earlier. For a second-grade official, don't worry about it." Silver is offended."
"Yes, I will ask someone to prepare the money right now, and then I will personally escort him to Datong." Zhao Yutu agreed.
Liu Heng asked, "Don't use cash. It will take too much time on the road and it will be troublesome to carry it with you."
Zhao Yutu, who was about to leave, retracted his steps with a look of confusion on his face.
Liu Heng explained, "We have a lot of votes from banks in the capital. These votes can be exchanged for silver when they arrive in the capital and given directly to Governor Liu."
"Understood." Zhao Yutu nodded before leaving.
When only Liu Heng and Yang Yuan were left around the long table, Liu Heng's face darkened.
When Yang Yuan saw it, his heart trembled and he hurriedly knelt on the ground.
Liu Heng said in a cold voice, "Get up, if you don't want to bow down to the tiger-character flag."
"Yes." Yang Yuan stood up carefully.
Liu Heng asked with an emotionless voice, "Tell me, what's going on with your secret spies stationed in the capital? Why were you able to miss even the news that Xu Tong took over as governor of Datong?"
"Subordinate, subordinate" Yang Yuan hesitated and didn't know how to answer.
He really didn't know about this.
At this moment, the cotton curtain in front of the door was opened, and Zhao Wu walked in from the outside, and at the same time said, "Master, urgent report from the capital."
"bring here."
Zhao Wu came closer in a few steps and handed over a document in his hand.
Liu Heng took it, opened it and took a look. After reading the contents, he handed it to Yang Yuan.
Yang Yuan took it in his hands and looked at it again.
After reading it, his face looked extremely ugly.
The above content is the news that Xu Tong has taken over as the governor of Datong. It also adds that Xu Tong is in the capital and the official document from the Ministry of Personnel has just been issued.
"Master, it's all the fault of my subordinates. I will send people to the capital to replace Wang Zi and others in the capital."
"Look at the date above." Liu Heng reminded.
Because he was looking too hastily just now, Yang Yuan did miss the date marked on the bottom of the document.
After being reminded by Liu Heng, he looked over and realized that this document was written ten days ago.
"Master, this" Yang Yuan looked at Liu Heng hesitantly.
Liu Heng said, "Either the date of this document was deliberately written at the front, or the person who delivered the letter was delayed on the way."
"Could it be that we were delayed on the road?" Yang Yuan said cautiously.
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