Li Kaiyang choked up.
He knew that what Zhang Huai said was true, but in Tianchengwei's Zhuangzi, his grain was burned, more than a dozen horses were robbed, and more than a dozen guards who were servants were killed, and he was holding a bad breath in his heart.
Li Huaixin is the East Route Commander, and Daliang Mountain is under the jurisdiction of the East Route Commander. Naturally, this bad breath will come from Li Huaixin.
Li Huaixin was a member of Zhang Huai. The tiger-character flag had been smuggled from the north through Xinping Fort. He, the deputy commander, did not get any benefit at all and had long held a grudge in his heart. If he could replace the Xinping Fort guard, he would be replaced. His people will go to Xinpingbao. In the future, if the convoy of the Tiger Flag wants to leave Xinpingbao, he will have the final say.
Zhang Huai said: "The bandits in Daliang Mountain would have been urged to solve by the generals of the East Road. Now that the new year is approaching, even if we want to suppress the bandits, we will have to wait until the end of the year."
"Sir," Li Kaiyang said, "Daliang Mountain has always been a den of bandits, and many sieges and suppressions by the government and army have failed. If General Li goes to Daliang Mountain to suppress bandits, the defender of Xinping Fort will be free. It is better to let the guerrillas on the east road temporarily Taking up the post of guard general of Xinping Fort, General Li will concentrate on suppressing the bandits."
Zhang Huai frowned when he heard this.
Only then did he realize that Li Kaiyang's clamoring to punish Li Huaixin was just an excuse. The purpose was to transfer Li Huaixin to the Daliang Mountains to suppress bandits so that his men could take over the position of guard general of Xinpingbao.
In the past, he didn't care about Xinpingbao, but it was different now. Xinpingbao was an important exit for the Tiger Flag smuggling route.
If the Xinping Fort guard becomes Li Kaiyang's man, it will inevitably affect the tiger-character flag smuggling business. At that time, not only the tiger-character flag will lose, but also him, the general soldier who gets dividends from the smuggling business.
"Sir." Staff Wang Qingyuan came in from outside. After seeing Li Kaiyang in the room, he added, "I have met Mr. Li."
Li Kaiyang nodded slightly in response.
Zhang Huai said: "I and Mr. Li are talking about the banditry in Daliang Mountain. You are here just in time. Let's listen together."
"Yes." Wang Qingyuan saluted, and then said, "The student has something to report to your lord."
"What's up?"
Wang Qingyuan said respectfully: "The people from the governor's office are collecting wages from shop to shop, saying that they will be used to suppress bandits. It is an order from the military lord. The notice is posted outside the gate of the governor's office."
"Lord Junmen, this is a bit too hasty! You have to collect pay as soon as you take office." Zhang Huai frowned.
The border army's pay has always been distributed by the Ministry of War, unlike the training of the rural corps, which needs to be apportioned. So when Xu Tong issued an official document to collect pay, no one would understand that he was taking the opportunity to make money.
"Not only that." Wang Qingyuan said, "I heard from the people in the governor's office that all states and counties are going to collect the money they have owed over the years and collect additional money from bandits."
Zhang Huai said sarcastically: "Our military master is really anxious. It seems that he doesn't intend to let the people live in peace this year."
"Master Li." Wang Qingyuan looked at Li Kaiyang and said, "On the way to the students, I saw government officials coming to Li Ji's shop to collect payment, and it seemed that they had taken action."
Since Li Kaiyang became the deputy commander-in-chief of Datong, several Liji stores have opened in Datong.
On the surface, Li Ji and Li Kaiyang have no direct relationship, but the shopkeeper of Li Ji's shop is inextricably linked to the servants of Li Kaiyang's house. In fact, it is Li Kaiyang's own property.
Li Kaiyang's face darkened when he heard that people from Li Ji's shop and the governor's Yamen had taken action.
It is still not clear that Xu Tong amassed money and put it on his head.
"Sir, I still have some things to deal with, so I will stay here soon." Li Kaiyang handed over his hand.
Zhang Huai nodded.
Knowing that Li Kaiyang was going to deal with Li Ji's affairs, what he didn't expect was that Xu Tong was a little too greedy and even wanted to pay extra for the shop of the deputy general soldier of Datong Town.
Li Kaiyang left the General Military Mansion in a hurry.
Zhang Huai looked at Wang Qingyuan and said, "Has our shop been taxed?"
"Don't worry, sir, the shops related to the General Military Mansion and the shops in the Prince's Mansion have not been taxed." Wang Qingyuan replied.
Zhang Huai breathed a sigh of relief.
Fortunately, although Xu Tong was a little greedy, he had not lost his mind and knew to avoid the shop of his general military mansion. Otherwise, it would be impossible for him, the general soldier, to have a fight with Xu Tong, the governor.
At this time, he was not willing to provoke Xu Tong.
It's not that he is afraid of Xu Tong, but because Xu Tong has just taken office. If there is a dispute between the governor and the general, he, the general, will definitely suffer. The court cannot transfer the governor who has just taken office. For the sake of the stability of Datong, We can only transfer him as the commander-in-chief.
At this time, only Liaodong among the nine borders lacked the general soldier due to the Jurchen rebellion. Anping had been the general soldier for so many years, and he was naturally unwilling to go to Liaodong.
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"Excuse me, please do me a favor. Ten taels is too much. How can a small shop earn so much money?"
A grocery store owner begged the clerk to collect his pay.
One of the officers said coldly: "Stop talking nonsense. The levy of wages is an order from the governor. If you dare to refuse to pay, you will be locked up in jail now."
"Master, the shop really doesn't have that much money. Otherwise, if the shop takes 500 yuan, it will be treated as if it invites several servants to drink tea." The shopkeeper said with a heartbroken look on his face.
"Bah, five hundred dollars, you are entertaining grandpa!" The guard spat, and immediately said, "It doesn't matter if you don't have any money, brothers, throw it at me."
Several officers stepped forward, stretched out their hands and threw all the groceries on the shelves to the ground.
"Master, Master, please don't smash it!" The shopkeeper hurriedly went to stop other servants.
Wow!
The dishes in the grocery store were smashed all over the floor, and the pottery basin on the floor was not spared. It was broken into several pieces. In addition, many other things were thrown to the floor.
Soon, the grocery store was a mess.
One of the clerks came out from behind the counter with a money box in the grocery store. The shopkeeper saw it and rushed to grab it.
"Go to hell!" The guard kicked the grocery store owner.
The broken bowl on the ground just cut the grocery store owner's forehead, and blood immediately flowed out.
In the money box were several broken pieces of silver and copper plates, totaling more than two taels of silver.
The leading officer said to the shopkeeper who was lying on the ground: "Your shop collects 10 taels of wages, but now you only have 2 taels, and you still owe eight taels. You must make up the money within three days and hand it over to the governor's office."
After saying that, he put all the silver and copper plates in the money box into his arms, and threw the remaining empty money box on the ground.
"Let's go to the next house."
A group of servants came out of the grocery store and went to the next store.
The shopkeeper held the empty money box, tears streaming down his face.
After the servants had gone away, someone dared to enter the grocery store to help the storekeeper.
"For these damned people, Shopkeeper Qi can't even make two taels of silver in a month. They ask for ten taels as soon as they ask for it. They are not afraid of retribution."
"I heard that it was the governor's order that all shops in Datong must collect money to suppress bandits."
"The Prince's shop at the street entrance will soon have no guards to collect wages."
"The prince is older than the governor, so naturally the governor would not dare to go to the prince's shop to collect payment."
