Wang Bao thought that training new soldiers might be the emperor's intention, and frowned slightly.
However, he would definitely not do it if he was asked to spend money and food on his own to train new recruits for the court.
"Dong Weng, I have a plan, which may be able to appease the imperial court. We don't have to pay for food and train new soldiers ourselves." Chen Gong understood Wang Bao's difficulty, so he thought of a way to solve the trouble at hand.
Wang Bao looked at Chen Gong and asked, "What can we do?"
"We can take advantage of others." Chen Gong leaned down and whispered in Wang Bao's ear, "Since the imperial court wants new soldiers, we can transfer some people from several other camps to serve as new soldiers. In this way , we can complete the things assigned by the court without having to pay for food ourselves."
After hearing this, Wang Bao nodded and said: "This is a good method, but if this kind of thing is known to the court, I am afraid that I will be held accountable."
"Then let's do something even more extreme and wipe those people who are pretending to be new recruits from the roster. Even if the imperial court sends people to investigate, nothing will be found." Chen Gong's eyes flashed with a trace of ruthlessness. .
Wang Bao stroked his beard and looked thoughtful.
After a while, he said: "I'll do as you say. The finishing touches are clean, and you must not leave any clues for others to catch."
"Don't worry, Dong Weng. The court will never find out about this kind of thing. Moreover, the court asked you, Dong Weng, to train new soldiers without giving you money or food. Even if they could see anything, they would be embarrassed to blame you, Dong Weng." Chen Gong said.
Wang Bao grabbed the tureen at hand, put it to his mouth and took a sip.
It is absolutely impossible to ask him to pay for food. Not to mention that the Wang family has no money to train new soldiers for the court. Even if the Wang family has money, it is impossible to use it to train new soldiers.
Spending one's own money to support the soldiers of the imperial court is a handle, serious enough to label him as a rebel at any time. When the Tiger Flag falls in the future, civil servants will never let go of such a good reason to criticize him.
Ma Zongbing from Datong encountered the same predicament as Wang Bao.
He supported the training of new soldiers. As a military general, he didn't want to have more soldiers and horses under his hands. However, if the court did not provide money and food, he would never be able to spend money to raise soldiers for the court.
The money spent on raising a troop of soldiers and horses was gone, and the Ma family didn't have the money to raise a new army. If they really had the money, wouldn't it be better to raise more soldiers for their own family.
The number of personal soldiers can represent one's own strength, and it is also the foundation of one's own strength.
"I want to see Li Xunfu, go in quickly and report." General Ma came to the governor's Yamen and said to a Yamen servant.
He, the commander-in-chief, was the second-largest figure in the Datong officialdom after the vassals, and only the governor could overpower him. As for other Datong officials, even civilian officials, they had to be polite when facing him, the commander-in-chief.
When the Yamen servant saw General Ma arriving in person, he did not dare to delay and hurried in to deliver the message.
Not long after, the Yamen servant ran out from inside at a trot.
"Master Governor, please come in, Mr. Ma." The officer said politely to Mr. Ma.
General Ma Bing strode inside with great strides.
Since Liu Hong resigned as governor of Datong, he rarely came to the governor's office.
The close relationship between him, the commander-in-chief, and the Tiger-Character Banner was no secret in Datong, and what Li Guangyi came to Datong to do was no secret at all.
Before he figured out what Li Guangyi and the court's attitude towards him as the commander-in-chief was, he knew that even if he tried to please Li Guangyi, it would be useless, unless Li Guangyi came to Datong this time and had no intention of dealing with him, the commander-in-chief.
The Governor's Yamen is no stranger to Mr. Ma. When Liu Hong lived here, he came here often, so he is very familiar with every plant and tree here.
"General Ma, we're here." The officer leading the way walked to a door and stopped.
General Ma stopped and looked up at the room in front of him.
In the past, Liu Hong often handled official business in this room. Unexpectedly, the new governor Li Guangyi did the same.
Stepped in.
"Your Majesty, I have seen Li Xun's Mansion." General Ma entered the room and bowed to Li Guangyi.
Li Guangyi, who was sitting in the main seat, said with a smile: "General Ma, there is no need to be polite, please take your seat!"
"Thank you, Li Xun Mansion." General Ma thanked him, and then glanced at the Datong Inspector Pei Hong on the right side of Li Xun Mansion. Unexpectedly, this person was also there.
He walked to the seat on Li Guangyi's left and sat down.
Li Guangyi looked at General Ma and said with a smile: "This is Mr. Pei, the Censor of our Datong Governor. I think I don't need to be introduced by the governor. General Ma should also know him."
Hearing this, General Ma nodded.
He naturally knew Pei Hong.
However, Pei Hong did not take the initiative to say hello to him. As the commander-in-chief of Datong, he would naturally not lower his body and take the initiative to say hello to Pei Hong, a patrol censor.
"Since you two know each other, I won't introduce you too much," Li Guangyi smiled and stroked his beard.
The incompatibility between the general soldiers of Datong and the censor of Datong patrol was something he, the governor, wanted to see.
After all, the Inspector Censor had a low position and was considered an important official in Datong. Rather than causing trouble for him as the governor, it would be better for such a person to keep an eye on the General Soldier of Datong.
Ma Zongbing said: "Pei Yushi has been in Datong for more than half a year, and I have met Yushi Pei a few times. After all, we are both officials in Datong, so we all know each other even if we are not familiar with each other."
"I don't dare to climb up to a big shot like General Ma." As soon as General Ma finished speaking, Pei Hong made a sarcastic comment.
After hearing this, General Ma glared at Pei Hong and said coldly: "Censor Pei can speak directly, there is no need to speak in a weird way."
Li Guangyi, who was sitting in the main seat, saw the two quarreling, his face immediately darkened, and he said: "If you two came to this governor to quarrel, you can leave now. I don't have time to listen to your quarrel here. "
"I don't dare to lower my rank." Seeing that Li Guangyi was angry, Pei Hong hurriedly admitted his mistake.
The imperial court sent Li Guangyi to Datong as governor. He, the Datong censor, finally had a backer. Naturally, he did not want to offend Li Guangyi. Moreover, they were both members of the Donglin Party and were natural allies.
Li Guangyi looked at General Ma again.
General Ma had no choice but to lower his head and admit his mistake and said, "Even lower-ranking officials would not dare."
"Huh." Li Guangyi snorted coldly and said immediately, "You two are officials in Datong, so you should live in harmony. I don't want to see something like today happen again."
"I will obey the governor's orders in everything I do." Pei Hong spoke first again.
General Ma had no choice but to say: "It's the same with lower officials."
Seeing that both of them had given in, Li Guangyi withdrew his gaze from the two of them.
