Liu Heng returned to the signing room.
After a while, Zhao Yutu followed in from outside.
"Is the person gone?" Liu Heng asked casually.
"Let's go." Zhao Yutu nodded and said immediately, "It seems that Mingting can't send a large army to cause trouble for us, so it is starting to try to recruit peace."
Liu Heng said with a smile: "After losing so many soldiers and horses in Xuanda, the people in the imperial court know clearly that the number of troops encircling and suppressing us is reduced and it is of no use at all. I am afraid that the imperial court can no longer separate too many troops from us. Entanglement.”
"My subordinates are those who are angry with the imperial court. They actually want us to go to Liaodong to fight slave thieves. They want to come up with a strategy of swallowing wolves and driving away tigers. They really make us fools." Zhao Yutu said bitterly.
At this time, Zhao Wu walked in from outside the house.
"General, Senator Liao has been sent out of the main town office by his subordinates."
Liu Heng nodded, then said with a smile: "Go and make a cup of tea for our Chief Minister Zhao. Look, Senator Liao is so angry that his mouth is boiling."
Zhao Wu walked to the wooden stand aside and took tea leaves to brew.
"Let's drive them away. We won't really send all the soldiers and horses from Liaodong to Xuanda and let the army of slaves and thieves enter the pass!" Zhao Yutu began to worry again.
Liu Heng chuckled and said, "Didn't you say you weren't afraid in front of that Counselor Liao earlier? What? It's only been a while now that you're starting to worry."
"How can we not be worried?" Zhao Yutu said with a sad face, "How the slaves and thieves treated the Han people in Liaodong is not unknown to me. Once these beasts are allowed into the pass, I am afraid that the people in the pass will also suffer from these beasts." of slaughter and mischief.”
Zhao Wuchong brought the brewed tea to Zhao Yutu.
Zhao Yutu took it, took off the lid of the cup, put it to his mouth and blew on the hot air in the cup.
"In the eyes of the imperial court, the threat of slave thieves is greater than that of us. As long as the emperor is still in the capital, no one will dare to let the slave thieves enter. At most, some troops and horses from the front line of Jinzhou will be deployed to declare a large-scale siege and suppress our tiger-shaped flag. ." Liu Heng said.
Zhao Yutu said thoughtfully: "There are fewer soldiers and horses from Liaodong, which poses no threat to us at all. If the imperial court deploys too many soldiers and horses, the slave thieves will definitely not miss the opportunity to attack Guanning's defense line. Therefore, the imperial court will not let go of the opportunity to attack Guanning's defense line at all." We are unable to support a two-front war, yes, the court has no money, so they won’t be able to defeat us for a while, and they can only recruit us.”
"You've hit the nail on the head with this sentence." Liu Heng put his hands on the table and said, "The imperial court's taxes have been getting worse every year in recent years. There is still a bottomless pit to be filled in Liaodong, and our tiger-character flag is no longer there. It is not an ordinary rogue bandit rebellion. If you send too few troops, it will be useless. If you send too many troops, you will not be able to get food and wages. Recruitment becomes the best solution."
Zhao Yutu said: "Since the imperial treasury is empty, it is a good opportunity for us. We can attack everywhere and bring down the Ming Dynasty."
"Then it's up to you!" Liu Heng said with a smile.
"Look at me? What are you looking at at me?"
Zhao Yutu looked puzzled.
"You are the chief envoy of our Tiger Character Banner in Xuanda. Whether Xuanda can be stabilized and provide effective tax revenue for the Tiger Character Banner depends on when you, the chief envoy, can manage Xuanda well." Liu Heng explained with a smile.
Zhao Yutu twirled the beard on his chin and said: "Now that Xuanda has been divided into fields, the vast majority of the people are on our side. In a year or two at most, my subordinates will be able to build Xuanda well and become the Tiger Flag." Help.”
"I will wait for you for a year or two. I only have one request from you. While managing Xuanda well, we should also train our own officials. Don't wait until we win too many state capitals but have no available talents to replace them." Liu Heng said.
Zhao Yutu nodded and said: "My subordinates have arranged several deputies around each county magistrate. At the same time, there are also town mayors who can take over at any time. The village chief in the lowest peasant association can also take over as the mayor at any time. position and become a formal official."
"Village chiefs are all people from the village, right?" Liu Heng asked.
Zhao Yutu nodded and said, "Yes, people from this village serve as village chiefs."
"If the village chief wants to be promoted to the town, he must serve in another place and is not allowed to stay in the town where the village is located." Liu Heng reminded.
Zhao Yutu said: "My subordinates have written it down."
Liao Wenguang, who left the main town office alone, looked very ugly.
When he came to Datong Town to recruit troops, he thought that giving Liu Heng a position as a general would definitely make Liu Heng's heart flutter. You must know that the last time Liu Heng was recruited, he was just a guerrilla general, several levels behind him.
What he didn't expect was that not only did he fail in his recruitment this time, but he also had to know Liu Heng's desire to be independent.
Why is he still a minister of the Ming Dynasty on the surface, Xuanda is still the territory of the Ming Dynasty, he is not a fool, how can he not tell, Liu Heng is planning to accept the recruitment on the surface, but in fact he takes Xuanda as his own and forms a vassal town situation.
"Sir, where should we go next?" The general manager came up.
"go back."
Liao Wenguang said angrily and walked towards the carriage.
The coachman who was waiting at the carriage hurriedly took down the bench from the carriage and placed it on the ground for Liao Wenguang to pedal on.
"Leave the city and return to Taiyuan." General Manager Jiang told the coachman.
At this time, Liao Wenguang, who had just got on the carriage, poked his head out of the carriage, glared at the manager outside the carriage, and said: "What time is it now? Now that we are leaving the city, do you want me to stay overnight in the wilderness today?" ?”
The driver outside the car felt the anger on Liao Wenguang's body. He shrank his neck and asked cautiously: "Master, where should we stay tonight?"
Some wanted to ask where Tiger Character Banner arranged for them to spend the night, but looking at Liao Wenguang's angry look, he guessed that he was probably angry inside, and he didn't dare to mention anything about the rebels.
"Go to an inn, no, go to Prince Dai's Mansion. I want to see what they did to Prince Dai's Mansion." After saying that, Liao Wenguang retracted his head back into the carriage compartment.
The boss had no choice but to find someone to ask for the direction of Prince Dai's Mansion, and asked the driver to drive the carriage to Prince Dai's Mansion.
In the past, the Fourth Archway was the most prosperous place in Datong Town. Now, the street where the Imperial Palace is located is no less prosperous than the Four Archways, and even seems to be catching up from behind.
All this is because of the relationship between Dai Wangfu.
Overtly and covertly, although many scholars and poets secretly criticized Tiger Character Banner for making Daiwang's Mansion a tourist attraction accessible to anyone, they were the ones who came to Daiwang's Mansion the most.
For many people, even if they become an official, they may not have the opportunity to enter the palace several times in their lifetime, let alone eat and stay in the palace.
However, although the Daiwang Mansion is not an imperial palace, it is built according to the imperial palace. On weekdays, only people from the Daiwang Mansion can enter and exit at will. It is difficult for ordinary people, even officials, to enter.
Nowadays, as long as you spend some silver coins, you can hang out, eat, or even stay overnight in Daiwang's Mansion, which makes many scholars flock to it.
There are also many scholars who wrote articles based on their feelings in Dai Wangfu.
