Huang Guangmao was very dissatisfied with Jida, the respected king of Lushan County.
That bastard with a goatee didn't understand anything except having a bookish head. It didn't matter if he didn't understand. He also liked to point fingers. Huang Guangmao would curse at the slightest slightest neglect, and would always say that he wanted to write a letter to impeach Huang Guangmao.
"Why didn't this old bastard get slashed by the bandits when he came here?" Huang Guangmao looked back at Wang Jida who was sitting in a sedan behind him.
This man actually asked him to quickly lead his troops into the mountains to suppress the bandits. Either he was being clever or he wanted to trick him...
They don't even know where the rebel army is in the mountain, how many people there are, or what their equipment is.
We also don’t know the roads, terrain, and the location of the villages in the mountains. If we rush in with the main force so stupidly, we might end up capsizing in the ditch.
If the rash advance of light troops leads to a disastrous defeat, Wang Jida can turn around and leave the mountain with a slap on the butt, and then continue to be his Lushan County Lord. Maybe he will impeach Huang Guangmao, saying that Huang Guangmao underestimated the enemy and advanced rashly, lost ground when advancing and retreating, and was intimidated by the enemy. Zhan and so on, they will put all the blame on Huang Guangmao.
When the time comes, even if he, Huang Guangmao, is killed tragically at the hands of the bandits, he will still be blamed for the defeat of the bandits and the destruction of the army.
After all, this bastard Wang Jida wanted to trick him.
Regardless of whether it's a trick in the mind or genuine malice, the result is the same.
In this regard, Huang Guangmao will naturally not do anything stupid Wang Jida says!
On the surface, he is respectful and will not even delay the matters ordered by Wang Jida, but in reality, he will find various reasons to delay things.
For example, Wang Jida asked him to quickly enter the mountain.
Although Huang Guangmao would not object directly, he would put forward a lot of opinions.
One said that the soldiers were tired and needed time to rest.
After a while, he said that the food was out of stock and he needed to wait for the later food to arrive.
In short, Huang Guangmao would not be so stupid as to listen to Wang Jida's words and just rush in lightly...
He doesn't want to die!
But, he would not directly refute Wang Jida's order, even though Wang Jida actually did not have the power to command him.
Wang Jida is just the magistrate of Lushan County, and now he is using his reputation as a civil servant and landowner to point fingers at Huang Guangmao. However, strictly speaking, Huang Guangmao is not under his control. After all, Huang Guangmao is a pure military commander, and his immediate superior is in charge. Chen Zhibang of the entire Ruzhou defense.
Huang Guangmao was only sent to Lushan County by Chen Zhibang to suppress the surrounding areas and protect the rear of Luyang Pass.
It has nothing to do with local officials like Wang Jida and the local health system.
So Wang Jida can't control him.
But, that being said, Huang Guangmao couldn't really ignore Wang Jida.
Although Wang Jida is the lord of Lushan County and seems to be just a seventh-rank official, his political energy is much stronger than that of Huang Guangmao, a fourth-rank general...
Because Wang Jida was a civil servant, or a civil servant with a Jinshi background, and behind him were a group of relatives, friends and teachers who were also civil servants. If Wang Jida was beaten, they could pull out a group of people to beat him up.
Nowadays, the Ming Dynasty is a typical example of people who are strong in literature and weak in military affairs. He is just a guard commander and a former governor. As long as he doesn't go too far, he has to give Wang Jida face.
After Wang Jida was offended, he immediately launched a big move, wrote dozens of letters, and gathered a group of people to impeach him. Huang Guangmao really couldn't stand it...
Therefore, if you can avoid provoking such people, you better not do so!
Although he felt unhappy, the status of military generals in the country was now commonplace, and Huang Guangmao couldn't change anything personally, unless he dared to mutiny and rebel...
Nowadays, under the general situation where the civil society is strong and the military is weak, not to mention that Huang Guangmao is just a small guard commander and a military commander. Even if he is his immediate superior, he is a third-rank military commander and a deputy general. In Henan, Chen Zhibang can be regarded as having a large number of troops, but he also has to be timid in Ruzhou.
Because Ruzhou also has a right counselor Tan Zhengling who was sent by Xuanmo, the governor of Henan, to guard the military affairs of Ruzhou.
This Tan Zhengling has given Chen Zhibang a lot of headaches since he arrived in Ruzhou because he is dishonest...
Tan Zhengling wanted to be promoted through meritorious service, so he asked Chen Zhibang to suppress the thieves every three days. A few months ago, he forced Chen Zhibang to lead his elite cavalry and fight with a group of thieves' elite cavalry, causing Chen Zhibang to lose dozens of his elite cavalry. , but Chen Zhibang was extremely heartbroken.
But even so, Chen Zhibang didn't just accompany Mr. Tan with a smile...
Because Tan Zhengling was a serious fourth-grade red-robed civil servant and deeply trusted by Xuan Mo, the governor of Henan.
And there are rumors that this person is about to be promoted...
Many officials in Ruzhou are not surprised by this. After more than half a year of contact, everyone has gained some understanding of Tan Zhengling. This officer is so happy about his success, should he let Chen Zhibang and the others suppress the thieves and then report his victory to the superiors?
At the same time, he is willing to search for money, and he is even more willing to spend money.
It's normal for this kind of person to get promoted.
However, once this person continues to rise, he is likely to become Chen Zhibang's real immediate boss.
Because Tan Zhengling had served as the prefect of a certain place before and was now the right councilor. He also guarded the military affairs of Ruzhou. By guarding the military affairs of Ruzhou, he had gained a reputation as a knowledgeable soldier. It is said that he was highly appreciated by his superiors...
If this person really continues to advance, according to the unspoken rules of official promotion in the Ming Dynasty in recent decades, plus his so-called reputation as a soldier, he will probably be changed to deputy envoy of inspection, and at least he will also add the sentence "patrol" A certain place, supervising a certain army.
And there is a high probability that he will patrol Ruzhou, Nanyang and other places, and at the same time supervise the troops of Chen Zhibang and Chen Yongfu.
In other words, if this person is really promoted, maybe he will really become Chen Zhibang's immediate boss.
If this person had better luck and had made great achievements in suppressing bandits during his tenure, he might be able to become the censor of Qiandu and patrol Henan.
When the time comes, not to mention Chen Zhibang, even arrogant generals like Zuo Liangyu will have to lie down obediently and listen to Tan Zhengling's lectures.
By the way, during this series of promotions, Tan Zhengling's grade will not change at all, and he will always be a fourth grade.
When he was the prefect, he was a fourth-rank official, and now he is also a fourth-rank official when he is the right counselor. The positions of deputy envoy to the inspector and censor of Qiandu that were subsequently promoted step by step are still fourth-rank officials.
However, although they are all of the fourth rank, the difference between the fourth rank is very big. The status of officials in the Ming Dynasty cannot be judged solely by their ratings. After all, only the bachelors of the Ming Dynasty are of the fifth rank. But, the cabinet chiefs of the Ming Dynasty Guys, I refer to these bachelors who are no more than fifth-rank officials.
And those bachelors and lecturers who only have the fifth rank can often serve as ministers of various ministries directly.
Chen Zhibang's current boss, Xuan Mo, the governor of Henan Province, is only a fourth-grade censor of Qiandu. Going forward, this person's rank is even lower. He is just a seventh-grade official who worked as an official in the middle. The examiner met for the next meeting.
But, let’s take a look at what the official position of the seventh rank is? The official is in trouble, the famous official of the Ministry of Education!
Back then, all I wanted to do was compete with the powerful party...
By the way, he is still a room master who was awarded Jinshi in the fourth year of Chongzhen.
Therefore, in the Ming Dynasty, when looking at the status of officials, it was useless to simply look at their grades. It had to be based on their assignments.
This is still the case within the civil service, let alone the grades between civil and military officials, which are even less comparable.
Even if he is a second-grade or first-grade general with real power and a large number of troops, he must obey the orders of the governor who only has a fourth-grade officer.
As for those generals who do not have heavy troops at hand and are just showy, they are three points shorter than the civil servants. Any seventh-grade county magistrate with a Jinshi background can control them to death.
It is precisely because of this huge difference between civil and military affairs that Chen Zhibang is always polite to Tan Zhengling.
Huang Guangmao, who was at the bottom, was also angry at Wang Jida, the magistrate of Lushan County, but dared not speak out. He just used various methods to delay it until he died.
He didn't want to offend Wang Jida, but he also didn't want to foolishly fail to make any preparations and just go into the mountains to die.
So Huang Guangmao has been having a hard time these days. He has to bear the pressure from Wang Jida, while at the same time he has to save the army and his own life.
He wanted to delay as much time as possible and wait for Chen Zhibang's reply.
He needs to wait for Chen Zhibang's reply and corresponding handling before he can decide his next move.
If Chen Zhibang really plans to encircle and suppress the Funiu Mountain bandits, then reinforcements will come, and then he can just follow the crowd.
If Chen Zhibang does not intend to encircle and suppress, then there is a high probability that he will not send reinforcements. If Chen Zhibang does not send reinforcements, Huang Guangmao has no ability and does not have enough troops under his command to encircle and suppress the bandits in Funiu Mountain. Just drive them away.
It just took time to wait for the news, and Wang Jida was urging him urgently. This made Huang Guangmao very irritable.
After two days of being so uncomfortable, Huang Guangmao finally waited for Chen Zhibang's reply.
But after reading the reply, Huang Guangmao was in a bad mood.
Chen Zhibang said that there are many thieves in Ruzhou now, and he has to be busy killing thieves everywhere, so there are no reinforcements for Huang Guangmao for the time being.
And asked Huang Guangmao to first investigate the strength of the Funiu Mountain bandit army. If the bandit army is not strong, just expel it directly. Well, you can expel it to the west or south. The west is the territory of Henan Prefecture, and the south is the territory of Nanyang Prefecture. Put these The thieves rushed over and let Chen Yongfu, Zuo Liangyu and others handle it.
If the rebel army is too strong, then slow down, stop, and discuss it later...
In short, don't count on reinforcements. The other troops under Chen Zhibang are very busy now.
Tan Zhengling asked him every three days to send troops to encircle and suppress the refugees in the hinterland of Ruzhou, saying that it was to protect the country and the people, but Tan Zhengling almost told him plainly: I am waiting for a large number of people to be promoted. Be smart and don't delay my work. !
Tan Zhengling wants a large number of so-called thieves' heads to be promoted. Under such circumstances, if Chen Zhibang mobilizes a large number of troops to fight those old thieves in the mountains, he probably won't be able to get a few heads in ten days and a half. By then, Tan Zhengling Don't get angry yet.
Therefore, a large number of troops under Chen Zhibang now have to hang around in the hinterland of Ruzhou to encircle and suppress the bandits who are easy to achieve results.
What, you said that the main force of the bandits has crossed the river and gone south, and now there are no large-scale bandits in Ruzhou for him to fight.
How is this possible? Didn't you see that wherever the army passed by, the thieves were springing up like mushrooms after a rain?
I can’t even kill them all...
