Ming Zuo

Chapter 191 The Ignorant is Fearless [EDG wins the championship, add another chapter]

What happened to Dang Huanchun can be said to be a typical case of political corruption in the late Ming Dynasty.

When Hou Jin ravaged Gyeonggi, Dang Huanchun, the county magistrate of Liangxiang, had just taken office, but he also felt the crisis, so he actively called for preparations for war.

Unfortunately, the gentry in Liangxiang were not keen.

Later, he went to the door to pray, but no one saw him.

Seeing Hou Jin's army gradually approaching the capital, the party was still worried.

But what can he do as a civil servant?

Later, Sun Chengzong's warrant and Hou Ke's documents made him feel hopeful, and he welcomed Geng Ruqi's army into the city full of joy.

But when Hou Jin began to attack Liangxiang, a heinous scene happened.

The city's gentry... all ran away!

As soon as the gentry ran away, the ignorant commoners also ran away, resulting in a serious shortage of defensive forces in the city.

After several days of violent attacks by Houjin, Liangxiang was in jeopardy.Dang Huanchun couldn't care less, and ordered the house of the fleeing family to be demolished.All the wood and stone obtained were transported to the city wall for use.

Surviving a near death is finally keeping the Liangxiang. It stands to reason that this is a great contribution, right?

But the gentlemen who came back were dissatisfied.

Looking at the demolished houses, the gentry hated Dang Huanchun to the core.

Since he is a gentry, he naturally has a backer.

For a while, the letter of complaint was sent to the capital without any money, and then there were officials impeaching the party and also harming the village and enriching their own pockets.

Fortunately, he has made great contributions to guarding the Liangxiang, otherwise the fate of Dang Huanchun would not be as simple as being transferred.

But even so, this blow still caused Dang Huanchun to explode completely.When he went to the capital to meet Hou Xun and Hou Ke, after some inducement by Hou Xun, his position was even firmer than that of Huang Daozhou.

"When I took office, my benefactor once said that I hope that all gentlemen will be good people, and I don't want all gentlemen to be good officials. At that time, I didn't know why, but now I am really heartbroken. This Ming Dynasty is hopeless! Since then From now on, if you are sent, you can order it."

Zuo Menggeng was overjoyed.

Now that his military power has begun to take shape, the next thing to consider is naturally administrative power.

It is said that it is easy to fight the country, but it is difficult to sit on the country.

If the huge rivers and mountains are to be managed well, countless talents are needed.

You can't just take the old bureaucracy and use it, right?

How is that different from Daming?
And how to train one's own cadres, how to accept new ideas, this process is far more troublesome than marching and fighting.

Young officials like Dang Huanchun, who are completely disappointed with the old dynasty, are exactly what Zuo Menggeng urgently needs here.

"It will be of great benefit for you to go to Mengyin. Brother Gongjia once told me that Yimeng is victorious and has great potential. My next plan is to attack Yimeng. With you here, all affairs can be carried out smoothly."

Dang Huanchun laughed.

"So, I'm on the wrong side?"

Liu Yiyuan followed with a smile and said, "In my opinion, the county magistrate's position is probably the most stable in the world. As long as you don't intend to act, I guarantee that no one will rob you of the county magistrate's seat."

Everyone laughed and felt that what he said made sense.

Which official would like to go to a remote and remote place like Mengyin?

Is that going to be an official?

Almost like exile.

Otherwise, the former magistrate would not be in his seventies and still be able to take office.

Only this kind of place can avoid the eyes of the court and give Zuo Menggeng a chance to continue to develop.

When Mao Yuanyi came here, he killed two birds with one stone.

"I was recommended by Mr. Sun Ge to take over as the Counselor of the Linqing Association. In addition, I also brought you the appointment of the imperial court. Congratulations, my Lord Dongchang Association Counselor."

Mao Yuanyi took out the talisman of the appointment document and handed it to Zuo Menggeng, which aroused great joy from everyone.

"Qianzuo has been promoted to general?"

"Let me just say, for such a great achievement, the imperial court cannot be without rewards."

Everyone was very happy. Zuo Menggeng was promoted, so they would naturally follow suit.

Zuo Menggeng was the most surprised when he learned that Mao Yuanyi took over as the general of the Linqing Association.

"At first, I thought I didn't know where I was going to be transferred this time, but I didn't expect that he was still in Dongchang Mansion. Especially when brother Zhisheng became Linqing general, then we have more room to expand."

Zuo Menggeng still had some predictions about his promotion.

After all, for such a great contribution, no matter how mean Chongzhen was, he still had to show it.Even if he is not a general, he is at least a guerrilla.

It's just that I didn't expect that Hou Xun's operation was so powerful that he earned an extra association.

With two identities in hand, if Zuo Menggeng didn't make good use of them, he would be sorry for this god-given opportunity.

When he said this, the hearts of the others became more eager.

One more association means more official positions.The original promotion is about to become a big promotion.

But these are all things for later, the most urgent thing is to solve Xu Yaqing first.

Hou Qingchun is back.

"Qianzuo, the White Lotus Sect Xu Shenggu led more than [-] people from her department to the north, and came straight to us."

"What did you say?"

Zuo Menggeng felt that his self-cultivation skills were already good, at least he could make the mountain collapse before him without changing his color.But after hearing this, he was still dumbfounded for a long time.

Not to mention him, the other officers were also dizzy.

"Big head Hou, don't you read it wrong?"

"You actually learned to lie about military information?"

Faced with doubts and teasing, Hou Qingchun twisted his mouth angrily.

"Go, go, can I be wrong by myself, can the whole scouting team be wrong? So many people have come all the way to Texas. Is there anyone else on this road besides us?"

Of course Zuo Menggeng knew that Hou Qingchun was right, but it was precisely because of this that he couldn't understand it.

"It doesn't make sense, why did Xu Yaqing come to us on her own initiative?"

A group of people murmured, but they were all the same as him, unable to guess what the mystery was.

Seeing everyone in deep thought, does Huang Daozhou think this is difficult?

"Everyone, what's so difficult about this? There are more than ten thousand thieves of the White Lotus Sect. They are so numerous that they are invincible."

Huang Zongxi, who came here with his wounds in his arms, couldn't help laughing and said: "Brother Youxuan, you don't think that fighting depends on the number of people, right?"

Even Dang Huanchun laughed.

"Although there are more than ten thousand thieves in the area, they are no more than mobs. When they encounter Zhongheng's iron-blooded army, they will surely fall apart."

This is the difference between those who have fought and those who have not.

Although Dang Huanchun is also a civil servant, but after seven days of defending the city in Liangxiang, he was facing the main force of the late Jin Dynasty, so his knowledge was naturally extraordinary.

Liu Yiyuan was also among the laughing people, but with a smile, his face brightened.

"This Xu Yaqing doesn't think the same way as Brother Youxuan, does she?"

It really made him guess.

Xu Yaqing had the same idea as Huang Daozhou.

I have many people, I am the biggest!
"Hmph, Zuo Menggeng has more than a thousand remnants of soldiers, and they left their lair again. This is a god-sent opportunity."

Xu Yaqing sat high in a handsome chair, looking at her subordinates with "warrior like clouds" and "boundless retinues", she was really ambitious.I just feel that the world is so big, where can I not go?
Although she was defeated in Linqing once before, she one-sidedly believed that it was because the rebel army was just formed at that time and its combat power was not strong.

Now the rebel army has broken through three cities in a row and fought for a hundred miles, and has become a strong army.

Using more than ten thousand troops to deal with Zuo Menggeng's thousand men naturally has an advantage.

Ironically, White Lotus Sect's intelligence work is better than Hou Jin's.

There is no way to count how many White Lotus believers there are in Shandong.Anyway, since the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, the White Lotus Sect has been making waves here, and it has never stopped.

Therefore, when Zuo Menggeng returned to his teacher, he only arrived at Hexiwu, and Xu Yaqing got the news.

In the past few confrontations, except for the first time when the sneak attack was destroyed, the rest were all embarrassed by Zuo Menggeng.

Xu Yaqing hated him for a long time and couldn't wait to take revenge.

Now that she has more than ten thousand troops in her hands, she can finally act openly.

Hearing that Zuo Menggeng was about to enter Shandong, Xu Yaqing simply sent troops northward, intending to wipe out the enemy.

Xu Yaqing is cruel and scheming, but in military affairs, she is a pure rookie.Like Zodiac Zhou, he doesn't even know what a strong army is.

She felt that she had a lot of people, so A could just go there, and Zuo Menggeng, who was guaranteed to be able to fight, would be thrown off his feet.

She was already imagining how to torture Zuo Menggeng after she was captured.

Zuo Menggeng waited in Dongguang for an extra day, and dispatched rangers to scout everywhere, fearing that Xu Yaqing might have some conspiracy.

However, the North China Plain was a smooth road, and various scouts reported back one after another, but nothing was found.

Seeing that Xu Yaqing really planned to fight her, Zuo Menggeng really couldn't laugh or cry.

"Zuo Rong, you command this battle."

Zuo Menggeng was not interested in the massacre with no tricks and no sense of accomplishment, so he simply delegated the command.

Turning his head, he joined the heated discussion among Huang Zongxi, Huang Daozhou, Dang Huanchun, and Mao Yuanyi.

They are all like-minded people. On the way to the south, everyone expressed a lot of opinions on political ideas.

Zuo Menggeng didn't stay idle either. Combining his memory and insights, he also brought up concepts such as people-oriented, class, and economy, which quickly ignited the flames in everyone's minds.

Who would have thought that what a few people were discussing on the boat in the canal was the future of a nation!
(End of this chapter)