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Chapter 25 The Big Appetite

According to King Zhu's will, the Futai team was rebuilt.

The first thing Wang Li did was to summon all the prominent people in the city to come to the banquet as the new prefect of Taiwan.

As for the name of the banquet, it is nothing more than, "A new official in my government has taken office, so I have summoned everyone to come and exchange feelings and get familiar with the situation so that we can implement policies according to the local situation."

The wealthy gentry in these prefectural cities naturally understood that the new anti-thief magistrate invited them to a banquet on the first day he took office, and he must not be holding anything back.

But I understand that I still have to go, but it’s impossible not to go!
The people who were in charge of delivering the invitations were all fierce-looking and had glaring knives in their hands.

This is clear, if anyone dares not to go, this knife will be their fate!
All right!On the first day after taking office, this new official of the King's Prefecture fully adapted to King Zhu's rhythm.

The so-called saying that giving him five hundred soldiers would solve all the troubles was actually used on this.

As for the transferred soldiers, they are naturally not from the main barracks.

King Zhu in the main camp would not let officials like Wang Li interfere, because that was his foundation.

What Wang Li is mobilizing now is the Ming army unit called Xiangbingying.

The original miscellaneous military camp has been abolished by King Zhu after elimination and selection.

However, in line with the principle of waste utilization, King Zhu did not dismiss the remaining miscellaneous soldiers, but instead reorganized them into Xiangbing camp.

After all, most of the miscellaneous soldiers who were eliminated are really just a group of miscellaneous soldiers.

Compared with the regular army, its combat effectiveness is almost nonexistent.

However, these people had fought with King Zhu after all, and many of them had seen blood on their hands.

In addition, the people in the Taiwan area are already fierce, so where is the place for fighting?Even fights with headhunters and stuff like that happen from time to time.

Therefore, if these miscellaneous soldiers are dragged into fighting a regular army like the Fujian Navy, they will definitely not be able to defeat them.But if you just deal with some big gentry, it will be more than enough.

……

this day.

Fucheng, magistrate's office.

After Du Junying led his troops to the south, this yamen became vacant again and became Wang Li's yamen.

Although they both still have the surname Wang, this man and the court behind him are completely different.

In the living room, there were already about ten people sitting around a large round table.

The person on the main seat is naturally Wang Li and Wang Futai, the second person is the new colleague Liang Wenxuan, and then in order are the magistrates of the three counties below.

Zhu Kui, the magistrate of Zhuluo County, Wu Guanyu, the magistrate of Taiwan County, and Wang Yuan, the magistrate of Fengshan County.

The list was submitted on the same day. Except for Wang Yuan, the magistrate of Fengshan County, who was a close aide of Wang Li, the rest of the names remained basically unchanged.

King Zhu also did not refute Wang Li's list.

Except for the city officials headed by Wang Li, the remaining people at this banquet were the five most prominent gentry in the city.

There are five major families: Zhang, Lin, Xu, Chen and Yan. Among them, the Zhang family is the most prominent.The head of the family was even recommended by Liang Wenxuan, who was still Daotai Master, to join the government as an official last year and participate in the revision of "Taiwan County Chronicles".

"Haha, when a new official of our house takes office, he is so favored by several family heads and comes to attend banquets. It really makes our house proud!"

Wang Li smiled slightly and raised his hands to the surrounding people.

Upon hearing this, all the city officials, except Liang Wenxuan, quickly raised their hands and returned the greeting with a smile.

The heads of the other five families all looked at the "prefect" with expressionless faces.

Especially the other party's head, which looks weird after the pigtails are cut off.

"Why are you so silent?"

After Wang Li saw it, he asked knowingly, "But what's wrong with it? Relax, today is just a private banquet, you don't need to be restrained, feel free to speak freely."

yes!No need to be restrained.

From the time they were "invited" to now, they have been sitting there for almost an hour.

During the dinner, let alone the food, there was not even a sip of tea.

The anti-thief magistrate, together with a group of anti-thief officials, had just arrived.

Although he knew that this banquet would not be a good one, he did not expect that the rebel magistrate would be so shameless.

Fortunately, he was previously a fellow magistrate of Fucheng and a local official in the fifth rank of the imperial court.

Seeing that the prefect Wang had not said a single useful word since he had just entered the table, the nobles, who had been left to dry for two hours without even taking a sip of water, couldn't bear it anymore.Fortunately, in front of Wang Li, the five people exchanged a few glances with each other.

The current head of the Zhang family, Zhang Shixiang, stood up, cupped his hands and said, "Fu Tai (honorific title), we are just commoners, and we really don't deserve such a warm invitation from you. If Fu Tai really needs anything, please speak up."

"I don't have much, I only have some wealth. As long as it's not too much, it's not impossible to get it out, so there's no need to be like this..."

What he said was really too straightforward.

"Bold, Lord Futai kindly invites you to a banquet, but you are so rude..."

But it was Fengshan County Magistrate Wang Yuan who spoke and cursed angrily.

Now in the new administrative system of the city, he, Wang Yuan, has the least foundation, but he was placed in the land of Longxing, the king's land.

Therefore, he urgently needs to perform well, at least hold on to Master Futai's thigh.

However, Zhang Shixiang, who is almost 50 years old, showed no fear in response to Wang Yuan's angry rebuke.

As Zhang Shixiang, who has been dealing with the government for many years and even relied on the government to make a fortune, he is not a fool.

Since Wang Li invited them over, it meant that at least he didn't want to quarrel and wanted to ask for help from them.

As long as there is a request, we can talk about it.

"Okay, I have already told you that this is a private banquet."

Wang Li raised his hand to stop Wang Yuan who was about to continue shouting and scolding, "Hey, why is the head of the Zhang family so arrogant? Since I am the official of the same place, how can I force you and other people to lose the family wealth? Isn't this the king's behavior?"

Okay, Le Shu has already said it, can it be more straightforward?

Zhang Shixiang's eyelids twitched.

"Master Wang is benevolent and righteous, but Master Wang also needs money! Please, Mr. Futai, please don't refuse me and other common people."

But it was Lin Yixiang, the head of the Lin family, who spoke.This man was born as a merchant. He came to Taiwan to do business at the age of 16, founded Quan Yuan Bank, and accumulated countless wealth.

"Okay! Since you are filial, I will accept it with a smile on Master Wang's behalf. However, Master Wang never takes money and food from you for free, so this money and food can be regarded as borrowed by Master Wang."

"Now the imperial court is employing people. You are such a loyal and righteous gentleman, and your heirs must also be talented and good people. Please call them all and ask the good students in our house to take the exam. If there is real talent and learning, we will also It's not that he cannot be recommended without exception. He should be appointed as an official in the court so that he can be effective for our restoration of the Ming Dynasty."

Wang Li's words seemed normal at first, but after he said them later, he exploded on the spot.

Zhang Shixiang, the head of the Zhang family, turned pale.

He really didn't expect that Wang Li's appetite would be so big.

What kind of school examination knowledge is this?
This is obviously meant to be used as a hostage!
However, this time, no one dared to speak.

Because, as Wang Li finished speaking, the entire banquet room was surrounded by soldiers who rushed in.

Courtesy before soldiers?

No, there was no trace of etiquette from beginning to end. It was really shameless to directly use troops.

And Wang Li's actions were not in vain.

It is not enough to have troops at hand. If you rush to send troops without any preparation in advance, it will inevitably arouse the vigilance of Taiwan's wealthy gentry.

Although Wang Li's words sounded nice that day, the actual operation was still somewhat skillful.

Right now, it is through preemptive coercion that the heads of the five major families in this city come to the banquet.

He also showed his fangs during the banquet and forced the five families to provide money and people.In this way, the name is established.

In this way, when we publicize it to the outside world, we will give people the illusion that the five major families have turned against the thieves.

The next step is to set an example by setting a good example. After all, even the five people have set an example.

The imperial court only borrowed money from you, and asked you to join the court as an official. Are you still unwilling to provide money and help people?

If you don't want to, then you are rebelling and will directly lead troops to ransack your home.

The wealthy gentry all have a lucky mentality and always think of paying money to get away with it.

After losing the five major families as the backbone, even if some people are dissatisfied, they will be unable to resist.

Even if someone can figure it out, it's useless. Not everyone is sober in the world.

However, this trick is only effective among rebel thieves like them.

If it were to be used by the Qing court, the dismissal documents from the imperial court would come down as soon as the front step was done.

　Hey, my head hurts
　　
　
(End of this chapter)