Take the arsenal to Da Ming

Chapter 87 A single spark can start a prairie fire

The door opened from the inside with a creak, and two elderly men appeared in the eyes of outsiders.

In front of the two old men was a heroic young man. Those who had been in officialdom could feel the unusual military aura about this young man at a glance.

The young man looks like he is only in his early 20s, but he has an aura that doesn't match his age.

Tangning straightened her expression, bowed slightly, and saluted, "Young Tangning has met the two seniors."

The two old men looked at each other, and hurriedly stepped forward to help Tangning up, and said, "Your Majesty Tang is so polite."

Tangning stood up and asked again, "Are you two Fengxin Er Song, Song Yingsheng and Song Yingxing?"

The older man on the left, who was slightly shorter, said first, "This old man is Song Yingsheng."

Tangning didn't know much about Song Yingsheng's deeds. As the elder brother in the family, Song Yingsheng didn't have as much influence as his third brother Song Yingxing, but Tangning still admired him very much.

Because according to the official history, two years later, Mr. Song saw that there was no hope of restoring the Ming Dynasty, so he took poison and died for the country amidst grief and indignation.

After the death of Mr. Song, Song Yingxing, the third younger brother, lived in seclusion, preferring to live a life of poverty, and refused to be an official.

Leaving aside the accomplishments of the two of you, their great righteousness alone surpasses how many gentry officials today.

For such seniors, Tangning admired them from the bottom of her heart, so as long as there was a chance, she would do everything possible to recruit them to her side, so as not to let their talents and loyalty go to waste.

"Old man Song Yingxing, the third eldest in the family." The old man next to him also introduced himself.

"Master Tang, please come inside." Song Yingsheng raised his hand to ask.

"Senior Song is being polite, just call me Tangning."

"Master Tang, you are the general soldier of Chaozhou personally ordered by the imperial court. My brothers and I are now civilians, how can we be rude."

Seeing that the two insisted, Tangning didn't say anything more, and stepped in directly.

Song Yunwan also came in, while the others closed the door and guarded outside.

After taking their seats, Song Yunwan poured tea for the three of them and stepped aside by herself.

Tangning didn't drag her feet, and said directly, "Forgive me, the two seniors. This time, I deliberately kept the two seniors here. It's a merciless request."

The two brothers looked at each other, and it was Song Yingsheng, the eldest, who said, "Master Tang, it doesn't matter what you say."

Tangning sorted out her thoughts for a while, and then said, "The two seniors should have noticed that I, Chaozhou Manor, are trying to gather strength."

"It's not that I, Tangning, want to be the king of Chaozhou, but that I want to accumulate more strength to resist in the future."

"Because to the south of Chaozhou Prefecture, there is only the sea. When the enemy hits here, we will have no way to retreat."

"If you accumulate more strength now, you can accumulate more vitality for Daming in the future. However, Chaozhou is waiting to be rebuilt. Not only does it need a lot of manpower and material resources, but it also needs a lot of capable people."

"Manpower and material resources, I have been trying to find a way to solve it, but there are never too many talented people."

"The younger generation has long been friends with the two seniors, and I hoped that the two seniors would come to my Chaozhou mansion earlier. I didn't expect that God would show mercy and let me get what I wanted today. I hope that the two seniors will stay in Chaozhou. "

Song Yingsheng waved his hands and said with a sigh: "Your Majesty Tang is really flattering you. When the capital was destroyed, my two brothers were court officials, but they did nothing. We could only watch the country perish and His Majesty die."

"People who have lost their country, how can they get such absurd praise for their face?"

Song Yingxing on the side also had a sad face.

It seems that the demise of Daming is an eternal pain in the hearts of the two brothers.

Tangning immediately said seriously, "Da Ming's demise is not the fault of the two of you, it's those people who are eating vegetarian food."

"Hey, the matter has come to this point, it's okay not to say it, it's okay not to say it." Song Yingsheng sighed again.

Slightly controlling his emotions, Song Yingsheng asked again: "Could it be that Mr. Tang wants to restore my Daming with the power of this mansion? As far as I know, Mr. Tang's available troops are less than five thousand."

"The old man has also heard about the combat power of the new army, but the Chuang army and the Jianlu army are both tens or even millions. How can they be compared to the enemy?"

Tangning immediately raised her voice, "Senior, I don't know. My new army came from Honglian Mountain. At the end of last year, there were only 300 people. We entered Huanggang in March this year, and the number of troops has grown to more than [-]."

"We entered the city of Chaozhou in June, and the current strength is nearly [-]. Thanks to the support of the people in Chaozhou, the strength of the troops is still expanding steadily. The morale and will of our army are not comparable to those of the mob."

"A single spark can start a prairie fire. As a meager body, we left Honglian Mountain, spread to Huanggang, and then to the entire Chaozhou Prefecture."

"In the future, our influence will sweep across Guangdong, Fujian, Jiangxi, and even the entire south. Unite all the forces that can be united. As long as we work together, why not worry about the Ming Dynasty?"

Hearing what Tangning said, Song Yingsheng almost stood up excitedly, repeating what he said just now, some exciting words.

"A single spark can start a prairie fire. Well, well, well said..."

"Unite all the forces that can be united, as long as we work together, why worry about the loss of Ming Dynasty?"

Suddenly, Song Yingsheng faced the north, knelt down on the ground with his knees limp, and cried bitterly: "Your Majesty, did you hear that? Did you hear that? The Ming Dynasty didn't die because of you, but because those courtiers didn't try their best. "

"They didn't unite with His Majesty, they didn't work together with His Majesty, that's why my Ming Dynasty perish..."

Song Yingxing hurried over to support his elder brother, with a sad expression on his face.

Seeing the two old people like this, Tangning felt very uncomfortable. He walked up behind the two old people and stood silently instead of helping them.

Because he knew that the suppressed emotions in the hearts of the two old people were too heavy. If it weren't for this, how could senior Song Yingsheng take the road of committing suicide by taking poison?
After a while, the two slowly calmed down the sadness in their hearts. Tangning hurriedly stepped forward to help them up.

The two brothers controlled their emotions, looked at each other, and nodded slightly.

Song Yingsheng turned to look at Tangning, clasped his hands together and said, "Song Yingsheng, a grassroots man, is at your command."

"Grassman Song Yingxing is also willing to do his best for Chaozhou Prefecture."

Tangning hurriedly bowed and saluted, "Tangning is here on behalf of the Chaozhou government, thanking the two seniors for their success."

Immediately afterwards, Tangning said to Song Yingsheng, "Senior, I want you to be appointed as the co-prefect of Chaozhou, how about it?"

Tongzhi is the deputy of the magistrate, and is a fifth-rank official.

Tang Ning asked Song Yingsheng, a commoner, to directly serve as the co-magistrate of Chaozhou Prefecture. It was not because he appointed Song Yingsheng on a whim without regard to seniority.

In fact, Senior Song Yingsheng has been an official for many years, and he suddenly became ill when he heard of the national crisis. Before leaving office, he was a Tongzhi, also in Guangdong.

Therefore, this is at best a horizontal transfer, not even a promotion.

As for Tang Ning's move, he was suspected of meddling in Guangdong's government affairs. Now he didn't care so much. He didn't have so much time to make false claims with some people step by step.

(End of this chapter)