As long as the provincial examination and the imperial examination are held, the Binxing ceremony will be held, and it is led by local respected gentry. The only difference this year is that it is several months ahead of schedule.

Because the Yimao Department’s provincial examination in August this year included both liberal arts and martial arts, Chongqing magistrate Du Xingyuan and Ba County magistrate Xiangqing divided into two groups early in the morning. One led local gentry, local students and merchants from eight provinces to worship the Confucian Temple.

One led local gentry, local martial artists and some merchants from eight provinces to go to the Wu Temple for worship. After the worship, he rushed to Dongchuan Academy to meet Taoist Cao Shuzhong, stepped down as Gansu governor Duan Dazhang, and then sat down to discuss the matters of Binxing.

Han Xiufeng didn't want to join in the fun, so he simply asked the Qiang General of Zuoying in Chongqing and Guan Ban's first uncle to come over to help protect foreign guns and gunpowder leads, and then took Chen Hu, Ge Erxiao and Chen Buxun to wait for the first time.

Once, my brothers who came to Ba County went shopping.

Ba County said it was big or small, and it was built on the mountain city. I took a walk and rested, and when I was thirsty, I found a teahouse to sit down and drink a bowl of tea. I met my neighbor who I recognized and stopped for a while and the dragon gate formation was set.

I unknowingly visited for a day.

As night fell, when he returned to his new home behind the Huguang Guild Hall, he suddenly found that there was a banquet in the main hall. He Yong, Guan Bantou, Du San, and Pan Er were sitting in the Left Flower Hall playing cards while waiting for them to come back to have a drink.

"It's so rich, you can tell at a glance that it was not made by my sister-in-law." Han Xiufeng said as he looked at the table full of wine and food.

"How could you do these at home? It was sent by the customer chief of Huguang." Guan Bantou put down his sign and stood up and smiled.

"Sent from Jiang Zonghai?"

"Today, merchants from eight provinces invited Lord Cao, Lord Duan, Du Futai, Jiang Tongzhi, to criticize the experience of the King of the Institute, the county magistrate and the gentry students who participated in the Binxing ceremony. Thirty-six tables were arranged, and each party made an appointment.

, each room was made an appointment with the Tea Gang, and all the husbands of the Sichuan Gang were invited!"

"So, the guild hall at the door is full of guests and it's very lively."

"Fourth brother, you came back from the back. If you came back from the front, you would know how lively it was." Pan Er smiled and said, "Their dinner has just started. Uncle Wang has come back before the dinner.

You're gone, hurry up and go."

"Did Uncle Wang say anything?"

"I said it," before Pan Er could speak, Du San said with a gaze: "This time, the merchants in the eight provinces have suffered heavy bloodshed. Not only did they donate more than 8,000 taels of silver at the Binxing meeting, they supported the civil and military students who took the exam this year.

. It also guarantees that no matter which student is given in the future, he must first discuss with the local gentry. He even plans to summarize his academic records with the local gentry in case someone borrows a copy of the exam, and to occupy the school quota in Ba County and even Chongqing Prefecture, the medium amount."

"As expected, they don't want others to take advantage of this." Han Xiufeng thought for a while, sat down and said, "Liangjiang, Huguang, Guangdong and Guangxi are in trouble, Guizhou is in trouble, Jiangsu, Anhui, Jiangxi, Hubei, Hunan, etc.

The students in the province may not be able to pass the exam this year. It is said that one subject has been suspended in Hunan and Guangxi. Although they will start supplementary subjects in the future, they have been waiting for three years and three years, and how many more students can wait for three years.”

Chen Hu reacted and couldn't help but smile: "Second Master, are you saying that those merchants from eight provinces who don't want other provinces to come to Sichuan to borrow their homes to take the exam?"

"Is this still necessary to ask? There are only so many mid-school students in Hunan, Hubei and other places. If all the literary and military students from Hunan, Hubei and other places go to Sichuan to take the exam, it will be more difficult for their children to get a good exam than they are now." Han Xiufeng said on the side

He greeted everyone and asked with a smile, "What else did Uncle Wang say?"

"Uncle Wang said that today's Binxing will not only discuss how to fund this year's civil and military students, but also discuss how to recruit teams to prevent and block the bandits in the afternoon. At the beginning, it was planned to go from the streets of Ba County, Jiangbei, Bishan and Jiangjin.

The delegation, the gang, the gang, the gang and the township recruited two thousand gangs to support Qijiang. They even thought of their name, what is the name "Yuyongying". Later, Lord Cao said that it is better to go into the suppression than to blindly prevent blockages, but it is considered a war.

We have to fight in Guizhou, so that the war cannot spread to our eastern Sichuan. Lord Duan, Mr. Gong and two Mr. Wu felt it made sense, so we finally agreed to recruit and train 4,000 township heroes and send 3,000 to Guizhou to help the military army quell the rebellion.

, leave a thousand to guard Qijiang to ensure that there is no accident."

"How much food and salary are needed to recruit 4,000 township heroes?"

Du San smiled and said: "Food and salary are not a matter. Uncle Wang said that even the charter was drafted. Ba County Baojia Bureau assisted 20,000 taels a year, Qijiang assisted 20,000 taels a year, Jiangbei, Bishan, Jiangjin, Tongliang County,

Hezhou, Changshou, Yongchuan and other prefectures and counties each cooperated with 4,000 taels. He ordered the alternate Tongzhi, that is, Qian Houde, who just served as the Jiangbei Tongzhi, who just served as the General Grain Station, Wu Kuixiang, and Wu and Chongqing Town.

The guerrilla guerrilla Yang Biao assisted the camp affairs, and the Huguang guest Changjiang Zonghai and Wu Junxiang were stationed in Ba County and Qijiang to assist in the transfer of military equipment, food and salary."

Han Xiufeng pondered: "Ba County is the richest, Qijiang is the most critical, so these two counties have more points, and the other dozen prefectures and counties have fewer points, which is a total of 90,000 taels a year. If it is not considered the acquisition of military equipment,

, 90,000 taels of 4,000 soldiers are enough."

"Fourth brother, this table of banquet is not that delicious." Pan Er couldn't help but laugh: "Brother Du just mentioned the chief grain station and the two masters who helped with the camp affairs, but he hasn't said about the camp officials yet."

"Who is the camp officer?" Han Xiufeng asked subconsciously.

"You, except for you, Batulu, who is ordered to help train in the group, who is qualified to be the official of this camp in Dongchuan?" Pan Er smiled and said, "There are many people in the Tai Yamen who want to do it.

This battalion officer, but they had never fought a battle, so how dare Lord Cao and Lord Duan let them lead their troops?"

The Jingcheng of the Dao Bureau of Justice Zhou Bingsong smiled and said, "Ambition is what everyone wants. When Lao Wang said that Lord Duan suggested that you be in charge of the 'Yuyong Camp', Lord Cao, Du Futai, County Master and Master Gong, etc.,

As well as Jiang Zonghai, Guan Yunzhong’s client chiefs, all of them had no objections, and they all said that you must be the one who was selected by the battalion officer.”

"They really look down on me."

"You can do better than Batulu if you can't lead troops to fight, not to mention that you have returned to your hometown to help with the group training."

Thinking of having soldiers to lead and thinking of being able to show off, Chen Hu said excitedly: "Fourth Master, this is a good thing. Isn't it just leading troops to fight? We haven't led troops to fight. Besides, those are four thousand soldiers

, there were more soldiers than we had when we were in Gu'an!”

"Yes, Fourth Master, this is really a great thing!" Ge Erxiao was also very excited.

For Han Xiufeng, this is also expected.

After all, the first thing to do is to consider when the emperor knows what he will think. Compared with the long hairs that cost tens of thousands, the four thousand township brave men seem to be not many, but there are many four thousand township brave men in the imperial court, and the general of Chongqing Town is also under the command of

There are not so many soldiers and bravery. If you have never heard of a prince or minister in the court, the court will definitely not be relieved.

It would be different if he asked Han Xiufeng to be a battalion official. First, he had an order to help the group training, and second, he would "know the roots and the bottom line". More importantly, this battalion official will be at most two or three years, and will be completed after the service is over.

If you want to "resign from office", there will be no big deal. Thinking of this, Han Xiufeng couldn't help but smile and said, "I haven't agreed yet."

"Siwazi, this is a real important task, why didn't you agree?" Guan Banting asked anxiously.

"Because they made their name too loud, they thought about what to call it "Yuyong Camp". After the construction is completed, they will become "Yuyong" or even "Yuyong Army"!"

"Second brother, what's wrong with the name "Yuyongying"?" Du San asked back and said with a sensible voice: "When Xiang Shuai was in Hubei, he recruited fellow villagers to build a "Chuanyongying". I had done it at that time.

After a few days, the Qianmai of the 'Chuan Yong Camp' was unable to receive food and salary, he could only be dismissed."

"What Xiang Shuai can do does not mean that I can do it too. People are afraid of being famous and pigs are afraid of being strong. Anyway, I think it is not appropriate to call it "Yu Yongying".

"What's that called?"

"Eat first, and talk about other things later."

...

Wine is good wine, and dishes are even better.

But everyone was worried that Han Xiufeng would not want to take on this job, so they didn't have a great time eating a drink. Just as He Yong and others were trying to persuade him in a different way, Cao Shuzhong's family sent an invitation and said what to invite him.

The Bureau of Dao has important matters to discuss.

Han Xiufeng realized that the showdown had come, so he weighed it again and led Chen Hu and Ge Erxiao to the Dao Office overnight. Following the Cao family to the second hall, he saw that not only Duan Dazhang was there, but also Du Xingyuan, the governor of Chongqing, and the brothers of the Wu family.

Also there.

After sitting down and greetings, Cao Shuzhong bowed and said, "I hope you have heard of the matter of recruiting young and strong men to raise food and money to help Qijiang. In front of your uncle, Cao had a ruthless request.

I want to ask you to be the battalion officer of the Yuyong Camp, but I wonder what you mean by this?"

"Brother Zhixing, leading troops to fight is nothing else. We really can't think of a more suitable candidate except you!" The bandits have already begun to harass Qijiang, and Wu Junxiang is really anxious.

Han Xiufeng looked sideways at Duan Dazhang who was silent and said apologetically: "The leader of the 'Yu Yong Camp' is a big deal, and Shu Xiufeng dared not obey his orders. If you guys just plan to ask Xiufeng to lead various groups to assist Qijiang.

Xiufeng is willing to do his best to prevent blockages."

"What's the difference?" Wu Junxiang asked in confusion.

"This is very different!" Han Xiufeng bowed and said bluntly: "First, Xiufeng is just ordering to help the group training, not training the township heroes. Second, if this "Yu Yong Camp" is really planned, will it be better to do so?

I heard that the Taiwan dispatched? As far as I know, the imperial court not only ordered the Sichuan Admiral Wan Fu to lead troops to Guizhou to quell the rebellion, but also ordered all the Guizhou officers and soldiers to be led by Wan Fu."

Cao Shuzhong suddenly reacted and thought that if the four thousand township heroes who were paid and trained by various prefectures and counties in Chongqing were snatched away by Wanfu and wouldn't they be used as wedding dresses for others? Then there would be no credit at all.

Forget it, if Changmao really goes up the river, he can't even get back to the four thousand townspeople who want to transfer back to prevent blockage.

Thinking of this, Cao Shuzhong turned around and said, "Brother Zhuoyun, Zhixing's concerns are not unreasonable. It seems that we are not considering it."

Duan Dazhang drew a little, put down the teacup and asked, "Zhixing, what do you think is more appropriate?"

"Xiufeng thought he didn't want any name, but he just summoned the delegation training in Ba County, Jiangbei, Bishan, Jiangjin and other places to help Qijiang. The delegation training is not the Yongying Camp, nor the Green Camp or the Eight Banners. If the war is won, there will be an attack, and if the war is lost, no one will be allowed.

What's better to say? What's more important is that these four thousand brave men will not be transferred by a document. In the future, no matter if you encounter a long-haired and traitorous crime or a traitor, you and Du Futai will be able to deal with it calmly.

As for no soldiers available.”

"So there is no need to attack the enemy. Just guard Qijiang and treat these four thousand brave men as our guerrilla army in eastern Sichuan?"

"Mr. Cao, Xiufeng thought that Guizhou still had to go. First, the soldiers who did not experience the battle formation would not be useful no matter how they were trained. Second, there are so many places in the junction of Qijiang and Tongzi, and there are many 4,000 township heroes, but I think it's a lot. It is obviously not enough to guard every place. It will only make it difficult to defend and even give the bandits a chance to defeat each other."

"Then how do you plan to defend?" Wu Junxiang asked anxiously.

Han Xiufeng said without hesitation: "We are different from Wanfu. His emperor's orders are on his own. He wants to lead all the officers and soldiers in Guizhou to suppress the thieves and quell the rebellion. The bandits will not be eliminated for a day. If the bandits are allowed to flee into Hunan, Yunnan or me In Sichuan, he will definitely be criticized by the emperor or even dismissed from office.

Lord Cao, you and Du Futai are just responsible for defending the territory. I, Han Xiufeng and Brother Wu, just want to keep the hometown safe. The bandits in Guizhou have nothing to do with us. Just make sure that those bandits will not flee into the prefectures and counties in eastern Sichuan. Therefore, Xiufeng thought that as long as the Sanqian Township Warriors helped the new Tongzi magistrate to defend Tongzi County, and at the same time helped clear out the bandits and bandits in Tongzi, the remaining one thousand towns guarded several important passes at the junction of Qijiang and Tongzi to prevent the remaining bandits from escaping into Qijiang. ”

Thinking of the terrain of Guizhou, this bandit crisis is not so easy to smooth. Maybe he will do more mistakes more, Cao Shuzhong murmured: "The soldiers are lit up, but only go to Tongzi, this is also a solution. And Songkan Water Road With navigation, the food and wages needed to suppress the thieves can be transported from Qijiang to Tongzi Songkan Wharf to get ashore, and it is not that difficult to transport."

Duan Dazhang felt that it was not safe enough, so he held his arms and asked, "Zhixing, if the bandits in Zunyi and other places become more and more serious, can three or four thousand soldiers bravely defend Tongzi?"

"It depends on how big the bandits can be. If they are like Changmao, it will be difficult to ensure that they will not enter eastern Sichuan even if they can defend Tongzi County." Han Xiufeng thought for a while and then said: " If you want to be more secure, then go south for two hundred miles and help the Guizhou official army defend Loushan Pass. As long as you can defend Loushan Pass, as long as you can help Guizhou eliminate the bandits north of Loushan Pass, our east Sichuan You can rest assured.”

Cao Shuzhong's eyes lit up: "As far as I know, the large thieves have gone south or east, and the east have gone to Tongren, Sinan, Shiqian, Meitan, Weng'an and other places. The south went to Kaiyang and other prefectures and counties outside Guiyang. Although northern Guizhou is the old nest of bandits, there are not many bandits. It is not impossible to seize Loushan Pass and block bandits south of Loushan Pass!"

It is an important pass on the important transportation route of Sichuan and Guizhou. It is known as the most dangerous key in northern Guizhou. It is said that "one man should be a pass, ten thousand men will not open." As long as you can seize Loushan Pass and guard Loushan Pass, it will not only be a great achievement. , but it can ensure the safety of eastern Sichuan.

Han Xiufeng realized that he still wanted to make military achievements and pondered: "If Xiufeng remembers correctly, Loushan Pass is more than 160 miles away from Songkan, and there is no waterway to go. The weapons, food and wages are all dependent on people and horses and hunches in Tongzi. Thefts are everywhere, who can guarantee that the food channels will not be cut off?"
Chapter completed!