Hu Linyi didn't know until the afternoon of the sixth day that Shi Dakai had withdrawn.

Shi Dakai was the most cunning of the Changmao generals. He did not dare to divide his troops to pursue and suppress him easily, and he didn't care about splitting his troops to pursue and suppress him. Because after Changmao retreated, Jiang Yili and Li Xubin finally got out of trouble and ran to Wulidun Camp to sue Li Xubin without saving him when he was dead.

From the moment Li Xubin took over Luo Jun and drove Peng Yulin away, Hu Linyi made up his mind that the Lu Army would be led by Li Xubin and the Navy would be led by Yang Zaifu. He would treat Li Xubin and Yang Zaifu as his right-hand man, so he would naturally not give Jiang Yili a good face, and even scold Jiang Yili in front of the generals.

Friends who were prepared for a long time even showed the evidence that Jiang Yili was not strict in governing the army, the brave men were defeated, and many people were cheated, and even embezzled the rewards of the soldiers and brave men when he was begging for leave to return to his hometown to bury his mother.

If you want to eat empty salary, who doesn’t eat empty salary? But when it comes to the public, Jiang Yili is speechless and can’t stand the great humiliation. He takes a few of his confidants away in anger!

I thought the Eight Banners were useless, but this time the horse team led by Shu Bao and others really made great contributions. Just as Jiang Yili was driven away, Hu Linyi was busy winning over Shu Bao with the advice of his friends. When he learned that Shu Bao had no children, he even gave Shu Bao a maid to Shu Bao as his concubine.

Just when he was planning to write to the governor of Huguang, asking Guan Wen to work with Bao to promote the cavalry school of the Eight Banners and other officials of the Eight Banners Horse Team, such as Duolona and Jin Shun, who were working hard to kill the thieves, Li Xubin, Yang Zaifu, Zhao Kezhang, and Tang Xunfang had a dispute with Jin Guochen, Yan Shusen, Fang Daxi and other friends about whether they should be given the Sichuan East Group to reward the second battalion.

"Yiting, are you saying that Li Xubin and the others think they should not give the Sichuan East Group a reward for the practice of merit?" Hu Linyi stared at Jin Guochen and asked.

"Report to the Chief Secretary, Mr. Li and the others think it's enough to give some rewards. They think that if they help Han Xiufeng and the 1,000 regiments he led to ask for merit, the emperor and the civil and military ministers in the court might have mistakenly thought that Shi Dakai was repelled by Han Xiufeng." Jin Guochen looked back at Hu Daren who helped draft the memorial, and then said, "Think about it carefully, Mr. Li and the others' worries make sense, but we think it wouldn't be appropriate if we didn't even mention it."

"Brother Lianfang, what do you think?" Hu Linyi looked at Hu Daren.

Hu Daren put down his teacup and said helplessly: "If it is to kill the thief, the Sichuan East regiment led by Han Xiufeng cannot be said to be unable to do anything. At least he had fought a battle that day, fired a few shots, and killed hundreds of long-haired soldiers. Yesterday afternoon, Brother Weichun and I made a special trip to Luxiang and found that his troops were well-organized and the bravery of his subordinates were very strong. It can be seen that he was really here to kill the thief. If the emperor did not mention the letter of victory, when the emperor's kindness was rewarded, others would reward him according to his merits, but if they did not have their share, they would probably be disappointed."

Fang Daxi even bowed and said, "Sir, offending Han Xiufeng is a small matter. If Sichuan no longer helps me with money and food in Hubei, then this matter will be a big deal!"

Wang Jiabi disagreed and suddenly said: "Brother Shouchu, Han Xiufeng is indeed from Sichuan, but he is not an official in Sichuan. It is not his business to assist in money and food, and he is not good at it. There is no need to worry about it."

"Brother Xiaofeng, Han Xiufeng is indeed not an official in Sichuan, and he cannot even be an official in Sichuan as usual. However, Sichuan is not as good as Sichuan three or five years ago. The Eight Banners Green Camps stationed in various parts of Sichuan have been transferred out. From the governor, the governor, and the main halls of various prefectures and counties, they all rely on local gentry and merchants to help, whether they run a delegation or raise money and food."

"According to Brother Shouchu's words, did you offend him Han Xiufeng to offend Sichuan gentry and merchants?"

"It would not be that the gentry and merchants in all Sichuan would not be that the gentry and merchants in eastern Sichuan would not be that, but it would definitely offend the gentry and merchants in Ba County and even the entire Chongqing Prefecture." Fang Daxi paused and emphasized: "Qian Junchen said more than once before his death that Han Xiufeng was not just Duan Dazhang's nephew, not only had a special relationship with Cao Shuzhong, but also had been the director of the Chongqing Guild Hall in the capital before becoming an official. He had advocated the construction of the Wenchang Pavilion and the Township Sage!

Hu Linyi has been in the capital for so many years, how could he not know that as long as he has been the director of the guild, his relationship with fellow villagers is absolutely extraordinary. He thinks that offending Han Xiufeng is not worthwhile because of the fact that he does not make any contribution to the Sichuan East Group. But when he thinks, he thinks that Li Xubin and others have some reason.

Shi Dakai led his troops to Wuchang. You fought for so many days but couldn't resist him. You even rushed to the court for help for 600 miles. When Han Xiufeng led the Eastern Sichuan regiment to train, Shi Dakai withdrew his troops. What would the princes and ministers in the court think, and what would the emperor think?

More importantly, once this credit is divided, the soldiers of the Hunan Army will definitely not accept it, and may even affect morale.

Seeing that Hu Linyi was unsure of his mind for a moment, Hu Daren suddenly smiled and said, "Brother Xunsheng, in my opinion, not only should I help ask for merit but also guarantee the report!"

"How do you say this?"

"I have figured out the details of the group heroes under his command. Brother Xunsheng may not believe it. Most of the group heroes of his firearms are from Chaling and the counties around Chaling. Most of the group heroes of his left and right second battalions are from me from Hubei. It can be seen that he has not only carefully trained the support before, but even went to the battlefield to suppress the thieves."

How could Hu Linyi not hear what he meant? He subconsciously asked: "How is it compared to my Hunan Army?"

"The second battalion on the left and right is comparable to the camp led by Li Xubin, which is slightly worse than the Ting battalion led by Bao Chao. The firearms are incomparable. It is a brave man smashed with silver. Although there are not many human guns, the dozens of regiments of the regiments on the battle formation can be used to support the first battalion with dozens of new-style fire guns!"

Jin Guochen had long seen the foreign guns' eyes red, and couldn't help but say, "I wish I could have it organized into the personal guard camp."

Hu Linyi didn't understand the depth of Han Xiufeng until now, and pondered: "Since it was smashed with silver, Han Xiufeng will definitely not be willing to hand it over to others."

"Money is something outside of it, not to mention that it was not what he paid for by Han Xiufeng. I think he would agree as long as the price is right."

"I would like to recommend him to act as the governor of Wuchang?"

"It may be difficult to make him feel moved."

"How about recommending him as the governor of Yichang?" Hu Linyi asked again.

Hu Daren pondered for a moment and smiled: "Yichang Prefecture is close to their Kuizhou Prefecture in Sichuan, close to their hometown, and it has no hair. I guess he will be moved in almost every ten years. But we will lose money in this way. After all, there are only a few perfect prefectures in Hubei."

"Didn't he respond to the call in Ba County? Then, while recommending him as an agent of Yichang Prefecture, he will also entrust him with a nearby person to persuade him to donate and raise funds. There are so many merchants in Huguang in Sichuan, and even Qian Junchen can raise so much when he returns to Ba County. He has to raise 50,000 or 60,000 taels a year."

"This idea is good. As long as he can raise money, we won't lose money in this transaction!"

As soon as Jin Guochen finished speaking, a personal guard walked to the door and bowed, "Report to the Lord, the former Senator of the Tongzheng Department, Han Xiufeng, asked for a meeting."

"Speaking of Cao Cao, Cao Cao is here, everyone is busy first, I'll go and meet him first."

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Hu Linyi stood up and rushed to the tent. He saw Han Xiufeng still wearing a long blue cloth gown, and bowed to salute as soon as he saw him.

"Brother, don't need to be polite," Hu Linyi smiled while greeting Han Xiufeng and said, "Brother Han, I'm not sure about it. Even if you don't come today, Hu will have to send him to invite him later."

"Such coincidence, I wonder what happened to Lord Zhongcheng to summon Xiufeng?"

"Brother, let me talk about what's wrong with coming to see me all the time."

Han Xiufeng finally felt confident about Hu Linyi's character. He felt that Hu Linyi was abusing his power and could be seen from the fact that Jiang Yili, who had no credit and had worked hard indiscriminately, wanted to take charge of the military and political affairs of Hubei.

In fact, long before he drove away Jiang Yili, he had driven away Zeng Guofan's confidant Wu Kunxiu and his "Biaoziying" who had been recruited and trained all over the country, and even claimed that Wu Kunxiu would never be allowed to come to Hubei again. At the same time, he was also very good at becoming an official, otherwise he would never have done the embarrassing thing to marry the maids in the mansion to Shu Bao, the general of the horse team.

As the saying goes, a gentleman does something and does not do anything, but it is the first time that Han Xiufeng, an official like him who uses any means to achieve his goals. Han Xiufeng did not want to circle around him and said bluntly: "Report to Lord Zhongcheng, Xiufeng heard that because of the victory, Brother Jiu misunderstood Xiufeng. When the enemy is in front of him, his colleagues must work together. Xiufeng dares not delay military affairs because of this matter. After thinking about it, he thinks that he should come to see him."

Hu Linyi thought that Han Xiufeng was also here to seek merit and reward. After all, as a battalion official, he had to think about his subordinates, otherwise the soldier would not be able to be brought. He couldn't help but smile and said, "I didn't expect the news to spread so quickly, but I can rest assured that Hu was strict in governing the army, rewarded me if I had made merits and punished me if I had done anything. I would never let my brother down, and I would not be unable to explain to the people below."

"Sir, I misunderstood."

"Misunderstand?"

"Xiufeng wants to say that you don't need to make things difficult for this, you don't need to raise Xiufeng, you don't need to mention our Eastern Sichuan team training, and you don't need to guarantee the group spirit to kill the thieves."

"How can this work? If you don't reward merits, why should the soldiers use their lives?"

Han Xiufeng stood up and bowed to the capital, while saying lightly: "The Sichuan East Tuanzhuang was supervised by Xiufeng. Now that they have made military achievements, Xiufeng will naturally upload an order to reward the emperor. Those who kill thieves will also have a clearance for the chaotic group, Xiufeng will also have a clearance for the report, so there is no need to bother the Lord."

There are many civil and military officials who have the right to secretly write the memorials. However, there are not many civil and military officials who can earn the meritorious service of the emperor and even pass the imperial edict on behalf of the emperor. Hu Linyi suddenly realized that the donation was not Jiang Yili, nor Li Xubin, or Yang Zaifu, but a member who was like Hu Linyi and even the governor of Huguang!
Chapter completed!