Because the imperial guards were required to fight a tough battle, King Zhao gave more than 70% of the money provided in the Fujian Road treasury.

Even so, he was not very relieved. The 500,000 jin of money and a large amount of food were issued to the army by the King of Zhao. Although he did not urge the generals of the imperial guard to distribute it, all the soldiers saw that the money and grain entered the camp and the King of Zhao personally sent it to the camp. The imperial guards' morale was also boosted and they all cheered immediately.

"The 500,000 guan of money can be taken out as a reward of up to 200,000 guan. The daily expenses are all from this money..." Zhao Debang bowed and looked helpless on his face.

King Zhao showed dissatisfaction, but he also knew that he had tried his best to transform his fortune.

The daily expenses of Fujian Road are maintained by miscellaneous taxes collected by the Funeral Office and local military prefectures, including two taxes, as well as various alcohol taxes, iron taxes, salt and tea taxes. These large taxes are all paid to the state treasury.

The operation of local governments, the salary of the garrison troops, and various expenses are jointly responsible by the Pacification Envoy and the Grand Governor's Office.

It is hard to cook without rice. The central government only allows temporary allocation of money and grain to be used to suppress the thieves, but does not allocate money and grain. Even if the tax amount paid is paid, it is only allowed to be temporarily suspended.

Even the levying matter is not carried out on Fujian Road for the time being, but it is obvious that after the bandits are wiped out next year, the millions of levying will still be responsible for collecting from the local governments, and a penny will not be available.

Zhao Debang is under such great pressure, and it is rare and valuable to spend so much money and food now.

Li Gu said coldly: "The more than 10,000 soldiers of the imperial guards, each of whom is rewarded with two stale money. Use this amount of money to ask the soldiers to go to the battlefield to kill the enemy, and risk losing their heads?"

Zhao Debang frowned and said nothing. After a long time, King Zhao said, "I have to try to make another move and talk about it when the start is started."

Such delays cannot solve the problem, but there is no need to be at the verge of tension now. Zhao Debang bowed and bowed, and Li Gu couldn't say more. He could only bow the same way, which was the end of the discussion.

...

The morning dew is still there, but the people who work hard to ask for food have already stood up.

Farmers level the plot and plant some wintering crops. After the seedlings emerge, the year of farming work will end. By next spring, people who have worked hard for a year can get a breather.

This era is not a future generation with all kinds of equipment. Anything in the fields needs to be done by yourself. Moreover, there is a serious lack of food, clothing, and even oil and salt intake. The daily work is quite hard, so you can only get up early and go to bed late, struggle and get a little food and food.

Farmers work in farmland outside the city, porters, stewards, and some vegetable farmers who come to the city to sell vegetables. They open small restaurants, tea sheds and other small business dealers near the city gate. As soon as the sky is bright, they have already arrived at their respective shops, and the aroma of the food is also spreading.

Recently, news of bandits raising flags in Jianyang has been spreading in Jianzhou.

When the gust of wind was tight, the city gate of Jianzhou was only open for one hour at noon. Thousands of soldiers and regiments were stationed at the top of the city. The soldiers were weakly guarding flags, patrolling the city, setting up hanging houses, setting up temporary arrow towers, and preparing tools such as rolling woods and stones to guard the city.

Some officials in blue robes urged the city to scold the soldiers and the people who were strong in the wings to sell more strength and not slacken and relax.

Later, there were rumors that the bandits moved to Fuzhou area, and may be planning to go directly to Jiangnan West Road. Many bandits were hiding in Jingnan and Jiangxi, and were more familiar with the other side, so although they raised the flag in Jianyang, they did not intend to stay in Jianzhou for a long time.

The news came from somewhere, but people were obviously willing to believe that from officials to soldiers of the wing, and then to ordinary people, everyone hoped that the news would be true.

No matter how hard it was tortured by Wang Yue in Jianzhou, at least there was no war. Large-scale bandits would destroy everything, burn, kill, looting and doing all kinds of evil. People were already hungry and could not support it. I really couldn't imagine what kind of scene would be if there were large-scale bandits burning and killing everywhere.

That would be the last blow to the Jianzhou people, and it would be a burning of jade and stones, no one could escape, and it would eventually destroy everything, and the entire Jianzhou would be destroyed by war.

Some gentry and wealthy families of course wanted to run to Fuzhou, but the road was cut off, and it was even more dangerous to cross the mountains to Fuzhou or Quzhou.

Many people go to Tingzhou at the border, and every day there are cars and horses going to Tingzhou. No matter what, Tingzhou is still peaceful for the time being.

After the rumors spread, the people around Jianzhou City and the people were relieved. The city gate also changed from opening one hour a day to opening two hours, which was once every Chen and once again at the end of noon, so as to facilitate the entry and exit of people inside and outside the city and materials.

When the people were entering and leaving, the soldiers guarding the city were lazy and didn't care about looking closely. They just glanced at them casually and put them into the city.

At the end of the Chen hour, the city gate was about to close, a few young people ran over from outside the city panting. When they arrived near the city gate, several soldiers lowered the iron spear in their hands slightly and shouted, "What are you running, what are you doing?"

"We ran from Jianyang." A short and strong man said in a man's words: "It's all from the mine. The thieves are in trouble there. We hid in the mountains for many days and watched the thieves slowly walk towards Fuzhou. Then we plucked up the courage to run down the mountain and quickly run to the city."

The wing soldiers were excited, and a team official stepped forward and said, "Are you really going to Fuzhou?"

The short man shook his head and said, "We dare not talk nonsense, we just heard people say so. There were really fewer thieves near Jianyang City and guarding the roads, otherwise we wouldn't be able to escape."

"You are not passers-by in Fujian, are you?"

"No, we came from Hongdu, Jingbei."

Other men also spoke, some from Jingbei and some from Jingnan, and their accent sounded nothing bad.

The officer of the wing army said, "What are you doing when you enter the city?"

“No outside the city

There is a way to survive." A strong man said with a cold face: "The mines and iron fields are all closed, and they are fleeing everywhere. It is harder to take a job in the town than to reach the sky. Only there is a job in the city. We have to make some money and go back to our hometown. What else can we do besides selling these strengths in the city?"

There have been many miners running from Jianyang this time, including local Fujian Road, local Jianzhou, and other people everywhere. Most of them are really as this man said, "I have no money to go back to my hometown. Jianyang has been in chaos for a long time. All the mines and iron farms in Jian'an have been closed, with more than 100,000 and 200,000 people, and hundreds of thousands of families have no food and clothing."

"You idiots." The army of Xiang laughed and scolded: "It's not good to go to Nan'an Town to join the King of Zhongshan. It's not good to be a government army? The monthly salary is several chunks, and he is also responsible for resettlement of the family. If I hadn't had a family in Jianyang City, he would have been a mother to join the Zhongshan government army."

There were laughter from the wings around, and someone answered: "Team leader, your body must be resting for eight times when you walk two miles. The government army will only see you if you want."

The wing officer also laughed and scolded: "Damn it, I said I am a team officer, and my salary is the same as you, just get less deductible. The family of seven or eight people pointed at the salary for dinner. In addition to wild vegetables, rice grains can be counted. It would be strange if he could be so energetic."

The Xiang army present sighed. Although the treatment of the Xiang army was not as good as that of the imperial guards in the early years, it was better than digging food from the soil.

Over the past 20 or 30 years, taxes have become heavier, but the profits of industrial and commercial trade have become smaller and smaller. People generally feel that life is hard. As for the Xiang Army, the court originally gave the men who had no way to survive, and gave them a way to survive, so as to support their families, and not become bandits, or even turned into a national policy. As the court's pressure grew, the treatment of the Xiang Army became worse and worse. The officers withdrew military pay. The court issued rewards in the name of the New Year and the Emperor and the Queen Mother's Holy Birthday to make up for this loss. There was almost no reward in the past 30 years, and the occasional reward was also given to the imperial guards, and of course the Xiang Army had no share.

Amid the laughter, the miners who were about to enter the city also looked at the imperial guards guarding the gate. Seeing that they were holding rusty iron spears, without armor, shields, and horizontal swords, the team officers were just long wands, and they were not wearing armor. They immediately gave each other a wink.

The strong man who speaks is Liu Maoqi, and the short and strong man is Luo Zhenbang.

They have been training troops in Jianyang for more than ten days and have been sending out posts to inquire about the news from Fuzhou.

When Li Kaiming, Liu Maoqi and others were relieved when they saw that Nan'an was evacuated and the Zhongshan Palace had no plans to send troops.

If Li Kaiming is really afraid of it, there is only one Zhongshan King Xu Zixian in the entire southeast, Guangnan Jingnan!

If you can succeed in Jianzhou and accumulate enough strength in a short period of time, and defeat the Zhongshan Prefecture Army, your great cause may not be impossible.

Some people gathered at the city gate one after another. Most of them were going to enter the city, and most of them were going to leave the city after entering the city in the morning. After a while, more than a hundred people gathered. The city gate was blocked, and only a gap was opened. Although the wing soldiers were careless, they still used city guard cars to block the city gate and used long spears to block the gap. Of course, it was impossible to rush hard in this situation.

Seeing that there was not much suspicion, the army in the wing waved his hand and said, "Go aside, let them enter and exit again, and close the city gate for a moment."

"The team leader," Youxiangjun reminded: "These are all strong, should you search for your body?"

"Damn, they want to make a mistake and beat us to death with their fists. Those are miners, all bold and sarcastic masters."

The team officer laughed and scolded, not asking his subordinates to search for their bodies.

This team of xiang troops is roughly the same as the xiang troops stationed on Fujian Road. They are pale and thin, thin and have long-term malnutrition, so they don’t have much strength at all. They usually speak weakly. They are not even as good as normal strong men, let alone the physique and physical fitness of soldiers.

This is also the norm for the whole world's wing army, so from the emperor to the ordinary people, everyone knows that this group of people can guard the city gates, patrol the river surface, and prevent thieves. There are really some bandits and thieves. If you want to eliminate them, you still have to rely on the imperial guards.

After the soldiers of the wing made way and put away their weapons, Liu Maoqi, Luo Zhenbang and others entered the game one by one.

Liu Maoqi suddenly grinned at the head of the Xiang army and said, "You are right. I think you are a miserable person, not a bad person who threatens the poor. Today I will give you a way out."

The head of the army in the wing felt something was wrong and said in surprise: "What are you doing?"

"I can kill you with just one pair of fists." Liu Maoqi pulled out the sword hidden around his waist, stretched out his hand, and put it on the neck of the head of the army in the wing as lightning.

The sharp knife was sharpened many times, and it was so sharp that it was pierced with the skin on the head of the team and blood immediately overflowed.

Liu Maoqi smiled coldly and said, "I am a famous person for many years. It's embarrassing to kill you. It's also a shame to think that you are a poor person. The people who come out to find a way for the poor brothers. Those who are officials, generals, and large gentry and grain farmers have never seen any poor. The court said that taxes were collected to attack the Donghu people. We have nothing to say about this, but the great gentry and gentry also became rich and became richer. There is no place to make sense in this world. Now you and your brothers don't say anything, and you should push the cart to guard the city and open the city gate. There will be nothing else to do. As food, follow us, don't want to eat food, take off your dog-skinned robe, and hide at home!"

Luo Zhenbang said on the side: "We did not kill the people in Jianyang, and we would not kill them in the capital city. Our General Li respects the heavens and sympathizes with the people, and will never kill them indiscriminately, kill one person!"

With Liu Maoqi, a ruthless man, shocked the team officer, and Luo Zhenbang's gangster, these wing soldiers had no idea or plan to work hard for Wang Yue.

The team officer took the lead and threw the long spear in his hands to the ground.

"This is the spiritual awakening person." Liu Maoqi grinned and praised.

Then Luo Zhenbang and others quickly opened the city gate. Many people who fled outside the city were portrayed by bandits, and most of the people led by the two thieves were.

The old camp's powerful soldiers and even the top bandit military officers were the top-level bandits. They fought for a long time and had been doing the risk with their heads on their heads. However, no one showed any abnormality at the city gate just now. They easily scrambled into the city and snatched the city gate.

Although these people were from all the northwest dynasties, they had already spoken Jingnan and Jiangxi dialects. This is because they have been hiding in the local area for the past two or three years. As long as they have a little thought, it is no problem to learn a few local dialects. It is precisely because of this that Li Kaiming decided to deceive the city and changed his original plan to use the elite cavalry to raid.

The raid of the elite cavalry was also one of the ways for bandits to break the city. In the early years, no matter how many bandits were, they could not help them when they encountered a strong city. Because they had to be siege for a long time, and the reinforcements of the officers and soldiers arrived, their previous efforts were wasted. The officials in the city also understood this, including the troops stationed in the garrison and the people in the city, and they were also quite determined to resist.

After the thieves broke through the city, they would mostly massacre the city, and at least burn, kill, loot, and carry out the people to go out of the city. It is even more common for robbers to rape women. Therefore, the people in the city will share the same hatred of the enemy and cooperate with the garrison troops to defend the city, and use the bandits' siege to attack the city. As long as the will in the city is firm, even an ordinary county may not be able to attack.

"Ignite the fire and notify the Dazhangpan."

After opening the city gate, more than a hundred old bandit soldiers rushed into the city. They held long and short weapons and guarded near the city gate. Some people drove away the garrison troops from the stone steps and drove away the guards' wings and controlled the arrow tower above the city gate.

The garrison of the Xiang army was so empty that even Liu Maoqi and Luo Zhenbang did not expect. The Northwest Xiang army was extremely strong because they often fought with the Western Qiang and the Northern Legions. No matter how low their salary was, they had to practice martial arts diligently to protect their lives on the battlefield. Invasion of foreign barbarians, no matter whether you are the Xiang army or the imperial guards, you can kill them the same way.

The Xiang army in Central Plains, Shandong and Hebei is a little worse than the Xiang army in Northwest. When they arrived here on Fujian Road, Liu Maoqi and Luo Zhenbang and others vaguely felt that no matter how weak the Xiang army in the north was, they were probably much stronger than the Xiang army on Fujian Road.

"The long-lasting ills of peace." Luo Zhenbang told Liu Maoqi: "There are only occasional pirates attacking on Fujian Road. It is still a Taiping boundary. Not to mention that compared with Northwest, Hebei, it is far worse than Jingnan."

"The world has been lying everywhere," Liu Maoqi sneered: "It should have been a long time since these people understood that the world has been in peace."

"The Er Zhangpan is very talking about it."

Before the uprising, Luo Zhenbang was half a scholar. After the uprising, he met Li Kaiming, who was determined to accomplish great things. Everyone often read history books together, seeking the way to success through past stories, and using the things in the book to broaden their horizons. At the same time, when traveling thousands of miles, you will see more people and things, you will naturally understand a lot of truths.

What Liu Maoqi said at this time is no longer the man who was full of energy and only knew how to fight.

There were bandits on the front of the city to find firewood, which was easy to find. There was a lot of firewood on the front of the city to make a lot of firewood. A group of people poured some oil and hit the flint. The firewood pile was quickly ignited. People near saw the firelight first, while people in the distance saw black smoke rising from the front of the city.

...

"It seems that the east gate has gone to the water?" In the government office, Wang Yue's triangular eyes widened, and he looked at the black smoke rising from the city wall, and his face was also in amazement.

After Lu Wenxian left, he said that he went to several other counties to recruit Min Zhuang as a group training camp to help defend the city. Later, he officially submitted a public notice that not only did Jianzhou have one, but also Fuzhou sent someone to take a detour to send one.

In this way, the Jianzhou Tongzhi temporarily left the city in terms of law, and because of official affairs, he did not count as abandoning the city and fled, and even afterwards, he could count one point.

If it were changed before, Wang Yue would definitely not agree. Once Lu Wenxian's official report came forward, he would scold him as the chief official. If he had changed to an official with another identity, Wang Yue would definitely dismiss him directly, and wait for the marquis to impeach him after resigning, and wait for the court to be ordered by the court.

Tongzhi was not good. The local officials of this dynasty have great power. In addition to the inspectors and commanders along the way, there are also local officials who observe the wind, as well as observers and supervisors, etc.

In the case of military prefecture, Tongming is the deputy of the prefect in name, with limited power. Its actual function is to supervise the chief officer, rebellion, plot against, or commit all kinds of illegal and illegal acts. Tongming can report to the tutor or the inspector's office to check and balance the chief officer.

Originally, this system was quite useful. After Emperor Wenzong, the position of Tongzhi gradually became useless because he could not check and balance the chief officials and the real power in his hands was quite limited, so he could only be regarded as an excessive official position.

"You all go over and take a look." After Lu Wenxian left, Wang Yue originally wanted to leave, but after the bandits were invaded, the local chief officer had the position of defending the territory, which was different from ordinary resignation.

If the place is peaceful and there is nothing wrong, the chief officer can leave directly after the resignation, but the account book must be handed over to the Tongzhi for inspection, and there must be no tail left on the public account.

As soon as Lu Wenxian left, and the bandits were in trouble, Wang Yue could not leave without waiting for the imperial order. These kings of heaven were depressed, just like ants on a hot pan. He had been an official for many years and was not a fool. He only felt that there was a great crisis hidden under the calm, and danger was like a beast lying in the wilderness, which could suddenly hurt people at any time.

Fortunately, the wind has gradually loosened these days. It seems that the bandits do not intend to attack the city at the beginning of their gathering. Instead, they wander around like in Hedong and Central Plains, relying on looting to strengthen the team. Only after reaching a scale of more than 100,000 or 200,000 people will they consider attacking prefectures and counties.

Wang Yue was originally much more at ease, but after seeing the rising black smoke, Wang Yue's inner uneasiness suddenly became stronger. His heart suddenly beat, and his eyes turned black and he almost fainted on the spot.
Chapter completed!