Li Dingguo's face turned pale, and he changed his temper as a bandit. When he met such a dog official who was pretending to be an airs, he would have been killed with one knife.

Now that we have experienced vicissitudes and the turmoil, we know that there are injustices in the world, which are far from ideals. Sometimes anger and destruction are useless, so we can restrain our temperament.

Now, Li Dingguo has become the leader of the Western Army and has some cleverness, but he is still very angry by the old bureaucrat Ding Kuichu.

Qu Shixi was in the Ming Dynasty officialdom for decades and was used to this kind of dispute. He bowed to Li Dingguo and said, "I have a bad reputation for the King of Tang. Ding Kuichu will not give me a good look. It is probably difficult to get the money, but General Li still has the possibility, so he just needs to prepare a generous gift for Ding Kuichu in private. At that time, he will be able to get some food and salary!"

Generally speaking, the central government would not allow someone to serve as a member of the local government for a long time, especially such a member of the governor, who is temporarily set up for something, and immediately recruited back to the central government after the matter is done, so as not to lose the consequences and become a malignant tumor that governs the area.

However, since the collapse of the Chongzhen Dynasty, the central government has changed several times and has not been able to manage the local government. The governors and governors of all regions have been guarding the local government for a long time, forming their own forces and teams.

Since the collapse of the Chongzhen Dynasty, both Hongguang, Zhu Yihai and Zhu Youjian have been unstable in the legal system and potential competitors to the throne. In order to firmly hold the throne, not only did they dare not mobilize the officials and ministers who had formed a force, but they would instead win over and appease them in order to gain support from local forces and sit firmly on the throne of the emperor.

It was under this situation that Ding Kuichu served as the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi for more than ten years and formed a huge force in Guangdong and Guangxi.

When Zhu Youjian was the emperor in Fujian, Zhu Yihai was in eastern Zhejiang, and both sides had already regarded themselves as orthodox. As the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, Ding Kuichu stood on the side of the Longwu court, which made Zhu Youjian trust Ding Kuichu and trusted him as his confidant. Even though he knew that Ding Kuichu was greedy for money, he didn't care much.

Qu Shixi, who has also served as the governor of Guangxi for many years, is naturally very clear about this.

When I contacted the Governor of Guangdong and Guangxi to do business, I had to spend money to give gifts. Li Dingguo was an outsider and was not very clear about it. People in Guangdong and Guangxi all knew Ding Kuichu's habits.

Li Dingguo knew that he had not received any benefits, so he refused to do so.

In fact, Li Dingguo had encountered such a thing before. After Zhang Xianzhong was Zhao'an, he had met such officials for a while, and later these people were all killed by Zhang Xianzhong.

The collapse of the Chongzhen Dynasty was a natural disaster and a man-made disaster, and it was inseparable from the corruption and degeneration of the entire bureaucratic group.

Li Dingguo nodded, and said with a grim tongue: "The Ming Dynasty has such a governor, which is not a blessing for the emperor and the people. If Ding Kuichu falls into my hands in the future, he will definitely kill him with one knife and eliminate the harm for the people!"

Qu Shisi shook his head helplessly. He still needed to solve the problem of money. Moreover, as a gentry class, Qu Shisi did not like the Western Army, which was a bandit, politically. If it weren't for the crisis, he would not have taken the initiative to contact the Western Army to rescue Guangzhou.

At this moment, without talking to Li Dingguo for more, he hurriedly said goodbye to Li Dingguo.

With the guidance of Qu Shisi, Li Dingguo returned to the camp and attracted aides to discuss it. Finally, he took out his family's fortune and sent the 20,000 taels of silver he carried with his army to Ding Kuichu's mansion.

The next day, someone from the Governor's Office came and approved the note and informed Li Dingguo that he could send people to the treasury to collect silver and food.

Li Dingguo was unwilling to be angry, so he asked his general Bai Wenxuan to take the soldiers to take them. In the end, Zhu Yue promised 50,000 stones of grain and 200,000 taels of silver, and only 30,000 stones of grain and 150,000 taels of silver were brought back, which was swallowed up by Guangzhou bureaucrats as usual.

Li Dingguo was not a person within the system, and he knew that the salary of officials in the Ming Dynasty was meager, and plucking feathers by geese, which was a convention and unspoken rule. However, he did not expect that he would be so cruel and could not help but be furious.

...

Chaozhou Prefecture, Guangdong.

In the palace of King Han, Zhao Ming lay on the rocking chair to take a nap, and the maid gently shook the fan.

At this time, the Han army was struggling under the city of Guangzhou for two months, suffering from hot climates and continuous heavy rains.

There were many soldiers, quite tired, and Zhao Ming was also deeply tired.

After the Western Army advanced to the eastern suburbs of Guangzhou, although Zhao Ming was sure to defeat Li Dingguo, he did not want to lose too many people, so he retreated to Chaozhou Prefecture and ordered his soldiers to rest on the spot.

However, Zhao Ming did not give up on capturing Guangzhou, but instead regained his energy and waited for the opportunity. He sent scouts and meticulous works to stay in Guangzhou, bribed officials and generals from Guangdong and Guangxi, and prepared for the capture of Guangzhou.

At this time, Zhao Ming was resting, and Zhang Jiayu walked over with a letter with a smile on his face.

In recent years, Zhao Ming's lifestyle has become increasingly corrupt, and his physical fitness is much worse than before, but his long-term vigilance of fighting has remained.

As soon as Zhang Jiayu walked to the rattan chair, Zhao Ming opened his eyes and looked tilted.

"Your Highness!" Zhang Jiayu bowed.

Zhao Ming sat up and smiled and said, "Zhiyuan, why are you so happy?"

Zhang Jiayu stood up straight, "Your Highness's clever plan, there is indeed something wrong in Guangzhou."

As he said that, Zhang Jiayu presented a letter to Zhao Ming.

Zhao Ming took the letter, took out the letter paper, opened the switch, and smiled after a moment, "Qu Shiqiu worked hard to save Guangzhou, and took out all the wealth in Guangxi, but Zhu Yue didn't give him 100,000 taels of silver? If it was the Lone King, so what if he gave him 500,000!"

The Han Dynasty was prosperous. Zhao Ming not only paid sufficient taxes, but also minted and issued "Zhao Datou" and "silver notes". After establishing a money-making system, he could also steal money invisibly, which was rich.

Zhao Ming naturally stood up and spoke without back pain, and did not understand Zhu Yue's difficulties.

Zhang Jiayu said: "Li Dingguo came from afar, and Zhu Yue only allocated 50,000 grain and 200,000 taels of silver. It is said that the officials from Guangdong and Guangxi were deducted from it. After layers of down, the Western Army received only half of the amount."

"Small family is corrupt!" Zhao Ming snorted coldly and put away the letter.

Zhang Jiayu suggested: "Your Highness, Zhu Yue wants to support Zhu Youjian. He had previously transported most of the money and grain from the Guangdong treasury. Now that the Guangzhou treasury is empty, he will definitely be stingy with rewards. The troops of various units are becoming increasingly disinterested. It is a great opportunity for Your Highness to send troops and collect Guangzhou!"

Zhao Ming nodded slightly, then shook his head again, "The time is not yet ripe! Wherever he has just arrived, he just can't get a reward. After a while, people from all over Guangdong and Guangxi will inevitably go to Guangzhou. When eating will become a problem, it will be the best time for the lonely king to send troops."

...

After Guangzhou was besieged, soldiers from all over Guangdong and Guangxi received rescue letters from Guangzhou one after another.

In addition to Qu Shisi, several Ming troops including Chen Bangfu dared to support him, but they were afraid of the Han army and did not dare to get too close to Guangzhou and camped far away to watch.

Instead, Li Dingguo, who came from Yunnan, rushed directly to the city of Guangzhou and forced the Han army to retreat.

After many Ming troops learned that the Han army had withdrawn the siege, they were surprised and anxious, and rushed to Guangzhou.

After all, how could the credit for repelling the Han army be occupied by an outsider? The retreat of the Han army has a lot to do with their garrison outside the city.

For a time, more than 100,000 Ming troops gathered at the city of Guangzhou, and the grand occasion was unprecedented. They all wanted to get a share of the pie and share the contributions to repel the Han army.

Seeing this, Zhu Yue was also very excited and brought everyone under his command.
Chapter completed!