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After persuading Mr. Gao, Mr. Wang and Mr. Li followed.
Wang Jingrou, the former governor of Pingzhou, and Li Juncao, the former governor of Yingzhou, Pingzhou, and Ruzhou, have lost their power. After the Da'an Mountain Incident, these two generals became more powerful than the Gao family.
It was unbearable. The Gao family still had Gao Xinggui and Gao Xingzhou to reorganize the army in Guizhou, while the Wang family and the Li family had completely lost the two elite troops of Yinhudu and Yanchi soldiers, and the day of re-recruitment was far away.
Therefore, the conditions offered by Li Chengzhong to these two companies are naturally much inferior to those of Gao's. In addition to having lower shares in the commercial and trading joint-stock companies they will cooperate with in the future, their commitment to actual military service is also far inferior to that of Gao's.
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Among them, the Li family is slightly better. After all, Li Chengyue has a very close relationship with the Governor of Yingzhou. In a broad sense, the prince's young master Li Juncao is also related to the Governor of Yingzhou. Li Juncao is a little lucky this time, but he is relieved.
He agreed to the marriage between Li Chengyue and Zhang's wife, otherwise there is no telling what will happen in the future. In short, by marrying the governor of Yingzhou, the Li family should not fall too quickly. As for the future, it will be
We can only count on Li Chengyue’s hard work.
After running through the three largest wealthy families, not to mention the remaining Han family, Yuan family, etc., these families themselves do not have many private soldiers, and the younger generation such as Han Yanhui and Yuan Xingqin are in the Yingzhou army.
Having temporarily emerged, they welcomed the visits of Guo Bingcheng, Qian Wuchang and Yu Lai with both hands, and even more enthusiastically supported the Yingzhou Army's entry into Youzhou.
After running one by one, Guo Bingcheng was very tired and his head was still sweaty in the winter. He fanned himself and said, "In this way, we will be done by then."
Qian Wuchang smiled and said: "If Guo Tongpan works so hard, the governor of a certain family must be very happy, and he will definitely be treated with a prominent position."
Guo Bingcheng shook his head and said: "I have achieved Jiedu Tongju. I am already satisfied and don't want to make any further progress. I just hope that the governor of your family will treat Zhou Haowen well, and my family will feel at ease."
Qian Wuchang said hurriedly: "That is inevitable. The governor has always deeply felt the great kindness of General Zhou, and he will not treat General Zhou badly. I heard that after the matter is completed, the governor is willing to give up his talents and ask General Zhou to take the position of Lulong Jiedu.
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Guo Bingcheng smiled and said calmly: "The governor of your family is too humble. Zhou Haowen is not worthy of this Jiedu. Regardless of whether the meritorious service is enough, just because of his generous and soft temper, Jiedu Lulong will only cause trouble for him.
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Qian Wuchang secretly breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this. In fact, his words came from the instructions of Feng Dao, Han Yanhui and others, and he wanted to test Youzhou's thinking. Li Chengzhong did say this, but Feng Dao
However, Han Yanhui and other Yingzhou senior officials were worried that the governor was truly humble, which they would never agree to. As for Zhang Xingzhong and other Yingzhou army generals, they were even less likely to agree. If Zhou Zhiyu was really allowed to take over as Lulong Jiedu, I'm afraid that You
There was another military disaster on the land of Yan.
Yu Lai spoke up at the right time: "Guo Tongpan, the chairman of a certain company asked a certain person to inquire on his behalf. I wonder if Guo Tongpan is willing to join the Yingzhou Social Development Welfare Foundation? Chairman Li said that if Guo Tongpan is willing, he can be the vice chairman of the foundation."
Feng. Of course, contributing to the foundation will not affect Tongsuan's official career, as long as he occasionally spends some time and effort."
Guo Bingcheng had a thorough understanding of all aspects of Yingzhou, and he had long thought about the "Yingzhou Social Development Welfare Fund" mentioned by Lai. Upon hearing this, he immediately became interested, and his fat body could not sit still. He leaned forward.
Xiang Yu Lai asked: "Oh? Is this such a good thing? Your chairman is the adopted son of Governor Li, right? Well, I heard that someone seems to be Qi Jin from your Khitan people. Did he really say that?"
Yu Lai smiled and said: "This is natural. If Guo Tongpan can come, our foundation will be even stronger."
Guo Bingcheng pulled Yu Lai and said: "The property under my name is a bit small, so I am afraid that I will not be able to join the foundation. I heard that the wealth of all the directors of the foundation is more than 100,000 yuan? I wonder what the net worth requirements for the position of vice chairman are."
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Yu Lai said: "This is a small matter, we can join forces."
Guo Bingcheng's eyes suddenly lit up: "How to form a joint venture? Please tell me in detail..."
The two immediately got together to discuss the matter in a lively manner.
Qian Wuchang shook his head and smiled bitterly as he watched the two men lowering their heads and whispering.
Liu Shouguang was not unaware of the massive collusion actions of Guo Bingcheng and others in Youzhou City. In fact, he was quite aware of it. Youzhou was Liu Shouguang's foundation. There were various families of generals in the city who he temporarily relied on as hostages. They were tall and strong.
The city walls and defensive fortresses were the last barriers for him to hide and save his life if things went wrong. Naturally, he watched them very closely and did not dare to relax for a moment.
Originally Liu Shouguang planned to leave half of the Yier Army in Youzhou to protect his family, but as soon as the army set off, he received a report from the advance scouts, saying that Shicheng had seen the Yingzhou Army, the Huaiyue Allied Forces and Pingzhou.
The banners of various armies such as Liucheng, Yanjun, Yuguan, etc. It is said that so many troops arrived in Shicheng that they could not accommodate them in the city, and Yingzhou had to build another military camp under the city.
Liu Shouguang was immediately shocked. Since it was determined that Yingzhou was in full force, he and Liu Zhiwen discussed it and believed that with the strength of his current expedition, it would be difficult to completely defeat Yingzhou. So Liu Shouguang issued an urgent transfer order to send the original troops to
The other half of the volunteer army that was scheduled to be deployed in Youzhou City was also mobilized and went out with the army. He waited for a few more days on the way before gathering the army together. This was why Liu Shouguang barely arrived until a few days before the agreed fifteenth day of the first lunar month.
reasons.
Of course, even so, it does not mean that Liu Shouguang has neglected Youzhou City. In addition to moving all the newly formed five or six thousand Yameni troops into the city, Liu Shouguang also left Liu Yanlang, his first general since Bi Yuanfu's death.
Youzhou even assigned more than 300 brave and capable Hengban guards to assist Liu Yanlang, while the number of Hengban guards under Liu Shouguang was less than a thousand.
Both Liu Shouguang and Liu Zhiwen believed that it was enough to deal with possible threats from the direction of Guizhou with such a force. After all, this threat only existed in speculation. It was said that Guizhou, guarded by the Gao brothers, had no extra money and food to recruit new soldiers. It was now a severe winter.
, it was a period of famine, and the Gao family was unable to support Guizhou from Youzhou. The road between them had been cut off by Liu Shouguang for more than two months.
Such an arrangement has indeed fully demonstrated the importance Liu Shouguang attaches to Youzhou City, but he, like Liu Zhiwen, has overlooked an issue. As the general magistrate of Jiedu Prefecture, Guo Bingcheng's official position and status are enough to guarantee his series of activities.
It was covered up, not to mention that before Liu Shouguang left, he casually told Guo Bingcheng and others to pay close attention to each general and do a good job of stabilizing and appeasing them. This was equivalent to giving Guo Bingcheng the power to act in an honest and fair manner.
Therefore, in the Youzhou military intelligence report that Liu Yanlang reported to Liu Shouguang at any time, Guo Bingcheng's visits to the generals were also interpreted as "pacifying and stabilizing the generals." For this kind of insignificant news, in the military intelligence report
It's just a brief introduction. If anyone around Liu Shouguang can really see the abnormality, I'm afraid it's only Liu Zhiwen. Unfortunately, Liu Zhiwen has already been overwhelmed by the heavy military affairs. He is busy all day long with the placement of the army, the preparation of food and grass, and the analysis.
In the midst of conducting front-line reconnaissance and coordinating various military generals' affairs, they didn't even have the time to take a look at this kind of news transmitted in Youzhou City.
To be honest, Liu Zhiwen himself was full of resentment. Since he succeeded in seizing power and Liu Shouguang ascended to the post of Lu Long Jiedu Liu, this young marshal in Yanei who used to be very smart and far-sighted in Liu Zhiwen's eyes suddenly changed.
An ordinary person, his debauchery, extravagance and cruelty all make Liu Zhiwen feel "refreshing" and bring "extraordinary feelings" to Liu Zhiwen.
In fact, it's not that Liu Shouguang's personality has changed much. This phenomenon is very common. Once many people lose control, or once they can do things according to their own heart, various factors in their character that have been suppressed will burst out.
, the more suppressed it was before, the more unscrupulous it will be after it erupts.
In addition, the distance between Liu Zhiwen and Liu Shouguang has shortened, and they need to get along with each other every day, so they can naturally feel the true temperament of this postgraduate student more truly. For example, during such an important "conference", Liu Shouguang actually accompanied a prostitute.
All the dozens of female prostitutes in the Jiaofang in Youzhou City were put into military uniforms, and a "prostitute capital" was formed among the horizontal guards. They also appointed military positions such as Dutou, Yuhou, Team Leader, and Team Leader in a grand manner.
When they set up camp at night, they would spend the night with the female prostitutes.
These bad things alone are not enough, the tedious military affairs are burdened on Liu Zhiwen's shoulders, making him even more anxious and irritable. When he originally assisted the commander-in-chief Liu Rengong, there were many staff to help with military affairs, but after Liu Shouguang came to power, Liu Rengong originally used
Those aides who were familiar with military affairs died and were imprisoned, and now there are very few left. And Liu Shouguang's most important aide, Bi Yuanfu, died in the rebellion on the night of the Da'an Mountain Incident, so Liu Zhiwen had to
Wearing countless jobs is really hard.
Liu Zhiwen had just finished handling the matter of two Hengban guards hooking up with female prostitutes, and found an excuse to transfer the two guards who were caught by Liu Shouguang from Hengban (at that time Liu Shouguang was furious and demanded to be executed immediately), and then another
He had to deal with a dispute involving several junior officers who had private fights in the middle camp without authorization (several captains and captains were being provoked by female prostitutes and were jealous of each other), and each of these officers was beaten with dozens of military sticks. After finishing all this mess, he was
He was about to go to the commander's tent again to persuade Liu Shouguang to disband the "prostitute capital", but at this time he received another military report that the Jizhou Army and Badu Cavalry's camp had deviated from the originally planned place.
So Liu Zhiwen had to put aside Liu Shouguang's bad things for the time being and study the topographical map carefully.
The Jizhou army camped eight miles northeast of Shicheng. Zhao Jing's official letter explained that it was to better block Yingzhou's retreat. This explanation is very reasonable and consistent with the previous agreement.
Liu Zhiwen nodded and decided not to pursue further. He continued to check on the map where Ba Duqi's camp was located. Ba Duqi's general camp was placed under the curtain mountain seven miles southeast of Shicheng, which was equivalent to moving five miles east from the original location.
, Zhao Ba’s explanation was the same as Zhao Jing’s, and it was also to block Yingzhou’s retreat.
Liu Zhiwen was no longer calm now. He began to stare at the map and think nervously. (To be continued...)