Send someone to say something, and the bandit leader will come and appease him. This kind of thing can only happen to Song Jiang in "Water Margin". In reality, recruitment activities are much more complicated. It often takes a long time for the mediator to negotiate back and forth -
―Similar to making a deal, after all, this is a matter that concerns the life and fortune of the bandit leader. Unless the bandits are in a desperate situation, otherwise this negotiation will last for a long time.
The Ming court cared for Zheng Zhilong, from when he was first cared for in 1626 to when he was officially cared for in 1628. It took more than three years, with many iterations and interruptions in negotiations. The first reason why the negotiation was finally successful was due to Zheng Zhilong's willingness to be cared for.
Secondly, Xiong Wencan also showed enough "sincerity" and basically met Zheng's requirements.
Now that Wang Chuyi was going to recruit someone, he naturally had to show "sincerity", otherwise the other party would never believe him.
"This lobbyist is very difficult to find," Wang Chuyi said. This "lobbyist" not only has a heavy responsibility, but also has the ability to adapt to changes. In addition, Sun Dabiao and Feng Haijiao have to have a lot of kindness and can speak well.
talk.
Cai Ji, the Zhangquan patrolman who was the mediator to recruit Zheng Zhilong, had been kind to Zheng Zhilong when he was the prefect. Now they can't think of such a person.
"The most suitable candidate is Zhang Tianbo, but he has already been scared away." Peng Shou'an said, "If we go to him, he probably won't come out. But the students still have one more candidate."
Peng Shou'an said: There is a retired local official named Li Shuangkuai. He was originally the head catcher of the fast class in Yangshan County. He retired and returned home more than ten years ago and now lives in the countryside. In terms of seniority, Zhang Tianbo should be
He is his disciple.
"...In previous years, when Li Shuang was about to celebrate his birthday, Zhang Tianbo would also go to pay homage and give him a gift. We asked him to come forward to find Zhang Tianbo, and Zhang Tianbo would definitely show up." Peng Shou'an offered advice, "I can try to recruit him first.
Zhang Tianbo promised him a bright future and offered him generous rewards to work as a lobbyist..."
Wang Chuyi burst out laughing and slapped Peng Shou'an on the shoulder: "It's really yours! No wonder everyone says that scholars have bad water in their stomachs! That's what we do!"
Peng Shou'an's shoulder was almost dislocated by his slap. Coupled with this nondescript "praise", he felt embarrassed in his heart and had to show a smile on his face and said: "Thank you, the county magistrate. The student also said a few words,
How to act specifically depends on the county magistrate’s decision.”
Wang Chu nodded and said: "How else could the leader say that you are a treasure? It's absolutely true! Let's do it like this!" After saying that, he immediately arranged for everyone to split up. The squadron leader of the National Army sent someone to scout the bandit's nest and found someone else to do it.
Guide, go find this old leader.
Li Shuangkuai's residence was actually five or six miles outside Beicheng. When the Yao people rioted, he and his family hid in the city. After the Australians rescued them, they returned home.
He had worked as a team leader in the county government for many years and had accumulated a lot of savings. He purchased a lot of land outside the city. The Yao people's riots were just burning houses and grabbing things, but the land could not be taken away. When he returned home this time, his family saw that the house was in dilapidated condition.
, his wealth was all gone, and he couldn't help but feel sad. But Li Shuangkuai was still calm, and ordered his family to dig out all the farm tools and money buried in the ground, built a few temporary sheds, and barely settled down.
On this day, he was watching his family hoeing the fields in the garden. The local Paijia came to him and said, "A group of soldiers from the county have arrived, and several officials have been sent over." He wanted to question him.
Li Shuangkuai was a little surprised. It had been more than ten years since he left the Yamen. Although he had many old acquaintances in the County Yamen, his family had nothing to do with the Yamen. What was the purpose of this Australian's sudden visit?
He said: Come right away, while slowly patting the dust off his body.
The subordinate's mind was very quick. Before he could finish patting the dirt on his clothes, he had already guessed that the Australian's sudden visit was probably related to Zhang Tianbo.
Zhang Tianbo is one of the well-known "Three Hegemons" in the county. It seems that the Australians are not willing to let him go!
When we walked into the main room, we saw three Australian "official servants" standing there. They exchanged a few polite words and introduced themselves. It turned out to be the newly appointed magistrate of Yangshan County by the Australians.
When Li Shuang heard this, he quickly knelt down and said, "It turns out that the county magistrate arrived, and the people didn't come far to greet me. I forgive you, I forgive you."
In order to show sincerity, this search was led by Wang Chuyi himself. Seeing how respectful the old man was, he couldn't help but be polite and help him up with his own hands.
After the guests and hosts were seated, Li Shuangqi said some clichés such as "The old man came to his humble abode, and the young man was frightened." Wang Chuyi thought that the old man was just "afraid of officialdom", so he was overly polite. However, the Kuomintang County Army who followed him
Lu Dabang, the squadron leader and chief of the county security department, felt that although this man pretended to be dim and timid, in fact, when he looked at people from the corner of his eye, he was clearly a powerful character.
This old guy is dishonest! Lu Dabang said secretly. It seems that he is a character who is not easy to deal with. It will probably take a lot of effort.
Who would have thought that this would not be the case further down the line. Li Shuangkuai was an experienced leader, and he knew very well that once the Australian magistrate came to visit, he would not be easily fooled. Moreover, he had heard that
The Australians are extremely disgusted with subordinate officials. Everywhere they go, they have to clean up, kill and arrest them. Although I have resigned long ago, it is better to know more about them.
When Wang Chuyi asked about Zhang Tianbo, Li Shuangkuai was happy and said: "Zhang Tianbo is my disciple - my son's disciple."
Li Shuangkuai talked about the past: When Li Shuangkuai retired, as usual, he passed on the position of chief catcher to his son. Unexpectedly, his son contracted the epidemic and died within a few years of becoming the chief catcher. This position was passed on to his son.
In the hands of his apprentice Zhang Tianbo.
Zhang Tianbo was not younger than his son, and he became a disciple just because he liked this position. Li Shuangkuai had no intention of letting his grandson do the job of a catcher again. After his son's death, he sold the job of catcher to him for fifty taels of silver.
Zhang Tianbo.
"After he became a police officer, did he still have contact with you?"
"After Zhang Tianbo became the head catcher, he was always very polite to my family because he had a "good fortune" with him. He always came to visit me every year and festivals. On my birthday, he also came to pay my respects as usual, and drank a few glasses of wine before leaving.
Let's go." Li Shuangkuai didn't hide it - it couldn't be hidden in the first place: you'll know as soon as you go to the village and ask.
In fact, things are not that simple. Although no one in Li Shuangkuai's family is engaged in the job of catching a police officer anymore, Li Shuangkuai often takes advantage of the fact that he is familiar with the people in the yamen and Zhang Tianbo is his disciple. He often "takes tea" for others.
"Speaking of pretenses" and colluding with Zhang Tianbo. As for what Zhang Tianbo did, he was naturally aware of it, but to this old subordinate, it was nothing - being a subordinate was just for making money!
Li Shuangkuai was very afraid that Magistrate Wang would mention these things - to be honest, it would be difficult for him to break away from Zhang Tianbo, and he did have a heart problem. If he really wanted to pursue it, it would be difficult for him to get over it.
Fortunately, Wang Chuyi did not go into detail on this matter, and just said: "Since you are familiar with Zhang Tianbo, our county government also asked you to pass on a message: At present, the county is full of waste and is in chaos internally and externally, and it is urgent to improve public security.
He is the original Yangshan head catcher. As long as he is willing to come out and do things, we can let the past be bygones."
Li Shuang quickly wondered: "Sir, I don't know where Zhang Tianbo is now..."
"As long as you are determined to look for it, are you afraid that you can't find it?" Wang Chu said, "I will give you three days, and I will send someone to wait for a response early on the fourth day."
No matter how Li Shuangkuai defended his lack of contact with Zhang Tianbo, Wang Chuyi refused to let go. With no choice but to do so, Li Shuangkuai had no choice but to agree.
After sending Wang Chuyi away, Li Shuang quickly walked around in his yard several times. He was a little confused: he heard that Australians had always had a bad impression of subordinate officials, and after entering the city, they cleaned up the three classes and six rooms. Why did he suddenly think of it again?
How about using yourself to defeat your brothers?
Naturally, the current situation in the county is chaotic and public security is not good. It is not too strange that the county magistrate sent by the Australians is eager to seek treatment and invites an old policeman from the previous dynasty to take charge.
However, this cunning old catcher still smelled a bad smell from it.
"Could it be a trap?"
However, after thinking about it, I can't think of the point of the Australian setting up such a trap for himself - he is just an ordinary old man now. Without Zhang Tianbo's official status as a head catcher, he is actually worthless. Completely
There is no reason for the Australians to put in the effort.
"Forget it!" He thought, this matter doesn't have much to do with him anyway. Since the Australians are looking for Zhang Tianbo, just help them find it! Otherwise, he won't be able to explain it in three days.
He did not tell lies just now. He indeed did not know Zhang Tianbo's whereabouts - he was definitely not hiding at home. He must have taken refuge with a friend and was hiding.
The subordinates had the most friends, but most of them were fair-weather friends, with interests and little to no heart-to-heart. Li Shuangkuai thought to himself, the only person who dared to keep him at this time would be either Sun Dabiao or Feng Haijiao. Not to mention that they were sworn friends to Jinlan.
Even if a brother of the opposite sex is not sworn sworn brother, these two must protect his safety - otherwise, both will suffer.
The problem is that if he goes to find it like this, although he has friendship with Sun Dabiao and Feng Haijiao, they are probably unwilling to admit the current situation.
After much deliberation, he decided that the only option was to ask Zhang Tianbo's family to come forward.
Zhang Tianbo hid in the bandits' den, and his wife and children naturally hid as well. However, they were not in the bandit dens of these two families.
Since ancient times, bachelors have many evil intentions, and Zhang Tianbo is no exception. Although he, Sun Dabiao, and Feng Haijiao are sworn brothers, they still have to guard against these two sworn brothers - loyalty in the world has never been worth real money. He
Over the years, he has made a lot of dirty money as a catcher, and his family has also earned a lot of savings. If this brother has evil intentions and gives him a "one-pot deal", wouldn't it be doomed? In the spirit of a cunning rabbit, Zhang Tianbo hid it.
Previously, he entrusted his family to Li Shuangkuai. Li Shuangkuai didn't dare to take them in at home - he didn't have the place, so he arranged for the family to live in the village where he kept his brother Xin Laonan.
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