He moved Chu Cai to serve as a counselor in Guo Ning's army, which was regarded as a high-ranking position.
He was cooperating with Guo Ning on behalf of Tu Danyi, and he was not alone when he came to the Xiangjunhe camp. In the past two months, he relied on his family's reputation to slowly recruit some Confucian scholars for his own use. With tacit approval, he established his own personal staff team.
One of them was from the Yang family of his mother's family, named Yang Chengzhi. He had a sharp personality and insight, and was moved to Chu Cai to rely on him as his arm.
Yang Chengzhi traveled yesterday and stayed outside Pinglu Village for a whole day. He just returned this afternoon and brought a lot of news from the surrounding areas to move Chu Cai.
He gained a lot.
The people outside the village had been hiding from the military disaster and fled one after another. At this time, they saw that Guo Ning's troops did not invade and directly attacked several court delivery shops, so the bold ones came back one after another, and the timid ones also took advantage of the night to sneak back. Collect some household items.
Yang Chengzhi met with several of them, chatted with them, and learned about the current general situation in Hejian Mansion.
For example, the number of local people fleeing, the scale of refugees entering from other places, whether the court can provide relief, whether it can organize the restoration of agricultural production, what the people's expected harvest is, what the tax burden is, whether there are exemptions, etc.
Another example is the number of civilians who have been deployed to join the army this year. Are there still cattle, horses and livestock left in the local area? What is the situation of water transportation along the river this year? Have the manpower transferred been compensated? Where were the soldiers transferred?
These pieces of information are themselves fragmentary. But people like Yili Chucai can naturally sort out their understanding of the overall situation from the fragmentary situations.
The result of sorting out only made Yi La Chucai feel depressed.
Does this court still look like a court?
"In such a situation, the officials are still cruel and cruel, and they are even better at organizing and hiding things to respond to all orders. The material and money owed by the people amount to thousands of dollars per household, so the people are all running around, facing each other's fate... It is clear Autumn is about to begin, but the number of acres that can be harvested may be less than one-fifth of previous years. I heard that some people are already eating grass roots and tree bark!"
When Yang Chengzhi said this, he stabbed Chu Cai and remained speechless.
After a while, Yang Chengzhi said again: "In any case, the local governance is ridiculous. It becomes more and more obvious that my brother's governance in the Xijunhe camp can make the people live and work in peace and contentment."
Yi La Chucai could only smile bitterly: "Tu Dan Youcheng may think so, but what does that actually have to do with me?"
Both Yi La Chu Cai and Tu Shan Yi thought that Guo Ning's troops were just a collection of rough soldiers who could do nothing but fight. Therefore, after Yi La Chu Cai arrived in Anzhou, he would definitely be able to take over the entire army. Government affairs, and then control the lifeblood of this army.
In fact, this is far from the case.
Guo Ning respected Yilan Chucai enough, but he did not leave all affairs to him.
Among the defeated troops, although there were few people who were literate, they were still able to pick out talents and maintain various operations. The main energy of diverting Chu materials was always focused on the regular construction of the army.
In terms of civil affairs, Yizai Chucai did not intervene because Guo Ning did nothing at all.
At the beginning of the year, Guo Ning rebuilt Baojia, collected grain, and then obtained cattle and labor tools from local wealthy households, and quickly distributed them. Finally, he reached an agreement with Tu Shanhang, the governor of Anzhou, and ruled out The oppression of subordinate officials from the imperial court and the inspection of Qian Gu.
All these things were completed before the arrival of Chucai.
In the following months, he did not go to encourage farmers or mulberry trees or build water conservancy projects at all.
The military men at the Xijunhe camp did not pay much attention to the affairs of the various farms. There was only one officer responsible for maintaining order. Generally speaking, they just allowed the common people to gather spontaneously and restore the abandoned fields voluntarily.
Find ways to replant melons, beans, etc. that are easy to grow.
However, for the people, this is enough and they can live and work in peace and contentment.
Yi La Chucai has briefly paid attention to the output of several farms. Although it is still dry this year, most of the farms around the feedjunhe camp are close to water and have not been greatly affected. Around August, it is not difficult to have a good harvest.
A small military leader, who only performs basic local management and nothing else, can keep so many people living in peace and stability; the imperial court cannot.
This has to make people think, who is the problem?
Yili Chucai was a Confucian scholar who read poetry and books. He actually understood in his heart that the Jurchens as a whole were constantly degenerating and corrupting, which led to the continuous deterioration of their ability to rule. This was a big pit that the Jin Kingdom could never get around.
In the early years, when the military strength of the imperial court was strong and it overpowered the barbarians, it could claim to follow the example of the Han and Tang Dynasties and ignore this pit. However, once the country weakened, countless people would fall into the pit until everything was out of control.
Yila Chucai shook his head violently and decided not to think about it further.
When he was about to say something else, Yang Chengzhi gently pulled his arm: "Jin Qing, look!"
Yi La Chucai looked in the direction he pointed, and saw a thick black wolf smoke rising in the distance to the north.
"Something happened?" Yi La Chucai was surprised.
Only then did he realize that he had walked half a circle around the walled city in worry and had reached due north. On the steps in front of him, several young men were filing down the stairs, rushing to deliver orders.
Routine maintenance in the walled city has probably not been done properly in decades. The brick walls in many places have collapsed, and the thick wooden steps are even more obviously decayed.
After five or six people stepped on it in succession, the last young man rushed down and used too much force, and finally stepped through the wooden board. His ankle was caught, and he suddenly fell on his head and was chewing mud.
Right under Yi La Chucai's eyes, the young man struggled to get up. Yi La Chucai recognized him as the Bohai man named A Duo.
This fall was not a light one! His face was covered in blood, and two of his teeth were missing. However, he did not cry out in pain. He only wiped his face and continued to run away with a limp.
Something must have happened, something big!
Yizai Chucai knew that blocking King Sheng and his entourage here was a very rare and violent method in the court, and Wanyan Gang and King Sheng would definitely have corresponding violent measures to fight against them. In the past few days, Guo
Ning sent reconnaissance cavalry around Pinglu Village to prepare for emergencies.
It seems that Wanyan Gang has indeed made some moves!
Yizai Chucai signaled to Yang Chengzhi to take him with him, and he hurried forward and rushed to Guo Ning's side.
Guo Ning stood on the high point of the village wall, staring at the wolf smoke.
Yizai Chucai looked at Lang Yan, then looked at Guo Ning worriedly, but hesitated to speak.
Guo Ning's body stood as straight as a javelin. He only used his palms to support the old fence and occasionally tapped it with his fingers. His hands were very strong and his fingers tapped on the wood, making a thumping sound several times.
Even sawdust was knocked out.
The weather was very clear today, and although the smoke was far away, it was clearly visible. The billowing smoke was billowing, like something ferocious and terrifying, rising and rising.
Yi La Chucai saw that there was a trace of surprise, a trace of anger, and a trace of worry on Guo Ning's chiseled face. In the end, what was left was only strong excitement and coldness.
"Lang Jun?" Yi La Chucai asked tentatively.
Guo Ning looked back and nodded: "Qing Jin is here. I wanted to send someone to invite you just now."
"What's the matter? Sir, please tell me."
"Two things."
The wind on the wall was very strong, but Guo Ning's voice was not very loud. He moved Chu Cai half a step forward and listened attentively.
Once he moved forward, he saw another military horse lying upside down outside the village wall. It was a very strong horse, its hindquarters were bleeding from the whip, its mouth and nose were bleeding and spitting, and its limbs were twitching. It was obvious that it was Running long distances is a waste of time.
Yizai Chucai was even more horrified.
But I heard Guo Ning say:
"The first thing is about the King Sheng Wanyan Congjia and others who were blocked by us. This king has been blocked by us to the west of Pinglu Village for five days. In the past few days, he sent envoys to Hejian Prefecture for help. , it turned out that Gao Xi was a weak scholar and did not dare to send troops, but now, his support has arrived..."
Speaking of this, Guo Ning suddenly sneered: "It seems that everyone in the imperial court is dissatisfied with the current emperor, and there are many people who are willing to support Wan Yan Congjia."
Yiza Chucai didn't know how to answer.
In fact, he has always avoided talking too much about the political dispute between North Korea and China with Guo Ning, but it is obvious that Guo Ning is much more perceptive than he thought.
Yi La Chucai thought for a while and asked: "Who are the people who support King Sheng? How many troops are there?"
"It is Marshal Zuo Dujian Pucha Ali who is supposed to be in charge of military affairs on the South Henan Road. Accompanying him are five thousand elite cavalry. They rush to Hejian Mansion day and night. They will arrive in about an hour. "Guo Ning leaned forward and looked under the wall of the village, and said with some pity: "For this news, you killed a good horse of mine!"
Five thousand cavalry?
Chu Cai's heart trembled.
The reason why Tu Shanyi was able to raise a private army in Anzhou and then mobilize this private army to block the roads was because he was the minister Youcheng, and his disciples and old officials were all over the court, so he had great influence in the court. , can suppress many dissatisfaction related to this.
Wanyan Gang's political power has always been very lacking in this regard. Therefore, the death of his close confidant Chizhan Sagai before was just a few positions in the Zhongdu Armed Guards. But now he has directly dispatched it through some channels Five thousand cavalry stationed there?
What kind of huge power is this? Use five thousand cavalry to open the road and go straight to the Central Capital... Did Wanyan Gang feel that when the time came to show his strength, he had no scruples?
There are only a thousand people on Guo Ning's side, how can he resist the enemy?
If the front line of Pinglu Village cannot be blocked, what should Zhongdu do to deal with it? If Wanyan Gang is really acting arrogant, will Tu Dan Youcheng still have the power to counter it? Sure enough, something is wrong!
Many thoughts went through Chucai's mind, and he thought of several countermeasures in an instant. While thinking about perfecting the countermeasures, he asked: "What is the second thing Lang Jun said?"
Guo Ning pointed to the smoke in the north and said calmly: "That's it... Qing Jin, this smoke is an emergency communication method that I have arranged a long time ago. When the smoke is lit, it means that the Mongolian army has broken through Yanshan , entered the hinterland of Hebei... and approached Anzhou."
When I stabbed Chucai, I felt dizzy and my hands and feet became cold.
In a daze, he first thought: This time, he will be attacked from two sides. Then, his mind was completely occupied by a thought: Daikin is finished!
