I have Futian in my heart

Chapter 824 Xiaolian
Originally, Zheng Xiaoming had [-] men, and he defeated and recruited some yellow scarves, bandits, etc. along the way, especially in Rang County, he recruited a lot, bringing the number of his men to a thousand.

Now add the five hundred sent by the Zheng family, and it will reach fifteen hundred.

Then the Yin family sent [-] private troops... Of course, these private troops are not just from the Yin family.

There are also other rich families with old Nanyang surnames who are connected with the Yin family, such as the Deng family, the Li family, the Wu family and the Cen family.

During the establishment of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Nanyang people made great efforts. Among the [-] people in Yuntai, [-] people came from Nanyang, which is more powerful than any general county.

The Nanyang people were the base of Emperor Guangwu, that's why Nanyang developed into such an abnormally large county in this dynasty, the most prosperous and populous place in the world.

There are also the most old surnames here, that is, old-fashioned families.

These old-fashioned families have intermarried with each other and have been married for generations, forming an impenetrable network.

Others are Zheng's, Han's, Li's, Zhu's.Second- and third-rate families like Ye's are also in this net.But it only belongs to the periphery!

Now that Zheng Xiaoming is married to the Yin family's daughter-in-law, they regard him as their own.Hence the investment...

Of course, the investment doesn't look small.In fact, for these aristocratic families, it is just a drop in the bucket.

Next, they will watch Zheng Xiaoming's development, and then decide whether to make a bet or not!

Of course, eggs cannot be kept in a cage.What's more, Zheng Xiaoming's status is too low now, and his strength is also weak.Just one army Sima is still "fake".

With the lifting of the party shackles, anyone with a discerning eye can see that the Yellow Turban is about to die.

Seeing that the Han family's court is about to win at this time, how long will we have to wait if we don't place a bet at this time?So they came to invest.

Therefore, those aristocratic families also increased their investment in the Nanyang prefect Qin Jie.Let the strength of his subordinates grow even more rapidly.

The main reason is that Qin Jie is also from Nanyang, and also from his own family.

Of course, some of them went to seek refuge with the powerful governor of Jingzhou Xu Que, but not many took refuge in that Zhu Jun!

It's not because Zhu Jun's prestige is not as good as Xu Qi and Qin Jie's, Zhu Jun is now a general of Zhonglang, and his prestige shakes the world.But he belongs to the guest army, and he will leave after the battle. Of course, he won't get the support of many local tyrants.

There is a more important point, that is, Zhu Jun is from the south.The wildness of Jiangdong has always been looked down upon by northerners, and the blackness of the region has always existed since ancient times.

What's more, Zhu Jun was born from a poor family, which makes the powerful Nanyang family look down on him even more!

In short, the power of the Han army has been greatly enhanced now.The local powerful families sent troops to deliver food one after another, which greatly enhanced the strength of the Han army.

On the contrary, the Yellow Turban Army was surrounded in Wancheng, but life was difficult, and they began to lack food.

Wancheng is a big city with a population of at least one hundred thousand.

For such a huge city, the daily consumption of materials is an astronomical figure, not to mention the consumption of food and grass, even the daily consumption of firewood is huge.

The siege lasted for a long time, and soon there was no fuel for cooking.Start demolishing houses to make fuel.

Not to mention, other inconveniences.

The battlefield has only been quiet for more than ten days, and the Wancheng Huangjin can no longer sit still and is ready to break out.

Several times they attacked the defenders outside the city gates, but they were all defeated.

Then Huang Jin stopped moving, as if he was willing to wait for death.Only Zheng Xiaoming felt something was wrong, he had a premonition that there seemed to be some dangerous atmosphere brewing in that city.

He was looking at the completion that made him vaguely feel a little uneasy, and there was a messenger who sent an order: "Marquis Jun, the county general summoned you to go to the military meeting!"

Zheng Xiaoming nodded and went to the main camp.

With the increasing number of troops coming over now, the original camp has undergone an expansion, and now it can accommodate more than [-] troops.

It can be seen that the number of troops under Qin Jie not only recovered from the last fiasco, but also increased a lot.

Zheng Xiaoming entered the big account all the way, and did not meet the commanders of other armies.Only Qin Jie was dealing with official business at the table, coughing from time to time, obviously the damage he suffered from the last fight had not fully recovered.

He couldn't help advising: "The county general must protect his body, and he must not collapse from exhaustion at this time!"

Qin Jie smiled and said, "I know my own body, it's fine!"

As he said that, the more he looked at Zheng Xiaoming, the more he liked him.It's a pity that I don't have a daughter, otherwise I would have married him.

He said in his heart that it was a pity for others to think that the Yin family married Zheng Xiaoming's daughter.However, Qin Jie felt that the married daughter of the Yin clan had a good vision.This Zheng Xiaoming will definitely not be a thing in the pool in the future.

So he smiled and said: "This county has not recommended Xiaolian this year, I wonder if Zheng Lang is interested?"

Zheng Xiaoming almost blurted out: To be a scholar does not know the book, to be a Xiaolian father lives away...

But at least he held back, bowed solemnly, and said, "Thank you, Lord!"

Qin Jie burst out laughing when he heard the words.

This filial piety is almost equivalent to a Jinshi in the era of imperial examinations in later generations, and it is the right way to become an official today.

Once elected as Xiaolian, it is almost the same as being admitted to Jinshi in later generations, and the future is boundless.

Compared with people like Sun Jian and Sun Wentai who relied on military merits to be promoted to official positions, their future is much brighter (in times of peace).

The imperial examinations of later generations will still be regarded as teachers by their own examiners, called teachers, and they cannot be betrayed easily.

In this era, because there are fewer places for Xiaolian, a small county with a small population can only nominate one, and a county with a large population can nominate two.So it is even more difficult to be elected, and for the so-called master, that is a great benefactor.

In the Eastern Han Dynasty, there were even cases where the master died, and he resigned from office to help his master return to his hometown... It is a good story in the world.

Therefore, the relationship between Xiaolian and Xiaolian who was elected by the host is also extremely close, not even weaker than the effect of marriage.

How did the Yuan family from Runan become the largest family in the world now?
Isn't it because the family has four generations and three generations, and the protégés and old officials recommended are all over the world.So the reason for the establishment of a huge and incomparably powerful network?

The entire north and south of the river are people's sphere of influence!
The aristocratic families here in Nanyang are far worse than others!There is only some influence left in Nanyang.

In short, now that the two of them have talked about it, and they are about to establish a relationship between the leader and the nominee, they naturally feel a little closer.

Qin Jie said with a smile: "I have already sent the document recommending you to the imperial court. Now is an extraordinary time. It is estimated that the imperial edict will be approved soon!"

(End of this chapter)