Chongzhen's open life

Chapter 332 Understanding the Situation

"Hahaha, I'm sorry, old man, I've been negligent. I've asked my wife to prepare food. I'll use it here at noon today, so that I can repay the favor of saving my little girl next time."

Xiaozhu's father, Xia Dayu, walked back into the house with an apologetic face, and apologized to Xu Guangqi who was left behind.

Xu Guangqi shook his head with a smile and said, "Where is it? It's the old man who bothered me. Has the matter of the strong man been dealt with?"

Xia Dayu nodded and said: "Master Lao is concerned, and the arrangements have been made. Let me tell Lao Zhang about the current situation in Xiping Fort in detail."

Xu Guangqi nodded: "Okay, thank you there!"

Xia Dayu waved his hands, found a stool and sat down, sorted out his thoughts a bit, and asked without rushing: "Old man, after talking for so long, I still don't know the name of the old man?"

Xu Guangqi smiled and supported his long beard and said: "It's easy to say, my surname is Xu and my name is Guangqi, the character first, you can call me old man Xu."

It is reasonable to say that Xu Guangqi wanted to conceal his name. After all, he came this time to take down the chief officer of Xiping Fort. It would be troublesome if he got the news and ran away early.

But first of all, from Xu Guangqi's point of view, this man seems to be just an ordinary citizen. Even if he tells the truth, he doesn't necessarily know himself. The ostentation of Shoufu traveling like him, with only a broken carriage and four attendants, is shabby enough, and only he, Xu Guangqi, doesn't pay attention to this.

Secondly, this is because Xu Guangqi disdains to hide his name. With his personality, no matter what he does, he likes to be aboveboard, and his form is always straightforward, so he doesn't bother to conceal his name at all.

Sure enough, Xia Dayu didn't know that there was a chief assistant in the imperial court who called him Xu Guangqi. After hearing about it, it was just because the title Xu Guangqi asked him to call him was not very respectful to the elderly, so he shook his head and said: "How dare you dare, this is too disrespectful, I will call you old man Xu Lao Sir."

"Also."

Xu Guangqi nodded slightly, not knowing whether or not.

Only then did Xia Dayu introduce himself: "The old man has declared his name, so I won't hide it. My family name is Xia, because when my mother was pregnant with the child, there was a long drought in the local area, so my father gave it to me. The name of a heavy rain.

It's a pity that my father didn't survive the severe drought that year. After giving the only food and water left to his mother, he passed away. My mother worked hard to raise her up. When the Eastern Captives invaded a few years ago, they were exhausted on the way to escape. He passed away under the burden of being overwhelmed.

So I hate Donglu deeply. If they hadn't broken our peaceful life, my mother wouldn't have left so early. He just raised me and married me, and I haven't had time to enjoy the blessings for a few days.

After he came back, he heard that the Xiping Imperial Palace had called for soldiers. He had just returned and had no money, so he joined the army so that his wife and children could have a bite to eat. "

After listening to Xia Dayu's introduction, Xu Guangqi nodded slightly, and said in a comforting tone: "Brother Xia, don't be sad anymore. Although your father has gone, he must still be watching your family from afar. I hope you Can live better.

And now that the Holy Son of Heaven is in court, the courtiers are doing their duty, and the damned Tartars were also severely injured by the Yongwei Battalion a while ago, and even the slave chieftains were captured alive and returned to the capital, and now they are just grasshoppers after autumn.

As long as the imperial court has finished handling the internal affairs, it can be wiped out in one fell swoop to avoid future troubles and let the people in the frontier live a good life. "

"I hope so."

Although Xia Dayu didn't refute Xu Guangqi's praise to the court, he didn't show any excitement or joy either. He just echoed it lightly and didn't say anything more.

Seeing him like this, Xu Guangqi narrowed his eyes when he thought of the news that the guard had just reported outside the house, but he didn't say anything more.

In the following time, Xia Dayu told Xu Guangqi carefully about the current situation of Xiping Fort.

With his narration, Xu Guangqi gradually got a general understanding of the current situation of Xiping Fort.

According to Xia Dayu, Xiping Fort was originally in the hands of the noble court. After the original locals and foreigners moved here, with the help of the court, the entire Xiping Fort is gradually returning to life, and everything is a scene of prosperity.

All this continued until the arrival of Zheng Fangping, the new defender of Xiping Fort, and it became the evening of yesterday...

The new guard, Zheng Fangping, was transferred from other places. It is said that he came from Fujian, but the exact location is not very clear, but one thing everyone knows is very clear, that is, this guard is a straw bag who came to pick peaches.

The first thing Zheng Fangping did on his first day in office was to collect taxes from everyone!
It's called the Military Fort Reconstruction Tax, and each household pays on a head-by-head basis, one money for children and one tael for adults, once a month.

Today's Xiping Fort was originally a rebuilt military fort, and the people who came here were all poor and white, where did they get the money to pay him taxes?

So during that time, the entire Xiping Fort was full of scenes of the servants he brought arresting people on the street, and the whole Xiping Fort was panicked and plunged into a panic.

Perhaps it was because no money was found on everyone, so he finally gave up and canceled the tax, but then he turned his mind to the reconstruction materials of the military fort.

Originally, the imperial court allocated enough materials for the reconstruction of the military fort, and even specially ordered the construction party to give priority to the local people of Xiping Fort to participate in the fortification, and to provide food or salary, which can be regarded as giving everyone a bite to eat.

But after Zheng Fangping couldn't get any money from everyone, the reconstruction of the military fort that was under construction suddenly stopped, and all the workers who were working were driven back home. Those materials in the store are gone. According to those who saw it, those things may have been sold by Zheng Fangping to the north, that is, outside the customs.

Then the heavy snow fell, and every family was affected. According to people with relatives in other places, the imperial court had allocated relief supplies, and the Holy Son of Heaven personally paid for everyone.

But the common people have waited and waited and have not heard any news of disaster relief, and only today did Xia Dayu vaguely know from his superiors that their disaster relief supplies in Xiping Fort have been corrupted by the damn guards. His military pay was also withheld.

At the end, Xia Dayu sincerely dissuaded Xu Guangqi and said, "Mr. Xu, if you saved the little girl, I will tell you the truth. Today's Xiping Fort is not suitable for business at all. If your family enters the business at this time, it will be difficult to guarantee That money-grubbing garrison won't do anything, and then he will lose his wife and lose his army!"

Hearing Zheng Fangping's deeds and the current situation of Xiping Fort, the anger in Xu Guangqi's eyes was almost unbearable, but at the moment of the overall situation, he still held back.

Wen Yan shook his head and asked: "Could it be that there is no king's law in this Xiping Fort? So if the guards do this, they won't be afraid of being found out by the superiors, and they will be stabbed in the neck?"

Xia Dayu sneered, "Old Mr. Xu, you don't know, then Zheng Fangping is not afraid of being known by his superiors. Our Xiping Imperial Palace has spread the word that the new garrison is backed by a certain court elder from the current dynasty!
Mr. Ge, do you know what official it is?
According to Xia Shangguan, that is the top official under the emperor!

With such a backing, do you think that Zheng Fangping would be afraid of their Shangguan?

He doesn't even care! "

Hearing what Xia Dayu said, Xu Guangqi sighed, and a look of disappointment flashed in his eyes.

Originally, he thought that the information was wrong, but now it seems that what the information said is indeed true, brother Ruitu!The reputation of the whole life is ruined!Destroyed at once!

Xu Guangqi sighed, slowly stood up from the stool, walked to the door, looked at the snowflakes falling outside the window, then turned his head to look at Xia Dayu who was sitting on the seat, and sighed as he thought about the guard's return just now , with a complicated look in his eyes.

The current situation seems to be a bit troublesome.

This is no longer just a question of winning Zheng Fangping. It seems that there will also be problems in the Xiping Beiyu Office of Xiping Fort. This is one of the most important military forts on the northern border of the country. No trouble!

This is by no means something that a mere deputy guard can do. Who is behind all this manipulating everything?
What purpose does he or they have?
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