The late Ming Dynasty in the living room

Chapter 164: The Governor of Baoding Farewell (Part )

"During the Southern Ming Dynasty, there were four major military towns in Jiangbei, which were actually four major warlords. Except for Gao Jie, they are all here this time, including Liu Zeqing, Liu Liangzuo, Huang Degong, and Zuo Liangyu. These people have long wanted to establish their own territories. They will not contribute during wars, but when it comes to grabbing military funds, they are all top contenders. I am worried that this battle will fatten them up, and by then each of them will have an army of hundreds of thousands."

Fang Yu sighed, "If that's the case, after defeating Li Zicheng, we still have to fight the four of them. A war involving millions of people for two years can turn the Central Plains and Jiangbei regions into a wasteland, and we don't have to wait until the Qing Dynasty comes to massacre them. By then, the people there will have died and there will be few left."

At that time, whether they were officers and soldiers or rebels, they did not care about the lives of the people when fighting. When they were forced into a corner, officers and soldiers would detain civilians and force them to fight in the field, while bandits would simply plunder the people in the countryside and force women, the elderly and the young to serve as human shields. There were no TV stations in later generations accusing them of deliberately creating a humanitarian crisis, and no international court sentenced them for crimes against humanity. The only thing they cared about was the winner and the loser.

Fang Yu now feels as if he and Teacher Pan are the only two people in the world who are worrying about this kind of thing. This feeling is really depressing.

Teacher Pan pondered over what he said for a while, and finally summarized for Fang Yu: "So if we want to provide them with sponsorship, two prerequisites must be met. First, the supplies cannot be distributed from top to bottom as usual, cannot be handed over to the national treasury, and cannot be handled by the Ministry of War to prevent them from losing them. Second, the use of supplies needs to be strictly supervised. Local troops should receive supplies according to the number of people and actual needs. They cannot be given more or less to prevent them from secretly storing them and expanding their own army."

"That's right. Teacher Pan summed it up in one word: he is a genius!" Fang Yu praised hurriedly.

Teacher Pan didn't care about his flattery and only said hesitantly: "It is indeed difficult to achieve these two points. There will be great resistance. The bigwigs in the court have power and will not be willing to lose their interests. Several warlords are bent on strengthening their strength. If their demands are not met, they are likely to use force."

"We need to think about it carefully," said Teacher Pan.

"Yes……"

Then there was a long silence in the room.

Fang Yu leaned against the intercom, his hand supporting his cheek, and kept weighing the pros and cons in his mind. After thinking over and over again, he couldn't come up with a reliable solution.

Suddenly, Teacher Pan exclaimed in surprise: "Hey, why did Wang Ruize hand in a blank notebook? Where is his homework?"

Fang Yu was speechless. "I thought you were trying to find a solution with me, but who knew you would secretly change the homework?"

"You've been thinking of a solution, haven't you? I'm already correcting homework, so how can that be considered secretly?" Teacher Pan said confidently.

Fang Yu was upset, but he didn't dare to blame Teacher Pan, so he had to blame the third-grade student. He complained, "This student Wang's parents must have watched too many idol dramas and gave their child such a vulgar name."

"Isn't this a good name? It's trendy and generous, and the literal meaning is good too."

"What's good about it?" Fang Yu retorted, "They've been addicted to idol dramas, or they've read too many online novels and their brains have been fooled by the authors. Whenever a boy is born, they'll name him Ruize, Yuxuan, Zihao, Yichen, etc. If a girl is born, she'll definitely be named Zihan, Zixuan, Jiaqi... These names may seem novel, but in fact they've been around for a long time. They're essentially the same as the older generation naming their children Jianguo, Aiguo, and Jiefang. Believe it or not, you can find tens of thousands of people with these names in any city." Teacher Pan listened thoughtfully.

"How could this be?" Teacher Pan's concept of naming was seriously shocked. She said, "All the names you mentioned are really in our school. There are two or three in my class."

"That's not the case, hehe~"

Fang Yu seemed to have won a victory and felt a little proud.

"Actually, when you were born, I wanted to name you Fang Yuxuan..." Teacher Pan said hesitantly.

It was the third day of July, the third day since Yang Wenyue arrived in Laishui County. When he woke up early in the morning, he was filled with anger.

First, the military supervisor Kong Zhenhui came to him and asked him how long the army would stay in Laishui County and when they could set off. Yang Wenyue was unsure and could not give a definite answer. Kong Zhenhui immediately slammed the table and asked him if he wanted to delay the time deliberately? Was he afraid of the enemy? Before leaving, he also said that he would impeach him if the army did not set off tomorrow.

Then, Zanhua came back from patrolling the camp and reported that more than 300 soldiers had escaped from the camp last night. He also reminded the governor nervously that the morale of the army was very unstable and that they should be on guard against the danger of mutiny. As for why the morale of the army was unstable? Needless to say, of course, they were unwilling to go to Henan to fight.

In addition, a major incident happened this morning. Kang Shide, the commander of the Vanguard Battalion, and Jiang Mingwu, the deputy general of Tongzhou, had a small-scale fight outside the city gate. The reason was that Kang Shide wanted to take his personal soldiers into the city to play around. It was said that he wanted to go to Lichunyuan to find a girl. As a result, he was stopped on the spot by Jiang Mingwu, the commander of the central army of the Du Biao Battalion. One side was eager to enter the city, and the other side refused to let them go. So both sides quarreled and got angry. First, the personal soldiers fought in a group, and finally the two generals Kang Shide and Jiang Mingwu took action themselves.

The incident happened at the south gate of the county town. Many people inside and outside the city witnessed it with their own eyes. The impact of this incident was very bad.

Yang Wenyue was so angry that he smashed two vases (Min Wengong:??). By the time he walked into the lobby of the county government office, his face had already turned as black as the bottom of a pot.

Baoding General Yang Dezheng and Deputy General Liu Chao had already arrived. They stood aside, looking very worried. There was also a military supervisor Kong Zhenhui sitting on an official hat chair beside the table, with his legs crossed, as if he was here to watch the fun.

Tongzhou Deputy General Jiang Mingwu stood in the middle of the lobby with a bruised face and an angry look on his face.

The commander of the vanguard battalion, Kang Shide, was tied up tightly, kneeling there with a defiant look on his face. When he saw Yang Wenyue coming out, he immediately changed his expression to one of grievance, and shouted loudly: "Governor, I am innocent! It was Jiang Mingwu who led the Tongzhou soldiers to take action first. The guards at the south gate can testify to this, and many nearby civilians saw it. I didn't want to take action, but I had no choice but to... Ouch! Alas..."

Before Kang Shide could finish his protest, Yang Dezheng, the general of Baoding, rushed over and kicked him hard in the heart.

(End of this chapter)