Crazy at the end of the Ming Dynasty

When Lei Ying followed the guards into the lobby, he felt a little bored.Lei Ying is already in his early forties, and his family is a family of habitual bandits. In Lei Ying's generation, he also has a certain influence and accumulated a certain amount of wealth in the northern mountainous area of ​​Runing Mansion.

When Lei Ying confessed his sincerity to Wu Shigong the year before last, in fact, he also made two-handed preparations.It would be great if he could be recruited into the army, but it would be nice to take a step back and become a rich man.But Lei Ying didn't expect that although Wu Shigong accepted him, he still let him maintain his status as a bandit.

But in the following days, with Wu Shigong's support, Lei Ying became the leader of the bandits in the northern mountain area of ​​Runing Mansion. Really enjoyed the taste of the stars holding the moon.This was quite satisfying for Thunderhawk at the time.In addition, Lei Ying was able to get a piece of the salt business, so at that time Lei Ying felt that he had gained both fame and fortune.

But the good times didn't last long, when Wu Shigong took the army to Qin Wang, Lei Ying's biggest rival in this life - Li Yaozi returned to the mountainous area in the north of Runing Mansion.Later, in the fight with Li Yaozi, Lei Ying lost most of his men at once, and the bandit villages that were originally attached to Lei Ying also changed their banners and joined Li Yaozi's camp.

But now, Lei Ying can only gather more than 300 bandits who can fight.And Lei Ying lost the support of Qianhusuo Fortress, if it wasn't for Qian Qi's great threat to Li Yaozi here, making it impossible for Li Yaozi to let go of his hands and feet completely, Lei Ying might have been driven out of Runing Mansion long ago The northern mountains.

Knowing that Wu Shigong came back with King Qin's army, and hearing that after Wu Shigong came back, he massacred those bandits in Guide Mansion, and the methods were extremely vicious, Lei Ying was both happy and a little scared.

But a few days ago Wu Shigong sent people to ask Lei Ying and his main leaders to come to Qianhusuo Fortress, Lei Ying didn't dare to neglect, and immediately brought some gifts from the cottage to Qianhusuo Fortress to ask Wu Shigong to see him.

Lei Ying knew that Wu Shigong had no malicious intentions in calling him here.But how Wu Shigong would arrange himself, Lei Ying had no idea in his mind.Lei Ying reckoned himself, now that he wants no one and no influence, the greatest possibility is that Wu Shigong annexed his subordinates and let him live in idleness.

But Lei Ying, who had tasted the taste of power, wanted to use his subordinates to exchange for some better conditions when he first set off.But after he entered the Qianhusuo fortress, saw those murderous soldiers, and thought of Wu Shigong's ruthlessness when he killed Li Yaoziman's family, Lei Ying had completely given up resistance in his heart.He thought in his heart: "As long as Mr. Wu keeps all my private property and arranges for me, then I will admit it."

After Lei Ying walked into the lobby, he saw the young Lord Wu sitting in the middle, and immediately kowtowed, and said, "The villain congratulates Lord Wu on his promotion."

Wu Shigong waited for Lei Ying to kowtow to his head, he helped Lei Ying to get up, and asked kindly: "How is your injury?"

"Thank you, sir, for your concern. The villain has a life, and there is nothing serious about it."

"That's good. I'm promoted to the garrison of Runing Mansion this time, and I'm short of manpower to assist me. This time I'm going north to Qinwang, and only you, this village, will never leave me. In this way, all your subordinates will be incorporated into this officer. What about you? Just get a general position first.”

Lei Ying froze for a moment, he stared at Wu Shigong in a daze.Lei Ying never imagined that he would realize his dream of recruiting security and become an official soldier.

What was even more unexpected to Lei Ying was that Wu Shigong actually gave Lei Ying the official post.You must know that although the official position of General Manager is among the military attaches of the Ming army, he is only a middle and low-level military attache.But Lei Ying also knew that among the military officers under Wu Shigong, General Manager was already a very important official position.

At least Lei Ying knew that Qian Qi had been assigned a general official position this time.At that time, in the mountainous area in the north of Runing Mansion, Lei Ying had to ask Qian Qi for instructions on any matter, big or small?And now he can sit on an equal footing with Qian Qi.

Seeing Lei Ying's dazed look, the guards beside him coughed a few times to remind him.Lei Ying came to his senses immediately, and immediately knelt down again, kowtowed excitedly to Wu Shigong and said, "Thank you, my lord. Thank you, my lord. My best wishes to my lord, Lord!" As he spoke, Lei Ying endured I couldn't help but shed tears with a crying sound.

Wu Shigong motioned to the guards on the side to help Lei Ying up, and said with a smile: "As long as you are one-hearted with this officer, this officer will never treat him badly. But you also know that my army has strict military discipline, and the promotion of military officers is also very fast." There are rules. I will choose two paths for you. One is to basically keep the same. But I don’t want to lie to you. Although this path is easier for you, you and your subordinates basically have no hope of promotion in the future. "

"The other way is that you, as the official's personal soldier, go to the personal soldier team to learn all the combat skills. Your subordinates will also be dismantled. Although this road is a bit more difficult, as long as you have military merits in the future, then There is a chance to seal your wife and baby. You should think carefully about which path you want to choose."

After listening to Wu Shigong's words, Lei Ying knelt down again and said to Wu Shigong: "My lord pointed out a golden road to the villain. If the villain doesn't appreciate it, is the villain still a human? The villain is willing to be the adult's personal soldier." , go through fire and water for adults."

When Lei Ying finished his interview with Wu Shigong, and came out to tell the news of his recruitment to the bosses he had brought, those bosses also burst into laughter.

After Wu Shigong's suppression of bandits was over this time, he formally assigned official positions to his subordinates and sued them.

Xue Yongli will be the only thousand household under Wu Shigong, and he will lead the cavalry.Zhou Xun will become deputy Qianhu, leading the mobile infantry.Another deputy general is Xue Yong.He will be the commander of Qianhusuo Fortress.Moreover, as long as it is all affairs in Guide Mansion, they must report to him.

The reason for mentioning Xue Yong, Wu Shigong's oldest guard captain, to this position is that in the near future, Qianhusuo Fortress is definitely Wu Shigong's most important base.

In Guide Mansion, whether it is the militia or Yu Ji's military households, they are actually Wu Shigong's collateral army.Wu Shigong needs to use the force of Qianhusuo Fortress to suppress them.Therefore, it is also very important to choose a commander of Qianhusuo Fortress who is quite loyal to Wu Shigong.

Yu Ji's military households don't need to mention him, Yu Ji and other military officers already have the identity of Gui Dewei's military officer.As the leader of the militia, Wu Shigong chose an officer who was a gambling house guard—Cheng Yi.Take the overall title.

Another thing to mention is that this time Wu Shigong promoted a deputy militia commander named Guo Yun to take the title of general flag.He is a native of Guide Mansion.The reason for his promotion was not only Guo Yun's excellent performance in the military assessment, but also because Guo Yun was the son of a local gentry.This is Wu Shigong's move to appease and win over the local gentry after he killed three local gentry families.

The leader of Li Yaozi's cottage is still Qian Qi, who is in charge.Liang Hui, the commander of the artillery team, took the overall title.Yang Rusong, who performed outstandingly during King Qin's battle this time, was promoted several ranks in a row and became Wu Shigong's personal guard commander, leading the general rank.

And the one who was exceptionally promoted was Chu Ge who contributed hunting strategies in Luanzhou City. He was directly promoted to the position of captain of the centurion, leading the banner.

The rest of the officers also received official posts in the Ming army one after another.When Wu Shigong announced the list of those official positions, all the officers who got the official positions were elated.You know, although they were all officers of Wu Shigong in the past, but now that they have officially sued, they have finally become officials of the Ming Dynasty.How could this not make them overjoyed?

The next thing was for the military officers to hold a banquet to celebrate their promotion.And the nearby gentry also came to congratulate with presents again and again.If it weren't for Wu Shigong, he would have planned to go to the Runing Mansion, and the banquet would probably take more than a month.

Of course, Wu Shigong also participated in several banquets of senior military officers, so I won't say much about the scenes of those banquets.It was just that something happened that made Wu Shigong a little funny.The gentry in many places proposed to marry the women of their own clan to those military officers as wives and concubines.It really led to a few good marriages.

But Wu Shigong didn't expect that the matter of being a husband and wife would happen to him.During a banquet, Lu Yunhuan, who was attending the banquet, pulled Wu Shigong aside, claiming that he wanted to marry one of his nieces to Wu Shigong as a concubine.

Wu Shigong understood Lu Yunhuan's thoughts.This time, Yangzhou salt merchant Qijia did not increase the price of salt for Lu Yunhuan, but raised the price for his own salt.It is absolutely impossible for Lu Yunhuan to not be a little tricky.Lu Yunhuan wanted to make amends with himself. Even his previous suggestion of marrying a woman from his clan had been raised to a higher level, and he wanted to marry a niece of his own.

However, although Lu Yunhuan did not openly target Wu Shigong, and may have some unspeakable secrets in this matter, Wu Shigong always felt a little uncomfortable.And now it is absolutely impossible for Wu Shigong to accept the daughter of the Lu family.

So, Wu Shigong politely rejected Lu Yunhuan with a smile on his face.Wu Shigong thought to himself: "I am a nobleman from the Marquis's Mansion. I am a daughter of your Lu family, a local rich man. Can I come in if I want?"

Before packing up and preparing to move to Runing Mansion, Wu Shigong summoned Xue Zhinong alone.After the meeting, Wu Shigong praised Xue Zhinong's good performance in investigating the situation of the bandits before the bandit suppression, and said to Xue Zhinong: "About the matter of Shanchuantang, my uncle thinks so. Either don't do it, or do it well. .My lord, I think this is how Shanchuantang should do it.”