Crazy at the end of the Ming Dynasty

() In the final analysis, Wu Shigong is preparing to make a scene this time.

Wu Shigong's disturbance this time was not only due to delaying the time for dispatching troops, but also had other purposes in his actions.

In fact, we have already seen it.After Wu Shigong arrived in Henan, he was at a disadvantage everywhere.Although Wu Shigong's attitude in the past was mainly patience, but Wu Shigong is always well aware of his disadvantaged situation.

When Wu Shigong arrived in Henan, he should have won the battle and should not have won the battle. Anyway, all the battles were not lost.But the military salary that should be deducted is the most deducted among all Henan generals.

Although Wu Shigong used to be a good baby on the surface because of dormancy and in order to keep his official position.But no matter how ignorant Wu Shigong was of understanding the officialdom rules of the Ming Dynasty, he had always heard the saying that a crying child gets milk.So this time Wu Shigong was going to cry a lot, and wanted to get some milk from the official circles in Henan.

Anyway, this time it was Henan officials who begged Wu Shigong to go to the battle, if they were capable, they would not give him money, and if another general went to the battle, then Wu Shigong would fall into Wu Shigong's hands!

But there is another more important reason: Wu Shigong was never a person who followed the rules in his previous life.In addition, he already knew that the Ming Dynasty would perish in the original history, so everything Wu Shigong is doing now is to survive in this troubled world.

Of course Wu Shigong didn't know about "butterfly wings" or "elephant legs", and Wu Shigong never considered whether his actions would change history.Because Wu Shigong didn't even know the original history, so how could he know whether it would change the history?

And Wu Shigong didn't think about living and dying with the Ming Dynasty at all, but Wu Shigong knew that the opponents he faced were two behemoths, Li Zicheng's rebel army and Hou Jin's entry army.Therefore, Wu Shigong must establish a force that can compete with them, or at least protect itself.

Therefore, when the current Wu Shigong has a certain strength, he has to find out where he can be offside, and the bottom line that the civil servants of the court can tolerate.So taking advantage of this opportunity to make a fuss properly will have a great impact on how far Wu Shigong can develop in the future.

In a word, Wu Shigong wanted to develop his power to the greatest extent within the maximum tolerance of the court officials.

Of course, this trouble cannot be a mindless trouble, at least it must be well-founded.Therefore, the "secret weapon" sent by Wu Shigong this time is Tao Xin's mother, Tao Shi.

Although the Tao family had some unpleasantness with Wu Shigong when Wu Shigong first arrived at the Qianhu Office.It should be said that she was dealt with by Wu Shigong so much that even her son was forcibly accepted as an apprentice by Wu Shigong.

But what Tao Shi didn't expect was that she got a blessing in disguise.With Wu Shigong's development, a large number of military households in Tao Xin's Thousand Households Office have become the backbone of Wu Shigong's army.

And Tao Xin, who is the future Qianhu of Qianhu (although Tao Xin's official position of Qianhu is hereditary, he still needs to be appointed by the court after he becomes an adult, so now he can only be said to be the future Qianhu), always It is the nominal superior of these military households in the future.

Moreover, the relationship between master and student, master and apprentice in the Ming Dynasty was quite close.In the entire social relationship, it is second only to the father-son relationship of blood.As Wu Shigong with modern thinking, although he loves this apprentice a little because of his well-behaved and capable apprentice, Wu Shigong will not treat Tao Xin really as his nephew after all.

But those other people who don't know the inside story of Runing camp are different, because Tao Xin is Wu Shigong's apprentice, they put Tao Xin in the Runing camp, besides Wu Shigong and his son, they put him in the top position.

And now Tao Xin has also mastered a potential force.That is the Boys' Battalion led by Tao Xin, consisting of more than 700 orphans.

These orphans are now aged between 14 and 16 years old.During the rigorous study in the past few years, they have all learned to read and write, and they are quite skilled in military technology.

What's even more commendable is that because Wu Shigong pulled them all back from the death line, these orphans' loyalty and blind worship to Wu Shigong have reached a level that is difficult to enlighten.

So anyone with a discerning eye can see that in the next three or four years, those orphans will join the army in large numbers and become military officers in Wu Shigong's army.And Tao Xin, the leader of the boy battalion, will also become a pivotal role beside Wu Shigong.

So under this background, Dow has now become a role similar to the Queen Mother in his Thousand Households Office, and everyone holds her up and respects her.Don't live too comfortably in Dow's life!

Therefore, the current Tao Shi has long forgotten the unhappiness with Wu Shigong in the past, and she is completely sitting in the same boat with Wu Shigong now.Therefore, when Wu Shigong personally asked Tao Shi for help, Tao Shi agreed without hesitation.

Of course, Dow is not going to make trouble for no reason.You may still remember that after Dow’s husband, Wu Shigong’s predecessor, Qianhu was forced to commit suicide by Li Bingbeidao, the officialdom in Henan reached an agreement with Dow.

There is a clause in this agreement, that is, before Tao Xin is a minor and has not taken over the official position of Qianhu, Li Bingbei will not ask the Tao family to pay the grain and silver tax paid by Qianhu to the court, and the grain and silver paid by Qianhu The tax will be done by the agent Qianhu of the Qianhu Office.We also all know that the unlucky acting official position of Qianhu finally fell on Wu Shigong.

There was no problem with this agreement at first, but the situation has changed now.Wu Shigong was actually promoted and transferred from the Tao family's thousand-household office to go to Runing Mansion as a garrison.

And because Tao Xin is already 14 years old, and he will be an adult in two years, and can take over his family's hereditary Qianhu official position, so the court did not arrange for a new agent Qianhu to come over.

So now there are differences in this agreement.From the perspective of the Tao family, before Tao Xin was a minor, of course the Tao family should not be responsible for paying the grain and silver tax.From Li Bingbeidao's point of view, the Tao family could not bear this responsibility, but the food and silver tax of the Qianhusuo is the tax of the imperial court, and it is absolutely not allowed to be exempted.It just needs the other military officers of the Thousand Households Office to help the Tao family hand over.

There is another problem, because Li Bingbeidao has opinions on Wu Shigong, so he didn't exempt the grain and silver tax of Qianhusuo at all.You must know that due to the severe drought in Henan, the thousand households in various places have more or less exempted some grain and silver taxes, that is, the Tao family's thousand households should pay a lot of grain and silver taxes.

Although last year, in order to avoid conflicts with Li Bingbei, Wu Shigong recognized the grain and silver tax, so that the military salary that Wu Shigong's Runing camp should receive was much less.

But starting from this year, the food and silver tax of Qianhusuo can no longer be counted on Wu Shigong's head.And this must be an unbearable thing for the Tao family.

Therefore, whether it is public or private, Dow will definitely go to Li Bingbeidao to make trouble.Although to ordinary people, this government office and officials are high-ranking existences, but to Tao Shi, who had a victory experience, she didn't feel any stage fright at all.Of course, Wu Shigong would not let Tao Shi take too many risks, after all, Tao Shi is also Tao Xin's mother.

That's why Wu Shigong had already arranged for the soldiers of the Thousand Households Office in the Ming Dynasty, and disguised them as Tao's servants.In the dark, there are also members of the Shanchuan Division Action Team who accompanied Dow to Kaifeng City, ready to protect Dow's safety at any time.