Crazy at the end of the Ming Dynasty

() Hearing Wu Shigong's murderous shout, Qiao Song, who was sitting on the chair for some reason, immediately softened his legs and knelt down in front of Wu Shigong.In the final analysis, although this Qiao Song is a Qianhu, he is only a Qianhu in the Qianhu Office in the hinterland of Henan. This ancestor has never encountered a war in several lifetimes, so when Wu Shigong's threatening words reached his ears Qiao Song was immediately frightened.

However, although Qiao Song almost peed his pants in fright at first, he was also a member of the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty after all. He knelt on the ground but he immediately reacted.This Wu Shoubei doesn't seem to have the right to dispose of himself!

In the Ming Dynasty, or in any feudal dynasty, the power to appoint and remove any official can only be attributed to the emperor alone, that is to say, even the chief assistant cannot remove a nine-rank sesame official. question.Therefore, Wu Shigong has no right to remove Qiao Song from the position of a thousand households.

Not to mention killing officials.We see imperial envoys killing corrupt officials with Shangfang sword in the drama seems to be very enjoyable, but it is not like this at all in reality.

In the Ming Dynasty, the emperor would have to collude even the killing of a commoner, and it was unimaginable for imperial envoys to kill officials casually.Only under extremely special circumstances, such as when someone rebels or deserts on the battlefield, will the boss kill officials like this.

And now, Qiao Song only verbally told Wu Shigong that he didn't want to go to war.Even if Wu Shigong arrests Qiao Song and reports to him at that time, Qiao Song won't deny it?Anyway, Wu Shigong has no written evidence that Qiao Song is unwilling to go out.

At that time, Qiao Song would at most bring his military households from the Qianhu Office, and after singing a few high-profile sentences, he would follow Wu Shigong to the expedition.Qiao Song also figured it out, as long as he arrived in Liaodong, Qiao Song would stick to Wu Shigong like a slug, then his own safety would be guaranteed.But no matter what, let's deal with Wu Shigong in front of him first.

So Qiao Song also felt that his legs had strength again, and he wanted to struggle to stand up and continue to argue with Wu Shigong.But at this moment, the soldiers guarding Wu Shigong outside the hall, after hearing Wu Shigong's scolding, led by Yang Rusong, they drew their waist knives and rushed in.

After Wu Shigong was assassinated, the guard work around Wu Shigong was greatly strengthened.So today, hearing Wu Shigong's scolding, Yang Rusong led the guards into the hall without hesitation.

Yang Rusong's personal soldiers are all people who have fought on the battlefield, so their aura is very powerful.So when they glared at Qiao Song, and the gleaming sharp knife dangled in front of Qiao Song again, Qiao Song's legs went limp again, his spine seemed to be pulled out, and he lay on the ground like a puddle of mud. With a crying sound, he kept begging Wu Shigong for mercy: "Wu Shoubei! Master Wu! I'm humble... A villain is also loyal to the emperor and patriotic! The villain is willing to go to war, please forgive me!"

Wu Shigong waved his hand to stop Yang Rusong and the others from moving, and then asked leisurely, "Oh? So how many troops does Qiao Qianhu plan to bring with me to go out with me?"

Hearing Wu Shigong's tone seemed to have room for negotiation, Qiao Song also felt some strength in his body, he raised his head, and said to Wu Shigong: "The villain can gather 300 people..."

Before Qiao Song could finish speaking, Wu Shigong slapped the table again and cursed loudly: "Are you so loyal and patriotic? Are you just making trouble with me like this?"

Qiao Song was so frightened that his face was full of tears and snot, he quickly kowtowed and said, "That's 500 people. There can't be more! This is already a military household owned by the villain Qianhu, please learn from me!"

"Then tell me, how many military households do you have in this thousand households? How many farms?"

Being scolded again by Wu Shigong, Qiao Song was so frightened that he lay on the ground speechless.

In fact, Wu Shigong's purpose of intimidating Qiao Song was not to let the military households of Qiao Song's Thousand Households go to war, nor was it to extort Qiao Song's money.

Wu Shigong himself was also a person who worked as a thousand-household office. He knew the decline of the guards in the Ming Dynasty, and he knew that it was impossible to get much benefit from the thousand-household office.The reason why Wu Shigong wanted to do this was to completely control Qiao Song's Thousand Households.

Among the two prefectures and counties under Wu Shigong's current control, the central and northern areas of Runing Mansion are completely controlled by Wu Shigong's own Runing Camp, so there is no need to worry at all.

The Guide Mansion is because Wu Shigong has mastered the core force of Guidewei, coupled with the good relationship and relative relationship between Wu Shigong and the military officers of Guidewei at all levels (this is the relationship between Wu Shigong's apprentice Tao Xin and the military officer of Guidewei. There is also the relationship that many of Wu Shigong's military officers are from Guidewei military households).In addition, among the officials and gentry of Guide Mansion, the most influential Hou Mansion and Wu Shigong became an alliance (of course, Hou Mansion thought it was Wu Shigong's backer).Therefore, Wu Shigong's control in Guidewei is also very tight.

As for the two counties in Nanyang Prefecture, with Wu Shigong and Li Lu's relatives, as well as Wu Shigong's soldiers stationed there, the control is also very strong.

As far as Wu Shigong's control is relatively weak, it is the southern area of ​​Runing Mansion where Qiao Song's Qianhu is stationed.In the past, in order to prevent any friction with Qiao Song, a thousand households, and to avoid attracting the attention of his superiors and civil servants, Wu Shigong did not send any people to the south of Runing Mansion except for setting up a few Zhuangzi. soldiers.

But now with such a good opportunity, Wu Shigong decided to put Qiao Song's Thousand Households under his complete control.Before he went north to fight, in his own control area, complete this last piece of the puzzle.

In addition, for Wu Shigong, it is also very important to have more than 1000 soldiers in Qiao Song's Thousand Households Office.After all, Wu Shigong's number of soldiers has already exceeded his rated number of soldiers. If he can dilute it like this, it can also play a role in covering up.

Wu Shigong estimated that if he added hundreds of his own soldiers to Qiao Song's Thousand Households Office, and then recruited some military households in Qiao Song's Thousand Households Office, with his current financial resources, he could barely support himself.

But now Wu Shigong doesn't have the ability to expand the territory and increase the number of soldiers.Unless there is a big change in the external environment, otherwise, Wu Shigong can only develop to this extent at this stage.

So Wu Shigong slapped the table again and scolded Qiao Song: "How many soldiers can the Qianhu Institute send out? I don't need to tell Qiao Qianhu more? How can you send 500 soldiers? Now, you still want to deceive Sir?"

"No! No!" Qiao Song quickly denied, "Master Wu is a bright lesson!" Then Qiao Song quickly introduced the situation of his Thousand Households.

In fact, Wu Shigong basically knew all about those situations. What kind of folk gentry forcibly occupied the land of the guard!Military households have fled!The severe drought failed the harvest! ...

Of course, Wu Shigong was only concerned about Qiao Song's introduction of his Qianhu Office.From Qiao Song's introduction, Wu Shigong learned that among Qiao Song's thousand households, there are only more than 500 military households and more than 2 mu of land.

After understanding all the situation, Wu Shigong once again practiced iron sand palms on the table. He taught Qiao Song a lesson: "The state is in danger, and it is because you are living up to the emperor's favor and neglecting your duties."

"Come here!" Wu Shigong told Yang Rusong, "Arrange Qiao Qianhu to take care of it. Then send someone to Qiao Qianhu's Qianhu Office to rectify this Qianhu Office."