Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 254
He Tengjiao brought the main force to Yuezhou, and the city of Changsha was extremely empty. Only General Long Jianming led two thousand old and weak guards. As soon as Wang Yan's soldiers arrived, Du Yinxi, in the name of Hunan governor, let him open the city gate.

Wang Yan's more than [-] troops rushed into the city immediately.

After the fall of Wuchang, Changsha became the center of the land of Huguang, and the money and grain of each government had to be transferred to Changsha City for storage.

As soon as Wang Yan entered Changsha, he first rescued Wu Jinxi and Yan Qiheng, and found 40 dans of grain and grass that had been impounded by He Tengjiao.

After the army entered the city, Wang Yan sent troops to guard the grain depots and government treasuries in Changsha City. The grain, grass and taxes that He Tengjiao had plundered in the past year were all under Wang Yan's control.

Now that the Qing soldiers have returned to Wuchang, and He Tengjiao has 10 troops in Yuezhou, Wang Yan doesn't have to worry about Luck Dehun attacking again.

Over the past few months, there have been many wars, and the Qing army has killed more than 6 people. Among them, more than 3 people have died, and the Green Battalion has also been beheaded. More than [-] people, besides In addition, there are also green battalion soldiers who were killed and fled. I am afraid there are tens of thousands of them. The Qing army is completely at a disadvantage in Huguang and can only retreat in the Wuchang area.

When Wang Yan came to Changsha, the army finally stabilized, so the previous military exploits had to be rewarded. He had already written a memorial to Fujing. Can't get it out.

The strength of the army lies in the clear rewards and punishments, so if the imperial court can't pay the money, then he has to raise it himself.

Originally, Wang Yan worried that the 60 taels of silver in his hands would not be enough to reward him, but the 80 taels of silver in the Changsha treasury saved him from worrying about money for the time being.

Wang Yanding's rewards were ten taels for the head of the Eight Banners, five taels for the head of the Green Camp, plus the bonus of the officer's head, 50 won, and 10 taels was spent at once, plus the Gao Yi Gong Department, the Manda Zhuang Department, The military salary reissued by the Houyong Camp immediately cost another [-] taels.

Wang Yan did not use his own money this time, but spent the silver in the Changsha government treasury. His army was fighting in Huguang, and the salary should be borne by Huguang.

Du Yinxi complained about this, thinking that Wang Yan's reward was too generous, but Wang Yan insisted on paying the silver salary according to the previous promise.

On the school field, more than [-] people and horses were lined up neatly. In front of them stood Wang Yan and other officials, as well as nearly a hundred clerks holding merit books. of silver.

"Payment~" Wang Yan looked at the army, shouted, and then waved his hand, and the boxes of silver were carried to the clerk.

"I pay my salary, the people's fat and the people's anointment."

"To get this silver now, I will protect the emperor and the people."

When tens of thousands of people heard Wang Yan's words, they immediately shouted in unison, and then lined up in a hundred rows to receive the reward. After each soldier received the money from the scribe, he must shout: "Thank you, Lord, for paying the salary~"

The [-] soldiers who followed Wang Yan to Changsha finished paying their salaries, and Li Suiqiu organized manpower to transport the salaries to the soldiers stationed in Jingzhou and Xinqiang before distributing them.

When Wang Yan rewarded the army with the money collected by He Tengjiao in Changsha City, He Tengjiao, who was in Yuezhou City, had already vomited blood and fainted from anger.

Wang Yan went south to Changsha, which made all his previous plans come to nothing. It was even more miserable than Zhou Yu who lost his wife and lost his army. He was the governor of Huguang, but he was a frontier official who controlled Chu, but now he was blocked in Yuezhou He was like a small magistrate in the city, and what was even more frightening was that he had to face the threat of the Qing army in Wuchang. He was really ashamed and angry to the extreme.

At this time He Tengjiao had no choice but to suppress Wang Yan, but was suppressed by Wang Yan. He wanted to lead troops back to Changsha several times, but was stopped by Man Dazhuang and Li Guo in Xinqianghe.

The land of Yuezhou can't support [-] soldiers. It turned out that Wang Yan was looking for him to negotiate, but now it was He Tengjiao who wrote the memorial and fiercely participated in Wang Yan, and at the same time sent Fu Shangrui to Changsha to seek reconciliation with Wang Yan.

In the Changsha mansion, Wang Yan has lived in Changsha for some time, how to act in the future, how to manage the land, how to recover the lost land, all need a plan and a big strategy.

At the city gate, a group of cavalry guarded a middle-aged man in a scarf and Taoist uniform, quickly passed through the city gate, and then rushed into the government office.

Wang Yan was notified, so he was already waiting outside the mansion. When he saw the cavalry, he immediately helped the middle-aged man hold the reins, and said respectfully: "Brother, you have worked hard all the way."

"As the Duke of the state, Shi Heng should be dignified!" The middle-aged man was Wang Fuzhi, who was invited by Wang Yan from Jingzhou to Changsha to help him as a political counselor.

"In front of my elder brother, how dare you trust me to you." Wang Yan smiled, and stretched out his hand to invite Wang Fuzhi to enter the mansion.

Seeing this, Wang Fuzhi shook his head and followed him into the mansion.

In the study room, the candles were flickering. Wang Yan didn't have much business management, so he had to ask Wang Fuzhi for many things.

The two talked about the general trend of the world from people's livelihood, taxation, and commerce. In other words, it took 15 years for those who were safe; Later Qin attacked Han and Wei day and night and Qi did not save them, and when Han and Wei perished, Qi and Chu followed suit. Today, seven or eight out of ten will return to the Qing court, which is very important. If Mount Tai is better than Qin in the past. But within my Han family, there are complex factions. The Lu Fan in eastern Zhejiang is weaker than Han and Wei. Although Shiheng won in Huguang, the overall situation has not changed. Today the Lu Fan If it fell to the Manchus, Fujian would also be in danger. Cherish the power of the world, Jin destroyed Shu and Han and Wu perished, Eight Kings killed themselves and Liu Shiqiang was strong, Yuan destroyed Jin and Song perished and gained speed; the trend of ancient and modern times can be clearly seen.”

Wang Yan couldn't help showing a trace of melancholy when he heard the words: "The situation has come to this, brother, do you have a plan to turn things around, can you teach me?"

After pondering for a moment, Wang Fuzhi said: "Fang today, the Manchus monopolize seven or eight. However, they came to Huaxia with foreign races and controlled the big ones with small clans. The foundation is not solid. Shiheng is now across states and counties, sitting in the land of Jingchu and Guangnan. There are hundreds of thousands of strong soldiers, enough to support the southwest. Today, the main force of the Qing army is in the south of the Yangtze River, in the land of Jingchu, occupying Han and Mian in the north, and exploiting the South China Sea. Connecting together, and then connecting with Zhang Xianzhong in the west and Fujian and Jiangxi in the east, so that Xianzhong is in the process of tackling key problems, and Shi Heng will go to Wuchang to hunt Jinling, and then the tripartite will be able to succeed!"

After listening, Wang Yan nodded and said, "Good!"

The next day, Wang Yansui negotiated with Du Yinxi and sent letters to various prefectures in Hunan, ordering the prefects and county magistrates to come to Changsha to obey orders. Go south to Chen and Heng to attach the place.

(End of this chapter)