Lord of the House

In the end, two brigades of Jia soldiers entered Wenqiao. Except for one battalion of Jia soldiers who took over the defense of Wenqiao Town, the main force was stationed in the camp in the north of the town.

The Huaidong Army recaptured Wen Qiao on behalf of the imperial court. Most people in Wen Qiao town were indifferent. It was nothing more than a change of officials to collect grain and tax, and life would go on the same.

The battle against Wen Qiao was not too intense. Apart from the annihilation of most of the soldiers loyal to the provincial governor's office in southern Zhejiang, more than 100 villagers were recruited and wounded. In a monastery in the town.

The family of the deceased child is naturally heartbroken and took the corpse and wrapped it in a straw mat for burial; the child was given to the family who was detained in a centralized manner, although the big family in the town promised that the Huaidong Army would release the person and let them pass the guilt, but they did not see anyone giving it to them. Putting it back, I felt very uneasy.

Even the big households in the town were apprehensive, worried that the imperial court would hold them accountable, that the Huaidong Army would loot and extort the area, and that the Zhejiang and Fujian rebels would come back.

The big households in the town, headed by Hu Mingjie, the uncle of the Hu family, surrounded Zuo Shixiong who had come to persuade him to surrender, complaining and showing loyalty; at the same time, they did not dare to neglect, and on the night of the 29th, several households gathered ten carts of grain, five cows, Fifty sheep and two thousand taels of silver were sent to the camp in Zhenbei overnight.

However, the Zhenbei Camp said that the local donated materials would be received by other officials sent by the military department, and the military could only redeem food, cattle and sheep and other materials at market prices. Not to mention that the money was confiscated, and two large bags of copper coins were brought back, the big households in the town were even more uneasy.

A dozen people gathered in the Hu family mansion, looking at the two bags of copper coins in worry.

In addition to gold and silver ingots in the world, the most widely circulated is making money.

According to the law, only the Ministry of Industry of Jiangning has the right to mint coins. In fact, private minting has been repeatedly prohibited in the local area. After the power of the military commander became stronger, the casting of coins through molds has become a semi-public method for the military commander to raise military funds. Those who follow the rules, melt copper and cast money, and the weight is also sufficient; those who do not obey the rules, use inferior iron to cast money; there are more rogues, and directly add the words "worth five coins" and "worth ten coins" to the money. Use as five or ten.

Locally raised coins are used to pay salaries and to redeem materials from the localities, and eventually all the money goes to the localities.

In just two or three years, Jianghuai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, and two lakes, including the Zhejiang and Fujian areas controlled by the luxury family, have fallen into complete chaos.

Last year, Huaidong officially set up a coinage bureau to open molds to cast coins, abandoned square holes to make coins, and directly minted copper coins.

The Huaidong Army invaded the coastal areas of southern Zhejiang and eastern Fujian, and implemented a strategy of forced expropriation and forced redemption against the gentry. While reducing the degree of local resistance, it also ensured that more supplies would be obtained from these areas.

The big households in Wenqiao Town have long seen the appearance of Huaidong copper coins.

The most common Huaidong copper yuan is ten coins, that is, ten pieces of old-fashioned coins. Ordinarily it is shameless enough, but the Huaidong copper coins are relatively abundant, the copper color is delicate and the patterns are exquisite, and it is absolutely difficult to imitate. Compared with the shoddy money making in the local area, ordinary people know that Huaidong copper coins are precious. The coastal areas of southern Zhejiang and eastern Fujian are not very popular with Huaidong copper coins.

The big households in the town are not worried about the two bags of Huaidong copper coins, but they can't figure out the attitude behind the Huaidong Military Division's refusal to reward the army and insist on redemption. This year, when the talented people encountered soldiers, the reason is unclear. The Huaidong Military Division represented the imperial court to conquer Zhejiang and Fujian. If they were brutally slaughtered and plundered into Wenqiao Town, they would have no place to file their grievances.

Zuo Shixin followed the army to another place to persuade him to surrender. The big family in the town, headed by Hu Renjie, had no one to listen to the news for a while, and he and his family had children who had been detained in a centralized custody because of their participation in the village brave. overnight.

In the early morning of the 30th, the officials sent by Huaidong to take over did not go ashore and enter Wenqiao.

Huaidong quickly set up an inspection department in Wenqiao. The first inspector was Tang Xitai, one of the Chongzhou meat ticket teenagers.

Tang Xitai served as a subordinate officer in Jianling and presided over the inspection of fields and acres for more than two years. Although he was just over the age of a weak crown, he was able to handle affairs, calm and measured, and had the status of a scholar. He served as Wen Qiao's inspection, which could reduce the local mentality.

Tang Xitai delayed for a day in Yueqing, and after leading his squires ashore at the small port of Genwu in the south of Wenqiao, he did not enter the town immediately, but first went to the camp in Zhenbei to see Chen Zui.

Although Tang Xitai did not enter the town, he was wearing a lake-blue ninth-grade civilian uniform. In the past two days, he was very conspicuous among the landing generals armed with swords and armor, which immediately attracted the attention of the townspeople.

Hu Renjie, the uncle of the Hu family, came out after hearing the news, and wanted to intercept him halfway through to see him. Tang Xitai and others had already passed the town and entered the Zhenbei camp. Although there was no one waiting, Hu Renjie and the others were inconvenient to retreat, so they waited under the archway.

Seeing a group of scumbags also gathered to discuss what not to spread out, Hu Renjie was afraid of causing the unhappiness and unnecessary worry of Huaidong taking over the officials, so he sent his servants to drive them away.

The family member went back and returned, saying: "I heard that there is someone over there, there is a general in the town just now, who seems to be the second son of the widow Hu's family in the east of town!"

"Who?" Hu Renjie couldn't remember who was coming?

"A few years ago, I was recruited by the Taizhou Prefecture Secretary to go to the north where King Qin died there?" Someone next to Hu Renjie thought of such a person.

"Flax monkey?" Hu Renjie vaguely remembered that such a person was still a child of the Hu clan, but he was too far away, and his impression was vague. Besides, the last time the Zhejiang soldier went to the north of Qin was the ninth year of Chongguan, and this year is Yongxing. It's been two years, "The Flax Monkey didn't die, and it's still a general of the Huaidong Army. It's too funny. They didn't see it?"

"Probably not wrong, not only the second son of Widow Hu's family, but also Tang Gui from Qianxu, and a boy from Zhong'ao, who couldn't name them for a while. Stop," Jiading replied, "someone has already called Widow Hu over there."

"That's probably not wrong," someone said next to him, "Oh, by the way, the third son of Widow Hu's family is still imprisoned in the big temple..."

Hu Renjie was stunned for a while, and became confused for a while. When Widow Hu, whose face was as dry as a tree, snotted her nose and gave her tears to the villagers, she came to look for her son, and Hu Renjie recovered. Hu Renjie hurriedly invited the old woman, who was always annoying to him, and let the old woman sit on the couch. Seeing the thin clothes of the old woman, he kindly took off the fox fur on her body and gave it to the old woman. People wear them, and they are more kissable than their own mothers. The old woman, Widow Hu, was at a loss...

Almost at the end of the day, Chen Zhucai and Tang Xitai came to Wenqiao Town, and the Flax Monkeys also came along in the queue.

Hu Renjie led a dozen people from the Wen Qiao squire to come to greet him. Widow Hu really saw her son come back to life. She stood in the middle of the crowd wearing armor and holding a knife. "Hemp monkey, Sanwazi is about to be beheaded. You have to save Sanwazi..."

Chen Zhu and Tang Xitai were also confused. A bunch of people explained it with tongues for a long time, only to know that the third brother of the flax monkey and the town's Xiang Yong were detained in the town's monastery after disarming.

Tang Xitai looked at Chen Zhe and asked, "Director Chen, what do you think of it?"

Chen Zhu had the most headache. He saw that the deputy inspector who came with Tang Xitai was crying with an old woman in the local area, and he knew that they were family members. Come over to deal with local affairs, these things are naturally up to you; I have to quickly pull everyone out!"

Tang Xitai then walked over with a smile, helped the flax monkey and the old woman up, and said, "Jinxiong, it's a great joy for you to return to your hometown to meet your mother today," he said to Hu Renjie and other local squires, "Wen Qiao. The village elders were forced to follow the thieves, and there were twists and turns. The Huaidong Army Division had already observed it. This time, a representative of the Huaidong Army will be in charge of the place, and will also represent the Huaidong Army Division to pardon the unintentional mistakes of the village elders of Wen Qiao. There is absolutely no intention to pursue them. , I also ask the village elders of Wen Qiao to put down their worries..." At the same time, he introduced to Hu Renjie and other local squires, more than a dozen Taizhou military attachés headed by Hu Jinxiong, the flax monkey, after he got up.

The Flax Monkey had no name and was one of the captured Zhejiang soldiers in the Battle of Yangxin. He moved to Jinhai for resettlement. He became known as Hu Jinxiong in Jinhai, and was later incorporated into the Tianjin Navy to defend the city. After Huaidong, he entered the war training school for training, and was just promoted to deputy sentry general. This time, he was transferred to serve as the deputy inspector to assist Tang Xitai in presiding over the local military preparations in Wen Qiao.

Huaidong considered that after occupying southern Zhejiang, in addition to managing local taxes and taxes, he also organized local military equipment effectively. In this way, it can not only control the southern Zhejiang more effectively, but also draw brave soldiers from southern Zhejiang to supplement the shortage of troops in the southern Zhejiang battlefield.

In the past, most of the local military equipment was in the hands of the local nobles. Even if the extravagant family ruled Fujian, it mainly depended on the power of the clan. After occupying the two Zhejiang provinces, it also adopted the governance principle of the extravagant family governing the city and the noble gentry governing the township. Controlling key cities and defensive villages, the power is not enough to penetrate all aspects of southern Zhejiang.

Lin Fuzhi Huaidong, one of the fundamental means is to suppress local forces quietly. Under the prefectures and counties, the inspection divisions are widely set up. On the one hand, the original local military equipment is abolished, and the inspection division directly under the jurisdiction of the military division reorganizes the local military equipment to achieve the purpose of replacing them.

Generally speaking, local forces do not have the ambition to compete for dominance, but are mainly concerned with the gain and loss of land rights and farmland. The Huaidong Military Department's extensive establishment of the Inspection Department did not increase the burden on the local area, but also stabilized the local public security day by day, which was generally welcomed by the local area.

This successful experience, Lin Fu naturally wants to use it in southern Zhejiang.

In addition to Tang Xitai, Luo Chengyi, Zhu Ai and other large numbers of officers drawn from Huaidong this time, nearly 100 grass-roots military attaches from southern Zhejiang, including Hu Jinxiong, were also selected to serve as slaves. Fundamentally control the use of grassroots forces in southern Zhejiang.

Chen Zhe ordered all the soldiers in the town to be evacuated and moved to the main camp in the north of the town, and officially handed over Wen Qiao to Tang Xitai to take over. Chen Zhuo was busy with military affairs, and he was too lazy to deal with the local gentry. The Huaidong Army's principle of governing the army is also strictly restricting the army's involvement in local affairs. After the handover here, Chen Zui did not enter the town, so he went directly to the Zhenbei Camp.

Along with Tang Xitai and Hu Jinxiong into Wenqiao, apart from the officials and the military attache, there were only a dozen or so soldiers. However, with the army stationed on the side, twenty or thirty people are more than enough to maintain local order. The key is to organize local affairs and armaments as soon as possible.

Tang Xitai and Hu Renjie and other local squires dealt with it. Hu Jinxiong, with his mother and more than a dozen soldiers, went to the temple to take over the more than 300 villagers who were imprisoned there. First, calm down the people who were afraid and speculated.

The locals were afraid of the soldiers, and the armored soldiers with piercing armor and knives withdrew, and Tang Xitai and other officials came to take over, and the minds of the local squires were mostly settled. It's reasonable to say that you don't have to worry about your life being threatened; what's more, there are many military attaches from Wenling who came with Tang Xitai.

The terrain of Wen Qiao is important, and the provincial governor's office in southern Zhejiang also set up an inspection department in Wen Qiao to control the area, and Tang Xitai will naturally take over the office of its public office in the hospital. First went to the public hall to greet each other for a while, and then Tang Xitai and Hu Renjie and other local squires went to the big temple in the town to visit the more than 300 villagers who were imprisoned there.

Hu Jinxiong came first with his mother and some military attachés from Wenling, and all the guards outside the temple had been withdrawn. Tang Xitai and the others walked in, and Hu Jinxiong was sitting on the ground, telling his experiences over the years in a local accent. Standing behind him and supporting his mother was a black and strong young man, who thought it was Hu Jinxiong's younger brother Sanwazi. My QT room is open! More vulgar official QT room number [9167] Click to enter