Tang Yin laughed, waved his hand and said, "I'm the head of the county with all your adults. You call yourself an officer. I don't deserve it!"

The head of the seven counties hurriedly said, "Lord Tang is the hero of my strong wind. It's not too much for us to call ourselves."

Tang Yin stopped arguing about the matter. He waved and said, "all adults, please sit down!"

The seven counties bowed their hands and took their seats.

Tang Yin looked around and saw that the seats were full. He clapped his hands. Soon, the servants poured in and delivered the wine and vegetables one by one. At present, there are no real servants in Tang Yin's house. They are all temporarily served by his personal guards. After delivering the wine and vegetables, the guards did not retreat, but stood behind the people.

This is etiquette. When the guests finish drinking, the servants should immediately come forward and fill up with wine, but now the servants are replaced by bodyguards wearing steel armor. They are tall and strong, with knives around their waists, standing behind the heads of the counties, making people feel cool at the back of their necks.

Tang Yin, no matter what the people thought, picked up his wine glass, glanced at them one by one, and said positively, "may I calm down the civil strife, peace and prosperity of the country as soon as possible. Come on, gentlemen and generals, let's have a toast!"

"Dry!" All the people drank their glasses together.

Tang Yin put down his glass and said slowly, "there are 15 counties in the Feng country. After Zhong Tian killed the king and usurped the throne, except for my Tianyuan County, 14 counties respect Zhong Tian as the leader. It's really sad!"

This made all the heads of the counties present a red face, including the first Zhao Hui in Guan Nan county, who first took up Tang Yin.

"Lord Tang..."

Without waiting for the heads of the counties to explain, Tang Yin grinned, nodded and said, "of course, I can understand your difficulties. I can also take your actions as a wise person to protect myself and endure humiliation."

Hoo! All of them booed at the same time.

Tang Yin continued: "now I have internal and external troubles, and my life and death are tied to the front line. I hope you can work together with me and the imperial court to calm internal troubles and resist foreign enemies. You and I should not only be ministers of the same Dynasty, but also brothers like brothers. What do you say, gentlemen?"

"Yes, yes, yes! What Lord Tang said is very true!" Tang Yin's words were so high sounding that the county chiefs dared not say anything else. They nodded and agreed.

Tang Yin said, "since we are brothers, we don't distinguish between you and me. Now Zhong Tian and Ning Jun are in Wancheng. We should concentrate our efforts to completely eliminate the enemy. It's not enough to rely on me alone. We also need your full support!"

After all, I finally got to the point. The county chiefs are not fools either. They are smarter than each other. According to Tang Yin's words, they obviously come to ask for money from their own people.

Sure enough, Tang Yin paused a little and said, "the counties don't directly confront the forces of Zhong Tian now. It's useless for the county soldiers to stay in the counties. It's better to dispatch them to Yancheng and destroy the enemy together with our Tianyuan army. What do you mean?"

"This..." Zhao Bo, the head of Shangqing County, said with a look of embarrassment: "Lord Tang, the county soldiers had been sent out as early as when Ning army attacked the capital. Later, they were dismissed by Lord Tang and have not been collected back until now. There are really no soldiers to send!"

"Ha ha!" Tang Yin laughed and said, "Lord Zhao is too modest. As far as I know, there are not a few newly recruited soldiers in each county, ranging from 10000 to 20000 to 40000 or 50000. If you say there are no soldiers in your hands, you will deceive me that Tang Yin is ignorant."

Ah? Zhao Bo took a breath. Tang Yin was really powerful. He even found out the situation of all counties.

Gollum! Zhao Bo swallowed his mouth and spit. He responded quickly. He immediately changed his mouth and said with a smile: "Lord Tang has a clear insight and admiration. At present, Shangqing county has indeed recruited a new group of soldiers, a total of 20000 people, but most of them are recruits. I'm afraid they can't do anything on the battlefield."

Tang Yin nodded and said, "recruits will become veterans after a few big battles. Besides, the capital also needs our soldiers to garrison. Lord Zhao, your 20000 County troops can be transferred to the capital!"

"Oh..." now the county capitals of all counties regard the troops as their lifeblood. Tang Yin said that they should go. Zhao Bo looked embarrassed and wanted to refuse, but he didn't know how to speak.

Seeing this, Tang Yin raised her eyebrows, poked her head, and asked with a smile, "what? Does Lord Zhao still have to hide his privacy when the country is in crisis? Is your county army my strong wind army or your private army?"

This made Zhao Bo fight a cold war. It also made the bodyguards all over the room turn their heads and look at Zhao Bo. They had sharp eyes, put their hands on the handle of the knife and looked at his posture. It seemed that they would rush forward and break his body at any time.

Zhao Bo, kneeling on the mat, hurried to his feet, bowed his hands at Tang Yin and said in a trembling voice, "next... I dare not hide the army and soldiers. My Lord will check it!" After a pause, he immediately said, "as long as the adult has an order, the officer will do it according to the adult's instructions!"

"Yes!" Tang Yin nodded with satisfaction, pointed to Zhao Bo and smiled at the people around him: "this is my loyal minister and my brother. Lord Zhao doesn't need to care about your county soldiers. If you can destroy Zhong Tian one day, Lord Zhao will also make a great contribution. At that time, I will ask the court to play and give a great reward to Lord Zhao!"

"Thank you, Lord Tang, thank you, Lord Tang!" Now Zhao Bo doesn't dare to ask for a reward. He just wants to be safe.

"Lord Zhao, please take your seat!" After appeasing Zhao Bo, Tang Yin looked at Yu Yi, the head of Tai'an County, sitting on his left hand and said with a smile, "Lord Yu, how many soldiers are there in Tai'an County?"

Yu Yi was born as a military general. He is also quite upright and has a hot temper. Tang Yin said he came to invite them to dinner, but in fact he came to seize military power. It's extremely hateful. Yu Yi, with a cold face, said in a deep voice, "only 10000 or 20000."

"Only ten or twenty thousand?" Tang Yin stared directly at Yu Yi.

Yu Yi repressed his anger, took a deep breath and said, "no more than 30000..."

Before his voice fell, Tang Yin youyou said, "among the counties, Tai'an County has the largest number of soldiers, with a total of 50000. Lord Yu, I don't know?"

As soon as Yu Yi's face changed, he couldn't help looking at Tang Yin in surprise. Tang Yin is right. There are indeed 50000 soldiers in Tai'an County, but Yu Yi kept it a secret and never mentioned it. I don't understand how Tang Yin knew.

He didn't know that since entering the capital, Tang Yin began to use the two intelligence organizations of Tianyan and underground network to strictly investigate the military strength of each county. He started by relying on the county soldiers. He knew how strong a county could be. If all counties support the soldiers and respect themselves, it would be difficult to ensure that there would be no trouble in each county even if Zhong Tian was eliminated.

Tang Yin had already made up his mind to cancel all the county soldiers and make a unified plan to the central army. The soldiers in the county can only obey the dispatch of the capital, and the head of the county has no right to move. Now he took the opportunity of inviting the heads of counties to drink and took away their military power, which has eliminated future troubles.

Yu Yi looked at Tang Yin for a moment, and then said, "even if I have 50000 County troops in Tai'an, what is Lord Tang going to do?"

Tang Yin said lightly: "of course, he was transferred to the capital to help eliminate the national thieves."

"Ha ha!" Yu Yi smiled and said, "Lord Tang is the head of the county, and I am also the head of the county. I think Lord Tang has no right to give orders to me! Besides, dispatching the county army requires at least the written instructions of the general or Zuo Xiang. I don't know Lord Tang..."

Before he finished speaking, Tang Yin suddenly waved his arm and slapped Yu Yi on the cheek.

His move was too fast and too sudden. Yu Yi, who was born as a military general, was totally unprepared and was hit on the cheek by Tang Yin.

Just listening to the snap, Yu Yi, who was sitting behind the table, rolled directly to the table. Just for a moment, the latter's half face swelled up. He sat up on the ground, raised his head, looked at Tang Yin in surprise and horror, and couldn't react for a moment.

He couldn't believe that Tang Yin would slap himself in the face in public.

At this time, Tang Yin's face was gloomy. He pointed to Yu Yi below and said coldly, "I take you as a brother and reason with you, but you think my words are Farting! You're just the head of a county. When the country is in danger, you don't want to repay your loyalty and only seek personal interests. What kind of minister are you? What kind of loyalty? Get out of here!"

"Tang Yin, you..."

Yu Yi finally reacted. As soon as he was about to speak, the bodyguards around the hall rushed up, couldn't help saying, and pulled Yu Yi out.

Before Yi was dragged out of the hall, Tang Yin shouted, "Xiao MuQing, listen to the order!"

"The end will come!"

Hearing Tang Yin's voice, Xiao MuQing stood up, stepped forward, knelt on one knee and stepped in to salute.

"The head of Tai'an County is Yi. He doesn't listen to the imperial court and secretly hides the heart of rebellion. It is said that you will command the plain army and go out to fight!"

"I will obey!"

Yu Yi, who was dragged out by the guards, was foolish. He never dreamed that Tang Yin would put on a big hat of rebellion and send troops to fight against him so soon. Is that enough?

"Lord Tang... Lord Tang, listen to me..."

"Need another bullshit explanation?!" Tang Yin narrowed her eyes and said, "I'm a man who keeps my word. Since it's written in the letter calling you into the capital that I won't hurt your last name, I'll never kill you. However, it doesn't mean that I can tolerate the existence of a cunning minister and thief like you. After you go home, let your family clean their necks. The end of the traitor Zhang song is your lesson! Get out! Get home!"

Yu Yi was dragged away by Tang Yin's bodyguards. There was a dead silence in the hall. You could hear a needle on the ground clearly. The heads of the counties were so frightened that they almost peed in their pants.

Now they finally understand that the new court, the left, right and general are all furnishings. At present, Tang Yin is the court, and his words are equivalent to the will of the king.

This time, Tang Yin didn't have to ask again. The remaining County chiefs took the initiative to report the number of county soldiers they owned truthfully, and made a commitment, that is, they immediately sent orders to dispatch all their county soldiers to the capital, which was under the unified control of the imperial court.

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